Can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[wumanizer]

Here are my results (even though I haven’t decided which school yet…)

Accepted: Tulane University, University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve, Truman State (Honors), Saint Louis U (Honors), Baylor (Honors), Southern Methodist (Honors), Temple U (Honors), UMKC (Honors)
Waitlisted: N/A
Denied: Wustl, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, UChicago (Deferred)

STATS:
GPA: 3.4 uw…
ACT: 33 Single sitting/ 34 Superscored (35M, 34E, 32R, 33S)
SAT: not as good as my ACT
AP Courses: Physics, Stats, Euro History, Calc AB, Chemistry, Computer Science
Awards: 2nd National TEAM+S, three Presidential Service awards, 3 Gold National Latin Exam, Theology award

Extra-curriculars: Ran varsity Cross country & Track for 6 years, swam for 10 years, played violin or 10 years & plays at a charity orchestra, TEAM+S (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Sciences), volunteer at hospital, tutors, founder of cricket club, shadows doctors

Recommendations: I think they were good
Essays: Some were great, others were mediocre

State: MO
School: Small Private School
Ethnicity: Asian
Income: Upper Middle Class

Reflection: With my low gpa, I expected rejections from schools like UChicago, Notre Dame etc.-- so not to upset about those. My choices are boiling down to Baylor, SMU, and URochester. I’m going to visit them to see what it’s like on the campuses.

Good luck to everyone and all future applicants!

[working123]

This is so weird to now write…

Accepted: Northwestern, University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University
Waitlisted: WashU
Denied: None

Objective:

GPA: 5.0/5.0 UW 5.917/6.0 W
Rank: 1/200
AP: Euro, US History, Chem, Bio, Spanish Language, English Language & Composition, Gov, Environmental Science, BC Calc, Physics C both, (English Lit, Macro but not taking tests)
Awards: Ap Scholar with distinction, Deans List all four years, National Merit Commended Scholar, NHS, Spanish NHS, state titles for various clubs, scholar awards in school, etc

Extracurriculars: My “thing” was Yearbook with a bunch of editorship positions, Spanish Club, Cosmo Club, Math Team all for three years, six other clubs for 1-2 years–I was just hyperactive and overinvolved myself in clubs but I never did athletics
Essays: They really brought me out, I think. I tried to write from my own earnest thoughts, and I didn’t go for wordy, intelligent attempts at impressing the offices. I wanted to say the truth and really say why I applied. My NU essay was really simple, about a campus visit, and my U of M essay was super unique, where I focused on the colors. My Common App essay was pretty good, but I’m not sure if it was enough to make myself attractive on its own (like to WUSTL)

Recommendations: One was from a teacher who adored me, but was pumping out a ton of recs so she didn’t have personal additions to it. The other was from a teacher who was VERY experienced in writing recs and has the vocabulary of a profound philosopher–Her rec was probably gorgeous

State: IL
School: Small public
Gender: F
Income: 100k
Ethnicity: Brown

Reflection: I’m feeling pretty good about myself. Kinda wished I tried for schools that really knocked out costs, as in total rides. But then again, I wouldn’t be challenging myself at those kind of schools. It’s down between NU and UIC but I’m going for NU once I get past potential costs in the future.

[picklechicken37]

Accepted: University of Portland, Gonzaga, University of Washington, Whitman, USC, Notre Dame
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt
Rejected: Duke (Deferred ED), Penn, Cornell, WashU, Northwestern

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (CR: 590 M:740 W:670)
ACT: 33 (34 Superscore - E:35 M: 32 R :32 S: 36 E:10)
SAT II: 790 Bio, 750 Math II, 670 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 4, Literature 4, US History 4, World History 4, French 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Language, French 6 (beyond AP level)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Stem cell research, Cross Country (Captain), Relay for Life Club (Co-founder/VP), Relay for Life (Captain), Notre Dame Summer Scholars, Science Club (President), French exchange trip, track and badminton coach, ski instructor, Track and Field, Mission Trip
Job/Work Experience: Ski instructor
Volunteer/Community service: About 200 hours
Summer Activities: Notre Dame Summer Scholars
Essays: Common app was great
Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other pretty good
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: From someone I am doing research with, it was awesome
Interview: Did well at the schools I had them at

Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biology
School Type: Top public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Research, activities that relate to major
Weaknesses: Test scores, essays (maybe?), competitiveness of schools
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: The schools I got rejected from were incredibly competitive this year. I wasn’t the most qualified of applicants and I am sure there were many better out there. Some essays I wrote last minute so they were pretty bad too. The essays I spent a ton of time on were Duke, Notre Dame, and commonapp.
General Comments: I am happy with my results because NOTRE DAME CLASS OF 2018. I love Notre Dame and the rejections just guided me to where I need to be. I was also super surprised I got waitlisted at Vanderbilt. They never got my subject test scores and my essay supplement for them was absolutely horrible. So yay. As for advice to everyone reading this: relax, it will be okay. I didn’t get into my first choice school and I am still very happy. Also apply to match/safety schools that you enjoy. I did and would have been happy at any school I applied to. Also don’t stress about standardized tests/over study. It’s dumb. Use that time to have fun and do stuff you enjoy! It is so worth it to have fun in high school!

[meowmeow145]

Applied: American University, Boston University, Cal Poly SLO, Chapman University, The George Washington University, Indiana University, New York University, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Colorado University - Boulder, University of Southern California, University of Michigan
Accepted: American University, Cal Poly SLO, Chapman (with $20000 scholarship per year), Indiana University, New York University, UC Davis, UCSB, Boulder (with $24000 scholarship overall & honors college), USC
Waitlisted: UC San Diego (didn’t appeal)
Rejected: Boston University, GW, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan (deferred then rejected)
Attending: USC

Objective:
SAT 1 (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT: 30
SAT 2: took but did not submit
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73 UW, 4.0 W, 4.08 UC GPA
Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP: APAH - 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, Yearbook, Journalism (student newspaper), AP Gov/Econ, English IV, AP Statistics
Major Awards: honor roll?

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Features editor of the school newspaper, writing editor for the yearbook, piano for 12 years, guitar for 5 years, committee member of Relay for Life for 4 years (as well as captain)
Volunteer/Community Service: Relay for Life (committee, captain, president at my school), Tree People
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at a public relations firm in New York, babysitting
Essays: Essays were great. Took a lot of time writing and editing them.
Recommendations: 2 from teachers - assuming they were both great
Counselor rec: My counselor loved me - assuming it was amazing

Other:
State: California
Intended major(s): Print and Digital Major
School Type: Large public, most kids go to a 4-year
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Income bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks: None

Reflection:
Strengths: Activities that relate to my major (Print and Digital Journalism)
Weaknesses: freshman year GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was surprised I was rejected from BU and GW but was accepted to NYU. The college admissions process is just random, so overall the whole thing was surprising.

General Comments:
If you are a junior or senior reading this thread, do not worry. You will end up where you’re supposed to!

[ClassOf2015HS]

Some classmates of mine

Accepted: UCSD
Rejected: Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
SAT: 2280
Varsity Water Polo, Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Basketball (every single year), Club Founder and President
GPA: 2 Bs- 9 AP Classes
AP Exams: 4s and 5s

Grade: 12
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Hawaiian, Japanese, and Mexican
Class Rank: 103/459

UC GPA: 3.1176
UW GPA: 3.1250

SAT 1680 (560 M, 520 CR, 600 W)
AP Scores: 2 World, 3 US, 3 English

Extracurriculars:
Varsity Soccer (9th-12th)
Club Soccer (9th-12th)
Speech & Debate (11th-12th) (Secretary senior year)
Interact (11th-12th) (President senior year)
Coach youth soccer teams (11th-12th)

Awards:
Had artwork displayed in Art Museum
Various awards in speech contests and essay contests

Accepted: Oklahoma Tech school, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced
Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Ponoma, CSU Long Beach, CSU Monterey Bay, San Diego State, University of San Diego
Rejected from UCSD

Grade: 12
Gender: F
Ethnicity:Asian
SAT: 2200
GPA UW: 4.0
Class Rank: Valdectorian

Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, Cal Poly SLO
Rejected: MIT, Cal Tech
CSF/Key Club/Orchestra
Section Leader
5s on almost all APs except AP World (4)

[nicolehayleyr]

Accepted: Drexel University, American University, James Madison University, University of Alabama, Eckerd College, Nova Southeastern University, University of Miami
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Georgetown
Attending: University of Miami

Objective:

• SAT: 2130 (680 CR, 730 M, 720 W Superscored)
• SAT II: none
• ACT (Plus Writing): 34 Composite, (Highest breakdown: E 35 M 34 S 34 R 34 E/W 31)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): South Carolina is on some crazy weird scale, but probably around 3.8 or so on the 4.0 scale
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure, at least top 20%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB, not yet tested
  *IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (6), Bio HL, Spanish SL, ITGS SL, English HL, History HL
• Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio HL, IB Spanish, IB ITGS SL, IB English HL, IB History HL, AP Calc AB
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Finalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis): Club soccer for one year, rec soccer until 10th grade, rec basketball until 10th grade, Habitat for Humanity, FBLA, Peer tutor
• Job/Work Experience: Games Supervisor at an amusement park
• Essays: Common App 8/10
• 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
• Counselor Rec: Public school, doesn’t really know me, 5/10
• Interview: 4/10 with Georgetown, with a politician, I was too nervous

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Media Management / Music Industry
• State (if domestic applicant): SC
• School Type: Public School
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: prefer not to say
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing, really

Reflection

• Strengths: I really rode on the National Merit, ACT, and my job. On top of that, I have experience with what I want to do, and I was able to really push that in my essays.
• Weaknesses: I didn’t have many activities and extracurricular, but that’s mostly because I’ve moved around a bunch
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My test scores were really good for most of my schools. I didn’t really expect to get into GT because I didn’t really show much interest in the school

General Comments:
I’m super happy with my decision to attend the University of Miami. When it comes down to picking your school, make sure that you can see yourself there. I could see myself riding metro around DC at American, exploring Harrisonburg at JMU, and getting tan in Miami, so my choice was super hard. It came down to money, but even then, Miami and American were super close. I flipped a coin, it came up American, and I was disappointed, so I knew that Miami was my school

[PetraElise]

Stats for D14

Decision: AcceptedUCSD, UCSC (FYHP, Campus Merit), Whittier, CSUCI
Decision: Waitlisted: none
Decision: Rejected UCB, UCLA, Pomona, Scripps

Attending: Most likely UCSC – it’s pretty much a done deal
All applications filed RD

Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (CR 750, M 650, W 630) Superscore 2070 (W 690)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 31 (E 34, M 27, R 36, S 28, W 8)
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.12
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8 of 74
[<em>] ELC?: yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[</em>] Dual Enrollement : will have AA at time of HS graduation
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Econ, Civics, Drama, Art 100, THA 205, DM 101, Art 105, Art 110, Lit 205
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art, Drama
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Stray Pet Care
[</em>] Personal Statement: Very good, about passion for art

[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Practice of Art
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: DE, Early College High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low Income
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation
[/li]

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Consistently Excellent Grades, Course Rigor, Solid Test Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Limited EC, No Leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/li]*Accepted: good grades, test scores, essay and starting community college at 14 with completion of AA. gpa/Scores are excellent for my school district, which is very low ranked in the state.

*Declined: Pomona – reach. UCB/UCLA – only 50/50 chance, major impacted. Scripps – surprised, don’t know why, may have done better if applied ED.

Completed senior English requirement with college coursework prior to senior year, so was able to focus on art classes during senior year to prepare for Practice of Art at 4 year college. Applied as freshman, since all CCC courses completed prior to HS graduation. Should have (or be close to) junior status after units are transferred 2nd semester of freshman year.

[DrewBryan]

Weighted GPA: 4.19

SAT 1 Math: 710
SAT 1 Reading: 690
SAT 1 Writing: 640

ACT Composite:30

EC’s: Cross Country and Track all 4 years, 210 hours community service

Accepted: Baylor, UW, Cal Poly SLO, UIUC, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon
Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd, UC San Diego, Michigan
Rejected: Stanford, UCLA, Berkeley, Notre Dame, WashU

[dragonite1997]

Accepted: Cornell, Northeastern, WashU, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB
Waitlisted: Brown, Dartmouth, University of Chicago
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania

Weighted GPA: 4.43

SAT 1 Math: 770
SAT 1 Reading: 800
SAT 1 Writing: 730

ACT Composite: 35

ECs: Robotics all 4 years, Tennis for 2 years, Leadership for a year, City Advisory Committee for a year; no leadership.

[Tanboyrunfast]

Accepted: Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Williams, Amherst, Pomona, Haverford, Davidson, Emory
Waitlisted: Claremont McKenna, Bowdoin, Wash U
Rejected: Cornell, Dartmouth, UChicago, UPenn

Weighted average: 102.5%, regular average: 95%

SAT 1: 2290 (750 M, 740 V, 800 W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 720 US History, 690 Lit

ECs: Cross Country, Orchestra (Double bass, submitted music supplement), NHS, general stuff

White, middle-class male.

For extended stats, you can look at one of my threads.

[zacattack16]

For all My stats: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1602933-lets-see-how-many-reaches-i-ve-applied-to-will-post-results-as-they-come-p1.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1602933-lets-see-how-many-reaches-i-ve-applied-to-will-post-results-as-they-come-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;
Rejected: UCLA,UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCR, Cal Poly Slo
Accepted: Cal Poly Pomona

[silogram]

Since this was the most helpful thing about this website, I’ll do it. Hopefully it’ll help someone out.

Accepted: Yale (attending), Pitt (full tuition), Duke (guaranteed focus program), Pomona, Northwestern, Rice, WashU
Waitlisted: Brown
Rejected: Stanford

white male, applied for aid
SAT: 2350, GPA: 4.0 / 5.12
ECs: Jazz piano, XC and track, filmmaking, writing, environmental advocacy, tutoring, some other assorted clubs
Awards: NHS/NMC/Book Award/no major int’l competitions
Essays: 9/10 overall for yale and duke, 7/10 for the others
Recs: didn’t read but i’m pretty sure they were great

Reflections/advice: Yeah, to a degree it’s random. But it’s not a total crapshoot. Actually consider what school you will be a best match for. Not just an academic match. Because no one is an academic match for a school like Yale. However, I was convinced that Yale was the perfect fit for me and my passions and my ideal of a community and college environment and I tried to show them that in my essays. I think it worked. On the other hand, I don’t think I’m the greatest fit for Brown and Stanford, hence the bad news.
also, don’t just apply to every ivy. that’s just stupid.

GL to all future classes. boolah boolah!

[dragonflymusic]

Accepted: ASU Barrett (full tuition), UT Austin (BHP), Rice, USC (Stamps Scholar, attending)
Rejected: Wharton, Harvard
SAT: 2220
ACT: 35
SAT II: 760 (Math)
GPA: 4.0/4.6
ECs: Debate captain, orchestra president, varsity track, all state, etc.

[mrgfagan96]

Major: Music Education
Accepted: New York University ($32,000 scholarship), UConn (attending), WCSU (full merit scholarship)
Waitlisted: UMass Amherst
Deferred: Boston University

School Type: Public, very good district
Weighted GPA: 103.47
Class Rank 23/466
Race/Gender: White female

SAT: 1950
Math: 620
Critical Reading: 640
Writing: 690

5 AP’s throughout high school:
Results (so far): APUSH - 4, Music Theory - 4
This year AP’s: Lang & Comp, Chemistry, Psychology

EC’s:
4 years of competitive marching band, section leader for 2 years
4 years on school rugby team
Worked summer before and during senior year
Loads of community service
Participation in ec music performances (indoor marching show, instrument “petting zoo”, pep band)
2 years of regional band

Very, very good essays. Especially strong supplementary/audition essays and interviews

Hopefully this helps someone Go huskies!

[Lilliana330]

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Fight on!

[DavidWithAD]

Accepted - Boston College, Georgetown, Fordham, SUNY Geneseo, Stony Brook, and Binghamton
Rejected - Cornell (ED), UPenn, Brown, Chicago, Michigan Ann Arbor (waitlisted)

White male.
95.23 unweighted GPA, 97.66 weighted
770 Math SAT/750 Verbal/710 Writing

Excellent extracurriculars, weak essay. Rigorous senior year courseload, but unweighted GPA dropped 4 points.

I’ll be attending Georgetown.

[SneakyWalrus]

Just doing this to help out those applying next year, best of luck!

Accepted: Princeton (Deferred SCEA, then accepted), Columbia, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, and Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
Rejected: Johns Hopkins

White male, small public high school in a rural area, first year people got into Ivies from my school (2 of us, the other got into Brown and Duke).

4.0 unweighted GPA
~5.0 weighted GPA (4 for CP, 5 for Honors, 6 for AP)
34 ACT, 800 Math II, 740 US History

Tough schedule relative to my school, took a total of 8 APs, and I honestly thought my essays rocked it and got me in. Extracurriculars include orchestra, community service, just standard stuff, as well as a music supplement. Interview went well too (only Princeton interviewed me).

Oh and just letting everyone know, when I posted last year asking for Chance Me’s, I basically got “you won’t get in”, “high reach, move on”. Just remember that you always have a chance, just try to piece your application together so that it tells more than “I’m a test score”. You want them to look at the pieces of your application and visualize a living, breathing human being, with passion, potential, emotions, as well as faults. Be unique, stand out, and even if you don’t get in, you won’t have wasted your time in high school setting yourself apart.

I’ll most likely be attending Princeton but it is between Columbia and Princeton at this point! Good luck to everyone next year

[troutfreak]

Accepted to University of Alabama Honors College, TexasA&M, UGA Honors, LSU Honors, Colorado School of Mines, and Georgia Tech! These are all the schools I applied for so no rejection letters for me (although I was originally deferred from GT)
GPA: 3.85
ACT 31: 34E. 33E/W, 31M, 30S, 30R
A good number of ECs but they werent all typical, but instead things I was passionate for–> fly fishing
Essays: Showed my true character- talked about being on a sinking boat in the florida keys and getting 2nd at the 2014 national fly fishing championships.
Tips: School is not everything. Of course you need to do well, but colleges want to see well rounded students. Thats the only reason I think I got into GT, CSM, and UGA Honors. Show your passion and individuality. Good luck to the future college class of 2019 in their applications next fall! And congrats to the class of 2018 on wherever you are going
I will be attending Georgia Tech next year!

[evan10]

Accepted Boston University ($20K Annual Scholarship)
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected USC, UofMichigan, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford (EA), Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (CR 780, M 780, W 760)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 33, R 36, S 35, W 8)
SAT II: US History (750), Math II (710), Biology M (760)
GPA: 4.00/4.63 (Highest in school history)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/361
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), Biology (4), English Language (4), US History (5), Calculus (3), Computer Science (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Government and Politics, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics, Honors Government and Law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Class Treasurer, Science Club Treasurer, Key Club Class Executive, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Peer Leader, Ping Pong Club, Tennis, studied in Europe twice, Honorable Mention at County Science/Engineering Fair
Job/Work Experience: multiple jobs to pay for gas
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Key Club, soup kitchen, tutoring

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Economics/Finance
State: New Jersey
School Type: Public, ~200th in NJ
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle, Single Income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: Fantastic grades, test scores, leadership, ECs, excellent interviews
Weaknesses: Writing ability
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: good grades, test scores
Declined: Highly selective schools, boring essays/personal life, poor high school, poor teacher recommendations

I still get upset thinking about how hard I worked to delude myself into taking a chance on some of these schools.

[Martin18]

@evan10 You got rejected at UMich with a 35ACT, 2320SAT, and 4.0 GPA?