**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 32 Composite, 33 Superscore (32 English, 36 Math, 32 Reading, 29 Science) (30 Science with Superscore)
SAT II: 790 Math, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m from Canada so we don’t use GPA. My average was around 96%
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Statistics, 5 Microecnomics, 4 Macro, 4 Human Geography
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP English, AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won DECA Ontario Provincials (that’s a business competition btw), I don’t really have any internationally recognized awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Started my own club at school, president of another, band, sports, research, and DECA…
Job/Work Experience: Summer Marketing Intern for a private swimming company
Volunteer/Community service: TEDX Volunteer, Shad Valley Ambassador, …
Summer Activities: DEEP Engineering Camp (Grade 9), Harvard Summer School (Grade 10), Shad Valley (Grade 11)
Essays: Common app essay was about me chasing a squirrel, I thought it was pretty good
Teacher Rec #1: I think this was a really good rec by my Math & Stats teacher. Finished with 100 and 98 respectively in his courses respectively
Teacher Rec #2: By my mentor and AP Physics teacher. Thought it was meh, and only chose him because I had a 99 in his course and because he was my assigned mentor. This guy is an asshole to be honest, and I kind of hate him.
Counselor Rec: Probably really good. She knew a lot about me. Funny story, I didn’t have a social science rec and Harvey Mudd sent me an email about it, so my counselor wrote my rec as my grade 11 English teacher. Haha, I thought I had no chance at that point because they sent me that email
Additional Rec: Basically my second teacher rec became my additional rec. Again, I don’t think it was that good.
Interview: Didn’t have the chance to have one
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): I sent in an update sometime in February with 2 full on paragraphs of the 2 clubs I lead at school. I think that must have helped. I also did research with a prof at UofT, so I included an abstract of that in my Additional Information section on the Common App. I also included a plethora of extra math contest awards, chess medals, and just other random awards I had accumulated over the years there.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: I was very lucky that I didn’t need to apply for financial aid
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Small (350 Students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m really not sure, but I know it’s quite high.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, EC activity descriptions, research abstract, and a very compact application. I literally used every opportunity to include more information about myself.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My focus on project based learning and the liberal arts approach
Weaknesses: No admissions interview. ACT score, 32 (non super-scored) really isn’t that high for HMC. Really weak mark in AP Biology (84) because I had never taken Biology before.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and my mid-February application update
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCSD and UC Davis, waitlisted at UCLA (My UC application was really kind of rushed)
General Comments & Advice:
To be honest, Harvey Mudd was a very last minute college for me. I only found out about it because I had my mind originally set on the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. And truthfully, one of my essays was an Olin essay copy-paste, so I’m actually kind of surprised that I was admitted here. Originally HMC was a backup for Olin, and although I made it past Candidates’ Weekend at Olin (and I think I’ll probably be accepted), I don’t think I can go because Olin doesn’t have a good computer science program. I still feel like I just broke up with Olin, so it’s hard for me to get that excited about HMC just yet.
A few days ago HMC was one of my top choices alongside Cornell, but now after reading some very negative comments about the college last night I’m not too sure anymore 
@hopefulperson , I wish we could trade acceptances. I’m dying to hear back from Cornell 