<p>As decisions were supposed to be mailed today, they may start arriving tomorrow, and so we need a place to celebrate or grieve. =]</p>
<p>I know Caltech doesn't usually do these things, but since we had a EA one, I thought this cycle wouldn't be complete without a RD thread. I'm sure you guys know what to do!</p>
<p>physics: no, because they were only mailed today! tomorrow for the earliest, probably for people who live close to caltech, and then everyone should have them in a few days.</p>
<p>I GOT IN!!!
2250 composite
AP Bio-5,US-4,Calc AB-5
worked 4 years at a research facility (Jisan Research Institute (JRI))
-finished a project building a floating windmill out of magnets
-presented and published a paper at the WCECS 2008 conference
-currently working on a thermodynamic battery
AMC12 - 118.5 AIME - 6?</p>
<p>I stayed home from school from exhaustion and I was watching tv when I heard the mail come. I looked outside and saw a rather bulky envelope and thought, “hmmm, that looks like an acceptance letter.” When I got it I was still skeptic because I got a lot of brochures from colleges the same way. However, there was a gray folder with an orange stripe with letters inside reading, “WELCOME TO CALTECH”. I still thought it was a brochure giving me the “details” of the university that I already know about well. When I opened it, it said, “Dear Chan-Hee (my name), It is an honor to inform you of the Admissions Committee’s decision to offer you a place in the California Institute of Technology’s Class of 2013.” Richard W. Bischoff kindly scribbled a note about my research at JRI too! I subsequently ran a victory lap, despite my exhausted condition. =D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 770 chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.88
[<em>]Rank: no rankin
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 126 once, got lucky as heck lol, 10 ap classes
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: not that good i applied to caltech for the lulz actaully
[</em>]Teacher Recs: alright
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good stuff i think
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: la county
[<em>]High School Type: public, top 100 in nation
[</em>]Ethnicity: taiwanese
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: reserach at a labratory for last year and all of summer, math club, journalism editor and managing editor, boy scout eagle scout
[</em>]Awards: science fair 3 awards, eagle scout, ap scholar with distinction, more stuff but im too lazy lol
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: well i applied for the lulz like i said… so i expected this. lol[/ul]</p>
<p>lolz. I kind of applied half-heartedly too (as in my mom made me >.<) BUT I got waitlisted soooooo now I’m actually excited about it. I absolutely CANNOT wait to find out from the rest of the colleges now. I wanna know noooooooooww. :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (760 R, 800 M, 790 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800: math 2, physics, chemistry, chinese
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.35 (9-12 academic)
[<em>]Rank: we don’t rank, but top handful of about 450
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Best AMC series (138 AMC10, 127.5 AMC12, 10 AIME, 10 USAMO); AP: 5’s in English lang, calc BC, stat, bio, chem, physics b, us history, euro history
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Strong writing. I’d say pretty good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Strong
[<em>]Counselor Rec: eh. dunno her well
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 2 time USAMO qualifier, well rounded in the sciences and humanities (not just a math nerd) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Southern California
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian ><
[<em>]Gender: Male ><
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y >< [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: math and science stuff
[</em>]Awards: 7 individual science olympiad medals in physics, chem, bio, and math events, USAMO 2 times, 5th place ARML nationally (go SoCal A)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:aww, i thought i’d get in[/ul] guys, whatever you do DO NOT apply as an international student because your chances of admission drop to abysmally low levels (circa 4%). gluck to the rest of you</p>
<p>Wow hosater, with your stats i’d think you would be accepted…well that just means i’m more screwed (I’m international also, though I didn’t apply for aid)</p>
<p>I’m totally expecting a rejection at this point.
Not just one of those “Oh I don’t think I have a shot but I really do and I realllllly wanna get in!”</p>
<p>I’d be more angry if I get accepted, because I’ll be like, “Oh jeez, thanks for the guilt, now I know I don’t deserve this as much as others.”</p>
<p>I live in Los Angeles.
hosater, I have no idea why you did not get accepted immediately. You have better stats than I do. Perhaps my hook was looked upon greater than yours (I don’t mean to brag). I wasn’t able to do the USAMO once, which was probably because I began preparing for the AMC during my 10th grade year… =[</p>
you should be proud :P</p>