<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M/790 CR/660 W (2250)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 M/790 CR/690 W (2280)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 E/34 M/36 R/ 35 S (35 Composite)
[</em>] SAT II: US History 780, Literature 740, Math II 740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 5, Newspaper, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Lang
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: Everyone and their mother
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State History Day Fair, but nothing really huge [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial (Captain), Congressional Advisory Board, Girl Scouts
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring, cell phone mascot… hahaha.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Profile questions: I had fun with these![/li][</em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: My History Day project last year
[<em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Random, quirky
[</em>] Why is Stanford a Good Choice for You Essay: Wrote about some research I did last year with a Stanford professor in history
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see![/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t see!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see this either.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
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<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Late December
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public (~5 kids got into Stanford this year)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Didn’t apply for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing special![/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, not many AP tests taken before senior year (although there aren’t many offered at my school), no major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m pretty well-rounded, but I don’t really have anything that sets me apart.
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Georgetown SFS (EA), UChicago (EA), USC (Presidential Scholarship), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD (Regents), UCD (Regents). Waitlisted at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Duke. Rejected at Yale and Columbia.
[li] What would you have done differently?: I think I gave it my best shot. No regrets, right?[/ul][/li]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: It’s so weird to finally be a second semester senior and into college… AHH! But anyways, I was blown away to even be waitlisted by Stanford. The rest of the people from my school who got in are all super math/science geniuses. Hopefully there’s room for a prospective history major? But anyways, super big congratulations to all the amazing people who got in! And to those who didn’t, it’ll all work out in the end.
Briefly explain why you applied to Stanford (This may very roughly show who really had an interest and if there is some correlation with acceptance): Strong political science and history departments, beautiful campus, and great school spirit.</p>