<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (single take) 800R, 770M, 780W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 Bio, 800 Math IIC
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.85UW, 4.81W out of 5 (school is known for being very rigorous)
[<em>]Rank: school doesn’t rank, probably in top 1%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: literal subject matter was very unique, but conveyed cliches like believe in yourself! don’t care too much what others think!
[</em>]Teacher Recs: neither of them knew me all that well, but hopefully very positive?
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: letter of recommendation from research mentor (which was excellent)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northeast
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Debate, Piano, Newspaper (editor), Research, Tutoring, teacher’s assistant at local Chinese school, Science Team, Art, interned for mayoral campaign
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold, state and national level debate awards, several piano awards, our science team placed first in local circuit and did well at the Olympiad, newspaper placed first in region for some journalism award overall
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Congrats to everyone who was admitted!</p>