<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (710CR, 800M, 740W) one sitting
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740 WH, 760 Bio-M, 780 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, 4.25 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/570
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World: 5, Bio: 5, US: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, Honors Gov/Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years varsity swimming(captain, team MVP, NCS qualifier), 2 years varsity wrestling(2 season-ending surgeries), 4 years band(3 years jazz band, trombone section leader, percussion/brass ensembles, County Honor Band), Student School Board Representative(ASB position), officer in Interact, Co-President of National History Club, Senior Class Board
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding for two summers
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of hours with Interact, summer camp counselor at my Church, various outreach activities with church, led the student campaign for a local bond measure
[<em>] Summer Activities: CA Boys State, swimming
[</em>] Essays: Leading the student volunteer effort for a successful bond measure($50 million for new sports facilities in the schools); what I learned, how it made me passionate about leadership in my community and the world.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I’m fairly sure they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Terrible. I’ve had a new counselor every year in HS, so she didn’t know me at all. I actually had to send it back to her to fix typos…
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: low-performing public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $160,000 ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Very well rounded, with demonstrated passion in lots of things.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No superstar status in anything. Average grades/SATs (for Stanford, at least).<br>
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not a super-genius or national-level anything. Also, it’s pretty much a crapshoot at this caliber of school.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Berkeley, San Diego, Davis(Regents); Waitlisted: Harvard; Rejected: Yale, Penn, UCLA
[/ul]General Comments: Not really disappointed, as I expected it. My worst case scenario is UC Berkeley (my childhood dream school), so it’s all good!</p>