<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800CR/720 M/760 W (single sitting); 2340 super-scored
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Math 2, 730 Bio M, 720 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 (it changed to 3 after I submitted my application, grr)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all 5) Bio, Calc AB, World History, English Lang, Stats, US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Lit, Concert Band, year 2 of a healthcare academy program at my school, AP Chinese at an off-campus Chinese school
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, NHS, CSF, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): academic league (captain 9th, 11th, and 12th), concert band percussionist, marching band percussionist (captain 10th), piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: private piano teacher, pipa / Chinese lute performing
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at the local library
[</em>] Summer Activities: performed pipa at the county fair, took classes at local community college, visited China and the East coast with my family
[<em>] Essays: See below
[</em>] Common App Main: I am a year or two younger than the average freshman applicant, and I wrote about how I didn’t let that stop me from gaining opportunities
[<em>] EC Short Answer: I elaborated more on my pipa performing experience
[</em>] “Profile” questions: I was honest, though it took me a while to figure out what my favorites were, haha
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I wrote about how a debate assignment we had in chemistry helped me become more open-minded to different points of view
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Fun, I told a cute story and talked about my love of reading
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: Learning… haha, I didn’t like this essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one teacher’s was amazing, the other’s I didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I dunno
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A (I wish they gave interviews in their own state! -.- I love interviews!)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I would have, yes
[</em>] Intended Major: biology, pre-med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese -.-
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Below 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: most of my academics, my pipa / Chinese lute performance experience & music activities in general
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m an ORM, I didn’t do many healthcare-related activities, my SAT IIs weren’t that good
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The weaknesses</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m pretty sad, Stanford was my first choice… Oh well, I guess. Time to wait for my other colleges. Congratulations to everyone who is / gets accepted!</p>