Official Grinnell Class of 2020 Admissions Decision Thread!!

pranjal26
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:50:09 +0000

Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (750 M 730 W 690 CR)
[] SAT II: Math 2 - 760, Physics - 750
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] Senior Year Course Load: CBSE
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major
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Subjective:

[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): School e-Mag Editor in Chief, Student Government, Senior Editor at an eSports website, Film Making, Basketball
[]Job/Work Experience: eSports website for about 10 months
[]Volunteer/Community service: Worked at a local drug de-addiction center and started a program to teach computer stuff to school employees
[]Summer Activities: Drug de-addiction, Film making
[]Essays: 9/10
[]Teacher Recommendation: 7/10
[]Counselor Rec: 9/10
[]Additional Rec: Didn’t provide
[]Interview: Didn’t request
[]Supplementary Material(if any): Sent a case study about the computer thingy, a few writing samples from the website and a film that I made couple of years ago

Other

[]State (if domestic applicant): –
[]Country (if international applicant): India
[]School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: Asia
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Applied for about $30k financial aid
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student

Reflection

[]Strengths: Essays and ECs
[]Weaknesses: Test and school scores
[]Why you think you were accepted: Essays and ECs definitely
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at UChi; Accepted at UW Madison, UMinn, UMD, Bard; Rejected at Macalester

General Comments: l really like Grinnell and definitely my top choice; very legit Physics department and great course offerings for a LAC