CC上看到的case，觉得超强啊。大家觉得为什么Ivy一个没进

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Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 R, 800 M, 800 W) ACT (breakdown): N/A SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology (E) Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% of class, 700+ Class Size AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C Mech, Physics C Emag, US History, World History, Lang, Latin, Calc BC, Comp Sci A (All 5's) IB (place score in parentheses): N/A Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Psych Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier for 2 years, ISEF Qualifier, Siemens Semifinalist, ISTS Semifinalist, National Junior Classical League Awards, won science and math competitions at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country (Captain), Fencing (Captain), Track, Swimming, Math Team (President), Science Olympiad (President), Mu Alpha Theta (Founder and President), Key Club (President), Latin Club (President), FBLA (President), National Honor Society (Vice President), Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster) Job/Work Experience: Tutoring Business for 3+ years, Lifeguard, Research Internship in which I helped publish two papers with postdocs and graduates Volunteer/Community service: Founded a free tutoring business at multiple locations, community service through Boy Scouts, volunteers at local retirement homes weekly, etc. Summer Activities: Summer camp in 9th grade year, research at universities during 10th and 11th grade years Essays: Common App (8/10), Supplement (8/10) Teacher Recommendation: Both recs were very strong, (9/10) Counselor Rec: Counselor doesn't care much about recs, so probably mediocre Additional Rec: XC Coach rec, very strong Interview: In my opinion, one of the best interviews I had. Talked a lot about similar topics in life and even delved into interviewer's life, etc. Supplementary Material: N/A Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes State (if domestic applicant): FL Country (if international applicant): School Type: Public Ethnicity: Male Gender: Asian Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): < 100K Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A Reflection Strengths: Overall well-rounded, strength in math and science Weaknesses: Being too stereotypically Asian I guess Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest, the fact that I'm Asian may have been the factor. Literally cried when rejected/waitlisted from all of the Ivies and compared stats to everyone else. Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, Case Western, UNC Chapel Hill Waitlisted: Stanford, Duke, Harvard, Caltech, UChicago, WashU Rejected: Northwestern, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, MIT, Brown General Comments: Honestly, I've been more confused than saddened over past few days after decisions came out. I know that I wasn't going to be guaranteed to get into any Ivies or highly ranked schools, but getting rejected by most of them and then seeing the people that got in... makes it seem like my four years of high school were all wasted and thrown down the drain. Been trying to find flaws in my application, and except a few minor ones, I can't come up with a valid reason why other than the fact I'm an Asian male. If any part of my gender and ethnicity had been different, pretty sure I would be in a more fortunate situation than now. Anyway, congratulations to the rest of you that got in, enjoy your next four years of college.