lol i edited it in a sec ago, if you have any Q, just ask
Accepted: Dartmouth College (Early Decision, Will Attend)
Waitlisted: N/A
Rejected: N/A
School Type: Private Catholic Single Sex (Male)
Location: Missouri
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Philosophy
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.719
Class rank: 1
SAT I Scores
Math: 780
Critical Reading: 760
Writing: 740
SAT II Scores
Math IC: 740
Literature: 700
U.S. History: 700
AP Scores:
U.S. History: 5
Art History: 5
Calculus AB: 4
English Language and Composition: 5
English Literature and Composition: 5
European History: 5
Very good essay on my Catholic upbringing and how a particular instance was a watershed for my freethinking disposition and honest inquiry into many branches of philosophy (e.g., ethics, metaphysics, logic, epistemology, etc.).
Nothing else really that is a big deal.
Edit: Oh, and I thought you all might find it funny that I got rejected (blackballed) from the National Honor Society at my school because certain faculty were uneasy with my heterodox (in this particular context) perspective on the world, religion, etc. (which hasn’t been proven, but it surely could be the only reason why I was rejected… I had more service and better grades than any other applicant).
Graduated Senior Results: white male, Maryland
Accepted: Georgia Tech, Texas-Austin, UMBC
Deferred: Maryland
Type of school: public (cesspool)
SAT: 610M 590V 570W (1200/1770)
SAT II: none
ACT: nada
Rank: 8/276
GPA: 3.70 UW (4.5 W)
AP Tests (although the score doesnt matter, ill list 'em anyway):
APUSH- 4
Eng Lit & Comp- 2
English (forget which one)- 2
Calc AB- 1
Both recs were awesome
My Maryland essay I slaved over b/c it was my 1st choice school. Texas and GT essays were done in less than an hour over the internet, with a quick read over by one of my co-workers. (ironic how that all worked out eh?)
EC’s:
Eagle Scout (along with a bunch of leadership positions)
Varsity Lacrosse all 4 years (really helped with GT)
32 hr a week job, at the time I applied I was also working another 20 hr and added that as well.
2002 NSCA State Champ; 02, 03 All State teams (I think those really helped with TX, considering NSCA’s headquarters is right there)
NHS (secretary…but didnt do much)
Peer Mediator
Student Council ( was treasurer but again…just a waste of time)
MISC:
I have a security clearance, and I believed that helped quite a bit
Im probably forgetting stuff but oh well…
short form of what people have put. my results are different from a lot of people here since apparently i’m not a genius like everyone else.
major: mechanical engineering
attending-ucsd
accepted-ucsd, uc irvine, uc davis, uc santa cruz
rejected-ucla, berkeley, usc, yale, stanford, johns hopkins
unweighted gpa-3.4
UC GPA-3.75
weighted gpa-around 4.0
…i thought becuz my gpa had a crazy upward grade trend it would help, but as i learned, they don’t really care about that at ALL
sat1-2110(680r/680m/750w), essay 10
sat math2c-790
sat chem-640
ECS: i won a bunch of piano awards…pretty much, i’m really into piano…but apparently it didn’t help either. i also volunteered at museums etc. but no real leadership.
Essays: i thought they were decent but if i could i would spend more time on them.
but on the real, i’m happy with where i’m ending up. i didn’t get into my no. 1 choice (berkeley), and it was kinda hard to get over but now i don’t really think about it anymore. so…if you dont’ get accepted to where u want to go it’s definitely a blessing in disguise
Graduated Senior Results:
Accepted: Michigan State University, Bowling Green (attending), Hope College, Wayne State University.
Rejected: None
Waitlisted: None
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Athiest
Type of school: public
Prospective Major: English Literature and Philosophy
SAT: 500M, 640V 700W
SAT II: none
Rank: 80-ish/200
GPA: Unweighted: 3.32 (huge upward trend 2.8 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 3.8)
AP Tests
APUSH: 4
AP Eng-lit - 5
ECs:
Scattered, not that many.
Misc: I should have applied to some more selective schools, but oh well.
Accepted: WashU (Danforth & Nemerov), Duke (A.B. Duke), Ohio State (Distinguished Scholarship)
Attending: WashU
prospective majors/minors: writing, classics, computer science
School Type: competitive suburban public
Location: Ohio
Race/Gender: White male
SAT: 2390 (800r/800m/790w)
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.98UW, 4.68W
Rank: 1/117
I had taken 5 APs before I applied (with 5’s), and took 4 more senior year.
ECs:
Varsity Track & Field (Captain)
Varsity Basketball
Academic Team
Theater stuff (reviewing, acting)
Latin Club (President)
JETS (member of 1st place team in state)
Show choir
tutoring
a random community service group
camp counselor
awards:
semi-finalist in Anthem essay contest, 4th in Peterson’s essay contest
National Merit Finalist/Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction (now National)
had a theater review published in the local paper
a couple class awards
essay: I wrote about how Daniel Quinn’s <i>Ishmael</i> changed my outlook and how I then started writing a political blog
I dunno, it’s a decent list but there aren’t really any great hooks…I’m pretty sure my recs were good though, I guess that helped.
Did you get rejected from anywhere? You gotta put that up as well…unless you did ED or sumthin
this just shows how random the whole process is… hmph
Accepted: Elon, UGA, Boston University, Loyola University New Orleans, Ithaca
Attending: Loyola University New Orleans
prospective majors/minors: advertising, international business
School Type: suburban public
Location: Atlanta, GA
Race/Gender: White female
SAT: 1950 (650r/690m/610w)
GPA: 3.85
Rank: top ten percent
I had taken 4 APs, and advanced courses since freshman year.
Letters in Soccer, Swimming, and Cross Country
National Honor Society
national art honor society
essay: I dont remember them
Accepted: Rice (ED)
School Type: Public
White Male
SAT: 2340 (800 Math/740 Verbal/800 Writing)
SAT II’s: 800 Math IIC 800 Math IC 800 Physics
AP’s: Physics (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), English Lit (4), English Language (4)
GPA 4.5232
Rank 4/820ish
EC’s: pretty “weak” i guess, almost all of them were sports related
Essay: nothing special
Accepted: Penn(Wharton), Purdue, IU (bloomington), CMU, UA(Eller)
Attending: Wharton
Rejected: Cornell ( >.> made no sense to me)
prospective majors: MIS
I went to school in the middel east, class rank is based on national country. I’m 54/15,556.
Race/Gender: Multi race/Male
SAT: 780M, 550 CR, 600 W
EC:
International olmpiyad in informatics (twice)
ACM (4th place)
Arabic olmpiyad in informatics (gold medal)
<h1>1 trice on the local olmpiyad in informatics</h1>
Burmese karate system (Brown belt)
I started an aids awarness program
I invest in stocks (I sent my investor’s card to all the colleges I applied to)
Legacy (Cornell & Bloomington)
Recamendation:
I got them from the professors that taught me during all those olmpiyads.
Essays:
Basicly why I chose MIS ( comptuter + business)
I didn’t use the fact that I’m American living in the ME, and I don’t recamend using race-based hooks.
Accepted: ED Bowdoin (attending)
recruited athlete
School Type: Public
Race/Gender: Caucasian/male
Prospective Major: Undecided
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 out of 4.0
Class rank: top 10%
Sat 710 Math
690 Critical Reading
670 Writing
AP Scores:
Calc A/B: 5
Biology 4
ECs:
Three Varsity sports for Sophomore/Jr/Senior year. (JV as Frosh)
Capt of 2 sports senior yr.
Class officer 2 years
National Honor Society
Reporter School Paper 3 years
Volunteer political campaigns
Volunteer counselor special needs camp: one week ea summer x 4 yrs
Tutor
State champion in recruited sport
(Son’s stats)
we might want to separate these and put these into their actual respective school forums. but what the hell. copy pasted from my scholarship resume:
Note: waitlisted at UPenn, Princeton, and Williams
Jason Wong
School of the Arts Theater Department
Education
School of the Arts Student Rank: #3 Graduated Summa Cum Laude SAT: 1500/1600
College Acceptances: Harvard University (matriculated), Yale University, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Tulane University, University of Chicago, New York University (Stern School of Business), Columbia University
College Scholarships: Swarthmore Colleges Philip Evans Scholarship Program (one of approx. 10 recipients), Tulane Universitys Community Service Award (one of two full-tuition scholarships), New York Universitys Stern Scholars Program (given to the top 5% of admitted students)
Awards Summary
California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition (2005); California Legislature Certificate of Appreciation (2006); California State Arts Scholar (2004); San Francisco City and County Certificate of Honor (2005); Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship (2006); San Francisco City Club Margaret ODonnell Student Leadership Award (2005); National Coca-Cola Scholar (2006); California-Hawaii Elks Lodge and National Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Award (2006); Lawrence C. Lowe Memorial Scholarship (2006); San Francisco Mock Trial Championship Team, (2005); Principals Student Leadership Award (2005); Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship (2006); California Regional Bank of America Award, Liberal Arts (2006); National Principals Student Leadership Award (2006); Williams College Book Award (2005); School of the Arts Prom Prince (2005); School of the Arts Outstanding Mock Trial Student Award (2006); School of the Arts Samantha Beggs Memorial Scholarship Award (2006); San Francisco Unified School District Certificate of Recognition for Service to the San Francisco Public Schools (2006)
Featured in The San Francisco Examiner, and Sing Tao Daily News
Public Policy and Community Service
Student Delegate to the Board of Education (2003-2006)
- Authored and passed legislation and education policies that were unanimously adopted by the board
- Updated policy to re-establish and support the position of the Student Advisory Council
- Worked with the NAACP and other groups to address re-segregation and school performance
- Contributed to the San Francisco Nutrition Policy, one of the first comprehensive nutrition policies in the nation
School of the Arts: School of the Arts Student Body Council President (2005-2006); Junior Statesmen of America Founder/President (2004-2005) and Northern California State Speaker Pro-Tempore; California Scholarship Federation President; School Site Council Secretary (2003-2006); Parent Teacher Student Association Executive Board Member (2004-2006); Populist Party Founder/President/Newsletter Editor (2005-2006)
Community Based Organizations: Commonwealth Club youth programs consultant (1 year); Kellogg Foundation Youth Innovation Leadership Board (3 years); DonorsChoose student board member (1 year); San Francisco Asian Heritage Street Celebration student consultant (2 years);
Tutor and Mentor in mock trial, history, English, statistics and student leadership (2002 to present)
Extra-Curricular and Professional Experience
School of the Arts Mock Trial Team/Pre-Law Club Secretary (2002-2003), President (2003-2006); Defense Closing Attorney (2003), Prosecution Pretrial Attorney (2004), Prosecution Closing Attorney (2005 and 2006)
Work Experience, summer student intern at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass LLP in San Francisco, CA (summer 2006), student employee at the Exploratorium Interactive Science and Art Museum (2004), and student intern at Liang Law LLP, an immigration law firm in West Covina, CA (summer 2002)
San Francisco Poll Worker for the November 8, 2005 and June 6, 2006 Election Days for the Department of Elections of the City and County of San Francisco
Events
ACLU National Membership Conference San Francisco, California (Summer, 2004); Youth Innovation Fund for Youth Philanthropy and Civic Participation National Conferences at Washington D.C. (August, 2003), Nashville, Tennessee (Spring 2004), San Francisco, California (Spring, 2005); PG&E Renewable Energy Conference (August, 2005); San Francisco Student Safety and Sexual Harassment Summit Student organizer (May 2004); San Francisco Student Leaders Youth Summit Student organizer and member of a panel on student leadership (May, 2005); National Summit on Nutrition in Schools panelist on San Francisco Nutrition policy (2004); KALW Radio Interview May 27, 2003; SOTA School-wide Political Fair (Spring 2005), Oktoberfest (October 2005), Winter Ball (December 2005) LoveFest (February 2006), Political Fair/MayFest (May 2005) Program organizer
School:Public
Gender:Female
GPA:3.66
QPA:4.1 (ish)
Rank: 21/401
SAT: V/570 M/570 W/590
SATII: Lit/560 MI/600 MII/640
ACT Composite: 26 Critical Reading:30/Math:24/Science:23/Lang:26
Essay: About my confusion with my name
Major: It changed in each application from psycholgy, political science, economics and business
EC:
Track Captain- Qualifiefied for All-County Team
Field Hockey-Qualified for All-Division 2nd Team
Class Treasurer
Student Council
Model UN
and acolyting at church
Course Load:
AP Calc AB (11th grade, 4 on test)
AP English 11(2 on test, bad hate eng) and 12th grade
AP Econ
AP Psych
AP Stats
AP Calc 3
4 years of math
4 years of social science
3 years of science including chemistry, biology, and physics
3 years of orchestra
A holocaust course
2 years of foriegn language, Spanish
National Honors Society (Also the spanish, math one)
Drexel: Accepted with scholarship
University of MD Baltimore County- Accepted
New York University- Accepted with 12,000 in acholarships
Rice University- Accepted Interim Decision
Brown- Rejected
Columbia-Rejected
Cornell- FIRST CHOICE Accepted and attending
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Hispanic male from NJ
9th
World History [H] - A-
Geometry [H] - A
Spanish II - A+
Biology [H] - A-
Freshman English - A
10th
US History I [H] - B
Algebra II [H] - A
Spanish III - A+
Chemistry [H] - A+
Sophomore English - A
11th
US History II [H] - B+
Math Analysis [H] - A
Spanish IV [H] - A+
AP Chemistry - A
Junior English [H] - A
12th
AP US History - B
AP Calculus AB - A
AP Spanish Lang - A
AP Physics B - A
AP English Lit - B+
Final GPA
W: 4.389
Rank
3/197 [though not reported formally though I believe my GC hinted to it]
Tests:
SAT I: 2000 [600 V, 800 M, 600 W]
SAT II’s: Math IIc: 800; Chemistry: 770; Spanish: 740
Essay:
On how after seeing Bizet’s Carmen I ventured into a world of meditation, related it to Siddhartha.
Recs:
Teachers: one good, one really good
GC: Never got to see, she only talked about it.
ECs and Awards:
Playing dominoes [on common app as 5 hrs/wk for 52 wks/yr]
Academic Decathlon [10-12, Co-captain [12]]
Student Council [11-12, Treasurer [12]]
Peer Leadership [10-12]
Free the Children [10-12, Treasurer [11-12]]
Math League [9-12]
Panther Press, Newspaper [12]
Folio, Literary Magazine [11-12, Editor [12]]
FBLA [11-12, Tresurer [12]]
NHS [11-12, Sec/Treasurer [12]]
NAHS [9-12]
SHS [10-12, President [12]]
Spanish Club [9-12, Council member [9-12]]
Chess Club [10-12]
Worked August 2005 to time of application 15-20 hrs/wk
Bloustein Scholar
Ventures Scholar
NHRP Scholar
NJ American Legion Boys’ State Delegate
Wordmasters Meet #1 Top 14 Scorers
DECISIONS:
BC: Accepted
Cornell: Accepted
Dartmouth: Accepted
Drew: Accepted
Harvard: [Attending] Accepted
Harvey Mudd: Accepted
MIT: Accepted
Princeton: Accepted
TCNJ: Accepted
Tufts: Accepted
Williams: Accepted
Yale: Accepted
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dvlfnfv5, I don’t know if you’re still reading this thread, but which school did you apply to in NYU?
As far as stats, I’m in a similar boat as you, along with being from the same state.
I don’t feel like listing my stats, but I will give advice. It’s really not too late to do well. I realized it at the end of my junior year so I volunteered 400 hours [literally…I counted…one of my main endeavors was at a camp for financially disadvanted inner city kids so I racked up a lot of hours there…and it turned out that I loved it!] [I also created my own volunteer project] [along with other things lol] during the Summer, studied for the SAT and ACT for hundreds of hours, got all A+s in school, switched into more APs (multiple 100’s in these), became captain of the sports I was in, and really started to try. I set my sights really high and applied to 3 safties (Bryant, Stonybrook, and Marist). 3 fits (Northeastern, Fordham and Stonehill[mostly a safty, but I want to make it look like I applied to more fits lol], and 8 reaches [Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Williams, BC, BU, Tufts, and Brandeis]. Well turns out that I loved the supplemental essay for Tufts and wrote an extremely passionately essay about the Revolution in Belarus and how we could help and decided to send that to all of the colleges. Well turns out that Cornell liked me (I’m guessing partly for that essay) enough to give me a gauranteed transfer for Sophomore year. I read that colleges look for people who want to change the world, so I do think my essay was a part of this. I got into all of my saftys and fits with giant scholarships and then got the GT from Cornell (along with some waitlists and some bad news from some reaches). Well now I’m attending my Freshman year at Stonehill after being given $26,125 for a $27,000 tuition. I am then going to Cornell Sophomore year. This is all a dream come true and shows that if you set your mind to something, it can really happen!
I’ll make it short and simple…
GPA:
weighted- 4.2
unweighted- 3.7
(f-ed up freshman year, soph year was OK, straight As in junior year)
SAT: 2020
SAT II:
math 2- 720
lit- 730
California resident
Varsity cross country (4 years)
Varsity track (4 years)
Science Olympiad
Hospital volunteer
Library volunteer
School newspaper staff: reporter
Great essays…I write well…
And that about finishes it…
Applied to: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSD
Accepted to: UCLA, UC Davis, UCSD
SCREW BERKELEY
Tonyt88, you disgust me (just kidding). Where did you go to school in NJ (central, northern, southern)? I go to a competitive, suburban central Jersey school.
I’m in northern NJ in Morris County
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