<p>REJECTED by CAS.</p>
<p>I CAN NOT, EVER, UNDERSTAND WHY THEY REJECTED ME. </p>
<p>OBJECTIVE
- SAT I: 2270 (R750, M800, W720) - took one time.
- ACT: 34 not sent.
- SAT II: MathII 800, Physics 780, Chem 800, (Korean800)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93/100 in my school, GC put 4.0.
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): GC put ‘top 1% out of 400 seniors’.
- AP: All self-study from a Non-AP school: AP Calculus(5), Physics B(5), Physics C-Mechanics(5)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing international, but one national and some state and metropolitan city level awards in math/science/physics, alongside a few school-wide contest awards in essay(!)/math/science. </p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE:
- Extracurriculars: Continuously studying math/physics two grades above my level through self-study, clubs, and much reading; Article publication in Korea’s most famous science magazine(10); UofToronto’s Int’l Physics Olympiad program(11); one physics research paper(11); co-founder of chess club(10); school’s education leader(9); NGO’s youth tranlation team leader(11); junior ski instructor certificate(11); local ski-racing team(10-12); hobby tennis and certificates(8-12); hobby guitar(10-12); Mensa Int’l member.
- Volunteer/Community service:250 hours focused primarily on three activities - translation, adopted (from Korea) children service, and tutoing.
- Summer Activities: Was selected to district’s “advanced science lab program for sudents gifted in science”(9), math/physics summer camp and subsequent awards(10), a month-long residential physics research program with college credits(11); camp counselor for adopted children(8-11); tennis
- Essays: Did my best.
- Teacher Recommendation: Both adored me.
- Counselor Rec: Very good. She showed me draft and final, and made sure we both liked it. xD
- Additional Rec: 0
- Interview: 0 </p>
<p>OTHER
Country (if international applicant): CANADA
School Type: awfully tough public.
Ethnicity: Asian-ORM
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 55k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 0 </p>
<p>REFLECTION
- Strengths: A burning passion for physics/sci, Took SATII math(800) and physics(780) way early in October 2009, three AP’s from a non-AP school, I came to Canada from Korea, 2.5 years ago, so my school considers my performance insane.
- Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted into Northwestern, Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Carnege Mellon, McGill and URochester. //MIT and Columbia(ED) along with a couple-a IVYs rejected me.</p>