<p>wow… asians with 2300+ getting waitlisted or rejected… black people with 1800s and 1900s getting accepted… ahaha…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Post stats later!!!</p>
<p>rejected and 1:16 
deferred ED; was hoping for at least a waitlist.
2120 SAT, 34 ACT, 3.96 UW, 4.81 W, 2/280 Class Rank
oh well I guess, before this I was 6/6 and I’ve gotten some really good scholarships and into the honors program at some schools as well.
I knew this was truly inevitable and that only 10% of the deferrees would get accepted yet I still held out that small glimmer of hope…
Now the question is, do I root for Duke in basketball because I’ve always loved them, or against them because of my rejection? Haha</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 750 M, 770 W (1490/2260)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 730 math I, 760 math II, 730 lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 U/4.39 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): environmental science (4); euro (3); us history (4); calc ab (4); english language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: religion (required); leadership; honors physics; ap calc bc (independent study); ap stats (online); ap microeconomics/american government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF; ap scholar with distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): drama (role in 3 fall plays; participant in districts for thespian society); student government (4 years as class VP); mu alpha theta (created a math team; president for grades 11-12); choir (all 4 years); varsity tennis team…and other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as a secretary at a neurosurgeon’s office and at a jewelry store; also sold stuff through mary kay
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: co-founded a local charity; various other community service activities (eg. annual scholarship dinner- served as a waiter); sang at different fundraisers
[</em>] Essays:
common app: it was a risk, about how i participated in a wiccan ceremony in salem, MA, on halloween (kind of a random situation i fell into) and how it made me see that i had been judging people on their appearances
duke: same format i used for all of my schools, but written from the heart (because i really DO love duke and am especially drawn to their school of the environment)
[li] Teacher Recommendation: </p>[/li]
<h1>1: math teacher: its really nice and from the heart and makes me sound smart haha :)</h1>
<h1>2: english teacher: didn’t read</h1>
<p>[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read but she knows me WELL since i practically stalked her office for 3 years to get my schedule the way i wanted (eg independent study/online classes over the summer and stuff)
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: AMAZING. seriously, i think it helped push me over the edge. after it, my interviewer told me i was one of the most “poised and mature young ladies she has ever met” (SO not true but still, a good sign)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: environmental engineering (hoping to double in environmental science or english)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: catholic (and new- im in the 3rd graduating class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: look at my username?
[</em>] Income Bracket: why does this matter?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): nope. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: INTERVIEW; the fact that duke fits my interests perfectly; made the ultimate most of what my high school offers; leadership in ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: my scores could have been better; my ECs could have been stronger; no significant national awards besides for AP/National Merit
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they believe in me? i was honestly worried like crazy all throughout the day (since according to the 2013 class profile, my math SAT score for pratt was in the lowest range)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: congrats to those accepted. and to those waitlisted, i know how it feels (thank you vandy, my news 3 hours prior to that of duke). same with rejected (to that, i thank caltech, mit, and stanford). but lets be honest. you all will go on to do amazing things.</p>
<p>now just waiting for princeton/dartmouth :)</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): MathIIC 800, Chemistry 800, Chinese w/ listening 800, English Literature 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/300ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Modern European History (4) CalcBC (5) Chemistry (5) Chinese Language (5) French Language (5) English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Econ/US Government AP, Statistics AP, English Literature AP, physics, journalism, peer tutor
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really. National merit finalist, NCTE, a few piano things.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): manga translator, piano, Chinese violin, school newspaper (In-depth Editor), cultural magazine (managing editor), non-profit organization (owner and secretary), badminton, volunteer QA at startup company
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor at school, English and music teacher in rural China for a summer
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, somewhat political
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but I’m guessing pretty good, nothing spectacular
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read but again, I think pretty good, nothing spectacular
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview: Pretty good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: anthropology with minor in chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, fair amount of extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: no big awards, no dominant leadership position
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: less competitive major? [/li][/ul]General Comments: am happyyyyyy :)</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>There must be 2,000 + people who are more qualified. I understand that that’s how life works, but I’m so so so so so sad right now.</p>
<p>waitlisted - Oh well I got into Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Cornell University - I am not upset. Can’t wait until I see what happens on April 1st.</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 790 M, 770 W
[</em>] ACT: didnt take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 1, 790 Math 2, 700 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):no idea, 4.3 Weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on everything: bio, chem, English lit, English lang, euro, bc calc
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: multivariable calculus, ap us history, old testament bible (required to graduate), ap English, ap physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist, ap scholar award (not sure which one, distinction I think?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper editor, national honors society, random clubs at school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none unless you count pet sitting for my neighbors twice a year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not a lot, nothing of significance
[</em>] Essays: good common app, no supplement
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt see, but told one was amazing and the other was very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt see, probably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: we talked about basketball a lot… </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 500k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): recruited athlete (coach told me I got in a couple of months ago, so today was kind of anti-climactic)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, hard course load, good recs, the coach wanted me
[</em>] Weaknesses: low-ish gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: the coach definitely helped get me in, but my numbers were strong enough for them to admit me[/li][/ul]General Comments: Im not in love with Duke, but it is an awesome place to be an athlete. Not sure if Im going yet, going to wait for April 1st. Go Devils! Salvage whats left of my bracket!!!</p>
<p>Time: 6:06</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 740 M 800 W 790 (superscore)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): PH 730 WH 800 M2 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.94/100 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (probably top 5%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5) World (5) Physics B (5) Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 aps and other stuff
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (Pres) NHS (VP) other honor societies. 4 years of theater and jazz band, model UN. All-state jazz saxophonist, many other musical accolades.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hardly any
[</em>] Essays: pretty good (very specific to Duke)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably pretty ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: fine
[<em>] Additional Rec: band teacher
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah, but highly unlikely i’ll get any
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Medium Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class (no obstacles to overcome here)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none that I can think of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Music
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I bring diversity to Duke. I’m not an athlete, not from a rich southern family, and no one from my school has gone there in awhile.[/li][/ul]General Comments: There are so many colleges out there. My biggest word of advice would be to apply to as many as possible! You can’t get into all of them but you will get into some!</p>
<p>1.16
rejected.
im thinkin those with 1.16 are the ones that made it into committee… 5.35 are those that either got in rly early (1 thus faar) or rejected without committee. their system is really flawed because its based on a score system and alot dont even get into committee</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Trinity (1:16)</p>
<p>Stats:
- SAT Total: 2250
- SAT II: 790 Math 2, 770 US History, 760 World History
- AP/IB taken/scores: AP World Hist, US Hist, Psych (5’s), Lit (4)
- GPA weighted (no unweighted at my school): 4.42 (out of 4.0), I think its something like 3.97 unweighted
- Rank or % estimate: School doesn’t provide them but top tenth at least
- Courses: Most rigorous</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Essays: Pretty good, especially the Penn ones
- Teacher Recs: One extremely good, one pretty good
- Counselor Rec: Don’t really know him all that well but he loves me
- Additional Rec: Extremely good written by person who works at the place I volunteer</p>
<p>Location/Person:
- School Type: public, top 50 in USA in Newsweek Rankings
- Ethnicity: asian… yeah…
- Gender: male
- Legacy Yes/No: Nowhere outside of Korea…
- Important ECs:
Varsity Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field (10,11)
French Honor Society (President)
Amnesty Int’l (Secretary)
President of a global health club at school
Volunteer with American Cancer Society (100+ hours/yr)
NHS
School orchestra - Awards: A lot of stuff from school, National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor </p>
<p>Comments: Got into GTown and Northwestern and hearing back from more schools on 4/1 so no biggie :)</p>
<p>Time: 1:16</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 760 M 780 W (2280)
[</em>] ACT: 35 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 33 Science (35)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 800 US History: 760 Bio E: 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Spanish Language 5, Biology 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, AP Physics B, Advanced Physics, English IV: Shakespeare, Varsity Jazz Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP scholar, Cum Laude Society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government, Varsity Tennis and Basketball, SADD, church stuff, other leadership clubs, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Couple hundred hours
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good. Why Duke? was pretty school-specific
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One phenomenal, one great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: From a third teacher, also excellent
[</em>] Interview: Short, but good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Pre-Law
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Too high for aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-roundedness
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All-around good student, good recs, etc.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all accepted! I’ll probably be seeing those of you who attend in the fall! Those who weren’t accepted, keep faith. You’ll all end up somewhere great too!!!</p>
<p>accepted .( Pratt ) BME !!
time :1.16</p>
<p>accepted yay</p>
<p>1:16 rejected. 
And right before two tests too.</p>
<p>Time:1:16, although it really doesn’t matter</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 M 700 W 800
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): Lit 740 Math II 660
[<em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7/5.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18%
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Eng Lit, AP Span Lang, AP Gov/Econ, AP Bio, Journalism IV (honors), Ceramics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Swimming and Water Polo (co-captain for 2 yrs), French and Journalism Honor Societies (Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern for Office of Communications, Lifeguard, Swimming Instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Office of Comm
[</em>] Essays: Out of all of my essays, Duke was my favorite, and I feel that I am a pretty strong writer.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read them, but I’m pretty sure stellar. Both teachers love me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Just good.
[li] Interview: My worst, actually. The interviewer wasn’t terribly interactive, but I guess it didn’t really make a difference.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet, Top 100
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT scores, teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: counselor rec, interview, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my application was really strong, overall. I was really proud of my essay, and it definitely showed an interest in Duke.[/li][/ul]General Comments: yayyy congrats to everyone who was accepted (regardless of timestamp hahaha)</p>
<p>Time: 6:20</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): math:760 writing:740 reading:750
SAT II: chemistry:780, chinese:760, math2:730, USHistory:700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do a 4.0 scale. I have an average of 87.12, and the average GPA from people in my school who got accepted into duke is 88.something
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea sorry. not top 10% though.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Both Englishes(4), Chemistry(5), US History(4), CalcAB(5)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Physics(prepares you for the AP C Mechanics exam), Applied Math 2 (goes beyond Calc BC), Latin 3, a lot of amazing electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama(14 productions total), Choir/Voice lessons (Madrigals), Community Service, GSA (Head)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours with a nonprofit exchange program, 2 weeks at an orphanage in Shanghai
Summer Activities: Community Service, World Science Festival, Entrepreneur’s Class, Finland Exchange funded by the Finnish Parliament, orphanage in Shanghai
Essays: moral decision I had to make with my host family in Finland. It’s pretty decent, but would’ve been better if there hadn’t been the 600 word limit.
Teacher Recommendation: Both pretty amazing.
Counselor Rec: Pretty->very good. She’s my dorm head too so she knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: None submitted
Interview: I thought it went pretty well.</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Well off enough to not need financial aid. My parents won’t tell me anything beyond that.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lived in Shanghai for the second half of freshman year, attended a British international school there</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: international experience, very good preparation because of the insane academics in my school, huge upward trend in grades, grades reliable in the sense that Duke knows my school really well, good but not amazing extracurriculars
Weaknesses: pretty mediocre sophomore year because of adjusting to a new school, freshman grades don’t really mean too much because of the switch to a British system, an Asian with my SAT scores kind of throws me into the pile of “oh look another Asian”.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: crapshoot
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Edinburgh(unconditional acceptance), Georgetown(accepted), Barnard (accepted), Boston College (accepted), Vanderbilt (accepted) UChicago (waitlisted), Northwestern (waitlisted), Middlebury (waitlisted), Columbia (deferred ED)
The rest of my list: Brown, Harvard, Tufts
General Comments: Ehh I’m just still happy I got into Georgetown and Barnard</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2190 (770 Math)</li>
<li>SAT II: 710 Phys 760 Math</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>GPA: 3.98/4</li>
<li>Rank: 2/54</li>
<li>5 AP Stat</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Above Average really showed my love of math and science</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good sent them from 4 teachers</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very Good</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: -20 page research paper submitted to competitions,additional essay on my robotics team</li>
<li><p>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):None
Personal</p></li>
<li><p>Location: Philadelphia</p></li>
<li><p>High School Type: Small Private School</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: White</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Male</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Comment: Kinda of dissapointed, I thought I had a fighting chance. Got into Caltech a few weeks ago and will attend there</p>
<p>Waitlisted.</p>
<p>Accepted… but ill post stats later this week when I have time</p>