The Perfect Student

Applying to College
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<p>I was looking through a site, and found a person named “california” (nickname). I was amazed by her stats that I just had to put it up on cc. She was accepted to all HYPSM and Cal Tech & U Penn…</p>

<p>My biggest surprise, she took AP Calculus BC in her freshmen year, 0.0</p>

<p>See for yourself</p>

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<p>Schools
Name ED/EA Legacy Athlete Status
California Institute of Technology [Discuss] No No No Accepted
Harvard University [Discuss] No No No Accepted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Discuss] No No No Accepted
Princeton University [Discuss] No No No Accepted
Stanford University [Discuss] Yes No No Accepted
University of Pennsylvania [Discuss] No No No Accepted
Yale University [Discuss] No No No Accepted </p>

<p>Profile</p>

<p>School Type: Private
Race/Gender: Caucasian/Female
Prospective Major: Mechanical Engineering
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.77
Class rank: 1 of 89 </p>

<p>SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 770 </p>

<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Math IIC: 800
SAT II Physics: 800
SAT II Latin: 800 </p>

<p>Long-form Info</p>

<p>Extracurricular Info</p>

<p>PSAT Score </p>

<p>75 Verbal 77 Math 80 Writing (232) </p>

<p>AP Scores </p>

<p>Calculus BC/AB Subscore–5/5
Latin: Vergil–5
European History–5
Art History–5
Physics C–5
Latin Literature–5
U.S. History–5
Chemistry–5 </p>

<p>Planned AP Tests: </p>

<p>English Literature
Statistics
Psychology
Biology
U.S. Government and Politics </p>

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<p>Course Schedule </p>

<p>Freshman Year: </p>

<p>AP Calculus BC
Honors Latin III
Honors Physics
English I: The Myth and the Journey
World History I: Early Civilizations through the Renaissance
Computing Across the Curriculum </p>

<p>Sophomore Year: </p>

<p>AP Latin: Vergil
AP European History
AP Art History
AP Physics C
Honors Chemistry
Honors Multivariate Calculus/Honors Linear Algebra
English II: A Survey of British Literature </p>

<p>Junior Year: </p>

<p>AP Latin: Latin Literature
AP U.S. History
AP Chemistry
Honors Biology
Honors Differential Equations/Honors Advanced Topics in Mathematics
Honors English III: A Survey of American Literature
Economics/Study of Organic Chemistry </p>

<p>Senior Year: </p>

<p>AP English:Literature and Composition
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP U.S. Government and Politics/Asia: China, Japan, India
Programming
Physical Education </p>

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<p>Awards </p>

<p>National AP Scholar
National Merit Finalist (Semi-Finalist)
Valedictorian
Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist </p>

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<p>Activities </p>

<p>4 Years Latin Honor Society; Vice-President 1 Year, President 2 Years
4 Years Girls Varsity Soccer; Captain 1 Year
4 Years Girls Varsity Tennis; Captain 2 Years
3 Years National Honor Society; President for 2 Years </p>

<p>Boston University Research Internship Program in Science and Engineering </p>

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<p>Other Info
So far:
Accepted to Stanford, CalTech, MIT…! This is getting to be so crazy. </p>

<p>I’VE BEEN ACCEPTED EVERYWHERE SO FAR!! Waiting for Princeton… </p>

<p>EDIT: IT IS FINAL. I GOT IN EVERYWHERE!!!</p>

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<p>Haha. Yes, many of us are quite aware of ************. And I, for one, have come across california’s page at least a dozen times. Or twice. Same thing.</p>

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<p>Yeah my cousin is like that. Her biggest dilemma right now is deciding which one of the HYPS schools she should attend. Lucky her.</p>

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<p>which high school did she go to?</p>

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<p>Well, she is a freakin’ genius. What do you expect?</p>

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<p>it just goes to show that when you have an academic record like this and the test scores to back it up, the ECs don’t need to be stellar. People keep posting that students like this can be rejected everywhere, but I don’t think so. When you are this kind of academic dynamo, the colleges agree that it speaks for itself.</p>

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<p>this is cool. bump</p>

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<p>So? If getting into the perfect college is what her life is about, I feel sorry for her.</p>

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<p>cloverdale7, look at california’s activities (2 sports with leadership and 2 other dedicated ones). Plus, Siemens competition gave her another boost</p>

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<p>well it seems she fit into the criteria of what any school could want in an applicant: exactly as the post first started off with, the perfect candidate. although i don’t see any volunteer stuff, i’m sure she has them. and i doubt there are many applicants with her level of rigorousness in the schedule while maintaining so many sports activities (which sucks up a Majority of the time). and i don’t think we can say that she’s been working all her life to get into ivy (although there is definitely a possibility) but she is probably just this type of person. and in the end, there is no excuse for those who did not get in and no reason to “judge” those who did.</p>

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<p>wow this girl is amazing!
but if you think Calculus BC in freshman year is something,
there is a kid on here that took it in 7th grade, meaning he/she took Algebra 2 in 5th grade, and is taking Multivariable Calculus in 8th grade!</p>

<p>Some people are abnormally smart</p>

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<p>I think that some colleges look down upon the “perfect student” because how well rounded could they be if they are taking extremely heavy courseloads that would suggest very little time for a social life. Thus, Ivy League and Top 20 schools will be concerned with the student not being well-rounded, and all other schools would consider them overqualified and waitlist or reject them assuming a “better” school will accept them.</p>

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<p>I wonder if she could have gotten accepted at Tufts.</p>

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<p>Well, there is a 14yr old valedictorian in my Math HL class. Right now I’ve been taking practice Paper 1 and Paper 2 and have gotten about 85% of the points, which is a 6-7 out of 7 and he manages perfect scores while the other two valedictorians pull a 4-5 at best with a 60%ish.</p>

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<p>Well the sun doesn’t shine everywhere.</p>

<p>This guy from my school got REJECTED with a Perfect score. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.suntimes.com/output/education/cst-nws-univ12.html[/url]”>http://www.suntimes.com/output/education/cst-nws-univ12.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>=(</p>

<p>Makes me wonder where I actually stand. <em>shivers at the mere thought</em></p>

<p>Sephiroth you have to get the fact through your head and stop believing the myth that grades show that you are smart. Grades DON’T show how smart you are, they simply show how much effort a person puts.</p>