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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400; Reading (800) Math (800) Writing (800)
• ACT: n/a (did not take)
• SAT II: Physics 800, Biology M 780
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1 (94 avg)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2% (approx 4/182)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Spanish (5), APUSH (5), Biology (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Anatomy/Physiology (one of hardest science classes in school), Intro to Law, Economics (school does not offer any AP social studies classes), Honors Spanish (already took AP), Honors English (school does not offer any AP)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award, National Merit Semi-Finalist
   

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art (competitive, various awards), International Economic Summit, Varsity Tennis Team, Secretary of Student Gov't (3 yrs), VP of local chapter of NHS
• Job/Work Experience: Restaurant hostess, art teacher at local Chinese school
• Volunteer/Community service: Local church, TA at Chinese school
• Summer Activities: took bio course at Harvard
• Essays: 9.5/10
• Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 (English), 8.5-9/10 (Bio)
• Counselor Rec: 7.5/10 (she's a terrible writer)
• Additional Rec: 9/10 (best friend wrote peer rec and she's a very good writer)
• Interview: 9/10
• Supplementary Material: Sent in visual art supplement
   

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): MA
• School Type: Small-medium public
• Ethnicity: East Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100K-200K, eligible for FA
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
   

Reflection

• Strengths: Test scores, ec's (esp art), essays
• Weaknesses: Counselor rec, GPA could be better, could have more impressive awards
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Weaknesses, ethnicity??
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none
   

General Comments: To be honest I was fairly confident about my chances, so being deferred is very disappointing, since I really love the school and and really was committed to ED. I hear the chances of being accepted RD after being deferred are very low so I will focus on trying my luck elsewhere