CASE STUDY, just copied from collegeconfidential

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800M 780CR 790W)
• ACT: 36
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics, 800 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB/BC (5), Computer Science A (5), Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), Chemistry (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), US History (5), World History (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Physics C: E&M (5), Music Theory (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology (self-study), Organic Chemistry, Physics, Accounting and Business Courses
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 6x AIME, 1x USAJMO, 3x USAMO, 2x USNCO Top 150, NMF, Siemens Semifinalist, USACO Silver, 2x USABO Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, 4x ARML, many Science Olympiad awards, very many regional Math awards, various violin/piano concerto awards, some other stuff I can't remember right now

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Science Olympiad (President, founder), FIRST Robotics (Treasurer, Programming Head), Science Volunteering program (President, founder), Cultural Club, Recreational Tennis, Swimming (was on team in 9th-10th grade but then ran out of time), National Honor Society, Art Club, Violin (independent study, many regional orchestras, many competitions), Piano (independent study, many competitions), 5 different chemistry, math, or physics research projects
• Job/Work Experience: Teacher Assistant/tutor for Chemistry, Accounting, and Calculus at college, NASA Research Associate, Violin/Piano performance, Private Tutor
• Volunteer/Community service: (400+ hours total), volunteer at elementary school afterschool program, teach extracurricular science lessons, museum, hospital, tutoring
• Summer Activities: Research in physics, chemistry, or biology at a college/university every year
• Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 - I thought they were solid
• Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
  • Teacher Rec #1: 10 - English teacher who taught a very challenging course, he said I was the first student he has seen in years meet his standards
  • Teacher Rec #2: 8 - Math teacher, had a good class with him
  • Counselor Rec: IDK - only knew for 3 weeks before rec
  • Additional Rec: Music Teacher - 10
• Interview: 3 - Did not connect at all, he also had no background knowledge of any of the competitions (like SO, USAMO, etc.) or research I had completed

Other

• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 100K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, volunteering, I thought I was very well-rounded
• Weaknesses: Counselor rec, essays? (I cant judge)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they expected more or I was too much like their entire pool of asians wanting to do science
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, CalTech, Carnegie Mellon; Waitlisted: MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton; Rejected: None

General Comments: DAMN IT. Worst day of my life. Waitlisted (in other words rejected) at all of my top 4 schools. Looking back there are too many things I should have done differently or better (like make MOSP for once dangit). Now I have no idea what to do next year. I hope all admitted have a good time!

所有跟帖： 

• loaded too much stuff! need to concentrate on 1-2 areas. -2488- ♂ (281 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:51:52

• :) -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:00:19

• 其实看看海内外国藤和非国藤的情况，应该知道这事儿不能太当真。 -Pink侠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:52:53

• 国藤还是比非国藤混的好。而且，国藤混的不好底气也足 -天涯栀子- ♀ (62 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:57:20

• 无意义 - 回复：CASE STUDY, just copied from collegeconfidential -都能理解- ♀ (100 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:54:42

• 这个CASE好象一个都没取 -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:58:35

• I will shock if he did not get M -sji- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:57:54

• Waitlisted: MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 08:59:39

• Shock whom? -bishiu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:06:02

• 大概也是没交过女朋友的：） -听听意见- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:03:05

• 有道理，有过女朋友才能学会怎样甜言蜜语哄人开心 -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:13:29

• 典型亚男 -Lily365- ♀ (108 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:18:35

• 关键是要有本事不典型啊：） -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:26:02

• 回复：关键是要有本事不典型啊：） -Lily365- ♀ (176 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:30:04

• You're right! Thanks to you and congratulations to your kid -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 10:46:41

• 这个一看就知道是 made up case. -陌上花开缓缓行- ♀ (46 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:24:59

• 你咋知道是MADE UP的呢？ -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:27:47

• LOL. my guts. -陌上花开缓缓行- ♀ (42 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:29:09

• 没吃过猪肉，就没见过猪跑？ -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:31:33

• 100% agree ---------- made up case. -sji- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:31:25

• The stat is definitely a fake -bull23- ♂ (92 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:26:23

• 你去看看，每年USXXO里面有多少小中BOY？ -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:29:03

• 物理化学的usXXO有跟没有一样 -陌上花开缓缓行- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:30:41

• 那你去数数，USAJMO， USAMO里面有多少小中男？ -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:33:50

• didn't i mention physics and chemistry??????????? -陌上花开缓缓行- ♀ (30 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:41:46

• 如果理化的USAXXO和没有一样，他的USA（J）MO也和没有一样 -天涯栀子- ♀ (57 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:45:05

• I did not found any one have 6x AIME, 1x USAJMO, 3x USAMO at MA -sji- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:35:37

• 算了一下，要从６年级就开始进AIME， -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:50:07

• 严重怀疑 CC case 的真实性，还是村里的case可靠啊 -都市农夫- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:36:01

• :) -天涯栀子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:46:06

• CalTech 在国人眼里是大藤级的，应该高兴才是，不欣赏横扫心态 -欢乐的爸爸- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2013 postreply 09:59:05