<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used? Yes
[</em>] SAT I (by section) 760 CR/710M/670W 12 essay: 2140/2400
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II/ 790 US History/ 740 Biology M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.85 UW / 4.23 W
[<em>] Rank: 20/100
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): European History (3), Statistics (4), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP US History (5), AP Eng Lang (5), AP Art History (4), AP Biology (5)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 7 others
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Engineering Inspiration, Principal Honor Roll, [/li]Middleburry Chinese Languange Immersion, Johns Hopkins Summer CTY and plenty of others…</p>
<p>[li]Self study Multivariable calculus, DiffEQ, Lin. Algebra</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics Club, Interact Club, Tutoring, Child care for my younger brother
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Intern at AMGEN drug lab, Intern at UCSD cancer research lab
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Essay on how I almost died at 6 years old. I participated in crime with my mother and abusive father. Goes on to tell how I gouged my father’s eyes and came under the legal guardianship of my 88 year old great-grandmother.
Another essay on my interest in astronautical engineering and medicine.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Absolutely stunning recommendation
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Absolutely stunning
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): No interview
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Family of 4 making less than $20,000. Live with great-grandparents. Dangerous life as a child etc. First generation student (family members never graduated from high school).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Charter
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):First generation
[<em>] Strengths: Good in all fields of academics
[</em>] Weaknesses: No weaknesses
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I attribute my acceptance to my essays. They were stellar. I’m really glad Stanford doesn’t only look for the obsessed academics who have nothing to talk about other than their perfect gpa and sat :)[/li][/ul]</p>