<p>Decision: Accepted - CC</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading 660, Math 680, Writing 780, Combined 2120
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Biology M 790, Spanish 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 of 555
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro, Bio, US, Psych, (4); English Lang (5); Chem (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Macroecon/AP US Gov, AP English Lit, Great Books of Western Civilization, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Language
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cardinal 75 (top students in each grade level; cardinals are our mascot); National Student Leadership Conference nominee/invitee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swim team, water polo for a few years, Venture Crew, Hands for Hope (club co-president), Gay Straight Alliance, Young Senators (chairman of Health Committee)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer phone banking in English & Spanish for a state assembly campaign, Intern at city administration office
[<em>] Summer Activities: Week-long stay in mountains near Yosemite with Venture Crew, Community College ceramics class, work with assistant city manager
[</em>] Essays: Very good I think. The longer essay was on becoming vegetarian early in high school and learning lots of biology and health on my own, then expanding and connecting my knowledge in Honors Bio and AP Bio. The supplemental essays were on the Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain (I wrote about how one good woman made me feel hopeful); deciding to study economics after reading The Economist and following the Republican primary presidential campaigns; and wanting to go to Columbia for travel abroad opportunities.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Maybe even better than the essays. One was from my AP English teacher, who I have this year and had last year. The other was from my APUSH teacher who also teaches Great Books.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good I’d bet. She mentioned the swim team going to CIF.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: around 100K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 2nd gen college student, latino, gay (didn’t say it but I put that I’m in the GSA at my school)</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays and recs were probably the most helpful, along with being in the Young Senators and my internship for the city manager’s office
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores weren’t that high
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the way I connected my essays and information together was pretty good.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>