<p>Decision: Accepted to Trinity!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 Superscored. 750 Writing, 710 Reading, 640 Math.
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 630 Literature, 610 Mathematics Level 2, 670 U.S. History.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted is ~4.5 or 4.6)
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s throughout High School.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~210
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (3), AP Environmental (3), AP English Language (5), AP US History (4).
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP English IV, AP Goverment: US, Honors Horticulture 2, Advanced Agricultural Studies, French 2, Honors French 3.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar is pretty much the only thing. I’ve gotten a bunch of smaller awards within my school.[/ul]Subjective:
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[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):<br>
National FFA Organization (Chaplain, Secretary - 4 years), Parliamentary Procedure Competition Team (Treasurer, Vice President - 3 years), Southern Guilford Academy (Executive Council - 4 years), Church Youth Group (~13 years), Community Service Committee (2 years), Public Relations Committee (2 years), NHS (1 year), NTHS (Vice President - 2 years), Piano and Guitar Lessons (~9 and ~6 years, respectively), other smaller, various clubs like G.O.O.D, Science Club, INTERACT, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Minimal. A few brief experiences in vet assisting and shadowing, but no ‘official’ job.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public library volunteer (art studio supervisor), animal shelter volunteer, Greensboro Breast Cancer Walk worker, Campbell’s Grow Your Own Soup, Adopt-A-Highway, other various one-time volunteering events.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About the FFA, and all the opportunities it allowed me to pursue. Probably the weakest of my 3 essays.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Not my best work, but certainly not bad. I was afraid because it was kind of lengthy. I wrote about a paralyzing phobia I had for many years and how I overcame it.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): My “Why Duke” was great, and I think it’s one of the main things that got me in. I mentioned how a good part of my childhood was spent in and around the campus, and how I loved Duke from an early age.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Both were good, but not very detailed. Nothing spectacular.
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Like my teacher recs, it put me in a good light, but nothing to rave about.
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): N/A
[</em>] Interview: Yes. It went pretty well. Alumni interviewer was really relaxed and we just chatted for an hour in the Barnes and Nobles caf</p>