哈佛 class 2011，谁进去了，谁被拒了
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
* Deferred EA? Applied regular
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 760/M 690/W 800
* SAT II: Math 1 730 Lit 760 USHist 650
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 ish
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/316
* AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, English, Statistics (no tests yet)
* Senior Year Courseload: probably about 80% as hard as it could be
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAA Nat'l English Merit Award
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): three season captain,
* Job/Work Experience: part time throughout hs
* Volunteer/Community service: fairly minimal
* Essays: Good
* Teacher Recommendation: One great one generic
* Counselor Rec:didn't see
* Interview: went well but he even told me interviews don't matter much
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): MA
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I'm not even upset, I've been expecting this since well before I applied but I figured I'd apply anyway.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Regular Decision only
SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR/800M/780W
ACT:none
SAT II: 800 bio & latin, 770 Math IC
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.6/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/325
AP (place score in parenthesis): four fives
IB (place score in parenthesis): --
Senior Year Course Load:AP: Latin, Psych, Physics B, English, Spanish, Calc BC. French 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Some state scioly medals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay Straight
Alliance (president), Campus Congress, Science Olympiad, Columbia
Science Honors Program, Math Team
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Voluteering at environmental education camps, various tutoring, misc. things
Summer Activities: volunteering above
Essays: Good! about hunting and two of my closeted friends
Teacher Recommendation: Very good!
Counselor Rec: Also very good!
Additional Rec: Best!
Interview: Decent
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): Westchester
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: rather not say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
Reflection
Strengths: um...
Weaknesses: um...
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?:nope
SAT I (by section): 800CR/780M/730W
SAT IIs: 800 US History/800 MathII/790 Physics
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW/4.6 W
Rank: 1/247
ACT: none
APs (including this year's): 5's on Psych/US History/Human
Geo/CalcBC/PhysicsCMech/Physics B/EuroHistory/Environmental Sci; 3 on
French Lang; taking US Gov't, MicroEcon, English Lit, Physics
C:E&M, Chemistry, Bio
IBs (including this year's: none
Senior Yr Courseload: see above APs
Number of Apps from Your School: dunno...
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, AIME
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Violin (Conference All-State), Volunteer (Volunteer
of the Year/President's Service Awards), Newspaper (Editor), French
Club (Co-Prez), Science Olympiad (VP, NY state medals), NHS (President)
Job/Work Experience: Physics Lab Assistant, Subway
Essays (subject and responses): Very very strong; one was serious, other was whimiscal
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Crazy amazing
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Asian female, hahaha; got likely letter (<---- )
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Suburban
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: harvard needed female engineers
Weaknesses: a bit stereotypical
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Amazing recs and essays
Other Factors:...Damn, I hate choices
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to all!
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800M, 800V, 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History 770 Literature
ACT: NA
APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5)—I took this online, the
first from my school to take an online class, English Language (5)
IBs: none
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98.6 something, 101.277 with 4% weighting
for Honors and APs, my counselor told me this was the 2nd highest GPA
anyone remembered in probably 10 years, the only one higher is the val
this year
Rank: 2/208
Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 in school APs plus independent study AP French and AP Calculus BC(I’m taking AB in school)
Number of Apps from Your School:1
Common or Princeton App? Common
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, state winner for science Olympiad, 19th in nation
Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many school/local awards, national merit
Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week since 9th grade
Essays (subject and responses): unique and good (about how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer relates to life)
Teacher Recs: good I think,
Counselor Rec: outstanding
Interview (feel and general location): mostly him talking but I think he liked me
Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): Took AP Physics online, skipped 7th grade
Location/Person:
State or Country: rural New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, no one to Princeton before, ~2-3 accepted to Cornell each year
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 70-80k
Gender: Female
Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
Strengths/Weaknesses: standardized tests scores/ unknown school, few national awards or impressive extra curriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations etc.:
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR/790 M/700 W (12 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 710 Lit/730 Chem/740 Math I/770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School gives us no idea how we rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), US Gov't (5), Calc AB (5),
Environmental Science (5), English Language (4), US History (4), Calc
BC (not yet taken), Physics B (not yet taken), German (not yet taken),
English Lit (not going to take)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, H. Wildlife Ecology, Calc BC, Physics B, AP German, H. Drama Productions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): gymnastics (12
years), track (captain last year, this is 6th year), german club
(president), jewish culture club (VP), student legislative assembly
(Env't'l Committee co-chair), drama, xc, SciOly, Science Bowl (captain
of B team), Envirothon
Job/Work Experience: work as a barista since August '05
Volunteer/Community service: not very much
Summer Activities: work
Essays: I didnt' do the optional one
Teacher Recommendation: I didn't read them, I suppose they were good, they got me into U of Chicago no problem
Counselor Rec: same as teacher recs
Additional Rec: none
Interview: I never got one. No wonder I'm rejected
Other
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: probably didnt' list, it's too complicated
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than 70k a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess none
Reflection
Strengths: I thought my extra curriculars and my tran, but I guess not
Weaknesses: verbal SAT score (I knew I should've done it more than once)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well for one I
never got an interview because my interviewer transferred to a
different law school second semester (he was at Duke), and also I'm
just not that great of an applicant
General Comments:
Congrats to all those who got in. I guess getting rejected at 2 schools
and waitlisted at another (still waiting on the last one) makes it
really easy for me to choose. I only got into one non-safety so far, so
I guess that's where I'll be
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800M/730CR/710SWR = 1530/2240
SAT IIs: 800 USHistory, 780 Lit, 730 Math IIC
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw, 4.2 w
Rank: 1/235
ACT: 35
APs (including this year's): 11- APUSH, Chem, Lit 12- Calc BC (first
kids in my school to ever do BC), Lang, Bio (this is every one my
school offers)
Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest conceivable (still pretty easy though)
Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Really nothing significant at all
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Schol Bowl captain, VP of Science Club and NHS, 4-H,
Band, Madrigals, bunch of other crap, Illinois Pork Leadership Institute
Job/Work Experience: Worked 15 hrs a week at pizza place for 1.5 years
Essays (subject and responses): Life in general? Mostly tangents about
farm life and such. It was twisted from a UChicago essay on "where is
your perfect place?".
Teacher Recs: Glowing beyond belief, and one was semi-detailed: "Best in the class, hands down"
Counselor Rec: Not sure, but probably more of the above
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): (On-Campus) Hardest
one I had, I didn't think it went that great, but also not a disaster.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE. Unless they bought my playing up of the hick/farmboy aspect.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Illinois
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): CRAPPY Public, average ACT 19 or 20, only 1/3 go to 4-year college
Ethnicity: White!
Gender: Male!
Income Bracket: About $90,000; but we farm so the huge assets meant no fin. aid for me
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad farms and never went to college, but my mom went to UIUC.
Strengths: Scores and grades (but so are everyone's), maybe that I come from a not-so-hot sort of rural school.
Weaknesses: That second essay was HORRIBLE. My ECs are not notable at all (but maybe slightly quirky?).
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Blind friggin' luck, baby.
Other Factors:
I can't think of any. Maybe the counselor cooked up some "this is the
best applicant the school has ever seen" crap to get me in.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
As cool as this is, it might just make the decision harder. Oh my I just got into Yale too!
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Decision: Rejected =/
Stats:
SAT: 780/800/770 (2 sittings)
SAT IIs: 800mathIIC 780chem 770 physics 710US
GPA: 4.62w max 4.85
Rank: reported rank is top 10%, but my guidance counselor unofficially
acknowledged me as #2 (school doesn't officialy report rank)
APs: US-4, chem-5
Senior Yr Courseload: (hardest load in my school) 5 APs (bio, comsci, calc, physics, LA)
Number of Apps from Your School: 2ED, 1 RD
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Debate President, Chess club founder/president,
Asian American Cultural Club president, JSA secretary, Mock trial
expert witness, Region/All state/All-Eastern orchestra, Columbia
Science Honors Program, tae kwon do black belt, Lakeland orchestra 4
year concertmaster
Essays: mediocre writing style, very unique topics
Teacher Recs: probably average
Counselor Rec: best in career, maybe
Hook (if any): VERY unique summer activity
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: small public competitive
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors: didn't work hard enough? lol
General Comments: oh well =/
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Decision: REJECTED
COLLEGE/MAJOR: Applied and Accepted to HSS and MCS (Chemistry)
SAT I: m780, v650, w600 (I never sent this in)
SAT II: Chemistry 630, English Lit. 620, Math II 680
ACT: 30
GPA: 4.2(w)
RANK: 52/374
IB: 4 HL courses, plus additional math course at university.
COURSE LOAD: Most rigorous
OTHER/AWARDS: I am one of the very few (at the time) 14 year olds to apply.
National American Miss CO Preteen 2004
National Jr. Teenager 2006
4 x Academic achievement winner for NAACP
2 x Service Award Winner for community service over 1000 hours
?ect.
ECS: Dancer for 12 years, Artist, Pageants, Tutor, 6 foreign languages
ESSAYS: Good for me?not a great writer.
TEACHER REC: Very good
COUNSELOR REC: Very Good
HOOK: Minority, 14 year old, beauty queen.
STATE: CO
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: African American
GENDER: F
PERCEIVED S/W: As a 14 year old I have accomplished more than most 18 year olds. I am also a dancer.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE ACCEPTED/rejected: More than likely age.
OTHER FACTORS: I know a lot of people think that age is a negative, and
sometimes it may be, but you have to make it an advantage?and maybe I
was not able to do that. Congrats to every one else!!! Really, not sad,
it is truly a numbers game.
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Rejected:
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing:760
SAT Total: 2360
SAT II: Math II/Physics - 800, Chem - 770
ACT: None
AP/IB taken/scores: None
GPA weighted: -
GPA unweighted: -
Rank or % estimate: 3/280
Subjective:
Essays: Lousy/Horrible
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/N No
Recruited Yes/N No
Important ECs:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Bah.
*FOR DEFEREES* IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? N/A
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 710; Critical Reading: 730; Writing: 800.
ACT: N/A
SAT II: English Lit: 790; French: 740; IIC: 670.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Low (75/449)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp AP (4); French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Three APs plus band, dance, required senior stuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist; many, many years of honor band
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Flute (eats my
life), dragonboat team veteran/leadership, SafeRide coordinator and
president
Job/Work Experience: Seven horrid months at a Baskin Robbins, flute teacher
Volunteer/Community service: SafeRide probably 15 hours a month for the
past couple of years; ex-Key Club member; flute tutor; school
stuff-type tutor.
Summer Activities: Intensive music camps, work
Essays: Long - writing and how it's an integral part of my life; short
- dragonboat and how it's changed me; "optional" (as if): flute and why
I've stuck with it.
Teacher Recommendation: Hardest English teacher in the school; French teacher who I've had for the past four years.
Counselor Rec: No idea - new counselor.
Additional Rec: Director of the youth orchestra I'm in.
Interview: Held with a 2006 grad! That was interesting :P
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Nothing that'd merit need-based aid anywhere
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very few. Well, I'm a girl, which obviously doesn't seem to have helped.
Reflection
Strengths: Bah, writing.
Weaknesses: Sciences/math/not stressing about decisions (do you see what I did there?)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades,
frankly, suck, and my SATs are mid-range and therefore not good enough
to cancel that out. I imagine I didn't stand out much as an applicant.
General Comments: I fully intend to frame the letter.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 770 M, 700 W
SAT II: 700 Bio M, 800 Math II, 790 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng Lang, 5 US Hist, 5 Calc AB
Senior Year Course Load: Four APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White/Jewish
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): kinda quadruple legacy
DID NOT EXPECT THIS AT ALL. SO FREAKIN HAPPY.
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 700CR, 770M, 710W = 2180
SAT II: 790 World History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68uw (by Harvard calculation)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): at least top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Chemistry, US History, World History), 4 (Spanish Language), 3 (Spanish Literature)
Senior Year Course Load: AP (BC Calculus, Macro/Microeconomics,
Composition, Physics C, Psychology/American Government), Wind Ensemble,
Chinese I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No real ones, unless being a national finalist in the National Geographic Bee counts
Minor Awards: OMEA Class A, 3 ratings of 1 in euphonium solos (9 and
11); Dorothy Humel Hovorka (11), given to black student with highest
wGPA in school; National Merit Commended, National Achievement Scholar,
AP Scholar with Distinction (12)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CYWS, Wind
Ensemble, Jazz Band (section leader in 11, then 12, then 10 and 11 on
euphonium respectively); Chinese language self-study
Summer Activities: too much travel, and only a single music improvisation camp at CCC
Essays: average
Teacher Recommendation: slightly above average
Counselor Rec: unknown response
Interview: great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 150-200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: not many
Weaknesses: grades, in particular
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
General Comments: I was not meant to go here, but this was my fifth choice as I was not entirely captivated after my visit there in the summer.
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Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT Reasoning (by section): cr710 m800 wr730
SAT Subject tests: math2 770 ush 750 ph 730
ACT:
APs: stat calcab ushistory all 5s taking euroh englit bio this year
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.84 4.55
Rank: 12/400?
Senior Yr. Courseload: as tough as anyone at my school
Number of Apps from Your School: i think 2 others
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Job/Work Experience: 2 years about 20 hours a week fast food and pizza delivery
Essays (subject and responses): about football and working at Taco Bell
Teacher Recs: pretty short not special
Counselor Rec: average?
Interview (feel and general location): I felt good about it
Hook (if any): devoid of hooks in any way
Location/Person: FL
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent regular public
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 135 k
Gender: male
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: great all around/ nothing outstanding
Did you apply ED? no
Why you think you were accepted or rejected: white middle class male who didn't cure AIDS and isn't an athlete/legacy
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **** I
don't get to pay 200k for an undergrad degree. Good job if you got in
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Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
SAT Reasoning (by section): Didn't take
SAT Subject tests: No comment (yea, that bad)
ACT: 26
APs: English Literature, Psychology, Calculus, and Government
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.95 W, 3.8 UW
Rank: 3/242
Senior Yr. Courseload: 2 AP's and bunch of honors courses
Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Secretary of National Honor Society, Vice President
of Student Council, Business Professionals of America, and Achievement
In Motion
Job/Work Experience: 2 years in a summer program
Essays (subject and responses): My mother's diabetes
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Average
Interview (feel and general location): Felt really good about it
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: MI
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public School
Ethnicity: African American
Income Bracket: less than 20,000K
Gender: Female
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: Scores were my weakness
Did you apply ED? No
Why you think you were accepted or rejected: I think my scores probably got me. I mean, they were horrible.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Well, it's
disappointing but oh, well. Kinda expected it. Major congrats to all
who were accepted. I've met some wonderful people here and I don't
regret it.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
SAT I or ACT: 2240 (800 M, 720 CR, 720 W)
ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 SR, 34 M, 33 R)
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Bio, 780 Chem
GPA: 3.95
WGPA: 4.70
Rank: None
APs: 5's on Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Comp Sci A, HumGeo, and Lang; 4's on Enviro and Stats
Subjective:
ECs: Several, with leadership positions
Essays: Solid
Teacher Recs: One was decent, I didn't read the other, but I sent a very personal supplemental rec
Counselor Rec: Very strong
Interview: He seemed impressed
Location/Person:
State: NJ
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Other thoughts: Waitlisted at Columbia, too. I HATE WAITLISTS!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math 2, Biology-M, Chemistry, 730 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chem (5), Spanish (3), USH (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP: Microecon, Macroecon, Stats, Physics,
Multivariable Calc, Linear Algebra, Government, Environmental Science,
All those are APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial
(Captain, State Champions, Lead Attorney, National Team Member), Cross
Country (Captain), Track, Math Club (President), Science Research at a
university, lots of other science stuff.
Job/Work Experience: Tutor, Employed researcher at university
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, hospital volunteer work, volunteer at local races, track meets, etc.
Summer Activities: Science Research, Cross Country, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science
Essays: I thought they were good, I guess they were good enough
Teacher Recommendation: 2 awesome, 1 supplementary from mock trial coach. All great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: 1 from Mock Trial Coach
Interview: Went really well, she really liked me
[ b]Other[/b]
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, 2500 kids
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Recommendations
Weaknesses: None really
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
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ACCEPTED
* Deferred EA? N/A
* SAT I (breakdown): Math: 740; Critical Reading: 800; Writing: 790
* ACT: N/A
* SAT II: IIC 800, Chem 750, Phys 730
* Unweighted GPA 97.63
* Rank N/A
* AP Computer Science AB (4), EuroHistory(5), US History(4), Calc BC(5)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: Plasma Physics Lab, Multiv. Calc/Diff Eq.,
Physics C, AP English, AP Macro/Micro, Government, Comp Sci Research etc
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semifinalist
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gymnastics (captain, minor awards), slavic club (pres)
* Job/Work Experience: Morgan Stanley IT Dept - Independent research
project on information retrieval (yea they didn't know what to give me
so I just did my Intel)
* Volunteer/Community service: None
*
Essays: Long - starting the intimidating sport of gymnastics as a
sophomore and actually doing well in it....rediscovering my daredevil
spirit =D (i had broken both my legs before). the optional one was on
an animation i made with a computer graphics engine i wrote.
* Teacher Recommendation: comp sci teacher i've had for 3 years, german teacher for 3 years. not allowed to read them.
* Counselor Rec: probably good considering they're done based on filling out a college-app type thing and a 40 min interview
* Additional Rec: my boss/co-worker at Morgan Stanley
* Interview: held with two alums - went pretty well, nothing earthshattering
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): NY
* Country (if international applicant): N/A
* School Type: 1420 avg SAT, around 70 apps
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: probably lower middle class / upper working class - don't think it made any difference
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm an immigrant - don't think that matters either...
Accepted
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SAT I (breakdown):800 800 690
SAT II: 800 x4
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9?
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on BC Calc, Bio, Chem, USH, WH,Stat
Senior Year Course Load: Phys C, AP Econ, Analysis, AP French Lit, Honors Band, English
Major Awards qualified for USAMO, USNCO, USAPO.
Extracurriculars math team, captain senior year
Ethnicity: nope
Gender: M
Income Bracket: too high for aid
Strengths: math and science
Weaknesses: weak EC's
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR, 750 Math, 690 Writing
ACT: 33
SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Chem, 720 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.289 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (5), Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment, AP Govt, AP English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Awards - Music, Dance 6 consecutive years
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Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots, passion:
Indian Classical Music/Dance (practice - 3 hours a day, numerous
performances, competitions, awards)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: hospital
Summer Activities:
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: amazing
Additional Rec: amazing
Interview: amazing
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (barely anyone goes to big schools)
Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: extremely motivated, work ethic, discipline, ambition, competitive
Weaknesses: not too much leadership.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: i'm screwed. depressed. disappointed. angry.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?:
SAT Reasoning (by section): 800 CR 760 M 740 W 2300 Total
SAT Subject tests: 800 Bio, 780 USH, 740 IIC
ACT:
APs: 2 5s
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:around 3.85 UW, 4.35 W
Rank: top 5%, small school
Senior Yr. Courseload: hardest
Number of Apps from Your School: 2
Common or Princeton App?: common
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: hm varsity soccer captain, and like 50 soccer awards, some piano stuff, other sports
Job/Work Experience:
Essays (subject and responses): eh they were okay, pretty typical stuff, my little brother, and piano
Teacher Recs: never saw 'em
Counselor Rec: didn't see it
Interview (feel and general location): eh it was okay, at the guy's house
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: NJ
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 100k +
Gender: male
Hooks: none!
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted or rejected:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Before
i logged onto my email i closed my eyes, and had a very good feeling.
Then I saw the waitlist; a bit surprised i wasn't rejected, but still,
i just get the feeling that i was soooooooo close.
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Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
Deferred EA? no, but deferred from both MIT and Caltech and eventually rejected at both schools
SAT I (breakdown):800CR, 760M, 690W
SAT II:800 Math2, 800 Physics, 800 US Hist.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I think it's 97+/100, 102.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7/642
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci AB, Bio, Physics E+M, Calc
BC, US Hist (all 5s), taking Econ, Latin and Chem this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Latin, AP Chem, Calc 3, Astrophysics, English elective (not honors or AP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): state medal Sci. Olympiad, National Latin Exam summas, qualified for AIME every year
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Olympiad (one of many VPs)
Academic Team
programmer for most popular Civ 4 mod
Job/Work Experience: Freelance computer programming
Volunteer/Community service: spent last summer volunteering in senior center computer lab
Summer Activities: CTY fast paced Chem, Columbia Summer School computer graphics course, freelance programming
Essays: okay, main essay started with the results from a computer program that combined sample essays from the web.
Teacher Recommendation: should be excellent
Counselor Rec: he saw it and said it was very nice, she likes him and he's helped her with the computer
Additional Rec: should have two glowing recommendations about programming work
Interview: seemed pleasant, interviewer spent some time assuring him Harvard would be okay for a future computer scientist
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large comprehensive public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none, but legacy may have helped tip things
Reflection
Strengths: self taught huge amount of computer programming and theory, read at least 100 books a year
Weaknesses: a bit one sided, procrastinator
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ballpark stats,
legacy, good recommendations especially from outside school
General Comments: Best of luck to everyone where ever they end up!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.8
Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
Subjective:
Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my
computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer
science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Westchester, NY
School Type: Outstanding Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr,
President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years),
helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge
team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a
couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school,
computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web
consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable
though.
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Low GPA/ “class rank”
Other thoughts: This sucks pretty bad :/
Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800W, 780M, 720R (2300)
SAT IIs: 780 Biology-M, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5W, 3.9UW
Rank: N/A
APs (including this year's): Biology (5), European History (5),
Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), US History (5); taking
Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, English Literature, and Comp. Govt.
& Politics now.
Senior Yr Courseload: The 4 APs above and band.
Number of Apps from Your School: Not that many...maybe 5 at the most.
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honors
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: 15 years of violin, 14 years of piano, UCLA
community service, music instruction/counseling volunteer, self-taught
guitar/mandolin/flute
Job/Work Experience: Hollywood Bowl Theater Attendant 2006 season
Essays (subject and responses): One was about working at the Hollywood
Bowl and the other was about how I can't use chopsticks as an Asian.
Wrote an optional one on music.
Teacher Recs: The one I read was great, the other one was written by a teacher that really likes me.
Counselor Rec: Didn't read it but she liked me.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Nearby at some
guy's house who also happened to be a musician - seemed to like me a
lot, we talked for a long time about the world in general and music and
such.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Sent in tapes of my violin/piano playing.
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Um...whatever the one around $85,000/year is.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Strengths: Passion for music extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Little community service compared to others
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Eh...I don't want to try to pass judgment on that.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone that got in! Best of luck to those that didn't,
like me, we'll all find homes we love I'm sure. Oddly enough I'm not
too bummed or anything, probably because I never got too attached to
the school in the first place (on purpose).
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT Reasoning (by section): 730M, 750CR, 670W (2150 Total)
* SAT Subject tests: 740MathII, 750 US History, 690 Literature
* APs: 5 US History, 5 APES, 4 English Comp
* GPA Unweighted: 3.91
* Rank: n/a
* Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Phys, Lit Analysis, Economics, Speech, Heaven or Hell, Theoretical Physics
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2
Subjective:
* ECs listed on app: windsurfing, cinematography, diving, hawaiian cultural awareness, and a lot more
* Job/Work Experience: windsurfer, cinematographer
* Essays (subject and responses): The person one about my summer in Spain and the Physics quote about my love for physics
* Teacher Recs: good i guess
* Counselor Rec: pretty good i think
* Interview (feel and general location): Great! It was at his office. He had heard of me through the community.
* Hook (if any): Pro windsurfer, cinemagraphy, interest in physics, diving
Location/Person:
* State or Country: Maui, Hawaii
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small Private school
* Ethnicity: White/Arab
* Income Bracket: enough
* Gender: Male
Other schools:
Princeton- Accepted
Columbia- Accepted
USC- Accepted
Stanford- Denied early (not even deferred)
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 620CR 680M 620W
ACT: 29 (32E, 29M, 30R, 26S) & 29 (26E, 31M, 23R, 33S)
SAT II: 730 Math1, 730 Math2, 650 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/209
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem-4, Calc AB-N/A, Eng-N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs (Calc AB & Eng)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS; Math,
Engineering, & Science Club; Marching Band; Medical Careers Club;
Golf Team
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor & National Honors Society
Summer Activities: Internship
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I thought it was my best interview.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays, gpa, interview, and course load considering my school
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don't know; I guess I wasn't what they were looking for.
General Comments:
When I saw that I was rejected, I wasn't really sad. I think I was
still on cloud nine from being accepted to yale and penn. CONGRATS TO
EVERYONE ACCEPTED!!! FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T, IT'S OK. GOD HAS BIGGER
PLANS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Nope
SAT I (breakdown): M 800, V 790, CR 730
ACT: Didn't take
SAT II: 800 Bio/M 800Chem 790Math IIc
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not really applicable, A levels, perfect
score, 4As 2 special paper Distinctions, Bio, Chem, Math, Physics, Bio
Special paper, Chem special paper, General Paper A1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/859 (I guess? school doesnt rank)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):International Biology Olympiad Silver
medal (31st place in the world), National Biology Olympiad Gold (2nd
place in Singapore)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Organised
nationwide photography competition, Lots of photography related stuff
Job/Work Experience: Photographer for ministry of education
Volunteer/Community service: Non-profit Arts Group
Essays:took an excruciating 3 weeks to write them! Should be good. They were quirky, extremely Bio and photography centric
Teacher Recommendation: gushing, glowing, "top of my career"
Interview: Really great, it went so smoothly
Other
Country (if international applicant): Singapore
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Fine arts submission - I am a published photographer, IBO Silver medal
Reflection
Strengths: really love biology and photography
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: See you guys there!!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes
SAT I (breakdown): 750/730/720
ACT:
SAT II: 780/740/660/650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Three A-Levels + two subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Secretary of two societies, mentoring, piano, tennis, squash, guitar
Job/Work Experience: One week with Shanghai firm
Volunteer/Community service: One year with Cancer Research UK charity shop
Summer Activities: Bit of travel, bit of work experience
Essays: Others liked them a lot
Teacher Recommendation: Average
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview: Quite good I felt but not excellent. A lot of stuff I could/should have said I didn't think of at the time.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): UK
School Type: Private boarding
Ethnicity: Asian/White mongrel
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No idea, pretty average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Tried to give my application focus. Academically pretty strong. Good essays + counselor rec.
Weaknesses: My EC's are basically ****! Didn't milk the interview for
what it was worth. Average teacher recs. No national/international
awards.. does that matter much? A couple of low SAT II grades.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the main
reasons were the teacher recs and the interview, as well as lack of any
spectacular EC's. I think evaluative things like recs/interviews seem
very important for Harvard.
General Comments:
Congratulations everyone who got in, seriously good job, and for those
of us who didn't - time to move on! Hold your head up and don't give
up.. there is always the possibility of applying again, and of course
plenty of other excellent places to go. See this as a chance to make a
fresh start.
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Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2240
SAT IIs: 780, 760, 740
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6 (W), 4.0 (UW)
Rank: Top 5%
ACT: 32
APs (including this year's): 5, 5, 4, 4 (taking three this year)
IBs (including this year's:
Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various, including work with children in a shelter
Job/Work Experience: Paid employment in local library
Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Late interview
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP
Location/Person:
State or Country: South
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: URM - Multiracial
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to all!
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Decision: ACCEPTED!!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 730 M, 710 CR, 590 WR
SAT IIs: M2: 800, CH: 780, Bi 690
GPA, Unweighted: 3.75
Rank: Top 5%
ACT: 33
APs (including this year's): 3, 4 (taking five this year)
IBs (including this year's:
Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: atleast 4
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, various other awards I dont wanna get into
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various, including work with seniors in nursing home
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Solid
State or Country: FL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public/Charter
Ethnicity: URM - Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Lower Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st generation, character
Strengths: Perseverance
Weaknesses: Stats?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Subjective Reasons
Other Factors:
Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes
SAT I (breakdown): 800V, 800M, 690WR
ACT:34
SAT II:800USH, 790 Bio, 780 Math IIC
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.612
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis):5 APs, all 5's
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP Eng C/L, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP Gov, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens semi, publish abstract, JSHS qualify, AIME qualify?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor In Chief of
Newspaper, Water Polo, Swimming, Track, Policy Debate, Class VP, other
random stuff
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours
Summer Activities: Debate camp, TASP, swimming
Essays: eh
Teacher Recommendation: 1 glowing, 1 not so great
Counselor Rec: can't expect much
Additional Rec: none
Interview: 2 hours long, went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: ORM
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP
Reflection
Strengths: awards/accomplishments
Weaknesses: lack of focus
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:i was deferred, was not expecting this
General Comments: just wish i got into Yale
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DECISION: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!
I'm an int'l applicant from India
Fee waiver used
Offered to pay $ 8000 p.a. (Guess that sure didn't matter!)
SAT reasoning
math 790
CR 750
W 750
SAT subject
math II 800
Chem 800
Bio M 760
1st in Class of 40
NTSE Scholar (Indian equivalent of National Merit Scholarship given by the govt.)
Selected by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India for their Program for Youth Leadership in Science
EXTRACURRICULARS
The youngest volunteer for the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.
Got a Certificate of Distinction signed by Hans Blix at the World
Federation of UN Associations' Global essay comp. on peace and
disarmament. ( I was competing against undergrad and even grad students
from all over the world)
avid quizzer and debater. traveled
all over India and won more than a handful of quizzes and debates. also
accomplished at creative writing and essay writing!
teacher recs GREAT (that's what they told me anyway)
counselor rec (i guess it must have been good too!)
essays: worked really hard on them. they were quite good. one of them
was about my love of independent travel (Let's Go anyone?)
special rec: from the president of the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.
supplementary stuff: Cartoons with one-line punch lines. (Only a few
days ago I realised this: Conan O'Brien drew similar cartoons while
with the Harvard Lampoon!)
Moral of the Story: Ultimately I
guess the staff of Let's Go and the Harvard Lampoon make the final
decision abt your application!!!!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? no, RD
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 730M, 750W
SAT II: 800USH, 760Bio, 710 Engl.Lit.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis): USHist (5), Bio (5), Latin (3)
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude 11, 12, AP Scholar,
National Merit Scholar, Harvard Prize Book Award, Kodak Young Leaders
Award, 1st Place and gold medals in Natl. Classical League competition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-country, track, tech crew, Junior Leadership, etc.
Job/Work Experience: bag boy, teaching intern in summer school for inner-city kids
Volunteer/Community service: ASPCA, church, etc.
Summer Activities: see work experience
Essays: I liked them and they got me into Yale!
Teacher Recommendation:great
Counselor Rec:great
Additional Rec:
Interview: with local alum
Other
State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white, No. European mix
Gender: M
Income Bracket: no aid necessary
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): father went to HBS so you can see how much THAT meant
Reflection
Strengths: seriously
Weaknesses: one of 23,000 applicants
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
General Comments: Congratulations to all who got in. I got into MY first choice: YALE!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 760M. 730 CR. 720 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math. 760 US. 730 Chem.
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4/3.9
Rank: 16/720
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year's): 5’s=Calc BC. Chem. Bio. 4’s=Lang. US. Euro.
IBs (including this year's: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: Lit, Pysch, Physics C, Stats, Gov (AP everything)
Number of Apps from Your School: don’t know
Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit commended. Bunch of piano awards. LeadAmerica conference
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: tennis (10-12 varsity) co-captain & captain.
Piano since 6 yrs old. Volunteered 170 hrs at hospital. NHS VP.
Character Club Pres. CSF member, etc
Job/Work Experience: teach piano, teach tennis, tutor
Essays (subject and responses): my dad passed away. Month long summer program at UCSD (math & science related)
Teacher Recs: okay I think
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): didn’t have one
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.)
Location/Person:
State or Country: southern California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: f
Income Bracket: um
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): stated above
Strengths: um
Weaknesses: um
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: um, haha
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: oh well….
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA: Accepted Stanford EA
SAT I (breakdown): 780W/730M/750CR
ACT: ---
SAT II: Chem 800 Math IIC 800 Bio M 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5) Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): ---
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of state science competitions
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Stage Crew, Volunteer Clubs, Political Organization, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Molecular Analysis Lab Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: A Bunch
Summer Activities: Took Classes or traveled
Essays: Good, heartfelt
Teacher Recommendation: Did not read
Counselor Rec: Did not read
Additional Rec: ---
Interview: I think it went pretty well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): ---
School Type: Elite Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dunno
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, i had a lot to talk about
Weaknesses: Class Rank?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dunno, but I'm happy
General Comments: Congrats everyone! If it didn't work out so well, keep in mind that college decisions are more than a little random.
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? NO
SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M800 W700
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 3 800s too lazy to type...
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9 or 4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 Honor
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special... too lazy to type
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: ~300 hours
Summer Activities: harvard summer school, volunteering in hospital, volunteering in children's program
Essays: they made me!! Even though I'm a nonnative speaker... I think
this is what got me in!! (not to harvard... but to 2 other Ivies, and
got me waitlisted at 1 other Ivy)
Teacher Recommendation: Now I bet they were great
Counselor Rec: wonderful, she is so nice
Additional Rec: good, they def. wished my best
Interview: ha... HORRIBLE probably RUINED my chance. the other 3 ivies
that I DIDN'T get rejected from didn't give me an interview. Phew...
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New England
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): didn't get me in~ I guess not hook enough for Harvard
Reflection
Strengths: haha for Harvard?
Weaknesses: nothing too spectacular for harvard I guess
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
General Comments:
no hard feelings. I was expecting this. I don't think I would have
survived in Harvard without getting black bags around my eyes. I will
miss Harvard Square though... but that's ok. I made it to where I
wanted to be. I'm in the Ivies.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 670CR, 600M, 640W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 670, 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don''t know. 4.5w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (3), USH (4), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Hnrs Precal, Hnrs Physics, Bio II, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President),
Swimming (Capt.), Boston area Youth Organizing Project, Talented &
Gifted Latinos
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Dominican Community Center, Boston Marathon, Tutoring at school
Summer Activities: BYOP, lifeguarding
Essays: Good. One about what has influenced my goals, another about family issues
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Don''t know
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Alumni: Good, Admission Officer: Great!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Mass.
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public Exam
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $28,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Determination, dedication, motivation, understanding, open minded
Weaknesses: Perfectionist, shy
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I hate to admit it
might be because I''m an URM. However, I am qualified. My SATs may be on
the low side but I worked hard all four years. I think my essays were
really good. They portrayed who I am and what I value. Oh, and my
interview with the admissions officer went very very well.
General
Comments: Congrats to everyone! And good luck to those who were
waitlisted or rejected. You''ll succceed where ever you go.
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: yes
SAT Reasoning (by section): 2290 -- 730/780/780 // CR/M/W
SAT Subject tests: 780/800/780 // Chem/MIIC/USHistory
ACT: 34
APs: 5/5/5/5/4/4/4/4
IBs: N/A
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 / 3.95
Rank: 1 (sole)
Senior Yr. Courseload: most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: 1?
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Student Body President, Running, et cetera
Job/Work Experience: AmeriCorps
Essays (subject and responses): pretty decent, one friend almost cried
Teacher Recs: no idea; one was probably not that well written, the other was written by a UMich math prof
Counselor Rec: probably fine, but no one to HYP (and any ivy I think) from my hs in 30+ years, so maybe not?
Interview (feel and general location): phone interview, okay
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket:
Gender: Male
Hooks:
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted or rejected:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: off to Oxford--I would''ve stayed stateside, oh well.
Congratulations, all!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yep.
SAT I (breakdown): 790 V/780 M/730 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 Math II/750 U.S. History/740 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/265
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (5), Chem (5), Comp. Govt
and Politics (5), World History (5), U.S. History (4)... Five more this
year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Five APs and one elective. And gym, but everyone has to take gym at my school.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar
with Distinction, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key, All-State Music
Festival, CT Governor''s Scholar... I think that''s the major ones.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music -- band,
orchestra, ensembles, etc. (Section leader in marching band, first
chair flute, treasurer in Band Council); Newspaper (Editor-in-chief,
Op-Ed editor); Debate team; Math team; National Honor Society; Book
club; local company''s community advisory panel; community service group.
Job/Work Experience: Summer program counselor (2006), seasonal cashier (2006-2007)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, town community service group, tutoring -- 200+ hours, I think.
Summer Activities: Presidential Classroom (2005), I worked (2006).
Essays: I can''t really say, as they were my essays, and I''m terrible
with judging my own work. I do think one was original in format, at
least, though.
Teacher Recommendation: Eh. Written well, but the ratings were so-so.
Counselor Rec: Didn''t see.
Additional Rec: Didn''t see.
Interview: All right. Don''t really know.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): U.S.A.
School Type: Public. Hasn''t sent anyone to Harvard in... five years?
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): If anything, I would think
I had repulsive forces or something, hence the decision.
Reflection
Strengths: *shrugs* Well, I thought my essay and my ECs, but...
Weaknesses: SAT II scores in comparison to like, everyone else; importance of awards; no really big leadership positions...
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because the admissions committee says so.
General Comments:
Eh, whatever. I do admit I had originally thought to be waitlisted, but
that wouldn''t be any different, really. Congratulations to those who
got in!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Major Applied T Applied Mathematics
Deferred EA: Yes
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 M, 800 CR, 790 W
SAT IIs: 800 M2, 800 Bio-M, 800 USH
GPA: 4.0 (UW)
Rank: 1
ACT: 36 comp
APs (including this year''s): will have 19 total; 12 fives so far
Senior Yr Courseload: 11 classes at Purdue University, 5 at hs
Number of Apps from Your School:5-10
Other stats (Awards, etc.): USAMO qualifier, Siemens Award for AP, AAA Travel Challenge state champ
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: math competitions, student council (student body
vp), school tv president, other academic competitions, orchestra
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): hard to explain, but excellent.
Teacher Recs: Both good.
Counselor Rec: Good (but a little rambling).
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Pretty good.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): awards (above) cancer research over the summer (no sci fair awards, though)
Location/Person:
State or Country: IN
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): high ranking public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Strengths: well-rounded
Weaknesses: well-rounded
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone accepted, and good luck to everyone else.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Nope, ED to Pton.
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 writing)
SAT II: 800/800/800/770/770/750 (CHN/MA2/WHS/CHM/PHY/USH)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 55
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4 (CAB/CBC/CHM/WHS/EUH/USH/PSY/STA)
Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding; but pretty relaxed because I''ve basically exhausted the curriculum here.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None; AIME (4) for two years, Australian Math Competition Certificates, Essay Awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook
(editor-in-chief), Student Government (VP for 3 years), Lifeguarding,
Varsity Track, MUN, Peer Tutoring, Music (vocal, cello, piano).
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding and translation.
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at a science museum as museum tour guide, 200+ hours peer tutoring middle schoolers.
Summer Activities: Mathcamp 2004, lifeguarding camps 2005, SSP Ojai 2006
Essays: A bit banal, looking at it now. I might submit some of my other essays as supplemental info now.
Teacher Recommendation: 2 schools ones are good (speculation)
Counselor Rec: Probably great (speculation)
Additional Rec: This is probably the best (speculation)
Interview: Awesome! It was one of my best interview
experiences...(after the MIT interview). I''m a bit sad I didn''t make it
into Harvard.
Other
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan, but I''m an US citizen.
School Type: Religious
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $70,000 to 80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
Reflection
Strengths: I''m pretty well-rounded, and I try to convey that aspect.
Weaknesses: No major awards -- I only do a lot of math competitions but I didn''t qualify for USAMO.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I don''t
have enough of a "hook" to get into Harvard (regardless of
well-rounded-ness). If I made Siemens or Intel, I probably would have
had a very good shot at this.
General Comments:
I''m not very sad or depressed at all! I love MIT and I would attend. If
I really wanted to be at Harvard, I can cross-register from MIT with
Harvard anyway. Good luck with everyone else''s decisions!
ps. At least I can say, "Hah! Harvard didn''t reject me!" =p
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? YES!
SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M 770 W 700 second try
ACT: none
SAT II: Math2C 770 Chemistry 710 Literature 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably no. 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 courses, 8 exams (55554443)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Psychology, etc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Korea NFL Gold Medalist, Mock Trial
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Art, Elec Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Internship at National TV Station, Newspaper reporter
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Blood Donation Campaign
Summer Activities: Lots
Essays: I hope they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: Good. I hope
Counselor Rec: Good. I hope
Additional Rec: Good. It was a solid rec, I''ve read this one.
Interview: Nice. I loved it.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: i dont know. Probably under 100,000$ anually
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[ b]Reflection[/b]
Strengths: Original. I''m always try to be a pioneer. I lived alone in a new city during high school. I''m independent?
Weaknesses: Low scores....
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I stood out?
General Comments: This is unbelievable. I LOVE Harvard. I want to give William Fitzimmons a kiss.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
Deferred EA? at Yale
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 2400
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unofficially top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/5/5/5/5/5
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): zero
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing
extraordinary, but lots of leadership, arts, service, and academic
activities
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship
Volunteer/Community service: Lot of service
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Interviewer told local Harvard Club members I was a "Rock star"
Other
State (if domestic applicant): under-represented state
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:
Income Bracket: 150+K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): zero
Reflection
Strengths: Academics, test scores, essay
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, lack of passion/focus/interest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of extraordinary and unusual passion/focus/interest in activities
General Comments: Good Luck!! Not attaching myself to this waitlist. Good job everyone!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yessir.
SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/760(CR GRRRRRWARRRR)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math IIC / 740 Literature / 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.636
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Probably top 20%, but even that''s pushing it haha. My GPA wasn''t very competitive.
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): IBS Psychology (6), IBS History (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IBH Courses (Psychology, History, English,
Math), an independent study in music composition, and an additional
honors course in creative writing. (most rigorous)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope. Unless being a National Merit Finalist counts?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Psalms Choir
(Leader for 4 years), Jane Goodall Institute work (correspondant in
Korea), Foreign Schools Band Organization (hard to explain, PM me if
you want a detailed deion; Founder)
Job/Work Experience: Wrote for the International Herald Tribune.
Volunteer/Community service: Worked with JGI and the Eugene Bell
Foundation. Also I''ve been working with a group of multiple-handicapped
women since I was in 7th grade.
Summer Activities: Wrote a
book this past summer; got a publishing contract but still havent
finished edits or pushed the manu through.
Essays: Um... I guess they were good? What am I supposed to write here?
Teacher Recommendation: Haha I got recs from the two teachers that I
KNOW think I''m really smart and "good", if a little lazy at times =)
Counselor Rec: He likes me, I guess? Haha.
Additional Rec: Jane Goodall wrote me a short supplementary rec. I''ve
known her for many years now so I assume it was personal and helpful?
Interview: Went really well hahahah. He offered to take me out for coffee afterwards and chill.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private, ridiculously competitive =S
Ethnicity: Korean (But I''m so American it''s not even funny)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Ermm.. dunno. "Middle"?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Haha um.. hahahha? I don''t think I had one.
Reflection
Strengths: Essays for sure. Recommendations and test scores probably helped too.
Weaknesses: GPA and percentile rank =(
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Umm... I have no
clue! Hopefully they think I have potential or something =P
General Comments: I dont know what goes here, but uh.. Congratulations everybody! =)
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WAITLISTED: But I''m going to YALE!!! YAY!!!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2180: 790 Reading, 690 Math, 700 Writing (bad circumstances meant that I only took it once
SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 700 Math II, 730 US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/809
ACT: none
APs (including this year''s): five 5''s (on all) last year, 4 AP''s this year: AP Scholar with Distinction
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP
Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, dumb requirements like Health
Number of Apps from Your School: just lil ole me
Subjective:[ list][*] ECs listed on app: Competitive Storytelling,
Varsity Choir, Elite Jazz Performance Ensemble, Choir Vice President,
President of National Honor Society, Vice President of National Spanish
Honor Society, Varsity Swimming with State Title, Girl Scouts[*]
Job/Work Experience: Worked 10,11,12 with local semi-pro hockey
league[*] Essays (subject and responses): Main: Each paragraph of my
essay was written from myself at a different age, and it chronicled my
experiences having ulcerative colitis and learning to be myself.
Secondary: Outlined my Gold Award Project. Both were really well
written, I believe[*] Teacher Recs: Glowing[*] Counselor Rec:
Generic[*] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): relaxed,
informative, at his office[*] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2006
National Youth Storytelling Showcase Winner; Girl Scout Gold Award
Recipient (= Boy Scout Eagle Award), National Merit
Finalist[/list]Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public Football Machine
Ethnicity: Caucasin and Portuguese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80,00
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ???
Strengths: national winner of unique art form, great essays, lots of leadership positions
Weaknesses: weak SAT scores, 9th and 10th grades dominated by varsity
swimming, which I had to quit because of ulcerative colitis (explained
in essay)
Why you think you were accepted: Because I wore BLUE today
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I''m so excited, am I in the twilight zone?!?
PS. don''t know what''s up with the editing, but oh well!
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Since I got into Yale, I''ll use the format used over at their board (too lazy to rewrite another one, lol)
Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): N/A
SAT IIs: Math I 780, Chinese 800, US History 740, French reading 680
GPA, Weighed and Unweighed: 4.00 unweighed (all honours and APs throughout highschool)
Rank: 1/259
ACT: 32
APs (including this year''s): Psychology (5), English Lit & Lang, Calculus AB, Stats, French lang, Human Geo
IBs (including this year''s): N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit & Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP stats, AP French lang, AP human geography, Gr.12 economics
Number of Apps from Your School: 0 (I''m in a ghetto school from Canada)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): academic awards at school, Royal Conservatory of Music Gr.8 violin with honours
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Toronto District School Board Student Supercouncil,
Reach for the Top (quizbowl), various musical ensembles, Political
Affairs Club
Job/Work Experience: day camp counsellor (summer); court clerk at provincial court (summer co-op)
Essays (subject and responses): one about overcoming my experience of
being bullied after coming to Canada in Gr.5; one about my volunteering
work with the developmentally delayed class at my school; both really
oriented toward public service and community involvement.
Teacher Recs: quite a lot of "best in careers"
Counselor Rec: many "best in careers", but the letter had grammar mistakes, lol!
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): okay, but
definitely not stellar. It was too casual and I think I might''ve
digressed a bit. At an up-scale coffeshop.
Hook (TASP, RSI,
Research, etc.): lunched with the then Prime Minister of Canada,
executive of a 86,000-student (board-wide) student council, currently
doing a mentorship at U of Toronto; co-organized a national youth
conference; started my own flute choir.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Canada
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average public high school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: parents not required to pay a cent, so you get the idea
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority (wait, I''m Asian, okay I take that back)
Strengths: passion in politics and community involvement, very stellar
GPA, and an amazing supplementary reference letter from my school''s
librarian
Weaknesses: no one from my school has applied to
American universities in the past 3 years, so my teachers didn''t really
know what to write for the rec letters.
Why you think you were
accepted/deferred/denied: strong passion in one area (youth politics +
community service) with a sprinkle of activities in many other areas,
but mediocre interview, and...after all, it''s Harvard (I never expect
to get in in the first place)!!!
Other Factors: can''t think of any.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I never even thought that I''d have a shot at a Ivy League school, so
I''m quite happy with being waitlisted. You guys are all amazing and I
could''ve pulled through this hideous admissioin process without your
words of advice/encouragement/entertainment. Best of luck to you all,
and maybe we''ll see each other again soon!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No.
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M / 750 CR / 780 W (11 essay)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chemistry / 770 Math I / 700 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 1 / 99
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Music Theory (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, Peer
Leadership, AP Spanish V, AP English IV, AP Biology, Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major national or international awards. Quite a few school awards, however.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Musical Theatre
(leads in three musicals, Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, ITS,
Dramatic Society), Instrumental Music (piano, French horn, trumpet,
guitar), Vocal Music (a capella group, chorus, Tri-M Music Honor
Society), Baseball, X-C (First Team All-Prep, Third Team All-State,
Scholar-Athlete Award...), Math League, Geometry Tutoring, NHS
(President), Student Government (Senior Class President, Junior Class
President), a few more minor activities
Job/Work Experience: camp counselor the past two summers ( >50 hours/wk. )
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts of America (Life Scout), work
with Homefront (agency designed to help eradicate homelessness), Blood
Drive, Race for the Cure, volunteered at Red Cross in Philadelphia
during Hurricane Katrina disaster, etc.
Summer Activities: Cross Country, lots of work, surfing, having fun; no summer school, no research
Essays: Great. Submitted a supplemental essay about why I wanted to pursue engineering; I think it definitely helped.
Teacher Recommendation: One from English teacher, one from Math teacher; both outstanding, so said my Guidance Counselor
Counselor Rec: Great, so he said...
Additional Rec: Submitted a supplemental recommendation from my theatre
director. Again, Guidance Counselor said it was great...
Interview: About 90 minutes. Went extremely well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of.
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, grades, well-rounded, leadership
Weaknesses: Nothing really made me stand out, really. No national or international competitions or awards? No research? IDK.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no
idea. I thought for sure I was going to be rejected. I am absolutely
shocked and amazed and ecstatic.
General Comments: I have to choose between Harvard, Princeton, and Penn''s M&T Program...sooo harddd.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? no
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 780M 800W 750 M one sitting
* ACT: none
* SAT II: 780/780/750
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no official gpa...about 3.9
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% (250 kids total)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): my school isn''t big on APs, but i took 3 exams (5,5,4)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit scholar
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief
of the school newspaper, president of the debate team, student senate
officer, etccc. i have also done some research that has received praise
from local politicians.
* Job/Work Experience: i have had jobs since i was 16. i am now a cashier at cvs for 18 hours a week.
* Volunteer/Community service: four-year tutor for peers and for local
elementary school students. nothing too hard-core, though.
* Summer Activities: summer jobs.
* Essays: not bad.
* Teacher Recommendation: probably good.
* Counselor Rec: probably good.
* Additional Rec: none.
* Interview: business-like but good. the lady was nice, but she wasn''t
warm, so she didn''t embrace me like some other interviewers did. it
still went well, though.
Other
* Location: new england
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity: asian (represent!)
* Gender: girl
* Income Bracket: about $50,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[ b]Reflection[/b]
* Strengths: Original: a ton of leadership and ecs. creative and specific passions, which my research brought to light.
* Weaknesses: gpa lower-ish.
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i never slept. all those long nights paid off.
General Comments: i am very thankful. best of luck to everyone, and i''ll see you in cambridge!
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DECISION: REJECTED
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 790 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Math2C 790 Chinese 760 Physics 770 Lit
GPA, Unweighted: 97.4/100
Rank: 3rd unofficially (but school doesn''t give rank)
ACT: 33
APs (including this year''s): Calc BC 5, Physics B 5
IBs (including this year''s: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, History, Phy C, Calc III/Discrete Math, AP Stats
Number of Apps from Your School:
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, NFAA ARTS Merit
Award in Classical Piano, 2 Performing Diplomas from ABRSM (UK) etc.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano, Golf (competed on national level for school,
not US), Orchestra (several awards in national youth festival, not US)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring kids in piano, piano for church
Essays (subject and responses): Honest and heartfelt. Guess they didn''t think so.
Teacher Recs: one teacher told me he wrote ______ would be stupid if they didn''t take me
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ok, lukewarm now that I think about it
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic,
only kids they send to Ivies are URMS and recruited athletes
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Moved to US midway through junior year. Is this really a strength?
Weaknesses: No leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats
to all who got in where they wanted to. This blows. GO WHARTON C/O 2012
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Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Domestic
Stats:
* SAT: 2300 single sitting (800 M, 750 V, 750 W)
* ACT: 0
* SAT Subject Tests: 800 M2, 780 Chem, 740 Phys
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 2/650
* APs / other stats: horrid AP scores (no 5''s out of 7 tests)
Major awards/ECs:
* FSU''s Young Scholars'' Program
* National Merit Finalist
* 35+ national, state, regional level Math awards
* National table tennis awards
* Work experience - Sushi chef for 3 years
* Math team for 6 years
* AP scholar w/ distinction
* Guitar for 6 years
* Competition table tennis for 8 years
* Mu Alpha Theta Vice Pres, Science Club Co-Pres
* 3x AIME qualifier, scored a 5 last year
Subjective:
* Essays: My peers loved em
* Teacher Recs: Good? Never read em
* Counselor Rec: Ditto ^
* Interview: It was fine. About an hour long.
* Hook (if any): Table tennis? Sushi chef? Ability to speak 4 languages?
Personal:
* Location (State or Country): FL
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male .... haha
* Major strength/weakness: My essays were pretty heartfelt. My AP scores were bad though.
* Your thoughts on your decision: Pretty sick. Never thought I would
get in, esp. since I could''ve sworn Harvard hated my school.
Any other comments: All right. Now how am I sposed to make a decision? Dang it.
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Decision: Accepted!!!!
Objective:
Deferred EA? NO
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 670Cr/760M/760W (E 12)
SAT II: 760 BioE 750 M1 750 M2 750 Ph
Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4,98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Geography Olympiad
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art studio, Chess etc
Job/Work Experience: freelance translationg, design, MSU trainee, own bussiness (starting)
Volunteer/Community service: American education center (consulting)
Essays: Fair
Teacher Recommendation: Good or Very good
Counselor Rec: Very good
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Russia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Uzbek
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: about 1K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): big multicultural poor
family from rural area, winner of TV-show "Who wants to be a
Millionaire?"
Reflection
Strengths: Personal strength, maturity, growth potential
Weaknesses: SATs, English is not briliant
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have shown that my life is a really dangerous and difficult adventure
General Comments: I''m REEEAAAAAAAALLLY glad! Thanks!
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2330 (780 M, 770 Cr, 780 W)
SAT IIs: 800 on Math IIC and Chemistry; 720 on US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.120 and 101.230
Rank: Salutatorian
ACT: Not applicable
APs (including this year''s): AP Biology (4); AP Chemistry; AP US
History (4); AP Calculus BC (5); AP Euro History (5); AP Physics C
Mech/EM; AP English Language/Literature; AP German
IBs (including this year''s: Underfunded public school so no IBs
Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lang/Lit, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP German
Number of Apps from Your School: Either three or four
Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Microbiology research, Science Olympiad (Captain),
Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), Community Service, and State science fair
competitions (attended national science competitions; president of
school''s chapter)
Job/Work Experience: A part time job at the local supermarket
Essays (subject and responses): I: My life in binary; II: Death of my grandfather and discovering Ayn Rand
Teacher Recs: Both were absolutely excellent
Counselor Rec: Glowing, she knew me since fifth grade
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): My favorite
interview by far. We talked for two hours about abortion, politics,
philosophy, reading, cooking. It was an extremely good interview, and I
attribute that to my acceptance.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My microbiology research was featured in multiple national journals
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Underfunded public school (median SAT 1201/2400)
Ethnicity: Asian-american
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: < 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent household and first generation? They are hooks?
Strengths: Publications in journals and I spent three months on the application
Weaknesses: Below average stats for Harvard
Why you think you were accepted: If I knew I would tell you, but I don''t. I was actually expecting that little envelope.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrat to everyone who was accepted. I am looking forward to meeting
everyone in the upcoming weeks. To those who were not so lucky, it was
not meant to be and as a CCer you will inevitably enter an extremely
good school.
Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: NO
SAT I (by section): 800V, 700M, 710W, 9E
SAT IIs: 800 Latin, 800 Lit, 800 Chem, 750 U.S., 750 Bio M
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.557W, 4.0UW, weighted went up on midyear
Rank: 1/118, stayed the same midyears
APs (including this year''s): English Comp 5, Latin 5, Bio 5, Chem 5, US 5
Senior Yr Courseload: All APs
Number of Apps from Your School: 6
Other stats (Awards, etc.): JCL awards, national latin exam awards,
commended(probably useless) student, essay contests, volunteer awards
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: state officer, newspaper, Red Cross, student council, captain of running and skiing
Job/Work Experience: 1 restaurant job
Essays (subject and responses): had mixed responses, very polar, too. topics were rather cliche.
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): super duper excellent
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): No
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): smallish, somewhat poor public
Ethnicity: Japanese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
Strengths: uh...
Weaknesses: low(er) SATs, commended student only, typos in application
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Had a second interview with local admissions officer?
Other Factors: Being overrepresented really helped.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No way!!!! IN ADDITON, WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY A
SINGLE CENT!!!
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Decision && School: REJECTED
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 750
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing:730
SAT Total: 2230
SAT II: 800 Spanish, 780 Math IIC, 730 USH
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: 7, all 5s and 4s
GPA weighted: 4.19
GPA unweighted: ?
Rank or % estimate: 27/1242
[ b]Subjective:[/b]
Essays: about my accent
Teacher Recs: I loved them
Counselor Rec: I thought it was good
Hook (if any): hispanic, speak 5 languages, moved to the US in 7th grade
[ b]Location/Person:[/b]
State or Country: TX
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: feamle
Legacy Yes/N no
Recruited Yes/N no
Important ECs: ton of leadership, placed at fbla state, senior-editor of literary magazine, varsity xc
Other Factors: parents don''t have college degree
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Kind of expected. I got deferred and then rejected.
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REJECTED.
[ *] SAT: CR: 760 M: 700 W: 700
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 on US History, 730 on Literature, 670 Math II
[ *] GPA: 3.9/4.0
[ *] Rank: top 5% of at least 350 kids
[ *] AP/IB scores: 4 on US History, 4 on English Language, 4 on Psychology
[ *] Courseload: Hardest Possible
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Essays: very good essays that showed my personality and how I want to impact the world
[ *] Recommendations: at least one good one, not sure about the other one
[ *] Hook (if any): i guess not
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: top Catholic prep school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Debate, and a lot of other stuff
[ *] Summer: Internship
Other Factors:
Throughout my high school experience, I showed a lot of intellectual
curiosity. I pursued my passions. I had lots of leadership experience
in serving other people.
I am sad that I was not accepted
into Harvard, but I do have some other great choices to consider:
Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, UPENN, and Cornell.
Good luck to all you guys in the future.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA?: No
SAT I :Math 800, CR 800, Writing 710
ACT:none
SAT II:US History 760, Math Level 2 800, Korean w. Listening 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd (1st as of end of junior year) of a class of about 729 students
AP :Chemistry (2), Spanish Language (3), European History (3), Calculus AB (4), US History (5)
IB :none
Senior Year Course Load:AP English Lit, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics,
AP Government, AP Calculus BC, Drama I, and Cross Country/Track
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar/Presidential Scholar candidate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Key Club (Treasurer
11th), Science Club (Secretary 12th), JSA, S.M.A.C.-Sports Music And
Charity (Co-Founder/President, 11th, 12th), Role of "Ho-Jon" in school
play M*A*S*H
Job/Work Experience:Korean Video Store
Volunteer/Community serviceowney Regional Medical Center (Out-Patient Surgical Center)
Summer Activities:Running, volunteering, and working
Essays:Someone who read them said that either the admissions people
were going to really like them or really hate them. I wrote about Chuck
Norris, Science Club, and SMAC.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good~ (I love my teachers~ ^.^)
Counselor Rec:Good~
Additional Rec:none
Interview:TOUGH INTERVIEW!!! It was my first college interview, and I
didn''t know how they were supposed to be like. He was a very nice guy,
but he started asking me about abortion, the war, and other tough tough
issues~ We got onto presidential candidates and I said I was for Barack
Obama, and he said, "Oh, I''m a Hilary fan" and all I was thinking was
"Gulp!*" I thought it was my worst interview of all the interviews I
went to, but wow~ ^.^ My friend from my school had been interviewed by
him a week before and when I told her about my interview, she was like,
what the... he didn''t ask me anything as tough as that !!! (btw, she
was accepted too! ^.^)
Other
State (if domestic applicant):California
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Korean-American
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:about 30,000 (lower middle class)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:I thought I was too silly with my essays~ T.T
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Perhaps someone on the review board really liked Chuck Norris~ O.o?
General Comments:
I got rejected to my first choice (Cornell) and also to Yale,
Princeton, and Stanford. It was a really big surprise to find out I had
been accepted to Harvard~ I only applied because my friends wanted me
to at least try~ (thank you~~) So, I''d like to say, anything is
possible!!! At least try, everyone!! Congratulations to all those who
were accepted!! Good Luck to everyone~ Go Class of 2007!!!
Also, as of now, I think I will be attending Harvard~ Unless my
wait-list status at Cornell changes... But my parents are really
enthusiastic about my attending Harvard, although they really didn''t
want me going to the east coast~ So I guess I''ll be seeing some of you
there! ^.^
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 800 M 800 CR 760 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Bio-M, 720 US Hist
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW, 4.92 W
Rank: 4/500
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year''s): Music Theory (5), Psychology (5), World
History (5), English Language (4), AP US (4), Calc BC (3); this year:
Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit, Physics C
IBs (including this year''s): n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit,
Physics C, Econ H, Science Research, Multivariable Calculus (accredited
by Stanford)
Number of Apps from Your School: 4 (one was accepted, two of us were waitlisted)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with
Distinction, National Academic Challenge Semifinalist Team member, U
Penn book award, YWCA People to Watch award, Organization of Chinese
Americans Outstanding High School Student Grand Prize, Outbound
Ambassador Scholarship to Italy, Tennis Sportsmanship and Team Spirit
trophies, National German Exam Medal, AMC 10 Superior Awards,
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano Solo (International Solo Recital Tour, Honors
Program at music school, Masterclasses, and Festivals), Chamber Music
(World Premiere, Masterclasses, and Festivals), Tennis, German Club
(President)Academic Challenge (President), Math Team (President),
Science Research Program (Special Events Coordinator-aka I organize/run
competitions)
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as Research Intern
at the National Office of the March of Dimes (year-round since
sophomore year)
Essays (subject and responses): One was on a single
performance that I had played in China this past summer at a day care
center for children with cerebral palsy and how that affected me. The
other was on a tennis match that I had once won despite overwhelming
odds
Teacher Recs: I''ve only seen one, and it was "best student
ever". The other was my math teacher, whose class I was in for two
years and he advises two of the clubs that I preside over, so we''re
good friends
Counselor Rec: ok, probably very generic (counselor has 200+ students)
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): awesome, could not have been better, or so I''d thought.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a; my research had not won any national awards
Location/Person: Westchester
State or Country: New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: ECs, Scores, 1st essay
Weaknesses: another asian girl from Westchester, NY; general essay topics too overused
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I have no
idea where I will be going. I was rejected at Princeton and Yale and
waitlisted at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and Columbia. I really wish I
had applied to Harvard early, before I had any competition from my
school. (I really, really, really hope that I can get in off of one of
those waitlists, but I''m completely unconnected-no legacy, $$$,
minority status, whatsoever) so I will be visiting Brown, Darmouth, and
Cornell soon.
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Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
* Deferred EA? N/A
* SAT I (breakdown):770CR, 790M, 740W
* SAT II: 740 Math2, 800 Chemistry, 790 Bio M, and some others...
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 103.8 Weighted, 4.0 unweighted
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/498
* AP/IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Chemistry (5), AP Econ (4), AP Chem (4)
* Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL/BC Calc, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB History HL, IB French SL, Advanced Orchestra
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Speaker at State Debate, Nat''l
Merit Finalist, Nat''l Qual in Debate lotsa times, State Qual in
Debate/Acadec, Science Fair State... crap like that.
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic
Decathlon (captain), Speech/Debate (Captain), Orchestra
(President/Pianist), Dance, Tennis, NHS (A/V Coordinator), Student
Council, Pan American Round Table Youth Group (Co-President),
HiQ/College bowl
* Job/Work Experience: Worked at a B&B every
summer for the past bunches of years, Taught a kids art camp at the EP
Art Museum
* Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Pan American Round Table, Volunteered at a Nursing Facility
* Summer Activities: Concordia College''s summer language immersion camp
(after freshman year), Tufts Summit in Annecy, France, volunteer stuff
* Essays: One about how acadec is great because i study things that
aren''t in the typical curriculum, one on how my chem teacher taught me
how to have passion for learning, and i don''t remember the rest, haha...
* Teacher Recommendation: should be fine....
* Counselor Rec: Should be fine...
* Additional Rec: didn''t do it
* Interview: GREAT! Had a federal court judge who used to live next to my grandparents.... That was good...
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Texas
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Large, Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: middle class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada
Reflection
* Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, nat''l merit, geographic location
* Weaknesses: ethinicity, rank (not number 1)
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good basic stats, awesome interview, decent recs
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 760
SAT Math: 790
SAT Writing: 720
SAT Total: 2270
SAT II: 770 Math I, 800 Math II, 800 Latin
ACT: n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: Lang&Comp - 5; US History - 5; Latin Lit - 5; taking BC Calc, Physics, Gov, Lit & Stats this year
GPA weighted: 4.81
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate: School doesn''t rank, but I''m somewhere from 1-3 / 145
Subjective:
Essays: One on being kicked out of AP Chem to fulfill art requirements
(I thought it was pretty good); the other was a bit more abstract &
had to do with my being an analytical thinker.
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Extremely good
Interview: Very good, I thought. The guy was very enthusiastic about my
qualifications, and said he''d be very happy to see me at Harvard.
Hook (if any): Thought Girl Scouts may help, but it didn''t. I had a
connection that I didn''t pull originally, but I''m trying to pull it
now--don''t see who gets off the waitlist without that, unfortunately.
>.<
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Extremely small, elite public school--feeder school for
Harvard (4/145 got in this year); sends dozens to top schools each year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: 100,000++... not sure, but it''s very high
Legacy Yes/N No
Important ECs: Mock Trial (2 yr Captain), Math Team (Captain), Model UN
(founder/secretary general), AAU Co-Pres, Literary Magazine secretary,
Student Council, School Council, Varsity Field Hockey (1st team
All-Star), Varsity Tennis, Physics Olympics, Peer Ministry, Girl Scouts
Other Factors:
Kinda knew I was screwed from the start--four people from my school got
into Harvard this year--every single one of which was a legacy. Three
got in EA, one got in RD (and the one who got in RD got waitlisted at
Georgetown, where I got in). It''s kinda frustrating, but I''m at least
proud that I made it onto the waitlist without a single connection
whatsoever to the school.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats on those who got in! Feel free to turn Harvard down for Yale/Princeton or whatever though, haha.
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Decision: ACCEPTED!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2400 (800 CR, 800 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math L2, 800 World Hist, 750 US Hist, 740 Lit
APs: 5s on AP US Hist, World Hist, Human Geo
IBs: nada
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/425
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Euro, AP Lit, Chamber Ensemble
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Harvard Book Award, AIME, etc.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: NHS, Beta, Varsity Tennis, County Leadership Team,
Model Atlanta Regional Commission, State Student Advisory Council,
Piano, Orchestra (Violin), Youth Group, Foster Children''s Foundation,
etc.
Job/Work Experience: Swim Instructor, Tennis Instructor, Assistant Tutor
Essays (subject and responses): One related first experience at karaoke
bar to mishap at piano recital and how I learned from the latter.
Supplemental one was poem about growing up. Yeah, I took a risk there.
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel and general location): Pretty good for my first interview. 1.5 hours long at a restaurant.
Hook (if any): I think I''m fairly well-rounded. And very involved.
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends few kids to top colleges
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: It''s complicated.
Gender: Male
Hooks: Didn''t I just answer this?
Strengths/Weaknesses: Stats, essays, ECs... I don''t know.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Stats are my friend.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I thought
for sure I was getting rejected, so it was definitely a nice surprise.
Makes my choice 10x harder though.
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harvard--accepted (speechless, not sure what to think of this..)
duke--accepted (i love this school!!)
colby--accepted (awesome campus)
dickinson--accepted
clark--accepted
dartmouth--accepted
columbia--waitlist
upenn--waitlist
princeton--rejected
amherst--rejected
macalaster-waitlist(i was really excited about MAC, but no hard
feelings now! Come to think of it, i probably messed up something-oh
well..)
SAT 1(2010--so very low!!)--CR 700/math 660/WR 650, essay-10
SAT2 physics-800 math2c-780 literature-730
Rank- 1 out of approx 70/no gpa at our school
British IGCSE 9 A*,2 A
GCE A levels physics-A, maths-A, Economics-A,English-A,chemistry-A
GCE AS levels(half of A levels): furhter maths-B, History-A
Schl courses: 4 yrs of arabic and bengali-both always As
ECs--lots of stuff at school, and a few outside of school. I''ll give details later (very lazy now!)
Sorry for this format. I''ll do the right format in a few days, and i''ll
also be giving my views on the whole admissions process. So many people
told me my sat 1 was really low, but i hope my situation shows people
that sat 1 scores wont really make, or BREAK, the deal for you--many
many things come up in the selection process.
okkkk--i''ll be back with cc in about a week--right now gotta pack (going to dubai!!)
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Decision: ACCEPTED!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2360, 2 sittings (800 CR, 760 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Bio-M, 750 Lit
APs: 5''s on AP Psych, AP Bio, AP U.S., AP Euro
IBs: -
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW
Rank: -
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP French, AP Econ, Honors Physics
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Mt. Holyoke Book Award, AACR
(American Association for Cancer Research) member, AP Scholar w/
Distinction
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Medical research, newspaper (EIC), Model UN (president), dance, piano, NHS, Habitat for Humanity
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, fellowship at local newspaper, hired by biotech company for ovarian cancer research
Essays (subject and responses): 1. My love of reading, 2. My love of skiing despite being terrible at it
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel and general location): It was okay; certainly very
interesting (we talked about everything from abortion to homeland
security to the interviewer''s experiences in WWII), but I felt that I
had a much better interview with Princeton, from which I was ultimately
rejected. I think it goes to show that interviews don''t matter that
much.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive
public, sending students from this class to every Ivy League school
except Princeton.
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Gender: Female
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats
to everyone else who got in!! I''m pretty sure I''ll be attending Harvard
and I hope I get to meet some of you there.
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: NO
SAT I (by section): 750V, 760M, 740W, 11E
SAT IIs: 760 Bio M, 760 World, 760 Math 1
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 96.6
Rank: Top 2 percent, 940 in graduating class.
APs (including this year''s): Bio 5 World 5 American TBA Calc AB TBA English Lit TBA
Senior Yr Courseload: Organic Chem, Genetics, Anatomy, AP Eng, Calc AB, APUSH
Number of Apps from Your School: Many
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, President''s
Volunteer Service Award, Prudential Spirit of the Community Certificate
of Excellence.
Extracurriculars: NHS, BETA, Political Discussion group, College office aid,
stuff in general. Volunteer work.
Job/Work Experience: Dental Assisting, Paid internship at Museum, Nurse''s Assisting.
Essays (subject and responses): Common App - dealing with my friend''s
cancer, starting a non profit organization to help her family and raise
awareness, Harvard supplement - really weird, living life within the
boundaries of my frame. as in a painting. as in a painfully
overextended metaphor.
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good for large public school
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): went well, talked a lot about my family and extracurriculars.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): General awesomeness i think.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large inner city magnet school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: over 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i''ll repeat, i am white.
Strengths: positive outlook on life. proactiveness.
Weaknesses: Lower GPA, NYC, Lots of good applicants.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I tried.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
this is amazing.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? yes
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 690WR
ACT:34
SAT II: 800USH, 780 MIIC, 790Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): na/4.612
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/360ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on USH, bio, calc ab, eng lang, psych
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP gov, honors journ, ap calc bc, ap spanish, ap chem, ap lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):siemens semi, publish abstract, policy
debate state champ, AIME qual, 3rd in swimming sect, etc
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): water polo
(captain), swimming, track, newspaper (editor in chief), policy debate,
science research
Job/Work Experience:lack there of
Volunteer/Community service: local hospital and library 300+ hrs
Summer Activities: camps, water polo
Essays: eh
Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 pretty trite
Counselor Rec: don''t expect much
Additional Rec: decent
Interview: very well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: not URM
Gender:M
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP
Reflection
Strengths: number of ECs, involvement
Weaknesses: lack of focus (esp. with a weak writing SAT)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they had my app for over half a year...
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? No
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 750/M 670/W 770
* ACT: n/a
* SAT II: Bio 730/Lit 720/US History 740
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0000
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 375
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 10 tests and 11 classes (more than the 9 offered at my school) ; got 6 "5"s
* IB (place score in parenthesis):
* Senior Year Courseload: AP Calc, AP Eng., AP Euro, AP Environ. Science, AP Physics C, Percussion, Jazz Band
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Valedictorian, Natl Merit, Jr. NYLC
Keynote Speaker, Principal''s Leadership, WA Scholar, Spokane Social
Studies Scholar, music awards galore, science awards, bajillion other
awards
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place
leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans (Pres.) , Moral
Awareness (Pres/Founder), Science Bowl/Olympiad (President),
Percussion/jazz/marching/pipe/piano/ good at music (lots of leadership
positions), NHS (VP), Knowledge Bowl, 4 yrs Cross Country, 4 yrs
Varsity Track (not the best runner in the world/ not good enough to run
for Harvard), reenacting battles, church drama group (pres/founder)
* Job/Work Experience: tutor, pianist
* Volunteer/Community service: counselor, tutor, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, church things, campaigning, neighborhood council, avid
volunteering -too much junk to list
* Summer Activities: counseling few weeks as a JC at a local camp, teaching VBS, NYLC, traveling
* Essays: I really liked them (my writing is strong)- one on
campaigning on Halloween and different republican/learning activities
with my best friend; the other on being a pastor''s daughter, having 5
sisters, and how that impacts my morality; both were humorous and were
the antithesis of fake or what I thought they might want
* Teacher
Recommendation: one from 11th grade AP English, one from AP Calc, I
thought they could have been better but both were, I guess, fantastic
* Counselor Rec: my counselor adores me
* Additional Rec:
* Interview: had a major cough, but she really thought I''d fit in at
Harvard and we related because she was a Christian like me and she
thought I was super interesting despite me coughing on her; when I left
(kinda early because I was sick), I told her I had to go back to
English to reenact Hamlet and read Hamlet''s lines because no one else
would. She smiled, stared, and said that she loved Hamlet.
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: 40,000 ish...low enough to qualify for a free-ride
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
* Strengths: I''m unique because I''m a conservative republican and
Christian and my writing reflected it (I didn''t realize that I was
flaunting my uniqueness with those essays until I started to wonder how
in the world I got in); I sent in a CD with my marimba solo recording
* Weaknesses: other applicants had higher scores
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had something
others didn''t (right-wing all the way) and wasn''t afraid to tell about
my conservatism; no one ever got in from my school and no one from my
city (Spokane) for a few years
General Comments: Don''t stress
on the scores; give them who you are, not who you think they might want
you to be; I never thought I would get in, so it majorly changed my
vision of my future
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? Applied RD Only
* SAT I (breakdown): Not Taken
* ACT: 32
* SAT II: 800 MIIC, 770 MIC, 710 Bio
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/ 4.244 W (Had 4.0UW at time of applying)
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/406 (Ranked 1st at time of applying)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Not Sent/ Bio (4), AP Lang (4), APUSH (3)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
* Senior Year Course Load: (At time of applying) Calc II, Forensic
Science, Anatomy and Physiology I, AP Literature, AP Environmental
Science, World Civilizations
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-All State Football - Academic: Top 11 football players with the highest grades in the state.
-1st Place - (Captain) Business Professionals of America Website Design: 2
years in a row (2005 & 2006).
-2nd Place - Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit; abstract of
which was published in a book by Villanova University at NCSSSMST symposium.
-City Beautiful Commissioner
-Homecoming King
-Hugh O''Brien Youth Leadership Award:One student from each school chosen to represent school at leadership symposium.
-Voted Most Likely to Succeed
-Rotary Youth Leadership Award: One of three students selected, based
on application process, to represent INTERACT chapter at leadership
symposium.
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Football Team- District Champs 3 years in a Row (Captain)(9-12th)
-City Beautiful (Commissioner) (11th)
-Link Crew (Leader) (11th-12th)
-Harvard Crimson Business Internship
-INTERACT, community service organization (9th-12th)
-Business Professionals of America (captain) (10th-12th)
-National Honor Society (11-12th)
-Student Council (President) (9th-12th)
* Job/Work Experience: Car Wash Manager 30hrs/Week (Mostly Weekends)
* Volunteer/Community service:
-INTERACT- Various Stuff - 70 hours
-Link Crew Leader - Mentoring - 40 hours
-Helping out with translating and tutoring arabic kids in Detroit during summer - 200 hours
Total : 400 Hours
* Summer Activities: Every summer I attend football camps, but in addition to summer football camps I have participated in:
-Community Service- (9th)
-Attending University of Michigan Medical Academy (only 50 students from all of Michigan are selected) (10th)
-Harvard Summer School (11th) and Business Internship at Harvard Crimson (11th)
* Essays: Great, Admissions Officer Called to Compliment on my essay.
* Teacher Recommendation: 1 Amazing, 1 Decent
* Counselor Rec: Did a great job
* Additional Rec: None
* Interview: Told a teacher he would give me his highest recommendation.
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): MI
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: public/half day magnet school for Math, Science and Technology
* Ethnicity: Caucasian (Arab-American)
* Gender:M
* Income Bracket: $30,000+
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Eldest Son of Nine Children, Arab-American
Reflection
* Strengths: Essays, ECs, Leadership, Well-Roundedness
* Weaknesses: Test Scores
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They loved my
essays and even called to tell me how much they enjoyed them. I am also
the eldest son of nine children, and happen to be Arab-American. Plus,
they have that whole low income initiative now.
General Comments: It takes hard work, and a bit of good luck. I wish you all the best
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
* Deferred EA? Applied regular
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 760/M 690/W 800
* SAT II: Math 1 730 Lit 760 USHist 650
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 ish
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/316
* AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, English, Statistics (no tests yet)
* Senior Year Courseload: probably about 80% as hard as it could be
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAA Nat'l English Merit Award
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): three season captain,
* Job/Work Experience: part time throughout hs
* Volunteer/Community service: fairly minimal
* Essays: Good
* Teacher Recommendation: One great one generic
* Counselor Rec:didn't see
* Interview: went well but he even told me interviews don't matter much
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): MA
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I'm not even upset, I've been expecting this since well before I applied but I figured I'd apply anyway.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Regular Decision only
SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR/800M/780W
ACT:none
SAT II: 800 bio & latin, 770 Math IC
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.6/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/325
AP (place score in parenthesis): four fives
IB (place score in parenthesis): --
Senior Year Course Load:AP: Latin, Psych, Physics B, English, Spanish, Calc BC. French 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Some state scioly medals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay Straight
Alliance (president), Campus Congress, Science Olympiad, Columbia
Science Honors Program, Math Team
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Voluteering at environmental education camps, various tutoring, misc. things
Summer Activities: volunteering above
Essays: Good! about hunting and two of my closeted friends
Teacher Recommendation: Very good!
Counselor Rec: Also very good!
Additional Rec: Best!
Interview: Decent
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): Westchester
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: rather not say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
Reflection
Strengths: um...
Weaknesses: um...
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?:nope
SAT I (by section): 800CR/780M/730W
SAT IIs: 800 US History/800 MathII/790 Physics
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW/4.6 W
Rank: 1/247
ACT: none
APs (including this year's): 5's on Psych/US History/Human
Geo/CalcBC/PhysicsCMech/Physics B/EuroHistory/Environmental Sci; 3 on
French Lang; taking US Gov't, MicroEcon, English Lit, Physics
C:E&M, Chemistry, Bio
IBs (including this year's: none
Senior Yr Courseload: see above APs
Number of Apps from Your School: dunno...
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, AIME
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Violin (Conference All-State), Volunteer (Volunteer
of the Year/President's Service Awards), Newspaper (Editor), French
Club (Co-Prez), Science Olympiad (VP, NY state medals), NHS (President)
Job/Work Experience: Physics Lab Assistant, Subway
Essays (subject and responses): Very very strong; one was serious, other was whimiscal
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Crazy amazing
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Asian female, hahaha; got likely letter (<---- )
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Suburban
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: harvard needed female engineers
Weaknesses: a bit stereotypical
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Amazing recs and essays
Other Factors:...Damn, I hate choices
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to all!
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800M, 800V, 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History 770 Literature
ACT: NA
APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5)—I took this online, the
first from my school to take an online class, English Language (5)
IBs: none
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98.6 something, 101.277 with 4% weighting
for Honors and APs, my counselor told me this was the 2nd highest GPA
anyone remembered in probably 10 years, the only one higher is the val
this year
Rank: 2/208
Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 in school APs plus independent study AP French and AP Calculus BC(I’m taking AB in school)
Number of Apps from Your School:1
Common or Princeton App? Common
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, state winner for science Olympiad, 19th in nation
Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many school/local awards, national merit
Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week since 9th grade
Essays (subject and responses): unique and good (about how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer relates to life)
Teacher Recs: good I think,
Counselor Rec: outstanding
Interview (feel and general location): mostly him talking but I think he liked me
Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): Took AP Physics online, skipped 7th grade
Location/Person:
State or Country: rural New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, no one to Princeton before, ~2-3 accepted to Cornell each year
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 70-80k
Gender: Female
Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
Strengths/Weaknesses: standardized tests scores/ unknown school, few national awards or impressive extra curriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations etc.:
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR/790 M/700 W (12 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 710 Lit/730 Chem/740 Math I/770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School gives us no idea how we rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), US Gov't (5), Calc AB (5),
Environmental Science (5), English Language (4), US History (4), Calc
BC (not yet taken), Physics B (not yet taken), German (not yet taken),
English Lit (not going to take)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, H. Wildlife Ecology, Calc BC, Physics B, AP German, H. Drama Productions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): gymnastics (12
years), track (captain last year, this is 6th year), german club
(president), jewish culture club (VP), student legislative assembly
(Env't'l Committee co-chair), drama, xc, SciOly, Science Bowl (captain
of B team), Envirothon
Job/Work Experience: work as a barista since August '05
Volunteer/Community service: not very much
Summer Activities: work
Essays: I didnt' do the optional one
Teacher Recommendation: I didn't read them, I suppose they were good, they got me into U of Chicago no problem
Counselor Rec: same as teacher recs
Additional Rec: none
Interview: I never got one. No wonder I'm rejected
Other
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: probably didnt' list, it's too complicated
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than 70k a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess none
Reflection
Strengths: I thought my extra curriculars and my tran, but I guess not
Weaknesses: verbal SAT score (I knew I should've done it more than once)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well for one I
never got an interview because my interviewer transferred to a
different law school second semester (he was at Duke), and also I'm
just not that great of an applicant
General Comments:
Congrats to all those who got in. I guess getting rejected at 2 schools
and waitlisted at another (still waiting on the last one) makes it
really easy for me to choose. I only got into one non-safety so far, so
I guess that's where I'll be
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800M/730CR/710SWR = 1530/2240
SAT IIs: 800 USHistory, 780 Lit, 730 Math IIC
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw, 4.2 w
Rank: 1/235
ACT: 35
APs (including this year's): 11- APUSH, Chem, Lit 12- Calc BC (first
kids in my school to ever do BC), Lang, Bio (this is every one my
school offers)
Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest conceivable (still pretty easy though)
Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Really nothing significant at all
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Schol Bowl captain, VP of Science Club and NHS, 4-H,
Band, Madrigals, bunch of other crap, Illinois Pork Leadership Institute
Job/Work Experience: Worked 15 hrs a week at pizza place for 1.5 years
Essays (subject and responses): Life in general? Mostly tangents about
farm life and such. It was twisted from a UChicago essay on "where is
your perfect place?".
Teacher Recs: Glowing beyond belief, and one was semi-detailed: "Best in the class, hands down"
Counselor Rec: Not sure, but probably more of the above
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): (On-Campus) Hardest
one I had, I didn't think it went that great, but also not a disaster.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE. Unless they bought my playing up of the hick/farmboy aspect.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Illinois
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): CRAPPY Public, average ACT 19 or 20, only 1/3 go to 4-year college
Ethnicity: White!
Gender: Male!
Income Bracket: About $90,000; but we farm so the huge assets meant no fin. aid for me
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad farms and never went to college, but my mom went to UIUC.
Strengths: Scores and grades (but so are everyone's), maybe that I come from a not-so-hot sort of rural school.
Weaknesses: That second essay was HORRIBLE. My ECs are not notable at all (but maybe slightly quirky?).
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Blind friggin' luck, baby.
Other Factors:
I can't think of any. Maybe the counselor cooked up some "this is the
best applicant the school has ever seen" crap to get me in.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
As cool as this is, it might just make the decision harder. Oh my I just got into Yale too!
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Decision: Rejected =/
Stats:
SAT: 780/800/770 (2 sittings)
SAT IIs: 800mathIIC 780chem 770 physics 710US
GPA: 4.62w max 4.85
Rank: reported rank is top 10%, but my guidance counselor unofficially
acknowledged me as #2 (school doesn't officialy report rank)
APs: US-4, chem-5
Senior Yr Courseload: (hardest load in my school) 5 APs (bio, comsci, calc, physics, LA)
Number of Apps from Your School: 2ED, 1 RD
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Debate President, Chess club founder/president,
Asian American Cultural Club president, JSA secretary, Mock trial
expert witness, Region/All state/All-Eastern orchestra, Columbia
Science Honors Program, tae kwon do black belt, Lakeland orchestra 4
year concertmaster
Essays: mediocre writing style, very unique topics
Teacher Recs: probably average
Counselor Rec: best in career, maybe
Hook (if any): VERY unique summer activity
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: small public competitive
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors: didn't work hard enough? lol
General Comments: oh well =/
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Decision: REJECTED
COLLEGE/MAJOR: Applied and Accepted to HSS and MCS (Chemistry)
SAT I: m780, v650, w600 (I never sent this in)
SAT II: Chemistry 630, English Lit. 620, Math II 680
ACT: 30
GPA: 4.2(w)
RANK: 52/374
IB: 4 HL courses, plus additional math course at university.
COURSE LOAD: Most rigorous
OTHER/AWARDS: I am one of the very few (at the time) 14 year olds to apply.
National American Miss CO Preteen 2004
National Jr. Teenager 2006
4 x Academic achievement winner for NAACP
2 x Service Award Winner for community service over 1000 hours
?ect.
ECS: Dancer for 12 years, Artist, Pageants, Tutor, 6 foreign languages
ESSAYS: Good for me?not a great writer.
TEACHER REC: Very good
COUNSELOR REC: Very Good
HOOK: Minority, 14 year old, beauty queen.
STATE: CO
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: African American
GENDER: F
PERCEIVED S/W: As a 14 year old I have accomplished more than most 18 year olds. I am also a dancer.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE ACCEPTED/rejected: More than likely age.
OTHER FACTORS: I know a lot of people think that age is a negative, and
sometimes it may be, but you have to make it an advantage?and maybe I
was not able to do that. Congrats to every one else!!! Really, not sad,
it is truly a numbers game.
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Rejected:
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing:760
SAT Total: 2360
SAT II: Math II/Physics - 800, Chem - 770
ACT: None
AP/IB taken/scores: None
GPA weighted: -
GPA unweighted: -
Rank or % estimate: 3/280
Subjective:
Essays: Lousy/Horrible
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/N No
Recruited Yes/N No
Important ECs:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Bah.
*FOR DEFEREES* IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? N/A
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 710; Critical Reading: 730; Writing: 800.
ACT: N/A
SAT II: English Lit: 790; French: 740; IIC: 670.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Low (75/449)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp AP (4); French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Three APs plus band, dance, required senior stuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist; many, many years of honor band
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Flute (eats my
life), dragonboat team veteran/leadership, SafeRide coordinator and
president
Job/Work Experience: Seven horrid months at a Baskin Robbins, flute teacher
Volunteer/Community service: SafeRide probably 15 hours a month for the
past couple of years; ex-Key Club member; flute tutor; school
stuff-type tutor.
Summer Activities: Intensive music camps, work
Essays: Long - writing and how it's an integral part of my life; short
- dragonboat and how it's changed me; "optional" (as if): flute and why
I've stuck with it.
Teacher Recommendation: Hardest English teacher in the school; French teacher who I've had for the past four years.
Counselor Rec: No idea - new counselor.
Additional Rec: Director of the youth orchestra I'm in.
Interview: Held with a 2006 grad! That was interesting :P
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Nothing that'd merit need-based aid anywhere
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very few. Well, I'm a girl, which obviously doesn't seem to have helped.
Reflection
Strengths: Bah, writing.
Weaknesses: Sciences/math/not stressing about decisions (do you see what I did there?)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades,
frankly, suck, and my SATs are mid-range and therefore not good enough
to cancel that out. I imagine I didn't stand out much as an applicant.
General Comments: I fully intend to frame the letter.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 770 M, 700 W
SAT II: 700 Bio M, 800 Math II, 790 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng Lang, 5 US Hist, 5 Calc AB
Senior Year Course Load: Four APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White/Jewish
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): kinda quadruple legacy
DID NOT EXPECT THIS AT ALL. SO FREAKIN HAPPY.
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 700CR, 770M, 710W = 2180
SAT II: 790 World History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68uw (by Harvard calculation)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): at least top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Chemistry, US History, World History), 4 (Spanish Language), 3 (Spanish Literature)
Senior Year Course Load: AP (BC Calculus, Macro/Microeconomics,
Composition, Physics C, Psychology/American Government), Wind Ensemble,
Chinese I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No real ones, unless being a national finalist in the National Geographic Bee counts
Minor Awards: OMEA Class A, 3 ratings of 1 in euphonium solos (9 and
11); Dorothy Humel Hovorka (11), given to black student with highest
wGPA in school; National Merit Commended, National Achievement Scholar,
AP Scholar with Distinction (12)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CYWS, Wind
Ensemble, Jazz Band (section leader in 11, then 12, then 10 and 11 on
euphonium respectively); Chinese language self-study
Summer Activities: too much travel, and only a single music improvisation camp at CCC
Essays: average
Teacher Recommendation: slightly above average
Counselor Rec: unknown response
Interview: great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 150-200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: not many
Weaknesses: grades, in particular
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
General Comments: I was not meant to go here, but this was my fifth choice as I was not entirely captivated after my visit there in the summer.
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Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT Reasoning (by section): cr710 m800 wr730
SAT Subject tests: math2 770 ush 750 ph 730
ACT:
APs: stat calcab ushistory all 5s taking euroh englit bio this year
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.84 4.55
Rank: 12/400?
Senior Yr. Courseload: as tough as anyone at my school
Number of Apps from Your School: i think 2 others
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Job/Work Experience: 2 years about 20 hours a week fast food and pizza delivery
Essays (subject and responses): about football and working at Taco Bell
Teacher Recs: pretty short not special
Counselor Rec: average?
Interview (feel and general location): I felt good about it
Hook (if any): devoid of hooks in any way
Location/Person: FL
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent regular public
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 135 k
Gender: male
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: great all around/ nothing outstanding
Did you apply ED? no
Why you think you were accepted or rejected: white middle class male who didn't cure AIDS and isn't an athlete/legacy
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **** I
don't get to pay 200k for an undergrad degree. Good job if you got in
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Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
SAT Reasoning (by section): Didn't take
SAT Subject tests: No comment (yea, that bad)
ACT: 26
APs: English Literature, Psychology, Calculus, and Government
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.95 W, 3.8 UW
Rank: 3/242
Senior Yr. Courseload: 2 AP's and bunch of honors courses
Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Secretary of National Honor Society, Vice President
of Student Council, Business Professionals of America, and Achievement
In Motion
Job/Work Experience: 2 years in a summer program
Essays (subject and responses): My mother's diabetes
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Average
Interview (feel and general location): Felt really good about it
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: MI
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public School
Ethnicity: African American
Income Bracket: less than 20,000K
Gender: Female
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: Scores were my weakness
Did you apply ED? No
Why you think you were accepted or rejected: I think my scores probably got me. I mean, they were horrible.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Well, it's
disappointing but oh, well. Kinda expected it. Major congrats to all
who were accepted. I've met some wonderful people here and I don't
regret it.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
SAT I or ACT: 2240 (800 M, 720 CR, 720 W)
ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 SR, 34 M, 33 R)
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Bio, 780 Chem
GPA: 3.95
WGPA: 4.70
Rank: None
APs: 5's on Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Comp Sci A, HumGeo, and Lang; 4's on Enviro and Stats
Subjective:
ECs: Several, with leadership positions
Essays: Solid
Teacher Recs: One was decent, I didn't read the other, but I sent a very personal supplemental rec
Counselor Rec: Very strong
Interview: He seemed impressed
Location/Person:
State: NJ
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Other thoughts: Waitlisted at Columbia, too. I HATE WAITLISTS!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math 2, Biology-M, Chemistry, 730 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chem (5), Spanish (3), USH (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP: Microecon, Macroecon, Stats, Physics,
Multivariable Calc, Linear Algebra, Government, Environmental Science,
All those are APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial
(Captain, State Champions, Lead Attorney, National Team Member), Cross
Country (Captain), Track, Math Club (President), Science Research at a
university, lots of other science stuff.
Job/Work Experience: Tutor, Employed researcher at university
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, hospital volunteer work, volunteer at local races, track meets, etc.
Summer Activities: Science Research, Cross Country, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science
Essays: I thought they were good, I guess they were good enough
Teacher Recommendation: 2 awesome, 1 supplementary from mock trial coach. All great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: 1 from Mock Trial Coach
Interview: Went really well, she really liked me
[ b]Other[/b]
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, 2500 kids
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Recommendations
Weaknesses: None really
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
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ACCEPTED
* Deferred EA? N/A
* SAT I (breakdown): Math: 740; Critical Reading: 800; Writing: 790
* ACT: N/A
* SAT II: IIC 800, Chem 750, Phys 730
* Unweighted GPA 97.63
* Rank N/A
* AP Computer Science AB (4), EuroHistory(5), US History(4), Calc BC(5)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: Plasma Physics Lab, Multiv. Calc/Diff Eq.,
Physics C, AP English, AP Macro/Micro, Government, Comp Sci Research etc
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semifinalist
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gymnastics (captain, minor awards), slavic club (pres)
* Job/Work Experience: Morgan Stanley IT Dept - Independent research
project on information retrieval (yea they didn't know what to give me
so I just did my Intel)
* Volunteer/Community service: None
*
Essays: Long - starting the intimidating sport of gymnastics as a
sophomore and actually doing well in it....rediscovering my daredevil
spirit =D (i had broken both my legs before). the optional one was on
an animation i made with a computer graphics engine i wrote.
* Teacher Recommendation: comp sci teacher i've had for 3 years, german teacher for 3 years. not allowed to read them.
* Counselor Rec: probably good considering they're done based on filling out a college-app type thing and a 40 min interview
* Additional Rec: my boss/co-worker at Morgan Stanley
* Interview: held with two alums - went pretty well, nothing earthshattering
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): NY
* Country (if international applicant): N/A
* School Type: 1420 avg SAT, around 70 apps
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: probably lower middle class / upper working class - don't think it made any difference
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm an immigrant - don't think that matters either...
Accepted
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SAT I (breakdown):800 800 690
SAT II: 800 x4
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9?
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on BC Calc, Bio, Chem, USH, WH,Stat
Senior Year Course Load: Phys C, AP Econ, Analysis, AP French Lit, Honors Band, English
Major Awards qualified for USAMO, USNCO, USAPO.
Extracurriculars math team, captain senior year
Ethnicity: nope
Gender: M
Income Bracket: too high for aid
Strengths: math and science
Weaknesses: weak EC's
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR, 750 Math, 690 Writing
ACT: 33
SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Chem, 720 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.289 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (5), Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment, AP Govt, AP English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Awards - Music, Dance 6 consecutive years
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots, passion:
Indian Classical Music/Dance (practice - 3 hours a day, numerous
performances, competitions, awards)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: hospital
Summer Activities:
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: amazing
Additional Rec: amazing
Interview: amazing
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (barely anyone goes to big schools)
Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: extremely motivated, work ethic, discipline, ambition, competitive
Weaknesses: not too much leadership.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: i'm screwed. depressed. disappointed. angry.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?:
SAT Reasoning (by section): 800 CR 760 M 740 W 2300 Total
SAT Subject tests: 800 Bio, 780 USH, 740 IIC
ACT:
APs: 2 5s
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:around 3.85 UW, 4.35 W
Rank: top 5%, small school
Senior Yr. Courseload: hardest
Number of Apps from Your School: 2
Common or Princeton App?: common
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: hm varsity soccer captain, and like 50 soccer awards, some piano stuff, other sports
Job/Work Experience:
Essays (subject and responses): eh they were okay, pretty typical stuff, my little brother, and piano
Teacher Recs: never saw 'em
Counselor Rec: didn't see it
Interview (feel and general location): eh it was okay, at the guy's house
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: NJ
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 100k +
Gender: male
Hooks: none!
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted or rejected:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Before
i logged onto my email i closed my eyes, and had a very good feeling.
Then I saw the waitlist; a bit surprised i wasn't rejected, but still,
i just get the feeling that i was soooooooo close.
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Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
Deferred EA? no, but deferred from both MIT and Caltech and eventually rejected at both schools
SAT I (breakdown):800CR, 760M, 690W
SAT II:800 Math2, 800 Physics, 800 US Hist.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I think it's 97+/100, 102.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7/642
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci AB, Bio, Physics E+M, Calc
BC, US Hist (all 5s), taking Econ, Latin and Chem this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Latin, AP Chem, Calc 3, Astrophysics, English elective (not honors or AP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): state medal Sci. Olympiad, National Latin Exam summas, qualified for AIME every year
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Olympiad (one of many VPs)
Academic Team
programmer for most popular Civ 4 mod
Job/Work Experience: Freelance computer programming
Volunteer/Community service: spent last summer volunteering in senior center computer lab
Summer Activities: CTY fast paced Chem, Columbia Summer School computer graphics course, freelance programming
Essays: okay, main essay started with the results from a computer program that combined sample essays from the web.
Teacher Recommendation: should be excellent
Counselor Rec: he saw it and said it was very nice, she likes him and he's helped her with the computer
Additional Rec: should have two glowing recommendations about programming work
Interview: seemed pleasant, interviewer spent some time assuring him Harvard would be okay for a future computer scientist
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large comprehensive public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none, but legacy may have helped tip things
Reflection
Strengths: self taught huge amount of computer programming and theory, read at least 100 books a year
Weaknesses: a bit one sided, procrastinator
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ballpark stats,
legacy, good recommendations especially from outside school
General Comments: Best of luck to everyone where ever they end up!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.8
Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
Subjective:
Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my
computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer
science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Westchester, NY
School Type: Outstanding Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr,
President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years),
helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge
team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a
couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school,
computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web
consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable
though.
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Low GPA/ “class rank”
Other thoughts: This sucks pretty bad :/
Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800W, 780M, 720R (2300)
SAT IIs: 780 Biology-M, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5W, 3.9UW
Rank: N/A
APs (including this year's): Biology (5), European History (5),
Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), US History (5); taking
Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, English Literature, and Comp. Govt.
& Politics now.
Senior Yr Courseload: The 4 APs above and band.
Number of Apps from Your School: Not that many...maybe 5 at the most.
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honors
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: 15 years of violin, 14 years of piano, UCLA
community service, music instruction/counseling volunteer, self-taught
guitar/mandolin/flute
Job/Work Experience: Hollywood Bowl Theater Attendant 2006 season
Essays (subject and responses): One was about working at the Hollywood
Bowl and the other was about how I can't use chopsticks as an Asian.
Wrote an optional one on music.
Teacher Recs: The one I read was great, the other one was written by a teacher that really likes me.
Counselor Rec: Didn't read it but she liked me.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Nearby at some
guy's house who also happened to be a musician - seemed to like me a
lot, we talked for a long time about the world in general and music and
such.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Sent in tapes of my violin/piano playing.
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Um...whatever the one around $85,000/year is.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Strengths: Passion for music extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Little community service compared to others
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Eh...I don't want to try to pass judgment on that.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone that got in! Best of luck to those that didn't,
like me, we'll all find homes we love I'm sure. Oddly enough I'm not
too bummed or anything, probably because I never got too attached to
the school in the first place (on purpose).
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT Reasoning (by section): 730M, 750CR, 670W (2150 Total)
* SAT Subject tests: 740MathII, 750 US History, 690 Literature
* APs: 5 US History, 5 APES, 4 English Comp
* GPA Unweighted: 3.91
* Rank: n/a
* Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Phys, Lit Analysis, Economics, Speech, Heaven or Hell, Theoretical Physics
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2
Subjective:
* ECs listed on app: windsurfing, cinematography, diving, hawaiian cultural awareness, and a lot more
* Job/Work Experience: windsurfer, cinematographer
* Essays (subject and responses): The person one about my summer in Spain and the Physics quote about my love for physics
* Teacher Recs: good i guess
* Counselor Rec: pretty good i think
* Interview (feel and general location): Great! It was at his office. He had heard of me through the community.
* Hook (if any): Pro windsurfer, cinemagraphy, interest in physics, diving
Location/Person:
* State or Country: Maui, Hawaii
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small Private school
* Ethnicity: White/Arab
* Income Bracket: enough
* Gender: Male
Other schools:
Princeton- Accepted
Columbia- Accepted
USC- Accepted
Stanford- Denied early (not even deferred)
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 620CR 680M 620W
ACT: 29 (32E, 29M, 30R, 26S) & 29 (26E, 31M, 23R, 33S)
SAT II: 730 Math1, 730 Math2, 650 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/209
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem-4, Calc AB-N/A, Eng-N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs (Calc AB & Eng)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS; Math,
Engineering, & Science Club; Marching Band; Medical Careers Club;
Golf Team
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor & National Honors Society
Summer Activities: Internship
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I thought it was my best interview.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays, gpa, interview, and course load considering my school
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don't know; I guess I wasn't what they were looking for.
General Comments:
When I saw that I was rejected, I wasn't really sad. I think I was
still on cloud nine from being accepted to yale and penn. CONGRATS TO
EVERYONE ACCEPTED!!! FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T, IT'S OK. GOD HAS BIGGER
PLANS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Nope
SAT I (breakdown): M 800, V 790, CR 730
ACT: Didn't take
SAT II: 800 Bio/M 800Chem 790Math IIc
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not really applicable, A levels, perfect
score, 4As 2 special paper Distinctions, Bio, Chem, Math, Physics, Bio
Special paper, Chem special paper, General Paper A1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/859 (I guess? school doesnt rank)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):International Biology Olympiad Silver
medal (31st place in the world), National Biology Olympiad Gold (2nd
place in Singapore)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Organised
nationwide photography competition, Lots of photography related stuff
Job/Work Experience: Photographer for ministry of education
Volunteer/Community service: Non-profit Arts Group
Essays:took an excruciating 3 weeks to write them! Should be good. They were quirky, extremely Bio and photography centric
Teacher Recommendation: gushing, glowing, "top of my career"
Interview: Really great, it went so smoothly
Other
Country (if international applicant): Singapore
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Fine arts submission - I am a published photographer, IBO Silver medal
Reflection
Strengths: really love biology and photography
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: See you guys there!!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes
SAT I (breakdown): 750/730/720
ACT:
SAT II: 780/740/660/650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Three A-Levels + two subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Secretary of two societies, mentoring, piano, tennis, squash, guitar
Job/Work Experience: One week with Shanghai firm
Volunteer/Community service: One year with Cancer Research UK charity shop
Summer Activities: Bit of travel, bit of work experience
Essays: Others liked them a lot
Teacher Recommendation: Average
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview: Quite good I felt but not excellent. A lot of stuff I could/should have said I didn't think of at the time.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): UK
School Type: Private boarding
Ethnicity: Asian/White mongrel
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No idea, pretty average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Tried to give my application focus. Academically pretty strong. Good essays + counselor rec.
Weaknesses: My EC's are basically ****! Didn't milk the interview for
what it was worth. Average teacher recs. No national/international
awards.. does that matter much? A couple of low SAT II grades.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the main
reasons were the teacher recs and the interview, as well as lack of any
spectacular EC's. I think evaluative things like recs/interviews seem
very important for Harvard.
General Comments:
Congratulations everyone who got in, seriously good job, and for those
of us who didn't - time to move on! Hold your head up and don't give
up.. there is always the possibility of applying again, and of course
plenty of other excellent places to go. See this as a chance to make a
fresh start.
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Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2240
SAT IIs: 780, 760, 740
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6 (W), 4.0 (UW)
Rank: Top 5%
ACT: 32
APs (including this year's): 5, 5, 4, 4 (taking three this year)
IBs (including this year's:
Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various, including work with children in a shelter
Job/Work Experience: Paid employment in local library
Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Late interview
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP
Location/Person:
State or Country: South
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: URM - Multiracial
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to all!
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Decision: ACCEPTED!!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 730 M, 710 CR, 590 WR
SAT IIs: M2: 800, CH: 780, Bi 690
GPA, Unweighted: 3.75
Rank: Top 5%
ACT: 33
APs (including this year's): 3, 4 (taking five this year)
IBs (including this year's:
Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: atleast 4
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, various other awards I dont wanna get into
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various, including work with seniors in nursing home
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Solid
State or Country: FL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public/Charter
Ethnicity: URM - Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Lower Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st generation, character
Strengths: Perseverance
Weaknesses: Stats?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Subjective Reasons
Other Factors:
Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes
SAT I (breakdown): 800V, 800M, 690WR
ACT:34
SAT II:800USH, 790 Bio, 780 Math IIC
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.612
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis):5 APs, all 5's
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP Eng C/L, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP Gov, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens semi, publish abstract, JSHS qualify, AIME qualify?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor In Chief of
Newspaper, Water Polo, Swimming, Track, Policy Debate, Class VP, other
random stuff
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours
Summer Activities: Debate camp, TASP, swimming
Essays: eh
Teacher Recommendation: 1 glowing, 1 not so great
Counselor Rec: can't expect much
Additional Rec: none
Interview: 2 hours long, went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: ORM
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP
Reflection
Strengths: awards/accomplishments
Weaknesses: lack of focus
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:i was deferred, was not expecting this
General Comments: just wish i got into Yale
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DECISION: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!
I'm an int'l applicant from India
Fee waiver used
Offered to pay $ 8000 p.a. (Guess that sure didn't matter!)
SAT reasoning
math 790
CR 750
W 750
SAT subject
math II 800
Chem 800
Bio M 760
1st in Class of 40
NTSE Scholar (Indian equivalent of National Merit Scholarship given by the govt.)
Selected by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India for their Program for Youth Leadership in Science
EXTRACURRICULARS
The youngest volunteer for the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.
Got a Certificate of Distinction signed by Hans Blix at the World
Federation of UN Associations' Global essay comp. on peace and
disarmament. ( I was competing against undergrad and even grad students
from all over the world)
avid quizzer and debater. traveled
all over India and won more than a handful of quizzes and debates. also
accomplished at creative writing and essay writing!
teacher recs GREAT (that's what they told me anyway)
counselor rec (i guess it must have been good too!)
essays: worked really hard on them. they were quite good. one of them
was about my love of independent travel (Let's Go anyone?)
special rec: from the president of the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.
supplementary stuff: Cartoons with one-line punch lines. (Only a few
days ago I realised this: Conan O'Brien drew similar cartoons while
with the Harvard Lampoon!)
Moral of the Story: Ultimately I
guess the staff of Let's Go and the Harvard Lampoon make the final
decision abt your application!!!!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? no, RD
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 730M, 750W
SAT II: 800USH, 760Bio, 710 Engl.Lit.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis): USHist (5), Bio (5), Latin (3)
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude 11, 12, AP Scholar,
National Merit Scholar, Harvard Prize Book Award, Kodak Young Leaders
Award, 1st Place and gold medals in Natl. Classical League competition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-country, track, tech crew, Junior Leadership, etc.
Job/Work Experience: bag boy, teaching intern in summer school for inner-city kids
Volunteer/Community service: ASPCA, church, etc.
Summer Activities: see work experience
Essays: I liked them and they got me into Yale!
Teacher Recommendation:great
Counselor Rec:great
Additional Rec:
Interview: with local alum
Other
State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white, No. European mix
Gender: M
Income Bracket: no aid necessary
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): father went to HBS so you can see how much THAT meant
Reflection
Strengths: seriously
Weaknesses: one of 23,000 applicants
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
General Comments: Congratulations to all who got in. I got into MY first choice: YALE!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 760M. 730 CR. 720 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math. 760 US. 730 Chem.
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4/3.9
Rank: 16/720
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year's): 5’s=Calc BC. Chem. Bio. 4’s=Lang. US. Euro.
IBs (including this year's: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: Lit, Pysch, Physics C, Stats, Gov (AP everything)
Number of Apps from Your School: don’t know
Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit commended. Bunch of piano awards. LeadAmerica conference
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: tennis (10-12 varsity) co-captain & captain.
Piano since 6 yrs old. Volunteered 170 hrs at hospital. NHS VP.
Character Club Pres. CSF member, etc
Job/Work Experience: teach piano, teach tennis, tutor
Essays (subject and responses): my dad passed away. Month long summer program at UCSD (math & science related)
Teacher Recs: okay I think
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): didn’t have one
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.)
Location/Person:
State or Country: southern California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: f
Income Bracket: um
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): stated above
Strengths: um
Weaknesses: um
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: um, haha
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: oh well….
-------------------------
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA: Accepted Stanford EA
SAT I (breakdown): 780W/730M/750CR
ACT: ---
SAT II: Chem 800 Math IIC 800 Bio M 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5) Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): ---
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of state science competitions
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Stage Crew, Volunteer Clubs, Political Organization, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Molecular Analysis Lab Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: A Bunch
Summer Activities: Took Classes or traveled
Essays: Good, heartfelt
Teacher Recommendation: Did not read
Counselor Rec: Did not read
Additional Rec: ---
Interview: I think it went pretty well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): ---
School Type: Elite Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dunno
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, i had a lot to talk about
Weaknesses: Class Rank?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dunno, but I'm happy
General Comments: Congrats everyone! If it didn't work out so well, keep in mind that college decisions are more than a little random.
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? NO
SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M800 W700
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 3 800s too lazy to type...
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9 or 4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 Honor
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special... too lazy to type
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: ~300 hours
Summer Activities: harvard summer school, volunteering in hospital, volunteering in children's program
Essays: they made me!! Even though I'm a nonnative speaker... I think
this is what got me in!! (not to harvard... but to 2 other Ivies, and
got me waitlisted at 1 other Ivy)
Teacher Recommendation: Now I bet they were great
Counselor Rec: wonderful, she is so nice
Additional Rec: good, they def. wished my best
Interview: ha... HORRIBLE probably RUINED my chance. the other 3 ivies
that I DIDN'T get rejected from didn't give me an interview. Phew...
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New England
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): didn't get me in~ I guess not hook enough for Harvard
Reflection
Strengths: haha for Harvard?
Weaknesses: nothing too spectacular for harvard I guess
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
General Comments:
no hard feelings. I was expecting this. I don't think I would have
survived in Harvard without getting black bags around my eyes. I will
miss Harvard Square though... but that's ok. I made it to where I
wanted to be. I'm in the Ivies.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No
SAT I (breakdown): 670CR, 600M, 640W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 670, 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don''t know. 4.5w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (3), USH (4), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Hnrs Precal, Hnrs Physics, Bio II, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President),
Swimming (Capt.), Boston area Youth Organizing Project, Talented &
Gifted Latinos
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Dominican Community Center, Boston Marathon, Tutoring at school
Summer Activities: BYOP, lifeguarding
Essays: Good. One about what has influenced my goals, another about family issues
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Don''t know
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Alumni: Good, Admission Officer: Great!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Mass.
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public Exam
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $28,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Determination, dedication, motivation, understanding, open minded
Weaknesses: Perfectionist, shy
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I hate to admit it
might be because I''m an URM. However, I am qualified. My SATs may be on
the low side but I worked hard all four years. I think my essays were
really good. They portrayed who I am and what I value. Oh, and my
interview with the admissions officer went very very well.
General
Comments: Congrats to everyone! And good luck to those who were
waitlisted or rejected. You''ll succceed where ever you go.
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: yes
SAT Reasoning (by section): 2290 -- 730/780/780 // CR/M/W
SAT Subject tests: 780/800/780 // Chem/MIIC/USHistory
ACT: 34
APs: 5/5/5/5/4/4/4/4
IBs: N/A
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 / 3.95
Rank: 1 (sole)
Senior Yr. Courseload: most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: 1?
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Student Body President, Running, et cetera
Job/Work Experience: AmeriCorps
Essays (subject and responses): pretty decent, one friend almost cried
Teacher Recs: no idea; one was probably not that well written, the other was written by a UMich math prof
Counselor Rec: probably fine, but no one to HYP (and any ivy I think) from my hs in 30+ years, so maybe not?
Interview (feel and general location): phone interview, okay
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket:
Gender: Male
Hooks:
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted or rejected:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: off to Oxford--I would''ve stayed stateside, oh well.
Congratulations, all!
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Decision: Rejected
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yep.
SAT I (breakdown): 790 V/780 M/730 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 Math II/750 U.S. History/740 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/265
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (5), Chem (5), Comp. Govt
and Politics (5), World History (5), U.S. History (4)... Five more this
year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Five APs and one elective. And gym, but everyone has to take gym at my school.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar
with Distinction, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key, All-State Music
Festival, CT Governor''s Scholar... I think that''s the major ones.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music -- band,
orchestra, ensembles, etc. (Section leader in marching band, first
chair flute, treasurer in Band Council); Newspaper (Editor-in-chief,
Op-Ed editor); Debate team; Math team; National Honor Society; Book
club; local company''s community advisory panel; community service group.
Job/Work Experience: Summer program counselor (2006), seasonal cashier (2006-2007)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, town community service group, tutoring -- 200+ hours, I think.
Summer Activities: Presidential Classroom (2005), I worked (2006).
Essays: I can''t really say, as they were my essays, and I''m terrible
with judging my own work. I do think one was original in format, at
least, though.
Teacher Recommendation: Eh. Written well, but the ratings were so-so.
Counselor Rec: Didn''t see.
Additional Rec: Didn''t see.
Interview: All right. Don''t really know.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): U.S.A.
School Type: Public. Hasn''t sent anyone to Harvard in... five years?
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): If anything, I would think
I had repulsive forces or something, hence the decision.
Reflection
Strengths: *shrugs* Well, I thought my essay and my ECs, but...
Weaknesses: SAT II scores in comparison to like, everyone else; importance of awards; no really big leadership positions...
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because the admissions committee says so.
General Comments:
Eh, whatever. I do admit I had originally thought to be waitlisted, but
that wouldn''t be any different, really. Congratulations to those who
got in!
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Decision: Rejected
Stats:
Major Applied T Applied Mathematics
Deferred EA: Yes
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 M, 800 CR, 790 W
SAT IIs: 800 M2, 800 Bio-M, 800 USH
GPA: 4.0 (UW)
Rank: 1
ACT: 36 comp
APs (including this year''s): will have 19 total; 12 fives so far
Senior Yr Courseload: 11 classes at Purdue University, 5 at hs
Number of Apps from Your School:5-10
Other stats (Awards, etc.): USAMO qualifier, Siemens Award for AP, AAA Travel Challenge state champ
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: math competitions, student council (student body
vp), school tv president, other academic competitions, orchestra
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): hard to explain, but excellent.
Teacher Recs: Both good.
Counselor Rec: Good (but a little rambling).
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Pretty good.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): awards (above) cancer research over the summer (no sci fair awards, though)
Location/Person:
State or Country: IN
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): high ranking public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Strengths: well-rounded
Weaknesses: well-rounded
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone accepted, and good luck to everyone else.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Nope, ED to Pton.
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 writing)
SAT II: 800/800/800/770/770/750 (CHN/MA2/WHS/CHM/PHY/USH)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 55
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4 (CAB/CBC/CHM/WHS/EUH/USH/PSY/STA)
Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding; but pretty relaxed because I''ve basically exhausted the curriculum here.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None; AIME (4) for two years, Australian Math Competition Certificates, Essay Awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook
(editor-in-chief), Student Government (VP for 3 years), Lifeguarding,
Varsity Track, MUN, Peer Tutoring, Music (vocal, cello, piano).
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding and translation.
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at a science museum as museum tour guide, 200+ hours peer tutoring middle schoolers.
Summer Activities: Mathcamp 2004, lifeguarding camps 2005, SSP Ojai 2006
Essays: A bit banal, looking at it now. I might submit some of my other essays as supplemental info now.
Teacher Recommendation: 2 schools ones are good (speculation)
Counselor Rec: Probably great (speculation)
Additional Rec: This is probably the best (speculation)
Interview: Awesome! It was one of my best interview
experiences...(after the MIT interview). I''m a bit sad I didn''t make it
into Harvard.
Other
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan, but I''m an US citizen.
School Type: Religious
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $70,000 to 80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
Reflection
Strengths: I''m pretty well-rounded, and I try to convey that aspect.
Weaknesses: No major awards -- I only do a lot of math competitions but I didn''t qualify for USAMO.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I don''t
have enough of a "hook" to get into Harvard (regardless of
well-rounded-ness). If I made Siemens or Intel, I probably would have
had a very good shot at this.
General Comments:
I''m not very sad or depressed at all! I love MIT and I would attend. If
I really wanted to be at Harvard, I can cross-register from MIT with
Harvard anyway. Good luck with everyone else''s decisions!
ps. At least I can say, "Hah! Harvard didn''t reject me!" =p
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? YES!
SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M 770 W 700 second try
ACT: none
SAT II: Math2C 770 Chemistry 710 Literature 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably no. 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 courses, 8 exams (55554443)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Psychology, etc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Korea NFL Gold Medalist, Mock Trial
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Art, Elec Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Internship at National TV Station, Newspaper reporter
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Blood Donation Campaign
Summer Activities: Lots
Essays: I hope they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: Good. I hope
Counselor Rec: Good. I hope
Additional Rec: Good. It was a solid rec, I''ve read this one.
Interview: Nice. I loved it.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: i dont know. Probably under 100,000$ anually
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[ b]Reflection[/b]
Strengths: Original. I''m always try to be a pioneer. I lived alone in a new city during high school. I''m independent?
Weaknesses: Low scores....
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I stood out?
General Comments: This is unbelievable. I LOVE Harvard. I want to give William Fitzimmons a kiss.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
Deferred EA? at Yale
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 2400
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unofficially top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/5/5/5/5/5
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): zero
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing
extraordinary, but lots of leadership, arts, service, and academic
activities
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship
Volunteer/Community service: Lot of service
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Interviewer told local Harvard Club members I was a "Rock star"
Other
State (if domestic applicant): under-represented state
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:
Income Bracket: 150+K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): zero
Reflection
Strengths: Academics, test scores, essay
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, lack of passion/focus/interest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of extraordinary and unusual passion/focus/interest in activities
General Comments: Good Luck!! Not attaching myself to this waitlist. Good job everyone!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? Yessir.
SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/760(CR GRRRRRWARRRR)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math IIC / 740 Literature / 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.636
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Probably top 20%, but even that''s pushing it haha. My GPA wasn''t very competitive.
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): IBS Psychology (6), IBS History (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IBH Courses (Psychology, History, English,
Math), an independent study in music composition, and an additional
honors course in creative writing. (most rigorous)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope. Unless being a National Merit Finalist counts?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Psalms Choir
(Leader for 4 years), Jane Goodall Institute work (correspondant in
Korea), Foreign Schools Band Organization (hard to explain, PM me if
you want a detailed deion; Founder)
Job/Work Experience: Wrote for the International Herald Tribune.
Volunteer/Community service: Worked with JGI and the Eugene Bell
Foundation. Also I''ve been working with a group of multiple-handicapped
women since I was in 7th grade.
Summer Activities: Wrote a
book this past summer; got a publishing contract but still havent
finished edits or pushed the manu through.
Essays: Um... I guess they were good? What am I supposed to write here?
Teacher Recommendation: Haha I got recs from the two teachers that I
KNOW think I''m really smart and "good", if a little lazy at times =)
Counselor Rec: He likes me, I guess? Haha.
Additional Rec: Jane Goodall wrote me a short supplementary rec. I''ve
known her for many years now so I assume it was personal and helpful?
Interview: Went really well hahahah. He offered to take me out for coffee afterwards and chill.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private, ridiculously competitive =S
Ethnicity: Korean (But I''m so American it''s not even funny)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Ermm.. dunno. "Middle"?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Haha um.. hahahha? I don''t think I had one.
Reflection
Strengths: Essays for sure. Recommendations and test scores probably helped too.
Weaknesses: GPA and percentile rank =(
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Umm... I have no
clue! Hopefully they think I have potential or something =P
General Comments: I dont know what goes here, but uh.. Congratulations everybody! =)
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WAITLISTED: But I''m going to YALE!!! YAY!!!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2180: 790 Reading, 690 Math, 700 Writing (bad circumstances meant that I only took it once
SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 700 Math II, 730 US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/809
ACT: none
APs (including this year''s): five 5''s (on all) last year, 4 AP''s this year: AP Scholar with Distinction
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP
Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, dumb requirements like Health
Number of Apps from Your School: just lil ole me
Subjective:[ list][*] ECs listed on app: Competitive Storytelling,
Varsity Choir, Elite Jazz Performance Ensemble, Choir Vice President,
President of National Honor Society, Vice President of National Spanish
Honor Society, Varsity Swimming with State Title, Girl Scouts[*]
Job/Work Experience: Worked 10,11,12 with local semi-pro hockey
league[*] Essays (subject and responses): Main: Each paragraph of my
essay was written from myself at a different age, and it chronicled my
experiences having ulcerative colitis and learning to be myself.
Secondary: Outlined my Gold Award Project. Both were really well
written, I believe[*] Teacher Recs: Glowing[*] Counselor Rec:
Generic[*] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): relaxed,
informative, at his office[*] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2006
National Youth Storytelling Showcase Winner; Girl Scout Gold Award
Recipient (= Boy Scout Eagle Award), National Merit
Finalist[/list]Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public Football Machine
Ethnicity: Caucasin and Portuguese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80,00
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ???
Strengths: national winner of unique art form, great essays, lots of leadership positions
Weaknesses: weak SAT scores, 9th and 10th grades dominated by varsity
swimming, which I had to quit because of ulcerative colitis (explained
in essay)
Why you think you were accepted: Because I wore BLUE today
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I''m so excited, am I in the twilight zone?!?
PS. don''t know what''s up with the editing, but oh well!
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Since I got into Yale, I''ll use the format used over at their board (too lazy to rewrite another one, lol)
Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): N/A
SAT IIs: Math I 780, Chinese 800, US History 740, French reading 680
GPA, Weighed and Unweighed: 4.00 unweighed (all honours and APs throughout highschool)
Rank: 1/259
ACT: 32
APs (including this year''s): Psychology (5), English Lit & Lang, Calculus AB, Stats, French lang, Human Geo
IBs (including this year''s): N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit & Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP stats, AP French lang, AP human geography, Gr.12 economics
Number of Apps from Your School: 0 (I''m in a ghetto school from Canada)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): academic awards at school, Royal Conservatory of Music Gr.8 violin with honours
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Toronto District School Board Student Supercouncil,
Reach for the Top (quizbowl), various musical ensembles, Political
Affairs Club
Job/Work Experience: day camp counsellor (summer); court clerk at provincial court (summer co-op)
Essays (subject and responses): one about overcoming my experience of
being bullied after coming to Canada in Gr.5; one about my volunteering
work with the developmentally delayed class at my school; both really
oriented toward public service and community involvement.
Teacher Recs: quite a lot of "best in careers"
Counselor Rec: many "best in careers", but the letter had grammar mistakes, lol!
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): okay, but
definitely not stellar. It was too casual and I think I might''ve
digressed a bit. At an up-scale coffeshop.
Hook (TASP, RSI,
Research, etc.): lunched with the then Prime Minister of Canada,
executive of a 86,000-student (board-wide) student council, currently
doing a mentorship at U of Toronto; co-organized a national youth
conference; started my own flute choir.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Canada
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average public high school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: parents not required to pay a cent, so you get the idea
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority (wait, I''m Asian, okay I take that back)
Strengths: passion in politics and community involvement, very stellar
GPA, and an amazing supplementary reference letter from my school''s
librarian
Weaknesses: no one from my school has applied to
American universities in the past 3 years, so my teachers didn''t really
know what to write for the rec letters.
Why you think you were
accepted/deferred/denied: strong passion in one area (youth politics +
community service) with a sprinkle of activities in many other areas,
but mediocre interview, and...after all, it''s Harvard (I never expect
to get in in the first place)!!!
Other Factors: can''t think of any.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I never even thought that I''d have a shot at a Ivy League school, so
I''m quite happy with being waitlisted. You guys are all amazing and I
could''ve pulled through this hideous admissioin process without your
words of advice/encouragement/entertainment. Best of luck to you all,
and maybe we''ll see each other again soon!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? No.
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M / 750 CR / 780 W (11 essay)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chemistry / 770 Math I / 700 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 1 / 99
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Music Theory (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, Peer
Leadership, AP Spanish V, AP English IV, AP Biology, Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major national or international awards. Quite a few school awards, however.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Musical Theatre
(leads in three musicals, Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, ITS,
Dramatic Society), Instrumental Music (piano, French horn, trumpet,
guitar), Vocal Music (a capella group, chorus, Tri-M Music Honor
Society), Baseball, X-C (First Team All-Prep, Third Team All-State,
Scholar-Athlete Award...), Math League, Geometry Tutoring, NHS
(President), Student Government (Senior Class President, Junior Class
President), a few more minor activities
Job/Work Experience: camp counselor the past two summers ( >50 hours/wk. )
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts of America (Life Scout), work
with Homefront (agency designed to help eradicate homelessness), Blood
Drive, Race for the Cure, volunteered at Red Cross in Philadelphia
during Hurricane Katrina disaster, etc.
Summer Activities: Cross Country, lots of work, surfing, having fun; no summer school, no research
Essays: Great. Submitted a supplemental essay about why I wanted to pursue engineering; I think it definitely helped.
Teacher Recommendation: One from English teacher, one from Math teacher; both outstanding, so said my Guidance Counselor
Counselor Rec: Great, so he said...
Additional Rec: Submitted a supplemental recommendation from my theatre
director. Again, Guidance Counselor said it was great...
Interview: About 90 minutes. Went extremely well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of.
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, grades, well-rounded, leadership
Weaknesses: Nothing really made me stand out, really. No national or international competitions or awards? No research? IDK.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no
idea. I thought for sure I was going to be rejected. I am absolutely
shocked and amazed and ecstatic.
General Comments: I have to choose between Harvard, Princeton, and Penn''s M&T Program...sooo harddd.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? no
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 780M 800W 750 M one sitting
* ACT: none
* SAT II: 780/780/750
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no official gpa...about 3.9
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% (250 kids total)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): my school isn''t big on APs, but i took 3 exams (5,5,4)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit scholar
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief
of the school newspaper, president of the debate team, student senate
officer, etccc. i have also done some research that has received praise
from local politicians.
* Job/Work Experience: i have had jobs since i was 16. i am now a cashier at cvs for 18 hours a week.
* Volunteer/Community service: four-year tutor for peers and for local
elementary school students. nothing too hard-core, though.
* Summer Activities: summer jobs.
* Essays: not bad.
* Teacher Recommendation: probably good.
* Counselor Rec: probably good.
* Additional Rec: none.
* Interview: business-like but good. the lady was nice, but she wasn''t
warm, so she didn''t embrace me like some other interviewers did. it
still went well, though.
Other
* Location: new england
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity: asian (represent!)
* Gender: girl
* Income Bracket: about $50,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[ b]Reflection[/b]
* Strengths: Original: a ton of leadership and ecs. creative and specific passions, which my research brought to light.
* Weaknesses: gpa lower-ish.
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i never slept. all those long nights paid off.
General Comments: i am very thankful. best of luck to everyone, and i''ll see you in cambridge!
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DECISION: REJECTED
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 790 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Math2C 790 Chinese 760 Physics 770 Lit
GPA, Unweighted: 97.4/100
Rank: 3rd unofficially (but school doesn''t give rank)
ACT: 33
APs (including this year''s): Calc BC 5, Physics B 5
IBs (including this year''s: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, History, Phy C, Calc III/Discrete Math, AP Stats
Number of Apps from Your School:
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, NFAA ARTS Merit
Award in Classical Piano, 2 Performing Diplomas from ABRSM (UK) etc.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano, Golf (competed on national level for school,
not US), Orchestra (several awards in national youth festival, not US)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring kids in piano, piano for church
Essays (subject and responses): Honest and heartfelt. Guess they didn''t think so.
Teacher Recs: one teacher told me he wrote ______ would be stupid if they didn''t take me
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ok, lukewarm now that I think about it
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic,
only kids they send to Ivies are URMS and recruited athletes
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Moved to US midway through junior year. Is this really a strength?
Weaknesses: No leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats
to all who got in where they wanted to. This blows. GO WHARTON C/O 2012
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Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Domestic
Stats:
* SAT: 2300 single sitting (800 M, 750 V, 750 W)
* ACT: 0
* SAT Subject Tests: 800 M2, 780 Chem, 740 Phys
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 2/650
* APs / other stats: horrid AP scores (no 5''s out of 7 tests)
Major awards/ECs:
* FSU''s Young Scholars'' Program
* National Merit Finalist
* 35+ national, state, regional level Math awards
* National table tennis awards
* Work experience - Sushi chef for 3 years
* Math team for 6 years
* AP scholar w/ distinction
* Guitar for 6 years
* Competition table tennis for 8 years
* Mu Alpha Theta Vice Pres, Science Club Co-Pres
* 3x AIME qualifier, scored a 5 last year
Subjective:
* Essays: My peers loved em
* Teacher Recs: Good? Never read em
* Counselor Rec: Ditto ^
* Interview: It was fine. About an hour long.
* Hook (if any): Table tennis? Sushi chef? Ability to speak 4 languages?
Personal:
* Location (State or Country): FL
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male .... haha
* Major strength/weakness: My essays were pretty heartfelt. My AP scores were bad though.
* Your thoughts on your decision: Pretty sick. Never thought I would
get in, esp. since I could''ve sworn Harvard hated my school.
Any other comments: All right. Now how am I sposed to make a decision? Dang it.
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Decision: Accepted!!!!
Objective:
Deferred EA? NO
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 670Cr/760M/760W (E 12)
SAT II: 760 BioE 750 M1 750 M2 750 Ph
Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4,98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Geography Olympiad
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art studio, Chess etc
Job/Work Experience: freelance translationg, design, MSU trainee, own bussiness (starting)
Volunteer/Community service: American education center (consulting)
Essays: Fair
Teacher Recommendation: Good or Very good
Counselor Rec: Very good
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Russia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Uzbek
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: about 1K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): big multicultural poor
family from rural area, winner of TV-show "Who wants to be a
Millionaire?"
Reflection
Strengths: Personal strength, maturity, growth potential
Weaknesses: SATs, English is not briliant
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have shown that my life is a really dangerous and difficult adventure
General Comments: I''m REEEAAAAAAAALLLY glad! Thanks!
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2330 (780 M, 770 Cr, 780 W)
SAT IIs: 800 on Math IIC and Chemistry; 720 on US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.120 and 101.230
Rank: Salutatorian
ACT: Not applicable
APs (including this year''s): AP Biology (4); AP Chemistry; AP US
History (4); AP Calculus BC (5); AP Euro History (5); AP Physics C
Mech/EM; AP English Language/Literature; AP German
IBs (including this year''s: Underfunded public school so no IBs
Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lang/Lit, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP German
Number of Apps from Your School: Either three or four
Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Microbiology research, Science Olympiad (Captain),
Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), Community Service, and State science fair
competitions (attended national science competitions; president of
school''s chapter)
Job/Work Experience: A part time job at the local supermarket
Essays (subject and responses): I: My life in binary; II: Death of my grandfather and discovering Ayn Rand
Teacher Recs: Both were absolutely excellent
Counselor Rec: Glowing, she knew me since fifth grade
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): My favorite
interview by far. We talked for two hours about abortion, politics,
philosophy, reading, cooking. It was an extremely good interview, and I
attribute that to my acceptance.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My microbiology research was featured in multiple national journals
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Underfunded public school (median SAT 1201/2400)
Ethnicity: Asian-american
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: < 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent household and first generation? They are hooks?
Strengths: Publications in journals and I spent three months on the application
Weaknesses: Below average stats for Harvard
Why you think you were accepted: If I knew I would tell you, but I don''t. I was actually expecting that little envelope.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrat to everyone who was accepted. I am looking forward to meeting
everyone in the upcoming weeks. To those who were not so lucky, it was
not meant to be and as a CCer you will inevitably enter an extremely
good school.
Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: NO
SAT I (by section): 800V, 700M, 710W, 9E
SAT IIs: 800 Latin, 800 Lit, 800 Chem, 750 U.S., 750 Bio M
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.557W, 4.0UW, weighted went up on midyear
Rank: 1/118, stayed the same midyears
APs (including this year''s): English Comp 5, Latin 5, Bio 5, Chem 5, US 5
Senior Yr Courseload: All APs
Number of Apps from Your School: 6
Other stats (Awards, etc.): JCL awards, national latin exam awards,
commended(probably useless) student, essay contests, volunteer awards
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: state officer, newspaper, Red Cross, student council, captain of running and skiing
Job/Work Experience: 1 restaurant job
Essays (subject and responses): had mixed responses, very polar, too. topics were rather cliche.
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): super duper excellent
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): No
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): smallish, somewhat poor public
Ethnicity: Japanese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
Strengths: uh...
Weaknesses: low(er) SATs, commended student only, typos in application
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Had a second interview with local admissions officer?
Other Factors: Being overrepresented really helped.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No way!!!! IN ADDITON, WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY A
SINGLE CENT!!!
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Decision && School: REJECTED
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 750
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing:730
SAT Total: 2230
SAT II: 800 Spanish, 780 Math IIC, 730 USH
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: 7, all 5s and 4s
GPA weighted: 4.19
GPA unweighted: ?
Rank or % estimate: 27/1242
[ b]Subjective:[/b]
Essays: about my accent
Teacher Recs: I loved them
Counselor Rec: I thought it was good
Hook (if any): hispanic, speak 5 languages, moved to the US in 7th grade
[ b]Location/Person:[/b]
State or Country: TX
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: feamle
Legacy Yes/N no
Recruited Yes/N no
Important ECs: ton of leadership, placed at fbla state, senior-editor of literary magazine, varsity xc
Other Factors: parents don''t have college degree
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Kind of expected. I got deferred and then rejected.
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REJECTED.
[ *] SAT: CR: 760 M: 700 W: 700
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 on US History, 730 on Literature, 670 Math II
[ *] GPA: 3.9/4.0
[ *] Rank: top 5% of at least 350 kids
[ *] AP/IB scores: 4 on US History, 4 on English Language, 4 on Psychology
[ *] Courseload: Hardest Possible
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Essays: very good essays that showed my personality and how I want to impact the world
[ *] Recommendations: at least one good one, not sure about the other one
[ *] Hook (if any): i guess not
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: top Catholic prep school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Debate, and a lot of other stuff
[ *] Summer: Internship
Other Factors:
Throughout my high school experience, I showed a lot of intellectual
curiosity. I pursued my passions. I had lots of leadership experience
in serving other people.
I am sad that I was not accepted
into Harvard, but I do have some other great choices to consider:
Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, UPENN, and Cornell.
Good luck to all you guys in the future.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA?: No
SAT I :Math 800, CR 800, Writing 710
ACT:none
SAT II:US History 760, Math Level 2 800, Korean w. Listening 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd (1st as of end of junior year) of a class of about 729 students
AP :Chemistry (2), Spanish Language (3), European History (3), Calculus AB (4), US History (5)
IB :none
Senior Year Course Load:AP English Lit, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics,
AP Government, AP Calculus BC, Drama I, and Cross Country/Track
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar/Presidential Scholar candidate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Key Club (Treasurer
11th), Science Club (Secretary 12th), JSA, S.M.A.C.-Sports Music And
Charity (Co-Founder/President, 11th, 12th), Role of "Ho-Jon" in school
play M*A*S*H
Job/Work Experience:Korean Video Store
Volunteer/Community serviceowney Regional Medical Center (Out-Patient Surgical Center)
Summer Activities:Running, volunteering, and working
Essays:Someone who read them said that either the admissions people
were going to really like them or really hate them. I wrote about Chuck
Norris, Science Club, and SMAC.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good~ (I love my teachers~ ^.^)
Counselor Rec:Good~
Additional Rec:none
Interview:TOUGH INTERVIEW!!! It was my first college interview, and I
didn''t know how they were supposed to be like. He was a very nice guy,
but he started asking me about abortion, the war, and other tough tough
issues~ We got onto presidential candidates and I said I was for Barack
Obama, and he said, "Oh, I''m a Hilary fan" and all I was thinking was
"Gulp!*" I thought it was my worst interview of all the interviews I
went to, but wow~ ^.^ My friend from my school had been interviewed by
him a week before and when I told her about my interview, she was like,
what the... he didn''t ask me anything as tough as that !!! (btw, she
was accepted too! ^.^)
Other
State (if domestic applicant):California
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Korean-American
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:about 30,000 (lower middle class)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:I thought I was too silly with my essays~ T.T
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Perhaps someone on the review board really liked Chuck Norris~ O.o?
General Comments:
I got rejected to my first choice (Cornell) and also to Yale,
Princeton, and Stanford. It was a really big surprise to find out I had
been accepted to Harvard~ I only applied because my friends wanted me
to at least try~ (thank you~~) So, I''d like to say, anything is
possible!!! At least try, everyone!! Congratulations to all those who
were accepted!! Good Luck to everyone~ Go Class of 2007!!!
Also, as of now, I think I will be attending Harvard~ Unless my
wait-list status at Cornell changes... But my parents are really
enthusiastic about my attending Harvard, although they really didn''t
want me going to the east coast~ So I guess I''ll be seeing some of you
there! ^.^
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 800 M 800 CR 760 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Bio-M, 720 US Hist
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW, 4.92 W
Rank: 4/500
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year''s): Music Theory (5), Psychology (5), World
History (5), English Language (4), AP US (4), Calc BC (3); this year:
Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit, Physics C
IBs (including this year''s): n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit,
Physics C, Econ H, Science Research, Multivariable Calculus (accredited
by Stanford)
Number of Apps from Your School: 4 (one was accepted, two of us were waitlisted)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with
Distinction, National Academic Challenge Semifinalist Team member, U
Penn book award, YWCA People to Watch award, Organization of Chinese
Americans Outstanding High School Student Grand Prize, Outbound
Ambassador Scholarship to Italy, Tennis Sportsmanship and Team Spirit
trophies, National German Exam Medal, AMC 10 Superior Awards,
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano Solo (International Solo Recital Tour, Honors
Program at music school, Masterclasses, and Festivals), Chamber Music
(World Premiere, Masterclasses, and Festivals), Tennis, German Club
(President)Academic Challenge (President), Math Team (President),
Science Research Program (Special Events Coordinator-aka I organize/run
competitions)
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as Research Intern
at the National Office of the March of Dimes (year-round since
sophomore year)
Essays (subject and responses): One was on a single
performance that I had played in China this past summer at a day care
center for children with cerebral palsy and how that affected me. The
other was on a tennis match that I had once won despite overwhelming
odds
Teacher Recs: I''ve only seen one, and it was "best student
ever". The other was my math teacher, whose class I was in for two
years and he advises two of the clubs that I preside over, so we''re
good friends
Counselor Rec: ok, probably very generic (counselor has 200+ students)
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): awesome, could not have been better, or so I''d thought.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a; my research had not won any national awards
Location/Person: Westchester
State or Country: New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: ECs, Scores, 1st essay
Weaknesses: another asian girl from Westchester, NY; general essay topics too overused
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I have no
idea where I will be going. I was rejected at Princeton and Yale and
waitlisted at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and Columbia. I really wish I
had applied to Harvard early, before I had any competition from my
school. (I really, really, really hope that I can get in off of one of
those waitlists, but I''m completely unconnected-no legacy, $$$,
minority status, whatsoever) so I will be visiting Brown, Darmouth, and
Cornell soon.
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Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
* Deferred EA? N/A
* SAT I (breakdown):770CR, 790M, 740W
* SAT II: 740 Math2, 800 Chemistry, 790 Bio M, and some others...
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 103.8 Weighted, 4.0 unweighted
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/498
* AP/IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Chemistry (5), AP Econ (4), AP Chem (4)
* Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL/BC Calc, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB History HL, IB French SL, Advanced Orchestra
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Speaker at State Debate, Nat''l
Merit Finalist, Nat''l Qual in Debate lotsa times, State Qual in
Debate/Acadec, Science Fair State... crap like that.
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic
Decathlon (captain), Speech/Debate (Captain), Orchestra
(President/Pianist), Dance, Tennis, NHS (A/V Coordinator), Student
Council, Pan American Round Table Youth Group (Co-President),
HiQ/College bowl
* Job/Work Experience: Worked at a B&B every
summer for the past bunches of years, Taught a kids art camp at the EP
Art Museum
* Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Pan American Round Table, Volunteered at a Nursing Facility
* Summer Activities: Concordia College''s summer language immersion camp
(after freshman year), Tufts Summit in Annecy, France, volunteer stuff
* Essays: One about how acadec is great because i study things that
aren''t in the typical curriculum, one on how my chem teacher taught me
how to have passion for learning, and i don''t remember the rest, haha...
* Teacher Recommendation: should be fine....
* Counselor Rec: Should be fine...
* Additional Rec: didn''t do it
* Interview: GREAT! Had a federal court judge who used to live next to my grandparents.... That was good...
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Texas
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Large, Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: middle class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada
Reflection
* Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, nat''l merit, geographic location
* Weaknesses: ethinicity, rank (not number 1)
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good basic stats, awesome interview, decent recs
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Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:
SAT Verbal: 760
SAT Math: 790
SAT Writing: 720
SAT Total: 2270
SAT II: 770 Math I, 800 Math II, 800 Latin
ACT: n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: Lang&Comp - 5; US History - 5; Latin Lit - 5; taking BC Calc, Physics, Gov, Lit & Stats this year
GPA weighted: 4.81
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate: School doesn''t rank, but I''m somewhere from 1-3 / 145
Subjective:
Essays: One on being kicked out of AP Chem to fulfill art requirements
(I thought it was pretty good); the other was a bit more abstract &
had to do with my being an analytical thinker.
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Extremely good
Interview: Very good, I thought. The guy was very enthusiastic about my
qualifications, and said he''d be very happy to see me at Harvard.
Hook (if any): Thought Girl Scouts may help, but it didn''t. I had a
connection that I didn''t pull originally, but I''m trying to pull it
now--don''t see who gets off the waitlist without that, unfortunately.
>.<
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Extremely small, elite public school--feeder school for
Harvard (4/145 got in this year); sends dozens to top schools each year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: 100,000++... not sure, but it''s very high
Legacy Yes/N No
Important ECs: Mock Trial (2 yr Captain), Math Team (Captain), Model UN
(founder/secretary general), AAU Co-Pres, Literary Magazine secretary,
Student Council, School Council, Varsity Field Hockey (1st team
All-Star), Varsity Tennis, Physics Olympics, Peer Ministry, Girl Scouts
Other Factors:
Kinda knew I was screwed from the start--four people from my school got
into Harvard this year--every single one of which was a legacy. Three
got in EA, one got in RD (and the one who got in RD got waitlisted at
Georgetown, where I got in). It''s kinda frustrating, but I''m at least
proud that I made it onto the waitlist without a single connection
whatsoever to the school.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats on those who got in! Feel free to turn Harvard down for Yale/Princeton or whatever though, haha.
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Decision: ACCEPTED!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2400 (800 CR, 800 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math L2, 800 World Hist, 750 US Hist, 740 Lit
APs: 5s on AP US Hist, World Hist, Human Geo
IBs: nada
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/425
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Euro, AP Lit, Chamber Ensemble
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Harvard Book Award, AIME, etc.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: NHS, Beta, Varsity Tennis, County Leadership Team,
Model Atlanta Regional Commission, State Student Advisory Council,
Piano, Orchestra (Violin), Youth Group, Foster Children''s Foundation,
etc.
Job/Work Experience: Swim Instructor, Tennis Instructor, Assistant Tutor
Essays (subject and responses): One related first experience at karaoke
bar to mishap at piano recital and how I learned from the latter.
Supplemental one was poem about growing up. Yeah, I took a risk there.
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel and general location): Pretty good for my first interview. 1.5 hours long at a restaurant.
Hook (if any): I think I''m fairly well-rounded. And very involved.
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends few kids to top colleges
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: It''s complicated.
Gender: Male
Hooks: Didn''t I just answer this?
Strengths/Weaknesses: Stats, essays, ECs... I don''t know.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Stats are my friend.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I thought
for sure I was getting rejected, so it was definitely a nice surprise.
Makes my choice 10x harder though.
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harvard--accepted (speechless, not sure what to think of this..)
duke--accepted (i love this school!!)
colby--accepted (awesome campus)
dickinson--accepted
clark--accepted
dartmouth--accepted
columbia--waitlist
upenn--waitlist
princeton--rejected
amherst--rejected
macalaster-waitlist(i was really excited about MAC, but no hard
feelings now! Come to think of it, i probably messed up something-oh
well..)
SAT 1(2010--so very low!!)--CR 700/math 660/WR 650, essay-10
SAT2 physics-800 math2c-780 literature-730
Rank- 1 out of approx 70/no gpa at our school
British IGCSE 9 A*,2 A
GCE A levels physics-A, maths-A, Economics-A,English-A,chemistry-A
GCE AS levels(half of A levels): furhter maths-B, History-A
Schl courses: 4 yrs of arabic and bengali-both always As
ECs--lots of stuff at school, and a few outside of school. I''ll give details later (very lazy now!)
Sorry for this format. I''ll do the right format in a few days, and i''ll
also be giving my views on the whole admissions process. So many people
told me my sat 1 was really low, but i hope my situation shows people
that sat 1 scores wont really make, or BREAK, the deal for you--many
many things come up in the selection process.
okkkk--i''ll be back with cc in about a week--right now gotta pack (going to dubai!!)
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Decision: ACCEPTED!!
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2360, 2 sittings (800 CR, 760 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Bio-M, 750 Lit
APs: 5''s on AP Psych, AP Bio, AP U.S., AP Euro
IBs: -
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW
Rank: -
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP French, AP Econ, Honors Physics
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Mt. Holyoke Book Award, AACR
(American Association for Cancer Research) member, AP Scholar w/
Distinction
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Medical research, newspaper (EIC), Model UN (president), dance, piano, NHS, Habitat for Humanity
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, fellowship at local newspaper, hired by biotech company for ovarian cancer research
Essays (subject and responses): 1. My love of reading, 2. My love of skiing despite being terrible at it
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel and general location): It was okay; certainly very
interesting (we talked about everything from abortion to homeland
security to the interviewer''s experiences in WWII), but I felt that I
had a much better interview with Princeton, from which I was ultimately
rejected. I think it goes to show that interviews don''t matter that
much.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive
public, sending students from this class to every Ivy League school
except Princeton.
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Gender: Female
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats
to everyone else who got in!! I''m pretty sure I''ll be attending Harvard
and I hope I get to meet some of you there.
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Decision: Accepted
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: NO
SAT I (by section): 750V, 760M, 740W, 11E
SAT IIs: 760 Bio M, 760 World, 760 Math 1
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 96.6
Rank: Top 2 percent, 940 in graduating class.
APs (including this year''s): Bio 5 World 5 American TBA Calc AB TBA English Lit TBA
Senior Yr Courseload: Organic Chem, Genetics, Anatomy, AP Eng, Calc AB, APUSH
Number of Apps from Your School: Many
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, President''s
Volunteer Service Award, Prudential Spirit of the Community Certificate
of Excellence.
Extracurriculars: NHS, BETA, Political Discussion group, College office aid,
stuff in general. Volunteer work.
Job/Work Experience: Dental Assisting, Paid internship at Museum, Nurse''s Assisting.
Essays (subject and responses): Common App - dealing with my friend''s
cancer, starting a non profit organization to help her family and raise
awareness, Harvard supplement - really weird, living life within the
boundaries of my frame. as in a painting. as in a painfully
overextended metaphor.
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good for large public school
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): went well, talked a lot about my family and extracurriculars.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): General awesomeness i think.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large inner city magnet school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: over 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i''ll repeat, i am white.
Strengths: positive outlook on life. proactiveness.
Weaknesses: Lower GPA, NYC, Lots of good applicants.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I tried.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
this is amazing.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
Deferred EA? yes
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 690WR
ACT:34
SAT II: 800USH, 780 MIIC, 790Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): na/4.612
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/360ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on USH, bio, calc ab, eng lang, psych
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP gov, honors journ, ap calc bc, ap spanish, ap chem, ap lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):siemens semi, publish abstract, policy
debate state champ, AIME qual, 3rd in swimming sect, etc
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): water polo
(captain), swimming, track, newspaper (editor in chief), policy debate,
science research
Job/Work Experience:lack there of
Volunteer/Community service: local hospital and library 300+ hrs
Summer Activities: camps, water polo
Essays: eh
Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 pretty trite
Counselor Rec: don''t expect much
Additional Rec: decent
Interview: very well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: not URM
Gender:M
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP
Reflection
Strengths: number of ECs, involvement
Weaknesses: lack of focus (esp. with a weak writing SAT)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they had my app for over half a year...
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? No
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 750/M 670/W 770
* ACT: n/a
* SAT II: Bio 730/Lit 720/US History 740
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0000
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 375
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 10 tests and 11 classes (more than the 9 offered at my school) ; got 6 "5"s
* IB (place score in parenthesis):
* Senior Year Courseload: AP Calc, AP Eng., AP Euro, AP Environ. Science, AP Physics C, Percussion, Jazz Band
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Valedictorian, Natl Merit, Jr. NYLC
Keynote Speaker, Principal''s Leadership, WA Scholar, Spokane Social
Studies Scholar, music awards galore, science awards, bajillion other
awards
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place
leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans (Pres.) , Moral
Awareness (Pres/Founder), Science Bowl/Olympiad (President),
Percussion/jazz/marching/pipe/piano/ good at music (lots of leadership
positions), NHS (VP), Knowledge Bowl, 4 yrs Cross Country, 4 yrs
Varsity Track (not the best runner in the world/ not good enough to run
for Harvard), reenacting battles, church drama group (pres/founder)
* Job/Work Experience: tutor, pianist
* Volunteer/Community service: counselor, tutor, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, church things, campaigning, neighborhood council, avid
volunteering -too much junk to list
* Summer Activities: counseling few weeks as a JC at a local camp, teaching VBS, NYLC, traveling
* Essays: I really liked them (my writing is strong)- one on
campaigning on Halloween and different republican/learning activities
with my best friend; the other on being a pastor''s daughter, having 5
sisters, and how that impacts my morality; both were humorous and were
the antithesis of fake or what I thought they might want
* Teacher
Recommendation: one from 11th grade AP English, one from AP Calc, I
thought they could have been better but both were, I guess, fantastic
* Counselor Rec: my counselor adores me
* Additional Rec:
* Interview: had a major cough, but she really thought I''d fit in at
Harvard and we related because she was a Christian like me and she
thought I was super interesting despite me coughing on her; when I left
(kinda early because I was sick), I told her I had to go back to
English to reenact Hamlet and read Hamlet''s lines because no one else
would. She smiled, stared, and said that she loved Hamlet.
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: 40,000 ish...low enough to qualify for a free-ride
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
* Strengths: I''m unique because I''m a conservative republican and
Christian and my writing reflected it (I didn''t realize that I was
flaunting my uniqueness with those essays until I started to wonder how
in the world I got in); I sent in a CD with my marimba solo recording
* Weaknesses: other applicants had higher scores
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had something
others didn''t (right-wing all the way) and wasn''t afraid to tell about
my conservatism; no one ever got in from my school and no one from my
city (Spokane) for a few years
General Comments: Don''t stress
on the scores; give them who you are, not who you think they might want
you to be; I never thought I would get in, so it majorly changed my
vision of my future
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
* Deferred EA? Applied RD Only
* SAT I (breakdown): Not Taken
* ACT: 32
* SAT II: 800 MIIC, 770 MIC, 710 Bio
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/ 4.244 W (Had 4.0UW at time of applying)
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/406 (Ranked 1st at time of applying)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Not Sent/ Bio (4), AP Lang (4), APUSH (3)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
* Senior Year Course Load: (At time of applying) Calc II, Forensic
Science, Anatomy and Physiology I, AP Literature, AP Environmental
Science, World Civilizations
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-All State Football - Academic: Top 11 football players with the highest grades in the state.
-1st Place - (Captain) Business Professionals of America Website Design: 2
years in a row (2005 & 2006).
-2nd Place - Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit; abstract of
which was published in a book by Villanova University at NCSSSMST symposium.
-City Beautiful Commissioner
-Homecoming King
-Hugh O''Brien Youth Leadership Award:One student from each school chosen to represent school at leadership symposium.
-Voted Most Likely to Succeed
-Rotary Youth Leadership Award: One of three students selected, based
on application process, to represent INTERACT chapter at leadership
symposium.
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Football Team- District Champs 3 years in a Row (Captain)(9-12th)
-City Beautiful (Commissioner) (11th)
-Link Crew (Leader) (11th-12th)
-Harvard Crimson Business Internship
-INTERACT, community service organization (9th-12th)
-Business Professionals of America (captain) (10th-12th)
-National Honor Society (11-12th)
-Student Council (President) (9th-12th)
* Job/Work Experience: Car Wash Manager 30hrs/Week (Mostly Weekends)
* Volunteer/Community service:
-INTERACT- Various Stuff - 70 hours
-Link Crew Leader - Mentoring - 40 hours
-Helping out with translating and tutoring arabic kids in Detroit during summer - 200 hours
Total : 400 Hours
* Summer Activities: Every summer I attend football camps, but in addition to summer football camps I have participated in:
-Community Service- (9th)
-Attending University of Michigan Medical Academy (only 50 students from all of Michigan are selected) (10th)
-Harvard Summer School (11th) and Business Internship at Harvard Crimson (11th)
* Essays: Great, Admissions Officer Called to Compliment on my essay.
* Teacher Recommendation: 1 Amazing, 1 Decent
* Counselor Rec: Did a great job
* Additional Rec: None
* Interview: Told a teacher he would give me his highest recommendation.
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): MI
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: public/half day magnet school for Math, Science and Technology
* Ethnicity: Caucasian (Arab-American)
* Gender:M
* Income Bracket: $30,000+
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Eldest Son of Nine Children, Arab-American
Reflection
* Strengths: Essays, ECs, Leadership, Well-Roundedness
* Weaknesses: Test Scores
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They loved my
essays and even called to tell me how much they enjoyed them. I am also
the eldest son of nine children, and happen to be Arab-American. Plus,
they have that whole low income initiative now.
General Comments: It takes hard work, and a bit of good luck. I wish you all the best
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