<p>^ What about these guys, yo?</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - We Can’t Wait Any Longer](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6-WX_TsT4]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6-WX_TsT4)</p>
<p>To ease the tension.</p>
<p>[Dear</a> Sister.](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9wm5DHy8Q]Dear”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9wm5DHy8Q)</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Scarlet Takes A Tumble](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZm-5ce-Mk]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZm-5ce-Mk)</p>
<p>to make you laugh</p>
<p>Ok I think I’ll throw my stats in here…</p>
<p>Stats:
• SAT: CR:750 M:800 W:760
• SAT II: Physics: 770 Math II: 800 US History:760
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: 4.31 (uw 3.92)
• Rank: Top 5%
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Euro History-5, Calc AB- 5, Calc BC-5, US History-4</p>
<p>Subjective
• Essays: Alright, nothing special
• Teacher Recs: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Supplement Information (Y/N): N
• Interview: went ok
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Recruited Athlete for Swimming</p>
<p>Personal
• Location: CA
• High School Type: public
• Ethnicity: Eurasian
• Gender: M
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</p>
<p>BTW sorry everyone I’m too lazy to put in my other ECs. But they are decent.</p>
<p>I think that the academics and the recruited athlete parts are my main selling points</p>
<p>zomg decisions tomorrowwwwww</p>
<p>** Objective: ** [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 math, 800 CR, 800 writing (2350)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800s on USH, Chem, Latin; 720 Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% out of 500.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on USH, Bio, Euro, Chem, Eng Lit, Latin Lit, Macro, Micro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP English Language, AP Latin: Vergil, AP US Gov, Greek III, AP Physics C (both)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): assorted Latin awards; CalTech Signature Book Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Latin Club (co-president for two years), Ohio Junior Classical League (3 years on state executive board, president this year), Akiva High School, varsity golf (captain two years), JV tennis, Math Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ~250 hours of Latin tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: service work within Latin Club and OJCL, and volunteering at Akiva. Serve as precinct leader for county Republican Party, and served as precinct leader for McCain-Palin 2008
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown - 2008; JSA Georgetown - 2007; Latin tutoring
[</em>] Essays: I think they’re decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very strong
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None of that type
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: high grades, tons of APs, deep involvement with a few activities about which I’m very passionate. Connected those in my essays, so that should also help
[</em>] Weaknesses: lots of kids from my school applying, interview not so great, no hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I assume I’ll be waitlisted, but we’ll see in about twenty-eight hours…[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>^ Ew… republican.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>You need a few conservatives at yale to keep some things in perspective and real. Liberals sometimes get caught up in their fantasies and illusions</p>
<p>Heh. I almost feel bad for the Reps at Yale. So many of us flaming liberals. =P (But hey, no complaints o’er here.)</p>
<p>I’m a liberal but i <3 John McCain. Personal reasons 
Actually cried like crazy during his concession speech.</p>
<p>Well…I was a Hillary fan, so the whole election in general sucked for me. Heh. :)</p>
<p>I tried reading some of these, but decided it would pulverize my self-esteem.</p>
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<p>That sounds a bit questionable.</p>
<p>Gobama! :D</p>
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<p>That’s funny, because I’ve found the same holds true of conservatives :(</p>
<p>Just throwing these out there for next year’s applicants:
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720M/740R/780W-> 2240 composite.
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take it!
[<em>] SAT II: 740 US History, 710 Lit, 640 MI (eek I know it’s bad)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/ 390
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): can’t take any until April. Thank you Merrimack High School!!
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): What is this “IB” you speak of?
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Highest my school offers (which is not very much, unfortunately…), except for Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Social Studies, Physical Education (ironically, for someone like me), Student of the Year, Wells College Ethical Leadership Book Award, NMS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bharatanatyam- Indian classical dance I’m really into, Carnatic music singer, NHS historian (haha lame, I know), India Association of New Hampshire Youth Group (Prez), Granite state challenge Team Member, Serious Intern/Volunteer for the Obama campaign, World History Editor for Newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS does stuff as does my Youth Group, but it’s tough for me to quantify my community service. I tried to make it clear in my interview that I wanted to answer Obama’s call to service ([Text</a> of Obama’s speech : DNC 2008 : The Rocky Mountain News](<a href=“http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/02/text-obamas-speech/]Text”>http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/02/text-obamas-speech/)) after I’m done with my college education
[<em>] Summer Activities: Traveled to Europe and India. Mentioned experiences in essay and how they shaped my world perspective.
[</em>] Essays: Hmmm not half bad. I wrote about my experience growing up as the only brown girl in an overwhelmingly white town. Also, about the dilemma of being an American in India, and the frustration at the apathy and abject poverty of my home country in contrast to its glorious cultural traditions
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent, I would think…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I know my counselor has a high opinion of me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope!
[</em>] Interview: Not bad! He said I was a bright and articulate young lady, one of the top he’d ever interviewed. The lowest point of the interview was when I bungled a question about the UN when we were discussing politics…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, as mediocre as you can get. There is very little emphasis on the humanities, in fact, my school almost cut our AP US History Class (our very last AP social studies course). I’ve tried to get the most out of my school, but I’m not sure how far it can take me…
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Indian- Tamilian/ Malayali
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sadly, no
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I sent in a DVD of my Bharatantyam solo debut performance and a CD of me singing Carnatic (Classical South Indian) music. I’m pretty sure my Bharatantyam will be visually impressive, and I’ve been told I’m a fair singer.
[<em>] Weaknesses: UGH I answered ‘time management” as a Short Take response to “What would you change about yourself?”. It is true that I am a chronic procrastinator, but what a stupid, stupid thing to admit to the Admissions Committee. Also, my SAT II scores aren’t as great as they could be
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: We shall see!
[/ul]General Comments: You people rock my world. If this is what’s waiting for me in college after 12 years of conformist mediocrity, I can’t wait to meet every single one of you whether it’s in Yale or not <3</p>
<p>nice to see the Obama support in this thread!! I can’t believe we get to go to college with the embodiment of America’s possibilities as our president :D</p>
<p>Yeah, well, we also get to go in the midst of a recession with a probable depression coming, so there is a dark side to that cloud. :</p>
<p>I guess you’re right, but this election year has proven American ideals to be true in ways we were grasping at 15 years ago. That always gives me hope.</p>
<p>does anyone know what time to expect the early action decision to be posted tomorrow?!</p>