Accepted: nowhere
Rejected: everywhere
Waitlist: 1 place
like seriously.
^I’m sorry…
Objective:
SAT: 2050 (640 Math, 710 R, 700 W, 12 Essay)
ACT: Didn’t send
SAT II: 630 Lit (:P), 690 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top third…almost. Maybe. Most definitely top half 
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Micro, AP Lit, Honors Philosophy, Honors/AP Chinese IV, Envi Sci (woot)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): haha none. Most improved for water polo? 
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years Varsity Swim Team, 4 Years Varsity Water Polo (captain), Hebrew High
Job/Work Experience: Life guarded and coached a swim team
Volunteer/Community service: Worked at a Chinese immersion camp
Summer Activities: Chinese immersion camp, club water polo, life guarding, coaching
Essays: Best I’ve written.
Teacher Recommendation: Decent
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Improvement?
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, by far.
Weaknesses: Freshmen/sophomore grades, math (had to do a special program for math classes until this year), test scores, ethnicity, gender
Accepted:
Seattle University ($16,000/year)
University of Washington Honors
Lewis and Clark College
Waitlisted:
Whitman University
Brandeis University
Rejected:
None. 
Attending: University of Washington Honors
@ivankaramozov, are you majoring in music?
Objective:
SAT: 2390 (800 Math, 800 R, 790 W, 9 Essay)
ACT: nope
SAT II: SAT IIs: Physics 770, US History 760, English 710, Math 2 700
APs: Physics B (5), US History (5), English lit (4)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/234
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mech and E&M, AP Calc AB, AP Chem, Lit Appreciation Honors (self study), college-level religion class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some state awards in academic decathlon, regional finalist in mock trial, AP scholar and national merit commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Concert Band (9-12) (Principal clarinet/section leader/librarian), Jazz Band (10-12), Academic Decathlon/Challenge (10-12) (President), Mock Trial Team (11-12) (attorney), National Honor Society (11-12), (Corresponding secretary)
Job/Work Experience: Life guarded and coached a swim team
Volunteer/Community service: Altar Server (02-10) (captain), Volunteer work at AIDS center (10-12), Peer Tutor (11-12), Instrument Petting Zoo (9-12)
Summer Activities: college calc class, lifeguarding, swim team, community band
Performing arts: All Region Symphonic Band (10-12), All-Area Symphonic Band (10-12)
Local youth orchestra (9-12) (Principal clarinet 3 years), Community Concert Band (8-12)
Essays: decent, but really last minute.
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lol
Reflection
Strengths: almost perfect SATs
Weaknesses: my essays could have been better…I could have done more ECs I guess?
Accepted:
BU (Engineering Scholar)
Bucknell
Carnegie Mellon,
Columbia (likely + C. P. Davis Scholar)
Cornell (likely)
Johns Hopkins (Bloomberg scholar)
TCNJ Honors College
Pitt (full ride + honors college)
RPI, Stevens (full ride)
Villanova
Waitlisted:
Yale, MIT
Rejected:
None.
Attending: Columbia SEAS
Objective:
SAT: 2320 (760 Math, 760 R, 800 W, 10 Essay)
ACT: nope
SAT II: Chemistry 780, US History 760, Biology E 780, Math 2 780
APs: US History (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.125/5.000
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mech, AP Calc BC, AP Enviro (online course), English Senior Project, AP French, AP Euro Hist
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, 2 national community service awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus (9,10,12), National Honor Society (11-12), Science Team (10-12), Literary Magazine (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Regular Library Work (10-12), Various Town Activities (10-12)
Summer Activities: None
Performing arts: Piano (12+ years)
Essays: rushed –> bad
Teacher Recommendation(s): Decent
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: High Ranking Public/Blue Ribbon School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): …none.
Reflection
Strengths: math/science/music
Weaknesses: The 800 on the WR portion of the SAT absolutely does not correlate with my writing skills. My essays were crap. So were my ECs.
Accepted:
UMass (Honors College)
UIUC
Carnegie Mellon (CIT)
McGill
Waitlisted:
Vanderbilt
Tufts
NYU
Rejected:
Cornell
Brown
Duke
Rice
Northwestern
MIT
UChicago
UVa
Indian living in China
SAT I: 1950
SAT II: 700 Maths; 660 Physics
TOEFL: 112
IB predicted: 41
Grade 10 (ICSCE/All India Examinations): 95.6%
Accepted:
Imperial
Georgia Tech
Michigan
UIUC
Rose-Hulman
Kettering
Franklin W. Olin
Rice
Cornell
HKUST
Rejected:
UCB
Texas-Austin!
Cooper Union
Waiting to hear from:
NUS
CCAs:
Sports: (Only Varsity)
Rugby, Volleyball, Cricket, Badminton, Soccer
Summer Job as a Mechanical Engineer in biggest Agricultural Factory in India
Worked as a Computer Teacher at a School for Underprivileged
Class President for 4 years till Grade 10
Academic Portfolio Prefect (grade 11 and 12)
Founder of Environmental club and Indian Youth Group in China
Approx 9 years of Community work including working at n orphanage
School Student Head of Music
Acted on National Television and Theatre
few others…
Can Speak: English, Hindi, and Mandarin
Future:
Mechanical Engineering from either Imperial, HKUST or Rose-Hulman depending on what I get in my final IB exams…
Forgot GPA:
Our school doesn’t do GPA for reports but they send it to Universities. The GPAs are on a scale of 4.0 and are on the basis of results from Grade 9 up until Grade 12
3.99/4.0
Objective
ACT: 32 Composite, 34 Superscored; 12 Essay
SAT II: Lit 710, MathII 710, US History 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Weighted GPA: 4.2 (only APs weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Youth/Scholar of the Month, other awards
Subjective
Extracurriculars: Yearbook (Editor in Chief), Volleyball (MVP, Captain, Scholar-Athlete, 2nd Team All-League), Literary Magazine (Editor)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Been volunteering at several different organizations since freshman year, founded two clubs at my school that raised a bunch of money and awareness for different causes, did my own form of photography as community service
Performing Arts: Photography, Design
Essays: Fantastic!
Teacher Recommendation(s): Amazing
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Additional Rec: Amazing
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Large, Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Hooks: None
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Subjective Stuff
Weaknesses: Scores, GPA?
Accepted:
Johns Hopkins
University of Notre Dame
New York University
Villanova
Waitlisted:
University of Chicago
Georgetown
Duke
Rejected:
Yale
Dartmouth
Attending: Johns Hopkins University
Asian female, public school
3.7 unweighted GPA
1860 SAT
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Prospective Major: Biochemistry
Accepted: UCLA (matriculated), UCSD, UCI, UCBerkeley, UCSB, (all UC’s applied to) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Waitlisted: Cornell
Rejected: USC, Duke
…what can i say? not a private university type of girl. haha.
Extensive ECs:
Captain Varsity Tennis (CIF semi-finalists)
First team All League
CIF Individuals
President Key Club
Lieutenant Governor of Key Club (Kiwanis - Division 35)
President Science Club
Founder of Books for the Blind
National Honors Society
Class Cabinet
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Worked in retail and foods (during different summers)
UCSD Summer Extension Program for High School students
Bottom line: I had a weak SAT score but above average EC’s.
UC Berkeley and UCLA with 1860 SAT !! Thats soo strange! But I guess yet another example proving that SATs aren’t everything that matter after all !
Copied from the BU thread–
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 superscored, didn’t send
ACT: 34
SAT II:didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): dunno. 3.3 or so
Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.67
Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 18 AP/honors
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 73/324, top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem: 3, USHistory: 4, Chinese: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: ap econ, calc, spanish 5, ap bio, english honors, ap euro, entrepreneurship/study hall
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis):hospital volunteer (2), school newspaper design editor (3), chinese school volunteer w/ leadership position (3), mock trial vp (3), FBLA (4), and some other stuff
Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): none, just tutored a kid in geometry last year (my worst subject freshman year)
Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): hospital volunteer (115), chinese school (100+), selective community service group in town for helping younger grades (~75)
Summer Activities: summer school (9th grade), summer program w/ scholarship money in china (11th) , BU Summer Challenge (12th)
Essays (subjects and opinions): my friend’s mom really loved the common app essay. The rest were okay, nothing special.
Teacher Recommendation: okay
Counselor Rec: never read
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: ACT score, lots of activities, and my main essay
Weaknesses: gpa/rank
Accepted: Applied as business major for all unless noted–
American University (Presidential Scholarship 27k/year, Honors)
Boston University
Brandeis University
SUNY Binghamton (bio)
Fordham (bio) (Layola Scholarship 8k/year + Tuition Scholarship 5,100year)
University of Maryland (5k/year)
Northeastern University (pharmD) (Dean’s Scholarship 48k for 6 years)
Penn State
Rutgers (Arts and sciences/ business)
St. John’s University (pharmD)- (Presidential Scholarship- Full tuition for 4/6 years)
Waitlisted: Rutgers pharm
Rejected: Boston College (Arts and Sciences, bio)
Sent in my deposit for Northeastern
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:F
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR:740 M:680 W:640
ACT: 30
SAT II: 700 Lit, 640 MathII
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank : 4/~55
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ten activities, about half w/ leadership. The usual stuff: student govt, honor society, quiz bowl, girl scouts, newspaper…
Job/Work Experience:babysitter and tutor
Volunteer/Community service:100 hour Presidential Award from HOBY, more with Girl Scouts
Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown, Driver Ed, Girls State
Essays:One of my best
Recommendations: I know they were good, esp my English teacher’s
Accepted:
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Purchase
SUNY Geneseo
Indiana University of PA Robert E Cook Honors College (second choice)
Hollins University
Wellesley College (will attend- top choice)
Waitlisted: Vassar College
Rejected: Williams College
I’m the weirdo who visited a lot of colleges and then only applied to three. I just didn’t like the feel of the Ivy Leagues - at all. I fell in love with Furman University, actually, which is where I’ll be attending next fall. (I also applied to Centre College and Samford University as “back-ups” if FU was not forthcoming with scholarships as it costs $48,000/year to go there!).
So, my stats:
Objective:
SAT Reasoning Test:
Math: 790
Critical Reading: 790
Writing: 780
Sat Subject Tests:
Math II: 800
Biology-M: 800
US History: 780
ACT: 35 (36 superscored)
English: 34 (36 highest but on a different test administration)
Math: 36
Reading: 35
Science: 35
GPA: 4.0 UW…who knows as to weighted, since my HS doesn’t weight GPAs. I’ve taken 12 APs and…8 or so “honors” courses so it’d be a good bit above that, I suppose.
AP scores (thus far):
10th Grade:
Chemistry: 5
Calculus BC: 5 (AB subscore: 5)
World History: 5
11th Grade:
Statistics: 5
US History: 5
Biology: 5
English Language: 5
Works out to AP Scholar with Distinction, of course. One more for National.
12th Grade: Physics B, English Lit, Spanish Lang, Music Theory, European History. Expecting 5s on all but Spanish…
Class Rank: 1/~500
Intended Major: Biology (for Pre-Medicine)
National Merit Finalist/Scholar and Presidential Scholar Semi-Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Band - Trombone and Euphonium (2x Allstate Band - KY, 4x All District, VP Senior Year, also in Jazz Band), Swim Team, Tennis Team, Academic Team (captain), NHS (VP), Key Club (President), Youth Impact (service club - President), Beta Club, Tri-M Music Honors Society (VP), Freshman Class Treasurer, etc.
Community Service: Service Clubs in HS + Hospital Volunteering + Animal Shelter…nothing groundbreaking
Work Experience: Aid at a local Pediatrician’s office, Swimming Lessons instructor
Essays: I worked my butt off on them. They were lovely.
Recs: I got two teachers who knew me really well and had had me in class for more than one year to write them. I’m sure they were wonderful.
Whew. I was accepted to all 3; I ended up with the Herman W. Lay scholarship at Furman, which is full tuition, room, and board, plus free foreign study. Needless to say I’m pretty excited for my next four years!
I do wonder whether I would have been accepted to Harvard/Yale/Princeton etc. I was just so turned off while on their campuses (and by the fact that they don’t dole out any merit scholarships) that I decided not to even apply.
Objective:
SAT: n/a
ACT: 32 (33 eng, 35 math, 31 reading, 28 sci, 11 essay (33 combo)
SAT II: 630 lit, 620 math II, 600 spanish…had the flu
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych(5), Eng Lang/World Hist(4), US Hist/Spanish Lang(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, honors econ, honor sociology, varsity swing choir, marching band, varsity jazz band, Advanced Chem
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some state wide things and regional
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years Varsity Swim Team(captain), 4 years band(section leader), 1 year choir, 2 years theater, 3 years key club (district lieu. gov/pres), lots more
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: key club/stuco things, hospital volunteer
Summer Activities: private alto sax lessons, volunteer, lifeguard, medical camps
Teacher Recommendation: awesome
Counselor Rec: awesome for being my counselor for less than a year (old counselor retired)
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <100k ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): really involved/talented muscian
Accepted to:
-Claremont Mckenna
-Harvey Mudd
-Pitzer
-USC
-UCLA
-UC: Berkeley
-UCI
-UNL
-Creighton
-Tulane
-Emory
Waitlisted:
-Pomona (took spot and hope I can get off!!!)
-Vanderbilt
-Duke
-Upenn
-Columbia
-Yale
Pretty good turnout! Thinking about committing to CMC but hoping Pomona will happen! I LOVE Pomona so much.
Not very high stats or gpa, but more for the average student.
Objective:
SAT: 1820 (580 CR, 630 Math, 610 Writing)
ACT: 27 (23 eng, 28 math, 26 reading, 29 sci, 9 essay)
SAT II: 630 US History, 580 math II, 530 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3-3.6? Not sure 4.009/5.4 Weighted GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 49/352
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP European History, AP Statistics, AP English Language and Physics Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholarship for statewide test
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years JROTC (commander), 4 Year Model United Nations, 4 Years Volunteering Club, 3 Years Volleyball (JV Captain), 2 Years Asian Culture Club (Executive Board)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: numerous community services around my city
Summer Activities: work and volunteer
Teacher Recommendation: very good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Accepted to:
- UMass Amherst
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Connecticut
- Northeastern University
- Syracuse University
Waitlisted:
- Boston University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- University of Rochester (Accepted spot)
Rejected:
- Brown University (Dream school =[)
- Tufts University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Instute
I am deciding between UConn and Syracuse depending on the appeal of my financial aid from Syracuse =/.
Objective:
SAT: Didn’t take
ACT: 29 (34 eng, 18 math, 35 reading, 33 sci)
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Algebra II, CP English IV, Film Studies, Advanced Art, CP Government, Study of Shakespeare, Special Ed
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two poetry contests, two in-school awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative Writing Club, Literary Magazine (editor and contributor), Diversity Club, reading (yes, I listed reading as an EC. Sue me.)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Autism advocacy! Speeches at autism conferences, peer tutoring, etc.
Summer Activities: None
Teacher Recommendation: T’was…honest. Enthusiastic, but also honest. Presented me as an eccentric genius who couldn’t play well with others.
Counselor Rec: Flattering.
Additional Rec: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $40,000-$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Unusual life story, Tennesseean (colleges outside of Tennessee rarely get Tenneseean applicants)
Accepted to:
- Maryville College (TN not MO) - full ride
- Earlham College EA - near full ride
- Agnes Scott College EA - decent package
- Beloit College - decent package
- College of Wooster - slim pickings
Waitlisted:
- Lawrence University (didn’t stay on)
- Kalamazoo College (didn’t stay on)
Denied:
- Ursinus College EA
- Grinnell College
- Hendrix College
I will be attending Agnes Scott, which is the best fit for me as far as academics, demographics, special needs services, location, and distance from home go. A certain government program will be helping me bridge the gaps in my financial aid package.
If you’re wondering how on God’s green earth I got into some of these places, know that there were a lot of weird little factors in my favor: I showed a lot of interest in the schools, wrote an excellent essay, and milked the “I OVERCAME AUTISM” thing for all it was worth.
I can give no advice that has not been given before.
Is it important to take SAT Subject Tests?
I am taking/will take 7 AP tests. Are the test viewed by colleges in similar light?
I want to fill this out since CC has helped me out a lot while I was applying to schools and with standardized testing, etc. I applied to seven schools: UVA, Duke (Legacy), Dartmouth, UNC (Legacy), NCSU (Legacy), VT, and Clemson.
UVA was my ABSOLUTE DREAM SCHOOL!!!
Objective:
SAT: 2060 (760 Math, 610 Reading, 690 Writing)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 750 (Math Level 2) and 670 (US History)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Weighted GPA: 4.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/600
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Statistics (4), English Language (4), Environmental Science (4), US History (4), will take Physics B, Calc BC, and US Gov this year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): school didn’t have
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, AP US Government, AP English Literature, Art III (honors)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): tons of art and architecture awards at the state level
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat for Humanity Club (President), National Art Honor Society (Historian), JCL, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta: Math Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity (LOTS OF IT!!!)
Summer Activities: 2009 NCSU Design Camp
Teacher Recommendation: Both said I was one of the best students they’ve ever had
Counselor Rec: She thinks I’m one of her better recs this year
Additional Rec: None
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none 
Accepted to:
- UNC-Chapel Hill
- Clemson University (Honors, Half-Ride, Summer Research)
- Virginia Tech (Honors, 5k/yr)
- NC State (Honors)
Waitlisted:
- University of Virginia (I was OOS - stayed on)
- Duke (stayed on)
Denied:
- Dartmouth
Attending:
**I’m going to UNC-CHAPEL HILL next year!! Go Tarheels **
This was a tough year for applicants with nearly all schools applications rising in numbers. I feel honored to have even gotten into the schools that I did…although UVA hurt that I didn’t get in
Wow! Is math just not your thing? Your other scores are amazing, its a shame that the math brought you down so low. I suppose we all have an idea on what general area you will be majoring in. 
I am not a math fan, myself.
& sports guy, sorry that you didnt get into UVA! Hopefully a spot will open up on the waiting list for you. Good luck where ever you end up, UNC is still a great school. 
Objective:
SAT I:2120
ACT:what’s that XD
SAT II: 690 Math 2 760 Chinese
GPA: (3.53 :P, realized i calculated it wrong this whole time -.-)
Rank: HAhahahahah top 60% -.-
UW: 3.33
AP Stats: 4 AP Psych: 4 AP Micro/Macro: exempted 
AP Calculus: taking
EC: 3 years track, online business :D, own made website blogs
State: CA
Race: Asian
Sex: Male
Income: 100k+
Applied: ALL the UC, SDSU, SJSU, Cal Poly (both)
Accepted
-SDSU
-SJSU
-Cal Poly Ponoma
-UCM
-UCR
-UCM
-UCI
-UCSD
-UCB
-UCLA(originally rejected but got in with appeal :D)
Rejected -.-
-UCD(appeal in progress)
-UCSB(appeal in progress)
-Cal Poly SLO
Attending:
Debating between UCLA communication or UCB pre-business -.-