Decision: Accepted
Accepted (I don’t know if the green will show up)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34c (36e, 33m, 35w, 34s)
SAT II: 740 biology (m) and 770 math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.66
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/422
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Human Geo (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math SL (5), IB Business Management SL (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IB DP program- IB French SL, IB HOTA HL, IB Biology HL, IB TOK, IB Global Politics HL, AP Statistics, Newspaper, IB English HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, National Hispanic Recognition Program, Coca Cola Scholar semifinalist, 1st place editorial in the state, scholastic silver key, TASP
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TEDx event at school (speaker in 9th, assistant to head organizer in 10th, head organizer 11-12th); HS newspaper 10th-12 (Opinion editor 12th); Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council 11th-12th; created program to foster connections between people of differing political opinions; Literary magazine (reinstated it, also editor 11th-12th)
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: TASP, journalism camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I don’t know how to rate them, I liked them
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 11th grade English teacher; I didn’t get to see it, but I think it was good. He liked me and I’ve worked with him for clubs outside of class
Teacher Rec #2: Newspaper advisor; didn’t get to see it either, but he’s known me pretty well for three years
Counselor Rec: We have a big class, but she does recognize me and I met with her multiple times before applying
Additional Rec: letter from TASP professor
Interview: went really well, but this part doesn’t count as much as the rest
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): domestic
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, TASP (?, Not sure if it’s one or not)
Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: SAT 2s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were very genuine and showed how well I fit with Stanford
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t found out any others
General Comments: You don’t have to do a huge research project, publish some big paper, etc. I thought I was “well rounded” but not the pointy student that people say they look for. I think if your activities show your passion and have some type of link (even if all of them are just science or just humanities) then you’ll do fine