2015 African American Results Thread

Student Lounge African-American Students
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<p>**Final Results for D:</p>

<p>Where you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:** Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT (EA); UPenn (likely); Columbia (likely); Duke (likely); Wellesley (likely); Northwestern, USC (Trustee Scholarship); UCLA (merit scholarship); UC Berkeley; UC Davis (Regents Scholarship). Waitlist: None. Rejections: None.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520/1600; 2320/2400
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Took 5 (800,790,760,760,750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1-2% (school does not rank.)</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Taken 8 exams so far (will take 5 more in May), all with score of 5 (Physics, Calculus, Chemistry, Biology, English, History, foreign language, etc.)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP courses + 1 Honors course </p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Scholar + lots of regional awards for academics and athletics</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded a popular club on campus, President, varsity athlete, demonstrated devotion to 2-3 other academic and volunteer organizations.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours of service </p>

<p>Summer Activities: attended competitive college science program, internship abroad, and traveled abroad
Essays: Very well-written. Revised multiple times. The longest part of this whole process!
Teacher Recommendation: Great! She peeked at one and couldn’t believe how wonderful it was.
Counselor Rec: Wonderful!
Additional Rec: Great!
Interview: D interviews very well. One of the best parts of her application. </p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, successful girl in science </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Very well-rounded. Excelled in sports, academics, service. Teachers/ counselors find her engaging so that it was easy for them to write her LORs.
Weaknesses: Scattered interests. Wants to major in everything. </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Shocked she was accepted to all schools applied to. Could’ve saved a bunch of money on the application fees! :wink: In our opinion, she was accepted because: (1) took nothing for granted; (2) wrote and re-wrote her essays over a 3-month period. Did not stop until she thought they were perfect and were “her”; (3) has a great relationship with all of her teachers and counselors. It was actually difficult choosing which teachers to ask. They were all willing; (4) Interviews very well.; (5) Stats were in the 75% or higher range for every school she applied to; (6) attends a feeder school; (6) sent in all 14 of her apps early (before December 1).</p>

<p>General Comments:
Wow! D has a big decision to make. She is truly in love with the vast majority of the colleges she was accepted to. Does not want to refuse any.</p>

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<p>Wow…! Congratulations everyone!! :)</p>

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<p>“I am happy to join the ranks of African Americans at top colleges, a list I have dreamed of belonging to.”</p>

<p>Great! Congratulations to all!</p>

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<p>Wow everyone in this thread is so impressive, really, congrats to all. I kind of feel like I’m not even worthy to post my updated results.</p>

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<p>Please do, It will help the AA’s in the future. I know I really benefitted from the last thread.</p>

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<p>LOL at the midget porn tag on this post, & @ nil desperandum I guess you’re right </p>

<p>Where were you accepted: Drexel University, local safety state U, University of Georgia, Goucher College, Bard College, Pitzer College, Smith College</p>

<p>Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program: yes! trustee scholarship from Pitzer, Global Citizen scholarship from Goucher, some grants and Scholarships from Drexel, instate scholarship (90%- full ride) for both instate schools. Have yet to hear back from Bard regarding aid</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.7 W, 3.8 W
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank, but I’m guess I’m in the top half
[</em>] Ap Courses: Econ, Stats, APUSH, Pysch, Lang & Comp
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I tried to give as much incite into my personal life/situation as possible, and I guess I did an okay job of conveying that
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent, I guess
[<em>] Hooks: URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: My SAT score, lord knows I fretted and cried over my test scores
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred where you were: In hindsight I think most of the schools I was accepted in to were good matches for me stats/academically and personality wise
[<em>] significant awards/recognitions:
[</em>] summer activities: summer job, summer program at major public University
[/ul]Other Factors: I have a pretty unique home/living situation ( ah I could probably word that better, but what ever!). Also those who know me well, especially one of the teachers that wrote a rec for me, know that I can take on a challenge and am fully capable of adapting and adjusting to different situations.</p>

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<p>Nigerians killed it this year. Then again, we always do ;)</p>

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<p>^The Americans didn’t do too badly either :wink: :)</p>

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<p>Congratulations to everyone!</p>

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<p>Don’t jealous me or the rest of my island people - you know we been killin’ it long before y’all decided to join in. :cool:</p>

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<p>I’m a black African American. And I noticed that in general black people who come from (or have parents who come from) different countries like nigeria, have a great work ethic. One of my closes friends is Nigerian and she’s number 1 in our class. And she got a 30 on her ACT!! what’s the secret?? Lol</p>

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<p>REPORTING FOR S
Where were you accepted: Georgetown & Oberlin
REJECTED: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Tufts
[ *] SAT: 2220: 730 Reading 700 Math 790 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: Didn’t take
[ *] State or Country: From MD. living in Antigua & Barbuda
[ *] School Type: IB
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred where you were: possibly rejected for not taking SAT 2 tests…Family legacy at Georgetown, two siblings finished, one is a junior.</p>

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<p>This is more than likely - SAT II exams are required for admission.</p>

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<p>Ok @JSea11, just put me on blast why don’t you!!! LOLz jk…but I have to admit, many Nigerians do grow up with strong work ethic because our parents would let us have it any other way!! Not saying it’s bad, just saying it’s a correlation with our work and upbringing/background!!</p>

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<p>JSea11, I think that of first and second generation blacks, like most recent immigrant groups, going onto higher education at a mark higer rate than African Americans can be attributed to the fact that most of there families come here for greater opportunity and, therefore, understand that a strong work ethic can ultimately payoff in the long run. On the other hand, many African Americans, such as myself, come from families that have been here longer than the majority of the American population and have, unfortunately, seen that working hard ethically, up until recently, did not always payoff for our family members (especially for blacks). Consequently, higher education is not stressed as much in African American households. Of course, this trend in educational disparity has various other influences as well (Its actually a very interesting and sad subject to study).</p>

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<p>^I’m going to have to cosign on that - to be sure, there are other factors involved, and I don’t think that the reason individuals now are not doing well academically is because they have seen that diligence in academics doesn’t pay off, but the results of repeated denials of opportunity are still playing out in the lives of African-Americans today. And then there’s the whole problem of educational quality as it relates to socioeconomic status.</p>

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<p>^Exactly- the educational attainment disparity between social classes is alarming and one of the greatest travesties (in my opinion, of course) going on in the U.S. right now. And, unfortunately, African American youths tend to come from the lower ranks of social classes.</p>

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<p>Simply put I have to agree with the last three posts. I think it also all boils down to mentality. If you think you cannot do it because you have been told you cannot and have not been able to do something, then you won’t do it. But if you can get past that mindset, you can do it!</p>

<p>On another note…did anybody apply and get accepted to Emory, U of Chicago, and/or Northwestern? Just trying to network…and especially any Nigerians as well? Kinda help me know if I can expect diversity and or another group of people to connect with?</p>

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<p>African94…,wat do you mean on blast??? Who…who are you?how am I putting you on blast if I dnt know who you are Lol</p>

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<p>^Also, is anyone going to the Essence of Emory or the Destination Chicago Fly-in Program??</p>

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<p>LOLz stop lying…u just texted me!!! Don’t make me put YOU on blast Jo…I mean JSea11!!!</p>