Ivy League admissions = crapshoots once you have within range stats and EC’s
GPA Weighted:3.9
SAT: Math:700 Writing:600 Reading:630 Total:1930
SAT Subject Tests
Math 2: 720
Biology M: 700
US History: 710
Accepted Early Action:UGA, JMU
Accepted Rolling: Ohio State, Clemson
Waiting on: UVA and Virginia Tech
accepted: Maryland, Tulane, Pitt, Indiana, PSU, Vermont
deferred: Lehigh
rejected: UMiami, Emory
GPA: 3.6 (4.0)
SAT-1830
private really good school
Caucasian
NJ
good extra curricula’s and recommendations
Accepted: Swarthmore (EDII), University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
Deferred: Middlebury (EDI)
Withdrew: Dartmouth, Tufts, Bates, Colby, Carleton, Haverford, London School of Economics, University College London, King’s College London, and University of Edinburgh
School Type: Top Private
Location: Washington DC
Race/Ethnicity: White
Prospective Major: Poli-Sci(IR), History, Economics
Unweighted GPA: 3.7 (just a guess, GPA not calculated. Senior GPA was >3.9)
Class Rank: not calculated but anywhere between top 25% and top 10%
SAT Scores:
Reading: 740
Math: 680
Writing: 770
Composite: 2190 (1 sitting)
SAT II:
Math 2: 690
US History: 790
Activities:
Debate (captain)
Conservative club (head)
Tuesday night art community service (co head)
MUN (won a lot for some reason…)
Chess club
Ultimate Frisbee
2 internships downtown last summer.
Sent a ceramics portfolio.
Awards: Degree of Superior Distinction (Speech and Debate)
Eagle Scout
AP Scholar
Essays: Good, nothing special
Recs: Excellent. Probably why I got into swat.
After looking at the resumes of people here I feel like my chances of going to Stanford or Harvard are going to depend on a very large clerical error.
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Not above average, but for normal people.
Accepted to USF St. Petersburg (Close to full ride) and Flagler College
Only colleges I applied to.
Public high school, 3.7 GPA 4.1 weighted, 1580 SAT, 4 APs, 7 dual enrollment
Member of Spanish Club and Art National Honor Society, Part time job, and 138 volunteer hours.
I haven’t graduated, but since I applied ED, I might as well report it now. Might be useful for other internationals.
Accepted: Smith (EDII, attending)
Withdrew: Mount Holyoke, Macalester, Grinnell, Brandeis, Furman, Bryn Mawr, and Colby.
School Type: Religious Private
Country: Mexico
Ethnicity: Uh, obviously hispanic/latino.
Prospective Major: Computer Science/Biochemistry, but it doesn’t really matter because I’m probably not deciding until sophomore year.
Unweighted GPA: 9.9/10 (3.96)
Weighted GPA: No APs/Honors, not available at school.
Class rank: Won’t share exact, top 5%
Other: Applied for FA.
SAT I Scores
Math: 610
Critical Reading: 650
Writing: 720
TOEFL: 111
Extracurriculars:
Fingerstyle guitar and classical piano (self-taught)
Learning Japanese (this too, self-taught)
Volunteer Service (a lot)
Awards:
A couple, but nothing too impressive. Won’t mention them here.
@Jaqi100- Tank you for being normal. Good job on your acceptances!
l am from Africa and was educated using the British system. i got-O level/GSCE- 8 A’s 3 B’s.
A level-physics A ,maths A ,chemistry a disappointing C.
SAT 1 score 2200 first sitting
Maths 800
Writing 700
Critical reading 700
Extra curricular activities:all the stuff except sports.
Awards:2 National Awards for Quiz,toastmasters award for public speaking.
I applied to Dartmouth,Princeton,Stanford,Cornell,University of Chicago and MIT.What are my chances of being accepted.
@Clifff
You should create a chance thread. I will chance you there 
Me too. I will chance u too?
Good luck to all applicants
Accepted: University of Richmond, University of Pittsburgh, University of Miami (spring semester and UM in DC option for fall), Brandeis University (spring semester), SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stony Brook, Syracuse University (6k scholarship), University of Connecticut (15k scholarship)
Waitlisted: Villanova University, University of Miami (fall semester)
Rejected: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Boston College, Northeastern University, Boston University
School Type: Public
Location: New York
Race/Gender: Hispanic and white
Prospective Major: Psychology
Unweighted GPA: School doesnt tell us
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Class rank: School doesn’t rank
SAT I Scores: 1880
SAT I Math: 640
SAT I Critical Reading: 640
SAT I Writing: 600
SAT II Scores:
Math I: 620
Bio: 620
US History: 610
AP Scores:
World: 3
US: 3
Psych: 3
Extracurricular Info: Not going to list all of them but there were a lot. They mostly consisted of baseball, and violin things as well as a decent amount of community of service. I also organized a food drive and had a few jobs.
Essays: They were really good and way out of the box. I think this was a big reason I got into some of the schools I ended up getting into.
General comments: Very happy with how everything turned out. I got into UMiami which was my #1 as well as URichmond which was my #2. Now I just have to decide if I want to start in the spring at Miami or fall at Richmond.
I haven’t graduated, but since I applied ED II, I should report it now.
Accepted: Carleton (EDII, attending)
Withdrew: Grinnell, Hamilton, Reed, and our state schools.
School Type: Public
Country: New Mexico, USA
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino.
Prospective Major: Chemistry/Biology
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.3
APs/Honors: 7 APs (all my school offers), and 9 Honors Courses
Class rank: 8/121
Other: Applied for FA, First Generation
SAT I Scores
Math: 670
Critical Reading: 680
Writing: 690
Extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate (Captain)
Chess (Won 6 National Awards and 4 State Awards)
Culinary Arts (3rd at Restaurant Design Competition)
Gay Straight Alliance (President and Founder)
Volunteer Service (a lot)
Awards:
Several National Awards in Chess.
Applied: Northwestern, Carleton, Haverford, Denison, IU Kelley School of Business (late applicant, after priority deadline), Purdue Engineering, Ball State University, DePauw University, Hanover College.
Accepted: Haverford, Denison (Founder’s Scholarship), IU Kelley (No scholarship - late applicant), Purdue Engineering, Ball State (Presidential Scholarship), DePauw University (Founder’s Scholarship), Hanover College (19,000 USD per year scholarship)
Rejected: Northwestern, Carleton
Profile: White male
Income level: ~ 100,000 USD
Parent 1: Master’s
Parent 2: Bachelor’s
Objective:
I go to a small rural public school in the middle of Indiana.
GPA: 3.79/4.00 (UW - school does not weight, all but one B were in my 9th year)
Rank: 11/86
ACT: 32 (33 with writing - 30 E, 32 M, 33 R, 34 S, 11 W/31 E+W)
AP courses: APES, Chem, APUSH, Calc AB, Composition, Literature, Biology, Calc BC (Last three in Senior year - 8 total, my school offers 6)
Also taking an independent study in comparative religions.
Subjective:
Extracurricular and Volunteer Activities:
Academic Advisory Board for Educational Enrichment
Scholars of Character Organization
Church Craft Fair Volunteer
Community Hospital Volunteer
Junior Tennis Camp Assistant Coach
Recycling Center Attendee
German Club
Spanish Club
Academic Decathlon
Academic Super Bowl
Academic Quiz Bowl
National Honor Society
Show Choir
High School Tutor
Sports:
Varsity Tennis
Varsity Cross Country
Varsity Track
Freshmen Basketball (9th only)
Girl’s Tennis Team Manager
I’m a Virginia Resident:
Accepted: Radford University (attending)
Rejected: Christopher Newport University, James Madison University, and Virginia Tech University
GPA: 3.5
SAT: 1150 (CR- 630, Math- 520, Writing- 580)
Academics:
-6 AP courses (English Lang, U.S. History, Psychology, English Lit, Government, and Statistics), the rest were Honors courses
Extra Curriculars:
-Theatre (musicals/ plays)
-Beta Club
-Mentoring
-Key Club (Officer)
Other:
-Published in a national magazine
-Over 200 hours of community service
Major: English
Accepted: Georgetown
Waitlist: UChicago (I said yes but I’m going to email them to take me off)
Rejected: Harvard
Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32 Composite, 34E/34M/31R/29S/9W
[</em>] SAT II: Literature 640 US History 770 Japanese 610
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 - 100.8 average
[</em>] Rank: Unofficial #1, school doesnt rank.
[<em>] AP (score): USH (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Gov, Japanese 4, Economics, Gym, College American Foreign Policy, College International Politics (Spring Semester).
[li] Major Awards: Uh, National Honor Society, Advanced Regents Diploma w/ Honors. Really nothing.[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
- [<em>] Extracurriculars: Journalism (EIC+Managing Editor 2 years), Japanese Club (4 years), Model UN (VP 4 years), Senior Yearbook (Editor 1 year), International Travel.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nope.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100+ hours, including Hurricane Sandy relief, lots of walks and charities, school events.
[</em>] Summer Activities: I mean, nothing worth mentioning. I travel.
[<em>] Essays: Georgetown:1. Activity - Journalism, good. 2. Creative - Traveling, better. 3. International Issue - Wikileaks, LOVE IT.
UChicago: did not write one of their pretentious ones, just copy and pasted my #3 from Georgetown for the non creative option.
Harvard: pasted #3 for their optional.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Japanese teacher of four years, love her, loves me. APUSH teacher and Model UN adviser, same.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Just came to my school last year, all she knows is that I have good grades and am proactive in this kind of stuff. So yea.
[</em>] Interview: Georgetown: I dont understand what the hell people had to talk about for these magical two hour casual conversations at Starbucks. Mine was with a judge for 30 minutes, extremely scripted, took notes, asked things like why do I want to go, what I do thats not listed anywhere else, etc. Said he would try for me.
UChicago: Ugh, it was in cafe where the music was too loud and I could barely hear him. I was not comfortable.
Harvard: Very nice.
Other
- [<em>] State: New York
[</em>] School Type: Extremely mediocre public (by lottery).
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: Not high.
[</em>] Hooks: Literally none.
Reflection
- [<em>] Strengths: Being good in a bad school?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Tests, essays for the non G’town schools.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: G’town: In my interview I opened up about how obsessed I am with the school…[/li]UChicago: the bad interview, got lazy with the essay.
Harvard: because it’s Harvard.
General Comments:
Hoya Saxa Class of 2017!
Been looking forward to doing this for awhile.
Accepted: Penn State, W&J (merit), Marietta (merit), Westminster (merit), Wooster (merit), Kenyon, American (merit)
Waitlisted: Lehigh
Denied: Wesleyan
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 superscored (670CR 700M 760W)
ACT: none
SAT II (if submitted): 690 Math I, 650 Math II, 720 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/251
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Calc AB (pending) Microecon (pending) Macroecon (pending) Biology (pending)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB, Econ, Bio. CP English. Spanish (no honors offered). Couple of electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, couple of smaller awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: 6 months at an auction house and 9 months at a golf club
Volunteer/Community service:
2 years Mock Trial, captain as senior. “Best Advocate” Award as a junior.
1 year Odyssey of the Mind, state qualifier
1 year Model UN
3 years Young Democrats Club
2 years NHS
2 year Boys volleyball, school and club teams
1 year indoor and spring travel soccer
Avid ceramic artist
2 years NHS
3 years Ski Club
2 different jobs- a local Auction House and a local Golf Club
3 years attending the Unitarian Universalist Ohio Meadville District Summer Institute. It is a week-long summer church camp held at Kenyon. Small group discussion leader this past summer.
Essays: About my experience at the above camp. Decent, not great. Unique topic IMO, my religion is not exactly common (Unitarian Universalist)
Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably very good, not spectacular. Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: good, probably generic
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Decent, mid-sized public. Sends a handful of kids to top schools
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT, essay, maybe recs
Weaknesses: SATII, ECs
General Comments: It turned out about how I was expecting, although I was surprised to get waitlisted by Lehigh. I will be attending the College of Wooster next year on a large merit scholarship. College admissions is a tricky thing, but I made out pretty well.