Decision: Accepted
Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
ACT: 35
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Rank and percentile not revealed in my district, but I would guess 15th percentile?
AP (place score in parenthesis): HuG: 5, WorldH: 4, German: 4, UsH: 5, EnviroSci: 5, English Lang.: 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, Engineering 3, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Psych, Calculus, AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of varsity tennis, Captain of the academic bowl team for 4 years.
Job/Work Experience: Intern at executive search firm over the summer between sophomore and junior years, year-round club soccer referee.
Volunteer/Community service: Beta club, NHS, Freshman mentoring program at my school,
Summer Activities: Counselor at STEM camp for elementary-age kids over the summer, Took 2 WashU classes last summer and did well in them (I really think this helped my app!)
Essays: Common App: 8.5/10- Was pretty confident that it was good. Supplement: 10/10= Wrote about my passion for aviation and connected it well with Olin.
Teacher Recommendation: 1: 8/10, teacher who likes me and has written a rec for me before. 2. 9/10, teacher who was very happy to write a rec that I have had for 2 years now.
Counselor Rec: 7/10: Completely new counselor this year, but she seemed fine.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Did interview on campus over the summer that went well because I could discuss the classes I was at the time taking. Also did interview with alumni very recently and he LOVED me, said he would send a glowing report back if he could.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Sociology/undecided
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100k-200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hooks.
Reflection
Strengths: ACT, interest
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed the maximum amount of interest that I could, and that this really helped me.
General Comments: Really happy to be accepted! I loved St. Louis over the summer and can’t wait to spend 4 years there!