<p>Decision: Accepted (wish I knew how to make it big and green)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>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.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>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.
Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were good.
Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
Additional Rec: No
Interview: No</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Scores and grades, even though I see them as a baseline requirement. Leadership within UCI 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 the essay.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted ED to Columbia, so I still need to withdraw here.</p>