Official Yale Class of 2017 RD Results Thread

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34,36,33,35 W8)
[<em>] SAT II:800 Math II 790 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13/4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):unofficially top 3 of 300, should be 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Stats (self-study), Chem (self-Study), Psychology, Biology, Calc BC, Computer Science, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, 4 on US Hisotry
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Organic Chemistry, Linear Algebra at University, AP Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, National AP Scholar, Top 1% of WI math contest, State Science Olympiad Medals [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Science Olympiad (President and Founder), Middle School Science Olympiad Coach (Outstanding coach for 2nd at State) Math Team (Co-Captain), Soccer, Table Tennis Club, some other small stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 400 hours internship at a lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 at hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details):8, about seeking my true potential
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: 7, good but could be better
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: 7, good but a bit of a list
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 8, new counselor so doesn’t know me as well
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the lab I interned at, short but good
[</em>] Interview: 1 hour interview, went well [/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Suburban (rarely sends students to Ivy League)
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Independent, Push myself
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays?, no hooks
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UW-Madison,
Waitlisted Rice
Rejected Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown PLME, Northwestern HPME[/ul]
General Comments: I am not sure what to say. My school isn’t that great but I hoped that I could still shine through my own efforts. I guess I will graduate in 3 years and go to medical school. Still a bit mad but I hope medical school acceptances will be better.</p>