<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800W 780R 750M
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Spanish 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 A- as 4, or 3.97 A- as 3.7
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.86 A- as 4 or 5, 4.77 A- as 3.7 or 4.7
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on Chem, Physics, USHist, Calc BC + AB sub, Spanish Lang., Spanish Lit. 4 on Eng. Lang
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Econ, Journalism, Choir
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, then became scholar; All-State Orchestra, accepted twice, went once;</p>
<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Highest level orchestra at school, principal violin, 2 years, chamber music groups, 3 years, private lessons and solo work whole time
Highest level choir at school, 1 year
Journalism, Staff Writer, News Editor, Campus Lifew Editor, 3 years
Baseball, 2 years frosh, 1 JV, cut from varsity after got in
Club helping students with disabilities, secretary 1 year, member 4
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: private tutoring senior year, 1-2 hrs. per week, Paid internship at laboratory 8 weeks in the summer, working full time with engineers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul]
laboratory internship, cosmos ucsc, summer chemistry class, baseball practices, music lessons
Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 10, fantasy baseball[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 8, my love for music, experiences in orchestras and chamber groups
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 8, government space program
[</em>] Roommate: 7, my openness
[<em>] Why Stanford: 9, self-explanatory
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: English, probably great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Additional Rec: mentor from laboratory, great
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] no submission</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Oct. 31
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white, hispanic
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none i think, possibly hispanic helped</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: high-level internship/work experience, essays, curriculum taken, SATs, gpa, ap scores, varied extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: no leadership other than editor and principal violin I guess, some ec’s were not done all through high school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my essays were really “me”, tough course load with good results, good testing, great recs i think, well-rounded
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] what i sent worked, so nothing then!</p>
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