<p>I wanted to be the one to get to start the thread haha. When you get your decisions post them here.
Use the standard format, obviously substitute green for red for acceptances.</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: two very good recs</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): editor-in-chief, went to Northwestern for journalism program last summer</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Community service, Religious activities (Midrasha), journalism (editor-in-chief of student newspaper )</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: significant interest in journalism, reccs</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100/1410 [10 essay]
[li] SAT IIs: 730 biom / 730 math ic / 700 us hist.[/li][</em>] GPA: 3.7 uw 3.9 w
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: I'm cool
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they rocked the casbah
[</em>] Teacher Recs: they liked me so im assuming they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: hopefully good
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ny
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: cauc
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: ECs Essays [strengths] / GPA [kryptonite]
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Essays[/li][</em>] Likely? : University Day
[/ul]Other Factors: Skipped 8th grade</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK EVERYONE ELSE!!!!</p>
<p>Financial aid:
half tuition scholarship, just about.
everything covered by scholarship loans and work study, unfortunately it's mostly loans... way mostly.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2050/1380 [9 essay]
SAT IIs: 780 math 2 / 620 chem
GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.9ish unweighted
Rank: top 10%
State or Country: nj
School Type: catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>
<p>Financial aid:
full loan money. yea, loans are useless.</p>
<p>oh and i got in thru the mail, not online for whoever asked.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100
SAT IIs: 680 math 2 / 740 lit / 690 US
GPA: around 4.3 w
Rank: around 16/800
State or Country: CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>
<p>This is pretty cool. Also, I received that invite to the CAS reception.</p>
<p>Man... I'm gettin a bit anxious now... haha</p>
<p>I received an invitation to NYU's(Steinhardt) University Day... but I dont quite know if that means anything... Anyone have any ideas? bah... this is going to be a long night...</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: bad</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: two very good recs</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): Recruited for track.
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: NJ</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Parochial-All Male</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Cuban</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Male</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: 720 hours of Community service, Religious Retreat Leader </li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: track, community service, hispanic, SAT</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: okay?</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: really awesome, i think..</li>
<li>Hook (if any): started Morgan Stanley internship in my school, worked at mortgage broker office over the summer</li>
</ul>
<p>Rachel, congrats!!!! What school did you apply to?</p>
<p>I only ask because my stats are VERY similar to yours (2140 SAT 11 Essay, 3.7 UW GPA 3.9ish W, <em>hopefully</em> great essays) and am really hoping for some merit money. I applied to Steinhardt by the way.</p>
<p>Will anyone be at Sunday at the Square this weekend? If so, I'll see you there!</p>