OFFICIAL Bowdoin College 2014 DECISION THREAD

Stratusfaction
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:36:47 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR [500] M [580] W 620
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Didn’t submit.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 90.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/155
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature & Composition, AP European History, Physics, PreCalculus, Health, Banking & Credit, Fitness
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Internship at Deutsche Bank, Summer job cleaning at park, NHS, Member of LPP (Partnership with Pace University), NYCares volunteer, Hip Hop dance class, Prom Committee, Yearbook and a few more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Deutsche Bank, Unpaid Internship at Real Estate co., Summer Job at park
[] Volunteer/Community service: 16 hrs at NYCares.
[] Summer Activities: See work experience and volunteer service
[] Essays: The Common App essay was really powerful. It discussed an important time in my life (too personal to mention on CC) and how I grew/learned from it. My Bowdoin Supp. essay talked about how my AP U.S. History course helped me grow as a person and how my overall HS career helped me develop into the smart individual I am today. I believe both essays were very powerful.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m pretty sure both recommendations were excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: See teacher recommendation.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: It went well. The ending was akward but it was good overall.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Mathematics or Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public School
[] Ethnicity: A-A
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: > $20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Interest and applying myself in HS.
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was admitted because I showed A LOT OF INTEREST. Mr. Meiklejohn came to my school in 2008 and 2009 to talk about Bowdoin, and I went. I did the interview. I applied for the Bowdoin Invitational (I couldn’t go because of conflicting dates with the ACT but nonetheless, the fact that my intent was on going showed a lot). I emailed him 1 week after I sent in my application to touch base and make sure he received all of the neccessary materials to make a decision. Overall, I showed mass amount of interest. Bowdoin was the only school I showed that much interest for and it obviously paid off. Matter of fact, in the early write letter, at the bottom of the letter it said “I enjoyed seeing you at [X high school] for 2 years. Come to Bowdoin!” All the interest that I’ve shown only helped my application.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: [Babson College, Hamilton College, Vassar College, Wheaton College]. Waitlisted at : [Amherst College and Fordham University]. Rejected at : [University of Chicago].[/li][/ul]General Comments:: I’m so thankful that I got accepted into Bowdoin College. The mass amount of interest that I’ve shown, applying myself in HS and trying my hardest to be a competitive applicant has paid off.