OFFICIAL Stanford University REA Decisions - Class of 2014

<p>size=+2]Decision: Accepted[/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100, 710 Critical Reading, 690 Math, 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 700ish (I can’t remember exactly) on US History, English, and Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 199
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (3) European History (4) Calculus (4) English Literature (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Four college classes first semester, AP Language, AP Environmental, Honors Physics, and Economics second semester
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Nothing too major… Just class and school awards… I don’t really know what would be considered “major.”</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Jr. Board of Directors for United Community Bank (President), NHS (Vice President), Mock Trial (Captain), Academic Team (Captain), Soccer (Captain), Student Government (Secretary and Treasurer), FBLA (Secretary), TSA (Secretary and Parliamentarian), Ambassador Team, and SkillsUSA
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I babysit and referee youth soccer along with working full time in the summer in a law firm and part time during the school year.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I do most community service through my clubs. It would be a lot of little things to list. I also coach youth soccer.
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul] I attended soccer camps and HOBY after my sophomore year and Governor’s Honors Program after my junior year. </p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: My essay was about overcoming obstacles in my childhood. My dad was in jail for drug use. I would rate it a 9.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: I don’t remember this one really.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 10- I wrote about GHP and intellectual vitality.
[</em>] Roommate: 10- My main idea was that I am a “paradox”
[<em>] Why Stanford: 10- I wrote about wanting to leave the South and explore the world, starting with college
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: My calculus teacher asked to write my rec, so I assume it was pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: My AP Euro/ Am Gov teacher wrote my second. We got along great. He wrote my rec that got me in Governor’s Honors Program.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably really good. She likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent in an additional letter from my employer. I assume this was pretty amazing.
[<em>] Interview: I didn’t have one.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] N/A</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: December 30th
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: it’s complicated
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First generation</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays were VERY strong as well as my recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: My SAT scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because of my essays…
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing, I got in. :)</p>

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