Official Columbia University 2016 RD Results

lynch112
Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:31:36 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

[] SAT I: Reading (780), Math (780), Writing (680) = 2240.
[] ACT: <not submitted="">
[] SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (790), U.S. History (750).
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.28/4.0.
[] Rank: <na>
[</na>] AP: U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Statistics (5), English Language and Composition (5).
[] IB: <na>
[</na>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, Spanish IV, Teacher Assistant.
[] Major Awards: Third Place WV State Math Field Day.

Subjective:

[] Extracurriculars: Student Government (Senior Class Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President), National Honor Society (Vice President), Math Honorary Club, Science Bowl, Cross Country (3 Varsity letters), Track and Field (1 Varsity letter), MHS Frisbee Club (Founder and President), Community League Basketball (Captain), Community League Frisbee (Captain).
[] Job/Work Experience: <na>
[</na>] Volunteer/Community service: Middle school tutoring, helping in a nursing home.
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Academy for 3 weeks in 2011, a smattering of one-week camps.
[] Essays: I took the essays very seriously.
[] Teacher Recommendations: ???
[] Counselor Rec: ???
[] Additional Rec: <na>
[</na>] Interview: No.

Other

[] State (if domestic applicant): West Virginia.
[] School Type: Public.
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: $120 - 140k.
[] Hooks: Class Secretary, underrepresented region.

Reflection

[] Strengths: Application essays.
[] Weaknesses: Music, foreign languages.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low probability.
[] Where were you accepted: Brown, Olin, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, UVA (Honors), Virginia Tech (Honors), WVU.
[] Where were you waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Lehigh.
[] Where were you rejected: Yale, Cornell, Penn.

General Comments:

[ul]
[] I am pleased to be going to Brown University in the Fall of 2012.
[] There seems to be quite a bit of randomness in the evaluation process at schools where the acceptance rates are very low.
[li] I took all of the application essays very seriously because my lowest SAT score was in writing. Brown’s app was the one with the most essays which might be why Brown was the only Ivy (out of the seven that I applied to) that accepted me.[/li][/ul]</not>