Congrats to everyone accepted! Here are my stats, if they can be of any help to people. If you didn’t get in/waitlisted YOU ARE STILL VALID AND YOUR CAPABILITIES ARE NOT DIMINISHED. Don’t let a college admission decision define you!
Decision: ACCEPTED
Date applied: 11/30/2019
Date accepted: 3/13/2020
Which school/major: Environmental Engineering; Muir
ACT: 34
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
AP: Spanish (4), European History (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), English Language (5), United States History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP English Literature, Physics Honors
Major Awards: National Hispanic Recognition, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics (captain), Makerspace (mentor), Student Government (vice president), founder of an ongoing school project, National Honors Society (treasurer), writer for STEM magazine
Volunteer/Community Service: local hospital volunteer work
Summer Activities: volunteering, college engineering course, mentor at a leadership seminar
Essays (rating): 8/10
Other
State: CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Reflection
Strengths: grades, test scores, a strong commitment to STEM, probably also being a female and minority I guess
Weaknesses: didn’t have a lot of major awards, summer activities were kind of lacking
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was unique in my essays, I feel like they definitely showed my personality…