Official Stanford REA Decisions Class of 2016

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 Reading, 750 Math, 770 Writing (Took it 3 times, 1850 the first time)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 760 US History, 740 German
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): German <a href=“5”>self-study</a>, APUSH (5), European History <a href=“4”>self-study</a>, English Lit (4), Biology <a href=“3”>self-study</a>
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Govt, AP Chem, AP English Lang, AP Calc AB, Hon. Econ, Spanish 3 (also taking the AP test), Bible 12, Choir; also self studying AP US Govt
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Awards from the Austrian Economics Center (essay competition)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
student government (president 11th)
class president (11, 12)
class vice president (10)
school basketball (10, 11 (captain), 12)
school volleyball (11-12)
club basketball (9-12)
yearbook (copy editor 12)
praise band (12)
ACSI European Honor Choir (10-12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
ran the kids program at a bilingual church (9-10)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
spent every spring break at a care home in Romania
summer after junior year - intern as a kindergarden teacher for impoverished kids in the Dominican Republic
Volunteer at the UN in Vienna (at a charity Bazaar)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
NSLC International Diplomacy (got college credit from American University)
traveling to China, Italy and in Austria
[<em>] Essays: good - I think that’s the main thing that got me in
[</em>] Common App Main: personal statement on my world and how it shaped me - growing up in Austria and going to different schools; also included my passion for fighting injustice
[<em>] EC Short Answer: playing basketball even though I’m short
[</em>] “Profile” questions: I was totally myself. some weird things, some probably common
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: math as a universal language - my experience in two different school systems
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: talked about my last roommate
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: justice and fighting human trafficking
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good, I knew the teachers really well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: written by the principle haha! my mom’s the counselor so she couldn’t write it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: stanford business school grad who I interned with over the summer
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: HumBio
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Austria (but I’m a US citizen)
[</em>] School Type: private christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Cacausian
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:
Passion! I make sure it showed in my essays.
Also I had good ecs and volunteer work.
I worked really hard in high school and self studied an additional AP each year
[</em>] Weaknesses: three B’s! Sophomore year - two in Hon Algebra II and one in Hon Biology
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays. They really showed who I am</p>