My son was accepted today! Congratulations to everyone and prayers for those who are waiting! It is such a stressful time. It’s a difficult situation for parents to know what/who to be for our kids as they go through this process.
deferred -_- lol i thought i’d get in but I guess I was overconfident. 2310 SAT, 4.2/4.0 weighted gpa, AP scholar, 11 IB classes, 8 APs. maybe the standards are higher than I thought 
@Kepler1z I’m so sorry. Your stats are good. Did you do the writing? Our daughter just said that they “defer everyone who doesn’t do the writing because they think you probably aren’t going to go there if you don’t write the essay.” I’m not sure if this is true or not but it’s the advice they get at their school. The optional writing isn’t really optional according to her for what it’s worth. But I could be wrong.
@houstonmama yeah my fault, I didn’t do the writing, so your daughter’s probably right. time to do that
She said a girl at her school last year got into Harvard but not Baylor. Did not do the writing…
Yup… if you don’t compete the “optional” portions of the application they don’t think you are serious and won’t let you in.
ACCEPTED! 
I’m trying to locate any scholarships I was awarded but I don’t know where to look on gobaylor…where was it for other people?
I was accepted today! I didn’t fill out the essay however…