Official Harvey Mudd College RD Decision Thread

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770 CR, 800 Math, 710 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 Physics, 740 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 34, don’t remember the breakdown.
[</em>]GPA: between 4.1 and 4.2 weighted, out of a possible 4.66 (although because of required non-honors or AP classes, more like 4.4)
[<em>]Rank: either in top 10% or barely missed it
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12: 96.5 sophomore year, worse in later years, AP Spanish 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP World 5[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I think they were good. I got a little comment about one, and my college counselor thought they were really good (and funny!)
[</em>]Recs: I don’t know, but I think very good
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: Canada/USA Mathcamp, volunteering with a lawyer to provide legal aid to people who cannot afford it, some research, art, and making wacky stuff (an origami knitted purse, sized to fit my TI-89)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Ohio
[<em>]High School Type: Private, all-girls
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: debate, Math club, art
[<em>]Awards: Avogadro exam, National Merit, some art stuff, maybe more.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted: essays that fit the school (and were super honest), strong academics, especially math
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m super happy about it! [/ul]</p>