Decision: Accepted
SAT I (breakdown): 700 Writing 670 Reading 620 Math
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II:N/A
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/341
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (5) US Gov/Pol (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit/Comp, AP Art History, AP Spanish Lang, AP Environmental Science, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Oregon Youth and Government School Delegation (President), National Honor Society (Social Chair), National Spanish Honor Society (Secretary), 4 yr Varsity Tennis (2 year Captain), Selective School Program where 12 seniors spend their year fundraising for a Children’s Hospital, Young Democrats Club, Art History Club
Job/Work Experience: Front Desk Employee at a local tennis club
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Teaching Assistant at local tennis club, volunteer at local elementary school
Summer Activities: work, volunteering, tennis
Teacher Recommendation: One from the teacher that gave me my one and only B, the other from a highly respected social studies teacher, most likely pretty excellent
Counselor Rec: who knows, big public school-she did it in 2 days
Additional Rec:
Commonapp Essay: Talked about being the son of a veteran and how the absence of my father for two years influenced my personality/outlook on life
UR Supplement Essay: emphasized my belief in analyzing students as more than just test scores and GPAs
Interview: none
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: w
Gender: m
Income Bracket: mid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really
Reflection: I was actually surprised that I was accepted. They kept emphasizing doing an interview and I just didn’t want to do one but it ended up working out.
Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: focused on my diversity of classes and my independence as a student as well as leadership
Weaknesses: no interview, writing sample, counselor rec was probably not great
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted probably because of my consistent strength of classes, I showed improvement though because I started out in lower level math/science and ended up doing AP in both and my leadership in various activities
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted-Willamette, Linfield. Pacific (Forest Grove), Lewis and Clark College-Wait listed-Whitman
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