<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 710 CR 680 M 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 USH 700 Chem 670 Lit
[<em>] APs: Junior year- USH (5), English Lang. (5), Chem (4)
[</em>] GPA: 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: a decent handful... VP of student Gov, Captain of tennis team, 1st trombone allstate
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Full time landscaping in supper
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): very solid if not very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea actually, good i hope
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothing
[/ul]Location/Person: [ul]
[<em>] State or Country: US
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic- sends some to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whiittee
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Financial aid award tab is not currently working (it's there but doesn't bring me anywhere), but I'm sure whatever they give me wil not be enough for me to go</p>
<p>Tennis Captain and #1 Singles-All S. Jersey
Softball Captain Varsity 4 yrs
School President and Rep to School Board
President NHS
Lead Lawyer Mock Trial
Debate Team
Peer Mediator
First Chair Oboe--All county and Previous all S. Jersey
Piano Soloist High School Concert Band and HIgh School Plays
Community Service for Red Cross, Relay for LIfe, Local Soup Kitchen
Math Tutor</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2130 (750 CR, 730 W, 650 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Spanish, 660 US History (ehh)
[<em>] ACT: --
[</em>] APs: Didn't self-report any scores.
[<em>] IBs: --
[</em>] GPA: 3.4 UW, 3.9 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 25%
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended, National Achievement, Spanish awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club, Debate, Student Government, Spanish Club, Art Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier...IT assistant
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent...about the education system
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was great, the other was at least good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[</em>] Applied on: 12/29?
[li] Hook (if any): URM, low-income, though I don't know if that helps at BC</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public school, sends people to HYP, MIT, etc. Good, but not spectacular
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half black, one-fourth white, and one-fourth Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): math 660 writing 720 reading 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: literature 720 us history 750
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs: us history (5), psych (5); now taking econ, english lit, spanish, stats
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.7 out of 5 weighted
[<em>] Rank: top 8%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: mainly...catholic youth group, lots of volunteer work, editor of newspaper, art, varsity athletics (not in college though), nhs officer, peer mentor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: personal care assistant to disabled child
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): personal experience that affected leadership qualities...very creative style and story though. those who know my writing said it was one of my best.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: english (great) and physio/bio (don't know) teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay...go to large public school so not much personal attention here.
[</em>] Applied on: english major in school of arts and sciences
[<em>] Hook (if any): none really...although i did make a solid case for my catholic volunteer work and how it connects to my study/career plans
[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: central MA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public, decently well-respected academically
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**
proof that a suburban MA white catholic female from a public school can still get in these days :)
A GREAT SUGGESTION: when you present your ec's and service work, highlight your goals (ex- promoting diversity or the arts) so that your hard work comes across, not just a bunch of activities.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2010
[</em>] SAT IIs: US: 720 Lit: 700
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: US: 5 Lang: 4 Calc AB: 5 Art history: 4 Euro: 4 Bio: 3 (hardest AP test of my life like damn)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: UW: 3.96 W: 4.45
[<em>] Rank: 12/867
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 13 yr Girl Scout, mock trial, softball, tennis, hospital, etc
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): my common app one was my favorite by far. it was about me looking back on my life and wanted i wanted to do. different format than most but its got a pretty good success rate
[<em>] Teacher Recs: APUSH teacher gave me an amazing one; calc was subpar but w/e
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i liked it
[<em>] Applied on: history major in CAS
[</em>] Hook (if any): gold award recipient
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: socal (the best :) )
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public with amazing AP/honors program
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: f
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**</p>
<p>excited. possibility i'll be going here but not for sure. i love boston but i also got into one of my top choices so we'll see. CONGRATS everyone!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): not submitted
[</em>] SAT IIs: not submitted
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: school doesn't offer any -- but I have more than 30 college credits
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 97%
[<em>] Rank: top 3%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: NHS, xc, ... other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>] Applied on: Undecided
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm hookless
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Probably below average school with an above average class.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Nothing special
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm tabless.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 660, MATH 690, WRITING 770 (highest scores from 2 sittings)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Korean 740, MATH I 700, LIT 600
[<em>] APs: EURO HISTORY 3, SPANISH LANGUAGE 4 (taking US History, English and Spanish lit this year)
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA: 3.67 out of 4.0 (i think); 4.1 out of 4.5
[</em>] Rank: top 10% although i have a feeling that i'm very close to the top 5%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: JV soccer, bible study, science team co-president, model un vp, band librarian, hospital volunteer etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): why i want to go into nursing.. i thought it wasn't bad.. i asked about 5 users on CC to read and comment and they thought it was different but good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one was really good. the other one was not so great (i think my teacher recycled it from last year.. later i found out that the name HEATHER was on the letter -_-; )
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i have a feeling it was good. didn't read it though.
[<em>] Applied on: Connell School of Nursing
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, it's aiiiiight :) only offers like 5 AP's...
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean (Korean-American??)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**
congrats to everyone that was accepted
to those that didn't, hakuna matata. i bet you're all qualified and that a great school is going to accept you!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Did not send.
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not send.
[<em>] ACT:30
[</em>] APs:APUSH:5, AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, AP Stats
[<em>] IBs:N/A
[</em>] GPA:4.3W
[li] Rank:School doesn't rank, but in Top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Varsity Sports, Miscellaneous clubs, and TONS of community service.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Year round part-time job.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany and World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Excellently written.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't get to see, but imagine they were excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't get to see. Probably mediocre.
[</em>] Applied on: 12/16/08
[<em>] Hook (if any): Male in school of education?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Catholic, kind of upscale.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Was not expecting to get in being in-state, but am thrilled!</p>
<p>accepted to carroll school of management
i live in socal and got the packet today</p>
<p>SAT: 2190 (730 M, 730 CR, 730 W)
SAT: Math IIC: 690 French:690 U.S History:670 Chemistry:630
ACT: None
APs: AP English Language and Composition (4), AP US History (4), AP French (3) AP Chem (not even gonna say)
IBs: None
GPA: 3.5ish 3.7 Weighted
Rank: School doesn't rank
Other stats: overall my academics aren't too great, messed up on the SAT IIs and AP</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: 4 year starter on varsity tennis and captain, Varsity Football, Varsity Squash, Campus Tour Guide, Head of International Club, Technology Department, Editoral Writer for school publication, photo staff for yearbook, video yearbook layout head, couple more i guess
Job/Work Experience: didnt list any, put some nonpaid volunteer work in additional info
Essays (subject and responses): Pretty solid, prob best part of my app, wrote about how I went through football training camp with stitches in my arm and broke them on the last day
Teacher Recs: Very good, both from teachers who I had for 2 yrs
Counselor Rec: Meh....not sure about this one
Applied on: Mid November, changed from EA to Regular
Hook (if any): Nope</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 20 Boarding School in the country, probably top 2 in Cali, Very Competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I think it was mostly ECs and essays that got me in, anyways Congrats to everyone who got in! For those that didn't, my condolences, but hopefully you'll have many other options!
Oh btw, I did indeed have the 6th tab before the acceptance came.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 Math, 640 CR, 670 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math2, embarrassing others (took them at the last minute, unprepared)
[<em>] ACT: Did not take
[</em>] APs: Music Theory, Economics, Statistics, European History
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: Estimated: 3.6 UW, 3.75 W
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: Just a general comment, REALLY screwed up freshman and sophomore year (many issues, though I'm not making excuses), made up for it last year and this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Marching Band 9-12 (Junior & Senior 1st Trumpet, Senior co-section Leader); Show Band 11,12 (founded in 11th grade); Odyssey of the Mind 9-12 (Team leader/founder); Jazz Lab 10; Jazz Band 11,12; Men's Ensemble 11; Wind Ensemble (although a class, still A LOT of outside stuff) 11,12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Shoprite
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): About me building my self-confidence along with my musical abilities (sounds a lot worse than it really was), thought it was pretty well written and above average at least
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very personal, know me very well. Not general fluff. Plus one is my teacher who is my girlfriend's aunt, so that's a plus.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: LOVES me (not to sound pretentious), assuming very good
[</em>] Applied on: 12/17 or so
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very competitive public school, class size around 680
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I thought I would be rejected for sure, but I'm happy I at least made the waitlist. Wish I didn't screw up my first 2 years of high school... Regardless, I could be in a lot worse situation, especially considering I appeared under-qualified. Good luck to everyone still waiting and good luck to all of us on the waitlist now!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): did not take
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Bio, 700 US History
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: 12 AP Classes Total
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.73 UW 4.6 W
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: MUN, Mock Trial, Various Honor Societies, Various Community Service Clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a Financial Firm for four years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>] Applied on: 12/20?
[<em>] Hook (if any): spanish?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Spanish/Pac Islander
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to everyone that got in!!!</p>