<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2390: M-800, CR-800, W-790
SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, Chemistry - 800
ACT: composite score: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9th out of ~350
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology 2 HL, IB Mathematics 4 HL, IB Mathematics FL, IB English 2 HL, IB TOK, IB Spanish 2 HL, American Government (grad requirement), Organic Chemistry Semesters 1 and 2 at a local Community College
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 6
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
2010 USNCO Finalist (Top 20); attended USAFA Chemistry Camp in June 2010
2009 National Science Bowl Winning Team; On the team that got second place in 2010 and 2008
Represented the US at the 2009 International Science School, Sydney, Australia
I don’t know if the ISS or Science Bowl is really a hook, but I’m decently sure that the USNCO is.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Bowl (Co-Captain), Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad, PESC (President/Founder of a club I created to mentor students in science for competitions at our school), Vocal Indian Singing (for 5 years)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local hospitals for ~200 hours</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: 7 - reading Wikipedia for fun
Department at MIT: 7 - talked about Walter Lewin and the Physics Dept.
What You Do That’s Creative?: ???
World You Come From: 8 - Reading textbooks in science
Significant Challenge: 8 - USNCO Chemistry Camp
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9-10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 7-8
Counselor Rec: ? (maybe 7?)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 9-10
Supplement: N/A</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: October 24th
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >200k /yr
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Nope</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: I’m guessing that the USNCO camper thing might have gotten me in
Weaknesses: my writing wasn’t that great, the subjects were kinda lame but I wrote creatively
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably USNCO, maybe ISS or Science Bowl
What would you have done differently?: I would have tried to get into the IChO last year, but I didn’t make it there.</p>