<p>Decision: Accepted - CC</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280: 720 CR 760 M 800 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math 2, 740 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A<br>
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP Lit, Lang, Calc BC, US History, US Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): I’m an IB diploma candidate but I haven’t taken any of my tests yet, I’m taking all my IB tests senior year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, History HL, English HL, Bio HL, Latin SL, Theory of Knowledge, Newspaper
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published in The Concord Review, international essay contest recognition, international journalism recognition, LOTS of Latin awards like National Latin Exam Gold medals, National History Day state 1st place and national finalist in the senior paper category, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Elected to national office for the National Junior Classical League, Latin Club (President), Editor-in-chief of school newspaper, authored legislation on teen suicide prevention that passed unanimously at Colorado’s state legislature, columned professionally for Colorado’s largest newspaper, Youth in Government Attorney General, Youth in Government Club (Prez), Vice Chair of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council, founder and chair of the Legislative Task Force on Teen Suicide Prevention (which was an official task force that had legislators, teachers, policy analysts on it), etc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Not really…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Authored legislation
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interned for congressman, visited colleges, watched TV, obsessed over Columbia
[</em>] Essays: Amazing. My Common app was about my friend’s suicide, my grief over it and how I overcame the grief to author legislation to prevent future instances of it. My Columbia short answers were very, very specific and focused on the Classics. My cultural event essay was about a photography walk through New York and how that made me appreciate New York’s subtleties
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but I assume both were fantastic. One was Columbia-specific because I had a teacher who was a Columbia alum and could specify why I fit the college so well
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, very specific
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went terribly because my interviewer asked a lot of really unconventional and difficult questions… But then afterwards the interviewer called my parents to tell them how great I was and how he gave me the highest rankings or something like that, so I guess it went pretty well</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public, most rigorous in the state
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class, but didn’t qualify for any financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I guess I had some unique extracurriculars, very good essays, also I had sort of a unique major interest?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, test scores could have been a lot higher, particularly my SAT subject tests…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I really showed Columbia why I was such a good fit for them specifically and I think I was a unique applicant in a lot of ways, even if my numbers (GPA, SAT scores) weren’t THAT exceptional
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A, since this is ED</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Oh my god… I can’t even… Oh my god…</p>