**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR770 W800 M800
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 800 US History 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t have them. We had a transcript with grade levels, and I only had Bs in Chinese
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 for Computer Science, Calculus, Statistics, Economics, Physics C, US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): /
Senior Year Course Load: Just usual Chinese high school stuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big really. MCM Meritorious, HiMCM Finalist, and some local math and speaking contests
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar I guess??
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Founded a student run library in our school (10-12), Math club (9-11, Vice President), Class President (9-12), some (little) research (9-11), marathon training (11)
Job/Work Experience: Did promotional campaigns for a major business case competition in our country
Volunteer/Community service: Did subtitles translations for a single var calculus course on Coursera
Summer Activities: Operation Catapult, self studied a bunch of math and physics stuff
Essays: Mudd essays were my favorites
Teacher Rec #1: Math teacher, has known me since 7th grade
Teacher Rec #2: Russian teacher, has known me since 6th grade
Counselor Rec: Very good. She likes me a lot
Additional Rec: From my research mentor, probably good
Interview: Didn’t have
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): Our MCM abstract plus my project at Catapult
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No. Way too competitive for internationals
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): /
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $100,000-$120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
Strengths: Scores and essays
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Just telling my story
Weaknesses: No major awards. No notable research. So probably not enough STEM activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is honestly the one school I see as most “fit”. I guess AOs saw that from the essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to GT, UCLA, UCSD, USC, RHIT. Rejected at Caltech and MIT.
General Comments & Advice:
Be very honest about who you are. They’ll love you for the real you.