Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Accepted
Boston College (Honors) <–Attending
Colby College (Presidential Scholar)
Boston University (Honors & half-tuition/yr)
UMaryland- CP (Honors/Gemstone & $8,000/yr)
American (Honors & $25,000/yr)
UConn (Honors & $10,000/yr)
NYU

Waitlisted
Lehigh

Rejected
UPenn
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Swarthmore
Georgetown

School Type: Public
Location: Long Island, NY
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Biochemistry
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.78
Class rank: 15 of 305 (Top 5%)

SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 750

SAT II Scores
SAT II Biology (M): 720
SAT II Chemistry: 720
SAT II Physics: 640
SAT II Math IIC: 630

Significant Coursework

  • 9th: Honors Chemistry, Honors Global History I, English 9 Honors, Math AB, French 2, Science Research (frosh elective)
  • 10th: AP Biology (5), College Science Research, Honors Global History II, Honors English 10, Honors Chamber Choir, Math B, French 3
  • 11th: AP Physics B (4), AP US History (4), AP English Language (3), College Science Research, Honors Pre-calculus, Honors French 4, Honors Chamber Choir
  • 12th: AP Chemistry, AP US Government & Politics, AP English Literature, AP French, College Calculus, College Science Research, Honors Chamber Choir

Extracurricular Info

  • 350+ hours community service
  • Natural Helpers (member since 9th grade, senior trainer: 12th grade)
  • National Honor Society (member since 10th grade)
  • Tri-M Music Honor Society (member since 10th grade, President: 12th grade)
  • French Honor Society (member since 10th grade)
  • SOAR: thesis construction and defense program (11th grade through 12th grade)
  • Private voice lessons (since 7th grade)
  • NYSSMA: vocal adjudication (since 5th grade)
  • All-County Honors Chorus: Suffolk, NY (since 8th grade)
  • New York All-State Mixed Honors Chorus (12th grade)
  • School Drama (9th, 10th, 11th)
  • School Musical (9th, 10th, 12th: Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress)
  • Chamber Choir (member since 10th grade, Secretary: 11th grade, President: 12th grade)
  • Drama Club (member since 9th grade)
  • French Club (member since 9th grade)

Work Experience

  • Research intern (10th, 11th, 12th) working independently with a developmental protein in Drosophila melanogaster at Stony Brook University. 40 hrs/wk during summers, 7 hrs/wk during school year.
    . Wrote a 20 pg paper on my research and submitted research to various science competitions and programs:
    • Intel Science Talent Search
    • Long Island Science Congress
    • Long Island Science and Engineering Fair
    • Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
    • SOAR Program
      . Also entered:
    • Dupont Essay Competition

Awards

  • High Honor Roll
  • Academic Achievement Award
  • National French Contest- Level IV- 7th place in Suffolk County
  • Long Island Science Congress- 10th grade: Honorable Mention, 11th grade: Merit Award
  • AP Scholar with Honor
  • Long Island Philharmonic - Honorary choir member (September 11th, 2006)

Comments
I was somewhat surprised that I didn’t get a couple more acceptances, but in the end, it made my decision easier. I applied to BC without visiting, and after seeing the campus and talking with students and faculty, I realized there isn’t a place I’d rather be. I’m looking forward to the fall :slight_smile:

702

Schools
University of Pennsyvlania (ED - Wharton and M&T) - rejected
Rutgers University (Engineering & NB CAS) - accepted
Rutgers University (Ernesto Mario) - rejected
University of California, Berkeley (Engineering Undecided) - rejected
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (CoE) - accepted
Stevens Institute of Technology (CoE) - accepted
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) - accepted
Carnegie Mellon University (HSS) - accepted
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper, SCS) - rejected
Carnegie Mellon University (CIT - ECE) - waitlisted
The Cooper Union (Albert Nerklan) - waitlisted
Northwestern University (McCormick) - waitlisted

Standardized Testing
SAT: 730 math, 700 writing, 610 critical reading
SAT 2: 760 chemistry, 710 math 2, 700 math 1

School
GPA: ~94% uw or a 3.9
Rank: school does not rank
Type: somewhat competitive public
Course Load: most rigourous

Extracurriculars: Excellent…I had a few activities that I was passionate about and that really showed my leadership skills. I also have a ton of hours (maybe more than 400) of community service.

Recommendations: I only saw one out of the four I sent. It was pretty good. I’m pretty sure the other 3 (including my GC) were pretty good too.

Work Experience: I’m a freelancer & entrepreneur.

Awards: 1 National, 3 in-State, 2 in-Region awards

Essays
My Penn & Berkeley essays were pretty bad.
My Rutgers, CMU & Northwestern were pretty good.
My UMich, Stevens & Cooper Union were not bad. They were decent.
My Hopkins essay was awesome.

Comments
I’m probably going to attend Hopkins or Michigan…and leave for Northwestern or Cooper if I get off the waitlist. ADMISSION TO A COLLEGE IS A CRAPSHOOT. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. If you have any questions, PM me.

703

can you specify what awards you won?

704

Accepted: Davidson, Emory, William and Mary (Honors) (OOS), Rhodes, Vanderbilt, Oberlin, UNC (Honors) (OOS), and Washington and Lee
Rejected: None
Waitlisted: None
Attending: W&L on a full ride (worth $44,170 per year)

Stats:
SAT: 800 M, 710 CR, 790 W
SAT II: 760, 730
GPA: 4.1 out of 4.3 (4.3 is A+, 4.0 is A, 3.7 is A-)
APs: 9 APs as of graduation

ECs:
Editor-in-Chief of Lit mag
Editor of Newspaper
President of Amnesty Int.
Vice President of Young Republicans
YMCA Youth Leadership
3 major fundraisers
Demanding job (20-25 hrs week during school year, 40 hrs/week over summer)

Awards:
NMF
AP Scholar with Honor
Some school-wide awards
4 on AIME, 115 on AMC 12

Recs:
Amazing teacher recs, excellent counselor rec

Essays:
My essay for W&L was probably one of the best I have ever written

705

Stats:

GPA: 3.75 Weighted
SAT: 1800 (600 M, 590 CR, 610 W)
SAT II: 720 (USH), 480 (Lit)
AP Scores: US History-4

School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: White
Prospective Major: Economics

EC’s:
Football team
Community Service Group
Internship at hedge fund
Junior Counselor at a summer camp
Volunteer basketball coach
Research expedition to Galapagos Islands
California Scholarship Federation
Youth Umpire for Little League
Director of Announcing Program for local little league
Job at a grocery store
Basketball ref

Total community service: 300+ hours

Decisions:
UC Irvine-Accepted
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo-Accepted
UC Riverside-Accepted
University of San Diego-Accepted
Sonoma State-Accepted
UC Davis-rejected
UC Santa Barbara-rejected
UCLA-rejected
UC San Diego-rejected

706

Accepted: University of South Carolina ($2000 Scholarship+In-State Tuition, Capstone Scholars), University of Pittsburgh, University of Delaware, Penn State, University of Miami, Virginia Tech (Honors), Indiana University-Bloomington ($7000 Scholarship, Honors)
Rejected: None
Waitlisted: None
Attending: University of South Carolina

School Type: Public
Location: Pennsylvania
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Major: Chemistry (Pre-med)

Stats:
SAT: BAD
Act: 29
GPA: 4.12
Rank: Top 12%
AP: Calculus BC-5

ECs:
Varsity Tennis
Bowling Club
Bowling (Outside of School)
NHS
Spanish Honors Society
Model UN
Table Tennis Club
Altar Server
Hospital Volunteer

707

Accepted:

UVM
American
George Washington
Wake Forest
Colgate
UMich

Waitlisted:
UPenn
UChicago

Denied:

Dartmouth
Georgetown

GPA: u/w = 3.75 (hardest course load)
SAT= 2130

708

attending Colgate!

709

Can someone explain to me what a legacy is?

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<li>and i like how people on this forum gradually conform to a set vocabulary…ex: “crapshoot”</li>
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710

legacy means that one or both of your parents went to that school

711

o ok thanks

712

gpa: 3.85 weighted
SAT: 710 math/630 reading/750 writing
rank: 8/139
activities: National Honor Society (treasurer), Nat’l Art Honor Society, Tennis (captain), 10 years of dance, church volunteering, yearbook (treasurer)
Honors: National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, Scholar Athlete Award

applied for architecture

didn’t get in:
cornell

got in:
RPI ($12,000 scholarship)
Northeastern ($14,000 schol.)
Lehigh ($2,000)
Syracuse ($12,000)

713

Accepted: Caltech EA, full-ride, did not apply anywhere else

Stats:
GPA 4.0 UW
SAT 2390
Rank 1/300something
Hardest courseload possible, took things like DiffEq, Matrix Theory, Discrete Math, Graph Theory, and Abstract Algebra (independent study) junior year
9 APs with all 5s (7 of them are science APs)

Awards:
USPhO semifinalist, USChO semifinalist, AIME qualifier, National AP Scholar, 3rd place JV JETS, sophomore class homecoming princess (I’m sure that counts for something), coauthored Science paper (which probably impacted my scholarship but not my admission, since the paper people started editing the paper in February)

Essays:
Sucked

Recs:
One was “best in career,” the other said “she kept it brief.” I also got a recommendation from my research advisor, which I’d assume was pretty good.

ECs:
Math Club, Physics Club, BioResearch Club, Olympiad Team, went to HCSSiM over the summer. And a bunch of officer positions.

Other factors:
Applied as a junior, asian female, legacy

714

I’m an Int’l applicant from India who was willing to pay no more than $ 8000 per annum.

DECISIONS:

Harvard ACCEPTED (and parent contribution completely waived under harvard financial aid initiative!) and MATRICULATING
Princeton waitlisted
Penn rejected
Cornell ACCEPTED
Dartmouth waitlisted
Brown ACCEPTED
JHU rejected (because of the MASSIVE fin. aid I’d asked for!)
Chicago rejected

Here’s a brief CV:

Fee waiver used
Offered to pay $ 8000 p.a. (Guess that sure didn’t matter!)

SAT reasoning
math 790
CR 750
W 750

SAT subject
math II 800
Chem 800
Bio M 760

1st in Class of 40
NTSE Scholar (Indian equivalent of National Merit Scholarship given by the govt.)

Selected by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India for their Program for Youth Leadership in Science

EXTRACURRICULARS

The youngest volunteer for the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.

Got a Certificate of Distinction signed by Hans Blix at the World Federation of UN Associations’ Global essay comp. on peace and disarmament. ( I was competing against undergrad and even grad students from all over the world)

avid quizzer and debater. traveled all over India and won more than a handful of quizzes and debates. also accomplished at creative writing and essay writing!

teacher recs GREAT (that’s what they told me anyway)
counselor rec (i guess it must have been good too!)

essays: worked really hard on them. they were quite good. one of them was about my love of independent travel (Let’s Go anyone?)

special rec: from the president of the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.

supplementary stuff: Cartoons with one-line punch lines. (Only a few days ago I realised this: Conan O’Brien drew similar cartoons while with the Harvard Lampoon!)

Moral of the Story: Ultimately I guess the staff of Let’s Go and the Harvard Lampoon make the final decision abt your application!!!

715

ah out of state UT-austin, and waitlisted at in-state MD?
weiirdd. Ferstamendment where are you planning on actually going?

716

Accepted: Princeton (Attending), Chicago, Michigan Ann Arbor (Ross Preferred Admit)
Waitlisted: Stanford, Columbia
Rejected: Penn (Wharton), Harvard, Yale

Stats:
44/45 Predicted IB
SAT I 2290 (800M, 750CR, 740W)
SAT II 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 740 Literature
Class is unranked

ECs:
Varsity Swimming (Captain), Varsity Golf
Chess Team
Peer tutoring and inner city school tutoring
Certified swim and skiing instructor (+work experience)
Volunteer swim instructor at disabled children’s hospital

Other stuff:
Essays were good I thought, interestingly one of my essays I sent to all three schools that rejected me–raises some questions about it’s quality.

717

Accepted - Carnegie Mellon (attending), Wisconsin, Penn State, Rutgers
Waitlisted - UMICH, Johns Hopkins, WashU
Rejected - Cornell, Northwestern, Columbia, UChicago, Rice

applied for engineering schools

GPA: 3.55 uw 4.1 w
Senior year courseload - multivariable calculus, ap physics, ap stat, ap language, ap gov - got straight B’s in academic subjects for midyear report
SAT - 790m 680cr 670w
SAT II - 780mathIIC 770physics

ECs - tennis (4 years varsity+co-captain), violin, community service, academic decathlon, AIME

Awards - several all-state tennis awards, awards from regional academic decathlon competitions, over 500 hours volunteering at hospital

essays - pretty good IMO i mostly wrote about my passion for science and math

pretty sure my GPA+senior grades killed my chances at most of the top schools

718

Class Rank 12/267 from average public school, suburban Rhode Island.
GPA: 3.73 out of 4.00
Courseload: Somewhat rigorous (avoided classes such as Calculus 2 and any AP classes while taking Physics II and Biology II)
AP tests: None

Results:

Dartmouth College- Accepted
Tulane University- Accepted
U.S. Naval Academy- Accepted (attending-History Major)
Notre Dame- Accepted
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy- Accepted
U.S. Air Force Academy- Rejected

SAT

Math: 700
Critical Reading: 710
Writing: 770

SAT II Subject Tests

U.S. History: 780
Physics: 760

Recommendations: Outstanding (From City Mayor, Congressman, and both U.S. Senators as necessary for the Academies)

Extracurriculars: All State Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track (1:56 800m) Captain since sophomore year.
City/State Newspaper sports correspondent
Youth Coach
Math League
Yearbook
Boys State/Nation

Awards:
RI Gatorade athlete of the year track and field (Rhode Island)
Dartmouth Book Award
Who’s Who Among National High School Students
National/Spanish Honor Society
Bill Reynolds Newspaper Correspondent Award (Rhode Island)
Secretary of State Award for Public Service

Of note: I spent 8 years of my life in a foster home, and I’m adopted by my aunt and uncle.

719

3.73
2180
1:56 800M
You’re sick dude, good luck with college.

720

Background: Asian Male, CA, Public School
GPA: 3.1 Weighted (For UC’s and CSU’s A-G) 3.4 for others
SAT: 740 Math, 610 Critical Reading, 620 Writing
SAT II’s: 750 Math IIC, 720 US History
AP’s: None
Essays: The best I’ve every written
Rec’s: Not sure, but I’m guessing they were at least decent
Major: Computer Science

EC:
Layout Editor for school newspaper, creative writing club, korean club, filipino club, and volunteer at my church. Also did misc. work at my father’s company related to computer science.

Accepted: UCR, UCSC, UCD, UCSB, UCM, Penn State, Purdue, Illinois Tech (With $25K in scholarships and loans), RPI (With $22K in scholarships and loans), Cal Poly SLO, Boston University
Rejected: Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, UCI, Cooper Union (Architecture)
Waitlisted: None