Official Grinnell Class of 2020 Admissions Decision Thread!!

phoria
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:31:21 +0000

Decision:
Rejected
College and Program:
Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 35 composite (36M 35E 34R 36S 11W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I honestly have no clue bcs our school is on a 5 point scale and finding your unweighted GPA is near impossible. I’ll just say I had an upward trend of Bs to As/Bs, in AP/Honors classes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP Chem (3), AP Lang (5), APUSH (5), AP Sem (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, Physics Honors, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Research
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/Distinction, im p sure im forgetting one but whatever[/li][/ul]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Violin (solo performance, student leader of chamber ensemble that tours worldwide, concertmistress of youth symphony)
Piano Performance
Theatre (Student Business Director for my senior year)
Model UN (won a research/writing award for a committee at a significant conference)
Essays: 8/10 talked about living in a mostly conservative and ignorant town and how I grew to become a social activist. I didn’t like it that much but the woman who edited it for me said she loved it.
Supplement was a 10/10 I was specific about what attracted me to Grinnell
Teacher Recommendation: Teacher #1 10/10, it’s from the department chairs of Social Studies and Science, both who love me like one of their own children and who see wild success in my future (even tho i don’t even believe in myself that much lol)
Teacher #2 10/10 probably the most positive human being on earth, she was my AP Lang teacher and I really went above and beyond in that class, entering a writing contest outside of school that required her to sponsor me, and I did a kickass job on the final exam project
Teacher #3 8/10 my AP Calc teacher. He had me in Precalc H as well. I get 100s on the test no sweat and show real interest in the subject. He just doesn’t know me as well as a person as the other two letters would.
Counselor Rec: 7/10 Nothing really special my counselor barely knows me tbh but I met with her a few times and she says hi to me in the halls so I can’t imagine she wrote anything bad
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: 9/10 I came out feeling really good, she seemed really interested in my research thesis and my extra curriculars.
Supplementary Material(if any): Sent a music supplement, met with the piano prof and he was really eager for me to study with him.
[/list]Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): I applied for FinAid. I’m like the 70th percentile economically, so higher than avg
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): nah
[/list]Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, Recs, course log
Weaknesses: Grades?
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: My mom is still confused as to why I was rejected. I think maybe it was grades or they just thought I was overqualified because of my test score and that they wouldn’t get any yield out of me.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Denison, Kenyon, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley. Rejected at Wesleyan
[/list]General Comments: College admissions makes no sense