<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 single-sitting (760 CR, 720M, 750W), 2280 super-score (770M)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (33E, 35M, 35R, 35S, 10e)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 USH, 740 Physics, 720 Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Spanish Language (5), Calculus AB (5, self-study), Music Theory (5, self-study)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government & Politics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Statistics, Honors Spanish V, Wind Ensemble, Dual-Enrollment Russian I & II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, various school stuff, county science fair 3rd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUSIC (~25-30+ hours a week), Model UN (Treasurer and founding member), a few other clubs and minor ECs. But relay, music was the bulk of my ECs. Marching band, school band, school orchestra, community band, community orchestra, lessons, adjudications, district, county, regional, and all-state bands, all-state orchestra, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: school cafeteria worker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~90-100 hours, mainly general community service stuff and music
[</em>] Essays: Not Pulitzer-worthy, but fairly good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: sent 3, I’d assume all of them were at least 9+/10, but I didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no clue. Our counselors have changed every year, so I doubt it was extremely well-written and personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: of course
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California, SF Bay Area
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: </em><em>y public, roughly 400 in graduating class, ~150 of which will pursue some form of college education
[</em>] Ethnicity: didn’t state
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: enough, but not enough to afford college without aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interesting essay topic (languages/linguistics), lots of music stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of diverse ECs and work experience, little community service, no major awards, major choice, scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think my essays were unique enough to make me stand out in the applicant pool, and my teacher recommendations were outstanding.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Case Western Reserve, UCSD, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth; rejected from Yale-NUS, Brown, USC (so confused on that one…?); waiting on UCB, Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted. Didn’t expect to get in, and I’m still ecstatic about Dartmouth (though also really confused by USC). Good luck everyone!</p>