[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
** 11/30: **
** 3/25:**
** Business Administration, Marshall School of Business:**
None:
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35C 35R 36E 34M 34S
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (4) APUSH (5) Lang (5), Lit, Bio, Calc BC, Psych
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Psych, Lit, Bio, P.E. (state mandated ), Journalism, Teacher Assistant
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various DECA state/intl awards including first and top ten finishes at state
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): DECA (Chapter leadership), Newspaper (section editor), Business Club, NHS, JV sport, Led retreats for middle schoolers
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: 150 or so hours
Summer Activities: Business Intern at a company in the city
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Common App probably a 9, a very personal essay about visiting my family who lived in poverty in a foreign country. Why USC 7, generic, not super unique, but solid reasons. May have focused on BCA a little too much
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: probably 7s, didn’t know teachers too well, but I did well in their classes and they agreed to write them
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: No idea, large public school so I’ve seen my counselor maybe 6 times in high school. He interviewed me prior to writing though.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dual citizen? (see essay)
Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my ECs particularly my success in DECA. Test scores and GPA
Weaknesses: didn’t know rec writers well, Why USC was generic
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my ECS and scores, common app essay was unique
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: Indiana, UT Austin, Still waiting: U Mich, Penn, NYU, Yale
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I wish I had gotten to know my teachers and counselor better. Also wish I spent more time on the why USC essay, although it worked out in the end.