I still feel like it is a very bad thing. The thing is that he also was in competitions and music things and such. He wasn’t doing NOTHING, just not as much as probably the average applicant to those schools. Not that that is bad of him…he’s probably excellent at wat he does and got rewarded for it (Congrats!).
“I still feel like it is a very bad thing” Huh? What are you talking about?
He’s talking about not doing community service and participating in ECs.
omgad i dont have community service oh no oh no =/
I can’t tell if that was sarcastic or not
omgad i spend so much time on community service dont tell me it has no use oh no oh no =/
Don’t worry, it’s not that community service has no use, it’s just, at least IMO, a little overrated in college admissions and on improving your chances though it definitely doesn’t hurt to have.
Accepted: Harvard SCEA, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn (Jerome Fisher)
Rejected: Columbia
Waitlisted: Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke
Attending: Harvard
SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 800 Writing
SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Literature, 800 French
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.66 W
Rank: 2/200
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type, Average Stats of School: Boarding
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Gender: Female
Awards:
National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Latin Exam, USABO, IPhO
Activities:
Published math papers in a few math journals
A few club leadership positions, but no community service.
Amazing test scores, whirl-wind! I am in awe of the students on this forum…
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Whirl-wind - way to go! I bet you had fun in your HS career! I love that nerdy stuff [adjusts glasses]. It’s awesome!
omg whirlwind, congrats, but, how can u get accepted by Harvard SCEA, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn (Jerome Fisher) and not Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke?
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because college admissions is a crapshoot…colleges don’t have enough space to admit every single acceptable candidate
Attending: Amherst College
Accepted: Amherst College, Emory (they didn’t process my withdraw request, lol), Drew University
Withdrew: Cornell (School of ILR), Dickinson
Planned to Apply: Tufts, Colgate, UofRichmond, Arcadia
SAT: 700 M, 640 CR, 640 W
GPA: 3.8 UW (4.0 UW student, but freshmen year at old school pulled me back)
School: Small NY Boarding School
Ethnicity: Black/Hispanic Male (it’s confusing to breakdown, so I’ll simplify it)
ECs (Senior Year Only; Needed a Full Resume for all-4 years):
*Head of Campus Peer Counseling Program
*3-Year Student Government Representative
*Class President (roommate was Student Body, so we just pretended I was Vice Pres, lol)
*School Admissions Officer
*Residental Advisor for my dorm
*Tri-Athlete (1 Captain, 2 Varsity, 1 JV)
*Head of Students for Diversity Union
*Played Othello in this year’s theater prduction
*Intern for State Representative
*Executive Summarizer on International Issues at State House (proof that I have no life 
)
*Lead a summer archelogical camp for inner-city youth through Boston Harbor Islands & Museum of Afro-American History
*Volunteered 3 hours a week w/ Habitat for Humanity and local elementary school
*NSLC-International Diplomacy through Scholarship
(With six leadership positions senior year, you could tell the Head Mistress was tired of seeing my face, lol)
wow, impressive stats, cre8tive!
I already know that my biggest push was my work at the State House and the letter my representative wrote in explaination. Definitely a guy that views and manages all six-sides of the cube, which is why people don’t mind me leading so many things.
I forgot to add that I was an Environmental & Sustainability Prefect this year leading the campus-wide energy conservation contest. That was afull-time second semester job.
But since it was second semester…it never made my application, but that doesn’t bother me. I didn’t do it for college anyways.
congrats Cre8tive1, you have exeptional ECs
Accepted: Harvard, Yale (Attending), Princeton, Stanford, Penn (Wharton)
Deferred: Princeton
Rejected: Columbia, Cornell
Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Brown
Female, White
unweighted GPA: 3.91
weighted GPA: 4.32
SAT I: 750 Math, 780 Critical Reading, 780 Writing (2310)
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Literature, 800 Biology
My main activity was creating my own bakery. It took up most of my time, but was definitely my passion.
I don’t have any club positions or community service…I just followed what I enjoyed best. Go Yalies!
Started it with a bunch of friends. Got business license from one of the parents. I’ve been working there for about 4 years. We’ve hired regular staff.
jimbob1225, are you making fun of me?
wow, people hate me 
Anyway, let me get this thread back to where it belongs. I’ll post the stats of someone I know.
White male
2400 SATs
USACO
1 year StuCo rep
school high score AMC/AIME
most rigorous courseload (5s on all APs, 10 by grad)
Member of a few service clubs
Rejected at MIT/Harvard, accepted at Duke
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