<p>Decision: Deferred -> Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (1 sitting), 770 math and 790 CR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 760 Bio, 800 math II, 800 chem, 720 world history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 93 or something…got an 89 in high school
[<em>] Weighted GPA: ~96 (we do 100pt scale)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% i think
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Bio, Calc BC, USAP, WHAP, English Lang - 5; Psych, Physics C, Chinese - 4; Stats, US Gov, Comp Gov (not yet taken)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: English IV H (2 semester-long seminars), MVC, Diffeq, Organic Chem, Adv Studio Art, AP Gov (US/Comp), AP Stats
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): East Asian Club (Co-pres), Literary Mag (EIC), Art Club (Co-pres), Science/Math club (Pres), Comm Service (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: lol…none unless you count that time that i set up a little booth at an expo and made like 200 bucks
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~700 hours (450 at hospital, 250 at school)
[</em>] Summer Activities: welch (summer research program) and a local research program
[<em>] Essays (subjects and personal opinions): [list]
[li] Common App Main Essay: personal statement about my time at the expo (above) and how I was failing to attract people until I discovered that people like to be drawn a certain way[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: about my time researching on a college campus and how frustrating it could be
[<em>] Why Yale?: b/c of its interdisciplinary programs/education (i specifically mentioned the interdisciplinary style found in their art mag)
[</em>] Short Takes: i don’t remember them…they were casual and i don’t think they play a big part of the app
[<em>] Additional Essay: extra essay about how an asian parent i know sucks at letting her child decide her own future (i value academic freedom). I personally feel that this one was weak and undoubtedly the reason why i got deferred initially.[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation 1: from my chem/orgo teacher…i think we’re good w/ each other[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: from my hist teacher…i never talked in his class…lol. but he’s nice 
[<em>] Counselor Rec: prob really good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: awkward…it was my first one. decent, at best.
[/list]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: small 130/grade private, sends 10% of people every year to HYP
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…but i submitted an art portfolio. i think it lacked a general sense of creativity tho (read: not very good)…because i’m still discovering my inner eye
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, ECs (leadership), unique essays?
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades kinda, recs, 1 essay
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A fluke, no doubt. Luck was on my side.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harv, Prince, Stan, Upenn, waitlisted at Williams, accepted at Northwestern, WashU, Vandy, Rice, UT, and A&M
[/ul]General Comments:
lol, never imagined that i would post…but i can’t help but empathize with all the juniors that are lurking on these threads.</p>