<p>wow, you guys are AMAZING. Congrats!</p>
<p>I’m waiting on Spelman, right now it’s looking like Bryn Mawr is my first choice :)</p>
<p>Accepted
Stanford(1st choice!), Harvard, Princeton, UT</p>
<p>Waitlist
Upenn</p>
<p>Rejected
Yale</p>
<p>wow, that’s good. :)</p>
<p>so I guess you’re going to Stanford?</p>
<p>Yeah, I can’t wait</p>
<p>Accepted @ Columbia :), UPenn, Cornell, NYU, U of Miami, U of Florida, and FAU Honors College</p>
<p>Waitlisted/Rejected by none</p>
<p>Accepted: Yale, Harvard, Tufts, Drexel
Rejected: Nowhere </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (M 760 Cr 770 Wr 740)
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathII 780 US Hist. 730 Lit 740
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/317
[<em>] Ap Courses: Us Hist (5) Chem (5) UsGov’t (5) Statistics (5)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): um yeah, were all URM!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: Yucky Public
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Test Scores
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: Urm + test scores
[</em>] significant awards/recongitions: National Achievement Scholar, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor, US National Brain Bee Finalist, American Chemical Society Award
[li] summer activities: CMU AP/EA Summer Program, Arthur Ashe Tennis[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>I’m posting for a friend, but she was accepted at Princeton, Haverford (1st choice), Oberlin (2nd choice), Swarthmore, Amherst (3rd choice), USC, Berkeley, and UCSD, waitlisted at Yale, and rejected at UCLA. UCLA admissions were really tough this year - does anyone know what the admit rate was?</p>
<p>Update: accepted to Spelman College (1st choice), now waiting on financial aid package…if it’s not good my parent’s aren’t letting me go :(, so I hope I get something nice! :)</p>
<p>I think I’m going to Dartmouth if the money’s right.</p>
<p>Accepted: Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Swarthmore, UF, FSU, Clemson, Tulane, Benedict College, Virginia State</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Barnard :(</p>
<p>Rejected: My 1st choice : Columbia
Also - Yale, Georgetown</p>
<p>School Type: Public
Class Rank: Top 2%
Unweighted GPA: 3.60
Weighted GPA: 6.0
ACT: 30
(math 26, reading 31, science 28, english 36, essay 10)
SAT Critical Reading: 700
SAT Math: 620
SAT Writing: 760
Combined SAT: 2080
SAT II US History: 710
SAT II Literature: 680
AP US Government: 4
AP US History: 5
AP World History: 4</p>
<p>IB Diploma Candidate
Math Studies SL - 5
Psychology SL - 4</p>
<p>-Took two extra classes online - Latin I and AP US Gov’t
- Took one college course - Macroeconomics, got an A</p>
<p>Activities: Varsity Cheerleader, Badminton, Multicultural Dance Ensemble, National Honor Society, FBLA, NHS, Senior Class, Student Government, FCAA</p>
<p>Honors-
top scholar
most improved (cheerleading)
super star student award
original essay bronze medalist</p>
<p>leadership:
VP fcaa north miami teen chapter
Treasurer Dance Ensemble
Historian fcaa north miami teen chapter
Secretary of the Pioneer Cheerleaders
Senior Class Secretary and Student Government Participant</p>
<p>volunteer work -
-neonatologist’s assistant at University of Miami/Jackson Hospital (about 60 hours)
-tutoring
-recreational therapy and clerical work at nursing home (60 hours)</p>
<p>employment -
summer 07, camp counselor
summer 08, intern at nursing home</p>
<p>u guys r awesome. i feel so crumby but i’m so proud of Black kidz doin our thang… lol</p>
<p>Accepted: Stanford University, University of Southern California (Trustee), UCLA (Chancellor’s), University of California Santa Barbara (Regents), UT Austin, University of Maryland College Park (Banneker Key), University of Maryland Baltimore County (President’s Fellow), Drexel University (AJ Drexel)</p>
<p>Rejected/Waitlisted: None :)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2160 (790 CR, 680 M, 690 W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 690 Math II, 660 Literature, 660 US History</li>
<li>GPA: 4.00 Unweighted/4.37 Weighted</li>
<li>Rank: N/A (around top 2%)</li>
<li>AP Courses: World History (2 - I try not to think about it ha), US History (4), English Lang & Comp (4), Calculus AB (4), Calculus BC, English Lit & Comp, Computer Science, Physics</li>
<li>Other stats: National Achievement Finalist, National Merit Honorable Mention, AP Scholar</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I liked them a lot. I had a lot of proofreaders and they all liked them.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Eh… good apparently</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MD</li>
<li>School Type: Suburban/Rural Public</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Extracurriculars: Varsity Basketball, National Honor Society, Part-time job, lots of international travel w/ family, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>I’m sad I joined in so late, but this is a cool thread. Congrats on our collective success!</p>
<p>brainygotback- I feel the same way! I’m nothing compared to have the kids on this board lmao. :)</p>
<p>Going to Brown so there’s no need to frown!!! I am totally pysched and I can not wait! :D</p>
<p>Accepted: Brown, Amherst, Bowdoin, U. Chicago, Emory, Haverford, Northwestern, Oberlin, Pomona, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wesleyan, Williams, Claremont McKenna, NYU, Georgetown, Penn State, Colgate, Virgina Commonwealth University, Bard</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Rejected: Yale, MIT, Princeton, Penn, Columbia, Rice, Stanford, Duke, Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth</p>
<p>Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program: Full Merit Scholarship at College of William & Mary, Partial Merit Scholarship at University of Mary Washington</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology M: 680; Literature: 580; US History: 580
[<em>] ACT: 26
[</em>] GPA: 3.929
[<em>] Rank: 69/448
[</em>] Ap Courses: I’ve taken 14 AP classes, but didn’t take all the exams: Euro (3); Eng. Lang (3); Biology (3); Psych (3); US History (3)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very very good…as told by a handful of people who’ve read them. They were extremely personal and dealt with hard topics on race, finances, struggle, adversity, and even marriage and how I hope college will open up more doors and opportunites never offered to me before. (Without a doubt, my essays definitely pushed me into the admit pile. Thank you for AP English Language and my awesome teacher!) Plus, I really enjoyed my “Why Brown” essay; theatre and biology were definitely interesting topics to talk about and why I like them! AND…my essay on an academic experience was pretty cool and unusal as well–I’m sure it matched well with the Brown community 
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I read one and it teared me up. She knows me well and she was able to pull in some personal touches to it and was also able to talk about my home life. The other, written by my AP English Language teacher, I’m sure was just as personal.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I did not read this, but imagine it was probably similar to the others.
[</em>] Hook (if any): um yeah, were all URM! Essays, Arts Supplement (I wrote a play), Major theatre experience (competitions), Science Supplement, first generation college student, low-income </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
- State or Country: Virginia
- School Type: Competitive Public + Governor’s School
- Gender: Male
- major strength/weakness: See hooks for strengths…weaknesses were test scores & rank
- why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: Please see hooks & essays & ECs list.
- significant awards/recongitions: Questbridge Finalist, Science Award, Various Theatre/Thespian Award
- summer activities: Research, Internship at Doctor’s Office, Jobs (MANY), Theatre & Musical Theatre Consortiums</p>
<p>I’m so excited for Brown! Congrats to everyone as well!!! This is sooo exciting! (Plus I graduate in two days! Yes!)</p>
<p>Cool. That’s two for the most awesome school on the planet! 
Congrats.</p>
<p>Hands down the most awesome school on the planet! (No core curriculum, classes are pass/no credit, and Emma Watson is rumored to be going there next fall!!!) I’m surprised that we are the only two–perhaps that is one of the reasons why I was admitted from the waitlist…haha…but I’m not complaining! Congrats to you too! Like you, I’m sure, I can’t wait for next fall!</p>
<p>OMG! This is just THE greatest thread I’ve stumbled upon on CC!!! I am EXTREMELY proud to see my fellow African-Americans succeeding and getting into all these great schools! You all are AWESOME! Definitely keep up the GREAT work! Man, yall’s parents must be proud for real!!</p>
<p>and btw, I go to Cornell!! Woot! I’ve seen a lot of yall getting into Cornell but not alot of yall are picking Cornell 
lol…Congrats anyway!! </p>
<p>Love it!!</p>
<p>Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers Honors, Upitt, Syracuse</p>
<p>No Waitlists…Rejected at UPenn, Cornell and UVA :/</p>
<p>Wow! As a fellow, African american. I am speechless. You guys are awesome. I’m scared myself. How do i compete with this? God bless you guys. Best of luck whereever you go.</p>
<p>Moreeeee!!!</p>
<p>No moreeeeee!
Give us a break, it’s 2014’s time now.
Best of luck, guys, btw.</p>