Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[xSteven]

Maryland resident, white male, so-so high school… sent to MIT, hopkins, davidson this year.

4.1 WGPA (top 5%)
3.68 UW
7 APs
SAT I: 1890 (630CR, 640M, 620W)
SAT II: 610 Bio E, 540 lit, 610 M level II
ACT: 29. Raised to a 32 after my rejections and wait list, unfortunately.

Extracurriculars: Forced to do many extracurrics senior year due to family issues. Mock trial lawyer & plantiff, French math science national honor societies. Started tutoring program at local library.

Results:

Accepted and Attending: Towson University

Accepted: University of Maryland College Park, Drexel, Washington College, Salisbury, University of Pittsburgh, some more ultra safeties

Wait Listed: University of Pennsylvania

Rejected: Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Duke University

[nan0552]

alright. i applied to 27 colleges this year so i have plenty to share. hope this helps.

3.26 UW GPA, prestigious NY prep school, no rank
asian female

SAT: 2330 superscored (790M, 750R, 790W)
SAT II: 710 Bio E, 730 Chem, 780 Math 2

APs: AP Chemistry (5), AP Economics Micro+Macro (both 4’s), AP Computer Science AB, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC. school limits each student to 6-7 AP classes total in high school.

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Freshman year - honors math (B), history (A-), spanish (B-), science (A-), english (B+)
Sophomore year - honors math (B), history (A-), japanese (A-), science (A-), english (B+)
Junior year - honors math (B), AP economics (B-), AP chemistry (B), japanese (B+), english (B+)
Senior year first trimester - AP calc BC (B), AP physics C (B), AP compsci (A-), english (A-), history (B+)
-I took what was considered an extremely rigorous courseload.

Extracurriculars/Community Service:
varsity tennis since sophomore year
VP of asian awareness club
model congress for two years
stage production for 4 years, stage managed a school production
layout editor of weekly HS newspaper
created and co-webmastered the website of weekly HS newspaper
managing editor of asian awareness publication
participated in TEAMS HS engineering competition as part of my school’s team, placed second in region
worked in a bioengineering lab at CUNY for about a year
spent about 130 hours throughout high school tutoring students in English at a public school in China (school requires 80 community service hours total)

Awards:
AP scholar
national merit finalist

Other:
-father moved out of the country during my sophomore year so i spend a lot of time helping my mother out with my siblings.
-recommendations were all extremely good.
-emphasized interest in computer science on all applications and declared my major as either compsci or undecided.

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RESULTS:
rejected: Brown, Cornell, UChicago, Dartmouth, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, UCI, CalTech
waitlisted (did not pursue): Northwestern, Columbia, Claremont McKenna, Rice, Emory, UMichigan, Tulane
accepted: Harvey Mudd, Carnegie Mellon, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, RPI, NYU, UCSB, URochester

[luke23]

nan0552, where will you be attending? you got into some dandies

[lkf725]

Wow, nan0552! You applied to 27 schools?! Why so many?

[lauravaz10]

Wow, nan0552, that’s A LOT!

[fa-la-la-lena]

geez!!! 27 schools!!! I applied to 9 and thought that was enough. Haha. Anyways…

(class of 2008)
Currently attending: Michigan State, International relations/economics major
Alaska resident…from medium-sized mostly-uncompetitive high school
3.8 GPA unweighted, 4.0 GPA weighted (6 AP classes: micro/macroecon, english lit, english lang, calc, psych)
Rank 11/390 (top 3%)
ACT: 33
SAT: 2080 (680 R, 710 M, 690 WR)
SAT IIs: terrible on all 3. Only submitted to 1 school

Extracurriculars:
President, Secretary of Z-Club (volunteering): 3 years.
NHS: 2 years. Treasurer
JV softball: 2 years.
Piano: 3 years.
Mentorship at World affairs council: 1 semester
Intern at State Dept of Labor: 8 mos.
President’s volunteer service award (200+ community service hours/year)
I am probably missing some things but ehhhh can’t remember anymore, haha

Accepted: Michigan State honors, George Washington, San Diego State, U Arizona honors, Northeastern honors, UAA honors
Waitlisted (and not pursued): Claremont Mckenna, Pomona
Rejected: Georgetown

[Spazgrl92]

Results:
Accepted: UMass Amherst, Mount Holyoke (attending)
Waitlisted: Connecticut College, Cornell (didn’t pursue)
Rejected: Dartmouth, UPENN

GPA: 4.51 out of 4.0 (weighted)
Average Public School in Massachusetts
Race/Gender: Caucasian/Female
Rank: 2 out of 463
Prospective Major: Biochemistry or Biological Sciences

SAT I: Math 800, Writing 750, Critical Reading 620 (2170 total)
SAT II: Math II 740, Physics 630
ACT: 32 (34 on Math and English)

Senior Classes: AP Spanish, AP Physics B, AP English Lit. and Comp., Honors Prob & Stats, AP Calculus B, Honors Portfolio

Awards:
~Local Rotary Club Student of the Month (11)
~HOBY participant (10)
~Women in Science Competetition Participant (11)
~Mathematics S.O.A.R. Award Winner (12)
~Harvard Book Award Winner (11)
~Excellence in U.S. History Winner (11)
~Highest Honor Roll (9-12)
~Local community organization Volunteer of the Month (10)
~Unsung Volunteer Award (10) (with same organization)

Extracurricular Activities:
~JV Indoor Track - 3 years
~JV Outdoor Track - 3 years
~NHS - 2 years
~National Art Honor Society - 4 years (Treasurer (11), VP (12))
~Stated my continued vocal practice, and youtube music account, as my favorite activity. Maybe that was a mistake =P

Work Experience:
Worked for 2 years with a neighborhood organization helping local youth to steer away from crime. Did office work, helped organize fundraisers, and helped children with homework and projects at the homework center.

Volunteer Experience:
MANY events with the neighborhood organization, including National Night Out, block parties, golf tournaments, city clean-ups, summer arts and crafts program

Essays: probably weren’t that great. Writing apparently isn’t my strongest point, but they were decent enough.

Interviews: I thought I interview with Dartmouth went great. The guy went to my high school and said he was really impressed. I guess the college wasn’t. Cornell went fine, it seemed to help. UPENN felt so awkward, probably gave me no chance.

I only applied to 6 schools…this was most likely a mistake. I should’ve applied to more. I was hoping to get accepted to one Ivy League, but I suppose waitlisted is good enough for me. I think it was my lack of extracurricular activities that held me back, along with my writing. Anyways, I’m happy with Mount Holyoke and can’t wait to receive my education there. =]

[dalitso09]

To be honest, seeing our score results won’t really make a difference. Scores and extracurricular activities just vary sooo much, that knowing some of these results can actually hurt you. For instance, if you want to attend Harvard and you see someones results you may think that you are over qualified when reality you have the same chance of being rejected. I highly suggest that you upcoming seniors not look at these results and just be confident in yourselves and apply to the schools you want to. Don’t doubt yourself, dream big, and apply to the schools that you really want to go to… Stretch or not.
I know that if I had looked at past results, I would never have been accepted to the school that I was.

[jarsilver]

White male
Public school - MA
Class size: about 215
Rank: school doesn’t release rank but I’m in the top 10

SAT: 2330 (730 CR 800 M 800 W)
GPA: 3.89 UW

ECs: President of GSA, Co-chair of City Youth Commission, Amnesty International, co-host/produce a radio show, National Honor Society, Piano/Jazz Band, theater

Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, First Honors, Holy Cross Book Award

APs (only offered junior/senior year)
11th: US History (5), English Language (5), French Language (4),
12th: English Lit, Microecon, Physics B, Calc AB
Also took two college classes (Congress and the Legislative Process, Social Movements). probably within the top few most rigorous course loads at my high school.

Rejected: Yale
Waitlisted: Brown (stayed on but didn’t get in), Swarthmore, Bowdoin
Accepted: Wesleyan (early write), Vassar, Oberlin, Reed, Bard (EA/Immediate Decision Plan), Brandeis (w/ full tuition Justice Louis D Brandeis Scholarship)

Attending: Wesleyan–It was my 2nd choice after Brown, and I sort of think I might’ve had a chance there if I had applied ED or a year that wasn’t so ridiculously competitive. oh well. I could say all the things that I think I could’ve done better, or I could just say that I’m happy to be going to Wesleyan.

[trjohnson1]

White male
Georgia resident
High school: North Hall High School - Public, average
Intended major: Undecided

GPA: 3.92 (unweighted); 4.38 (weighted)
Class rank: 11 out of 208; Top 6%
ACT: Composite: 35

• English: 34
• Math: 36
• Reading: 36
• Science: 33
• Writing: 10
• Combined English/Writing: 33
  AP: (AP Scholar)
• U.S. History: 3
• English Language: 5
• U.S. Government: 3
  PSAT: 202; National Merit Commended
  Extracurriculars: I was passionate about them, but they were nothing to awe-inspiring for an admissions committee I don’t believe
  Schedule: “Most Rigorous,” 9 AP’s
  Essays: Original, and well-written, as far as I recall.
  Recommendations: Very nice as well.
  Interview: (Duke only) Awesome. Had a very entertaining conversation for several hours.

Rejected: Duke

Accepted:
UGA (applied for Foundation Fellows scholarship, received $1k merit and in honors program)
GA Tech
UNC Chapel Hill (applied for Robertson scholarship, did not receive)
Vanderbilt (applied for Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship, did not receive)
Emory (applied for Emory Scholars, did not receive)

Attending: UGA. I can’t afford anywhere else, but I’m still looking forward to it. The honors program is really nice, and it’ll only cost me $5.5k/yr with Georgia’s HOPE scholarship, the merit money, and the Byrd scholarship that I received. My number one choice was Duke, but that fell through; however, I suppose it’s nice to be going somewhere I don’t have to worry about money. The need-based aid for everywhere didn’t meet what my parents were willing to pay. I am still unbelievably happy with where I am going.

[NealJ2K]

Stats:
-White male
-Rural Iowan
-Income is <60k/year
-Small public school (31 in my class), sends no grads to top schools

Tests:
ACT: 34
–Essay: 9
SAT: 2030
–Critical Reading: 640
–Math: 750
–Writing: 640
–Essay: 9
SAT II:
–Eng Lit: 710
–Math I: 720
–US History: 760
PSAT: 202 (National Merit Commended Student)
AP:
–Macroeconomics (4) (9th gr.), US Gov’t (3) (10th), US History (4) (11th), English Language (?) (12th), Biology (?) (12th), Statistics (?) (12th), Microeconomics (?) (12th)

School:
-3.92 unweighted GPA (We don’t do weighted)
-Ranked 1/31 (Valedictorian)
Course Rigor: Above and Beyond. I have taken all high school classes a year or two earlier, then my senior year I took 4 APs, a PSEO (college class online), and a few independent classes. Please note that my school doesn’t actually offer AP classes. I had to take them online. Essentially, I’ve taken harder classes than anyone in the history of my school.

ECs:
Activity / Years / Other
Soccer / 4 / JV captain (11), Varsity captain (12), Volunteer Referee, Recreational Team Captain (10, 11, 12)
Speech / 4 / State (4 times), All-State (2 times)
Student Council / 3 / President (12), Member of 3 committees
Youth Leadership Council / 2 / Traveled to DC twice and New Orleans once to work on leadership skills and help out the Rural Electric Coops.
Volunteer in Political Campaign / 2 / Organized and recruited volunteers, did tons of work
Republican Junior Delegate / 2 / Junior Chairman at District Convention, Junior Delegate at state, district, county conventions ***
Web Administrator / 1 / Redesigned and vastly improved my school’s website

***Also, I included in extra info that a platform plank I wrote made it onto the Republican Party of Iowa’s official platform (13.20)

Recommendations:
Teacher:
–One is literally amazing–very very specific and very very positive.
–One was at least positive, but I don’t know how well written it was, it was likely hastily put together. Could have been very great though; I am not sure.
Guidance Counselor:
–Not too great. Marked that I have “below average” character and “average” extracurriculars (that’s a joke in itself). Said a few things that could have been taken negatively.
Supplemental:
–One from the political candidate I volunteered for about my work ethic and character (great)
–One from principal about how I’m a good student and make good moral choices (good/great)

Essay:
About my childhood adventures, coming to terms with adulthood, and fighting conformity. Not sure how to rate it, but I am sure it was at least good

Possible Confounding Factor:
I was suspended from school at the beginning of my junior year. It was because I messed with the school’s website. I made it clear that I just fiddled with the colors and some banners and that nothing inappropriate was added. I also made it very clear that I realize my mistake and that I have made up for it by regaining my school’s trust. Now, I run the school’s website single-handedly. I also redesigned the site completely. It went from having next to no information available to having almost everything on the site–from handbooks to field trip forms to calendars. It’s also quite visually appealing! I am proud of what I’ve done with it and that was also made clear. Personally, I don’t think this had a huge impact on my app, either way, as I think I made it clear that I made up for it. Note that Georgetown did not see my suspension because they do not do CommonApp. Also, Georgetown had a better recommendation (by principal rather than GC).

Accepted: Vanderbilt, Claremont McKenna, Grinnell, UIowa
Waitlisted (then Rejected): Duke, Colgate, Washington U, Georgetown
Rejected: Rice, Brown, Cornell, Stanford EA

Attending: Claremont McKenna College

[broncosfan212]

did you get into the Uconn Honors program…I have similar stats; just wondering

[psilovethomas]

White female
Virginia
Public
High income

GPA: 4.035
SAT: 1810
M: 590
CR: 580
W: 640
E: 10
ACT: 29
E: 29
M:30
CR: 28
S: 27
AP: total of 8, AP scholar
Major: Prevet med

Accepted: Michigan State University Honors College (Attending), George Mason University, Virginia Tech
Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none

[with_one_voice]

I graduated high school in 2007, but recently stumbled upon this thread and figured I’d help the cause.

Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Location: Long Island, New York
High School: Private (Catholic)

GPA: 96.5/100.0
Rank: 13 of 372 (Top 3%)
SAT I: 2330 (Reading: 740 / Math: 790 / Writing: 800)
SAT II: Math Level 1: 740 / Biology-E: 690 / Literature: 660
Extracurriculars: President, Captain, Editor, Coach, etc.

Accepted: UPenn (attending), Notre Dame, Boston College, SUNY Binghamton, Colgate
Waitlisted: Cornell, Georgetown, Williams, Amherst
Rejected: —

[RedDagger]

GENDER:Male
RACE: Hispanic

State:GA
HIGH SCHOOL: Private (Catholic)

GPA: UW3.68/W3.91
RANK: Top 20%
SAT: M630 CR610 W680
CLASSES: 5 AP’s 10 Honors-- 7 Foreign Lang Classes-(SPN IV & FRCH IV)
EC’S: President Key Club/NHS/5 year member, senior captain of varsity golf and soccer teams- 2X state champion- all-region and all-state selection/ Co-Founder/Organizer of Scholarship Hot-Dog eating Contest- raised >$20,000 to assist families with financial aid/Senior Class President/ Homecoming Court

Work Experience for 2 years, and interview went very well.

ACCEPTED: ED Cornell University (Attending)
WAITLISTED:—
REJECTED:—

[TheyCallMeCC]

wow, this thread looks hugely helpful. i need to read through the whole thing one day (:
can’t wait to add to this in just one year

[Prism]

This is such a helpful thread Thanks everyone for your information!

[limetime]

Accepted: Dartmouth, Williams (early write), Swarthmore (early write), Pomona, Georgetown University (John Carroll Scholarship), U of Notre Dame (Reilly Scholar), Boston University (University Scholar), Macalester
Rejected: Yale (first deferred), Stanford
Waitlisted: Columbia, Cornell. (never found out if I would have gotten off the waitlist, because I declined both of them. I knew I was going to either Dart or Williams + only applied to Stanford Columbia and Cornell because of parents.)

Interesting note: Did VERY well at liberal arts colleges/more liberal arts-styled universities. Did poorly at reserach-centered universities.

General Info
School Type: Competitive Public (hellz yea! )
Location: Maryland
Race/Gender: Asian, Female
Applied for Fin. Aid?: Yes. LOTS of it.
Prospective Major: History or Philosophy (not math or science for once, right?)
Unweighted GPA: 3.92/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.75/5.0
Class rank: n/a, prob in the top 3-4%.

SAT I Scores: 2310, 780CR 770M 760W pretty even overall

SAT II Scores: Bio-M (800), US History (750), Spanish (730), Math IIC (720 ouch)

Courseload: Possibly the toughest in school; 8 AP’s by the end of Junior year, 14 APs by the end of senior year. It was kinda crazy. kinda.
AP’s: AP Gov (4), AP Spanish Language (4), AP English Language (5), AP Biology (5), AP BC Calc (5, 5 ab subscore), AP World (5), AP US (5), AP Psych (5)

Extracurricular Info

• LD Debate (Co-captain) w00t to all debaters out there.
• Mock Trial (Lawyer)
• Spanish Honor Society (Prez)
• Philosophy club (Prez)
• Forensics
• Youth Orchestra - pretty well renowned (Assistant principal Viola)
• Church (member)
• National Honor Society
• National Science Honor Society
• other unremarkable stuff

Volunteering
550+ Hours at State’s Attorney’s office, Nursing Home, Church, and Bone Marrow Donor Center.

Work Experience
…none.

Awards:
*National Merit Commended Student
*National AP Scholar (2008)
*National Forensics League: Degree of Excellence
*Maryland Distinguished Scholars: Semifinalist
*Meritorious Service Award

**Why I think I was accepted to those schools: **
Even though my app is pretty unremarkable (except maybe for the pretty crazy courseload), my recommendations were either excellent or phenomenal. I think I also wrote a decent essay; some colleges remarked on that with a handwritten note on their acceptance letters.
Why I think I was rejected from those schools:
*Stanford=didn’t show any interest. Parent-forced apps are not fun in the least. Also the same with Columbia and Cornell…I wasn’t really interested) *Yale=loved this school, but the deferred pool is pretty hard and there are so many amazing applicants. I’m a well-rounded student, but I probably lacked the really special something these top top top schools are looking for.

Attending: Dartmouth. I love my school

[timesnewroman]

reddagger- did you get some sort of sports scholarship?

[andy_college09]

Accepted: Duke (attending), Georgetown, UChicago
Waitlisted: Brown, Cornell
Rejected: Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Penn, Stanford, Columbia

SAT: 800M, 730CR, 710W = 1530/2240
SAT IIs: 760 Math I, 750 Math II, 750 USHist
ACT: 33
Rank: 2/163

Parochial all boys high school. Captain of 3 sports, Eagle Scout, President of a Political Action club at school. Took classes at 2 local colleges and Yale (well, only for a few weeks then I dropped). White, from CT, middle class, solid essays. Pumped to be going to Duke.