<p>Decision: Accepted to Steinhardt (Music Education Major)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 610, CR: 700, WR: 800 (2110 Total)
[</em>] ACT: 32 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: Don’t remember, both were in the high 600s, haha. I didn’t study at all~
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP European History (5), AP Music Theory (3, 4), AP Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): —
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Symphonic Band, Government/Economics, Student Conductor in Concert Band, Honors Spanish 4, AP Statistics, AP English Literature/Composition, AP Environmental Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CSF Student, National Merit Commended, Won flute competitions and such</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LOTS of music stuff. Various ensembles, I’m principal flute in band/orchestra…you get the picture. Also Academic Decathlon and some other minor stuff dealing with clubs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teach tennis 2 days a week to young kids
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Play benefit concerts for homeless shelters/other places in need of money to help the less fortunate
[</em>] Summer Activities: TONS of summer music camps, most recently the National High School Music Institute at Northwestern University
[<em>] Essays: Pretty damn good, if I may say so myself.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Must have been pretty good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know, probably good? Haha.
[</em>] Additional Rec: My band director probably wrote an AMAZING letter.
[li] Interview: I had a pretty good audition.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Music education
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small public, EXTREMELY competitive/difficult.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 180k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None? Except that I’m VERY passionate about music and teaching.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores/grades/passion for music
[</em>] Weaknesses: I made a few mistakes on my common app xD Woops. And my math score/grades. Ha.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I write well, I’m passionate about music and know I want to teach.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None (I decided to wait to send apps until I found out about NYU)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: SEE YOU GUYS AT NYU!!! :)</p>