<p>Decision: Rejected </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):<br>
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): M 800, W 800, R 740
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: M1: 750, M2:720, Physics:690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), AP US (4), UMASS Lowell: College Writing 1:A, Calculus 1: A
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, H english
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Rensellear Medal, Rotary Award, Half Marathon Record, sportsmanship essay published by the MIAA</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): V Outdoor Track (varsity 6 years (middle school) 3 time captain), V Indoor Track (varsity 4 years, 2 time captain), V Field Hockey (varsity 4 years, 1 time captain), CCD teacher, student rep to school committee, about 7 clubs (with leadership in most), science Olympiads (pres), academic decathlon (pres)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Yup! I cut fruit and babysit
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Relay for life, CCD teacher, camp counselor, youth track coach</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):
[</em>] Common App Main: awesome! I wrote about glue! (but really, it was a good essay)
[<em>] EC Short Answer: hahahahaha I described myself as scandalous
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: awesome!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: praising, but probably pretty generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: awesome! But also probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: praising, but what REALLY GENERIC
[</em>] Art Supplement:
[li] Research Supplement:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 1/3
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: average public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, Extra Curriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT 2s, teacher recs, GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: teacher recs, describing myself as scandalous, and grades
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted at WPI and UMass, waiting on MIT tonight!!!
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] asked my track coach for a recommendation instead of my joke of a physics teacher </p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors: </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I think the key lies in recommendations. Instead of trying to impress the ACs by getting people with doctorates to write about you, try to ask people who genuinely care about you (like an athletic coach)</p>