First time posting this thing… never thought I’d get to do it… (hopefully it works too haha)
Decision: Accepted - ED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (690CR/800M/750W/11E)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E/35M/28R/32S/31W)
SAT II: 770 (Chem and Math)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 LMAO
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 40% (unofficial, we technically don’t rank but still l m a o)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Chem, APUSH, Chinese; 4 on AP Lang without the class
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics 1
AP Calc BC
AP Gov
AP Econ
AP Lit
Lab Assistant
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
uhh… does state finalist SciOly count in a competitive state?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
VP and Team Captain of school Science Olympiad team
Co-“founder” of Chemistry club, tutor and activities manager there
JV Cross Country, Tennis, Track and Field
10 years of music (and three instruments!)
Chemistry Tutor
DECA
some other minor stuff I forgot
Job/Work Experience: Noperoni
Volunteer/Community service:
Roughly 100ish hours with all different organizations
Summer Activities:
Various Camps at Stanford/UCB
Summer courses (for enrichment) at local CC
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Why Scripps- meh, p superficial but hardly generic. 7/10
Important Conversation- I thought this one was pretty bad… 5/10
Common App- Counselor said it was touching and very well written 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
- Freshman/Junior Lit teacher- Had her for two (non consecutive) years. 8/10
- AP Chem teacher: best student in her class, currently her lab assistant. 11/10
- Counselor- I had three counselors over the course of HS. Prob generic, but the interview went well. 6/10
Recs: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large (2400ish kids) Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Of the Asian Persuasion
Gender: Take a wild guess.
Income Bracket: $280k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah, anti hooks actually.
Reflection:
Strengths: Test scores (esp. math) passion for my major, awards, Common App essay, recs.
Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA GPA and also CLASS RANK
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Maybe passion for my major? Idk, I thought I was rejection for sure because of lack of liberal arts ECs…
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted SCU (found out an hour before Scripps), waiting on a bunch of other schools, but have to withdraw anyways.
General Comments:
what a wild ride. I’ll see you all at CPW!