<p>pretty much everyone on this whole freaking thread was accepted except me</p>
<p>@ stupefy</p>
<p>I don’t think you’re the only one, trust me. I think that everyone who got rejected just doesn’t feel like taking the time to post stats and waste more time thinking about a school they didn’t get in?</p>
<p>Idk, just a guess. But all my friends just went out and had fun last night, and didn’t really feel like looking at other people who got in, especially if they had similar stats.</p>
<p>But it’s okay stupefy, everything happens for a reason.You will end up at the school you will be happiest at.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (740CR 780M 790W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Physics, 800 Math II, 770 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 90.71, but my school only releases transcripts
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP Calc BC, Advanced Lit & Comp, Classic Myth(1st sem), Cosmology(2nd sem)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): hahaha</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (art club), art editor for yearbook, minor stuffs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Coauthored a website for a company, interned as a web/graphic designer for a film festival
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: web designer for an organization to help Liberians, teacher’s aide at a summer program for kids
[</em>] Essays: I talked about my love for indie games in my common app, but I think they could tell I bsed the optional essay …
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but one writes really good recs and the other seemed to like me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She liked my artsy side.
[<em>] Additional Rec: I got a glowing rec from the director at my internship.
[</em>] Interview: I stumbled a lot and didn’t answer some of her questions - sadly it was one of the better interviews I had.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Si senor
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Being artsy I guess, and my scores were pretty decent.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low gpa, possibly my optional essay, my interview, lack of outstanding ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My weaknesses :**D? [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>(There you go, Stupefy)</p>
<p>Time: None?
They somehow forgot about releasing the decision of my application and so I resorted to calling them. The admissions lady was very excited to tell me the good news she said, as she didn’t want to hand out bad news over the phone. I got a very generous scholarship of 50K, and seeing this much financial aid, I am overwhelmed, although I still must wait for some other schools!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280
ACT:
SAT II (if submitted): M2 800, Biology 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/70?
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 4, 4 Chinese, US/World History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 2 Honors, 1 AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit… Some other school/regional ones.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Honor society
Job/Work Experience: Newspaper journalist, sales associate
Volunteer/Community service: Service Organization, 300+ hours
Essays: No idea, I thought they were decent?
Teacher Recommendation: One teacher said he rated in top 1%, other teacher seemed to be happy to write them.
Counselor Rec: Good?
Additional Rec: ?
Interview: I forgot to reply back to the interviewer.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: political science
State (if domestic applicant): AP
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, but I’m thankful.</p>
<p>**Decision: Waitlisted –>Pratt **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take…
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite (twice);
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 760 US History, 720 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/1100 (top 2%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Euro, US History, Comp Sci A, and Eng Lang & Comp. Taking 6 more tests this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s, but taking regular English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSHSS Member, IMEA All State (Violin), AP Scholar w/Distinction… nothing too special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (1st Violin Section Leader), Violin, Urban Arts Club (Recruiter/Promoter), Movie Production Club (founder/head Editor).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Math Tutoring, Working at a grocery store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library work, volunteering at soup kitchen
[<em>] Essays: common app essay was very good, best I have written. Why NU essay was not bad either.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but proly generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: Unable to get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Industrial Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, if anything anti-hooks for being affluent and asian
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of interview, somewhat generic EC’s, Grades are a little inconsistent
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted because there were better applicants from my school. Also my EC’s are average at best. Perhaps an interview would have helped me…[/li] [/ul]**General Comments: Start your college search in the summer. Stay organized and also make sure you have a clear idea of what the schools are looking for. If your time and money are going to be invested in completing these apps, you might as well make it the best damn application you can. Also once you send in your applications stop worrying and focus on the other things in your life. Being paranoid and worrisome will not affect your decision. You will know your decision in time, so there’s no use in fretting over it. **</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected –> Trinity</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240- 770W, 760M, 710CR
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 770 Physics, 740 Math
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 47/430 (I think), Top 11%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (4), AP Euro (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not Offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin: Vergil, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, Honors English IV, Honors Latin III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (Unless you count the A Honor Roll lol)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Wrestling (Captain, 4 Years), Varsity Tennis (Conference Champions, 2 Years), Schools Computer Services and Information Club (Vice President, 3 Years) Environmental Concerns Organization (2 Years), Junior Classical League (2 Years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor @ Video Game Design Camp at local middle school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours at Regional Medical Center (Sophomore Year)
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about Bumper Stickers on my Car for my admissions essay. Thought it was fairly decent, had a number of adults look it over and rewrote it a couple times. Didn’t put nearly as much effort into the “optional” Why Duke essay, though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Thought they were pretty solid, had a teacher in my intended major (physics) write one. Friend of mine was accepted to Pratt ED and he had the same two teachers write his recommendations. Maybe they just like him more than me lol.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Positive, but we weren’t very close.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Went fairly well, although the woman was kind of negative about the people at Duke (she called them “rich” and “snobby”). She didn’t really seem to be trying very hard to sell me on the school.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics and Philosophy (Double)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, top 20 in the state
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, really.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good essays, decent test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low class rank + GPA, not a whole lot of extracurriculars relating to my major
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Duke, while it is an awesome school, just never seemed perfect for me. That’s probably why I put far less work into my Duke Application than I did for other schools like Brown or Tufts. I think part of me just wanted to leave North Carolina for college. In retrospect, I wish I had put some more work into writing the essays and actually appearing interested in the school.[/li][/ul]General Comments: First Rejection :/. Waitlisted from UChicago. Waiting to hear from Brown, Yale, and Tufts. Oh well, there are worse fates, like being buried alive. At least I’m not that.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted! For the rest of us, good luck everywhere else!</p>
<p>Accepted though I’m probably not going.</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I 2360 (790CR 790M 780W)
- ACT:
- SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 780 Biology, US Hist. 740
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 Weighted GPA: 4.50
- AP: Calc BC (5) Bio (5) Chem (5) Span. Lang (5) US Hist. (5) Will take 3 more in May
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Soccer team and Indoor track. Relay for Life volunteer
- Job/Work Experience: SEAP between Junior and Senior year: worked at Walter Reed Research Center. Also did senior mentorship at Walter Reed.
- Volunteer/Community service: After school tutoring through my school, Enviromental clean up group in community, twice did summer volunteer work with a group that is similar to Habitat for Humanity
- Essays: I honestly don’t remember what my optional essay was about
- Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but both teachers had me for two years
- Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but I think he likes me.
- Additional Rec: I got a wonderful rec from the director at my mentorship.
- Interview: I did interview with a recent grad. Hard to say how it went because we discussed many things. But I was comfortable with him.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
- Intended Major: BME
- State (if domestic applicant): MD
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Very competitive public school
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 100k+
- Hooks (SEAP and mentorship at Walter Reed):
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Very hard course load with just one B+ (AP Span. Lang.) and high test scores. Nat’l Merit Finalist
- Weaknesses: I probably could have been more involved in school.
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know why I was accepted especially when I read stats on people who were waited or rejected. WOW!
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 770 Writing, 770 CR –> 2310
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math II, 790 Physics, 770 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):dunno out of 4.0, but it’s a 98.8/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/56
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 US History, 5 Bio, 5 Physics B, 5 English Language
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Comp Sci A, AP Spanish V, AP Chem, AP English Lit, Senior independent study of Multivariable Calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended, not much else…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council President, Math Honors Society President, Environmental Club VP, Varsity Lacrosse and Cross Country, founded a math tutoring program at my school with my best friend
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor back in freshman and sophomore years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much, mostly a lot of tutoring
[</em>] Essays: I liked my common app essay. It was very personal and displayed my vulnerabilities that I’ve worked to overcome
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but should’ve been fabulous
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but was probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NEW JERSEY BABY!
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, essays, class rank, and I have some pretty extensive leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: my Why Duke wasn’t the greatest, but it said what needed to be said
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, but me and my best friend got in and we’re freaking ecstatic[/li][/ul]General Comments: I literally danced for an hour after getting accepted last night. Duke’s been one of my top choices since the freaking 7th grade. It’s awesome. But I have some other choices ahead of it (Dartmouth and Columbia) so I’ll have to wait before I decide whether or not I’ll go there.</p>
<p>^^ freezing Dartmouth and Columbia ahead of sunny and warm Duke? You’re crazy.</p>
<p>Dartmouth ahead of Duke makes all the sense in the world to me. No real comparison there.</p>
<p>Duke ranks higher than Dartmouth in the most recent reports I’ve read… although I would love to go to each equally. They’re both fantastic institutions.</p>
<p>rankings aren’t everything nor an indicator of success in the field you seek to pursue</p>
<p>It’s going to take a while to get over this,</p>
<p>but CONGRATS! to everyone who got in! :)</p>
<p>WHOOOOOOOOOO!
Rejected.
Congrats to all who got in though :)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI (breakdown): 800 CR/ 800 W/ 780 M
[</em>]SATII (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 750 Bio
[<em>]Unweighted GPA(outof4.0): 3.87
[</em>]Rank: Top 20%
[<em>]AP: 3 5s
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and one random class
[<em>]Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars : Debate (captain), Mock Trial (Secretary), FBLA (project chair), religious group youth leader, dance teacher
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: tutor, dance teacher, and hotel internship
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: began a tutoring program for underprivileged students, and a lot of religious stuff
[<em>]Essays: about dr seuss!
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>]Additional Rec:none
[<em>]Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>]Intended Major: Trinity Econ
[</em>]State: CA
[<em>]School Type: Competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>]Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: SAT, ecs
[<em>]Weaknesses: rank, gpa
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha see above?
[/ul]General Comments: That’s okay. I’m now in the incredible position of trying to decide between Amherst, Pomona, and Berkeley :D</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT:34 (math 35, english 35, reading 33, science 32)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): math 760, ushist 670, physics 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.6 out of 5 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/307
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc AB, 4 Stats, 5 US History, 5 US Gov’t, 5 Psychology
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 SL Psych
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: A1 English HL, Math HL/calc bc, AP human geog, A2 French SL, Physics SL, History HL, ToK
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):ehh ap scholar with distinction, nuttin much</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano, violin (youth orchestra), nhs member, nshs member, nfhs member, baking cakes, eating food
[ *] Job/Work Experience: journalist for local newspaper, piano teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: teacher for religious education, organizer of 40 mile beach clean up, bake off competition organizer (proceeds for local food bank), violin in church orchestra
[ *] Essays: decent common app, proud of why duke
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: decent (I think)
[ *] Counselor Rec: coolio
[ *] Additional Rec: one from piano teacher
[ *] Interview:ehh, average </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: sure did
[ *] Intended Major: bme
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL 
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: squinty-eyed, chopstick using, rice eating type
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nuttin much here (girl in engineering, I suppose?)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: piano supplement, grades, essays
[ *] Weaknesses:test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hard work, a lot of luck, I’m awesome and make sweet cakes
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] SO EXCITED! woke up at 5 am this morning and had to re-read the letter to make sure I didn’t dream last night!</p>
<p>lol stupefy ur everywhere!
your gonna go somewhere great!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/790 (R/M/W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800/780/770 (US History, Literature, Chemistry)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Literature (5), English Language (5), Chinese (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mech, AP Environmental Science, AP Government, Honors British Literature
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Bellevue Youth Symphony (7 years, concertmaster, assistant concertmaster), Seattle Youth Symphony, Academy Chamber Orchestra, school orchestra (assistant concertmaster, performed in Carnegie Hall); National Honor Society (4 years, treasurer, secretary); Key Club; Environmental Club (3 years); ballet
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at ChinaHRD (a web-focused HR firm) in Beijing
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer work at local library, Instructional Materials Committee
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was my strongest essay. Were there even any supplemental essays? I can’t remember.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Mid-size public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None I can think of.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, grades, dedication? Probably my recommendations.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I guess those recommendations could be a weakness, too. Maybe my counselor didn’t like the flavor of chocolate I got her?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It probably comes down to good test scores and grades.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m happy that I was accepted, but I also feel rather guilty, because there are definitely a lot of people who were rejected who want to go to Duke a lot more than I do. I did this application last-minute after getting rejected EA at Stanford- I literally filled it out (no supplemental essays, thank God!) in fifteen minutes the day before flying to Cancun for winter break. Considering my lack of effort and no interview request, I actually did not expect to be accepted. So I suppose I was pleasantly surprised? But to all of you who really want to go to Duke, and are waitlisted/rejected- I’m truly sorry. If I could give you my spot, I would.</p>