<p>[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 CR: 740 M: 740 W: 800</p>
<p>ACT: 36 E: 36 M: 36 R: 36 S: 36</p>
<p>SAT II: 800 Bio, 780 World History 750 Chem</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of ~800</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) World (5) Human Geo (5)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted: College Visit Nomination, Stanford Conference</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis): Key Club (Treasurer) Founder of school music club (President) Orchestra (Concertmaster) Journalism, Student Reporter Program (Editor), UNICEF</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: N/A</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Hospital, Peer Tutor, Library Volunteer, Key club</p>
<p>Summer Activities: N/A</p>
<p>Essays: They weren’t exactly the strongest, but I wrote about how getting hospitalized helped me to learn important life lessons.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: I’m very close with my Honors English teacher, so he wrote me a recommendation.</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant):</p>
<p>School Type: Public</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Less than $30,000</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.): Not sure if I had any! I’m a first generation and the first to go to college in the US.</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: I think my specs were pretty strong, and my essays weren’t TOO terrible, I guess. Hopefully the teacher rec had some push.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, and yeah, essays. They were a bit borderline.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: I’m not sure, really. I guess the low income and essay? Because it seems like people with better specs got denied…</p>
<p>What other Scholarships will you be applying for: Any I can find, especially College Match.</p>
<p>**General Comments: ** It was a pretty challenging application, what with it being so long and all. Really helped me prep for the college app process though!</p>