<p>Yay! I got accepted to CWRU as a University Scholar! I probably won’t post all my stats, but I have a 35 on my ACT, and an UW GPA of 3.97. All my courses are rigorous, I think I wrote an amazing CA essay, and I was on good terms with my regional representative. Wishing the rest of you luck :)</p>
<p>@booey1234 Look page a page or two. Someone said that once you’re accepted into the university, you can major in whatever you want. Congrats!</p>
<p>I got accepted with a University Scholarship!! I got a 2070 on the SAT (720 CR 690 M 660 W) and have an unweighted GPA of 3.84. I showed a lot of interest, wrote a good CA essay and great supplemental essay, great teacher recs, and had a lot of internships and shadowing experiences with doctors. Good luck to everyone else!!!</p>
<p>@Sdgal2 ok, i wont win any awards soon, but how can i show interest. should i schedule an interview? wouldnt it be awkward cause i already got a decision.</p>
<p>@toesocksshoe, you can show more interest by emailing your admissions counselor or the office of Admissions with your updated grade, even for the 3rd quarter. Also, if you can get a teacher to write a letter to show that you are still working hard or have an upward trend, that would be good too. The week before the application deadline, my D sent in letters from all core teachers, to show that she was improving in one class and remain strong in the others. And tell them what you’ve told us about your ADD.</p>
<p>My S has similar stats and was deferred as well. You just never know what admissions is going to do.</p>
<p>Deferred :,(</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): na
ACT: 31 (34 W, 30 M, 31 R, 29 S) In hindsight I should have sent in the 31 composite with a 33 in math
SAT II: na
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/351 (top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB diploma program. Haven’t tested yet because all of my courses are 2 years.
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB (Physics HL, English HL, History of the Americas HL, Spanish SL, Math SL (not studies), IB Theory of Knowledge, Music Theory SL)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All of my awards are at the school level. NHS, Academic Letter 4 years, Scholar Athlete (10th grade)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Marching Band- 5 years-started in 8th grade (Squad leader 11th-12th)
-Band Student Fundraising Committee (Vice-president)
-Community Service project-toiletry collection for local struggling and homeless families-475 items collected and sorted into 65 kits
-Orchestra-3rd chair viola-Chamber Orchestra (upper orchestra) since freshman year
-Band- freshman year Concert Band-sophomore and on Symphonic Band
-Superintendent’s Student Advisory (appointed member)
-Student Council- we don’t elect positions at my school
-Runner-trained for and ran a half marathon last May
-National Honors Society
-Junior Mentoring-help 8th graders transition into high school</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: about 140 random volunteer hours
Summer Activities: Band lol and a little travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: 6-7
Teacher Rec #2:8
Counselor Rec:6-7
Additional Rec: na
Interview: They neglected to interview anyone from my school -__-</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant): na
School Type: suburban public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low like <$45,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: I do a lot of extra curriculars while still surviving IB and staying in the top 5% of my class. And they aren’t random. There are 2 themes: music and volunteer/leadership/administratively oriented. There are about another 5-6 things I could put under ECs</p>
<p>Weaknesses: I got a C in calculus last year not because I’m not good at it, I got a 5 on the AP test, but rather because my teacher graded us all extremely harshly.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, looking at this thread, anyone who has a 31 (their average ACT) or lower got deferred unless they had a hook. Their applicant pool grows significantly every year so I think they are just waiting to find our what kind of people they get in RD so they don’t deny a 35 from RD because they accepted a 31 from EA/ED</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at THE Ohio State University and University of Akron
Haven’t heard from anywhere else yet</p>
<p>General Comments: Idk. I understand why Case is doing this but I can’t say it doesn’t feel like they are playing us by deferring everyone with an ACT from 29-31.</p>
<p>@AcceptMeOrNot I was deferred too and am very confused about their admissions decisions. I was very confident I would get in. I have a 4.2 weighted GPA, 31 ACT (34 science and 33 math and applied chemical engineering), I had a great letter of rec from my math teacher (I read it), I row, tutor middle schoolers, do lots of community service abroad, etc and I had a fantastic common app essay. I am very astonished too.</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: Biology </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): na
ACT: 30 (35 W, 30 M, 28 R, 25 S)
SAT II: na
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Macroeconomics (4) AP Psychology (5) Ap Human Geo (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): na
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic Award (school), AP Scholar
Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club (Senior Board Rep)
Pianist for 7 years
Volunteer internship at an elementary school teaching math/science to spanish speaking kids
Volunteer at Kumon
Research involving GMO stuff, mainly
Women in Science and Engineering club </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
I tutor a middle schooler in math and spanish
I’m a piano teacher </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: about 125ish hours
Summer Activities: Travel, volunteer work, online classes
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9 in my opinion
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Bio teacher, really good (9)
Teacher Rec #2: Spanish teacher- didnt read but I’m assuming really good
Counselor Rec: i have no idea
Additional Rec: na
Interview: na
Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant): na
School Type: top-ranked magnet public hs
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: I think my extracurriculars, essays, and recs were strong. I go to a rigorous school and have an upward GPA trend </p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA, and my ACT is so-so
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Probably because of what I listed under strengths? I didn’t show much interest in the school </p>
<p>^^Forgot to mention in my post that I was accepted </p>
<p>H</p>
<p>@Traveling19 It is what it is I guess 
idk it might be because they want to see my first semester grades. I might ask my counselor to call Case just to check it out. Hoping that there’s nothing inherently wrong (?) with my common app since Case has no supplement. WE’RE ALL GOING PLACES SO DON’T WORRY! </p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED W/ 22K Reward</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: Arts and Sciences with Polisci intent</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (single sitting, 760 CR 720 W 670 M
ACT: Didn’t send
SAT II: Nope
Unweighted GPA: 92.5/100 with strong upwards trend
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH, 4 APLang, 4 AP World, 4 AP Art History (Taking 5 more APs this year)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP Lit, AP USGov, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, Advanced Writing Studio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor, mehhhhh</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Charitable Orgamizer for mural club, founding member of social innovations club, forensics PF NYS qualifier, write for a local sports blog.
Job/Work Experience: Summer job at camp.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the nature center of a camp, teaching kids about animals. Also volunteered for local congressional campaign.
Summer Activites: As I stated above.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5 or 10… Talked about how my battles with OCD and anxiety have shaped me into a more understanding and empathic person.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 APUSH and APLang teachers who loved me. Very close with my GC.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Very competitive public school
Ethnicity: White as they come
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Around 170-180K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc) OCD, anxiety I guess </p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: SAT, essays, recs, being from the northeast
Weaknesses: GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know but I’m really happy
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred ED: Cornell ILR. Accepted: SUNY Binghamton (also today), still waiting on a lot of schools: GW, Colgate, William and Mary, Brandeis, BU, WUISTL, Syracuse Newhouse, American, and Maryland </p>
<p>General Comments: The administration at Case are just fantastic. Very warm and personal acceptance. Really happy and surprised. Congrats to everyone! :)</p>
<p>^^ not that he said his ethnicity is “as white as they come”</p>
<p>I love people with a sense of humor. Congratulations!!
=)) =)) </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1970. CR 600, M730, W640
SAT II: M700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP World History (4)
AP US History (4)
AP English Language and Composition (3)
AP Calculus AB (n/a)
AP Physics (n/a)
AP Spanish (n/a)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
Society, Literature and Truth (Combined Honors Gov’t and Eng. Class)
AP Spanish
AP Calculus AB
Computer Science 1
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
AP Physics</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(President) Youth to Youth Club
(Youth founder) of Youth For Prevention
(Secretary) AFS Club
(Class Officer) Class Officers
(10th Grade Senator) Student Senate
3 years Varsity Soccer
2 Years JV Soccer (Captain as a Freshman, recruited as an 8th grader)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Track Marshal at local race track (20hrs/week)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering with local drug coalition
Summer Activities: Camp Counselor (40hr/week), Track Marshal (20-40hr/week)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t spend much time on it, but did a nice job.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Physics Teacher
Teacher Rec #2: Engineering Teacher- took his engineering classes for three years and was at top of his class
Counselor Rec: probably good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Well rounded student. Little to no free time. Demonstrated passion for engineering and scored high on the math section of the SAT. High gpa, took the most rigorous classes offered each year of high school, took no free periods as a senior. Essay reflected me as a person.
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I may not have the highest gpa or sat but I definitely work very hard, take the hardest classes my school offered, and fill my schedule with thing I am passionate about. I also have an job. I got accepted because I am very involved in my community, too.
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! To those rejected/ differed, don’t worry you will get into college!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: College of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science and Biology double major</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 620 M, 760 CR, 740 W
ACT: 30, didn’t send it
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t do unweighted, weighted is 4.39 so unweighted probably around a 3.8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t do rank but I think I was around top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB diploma candidate, haven’t tested yet.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL; IB English HL; IB German HL; IB Math SL; IB History SL; IB Psychology SL; Theory of Knowledge; Scientific Foundations, Medicine, and Pharmacy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, plus school-level stuff (NHS, German NHS, High Honor Roll)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Cross-country 4 years, 3 varsity letters (Senior captain)
-Indoor + outdoor track 4 years
-Philosophy Club (Founder & President)
-Health Occupation Students of America, went to states
-Classical piano instruction for 10 years
-Volunteer Club
-Horseback riding for 10 years</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Completed internships at a local hospital and at a genetic counseling firm
Volunteer/Community service:
-Relay for Life volunteer
-Assorted Volunteer Club activities (about 50 hours total)
Summer Activities: Chillin
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9. Probably the strongest part of my application. Wrote about thinking I was a clam when I was little and starting a philosophy club at my school. It included the line “One can’t be a shellfish without being selfish.”
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9
Didn’t get to read it but it was from my psychology teacher of 2 years, who loved me, so probably a very strong recommendation.
Teacher Rec #2:7
Didn’t read it, the teacher (taught me biotechnology my junior year) was pretty neutral toward me but I did well in his class.
Counselor Rec:8
Basically wrote it myself.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I interviewed over the summer and I think I said some really stupid things such as “Learning has always been a joy to me” but otherwise it seemed to go pretty well. </p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, STEM school, ranked #1 public school in the state for the past 2 years
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Sports (my acceptance email said something like “we are impressed by your commitment to cross-country and track”), essay, and first recommendation.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: SAT math score was low, didn’t do much community service</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Cognitive Science (the major for which I applied) is one of the less popular majors at Case. I also showed a lot of interest because Case is my first choice. Maybe going to a STEM school helped?</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to the University of Vermont. Applied to Lehigh, RPI, Colorado College, Northeastern, Pitt, UC-Boulder, and Richmond but I won’t hear back for a while.</p>
<p>General Comments: Got a $22k per year scholarship!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with $25k merit aid</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: Computer engineering</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800M, 680CR, 770W)
ACT: 34 C but didn’t submit
SAT II: 800 math 2, US History 760, Chem 710 (didn’t submit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calc BC (5), Eng Lang (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): full IB diploma, Chem SL (3), Drama (5)
Senior year courseload: all IB courses (HL’s were Math, English, and History)
Major awards (USAMO, Intel etc): only the AP scholars one</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (2 year captain), Basketball (4 years), Track (4 years), MESA (secretary senior year)
Job/work experience: One summer before freshman year, worked in a warehouse
Volunteer/community service: basically none!
Summer activities: SCU Summer Engineering Seminar
Essays (1-10 ratings, details): Wrote about XC and how I learned from a bad season I had (average probably? 6/7 maybe)</p>
<p>Recommendation (1-10, details):
Teacher rec #1: Spanish teacher that I had for 3 years, think she liked me
Teacher rec #2: Chem teacher I had for 2 years, think he liked me too
Counselor rec: Our school has 2 counselors for 2400 kids and I had never talked to them before, so probably not very great LOL
Additional Rec: XC/Track coach, he let me read it and I guess it was pretty good, he really likes me
Interview: I think it was decent, we just talked really casually, I asked a ton of questions </p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School type: Large, pretty poor public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: M
Income bracket: ~$110k
Hooks (URM, first generation, etc.): nothing</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA and SAT, going to a generally really poor school? (idk why but this seems to help a lot of people), showed a little interest with interview I guess
Weaknesses: Everything is kind of just alright (essays, EC’s, no volunteering, etc.)
Why were you accepted/rejected/deferred: Good numbers
Where else were you accepted: Purdue (EA), waiting on UC’s and Cal Poly now! (which is gonna be a very long wait)
General comments:
I’m happy I got in and with the amount of merit I got! It’ll be about $13k with that scholarship and some benefits I have from my parent’s work. Hopefully I can visit some of these farther away schools! </p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED with University Scholarship</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: School of Management</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32, 33 Superscore
SAT II: 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.44
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t submit
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry 113 @ Syracuse University (Forensic Science), AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, Post-AP: Linear Algebra & Differential Equations, Senior Math Team, Jazz Ensemble, Senior English, Participation in Government with Economics, Physical Education.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2-time Taekwondo National Champion; Taekwondo Team Manager, Teacher, Certified Referee, Certified Black Belt; Section Leader Jazz Band (4 years); Bronx Science: Math Team (4 years)
Job/Work Experience: 2012 Summer Camp Teacher’s Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching taekwondo to kids since March 2012
Summer Activities: 2013, 2014 Taekwondo National Championships; 2013 NYU Poly CSAW Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 (just got out of the hospital where they took away my phone and computer on the deadline day. I had to submit a bad essay)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 English teacher (sophomore and junior years)
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10 Math teacher (freshman and junior years)
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 9.5/10 President of New York State Taekwondo Federation
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Specialized High School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 2-time Taekwondo national champion (they mentioned it in my acceptance letter!!), NYC’s top public high school</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strong passion for mathematics (can be seen through my ACT math section, SATII, course load, etc.)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: so far accepted by Stony Brook and Binghamton (both are State Universities of New York); no rejections yet</p>
<p>General Comments: I didn’t think I would get into anywhere good with my GPA! And I really couldn’t believe that I got the University Scholarship!!!</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>and I must say a little surprised</p>
<p>ACT- 36
gpa- 3.9 (unweighted)
class rank- 1 out of 670
APs- 10 (by time I graduate)
Many extracurriculars and volunteer work. </p>
<p>Maybe because Im out of state? a close friend of mine with similar stats was also deferred. </p>
<p>I’m going to keep this short
Denied
1790 SAT
3.1 GPA
avg extra curriculars band etc
Good essay and letters of Rec
School of science / comp sci</p>