OFFICIAL Bowdoin College 2014 DECISION THREAD

cstew216
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:03:40 +0000

Decision: Accepted! :)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 m, 730 cr, 690 w (1490/2170)
ACT: 33 Composite
SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 Math I, 700 Biology (Molecular)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5); taken many other APs, just not tests
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, BC Calc, Honors Physics 2, AP English, AP French, Independent Study Ecology, Honors Law and Economics, and Classical Mythology in Literature at the University of Pittsburgh
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 Varsity letters Tennis (Captain), 2 Varsity Letters Cheerleading, 3 Varsity Letters Lacrosse (Academic All-American), SCA Vice President, 4 years mock trial (1 State title, 1 State runner-up, 3 Regional titles, 4 county titles, Captain 2 years)
Job/Work Experience: dad’s law firm clerk. yeah its a cushy job
Volunteer/Community service: lots! mentor to an “at-risk” youth, art museum volunteer, president of the Youth Advisory Committee to the Westmoreland Trust Foundation,
Summer Activities: volunteering
Essays: Common app one was about a piano recital (point was not caring so much about being perfect) Bowdoin one was about my transition from a very affluent school and neighborhood to a somewhat depressed, very diverse school when I moved
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t get to read them, but on my Colgate acceptance, they handwrote on the letter that my recommendations were great, so I guess that’s a good sign!
Counselor Rec: My principal wrote it, and I did get to read it. Talked about how I really left an impact on the school
Additional Rec: My mock trial coach, a judge, wrote one for me.
Interview: Great! We were basically the same person just 4 years different in age.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: well off?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My uncle was best friends and fraternity brothers with the president back when they still had fraternities. I’m not going to lie, I think it surely helped

Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars (community service amount), also, my high school does not frequently send students to great colleges, so to come out of a pretty socioeconomically diverse area with not a great school reputation, it must help. I think the interview helped
Weaknesses: scores, and I doubt I stood out much
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my interview combined with my relative
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Colgate, William and Mary (Monroe Scholar), Wake Forest, Penn State (Honors College). Waitlisted at Amherst. Deferred ED at Dartmouth, hearing back from them on Thursday and Williams later tonight