<p>Template (remember to remove spaces):</p>
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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] 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.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] 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.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170-640cr/800m/740w
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 790 etc
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/7?? (2%)
[</em>] AP : 3-bio/chem, 4-world his./lang/physics, 5-apush, human geo
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap span, ap gov, ap macecon, ap calc bc, band, internship
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): … 
not much
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta- Jr rep, Sr rep; Tri-M- treasurer, President (2yrs), NHS, SNHS, Spanish national honors, Marching band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: uh… tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice(for alzheimer/ dementia patients) volunteer, Sunday school assistant teacher, ALOT around the area
[<em>] Summer Activities: mission trip
[</em>] Essays: About the Hospice volunteering and things i have learned (wrote the optional essay)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1. sincere (very honest- talks about my maturing) 2. idk
[</em>] Counselor Rec: VERY GENERIC 1couselor/500ish students
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, course load
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT cr
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]General Comments: It feels funny writing these. I’ve only read them so far :D</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlist</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:28, Superscore 29
[<em>] SAT II: 650 Chem and 620 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70/4.33
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 4%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):3 on World History, 2 Chem, 2 US History, 2 English Lit
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s and one Philosophy class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some small ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A decent amount of sports and volunteering
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked at hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Not much, just summer school to get ahead in classes
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Under 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My ACT and SAT II scores are very low compared to the school’s median.
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1810 (CR 610, M 560, W 640)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: US History 660, Lit 600
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/399
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang, and Comp 4, US History 4, AP Env. Science 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Art, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP English IV, AP W. History, French, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gates Millennium Finalist, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ [ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too many to list
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: model at Abercrombie Kids
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours over 4 years, various projects
[<em>] Summer Activities: Early College Start, 4.0 GPA
[</em>] Essays: awesome… talked about social justice. I think that is what got me in.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec:awesome
[<em>] Additional Rec: great
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: Politics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, child of migrant worker, gay (not a flamer for those of you judgemental people), hispanic, from texas.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: low SAT scores, low GPA… i pretty much had all odds against me.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i think i was accepted because my essays were really good.
[/ul]General Comments: very surprised. i got a full ride. i was told so many times by several people that i wouldn’t get in because of my SAT scores and GPA… it feels good to prove them wrong. if you show the school that you have a passion for learning, it goes a long way.</p>
<p>@rer0705- congrats! quick question, where in TX are you? I am dying to find out if I got in!! Thanks</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 670 M, 720 W = 2190
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Foreign Policy/Sociology, AP Stats, AP Psych, Creative Writing III, AP English IV, AP French V
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none. Just school/community awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer organization, GSA (President); Lit Magazine (Editor); NHS (Treasurer); French Club (Secretary); Teen conference facilitator; a bunch of others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I tutor a small group of underclassmen in random subjects. I also worked as an aide to an old woman in the summer.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons of community service projects; ongoing service bowling with mentally handicapped people
[<em>] Summer Activities: 3-week college experience program in soph…?
[</em>] Essays: common app essay was great, I think; I wrote about living with dinosaurs for the Brandeis one
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: had them for a couple years each. They liked me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome. great dude.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: The guy really liked me, though he did try to through me off guard with awkward questions. “Where does Brandeis fall on your college list?” and all that. He told me that he thought I was a good fit.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Language & Linguistics, Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, Common App essay, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, supplement essay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was a priority applicant. Dunno if that made a difference.
[/ul]General Comments:
I was totally surprised to be accepted, but I was quite happy. Perhaps I’ll see you all at Brandeis in the fall! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780M/710CR/770W
[</em>] ACT: Didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 Math1, 730 Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/100
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci (5), Calc AB/Bio/Stats pending
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Bio, H Symphony, Engineering, H Genocide, Teacher Assistant, Honors Drama
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): President’s Award for Community Service (Gold + Bronze), STEM Certificate
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Natl Spanish Honors Society, Model Congress (Pres), Anime Club (Pres), Starcraft Team (Captain), GSA, Robotics Team, Afterschool Chorus, Yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp teacher, Harvard employee (programmer)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: youth volunteer @ inner city youth center (anti-STD and anti-gang work)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Guitar, violin, being social, the above
[<em>] Essays: Decent – about spending a weekend alone in paris
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent (from English teacher, getting PhD in Brit Lit from Brown)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Idk, generic I assume – he has a lot of students
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my prof @ Harvard, amazing
[<em>] Interview: Didnt
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: CS
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200K+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC
[li] Weaknesses: Race, income, gpa[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: NA
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Micro/macroeconomics, comparative politics, English language and literature
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Extremely tough
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): The Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze and Silver) and Fermat math contest school champion
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school band (lead flute), marching band (captain), choir (head), AIDS awareness group (president), human rights group (president), school news group (president, monitor)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: internship at a law firm in NYC
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: +500 hours
[ *] Summer Activities:NA
[ *] Essays: Pretty solid I guess
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Additional Rec: NA
[ *] Interview: NA
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): CANADA
[ *] School Type: Private…preppy
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: +500,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Really…none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ecs, GPA, essay (possibly)
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly don’t know lol
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Yay!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000, cr: 640, m: 680, w: 680
[ *] ACT: -
[ *] SAT II: chem: 660, math II: 570, us history: 630
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.17, not sure of unweighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/265
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): chemistry (4), us history (3), language & comp (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap bio, ap calc, ap psych, latin IV, basic home repair (grad req.)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not major but NHS, Latin Honor Society, Wellesley Book Award, AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): softball (captain, all-league), fencing (captain, all-state, MVP), travel softball (MVP, 9 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: -
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: summer school teachers’ aid (4 years), worked 3 blood drives, MRI dept at local hospital, pitching clinic
[ *] Summer Activities: travel softball, community service
[ *] Essays: about buddhism/judaism. good & original i think, i’m not a great writer though
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: one awesome, one good
[ *] Counselor Rec: could be good, but he has to write a lot. he seems to like me though.
[ *] Additional Rec: -
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[ *] Country (if international applicant): -
[ *] School Type: good public
[ *] Ethnicity: did not include
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete for two sports
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: sports
[ *] Weaknesses: grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: obviously recruiting…
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 700 M 700 W
[ *] ACT: -
[ *] SAT II: 700 US Hist 680 Math 1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96.4/100
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/840
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Microecon, AP Stats, Medical Issues, Social Science Intel, World Classics, Contemp Literature
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NYCSEF Finalist, Arista, Archon, some writing awards on city and state levels
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Countery, Indoor and Outdoor Track&Field (co-captain on all three), chorus, band (senior pianist), tutoring, Amnesty International, Historical Society
[ *] Job/Work Experience:pharmacy work
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Hospital, Summer track&field assistant coach,
[ *] Summer Activities: hospital, coaching
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:mediocre
[ *] Counselor Rec:great
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yup
[ *] Intended Major:undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):ny
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:chinese
[ *] Gender:f
[ *] Income Bracket: 20k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, first generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essay and definitely passion for learning:)
[ *] Weaknesses: teacher recs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: urm :X and my essay
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] still deciding between Brandeis and URochester…but most likely Brandeis!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective: /b][ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown)
700 CR:620 W:610
[</em>] SAT II:US History and English
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):about 3.76
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):not ranked
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):APEuro(3) APUSH(4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Comparative Religions (CompRel), AP Statistics (Stats), AP Environmental Science (APES), Modern Middle Eastern History (MME), and AP English IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, I got a small award from the public school where i volunteered and was named on the student leadership team for drama but that’s really it
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama-acting, stage managing, assistant directing, and directing (featured director for the 2011 one acts), GSA (co-head for 2 years), boxing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:internship at a summer acting camp, babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:multiple public schools, 9th grade study hall proctor, saving leather back sea turtles and replanting rain forest in Costa Rica
[<em>] Summer Activities:9th grade - summer drama at my school and screen writing at Idlewild, 10th - film-making at Boston University 11th grade -volunteer work and art class at the Art Center College of Design(the local art college),12th grade - Young Playwrights Inc. urban retreat, Theatre: Onstage and off at GWU, and internship and Glendale Centre Theatre camp
[</em>] Essays: wrote one on how silence and voice impacted my life (the common app) and did Why Brandeis and talked about social justice for the suplemment - they were strong
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one from my APUSH/comprel teacher which was probably pretty good and one from my English 3 teacher was probably very strong as she was also the adviser for the GSA
[</em>] Counselor Rec: would be good I suppose. She does not have any problems with me but also doesn’t know me well
[<em>] Additional Rec: one from a Brandeis professor which was good
[</em>] Interview:very strong. met with head of admissions and he like me
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[</em>] Intended Major:middle eastern studies with minor in Theatre and Social Justice
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] School Type: private, secular, all-girls
[<em>] Ethnicity:white(european/middle eastern)
[</em>] Gender:girl
[/ul] b]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:essays, interview, and commitment to social justice
[</em>] Weaknesses:test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:because I am very Brandeisian[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Can’t wait to go!</p>