<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 750 CR, 710 M
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2260
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 English, 33 Science, 34 Math, 34 Reading
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 770 U.S. History, 720 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.29
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ~7%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), European History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: ~15
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Daily Herald Leadership Team</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Eagle Scout, Multiple community foundations and charities, Literary magazine (literature editor), Orchestra and band (1st chair for three years),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Daily Herald Leadership Team, Service project on Indian Reservation in South Dakota for my Eagle Project, most service hours of anyone in my high school class</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: About a course on the Holocaust I took at Harvard[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Intellectual society I founded at my school
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): make your own topic: responding to a Kurt Vonnegut quote about humanity’s attraction to delusion and faith
[</em>] Optional Essay: Yes - I have interesting Anthropology interests outside of school
[<em>] Why Chicago: It’s geographically ironic. I’ve gone as far as Maine to visit colleges and the school I want to attend is just half an hour away from home.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome - favorite student
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Just ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Just ok
[<em>] Additional Rec: my Harvard Professor (and Chicago alumnus)
[</em>] Interview: Awesome</p>
<p>Other[list]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Nov 1st
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] School Type: Public - 3200 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: independent (orphan)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] - 1st generation to college</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Lots of opportunities to shine (studied at Harvard, Eagle Project)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Poor grades in math throughout high school (and low GPA)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Interesting life story (orphaned and 1st generation), high test scores, proven initiative, intellectual curiosity
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] nothing :)</p>
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’ve already committed and can’t wait to attend. Full financial aid, too.</p>