标  题: 这个极其优秀的华人学生却没有私立名校录取
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr  7 14:46:28 2015, 美东)

这里大概小娃的父母多，对上好大学的严峻情况不是非常了解。在这里 mysc1234给大
家看个今年的真实案例，从http://www.collegeconfidential.com 上找下来的，是个小中男。大家认真想想，若干年后，你们的孩子能有这个小中男这样优秀的成绩吗？相信对大部分的孩子来说是绝不可能的！但即使取得他这样优异的成绩，又能怎样？？！！看看血淋淋的事实吧，听听他无助的呐喊，再想想该如何教育，引导你自己的孩子。

简介： 

SAT 2400, 满分

不算AP课的GPA  3.96 (满分是4.00）

学校成绩排名 top 5%

已修完AP课程 10 门，都是 5分 （满分），正在修另外 6门 AP 课程。

主要奖励： 西门子半决赛，ISTS半决赛， 以及其他数学和科学竞赛入围

课外活动： 
马拉松队长，击剑队队长，数学协会主席，物理奥赛主席，还有另外五个协会的主席或
副主席， 多年暑假在大学做研究intern. 

服务社区： 创立免费家教组织，还每周在敬老院做义工。


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04-05-2015 at 3:24 pm
Decision: Rejected

Objective:

[*] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 R, 800 M, 800 W)
[*] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[*] SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology (E)
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% of class, 700 Class
Size
[*] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C Mech,
Physics C Emag, US History, World History, Lang, Latin, Calc BC, Comp Sci A
(All 5's)
[*] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[*] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Human Geo,
AP Psych
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier for 2 years, ISEF
Qualifier, Siemens Semifinalist, ISTS Semifinalist, National Junior
Classical League Awards, won science and math competitions at Harvard, Yale,
Stanford, etc.

[/list][ b]Subjective:[/b]
[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country (
Captain), Fencing (Captain), Track, Swimming, Math Team (President), Science
Olympiad (President), Mu Alpha Theta (Founder and President), Key Club (
President), Latin Club (President), FBLA (President), National Honor Society
(Vice President), Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout and Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster)
[*] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring Business for 3 years, Lifeguard, Research
Internship in which I helped publish two papers with postdocs and graduates
[*] Volunteer/Community service: Founded a free tutoring business at
multiple locations, community service through Boy Scouts, volunteers at
local retirement homes weekly, etc.
[*] Summer Activities: Summer camp in 9th grade year, research at
universities during 10th and 11th grade years
[*] Essays: Common App (8/10), Supplement (8/10)
[*] Teacher Recommendation: Both recs were very strong, (9/10)
[*] Counselor Rec: Counselor doesn't care much about recs, so probably
mediocre
[*] Additional Rec: XC Coach rec, very strong
[*] Interview: In my opinion, one of the best interviews I had. Talked a lot
about similar topics in life and even delved into interviewer's life, etc.
[*] Supplementary Material: N/A

[ /list][ b]Other[/b]
[*]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[*] State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type: Public
[*] Ethnicity: Male
[*] Gender: Asian
[*] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): < 100K
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/list][ b]Reflection[/b]
[*] Strengths: Overall well-rounded, strength in math and science
[*] Weaknesses: Being too stereotypically Asian I guess
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest, the
fact that I'm Asian may have been the factor. Literally cried when rejected/
waitlisted from all of the Ivies and compared stats to everyone else.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, Case Western, UNC Chapel Hill
Waitlisted: Stanford, Duke, Harvard, Caltech, UChicago, WashU
Rejected: Northwestern, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, MIT,
Brown

[/list]General Comments: Honestly, I've been more confused than saddened
over past few days after decisions came out. I know that I wasn't going to
be guaranteed to get into any Ivies or highly ranked schools, but getting
rejected by most of them and then seeing the people that got in... makes it
seem like my four years of high school were all wasted and thrown down the
drain. Been trying to find flaws in my application, and except a few minor
ones, I can't come up with a valid reason why other than the fact I'm an
Asian male. If any part of my gender and ethnicity had been different,
pretty sure I would be in a more fortunate situation than now. Anyway,
congratulations to the rest of you that got in, enjoy your next four years
of college.
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