<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (690 W, 740 CR, 580 M)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 650 Literature, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 W/3.6 UW. My weighted GPA is very low because I got a C+ in AP Bio during my junior year.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): They don’t tell us.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), English Lang (4), US (5), Human Geography - Self Study (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Economics, AP Stats, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish, English at a community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-In-Chief), Literary Arts Magazine (Editor-In-Chief), Student Rep to the School Board, Art History Club (President), Girl Scouts (Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards), Karate (Black Belt), Confirmation (Teen Mentor/Leader), Youth and Government (Officer)…some other things…
Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Spanish, History
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local gardens, girl scouts, numerous church activities (altar server, etc)
Summer Activities: Exchange student
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: One excellent, one good
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Notable public
Ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic, White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: < $300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I guess.</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Essay, extraccuriculars (leadership)
Weaknesses: SAT scores, class ranking, GPA, even AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m Catholic and I’m AHANA. I think my application reflected that I was stronger in languages and history so though I had weak scores in Math/Science, I made up for it. (I’m fluent in Tagalog and Spanish).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: DePaul, Davis, UCSD, Santa Clara; Waitlisted: NYU, BU (huh?); Rejected: UCLA, Berkeley, Tufts, Middlebury, Williams, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>General Comments:
Based on the fact that I was rejected nearly everywhere, I think I got very lucky with BC. When I applied, I thought BC was a target but I’m beginning to think it was more of a reach school. I wanted to go to Williams (I was deferred ED since I was a legacy) but that obviously isn’t happening. Go Eagles!</p>