Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[Thebeatlestoday]

Accepted to Harvard (SCEA) and Wellesley (EE)

Objective

• [<em>] SAT I: 2360 (760 CR, 800 M, 800 W, 11 essay), first try
  [</em>]SAT II: US History (770), Lit (760), Math 2 (720)
  [<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
  [</em>]Rank: N/A
  [<em>]AP: Lit (5), APUSH (5)
  [</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Language, AP Chem, Euro Lit (toughest English class), Advanced Dance, alternative unleveled math class
  [<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Princeton Book Award, NMSF, NHS, National Spanish Exam gold/silver/bronze medals

Subjective

• [</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Dance, student government (co-chair of Student Council since grade 10), trumpet (performed in recitals and community events), concert band (member of the band board)
  [<em>]Job/Work Experience: None
  [</em>]Volunteer/Community Service: Coach at school’s writing center, math tutor at a local elementary school, mentor in school’s advisory program for underclassmen
  [<em>]Summer Activities: Acting program at film academy (before grade 10), lead roles in school’s summer musicals (before grades 10 and 11), creative writing class at top university (before grade 12)
  [</em>]Essays: I wrote my Common App essay on why I like taking AP exams (nerdy, I know) – the Harvard admissions officer wrote me a letter and said she loved the uniqueness of my essay, so maybe that’s what got me in…
  [<em>]Teacher Recommendations: I didn’t read them, but they were from two teachers who really liked me; one rec probably explained how I stood out in class as almost the sole contributor, and the other probably showed how I overcame my struggle to do well and ended up being a dedicated learner and a leader in class.
  [</em>]Counselor Rec: I don’t know him too well, but we get along splendidly, and I know he thinks highly of me.

Other

• [<em>]State: MA
  [</em>]School Type: Public, 400 kids per class, highly ranked in state, kind of a feeder school for Harvard
  [<em>]Gender: Female
  [</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian

[billcsho]

Finally my D received all the admission resuilts. Here is the summary:

Applied: Purdue, UMN-TC, U Wisconsin-Madison, UIUC, UMich, Northwestern, Stanford (all EA except RD for NU)
Accepted: Purdue, UMN-TC, U Wisconsin-Madison, UIUC, UMich, Northwestern
Rejected: Stanford REA

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (M-800, CR-720, W-710) single seat second attempt
[</em>] ACT: 35 (E-36, M-35, R-35, S-34) first attempt
[<em>] SAT II: Math2-800, Chem-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Chem (5), AP English (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, Humanities Literature AC, Humanities Social Science AC, Web Page Design, Symphony Orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMF, Outstanding Piano Soloist in Michigan, NHS
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): M.U.S.I.C, World Hunger Project, World Vision Famine 30, Violist in Symphony Orchestra, Piano level 10
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Customer service at bakery, Pastry maker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours (Lifechangers at Detroit, Food Bank, Community Food Garden, etc)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lifechangers at Detroit, Music Camp at Interlocken
[<em>] Essays: Above average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: not disclosed
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
General Comments:
EC is rather weak and has no sport or leadership role. Aiming for merit and need based aids. UMich, UMN, and Purdue offered decent to good scholarships. Need based aid from NU is expected. Also accepted into the honors program/college at UIUC, Purdue, and UMN-TC. Intend major is Chemical Engineering. Likely to attend UMich as it is in state.

[malubra]

Applied: UCLA, UT Austin, Texas A&M, University of San Diego, Baylor, University of Alabama, WPI
Accepted: All but UCLA, and Capped at UT Austin

Weighed GPA: 6.0 ( which is basically a 4.0)
Unweighed GPA: 3.7
Act: 29
Top 25%
Race: Latino (Brazilian) and half white half black
State: Texas
Gender: Female

AP Scores: WHAP: 4, Psychology: 4, APUSH: 3, Art: 4
Ap Classes taken: WHAP, Psychology, APUSH, Art, German, Bio, Chem, English, Government, Macroeconomics, Music Theory,
EC’s: Korean Language Club ( partnered with the Korean Embassy) President
German Club Vice President (was Historian Junior Year)
NHS
National German Honor Society
Science Olympiad
Sparks (Helping with Special Needs Kids) Public Relations
Prom Committee
A committee in our school that works with the principal
Photography
Choir
Tutoring

I’ve done 100+ hours working with Special Needs kids including planing and organizing them a prom and attending prom with a special needs kid my junior year
I also volunteer at Culture Festivals

I’m certified my the Korean Embassy

I speak English, Portuguese, German and Korean ( I know it doesn’t make sense)

I was born and raised in Brazil and have dual citizenship

[malubra]

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[tomwantssnow]

Accepted:
Cal Poly SLO
Rejected:
Stanford (REA), UCB, Yale, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Princeton, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon
Waitlisted:
UPenn and Cornell

ACT: 36/ 10 writing; 35 Reading, 36 Science, 35 Math, 36 English

SAT: 2230: 710CR, 800M, 720W

SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 730 Chemistry

GPA: 4.0 UW/4.5 Weighted

School: Competitive, highly ranked public school in a suburb of Seattle.

Rank: 9/372 (14/372 when reported on applications)

ECs: NHS member. Have tutored since sophomore year, and have been able to help many students raise grades (hard to quantify effect). President of Key Club with plenty of regional activity including having been sponsored by Kiwanis to go to leadership camps. Ex-president of Keystone, a regional volunteer/leadership group ran through the Boys and Girls Club. Helped set up a charity for water purification in Ethiopia through Keystone, and have worked often with the needy (Keystone) and the mentally handicapped (Key Club).

Community Service: Work with Key Club: ~500 hours (not including club management time)
Work with Boys and Girls Club (not Keystone): 450 hours as Junior Staff
Work with Keystone: ~400 hours (not including management time while president)
Tutoring: ~300 hours

Work Experience: Worked as a snowboard instructor during my freshman and sophomore years, none else.

Honors: “Outstanding Leadership” award for Key Club. Awarded Wolverine Guard (an award for completing 100+ hours of community service in a year) three times. National Merit Commended. AP Scholar with Distinction. Candidate for the United States Presidential Scholar Program (not on application, but can be inferred based on my scores).

Senior Year Schedule: AP Spanish Literature, AP Comp Sci, AP Government, Advanced Calculus (College in the high school course, essentially 2 APs in one period, also self-studying for BC test), AP Physics C (self-studying E&M), Senior English, AP Biology

Other APs:
-Sophomore year: AP Chemistry (4)
-Junior Year: AP Calc AB (5), AP English Language (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Spanish Language (4)

Essay: Strong, very personal, about my mother’s diagnosis with breast cancer during my sophomore year and how it has affected me and my determination, well-written (spent multiple weeks writing, editing, and revising; English teachers loved it).

Recs: Strong, from my English teacher (who also is the adviser for Key Club), and my Calculus teacher, who liked me and told me I impressed him.

Hooks: None besides my determination after my mother’s breast cancer (maintaining 4.0, running for class government and failing, gaining a spot on the board of key club, and trying out for select soccer)

[frohawking]

Accepted: Agnes Scott, Trinity University, Southwestern University, TAMU, Mount Holyoke
Rejected: Barnard (Deferred from ED, later rejected - showed a lot of interest too); UT Austin (CAPped but didn’t plan to pursue)
Wait-listed: Smith, Wellesley, Wheaton

Attending: Mount Holyoke (with about 94% of expenses paid for!)

• [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1770 - CR: 620, M: 530, W: 620
  [</em>] ACT: N/A
  [<em>] SAT II: Lit: 670, UH: 630
  [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.524
  [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31 out of 400
  [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APWH (3), APUSH (3), AP Lang & Comp (4), AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Eco, AP Lit & Comp
  [<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP US Government, AP Economics, Journalism/Newspaper, Pre-AP Spanish III, Art History (online course)
  [</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll
  [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): All of my extras are leadership. Section editor on school paper for three years. Now editor-in-chief of the paper. Class officer of senior class - Historian. Officer of NHS chapter - Historian/Parliamentarian. Chairman (not quite an officer) of a committee in our Student Council.
  [</em>] Job/Work Experience: Odd jobs. Most recently at a grocery store as a bagger for the summer and then on support staff at a local haunt attraction for two months.
  [<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I’m not sure the total number of hours I have volunteered just yet, but combined with Student Council, NHS and my own separate work at a local aquarium - I’m sure it’s over sixty.
  [</em>] Summer Activities: Working to help out my mother.
  [<em>] Essays: Pretty good. Told they showed great voice by English teachers.
  [</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Had two mediocre. Two very good. Another absolutely excellent.
  [<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably mediocre but she has a lot of kids to write for.
  [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
  [<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
  [</em>] School Type: Public; only really competitive in the top 15 - 20%, about 1800 kids
  [<em>] Ethnicity: African-American
  [</em>] Gender: Female
  [<em>] Income Bracket: < 35k
  [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single-parent home, first gen (mother only has associates, brother kinda dropped out), URM

General Comments:

• [<em>] Strengths: Being consistent in my ECs. Essays - showing voice. About 3 excellent and personal recommendations.
  [</em>] Weaknesses: SATs for sure. GPA. Two “paste and copy” recommendations - should’ve left them out. No other ECs than what I have time for.

I am waiting on a decision from Spelman but unless they present a super awesome package, and perhaps even if so, I’ll be attending MoHo in the fall!

[scodesario]

I’VE WAITED SO LONG TO POST THIS. hopefully this helps/relieves you juniors and underclassmen like these posts did for me once upon a time. I only applied to UCs and Cal Poly so this template gives you everything that was on the app.

ACCEPTED: CAL!!!, UCSB (Regents), UC Davis (honors), UC Irvine (honors), UCSD
REJECTED: Cal Poly, UCLA

Major applied to, admitted to: Computer Science (probably the reason I got rejected from Cal Poly), (L&S for Berkeley, not EECS)

High school GPA, unweighted: 4.0
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: 4.3
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: 4.3
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, ERWC
Eligible in Local Context: Yes
High school type and characteristics: Public, 829 API
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2200 // 700 CR, 730 Math, 770 Writing
AP and/or IB test scores: 5s on Psych and Calc AB

Grade trend: level

Residency: California
From below median income family: hell naw
First generation: Yes
Essay topics: pursuing my track ambitions, teaching myself how to code (PM me if you want to see)
Extracurricular activities: varsity track and field, varsity basketball, some clubs, church leadership group
Awards and achievements: some sports awards, NHS
Volunteer work: stuff with clubs, stuff with church group
Work experience: like a few weeks of tutoring lol

yay!!! PM me if you want advice

[JalapenoPedro]

Accepted: Pomona, Carleton, Middlebury, Wesleyan, UNC Chapel Hill, WashU St. Louis, Grinnell, University of Minnesota

Waitlisted: Bowdoin and Amherst

SAT: 2250 (800 math, 730 reading, 720 writing)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry

GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 5.08 weighted
Class Rank: 11/380 (Weighted)

APs: 5 classes junior year, 4 classes senior year

Rigor of course load: All Honors/AP classes after 10th grade. Took 6 classes a year (7 possible)

EC’s: Varsity Soccer: 3 years varsity, captain, all-conference, state participant
Varsity Track: 4 years varsity, all-conference, section champion, state participant, all-state academic
Quiz Bowl: 2 years varsity, state participant, regional champion
Science Olympiad: 3 years varsity, state participant, 4th in state individually
Volunteering: 1 year, I helped Spanish-speaking students in math, also taught summer school math

Awards: National Spanish Exam Gold Levels I,II,III
National Honors Society
Sociedad Honoraria Híspanica

Background: White, Male, Minnesota Public School, Dual Citizen

Hook: Recruited athlete at Pomona, Carleton, and Bowdoin

Strengths: Math, Spanish, Extracurriculars (Few, but I really enjoyed them. I put a lot of work into them, and was very successful.) I like learning.

Weaknesses: I didn’t take honors option classes in 9th/10th grade, nor did I take AP Lang. SAT’s are a little low for some of the schools I applied to.

Advice: Do what you want to do in high school. If you are intrinsically motivated, intellectually curios, and learn for the sake of learning, you will do fine when it comes to college admissions. Being genuine is truly important. Both your teachers and college admissions officers will be able to tell. I also honestly believe that your essays and your teacher recommendations will be the difference makers. Good luck to all those who are beginning this process and those who are applying next fall!

[nutellalatte]

Accepted: Stanford (SCEA), University of Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA, UNC-Chapel Hill, Boston University, Rutgers
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Harvard, Yale

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S, 10 W)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Lit, 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do unweighted, but around a 3.94?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around top 4% but we don’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Lit (5), USH (5, self-studied)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Human Geography, AP Spanish Language, College English, Graphics 2 (elective and favorite class)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Scholastic Silver Key, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science award… nothing too “major” haha [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty normal- tutoring, volunteering, clubs. Nothing too special.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none aaah I thought that was really going to hurt me
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Maybe like 100 hours?
[<em>] Summer Activities: I took a three week course at the University of Chicago last year in Egyptology (??) That was it, unless you count losing 30 pounds the summer before junior year
[</em>] Essays: I love to write and I thought my essays were pretty decent? I’m really comfortable writing about myself. Common App was about languages and linguistics- how the “unsaid” is as important as the “said” (or something equally pseudo-poetic
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Didn’t qualify for any financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy at Stanford, no others [/ul]
Reflection

[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, grades, essays (?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s are pretty minimal
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my SAT but I did really like my essays as well[/li]General Comments: Since freshman year I have known I was destined to be in California. I have lived in New Jersey my entire life and I am so ready to head westward. Stanford '18!

[dubbs005]

Accepted: Lehigh, Boston University, Northeastern, University of Rochester, WPI, UMass Amherst
Deferred: Michigan
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Michigan
Rejected: Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Tufts

SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (680 CR, 770 M, 790 W)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school does out of 100, about a 93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% but we don’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Stat (5), USH (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C E&M, AP English Literature, Band, Some required electives (block scheduling and the APs were full year)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major really

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Four-year varsity track, Varsity soccer, Music Honor Society (Officer), Concert Band (First chair chair oboe four years), National Honor Society (Officer), Math Team (Went to state meet last year), some other small sports things
Volunteer/Community service: Probably like 200 hours, nothing major besides maybe 80 hours at a soccer camp
Summer Activities: Two week summer engineering program at UMass

Essays: Based off of my results, I’m gonna go ahead and say the admissions committees didn’t like my writing. In general I think my essays were bland and unoriginal. It’s not that I didn’t spend a lot of time on them or that I’m a horrible writer, and I did get a lot of help from family, teachers, friends (here’s your shoutout miguel ) etc., I just really hated college essays, and they hated me too. Overall, too generic.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing. I mean legacy at BU but.

Reflection
Strengths: I guess balanced app…?
Weaknesses: Nothing on my app is really standout good, most things kinda sub-par for the schools I applied to
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The weaknesses, school cap, I’m generic

General Comments: I’m not unhappy with where I’m gonna end up going to school, especially since I’ll probably go to grad school, so where I go undergrad doesn’t matter as much, but it’s not where I saw myself ending up when I first started the college process. I do wish I had ED’d to an ivy, but I wasn’t able to because of money/preparedness. I wasn’t surprised by any individual rejection, but reflecting on my app, I am a little surprised that I didn’t get into at least one top tier school. I think I probably should’ve planned my apps better in terms of just being prepared and getting things done early, and school selection (maybe some more schools that were easier to get into but more prestigious than where I got accepted, applying to different schools to avoid school cap). It is what it is I guess. Congrats to everyone’s successes, and best of luck to those still in the college process reading this. Don’t stress out about it too much, if you’re on this website, you’re probably someone who really cares about their future and is a hard worker, and you’ll end up fine wherever you go.

[readmypost]

Accepted: Brown, UF, Georgia Tech, UNC Chapel Hill
Waitlisted: Notre Dame, Rice, WashU, Vanderbilt
Rejected: Northwestern, UPenn, Cornell, Duke (deferred early decision)

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (690 CR, 770 M, 690 W) (taken twice)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34/36/33/32)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 780 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/365
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Calc AB (5), Statistics (5), Physics C Mech (5), Physics C E+M (4), Physics B (4), Psychology (4), US History (4), Environmental Science (4), Chemistry (4) and there’s more but that’s all the room the common app allows
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Diffeq (dual enrollment), British Literature (dual enrollment), AP Spanish, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, and some random honors science class I’m required to take.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m a national champion at this academic competition I do and have dozens of other awards from the same competition. (I don’t want to be specific because it’ll definitely reveal who I am) [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic competition (won’t name)(Captain), Chemistry Club (Vice President), a community service club (treasurer), psychology club (secretary), national honor society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I teach disabled children how to ride horses. I volunteer for the Special Olympics. I volunteer at a local hospital.
[</em>] Summer Activities: I participated in an engineering program at a local university.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: These were really bad. I read both of them. One was really generic and just rehashed what was on my application. The other one was only like 6 sentences long. Terrible.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know. She has so many students that I doubt it was very personal.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t read, but I’m guessing it was good.
[<em>] Interview: All went good. I only interviewed for Duke, UPenn, and Brown though.
[</em>] Supplementary Material: Nothing [/ul]

Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public, magnet, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): too much for need based aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Honestly not really sure. I think I’m really well-rounded, but I don’t have any obvious strengths. I showed real passion for engineering based off the courses I took, my essays, my summer activities so that probably helped.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Class rank, teacher recommendations, lack of a hook, didn’t show much demonstrated interest
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure! [/li][/ul]
**General Comments: **
I got rejected/waitlisted to almost every single one of my reach schools except Brown! It was a total surprise and I’m so happy this happened. It’s really weird because Brown was the most competitive school I applied to! Don’t give up hope!

[SurvivorFan]

Accepted: Alabama, Baylor, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tulane, Drexel, South Carolina, Miami, Rhodes, F&M, Richmond, Bucknell
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, Davidson
Rejected: Penn, Duke (early decision)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (730 CR, 800 M, 780 W) (taken twice)
ACT: Not taken
SAT II: 790 Spanish, 750 Math 2, 650 Latin (only sent to Penn)
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 UW/ 4.46 W at top 25 high school nationally (by average SAT score)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around the 90th percentile, but we don’t officially rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): We don’t have AP classes, but I will take the Spanish Language & Culture and Calculus BC ones in May.
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish V Honors, Econ Honors, Latin V Honors, English 12 Honors, Calculus BC Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Maxima Cum Laude 2012, National Merit Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Trips that I will talk about below, Mitt Romney presidential campaign, tennis, basketball manager, debate, student government, a few other things
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: I have been trips to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Peru and have volunteered for the Special Olympics
Summer Activities: I went on language/cultural immersion and/or community service trips to Costa Rica, Spain, the Dominican Republic, and Peru
Essays: 8/10, about my hospitalization in Peru
Teacher Recommendation: I would say that both were great. One was from my history and American Studies teacher who is also my advisor. The other was from my Spanish teacher.
Counselor Rec: We are a small private school, so she knows me well, at least
Interview: Duke’s went great, Vanderbilt’s went well, and Penn’s was OK
Supplementary Material: Nothing

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~2 million
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Was double legacy at Duke, but my family does not donate

Reflection
Strengths: SAT scores, recommendations, course rigor and possibly the interview at Duke
Weaknesses: Low UW GPA, though that still does put me high in my class at an elite school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I predicted each decision right the day it came out except for one- ED at Duke. I am still a little confused by that one. I was a reasonably qualified double legacy and did not even get a deferral early decision (when nearly half of applicants were at least deferred). What I think happened was that our valedictorian also applied ED to Duke, giving them that comparison (he also had family connections there). I will stay on the Vanderbilt wait list and hope that it works out.

General Comments:
I applied to a ton of safety schools, but did not really get anything that wasn’t safe (Bucknell and Richmond were perhaps low matches or matches). What I regret doing is not applying EDII to Vanderbilt after the Duke rejection, as I think I would have gotten in. But, I was not ready to do so at the time, and we will see what happens with the wait list. Despite the fact that my family is rich, I am interested in merit aid, so I am considering the full scholarships for NMF to Alabama and Kentucky, in addition to Tulane, Richmond, and Miami.

[oboesapien]

Accepted: Amherst, WUSTL, Berkeley, UCLA, Scripps, Puget Sound, Lewis & Clark, Skidmore, Whitman, CU Boulder (state school)

Wait listed: Williams, Vassar, Bowdoin, Pitzer

Rejected: Duke, Dartmouth, Pomona (ED)

SAT I: 2230
English: 730
Math: 700
Reading: 800

(Sending ACTs, so no subject tests)

ACT: 33
English (w/Writing): 35
Math: 30
Reading: 34
Science: 32

IBs: IB Diploma Program candidate, taking IB: HL Psychology, HL Chemistry, HL English, SL Math, SL French, and SL Philosophy

GPA (UW): 3.87
GPA (W): 4.79

Rank (UW): 23/406
Rank (W): 29/406

ECs listed on app:

1. Co-Founder and VP of school’s Red Cross Club in 12th grade, led a number of significant projects in local community, including disaster preparedness training projects in nearby refugee community.
2. Oboist in pretty prestigious orchestra (plays annual concerts with the largest professional state symphony) for 6 years. Also selected to play on a big European tour with that orchestra next summer.
3. First Oboist/English Horn player for school musical pit orchestra 9th-12th, for 5 total shows.
4. Section editor on school paper for two years, writer for one year (also, it was only possible to do newspaper for a total of three years), won state award for one of my pages Junior year. Member of a journalism honor society, and selected as an honor student through another program.
5. Volunteered as a teacher’s aid/tutor in children’s summer camp classes at local museum for two summers (after 10th and 11th grade years)- (week-long shifts, 8 hours a day, four weeks- for a total of 300+ hours).
6. On cross country team for 9th-12th, JV first year, Varsity last three years.
7. Art Club co-founder and VP, 10th-12th grades- organized two art shows.
8. National Honor Society member- (involved tutoring)
9. Tutored students of my oboe teacher,
10. National History Day- 3rd place at State tournament, 10th grade

Essays (subject and responses): Common app essay was about my experience with vulnerability in music (I know, it sounds super cheesy just based on that, but my college counselor (a former Duke admissions officer) said that it was the best essay he had read in 5 years. I loved it.
Supplements: I spent a lot of time on all of them, and really liked them, so I think that helped me.
Teacher Recs: Really awesome. I had a really good relationship with the teachers who wrote them, and performed very well in their classes- plus, I thought they were very articulate. (My recommendation letters were mentioned in my Amherst letter, actually).
Counselor Rec: I have no idea, but I love my counselor, and we have a good relationship.

Location/Person: Denver
State or Country: CO, US
School Type: Huge inner-city public school with a 100-person-per-class IB program
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Other information: Berkeley legacy, Duke legacy

• attended SIG (academic summer camp) at Amherst, Berkeley, and Vassar

[annazee13]

Can’t believe that it’s finally time for me to post one of these!
This probably isn’t the most interesting one here, but I’ll give it a shot.

Accepted: University of North Carolina- Wilmington, University of North Carolina- Charlotte, Eckerd College, and University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill (Early Action)
Waitlisted: none
Rejected: none

Objective:

SAT 1: didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 28 composite, 35 English, 34 Reading, 23 Science, 20 math

SAT 2: didn’t take
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82 UW, 4.55 W.
Rank: 13/150
AP: My school only offers 4 AP classes, but I have US History (5), Human Geography (currently in progress), US Gov and Poli (currently in progress)
Senior Year Course Load: English IV Honors, Civics Honors, Spanish III Honors, World Civilizations (dual-enrollment), College Algebra (dual enrollment), AP Gov, AP Human Geo, General Biology (dual-enrollment)

Major Awards: None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Student Government (Student Body Pres this year, several other offices over the years), DECA (President this year, several other offices), theatre, track, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: I worked for Duke University this summer as a paid intern
Essays: I thought they were great. They were really personal and original.
Recommendations: An amazing one from my English teacher, and a meh one from my math teacher.
Counselor rec: Probably very good, she loves me.

Other:
State: North Carolina
School Type: small public
Gender: female
Income bracket: $80,000
Hooks: as far as UNC goes, I’m from an underrepresented NC county. I’m also legacy but have been told that it doesn’t matter as far as instate admissions goes.

Reflection:
Strengths: essays, english/reading scores, AP score, extracurriculars

Weaknesses: poor grades and scores in math, low score in science, class rank isn’t the best
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was almost 100% sure that I would get into every school I applied to except for UNC. Even my parents thought I wouldn’t get in, and most on CC said it was a long shot. This process definitely confirmed for me the fact that UNC admissions truly are holistic. Yes, I had a 20 on the math portion of the ACT, but I also had amazing essays and pretty good extracurriculars.

General Comments:
Statistics, CC, and even my peers all lead me to believe that I had no chance at getting into my dream school. I know that I didn’t apply to any super competitive schools compared to the rest of y’all, but I still wanted to post for anyone who might be in a similar situation and hoping to get into UNC or a school like it. Just show passion, and work as hard as YOU can. Don’t compare yourself to others that get into the school, people in your class, or the people on CC. I’m so beyond blessed to be going to Carolina next year, and wouldn’t change anything!

[Twis7ed]

Accepted: uChicago, WUSTL, Cornell(likely letter/commitment fellow), Williams(likely letter), uFlorida, Carnegie Mellon(College of Science)
Waitlisted: Harvard, Stanford
Rejected: MIT (deferred EA), Princeton, Caltech

Objective:

• SAT: 2200 (740 CR, 770 M, 690 W)
• SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Spanish, 760 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/430
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Comp Sci, Calculus AB, Biology, Spanish Lang, Psychology; 4 on Physics B
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Macroecon, AP Calculus BC, AP US Gov, Office Aid (Self-study period), AP Physics C, Dual Enrollment Calculus III and English Composition (Graduating with AA), Self-studied Real Analysis
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, nothing major

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
  MITES Summer Program- residential 6-week summer program at MIT
  Founded tutoring program that teaches disadvantaged children how to read; manage with 3 other tutors and around 15-20 students
  Played guitar ever since 7th grade, perform with school and local band
  Tutor kids after-school in math and sciences
  Work with father in Roadside Tire Service Company
  FBLA- placed 1st at states
  Volunteered at Jackson Memorial Hospital during two summers

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: Common App 10/10</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Amazing, one from physics teacher whom I’ve had for 3 years, other from math teacher who I’ve had for 2 years and has guided me with self-study</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Public school with 430 students, doesn’t really know me much, 5/10</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Mathematics
• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• School Type: Charter School
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: under $15,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation, Very poor I guess?

Reflection

• Strengths: I’m pretty sure my recommendations got me in, there were “best student in career” comments in both of them and my supplemental from the MITES program also said he had never seen a student progress so fast. I also think my essay gave them context as to how to consider my application. Coming from a severely underprivileged home could only help as well.
• Weaknesses: I didn’t have many activities and extracurricular, but I guess my circumstance made up for that.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Relatively strong academic background and really showing my passion for mathematics and computer science through my extra self-study and through my recommendations.

General Comments:
Ultimately I kinda regret not applying to Princeton EA since it became my first choice after a visit and I might’ve actually gotten in but oh well, definitely looking forward to attending uChicago (meet 100% of demonstrated need which for me is like full tuition…). Top school admissions is definitely like a lottery since I know others more qualified than me who got wailisted/rejected from uchicago and the like.

[bman4jets]

Applied: Bucknell, University of Delaware, Hofstra (Honors College), Lafayette, Lehigh, College of NJ, Penn State Main, Syracuse, and Villanova
I got accepted to all of them except for the Honors college at Delaware. Also I didn’t apply to the penn state honors college. I’ll likely attend Lehigh but I’m not certain yet.

White Male, Resident of PA

Major: Civil Engineering

High School: Average Public
Weighted GPA: 97%
Rank: 21/440,

Honors classes:Algebra II, Trig/Precalc, Bio I, Chemistry
AP classes: Calc AB/BC, Bio II, English Language, English Literature, Physics B, Microeconomics
got a 4 on AP Bio Test

SAT: Total-1820 M-670 CR-590 W-560

Extracurriculars and Leadership:

Music Honor Society - Vice President
Jazz band - Section Leader
Marching Band - Section Leader (11), Drum Major (12)
Pep Band - Drum Major
Altar Server - Head Alter Server
Brass Ensemble
Recreational soccer
Recreational basketball as freshman
School basketball team as sophomore
National Honor Society
Math Tutor
“Mentor” at summer camp
“Buddy” at sports league for disabled kids
Member of relay for life team
Soccer Referee (job)

Main Essay: Compared myself to Santa on my journey from watching the drum major’s magic power of conducting to actually becoming Drum Major.

Comments: I’m quite pleased with myself considering I was told by a few on and off this site that my SAT scores would probably be too low for Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, and Villanova.

[appplicant]

Hi. I, like most people on this thread, always wanted to fill this out. Considering it’s no longer a chance thread, excuse me if I might be a bit over-thorough; especially considering that, other than school-specific results threads, I’ll have no other need to post these any more. It’s really great to be done!

Applied:
Cornell University AEM and CAS (ED), University of Pennsylvania CAS (RD), Brown University CAS (RD), University of Virginia CAS (EA), University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill CAS (EA), Villanova University VSB (EA), Boston College CSOM (RD), Georgetown University MSB (RD), University of Maryland- College Park Smith (EA), Fordham University GSB (EA)

Results:
Cornell University- Deferred → Rejected (Offered the guaranteed transfer plan to AEM), University of Pennsylvania- Rejected, Brown University- Rejected, University of Virginia- Deferred → Accepted, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill- Deferred → Waitlisted, Villanova University- Accepted, Boston College- Accepted, Georgetown University- Waitlisted, University of Maryland- College Park- Accepted, Fordham University- Accepted

Matriculating:
Boston College: Carroll School of Mangement '18

Objective:[ul]

[li]SAT I (highest single sitting): 2180 (760M | 690R | 730W) [/li][li]SAT I (superscore): 2190 (770M | 690R | 730W)[/li][li]ACT (highest single sitting): 33 (34M | 34E | 33R | 32S)[/li][li]ACT (superscore): <taken once=“”>[/li][li]SAT II (subject, score):[/li]- Math II… 770

• US History … 750
• Bio E … 650 (taken freshman year)
  [li]GPA (out of 100):[/li]-Unweighted: 96.33
  -Weighted: 98.77
  [li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%[/li][li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/li]- AP US History… (5)
• AP English Language and Composition… (5)
• AP World History… (5)
  [li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Adelphi Prize for Leadership Recipient[/li][li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/li]-AP Scholar
  -NHS
  -German NHS
  -Business NHS
  -3rd place in Economics and Business Communications at FBLA District Competition <submitted as=“” supplementary=“” information=“” to=“” all=“” rd=“” schools=“”>
  [li]Senior Year Course Load:[/li]-AP Calculus BC
  -AP English Literature
  -AP Macroeconomics
  -AP Biology
  -AP Statistics
  -College German</submitted></taken>

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li]Extracurriculars:[/li]-FBLA …… President (for the last 2 years)
-Cancer Research Club… Co-President
-Club Baseball
[li]Job/Work Experience:[/li]-Intern at the Make-A-Wish Foundation
-Personal Tutor (For SAT and Math help)
-Personal Soccer Trainer
-“Beta Tester” coach for a soccer program that tracks progress online Paid
[li]Volunteer/Community Service:[/li]-Volunteer for community soccer program as an assistant coach
-Self-started a community-wide children’s book/dvd drive for a local hospital(collected 4,000 books and 400 DVDs). We had extras which were donated to an underprivileged library.
[li]Summer Experience:[/li]-Volunteered at a local fish hatchery
-Used my Adelphi Scholarship in order to take a National Economy Class and a Natural Science and Environmental Problems Class (I got a 4.0 in both)

[/ul]Writing (1-10 rating):[ul]

[li]Common App Essay: 9/10 I worked for weeks on it[/li][li]Writing Supplements: My top schools probably got my best essays to be totally honest. I tried to write about my fit but some of the essay prompts and word limits were too constricting to be able to do otherwise.[/li][li]Teacher Recs: 10/10 from my sophomore year English teacher and 8/10 from my junior year Physics teacher[/li][li]Counselor Rec: 9/10 I was in the counseling office probably at least once a week. He’s one of the nicest people in my school and I know it was probably great.[/li][li]Other Rec: 8/10 Letter from my Adelphi University env sci Professor. She approached me before the final exam and offered to write it so I assume it had to be good. Cornell, however, got a letter from my AP US History/AP Macro Teacher who was an alum. After I was deferred, I sent Cornell the Adelphi Rec as a supplementary item.
[/li]

[/ul]Other:[ul]

[li]U.S. State/Territory or Country: New York[/li][li]School Type: Competitive Public[/li][li]Ethnicity: White[/li][li]Gender: Male[/li][li]Income Bracket Range: Upper Middle Class (I applied for aid)[/li][li]Hooks: In-state to Cornell and my uncle went there; other than that, none
[/li]

[/ul]Reflection:[list]

[li]Strengths: Relatively well-rounded, no true “crutch” (Other than maybe Bio and Critical Reading)[/li][li]Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding, totally unhooked[/li][li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew- maybe the fact that I had no national awards or school sports to speak of
[/li]

General Comments:

Rejected from my reaches, accepted to my matches and safeties, waitlisted at my high matches/low reaches. It seems like these are fairly reasonable results if I were to try to look at my application objectively. I obviously would have preferred the ED acceptance to Cornell and be done with it, but I’m happy I got my foot in the door enough to be able to go for my sophomore year (if I were to choose to go that route). I visited Boston a year ago to look at schools and I really loved BC. Considering my final decision (Georgetown) was today, I was able to narrow it down to BC and UVA. However, the guarantee of being admitted to the business school for my freshman year (as opposed to the two-year program at UVA) was too good to pass up. BC for me. Go Eagles!

[facadence]

Here’s for the normal kids like me lmfaooo.

Applied: UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC Davis
Accepted: All of the above, UC Riverside - Chancellor’s, UC Santa Cruz - Regent’s
Attending: UC Davis

Objective:
SAT 1 (breakdown): 2070 (690 CR, 700 M, 680 CW)
ACT: did not take
SAT 2: USH 740, Bio E 730, Math 2 670 (retook from 620), Spanish 530…
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: 26/560
AP: World History - 5, Biology - 3, US History - 4, Language & Composition - 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, Spanish 3, English 4, Economics (1st sem.) | AP American Gov. (2nd sem.), AP Calculus AB, Forensics
Major Awards: bulllllllllshhhiiiiiiiit

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: HAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I PUT? Foreign Film Club, Spirit Activities, Forensics Society, Creativity for a Cause, and a Catholic retreat. laughs into sunset
Volunteer/Community Service: CSF, Key Club, Interact, Red Cross = 220 hrs doing the math
Job/Work Experience: swept my g-ma’s house in the summer, newsletter editor for this thing online
Essays: NGL I wrote them the day of and turned in the app at 10:00 pm.
Recommendations: none
Counselor rec: none

Other:
State: California
School Type: large public, sends most kids to CCs
Gender: female
Ethnicity: Asian - Vietnamese
Income bracket: <$15,000 because my mum is a government beneficiary
Hooks: low ass income pretty much lmfaooOOo

Reflection:
Strengths: honestly i don’t think any of my ■■■■ was strong, i applied too safe as well. so. my strength is that I know my limits.
Weaknesses: errythang gurl
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: low ass income. also ucr and ucsc were thirsty af

General Comments:

<h1>done</h1>

[dmoneybags]

Applied: University of Arizona, Arizona State, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego
Accepted: University of Arizona (Honors College), ASU (honors college), UC Davis, UC Irvine (honors program), UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara (honors program), UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz
Waitlisted: UCLA

Objective:
SAT 1 (breakdown): 2030 (670 CR, 720 M, 650 CW)
ACT: 29
SAT 2: World History (710)
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 UW, 4.25 W
Rank: 9/505
AP: World History - 5, US History - 4, Language & Composition - 5, Psychology - 5, Euro History - 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP U.S Govt, AP english lit, Advanced art 2, Earth Science, PE
Major Awards: Many regional and national swimming awards, ap scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: High school swimming captain (4 years), Competitive USA swimming (12 years), bunch of random clubs
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer swim coach, volunteer at doctor’s office
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, private swim instructor, summer swim league coach
Essays: On my racial/cultural diversity, and my experience as a swim coach
Recommendations: The universities I applied to don’t require recommendations

Other:
State: California
School Type: medium public
Gender: male
Ethnicity: chinese/white
Income bracket: upper middle class
Hooks: none

Reflection:
Strengths: dedication to EC’s and jobs
Weaknesses: senior year course load
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays were probably a little above average in my opinion. My dedication to the field of aquatics in my jobs/EC’s is what helped me.

General Comments: I was waitlisted at UCLA and gave up hope on being accepted to Berkeley, but I was accepted! Don’t assume you’ll be rejected from any school until you receive your letter of acceptance/rejection!!

[thepontinator]

Accepted: Northeastern (honors), Penn State Schreyer Honors College, William and Mary Monroe scholars, Wake Forest
Waitlisted: UVA
Denied: Northwestern, Cornell (ED)

Objective:
SAT I: 2170 790 math 680 reading 700 writing
SAT II: 750 Chemistry 720 Literature
GPA: 3.98/4.0 UW 5.03 W
Rank: around 5/381
AP: US History, Biology, Chemistry, European History, English Literature, Gov, Calc AB
Awards: Ap Scholar with distinction

Extra curricula’s: Two sport varsity athlete. Published writer, Student council treasurer. Obv nothing wild
Job: Work at a golf course
Essays: Hit or miss really. some good some terrible
Recommendations: great

State: PA
School: Medium Public
Gender: M
Income: >200,000
Ethnicity: white

Reflection: Pretty satisfied. Not too upset about any of the rejections and i’m super pumped about the acceptances. Im definitely deciding between William and Mary and Schreyer PSU. Maybe Wake Forest if i get a good vibe from the campus.