Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Applied: Rice, Washington University in St Louis, Carnegie-Mellon School of Computer Science, Emory, University of Maryland, University of South Florida, University of Central Florida
Accepted: Everywhere!

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (750 CR, 700 M, 690 W)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 700 Physics, 720 Math 2 (I only sent these to CMU)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Reported as 1/~113, not sure what it’ll end up being it’s all terribly complicated
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Bio (5), CompSci (5), Lang (4), CalcAB (5), PhysB (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP CalcBC, AP Gov, Choir, AP Lit, two classes per semester at community college
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

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Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir since 7th grade, All State Women’s Choir 12th, Worship Leadership Team at Church all years, Fall and Spring Drama Shows 12, Thespians 12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at National Honor Society, Relay for Life, work with church youth group
[</em>] Essays: really good, I thought.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: fabulous. he loves me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: lord knows our school just uses form letters
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: didn’t interview anywhere
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Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: public ‘school of choice’
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100k-120k
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General Comments:
I showed a lot of interest in the schools I applied to. Visited everywhere but Maryland and UCF before applying, went to local information sessions on several. I think that helped. I did apply for merit scholarships at both WashU and Emory. Didn’t get either, unfortunately.
I don’t really know what about me gave me such good luck in applications. I don’t have a lot of leadership experience, nor electives that really relate to my intended major. I just did what I liked doing in high school and it all worked out. (I just wish they weren’t all so expensive!)

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First, a message to future applicants: Please, please, please do not get discouraged by the numbers you see on college confidential! Assume that most of the applicants you see on here are at the very top of the applicant pool, because they probably are (and therefore not representative of the average accepted applicant). I promise you, you do not need 2300+ SAT and a list of extracurriculars a mile long to get into college. I was freaking out when I saw the numbers on here last year, and evidently I had no reason to be scared! I was fairly lazy during high school, but i turned out just fine. Don’t be afraid to take that risk!
Love,
Zoidberg93

Results:

Accepted:
NYU
George Washington
Brandeis
BU
Northeastern
UMass Amherst
UNH
Baylor
Fordham
MCPHS

Rejected:
None!

Stats:

GPA Unweighted: about 3.9
GPA Weighted: 4.16
Class Rank: 8 out of 486

SAT:
2000 (CR: 670 M: 670 W:660)

SAT II:
Biology: 740 World History: 640

AP Exams:
Biology: 5
Statistics:*
Chemistry:*
Calculus:*

Classes and Grades: Here’s a copy of my transcript,*
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Extracurricular Activities:
Youth Group (9th, 10th, 12th)
Hindi Classes (9th, 10th, 12th)
Recreational Soccer (10th, 11th, 12th)
Dartmouth Community Medical Lectures (10th, 11th, 12th)
Debate Team (10th)
Young Democrats (10th)
Tennis Lessons (10th)
Free Thinkers Club (11th)
Key Club (12th)

Community Service/Volunteer:
Tutored other high school students through peer tutoring program at school
Various Key Club and NHS activities
Volunteered during the 2008 elections

Honors:
National Honor Society
1st Place in Western New England College Engineering Competition
St. Anselm Book Award
Model UN Delegate of the Year
High Honors Roll

Extra Stuff:
Ethnicity: Indian (of the South Asian variety, not Native American)
Essays: Written at the very last minute, but I clutched it and they came out pretty damn good. Probably what pushed me over the top at most schools.
Teacher Recommendations: Must’ve been pretty good, judging by my results.*
Counselor Recommendations: *The counselor reccs are basically mass produced at my school, so I’m assuming it was pretty standard stuff
Interviews: Blew all of them off…
High School: Above average public school, usually a handful of students get into top-tier schools every year.
Location: NH
Also, I have some credits from a local community college.

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Hey everyone. I just thought I’d post my stats here, to help anyone. And yes, admissions is a crapshoot.

Country: USA
State: NJ
Major: Poli Sci/Government

Accepted: Yale (SCEA), Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Georgetown, Rutgers
Rejected: Dartmouth and Michigan
Waitlisted: Columbia
Deferred: NA
EA/ED: Yale

Sex: Male
Race: I have blood from nearly every country.
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.9 out of 5
Class Rank: 1

SAT I: 2400
SAT II: 800 in Lit, Math 2, WH, and American History.
ACT: NA
AP: Too many APs to list

Awards: Can’t list 'em all
Employment: Internships with politicians and lawyers, tutoring, umpiring
Extra-curriculars: Baseball, basketball, Model UN, Model Congress, Political Competitions, Academic Team, lots of community service.

The only thing I can say is apply to as many schools as you feel like and hope for the best. In this world, it’s a crapshoot.

1404

Accepted: East Carolina University (Instate), Emory University–Oxford College, NC State (Instate)
Rejected: American, Duke (legacy, instate), Emory–Emory College, Northwestern (SESP), UNC-CH (Instate, Direct Descendant of First Student), UChicago, Vanderbilt (Peabody)

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (800 CR, 640 M, 680 W)
[</em>] ACT: 31 Superscored
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2 (Learning Disability)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/50
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit (4), APUSH (3), AP Art History (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very Rigorous

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Education Policy Position, State Superintendent Appointee; Other State Education Policy Position, State Board of Education Appointee; State Rep/Consultant, Int’l Education Projects w/ NASA, et al.; City Official/VP (12), Parliamentarian (10), City Youth Council; Attorney, Teen Court; Scrabble: High Score 552, >4,300 Games Played; Secretary/Treasurer//State Qualifier, Bowling League; Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do; 1st in Division at State Comp.; Founding Captain, Science Olympiad Team; Church Youth; Varsity Golf
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Community College Tutor
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hates me; Lied in Recommendation
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: Excellent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low Income

[/ul]General Comments: Colleges couldn’t care less about extenuating circumstances.

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Hi, I’m 15 years old and am currently a junior. I have a 3.5 gpa and took the ACT for practice/just to see how it’d go with no prep in December and got a 25 (( I am retaking it again and hope to get a 28-30 hopefully! I am Junior Class President, heavily involved in Student Council, Part of NHS-going to be an officer next year, actively involved in Key Club and voleenteer countless hours. I am also an active voleenteer in my church. I was selected for leadership in my schools conference. I have taken challenging classes my whole high school career and took 2 AP Classes this year and am taken 3 next year. I also job shadow my dentist. I want to be a dentist or an oral surgeon and am applying for UIC this June early admission. Do you think I can get in with my current stats? I am praying so because it is the only school that tuition is reasonable and yet offers a strong medical field. I have also been on varsity tennis for 3 years and varsity track for 3 years. I hope to appear well rounded. Thank you for reading this and taking the time to answer, I appreciate it very much as I come from a middle-class family and do not have many options for college due to my low gpa and only a couple schools offer pre-dental in Illinois and their tuition is well out of my range. Thanks once again!*

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I hope this helps anybody looking at LACs!!

Applied: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Colgate, Davidson, Holy Cross, Occidental, Pitzer, Washington and Lee, William and Mary

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (640CR/680M/760W)
ACT: 31 Composite
SAT II: Did not send, except to W&L (600 Lit, 680 French)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.75? Weighted it is 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Gov (5), Eng Lang (4), French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not taken.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, French 5 Honors (AP last year), Precalc H, Religion, Dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Heavily involved in dance competitions since I was 8, Model UN executive board, NHS
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 3 service trips, 2 of them international
Summer Activities: Service trips, dance rehearsals, other travel
Essays: My common app essay was unique-it was about rhinestones. Only I could have written it :stuck_out_tongue:
Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know, but probably very good
Counselor Rec: Probably great
Additional Rec: One from my dance company director
Interviews: Very well, I am an articulate person.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Essays, essays, essays.
Weaknesses: GPA/test scores for the top schools
Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I turned in my applications very early. I have a consistent theme of my love for dance. I come across as very quirky and funny on my application.

Accepted to Bates, Colby, Colgate, Davidson, Holy Cross, Occidental, Pitzer, Washington and Lee, William and Mary
Waitlisted: Bowdoin
Rejected: Amherst

Attending: DAVIDSON COLLEGE!!
Feel free to PM me or whatever if you have any questions about my specific colleges…I had nobody to answer my questions, so I hope I can help someone.

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 composite: 790 CR, 780 M, 790 W
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 760 in all (Chem, Math II, and Lit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Chem (5), French (3), Lang (5), Calc AB (5), Stats (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macroecon, Top orchestra, BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended (National Merit)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
NHS
NFHS
Editor on school’s literary magazine (we interviewed some pretty prominent authors…years past included Elie Wiesel and Salman Rushdie, i’m not going to say who we interviewed last issue for privacy reasons. We’ve received national awards as well)
“Peer ambassador” for a dating abuse outreach program
Volunteer for a national dating abuse helpline (different organization, couple hundred hours, I have the most hours of any volunteer)
Volunteer at a law firm for women in need of legal representation
Volunteer at a local hospital (haha, lame)
Volunteer at an office connecting hospitals/hospices
Four years of Orchestra (I’m a cellist), three in the top orchestra
Four years in Region Orchestra (it’s a pretty competitive region too)
Gold Rating at Texas State Solo-ensemble Contest (2009 and 2010)

Essays: My common app essay seemed to be widely enjoyed. I wrote a particularly good essay for USC. I wrote a good essay for Why this school for almost everywhere (Columbia’s could have been better)
Teacher Recommendation: Written by my English teacher and Stats teacher who think I’m amazing.
Counselor Rec: My counselor was new this year; she thought I was pretty amazing and I feel like she added a personal touch, the best she could do.
Additional Rec: Cello teacher sent a pretty good rec, although it could have been more personalized imo. Who am I to complain though?
Interviews: I thought Pomona went extremely well, Duke was meh but apparently the interviewer acted that way with everyone, and USC was amazing!

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Big public school (lots of graduates go to Ivies/similarly ranked schools)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class (no financial aid possible)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
*Strengths: Test scores were good, essays were good.

  • Weaknesses: Rank was weak. More leadership in extracurriculars needed.
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wasn’t distinguished enough for Columbia and Stanford? Meh, honestly I didn’t apply for the right reasons. I should have researched the Ivy level schools more. And as for Pomona…(sigh) cruel fate, I suppose, and I just didn’t match up. Not enough passion?
  • Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Rice, Tulane (25K), UT Austin (top 8% rule, Plan II), USC (Presidential), Davidson College (Presidential), Duke University, UC Berkeley
Waitlisted: Pomona College (my dream college. I cried like an idiot when I got the letter and felt guilty instantly afterwards that I was so ungrateful. ><)
Rejected: Columbia, Stanford SCEA

Overall reflections: Don’t fall in love with a school until you get in. Don’t convince yourself that the school is a perfect fit for you. Seriously. You do need a bit of the passion in order to write your essays but don’t decide that you want to sit on your mailbox waiting for that acceptance letter. It’s down to USC vs Duke for me. ^^ I’m quite happy actually.

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Accepted: Willamette University, Carroll College, Case Western University
Rejected: Reed College
Waitlisted: Connecticut College, University of Washington

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (680 CR, 610 M, 670 W) Took only once
ACT: 29 Took only once
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Very Rigorous

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Knowledge Bowl Captain 2 Years, Volunteer Local Political Campaign
Job/Work Experience: Barista
Essays: I know they were pretty good. I write well.
Teacher Recommendation: No idea. Teachers don’t know me very well, though I usually voice my opinion in class and make them laugh.
Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me at all. Probably sounded very generic. She only knows the kids with strong academics because she likes to kiss their ass.
Additional Rec: Same as other
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low Income

General Comments: Retaking the SAT couldn’t have hurt. Colleges must not care very much about your essay. Upward trends don’t count for anything. My outcome seems very strange and those around me are quite baffled by it all. I am honestly pretty mad because I can’t afford the colleges that actually accepted me. Should have applied to more and/or different ones than I chose. If I could do this all over again I would. Oh well, that’s life.

1409

Is it possible to raise 3.5 gpa in a year to the gpa of a harvard applicant? I’m a sophomore and unfortunately that’s my gpa.

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Accepted: Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, Vanderbilt, Ursinus, Muhlenberg
Rejected: Yale
Waitlisted: Harvard, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of Business)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (Superscored)
ACT: 35 (35 E, 35 M, 32 R, 36 S) Not sure if I submitted
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unofficially 3/75
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Bio (5), AP Chem (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Not particularly rigorous (Calc AB, Euro, Physics B)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater and Choir, table tennis, some service
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays: Probably not particularly good.
Teacher Recommendation: Better than my essays, but not amazing. Probably a 7 or 8 out of 10
Counselor Rec: Much better than most-- our GC has a much more personal relationship with most of the students simply because there are only ~25 students under each GC
Additional Rec: Had performance supplement + additional rec for Princeton, no other places
Interview: Ironically, for the three interviews I had, I would have ranked them as Yale being the best, followed by Harvard, and Princeton’s being the worst
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High Income

I’m glad this process is finally over. Princeton class of 2015!!

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This post is SO helpful. :smiley:

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Accepted: Penn (attending), Georgetown, Notre Dame, Boston College, Creighton, Northeastern, University of British Columbia, University of Wyoming, WashU in St. Louis.

Rejected: Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Stanford.

Waitlisted: none.

Objective:
SAT I: did not take.
ACT: 34 math, 36 english, 36 reading, 30 science, 34 composite. (a 34 from another test date makes it superscore-able to a 35)
SAT II: the lower math, english, and US history, all upper 600’s
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Class rank: 6/300-something
AP: none.
IB: Full diploma candidate.
Senior Course Load: IB English A1 HL, IB European History HL, IB Spanish B HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB Math SL, IB Psychology SL, TOK, a filmmaking class, and an international relations course at my local community college.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate national qualifier, state runner-up (Secretary and later VP of the team), some tennis, 3 years of student council.
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays: Decent, but definitely not great.
Teacher Recommendation: Very good, but not excellent.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec: none.
Interview: STELLAR interview for Penn, fairly good one for georgetown.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Wyoming
School Type: Public with IB
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper Middle

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Applied: Boston University, Syracuse University, Fordham University, American University, Knox College, Colorado State University, Carthage College (EA), Winona State University (EA)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 composite: 690 CR, 720 M, 680 W…really wishing i’d taken that seriously and studied at all or at least taken it twice so i could improve. i think i could have easily been in the 2200 range. meh.
ACT: 28 composite, but i didn’t send it anywhere for obvious reasons haha. screwed up the reading section. awesome.
SAT II: can’t remember, but they were nothing spectacular.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.08 going into senior year, 3.2 after 1st semester grades
Weighted GPA: 3.5 going into senior year, 3.7 after 1st semester
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33% UW, 25% W
AP: 9 classes + calculus III + Differential Equations + College Intermediate German II all at University of Colorado - Denver
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US Gov, College Intermediate German II (essentially AP German equivalent), AP Comp Gov, Calculus III, Differential Equations, Draw/Paint 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, vEx Robotics 2nd place, won some graphic design and radio controlled technology contests through the Technology Student Association, lots of honors at my school.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of German Honor Society in founding year at my school, Technology Student Association, soccer, some other really minor junk.
Job/Work Experience: none.
Volunteer/Community service: Organized >300 person event, through which German Honor Society donated around $1,000 to an Alzheimer’s fund, a few hours of community service.
Summer Activities: foreign exchange to germany, did a summer art residency at the art institute of boston, soccer
Essays: abnormal. i discussed my sympathy for US immigrants (legal or not) and how it was affected by looking like, and thus being treated like, a turk while i lived in Germany. i think it helped me at BU and syracuse, but hurt me a lot at Fordham.
Teacher Recommendation: Only got one, but it was glowing and from my harvard law grad, national teacher of the year, millionaire, ex-lawyer government and geography teacher who i have known for 3 years and who taught my brother before me.
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: none
Interviews: Only interviewed at Syracuse and Knox. My interview at Syracuse was excellent. They basically had to pry me away from the interviewer because we had been talking for too long hahahah.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: large, ranked, suburban public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: lower-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): had a spectacular art portfolio (offered a scholarship for painting at BU, got high marks at national portfolio day)
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths: interviews, essays (for most schools), SAT score, rigorous schedule, portfolio
Weaknesses: my GPA sucks, no job experience, not enough community service, essays (for some schools), only gave Syracuse 1 letter of rec from a teacher even though they wanted 2
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My art portfolio and my slightly above average SAT ahhaha [li] [/li]Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Boston University…scholarship, but not enough aid :frowning: , Syracuse University (tons of aid :D), Carthage College (full ride), Winona State (tons of scholarships), Colorado State (got nothing hahaha)
Waitlisted: American University
Rejected: Fordham University

If you don’t get into or don’t get enough money from your top school, it isn’t the end of the world. I really wanted to go to BU, but I certainly have no qualms with accepting a slot at Syracuse since it will actually be cheaper than attending my state school. Also, if you have legitimate reasons which will explain why your grades are low, INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES PART OF YOUR COMMON APP. adcoms really will read that stuff, and they really do take it into consideration. also, if you have a talent, use it to your advantage; i’m sure i would never have gotten into BU without sending a portfolio. :slight_smile:

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Applied: Shippensburg University of PA, West Chester University of PA, University of Maryland: College Park, University of Delaware, College of William and Mary, American University, Gettysburg College, University of Richmond.

Accepted: Shippensburg, West Chester, University of Maryland, University of Delaware, Gettysburg College, American University.
Waitlisted: University of Richmond
Denied: College of William and Mary

Attending: Gettysburg College

White male, PA.

GPA: 3.82 W
Class rank: 39/289
SAT: 710 M, 630 CR, 640 W (1980 total)
AP Classes: APUSH, AP Euro, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics C, AP Calc AB

Sports: 4 years varsity XC, 4 years varsity swimming, 2 years varsity tennis.
Clubs: National English Honors Society, Student Newspaper

Comments: Pretty low GPA, but I had an upward grade trend going from mostly Bs in freshman/sophomore to all As in junior/senior year. A little nervous applying to W&M and Richmond, because those were probably my reach schools, but okay with the fact that I was rejected and waitlisted.

I have a little regret in that this year I’m taking 4 APs and getting all As, so I’m kind of kicking myself for getting lower grades in freshman/sophomore. I am happy where I am now, because I’m have more academic success and I feel confident I will continue that success in college.

I feel like I should have applied to more colleges (Syracuse comes to mind) but nothing I can do about that now. I’m excited to Gettysburg College. I have to be honest, I haven’t fallen in love with Gettysburg, but I really like it there and I think that’s good that I’m not in love with it yet because I haven’t been there for more than one day at a time.

I feel I will be successful at Gettysburg academically, and I hope to make an impact on the campus as well.

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california born male with middle eastern parents. 3.5 unweighted gpa, 4.1 weighted gpa. 32 ACT. Excellent extracurrics, excellent essays imo, good recs (one from DA of sf).

applied to

cornell - withdrew under ED2 contract
colgate - withdrew under ED2 contract
university of michigan - accepted
university of oregon - accepted
ucberkeley - denied
ucla - denied
ucsd - denied
ucsb - accepted
vassar - accepted & attending ED2
claremont mckenna - denied ED1
vanderbilt - withdrew under ED2 contract
u wisconsin madison - accepted
tulane - accepted
boston college - waitlisted

1416

Applied: MIT, CMU, NU, Cooper Union, UIUC, UT, GT, UD, CWRU, Tulane, Cornell, Princeton, Stanford, Texas A&M, RPI, and a few more I can’t remember

Accepted: UD Honors (30K scholarship), Tulane (30K scholarship), GT, UT (Cockrell), Texas A&M, CWRU (20K), maybe a few more.

Waitlisted: RPI (***?)

Denied: All the rest

Attending: UT (Cockrell)

Asian male, AL

GPA: 4.197 W. 3.9 UW
Class rank: 32/475
SAT: 750 M, 630 CR, 750 W (2130 Composite)
AP Classes: Euro, US Hist, Cal AB, US Gov, Microecon, Eng Lang, Eng Lit.
IB Classes: Math HL, Bio HL

Sports: Varsity Crosscountry 9th grade. None afterwards
Clubs: Mu Alpha Theta, NHS, Multicultural Club, Key club, etc.

Comments: Lack of EC. Low SAT and class rank.

I did have great essays, but they didn’t make up for my faults. Oh well.

1417

Applied: Boston University, College of the Holy Cross, Northeastern University, University of New Hampshire, MCPHS, UCONN

Objective:
ACT: 25. Ha. Haha. Ha. -_- Aren’t I horrible? YES.
GPA: 3.78
Rank: Probably ~15%
AP: (3) AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Biology
Senior Year Course Load: Net Sports, Advanced Writing, AP Chem, AP Bio, Stats, Short Story, Pottery, Honors Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Society of Women Engineers Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: FBLA, Friends of Rachel, Knitting Club, Environmental Club, Math Team, Biotechnology Club, Key Club, NHS
Job/Work Experience: None.
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours volunteering as a Junior Counselor at my local BGC, several little service projects in Key Club such as Make A Wish Dinner and walks/runs.
Summer Activities: None that would benefit my resume/application. I just hang out all summer haha.
Essays: I’d say it was great. Talked about my childhood growing up at my local BGC and how it affected me personally. Also talked about my experience as a JC there and how it was nice to volunteer at a place so close to home.
Teacher Recommendation: It was short, but sweet. Since I’ve been on Math Team for 3 years and I’ve had her for my Hon. Calc. class, I asked if she could write mine.
Counselor Rec: Haven’t read, but he told me it was the best one he’s written. Psht.
Additional Rec: None.
Interviews: Holy Cross’s interview was optional, but highly recommended. Didn’t do it. Lol.

Other:
State: New Hampshire
Country: USA
School Type: Suburban public school, large
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really

Reflection:
Strengths: Essay, GPA, ECs
Weaknesses: ACT score FORSURE -<em>- and no work experience
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected because of my awful test score. I mean, pharmacy program acceptances only care for the objective data anyways -</em>-

Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: BU, UNH, MCPHS, Holy Cross, <em>UCONN
Waitlisted: UCONN *accepted</em>
Rejected: Northeastern University

Attending? College of the Holy Cross! Go Crusaders! :slight_smile:

Comments: I am definitely happy of where I’m attending. Northeastern was my dream school, but I accepted the rejection, moved on, and couldn’t be any happier with my present choice. I can’t wait for college! For those of you who are unlucky, horrible test takers like me, it’s not the end of the world. Your test score is only one component of the entire package. But … applying to test optional schools won’t hurt either :wink:

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Stats can be found in the chance thread above.

Results:

Accepted:

Boston College (Honors),
University of Waterloo (18k National Scholarship),
McGill University,
Duke University (off the waiting list, attending)

Waitlisted:

Northwestern University,
Amherst College,
WashU in St. Louis

Rejected:

Harvard University,
Princeton University,
Yale University,
Dartmouth College,
University of Pennsylvania (ED),
Columbia University,
Vanderbilt University,
Pomona College

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Since we occasionally get lumpy kids in here asking about their chances, I’ll post my stats to show you really can still get into a good college.

2.98 GPA before 7th semester grades, 3.06 GPA after, 34 ACT, very positive grade curve, no APs (none offered), very weak ECs, good essays and recs.

Accepted: U of Miami, OSU, UW-Madison, Grinnell
Waitlisted: Beloit (really shocked me because I thought it was a near safety)
Rejected: Vassar, Hamilton, Middlebury ED

Attending: Grinnell

I applied to Grinnell, Vassar, Hamilton, and Middlebury as reaches, so I was very happy to get into Grinnell, and with very good financial aid to boot.

Another comparison people might want to do is financial aid they received. I personally only received good financial aid from Grinnell and UW-Madison (OSU is instate and would’ve cost me four times as much as UW). U of Miami gave me a decent amount, too, and like I said, OSU was really disappointing.

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Race: White
Gender: Male
State: MA
Income bracket: 200K+
Rank: 11th Percentile
SAT: 2260 (780M, 710CR, 770W)
SAT2: MathII (800), MathI (770), Bio-M (730)

The subjective stuff:
-Employee @ Harvard Uni Dept of Psych, designing online experiments that test ADHD.
-Teacher @ local camp
-youth volunteer at inner city youth center preventing STDs and anti-gang work
-First violin in school symphony
-guitar (first chair…only chair) in school symphony
-Member of school’s Gay-straight alliance, robotics team, Harry Potter club, natl honor society, and natl spanish honor society and yearbook committee
-President of school’s anime club, starcraft (esports) club, model congress/debate club
-Secretary/treasurer of school’s film appreciation club and model congress/debate club
-STEM Certified (top 2% in math/science classes gets it, has to do yearlong project)
-President’s Award for Community Service (three times, 300+ hours)

Letter of recs: from English and Physics teacher (both decent), from Prof. from Harvard, and guidance counselor

Schools apped to (all amounts in $$ were merit-based):
Case Western Reserve Uni(EA)- Accepted with half-tuition (2 years free)
Umass Amherst- Accepted to honors program (instate with 2K/year merit)
uMichigan Ann Arbor (EA)- Deferred -> Waitlisted -> Withdrawn
uWisconsin Madison- Accepted to honors program
Worcester Poly(EA)- Accepted with 1/4 tuition (1 year free)
Rensselaer Poly(VIP EA)- Accepted with 1/2 tuition (2 years free)
uPenn- Rejected
WUSTL- Waitlisted -> Accepted (and enrolled)
Chicago (EA)- Deferred -> Rejected
Carnegie Mellon (SCS) - Rejected
Brandeis(VIP EA)- Accepted (and enrolled prior to WUSTL)
Tufts- Waitlisted -> Withdrawn
Harvard (double legacy)- Rejected (My professor went rip****)
Cornell- Rejected