Accept/Reject/Deferred: ACCEPTED OOS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1490 780M 710R
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school has a really weird GPA so it’s 4.04 / 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 42/45
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): highest academic achievement gr. 9+11, academic high honors, won an award for a music theory exam, entrepreneurship award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Co-founder of a local branch of an anti-plastic NGO
Piano 10 years
Year Representative senior year
HS Volleyball 4 years
Job/Work Experience:
Market research for a local business
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at a refugee center 3 years
Secretary of Global Issues Network
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 9/10 - talked about the power of storytelling and related it to my own experiences, I really liked it and felt it really showed my personality
UNC Supplement: 7/10 - I really liked one of them but the other one wasn’t so great
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Evaluation 1: 7/10 - only got to glance at it but it was pretty short and didn’t seem super personal
Teacher Evaluation 2: 8/10 - teacher knew me really well and talked about a good range of characteristics
Counsellor Rec: 9/10 - she put a lot of effort into this and was really sincere
Additional Rec: 9/10 - this was written really well and portrayed me in a great way
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major and College: Business Administration
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): American citizen but I live in a country in Europe (it’s quite small so I’d rather not specify)
School Type: tiny international school (graduating class is 40 people!)
Ethnicity: White + Middle Eastern
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): possibly a slight hook from living internationally and being half Lebanese
Reflection
Strengths: SAT ish, IB, common app essay, diverse ECs
Weaknesses: UNC supplement, lack of leadership in ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk maybe my application stuck out in terms of cultural diversity and living in a tiny country
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: deferred from Harvard, accepted to some schools in the UK and the Netherlands, waiting for the rest
General Comments : so happy to have gotten in, especially knowing how competitive it is for OOS!! Congrats to everyone accepted!