OFFICIAL Bowdoin College 2014 DECISION THREAD

Drought
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:02:08 +0000

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 790 m, 790 cr, 720 w (1580/2300)
[] ACT: No
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 750 Math II, 740 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65 (Oh, yikes)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Third decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Chem, 4’s on USH, EngLit, ABCalc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): No
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Physics C, etc. (typical hard stuff)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 sport athlete, summer programs
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: A marginal amount
[] Summer Activities: Stanford classes
[] Essays: Common app one was pretty good, Bowdoin one was stellar: it exuded a crisp, intellectual, and competitive vibe that I think fits Bowdoin’s personality.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was good, one was FANTASTIC.
[] Counselor Rec: Good.
[] Additional Rec: No.
[] Interview: Didn’t do it.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Chemistry.
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Ultra-competitive private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: I’m not sure, we’re well off
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recs, test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Totally lucked out.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at BC, Carleton, UW-Wisc, and Bowdoin (duh), waitlisted at Amherst, Middlebury, and Northwestern[/li][/ul]General Comments: