the 1 is because someone took asdjfkl(can’t use the comma) and the asdf. So, I had to settle. It’s still 1. lol.
I’m in AP Psych and actually the random ratio/interval is one of the most effective ways for learning within operant conditioning. That’s why it works so well…(There’s even science to it!) Just learned that semi-recently. Aww, I sorta feel badly for your daughter. But, I mean, she’s been expecting those grades but the problem is that once she realizes that she can still make whatever amount of money on her report card, she might not care anymore. (That’s why fixed interval and ratio conditioning doesn’t work as well and variable interval/ratio.)
Hopefully, it will help her in the long run. When you work hard and don’t expect anything–and get something, it makes it so much more satisfying to get something. I mean, it applies so much more in life. For a club I’m part of, there’s a position of leadership given out to exclusive members of the club. I wasn’t really vying for it because I knew others really wanted it. But, I did get it because of my involvement/achievement in the club and it was really satisfying. Maybe in the long-term, she’ll see the benefits…or not. lol. Good luck with your daughter and her grades!
Accepted - Ohio State University: Columbus Campus, Auburn University, Ohio University, University of Alabama, Temple University, Ohio University.
Rejected - Penn State University: University Park, Virginia Tech University.
GPA - 3.1
SAT I - 1240/1740; Math: 620, CR: 620.
ECs:
Varsity Soccer
Varsity Track
200+ Volunteer hours @ Good Shepherd: Rehabilitation Center
Intramural Basketball
Spanish Club
Key Club
Recs:
Ohio State - I sent in 3 recs, 1 from an associate professor at the OSU medical center, 1 from an OSU alumni, and another from my college alg teacher.
Auburn - A CEO of a multimillion business, who donates 50k+ per/year to the University sent in a rec.
8th in va for golf
2nd in my region for golf
1st in my district for golf
recruited for golf at mit
president of math honors society
volunteer as calculus tutor
nothing really exciting since im waiting but thought ppl might wanna see
Results:
Accepted- Penn State- Scholars Program (didnt apply for honors, dont know why)
Maryland (Honors)
Hofstra (Honors/Leap) $18K/year
Drexel $18K/year Honors + Law program
Pitt $8 k/year Honors + Law program
Northeastern Honors Program $16K/year <strong>might be going</strong>
Rejected- Columbia ED =[
Waiting:
Duke (had a great interview), Cornell, Tufts
Stats: White Suburban Male
Rank 24/519 GPA 4.96 W 4.27/4.33 UW (Weird I know)
SAT: CR 700/ M 730/ WR 690 12 ESSAY (1430/2120)
SAT II: Spanish w/ Listening 620, US History 640 (I suck =[)
Taking 5 AP’s Senior Year and so 7 total in high school with 4’s in Calc AB and European History
Captain of Cross Country and Varsity Swimming. Did XC for 3 years and Swimming for 4. Did Track for two years
Had leadership for Film Club and Academic Team which I did both for 4 years. In a few other clubs (Key Club, Spanish Club, Student Gov)
Work 20ish hours a week. Can’t judge my own essays and dont know how my recs were (good I guess)
Accepted: Hamilton College (ED II)
Deferred: Georgetown SFS (EA) (Georgetown can shove it)
Withdrawn Applications: Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Tufts, Middlebury, Colgate, Vassar, Dickinson, Georgetown, UBC, McGill
Poor White Guy, Portland, OR
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.9 or so W
Rank: Valedictorian
SAT: 2160
ACT: 30
ECs: Classical piano, church group, Habitat for Humanity, school newspaper, constitutional law team
Awards, etc: Excellence in Chemistry, Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude (Nat. Latin Exam), article published in Alaska Airlines magazine
Work: Preschool teacher, 20ish hours a week
Essays/Recs: Pretty good
Hook: geographical diversity? I dunno…
I guess my results were pretty much to be expected-- nothing too surprising. I’m super excited about Ham though!
Accepted: Michigan State (attending), Drexel (~$18,000 scholarship)
Those are the only schools I applied to
UW GPA: 3.5
SAT: 1810
Public School in NY, good ECs/essays/recs
Accepted: Cambridge (conditional), St. Andrew’s
Waiting: Bowdoin, University of British Columbia
Rejected: Rensselaer (accelerated med program)
Upper middle-class white guy, Orange County CA
GPA: 3.2 UW, 3.6 W
SAT: 780 M, 740 R, 700 W
ACT: 33
AP’s: Taking U.S. Gov, Physics B, Environmental, Macroecon5’s in Euro, U.S. history, Bio, and chem
SAT II: 790 Bio and US History, 760 math 1
UKCAT/BMAT: can’t remember exactly, but they were only slightly above average
Sports: varsity wrestling
Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Bio student of the year (school award)
Essays: less than wonderful
Teacher Recs: really good
Volunteering: 50 hrs assorted stuff
Interviews: was incredibly jet lagged for them, but otherwise pretty decent
Accepted: UF [going to attend], FSU, New College of Florida
Middle-class white female, Florida
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.5 W
Rank: 20/309
SAT: 680 M, 700 R, 730 W [I think]
ACT: 31
AP’s: Biology [4], English Language [4], Calculus [1! Hooray me.] [all junior year]
Extras:
Turtle Watch (age 5+): Permitted by state.
Church Green Team (12th grade): I am a co-founder/leader. I act as a congregational liaison and I actively participate in the collection and organization of on-site recycling.
Science Club (11th and 12th grades): Co-chair of recycling and beach clean-up committees.
-Cross-Country (9th and 10th grades): Varsity letter, 4th in county in 9th.
-Track (9th and 10th grades): Varsity letter.
-Weightlifting (12th grade): Varsity letter, 3rd in county, 8th in region.
-Marching band (11th and 12th grades): Picc/flute section leader 12th grade.
-Concert band (all years)
-Solo and Ensemble (all years): Superiors at districts and an excellent at state.
-National Honor Society (Spring 10th grade through 12th grade): Vice-president 12th grade.
-Tri-M (Music Honor Society) (12th grade): Founding secretary.
-Key Club (all four years): Lettered in 10th.
Awards: Aforementioned letters, academic letter, perfect attendance letter, renaissance all 4 years [3.5 and no referrals], volunteer services award from the county.
Essays: Only used one and revised it for each college. I thought it was pretty decent.
Teacher Recs: I only needed one for New College and the teacher wrote it in a day due to her error. It was a good recommendation though.
Volunteering: 465 junior and senior [documented], 150-200 freshman and sophomore.
Interviews: N/A.
Accepted: Providence College, St. Michael’s College, Loyola University in MD, St. Anselm’s College (all my EA schools)
still waiting for regular! I applied to my safeties early, and my reaches regular.
Notre Dame (#1), Bates, William and Mary
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.69 on a 5.0 scale
Rank: top ten percent
AP Classes, US History, Government, Calculus, Chemistry
all honors the rest.
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<h2>EC’S</h2>
–Varisty Field hockey: captain, 4 MVP awards, League Allstar,
Field Hockey Club Team 1, a 2nd club team, invitation to Elite Team
– Varsity Softball: captain JV, MVP award& coaches award ; winter league and summer club team
– Band; Marching band, wind enselmble (highest) 1st clarinet,
– National Honors Society
– Tri -M (Music Honors Society) , treasurer!
– Best Buddies
– Steering Committee
– Prom Committee, (with 4 other girls)
– School Newspaper (editor)
– Peer Mentor
– Freshman Orientation Coordinator
– DECA: (2nd place districts, finalist at States, this year through to States)
– Giving Tree (Leadership team)
– Habitat for Humanity Club
– Piano Lessons
– Basketball Freshman Year
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HOOK: 5th generation legacy @ Notre Dame, if I got in, i would be the first
girl! (:
legacy at st. a’s as well.
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Community Service:
<h2>- tons with my church & lots of other random things, too much to write out. </h2>
White Male, 19, from Rhode Island Prep School
GPA: 4.2 weighted (4.0 scale)
SAT I: 680 CR/690 M/720 W (12 essay)
SAT II:800 Math IIC/780 U.S. History/660 Latin
ACT: Composite=33
AP’s: Environmental Science (5), U.S. History (5), Biology, Calculus BC, Spanish
ECs:
Mock Trial (4 years, Captain, 2006 State Champions,)
Math Team (4 years, 2007 State Champions)
World Environmental Enigmatic Problems (3 years, President this year)
Fantasy Sports Club (2 years, President this year)
Tennis (3 years)
Student Senate (1 year)
Work/Volunteer Experience:
Stop and Shop: Cashier and Courtesy Clerk (June, 2004-June, 2005)
The UPS Store: Sales Associate (May, 2006-Present)
Tutor: Elementary School Math, one student (Summer, 2007-Present)
Assisted Living Volunteer: Activities Helper (9th grade)
Hospital Volunteer: Histology and Pathology lab helper (10th grade)
Nursing Home: Activities Helper (11th grade-present)
Recs: awesome
Essays: pretty unique
Sign: Sagittarius
Likes: long walks on the beaches
hook: no hook, just two hands
Accepted: University of Maryland-College Park, Syracuse, University of Delaware, Quinnipiac ($14,000), University of New Hampshire ($6,000), North Carolina State, James Madison University
Rejected: UNC-Chapel Hill
Attending: Most likely UDel!
School Type: Public
Location: Connecticut
Race/Gender: white
Prospective Major: nursing
Unweighted GPA: school only does weighted…prob around 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Class rank: top 15% of around 430 or so
SAT Score: 1280/1600 or 1940/2400
Extracurriculars:
nhs
sadd
people to people
relay for life
some other stuff thats probably specific to my town
Volunteering:
over 100 hrs…at a hospital and w/ special needs programs
Work Experience
office assistant in a dr’s office jr-sr year. 10 hrs/week.
Awards:
nothin special…national latin exam…nhs again…
waitinng to hear from the Ivies + Stanford, but am posting decisioins so far…
Country: USA
State: CA
Major: poli sci
Accepted:
USC ( Presidential Scholarship)
Morehouse ( tuition + room/board scholarship)
UCLA
American U ( frederick douglass scholarship 15,000 a year)
UVA ( got a likely(
Rejected:
Duke
Waitlisted:
WUSTL
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Unweighted GPA: 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.4 ( full IB)
Class Rank: 20/504
SAT I: 700 Cr, 700 Writing, 490 math ( took once)
SAT II: 720 Literature 740 Us History 630 World History
ACT: 28
Awards: Alice Walker essay contest winner, Questbridge College Match Finalist, bunch of letters from senators, california youth think tank leadership award winner, martin luther king youth of the year award, coke scholar, other ish
Employment:
Barnes and Noble booksellers ( 15+hours a school week)
Students in Prevention Peer Educator- traveled to local schools telling kids to say no to drugs.
Extra-curriculars
Minister to local congregations/motivational speaker to schools
ASB President/secretary
Black Student Union Co Founder/ Vice President ( 2 years)/President ( 2 years)/ State Trez
Franklin Tennis caption-numer one doubles/singles
reporter for local newspaper
reporter for local television station
bunch of city committees…
Hooks: Low income, 1st gen, father incarcerated…beastly essays lol
Accepted: University of Missouri - Columbia (Going to Attend), University of Texas - Austin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Waitlisted: Northwestern
Country: United States
State: WI
Sex: Male
Race: White
Major: Journalism and Political Science
GPA: 4.31 W / 3.86 UW
ACT: 29
Rank: 23 of 502 (and 22 of 501 on midyear reports)
EC’s:
Boy Scouts [Patrol Leader, Scribe, Librarian]
Key Club [Class Director]
Newspaper [Editor]
Model OAS/UN (Head Delegate)
Volleyball
Church Youth Group
Altar Serving
Awards:
Eagle Scout
High Honor Roll all Semester
Northwestern was unfortunate. It was the first application I filled out, the night before the deadline, and rushed it. Didn’t really know what to do. I wrote about a Chinese guy in my essay, so I think they thought I was Asian, and that may have resulted in the waitlist (since these schools seem to have tons of Asians). In addition, the essay topic was bad…and I didn’t have any teacher rec’s…oh well.