<p>waitlisted… weird, since i was accepted to bates and macalester</p>
<p>accepted, and a trustee scholar :3</p>
<p>(realjoy’s daughter posting)</p>
<p>Rejection. But I am not surprised. I applied, but never visited or showed any “love”.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. I think yet could tell I wasn’t very interested. I never visited, and completely ignored the Midwestern regional admissions director’s email telling me how excited she was to read my essay on the Little Prince. Congrats admirers!</p>
<p>So I’m on my iPhone. Ignore my above spelling fails.
*they *admitees</p>
<p>Got the acceptance letter earlier today I’m really excited and I’m most likely headed there this fall</p>
<p>Accepted trustee scholar!</p>
<p>Accepted Trustee!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 680 M, 800 W
SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 700 US History, 590 Spanish w/ Listening
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.7 UW, 3.98 W
Rank: 32/400-some
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year’s): 11
IBs (including this year’s: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: AP US Govt, AP English 12, AP Stats, APES, AP Spanish, AP Studio Art, Intl Relations/H Foreign Policy
Number of Apps from Your School: me and one other as far as I know.
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Natl Merit Commended, Natl Hispanic Scholar, Honor Roll, various district art awards, Honor Roll, Magnet student (my school is a magnet school for the arts), but all in all nothing incredibly awesome.</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: MUN, National Art Honor Society (founded), Project Uganda (helped to found), National Honor Society, Art Club, Magnet Council, and a lot of other tiny things that I had listed on my resume in the additional information section.
Job/Work Experience: Busch Gardens Europe theme park, as a games hostess.
Essays (subject and responses): Common App free response about the way my lifelong pursuit of a most purgative art form has altered my newfound passion for international politics. Supplement essay was a little lame. It was a story about a recorder choir concert when I was in elementary school and how I got over my shyness. It was written mostly to be comical and I guess they found some merit in it, but I wasn’t too fond of it.
Teacher Recs: An alumni rec from my US History teacher. Pretty enthusiastic.
Counselor Rec: SO enthusiastic.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): n/a
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): First-generation student, I guess, is the only hook I can think of.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Virginia (Tidewater area, non-NoVA)
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, magnet, 75% of seniors attend any sort of post-sec education, and about 20% of students drop out.
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80-90K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation, and that’s pretty much it.
Strengths: My first essay was great. Recommendation letters, and my ECs are pretty varied. Test scores are good.
Weaknesses: GPA to an extent.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have pretty good standardized test scores and a strong academic record. My classes are the most challenging you can take at my school and I think they got a feel of that, and I gave them a good impression of my leadership skills. I think I’m just a different candidate than they usually get, which may be why they’re considering me over people with perfect test scores and 4.0 GPAs.
Where else are you applying: University of Chicago (accepted early action), William and Mary (accepted), Georgetown (deferred early action), University of Richmond (accepted with full ride), St. John’s University (accepted with full ride).</p>
<p>I’ll be going to UR but I wish good luck to all those accepted and also those who are on the waitlist – hopefully you’ll be getting my spot!</p>