2013 Single Choice Early Action applicants thread

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<p>^-- People are saying 5-6 PM EST.</p>

<p>Eh, might as well fill this out.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (730 CR, 790 M, 800 W 9 Essay)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 800 Chinese w/ Listening, 770 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, Calculus AB 5, Chemistry 5, Statistics 5, Literature 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP English Language, Biology, & electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, AIME Qualifer, nothing too special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (treasurer), Math Club (President), CSF, marching band (section leader), wind ensemble (section leader), piano since forever, graphic design for band functions & service organization
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: privately hired math tutor (3 years, 2 hr/wk), teacher at learning center (1 year, 5 hr/wk)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer performer at 3 local senior homes ~300 hours, coordinator/flute instructor of free music program for local elementary students ~120 hrs, tutor at afterschool homework center ~80 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: internship with vc firm and portfolio startup
[ *] Essays: unanimously positive opinions from readers; 1 about sponsoring a girl in China, 1 about playing piano in Alzheimer’s ward
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both should be pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be very enthusiastic
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: went pretty well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none T___T
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, grades, focus in ECs (service + music + math)
[</em>] Weaknesses: no huge awards, hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My prediction is deferral/rejection so, yeah.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m not amazing, but with how arbitrary some of the results seem, I might have a chance >></p>

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<p>billorani17, it’s nice to see another Indian classical dancer! :slight_smile:
but–and i’m sorry to be the one to tell you this–Yale doesn’t accept supplementary DVDs. i had considered sending a Kuchipudi performance, but their site warned against this. i’m sure everything will work out for you, but be sure to double-check what other colleges accept before sending supps!</p>

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<p>hey, what’s the time difference for the west coast to the east? does anyone know? thanks =]</p>

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<p>three hours, haha</p>

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<p>so…2:00…the middle of school. <em>gulp</em></p>

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<p>Yup. For me it’s right between my 6th & 7th period, so I’ll probably ditch class to check :x</p>

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<p>Fine, fine, I’m doing EA too…</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 composite (800 CR, 770 M, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio-E, 800 Math IIC, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Well… I made ELC… so top 4%?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Computer Science A (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus BC, Honors Spanish 4, Orchestra, AP Physics B, AP Comparative Government/Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Taekwondo, leadership/instructor training program for Taekwondo, a youth orchestra, a summer symphony at a nearby university, science club (co-founder and co-president), violin
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work at a children’s hospital, that leadership/instructor training program, and the youth orchestra (for example, we played culturally-enriching concerts)
[<em>] Summer Activities: That summer symphony, hospital, and other stuff (like camp)
[</em>] Essays: The Common App one was okay (I’m assured that the final draft was much better than what I had once handed into my English teacher), and one person really loved my Yale supplement essay, although the another had some doubts…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from my English teacher (I’m his first student to venture into AP English, and got consistent top scores, and have a good relationship with him), and one from my AP Chem teacher (who I also TA for this year); haven’t read their letters, so I can’t really tell. Not expecting that much dazzle from their letters
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Can’t tell. But we have a nice relationship…
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Never had one :frowning:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Uh… middle class, at least…
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My test scores and GPA, some of the ECs that I’ve consistently done, how I self-studied myself into Spanish 2 and later took an equivalent of Spanish 3 over the summer to “skip” to Spanish 4
[<em>] Weaknesses: I could’ve done better with my junior couse load, no big awards, no hooks, kind of have some doubts about my essays (especially my “Why Yale” one (which was why having no interval is a personal negative, as I didn’t really have a chance to passionately add to why I wanted to go to Yale), but then again, this might just be anxiety with EA decisions in less than 24 hours from now), and let’s not forget that I’m Asian. :stuck_out_tongue: I would say my “big excuse” would be that I moved in the middle of my high school career, from a rather laid-back school to a more competitive public school, but it obviously won’t cover up my weaknesses.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If accepted, because admissions is a crapshoot (which was what motivated me to apply early anyway). If deferred/denied, I kind of look like a run-of-the-mill student in the applicant pool… maybe with even less luster…
[/ul]General Comments: Decisions have been made, but really, we’re all amazing. What’s going to differentiate us? I’d say it’ll mostly be luck. But still, good luck, and godspeed everyone!</p>

<p>Crap… having done this… I’m kind of more sure that I’ve screwed up… T___T</p>

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<p>i guess i’ll throw this up here
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 750 M 800 WR (12 E)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History 800 Lit 730 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.235 W, no idea UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank, top 8% at least
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 USH, 5 Environmental, 5 AP Lan
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): eh?
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: toughest
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Exam winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School paper head editor, speech team -state and national qualifier, mock trial (3 years, best witness award), piano (play for school musicals). I switched schools between sophomore and junior year, so a lot of my things got interrupted. Also do creative writing, and wrote a 200 page novel that my English teacher read.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: : (
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Just fulfilled school recs, nothing worth mentioning
[<em>] Summer Activities: GMIF Speech and Debate, Speech and Debate nats, Computer Camp
[</em>] Essays: who knows? hehe. i think i’m a decent writer
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one very good, one a wild card (i didn’t get to see them, so first is sort of assumption)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: amazing. he really likes me for some reason
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: decent. I was tired from jet lag, but I don’t think I looked like an idiot, at least.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small private (50 students), and switched from large public (400 per class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope : (
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Perfect grades at the best school in my area, solid test scores, perfect transition between schools (no grade drop or anything), weak geographic area (personally know of no one in my quarter of the state applying SCEA)
[<em>] Weaknesses: relatively weak ECs (compared to cc at least…you guys are amazing!), lack of community service or job.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not looking forward to tomorrow.
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck! It’s been both comforting and nerve-wracking looking at these forums, but at least, if I get in, I know that some of the people at Yale are pretty cool! And crazy involved, too.</p>

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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 M, 770 CR, 750 WR)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Physics, 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% of 700
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), English Language (5), European History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Physics (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Literature / IB Spanish HL, AP Calc / IB Math SL, IB Chem SL, IB History HL, IB English HL, Yearbook 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just some national and state yearbook/journalism awards.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-chief 11, 12); Lit Mag (Editor-in-Chief 10, 11, 12); DVD (Founder 11, Editor-in-chief 12); Newspaper (Section Editor 12); Cross Country (10, 11, 12); Track (11, 12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Held consistent jobs since sophomore year.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots for IB.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp counselor; Yearbook conferences & awards
[<em>] Essays: I’ve been told by an admissions officer (not from Yale) that they are the best she’s ever read. Teachers called them powerful, beautiful, and moving. Whatever. One is about an abusive stepfather that has had a profound impact on me. The other is about a yearbook experience.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know her well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my HJ Yearbook rep, who has worked with literally thousands of editors and 50 schools, and said she’s never seen someone like me in her career
[<em>] Interview: No big deal.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: suburban public (large)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: dude
[<em>] Income Bracket:low, 60000/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Bleh.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Seems like my entire application is a weakness right about now.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’ll be rejected because there’s no outstanding reason for them to accept me.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Lo que sea, sea.</p>

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<p>somehow i feel like if i fill this out i will freak out less. thats probably not true but oh well.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 720 CR 790 M 710 WR
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math2 750 Lit 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank, but tied with a few others for 1 out of about 200
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics C Mechanics (4), Physics C E&M (5) (yet to take: English Literature, English Language, Spanish, Chemistry, Computer Science A)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: the AP classes with tests i havent taken yet… plus band, debate, gov, econ, and business college level marketing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major other than national merit semifinalist, ap scholar with honor and a few minor band things/ science fair things / spanish tests
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): World Affairs Discussion Group (president); Students Against Destructive Decisions (President) NHS (VP), Spanish Honor Society (VP), researcher under the president of the American Chemistry Society, pep band, top band in school, symphony orchestra, debate, youth council for a couple years, few other minor things
Job/Work Experience: about that…
Volunteer/Community service: campaign volunteer, lawyer for local teen court program, Student Service Organization, tutor at community center, began e-mail program for veterans at the Veterans’ Home, library volunteer
Summer Activities: Purdue Summer Band, i took multivariate calculus at Purdue University and got an A, research in chem lab
Essays: blah i think they were alright. common app one about football which is unique but i dunno how they’ll like it
Teacher Recommendation: one will be good but not great, the other one i have no idea
Counselor Rec: really good i think
Additional Rec: yes, from the guy i research under, and he said it was really strong
Interview: fine, not great
State (if domestic applicant): IN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my brother is a senior there right now and did really well, he got phi beta kappa his junior year and has like a 3.96 so hopefully they look him up…? (does anyone know if they do look up current students from your school?)
Reflection
Strengths: my brother, perhaps my ec’s/service, purdue class
Weaknesses: lack of awards :(, dont really have a nitch or anything interesting about me, the fact that all of the other applicants are equally good or better doesnt help too much either…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: oh god i have no idea.
General Comments: good luck to everyone else tomorrow!! every post ive read sounds like an extremely viable candidate…hopefully we all get into one of our top choices if not Yale because it sounds like everyone has worked realllly hard.</p>

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<p>Good luck today everyone :-)!!!</p>

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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 760W, 12E
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II C, 780 Chemistry, 760 Biology-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%/ 275
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CS AB, AP Euro, AP Phys C, AP French, Business Law, Public Speaking, Phys Ed, Differential Equations, Discrete Math
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, NMSF, Scholastic Gold Keys, Princeton Book Award, Bausch and Lomb, AIME Qualifier, Other Piano/Math/Writing awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (awards), Music Club (president), School Music Stuff (orchestra, choir accompanist, lobby pianist for events), Math/Science Teams (awards), Math Research, Math Independent Study, Creative Writing (awards), Literary Magazine (2x editor-in-chief), Board of Education (2x student representative), Student Council (former class president), Interact (executive), JSA (chapter vp, state assembly rep), Presidential Campaign Volunteer, Tennis (varsity letter)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Chinese Teacher to Adopted Children (4hrs/wk since I can remember:) I love the kiddies), Interact Stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer Science Program (07), Governor School for the Sciences (08), Writing Camps, Piano Camps, A lot of travel (I forget if I mentioned this on the app)
[<em>] Essays: One about a summer program, another relating two of my main interests; both are very well written, but nothing spectacular; short answers are mediocre;
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be decent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Piano teacher’s, sent with music supplement.
[li] Interview: Good. We had a lot of similar interests, but I rambled on and on about nothing.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Top 15 publics in state.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-triangled and generally well-rounded. A nice fit: Yale is looking for science/engineering kids and I fit the artistic mold quite nicely as well
[</em>] Weaknesses: Well-rounded upper class Asian female with no amazing awards/hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: We’ll see :)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck Everyone!!</p>

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<p>I don’t want to jinx anyone, but ^ blew me away.</p>

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<p>Yeah, seriously. People like that make me lose hope of all chances :(</p>

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<p>haha, i haven’t even gotten my decision yet but i already want to cry.</p>

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<p>But that’s how I feel about you guys. I was originally very hesitant to put up any information because the other posts were really really intimidating, so I thought of it as a way to help crazy people compare themselves to others. Then, I realized how much it really helped me to read through these pages of amazing ppl (RCfanatic, Davidson Fellows, TASP-ers, seriously AMAZING people) and realize that I really AM a big fish in a small pond- more like puddle- and that I really can’t expect that much tomorrow. </p>

<p>I’m sure you guys understand how I’m feeling. Many of us are big fishies in little ponds, ready to explore the big ocean :slight_smile: we just don’t know what kind of real big fishies are out there and how many other medium fishies there are.</p>

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<p>Yes. I feel like a medium-sized fish in a tiny pond.</p>

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<p>I don’t feel like a fish =] I feel like…a seahorse?</p>

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<p>I’m a big fish in a medium pond, haha. Still, pianista, your achievements are things I’d dream of having :)</p>

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<p>LongDarkRoad, i feel pretty much the same :/</p>