<p>I’m really late on this but I’ve been bored and stressing about the impending decisions so:</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (Reading 780, Writing 770, Math 750)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: US History 800, Biology-E 740, Spanish 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: About 4.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3% (Highest percentile my school ranks), 1/500 at my old school.
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), Spanish Language (5), Biology (5), English Language (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Gov, Lit, Physics B, Calc AB) and two required art classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Semi-Finalist (now finalist)[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (President), National Honor Society, Academic Decathalon (Co-captain), Science Bowl, Speech and Debate
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Various programs through Key Club/Kiwanis
[</em>] Summer Activities: EPGY Intro to Legal Studies 2008, Congressional Academy for American History 2009[/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 7, on family/financial struggles i dealt with[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 7, on duties as president of Key Club
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality:8, on experiencing history through primary sources instead of through a textbook.
[</em>] Roommate:9, just about my quirks, i liked it though. it was pretty honest.
[<em>] Why Stanford: 7, I wrote about the general atmosphere as well as my admiration for some of the amazing accomplishments Stanford has had
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Don’t know, by my science teacher from my old school.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably glowing, from my AP Gov teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Talks about my transition in moving to a new state, probably excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[<em>] Interview:N/A
[</em>] Art Supplement:N/A[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: I forget, I think a week before it was due.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Medium sized, public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: About $60,000 for family of 7
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, lowish income[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, did well for my school, fairly decent recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: No strong extra curriculars, SAT II scores could be better
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess my application was good enough to get past immediate rejection but not stellar enough to be put through EA.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Spent more time on essays, concentrated more on extra curricular activities[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m glad I made it through to the next round and hopefully I’ll make it come April!
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