<p>I pledged awhile ago, but decided to write it just now 
[color=orange]Decision: Deferred[ /color]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350/Writing-790/Math-790/Reading-770/Onetake
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-800/Physics-800/Chemistry-790/US History-740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank. Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) US History (5) Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP European History, AP Government, AP Physics C, English IV, Law & Modern Society
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track 4 years (State Team), JV Soccer 3 years, Debate team 3 years, Chess team 2 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: College-senior level internship at a local bank. General secretary work around school.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Shmer.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer School, Summer School, Internship, Europe Trip
[<em>] Essays:
Main Common App: Playing chess in Luxembourg Gardens and how the Europe Trip opened my eyes. College counselor called it “A perfect essay”.
Extracurric: Polevaulting and why I enjoy it.
Intellectual Idea: Cartesian philosophy and how it applies to lucid dreaming
Why Stanford: Nothing special, just your general track team/weather/economics association essay.
Roommate: I had fun w/ this one. Light-hearted tone, I thought displayed me well.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One came from the top English teacher known to give good recommendations. He retired, but chose me alone to write out of retirement. The other came from a History teacher who I enjoyed her class.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good. No idea to expect otherwise.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economic
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Prestigious Prep School (Private)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Greater than 300k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academic Scores, Essays, Track, Recommendation letters
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: Shmer :/. Probably the lack of leadership.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I come from a prestigious prep school, which historically has about 10-12 applicants EA and gets 4-5 accepted. This year, 18 applied, and 2 got in. One on athletics, the other for music. Rumor around campus is that we got “blacklisted” because of low retention rate last year. :/.</p>