**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (790 Reading and Writing, 790 Math, 22 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite (36 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 36 Science, 33 Writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 W, 4.85 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5), BC Calc (5), Lang and Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP French, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing extremely major… National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Harvard Book Award, French Honor Society, National Honor Society, and a bunch of school academic awards.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Varsity Tennis (Captain)
- National Honor Society (Officer)
- Asian Culture Club (President)
- Math Team
- Biology lab aide
Job/Work Experience:
- Intern at biomedical company
- Teacher assistant at local language school (won award for best teacher assistant)
Volunteer/Community service:
- Invention/Science Camp (Camp Counselor)
- Volunteer at local hospital (New volunteer trainer, manage front desk)
- Volunteer at town library
Summer Activities:
- Internship at biomedical company
- Summer program at Brown
- Invention/Science Camp (Camp Counselor)
- Hiking/traveling with family
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
- Common App: 8.5/10, I think I could have made this stronger, but I talked about finding balance between being an individual and being part of a community
- Supplements: 9/10, I wrote about volunteering at an invention summer camp and inspiring girls to become engineers - tied in why vanderbilt at the end too
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Bio teacher 9/10, did well in class, work as lab aide
Teacher Rec #2: AP Lang teacher 9/10, did well in class, connected with teacher
Counselor Rec: 8/10 didn’t know super well, but she definitely likes me a lot
Additional Rec: none
Interview: N/A requested interview by didn’t receive a response
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, small but high-ranking in Massachusetts, competitive atmosphere
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection:
Strengths: Grades, test scores, teacher recs, woman in engineering?
Weaknesses: No interview, Asian, interested in biology (very popular major)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strong stats; emphasized that I wanted to continue inspiring strong female scientists and I talked about why I liked Vanderbilt
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UVA and McGill; still waiting on Duke and Ivies
General Comments: Congrats everyone! 