****Official Class of 2015 RD Results****

Olini616
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:18:41 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (800 Math, 610 Reading, 690 Writing)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 3.96 weighted GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/164
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send scores but English (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc A/B, AP Literature and Composition, AP French Language, Physics Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Concert Band (Band President Senior Year, Clarinet Section Leader since Sophomore year), Wind Ensemble (Clarinet Section Leader since Sophomore year), Jazz Band (Saxophone Section Leader since Sophomore year), Men’s Chorus, Chamber Choir, French Club (Secretary), Math League, Peer Leadership, National Honors Society, Music Honors Society, Baseball & Track, Pep Band, Pit Band.
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier for a year and a half, then learned the sandwich bar and promoted to Certified Trainer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Homework room volunteer at Elementary School child care program sophomore year, Volunteer tutor Senior year
[] Summer Activities: Mostly working
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Nova doesn’t look at teach recs
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Alumni? [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, Extracurriculars and leadership, interest
[] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My gpa and class rank aren’t as high as I would like them to be, but I still thought they would be good enough to get accepted with all of my other credentials. I honestly still can’t figure out why I was waitlisted.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

It’s my number one choice, pretty unhappy that I got waitlisted. A friend of mine had lower credentials in every single category (including GPA and class rank), but was accepted. The only advantage he has over is he is asian. I hope that’s not how they came to their decisions.