Student from Niche state gets Niche results
Hi guys! I'm hoping this posts gives people a little hope because I had solid stats but not as insane as some and it turned out well for me! You got this!
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Demographics
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Residence: Low population state (underrepresented but too doxxable)
Income Bracket: Upper-Middle Class (applied for aid tho)
Type of School: Medium-sized Public
Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): Geographic
Intended Major(s): Government/Polisci ona. Premed track
Academics
GPA (UW/W): 4.775/4.0
Rank (or percentile): Valedictorian
Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.:
14 APs - (5s on 7, 4 on 1, remainder senior year)
5 honors
2 DE
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Gov, AP Stats, DE Spanish, AP Chem, AP Bio
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
SAT I: Didn't report
ACT: 36 (36E, 36M, 36R, 36S)
Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): None
Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.
1 Advocacy Club- Co-founded school club focused on important (yet doxxable) social/health issue and did substantial reach out to schools abd organizations in my city, getting state DOH funding
2 Marching Band- Section leader for 160+ person band. Top 10 in state and success out of state too
3 Wind Symphony- Principal Player. 2x All State. Music librarian for over 2000 pieces of music
4 MUN- VP with Outstanding and Best delegate awards at state conference in my committee
5 Spanish NHS- President, recieved certificate of excellence for language learning by Spanish organization. Frequent bake sales for Doctors Without Borders and heavy school involvement
6 Taekwondo- Black belt, assistant instructor, and member of elite team. 3rd and 4th place awards at national competition.
7 Recreation Leader- Recreation leader at a HEAVILY underserved camp (thing homelessness and drugs) and earned Employee of the Summer Award
8 Shadowing- Shadowed a pediatrician regularly
9 Varsity Tennis- #3 on Varsity Tennis team for sophomore/junior year. Academic all-district award and qualified for team state tournament.
10- Black (I know...the horror)
Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
1 National Merit Semifinalist
2 AP Scholar With Distinction
3 MUN Awards (see before)
4 Spanish Award (see beforel
5 NHS induction
Letters of Recommendation
AP Physics- 9/10? Club Sponsor, did great in her class probably wrote great rec
APUSH- 7/10? Good in her class but nothing special
Interviews
Harvard- Good! I was pretty unprepared but she was sweet and we had a nice chat and shared similar interests!
Duke- Solid. More prepared but a little awkward because it was over ZOOM and it was late at night.
Essays
I think the essays were the best part of my app. I wrote my essay about a website that I used to explore my love for learning and to grow myself intellectually. My Supplements were also pretty strong and centered around my state's unique culture as well as my goal of intertwining the fields of medicine and policy to truly fix our systems.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
State Schools (+Presidential Full Ride)
Oregon State (+National Scholars Award)
Montana State
Univeristy of Vermont (+Honors and scholarship)
UNC-CH (EA)
Univeristy of Wisconsin (EA)
Univeristy of Washington (+ P&G scholarship)
Northeastern
>!Harvard (RD) -!< Commited!!!
Waitlists:
Columbia
Brown
Duke
Vanderbilt
Rejections:
None!
Additional Information: On top of my regular application, I sent an update to all my T20s about how I continued to expand the outreach with the club I founded and how I helped lobby the legislature of my state to pass an important medical bill!
Overall: I had no crazy non-profits or research and kinda just did the things I liked. I think my personality and goals came through in my application and I'm really happy with my (albeit unexpected) results! Good luck guys!