<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 didn’t send
ACT: 35 composite 33 english, 34 math, 35 reading, 36 science
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Physics and US history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/174
AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (5), English Language (5), Microeconomics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, AP Stats, Band, Spanish III
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High altitude ballooning club, lighting for shows
Job/Work Experience: worked at a Caltech facility over the summer
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer lighting
Summer Activities: Stanford’s EPGY for 3 summers before my Caltech job
Essays: Most were pretty good, talked about my ballooning stuff and just who I am as a person.
Teacher Recommendation: A great one from my English teacher who likes me and who also coached me in cross-country for two years and a pretty good one from a math teacher who thinks I’m the best math student in the school.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know but probably pretty good
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Rural Public
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): White
Hispanic (Y/N): N
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~100-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really, just a well rounded candidate.</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT score, good extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Essays weren’t the best
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: literally blind luck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford (by date), Rejected: MIT(after being deferred)</p>
<p>General Comments: So happy. I am very glad to have gotten in, but really don’t know why they chose me over some of the rejected applicants in this thread. With a 5.07% acceptance rate I just got lucky.</p>