OFFICIAL Bowdoin College 2014 DECISION THREAD

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:16:26 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown):2210 M:740 W: 730 CR: 740

ACT: N/A

SAT II (if submitted): US History 770, Bio 740

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 (weighted: 4.58)

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%

AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), European History (4), APUSH (5), Biology (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): Design Technology (6), Business & Management (5), Biology (6)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, IB Philosophy SL, AP/IB English IV, AP/IB Spanish IV HL, AP Government, AP Macroenomics, Varsity Tennis


(IB Diploma Candidate)
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor (I think, I don’t remember), National Merit Finalist, Rotary Award, Certificate of Merit Level Advanced for Piano, Orange County Register Scholar Athlete of the Week

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (co-captain), National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, JV/FS Swimming, LeadAmerica, Piano for 8 years, Keyboard for 1 year

Job/Work Experience: Internship at UCI Medical Center for 150 hours

Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours

Essays: alright

Teacher Recommendation: okay/good

Counselor Rec: pretty good since we get along really well

Additional Rec: N/A

Interview: good?


Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

Intended Major: Philosophy

State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: Public (magnet and IB)

Ethnicity: Asian

Gender: Female

Income Bracket: ~60,000

Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): First generation


Reflection

* Strengths: Extracurriculars? (tennis team won league champs and my partner and I went on to CIF Division I tennis, and I spent a lot of time volunteering)

Weaknesses: no club involvement in high school (nobody did anything and it was a waste of time, so I gathered friends from my HS and other HS to do volunteer work on our own)

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure since there are better qualified people who were waitlisted or rejected…

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, University of Rochester, Smith College


Waitlisted to: Wellesley College

General Comments: I’m thankful that I got into Bowdoin. I didn’t think I would and was ecstatic to get my acceptance letter.