<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190(670cr, 800m, 720w)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): ^^
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 (32e, 33m, 31r, 30s, 8w)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): ^^
[<em>] SAT II: 790bio, 760 mII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.32
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/400
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): World(4), Euro(4), APUSH(4), Bio(5), APCS(5), Eng11(5), Gov, BC, Eng12, Phys C,
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All Ap
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): XC (4 yrs, Capt, Districs) IT(4 yrs, Capt, Dist, Regionals), OT(4 yrs, Capt, Dist, Regionals) Quizbowl(3 yrs, Capt, Dist champion, regionals, states, nationals)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: C# Programming intern for govt corporation 2 1/2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] County summer camp volunteer (3 yrs, 300 hrs), tutoring (calc/Java), School ambassador, etc</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[li] Essays (Include Subjects): </p>[/li]
<p>Prank: Nuggeting physics class backpacks (10 - one of my best ever)
Why Caltech: So many opportunities, required classes are awesome (7)
[<em>] Common App Main: Needed to update, but was only decent (5)
[</em>] EC Short Answer: Quiz bowl, not to bad(6)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:
Chem and AP Bio teacher - knew me really well. Worked on Dolly the sheep so had some prestige, but not a great writer (8)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:
APUSH teacher - Amazing teacher, brilliant writer. Had to use as backup because my first choice humanities teacher was in the hospital, but this one was incredible (9)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
I knew him really well, pretty chill guy (7)
[</em>] Additional Rec:
Boss from work. I didnt read it, but it made my mom cry… (9)
[<em>] Art Supplement:
[</em>] Research Supplement:[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 30 minutes before it was due…
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Medium sized public. Very bad reputation
[<em>] Ethnicity: White + Small native american from montana
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >50k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Didnt submit URM. I disagree w/ AA. Questbridge finalist, first gen[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: decent hooks and amazing recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, some essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea… At all…
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted at Washu, deferred from MIT EA
[li] What would you have done differently?:I should have fixed my common ap essay before I sent it… Also should have updated the schools with some extra stuff.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>