Official Stony Brook 2017 Decisions Thread

yankeesfanatic
Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:39:31 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1450/2240 (710cr, 740m, 790w)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 720 USH, 660 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Bio, Honors Economics, Honors English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special, lots of clubs with no leadership and some other little stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots (hospital, nursing home, food shelter, etc.)
[] Summer Activities: See above
[] Essays: Decent at best
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good, asked two teachers who liked me and I got an A in both of their classes
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good but generic
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep but probably won’t get any
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering (Possibly pre-med)
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: above average public school with ~1,500 kids
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class like $100,000ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, good course rigor, big upward trend in GPA
[] Weaknesses: ECs are very average, recs/essay were good but nothing special
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT/GPA[/li][/ul]General Comments: Also got into Binghamton and Pittsburgh. Hoping for honors program in march!