2013 Single Choice Early Action applicants thread

klaz413 · November 29, 2008, 10:07am

Stats:
• SAT: 1530/2280 CR:760 , M:770 , W:750
• SAT II: Latin: 720 US History: 740 Math I: 710
• ACT: didn’t take
• GPA: UW: 10.0 on a 12.0 scale (exactly A-) , W: school doesn’t weight
• Rank: school doesn’t rank
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP’s: Latin Lit (5) US History (4) English Lang & Comp (4)

Subjective
• Essays: pretty good, I think? I don’t really know. I’m not dissatisfied with them.
• Teacher Recs: I think I picked the right teachers
• Counselor Rec: she likes me and knows me well so it should be fine
• Supplement Information (Y/N): no
• Interview: on campus and alumni, both were good but probably not good enough to really affect my application
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none whatsoever.

Personal
• Location: CT (another overambitious white girl from CT)
• High School Type: small, highly competitive private day school
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: girl
• Applied for Financial Aid: yes

Other
• Extracurricular: horseback riding, Model UN (president), newspaper (section editor), mentor program
• Awards: first runner up in a major regional essay contest, some National Latin Exam awards, Model UN awards, AP Scholar and National Merit Commendation. nothing stellar.

beastieboy13 · November 29, 2008, 12:02pm

Ahhh man… crap.

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/180
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None… :S I did take 4 college classes though.
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Law Enforcement/Emergency Medical Training I & II/American Government (This is my first hour college class split up by 9 weeks), College Algebra, Intro to Theatre, Intro to Computer Science, Art I, English IV, Health[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very active in all drama productions at my school (All-State Thespian), Varsity Golf, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Swim Team, I play guitar at church, Beta Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for a while at a radio station
[] Summer Activities: Lived in New York City, Church Camps?
[] Essays: Good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Math and French… They’re good too.
[] Counselor Rec: Uh… I think it’s okay. I kinda have a counselor like the one in Orange County.
[li] Interview: Good. We just talked for an hour.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas (Schweet)
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing. Heh.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m from Arkansas and I really like drama. My ACT’s not bad for someone around here, either. Oh yeah, I also rubbed Woolsey’s boot.
[] Weaknesses: No AP classes. Oh well, I took what I wanted. And what I was required to take (Health/Art).

[/ul]General Comments: Man, removing these spaces is annoying. Heh. But, I think I might have a sliver of a chance.

Cogito_Ergo_Sum_1 · November 29, 2008, 12:11pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 CR, 770 M, 740 WR)
[] ACT: 35 (36 Reading, 35 Math, 36 Writing, 34 Science)
[] SAT II: 800 MathIIC, 790 WH, 740 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.954
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we’re not ranked, but def top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in Macro, Micro, Calc BC; taking Physics C E&M and Comparative Politics this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): taking World Lit HL, History HL, Environmental Systems SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, lots of APs/IBs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Merit Semifinalist; few others that are too distinctive to mention[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rotary Club International (9-12, Chapter President and Regional Liason); L-D Debate Team (9-12, Co-captain); Model UN (9-12, Head Delegate); School Newspaper (10-12, Executive Editor); Mock Trial (11-12, Captain and Defense Attorney)[/li]side note: have won various awards in many of these extracurriculars (ie Best Delegate awards, debate tournament wins, mock trial wins…listed on app but not here)

[] Job/Work Experience: summer job in soph year
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer leader with Rotary; Red Cross freshman year summer
[] Summer Activities: junior year: attended prestigious summer program on scholarship; soph year: part-time job; frosh year: volunteering with Red Cross
[] Essays: i feel extremely good about them. outstanding.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One amazing, one very good
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding.
[] Additional Rec: From a relative notable in the world of academia. Short and forceful, very good.
[] Interview: On-campus, went quite well as far as I can tell.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: sends MANY grads to top schools (we have 8-10 applying SCEA
[] Ethnicity: ORM
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: > 250k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none (sigh)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: oodles of leadership and success in EC’s; very cohesive profile (it seems obvious that i have a well-developed passion for debate/public policy stuff)
[] Weaknesses: i honestly can’t think of any…some of the other kids applying from my school are a few hundreths higher in GPA or a few tens higher in SAT, but is that really a huge deal? maybe the lack of a real hook is one, in my super-competitive region =
[/ul]General Comments: I really really hope I get in, because my grades for senior first semester blew. no more yale for me if i don’t get in early!!!

mistofthekane · November 29, 2008, 5:05pm

Wow my SAT II scores suck in comparison to the rest of you guys… 730 and 750.

pretzeldude92 · November 29, 2008, 8:51pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 680 CR 800 W (2280)
[] ACT: None. I paid twice to take it and never did.
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 U.S. History, 740 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/87
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):5s on U.S. History, Statistics, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, and European History; 4s on English Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 1st Semester: AP U.S. Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics B, Creative Writing II. 2nd Semester: AP Comparative Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl Captain, Leo Club (President, and VP as Junior), SCA (President), FCA, NHS, Editor of Literary Magazine
[]Job/Work Experience: I work 10-20 hours a week at a fast food place.
[]Volunteer/Community service: Usually associated with Leo Club and NHS, and includes 200+ hours tutoring
[]Summer Activities: Governors School, among other things
[]Essays: Pretty Good
[]Teacher Recommendation: Excellent; the English teacher said it was the best she had ever written, and the History teacher said it was very hard to describe me on paper
[]Counselor Rec: Excellent
[]Additional Rec:
[]Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Rural
[] Ethnicity: White, Part German, Part Irish, Part English
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Well, no one has ever applied to Yale from our school.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The recommendations should be.
[li] Weaknesses: The 680 on the reading.[/li][/ul]General Comments: A little over 2 weeks left.

cassielam09 · November 29, 2008, 8:59pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 M, 700 CR, 740 W, 11 essay
[] ACT: 32 won’t be using it.
[] SAT II: 710 in Math 2 and US Hist, taking Lit in Dec.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 meaning 1 B
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/316 behind 4 valedictorians.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro= 4, USH= 4, Eng. Lang= 4, Calc AB= 4, Physics B= 2
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, Tennis
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar (missed it by a mere 3 points…), AP Scholar w/Honor, Questbridge College Prep Scholarship, Girls State, Microsoft DigiGirlz Camp at UC Irvine, Pepperdine Youth Citizenship Seminar, Homecoming Princess
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Journalism: Coeditor-in-chief, news editor (11-12th grade)
Interact Club: Vice president, public relations (9-12th grade)
Projects: 3 year chairman of Bootleggers Ball, Casa Hogar, Operation Santa Clothes (donate clothing to needy students in school district), Rowland Convalescent Home chairman
California Scholarship Federation: President (9-12th grade)
Project: Organized campus trips to USC, UCSD, UCLA, Claremont Colleges
Associated Student Body (ASB): Secretary of Renaissance (9-12th grade)
Role: In charge of Renaissance Rally, intramural sport tournaments, blood drive
Alcyonians Club (all-girls service club): Vice president, activities commissioner, (9-12th
grade)
Project: Beach cleanups, Sadie Hawkins dance, Halloween costume drive for San Gabriel Valley Childrens Center. 
Class Council: Public relations (9-12th grade)
Asian Culture Club: Member (9th grade)
Mix It Up Club: Member (9th grade)
Role: Help cliques and new students on campus assimilate and break out of comfort
zones.
Varsity Tennis: Captain, Valle Vista League All-Academic player (11-12th grade), 4 time league champions, 2 year CIF qualifier
JV Soccer: Captain, most spirited award (10-11th grade)
Track & Field: Sprinter, jumper (9-10, 12th grade)
CAHSEE Tutor: Tutored a student to pass CAHSEE (11th grade)
LA World Affairs Council: Attended two events (11-12th grade)
San Gabriel Valley Childrens Center: Student volunteer coordinator (11-12th grade)
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years as a tutor at my high school, 2 months as a sales clerk at a Rotarian’s antique store.
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Summer School Teachers Aide: Volunteered 150 hours (12th grade)
Tom Sawyer Camps: Summer counselor (12th grade)
Interact: 300+ hours (9-12th grade)
Rowland Elementary Afterschool Tutor: Feb. 2008-May 2008 (11-12th grade)
[] Summer Activities: Tom Sawyer Camp Counselor, summer school volunteer, SAT classes
[] Essays: Really good, evoked much praise from my AP Lit teacher and other english teaches. One is about an autistic kid I met at camp and the other about breaking out with the usage of a great extended metaphor.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent one from AP Lit and AP Calc teachers.
[] Counselor Rec: generic regurgitation of my resume but nonetheless lots of praise.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Just did my interview yesterday! FOUR AND A FREAKING HALF hours sitting and chatting with my interviewer
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, 1500 students, most go to community colleges, last student to get into an Ivy was c/o 2006.
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 75000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, recs, ecs?
[] Weaknesses: Generic ecs? test scores, GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: AWAITING ANSWER FROM YALE
[/ul]General Comments: Hope to God I can even begin to compare to the cream of the crop of the SCEA pool :(

drbigboyjoe9505 · November 29, 2008, 9:14pm

I’m not sure why I’m doing this, but I will anyways. (Let’s just say I’m following eating food’s advice and helping out the youngins.)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 V, 790 M, 740 W (11 essay)
[] ACT: 32 (composite)
[] SAT II: 740, 760 (I still have to take one more and retake another)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea… (Maybe like a 3.7/3.8, but I might just be hoping)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’m assuming top tenth, but my school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer APs
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Bio (kind of like AP), Advanced Calc BC (kind of like AP), Advanced French, European Intellectual History (1st semester), African Studies (2nd semester), Advanced Senior English Seminar, Advocacy for Social Justice
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar Recognition (College Board thing), Princeton Prize in Race Relations Recognition Award (not academic, by the way)
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Students United for Multicultural Education (Co-pres), Varsity Football (Captain), etc. [Too many things to write out, but those are my major ECs]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Cornell Med School, Job at MTV[/li][] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring around my school, Mentoring programs
[] Summer Activities: A month in France (summer before junior year), Internship (summer before senior year)
[] Essays: I think they’re good and everyone who’s read them say they like it (One’s about an experience I had while on a trip called Sojourn to the Past and why I couldn’t cry at Dr. King’s memorial but I did at another one that shouldn’t have been so emotional; the second one is about my realization that I am privileged, not as much as my classmates but privileged nonetheless)
[] Teacher Recommendation: They should be great: one from my French teacher who loves me and should say good things; the other is from my History teacher and adviser who knows me very well, not only as a history student but also personally
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, but I’m assuming (hoping?) that he says good things. But then again, he doesn’t know me too well. He knows about my leadership positions around school but I think he bases the other stuff on teacher write-ups.
[] Additional Rec: I am part of a program called Prep for Prep, and they write a recommendation as well. Should be amazing.
[] Interview: Hmm… It was interesting. I was so nervous because he kept challenging me so my answers weren’t really that polished (I wasn’t expecting that). But he said it went well, so for my sanity, I’ll just take his word for it.
[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Independent (Private)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Dominican)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Around 60,000 or so
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Umm, URM (I guess) and First generation College. Maybe Prep for Prep[/ul]

General Comments: As much as we might want to help you by posting our “credentials,” PLEASE do not compare yourself to other people. You are you and there’s something special about you. Yeah, you might not have a 2400 SAT or an amazing GPA, but that doesn’t mean that you are not Yale (or any college for that matter)-material. Know that you are worth something and don’t tear your hair out because everyone else on CC seems to be applying with perfect grades and scores. (Trust me. Been there, done that.)

ranatama · November 29, 2008, 10:45pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CW, 760 M, 610 WR
[] ACT: 35 (35/35/34/36)(8 WR)
[] SAT II: Math I (760) Chem (740) Lit (670)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does not give GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH(4) Mech(4) Chem(4) CSAB(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load:
First Semester:
Human A&P
Endocrinology
Calculus II
Western Civ
World Lit
Principles of English Composition
Electricity and Magnetism
Japanese II
Choir
Mentorship (Molecular Biology)
Second Semester:
Embryology
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Western Civ
World Lit
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Japanese II
Mentorship (Molecular Biology)
Maybe Choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor, National Merit Commended, TEAM+S National Finalist in Junior Varsity Division 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Club (Officer), Mathletics Club (Officer), Great Books Club, Japanese Club (informal club), Computer Club, NJHS
Except for Science and NJHS the rest of those clubs were new to my (old) school, and started in my sophomore year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Research in cell biology, molecular biology at OMRF.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 51 hours school, 51 hours community
[] Summer Activities: Research at OMRF, College Horizons
[] Essays: Pretty good I guess, diversity was a huge theme in them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they wrote goods ones. My junior history professor, as well as my junior physics professor.
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Went really well, she said that she’d write a good letter for me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OK
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Specialized math and science
[] Ethnicity: Cherokee, Choctaw
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, academic performance, background
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I’ll let you know on Dec 15
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone!

RCfanatic · November 29, 2008, 11:46pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800, M:800, W:800 (essay:11)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Biology-M:800, Math II:800, Chemistry:800, US History:800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/415
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), World History (5), Calculus AB (5), Environmental Science (5), Statistics (5), Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), Spanish Language (5), English Language and Composition (5), European History (5), Physics B (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Physics C: E&M (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Government/Politics, AP Economics, AP Spanish Literature (independent study), Advanced Biology (independent research), Wind Symphony
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO (twice), USABO Semifinalist (twice), USNCO Semifinalist + regional top score, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
**American Red Cross Volunteer<a href=“National%20Youth%20Council%20member,%20School%20Club%20President,%20SW%20Washington%20Youth%20Council%20Executive%20Board%20member,%20Chapter%20Board%20Director,%20First%20Aid/CPR/AED%20Instructor,%202-time%20Youth%20Volunteer%20of%20the%20Year”>/b</a>
-I represent Red Cross youth volunteers nationally as one of 13 National Youth Council members (currently the only HS member; others are in college), working to organize national and regional conferences, etc.
-I sit on the local Red Cross Board of Directors, working with adults in strategic planning and organizing key fundraisers
-I teach First Aid/CPR classes, organize blood drives, fundraise for disaster relief and measles vaccinations, etc.

**Science Olympiad<a href=“Co-Captain,%202-time%20Team%20MVP,%204-time%20state%20gold%20medalist,%208-time%20regional%20medalist”>/b</a>

**Band<a href=“Percussion%20Section%20Leader,%20State%201st%20Place%20in%20Multiple%20Percussion%20Solo%20Contest,%203-time%20All-State%20and%20All-Northwest%20(representing%20six%20states)%20this%20year”>/b</a>

**Mu Alpha Theta<a href=“Vice%20President%20and%20Founding%20Member,%202-time%20USAMO%20+%204-time%20AIME,%203rd%20Place%20in%20Washington%20Math%20League,%202-time%20ARML%20Washington%20A%20Team%20member,%20other%20misc.%20awards”>/b</a>

**Biology Club<a href=“Co-Founder%20and%20President,%202-time%20USABO%20Semifinalist”>/b</a>
-Lead study sessions for AP Biology students, recruit students for USA Biology Olympiad

**Science Bowl<a href=“Co-Founder,%20won%20the%20Division%20Team%20Challenge,%20reached%20Double%20Elimination%20rounds%20(Top%2016)%20at%20National%20Science%20Bowl”>/b</a>

**Knowledge Bowl<a href=“Varsity%20Co-Captain,%204A%20Team%20State%201st%202007”>/b</a>

National Honor Society
-just a member here.

[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly Red Cross stuff. See above.
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Red Cross National Headquarters, Biology course at local community college, First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor Course, took online Linear Algebra course
[] Essays: Good, too subjective to say how good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best possible
[] Counselor Rec: Best possible
[] Additional Rec: From Red Cross National Youth Council advisor
[] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, ECs, honors
[li] Weaknesses: work experience?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

llpitch · November 29, 2008, 11:47pm

^ If that’s legit that guy is in everywhere.

Wow I just read the rest of this thread. The people on here are ridiculously qualified…

vin09 · November 30, 2008, 12:21am

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 800 CR, 760 W (2320)
SAT II: Math 2 720, Biology 740, World History 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/583
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Cal AB (5), Cal BC (4), Eng Lang (4), Eng Lit (4), Art Hist (4), World Hist (4), Span Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Microecon, AP Govt, AP Eng Lit, anatomy, bcis, AP stats, decathlon, debate 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nmsf, ap with distinction, dar good citizen
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity tennis (captain) top 25 texas 5A school-number 1 singles and doubles, usta tennis-top 80 in texas, tennisrecruiting 2 star, decathlon (captain), challenge team, health careers club (president)
Volunteer/Community service: 130 hours
Summer Activities: College courses, tennis, volunteering, travel
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: alright
Additional Rec: coach’s letter-great
Interview: haven’t had one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): South Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): South Texas???
Reflection[list][] Strengths: well-rounded [] Weaknesses: well-rounded-could screw me over, im not great at one thing.

ChaoticOrder · November 30, 2008, 12:42pm

Stats:
SAT: CR: , M: , W: None
SAT II: Math II C: , Chemistry: , Physics: , Biology: taking in January Chem and Math2
ACT: 30- sucks =(
GPA: UW: , W: 3.6 UW, 3.6 W - ended freshman year with a 1.5 so…
Rank: 29/125 = again look at freshman year =(
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP/IB [5]: Senior Courseload: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, Religion 4 (required), Art, Health (required), Macro Economics at local university, psychology, self study for AP Calc BC, and AP Macro.

Subjective
Essays: Told they were really good, one about family coping with divorce, and me personally overcoming that trauma and how i’ve changed since then- indicating the rising performance in school and GPA, the other about how i’m searching for a religion that will fit me.
Teacher Recs: Calc/precal teacher- one of best in career, praise, well written too. the other from professor who taught USH, kind of the same as above, more quirky.
Counselor Rec: First year here, so eh not sure, should be good though
Supplement Information (Y/N): NO
Interview: Went really well
Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Hispanic, South Texas

Personal
Location: Texas
High School Type: Private- one of most competitive in state
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: M
Applied for Financial Aid:YES

Other
Extracurricular: Co founder and President of MUN, Co founder and VP of Chess team- took a couple of city awards, FIlm club, this community service program- Communications Secretary, Academic Team, NHS, Golf
Awards: National Hispanic Scholar, couple of school based awards like best student in precalculus honors, national spanish exam- honorable mention, principal’s list (4.0 and up) every semester after freshman year. Accepted into SouthWest Research Institute’s Young Engineers and SCientists program= accept only 20 from city each year. Did research there on black holes.
Was mentored by a professor at Trinity University in number theory and other discrete math topics.

pshan730 · November 30, 2008, 2:59pm

You guys are all so amazing, it makes me want to withdraw my application and go to community college ><

I’m not going to post it all on here but I’d say my strengths are extensive experience with violin performance/touring, leadership and accomplishment with our scholastic bowl team, and a lot of commitment and activity with school and community cultural organizations.

Strengths: great essays and recs, but everyone on this thread has said the same. Lots of personality with a pretty interesting interview.
Weaknesses: I haven’t cured cancer or spent my summer building orphanages in a third-world country. I also have a couple B’s that didn’t really do much to my GPA or rank, but still look kind of bad.

But good luck to everyone! Fifteen days left…

bulldoghopeful · November 30, 2008, 9:38pm

Yo, this **** is outta control, you ahve Davidson Fellows downplaying that as a “real achievement”, you have eagle scouts saying they dont have enough comm service (particularly depressing because i myself am an eagle scout) and then you have some crazy two time USAMO, USABO, USNCO 2400 monstrosity making me want to cry myself to sleep.

Here goes my shadow of a “rap sheet”:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 800 CR, 780 W (2380)
SAT II: Math 2 800, Chinese (probs will get thrown out) 800, US History 790, Chemistry (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 10.0): 94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Magnet School of 67, school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Nine 5’s USH, Eng Lang, US Gov, Comp Gov, Micro, Macro, Psych, Calc AB, Calc BC. and one 4 Chem. Chem and the Calcs were in school, everything self-studied (possible explanation for relatively low qpa)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys Mech, AP Phys E/m, ap eng lit, ap bio, multivariable calc, architecture (required class), and comm media (grduation reqt, but my teacher was an english major at yale and has worked wonders on my essays!)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nmsf, national ap scholar, eagle scout with palm
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): town’s recycling advisory committee (high school rep), town’s freecycling grant committee (chair), fed challenge (econ competition, president), various of other service related stuff
Volunteer/Community service: easily 750+, but i never count/keep track
Summer Activities: internship at city hall and in shanghai (pretty cool experience but i never really write about it)
Essays: probs 8-9.5/10 not like super duper fantastic, but definitely above avg
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good (one came out of nowhere and volunteered, and another wrote solid recs before for other things)
Counselor Rec: pretty good, i imagine that since there’s only 67 of us, she can spend more time on each one, and since i take so many APs (she proctors them) that i’d be memorable
Additional Rec: Director of the Department i worked for this summer at city hall-fantastic (my one saving grace, makes what i did this summer (really hardcore systems management/municipal public policy) stand out as something more than just picking up trash, (which if you cut the ******** out of “municipal solid waste management” sounds like)
Interview: had one on campus in the summer, it was so-so compared to my other ones
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Chinese represent!
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle (not eligible for finaid)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i’m really really big on sustainability, and colleges around the nation are catching on, i have som pretty good experience in terms of sustainability mgmt, have spoken to several individuals at yale about it, and they seem pretty excited about what i can bring to the table (idk how much that helps in terms of admissions, but yale’s committment to sustainability was something that got me excited about it, more so than say azkaban)
Reflection[list][] Strengths: see above (i guess what i said above was more of a strength an a hook, but oh well) well-rounded[] Weaknesses: relatively low qpa, could be mitigated by test scores and academic extracurricular activities.

wink · November 30, 2008, 10:34pm

I need to start avoiding threads like this for my own good…but I think I get some kind of masochistic pleasure out of reading about the kanoodles of people that are more likely to be accepted than I am. :p

TheWerg · November 30, 2008, 11:38pm

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 Math, 800 Writing)
[] ACT: Nope, SAT’s good enough for me
[] SAT II: 800 Literature, 800 US History, 800 Math 2, 700 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/540 (My school counts 8th grade…)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (5), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Debate, Academic Decathlon, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP Government, AP Macroecon.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar (I guess?)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 11-12 (Captain 12, board 12), Academic Decathlon 11-12 (Co-captain 12), MUN 11-12 (Officer 12), Vietnamese Culture Club 11-12 (VP 12), Sci-Fi Club 9-12 (Officer 11, VP 12).
[] Job/Work Experience: Helped my dad completely renovate a house over one summer. Spent a solid 200 hours on it, probably.
[] Volunteer/Community service: None to speak of. Probably 50 hours picked up here and there.
[] Summer Activities: Aforementioned renovation of house, Acadec summer school, reading a ton of books and watching a ton of movies.
[] Essays: One about becoming league champion in debate, gotta say it’s pretty risky in terms of style and subject matter (presents me as a very flawed individual). Other about watching all 100 of AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies, less risky, I think it’s interesting if nothing else. Overall, I can’t really tell how good my writing is, but people have really liked my essays.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from English teacher who totally loved me (made copies of an essay I wrote for his wife, another English teacher, to show students as an example of the perfect essay, saved my last essay to be the last one he read before he retired; I was really close to him and he’s a great guy). Other from a US History teacher who didn’t write a very good one, but at least gave me good percentiles?
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor, whom I actually knew pretty well, went out on maternity leave, so a new counselor had to write it. I think I made a good impression in the brief time I talked to her, though. She mostly went by what my teachers said, which was good, I think.
[] Additional Rec: Nah.
[] Interview: Went pretty well, I think.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Bad public, rarely sends people to Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Mexican/Jewish
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: almost exactly $100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Super strong stats for a Mexican, essays could be great, same goes for my English teacher’s recommendation.
[] Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars start in 11th grade (somewhat explained by essay), lacking AP classes, weak-ish rank for a bad school.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t been deferred/rejected yet! Give it a couple of weeks.
[/ul]General Comments: You guys are all awesome! I’d be honored to meet you all if I somehow get in.

mistofthekane · December 1, 2008, 12:03am

Holy cow, TheWerg, we are the same person!

Identical SAT breakdown, same lack of ACT scores, you have better SAT IIs and GPA by like .02. Plus we have the same debate creds and almost the same senior courseload too.

Are you sure you’re not my long-lost twin?

TheWerg · December 1, 2008, 12:10am

Are you a MexiJew? If so, we can hopefully have a tearful reunion at the Yale admitted students weekend thing!

mistofthekane · December 1, 2008, 12:18am

Indeed I am! In fact, I invented the pinto bean latke!

That would actually be sort of cool. Maybe I should try it. But anyway, I’m like 98% positive you’ll be admitted. As for your long-lost sibling… odds aren’t looking so good. Asian with sh**** essays.

goodguysm · December 1, 2008, 1:59am

Seriously this thread is ridiculous. Screw you all!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 670 M: 770 W: 740
[] ACT: 34 Composite
[] SAT II: Korean: 770 Chem: 750 MathII: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 baby
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/415
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 for Chem, 4’s for Psych, US History, World History, 3 for Eng language
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Art History, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, Orchestra, College Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Absolutely None. Commended NMS CHYEA!!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (1st violin, concert master), Church Praise Team (leader/singer) Varsity Badminton (just a team member), California Scholastic Federation (just a member)
[] Job/Work Experience: Piano Accompanist for a church
[] Volunteer/Community service: California Scholastic Federation, tutoring, various volunteering things.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: i like them a lot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: decent i guess
[] Counselor Rec: decent i guess
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Went absolutely GREAT!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public, 2000 kids or so
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~33,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income asian, I’ve lived in Australia for 10 years, i’m a pastor’s kid, = none?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, leadership
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, no awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected
[/ul]General Comments: I don’t like my chances right now. Hopefully God will use his might!
And if anyone’s willing to chance me right now, feel free ;D

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