Accepted.
[ b]Objective:**
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[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2120; math:670 reading:680 writing:770
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: world history: 660, US history: 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school only does weighted GPA; mine is 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English lang 5; world history 4; US history 5.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes: calculus, biology, English lit, government & politics, macroeconomics. And health and ancient Greek.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): (honestly I have no major awards except some school awards)
[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): environmental club (representative), key club, national honor society, yearbook club, magazine club (editor in chief), tennis club, moot court, library club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: teacher’s assistant in the summer before junior year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a bunch of service hours from clubs; also a volunteer at a nursing home.
[ *] Essays: I think they are solid, although not amazing.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: two are amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: sweet but generic
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: It went well; we had a nice conversation.
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[ b]Other**
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): low-middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student; potential valedictorian
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[ b]Reflection**
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[ *] Strengths: Grades?
[ *] Weaknesses: few leadership roles
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UofR likes me and I like UofR.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted by 4 SUNYs (bing, stony, geneseo, buffalo), Maryland college park, Rutgers New Brunswick, and Brandeis.
Rejected by Northeastern.
And waiting for the replies of some top liberal arts colleges.
[ b]General Comments: I am sooooo happy that UofR accepted me! I thought it would reject me because UofR was the first college I submitted, and my essays weren’t great at that time.
Thank you U of R!!! Hopefully financial aid, the determining factor, will be nice.