Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unweighted- 1/613 Weighted- 24/613
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (5) AP Chem (4) AP World (4) AP US (5) AP Physics 1 (4) AP Lang (5) AP Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 2, AP Lit, AP Microeconomics (only 1 semester), Intermediate College French 1, Foods and Nutrition, Online Business math 1 and 2 ( the last 3 were only taken to complete a graduation requirement),
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-finalist
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: N
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (VP), most of my other ECs are related to work experience/language which is described below.
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and swim instructor, years of babysitting, 6 weeks as summer au pair in Finland, after-school nanny, VP of sales and marketing for my startup (www.refundgenius.com)
Volunteer/Community service: None outside of a couple years of Key club and a charity plan through my company.
Summer Activities: Worked as an au pair for 6 weeks in Finland, set up my own language exchange to Norway to further my learning of the language (kept price low by creating my own trip/planning everything on my own), started a company with my brother (www.RefundGenius.com)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): All of my essays were about 8 I guess. I had a lot to write about with my homeschooling background, love of language, and my startup (described below a bit).
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10, I am very close to my AP Physics teacher (I am in my second year of class with her).
Teacher Rec #2: 9, I asked my AP US teacher for the second. I would say he loved me, so I hope it was a stellar review.
Counselor Rec: 8, I would assume it was good, but I barely know my counselor as I am new to the high school.
Interview: Short but good. Probably 7/10. I really enjoyed talking with the woman that did mine, and she had similar interests as she studied engineering.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but missed the deadline for school specific scholarships.
Intended Major: Engineering, undecided.
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
School Type: Public high school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class/upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: I showed a lot of drive/independence in terms of following my passions outside of school (RefundGenius, languages etc)
Weaknesses: I don’t know how to answer this. Lack of school based clubs/normal extracurriculars. Limited volunteer experience.
Why you think you were accepted: Combination of my activities and grades. Honestly not sure though.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Emory, University of Virginia. Deferred- Stanford (applied Early Action Restrictive) Rejected- Georgia Tech, MIT Still waiting- Ivies, USC, Duke, Stanford, Rice
General Comments: Don’t stress too much about schools, it seems very random where you get in/don’t.