*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

SlamDunkz2496
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:49:00 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT: 2270 (700 CR, 780 M, 790 W)
SAT II: 750 Math II, 700 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/262
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), US History (5), Physics C: Mechanics (3), Calculus BC (5), BC Subscore (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Environmental, AP Statistics, AP French, AP US Gov, Sales and Marketing 3 (Student Store Mgmt)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars/Community Service:
DECA: Chapter President, Regional VP, 3x State Qualifier, 2x National Qualifier
Microsoft Intern: 15 hr/week, whole year, statistical/competitive analysis and marketing/branding
Merchandising Intern: sales and marketing efforts, mini-business basically
Eastside Baby Corner: 1.5 hr/week for 2 years
King County Library System IT Intern: 5 hr/week for 1 year, manage purchases/invoices for entire library system
Mountains to Sound Greenway: community service project to raise money, increase awareness and volunteer
Washington Business Week: placed 1st in Traditional BW and 2nd in Advanced a year later
Maybe more but I just can’t think of any right now…

Job/Work Experience: Mentioned above - Microsoft Intern and Intern at merchandising company
Essays: Common App - 9.5/10. Spent nearly 6 months on it and perfected it as best I could
Teacher Recommendation: 1 from math teacher who LOVES me: 9/10. 1 from freshman and senior English teacher who likes me pretty well: 7/10
Counselor Rec: Pretty decent, talked to her more often than most people: 7/10
Interview: Nope!

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business (Finance)
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Medium Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Little over 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!

Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars for sure! I also spent a lot of time on my essay and crafted it well.
Weaknesses: Scores and objective stuff mainly
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I really got my passion for business through and overall just conveyed why I’d be a good candidate!
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to University of Minnesota (Carlson School of Mgmt), University of Washington (Foster School of Business). Waitlisted at University of Chicago. Rejected ED to Penn (Wharton). Still waiting on Berkeley, UCLA, Duke, Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, Dartmouth and NYU.