Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Decision: Accepted to
Claremont McKenna College
ED because I knew it was the best school for me, honestly it is just as academically rigorous as Williams, Penn, Brown, Chicago, UCB and other schools that I looked at while still retaining a great amount of “small school” the perks.

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210(760M,730W,720CR)
[</em>] ACT:24 taken in seventh grade
[<em>] SAT II: Nada
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd decile(At an extremely competitive boarding school) the Decile is just GPA, but with rigor I’m much higher(Top level of rigor by a significant margin)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH5, USH5, Stats4, Calc5-4, Physics4-4, Macro5, Micro5. This year: AP Chem, AP English, AP Comp Sci
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Linear Programming-Graph Theory-Linear Algebra, AP English(Lit), AP Computer Science and a three rotation science/technology course
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME and some other things
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring Service
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring kids near my house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in America
[<em>] Summer Activities: Duke University summer program and Economic Research plus volunteering and such
[</em>] Essays: Everyone thinks they have great essays, but really I can say that mine conveyed who I was clearly and in a memorable way… but what more do you want in a college essay really?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have two teachers that have known me fairly well and another teacher that I met when I was presenting a mathematical model for a Non for profit that would create their days of operations and other such business strategy
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She really likes me a lot. I have done 10 drafts of my college essays… Really that isn’t an exaggeration.
[<em>] Additional Rec: A minister in the inner city that I worked closely with to get some of the very talented kids to private high schools or just achieving something more. A teacher that I never had except for study hall my freshman year and we have debated various issues for countless hours… He was in the CIA and apart of a very prestigious think tank so his ideas were really refreshing when I met him and they still are to this day. He knows several languages(Asian and European) and is really an amazing individual that shocks you with complexity and mystery.
[</em>] Interview: It lasted two hours… She told me it was one of the better and memorable ones that she has had(This year? Her life? Her time at CMC?)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Si
[</em>] Intended Major: Going down the Oxford route most likely… Econ, Polysci and Philosophy all in four years.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN but I go to school in New England.
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k-150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m very intelligent and extremely self driven since a very young age. I could easily be mistaken for a middle aged economist if you looked at my bookshelf or read my papers.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Ambition, motivation and follow through. That’s it.
[<em>] Weaknesses: I don’t play an instrument, I don’t participate in plays/drama and I’m very polarized in my interests… I’m not a fan of anything outside of Hard Science or Social/Econ Humanities(I’m aware that covers a lot… but I’m not a fan of the classics or modern language or Psych and several other fields.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’m a really motivated student who has a lot of potential even though my grades aren’t up there. Through my published work I really shine. Multiple published essays and my model for a non for profit probably helped. I’ve conducted research and I have a real passion for all of it.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’ve done so much outside of the classroom between sports, clubs, academic achievement and independent projects that my GPA wasn’t really a problem… The last kids from my school that got in had 3.66+ GPAs. A lot of teachers in my school enjoy having me and really like my work on big projects.

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Accepted: MIT (EA, attending)
Deferred: Chicago
Rejected: None

School Type: Private
Location: Massachusetts
Race/Gender: Caucasian Female
Prospective Major: Chemical Engineering (regular Chem at Chicago)
Unweighted GPA: 90.4/100
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight
Class rank: School doesn’t rank

Testing:
SAT I:
720CR 770M 760W
730CR 800M 790W
SAT II:
Physics 760
MathI 740
MathII 780
Lit 750
Bio(M) and Chem 720
AP Scores:
Computer Science A, Physics B, Calculus BC, English Lit and Lang, AP US History: 5

Extracurricular Info
Technical Theater (large time commitment, leadership, two paid jobs in theater)
Co-founder of Woman’s Rights Group
Dorm Proctor
Peer Tutor (only tutor ever elected as sophomore)
Head Tour Guide
JV Ice Hockey (captain as a junior, couldn’t skate before freshman year, made for a good essay)
Smaller club commitments, community service, other sports

Awards
High Honors (like honor roll)
Community Service Award
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
Technical Theater Award
AP scholar with distinction
PSAT commended student

Essays:
Wrote about Scottish heritage, Woman’s Rights club, passion for reading, chemistry, and theater. Wrote extra essay about concussion as an explanation for dip in grades. MY MIT essays were good and Chicago was the only common app school I applied to and I was deferred, so perhaps my common app was less strong.

Recs were good, both teachers knew me decently well. Counselor didn’t know me but we have an excellent college office. Rec from a professor for whom I did research (probably helped a lot at MIT)

After getting into MIT EA and doing an overnight visit to affirm my love for the school, I decided not to apply anywhere else RD. I’m glad to have emerged from the college process relatively unscathed. Good luck to all prospies reading this!!

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Really ? There’re many multi-Ivies-acceptance students out there. One from my country got admitted to almost every Ivies and other Ivy-standard schools. If your theory is right, there must have been a stampede for her lol

1384

I approve of this thread and I’ll add mine to it come April…if I get accepted.

1385

Accepted:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Case Western Reserve University
University of Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
University at Buffalo (SUNY) - attending

I got in to all that I applied to. Below are some of my stats from when I applied.

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Education:

SAT:
Total: 2020
Math - 690
Verbal - 660
Writing - 670

Weighted GPA: 102.28
Unweighted GPA: 98.87
Class Rank: 1 of 92

Significant College Courses: JCC English 1510, 1530, 1540; JCC History 1540; JCC Math 1710 - 19 Credits (JCC = Jamestown Community College)

No APs; my school doesn’t offer any.

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Honors/Awards:

-C.C.A.A. Div. I Scholar Athlete
-Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award: 2009
-Boy’s State Nominee: 2009
-Jamestown Community College Dean’s List: 2009
-Cattaraugus County Youth Citizenship Nominee: 2009
-100 Club (100 on NYS Regents Exam): English, U.S History and Government: 2009
-Highest Average: Math A, Math IIAB, Global 9 H, English 9 H, Earth Science, Math B, Global 10 H, English 10 H, JCC U.S. History, Public Speaking, Pre-Calculus, JCC 1510, Health
-French Excellence Award: 2006 - 2008
-Alfred Regional Science Fair - 1st Place: 2007, 2008; 2nd Place: 2006, 2009
-Allegany-Limestone Science Fair – 1st Place: 2007, 2009; 3rd Place: 2006, 2008
-Olean Library Writing Contest - 1st Place: 2008; Honorable Mention: 2007
-Design News: Gadget Freak Contest Winner: 2009

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Activities/Sports:

-Soccer - Junior Varsity: 2006, 2007; Varsity: 2008, 2009
Enchanted Mountain Travel League: 2006-2009; YMCA Indoor League: 2007 - 2009
-Odyssey of the Mind: 2006-2008
-Science Fair (Alfred Regional and ALCS): 2006 - 2010
-Cattaraugus County Envirothon: 2007 - 2009
-Interact Club: 2007 – 2010
-National Honor Society: 2008 - 2010 NHS President: 2009-2010
-Varsity Track: 2009 - 2010
-All County Band (Trumpet): 2007-2009

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Community Service:

-Concession Stand Volunteer - Prepared food and managed a cash register at Allegany-Limestone Sports Events: 2006-2010
-Darfur Benefit Concert Staff - Organized and supervised a fundraiser concert at Allegany-Limestone High School: 2008
-Riverside Boat Race Referee - Recorded times for boat race participants at Allegany River Park: 2008
-Conservation Camp Counselor - Overlooked the transportation and behavior of fifth grade students during camp activities at Camp Rushford: 2009
-Warming House Meal Server - Prepared dinners at the Olean Warming House: 2009 - 2010
-Sleepout in the Swamp Participant - Slept on football field in boxes and raised money through sponsors: 2009

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Misc. Information:

-Caucasian
-Male
-Location: Allegany, NY
-First one in my family attending college (except Cornell; both parents attended. I don’t think they donated much money though)
-Not sure what my dad’s income is, but I’d assume 70k-120k. Mother is currently unemployed.
-Number of Apps from Your School: Most likely I’m the only one, except for at UB.

Recommendations and essays should be satisfactory, if nothing extremely special.

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Rolling admissions, so this is the only one I’ve received so far:
PURDUE UNIVERSITY (West Lafayette)

School Type: private international school
Location: China
Race/Gender: Asian female
Prospective Major: Industrial design
weighted GPA: 3.35 (;__; saaaad. I think I’m the only Asian on here who has such a low GPA)

SAT I Scores
Math: 710
Critical Reading: 750
Writing: 770

SAT II Scores
Math IC: 670
Literature: 700
Biology-M: 680

AP Scores:
English Literature and Composition: 5
(I have yet to take the AP exams for my AP courses this year)

ECs:
Roots and Shoots member 3 years
Literary magazine 2 years–business manager for 1 year
school newspaper editor 1 year
rigorous art course 1 year
sports committee 1 year

AP and IB Courses:
IB HL Chinese
AP Literature
AP Language
AP Biology
AP Calculus
AP US History
IB SL Physics

Essay: Begins with

"When a friend asked me, “If you could wish for anything in the world, what would it be?“ I considered wishing for magic powers or eternal happiness and love (and I really do want all these things), but just as I was about to respond, an odd thought suddenly occurred to me. Instead, I told her “I want to have access to all the knowledge and truths in the world and spend the rest of my life compiling it all into thick volumes available for everyone to read”. Of course, that’s impossible, and the implications of free-for-all encyclopedia of everything in the world is a murky matter; But if I had my way, I would nevertheless acquire as much experience and knowledge as I can and then pour everything out before the end of my life, leaving not a drop of it to waste. "

and then I talk about how I want to eventually open a design studio and bring my knowledge to different peoples and countries because design is a really powerful tool. I hope it doesn’t sound lame. : (

Even to me, it’s an enigma as to how the heck I got in XD

1387

Accepted: New York Universirty (Tisch School of the Arts) (ED)

School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Caucasian Male
Prospective Major: Theatre/Musical Theatre
Weighted GPA: ~3.9 (dont know exactly)

SAT I SCORES
Math: 800
Critical Reading: 790
Writing: 770
= 2360

SAT II SCORES
Math II: 800
Chem: 800
Physics: 780

AP Scores: US History, Music Theory, and Psychology 5’s.

EC’s
A ton of theatre. 4 years of classes, 10-12 shows including some professional shows with community theatres.
National Merit Scholar
Some playwrighting experience through the Young Playwrights Initiative sponsored by Theatreworks.
Part of the audition madrigal group at my high school for 2 years.

Didn’t apply to any schools after I got my ED, but was looking at: Yale, Vasser, Emerson, BU, Ithaca, Carnegie, U of Michigan

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@LLaKHigH I would LOVE to know why you chose SUNY Buffalo over a school like University of Rochester. x.x

1389

Applied: University of Florida
Accepted: UF (Attending)
Denied: N/A

GPA: 3.58 (un-weighted), 4.57 (weighted)
Top 10%
SAT: 580 reading, 760 Math, 530 writing
IB Diploma
Taken 4 AP’s [world,macroecon,bc calc,physics- passed all]
All other classes are IB

Extra curricular activities:
Youth Group (9-12)
Bible Study (9-12)
Sunday church/Sunday school (9-12)
Engineering Club (11,12)
Web Masters (11,12)
Junior Board (11)/Senior Board (12)

Honor Societies:
National Honor Society (11, 12-treasurer)
Spanish National Honor Society (10, 11, 12-historian)
Mu Alpha Theata <a href=“11,%2012”>Math</a>

Community Service:
Head coach of a championship winning basketball team
Volunteer at habitat for humanity (several times)
Vacation Bible school helped (served snack, helped in recreations, etc. [four different years])
Helped out at 3 or 4 track/cross country meets

Honors/Awards:
AP Scholar
IB Top Grades (11)
IB Learner Profile (11)
1st place in age group (16-20); 15th overall [out of 700] at local 5k race
Perfect Attendance (9)

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I feel inferior, gpa uw: 3.4, w: 3.7

1391

Accepted: Boston College, Villanova University (Honors Program), Rutgers, URI ($50,000 Scholarship), UBuffalo
Denied: None

Regular Schools: Not yet notified

Gender: Male
Race: Korean
State: NJ
Other: International Student, Low Income, First Generation? (my parents went to school in Korea, so I don’t know if that counts)

Rank: Top 10%
Rigor of Courses: Not the most difficult but improvement each year
APs: Biology, US History, World History, Psychology, English
SATs: 2150
Subjects: 740 US History, 700 Biology E

Awards: Maxima Cum Laude, Honor Roll, High Honor Roll, Numerous Music Awards, Faculty Scholar at a university

ECs (main ones)
Baseball
Band
Concert Band
Church Service
*Music and sport alone take up 8 months

Work:
Tutor

Essays: CA one is really good imo

1392

I’ve done almost no work in high school and yet I into almost everywhere I applied.

Accepted: Michigan State (where I’m going in the fall)
Hood College
SUNY Brockport
George Mason
Drexel
SUNY Oswego

Deferred: SUNY Albany (still waiting to hear back for final result)

So basically I got in almost everywhere I wanted to go.

White Female
3.0/4.0
25 ACT
NY Resident
A few APs
Strong Essay (impossible to duplicate)
Very Strong ECs

1393

Accepted: Tufts University, Swarthmore College, Brown University, RPI
Waitlisted: Wesleyan University, U Penn
Attending: Brown University

GPA 3.8 uw
SAT 2200 (740 CR, 710 M, 750 W)
class rank 10 of 250 ish, public high school, not super competitive
other stuff: lots -o- volunteering, some work experience, very inconsistent with clubs and such, battle bots etc…
essay: good apparently
the five dollar bill I stapled to each app?: definitely a good idea

1394

Still waiting for a lot of the schools, but i guess i’ll still post this.

Applied: Tulane, Texas Austin, Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon CIT, Northwestern, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Cooper Union, UMich, Case Western Reserve, Ranselaer Polytech, UIUC, UCB, And a few more.
Accepted: Tulane 20K scholarship, Texas Austin (Cockrell Engineering), and Texas A&M,
Denied: No where
Deferred: Cooper Union(ED) and CWRU

GPA: 3.897 (un-weighted), 4.17 (weighted)
Top 10%
SAT: 630 reading, 750 Math, 750 writing

Senior Yr schedule:
AP Gove
AP econ
AP Eng
IB Math HL
IB Bio HL
Honors band

I’ll post a more detailed one later haha
I’m so nervoussssssss

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Male, Texas, public school

Major: Physics

Standardized Testing: ACT: 31, SAT M/CR: 1410

AP Classes: 8

Essays: Happiest Laundry on Earth, Experiences with NASA internship

Recommendations: GC (very positive), Physics (who knows, she complains when I ask too many questions) and Debate (glowing)

GPA: 3.3UW, 4.9W (on a 6 pt scale)

Rank: top 17%

Honors/Awards:
Eagle Scout, national ranking in Debate, NHS, Science NHS, Debate Student of the Year, Exchange Club Student of the Month

EC: NASA Internships, Debate, Scouts, Science SCUBA Diver cleaning invasive species in protected springs, summer college courses at Colorado College, Columbia Univ. summer chem program

Hooks: None

Rejected: None
Waitlisted: None
Accepted: Carleton College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, St. Olaf, Lawrence University, Trinity University (TX), Rhodes College, Southwestern University
Attending: Carleton

1396

Accepted to: New York University (CAS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, Elon University ($18,000 Scholarship), Appalachian State University, Wingate University ($60,000 Scholarship), the University of York (Conditionally if I get a 5 on my AP Lit exam), University of St. Andrews (Unconditional)
Waitlisted at: University of Chicago
Rejected from: Brown University, Northwestern University (Medill), University College of London, Warwick University
Still Waiting on: Durham University, but I don’t know when I’ll hear back from them, so I’m posting now.

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (720M, 780W, 660CR, 9 Essay)
• ACT (breakdown):33 (34R, 34W, 34M, 28S, 9 Essay)
• SAT II: N/A
• Cumulative Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.625
• Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.5625
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/446
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Language (4), AP Psychology (5), AP Calculus BC, AP Human Geography, AP European History, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Freshman Year: UW GPA 4.0, W GPA 4.5; Sophomore Year: UW GPA: 4.0, W GPA 4.5; Junior Year: UW GPA 3.25, W GPA 4.375; Senior Year: UW GPA 3.25, W GPA 4.875
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Human Geography, AP European History, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, Honors French IV, Library Science
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Technical Honor Society, AP Scholar, School Award for Maintaining GPA

Subjective:
• Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club- 10, 11, 12; French Club (Secretary-12th)- 10, 11, 12; Environmental Club- 10, 11; Book Club- 12; GSA- 12; Young Democrats- 12; National Technical Honor Society- 11, 12
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Volunteer/Community service: Wheelchair Basketball Game (10th, 11th grade); Thanksgiving Basket (12th grade); “Beautification” of Local Elementary School Campus (10th, 11th grade); Teaching students at Lydd Primary School (9th); Many other activities that I can’t remember :slight_smile:
• Summer Activities: Volunteering activities
• Essays: I thought they were quite good, but you can never really tell.
• Teacher Recommendation: I have two teacher recommendations, one from my APUSH teacher (everyone said he had favorites, and most people told me I was one of them) and one from my AP Language teacher (She was really nice and could never say a negative thing about anyone).
• Counselor Rec: I don’t really think she liked me very much, but I’m assuming it was quite nice.
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview: I interviewed for Brown, Northwestern, U Chicago and Wake Forest. I thought they all went decently.

Other
• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Journalism/English, although I’m thinking I might double major in Journalism and International relations and minor in Animal Studies/Zoology
• State (if domestic applicant): NC
• Country (if international applicant): N/A
• School Type: Public, Competitive High School. I believe we’re ranked 3rd in the state.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: $100,000-$150,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Permanent US Resident (Not the same as an International Student, however).
Reflection
• Strengths: Ambitious, motivated, sarcastic, funny, and passionate about what I love.
• Weaknesses: I didn’t know how to get very involved with not being involved in a church or medicine, so volunteering was hard for me. I could have been more involved, but I wasn’t, and I think that hurt me.
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don’t know why I was accepted… maybe because I have decent grades and good test scores. I think I was waitlisted because U Chicago’s applicant pool expanded so hugely in recent years. I think I was denied because I wasn’t good enough. Simple as that :slight_smile:

General Comments:
I’m happy about whatever will happen to me in the future. I don’t know where I am going to do undergrad yet, but it is defiantly between UNC, Wake Forest, NYU, and St. Andrews.

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applied: harvard, yale, princeton, dartmouth, cornell, duke, colby, bowdoin, bates, davidson, fordham, johns hopkins, notre dame, vanderbilt, northeastern, hofstra

Decision: Accepted Vanderbilt, davidson, bates, northeastern (full tuition scholarship), fordham (full tuition scholarship), hofstra (19kyr scholarship)
Decision: Waitlisted Notre dame
Decision: Rejected harvard, yale, princeton, dartmouth, cornell, duke, bowdoin, colby, hopkins

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800m, 800cr, 700w
[</em>] ACT: na
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MII, 750 MI, 740Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/214
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US hist (4), AP stat (4), Bio (4), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics C, BC calc, AP lit, AP euro, honors theo, CP1 psych
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): aca deca medals (4), WPI math winner, NMF
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math team (leader, high scorer), guitar, intramural basketball, billiards team, wrestling (3 yrs), academic decathalon (major medals scored)…other minor things.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: mcdonalds for a few months
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours in hospitals and detox center
[<em>] Summer Activities: n/a
[</em>] Essays: 2 very good essays, one a speech on how our generation needs to fix our problems, and one on how i dont want to become like my father.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 amazing recs. one from math teacher who likes me a ton, and one from a english teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: eh. generic +NMF
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: …the ivys interviews i thought went great. guess not
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100kish
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SATs, essays, recs, volunteer?
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, CLASS RANK, extracurriculars?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: most of the ones i got accepted to were shoe ins, the only ones that were suprises were vandy and davidson, in which i think they loved my essay, and overlooked my poor class rank because of it.
waitlisted: notre dame cracked down on our school, 10 kids applied, only 1 got in, 2 got rejected, and the rest got waitlisted (including the ones in the top 5).
rejected: these were the ivys, bowdoin, duke, hopkins, and…colby? honestly i got rejected from the majority of these because of my poor gpa/class rank. colby i honestly have no clue why though. financial aid maybe?[/ul]
General Comments: Vanderbilt and Davidson are what ive narrowed it down to. Vanderbilt gave me 53k/yr in grants, and i havent seen Davidson’s package yet. Im extremely excited for either one of these, although i could have hoped for a better outcome. The shotgun approach worked, and for my classmates this year (4 ivys, 3 other top 20 schools), i seem to have done pretty well. Good game high school

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Applied: harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell

Accepted: UPenn DMD, Cornell architecture
Waitlisted: harvard, Columbia
Rejected: Yale, Princeton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760r, 770m, 780w
ACT: n.a.
SAT II: 790 math I, 800 math ii (don’t ask why I took both), 700 French, 770 physics
GPS: n.a. I’m Canadian average in gr 11 was 94.5, average in first semester of 12 was 92.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): chinese (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year course load: no ap, university English, advanced functions, calculus, chemistry, French, world history, 2 arts (Im in an arts program) physics in summerschool
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a bunch of academic awards from school, highest average female for 2 years, VANOC national youth sustainability video contest grand prize

Extracurriculars: yearbook 2 years (editor in senior year), local teen arts council graphic designer (exec), piano lvl 10, freelance graphic design, adapting winning VANOC video for the Singapore youth olympic village to promote sustainable living,

Job/Work Experience: 2 week internship at real estate company in china
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hrs at salvation army thrift store, 20hrs at art summer camp. That’s bout it
Summer Activities: internship (mentioned above), shanghai world expo
Essays: I believe they were good. Personal essay was about running the yearbook by myself this year (no teacher advisor) and how I stepped up to the job that nobody wanted to or knew how to take
Teacher Recommendation: I believe they were great.
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: vice principal wrote a letter about my yearbook work this year
Interviews: all great, they were all incredibly nice
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: SATs are in range, essays, art portfolio, interviews, class rank
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, no AP
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: portfolio - both accepted programs required portfolios. I’ve built a pretty strong portfolio from the art program in enrolled in at my school.

waitlisted: why harvard wait listed me, I haven idea
rejected: not enough ecs, leadership, average course load in comparison to other schools (though it was the most rigorous I could take)

General Comments: I come from a school where rarely anyone takes their SATs and there is a really not competitive atmosphere. That’s why I was so iffy about my ivy league applications. Guidance doesn’t offer that much help, I was on my own mostly.My other concern that I was canadian and there was even less resources for me to get info. I doubted I would get in like harvard Yale etc because the academics I’m taking is really elementary compared to ib and ap schools. My ECs are pretty weak, save for the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on - running the first student-run yearbook committee. The VANOC video contest was prolly another highlight.

I think what gave me an advantage was that I had a focus. My activities and awards all lean towards arts and electronic media. I think that although it’s great to be athletic, smart, artistic, altruistic, and all-rounded at the same time, at times it may appear as if you are purposefully delving into all these areas for show. I know a lot of people would do that. For me, I gave an honest impression of who I am and what I love. And I guess upenn and Cornell saw that. Super excited for Penn :slight_smile: and p.s. They do give canadians a good amount of financial aid! I’m receiving 43k from Penn

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Applied: McGill, University of Washington, University of Chicago, Macalester, Carleton, Wesleyan, Vassar, Reed, Pomona, Swarthmore, Oberlin

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 composite: 800 CR, 760 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite
[<em>] SAT II: High 700s in Math II and Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around the 25th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s on Euro, US History, Calc AB, and LA
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not taken.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP LA, AP Gov/Health, AP Calc BC, H Physics (actually a college-level course), Jazz Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF (NMSF when I applied), NLE Gold x3
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[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Play in elite jazz band as well as guitar individually (one of the best in state), chess team, founder/president of some clubs, play Ultimate Frisbee, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m the head of a jazz trio, and we’ve made money playing gigs.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I organized a drive to help Indonesian orphans and delivered the materials over the summer.
[<em>] Summer Activities: I have traveled extensively (I’ve been to 18 countries). In the last few years, I’ve been to Europe twice and to Indonesia.
[</em>] Essays: My common app essays (sent to every school except UW and McGill) were outstanding. Most of my supplements were also outstanding, with a few exceptions.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Exceptional (for him, since I go to a big public high school); he helped me organize my drive for Indonesia (he mostly dealt with the bureaucratic nonsense the school made me deal with).
[<em>] Additional Rec: Submitted a glowing recommendation from my guitar teacher along with my music supplement (which was also very good).
[</em>] Interviews: All went very well, except for Wesleyan, which went fairly well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Big, fairly good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None whatsoever. No legacy at any of my schools, my parents have four combined degrees, and I’m a pretty poor athlete.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: My test scores are very good, and the subjective portions of my application were all outstanding.
[<em>] Weaknesses: My GPA and rank were low for most of the schools to which I applied.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was a great fit for every school I applied to.
[li] Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
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Accepted to McGill, UW, Macalester, Vassar, Reed, Pomona, and Oberlin
Waitlisted at Chicago, Wesleyan, and Carleton
Rejected from Swarthmore

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Schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan University and Bowdoin (I also have safety schools but I’m not too worried about those)

I am a senior at a public high school that isn’t particularly competitive. My graduating class is approximately 172 people.

Rank: Valedictorian, have been first all four years of high school
AP Classes: Our school offers 7, I have taken 5 of them (didn’t take art or physics as I am not an artist and we don’t really have a physics teacher).

I took APUSH as a junior (only AP offered that year) and received a 5. I am currently taking AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Music Theory, AP Gov and Politics, Honors French, and Band.

GPA: My rank is weighted but my gpa isn’t. It is a 97.19 out of 100.

ACT: 35 (35 English, 35 Reading, 35 Math, 33 Science, 11 Writing)
SAT II: 710 US History, 700 Math I, 690 Math II

Awards:
I am a Questbridge Finalist and applied as such to all of the schools listed above except Harvard which isn’t a partner school.
-Harvard Book Award
-National Merit Commended Student
-Questbridge College Prep scholarship
-Black belt in Tae Kwon Do

ECs:
-Debate Team (4 years, VP for 2): 1.5 hrs/week, 30 wks/yr
I have also attended American International College’s Model Congress 3 times as a delegate.
-Band (Marching and concert, 4 years): 5 hrs/week (average), 37 wks/year
I have played trumpet and euphonium in my school’s band and this year I’m the band president. Even though I put down 5 hrs/week average it ranges between 5 and 24+ a week during marching season
-Jazz Band (4 years): 1 hr/week, 24 weeks/year
-Math Team (3 years, Co-Captain this year): 3 hrs/week, 5 weeks/year (we attend 5 meets a year)
-Student Council (3 years): 1 hr/week, 20 weeks/year
-NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, 2 years): 10 hrs/week, 4 weeks/year
Twice now I have successfully attempted to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch in November

Volunteer Work:
-Local Library, shelving books (6 years, since 7th grade): ~30 mins to 1 hr/week, 45 weeks/year
I have volunteered between 25 and 45 hrs/year at my local library since 7th grade
-I have various other hours with different clubs I forgot to mention but I think my guidance counselor probably mentioned it in my recommendation

Paid Work:
-Tutoring (4 years): I have tutored a 7th grade girl one year and then a boy from 3rd grade through 5th grade the past 3 years. I help him with homework approximately 3 hrs/week, 36 weeks/year
-Anti-Tobacco Blogger (1 year): I blogged every week junior year for a teen anti-tobacco site, the84.org
-Breaking down tables/cleaning up after local bingo (3 years): For three years I spent approximately 2 hrs/week on Saturday mornings helping my parents clean after a local bingo

Essays:
-I wrote one about my interest in politics and how the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision to allow gay marriage changed my view towards civil rights and made me a more accepting person with a desire to fight for civil liberties
-I wrote another essay that basically talked about how my love of reading and writing helped make me the person I am and how I wanted to further my education so that I could take the opportunities my parents weren’t able to have

I think both essays were well written and constructed. Perhaps not the greatest but I was happy with them.

Recs:
I didn’t read any of my recommendations but I had my US History I/AP Gov and Politics teacher write one and that’s one of my best classes and I had my former English teacher write one. I’m sure both of them were very good.

Interviews:
I had alumni interviews with Harvard, Princeton, Brown, and Dartmouth, and Harvard actually asked me to come in for an on campus interview. I feel like all of the interviews went well. I had the opportunity in most of them to discuss my goals and how I want to run for Congress some day and my interests and other things. Except for my interview with the woman from Brown who had another interview scheduled right after mine, all of my interviews lasted over an hour, which I felt was a good sign.

Accepted to: Amherst, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, George Washington, Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan, Williams
Waitlisted: Brown, Yale
Rejected: no where