<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Media - Advertising)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1900 (did not submit)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.46
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/720
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Psychology (5), English Language and Composition (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Honors Creative Writing, Honors Economics, Honors Journalism Seminar, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Reporter at teen publication of the Chicago Tribune
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: Good. Didn’t put much time into them, but writing comes naturally for me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great, written by my journalism adviser who I’ve known for four years.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, she’s a former journalist and has a close bond with me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black/Mexican
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 75K with just mom’s salary, 100K+ with dad and stepmom’s.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black and Mexican female, immigrant father, high ACT, and dedication to an award-winning extracurricular.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, hooks.
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of many extracurriculars.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: My background and stats are exactly what UIUC tends to look for.
[li] Where else were you accepted: Loyola University Chicago, University of Missouri - Columbia. Waiting on Northwestern, Barnard College, NYU, USC, and Columbia.[/li][/ul]General Comments:[ul] This is my safety school, so if I don’t get into Northwestern, USC, or Columbia, I’ll be going here. I have already gotten 18K in scholarships. 15K James Scholars, 3K College of Media Scholarship.[/ul]</p>