prowess:
This is why you got in:
AP National Scholar
National Merit Finalist
Siemens Award for Advanced Placement
USABO Semifinalist
AIME Qualifier
Totally agree with you. Harvard, MIT, Cal Tech, and other schools LOVE, and I want to accentuate that word a million times, Seimons and Intel. I tell you, our school has the most intel semi finalists in the nation, and every semi finalist was accepted into a tier one college.
Althought her SAt and SAT 2 scores were above average.
cooldude, what’s your point?
mk, where are you from?
It is not true that all ivy league schools accept intel/ seimons. A girl was an intel semi, and was rejected from cornell
wow, prowress, congratulations
Relax, I meant no offence to him. Just wanted to point out that URM status probably helped a lot so that those of us non-URMs don’t get carried away. I still think that with his stats it is very difficult for non-URMs especially at MIT. As for Brown, get the average for non-URMs, then we can argue. Remember that average or median you quote is already affected the AA policy!
I’ll just copy and past what I posted before, since you asked for it, rapport:
Schools
Accepted: Harvard (Matriculated), Yale, Princeton
Deferred: (SCEA) Stanford
Waitlisted: Stanford
Rejected: Brown, Williams
Background
School Type: Private
Location: California
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Major: English/Comparative Literature
Unweighted GPA: 3.79
Weighted GPA: 4.13
Class rank: 8 of 200
Hook
Born in Alsace. Fluent in French and German. Competent in Latin, Spanish, and Italian. The opposite of every Asian-American (interests are mainly in literature and languages)
PSAT Scores
PSAT: Math 77, Critical Reading 79, Writing 80 (237)
SAT I Scores
SAT I: Math 760, Critical Reading 800, Writing 800 (2360)
SAT II Scores
French 800, German 800, Latin 800, Literature 800, Spanish 760, Biology (M) 720
ACT Scores
ACT: English 36, Math 35, Reading 36, Science 35, Writing 36 (Composite: 36)
AP Test Scores
Freshman-Junior AP Tests:
AP Latin Language: 5
AP French Language: 5
AP English Language: 5
AP German Language: 5
AP Spanish Language: 4
AP Latin Literature: 4
AP French Literature: 5
AP Biology: 5
Senior AP Tests:
AP Italian Language: 4
AP English Literature: 5
AP Spanish Literature: 4
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
Awards:
AP National Scholar
National Merit Finalist
Scholastic Junior Essay Contest, 1st Place
Finalist in the “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Explorative Narrative Contest
Winner of School Spelling Bee
Multi-Lingual Essay Contest, 1st Place
Activities:
Editor of School Newspaper, Journalism 4 Years
Founder and President of Literary Magazine
Published Poetry in the Claremont Review
Symphony Orchestra, Violinist, 4 Years
Tutor in French, German, and English, 4 Years
President of the French Honor Society, 4 Years
President of the Latin Honor Society, 4 Years
Vice-President of the German Honor Society, 4 Years
Treasurer of the Italian Honor Society, 4 Years
Secretary of the National Honor Society, 3 Years
Member of School Shakespeare Company, 4 Years
Miracles, wow!!
I am glad there is Harvard, MIT, Princeton etc for people like you! I 'll keep away and apply to other schools. I don’t want to compete with SUPERMEN/WOMEN and be miserable.
haha, too much flattery…
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miracles, do you think it helps if Asians show more interest in the liberal arts than pure sciences?
Probably…as it is with men. I can’t think of many Asian-American writers off of the top of my head for example, and perhaps that is a problem colleges are trying to fix.
thats unfortunate for me then
Well, I wouldn’t say it’s anything like affirmative action. However, they’re looking for diversity, and I don’t think they just want Asian nerds with their heads stuck in math books. Just kidding 
But it still holds true. Colleges need balance.
Rapport!! You lazy bum! Just kidding
Accepted:
Georgetown EA
UChicago EA
UCSD, UCLA, UCB, UCD (Regents at UCLA)
Williams
Cornell
Columbia
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins
Princeton (Attending)
GPA: 3.96 UW / 4.45 W (UC GPA 4.0/4.54 weighted)
SAT: 790 Verbal, 800 Math, 770 Writing (2360)
ACT: 35
SAT II’s: 800 Math IIC, 800 Literature, 780 Chemistry
Class rank: My school doesn’t rank, although I know I’m in at least the
top 4% (ELC status for UC’s)
AP tests:
Calculus BC AB subscore 5/5
Chemistry 5
Biology 5
French Literature 5
French Language 5
English Language 4
US History 4
First Year:
Honors Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry
Honors Introduction to Chemistry
Advanced Shakespeare / African-American Literature
French Advanced Conversation
Music Theory and Composition
East Asian Studies / Modern European History
Physical Education
Second Year:
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP French Literature
Modern Poetry / James Joyce
US History
Microbiology
Sculpture II
Third Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP French Language
AP Biology
Advanced Physics I/II
Macroeconomics / Microeconomics
Fourth Year:
AP English Literature
AP European History
AP Physics
Studies on Existential and Surrealist Writers
French Modern Literature
Organic Chemistry
Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semi-Finalist (PSAT score: 228)
Journalism Awards
Activities:
-President of MUN for two years
-Math and Science Club:
Member Freshman year
Treasurer Sophomore year
Vice-President Junior year
President Senior year
-National Honor Society
Member Freshman and Sophomore year
Secretary Junior year
Vice President Senior year
-Varsity Tennis for three years (Captain for one)
-State Symphony Orchestra for four years
-Journalism for two years, co-editor for one year
Things that happened after I submited my apps, I sent all the colleges letters:
-National Merit Finalist
- My science bowl team made regionals for the National Science Bowl Competition
- One of my music pieces was announced to be premiered Dresden 2006 - Sound, City, Silence composition competition (for piano trio).
- I was accepted to attend the Third International Workshop for Young Composers (rolling acceptance)
- Third prize for International de Composition pour Orchestre d’Harmonie (performance in June)
Accepted At:
Yale EA (Attending)
Harvard
Rice
Stanford
Washington and Lee University
Georgetown
University of Texas
Texas A&M University
University of Alabama
Texas Tech University
University of Houston
Baylor
GPA: 3.92 UW / 4.23 W
SAT: 740 Verbal, 710 Math, 640 Writing (2070)
ACT: 34
SAT II’s: 740 Math IC, 760 US History, 740 Spanish
Class rank: 6/201
AP tests:
Calculus AB 2
Chemistry 3
US History 5
World History 5
Comparitive Politics 5
US Government 5
Human Geography 5
English Literature 4
Spanish Language 5
First Year:
Pre-AP Biology
Pre-AP World Geography
Pre-AP English I
Pre-AP Geometry
BCIS I
Band (Block Schedule)
Pre-AP Spanish I
Second Year:
Pre-AP World History
Pre-AP Algebra II
Pre-AP Chemistry
Pre-AP English II
Band Marching
Webmastery
Accounting I
Journalism
Third Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
Pre-AP Physics
Honors Pre-Calculus
Journalism II
Accounting II
BIMM (Business Image/Multimedia Management)
History 1301 (Community College)
History 1302 (Community College)
Intro to Sociology (“”)
Psychology (“”)
Special Issues in Economics (“”)
Fourth Year:
AP English Literature
AP US Government
Health/Foundations of PE
Oral Interpretation
Theater Arts
AP Calculus AB
BCIS II
AP Chemistry
Awards (On Application):
AP Scholar with Honors
National Merit Commended Scholar (211)
Elder and Leemur Author of Tomorrow
VFW Voice of Democracy State Finalist
UIL State Accounting, 14th/7th Place
National Hispanic Scholar
Microsoft Office Expert - Word, Excel; Specialist - Powerpoint
McDonalds Emplyee of the Year
Activities:
Marching Band: Section Leader, Mallet Percussion - 4 years
UIL Academics: Captain of Social Studies, LD Debate, Current Issues and Events, Number Sense, Journalism, Accounting, and Persuasive Speaking; participant in One-Act Play (Many of these events for four years)
Yearbook Editor (1 year), Staff (2)
Newspaper Editor (2 years) Staff (2)
Theater (1 year)
Student Council
National Honor Society - Secretary (1 year), Parlimentarian (1 year)
Superintendent’s Roundtable (1 year)
Full Time Employee, McDonalds (40-45 hours a weeK)
Things that happened after I submited my apps, I sent all the colleges letters:
UIL State Champion, Social Studies
State McDonalds Scholar of the Year
Hmmm. Can more graduated seniors who actually got some rejections do “actual results” threads?
Miracles, do you plan on joining the symphony orchestra?
“Hmmm. Can more graduated seniors who actually got some rejections do “actual results” threads?”
yeah no kidding!
Maybe some people didn’t get rejected from anywhere…
Lucky!
Yeah, I signed up for auditions a while ago.
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