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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (760 CR 790 Math 800 Writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): very close to 4.0 (two B+\'s, rest A\'s, too lazy to calculate right now)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Physics C (Mech. and E&M), US History (5\'s on all)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Lang, Complex Analysis/Differential Equations, Geosystems, a few other non standard CS and math classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC12 115, AIME 8, USAMO 10, 10th Place Priceton U. Math Comp., Physics Olympiad Quarterfinalist (semifinalist this year, though that was too late for apps), Siemens Competition Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, Research Science Institute 08
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Physics Team, Computer Team, Young Democrats
Job/Work Experience: mentorship last summer through RSI
Volunteer/Community service: A few things with math team
Summer Activities: RSI
Essays: My English teacher said they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: One I\'m positive is really good, the other should also be good unless my teacher lied to my face when I asked him if I\'d get a good rec (asked him whether it\'d be good or not before requesting the rec)
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: From RSI, should have been excellent
Interview: I thought it went really well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 100-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): RSI, Siemens, Intel, USAMO?
Reflection
Strengths: stats/awards
Weaknesses: service/leadership, race/gender
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UVA, Rejected: MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Duke. The last two or three weeks have been absolutely terrible.