<p>Decision: Accepted - SEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2220 (710R,800M,710W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 75/760 (there’s a story behind this & GPA)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Chemistry (5), Psychology (4), Spanish Language (5), English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc I/II, AP Physics B, Band, AP English IV, Astronomy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, NASA Aerospace Scholar, Columbia Engineering Experience</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (top 10 in state of Texas, Sax/Low Reeds Section Leader), Math/Science UIL Academic Team, FM Youth Action Council, Ambassador, Chess Club (VP), National/Math/Science Honor Societies, etc…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NTSSA Competitive Soccer Referee (for almost 6 years)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours - math/AP sciences/chess/saxophone/spanish tutor, weekly volunteering to various low-income elementary schools (founded chess clubs, breakfast buddies, free sax lessons), town council volunteering, and a lot of other random one-time things
[</em>] Summer Activities: lots and lots of summer classes
[<em>] Essays: probably my strongest area
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: this went really well!
[</em>] Supplementary Material:</p>
<p>[/ul] b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <60K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, extra-curriculars, apparent and immense improvement throughout high school (hence the low rank/GPA; I actually jumped 260 ranks in two years and came from a 2.9 GPA freshman year), current grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores (took it 4 times and each time got worse…), grades (prior to sophomore year)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: PFFT. hell if I know. I think being accepted to and attending CE^2 was huge. I got to meet my admissions officers and even stayed in contact with the director of engineering recruitment via email. my essays usually show a lot of character and humility rather than flaunting my achievements.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: …none…</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Honestly, I’m completely shell-shocked. I’ve had moments in that past 24 hours where I sat there and truly convinced myself that I had just read the letter wrong and that I’m not going to Columbia. But I am going. And I feel amazing.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I’ll be one of those profiles that future applicants will feel comforted by, hahaha. I just feel like there are so many other amazing applicants and that I’m just really lucky… but hey, I’m not complaining!</p>