<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 single-sitting (760 CR, 720M, 750W), 2280 super-score (770M)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (33E, 35M, 35R, 35S, 10e)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 USH, 740 Physics, 720 Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Spanish Language (5), Calculus AB (5), Music Theory (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government & Politics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Statistics, Honors Spanish V, Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, various school stuff, county science fair 3rd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUSIC (~25-30+ hours a week), MUN (founding member and treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: school cafeteria worker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~90-100 hours, mainly general community service stuff and music
[</em>] Essays: Not Pulitzer-worthy, but fairly good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: sent 3, I’d assume all of them were at least 9+/10, but I didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no clue. Our counselors have changed every year, so I doubt it was extremely well-written and personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep; presidential scholarship recipient
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California, SF Bay Area
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: </em><em>y public, roughly 400 in graduating class, ~150 of which will pursue some form of college education
[</em>] Ethnicity: didn’t state
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: enough, but not enough to afford college without aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interesting essay topic (languages/linguistics), scores, lots of music stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of diverse ECs and work experience, little community service, no major awards, major choice
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I think my essays were unique enough to make me stand out in the applicant pool, and my teacher recommendations were outstanding</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted. Good luck to those of you who were waitlisted. For those of you who were rejected, don’t take it personally. Somewhere out there is the perfect school for you.</p>