<p>yes, I know this is pretty late guys, but whatever.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I : didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: composite - 31, CR - 34, Eng - 30, M - 32, Sci - 28, Essay: 8
[<em>] SAT II: apworld 650. japanese: 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i dont know… we use numbers. 96/100
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 94/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): apworld: 5, apush: 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: hardest possible. All honor classes, 1 AP, 2 college classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Japanese Honor Society (2 years), National Latin Exam Cum Magna Laude (2 years), Top 10 nationwide japan bowl 2008, Mu Alpha Theta, National Science Honor Society, Arista (3 years), Americas’ Future Leaders '06-'07[/ul] </p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): self-taught Piano (9-12 gr), badminton (9-12 gr), Science Olympiad, Math Team, Hiking Club (president)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor in '07-'08, and '09-current
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Senior Center (9-12 gr), various walks for charity (9-12), office volunteer work at old elementary school and current HS
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering, piano, prep school[/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 7 (stargazing)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 9 (importance piano to family)
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 8 (the ethics of teleportation & dualism)
[</em>] Roommate: 8 (treasure box of old letters & cards)
[<em>] Why Stanford: 7 (talked about my visit & the smart but humble people there)
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher (now eng. professor at UVA) - 8
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Latin teacher of 2 years: 7-8
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 7-8, I honestly don’t know
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: 9. Lady loved me
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/1
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: #31/100 on U.S World News Report
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, immigrant (came here when I was 8) [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, piano, recommendation
[</em>] Weaknesses: the ACT & SAT II scores, and GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I wasn’t accepted because my application made me hard to pin down; I wasn’t even ‘well-rounded’, just all over the place. I wasn’t rejected because my writing style probably made my essays come alive. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the creative spins I put into the essays, I would have gotten flat out rejected. My recommenders were pretty good writers too, so that definitely helped.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: nothing really. I don’t regret this, even though I know I won’t get accepted in RD. At least I know I was good enough for them to keep around for the next round.[/ul]</p>