i'm p sure i posted this back in march but it got taken down for some reason
Demographics
- Gender: male
- Race/Ethnicity: south asian
- Residence: oos for all the schools i applied to
- Income Bracket: middle class
- Type of School: large hs freshman and soph year, super small competitive asl school junior and senior year
- Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none
Intended Major(s): business
Academics
- GPA (UW/W): 3.68 for EA, 3.54 for RD (unweighted)
- Rank (or percentile): na/185 (im p sure the avg gpa at my school is like a 3.9 tho)
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 2 APs freshman-soph year, pursured an associates junior-senior year (around 60 dual credit hours)
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
- SAT: 1490 (720RW, 770M)
- AP/IB: human geo (5), world history (2)
Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.
gonna try to be p vague so as I don''t get doxxed
- reselling business making $5k (10-12th)
- finance research under a professor (11-12th)
- co-founded a career readiness club (11-12th)
- tiktok account about sports with 10k followers (9-12th)
- managed finances for school's club teams and founded/captain of flag football team (11-12th)
- founder and president of schools FBLA chapter (11-12th)
- co-founder and marketing guy of a small startup (12th)
- played football at my old school before transferring, was JV captain and varsity bubble soph year, got consistent first team reps during spring ball, played on a 7on7 team outside of school, did JV track in the offszn (9-10th)
- 100 hours of financial literacy volunteering (9, 11th)
- volunteer youth football coach (10-11th)
Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
- A/B honor roll x3 (9th, 10th)
- research accepted to conference (12th)
thats all i got😬
Letters of Recommendation
Counselor Letter - describes some family stuff, reason for my transfer, rigor, and vouches for my leadership roles
Research Mentor - I was actually able to read this one, chatgpt summarizes it like this: Strong recommendation highlighting rapid self-learning, initiative, and meaningful research contribution despite limited initial experience. Emphasizes independence, leadership, and entrepreneurial activity alongside academics. Overall tone is confident and supportive, presenting the candidate as driven and capable without obvious weaknesses. Rating: 9/10
Calculus Teacher - I had a great relationship with him, he saw me grow a ton academically and one of the few classes I actually did good in. He also saw me help other students with the material once I got the hang of it.
English Teacher - mid tbh, only asked him cause a few schools required a humanities rec
Interviews
Georgetown - shit the bed on this one tbh, we just didn't have much in common and the interview felt kinda stand off ish, only took like 15-20 mins i think
Dartmouth - this one was a lot better, the guy grew up in the same hometown as me, played football at the rival high school, and we had a lot in common overall. genuinely had a great convo with him, took the entire 45 mins the zoom call was scheduled for.
Essays
Put my heart and soul into these icl. Here's how chatgpt summarizes my commonapp essay: Engaging narrative built around a small, relatable moment that expands into a broader reflection on socioeconomic perception, family values, and opportunity gaps. Effectively ties personal background to a clear motivation, while showing growth through a failed attempt turned learning experience. Strong voice and memorable framing. Rating: 9/10
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
- Ole Miss (Rolling)
- Alabama (Rolling)
- TCU (EA)
- SMU - Cox (EA)
- Colorado (EA)
- Georgia (EA)
- Indiana - Kelley (EA)
- UMiami (EA)
- >!Notre Dame!<(RD)
- >!UT Austin - McCombs!< (deferred EA)
Waitlists:
- Tennessee (deferred EA)
- Florida State (deferred EA)
- San Diego State (RD)
- UC Santa Barbara (RD)
- UNC Chapel Hill (EA)
- Georgetown - McDough (RD)
- Vanderbilt (RD)
Rejections:
- UC San Diego (RD)
- Wisconsin (EA)
- Florida (deferred EA)
- Tulane (EA)
- USC - Marshall (deferred EA)
- Michigan - Ross (deferred EA)
- UCLA (RD)
- Cal Berkeley - Haas (RD)
- Duke (RD)
- Dartmouth (RD)
- Penn - Wharton (RD)
- Harvard (RD)
Additional Information:
i wanna give yall advice, but quite honestly i dont know how i did it either. i wanna say its cause of my essays (don't follow the advice from those big ass college admissions tiktokers), rec letters, and the fact that my activites were super different from most people at my school, since most of them focused soley on stuff like research, competitions like deca and hosa, and those fake ass non profits. if you do take anything away from this post though, don't be afraid to shoot your shot, and don't listen to advice from randoms on tiktok or your school.