<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>apologies in advance for somewhat lazy typing!</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 total
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 730 M2, 750 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4 (school limits # of ap classes students can take)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP core classes + advanced art class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended, ap scholar, various school awards for leadership & academics</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): board member for 4 service clubs, multiple student government positions, audition-only performing arts groups
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: retirement home volunteer for 4 years and did a variety of work there
[</em>] Summer Activities: see above + career/leadership-oriented summer programs (tip to underclassmen: choose programs that have rigorous application processes - if you can get in by just paying it’s not worth attending)
[<em>] Essays: I think my CA essay was risky (had no idea how it would be received by an admissions committee). I edited another school’s “Why Us” essay for Brandeis.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: A+ really likes me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: I think I sent 2 teacher recs; both were really good
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Supplementary Material: none</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: didn’t state
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: scores in upper ranges, evidence of leadership & involvement in arts, good recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: too many activities haha
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Brandeis was one of my safeties
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, and U Rochester. Rejected to Wash U in St. Louis. Waiting on the rest.</p>
<p>[/list]**General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in 
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