<p>D Rejected 
Please see stats on profile
Congratulations to all who got in!
To everyone else: I am sure a great and amazing university will be thrilled to have you! If you applied to Duke, I am sure you are an amazing student and you will have many great options to choose from. Good luck! 
D will be visiting Vandy, WashU and Bowdoin soon to make her final decision.</p>
<p>my D also rejected. 4.0 UW, 1/150, 35 ACT. One just never knows why or why not one gets admitted.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):770 (CR), 670(M), 740(W) (Total: 2180/2400)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): 720/700/670 (US History, Literature, Chemistry)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Chemistry (3), English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Comparitive Politics, AP Government, AP Psychology, Ledership development (yes, it is a class at my school), Physics HN, Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Achievement Semifinalist, West Point Ethics Conference, National Society of High School Scholars</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Student Government (2 Years), Key Club Vice President (3 years), School Representative in county government (1 year), Lead Hardware Developer for FIRST Robotics team (2 years), National Honor Society (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at County Sheriffās office
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer work at local library, Food and clothing Drives for Key Club and National Honor Society, Chemistry and algebra tutor
Essays: Common App essay was my strongest essay, wrote an optional essay about DukeEngage and why I love community service.
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): I had two, think they were pretty solid
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Decent
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): See comment on teacher rec
Interview: Submitted really early so I could get one, think it went really well</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Intended Major: Psychology (but will definitely get Pre-Law advising)
State (if domestic applicant): VA (Northern)
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Mid-size public (Very competitive county, only one other person from school got in)
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Mid 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first gen college student, both parents are wounded military veterans from Persian gulf</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, grades, dedication? Probably my recommendations,but essay was decent, raised my SAT score 310 pts in two months, solid grades, I have ALOT of leadership positions in clubs (see extracurriculars for activities)
Weaknesses: I donāt think test scores were very high, mid year report was not straight Aās. Also, I was still tired from the work I put into Harvard app
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am an URM, I put alot of work into school, and I have strong amount of community involvement</p>
<p>General Comments: I am really happy I got in, Duke is my first choice. I applied to Harvard and Yale, but I donāt see myself getting in to either. I also got into UVA, UChicago, and Baylor U, but I will probably go with Duke unless an Ivy wants to give me a full ride.
Congrats to everyone else that got in, hope to see you on campus!!!</p>
<p>GO BLUE DEVILS!! LETS WIN THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT!!!</p>
<p>I think schools look so much on essay for the āfitā part assuming some minimum stats are thereā¦or else one just randomly matches some criteria that is needed to get a distribution of gender, geography, choice of major, etc. It is a mystery to me too.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention: 5:35 rejected hahahha if this means something :)</p>
<p>**Time: 1:16 **</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1550; 2280 CR 800; M 750; W 730
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Latin 750; Lit 760; Math2 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unknown; 4.25/4.0 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank (roughly top 10%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Micro 5, Macro 4, Euro 5, Latin 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 4 Honors, 1 Independent Study Language
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, National latin exam awards x 4 years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band x 4 years (Field Commander x 2 years)
Latin Club x 4 years (Parliamentarian, 12th)
Latin Conventions - State and National 11 & 12
Museum Ambassador for Nationally recognized Art Museum, chosen by HS faculty
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Middle School Summer Band Camp Counselor
Latin Club Service Projects
Museum Ambassador projects
[</em>] Essays: interesting and well-crafted; wrote about favorite hobby: tree-climbing
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: did not see, but expect glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: did not see, but ditto
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: connected strongly with intereviewer; lasted over an hour</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Classics and Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large, Academically competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): none obvious</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: 5 years of Latin; 3 years of Greek; 1 year of independent study German.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA could have been higher
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not enough slots for all qualified candidates[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all accepted! Condolences to those rejected. To other waitlisters: be not afraid ā the future is before us!</p>
<p>My D:</p>
<p>Time 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770/730/800 (R/M/W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): 690/680 (Math II, US History)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.65 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/580
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Chemistry (4), English Lang & Comp (5), Computer Science A (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Psych, AP Biology, AP US Gov, AP Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honors</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Student Government (3 years President), Vasity Swimming (3 years, Captain, MVP), Varsity Wrestling, School Spirit group (founder and leader), Church youth leadership team (3 years), NHS, DARE Role Model (3 years), Multiple Sclerosis MS150 cyclist/fundraiser (ride my bike annually 180+ miles over one weekend to raise money for national MS Society - 4 years), 7th place Texas High School Triathlon Championships.
Essays: Long Common App essay was good. Why Pratt essay was to long but good.
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): One would have been good the other I donāt know
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Probably vanilla
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Good rec from Associate Dean at Vanderbilt
Interview: Didnāt get one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid: No
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Up there
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Mom is an immigrant? </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Dedication to lots of ECs, grades/rank/gpa.
Weaknesses: SAT II scores, Never saw the counselor rec but assume it was generic
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades and pretty good test scores despite commitment to time consuming ECs. Well rounded in academics, sports, and other ECs.</p>
<p>General Comments: Down to Duke or University of Texas. Accepted to Texasā Engineering Honors program with some merit scholarship money. That on in-state public tuition makes full fare at Duke hard to swallow.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED to Trinity on Monday but I just havenāt gotten around to posting stats on here. I was (and still am!) absolutely shocked at being accepted, I wasnāt expecting it at allā¦but anyways here are some quick stats:</p>
<p>White female from FL
Basic Stats: 1/560ish, 35 ACT, 790 MATH II 730 BIO M SAT II
ECs:Key Club President, involved in TV Production, NHS, Brain Brawl, School Advisory Committee, 250+ volunteer service hours, etc.
Miscellaneous: 11 AP courses (including taken and currently taking), AP Scholar w/Distinction, Harvard Book Award, Silver Knights nominee in Social Science, etc.</p>
<p>*if you want more specifics you can PM me</p>
<p>Like I said before, I am very shocked and humbled at being accepted. I have a big decision to make by May 1st-itās between Duke, Vandy, and UPenn if I somehow get in there tomorrow!</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math II, 730 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), American Government (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), English Literature (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): HL English (6), HL History (6), HL Math (4), SL ITGS (6), SL French (5), SL Physics (5) +3 points for Extended Essay/TOK (received my full diploma by the end of my junior year)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, couple college courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (President/Founder), National Honor Society (President), Varsity dance team, bunch of human rights organizations, FINCA/Microfinance, Class Office (Secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Retail sales at Nordstrom (16 hrs/wk, 40 hrs/wk in summer), internship at investment firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: The usual.
[</em>] Essays: Good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didnāt read either.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didnāt read.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Went really well! </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics/political science, pre-law?
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium-sized public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not qualify for any FA.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: rigor of high school curriculum (getting IB diploma year earlier, as well as taking AP tests), essay, work experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: ethnicity, GPA, no hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academic curriculum combined with commitment to ECs. Work experience probably helped me stand out in the applicant pool. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I am BEYOND excited and honored to be accepted to such an amazing institution. Other than Duke, I have also been accepted to WUSTL, Wellesley, Barnard and the University of Washington Honors Program. Iām still waiting to hear back from Yale, Penn, Brown and Columbia, so nothing is for sure yet. Regardless, congratualations to everyone who was accepted and to those who were waitlisted/rejected, donāt give up - one college decision does not dictate your future success.</p>
<p>donāt think high SAT math scores was it - my child got 790 and got rejected</p>
<p>Seriously, anybody ever ask to be reconsidered? And how long do you wait when youāre waitlisted?</p>
<p>He had a 90% using one of those calculators to Duke and BC - got rejected by both!
You never knowā¦</p>
<p>ACCEPTED (1:16)
I cannot believe I got in!!! I probably have the lowest SAT score here
1900
Yes, I WAS ACCEPTED!
That means only one thing to me
F*** SATs!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (1:16 PM EST)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT II: Math II, Physics (800); US History (730)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: My schoolās too cool to calculate GPA 
[</em>] Rank: My school has eight seniors so it would be kinda silly to rank
[<em>] APs: Statistics, Calculus BC, both Physics Cās, Chinese, English Language, US History (5); Biology, Chemistry (taking this year)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Biology and Chemistry, Intro to Java, plus graduation requirements
[li] Major Awards: None =([/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Piano, youth group, soccer, yearbook and school newspaper layout
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: English tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly church stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: HCSSiM 2008, part-time jobs in 2009 [/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays:[list]
[li] Common App Main: 9 (I had my awesome writer friend look over it, and she said it was good)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 6 (I was kinda rushing to finish)[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: 8
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didnāt see it
[li] Interview: Didnāt get one[/li][/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: I dunno, something engineering-ish
[</em>] State/Country: Iām an American citizen living in China.
[<em>] School Type: Private/Religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[<em>] Gender: Iām a dude.
[</em>] Income Bracket: Too high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I live overseasāI guess that counts for something?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong course load, test scores, Common App essay, work experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of extracurriculars (since my schoolās so small, there arenāt many opportunities), ethnicity[/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted-Trinity 3/24/2010 1:16:00 PM E.S.T. **
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 M, 700 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 780 Math 1, 650 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.74
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5 out of 500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- Calc BC, 5 - Psych, 5 - Comp Sci A
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Statistics, AP Language, Multivariable Calculus, AP Studio Art- Photography, AP Computer Programming 3</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Wrestling (Captain), Math Honor Society (President), Varsity Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Tax Assistant, Camp Counselor
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got a lot.
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Large Public (504), Sends a few to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100K-$200K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Wrote a scholarly paper and had it published in a journal of psychology</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa/sat, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: no science awards, competitions, or anything like that
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great GPA/SAT scores, wrote a paper, fun normal guy who is motivated and passionate[/li][/ul]General Comments: This feels pretty awesome! Still have no idea where I want to go and where I will get in still.</p>
<p>Time: 1:16
Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Sorry if this isnāt perfectly formattedā¦ I copied and pasted :]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Reading 800, Math 770, Writing 750
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Lit 800, Spanish 690 (idk if I reported)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank: 2 / ~330
[</em>] AP: Lit (5), Lang (5), Calc BC (3 = fail), Comp. Sci. A (5)
[<em>] IB: our school is IB but no test results yet
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3660 English at college nearby, AP Stats, Organic/Biochemistry, AP CS AB, Discrete Math, IB French V, IB Spanish IV, AP Psych, Research Team (credit)
[<em>] Major Awards: ā¦ *shrug</em> NMF, USACO All-Stars 2009
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: research @ Pfizer (2010) and Stryker (2009), forensics (states), debate (congress), varsity tennis, student senate, school newspaper staff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: grader / teacherās assistant (2 years)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: > 400 hours, STAR award from local asso.
[</em>] Summer Activities: workinā, HHMI Med camp @ K College, EIM @ Ohio State
[<em>] Essays: pretty terrible, I only enjoy writing fictionā¦ the Common App one was about The Shawshank Redemption
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one great, one questionable
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good, Iāve known her since elem
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended major?: undecided
[<em>] State: MI
[</em>] School Type: dual-enrolled (public ~350 per grade, magnet ~65 per grade)
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian (chinese)
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000 (dunno why we applied for FA)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!!! WOOO!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ā¦ I set high standards for myself
[</em>] Weaknesses: ā¦ Iām lazy
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cuz I tried really hard? :]
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted = Duke, Vanderbilt, USC (SoCal), UMich
Rejected = Stanford (earlyā¦ I cried)
[/ul]General Comments: Iām happy but I almost wish someone else from my school had gotten itā¦ my parents are never gonna let me go :[</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 800 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 750 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/52</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, USH 5, Lang and Comp 5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Bio, and Physics B. Other classes are honors. Toughest school offers</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major like USAMO or Intel. Won highest SAT score in county. Other things for piano. (Won a state wide competition for a scholarship, and placed in top 3 of a state wide competition twice.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Much involvement in piano, guitar, Cross country (captain), NHS (president), founded a guitar education club at school, initiated foundation of NEHS at school, yearbook graphics designer.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Teaching guitar/piano students. (14 students over 4 years)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Organize quarterly blood drives at church with Red Cross. (~500 total pints collected.) Christmas book drives with B&N. (~6000 books collected) Many other things with school.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Teaching, piano masterclass, running camp.</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they were good. Personal and showed thigns about me that I wanted them to see.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Sick nasty.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Done by notable pianist Walter Hautzig.</li>
<li>Interview: Great.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): GA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Private Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pakistani</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: ~$120,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: Scores, essays, ecās</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Took the SAT 4 times, maybe didnt focus enough on my passion.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UGA, Georgia Tech, Emory and Vanderbilt. Waitlisted at Duke, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Rejected at Columbia and Cornell.</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments: Great job everyone.</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):M ā 790, W ā 750, CR ā 740 (Superscore)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II ā 800, Chemistry ā 780, U.S. History ā 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (4), European History (5), Language (5), Statistics (5), Senior Year ā Micro/Macroeconomics, Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very, very hard ā full senior schedule with a couple of independent studying for AP tests and junior/senior level college courses at state university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NCTE Writing Award, a lot of awards in national debate and national business organizations (DECA, BPA)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NHS, State President of Business Organizations, Science Olympiad, Varsity Tennis, Debate, Band, 5 year graduate of prestigious undergraduate math program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 major internships in strategic marketing and sales, radiology, healthcare management, run own tutoring business (15 students), worked as media promotion specialist for websites and startup company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours at local organizations, religious organizations
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were each tailored to match the schoolās personality. Nicely polished.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didnāt read them but I expect that they were substantially well written based on my close connection to the teachers who wrote them for me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent in three additional recommendations from my NHS advisor, my college math professor, and my college chemistry professor.
[li] Interview: Talked to him for over 3 hours because he was a biomedical engineering major. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public Large
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Unique combination of business with hardcore math and science? I donāt knowā¦</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I sent in a video of a local news station profiling me which revealed my ability to communicate effectivelyā¦ I think this helped me become remembered by Admissions.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Accidently forgetting to change another collegeās name in my Duke supplement when using parts of the essay.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I canāt believe that they thought my ālittleā accident was okay. Iām just really glad I was accepted!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Vagelos LSM Program at University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins BME Program, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Minnesota, Rice; Waitlisted: None; Rejected: Stanford</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else!!!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 800 M, 740 W (2280 composite)
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 790 Bio M, 690 USHistory
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/185
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 UShist, 4 USgov, 5 bio
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): vice pres. of thespians, staff accompanist for my school, music director of several shows, academic team, tennis team, orchestra, a few nhsās
[ *] Job/Work Experience: not much
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 250 hours, mostly music
[ *] Essays: decent - one about engineering, one about a show
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: one great, one fine
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: alumni interview in my hometown - very informal, but informative about duke - donāt think it made a difference haha</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[ *] School Type: archdiocesan/private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none reallyā¦</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: grades/ACT/class rank
[ *] Weaknesses: maybe essays??
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: class rank/test scores, maybe ECs?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Congrats to everyone!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 690 reading, 750 writing (2240)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 US History, 720 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/417
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), AP Calc AB (5)<br>
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP American Gov, AP English Language, Physics, AP Calc BC, Leadership, AP Biology</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer (captain this year), piano, Invisible Children (secretary), Childrens Hospital Guild, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Relay for Life (fund-raising committee chair- last year we raised over $50000 :), Link Crew Leader, etc. This year, I also co-led and organized a comedy show at my school to raise money for those that canāt afford prom- we raised over $3500
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: secretary at a law office one summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I work at an animal shelter 3-5 hours each week, Habitat for humanity, babysitting at my church
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[li] Interview: great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes- aid was pretty generous
[</em>] Intended Major: biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: public- rarely sends students to prestigious universities
[<em>] Ethnicity: asiannn
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): none </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays or letters of recommendation? I feel like I donāt have that much to offer compared to everyone else here haha
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores, schedule rigor
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, Iām not really sure- it may be the fact that I showed that I really, realllyy wanted to go to duke :)[/li][/ul]General Comments: I actually was deferred early decision. At first, I was devastated, but then I decided that I was going to do whatever it took to get in. I emailed my admissions officer asking what I could do at that point and then sent in A TON of additional letters of recommendations, updates on my senior year, and an additional essay reinforcing my enthusiasm for duke. when I was accepted me and my mom both cried. hahah happiest moment of my lifeee</p>