<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR/750 M/790 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Phys/800 Chem/800 Math2/800 USHis
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/550
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro/AP Chem/AP Phys B/AP EngLang/AP USHis - All 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio/ AP Gov/ AP Bio/ AP Stats/ AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO (9th-12th), NMF, AcaDec State Awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: AcaDec (Captain, Numerous Regional & State Awards), Science Bowl (Captain, Pre-National 2nd Place), Tennis (JV/Varsity Regional Victories), Chinmayananda Hindu Service (International Philanthropic Travel), Mock Trial (Central CA Regional Champions, State Placement), Trumpet (Numerous Principal Chairs in Prestigious Orchestras and State Honor Bands, International Concert Tours w/ Concertos), Volunteer in Local Hospitals (Senior Volunteer w/ Hundreds of Hours in ICU and ER)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at an Electro-Physiology Clinic (Organizing Patient Medical Records, Operating Holter Monitors, & PHP Web Managing)
Volunteer/Community service: Discussed Above
Summer Activities: COSMOS Math & Science Camp UCSC, Philanthropic Trips to India & the 3rd World, NSLC Biomedical Ethics Program at U. of Maryland: College Park, Enrichment Travel to Europe [Germany, Italy]
Essays: Commonapp was fairly quirky above my brother and mother and constant migration that shaped my life. I honestly think my essay is what set me apart. I talked about how my first time on the campus was unconventional - someone immediately asked me to “bless” their child by kissing him because she thought I was a student. I went on to talk about how I thought Stanford students were GODS after this until I got into an actual class and I noticed that the professors made harmless mistakes and were able to laugh when they made them. It was really personal and profound.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably fairly generic. One from AP Chemistry Teacher while the other was from my AcaDec coach. Both have known me most of my life which makes the fact that their recommendations were so bland just a TAD surprising (<= sense my sarcasm? =])
Counselor Rec: I love the guy. Amazing man. It was also a bit generic but still very flattering regarding he has only had limited contact with me.
Additional Rec: English Teacher from my school. My inspiration for my liberality and I’m sure it was highly flattering.
Interview: N/A (but I wish I had one though! Would’ve been fun, no doubt!)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Fairly Competitive Public (2100+ w/ API of approximately low 800s)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 300k+ (Thankfully I was lucky to have the financial opportunities to succeed)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No (in terms of racial/gender/sexual orientation-wise)
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, Quirky Essays?
Weaknesses: Maybe a little convoluted in my application. It might seem as though I were a bit… arbitrary to some.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I matched the criteria for a U. Chicago student, whatever that is haha.
What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going: Accepted: UCLA, Berkeley, Duke (w/ likely), UCSD, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Brown; Waitlisted: Harvard, JHU; Rejected: MIT, UPenn, Princeton
General Comments:
Do what you love and without the obsession compulsion for colleges! Helium is helium whether you’re in Harvard or UChicago or your local community college. It matters that you KNOW the material NOT where you learn it from.</p>