<p>Ok so I don’t really know how these things work but I assume we post our status (Accepted/Deffered/Denied) and our personal stats?</p>
<p>From last year:</p>
<p>Copy and paste the formatting. REMEMBER TO REMOVE THE SPACES.</p>
<p><em>Stats only. Keep the discussion/comments to other Barnard threads.</em></p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted **[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]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.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: **</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 770 W 730 CR 680
[</em>] SAT II: Math I 720 Lit 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): us history (3) ap language and comp (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Government, full drama course load (4 periods a day) because I go to a magnet school.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Women’s Empowerment Coalition (president), Photography Club (president), Model UN, coding websites, theater at my school, and I’m a photographer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at the International Center of Photography, had a paid job at my school at the assistant to the drama department<br>
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Ran auditions at my school for incoming students
[</em>] Summer Activities: Precollege programs at Yale and SVA
[<em>] Essays: Common App was pretty strong. My barnard specific essay was about the importance of women’s colleges in my family and how much I love NYC. Wrote about Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend (and Barnard alum) Joyce Johnson who is a writer in her own right. And for my majoring in unafraid i wrote about how I do flying trapeze.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I waived my right so I don’t know, but probably really good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Really good I’m sure. It was from my boss/ drama teacher.
[<em>] Interview: Went fine. It was with a student and we go to the same jazz clubs in the city a lot.
[</em>] Supplementary Material: Photography supplement was really really strong.</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] School Type: Magnet performing arts school in NYC
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket (mention if FA candidate): doesn’t matter because my mom works at Columbia so I get a tuition benefit (ie it’s free)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m sort of a legacy (my aunt), strong photography portfolio, met with the photography professor at Columbia </p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, how much interest I showed, photography
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA not outstanding
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because I went to talk that professor because we really hit it off. But I was incredibly surprised. I’m not an outstanding applicant and Barnard was a reach.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A</p>
<p>[/list]General Comments: So excited to be with all of you next year. And to those of you who we’re rejected, don’t fear there are other places.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[ *] ACT: 35 (36 english 33 math 34 reading 36 science)
[ *] SAT II: lit (720) world history (720) us history (700) bio (700)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro(4) us gov(5) english lang (5) bio(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP: (Calc AB, English Lit, US history), College level hebrew literature (accredited by Columbia), Honors Physics</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (3 years- grade representative), Students against destructive decisions (President/Founder), Political Advocacy Club (President/Co-Founder), School Newspaper, School Play (Lead Role)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Community Service honor roll, Racial and economic justice organization volunteer, Local congressional campaign volunteer
[ *] Summer Activities: Barnard young women’s leadership institute, fellow at international summer camp for children affected by religious persecution, Social Justice and Leadership training program, Brandeis Institute for Music and Art (theatre major)
[ *] Essays: About how the Barnard summer program I went on changed my perspective on the world and introduced me to strong female role models for common app, supplements about how much i freaking love barnard, john tylers daughter that ran a womens school, major in unafraid abt theatre
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Waived my right (heard they were very strong- One is a Barnard Alumna)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Waived my right (probably strong, very close with her)
[ *] Additional Rec: Waived my right (Probably very strong, Barnard Alumna who led the social justice program)
[ *] Interview: Meh. nothing crazy. possibly good but really couldn’t tell. definitely not bad</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: I wrote Women’s Studies, however now I’m kinda feeling Human rights but whatever
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Jewish Private School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Over $100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Really Obsessed with Barnard. like so much that its kind of intense. But I guess thats the assumption if I’m applying ED so probably not a hook, however its clear from my writing sups and common app essay</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 total, 750 Critical Reading 680 Writing 570 Math
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: 520 U.S. History 650 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Business, IB Topics, IB Environmental, IB Math Studies, IB English, IB Spanish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA, School Secretary, NHS, SHS, Key Club, FBLA, Environmental Club, Interact Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Internship with a non-profit for teens with drug addiction in Afghanistan
[ *] Summer Activities: internships
[ *] Essays: Strong, reflected a lot on my past and how that ties in with what i want to study
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very strong, I picked teachers who I was really close to
[ *] Counselor Rec: didnt read, but it should have been good
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview: Went well! i interviewed with an alumni- she was very sweet and we had similar interests
[ *] Supplementary Material:none</p>
<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Afghan
[ *] Gender: lol female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 150,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):mother never went to school, have 8 other siblings??</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: I think i really portrayed what they want at Barnard with my essays and supplements- I wrote about my passion for human rights and also displayed a strong interest in women’s studies
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hooks, strong essays, great recs
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied early decision so this is it for me!</p>
<p>General Comments: Good luck to anyone applying! try to reflect your own individual personality because writing counts for a lot at Barnard. Do your research on the school. Find out if it is a fit for you and then voice that strongly in your essays!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]
[
[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore Math 690, Reading 700, Writing 750
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: Math II 750, Bio 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t have unweighted, weighted is 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), English Language and Comp (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APs Lit, Stat, Calc; Honors Physics; Spanish VI; Music Theory
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PSAT Commended Scholar </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Drama Club (President, Head Stage Manager, Lead in Shows), Lacrosse (JV Captain, JV MVP), Speech Team (Co-Captain), United Synagogue Youth (Chapter Executive Board Member 2 Years, General Board 2 Years), Synagogue Musical (Wrote, directed and produced three original shows), 10 years Violin (School Concert Master, Regional Orchestra Member), Student Government (Student Council Rep 9th Grade, Prom Committee 11th, Class Secretary 12th, Grade Fundraising Chair all 4 Years), Self Taught Baker
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Synagogue Sunday School Aid for Special Needs Children
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Taught ESL in Thailand for a week during Sophomore Year
[ *] Summer Activities: None listed in app
[ *] Essays: Strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: VERY strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Strong
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: Good, I drove an hour to get there
[ *] Supplementary Material: None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[ *] School Type: Small private, 50 in a grade
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Very high, not a FA candidate
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Recs, Essays, Extracurriculers
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores were ok not great, some of my grades were low but in honors/APs classes so my GPA was high
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not a ton of applicants from Ohio I imagine, but I also had a lot of demonstrated interest (flew there to visit campus, interviewed in September and said right then and there that I knew I wanted to apply ED). I know my rec letters were very good.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard anywhere else yet, withdrawing my apps ASAP</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** I’d love to connect with any admitted students! </p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (didn’t submit)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 760 - Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP, APUSH, APES, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP CS
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, APCS, AP Lit, Physics H, Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Speech and Debate league winner, St.Michael’s College Book Award, Award of Distinction - National Forensics League, ummm other awards also in leadership, academics, community service</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance, ASB (Leadership), started a special needs organization for autistic children, worked on Congressmen’s student Advisory Council/ re-election campaign, cheerleader, started a competitive dance team in my high school, VP on sasa club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: taught dance at a summer school for a few years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: uhhhh there’s so much, some is mentioned in my EC’s above
[</em>] Summer Activities: internship with an entrepreneurial organization
[<em>] Essays: Barnard ones were definitely SOLID. I go to an all-girl’s high school so I related those values to Barnard
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One of my teacher’s who I traveled to another country with wrote one and she told me it was one of her best letters, and then my math teacher wrote the other so it was probably decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good i assume
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: nailed it (definitely good at interviews)
[</em>] Supplementary Material: none</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: private, all-girls high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): YO THIS WAS MY ED ily this school</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: supplements, essays, ECs, one of my teacher recs, and interivew for sure
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA definitely
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/list]b]General Comments: **</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):none
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, Spanish, and English
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: H physics, H calculus, engineering, genocide, AP English, jazz band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lacrosse MVP</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): serious competitive rower, serious jazz musician
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Upper school ambassador
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: very strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very strong (I’m really close to my teacher who wrote it)
[ *] Counselor rec: strong
[ *] Additional Rec: also strong
[ *] Interview: It went very well.
[ *] Supplementary Material: none </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small private school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m kind of obsessed with Barnard, and I think it showed in my essays. Plus, my letters were strong.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: essays and letters
[ *] Weaknesses: testing
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think Barnard saw how dedicated I am to being a member of their community
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: trinity university (accepted EA)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/306
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Lit (?), Psychology (?)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Honors English, Honors English elective, Astronomy (standard), Honors Pre-calc, Honors French 5, AP Lit.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art club 10-12, Teen Democrats 12 (president/founder), literary magazine 12, National Honor Society 11-12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t get a job until after applying.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at a library 1 hour per week since September 2013 and got an award for being the best fiction volunteer of 2014.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing significant
[<em>] Essays: Very good, I’m pretty sure. I got great feedback on them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic, I think.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: I think it went very well.
[</em>] Supplementary Material: N/A</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000 per year.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, teacher recommendations, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, course load.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because of my grades, but it could have been something else.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far only Hollins University (accepted); I’ll find out about others soon.</p>
<p>Decision: accepted!!!</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): math 800, reading 730, writing 750
[</em>] SAT II: literature 800, American history 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5) AP Language (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Biology, Symphonic Band
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PSAT commended scholar</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School literary magazine (head editor for 2 years, NCTE-level ranked excellent for all 4 I’ve been on it), Odyssey of the Mind team member for 8 years (5 time World Finalist), cbook club (co-founder and vice president), poetry club (president), marching band for 4 years, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Honor Society, church youth delegate to national conference
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One and a half years as a waitress at a local nursing home (multiple promotions and supporting letter of recommendation)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Summer mission trip to Maine with my church
[</em>] Summer Activities: Mission trip, summer internship with local history society, volunteer counselor at religious camp
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was about my international experience, as I lived in Shanghai for one year and half my family is in Europe; I’ve been told it was strong and extremely well written. Supplements were very risky but I guess they paid off! The why Barnard prompt was written as a stream of consciousness from the day I first toured Barnard, and my woman was Virginia Woolf (cliche but definitely from the heart, which I think saved it).
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: waived my right, but I’m sure one of them was very strong (a super feminist Smith alum who was also my favorite teacher)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, I didn’t know her too well
[</em>] Additional Rec: Very good. It was from my boss.
[<em>] Interview: Good I think? As well as it could have gone
[</em>] Supplementary Material: None</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[</em>] School Type: Medium-sized public high school (graduating class of 300)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket (mention if FA candidate): over $100,000, though I still put in the FAFSA/CSS
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I played up the international experience, and the mother of my aunt (by marriage) went to Barnard, for whatever that counts for</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, international experience, writing style
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA was okay, ECs could have been more stellar
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly no idea, but I’m ecstatic! Probably the writing supplements and my dedication in one subject area (literature and writing.)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Fordham University early action</p>
<p>[/list]General Comments: I cannot WAIT to meet all of you girls next year!!! to everyone who applied, regardless of outcome–good luck and congratulations!</p>
<p>do you guys know the approximate defferal rate?</p>
<p>Decision: deferred</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
[ *] ACT:28
[ *] SAT II: Math I (690) Spanish (750)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.986
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma Candidate (IB Business SL (6) IB Economics SL, IB PhysicsHL, IB EnglishHL, IB SpanishHL, IB MathematicsSL, IB TOK)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:IB Economics SL, IB PhysicsHL, IB EnglishHL, IB SpanishHL, IB MathematicsSL, IB TOK, Civics, Modern World History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (Captain), Aspen High School Democrats (Founder/President), Student Senate '12 (Secretary),Outreach, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Business Club, Buddy Program, Read with Me, Swim (Varsity), Pathfinders, Support our Soldiers
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Victoria’s Cafe, DGOF Property Management, Babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Outreach club, over 100 hours of local service per year… Week long immersion in Bronx for service
[ *] Summer Activities:eorgetown University Fundamentals of Law program (3 credits). Colorado Mountain College part-time student (25 credits)
[ *] Essays: About raising my brother… VERY strong, Same for supplements.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Waived my right, but i know the teachers on a personal level.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Waived my right…
[ *] Additional Rec:Waived my right… From Barnard Alumna/Former Columbia U head sociology researcher
[ *] Interview: went well, I was very nervous
[ *] Supplementary Material: N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public School with Private school education funding (Aspen)
[ *] Ethnicity: Peruvian (Hispanic)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $100K+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen, Raised by Single-Teen Mom, Raising Brother, </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Essays were definitely strong, also my extracurricular shows leadership, my course load shows rigor.
[ *] Weaknesses: Testing and Not having a close relationship with admissions counselor
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was deferred because of test scores, however it could be for other reasons as well.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ASU (safety), waiting on: Colorado College, Tulane and U of Miami.</p>
<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): math 700 reading 730 writing 680
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: bio E 780 math 2 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.07 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) US History (4) English Lang/Comp (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, Mixed Media, SUPA Forensics, AP Calculus BC, AP Latin, AP Literature, AP French
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): George Washington University Engineering Medal for Excellence in the study of Mathematics and Science, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude (3 years in a row), AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): theatre company for 11 years, hebrew school, temple youth group (assistant vice president of communications), high school quizbowl team, latin club, art club (vice president)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: intern at Richards/Climan, Inc.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer to work backstage at my theatre company
[</em>] Summer Activities: CIT in Theatre at an arts camp
[<em>] Essays: good. for Barnard I wrote about Dorothy Parker and writing a play based on my own experiences
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: latin and english teachers who like me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: counselor doesn’t know me very well
[</em>] Additional Rec: supervisor at camp, probably really good
[<em>] Interview: I think it went well, was interviewed by a student
[</em>] Supplementary Material: video of me performing, script of play I helped write, costume I designed, logo I designed for my high school, theatre resume</p>
<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): high grades on top of many extracurriculars</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: grades, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: not a legacy, first-quarter senior grade not quite as good, test scores I guess???
[*] Why you think you were deferred: not a legacy or sports recruit, not particularly interesting</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.17 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: : AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, CP Physics, Songleading, AP Literature, Art I, World Religions, Christian Lifestyles, AP Macroeconomics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Maxima Cum Laude all semesters/ Honor Student, Athletic Scholar (not sure if this was on my app)</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Song/Cheer, JV Cheer, Film and Musical Theatre Club, Women’s Leadership Club (Secretary), Filmmaking (director, cinematographer, set design, casting, etc), Freelance Makeup Artist, Manage a film/theatre blog
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time intern (script reader for TV company)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: LA Immersion Experience (80 hours of service)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Cheer camp, Travel (New Orleans and New York)
[<em>] Essays: Common App: Wrote about passion for theatre
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good I think. Got recs from my 11th grade English teacher and my 10th/11th grade history teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’ve maybe talked to her 3 times but I was required to submit a survey so she could “get to know me”
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Supplementary Material: N/A
Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Black, Native American (w/ tribal number)
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM?</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Essays/Extracurriculars. I think they showed a lot of passion.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, GPA, Course load (Don’t get me wrong I’m not a bad student but compared to other applicants I am definitely weaker)
[*] Why you think you were accepted: Really think my essays, extracurriculars, and recs showed my personality and passion. And I also really think the Native American factor helped a lot.</p>
Chance me pleeeaasee? I’m really nervous.
International Student in India
- School curriculum: IB
- Ethnicity: Indian
- School: Private international, ranking in top 10 IB day schools of India.
GPA: Roughly 3.9-4.0 (my school does not calculate it)
SAT: 2190 superscore
CR 710 M 740 W 740
SAT II - 710 M2 720 Spanish Reading
International so TOEFL: 119
30 Reading 30 Writing 30 Listening 29 Speaking
9 and 10 IGCSE Courseload and final grade:
English Lang - A*
English Lit- A*
Physics Extended- A*
Chemistry Extended- A*
Math Extended- A
Spanish Extended- A*
Economics- A*
History- A*
Information and Communication Technology- A
IB Courseload:
English HL
Economics HL
Physics HL
Math SL
Spanish B SL
Theatre SL
TOK
Predicted: Don’t know. But can be between 39-40/42
Awards:
- Highest academic achiever in grades 9 and 10
- Winner of TOEFL India Learners Awards- top 10 from all students in India receive a grant of $7000. More than a 1000 apply.
- Outstanding in community service
- Outstanding in English HL
Come from a non-competitive school. Otherwise, winner of national level spell bees twice, speech competition in 2010.
Community service: +200 hrs
Volunteer at:
- Operation Smile
- Dam project in India for displaced victims
- Habitat for Humanity
- Dance and theatre teacher for underprivileged
- Founder of arts non profit The Dream Project and Foundation and started a legacy of theatre festivals in my school
- Independent organizer of cancer seminars
ECs:
- Light and theatre set design - worked on Asia’s first production of Sunshine on Leith
- Marathon running
- Dance: Dancer on scholarship, train more than 10 hours a week in jazz, ballet, contemporary and Bollywood
- Pianist, Keyboard and Tabla player
- Mandarin, Italian and Arabic self-study
- Zumba: I’m one of India’s youngest instructors
- Co-founder and editor of my school’s magazine
- Member of Relay For Life organizing committee
- Head of Registrations for TEDxYouth@OIS
- Blogging on TheDesiBallerina
- Varsity badminton and basketball player
- Chair of Human Rights Commission and ECOSOC at MUNs including HMUN
Leadership role
- Founder of Dream Project - school’s first ever charitable theatre festival where I directed and supervised 6 plays and raised 100,000 rupees
- Zumba classes
- Self initiated runner
- TEDx
Internships:
- Digital Media Associate with The Indian Economist
- Social media manager with V Designs, India’s first vegan firm
- Overseas internship with Sudar Global FZE in Middle Eastern trade, did a lot of writing
Essays: CommonApp was very personal. Related it to being a superhero in my own way with my fascination with quantum physics and a very personal incident in my life.
Barnard prompt 1: How a tshirt from Barnard showed me that it is my place- about how I should dare to use the F (feminism) word.
Conversation with a woman in history: Nobody historical, but my grandmother who fought hard against female foeticide in India and how I need to learn how to stand by my choices no matter what the result is or hardships are.
Third: How i fight bravely against female abuse when i was groped and well, attacked and here you’re supposed to keep quiet otherwise your attacker usually tries to kill you.
Recs: Waived FERPA. But every recommender of mine knows me extremely well. The one from my dance teacher was apparently phenomenal.
**Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:**
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080: 700 M; 700 R; 680 CR
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 700 Math II; 700 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-ish?; 4.0+ weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/103
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer AP classes during the regular school day, so I had to do these on my own time: AP English Lang (3); AP Government (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra; Physics II; Chemistry II; Anatomy II; Literature and Culture; History: East Asia since the 1600. (All of these taken at NMSU)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Graphic design (graduate artist + moderator on online forums); yearbook (editor); piano (playing for 13 years + teacher for 3); springboard diving; quilting (taught my own class based from home); student government.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours at the local soup kitchen.
[] Summer Activities: Traveling with my family (we’re big scuba divers); reading; summer school (it’s required at my high school)
[] Essays: Writing is a big hobby of mine, so I think they were acceptable. I wrote about my decision + transition to veganism for my Common Application. For the Barnard supplement, I wrote about Audrey Hepburn (woman you admire) and scuba diving (“I majored in unafraid”).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good. My teachers have been extremely supportive of me throughout my time in high school, so they put a lot of care and effort into what they said.
[] Counselor Rec: Likewise. He also used to be my English teacher, so he also knew me on a personal level.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: I had it at Barnard’s campus with a rising senior. Went pretty well.
[] Supplementary Material: N/A
[/list][ b]Other**
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Early college high school; public.
[] Ethnicity: Filipino American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, clear love for my extracurriculars, course rigor (because of my school type, I have been taking classes at the local university for the past two years).
[] Weaknesses: SAT, GPA, too many outstanding applicants.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Smith, Brandeis, Providence. Wait-listed: Wellesley, Boston College.
[/list]**General Comments: ** To be honest, I’m shocked. After being wait-listed at Wellesley and Boston College, I was pretty sure I’d be rejected at Barnard. But I’m beyond excited and grateful. Assuming everything works out, it looks like I’ll be in New York next fall.
Congrats to everybody else who was accepted!
size=+2]Decision: Rejected
[] SAT I (breakdown):1960: 730 CR; 670 M; 560 W (I know…)
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: 700 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 89.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 191/800
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit, Pre Calc honors, Science course at local college, Economics honors, various electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Professional actress with credits Off- Broadway and film , On executive council of both community and high school theater, leads in shows @ school and community group. Red cross and Lax club (founding member)
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid design “scholar” at a Smithsonian institute. I did A LOT in this position.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I ran a chess club and co directed the musical at a local elementary. Also teamed up to make an interactive public art installation for a rundown public plaza.
[] Summer Activities: Irish Dance Nationals in Montreal, research at a local Uni about sustainable textiles
[] Essays: Not going to lie, my common ap essay was complete crap. But I truly believe my supplements were of substance and quality. Chose to write about the fabulous Edith Head for the hour lunch essay thingy.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Singed the waver so I don’t know for sure, but the teachers that wrote them know me very well and gave me high marks.
[] Counselor Rec: We didn’t have a personal relationship so I am not confident in its quality.
[] Additional Rec: My boss from the museum.
[] Interview: Had it on campus. Definitely was not a bad interview, but I didn’t feel like we had a strong connection.
[] Supplementary Material: I sent in a lot of what I’ve accomplished from my ECs
[/list][ b]Other**
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: local zoned school; public.
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada– unless you count having a learning disorder– which I wouldn’t.
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: ECs, demonstrated interest, supplement essays.
[] Weaknesses: Numbers Numbers Numbers
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Smith,Trinity, Tulane, Binghamton. Wait-listed: Fordham. Rejections: Many[/li]
[/list]General Comments: Not terribly surprised with the outcome given my grades, test scores, and lack of AP classes. I’m definitely bummed because Barnard was absolutely 100% my dream school, but I really put my best foot forward on this application and if that wasn’t enough than so be it. I think the rejection letter was very vague compared to the others I received… like it would have been nice to know how many applied this year and how many spots were offered. Also, my local adcom was super responsive which was nice. I emailed her a few times with various questions and she always answered, which she definitely didn’t have to do, so that was something I found really commendable.
Best of luck to all who were accepted, and for those of us who weren’t… well it’s not the end of the world, is it?
To those reading this and thinking of applying for next year, DO IT. I had a 3.6 GPA and 28 ACT and I still got in RD. Barnard is holistic and sees you for who you are. If you have passion, go for it.
Decision: ACCEPTED!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 Superscore 710 CR 740 M 740 W
2100 highest in one sitting 710 CR 740 M 650 W
ACT: Nope
SAT II: 710 M2 720 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t calculate
UC GPA: International, so I do not know what that is
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis): Don’t take
IB (place score in parenthesis): 39-41/42
Senior Year Course Load: IBDP - TOK, Math Spanish B Theatre SL, English Physics Economics HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TOEFL scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Light and theatre set design - worked on Asia’s first production of Sunshine on Leith
- Marathon running
- Dance: Dancer on scholarship, train more than 10 hours a week in jazz, ballet, contemporary and Bollywood
- Pianist, Keyboard and Tabla player
- Mandarin, Italian and Arabic self-study
- Zumba: I’m one of India’s youngest instructors
- Co-founder and editor of my school’s magazine
- Member of Relay For Life organizing committee
- Head of Registrations for TEDxYouth@OIS
- Blogging on TheDesiBallerina
- Varsity badminton and basketball player
- Chair of Human Rights Commission and ECOSOC at MUNs including HMUN
Job/Work Experience: - Digital Media Associate with The Indian Economist
- Social media manager with V Designs, India’s first vegan firm
- Overseas internship with Sudar Global FZE in Middle Eastern trade, did a lot of writing
Volunteer/Community service:
+200 hrs
Volunteer at: - Operation Smile
- Dam project in India for displaced victims
- Habitat for Humanity
- Dance and theatre teacher for underprivileged
- Founder of arts non profit The Dream Project and Foundation and started a legacy of theatre festivals in my school
- Independent organizer of cancer seminars
Personal Statement: Pretty good.
[/list]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Undecided humanities
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private top 10 IB school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 150,000-180,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/list]Reflection**
Strengths: Grades, ECs, statement
Weaknesses: SATs
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UMich, USC, Pitzer, Rutgers, IUB, UVa, Haverford, UCLA - Accepted, Uchicago- waitlist
Schools you were rejected from? None yet. Thank god.
Schools you are waiting for? NYU, Brown, UC Berkeley.
**General Comments: UNEXPECTED!