<p>Waitlisted…</p>
<p>1:16</p>
<p>Accepted !!!</p>
<p>**Time : 1:16</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2400/2400
GPA: 4.0/4.0
SAT II: Chem 800 Math 2C 800 Bio 790
AP: AP Chem 5, AP Bio 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP Spanish 5, AP US History 5, AP English 5**</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Trinity CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (M-790 CR-740 W-800)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (Didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II-710 USH-740 Chem-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem-5 USH-5 Lang-5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Euro, Orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founded small charity organization (president), EMT Training, sports, on a high school game show, other random stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee, camp counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Ballboy at tennis tournament
[</em>] Essays: Some very good, some okay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read one, very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, probably good
[li] Interview: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): out of state
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:150k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none that I can think of</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interview, extra-curriculars, SATs, GPA/Rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: One essay may have been mediocre
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Cause I’m handsome[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats everyone :P</p>
<p>Time: 5:00<a href=“Exactly%20when%20they%20said%20it%20would%20come%20out”>/size</a>.</p>
<p>[size=+2]Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 M, 800 C, 800 B
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 10 APs.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel, USAMO, USABO, Siemens, NFL Nationals, National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), NHS (President), Student Council (President), Class President, Research, Beta Chi Pi (President), Mu Alpha Theta (President).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Went to Louisiana to build houses, going to Puerto Rico to teach English, volunteer hours at a hospital.
[</em>] Essays: Apparently not good enough?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing, I assume.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Specutacular, I assume.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t get one?</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Good Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Tons of Research, major awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Awards, scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. I am beyond depressed right now. I don’t know what to do with myself. Congrats to everyone who got in, you all must be AMAZING.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>@stupefy: You got into Georgetown, and I’m 100 percent sure it’s a top school lol.</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 M, 740 CR, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 730 Physics, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), English Lang. (4), Biology, Spanish, English Lit, Calc. BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (7), HOA HL, Math SL, Biology HL, Spanish SL, English HL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Full Diploma - Most Rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, American Chemical Society, All County Tennis, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2nd Degree Black Belt - Karate, Concert and Jazz Bands, Varsity Tennis (Captain), Spanish Honor Society (President), National Honor Society, Math Team, Ski Club, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Hospital, Voluntary Ambulance Corps, etc. - approx. 300 hours.
[</em>] Essays: Amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: idk
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and recommendations were outstanding.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Going to Yale. Congrats to everyone accepted and good luck at Duke!</p>
<p>Rejected. </p>
<p>Two Rejections in one day…great way to boost my self confidence.</p>
<p>waitlisted. 116
at least it wasnt rejected…maybe i at least have a shot at an ivy</p>
<p>ACCEPTED !!</p>
<p>2180 SAT I … Guess it’s not all about SAT scores… :P</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/877623-class-2014-official-rd-decisions-thread-5.html#post1064270695[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/877623-class-2014-official-rd-decisions-thread-5.html#post1064270695</a></p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):1840 (1870 superscored) 
[</em>] ACT:27
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/337
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Studio art 2D (5), Studio art Drawing(3), Eng Lang(3), US Hist (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:7 AP/Honors and Tennis</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS(President) Tennis, Studio Art, Poetry…too many to list
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Alot
[<em>] Essays: Incredibly strong only reason I honestly thought I got in
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Incredible
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Interview:Best Interview Ever</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Biological Science/Visual Arts
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Tejas
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Nigerian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Great Essay, Art Portfolio</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Essay, Recs and Portfolio
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT sucked
[li] Why you think you were accepted:My essays/Rec</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Couldn’t believe it when i got a likely letter so I thought it was a mistake but I guess not. I really don’t know how to react. Good luck everyone after my MIT, UChicago and Stanford rejections this is incredible. Dreams do come true.</p>
<p>@stupefy and rtgrove123 - i’ll eat my computer, too. seriously</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (Pratt)</p>
<p>Time: 5:35</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770/720/680 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77/4.53
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): lots of 5s and a couple 4s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: college classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS finalist, US pres scholar nominee</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tons of theater with leadership, internship at science lab with own research project
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: intern
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of forestry volunteering
[</em>] Essays: my Duke alumna english teacher LOVED them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They love me. One of them shows blatant favoritism.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She loves me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Rec from supervisor at lab.
[</em>] Interview: went pretty well… idk. He isn’t into science.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: chemical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: milky
[<em>] Gender: lady
[</em>] Income Bracket: low low low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research! Interdisciplinary with a bunch of theater thrown in, took 3 years of college classes since I was 14</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: VERY challenging course load (college classes), lots of good ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t send in extra documentation to explain the personal situation behind a couple bad grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t send in update that I was directing my own one act play, didn’t send in additional explanation about bad grades… really, I didn’t care about this application, and I think it showed.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>eh, I really stopped caring about this application after I got into Chicago EA, and if I hadn’t already paid the app fee, I wouldn’t have applied. Well, it’s not like it was that big a surprise considering how little effort I put into the application. Woohoo! Chicago!</p>
<p>@anonymous93 too, holy **** howd you get waitlisted</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR 800 M 750 W (8E T_T)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math II 780 Bio M 770 Chem 750 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP calc (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Average
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council President, Tae Kwon Do Black Belt
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring and others (450 hours)
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Exceptional
[<em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t send
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Chinese applying from Canada
[<em>] School Type: Private Boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: Azn
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not telling
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): International paying full?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, few ECs but solid
[</em>] Weaknesses: No awards/work exp
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I love Duke[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all those accepted, and others don’t give up hope!</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2220 M:730 W: 750 CR: 740
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math IIC: 740 French: 710 USH: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/800
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language(5), Calculus AB(5), World History(4), APUSH(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Stats, AP Biology, AP Macro, AP English Lit, US Gov’t, Girls Varsity Soccer Fall/Spring
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Merit Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls Soccer (jv captain), NHS, Junior State of America, French Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours
[</em>] Essays: I would say unique
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: seemed alright, not amazing though</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience!
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican-American 
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): urm, first generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: unique essays + urm didn’t hurt
[</em>] Weaknesses: ecs i guess
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I still don’t know lol[/li][/ul]General Comments: woot!!!</p>
<p>
Stupefy, that’s exactly how I’m feeling right now. it’s so frustrating seeing my friends who don’t work hard at all getting accepted to stanford while I keep getting waitlisted everywhere [or so it seems]. oh well - it’s not over yet…we still have the rest of our decisions.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 - 790CR 800M 780W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>]SAT II (if submitted): 750 Chem, 790 Math 2, 780 Bio, 740 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Chemistry and Stats, 4 in French Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7s in French SL and Math SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB, 2 APs, orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not going into too much detail, but…mostly piano and violin. 11 years of piano and 7 years of violin with recognition in both. SGA secretary, NHS treasurer, other assorted ECs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[</em>] Essays: pretty good. The ‘why Duke’ one wasn’t amazing though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably very generic…didn’t see.
[<em>] Additional Rec: from a violin teacher.
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): antihook</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats, ECs - I thought my strengths in music would be good at a school like duke which is stereotypically ‘athletic.’
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays and recommendations. taking the SAT so many times without using score choice [not a smart idea at all…]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows, college decisions are so random and subjective. however it’s about the time that I start to hate the fact that I’m asian :/[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I didn’t love duke, but it was definitely a possibility. I hope this doesn’t foreshadow the nature of the rest of my decisions.</p>
<p>you are very right I am sure an asian with these scores will be rejected w/o reviewing.</p>
<p>Waitlisted! (Sorry I don’t feel like formatting…)</p>
<p>SAT: 2100 (620 CR, 750 M, 730 W)
SAT II: 760 Math 2, 710 Bio-M, 590 Spanish
ACT: 31
Ranked: 1 of ~500
GPA: 3.9/4.0 4.28/5.0 (Weighted classes aren’t offered at my school until Junior Year)
Senior Schedule: 6 APs, 1 Honors
Junior Schedule: 5 APs, 1 Honors, 1 Regular (Spanish - school doesn’t offer honors Spanish until 4th year)
Underclass Schedule: Most rigorous, most honors.</p>
<p>ECs:
4 years of work experience (Fast food) Hold management position
NHS
Student Council
Spanish Club
Science Olympiad, Silver in region for several events
Study Abroad (Spain - summerlong immersion program)
State winner for a Trig scholarship
Fluent in computer languages, designed websites for several local businesses
Engineered and founded a social networking website sophomore year, with over 600 members at its peak</p>
<p>Other:
White Male
Indiana
Low Income (< $20,000)
Divorced Parents, First-Gen College Student</p>
<p>ESSAYS:
One was in diary format about study abroad
The other was about experience with web design and computer programming</p>
<p>Strengths: Study abroad, work experience, first-generation, class rank
Weaknesses: Lack of leadership, “Scattered” ECs, Test scores</p>
<p>Other schools:
Stanford - Rejected
Northwestern - Rejected
Vanderbilt - Waitlist
Notre Dame - Waitlist
Duke - Waitlist
Indiana Bloomington - Accept, invited to honors college, $36,000 scholarship
Purdue Lafayette - Accepted, invited to honors college, full ride
Valparaiso University - Accepted, $96,000 over four years
IUPUI - Accepted, honors college invitation, full ride
Brown - Pending
Harvard - Pending
Yale - Pending
Princeton - Pending</p>
<p>Bbbbiiiigggggg rejectionnnnnnnnnnnnnn
1:16
sat: 2250 ( math:800, cr: 730, writing: 720)
sat2: Math2 800, phyiscs 760, chem 740
rank: 5/1200</p>