u/Accomplished_Bee1859

**Demographics**

* Gender: Female
* Race/Ethnicity: Asian
* Residence: International
* Income Bracket: <$200k
* Type of School: Private
* Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

**Intended Major(s)**: Environment Science & English

**Academics**

* GPA (UW/W): 3.7UW
* Rank (or percentile): N/A
* \# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 4 A Levels
* Senior Year Course Load: 4 A Levels

**Standardized Testing**

* SAT: Didn’t do, didnt rly make it through the full test lol

**Extracurriculars/Activities**

(deliberately vague)

  1. *#1* env organization for marine conservation (50+ members)
  2. \#2 Wrote a novel abt chronic illness, published by local press (not self publish)
  3. \#3 country’s youth UN delegate
  4. \#4 big international UN conference (environmental)
  5. \#5 blog advocating for chronic illness
  6. \#6 commissioned artist ($1000+ in revenue)
  7. \#7 acted in a TV show
  8. \#8 varsity sport (3yr)

**Awards/Honors**

*List all awards and honors submitted on your application.*

  1. \#1 National best NPO
  2. \#2 1st place national art comp
  3. \#3 Regional best NPO
  4. \#4 Theatre scholarship
  5. \#5 2nd place poetry comp at skl

**Letters of Recommendation**

(*Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.)*

&amp;#x200B; Eng teacher: i think like maybe 10/10 she inspired me to channel my illness into prose, my poetry buddy

Art teacher: maybe 8/10, she sees my perseverance even when im sick and often commends me for that

Supervisor in UN: 8/10 maybe? was close to him, advised me a lot on failed business pitches (bc i kept pitching bad business models to his dpt😭 i think he felt bad so he helped)

**Interviews**

didnt do

&amp;#x200B;

**Essays**

I wanna say 10/10, wrote abt the intersections between literature and my chronic illness, adversity essay vibes. written partly in verse so i think that was super cool

&amp;#x200B;

**Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)**

*Acceptances:*

* NYU CAS
* UCSD
* Wesleyan
* BARNARDDDDD!!!! (committed)
* UCI
* UCSC ($50k dean scholarship)
* UCD
* CMC
* Boston U

*Waitlists:*

* Wellesley

*Rejections:*

* UCLA
* Vassar🙃
* UCB
* Tufts
* USC
* Columbia

**Additional Information:**
Had to repeat junior year because of medical leave and grades downward trend…. (was straight As prior)

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u/Accomplished_Bee1859 — 9 days ago

Did everyone get this email or did i get off waitlist?

Thank you for your patience and continued interest in Barnard College!

Our records indicate that you have asked to remain on our waitlist because you are still interested in being considered for admission to Barnard College. We hope that is the case!

We encourage you to complete this form within the next 24 hours or as soon as possible.

The Office of Admissions will use the information provided in your form response if we are in a position to reach out to you about the waitlist. 

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We look forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes, 

Barnard College Office of Admissions 

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u/Accomplished_Bee1859 — 13 days ago