<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 32 (33 english, 35 math, 31 reading, 28 science, 33 eng/writing (11))
[<em>] SAT II: 630 Lit, 620 Math II, 600 Spanish (could only take once and was studying material while doing our school’s musical, my parents can’t spend lots of money on tests b/c we spent alot for ACT tests)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.366
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/419
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Psych(5), World, English Lang (4); Spanish Lang, US History (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): no IB at school
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: pretty rigorous, full of music classes too
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar With Distinction, Academic All-State for Swimming, Scholar Athlete, other awards for swimming, band, ect</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (Pres/Lieutenant Gov), Band (section leader, in best jazz band in state, ect), Choir (All State choir, honor choirs), swimming (state team, 3rd-4th at State meet, captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard during the summer at nearby country club
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: LOTS of hours into Key Club, CARE Club, Volunteer at local Hospital
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul] Private lessons for sax and piano, club swimming, leadership camps like NYLF and NASC workshop</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 10. I worked my butt off. It made people who read it cry b/c it exposed myself in a subject I don’t like to talk about[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 8. I tried to make it great but it was about music so it wasn’t “original”
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 10. Talked about my interest in dreams
[</em>] Roommate: 8. Thought it described me well
[<em>] Why Stanford: 8. Tried to be specific of how much I love stanford
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: great, kinda generic from AP Psych teacher
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AWESOME, from my chem teacher/head of science department
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great! Counselor is new but I got to know her as soon as I could
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] Should’ve sent one…didn’t know the deadline was so soon</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/15
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NE
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k bracket
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] nothing really</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, ECs (have passion for music and helping others)
[</em>] Weaknesses: no major awards? Maybe ACT was not as high but I’m not a great standardized test taker
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Idk, stanford seems pretty arbitrary
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing at all. I showed my passions, I showed my love for the school. When one door closes, another will open =) I’m hoping for the best with my other schools.</p>