<p>I didn’t quite want to do this for privacy reasons, but I know how much these have helped me over the past year and a half or so.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR / 670 M / 640 W (this went up to 2180 in November -.-)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math 2, 760 World History, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/593
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5553
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 76
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Humanities (tested in math studies and physics), AP Calc BC and Wind Ensemble
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor? Nothing too special
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band 9-12 (Section Leader 10-12, Vice President 11, President 12, Qualified to Area 2x, State Solo and Ensemble Medalist 2x), NHS 10-12 (President), Mu Alpha Theta 12 (Co-founder, Secretary), Student Council 10-12 (Overall Treasurer 12), Key Club 9-11 (Treasurer 10)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours? Church, Mu Alpha Theta, Library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science at MIT! Intense, but awesome.
[</em>] Essays:
Common App: 8
EC Short Answer: 5 (lol)
Why Stanford?: 9-10
Roommate: 8
Intellectual Vitality: 7
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read one, pretty great. Other one, I imagine is awesome.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She and I get along, and I’ve really gotten to know her. I imagine its good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: MITES Evals. Humanities, Calculus, Biochem all good. Digital Design was ok. Physics was not that great
[</em>] Interview: none in Austin 
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Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science and Econ double
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Semi-competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income Bracket: enough for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, MITES[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Commitment to band, course rigor (compared to school), Why Stanford
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT at the time, didn’t do my best at MITES, downward grade trend,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose they just saw what they wanted in me
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred: Accepted to UT-Austin. Waiting on UT-Honors and other privates over the next few months[/ul]
General Comments: Good luck to the deferred! I’m pretty grateful that I got in, but I still need to see where else I get in and check aid before I decide.</p>