Demographics
- Gender: male
- Race/Ethnicity: white
- Residence: New England
- Income Bracket: Upper
- Type of School: Private Catholic
- Hooks: Legacy at CWRU, OSU, and Notre Dame, parent works at Tufts
Intended Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Academics
- GPA (UW/W): (97.2/105.6) school does gpa out of 100
- Rank (or percentile): 2/175
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 10 APs
- Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 2 honors classes
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
- SAT: 1540 (750RW, 790M)
- AP/IB: APUSH, AP EURO, AP Physics 1, AP CSP, AP Spanish language, AP Bio - 5s on all. Taking AP Calc BC, AP english lit, AP Chem, and AP Stats senior year.
Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.
- FRC Captain
- Forensics
- Model UN
- FBLA club
- JV Hockey freshman-junior
- NHS
- Band
Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
- Forensic state champ
- Some school writing award
- Some science award at the state level
Letters of Recommendation
Math Teacher: this teacher really likes me, I did very well in his class, 10/10
Stats/band teacher: This teacher also likes me, but maybe slightly less 9/10
Essays
I'm a pretty good writer, but I didn't have a good topic to write about for the main essay, so this is probably the weakest part of my application. For the school specific essays, I feel like I did a pretty good job, put a lot of time in. Maybe like a 7/10 for my main essay and a 8ish/10 for my supplementals.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
- Case Western Reserve University EA (attending)
- University of Akron EA
- The Ohio State University EA
- Villanova University EA
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology EA
- Pennsylvania State University EA
- Virginia Tech EA
- Northeastern RD
- Tufts University RD
Waitlists:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute EA
Rejections:
- University of Notre Dame EA
- University of Massachusetts Amherst EA
- Boston College RD
- Georgetown University RD
- Santa Clara University EA
Additional Information:
I applied physics to Georgetown. Idk why the catholic schools didn't like my application (other than Villanova). Im pretty happy with CWRU, and I was probably going to go there anyway even if I got accepted to better schools because like half of my extended family went there. It was hard turning down Tufts, Northeastern, and others but CWRU was like 1/4 the cost after merit aid of those other schools.
Another consideration is that my school doesnt report class rank to colleges, only that I was in the top 1/3 of my class.