<p>User Name: dolphindolphin
Gender: M
Location: NY
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.70
GPA - Weighted: 4.10
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 220</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>ACT: 33</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Pres: outing club, student gov
vp: food bank club
treasurer, FBLA
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: VJ tennis 9-11
v tennis 12
badminton tournament winner 11
Volunteer/Service Work: food bank
Honors and Awards: cum laude
ntl spanish honors society
mu alpha theta
high honor roll 9-12
College Summer programs: science research in miami</p>
<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>
<p>Location type: Small City, Rural
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000)</p>
<p>Area: East Coast, West Coast, Southeast
Importance of cost: Secondary</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): took ACT instead
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History, 650 Literature, 640 Math Lv. 1
[</em>] APs: 5 US History, 4 English Language, 4 Macroeconomics
[<em>] GPA: 85/100
[</em>] Rank: does not rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: founded summer program at Middle School, founded quiz bowl team, founded political discussion group, business manager/staff writer of school newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: catering company staffer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote Common App essay on my strained relationship with family and books; wrote supplement on Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom”
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Homeroom advisor/3 year Spanish teacher= amazing, 2 year history teacher= amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Applied on: regular
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private preparatory, very difficult, much grade deflation
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 (M) / 780 (W) / 780 (V)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 (Lit) / 780 (USH) / 740 (MII)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5) Euro (5) USH (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP/honors but foreign language
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin, orchestra, a couple of school publications w/ leadership positions, some clubs, art
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots
[<em>] Essays: common app good, bowdoin essay kinda lame
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: dunno
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nada
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] School Type: large competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: DNR
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: dunno
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: not much
[</em>] Weaknesses: ecs, leadership, rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Eh…wouldn’t have attended, anyways, so I’m not taking a WL spot</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): i really have no idea, but i think i only got 1800 or so
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: 710 for US1 and 680 for BioM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 weighted 4.633
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15, top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (3), Bio (5), USHistory (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP World, Independent Study: Psychology, Yearbook, Chorus, Europe in the Modern Age
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Awards? I don’t do awards i guess.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC, Both Winter and Spring Track (Captain), Actor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Coldstone since last year, and Gypsy Farmhouse
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Uh, Relay for Life
[<em>] Summer Activities: A lot of running, reading time, and family time
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about my father not accepting me for who i am and how I was made fun of by my track coach because I was gay. But it wasn’t a sad story because it was a flashback and I wrote “I am gay” as my last sentence. It was a neat little piece. If you want you can ask me if you can read it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one of my teachers said that if she just met me outside of high school, she would think i’m already a college student.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: talked about my difficulties coming to america when i was 12 and had to be placed in ESL in 8th grade and how hard it is transitioning.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none, i don’t think
[</em>] Interview: my interview went awesome. it lasted for an hour, and it felt like i was talking to a friend.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: psychology and english/theater
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Dirty Jerz
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lower-Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, gay, immigrant in a way, my personality
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My personality and what I can bring to the table
[<em>] Weaknesses: My numbers
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I still have no idea
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I did ED II [/li][/ul]General Comments:
First: I didn’t send in my numbers because I didn’t want to be that student who worries about number so much. I am a student going to a college not a number they’re going to put in their statistic book. To be honest, I feel like people should worry about how they can be unique instead of worrying about their GPA or whatnot. I also can’t say that I’m lucky i got through ED II because they only accepted 36 with that process. So I guess I am special. :)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 680 (M) / 800 (W) / 670 (V)
SAT II (if submitted): 770 (Chem) / 710(USH) / 730 (MII)
ACT: (composite) 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 5.3): 5.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4) USH (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Choir, AP German, AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP English, EMT-B
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Medalist, Superintendent’s award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): choirs, a capella group, varsity ice hockey, cross country, voice and piano lessons
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at hospital and much more
Essays: no idea really
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: amazing
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:<br>
Intended Major: biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: public; class size 350ish
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: grades/gpa, well rounded, act score
Weaknesses: no hooks?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no hooks?
General Comments:</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 730 Writing, 640 Critical Reading
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] SAT II: 760 Math 2, 690 US History, 680 Chemistry
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 UW 3.87 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), US History (3), Computer Science A (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, Economics, Statistics, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Olympiad Awards and others
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of a sports team and president of like 4 clubs, do school newspaper
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a community center, hospital, college library
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer as a middle school tutor, library aide at school, among other things
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveled, worked, was always very busy
[ *] Essays: About being first generation and helping others through tutoring
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One was pretty good, the other i never thought about again
[ *] Counselor Rec: Average, just repeated my entire resume and then was flowery and supportive of me at the end
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: My first college interview, i thought it was okay … not the best`
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, I got a really big package
[ *] Intended Major: Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese (Hong Kong)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, low income
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Not parochial, open minded, engaged, experienced
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores werent the best
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think i’m a fit
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Tufts, BU, BC, Waitlist Dartmouth
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Seem like a fit, feel like the guidance counselors were all right about how both colleges and students are finding fit</p>
