*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

akiddoc
Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:47:32 +0000

I don’t feel like listing everything on that outline for my daughter, but here are the important data points:

Accepted

SAT W730 M770 CR750 2250
Lit 780 Bio 730
Weighted GPA 4.47 at one of the toughest private high schools in the country.
The school does not rank.
AP Lit 5 (actually, there is no AP Lit course. She took the test anyway.) AP Bio 4.
Senior courses: AP Calc, AP Mandarin, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Shakespeare, Contemporary Asian History, Witticism in English Literature, Anthropology

Probably the top high school female trumpet player in the state. Maybe #2. Member of premier jazz high school all-star band. Arts supplement sent to most colleges.
Published paper in a major medical journal after 3 years of research.
Equestrian.

Head Start volunteer.
Various minor school activities and clubs.

Not saying which state for privacy reasons.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: African American
Income: 200,000. Limited financial aid offered due to certain family circumstances.

This was a last minute application. Two friends who got in EA convinced her to apply.

Accepted to Scripps and Oberlin. Awaiting Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Pomona, Tufts, Vassar.