<p>On the nursing question - I wouldn’t be overly concerned yet. Her stats are competitive. I think I read somewhere that the nursing department has only sent out a handful of offers. As for Baylor and TCU, they are both rolling admissions to pre-nursing. They are quick to send out acceptances to all majors, along with scholarships. They’re expensive private schools and don’t have the same admission restrictions or competitiveness of in-state tuition state schools. Please don’t misinterpret whet I’m saying - they’re both excellent schools for nursing (Baylor is only 2 years on main campus, then 2 years in Dallas - but very, very strong program and placement opportunities). After living in TX for many years and watching college application craziness for the past 6 - I’ve never seen anyone rejected by either school if the student is willing to pay the premium tuition. To lure the higher test score/grades/ranks - they offer better scholarship money. And the kids who attend Baylor and TCU absolutely love their schools… Congrats to your daughter for her acceptances! I hope she hears from MN soon!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with Gold Scholarship and Research Scholarship</p>
<p>International Applicant: Indian immigrant</p>
<p>SAT Score: 2330 (800 M, 800 W, 730 CR), Only 2 attempts, 1st attempt 2160</p>
<p>SAT II Score: 2380 (800 Math, 800 Chem, 780 Phy), Only 1 attempt</p>
<p>Grades: All A+ from grade 9-11. Mid-Sem grades in 12th also all A+. (About 2% drop in marks from grade 11th to 12th, still, overall grades are A+)</p>
<p>ECs: Several National and International Level wins (since my country is quite small, national wins won’t matter much). </p>
<p>Leadership: President Student Council in my school.</p>
<p>Could somebody please explain what honors are? Do I need to apply for them separately? </p>
<p>@Want2BAGopher I applied for nursing in August and have yet to hear back too. Your daughters stats are better than mine, however. The average ACT is approx a 29 and most of those admitted are in the top 10% of their class, according to an admissions counselor I talked to, so your daughter has a good chance in my opinion. Minnesota’s nursing school is selective - they only want about 100-120 freshman to get the freshman nursing guarantee. </p>
<p>Finally got the carefully considered notification! How long does the turn around usually take? Plus it’s christmas break :’(</p>
<p>@bug2996 my D noticed the “carefully considered” message on a Saturday in October and received her acceptance notification by early Monday morning. Hope yours goes the same way! I know that in some other colleges she applied to she’s supposed to get a response by calendar year-end so I highly doubt that the admissions process in general gets the same time-off that the academic divisions do. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Science and Engineering - Mechanical Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (730 CR 800 M 780 W) and 1940 (630 CR 670 M 640 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level 2 - 760 (Did not send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 10): 9.56 [9.8/10 9th Grade (CBSE), 9.8/10 10th Grade (CBSE), 427/470 (91%) 11th Grade (Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education)]
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/213
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Unified Cyber Olympiad 2012 by Unified Council - Good Performance (All India Rank 1516), 10th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - High Distinction in English (Top 1%), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - Credit in Computer Skills (Top 23%), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - Credit in Mathematics (Top 19%), 9th Grade
ASSET by Educational Initiatives - Distinguished Performance (Percentiles: English - 98.4, Math - 95.8, Science - 88.6), 9th Grade
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founded a Website and currently running it - Burst. (burst.co.in), 10th-12th Grade
Co-hosted School Annual Day, 9th Grade
Dancer/Marcher at School Sports Day, 10th Grade
Mithras House Cricket Team, 9th and 10th Grade
Mithras House Soccer Team, 9th and 10th Grade
Mithras House Dodgeball Team, 10th Grade
International Informatics Olympiad 2010 - Class Rank: 2, State Rank: 26, Olympiad Rank: 1067, 8th Grade
Unified Cyber Olympiad 2009 - Excellent Performance (All India Rank 531), 7th Grade
2008 Dupage County Spelling Bee - 3rd Place, 5th Grade
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid Internship at ACD Communications Pvt. Ltd. (2 months), 12th Grade
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Blind School for 2 months (Taught kids), 12th Grade
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India, but I’m a US citizen, so I used the Freshman Application.
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 30-40K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, 9th and 10th GPAs, Teacher Rec, Class Rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs and Awards, 11th Percentage
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mostly because of my SAT score, I guess.
[/ul]General Comments:
I applied on Nov 10th and got all my materials in 2 days later. But even a month later, my tracker still showed incomplete, so I called them and asked about it, and they said that my application was complete and that the tracker was wrong. That same day, the tracker changed to complete. 10 days later, it changed to carefully considered. And now, 2 days later, I got my decision. Hope I get some aid!</p>
<p>I am an international student. I was just notified that I got accepted on the tracker. Will the scholarship information be given later or is it supposed to be with the decision on the tracker? Please help!</p>
<p>@internatindian Can you post your stats please?</p>
<p>@anxious00 Here you go:
SAT (single sitting) : Writing-720 Critical reading-730 Math-800
SAT Subject Tests : Math L2-800 Physics-800
AP (not offered by my school, just took the exams) : Calculus BC-5 Physics C Mechanics-5
Grade 10 (Indian Central Board) CGPA : 10 (on a scale of 10)
Received recognition from the Central Board for outstanding achievement
Grade 11 : 95%</p>
<p>Activities:
Swimming (club)
Triathlon : Placed 5th in a state level Olympic distance triathlon with pro triathletes, 3rd in an inter school race.
Music (vocal) : Indian classical, have won a few awards during my middle and high school years.
I am a certified scuba diver.
Avid quizzer. I have won quite a few quizzes both at school level and in my state.
Studied extensive theoretical physics with a renowned professor in India. Mastered textbooks designated for graduate level study. However, I have chosen to switch to computer science because it interests me more.
Participated in a national level Texas Instruments science fair. Was among the few from my city.</p>
<p>@anxious00 So can you tell me whether the scholarship comes on the portal, mail or email?</p>
<p>I don’t have personal experience, but according to the posts in this forum, scholarships come a little later by email. Look at the scholarships thread going on.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CBS)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 10): idk I took igcses (UK system)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): ??
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 40
Senior Year Course Load: IB- HL Chem, Bio, Econ, SL spanish ab initio, maths and english lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not much but I got a service award if that counts
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leading a group that serves food to the homeless, part in organizing a Hong Kong-wide highschool event, volleyball, lots more community service
Job/Work Experience: Unpaid Internship at HKU
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of it
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea to be honest
Counselor Rec: i’m sure it was fine
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong, but I’m a US citizen
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: nooooo idea
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad was a professor at UMN and my mom got a degree there
Reflection
Strengths: Umm my ACT score was above last year’s average, community service, legacy
Weaknesses: I didn’t have one OUTSTANDING strong point in my application
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was above average for everything
General Comments:
I applied August 17th but they got all my stuff around november 15th- my tracker changed last thursday/ friday I’m not too sure and I just got my decision today! Yay </p>
<p>@bug2996 Is your IB predicted out of 42 or 45? Thanks.</p>
<p>@internatindian, scholarships do not appear on portal, at least for students in US. Honors does show up on portal. I don’t know about email as S never checks his email, but at least in the US, scholarship info is mailed to home. You might call or email the scholarship/FA office or try someone at UMN who works with internationals. I’ve noticed some schools handle the materials differently when they need to be mailed out of the country. An international, determined2300, who posted here about acceptance, also posted on another thread a couple of days ago that scholarship notice came by email. </p>
<p>@anxious00 45 lol if only I hadnt taken chem or screwed up my english…</p>
<p>@celesteroberts Does it take a while for Honors to show up after the admission decision?</p>
<p>@bug2996 Not bad! Congrats!</p>
<p>UPDATE: I emailed (~Dec 22) the admissions office asking about checking on our daughters application. They wrote back the next day and wanted to speak to us and our daughter on the phone. That same day the application tracker changed to “carefully considering your package”. On Dec 24 they called and told our daughter she’d been admitted and also offered the Freshman Nursining Program. Nice Christmas present! In the conversation with the admissions office - they restated that the window had just closed for early applications Dec 15. From reading the messages on this site and others - there are kids being admitted earlier in the fall if they have the grades/sports etc. I get it. But it seems like if you have are a stronger applicant and get an application in early - you shouldn’t have to wait until Christmas to hear from the school.</p>
<p>BOTTOM LINE: They were very nice in the admissions office - and our daughter got in.</p>
<p>Probably just a couple of days. Ours changed in ~2 days.</p>
<p>Anybody know the Facebook page to class of 2019? I can’t seem to find it</p>