<p>Hosater-</p>
<p>Applying for financial aid as an international makes the process even more competitive, as we (according to the website) have limited financial aid for internationals. Make no doubt about it, you're very qualified.</p>
<p>"Oh jeez, thanks for the guilt, now I know I don't deserve this as much as others." </p>
<p>If you get in you deserve to get in! Just because someone has higher test scores or GPA does not make them more appealing to the school. Your essay could be showing alot more passion, your teacher recommendations may be way better.</p>
<p>For those who did not get in, I feel for you. You just have to believe that they are able to identify who will be a good match for the school. A rejection does not take away from your awesome stats, not matter how horrible it feels. You guys are still amazing and brilliant.</p>
<p>Today, I was anxiously waiting for the mail, figuring my Caltech letter might be in there. So when the mail finally came (2 hours later than the people down the block...), I was pretty psyched.</p>
<p>I look at the mail and see... a big envelope! It looks just about the right size for an acceptance letter. I turned the envelope over to see the address. It was from UBS, addressed to my mother.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT II: Physics 790 Math II 690 US History 700
[</em>]ACT:35
[<em>]GPA:3.95
[</em>]Rank:Top 8 or 9%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): none
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Meh, decent
[<em>]Teacher Recs: No clue
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably good, but too general
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Utah
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Filmmaking, church youth groups, scouting
[<em>]Awards: Eagle Scout, School Foreign Language Sterling Scholar
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I expected it. [/ul]</p>
<p>I GOT IN as an international student :)</p>
<p>Letters, are you from Canada? which city?</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2380
[</em>]SAT II: Bio M: 790, Chemistry: 800, Math IIC: 800, Lit: 780
[<em>]GPA: 3.92 (unweighted), 4.55 (weighted)
[</em>]Rank: top 1%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Language: all 5's
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: for Common App, I wrote about my name. for the supplement, I wrote about how I became interested in engineering and which professor I would like to work with; for the humor question, I wrote about the girls pranking the boys on the last night of our summer research program.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: one math teacher that I've had for two years, I think he likes me enough, and my english teacher who really likes me.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I think it would be pretty good, I make an effort to talk to her.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: research abstract.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Catholic, ~1600 students. 1 person went to Caltech last year.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[/ul]Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: newspaper editor, badminton team captain, two youth councils, community service with local soup kitchen, research
[<em>]Awards: a couple science fair awards, NMF, AP scholar, community service awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I felt like my research significantly helped, and that I conveyed my passions well. I also tried to seem like a balanced person, one who is passionate about science and many other things.</p>
<p>Woohoo, Caltech '13!</p>
<p>OMG LETTERSFROMPLUTO CONGRATS =D!!
i'm so happy for you =P
i'm also an international student who is eager awating the decision = /
do you mind posting you "stats"? thanks so much!</p>
<p>ugh, waitlisted -.-</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300
[</em>]SAT II: 800 on Math 2, bio, and US history
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.9something unweighted
[<em>]Rank: at least top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP bio, calc AB and US history, 4 on AP chemistry
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: mediocre, I didn't put much effort into them
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good to very good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: i don't know, probably pretty average
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: norcal
[<em>]High School Type: large public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: track & field, cross country, national honor society
[</em>]Awards: nothing impressive
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I was expecting rejection so waitlisted was nice, although I'm not interested enough in Caltech to stay on an incredibly long waitlist, plus I know I have little chance of making it off the waitlist.[/ul]</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800M, 730CR, 670W
[</em>]SAT II: 800M2, 790Ph, 730 U.S. History
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0(uw)/4.36(w)
[<em>]Rank: school does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 103.5 AMC 12, 5's on AP Chem, Physics B, US History, Comparative Government/Politics, English Language
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn't get to read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn't get to read
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: AZ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Track and Field, Soccer, Science Olympiad
[</em>]Awards: Placed high in a state math competition, NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Pretty much what I expected to happen. I'm really not sure if I will take the waitlist spot unless I am rejected everywhere else. Congrats all who were accepted!</p>
<p>to molliegym:
sorry to hear that. I didn't expect to get an acceptance letter from CalTech because I thought it would be harder than MIT, from which I got deferred.</p>
<p>What percent gets waitlisted? Accepted?</p>
<p>Accepted
[ *]SAT: 2350
[ *]SAT II:760 physics, 800 math 2, 800 chemistry
[ *]ACT: 35
[ *]GPA: 4.0/4.0
[ *]Rank:1/270
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): All 5's on four APs; qualified for AIME
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: good
[ *]Teacher Recs: wonderful
[ *]Counselor Rec: wonderful
[ *]Supplementary Material: sent in later
[ *]Location:michigan
[ *]High School Type:100 people
[ *]Ethnicity:Asian
[ *]Gender: female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[ *]Extracurriculars: Lots of local and state level community service; Math Club captain with local and state awards; Chamber Orchestra; Academic Challenge; Science Olympiad, Varsity Tennis, Poms...and blah blah blah
[ *]Awards: Community Service Awards
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not really....I really am not one to brag...As for advice, the college application process is random; as long as you used yourself to your fullest potential in high school, you will end up some place satisfying:)</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 780M, 730CR, 710W (2220)
[</em>]SAT II: 800Math2, 710Chem, 750Lit
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.75UW, 4.15W
[<em>]Rank: Either top 10% or top 5%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Comp Sci-5, AP Stat-5, AP Comp-3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Ehh, generic essays, good for me, mediocre for most
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both were likely quite good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: She wrote my Eagle Rec also, and that appeared great
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Nothing
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Upward trend, but that's it
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: North of San Francisco
[<em>]High School Type: Public, Blue Ribbon/Silver Medal school
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts, Swim/Dive/Water Polo Captain, Various Summer things (A summer camp I CIT at, summer math related things), etc.
[</em>]Awards: Eagle Scout, OA Brotherhood, Varsity Letters- I guess</p>
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting a waitlisting, so I'm rather happy with this. Good job to those who got in, good luck to those waitlisted, and sorry to those denied. [/ul]</p>
<p>I want to cry, and I didn't even get rejected yet. :(</p>
<p>What's the point of waitlisting if they let you know after the date you have to reply to your other schools? It seems that in that light a waitlist is as good as a rejection, unless you can actually withdraw your reply for admission somewhere else.</p>
<p>a waitlist isn't a rejection really, because it's an opportunity, whereas a rejection basically closes a door for you. if waitlisted, I think I'd think of it almost like purgatory or something :P idk, there's always the chance we'll be taken off the waitlist. getting accepted after getting rejected just doesn't fly lol</p>
<p>i mean, the waitlist letter said waitlist decisions will be mailed by june 15. thing is, i gotta reply to my accepted colleges by may 1... can i revoke that may 1st matriculation if i get a spot at caltech off the waitlist?</p>
<p>^^^Yes, in that case the promise of attending you made to the first school will automatically get canceled and the Caltech one will then be valid.</p>