Post Your Admission Decision Here

ggarcia2014
Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:04:37 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 = 690 M, 740 CR, 700 W, 10E
[] ACT: 31C = 30 E, 31 M, 31 S, 32 R, 9E
[] SAT II: 790 US Hist, 800 Spanish, 670 Math 2, 630 English Lit (oops)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5 Weighted (I calculated a 3.78 UW)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/79
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 – AP US Hist, AP Spanish Lang 4 – AP English Lang, World Hist, Euro Hist
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + Yearbook + Independent Research (class)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction (various UIL, debate, latin, school awrds)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball, Speech and Debate (Secretary), Spanish National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Principal and Superintendent’s Committee, Model UN, Latin Club, UIL Academics
[] Job/Work Experience: Assistant/Photographer to Wedding Photographer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Elem. Tutoring, HS fish camp, UIL judging
[] Summer Activities: above + UH Engineering camp (MESET), Changing the Face of Math and Science (Rice prof’s camp, did it twice), Yearbook Camp
[] Essays: Mediocre
[] Teacher Recommendation: Ok
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: Good
[] Interview: NA
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: NA
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Undeclared
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Top 100 Public, Small
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic: Mexican
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Approx 75k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: -
[] Weaknesses: -
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: -
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: University of Houston, Texas A&M, University of Texas @ Austin, Rice, Pomona, Amherst, Boston College, Tufts, Georgetown, Dartmouth
Rejected: Yale
[/ul]General Comments: We’ll all end up at the right school for us. Currently deciding between Georgetown SFS, Dartmouth, and Amherst.