Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 32
M: 33
E: 34
S: 29 (oops)
W: 36
[] SAT II:
Math II: 760
Literature: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): A good mix of 3s, 4s, and 5s (oops)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A[/li][/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leadership in a lot of clubs/student government - ordinary
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Years of volunteering in community
[] Summer Activities: I took college classes for the summer after sophomore year and did research programs for the next [one was through MIT])
[] Essays:
Common App (11/10): unique topic that had a lot of positive feedback for the most part
Princeton Supplement (10/10): unique topic but had some grammatical errors
[] Teacher Recommendations:
Science Teacher (10/10): worked a lot with him throughout high school/performed well in class
English Teacher (10/10): ^^
[] Counselor Rec (11/10): her letter was amazing (very expansive) that filled in the gaps of my app
[] Additional Rec (7/10): used evaluation letter from a summer program
[li] Interview: N/A[/li][/list]
Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): N
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: =
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): None? I think?
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Reflection
[] Strengths: Essays, extracurriculars, passion shown, good transcript, good recommendation letters
[] Weaknesses: Test scores…
[] Why you think you were accepted: I definitely think my essays were the decided factor… they exhibited voice, insight, and self-reflection through an interesting lens
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere!
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: Nowhere![/li][/list]
General Comments: I think my acceptance either shows:
(1) the crapshoot nature of the application process – an Asian with a 32? Absurd!
(2) how important essays are to figuring out the identity of an applicant.
Too lazy to fix this ./list thing…