I was such a shoe-in that my counselors told me that I was wasting my time even applying anywhere else, unless I wanted to attend those other universities. Here is a short-form resume:
1. 3.9 GPA (with 80 units completed)
2. Honors
3. Tested genius IQ
4. Charitable (activities involving feeding homeless, etc)
5. Motivated/industrious (created my own software development company out of nothing this past spring, using only investors that believe in my ideas to finance everything.)
6. 12 years of piano experience (taught myself the piano, and am so good, many people mistake me for a music major when I play on campus.)
7. Charitable: wanted to dedicate my intellectual gifts to the betterment of humanity via medicine (bio major)
8. I'm Latino (sadly, this too gives me an edge and makes me more attractive to universities.)
9. Have a great comeback story (dropped out in 9th grade. The counselor cried when she heard my story.)
With that said, I do not plan on appealing but rather am simply curious as to how I did not get in, knowing that I am easily more qualified than 90 percent of their current alumni. I am curious as to how many people got in with sub-par qualifications, and how many people with equal or superior qualifications to mine, also did not get in. This way, we can pin point what, if anything, was the variable that determined who got in or didn't (ie, was it because I wasn't Black? Was it the major?). Please post your short form details, and whether you were accepted or not.
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