Although I’ve been almost clinically depressed for the past 24 hours, I promised myself I would post stats for all my schools because these helped a lot when I applied, so here goes:
**Decision: Waitlisted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400 superscore, 2340 single sitting (740 in math of all things fml)
ACT (breakdown): did not take
SAT II: 800s in Physics, Math 2, US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/800ish when applied, rank 3 in the midyear 
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 tests taken, six 5s and four 4s, 3 self studied
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Marching Band, AP Art History, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Lit, Latin IV, AP Bio, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I WISH
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): FBLA awards, honor bands, ap awards, nm commended, 1% graduate in county, generic stuff
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): FBLA, NHS, SNHS, band, president/officer positions for all
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Research at Claremont McKenna, internship at engineering firm
Essays: Honestly, my HMC essays were the best essays I have ever written in my life
Teacher Rec #1: Ok
Teacher Rec #2: Ok
Counselor Rec: Ok
Additional Rec: From Claremont prof, hopefully it was positive lol
Interview: The best interview I have ever had
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): Research paper
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m an extremely rare specimen in that I’m a middle class Asian male in engineering
Reflection:
Strengths: I literally worked on campus, stats
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses: i honestly don’t know, i’m trying not to blame it on my ethnicity
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I would really love if somebody could pinpoint any weaknesses, im just kinda disillusioned at the moment. This waitlist really really really hurt…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Berkeley, UCLA (with regents), UCSD (with regents), Rose Hulman (with pretty much full aid). Rejected Caltech, MIT.
General Comments & Advice:
The best way to cope with sadness is to go to Costco and get as much free food from the free samples as you can. One technique I devised is to wear a jacket, circle around the building, then take the jacket off. That way the employees won’t recognize you. Rinse and repeat until you are either full or not sad anymore.