<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Math
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800/710/690
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII/800 Physics/800 Chem
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.33/4.00
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calc AB 5; Calc BC 5; Statistics 5; Computer Science AB 5; European History 4; Biology 4; Physics B 5; Physics C E+M 5; Physics C Mech 5; American History 4; Comparative Govt 5; US Govt 4; Microecon 4; Macroecon 4; Music Theory 5; Chemistry 5; This year: English Lit, English Comp, Env Science, Human Geography, Chinese, and two more I can’t remember
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: At High school: AP Lit, Required Sociology class, Independent Study on Algebra (the abstract kind); At University of Minnesota: Honors Analysis I and II; Differential Geometry; Intermediate Macroeconomics; Error correcting codes; UMTYMP grad
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, afaik. The other got accepted.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AMC 12 (2004-2007): 124.5/132.5/133.5/136.5; AIME: 7; Many statewide (legitimate) piano/math/chemistry/debate awards. ARML invitee 2005-2007, inclusive; NMSF.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Math team, Piano, Track, Debate, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about the Weierstrass function.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MN
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 0.8k kids per class. 25 NM semis; 21 AIME qualifiers.
[</em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Top 10%
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ORM, Male, Math nerd, 5’10", can type above 30wpm
[</em>] Strengths: Self-studying. Proficient with regular expressions/python/C/C++/Java/latex
[<em>] Weaknesses: Giving blowjobs to admissions counselors. I need more chapstick.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My essay was fine. It was probably my grades.
[/ul]Other Factors: Bad recs. I frequently drop out of classes halfway, to self-study the other half by myself. As a result, very few teachers know me well. New counselor on the job Oct 2006.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: UChicago was the only non-safety I applied to. GG O’neill. You won’t have me there for grad school.</p>