<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (680 CR, 740 M, 710 W, 10 Essay)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 780, Physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (2 Bs in Spanish, 1 B in Bio)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight, i think its around 4.3 or 4.4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11th percentile
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5) Phys C: Mech (5), Phys C: E & M (5), Comp Sci (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, 1 Honors
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2 or 3
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 awards for superior recognition in the following subjects: 9th grade Lit, P.E. 9, Spanish 2, U.S. History, World History. Fellowship Award for volunteer service, AP Scholar with Honors? or Distinction? [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Interact Club (Community Service, Co-President), Astronomy Club (Co-Founder and Co-Pres), NHS, CSF (California Scholarship Federation), Cross Country, Varsity Volleyball (Captain of JV), Science Bowl (Part of leadership team), Programming Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Summer Sports Camp
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250 Hours from Interact, 40 hours NHS/CSF/Key Club, Volunteer for organization that helps special needs children (200+ hours since 6th grade) [/ul]
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: 9/10, Talked about how Interact transformed me as a person while I worked with Interact to help the community[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 4/10, oops, didn’t take this seriously
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): 9/10, Waldo
[</em>] Optional Essay: 10/10, showed my quirky self
[<em>] Why Chicago: 10/10, very personalized essay
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10, Am Lit H teacher, i worked very closely with her. She drastically improved my writing skills
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10, Calc BC and Phys C teacher, nominated me for HC Court :') and apparently was very excited when I got on
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10, knows me very well and always says hi to me in the hall haha
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: 10/10, we really clicked about our passion for UChicago
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/27/12
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern: Israeli)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy…(sister currently at UChicago, cousin currently PhD student)
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Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Legacy, AP Scores, essays/interview (I think my desire for UChicago showed here), definitely ECs,
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades (aren’t the best), SAT scores (could be better)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am different from your average perfect applicant, and of course legacy
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: taken school somewhat seriously freshman year, and taken the ACT
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Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Honestly, to all those sophomores and juniors please do not take high school as seriously as some of my peers. School should be a time where you learn about your favorite subjects, not a time to overload on stressful, uninteresting courses. You don’t have to go to the best university, just make sure, whatever you do, you pursue your passion. If you do that then no statistics about yourself will hinder your path. I suggest watching this video, it really inspired me and I hope it does that same for you: [What</a> If money didn’t matter?.. - Alan Watts - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)
I know all that is easy to say because I was accepted to my dream school, but make sure, wherever you want to go for further education it is somewhere you can actually see yourself attending, not some school in a league of plants that is ranked really high.</p>