<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
• SAT I: 2030
• SAT II: US history 750 (crammed in 2 weeks. knew nothing before) BIO M 760
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd
• Major Awards
- Highest O level results in the country: 10A’s
- 4 A’s at A Levels (kids normally do 3 subjects) and highest raw marks in class of 2010
- Runner up in Malaysian/Sri Lankan Law Olympiad
- Commended with excellence in Intl Essay Anthology 2010
- Head Prefect
(I have my final A level results because I am on a gap year)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
- own a sustainable Tshirt line
- Winner of National Scrabble tournament when I was 12
- 1 Hour radio interview
- MUN
- represented school in national debating and national quiz
- Catwalk model for 2 shows</p>
<p>Sports:
• Captain of school soccer team
• Currently assistant coach at school
• Was in Division II of national swimming team 2 years back.</p>
<p>Drama: Just got cast in Oscar nominated director’s (Deepa Mehta) new movie (Midnight’s Children based on Salman Rushdy’s novel). I get to act alongside Satya Bhabha (played Matthew Patel in Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Soha Ali Khan, etc.
- Was in a Broadway show in Sri Lanka
- Won best actress in school competitions for 4 consecutive years
- Directed school musical with 78 kids (including costume design, make up, lights, sound, choir, choreography, etc) and sold out a 700 seat theatre for 3 nights.</p>
<p>Journalism:
• Manager of school website and prospectus
• Senior editor of school magazine
• photographer and comic artist for school newspaper</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
- assistant soccer coach at school
- art teacher for 120 kids aged 10-19
- school photographer
- worked at renewable energy company
etc</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
- hundreds of volunteer hours
- exhibitions to auction off paintings for cancer hospital being built
- work with Zonta Intl
- president of initiative at school to build Braille libraries in war torn areas</p>
<p>Essays: common app was original (about painting myself but it was an extended metaphor)
Teacher Recommendation: great
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: yep </p>
<p>Country (if international applicant): Sri Lanka
School Type: Private, best in country
Gender: F
Financial Aid: need full ride
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): in an oscar nominated director’s movie? tshirt line? successful gap year? god knows!</p>
<p>Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
A: Harvard, Princeton, U Chicago, NYUAD
W: Williams
R: Yale, Brown, Columbia, Amherst, Hamilton,
General Comments: Oh well I’m going Harvard :)</p>