Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (R: 780, M: 790, W:690)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: M2: 780 P:770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.27
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/492
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) Physics (4) Macro Econ (4) APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Econ (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Lit HL, IB World History HL, IB Chinese SL, IB Bio HL, Journalism, Theory of Knowledge, Draw/Paint, AP Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National History Day Winner, state and national winner, National Journalism Awards
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): IB Diploma Canidate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): editor-in-chief of award winning newspaper, math club president, volleyball 4 years, swim 4 years
Job/Work Experience: Lab work at local university
Volunteer/Community service: maybe 100 hours?
Summer Activities: Volunteer and lab work
Essays:
Common App: 8/10, talked about how i hated math but learned to love it after i took physics and calc
Why Mudd: 8-9/10, very personal, talked about my overnight stay and all the wonderful things that Mudd had to offer
Other: “How has my background influenced they types of problems I want to solve?” talked about pollution in socal and lab work introduced me to environmental engineering
Teacher Rec #1: AP Physics teacher who really loved me as a student 8-9/10
Teacher Rec #2: IB Lit and Journalism teacher, writes many very good rec letters 10/10
Counselor Rec: IB Math teacher and IB coordinator 7-8/10
Additional Rec: Professor in charge of lab I worked in ?/10
Interview: I think it went very well 
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): Submitted my resume
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public 2500ish students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80-100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
Reflection:
Strengths: scores were in range, I’m very personable
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to make it clear that i was very interested in the unique things that Mudd offers
Weaknesses: low class rank, lower GPA, slightly struggle with essays, procrastinated on my application
Why you think you were accepted: my Why Mudd essay was very passionate and honest, my common app essay talked about my love of STEM, my interview went well
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCR, Kenyon
Rejected: WashU
Waiting: Berkeley, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Northwestern, Princeton, Cornell, USC
General Comments & Advice:
Make sure you really let your personality show in your essays and if you interview! If you live in SoCal, try your hardest to get an interview! I know people with better stats than me who were rejected or waitlisted because they probably didn’t show enough interest in the school.