<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 760 CR, 710 W
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ~ 350
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Cal (5), USH (4), US Gov (5), Hum Geo (4)<br>
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Bio (dual-credit), AP Physics C (EPGY), AP Eng Lit, Teacher Assistant, Linear Algebra (EPGY), French IV
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME, All-State Math Team
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
Varsity Basketball (3 years - captain)
Math Team (3 years)
Physics Research Project (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
Wrote about how much time I devote to tutoring - pretty good.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
Very strong essay about an ethical dilemma.
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it):
Typical, “why x college” essay, not very good.<br>
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it):
I thought the ideas were really good, the actually writing could have been better though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
One was mediocre at best, the other was absolutely fabulous.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: Okay - the interviewer read off a list of questions
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Advanced research, and very selective summer program.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Academics, and depth of a few extracurriculars<br>
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of lots of extracurriculars, especially lots of leadership positions
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>