<p>Choose One:
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 single sitting (780 cr, 760 math, 750 writing, 9 essay)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 750 math 2, 710 literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.21
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/458
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on chem, lang and comp, psychology
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: wind ensemble, spanish 5 advanced conversation, ap lit and comp, ap physics c, ap bio, ap calc bc, modern european history
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): eagle scout
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): wind ensemble (top band, audition only, euphonium), jazz band (top band, audition only, trombone), boy scouts (8 leadership roles, best was senior patrol leader–elected in troop of 100+), boy scout leadership camp summer staff member (senior patrol leader this year-pretty competitive, head senior patrol leader-overall in charge of program for whole counsel, in charge of 72 youth staff), tennis, national honor society, volunteering (360 hours)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: helping on eagle scout projects and random stuff for NHS; also the summer camp staff was technically volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer camp staff, other camping (I really emphasized that as a part of my app, talked about 200+ nights with my bsa troop, thought that was a unique stat-guess not)
[<em>] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[list]talked about backpacking the chilkoot trail from alaska to canada and the people I met
[</em>] Common App Main Essay: talked about summer camp staff experience
[<em>] EC Short Answer: back to back band classes each morning and the different music types
[</em>] Why Yale?: thought it was pretty good, maybe the norm though (housing system)
[<em>] Short Takes: solid, not stellar
[</em>] Additional Essay:[/ul]this was the chilkoot trail one
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: never saw it, i assume decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: the guy loves me, it was very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: big public school, so pretty generic, called me a renaissance man (used the same words on a rec for several friends lolz)
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: went quite well; did it back in november (deferred ea), we talked a lot and I had a lot of material because of my visits (attended The Game last year)
[/list]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] Income Bracket: pretty high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy: sibling, grandparent, great-grandparent, great uncle, great-great grandparent, great-great-great grandparent
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: i thought all the boy scout leadership and camping stuff was unique and cool material, but evidently it did absolutely nothing for me. I also thought the legacy might give me enough of a boost
[</em>] Weaknesses: class rank (honestly, only the top 2 in my class had significant success applying anywhere)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because i suck
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected harvard, brown; waitlisted washu, uchicago; accepted case western reserve, wake forest, university of colorado
[/ul]General Comments: this has been my dream for years. It meant soooo much to me because I had visited my sister here a few times and loved it. I intended to major in biochem, and they have a great program. I have been destroyed by this process. I have entered a deeper slump of depression than I thought possible. Also, the 2 waitlists didn’t help my mood; I am not satisfied with where I got in. This rejection made me the first member of my family in about 5 generations (I think) to apply and get rejected because my father did not apply…I know legacy shouldn’t buy you a spot but imagine that burden combined with the usual depression of rejection. I literally dreamed way too big (obviously), and now I thoroughly hate my life :(</p>