<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 something? (not too sure, sent scores directly after being released).<br>
[</em>] SAT II: 740 Math II, 690 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: complicated because of scheduling problems. I’m in four classes I didn’t sign up for and only 2 APs and one honors (though I signed up for much more rigor)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major/national, just small local ones.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): co-principal player in my state’s top youth symphony, principal player in another youth symphony, first degree black belt, and 4 years varsity chess. In my school’s top concert band (section leader), top jazz band (section leader), and marching band (section leader). Class representative in BSA, 4 years of All-State/All-NW honor groups. Music district solo competition winner, district ensemble winner etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teach chess, ref soccer, and teach music
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: worked on a project to make many schools in my state “green schools”, volunteered at soup kitchens and other such places, played in several community music groups (band/orchestra) which donate profits to charity.<br>
[</em>] Summer Activities: community music groups for charity, music auditions/competitions, and extra classes for school.<br>
[<em>] Essays: Maybe not the best written, but some good concepts.<br>
[</em>] Common App Main: Liked it when I wrote it, but read it again recently and hated it. Wrote about how I had to give up my career dream but found a whole new world as a result.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Wrote about my music, honestly thought it was pretty generic.<br>
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Wrote about chess and the thrill of endless possibilites and finding a challenging opponent.<br>
[<em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Didn’t like it that much. I wrote about some quirks of mine but I still felt it wasn’t that great.
[</em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: My best essay by far (they mentioned it in my acceptance). Wrote about how after my career dreams were crushed I realized that we have a higher purpose in life, and what I decided my purpose is.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good I’m guessing, I never saw them.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good? She seems to like me
[<em>] Additional Rec: Music rec from my high school music teacher. Very good, I’d say.
[</em>] Interview: Not offered?</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] Intended Major: think I put econ possibly with a double major in music.<br>
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: it’s complicated
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): music? I sent in a recording, had a resume, and all that jazz (no pun intended). </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extra-curriculars definitely, and a few good essays maybe.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: Academics. My SAT scores weren’t great, and I’m not happy with my gpa either.<br>
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted probably because of my music (I sent in a recording)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone whose been accepted to a school! To all those who haven’t (or who were rejected from Stanford/other schools) don’t lose hope. You’ll all be just fine and find a school that is great for you.</p>