<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 Math, 760 Reading, 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as above, though my parents want me to retake it since I was deferred (they’re hoping I can superscore it). I really don’t want to because I don’t think it’s worth it, but they’re insisting.
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Lit, 760 Math II
[</em>] We do CNA (out of 100%); mine is 97 point something %.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 6%
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Gov (4), AP World (4), AP Chem (3), AP French (3), AP Calc BC (5), AP USH (5), AP Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Art History, AP Chinese, AP Physics B, Band, AP Stat, Lit, AP Macroecon
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: No idea, but probably quite a few
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Honor Roll throughout HS, Georgia Certificate of Merit (given to students in top 5% of their junior class; as you can see by my current percentile, I have dropped a bit since junior year :p)[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (section leader of second band in 10th, top ensemble in 11th/12th), Beta club (Secretary in 11th, VP in 12th), NSHS, art (outside of school), piano (grade 7 ABRSM exam), symphony orchestra, Chinese Club, ice skating, Chinese traditional dance
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: General Beta Club volunteering[/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: A fictional character who influenced me. Wrote about my Chinese heritage and how an American TV show from my childhood helped me understand it.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Wrote about art and how I was completely self-taught up until I was 15; taught myself digital art and went on to try other media such as oil
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): Arch-nemesis, but I don’t want to go into details
[</em>] Optional Essay: Wrote about a blog by an Asian-American man that I really related to
[<em>] Why Chicago: Mentioned a few things, including their econ program, their tumblr (the overall air I got from it), common core, and I think I even mentioned the Scav Hunt)
[</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH/AP Gov teacher (I had him for both). I think it was probably pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Lang teacher, not sure about this one, but she’s a sincere person, so I hope that came through.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably knows me better than the majority of her students, since I’ve come in to see her quite a bit due to scheduling issues 
[</em>] Additional Rec: Don’t have one, but my dad is insisting that I get one from a math/sci teacher
[<em>] Interview: I think my interview went really well, to be honest… I had a lot of fun, and we were there for about two hours instead of the originally-planned 45 minutes.
[</em>] Art Supplement: I did include a few of the pieces I’ve done, and I’m hoping to add more if possible[/list]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/31 or 11/1, don’t remember
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays and I guess my test scores? And maybe my interview, but I don’t know how much those count for.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My ECs. Dunno what impression you get, but I feel like they’re not very strong. Also I’m a little iffy about my teacher recs.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure. Probably a combo of my weaknesses
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: I would have tried to be more active in my ECs, maybe would have written my optional essay about something else[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Jealous but happy for everyone who got in! Now crossing my fingers for myself.</p>