Decision: Accepted Regular Decision
*I got invited through the MOSAIC program!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1320 (680 M, 640 CR+W)
ACT (breakdown): did not send
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Weighted GPA: 98.4032
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/205
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), APUSH (5), Calculus AB (3) , Government (4), English Lang (3) , Physics C:Mechanics (2) lol didn’t send
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Music Theory, Mastery Orchestra, Mastery Band, Beginning Piano, Advanced Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Honor
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: N
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
National Beta Club (Vice President)
Operation Smile (Chapter Founder and President)
Youth Saxophone Choir (Principal)
String Quartet (founder and Violin I)
Theatre Pit Orchestra (Principal Sax 2 years/Concertmaster 1 year)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (President)
School Orchestra (Assistant/Concertmaster)
All-State Orchestra
Music Dispersion -non profit organization- (send love of classical music to people who may not have the chance) (Founder/Director)
City Wind Ensemble (1st part Alto Saxophone)
Jazz Band (Grammy Awards won) (1st chair/lead alto)
Contemporary Ensemble (Lead Alto)
Youth Symphony Orchestra (1st Violin/Assistant Concertmaster)
Youth Orchestra #2 and #3
Non-Profit Organziation( raises funds and researches causes for a condition I have- Executive Director)
Bandfest
Gay Straight Alliance (helped lobby to pass bill in my state protecting lgbt rights)
District Honor Band (1st chair) (2 years)
*** I did allooooot more but these are the ones that I reported/are important***
Job/Work Experience:
I started working my sophomore year. I’ve have had 4 jobs up until now and worked about 20 hours a week. I currently have two jobs however. I work at a theatre and grocery store.
Volunteer/Community service: performing at nursing homes;tutoring; youth orchestra helper; etc.
Summer Activities: Interlochen; working at grocery stores and theatre
Essays (rating 1-10, details): ehhh my common app was maybe an 8/10 tbh. I think it was kinda cheesy looking over it. In my essay I discussed how Violin has helped me find myself and what I’ve overcome and the discipline/motivation. My activities essay was maybe a 9/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Econ Teacher : He read his to me. It was pretty amazing, wrote 8 paragraphs and said I was one of the best students he’s had in years 10/10
Teacher Rec #2:Chem teacher; I’m not sure but shes written other successful recommendation letters so maybe 8-9/10. I didnt read.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 he knows everything about me lol. He normally asks his other students to send resumes but he told me not to because he already knows everything about me.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): South
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100-120K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM; first generation (parents are immigrants but have masters degrees)
Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, Essays, Recommendations, GPA, Rank, grades, lol personality
Weaknesses: TEST SCORES
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell , UGA : Applied to : Harvard, Yale , Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Duke, Stanford, Rice, Oberlin, Johns Hopkins, UPenn,
General Comments:
I honestly didn’t think I was going to get accepted anywhere and I was almost OK with that. It was so funny because I got the MOSAIC invite and I thought it was just a likely letter but I didn’t see the letter saying that I was actually accepted until 2 weeks later when I went back through the package. I came to realize that admissions to these schools isn’t the end goal but just a stepping stone to where I actually want to go in life. Don’t get me wrong I am ecstatic that I got in and its definitely in my top choices, but I know that whether I get into the rest of the schools I applied to or not, it doesn’t and won’t define who I am. The rest of these decisions need to hurry up so I can finally relax lol.