Accepted
Regular Decision (Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR // 780 M // 780 W
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 780 Latin, 780 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chemistry, Psych, Stats, and US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Euro, Honors Latin, Lit and Creative Writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few writing publications and awards; National Latin Exam perfect scores.
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: Y
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classics Club President, School lit mag officer, editor for a lot of lit mags outside of school.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Children’s museum docent; math/writing tutor.
Summer Activities: writing mentorship program; summer@brown (p sure I didn’t mention it though); editing for lit mags.
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay-9; on estrangement from and reconciliation w/ grandfather.
CV scholarship essay-8; demonstrated a LOT of interest in their Classics and Comparative Literature Departments and highlighted the ways I’d contribute to campus.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Pre-Calc teacher; waived my rights to see.
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher; waived my rights to see.
Counselor Rec: Waived my rights to see.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: it was okay; lasted ~50 min but I didn’t really click w/ the interviewer who basically raved about the superiority of Southern culture and Greek life.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I don’t think so
Intended Major: Classics/Comparative Literature
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a (or maybe being from the Northeast? idk)