<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR, 770 Math, 710, Writing (Note re-taken in Dec, got 670 CR, 770 M, 770W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 World History, 750 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/294
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Bio (5), Chemistry (5), World History (5), Macro Econ (4), Micro Econ (4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (fixed schedule for all science diploma seniors at my school) Intense, one of the most rigorous in the nation
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best Student Company in Asia (Business Corporation run by students), Asia’s Junior Tourism Campaign Contest, junior national chess champion, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess (school team captain, junior national team captain, men national team member), school newspaper (founder/editor-in-chief), student-run company (president/founder), tennis, badminton, track, theatre productions, Knowledge Bowl (JV captain, varsity team member), autism research (invented a successful alternative occupational therapy for autistic children in rural communities), junior ROTC (student lieutenant, graduated Staff Sergeant of Thai Army), Class president (9th-12th)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Autism researcher at National Autism research institution [ *] Volunteer/Community service: guest therapist at national Autism mental institution, fundraising events for soldiers fighting insurgency in the country’s southern region, H1N1 flu combat, flood relief, chess tournament organizer/arbiter</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: Accountant and translator at renowned local accounting company, national/internation chess tournaments</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: EC: chess, personal statement: autism research/therapy invention- brother is autistic, supplement: connection between journalism and business (used my ECs as examples)… I believed my essays were pretty impressive.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Social Studies and Physics, both were excellent (from my teachers’ comments, though I didn’t get to read them)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Excellent, Starbucks interview for 90 minutes non-stop conversation
[/ul]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant):[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant): Thailand
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Thai
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: applied for fin aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): autistic brother?, both grandfather and father were refugees
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Essays, variety and level of achievements in ECs, interview[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: SAT (especially CR)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I must’ve impressed adcom with my essays that exactly reflect me as an individual. Maybe also because of my nationality and my contributions to my interests (autism, chess, business/finance)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t apply anywhere else (Princeton SCEA)
General Comments: glad they didn’t penalize me for the less than impressive SAT scores.</p>