Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

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Accepted: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth (Likely Letter), Georgetown (EA), Johns Hopkins, Princeton (Matriculating), University of Chicago (EA), Penn, Williams (Likely Letter), UCB, UCLA (Regents), UCSD, UCD
Deferrred: N/A
Rejected: N/A
Waitlisted: N/A
School: Private/Boarding
Location: California
Race/Gender: Caucasian, Male
Major: English
UWGPA: 3.96
WGPA: 4.45

SAT I Scores: 2360 Cumulative
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 790
SAT I Writing: 770

ACT Composite: 35

SAT II Scores
SAT II Literature: 800
SAT II Math IIC: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 780

AP Tests: (I included only the ones that showed up when I applied)
Calculus BC AB subscore: 5/5
Chemistry: 5
Biology: 5
French Literature: 5
French Language: 5
English Language: 4
US History: 4

Awards:

  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • National Merit Semi-Finalist (PSAT score: 228)-- now a winner
  • Journalism Awards
  • One of my music pieces was announced to be premiered Dresden 2006 - Sound, City, Silence composition competition (for piano trio).
  • I was accepted to attend the Third International Workshop for Young Composers (rolling acceptance)
  • Third prize for International de Composition pour Orchestre d’Harmonie (performance in June)

Activities:

  • President of MUN
  • President of Math and Science Club
  • Vice President of National Honors Society
  • Captain of Varsity Tennis Team
  • Oboist in State Symphony Orchestra
  • Co-Editor of School Newspaper

Other Info
I sent in music tapes, and also composition pieces with full scores to all my colleges except the UC’s

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Ok here’s my Stats. I go to a private international school which is very prestigious and well known where I live:

9th Grades:
English:A
Math:A+
Science:A+
Social Studies: A
French:B
Total:A

10th Grades:
English:A
Physics:A
Chemistry:A+
Biology:A
French: B-
Economics:A+
Total:A

11th Grade:
English:A
Pre Calculus:A+
Physics:A
Chemistry:A+
Biology:A
Economics:A+
Total:A+

12th Grade:
English:A
Physics:A+
Chemistry:A+
Calculus:A+
Economics:A+
Total:A+

Note: All ten and eleven grade classes were Honors and 12 were all AP courses

Rank: School doesn’t rank but was 1/50
SAT:2160 800M 700CR 660W
SAT2 800Chem 800Math level 2 740Physics

ECs (this is definitely my weakest part):
Head of the Safety department at my school Grades 9-12 with many hours per week
Chess Club
Squash

<h2>Teacher Recommendations were amazing as was my school one( I mean brilliant)</h2>

Decisions:
Accepted
Stanford
Carnegie Mellon
U Texas Austin
U Michigan Ann Arbor

Waitlisted
Cornell
Rice

Rejected
Princeton
MIT

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Okay…here I go…

SAT: 2200 (M:780, V:740, W:680)
SAT II: (Just took them this month) Bio (M), Math2c, and Lit.
ACT: 32 (Not taking again…)
AP: US History 3, W. History 4, Eng. Lang/Comp 5
IB: ITGS (SL) 5, Japanese ab initio (SL) 6, Math (HL) 3, Biology (HL) 4, History of the Americas (HL) 5, English (HL) 5
GPA: 102.893 weighted/estimated 97-98 unweighted (out of 100)
Class rank: 2/492
Other info: IB Diploma Recipient

Honors stuff: (I’m only putting major stuff)

  • People to People Student Ambassador (9th)
  • Finalist, Southwest Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (10th)
  • 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Center Teen Volunteer Award (10th)
  • Fort Bliss Teen Volunteer Award (10th)
  • Various National Dance/Drill Association Awards (10th)
  • Close-Up Foundation/Presidential Inauguration Program Participant (11th)
  • Military Order of the World Wars Youth Leadership Conference Delegate
    (11th)
  • National Society of High School Scholars (11th)
  • National Honor Roll (11th)
  • National Honor Society (11-12th)
  • AP Scholar (11th)

Extra-Curricular Stuff: (again…major stuff only)

  • Church Youth Volunteer (Choir, Youth Group, Children’s Church, VBS) (9-
    12th)
  • High School Orchestra (9-12th)
  • All-Region Orchestra (9-12th)
  • Sub-Editor/Treasurer, High School Literary Magazine (9-10th)
  • Member/Soloist, High School Japanese Language/Choir Club (9-11th)
  • Member/Vice-Pres., Fort Bliss US Bowling Congress Youth League (9, 11-
    12th)

Oh yeah…by the way, I’m a female Filipino in Texas…

Accepted: Dartmouth (likely letter/matriculating), UPenn (Trustee Scholar/Ben Franklin Scholar), Boston University (University Professors Program), University of Virginia (likely letter), University of Washington, and Baylor University

Rejected: Yale (deferred SCEA)

Waitlisted: Harvard (ultimately rejected)

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California Institute of Technology Accepted
Harvard University Accepted (Attending)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accepted
Princeton University Accepted
Stanford University Accepted (SCEA, Legacy)
University of Pennsylvania Accepted (Jerome Fisher)
Yale University Accepted

School Type: Private
Race/Gender: Caucasian/Female
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.77
Class rank: 1 of 89

SAT I Scores: 2370
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 770

SAT II Scores: 2400
SAT II Math IIC: 800
SAT II Physics: 800
SAT II Latin: 800

PSAT Score: 232
75 Verbal 77 Math 80 Writing

AP Scores:
Calculus BC/AB Subscore: 5/5
Latin: Vergil: 5
European History: 5
Art History: 5
Physics C E/M: 5
Latin Literature: 5
U.S. History: 5
Chemistry: 5

Senior AP Tests(Not included in the application):
English Literature: 5
Statistics: 5
Psychology: 5
Biology: 5
U.S. Government and Politics: 5

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Course Schedule
Freshman Year:
AP Calculus BC
Honors Latin III
Honors Physics
English I: The Myth and the Journey
World History I: Early Civilizations through the Renaissance
Computing Across the Curriculum

Sophomore Year:
AP Latin: Vergil
AP European History
AP Art History
AP Physics C
Honors Chemistry
Honors Multivariate Calculus/Honors Linear Algebra
English II: A Survey of British Literature

Junior Year:
AP Latin: Latin Literature
AP U.S. History
AP Chemistry
Honors Biology
Honors Differential Equations/Honors Advanced Topics in Mathematics
Honors English III: A Survey of American Literature
Economics/Study of Organic Chemistry

Senior Year:
AP English:Literature and Composition
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP U.S. Government and Politics/Asia: China, Japan, India
Programming
Physical Education

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Awards
National AP Scholar
National Merit Finalist (Semi-Finalist)
Valedictorian
Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist

<hr>

Activities
4 Years Latin Honor Society; Vice-President 1 Year, President 2 Years
4 Years Girls Varsity Soccer; Captain 1 Year
4 Years Girls Varsity Tennis; Captain 2 Years
3 Years National Honor Society; President for 2 Years

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i was just wondering what led you to pick vassar college above the others and if you feel your amazing qualifications were better than other applicants
i’m loooking to apply this fall and i’m scared looking at your post lol

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^ wow…you’re school had A LOT of AP classes

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Graduation year: 2004
Accepted: Caltech (currently attending), MIT, Cornell, Penn State Honors
Rejected: Princeton
School: Public
Location: Allentown, PA
Race/Gender: Chinese Male
Major: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics

UWGPA: 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.58
Rank: 100th Percentile
SAT: 1570 (770 Math, 800 Verbal under old system)
SATII: 800 on Math 2c, Chem, Writing
AP: 5 on US History, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, European History, Chem, Physics C, Statistics

EC’s:
Piano
Quiz Bowl/Academic Team
ARML
Model UN Committee Chair
Key Club (community service)

Awards (major ones):
Participated in USAMO (2002, 2004)
Participated in MOSP 2002
ARML High scorer (2004)
Panasonic Academic Challenge All-American (2004)
Participated in PA Governor’s School for IT 2003

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passionflower8, i sent you a pm

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Accepted: University of Michigan (honors program and where i will be attending), tufts, usc, penn state
wait listed (and eventually rejected by all): uva, cornell, wash u, emory
rejected: yale (early), brown, columbia, dartmouth

GPA: 3.6
EC’s: orchestra, electric bass, varsity tennis
AP’s (not including 2006 scores) AP Euro 5, AP US 4, AB 4, Chem 4, English lang 4, Latin 2
SAT: 2200
SAT II: US 770, Math II 760, Chem 680

other info: heavy course load (by graduation 10 AP classes) at top prep school

I got wanked on

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Accepted: Penn State Honors, Texas, Tufts, Georgetown, Dickinson
Waitlisted: UVa (ED), W&M, UNC - Chapel Hill, Middlebury

I didn’t stay on any of the waitlists, so I don’t know what the outcome would’ve been.

White female
New York public school

GPA: 93
SAT: 710M/700V/800W

AP U.S. History
AP English Lit.
AP Macroeconomics
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish
AP Biology

  • a number of honors courses

SAT IIs:
Spanish - 770
Writing - 700
Math 1C - 750
Biology - 560 (took it freshman year before AP)

Main extracurrics:

  • NHS President
  • tutoring club founder/president
  • School paper managing editor
  • NMSQT Commended Scholar
  • choreographed and danced in school dance productions
  • summer homestay in Spain

Georgetown dean said they really enjoyed my essay. It also helped that I applied to their Faculty of Languages & Linguistics and showed a strong passion for languages.

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Accepted: Emory (ED)

SAT: 680 V, 690 M
SAT IIs: didn’t take
GPA: 3.7- uw, 4.8 weighted
Rank: 33/648, competitive public school

Essays: favorite part of my application, I worked really hard on them and think my “why emory” essay was extremely creative. I also showed a lot of passion for social action in the essay on my fav. EC. However, who am I to judge how good my own essays are?
Teacher Recs: one mediocre, one great
Counselor Rec: didn’t read it…since my school is so large, she doesn’t know me very well but she probabley wrote an okay one based on the resume I gave her
Hook (if any): visted, attended 3 information sessions

State or Country: South Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female (and Jewish, which isn’t exactley a minority at Emory)

Extracurriculars:
Temple Youth Group Programming VP, Communications VP and Parlimentarian
Various debate awards
520+ volunteer hours (including as a conselour at a sleepaway camp for underprivilidged children)
Jewish leadership training camp participant - 2 years
Hebrew High school student - 6 years, 3 hours a week
Frequent babysitter for a family of 4 children
Hatikva Club Secretary
Human Relations Council Secretary

Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: my SATs and GPA were both pretty much in range but not above it. I think my creative essays and ECs got me to stand out a bit more than I would have otherwise.

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Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Davis
Accepted: All but UC Berkeley (will attend UCLA)

SATI:
2160 composite
740 Verbal
740 Math
680 Writing

SATII:
Biology (M): 760
Math 2C: 740

AP:
Biology (5)
Statistics (5)
Sr. Year AP:
Physics B (5)
English Lit (4)

GPA: 3.66 UW, 4.07 W

took up to multivariable calculus during high school
took some random community college classes (art, general psych, etc)

200+ volunteer hours
national merit semifinalist
national piano competition winner
member of national piano players guild
county fair digital art contest winner (1st place, judge’s favorite)
helped coordinate local charity concert
tutored elementary school students at local tutoring center

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At the time of applying:

UW GPA: ~3.8
UC GPA: 4.03
SAT I: 1960
SAT II: 740 US History, 750 Biology/E

AP:
Biology 4
English Composition 4
US History 4
World History 4

ECs projected: 4 years of varsity swimming, 2 years of varsity water polo, 220+ hours community service

Mexican male

Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCSD

Accepted to: both, attending Berkeley in fall

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wow gj strykur

do you think your chances might have been increased because you are mexican (even though UC’s dont follow any affirmative action stuff)

btw: how many B’c/C’s did you have?

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Applied to: Cornell (ED), Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers, Penn State, UMD
Accepted: all, but Carnegie Mellon and UMD (I applied ED to Cornell so I withdrew my apps in these two places before results were released)

SATI:
1960 composite
610 Verbal
710 Math
640 Writing

ACT: 26 (comp), 35 (math), 26 (english), 27 (science), 22 (reading)

SATII:
Chem: 660
Math 2C: 800

AP:
Psychology: 4 (junior year)
BC Calc, Physics B, Chem, Lit (senior year)…don’t know scores yet

GPA: 3.78 UW

nothing really special. played piano for 12 years and viola for 5. worked as a summer research intern at Rutgers. that’s basically it. ECs weren’t very special either.

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Accepted: Harvard College (SCEA), United States Naval Academy (LOA)
–didn’t apply anywhere else

white female, public exam school

SAT I: 730V, 720M, 690W
SAT II: 740 Literature, 730 US History, 640 Math I
GPA: 3.66
Rank: school doesn’t rank, around top 25% though
National Merit Commended Student

APs: 5/5/4/2

ECs: Senior Classes President; Student Council President and Vice President; Varsity Indoor Track, Captain; Varsity Outdoor Track, Captain, League All-Star; Varsity Boys Golf Team; Varsity Cross Country; JV Soccer; Senior Concert Band; student government activities at the State and Regional levels, dealing with the Department of Ed. and Board of Ed.; many other EC’s within my school, but they were very specific.

Outside of School: Dance (ballet, tap, jazz, point, hip hop, and formerly Irish Step Dancing), about 5 hours a week, and travel for performances.

Jobs: Only worked during the summer, but worked in offices and was also a reporter/photographer for my local newspaper for a while.

After much deliberation, I decided to attend Harvard College on an NROTC-Marine Corps Option Scholarship. (Full tuition, stipend, cool uniform, and of course I get to be a Marine and lead our nation’s finest!)

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Accepted: UCSD (where I will be going), UCSB, UCI, UCD, UCSC, Cal Poly SLO
Rejected: UCB, UCLA

SAT I: 1910
SAT II: Lit-650 and Math-620

UC GPA: 3.86

White female
Activities: 500 hrs comm. service, leadership positons in some clubs
Awards: Nat’l Merit commended scholar, finalist in a teen of the year comp. for my city.

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this thread is great

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Accepted: UCLA (attending), Berkeley, UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD, NYU, USC
Rejected: None

SAT I: 1940
SAT II: Chinese-800, Math-720
GPA: 3.76 UW (3.96 W)
Rank: top 10%
APs: Calc AB-3, English Lit-3, US history-2, Spanish-2

I did 4 years varsity cross country, 3 years varsity track, club swim team, student body treasurer, spanish club president, csf vice president, interact vice president, blah blah blah… the list goes on. Though I did a lot of EC and it probably helped me with college admission, I think my essay really kicked it up a notch. So the moral here? WORK ON THOSE ESSAYS! good luck kids! :slight_smile:

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I didn’t care to apply to Ivy/ish schools or anything like that, but this may help as far as scholarships go.

Applied and Accepted: Louisiana Tech University (full ride), Illinois Institute of Technology ($78k), and Texas A&M (not a penny)

I got a few other scholarship offers from schools I didn’t apply to…and tons of the usual “apply because you’re eligible for” letters.

SAT: 740M, 650V, 650W
SAT IIs: didn’t take
ACT: 32 (best composite), 35E, 29M, 34R, 33S (best individual section scores)
GPA: 4.0 UW (on A=4.0, B=3.0, etc scale)/3.67 UW (on my school’s 100=4.0, 99=3.9, 98=3.8, etc scale)
Rank: 2/137
Schedule: took every Pre-AP and AP course my school offers (minus AP Biology)…no AP tests, though, because they would have been a total waste of time and money to take.

State: East Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

ECs/Honors:
National Merit Commended (missed SF and most likely Finalist by one effin point)

Band four years (Clarinet…All-State two, Area and All-Region four, State Solo & Ensemble two, Treasurer three, Section Leader three, Sweepstakes Band four, Woodwind Instructor one)

Debate four years (NFL Nationals one, NFL District two, UIL District four, first place UIL District LD and Info Speaking two, Regional LD and Info Speaking two, Northeast Texas Debate Association State in LD and Info speaking two, tons of placing at various tournaments in LD, PFD, and Info Speaking)

National Honor Society two years (Treasurer one)

Student Council three years (Treasurer three)

UIL Academics four years (2nd place UIL District Social Studies one)

Key Club two years (Treasurer two)

Model UN two years

GT four years

Volunteer Stuff:
Junior High All-Region try-outs two years (monitoring audition rooms, running errands for judges and directors, calculating results, etc…probably about seven hours each year)

Band Booster’s Concession Stand (really no telling how many hours I put into this)

Hurricane Katrina student organizer (basically found a teacher to help me, got announcements made, collected donations from local businesses and students, put together baskets, and delivered them to people in area shelters…didn’t keep track of hours)

Christmas Toy Drive two years (collected donations from local businesses, students, and random people in town…and then delivered the toys and money to Toys for Tots to distribute…again, didn’t keep up with hours)

Pretty much, I volunteered for things I found to be important and didn’t really keep tallies.

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