Who else is applying ED 1???

heycow10
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:37:26 +0000

decision: rejected

SAT: 2190
ACT: 32
GPA: 4.0 UW
class rank: 1
APs: WH (5), APES (5), LANG (5). taking spanish, stats, physics, lit and gov in spring.

extracirriculars:
-varsity cross country (4 letters) varsity basketball (captain 3 letters), varsity fastpitch (captain 2 years, 4 letters)
-student government (frosh class rep, sophomore rep, publicity chair, class president)
-Honors society (4 years)
-advanced orchestra (4 years. 2 years quartet 1st chair)
-science olympiad (3 years, a few regional awards)
-girl scouts 13 years
-wont list awards but a several for leadership in various activities

volunteer:
-abroad thailand and costa rica working in orphanages and teaching english (2 different summers)
-teen court (jurror)
-community in schools peer mentoring
-multiple local environment groups
-tutoring in after school program
-overall 300+ hours

subjective:
essays: personal about my quirks and a situation where i stood up to authority. supplement on george clooney
teacher recs: really good. had both teachers for 2 years and they knew me pretty well
additional rec: from my coach, also had as a teacher. it was descriptive of my personality.
interview: with admissions officer, went about an hour and connected really well with the interviewer.
accomplishments: additional accomplishments i worked on my community also talked about
hooks: was being recruited. sports coach was advocating for my admission.
applied ED1

not sure why i wasnt accepted, i guess test scores could have been raised a bit. i felt i was in range for everything and application really emphasized my leadership and quirkiness. bummed, but hoping for some acceptances to come in the near future!!