<p>when will we learn about the summer programs </p>
<p>[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Not taken at time of app, but I put in my two PSAT scores of 197/196 (Just received my SAT score today, which is 2060 total: 680 R, 690 W, 690 M)</p>
<p>ACT: Not taken at time of app, but I put in my PLAN score of 32 (took state-mandated ACT test in April but yet to receive score)</p>
<p>SAT II: Not taken at time of app (will take on June 7th)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 (Weighted GPA is 4.17 out of 5)</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/540 UW, 4/540 W</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): US Govt (5), Physics B (4)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted: Invite to Stanford college conference, nomination for college visit. I think I forgot to apply for the test prep, which was why I didn’t get it! :(</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis): NHS 1 yr, Chinese Natl Honour Society 1 yr, JV Tennis 3 yrs, school speech & debate team varsity and ranked in Natl Forensics League </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: ~30 hrs at local natural history museum, ~5 hrs miscellaneous work</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Not really much, don’t remember what I put in my app…</p>
<p>Essays: 8/10. I wrote about growing up as part of the majority Asian-American population in the working-class LA neighbourhood I used to live in. I also mentioned how my perspective of America and my place in it completely changed after moving to an upper-middle class town in Colorado, where I’ve had to adapt to being a minority and living with white people for the first time. I pulled a lot of it from a previous memoir assignment from my English class because I procrastinated on applying. I thought it was a good essay overall, but not great.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: 10/10. I chose my English teacher I’ve known since freshmen year. She also chose me for an English award this year during our school academic awards ceremony, and she must’ve written an amazing rec judging from her awards speech about me alone.</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado</p>
<p>School Type: Public</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian American (Chinese)</p>
<p>Gender: M</p>
<p>Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~30k</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.): First generation college student, First generation immigrant, Minority (not URM)</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Teacher rec, essay, relatively good grades</p>
<p>Weaknesses: mediocre ECs, lack of job experience</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: Honestly I think my teacher rec was the biggest factor in my acceptance. Up until this year I didn’t know my English teacher loved my writing so much (I had her freshmen year as well). My advice to future applicants? Find a teacher you know super well and you’re certain will give you outstanding remarks. </p>
<p>What other Scholarships will you be applying for: Applying for QuestBridge NCM for certain. I was thinking of trying out for the Gates Millennium Scholarship, but I highly doubt I’ll make it.</p>
<p>**General Comments: **
Do not procrastinate! Seriously, take it from the guy who started the application first day it came out and finished right at 11:59PM on the night of the deadline. Get to know your teachers more, and find one you connect with who you can trust will write you a good recommendation. I wouldn’t suggest padding your essays, awards, ECs, etc. with too much fluff; in my opinion, trivial information can make you look like you’re trying to hard to impress them rather than presenting what you truly excel in. Find a topic or personal experience you’re extremely passionate about, because you’ll need it for both the personal essay and the short-answer responses. Congratulations to everyone accepted; hope to see you all at the Stanford conference! Even if you didn’t get in, I salute you for trying your best. Don’t let this alone discourage you from the NCM application or any other scholarships!</p>
<p>[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Not taken at time of application but PSAT 195 total</p>
<p>ACT: Not taken at time of application but PLAN 26 composite</p>
<p>SAT II:</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.997 (Weighted Honors +.5 AP +1)</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World(4)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted:
Student of the Month(4)</p>
<p>Academic Achievement Award (4.0 for two consecutive semesters)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis):Swimming, Water Polo</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Panera Bread
Local Library
Local Restaurant</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Local Library
Christmas Drive
Food Pantry</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Job
Water Polo Club
Volunteer at Library</p>
<p>Essays:
Just told the truth</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation:
College Algebra teacher
US History AP</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Illinois
Country (if international applicant):</p>
<p>School Type:
Private Catholic
Ethnicity:
Black
Gender:
Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
um Not sure. the Low one</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.):
First Generation
Single Mother
Adopted
Minority</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths:
Not so sobby sob story. Financial need. Exhibited motivation through extra curricular and summer programs
Weaknesses:
My essay needed some proof reading.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected:</p>
<p>A question for the ages. </p>
<p>What other Scholarships will you be applying for:
Ron Brown
College Match
Gates Millenium
**General Comments: **</p>
<p>Don’t be afraid to apply guys. The worse than can say is no <em>Cliche</em> </p>
<p>[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take it yet when I applied</p>
<p>ACT: Didn’t take it yet when I applied</p>
<p>SAT II: N/A</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (1), US History (N/A), Psychology (N/A), Language and Composition (N/A)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted: 20+</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis):</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics (Volunteer), National Honor Society (Service Project Coordinator), Future Business Leaders of America(Member- Now promoted to VP Professional Development), Church Volunteer, Gardening Club</p>
<p>Summer Activities: N/A</p>
<p>Essays: About background and how I grew up</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: AP Language teacher</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant):</p>
<p>School Type: Magnet School</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Haitian -American/Mixed</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Rather not answer</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.): Parents are immigrants,Low income,etc</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Willing to finish what I start,Reading,typing,Talking,socializing,etc</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Being a perfectionist, insecurities,etc</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: My recommendation was probably was really strong + my academic background</p>
<p>What other Scholarships will you be applying for: Haha Gates scholarship,Coca cola…that’s what I can think of right now</p>
<p>**General Comments: ** </p>
<p>I am happy that I found such an organization like QuestBridge and I am so happy to be accepted and considered a College Prep Scholar! Don’t be discouraged guys if you didn’t get in!Keep on working hard!</p>
<p>[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (CR:630 M:720 W:650)</p>
<p>ACT: 34 (Didn’t have ACT score when I applied though) (English:34 Math:34 Reading: 36 Science:30 Essay:10)</p>
<p>SAT II: Chemistry: 780 (Took math lv II, chem again, and bio a couple weeks ago. get scores tomorrow so I can update)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (4), Chemistry (5), Human Geo (4) – (getting AP scores soon as well)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted:
Campus Visit Nomination
Northwestern Conference</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis):
Gay Straight Alliance (Founder/President)
Science Bowl (President/Captain)
Chemistry Olympiad (Founder/captain)
Technology Student Association (Member)
Youth in Government (Treasurer)
Model UN (Treasurer)
Biology Olympiad (Founder/President)
Tennis (member)
Marching Band (used to be member)
Junior Classical League (President)
Math Competitions (only member from school @_@)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Awards:
1st Place TN Science Bowl (2013)
Top 8 Science Bowl (2014)
Top 10 Chemistry Olympiad (2013,2014)
Best Lab Performance Chem. Olym (2014)
2nd Place Prepared Presentation TSA (2014)
2nd Place Technology Bowl TSA (2014)
Semi-finals Engineering Design (2013)
Gold Medal on National Latin I and II exam (2012,2013)
Gold Medal on Classical Literacy and National Etymology Exam (2013,2014)
Best Honors Biology, Honors Latin I, Honors Latin II, AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and AP Physics B student (2012-2014)
Outstanding States Person Award Youth In Government (2014)
Got Bill and Resolution signed into law for YIG and MUN respectively (2013,2014)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Worked as a crew member at McDonald’s to help pay bills.
Research Intern at Vanderbilt University
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer with my mom for the Lion’s Club and some school events that NHS hosts.</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Mainly just volunteering and researching.</p>
<p>Essays:
I would say my essays were good. I definitely feel I conveyed who I am through them with my diction and science references.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation:
Ok to be honest I am not sure. I had my chemistry teacher do it, and I have good achievements in his class (chem olym, ap exam, science bowl) and he wrote my rec for governors school and the research internship which I got in, but I don’t know if he likes me. I kind of told him I liked him via email and things got awkward between us. Its better now, but idk how that affects the rec… Last year he told me he writes objective recommendations, so I would think its good, but idk.</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): TN</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant):</p>
<p>School Type: Newly built school (first freshman class) — pretty large population — mainly christian white people (not good for LGBTQQ community) — public — since its new I could start a lot of things</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>
<p>Gender: Gender</p>
<p>Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): My dad is a single parent and makes 17,000</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.): First generation college student, minority ---- not even ■■■■■■■■ you but strictly giftedness is a learning disability</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: GPA (5.0 Unweighted), Achievements in things I am interested in, essays, income, hooks, situation (brother lost his memory — has to constantly be on expensive medication)(being homosexual in a strict christian place isn’t easy)</p>
<p>Weaknesses:
Possibly the recommendation – also have relatively low scores (from an ivy perspective) </p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected:
I honestly don’t know the criteria for acceptances, so I am not sure why I got accepted. I would like to think that my essays were good and my achievements were good.</p>
<p>What other Scholarships will you be applying for:
I applied to the Young Scientist Quest for Excellence scholarship thing. I will also apply to NCM</p>
<p>**General Comments: **</p>
<p>I believe everyone should apply to it. Even if your test scores are low, or you don’t have extracurriculars, people need to realize that not the same opportunities are opened to everyone. With that said, you can create those opportunities. Start a club you are passionate about. Have in grow, and succeed in it.</p>
<p>Also, I typically rant about this, but don’t worry about your grades. Worry about your education — it is what truly will matter in the future. </p>
<p>[ color=green][ b][ size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED**[/color][/size=4]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): N/A (Didn’t take it in time for the application)</p>
<p>ACT: N/A</p>
<p>SAT II: World History: 750</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t have my gpa on a 4.0 scale or unweighted averages… but 92.7 weighted overall with a 95 weighted during application</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Not submitted, but 4 on World History</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>
<p>Award(s) Granted:
None</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities (place leadership roles in parenthesis):
Newspaper (Editor), Model UN, Junior State of America (debate club thing), Was on track for frosh and soph year</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Work at summer camp in summer before frosh and summer before junior year</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
none</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
see job/work experience</p>
<p>Essays:
Personal Statement - About how I chose a parent in a divorce for selfish reasons that would haunt me and lead me on a journey to come out of my shell that resulted from the experience. I’d say 8+/10. I worked on it with my journalism teacher and it had a pretty solid sense of direction that showed them who I was and the challenges I faced while avoiding being whiny or long.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation:
My AP U.S. History/ Law teacher, the rec seemed to be garbage since he just made it up in front of me after I pretty much told him what to write (but hey it worked lol)</p>
<p>[ b]Other:**
State (if domestic applicant): Northeast</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant): Usa</p>
<p>School Type: Public</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>Gender: M</p>
<p>Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >30k</p>
<p>Hooks (First Generation College, Minority,Learning Disability, etc.): I’d say low income, but most applicants to qb are so… none really</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection:**
Strengths: I think my essay was pretty awesome, aside from that everything was meh.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA wasn’t the highest, no real outstanding awards or activities </p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: No idea tbh</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments: **
Some friends who also applied weren’t accepted, and I think they definitely came from stronger extra curricular backgrounds and with stronger GPA’s, which means (I think) the real difference between their apps and mine was the essay (maybe low income, maybe recs). If you guys want to dedicate some time to something, definitely make it the essay. Write something that makes you a human being people can respect, and maybe even root for. It’s easy to say no to the generic kid who was in every club but never faced a challenge in his/her life, but not as easy to turn down the kid who grew up in a bad neighborhood and was picked on by peers for trying in school (though that’s an exaggeration, just try to stand out lol).</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing.</p>