Decision: Accepted, CAS
Objective:
- SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): nope
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 34 (36, 32, 36, 31)
- SAT II (Type, Score): 800 Spanish, 730 USH
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.6
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/744
- AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Spanish Lang (5), AP English Lang (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: Ceramics, AP Euro, AP English Lit, Band, AP Biology, AP Calc AB, AP US Gov, AP Macro
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some selective music awards, NHRP Scholar, AP Scholar, played with a Grammy-winning conductor once.
Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly band. Youth Symphony, Band Captain of state champion marching band, student conductor, and most generic clubs at my school.
- Job/Work Experience: none
- Volunteer/Community service: Youth symphony, school clubs.
- Summer Activities: none
- Essays: This was my forte (ha!). Common App: Impact of music on my life, cliche topic but tailored it to my own experiences. Very creative digression regarding impact of music on reading literature.
Why NU: Very creative as well. Compared NU to a Hawaiian Pizza, making connections between collaboration of students and ingredients, among other things. - Teacher Recommendations: AP Lang teacher, we’re pretty close and I am one of his most memorable students. 8/10 most likely.
AP Calc and previous math teacher did the other one. It was alright, most likely a bit generic. 6/10 - Counselor Rec: Probably alright, a bit generic. He knows me well, so it was probably personal but I’m pretty sure he just listed the clubs I’m in, etc.
Other
- State (if domestic applicant): FL
- School Type: Public, large
- Ethnicity: Hispanic
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 40K
- Assets: none
- Property: none
- Extenuating Circumstances: none
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, creative writing?
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:** Completely shocked. My essays were definitely the reason I was admitted. Congrats to us! If you were rejected, I’m sure you’ll end up at a fantastic place!!
Also Accepted at: WashU, Northeastern, Grinnell, UF, FSU.
Waitlisted at Swarthmore, rejected by BU (lol?)