<p>Decision: Deferred => Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (780 CR, 720 W, 690 M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 710 Lit, 720 US History, 670 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), US History (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish, Honors PreCal, Honors Physics, History of Science, Film and Video III
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Medal for Art Portfolio, Multiple awards for filmmaking
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Editor of Yearbook, Head Layout of School Newspaper, Cultural Awareness Secretary, Admissions Team, Film & Photography, Piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church mission trips, Working at a local elementary school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Built a personal website, took two college level courses at USC, and one intensive language course at the U of Chicago.
[<em>] Essays (subjects and personal opinions): Good
[</em>] Common App Main Essay: Great
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Great
[</em>] Why Yale?: It was my number one choice by far b/c of the residential college system and focus on undergraduates
[<em>] Short Takes: Talked about my interest in cheeseburgers, films, and Christianity
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Don’t Know
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Don’t Know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from a Yale Alum
[</em>] Interview: Four interviews, in one I choked on a piece of chicken for like 30 minutes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: I don’t need aid 
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My passion for filmmaking, the fact that Yale was my top choice
[<em>] Weaknesses: My chicken interview incident
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because from day one I told myself “I’m going to get into Yale”, and I did.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, U of Chicago, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UC Davis. Waitlisted: Brown[/li][/ul]General Comments: Yale was my goal from day one, and I’m thrilled!</p>