*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

satsarecool
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 01:32:40 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 800 CR 800 W 780
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Bio (800), Chem (800), Math II(760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish(school doesn’t calculate)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t calculate
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Bio (5), AP Chem (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available at school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presented science research at a national science conference, national merit commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN(VP), science research, Varsity Fencing, Varsity Ultimate, Viola(first-chair in orchestra), some other minor ones
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: None
Summer Activities: 1 summer abroad in France, 2 summers doing science research
Essays: Excellent, worked extremely hard on them, had many read them
Teacher Recommendations: Both very good
Counselor Rec: Probably good, didn’t read
Additional Rec: From my laboratory mentor
Interview: Went very well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Association
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, grades, interest in science, well-rounded
Weaknesses: Nothing that particularly “pops out”
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong applicant overall
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Duke, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Upenn, Amherst, Northwestern, Rice. Williams, some likelies
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Show some interest, it’s especially important with Wash U.