<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 one sitting (750 W, 760 M, 790 CR)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 700 French, 700 Math II, 740 Bio (M)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: “Toughest” (Calc, Bio, Eng, French, Phil, Drama, Func, Law)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sears Ontario Drama Fest best play in province, school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (principal roles in community and at school), Students Council (Pres 2 yrs), anti-bullying committee (cofounder), MUN club (cofounder/pres)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Theatre camp in summer, sales associate
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, travel
[</em>] Essays: Well it’s subjective but yeah, I think they made me stand out.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good I’m sure.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good I’m sure.
[</em>] Interview: 2.5 hours…I was nervous but it went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Ontario, Canada
[<em>] School Type: Small rural public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~130 k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT score, essays, teacher recs (no one at my school applies to states so they probably put a lot of work into them)
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT II scores
[</em>] ACCEPTED: Penn (Wharton)
[<em>] WAIT-LISTED: None
[</em>] REJECTED: None
[/ul]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future Canadian CC’ers and where you are headed!):</p>
<p>I’m really annoyed at the lack of luck that a lot of other Canucks have had. I feel that many of you are just as, if not more, qualified to get into the top schools to which you applied.</p>
<p>I think ED gave me a big boost, and my regional adcom emailed me before decisions came out asking for another paragraph or 2 about my career interests, which was a good sign. Oh, and I did apply for FA (but Penn is need-blind for Canadians). Got a good chunk too!</p>
<p>Like everyone says, holy crap this process is…not random… but subjective. Adcoms can’t control the effect that little things like how their drive into work went or the coffee they spilled on their pants have on their decisions. Like Viggy says, life is too short so future Canadian applicants (or any future applicants), do what you want in high school and roll the dice when the time comes. I pretty much did that (decided I wanted to apply to US in late Gr. 11) and it worked out for me. And stats aren’t nearly as important as anyone thinks.</p>