<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 top score
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2400
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): NA
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 800s in BioE, Lit, USH, WH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%, in runner for Val (news will come soon)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in about 10 tests (USH, Spanish Lang, Eng Lang, WH, AP Gov, Bio, Calc BC, Macro, Comp Gov, Chem) so far, taking literally 12 this year
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Physics, AP Spanish Lit, AP English Lit, Gym/health (I live in NJ, they’re required), AP Stat, International Business and Politics Honors/Philosophy Honors, and Band/Science Lab
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 20-50, can’t be sure.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] USAMO, writing, debating, and political awards across the board.</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN, Model Congress, Mock Trial, Academic Team, Varsity baseball and basketball, travel baseball, internships with politicians, and lawyers, my own pickup baseball league, you get the idea.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Umpiring, reffing (basketball), tutoring business, etc, billions of campaigns.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Lots of service with my travel baseball team, peer tutoring, soup kitchens, working with the elderly (I love boomers, great to talk to).</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul] 9.5 on avg, to be honest. My grammar was off.
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Organizing an academic competition, campaign experience, my political evolution.
[</em>] Common App Main: Academic Competition. 10
[<em>] EC Short Answer: My Model UN, 9
[</em>] Profile questions: Pretty unique according to my GC 9
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: 9.5
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: 8.5
[<em>] Why is Stanford a Good Choice for You Essay: 10
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Recs: Killer from my AP Gov teacher (who’s my Model UN advisor) and my APUSH teacher. Really good from my Physics teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t know him well, but he liked me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my travel baseball coach. I’ve known him since 4th grade, and the team’s been around forever. He gave me a killer rec.
[</em>] Interview: From my travel baseball coach. I’ve known him since 4th grade, and the team’s been around forever. He gave me a killer rec.
Interview: Awesome. My interviewers were very politically inclined, as am I, and we got a lot of topics discussed. We discussed mainly fiscal and foreign policy issues for an hour before moving on to a 45 minute interview. The wisdom is to not discuss politics with your interviewer, but as long as you avoid social, emotionally charged issues, there should be no problem. (This is a general part of my admissions, happened at all my interviews)
[li] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/30
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):<br>
[</em>] School Type: Gigantic, cuthroat competitive public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Multi racial. In a nutshell, 30% white, 30% Asian, 20% black, 10% Latino, 10% other.
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 500000<x<1000000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] My sister goes here, my brother is attending law school here.</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, recs, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Socio Economic status (I’m rich, but not rich enough to buy a building or do something drastic)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess they felt me to be a good match for their school, something I hoped
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Yale SCEA (attending), Princeton, Harvard, and Georgetown, Rejected at Dartmouth and UMich, and waitlisted then accepted at Columbia.
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone. There’re futures for everyone here. Although I won’t be attending Stanford, I may come back for grad school.
PS: If you were accepted by a college but you decide not to go, call the college back immediately to tell them of your plans, and politely request that your spot be given to someone else. It shows character, integrity, and empathy. Plus, this college will remember you if you apply there to grad school.
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): Obviously prestige, liberal campus but healthy debate, good location, strength in my major (poli sci), I could go on and on.</p>