Decision: Accepted to Polytechnic School of Engineering
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (690 reading, 670 writing, 620 math)
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: I dont remember the scores, but I submitted Chem, Lit and Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.0
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.2
[] Rank/percentile (if available): n/a
[] AP): Italian (3), Lit & Comp (4), 2D Studio Art (4), Psychology (haven’t taken yet), 3D Studio Art (haven’t taken yet)
[] IB: none
[] Senior Year Course Load: (ok before you read these and judge the light load, take into consideration that at the beginning of the school year I was NOT anticipating anything close to an engineering major) Econ/Gov’t honors, dual enrollment English, Anatomy & Physiology honors, orchestra honors, Physics 1 honors, AP Psychology, AP 3D Studio Art
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): won a speaking contest through my school for Japanese, artwork recognized by primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, article on Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) published in newspaper at 12 years old, just small stuff like this, I never won anything “huge”
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Art club president for two years, Engineering club member senior year, volunteered at a church
[] Job/Work Experience: none. Just volunteer hours
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours
[] Summer Activities: traveled to Europe a LOT
[] Essays: VERY STRONG. Probably the best essay I have written in my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Also awesome!! I chose teachers who have known me for years
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure, it was a new counselor but I’m assuming she wrote something good since I got in!!
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[] State: FL
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Latina
[] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I was born at NYU Tisch Hospital, which is pretty neat[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I speak four languages, I talked a lot about how I wanted to be immersed in the global culture of NYC/Brooklyn, I was just honest about my dreams in life in my essay
[] Weaknesses: If I could do it all over again, I’d take more math and science classes and work harder overall
[] Why you think you were accepted: my passion to go here probably showed through
[] Where else were you accepted: USF, Florida Institute of Technology, FGCU
[/ul]General Comments:
I used to spend hours comparing my stats to kids on CC who were accepted/rejected. People always said, “You’ll never know for sure unless you try” and I thought, “NO! I must know for sure NOW and save myself the months of anxiety!” But that’s the thing, you will literally never know for sure unless you try. Go for it, kiddos.