Decision: Deferred
Objective:
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[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 730, 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ranked in top ten people out of around 500 but no official rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Spanish Lang & Calc AB, 4 in Euro
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs: Macro, English Lang, Calc BC, Gov, Stats and Religion (required at my school)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor Award, NHS, CSF[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars: swim, waterpolo, piano, ASB ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: swim coach
[] Volunteer/Community service: Vacation Bible School, swim team volunteer,
[] Summer Activities: swim coach during each summer at princeton, also visited princeton this past summer
[] Essays: Common App (6/10), Princeton Supplement (9/10)
[] Teacher Recommendations: idk i didn’t read then but i would guess they are at least 8/10
[] Counselor Rec: idk i didn’t read it but probably 9/10
[] Additional Rec: I didn’t know you could submit an additional rec
[li] Interview: It went well! My interviewer studied Economics so we had similar interests[/li][/ul]
Other
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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics, Woodrow Wilson
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: private, religious
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): Yes
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I’d rather not say
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM[/li][/ul]
Reflection
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[] Strengths: ECs, URM, good letters of rec (probably), 1st generation American
[] Weaknesses: test scores, Common App essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My test scores are pretty low for Princeton and they probably wanted to make sure that I did well senior year before accepting me because I had an off year during sophomore year.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I’ve only heard back from Princeton
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: Harvard, Stanford, Penn, Georgetown, Yale, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, UCLA, Berkeley, Boston College, Notre Dame, WashU, CMC, USC, Brandeis, & a few others[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Princeton is my dream and I really hope that I can call myself a Tiger in the Spring! Also I became a Junior Member on CC today so I guess there is a plus side to this day.