**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 35 (R 36, E 33, M 36, S 35)
SAT II: Chem 800, Physics 800, Math IIC 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/94
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Bio, Stats (5), WH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, rest required core courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Honor Roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Mu Alpha Theta president/exec position for 3 years, Science Club Chem Division Captain, Lead designer for school magazine, Varsity Bball and XC
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring full time for 2.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Worked for nearby orphanage and animal care centers
Summer Activities: Working full time at academies, wrote intensive research paper on neural networks, which was published in a journal
Essays: This is what got me in. Admissions president wrote a handwritten note on my letter of acceptance talking about my common app essay.
Teacher Rec #1: Chem teacher offered to write me my letter.
Teacher Rec #2: Loved me as a student and friend. No doubt about the quality, as he was the writing teacher.
Counselor Rec: Knew me since before high school, likely good.
Additional Rec: Bio teacher, also offered to write me a letter.
Interview: n/a
Additional material (abstracts/papers/other): Research paper submitted to a journal and published.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private, small
Ethnicity: Korean American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Mid range
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really… female engineer
Reflection:
Strengths: Being truly thoughtful in all my essays.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: “I am a researcher” was the message I emphasized the most
Weaknesses: Not much different from other applicants from my school or from my perspective
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Looking at others who got in, I think it was my personality that fits with HMC.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by Haverford, Waitlisted by Williams, Rejected by Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, JHU (sad list here lol)
General Comments & Advice:
Be honest to who you are! HMC seems to look for certain characteristics, and I think I fit them.