<p>Decision: Deferred REA -> Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 - 740/760/800 Critical Reading/Writing/Math
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 - Math II, 790 - Chemistry, 750 - US History, 730 - Spanish w/o listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 (A+ counts as 4.3)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.17 (AP classes receive 1.15 multiplier)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/~95
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5) as Sophomore, US History (5), Chemistry (5), Spanish Language (5), English Language (5) as Junior
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Physics C, AP Spanish VI (Literature), AP Statistics, Concert and Jazz Band, Linear Algebra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Intel ISEF Finalist (i.e., I went but did not win) as a Sophormore</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team Captain, 3-year ARML participant, Spanish Honor Society, Soccer, Baseball/Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a local community center before Sophomore year; worked at my uncle’s investment firm before Senior year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity Blitz Week before Senior year, mission trip to Calais, Maine before Junior year
[/ul]Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[ul]
[li] Common App Main Essay: About the ambiguity of languages and my preference for math. I thought it was very good.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: No idea.
[<em>] Why Yale?: Pefunctory
[</em>] Short Takes: Fine?
[<em>] Additional Essay: About my Rubik’s Cube. Not very good, probably why I got rejected. I rewrote the essay the night before the deadline.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Didn’t read, from my AP US History teacher
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Didn’t read, from my math teacher who I’ve had for 3 1/2, now 4, years
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[li] Interview: I thought it went well. I didn’t check my email for over three weeks, so that may have not reflected kindly on myself.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: WI
[</em>] School Type: Small Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1/2 Hispanic</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Very strong math student, took BC as a Sophomore, then Multi-Variable as a Junior and Linear as a Senior, all at my school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My essay was rewritten the night of the deadline and was not very good.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Madison, Northwestern, UChicago, Duke, Swarthmore, Colubmia, Stanford - Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton - Rejected: MIT</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>