ACCEPTED and notified via MOSAIC
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didnt take
ACT (breakdown): Composite 36 (36 reading and English, 35 math and science)
SAT II: 1580/1600 (800 math, 780 reading/writing)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1 (4 on exam), APUSH (5 on exam), AP Physics 2 (5 on exam), AP World (5 on exam), AP English Lang (5 on exam), AP Calculus AB (5 on exam). Currently in AP bio, AP literature, AP chem, AP stats
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s as seen above, plus anatomy and weightlifting 
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Bausch + Lomb Science Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, Future Problem Solving international qualifier
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: Yes, Chancellor’s Scholarship (thank you God)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis Team captain (won region as a team for 3 years, won singles region), co-founder of Muslim student association, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Academic Team, Future Problem Solving, BETA, Piano, Mosque Youth Group (founder and president)
Job/Work Experience: Autodesk Inventor Certified, worked in hospital
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group counseling, traveled to Iraq to work in refugee hospital, local hospital volunteer, Head media intern of non-profit called WorldSightNow
Summer Activities: Volunteering at hospital, youth group, attended Kentucky Governor’s Scholar Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): kinda unclear looking back at it, but overall solid essay if you can grasp the main idea, it was about the Mosque youth group. Solid 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: my Physics 2 teacher, Vandy School of Engineering Alumni, probably one of my favorite teachers and def one of his favorite students. Only person ever in his class to get a 5 on the AP exam and highest gpa in his class. Given his major, was a ok essay but i think his status helped. 7/10
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher, very good at writing specific essays, has known me since childhood, his letter played perfectly with all my other essays. 9/10
Counselor Rec: very unique relationship since Im the only one who isnt a suck-up to him, he respects that though and we have a pretty strong relationship through academic team and future problem solving. 8/10
Additional Rec: Governor’s Scholars Program Film Studies Teacher. Very close, very good writer. 10/10
Interview: Did not have
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: City School, public, relatively small but there was an obscene amount of competition in my class
Ethnicity: Pakistani-American with some Iranian and Iraqi ancestry
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: greater than $500,000 a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really, working in Iraq hospital was pretty good tho I can imagine
Reflection
Strengths: Recommendations, really high objective stats, my service positions were pretty good, very diverse extracurriculars
Weaknesses: probably a lack of leadership positions, essay could’ve been better
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: everything fit together nicely, from my recommendations to extracurricular to essays to service. Also, near-perfect high exam scores on ACT and SAT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at University of Kentucky, U of Louisville, Purdue, Centre, University of Michigan. Wait listed at UChicago. Rejected by Case Western’s and Louisville’s GEMS program, as well as Vanderbilt’s Ingram Scholarship.
Thoughts:
Thanking God so much for the Chancellor’s Scholarship. Vanderbilt has been my dream school since I was a kid. Was honestly so surprised that i got it and still can’t believe it.