<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math, 770 Reading, 740 Writing (2290)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/142
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all 11th grade) AP European History (5), AP US (5), AP Language (5), AP Chem (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (Head Captain, Best Attorney Award, Sectional Finalists), Premier Soccer (State Cup Champion, Regional Semi-Finalist, National Semi-Finalist), Varsity Field Hockey (MVP for 2 years, County All-Stars, Head Captain), Math Team (Captain, Section Champions, Qualified for States), National Honor Society (Treasurer, Chairman of Review Book Drive), Islamic Association Youth Group (President), Art (Best Artist Award, Works chosen for Gallery), School Newspaper (Most popular column, humor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soccer Instructor for kids with developmental disorders, SAT and pre-calculus Tutor, School Store (President for 3 years)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Vassar Summer Institute for the Gifted, Art program, Bard Summer Scholars (Creative Writing and Poetry), UMD (Computer Programming)
[</em>] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):
[<em>] Common App Main Essay: About different, conflictual personality traits.
[</em>] EC Short Answer: About transforming my school store and increasing profits.
[<em>] Why Yale?: Talked about my visit. The majors and the classes I wanted to take. The general atmosphere.
[</em>] Short Takes: Answered honestly. Probably generic.
[<em>] Additional Essay: About leaving a nationally ranked soccer team for moral reasons (pretty good).
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Didn’t read.</p>
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation 2: Didn’t read, but I assume it was excellent.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read. Probs decent.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec: None.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: DIDN’T GET ONE!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani-Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Submitted a fictional creative writing supplement analyzing the perspective of a Schizophrenic.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Well-rounded, great leadership, AP scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, no national awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Leadership and well-rounded interests. Most importantly, LUCK!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Yale, Amherst, Tufts, Northeastern (Full-ride), Bowdoin (Faculty Scholar), Wesleyan, SUNY Geneseo
Waitlisted: Columbia, Williams
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, MIT
[/ul]General Comments: Ivy league acceptances this year were totally random, but thankfully, Yale, my number one, accepted me.</p>