<p>ACCEPTED and VERY HAPPY:</p>
<p>** Numbers and Numbers:**</p>
<p>SAT M: 800
SAT V: 800
SAT W: 800
Essay: 11
SAT Total: 2400</p>
<p>SAT Math II: 800
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Biology: 790
SAT US History: 750
SAT Korean (lol): 800</p>
<p>Academics
Class Rank: Top, very possibly valedictorian, but class size is very small, about 140.
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Geography: SoCal
GPA U: 4.0
GPA W: 5.0</p>
<p>AP European History: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP Spanish: 5
AP Environmental Science: 5
AP US History: 5</p>
<p>Senior Coursework:
AP Calcululs BC
AP Macroecon.
AP English Lit
AP Psychology
AP Govment</p>
<p>Essays
Commonapp essay: a quirky essay about a summer internship experience
Supplement essay: chose the “science/universe” topic, sort of quirky, but strong essay.
Recs: 1 from English teacher who’s in love with Emily Dickinson (who was born/lived in Amherst, btw, for those of you who didn’t know), and 1 from a math teacher who absolutely loves me. And 1 additional letter from a family friend/past teacher who went to Amherst.</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
not much. Yearbook for four years: Currently the EIC. Many internships (one was a paid research internship). Started community-wide tutoring program at school. Write for school newspaper.</p>
<p>Awards and Distinctions:
AP awards, a few local writing competitions, runner-up for statewide writing competition, regional recognition in an international writing competition. USABO semifinalist. National Merit finalist. Presdiential Scholars semifinalist.</p>
<p>Service Activities: about 200 hours</p>
<p>Hook: none.</p>
<p>Strengths: SAT score. GPA. Showed a lot of interest in Amherst: visited it, talked with admissions people, etc.
Weaknesses: not much EC</p>
Woohoo!!!</p>