在CC上只看到1个录取的Asian。但不是你说的低分

Decision: Accepted

Note: this was written after I was accepted so may be biased

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): taken once, Math 800, EBRW 780, Essay 18 (6/6/6)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Chinese 790, Math2 800, Chem 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: Chinese, Psych, CS A, Bio, Chem, Calc BC; 4: USH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Physics 1 and 2, AP Gov/Econ, PE(lol), AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Accepted research abstract to a symposium, International piano competitions, TSA TEAMS Nats, NMSF

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
* Stem Cell research internship, summer + during 12
* Piano, Independent Study, 9-12
* School Engineering club (Co-Pres), 9-12
* Science Bowl(Officer), 11-12
* MIT Zero Robotics(Secretary), 10-11
Job/Work Experience: Self-employed piano teacher, 12
Volunteer/Community service: Middle school math club volunteer (Logistical Liaison, coach), 10-12
Summer Activities: 9th: CC English course; 10th CC Bio Course + TSA Nats; 11th CC Music Theory course + Research internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
* CommonApp: Authentic, but kinda cliche
* EC: research, very straight to the point
* Meaningful: Piano, my most “abstract” and prized essay
* IV: wrote about day to day observations and examples of how two lead to tangible projects/endeavors
* Roommate: made it thematic, used metaphor of cats

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): note: I didn’t read any of them and don’t have a control to compare them with, so it’s pointless to score them

Teacher Rec #1: Chemistry teacher of 3 years: H Chem(10) AP Chem(11), TA(12); became very close and she said she loved seeing my personal growth
Teacher Rec #2: English 11H teacher; was a hard-working student, she offered to write it for me
Counselor Rec: helped me on many occasions, but nothing that special
Additional Rec: Research lab PI; I put in good work and she really wanted me to get in and stay in the lab
Interview: none offered to Bay Area ppl

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology (Music/Chem minor)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Music live audition, continued research into the school year, I liked my Stanford supplements
Weaknesses: some extracurriculars didn’t connect to my intended major
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure but luck definitely had something to do with it
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere atm

General Comments:
still in shock, this is so surreal

My advice:
* Get your Common App essay done ASAP(getting mine done before summer ended relieve tons of pressure)
* Be authentic and don’t write contrived bs aimed towards pleasing ao's
* Understand that model essays that you might find out there are definitely not the norm; I can’t write well so I instead focused my efforts on the content

Good luck to all!

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• EC太厉害了 -Zinfandel- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:07:24

• 羊妈羊娃子坛都不会来，可能都没听说CC，所以都没人报。能去这些地方的却又没录取上 -非肥不可- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:12:51

• 你也太小看老中的能量了 -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:14:38

• 怎么觉得他的EC都是一两年的，而不是比较长期的？ -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:13:44

• 参加国际钢琴比赛，这琴得是从小练起的。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:15:08

• 只有钢琴是长期的，大家都投入长时间的精力，取得的成果不一样而已。我指的是其他项目，他的暑期活动显得比较零散， -加州阳光123- ♀ (194 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:20:01

• 大家都投入长时间，可是不一定有她的成绩呀。没结果的投入录取时毫无用处。子坛历年来靠钢琴一流进T5的已经有不少了。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:23:17

• 我没有否认钢琴的成就，我说的是其他EC时间不长。 -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:32:49

• 她就两个主要EC呀。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 09:38:27

• 大多数是打酱油，没啥作用。其主要EC是国际钢琴比赛和科研论文，这二项可不是一二年能搞定。 -mmmwww- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:19:07

• 嗯，这说法比较有信服力 -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:22:13

• 有道理 -Sarsar- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:22:59

• 国际钢琴比赛，科研。还是EC取胜。看来S非常注重EC。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:13:55

• 一般般，可能是低收入家庭，或者有其他家庭原因。S 确实不喜欢学霸型亚裔男。 -CarriePanda- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:18:23

• 这人EC一般 -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:23:41

• 研究与钢琴，怎么一般了？ -Zinfandel- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:25:17

• TSA 不是什么competitive 的吧，也没有多少人参加吧？ -CarriePanda- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:31:27

• TSA比较花时间 -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:34:40

• 什么是TSA？ -平常心安- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:41:41

• 钢琴进一流国际大赛可不是阿猫阿狗都能进的。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:25:44

• 进了的几个人里学习也不一定都优秀，也不一定有时间还干别的 -Sarsar- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:27:19

• 对。有强EC，外加GPA，标考不差，essay不错，推荐信好，基本上比较有把握T5里抓一个了。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:28:41

• 是，我给删了，haha，是你说的这样 -Sarsar- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:30:03

• 这话放之四海而皆准，没什么特殊意义 -加州阳光123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:36:06

• 你倒是说点有指导意义滴呀。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 09:39:06

• 就他那句，“I liked my Stanford supplements”，俺相信很牛 -Zinfandel- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:28:03

• 唉。 -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:28:36

• 你说的那些克莱本，肖邦什么的，不是高中娃有能力玩的。高中生的国际比赛其实跟老师关系重大 -greenoasis- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:49:04

• 你还别说，琴园就有孩子进这种著名钢琴大赛，还就藤了。 -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 09:37:55

• 克莱本这档次的都是专业音乐学院在读或者毕业了的钢琴家水平的人在比。得大奖的都可以快30岁了 -greenoasis- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 09:40:04

• 另外，有没有说他父母是否上过大学？我知道俩进了S的亚裔，都是父母没上过大学 -Sarsar- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:22:26

• 国际钢琴比赛有很多，是那一个？有的也很水 -yddad- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:34:21

• 哈妈不也有国际会议吗？ -LVHawaii- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:36:53

• 他的成绩和选课不是最最强。跟三哈妈家的孩子有点类似？ -greenoasis- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2018 postreply 08:45:50