I just got off the phone with my American University admissions representative who told me that I’d been admitted ED I!! I thought that the office of admissions was only sending by snail mail this year, but I guess not… Anyways, throughout the duration of the admissions process, I often found myself anxious as there wasn’t an ED decision thread for AU! I always wanted such a thread to exist and its existence probably would’ve saved me a lot of time and anxiety over the last few months! I thought it might be a good idea to start an ED Decision Thread for the reference of next year’s prospective parents and students (since the variability of the ED admissions has such drastic standards from the RD pool)!!
Here’s the template we’ll be using for posting decisions and stats. Copy and paste this into your reply, and you’re set. Please try to keep this thread clean until you’re actually notified- discussion will carry on in the ED discussion thread!
Good luck, and Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
[noparse]Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: [/noparse]
Here’s Mine:
[noparse]Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 25
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics
AP Statistics
AP Music Theory
Honors US History
Honors English IV
Honors Mandarin Chinese IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Photojournalism Recognition from NC Scholastic Media Institute
“Photographers Forum”: International Photography Competition Honorable Mention
Piano Competition Superior 2x
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(Captain of Varsity Swim Team)
(President of Model United Nations Team)
School Photographer
Piano [Competitive and Large-scale compositions]
Job/Work Experience:
Worked as a photojournalist for national and local newspapers
House Page at NC house of representatives
Lifeguard (Manager) at large aquatic facility
Summer Activities:
Taught English to special needs children in China
Essays: It was about exploring topics of interest contradictory to societal norms for the sole purpose of enlightening my intellectual curiosity then tying into wanting to study abroad and be a photojournalist in North Korea to maximize my worldview and truly understand the world through my own ‘lens’ rather than have my perspective spoonfed to me by my media/society.
Teacher Recommendation: (2x) Great
Counselor Rec: Stellar! My principle wrote it. She’s known me for a long time and has a background in government!
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A tried to arrange one, but couldn’t ever land a slot!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Accredited Charter (Public)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150k~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, Demonstrated Interest, Essays, Recommendation Letter
Weaknesses: GPA, Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: [/noparse]
What kind of scholarships/need based aid did you get? Just curious!