Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (only sent this to UCs)
ACT (breakdown): 32 C (35E, 32R, 29S, 33M) 33C superscored
SAT II: 790 USH, 700 M2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): na
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs + 2 other fun classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold President’s Award, National Hispanic Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor in chief of arts magazine, news editor of news publication, secretary of MUN club, co-founder of journalism summer camp, did three internships in HS, photographer at a White House Cybersummit, did JV track/XC/badminton
Job/Work Experience: Paid intern for a local website but no real job
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered ~300 hours but only reported 183 (oops) – Interned at BGCP and got most of my hours that way.
Summer Activities: Clemson Summer Scholars, BGCP internship, other summer classes for fun
Common App Essay (rating 1-10, details): 8-9; I discussed speech therapy and how it made me more resilient
Vanderbilt Supplement Essay: 7/10. I discussed being an editor-in-chief for my publication; pretty straightforward.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): didn’t read any of them - I feel like maybe those were average?
Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t read
Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Probably really good
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: It was basically a Q&A session; not that helpful or interesting.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: PoliSci
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, public & prestigious
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: not high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Strengths: GPA, CA essay, URM, ECs
Weaknesses: ACT!!!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Literally just my ACT score
Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, UCSB, Tulane, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UMiami
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, UCSD
Rejected: WashU, UCLA
Deferred at Brown ED