<p>Decision: Accepted - CC</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - 750/770/800
[</em>] SAT II: Math II - 750, US History - 730, Literature - 720
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (solid upward trend with 4.0 junior year in IB program)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (4), Microeconomics (4), Calculus AB (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None yet - will sit for exams in May
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: History HL, Math HL, Spanish SL, Envi Sys SL, Economics HL, English A1 (World Literature) HL
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, individual golf awards (All-County and All-League Team since 9th grade)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America Elected Official for New Jersey (12) and held many chapter and state leadership positions throughout all four years, Varsity Golf Team (member all 4 years, Captain 11 and 12, many individual awards), founded my own golf apparel line, organized a sister-school relationship between my school and a HS in Singapore (hard to explain so my advisor wrote a letter), Debate Team, Model UN, Gay-Straight Alliance.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor and Kumon employee (both senior year)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Comfort Zone Camp Junior Counselor (all four years), Oasis - feeding lunch to hungry women and children in Paterson, NJ (11, 12)
[</em>] Summer Activities: everything JSA (summer school, Montezuma Leadership Summit, institute), Summer@Brown, and trip to the school in Singapore
[<em>] Essays: Long common app: about my dad’s death on 9/11 and how that spurred my interest in politics/history/econ/philosophy. not only about my thoughts but also my actions and political activism. reflective but also talked about the future. Short essay: about golf - somewhat connected to the long essay as I wrote about how my dad taught my how to play and I continued in his memory. also wove in the clothing line. why columbia - generic essay about the core and how it connects to my interests and fosters and unmatched intellectual community. meaningful book/experience - wrote about Kurt Vonnegut’s Galapagos and how I read it while I was in the islands, and how this changed my perception of the book and made me a more critical thinker (also tied into my political beliefs). why are you interested in your major - wrote about JSA and my independent study of alternative economic/political thought (Marxism)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think that both were great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Singapore exchange advisor - I think this made my application. He absolutely loved me because I actually got the relationship off the ground.
[li] Interview: I thought it went very well - ended up talking more about who I am outside the classroom in terms of my family and friends and what I will take from that as a student at Columbia.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lesbian?</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars, recommendations, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: freshman GPA, non-SAT I test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that my ECs and essays really made me stand out. Although I did write a lot about my interests, I communicated different perspectives and showed how this interest came through in every aspect of my life. I tried to show something different about myself everywhere, even though a lot of it was related to that central theme. Furthermore, I think my ECs really helped. My guidance counselor recommendation and the Singapore advisor’s rec were also probably great. I think my common app long essay was also really memorable - one of my recommenders teared up as he read it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy! I started crying when I saw the word “Congratulations” in the letter. Best moment of my life. Can’t wait for next year!</p>