<p>So is accepting a wait list offer something like ED where if you do get in off the wait list you have to go? If you were wait listed at multiple schools are you allowed to stay on both wait lists or do you have to pick one?</p>
<p>I GUESS you are allowed to stay on multiple waitlists.</p>
<p>this thread makes me happy</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2370 superscore, 2340 highest single sitting
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Match 2C, 800 US History, 780 Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: Not too sure, actually. Weighted is 4.2-4.3 ish, unweighted is 3.9something
[<em>]Rank: top 20% (school ranks by unweighted GPA)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Calc BC, 5 US History, 4 Physics C: Mech, 5 Physics C: E+M, 5 AP Chinese
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I suppose?
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Let's just say that I'm amazed I got as far as I did with my recs.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good, I would say.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Art portfolio
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Silicon Valley
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: CSF, NAHS, Math Club, part-time job, Science Bowl, random stuff. No official leadership roles, hurhur.
[</em>]Awards: Random meaningless within-classes ones. Nothing special.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Nothing special can apparently make it as far as waitlist. Who knew. .-.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (750 for reading)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math, 800 physics, 760 us history
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 (4.6 weighted)
[<em>]Rank: 1
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): amc 118.5, over 10 APs all 5s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i spent a lot of time on them but didn't think they were that good. Mr. Bischoff wrote, "I loved your humor response!" though.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good. my counselor was really into the process and even called caltech after i got deferred for EA. I owe her a big one
[</em>]Location: South Cal
[<em>]High School Type: class of 600
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Mail
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[<em>]Extracurriculars: involved in various things in school. 2 jobs.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] just really happy that i got accepted after my EA deferal.</p>
<p>congrats wingless!!! now......the mail today will come about 2-4 PM today.....if it's not there, then 7 PM EST tonite...-_-;</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2400
* SAT II: 800 Match , 800 US History, 800 Physics, 790 Chem
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 7.7 / 9 ( 9 = A+, 8 = A etc.)
* Rank: n/a
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 9 APs, all 5s. USAMO: 11.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Worked hard on it, english teacher liked it.
* Teacher Recs: Good.
* Counselor Rec: Good, counselor taught me before, so she knows me well.
* Supplementary Material: Research Paper
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): RSI, USAMO
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: MA
* High School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Math Club, Robotics, Debate/MUN, XC, Science Club, Cello
* Awards: Various math awards
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I like silver and orange.
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (800 M, 800 W, 690 CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math IIc, 750 Physics
[<em>]ACT: (not taken)
[</em>]GPA: 97.74 UW Average, 5.007 Weighted GPA (weird scale)
[<em>]Rank: Probably 1 or 2 out of about 250
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics MechC (4), AP World History (4)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:[list]
[li]"Common App" - Hard drive died, lost thousands of photos, value of memories[/li][</em>]"Ethical Dilemma" - Conflicts with my school's IT dept
[<em>]"Sense of Humor" - Recording and playing my school's bell
[</em>]"Math/Science Interest" - Childhood dreams, projects, taking and teaching courses, coaching engineering teams, etc.
[/ul]
[<em>]Teacher Recs:[ul]
[li]Math teacher has known me for 3 years, wrote one that is bound to be amazing[/li][</em>]World history teacher wrote one that should be almost as excellent[/ul]
[<em>]Counselor Rec:[ul]
[li]I know my counselor fairly well, and they took this recommendation very seriously.[/ul][/li][li]Supplementary Material:[ul][/li][li]A DVD of a video I made for calculus called "Calc Slide," a spoof of "Cha Cha Slide." The DVD also had a video of one of my comedy routines for Speech & Debate.[/li][</em>]First supplemental recommendation from middle school teacher that I've known for six years. It is a fantastic letter about my passion for engineering and my character.
[<em>]Another supplemental recommendation from my professor at Bates College, discussing the advanced course I'm taking. He compares by abilities to a junior mathematics major in the class, and says that no one else enjoys the class as much as I do.[/ul]
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[ul][/li][li]200 hours as volunteer computer instructor in Philippines (Bischoff: "Your volunteer work is impressive!")[/li][</em>]International Grand Prize for the Macworld 2008 Video Contest by IDG World Expo.[/ul]
[/list]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Auburn, ME
[</em>]High School Type: Small Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:[list]
[li]Speech & Debate (9-12) - several state and national awards[/li][</em>]FIRST Lego League (9-12) - volunteer coach
[<em>]Tug of War Engineering Challenge (9-10) - captain, won research award
[</em>]Math Team (11-12) - created the team
[<em>]Spanish Club (11-12) - president[/ul]
[li]Awards:[ul][/li][li]Macworld 2008 Video Contest (Grand Prize)[/li][</em>]NFL National Qualifier in Duo Interpretation
[<em>]Maine State Champion in Original Works
[</em>]Maine Student Web Design Awards (2nd Place)
[<em>]Most Outstanding Speaker in Student Congress
[</em>]Harvard Book Award (School)
[li]RIT Computing Medal (School)[/ul][/li][*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: It's going to be tough to decide between this and a full boat to WPI.[/list]</p>
<p>wow, nice, battletops. Congrats.</p>
<p>I see a lot of asians accepted on this thread.</p>
<p>^ oh my God, I remember you and your stats! I remember thinking they looked like mine, only yours were better lol. (I have the same division of SAT I scores, for instance lol) Congratulations! I'm so proud of you that you got in :D that's fantastic!</p>
<p>Thanks! This is the first "big" school that I've been accepted into. Hopefully, it won't be the last. :)</p>
<p>Remember last time, I had that abysmal 600 on BioE. I somehow managed to get a 750 on Physics by spending an entire Friday trying to learn everything.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT II: Math II(800), Physics(760)
[</em>]ACT: 34 Composite
[<em>]GPA: 4.21 W
[</em>]Rank: Top 5%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Comp Sci A - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Humor/Fun - Wrote about sports (oops lol)
Ethical Dilemma - Wrote about a tennis match with special circumstances
Math/Science - Wrote about building a solar cell module, and other software stuff I've done
[<em>]Teacher Recs: I imagine pretty good.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Don't know her very well.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: TX
[</em>]High School Type: Big competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: M
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Tennis, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, FNHS(VP), Volunteering, Internship at video game company
[<em>]Awards: Regular ones, nothing special.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I didn't expect to get in, I'm not really as passionate about math/science/engineering as most of the people on these boards, as well as the rest of the population that applied to caltech.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!!!! =))))))</p>
<p>gpa:3.79 uw, 4.4 w (with 10 APs)
SAT I: 2220
SAT IIs: physics-710, math 2-770, chem-800
submitted a research paper and one more research abstract
extra recommendations from my research mentors</p>
<p>Caltech accepted me for who I am!! ...and I'm so excited that they did!</p>
<p>Have any non-asians been accepted? lol</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2130 (CR 600, Math 800, Writing 730)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 1 (780), Math 2 (800), Physics (730)
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 104
[<em>]Rank: 2/369
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12 (102)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I liked them lol ;p
[</em>]Teacher Recs: 1 eh, 1 yay
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ...
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research abstract, cd of me singing
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NY
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Y </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ugh a little dissapointed, it's okay though ;p</p>
<p>Accepted! after getting EA deferred! will post stats later when I get home after I watch the most epic movie out in theaters: Watchmen.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280 Math-800 Reading-760 Writing- 720
[</em>]SAT II: Math2- 800 Chem- 790 World Hist-710 Lit-710
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.96 unweighted/4.56 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 14/623
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5- Human Geography, World Hist, Euro, Chem, Chinese, Stat; 4- Lang, US Hist </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: now that i think about it, it wasn't as good as it could've been
[</em>]Teacher Recs: dunno but should be good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: she doesnt really know me that well but we did sit down for half an hour for her to get to know me.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research paper
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: GA
[</em>]High School Type: public, ranked 100 something
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: F
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[ /list]</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science Club, Chinese Culture Club, Band
[</em>]Awards: many Science Olympiad ones, IBM Innovation to be Greener, and then some minor ones
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I guess I am a little disappointed, especially after getting a likely from Columbia SEAS [/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330 composite (760 CR, 800 M, 770 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC 800 Chemistry 780 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 35 composite
[</em>]GPA: 3.89
[<em>]Rank: doesn't rank...
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 128, AMC 12: 108, AP Chem & BC Calc: 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: They liked my humor response. THEY EVEN TOLD ME SO!
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I believe I got good recommendations.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: He said he liked me...heh.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Music CD and Supplementary Recommendation
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): No clue. Don't think I have any [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Music, Model UN, Math, Lacrosse, Volunteering
[</em>]Awards: Chemistry Olympiad, Math Olympiad, Model UN, Music awards, Varsity?
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: THANK YOU CALTECH<3[/li]GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ELSE!!!!!
[/ul]</p>
<p>rejected....don't feel like posting my stats.....</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2310 (CR 750, Math 780, Writing 780)
* SAT II: Math 2 (790), Physics (750)
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 4.7
* Rank: 7/369
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): ib physics (6). bad ap scores
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: one about how i'm a compulsive counter[stranger than fiction anyone?] and one about how i taught little kids in rural taiwan how to rap
* Teacher Recs: supposedly awesome.
* Counselor Rec: she knows me pretty well
* Supplementary Material:
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): a month teaching english in taiwan, two years as a part-time student at local college. taken multivar, LA, diff EQ, microecon, macroecon, i had 11 fulltime classes first semester
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: VA, not northern
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese)
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y
</code></pre>
<p>Other[list]
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: first rejection letter waiting on 13 more</p>