<p>Because I’m bored right now = B =, I’ll do this</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (second take, single sitting)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2360 (800 M, 800CR, 760 WR)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math2, 800 biom, 790 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.35
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/306 but I reported as 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 7 APs, 5’s in all but AP Chem (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Stat, AP English lit, AP Compgov/World Religions, US Gov/Econ, AP Physics, AP French, CalcIII/Lin alg
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMSF, one of my bigger awards for MUN and debate. An app design thing and an art contest.
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Not amazing. My ECs have stuff to do with my major, but the other half has absolutely nothing to do with them. Just showed I liked a bunch of stuff. Also showed very little leadership 
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Electrical Engineering research lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer tutor a few hours a week
[/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:lol, gonna get so screwed over for RD because of this essay. Giant extended metaphor OTL but it was more an evaluation of my writing skill than a getting to understand me and my “wonderful” ECs essay.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer:BS
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic):Waldo :3 Related Waldo to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his philosophy, then tied back to me. It’s the most fun I’ve had writing these essays.
[</em>] Optional Essay: n/a<br>
[<em>] Why Chicago: Ahahahahahaha, let’s not talk about this essay. It was verrrryyyy cheesy.
[</em>] Other:[/ul][ <em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher who knew I was the only kid doing calcIII and lin algebra. I liked him. He’s a cool dude 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Gov teacher, he’s my MUN mentor too. Awesome guy, who’s a great writer.<br>
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I swear she thinks I’m ■■■■■■■■… I’m just special TnT
[</em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[<em>] Interview:Had an awesome interview with a bio and sociology major. We chatted about the situation in Syria and my guppy breeding. I also think something that I tried to relate to her and she acknowledged back was that at Uchic you really shouldn’t care about the grades. It’s a lot more about learning than other schools. Also learned that I should def do the scavenger hunt 
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/30/2012 ← yay procrastination
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:Public. We send a couple of kids to good, schools every year though. Ivies, top 30s
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian \o/ I’ve embraced my disadvantage 
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: got almost no aid is all you need to know
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):n/a [/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Scores, GPA, loved my essay
[</em>] Weaknesses:ECs and awards. I’m sorry I didn’t feed starving kids in Sudan 
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I like learning everything, so I’m into schools with strong cores and I think Uchic realized that. Also I got to be as weird as I needed for my essay.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: dif major
[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Uhh… so here is my weird situation that I would warn others who are looking at Uchic not to do. I applied/ showed interest as an engineering major, which I thought was ok since there seemed to be some word about an egineering program at Uchic that I remembered. Turns out that got canceled and there’s basically no such thing as engineering at this school 
I have no idea how I got in… I still like this school though and I definitely advise you to apply if you’re looking for a place to learn but not for a place to get a 4.0 or name recognition from. Just if you want to do engineering apply as a physics major >.< Also to the people who are looking at US news and thinking about applying here simply because it has the same ranking as Columbia and stuff. No =.= This place is a great school. You’re going to get the same rigor as Columbia, but there is not the same kind of prestige. Don’t come here if you’re looking for prestige. Just my opinion though. Best of luck to you guys :D</p>