Decision: Accepted
Objective:
- [] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 2250 overall, 800 Reading, 770 Math, 680 Writing
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
[] SAT II (Type, Score): 1570 overall, 800 Reading and 770 Math
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 5.0
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), World History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language and Composition (5), European History (5), Human Geography (5), Calculus BC (5), English Literature and Composition (5), United States History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): I took 'em, didn’t submit 'em
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band 6 Honors, IB Advanced Calculus SL, IB Music HL, AP Computer Science Principles, IB French HL, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Theory of Knowledge
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, Gold on National French Exam Level 4
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band mellophone player (equipment management/leadeship), Speech/debate in Oral Interpretation (captain, went to nationals), National English Honor Society (Board Member), Competitive programming (Vice President), Competitive French, Church member/volunteer, writing club (head/owner/overall dictator lol), concert band French horn player (leadership), orchestra French horn player, Gay-Straight Alliance member
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: youth counselor at multiple summer camps over the years, volunteer biomechanics conference organizer, audio/visual work at church
[] Summer Activities: French immersion in Quebec, volunteer work
[] Essays: common app 9/10, about doing things for the now/people around you instead of future legacy and fame in relation to marching band; why Chicago 9/10, did about 2 hours of in-depth research on research opportunities in my desired field and also talked about the college’s personality (and a past student at the admissions office that was really cool when I visited); optional 10/10, it was really long and basically a short story about breaking down the strings of tension between people by listening instead of talking over each other
[] Teacher Recommendations: at least 2 really solid ones, and one that was probably good?
[li] Counselor Rec: She read my resume and wrote it based off that. She liked me though.[/li][/ul]
Other
- [] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Public (w/ IB)
[] Ethnicity: Asian and white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class, applied and received financial aid (brother in college)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in computer science maybe?
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: I wrote some pretty unique and original essays. I also applied with an unusual goal of studying computer science and linguistics to work on machine translation. I write creatively and submitted a creative writing supplement, which I think helped. My personality matches the university very well too. Honestly, I worked hard, got lucky, and am very fortunate to have been accepted.