Li Ming
Strengths:
– From Shanghai, China (foreign)
– 93rd percentile in his class.
– High SAT 1 total: 1970
– Extracurricular activities
– Overall is in good academic standing.
– Great impression as a model citizen and person to a professor at the school (Mark Lantry).
– Works/Employed
Weaknesses:
– C+ in a senior year course
– Short (but positive) guidance counselor recommendation; due to the trouble of finding someone to write a recommendation from someone studying abroad
– Economic troubles paying for school. Would need a tuition
– Personal essay was not so much about him as it was about an environmental problem with the world.
– No AP/BC Courses listed
– NO alumni connection
In comparison:
– One of the highest GPAs out of the 15 students
– Only one from outside the United States of America
– Looking between the 3-5 people seating on the list.
Summary:
Li Ming is a strong applicant for The College. As a student from Shanghai, China, Li Ming is the only international applicant The College is currently reviewing. He is a bilingual, very environmentally devoted young adult with an intended major of Environmental Science. Academically, Mr. Li has an accumulative high school grade average of 93 %, finishing also in the top 93rd percentile of his class. He scored a 1970 on his SAT I, making him the applicant with the fourth highest SAT I score out of all the applicants who included their standardized test scores. In his résumé, there are no listings of any AP classes or exams taken. Furthermore, Mr. Li has a “C+” in his senior year politics course. Although it is the only “C” he has received throughout high school, it did not come at a great time. Mr. Li has been mentioned to have “everything we here at The College desire in a student: drive, creativity, talent, and the desire to use those things to make these world better” from our own Associate Professor of Environmental Science here at The College. He shows productivity participating in various school groups when he is not working at the Hongkou District Electronics Waste Management Service. With that said, if we were to admit Mr. Li for admissions come next year, most of his tuition must be paid for by the school because of the economic strain it would cost to his family. With all this said, Li Ming is between the 3rd and 5th positions in our applicant pool.