<p>Decision: Accepted - CC (wish I knew how to make it big and green)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (M: 790, CR: 720, W: 800)
ACT: 34
SAT II: Physics: 750, Bio M: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis):Euro (5) Bio (5) Physics B (5) U.S. (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Mathematics SL, Biology HL, History of the Americas HL, English HL, Latin SL,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club(Vice President, LTG (only half a term, parent made me quit), Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon,
Job/Work Experience: Vans sales associate, Banquet Server, Tutor 7 kids, Juice Bar worker
Volunteer/Community service: OR volunteer UCI Medical Center (Also a team leader), volunteer at Neurological Recovery center.
Summer Activities: Work, Work, Work, UCLA Summer mock trial camp(first place)
Essays: Common App essay about how I view life as a game and do not dwell on the bad things. I loved it, not because it was beautifully written, since it wasn’t, but because I went through 6 different essays before finding one that I felt truly captured who I am as a person. Why Columbia about how I want the “friendly” competitiveness, NYC opportunities, and Core Curriculum. Cultural Event about a U2 concert and how people from all over the world were there and how it made me, in a stupid small way, see how little I know (it was filled with puns about song titles). Major Essay about how I find biology to be beautiful.
Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were good.
Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
Additional Rec: No
Interview: No
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Spanish
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$50000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (I don’t know really because Spaniards on the Common App was an option under the Hispanic thing, but I also marked European), first generation
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Scores and grades, even though I see them as a baseline requirement. Leadership within volunteering and Key Club. I want to say personality.
Weaknesses: I should probably say personality. Sports and nothing special during summer.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I want to assume it is because of the work I put in and the inquisitive optimism that I showed in each essay, but I will always wonder if it had to do with first gen/URM
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied EA to Case Western, no response yet though. I will never know about UC’s either.
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<p>General Comments: I am beyond happy. Looking at statistics I have spent the last few weeks feeling that I had a shot because I was on par with some of the kids accepted prior years, but the past week I have gone from optimistic to pessimistic to outright apathy in an attempt to shield myself from the hurt of rejection if it came. Also, it took me a few seconds to register since I remember someone posting about how the other letter also says “Congratulations” or something. Also, thank you to everyone on this website for posting anything. I studied this website religiously last year to ease anxiety over colleges and figure out exactly how the application process works. Carman here I (hopefully) come!!!</p>