Actual Results Thread for African Americans

Student Lounge African-American Students
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<p>Lets start this thread so we can see where black students were accepted and their stats.</p>

<p>Make sure you remove the space right after the first [ in each line!</p>

<p>Where were you accepted:
Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program:</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Ap Courses:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any): um yeah, were all URM!
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were:
[ *] significant awards/recongitions:
[ *] summer activities:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

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<p>i'll start!</p>

<p>Where did you get accepted: UNC so far, waiting to here from more in march/april (HYPS), Duke, Johns hopkins
Did you get any scholarships/Honors: find out later</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1960
SAT IIs:chem 770 bio 720 math 2 660
ACT:n/a
GPA:4.55/4.6
Rank:10/501
Other stats: Ap chem 5, National Achievement
Subjective:
Essays:I think they were good!!
Teacher Recs:Awsome, they both asked me if they could write them!
Counselor Rec:good
Hook (if any):urm+science
Location/Person:
State or Country:nj
School Type: public
Gender:female
major strength/weakness:great academic record, ec's, many academic and community awards,and significant summer activities, weakness= SAT1 </p>

<p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:everything but my sat1 scores are good, and I have success in ap's and college classes to counteract this!<br>
awards: National achievement, departmental awards in bio, chem, and Physics from school, community service awards
Other Factors: 3 leadership positions, 3 languages, 3 instraments, 2 sports, many other clubs, college classes, internships</p>

<p>Let's keep this going!</p>

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<p>I'll bite :)</p>

<p>Where were you accepted: U Minnesota, U Wisconsin, MIT - all early/rolling. Still haven't heard back from U Michigan.
Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program: no</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (780 CR/780 M/800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math II, 720 Chem, 690 US History
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: unweighted on a normal scale (my school's is weird), about 3.9
[<em>] Rank: 1 (tied with a lot of people)
[</em>] Ap Courses: Euro, Chem, USH, Psych, Calc, Gov, Lit
[<em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were okay. I only had my English teacher read them and he thought much more highly of them than I did, so I guess they were good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 excellent, 1 above-average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: average - I'd only just met her before she had to write it.
[<em>] Hook (if any):URM, Female interested in engineering
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: private for 9-11, public for 12
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness: SATs, ECs. I also think my personality was conveyed really well in my essays.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: well I didn't apply anywhere regular decision, so I guess my situation is a bit atypical in that I didn't get the chance to get rejected anywhere :P But I think it was mainly my ECs (not extraordinary, but reflected what I was interested in and not exactly run-of-the-mill) and teacher recommendations got me in.
[<em>] significant awards/recongitions: National Achievement semi-finalist, National Merit Commended
[</em>] summer activities: working
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]</p>

<p>[*] my family situation was atypical in a way that certainly could have affected my school performance in 10th-11th grades so my school knew about it. I don't know if that came through in my recs, but if it did that may have also worked to my advantage.</p>

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<p>umm, i got in somewhere, but I'll post my stats later once i hear back from the rest of my colleges in march/april.</p>

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<p>kb09026; not to slight anyone else, but those are some SMOKIN; SATI's!</p>

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<p>Accepted to Yale SCEA! (But still waiting to hear back from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 720 M, 780 W
* SAT II: Literature (750); Biology-M (740); World History (760)
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/316
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (two of my 5's were self-studied)
* Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Musical Theatre, Wind Ensemble, Independent Research, AP Music Theory
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, National Achievement Semi, National AP Scholar, Maryland Distinguished Scholar
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Founder/President - Winners of National Chapter of the Month), FBLA State Officer, Young Democrats Club (Founder/President), Piano (I take lessons and do chamber music at a really prestigious conservatory), Band (flute and piano), Drama!!!, Baltimore Cappies Critics Team, School Chamber Music Society, A couple honors societies, County-Wide Student Government (Secretary)
* Job/Work Experience: Year-long internship in the FCC regulatory dept. of a REALLY big satellite firm in DC, Office Assistant at my dad's office, Tutoring Service (Founder/President)
* Volunteer/Community service: Appointed by County Executive to the Environmental Sustainability Board, Student Member of 2 other commissions confirmed by the County Council, Member of a lovely troupe of traveling kids that give presentations to parents on how they can better communicate with their teens (Elected Secretary), Teen Advisory Committee for my community, Participated in a fairly prestigious community service organization sponsored by my county, LOTS OF WORK GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT!
* Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Prestigious Music Camp (for piano)
* Essays: I'm a writer through and through
* Teacher Recommendation: I guess they were better than I thought if they got me in!
* Counselor Rec: He said it was the best he's ever written
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: Lovely
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: hmmm... I forget
* Intended Major: Theatre Studies/Politics, Economics, Ethics
* State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
* Country (if international applicant): hmmm
* School Type: Competitive Public - REALLY COMPETITIVE! (so far: 1 stanford, 2 yales, 2 penns, 1 uchicago all from the early round)
* Ethnicity: Black
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle Class!
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Race, EXTREMELY INVOLVED (I do a bit more than I listed, but I feel like I've given you an accurate reflection with what I've provided), neat accomplishments
* Weaknesses: Teacher recs, test scores
* Why you think you were accepted: My admissions officer said I had "extraordinary leadership and academic talents"
</code></pre>

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<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 680 M, 770 W</li>
<li>SAT II: n/a
*ACT: 33</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87ish/4.5 weighted</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40ish/757 i think</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language(5), AP World (4), AP Calc</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Statistics, Honors Gov/Econ, Honors Spanish 9-10</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi, Forensics Academic All-American</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): STAND (secretary), Speech and Debate (oratory squad captain), Theater (council), Step Team, Best Buddies (communications officer), Anytown Club, Table Tennis Society (historian)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Worked one year at a chinese restaurant, then a few months at a Hawaiian restaurant.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Relay for Life, STAND (it's an anti-genocide organization), Countless food drives/blood drives</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Nationals for speech&debate last year, the year before that was all working</li>
<li>Essays: really fun! they were so me.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: pretty good, seeing as what they've done for me so far :]</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: awesome! my counselors love me, cause i am one of the few people from my HUGE class that go in regularly</li>
<li>Additional Rec: drama teacher, it was fun too he said</li>
<li>Interview: had one with WashU and Oberlin that went pretty well.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: oh yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: Anthropology/Economics/IR with a minor in Theater/Spanish</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Arizona</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): </li>
<li>School Type: just a plain old HUGE public school.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Middle Class!</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: My courseload, ESSAYS, URM obviously</li>
<li>Weaknesses: test scores could be higher, but i am thoroughly satisfied. not taking the AP calc test last year</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted: gaurenteed admissions to U of A, and just all-around academic achievement for Tulane &Howard</li>
</ul>

<p>I am still waiting on: Brown, Stanford, WashU, Rice, Pitzer, Tufts, and Oberlin...with Brown and Stanford my two first choices</p>

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<p>Good job u guys! 2 legit, am I missing something? Where you accepted somewhere?</p>

<p>oh! I see it</p>

<p>"gaurenteed admissions to U of A, and just all-around academic achievement for Tulane &Howard"</p>

<p>BTW; I went to Howard (as did my sister, 2 aunts, and a brother in law). I went to undergrad and medical school there.</p>

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<p>haha! oh i totally forgot to put where i was accepted.</p>

<p>i got accepted to howard & Uof Arizona with full rides and stipends.
and to Tulane with a 24k scholarship and honors program invitation.</p>

<p>i am hoping to go visit HU if I get named a national achievement finalist...and my mom is really pushing me to go there! we'll just have to see how i like it when i get there :]</p>

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<p>eatingfood, is Yale your first choice? It seems to be a "fit" school for you (at least academically). Your political involvement would make me inclined to say Columbia would be good as well.</p>

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<p>I got accepted to University of Texas in the engineering honors program. But I am waiting on decisions from Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.</p>

<p>I used the template from the yale results thread to make mine so it looks different:
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (790 CR, 650 M, 630 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 R, 35 M, 32 E, 31 S)
[<em>] SAT II: Lit 720, Math 2 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/476
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 5 US History, took Chem and Comp. Sci classes but not the AP tests
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, Bio, Physics B, English Lit, Stats, Economics, Government (All AP)+Health
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi-finalist[/li]Speech & Debate Awards</p>

<p>10th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
5th Place Team Texas Forensic League State Tournament
1st place University of Texas Longhorn Classic Tournament
1st Place Aldine Debate Tournament
National Forensic League Distinction Honor
11th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
State Quarterfinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Place University Interscholastic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
6th Place National Forensic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
National Forensic League Special Distinction Honor </p>

<p>Science Research Awards</p>

<p>9th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
10th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor
11th
Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation published by The Society for Amateur Scientists
4th Place American Physics Society-Texas Chapter
Jacobs Engineering Science Research Award
4th Place Science and Engineering Fair of Houston
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Trumpet, Football, Science Research, Parliamentarian for Science Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Target two summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Summer Activities: Target work and research
[<em>] Essays: One essay was about being the only black at science competitions and about identity. The other essay was about faith and evolution.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My debate coach probably was really good, but the other one was probably average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It was probably about science research (they basically allow us to tell them what to write bc they don’t know us)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: ?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[<em>] Intended Major: Mehcanical Engineering (but will probably switch to Applied Physics)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 110K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black+Engineering+Research
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: My ACT score and research
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades and rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably bc of these:[/li]9th Quantitative Analysis of Electron Transition in Helium
10th Evolution of Time Independent Wave Functions in an Electrostatic Field
11th Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation</p>

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<p>My daugher's has been accepted to U of MN, U of MO-Columbia (partial scholarship). Awaiting word from Stanford and WashU stats: </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.85
[<em>] Rank:12/212
[</em>] Ap Courses: Psychology, Biology, Western Civ
[<em>] Other stats: Missouri Scholar, NHS, Teenage Health Mentors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, but not great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don't know
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM interested in pre-med and Chinese language
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MO
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were:
[<em>] significant awards/recongitions: Missouri Scholar, NA Commended
[</em>] summer activities: Color guard, tennis, Chinese lessons
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

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<p>I'm not at all surprised to see that black students w/ good grades and test scores are doing well. I do hope, however, that students w/ more average stats will post in the spring, when the RD results are out.</p>

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<p>
[quote/]
kb09026; not to slight anyone else, but those are some SMOKIN; SATI's!
[quote]
</p>

<p>haha, thanks. I guess being the paranoid CCer I am, I was a bit worried about my SATIIs, but I'm just glad everything turned out well :)</p>

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<p>Foolish, what average stats? The students on CC who apply to top schools all have about the same stats. Those stats just tend to be high and therefore seem above average, but it is average on CC.</p>

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<p>I got into Swarthmore College early decision so I am officially done!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit 760
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: School does not calculate because we have grade deflation
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Ap Courses: School has no APs
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really really good (One of my teachers was so proud of it, she gave me a copy)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Prob good enough
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM and interested in international relations and computer science. Also Varsity athlete in lacrosse.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC
[<em>] School Type: Super competitive private school
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: ECs as well as english, history and comp-sci. Weakness: math
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred where you were: I did community service in Africa twice and I also am a two sport captain and head of the African Awareness club at my school. They also wanted me to play on the varsity lacrosse team at Swat. I think also being a URM and a girl interested in computer science helped.
[<em>] significant awards/recognitions: National Achievement Semi-finalist, Best Delegate - Model U.N., Best Delegate - Model Congress, Best Student in Medical Science (summer program)
[</em>] summer activities: Traveled to Africa for two summers, JHU-CTY (Spanish Immersion), Program at Oxford University in Oxford, England, lacrosse[/ul]</p>

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<p>"Foolish, what average stats? The students on CC who apply to top schools all have about the same stats. Those stats just tend to be high and therefore seem above average, but it is average on CC."</p>

<p>Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like Foolish was saying that some of the people in this thread have excellent stats and he hopes that some people with more average SATs and GPAs will begin to post their results once they find out where they're going in April</p>

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<p>My stats aren't quite as impressive as some others but nonetheless, I got into Wharton ED at Penn :].</p>

<p>Stats:
*SAT: 2090
*SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 640 Math II
*ACT: n/a
*GPA: unweighted about a 3.9
*Rank: 8/433
*AP Courses: Eng Lang (3), USH (4), Micro (4), USGov (3)
Senior Year: Calc AB, Eng Lit, Latin Lit, Psych
*Other stats: Girl's State Delegate, Joseph R. Biden Youth Leader, AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Subjective:
*Extracirriculars: Girls JV and Varsity Basketball 3 years (JV Captain), Yearbook (Editor), National Honor Society (President), Blue-Gold Club, Business Professionals of America, Student Leadership Council (collection of all club leaders)
*Job/Work Experience: a few months as a Toyota Dealership Hostess, laid off for budget cuts
*Volunteer/Community Service: mainly a lot of school functions, Dave Reynolds Memorial Lacrosse Festival
*Summer Activities: Girl's State, Hostess job
*Essays: loved them myself and English teacher thought they were a great reflection of my personality (pretty sure these essays REALLY helped my application-i.e. SAT scores)
*Teacher Recs: 1 excellent (had her four years), 1 above-average (had her two years but she loves me)
*Counselor Rec: average (our school shifted all the counselors this year so I got a new one but she explained all that in the rec)
*Hook (if any): URM, first generation college</p>

<p>Other
*Applied for financial aid: yuppp
*Intended major: Finance with a minor in. . .maybe legal studies?
*State or Country: DE
*School Type: Public
*Gender: Female
*Ethnicity: Black, Filipino
*Income Bracket: middle class</p>

<p>Reflection
*Honestly, with just my numerical stats, I don't think I would have gotten into Penn, my SAT and SAT II are both reeeeally low for Wharton. I'm pretty sure that it was my recs and essays that really helped me (and my hooks). But I put a lot into my essays to make them really unique and reflective of me (I wrote about my unusual name and how it represents my identity. . .I thought it was cute :]).</p>

<p>Got into my first choice so I'm just waiting out the rest of senior year. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Congratulations, do you intend to pursue Corporate Law? If so you might want to look into the submatriculation program that Wharton has with Penn's law school. It allows you to finish a BS+JD in only 6 years, so it saves you about 70K in law school tuition, and gets you into one of the top 10 law programs in the entire nation.
I wish I could just ride out senior year, but the rest of us have to wait until the 31st.</p>

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<p>Thanks, Dbate. And I'm not entirely sure about corporate law. I've looked into it some and it definitely interests me but I don't entirely want to pigeon-hole myself into something in case I find out that my interests lay completely somewhere else. But I'll definitely look into that so at least if I do decide to pursue it, I have some knowledge about the program. </p>

<p>And yeah, couldn't imagine the waiting but good luck with HYP.</p>