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อ่านไปอ่านมา เจอะกรณีพิเศษครับ SAT ต่ำมาก แต่เข้าได้ น่าสนใจจริง ๆ ครับ
Decision: Accepted
Stats:
SAT I: 620 CR, 630 M , 660 W
SAT IIs: 630 MathII, 610 US History, 650 Lit
GPA: ~4.4 (have gotten all A's in every class in high school with 14 APs (including present classes))
Rank: Valedictorian (1 out of 288?) #2 is like a 3.8!!
Other stats: Many National Latin Awards (including Gold on NLE and bronze on Medusa), Numerous student of the Year awards from Governor's School program, many track and cross country awards and medals, MVP,etc. 2 Certamen state titles (3rd place).
5s on AP US, AP Calc AB, 4 on AB Calc BC, AP Gov't, AP Euro, AP Environmental
EC- Cross Country (Captain), Indoor Track (Captain), Outdoor Track (Captain), Envirothon (Co-Captain), Latin Club, Certamen (5 year captain starting in eighth grade), Academic Team, National Honor Society (Vice-President), Virginia Math League, Major Volunteer Work with a Community Center (300 hours?)
Subjective:
Essays: Good--->Great, but not perfect. Showed my determination and ability to progress against certain doom.
Teacher Recs: One was amazing and extremely well written (nearly perfect), the other was shining--- but poorly written.
Counselor Rec: Amazing!
Hook (if any): Conducted a 4 year research project on early foreign language introduction (Latin)/language accquistion/teaching methods. Created a lesson plan for a elementary Latin program---- Presented my findings to the school board (they accepted my proposal) ---and I will be working with the school board this summer to officially design the program in my county.
I also overcame a hip condition to become one of the best distance runners in my area and at the state level. (But I am NOT a recruited athlete)
Location/Person:
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Really crappy public high school for half the day, prestigious, nationally recognized Governor's School for the other half of the day
Ethnicity: White, middle-class
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: extremely well-rounded, many many awards (even if they are not national), perfect GPA, overcame potential disability to become the best, strong research project, Nearly perfect interview ---Weaknesses: SATs (need I say anymore, I am a BAD test taker-- but who cares if I can't do geometry if I can get a 5 on the AP Calc Exam)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Above
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATS to all those accepted! I can't wait to meet you all!
I hope my acceptance goes to show that colleges do look beyond relatively low SATs scores. I don't think SATs show actual intelligence in a lot of cases (other than those people who flat out get 800s without even studying ), rather time to study and resources to prep classes/courses... I didn't have the time to study for SATs at all and I expressed this in my interview! (but I wouldn't suggest that anyone else say this in an interview,,, it was just appropriate in my case and interview situation)
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I forgot to mention that I think my acceptance proves that affirmative action/URM programs really aren't as prevalent as it would seem.
I am a white, middle-class male w/ alarmingly low SATs. If I made it in, affirmative action isn't that extreme. I really think that the admission's process is extremely individualistic. If it wasn't, I doubt I would have received an acceptance letter.
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piangdin 
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