American University Class of 2014 RD thread

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>From: Rural public school, Delaware</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal:650
SAT Math: 690
SAT Writing: 710
SAT Total: 1340/1600; 2050/2400
SAT II: US History: 690, Math 2: 690 Lit: 580
ACT: 27
AP/IB taken/scores: US History: 5, English Comp: 4, Gov, Calc AB, and Spanish this year
GPA weighted: 4.6/5.25
GPA unweighted:
Rank or % estimate: 5/~300</p>

<p>Comments:
American is my close second choice, but my first choice is an Ivy, so chances are that I’ll end up at American this fall.</p>

<p>(For my son)</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>white, male, NY suburb</p>

<p>SAT 1390/2000 SAT2 1450
Rank Top 10%</p>

<p>7 APs</p>

<p>Excellent recs
Excellent essays (admin officer sent him a note about his essay back in January)</p>

<p>EC’s - Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Television Station, ++</p>

<p>ACCEPTED.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1950</li>
<li>ACT: 29</li>
<li>GPA: 3.3 UW; 4.0W</li>
</ul>

<p>(i know, low stats.)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: It was about the experiences that i’ve had in my life; I tried hard not to make it into a sob story, and I guess they took it as inspiring?</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: They were pretty detailed cuz I asked teachers I’ve known for the longest time. </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Um, she basically copied my other teacher’s comments…</li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: FL</li>
<li>School Type: IB/ AP public school, ranked high-ish by US news and Newsweekly</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
</ul>

<p>to Ksarmand - I’m a NMF and I applied to AU. I haven’t designated as my first choice yet - I’m between two schools and waiting to see how much scholarship money i can get at each place. I emailed AU finaid last week and asked if I’m still eligible for National merit scholarship even though I haven’t chosen as first choice yet. She said </p>

<p>Dear Karissa, </p>

<p>Thank you for contacting our office. As long as AU is your first choice, then you are eligible for the National Merit Scholarship. You will need to contact the National Merit Scholarship committee to see if they have a deadline that you would like to meet. </p>

<p>If you have additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. </p>

<p>Regards, </p>

<p>Financial Aid Office
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Tel # (202)885-6100
Fax#(202)885-1025
<a href=“mailto:financialaid@american.edu”>financialaid@american.edu</a> </p>

<p>So I assume you can still get some scholarship money out of it. Hope that helped!!</p>

<p>BTW all I got the acceptance email today too. here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 770 math, 780 writing, 680 reading
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.84 (i think :/)
RANK: 32/284 (guessing)</p>

<p>I didn’t take APs, but I go to my community college full-time for high school & college credit. I didn’t apply as a transfer student, it just means my classes were harder and I took more of them.</p>

<p>ECs: NHS, church youth group for 5 yrs, volunteering</p>

<p>I did EPGY at Stanford last summer, but I dont remember if I even said that on my application.</p>

<p>um…I think I applied as a psychology major, but I don’t remember. I applied like 3 days before the deadline.</p>

<p>Essay: I have no idea. I wrote about this time I got a really bad haircut and how I turned it into a good haircut and connected that to how things in life aren’t what you expect</p>

<p>I think that’s all that would be useful to anyone…</p>

<p>Good luck everyone!!</p>

<p>did any of you use the common app???</p>

<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2130 -</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 690-U.S. History; 780-Math II</li>
<li>ACT: did not take</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9uw, 4.2w</li>
<li>Rank: top 10%</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: used my UC essay for the common app, i think it was pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: okay</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: great</li>
<li>Hook (if any): dont think i have any hook</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: crappy public school</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other
*Legacy: No
*Community Service: about 400 hrs (Interact Club, CSF club, National Honors Society, hospital volunteer, City Year volunteer, student mentor)
*Other colleges applied to: UCI (accepted), U of texas at austin (accepted), U of Michigan Ann Arbor (accepted), U of Indiana Bloomington (accepted), Cal Poly (accepted)…and the rest i havent heard back from - usc, usd, nyu, santa clara university, lehigh, villanova, carnegie mellon, richmond university, boston college</p>

<p>bigtalker: Yes, my D used the common app.</p>

<p>@bigtalker0007 Sure did.</p>

<p>@hr4990 Hey, I’m into UT Austin too! :o</p>

<p>AU with presidential scholarshippp :slight_smile:
does anyone know if thats the highest amount of money given?</p>

<p>I think it is. My daughter just got the Presidential ($27,000) also!</p>

<p>My son got a Presidential scholarship as well.</p>

<p>And to question a few posts above, he used the Common Application.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 650
SAT Math: 630
SAT Writing: 650
SAT Total: 1280/1600 and 1920/2400
SAT II: US History: 680
ACT: 29, 30 superscored
AP/IB taken/scores: US History-4, Psych- 4</p>

<p>Rank or % estimate: top 25%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: 1 amazing, 1 good
Counselor Rec: I didn’t get to read it but she likes me so I’m assuming it is nice
Hook (if any): </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: too lazy to write that all</p>

<p>Did you get the email yesterday?</p>

<p>Accepted w/ 20k scholarship and honors program. I look forward to visiting. :)</p>

<p>how do you know if u were accepted into the honors program?</p>

<p>When and how did you find out about scholarships?</p>

<p>I got my email yesterday.</p>

<p>The email came yesterday, then a letter came today about being in honors and with the scholarship amount.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!! :]</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1690/2400</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780 Spanish, 530 Bio, 600 Math Level 1</li>
<li>GPA: 4.4</li>
<li>Rank: 21/760</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: idk they were very generic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: again generic</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Hispanic, first generation</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>Intended Major: Marine Biology</li>
</ul>

<p>I’m so ecstatic this is my number one.</p>

<p>What does the acceptance email say?</p>