Decision: Rejected
Objective:
ACT (breakdown)- 36
SAT - 1590
SAT II - Bio M: 800 Math 2: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0)- 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable)- 3/460 (UW)
AP (place score in parentheses)- AP Comp 5; AP Bio 5
IB: Sports - 6 Spanish - 6
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)-
- Speech and debate - Captain, won state 10th grade in Policy
- Swimming, varsity
- Boy Scouts, Eagle
- Founder of Bee Club, and environmental club about saving bees
- I also founded a speech and debate team and coach it for middle schoolers.
- 120 volunteer hours going around the streets of my city giving out food to the homeless w/ my church
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Activity essay- 9/10
50-word essays- 8/10
Short essays- 8/10
Personal statement- 9.5/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1- Math teacher, 10/10
Teacher Rec #2- English teacher, 8.5/10
Counselor Rec- Really close w/ counselor, 10/10
Interview- 9/10 the guy was really cool
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?- yes
Intended Major- Biology - rip
State (if domestic applicant)- Kentucky
Country (if international applicant)- USA
School Type- Public
Ethnicity- White (actually white, not jewish)
Gender- Male
Income Bracket- > $400k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.)- ------------> NONE <-----------
Reflection:
Strengths- My ECs were good, should have been enough to get me in. Were they slap you in the face great? No, but they were enough to get me in (at least 50th percentile at Stanford). My academics are great, I am also a NMS. Stanford is an academic institution, not a sports team or record label so that should I gotten me pretty far.
Weaknesses- I’m seriously not bragging here but I won’t say my application is weak in any way. I am confident enough to say it should get me in to any school with a fair, legitimate admissions process. Do I think I’m better than everyone else? Hell no! But I know my friend’s applications and I know mine and I would be lying to you if I said I thought my application wasn’t 99+ percentile among all the 12th graders’ this year. Is it the best? No, but 99+ percentile or I’m a liar.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected- I am a WASP. I do not share Stanford’s politics in any way. Basically, I got rejected because I am white, male, and not dirt poor.
General Comments: A note for all you other white males out there (there’s a lot but not at Stanford): https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/