Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR/M/WR 800/770/770 (Second time - One sitting)
SAT II: Math II (770), Physics (700),
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Unsure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unsure
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s: US History, Comp Sci, Calculus BC; Physics (4)
Planning to take AP Lit; AP Stat; AP Gov; AP Spanish
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit; AP Stat; AP Gov; AP Spanish; Econ; Chem H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist; CA State Science Fair Winner,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: two summers (2014 and 2015) teaching code to under-privileged adults and kids
Volunteer/Community service: AVVID
Summer Activities: summer work, recycling center, a couple of summer programs
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Teacher Rec #1: Lit teacher 9/10, I didn’t read it but she does know how to make someone sound good!
Teacher Rec #2: CS teacher ; 10/10,
Additional Rec: 10/10 likely good; well acquainted with Stanford and fleshed out one of my ECs very well
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: CS
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: moderately competitive public
Ethnicity: ASian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Privileged
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian Female (prob not a hook in the area I am coming from)
Reflection
Strengths: Summer work; strong grades and test scores, unique essays
Weaknesses: Subject SATs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Early Action helps. My essays weaved my strong extracurricular narrative into one solid story. Tbh I think I am lucky
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: All CA Public schools I applied + UW
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: None
General Comments: Thank you Stanford! To everyone who was accepted to any school, kudos! Make the best of your opportunity.