Bates ED 1, ED 2, and Regular Decision results

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Since nobody has made one

Pick one:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA:
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:
Short Answer Questions:
Interview:

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

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[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]

SAT I: Math: 700, Critical Reading: 760
Unweighted GPA: 3.76ish (4.326 weighted)
Rank: 18/365
AP: World History: 4, English Composition: 5, Physics I: 4, Comparative Governments: 5
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, including Art History and Calculus BC
Major Awards: Nothing nationally recognized, except maybe AP Scholar with Honor

Extracurriculars:
Cross Country (captain twice)
Track (Captain twice)
Indoor Track
FBLA (Twice officer, public speaking events)
School Newspaper (World News Editor)
Hoby Alum
Girls’ State
…and other smaller things

Volunteer/Community service:
Local Humane Society Volunteer
… and lots of other little things
Essays: Decent. I liked it a lot, but if you don’t sympathize with little mice it may not be for you
Teacher Recommendation: Physics and English, English likely stronger than physics.
Counselor Rec: All I could have hoped for.
Additional Rec: none
Short Answer Questions: Community Service prompt, I tried to write something that was true to my goals
Interview: It went very well

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Had I not had a brother in college it would be about 42,000 on a 160,000 income level
Intended Major: Bio/Environmental Science
State: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Girl
Income Bracket: 160,000
Hooks: I was a recruited athlete, but had the grades, ECs and personal goals to back it up

Reflection: It was a really great process. The people at Bates really seemed like people rather than an institution, if you know what I mean. When I needed help bringing down my financial aid to something we could manage, one person at the financial aid office spent over half an hour answering my questions when it was way past his time to go home. Basically, we were able to find that some numbers were wrong (due to our errors) and they were very prompt about revising their aid package. I’m actually looking forward to dealing with them in the future because I know it will be a fair process, at least in my opinion and experience.

Also, I did not realize this until the last week before admission notifications, but in addition to submitting online financial aid forms and information, you must also snail mail them physical copies.

Good luck you all you guys who are still applying to colleges! Bates was my second choice originally, but I know now that it should have been my first because I can see now that it will be a much better fit for me athletically, academically, socially, and in regards to opportunities local and abroad. Really, I’m really glad to have finished this process and I wish you guys all the same luck.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1440 (740 R/W, 690 M)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: US History 730, Lit 690
Unweighted GPA: 93.17 (3.8 to 3.9ish?)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Seminar (5), English Language (5), Psych (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Capstone, AP English Lit, Accelerated Physics, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, School Scholarship for Academics, nothing really major

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track team captain, Dorm Council, Student Proctor, Student Ambassador
Job/Work Experience: Sleep-away summer camp counselor
Volunteer/Community service: Three week trip to teach at a school in Ghana, various NHS activities
Summer Activities: aforementioned counseling
Essays: Personal 8/10 about gaining self-esteem through working with kids at camp and deciding that I want to be a teacher
Teacher Recommendation: 7/10 USH teacher, 8/10 English teacher and assistant XC coach
Counselor Rec: 9/10 (I’m very close with my counselor)
Additional Rec: N/A
Short Answer Questions: 7/10 about the wealth of opportunity at Bates (sort of generic imo)
Interview: I think it went really well, I connected early with the interviewer because neither of us had a voice after cheering on the Pats in the Super Bowl.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: History/Poly Sci and Education minor
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:

Strengths: Course load, personal essay, and counselor rec
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Wanting to be a teacher
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed passion for teaching and my interview went great.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Middlebury and UVM with $$$, deferred from Williams back in January and awaiting several more schools

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Pick one:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 30 Composite, 24 M 33 R 32 E 29 S
SAT II: Did not take
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/133
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5) US (4) Lang (4) Physics 1 (3) Taking Lit, Bio, Euro and Gov this year as well. Multiple “Honors Courses”
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Taking AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Euro, AP Gov, Elementary Calculus, Spanish V and Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Marine Corps Award, Society of the Mayflower, couple other little ones, awarded for best scores in grade on multiple NYS Regents ( Perhaps not major)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots. Key Club, Class Treasurer twice, Student council VP, Science Club, NHS, Varsity Soccer and Tennis (captained), FBLA,
Job/Work Experience: Two internships, one competitive with then 300 hours at a Zoo ( first HS student to get it), other noncompetitive at local veterinarians. Work part time seasonally as well.
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, money raises for numerous community causes through Student Council as well
Summer Activities: Interning, Working
Essays: Common app was solid, talked about interning at Zoo.Why Bates was lackluster (oops)
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good, I was happy with them
Counselor Rec: Did not see, and my counselor is the least helpful guy you’ll ever meet so I’ll assume mediocre
Additional Rec: From Vet at Zoo, Friggen fantastic
Short Answer Questions: Lackluster (see above)
Interview: Did interview, nailed that sucker. Although the interviewer called me by the wrong name, funny story. I didn’t want to correct him, so I emailed him afterwards. He was very apologetic.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: Dual Bio/History
State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small rural public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Around 100k combined for this years FAFSA, will shoot down to 0K for next year though due to parents leaving jobs to start small business
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Low-ish income? I got fee waivers? Rural area? None really.

Reflection:

Strengths: Great internship experience, really a good recommendation from the Vet I interned for, very heavy course load, especially senior year, combined with a good GPA ( 4.0 UW ). Also very extracurricularly involved and showed interest in Bates, good interview.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My experiences finding a field I enjoyed and thriving in it.
Weaknesses: Lower ACT, no hooks,
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted Denison, St. Lawrence, Ithaca, Geneseo, wait listed at Dickinson (???), waiting to hear back from Bucknell and Cornell CALS still. I wish I had applied to Carnegie Mellon as well, sighhhh.

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I know this is breaking format, but you all seem like great people and I hope to see some of you next fall! Bates 2021!

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