<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (750 CR, 660 M, 700 W) 2110
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit: 5, AP Euro: 4, AP US: 4, AP German: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, two choirs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater (lead roles, student director/author), Varsity Choir (Vice President), Show Choir (Vice President), German club (officer), private voice lessons (state level award)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Hallmark store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters
[<em>] Summer Activities: Community theater
[</em>] Essays: Personal essay was a humorous piece about my name (Nicholas). Likely the strongest part of my application, writing is my strongest skill.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was fantastic, the other was very bland, and in my opinion, awful.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably average. She did tell me she ranked me in the highest categories.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: English, Linguistics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Ranked top 10 in state, public, fringe rural.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, extracurriculars.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores.
[</em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: I am really not sure. Out-of-state residency or white male? If anyone has any input, please let me know.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Denison University (full ride), St. Olaf College, Ohio State, University of Texas at Austin
Waitlisted: UVA
Rejected: Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Waiting to hear from USC.
[/ul]General Comments: I would love to hear input as to why I was waitlisted! I am not angry, I just would really like to know so I can strengthen my application for transfer admissions (though likely not to WM more likely Northwestern).</p>