<p>It took them five days and several frantic emails to reject me. -______-</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (WCAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 - (CR) 730, (M) 770 (WR) 800
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): World History (740), Chinese with Listening (760), Math II (800), Chemistry (780), Biology-M (750)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~670
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy; 4 APs, Journalism, one elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Open Music Competition (a few medals), Science Olympiad (regional medals; team advancing to state competition), Girl Scout Silver Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Parent Liaison, Event Leader), American Red Cross Club (Co-President), Journalism (Copy Editor), Math Club (Student Advisor), Girl Scouts (Camporee/annual camping competition judge, crew member), California Scholarship Federation
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours; Chinese culture summer camp counselor, leadership group member (for same summer camp organization), service trip in Thailand (teaching English to children with parents in drug rehabilitation), summer tutoring at local library, various other smaller community service projects (through Girl Scouts, etc.)
[<em>] Essays: Common App ones were okay, supplement not so much
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two; one decent, other one I didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she doesn’t know me too well
[</em>] Additional Rec: One; from the director of the above organization (she also helped organize the Thailand program). She asked for my help in writing the rec, so I was fairly happy with the letter in the end.
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese-Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: > $120,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades? Involvement in extracurriculars? Community service?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Why NU essay was written at the last minute, so it was not at all my best work.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Weak supplement
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, Washington University in St. Louis
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General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! (:</p>