i cant wait for that
haha a very useful thread!
GPA: 3.89
Rank: 30-40/500
SAT: 2400, 800 physics, 800 math
AP (end of jr yr): Chem, Phys B, C mech+EM, CalcBC, Music Th, Stats, CS AB (5 all)
Applied: UC Berkeley, Caltech, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, WashU, HMC, UCLA, CMU, Dartmouth
Accepted: UC Berkeley, Caltech(attending), Cornell, CMU, UCLA, Dartmouth
Rejected: Princeton, Columbia, WashU, HMC
Junior classes:
AP Phys B, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Honors English, AP Statistics, US History
Senior classes:
AP Phys C, Multivariable Calc/Linear Alg/DiffEQ, Finite/Discrete, AP world, AP Lit, Econ/Gov
EC:
Physics competition stuff
Math competition stuff
Choir 11 yrs, A Capella
Other academic competitons
Tutoring in math/phys
CS competition stuff
Economics summer research
UW GPA: 3.38
W GPA: 3.88
School does not rank; I’d estimate 30-60/320
From Maryland
SAT: Single sitting, no SAT II’s
M: 740
CR: 560
W: 600(61 MC, 8 essay)
CR+M(for UMD): 1300
Total(others): 1900
Extracurriculars/Activities:
Comedy troupe(6 years, still involved)
Marching/Concert band(won student-elected awards, would be drum major but MB became Pep band so I was just a “conductor” 
not fair)
Varsity cross country
Student-teaching at local middle school
Boy Scouts(was a Life Scout upon applying, Eagle scout now)
Sorta-kinda-hook:High-functioning autism
AP’s: AP Lang(2), AP Psych(4), AP Stat(4)(psych and stat were after I was accepted so they didn’t make a difference)
Accepted into:
Salisbury University
Towson University
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of Maryland-College Park(currently attending!)
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rejected from:
University of Delaware-kind of a surprise: ruined my perfect acceptance record
But there’s no way I would have picked it over UMD anyway so it’s ok.
Hello everyone.
I’m just looking for some insight on where I may stand for some schools
I am a white male from New York and both parents went to college. I do not have legacy anywhere I am applying.
Public school very competitive
Gpa 92, aproxx top 20%-25%
Sat: 610 reading 630 math 670 writing (still trying to improve)
Various AP and college level courses : English, psych, physics, Italian, honors calc
Significant extra ciriculars include:
Habitat for humanity club founder
Nation, Italian, and science honor societies
Boys state delegate
Peer leadership program
Significant leadership opportunities include:
Peer leadership program
Habitat for humanity club president
Club soccer team captain
Jv soccer and lacrosse captain
Applied for an ROTC scholarship
Potentially varsity track captain
Boys state delegate
Athletics:
Bunch of varsity letters for soccer and track, club soccer since grade school, jv captancies, club soccer capt
Volunteering:
Habitat for humanity
Volunteer at a hospital
Tutoring
Honors and awards:
National, science, and Italian honor societies
National Latin exam honorable mention twice
High honor role every semester
Few track medals
Sportsmanship award for club soccer
I have applied for an ROTC scholarship just in case west point doesn’t work out, so insight on that wood be great too.
Colleges in order: west point, wake forest, Suny geneseo, Ohio state, Suny Binghamton, Delaware st university
Any help is greatly appreciated. Just trying to get a sense of where I stand
I wonder whether this would be the place to post “actual results” for grad school admissions, the day I obtain results from the grad school admission process.
You will absolutely shine somewhere .
Life’s a struggle!!!
Jeeze these posts are making me more nervous … Btw chance me please <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1408561-what-my-chances-gmu-jmu-vtech.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1408561-what-my-chances-gmu-jmu-vtech.html</a>
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCSD, Cornell, Duke Pratt, UChicago, UPenn Wharton, Northwestern, NYU Stern, Yale, University of Washington - Seattle
Accepted: UCLA, UCD, UCSD, UW
Waitlisted: Cornell
Attending: UCLA School of Engineering, major: computer science and engineering
Race: Chinese
Permanent Resident of US, Citizenship: Canada
High School:
GPA: 4.0
Rank: ~50/260
From Washington
SAT: 1980 (never used this score)
ACT: 33 (highest over 3 takes: R: 34, M: 35, S: 32, W: 32-33)
Extracurricular: Student conductor of high school orchestra, Swim team (7th in city championships), Model UN (secretary 1 year, participated for 3 years), Chess team (JV, 3 years, treasurer for 1 year), Knowledge Bowl (secretary 1 year, champion team 1 year) volunteered at computer lab, volunteered at local library
APs: US History, US Government, French, Chemistry, Physics B, Calc BC, Eng lang, Eng literature
Advice: Don’t think that you MUST be a leader in order to be accepted into a university. Universities need both leaders and followers! If all the university were leaders, who would follow?
Also, make your essay stand out. This advice has been said so many times but it’s so important!! Even what you want to write about is this dream/aspiration you have, write about it! Don’t be afraid! (Just make sure you say how you’re going to achieve it) That’s what I wrote about in my essay and got into an excellent public university!
And finally, don’t be afraid to apply to top tier schools! Even if you don’t get in, you will reflect back on it and say that it was worth it. (Hey, if you become a famous person after going to some university but you applied to Harvard but they rejected you, you’ll just point at Harvard and laugh.)
anyone here actually…normal? Not prodigies??
ummm no…
I already posted my stuff from a few years back, but I thought I’d do it again because I’m different from a lot of people on here. As in:
<ul>
<li>3.3 GPA / 3.7 Weighted</li>
<li>2170 SAT / 34 ACT</li>
<li>SAT IIs were in the 600 range for Math II and English II or something. Painfully low.</li>
<li>Nationally ranked public high school, they didn’t do class rankings but it’s a big school and I imagine I was probably in the bottom 50%</li>
<li>Took 7 APs (AP Eng 1 & 2, AP Psych, AP Econ Micro and Macro, AP European History, AP Statistics)</li>
<li>Okay recommendations</li>
<li>Virtually no extracurriculars (3 years of varsity soccer team, “Chicken and Waffles Club”, no leadership positions ever, no jobs, no awards, a few summers of volunteer work at the library…)</li>
</ul>
Didn’t get into most of the schools I applied to (most of the UCs, USC, NYU, Gtown, Columbia for ****s and gigs). Best UC I got into was UC Santa Barbara, hardest private school I got into was GWU.
Good luck!
I agree, I definitely agree
I agree, I agree
whoops, I am so sorry! I commented this on the wrong thread I think…
please don’t hate me… I’m new to this site and I am getting confused with the formatting
but in response to moiz1295… I am normal, so maybe I can relate with that
I feel incredibly lucky. To have applied before it became so competitive.
This was 2004.
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, USC, Cornell, Stanford
Accepted: All except Stanford
Attended: UCB
Recs: These must have been good.
GPA: 3.4 UW. 4.1 W
SAT: 2150 (750M 730V 680W)
EC: Pres. of Class. Founder/pres of 2 clubs. Low community service, work.
Not much else spectacular I can think of.
Wrote essays over a few weeks, didn’t feel they were the greatest.
All I can say is, enjoy your journey. Live on campus. In 8 years, you won’t care that much where you went to school. I visit CC on holidays/vacasion for nostalgia, envious of people who are just about to take the plunge.
Hey, I’m applying this year to schools but I have an older brother so I’m giving his info
Accepted: U Chicago (attending), Northwestern, Brown, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, Boston University, Stanford
Waitlisted: Carlton College
Rejected: MIT
School Type: Public
Location: Chicago
Race/Gender: Caucasian, Male
Prospective Major: Mechanical Engineering
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Class rank: school does not rank
ACT Scores (I hate him for this because he didn’t study and he only took it once)
Composite: 35
English: 31
Math: 36
Reading: 32
Science: 36
Writing: 10
SAT II Scores
SAT II Biology: 770
SAT II Physics: 780
SAT II German: 800 (we were both raised speaking, it’s our first language)
AP Scores:
US History: 5
English Lang/Comp: 5
Biology: 5
German:5
SUMMER PROGRAMS
*1 week long leadership camp at Augustana College for 4 years
ACTIVITIES
*National Forensic League (NFL): 20 Hrs/wk, 42 Wks/yr, 9th-12th
Co-Captain
- Piano: Taught piano to underprivileged kids for free, by the time he was a senior he had about 10 students
- Stage Crew: student foreman (huge honor, only two are selected every year), 20 hrs/wk, 42 wks/yr
*Robotics Club: President, 10 Hrs/wk, 10th-12th
*Robotics Mentor for Middle Schoolers
*Senior Instructional Leadership Corps(SILC): acted as a teachers aid for a physics teacher his senior year in high school
*Environmental Club: co-founder, 10 Hrs/Wk, 42 Wks/yr
*Math Tutoring: 6 Hrs/wk, 20 Wks/yr, 12th
Essays
*Won an honors award from his high school for his essay, including scholarship money
^In the spirit of that post, i guess ill post my sisters:
Applied: Yale, U Michigan
Accepted: Yale, U Michigan
Attending: Yale
School Type: Public Magnet
City: Chicago
Race Gender: Female, Caucasian
Prospective Major: Sociology
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Class rank: 2%
ACT:
Composite: 33
No subject tests
Summer Programs:
Service Trip to India
International Conflict Resolution Camp
Summer Job
Activities:
President of MUN (many awards, 4 years)
Captain of Varsity Soccer Team (Very successful team, won states, 4 years)
President of NHS (4 years)
English Tutoring (4 years)
Essays:
Wrote about her job, very good