Class of 2012 RD Thread & Profile

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<p>Class of 2012 RD Thread & Profile </p>

<p>Would you please post your stats/profile for 2012 Regular Decisions? Use the given format:</p>

<p>EXAMPLE: ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAIT LISTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School:
GPA: UW (): W():
Class Rank: ....
AP/IB [5]:
SR YR AP/IB:
SAT I: Math (); CR(); W()
SAT IIs: IIC: CHEM: BIO/M: ....
OTHER: </p>

<p>EC
Key ECs: Research, ...</p>

<p>Leadership positions: ......</p>

<p>Athletic Status: ......</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: ....</p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
......honors.....
.....awards...... </p>

<p>Essays: </p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: </p>

<p>Reccs: </p>

<p>Hooks: </p>

<p>OTHER: </p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: What do we say here? My school has the highest API score in the school district (Los Angeles Unified, the worst in the country). Not a great school. Rarely sends kids to top schools.
GPA: UW (4.0): W(4.5):
Class Rank: 1/193
AP: Biology [5], Chemistry [5], World History [5], U.S. History [5], English Language [5]
SR YR AP: English Lit, Calc AB, Environmental Science, U.S. Gov
SAT I: Math (760); CR(790); W(770, 11 essay)
SAT IIs: IIC-800, CHEM-800, BIO/M-750
OTHER: 35 ACT </p>

<p>EC
Key ECs: Science Bowl, Math Club, classical piano, Jazz Ensemble, California Scholarship Federation</p>

<p>Leadership positions: President/team captain of science bowl, vice president of math club, CSF secretary</p>

<p>Athletic Status: None</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Spent 3 weeks in Cape Town, South Africa last summer, involved teaching kids at a township high school how to use computers</p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
My science bowl teams were the most successful of any team from my school so far (4th and 5th place at regional competition), 1st place awards for jazz festivals, not much else</p>

<p>Essays: Um...I'll just say I thought they were a departure from the typical "I love science and math." </p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: no</p>

<p>Reccs: Eh...pretty shallow.</p>

<p>Hooks: No?</p>

<p>OTHER: </p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: Appealing essays? Strong academic record? Yeah mostly my essays.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: Very good school in California. I think ranked somewhere between 20-40 in nation.
GPA: UW (4.0): W(4.8):
Class Rank: Top 1% / 519
AP: Calc BC [5], Chemistry [5], European History [5], U.S. History [5], English Language [4], French [3], Computer Science A [5], Computer Science AB [5]
SR YR AP: English Lit, Biology, Macro economics, U.S. Gov, Physics C Mech + E/M, Statistics,
SAT I: Math (780); CR(790); W(800, 12 essay)
SAT IIs: IIC-800, CHEM-800, PHYS-800</p>

<p>EC
Key ECs: Math Club, ARML, Research, Religious activities</p>

<p>Leadership positions: None</p>

<p>Athletic Status: None</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: 250 hours in library</p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
Nothing big</p>

<p>Essays: Focused a lot on science and research. Wrote a pretty unique one for humor essay. Sad thing is, I did all the supplement in two days after I submitted all my apps for other colleges on the January 1 deadline. <3 Caltech for extending it to Jan 3 :D. Tip for anyone who is applying to Caltech: Write about math and science, and make it genuine + passionate. </p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: yes</p>

<p>Reccs: No idea about the teacher ones, probably average or above average. Counselor Rec should have been good though.</p>

<p>Hooks: No</p>

<p>OTHER: Asian</p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: Probably my test scores and strong academic record. My school is very competitive and difficult to get straight A's.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: Very Competition school about, 1/4 gets into berk, top ranked in math nationally
GPA: UW (3.955): W(4.3):
Class Rank: Not top 10% cuz of unweighted ness.. lame
AP/IB [5]: CalcBC (soph) Chem Stats
SR YR AP/IB: only Bio and CS, physics and math at CC
SAT I: Math (780); CR(650); W(670) you are probably thinking REALLY hard why they would accept me, and I don't know the answer either
SAT IIs: IIC:800 CHEM: 800 Chinese ? :800
OTHER:</p>

<p>EC
Key ECs: Robotics Co-prez, Math secretary (we grade ~300 Mandelbrots/CAMLs every other week, sort them , enter score to computer and arrange stuff for 800 kids to take AMC), Science ,JETS,</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Co-prez 12th, VP of PR 11th,communications officer 10th for robotics, secretary for math club</p>

<p>Athletic Status: i am 5ft tall... so no sports for me
Volunteer/Service Work: taught lil kids robotics over the summer and wrote about how they calculated a gear ratio of 720:0 for that what i find funny or humours </p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
AIME since 8th grade
2nd place Stanford Math Tournament General test
first tier Mandelbrot western regional
First place JETS in State for our Division
nothing facinating</p>

<p>Essays:</p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: none...</p>

<p>Reccs:
Humanity one : should be pretty generic. I got in in the class, but I suck at writing and English
Math: although it's only stats, but the teacher wrote the first AP test and has his own textbook. I was one of the 3 students that got A's both semester Everyone he wrote recs for got into Caltech... however the sample size is 2..... hehehe
Supp : robotics coach, knows me pretty well</p>

<p>Hooks: being a girl? I sent them art stuff and LED stuff.</p>

<p>OTHER: YOU CAN GET IN WITHOUT HIGH SCORES!!! ITS POSSIBLE! Their note on my admittance letter was "Your artistic talents are impressive"</p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: I got deferred EA, but kept contacting them (Jamila! She is really nice) I sent them more info. I went to all the info sessions they had around the area. But I am probably one of their mistakes. XP last year they accepted a girl with 1900s from our school. Keep your hopes up!</p>

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<p>Start now on, please also leave your AMC and AIME scores (If you have taken) and whether you are a US Physics Team, USAMO, or USA Chemistry Olympiad qualifier / USA Computer Science Olympiad / USA Biology Olympaid qualifier(s) please. Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>117 /4 (amc 12/aime)</p>

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<p>can anyone give reject/waitlist profiles?</p>

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<p>
[quote]
YOU CAN GET IN WITHOUT HIGH SCORES!!! ITS POSSIBLE!

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</p>

<p>I'm surprised you would say this because your stats look much better than mine when I applied. Perhaps standards are higher than when I was a frosh, but I would consider your scores quite high.</p>

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<p>One of my friends had a 2390, 3.89, and USNCO but was wait listed. My other friend was also wait listed with a 2290 and 3.8something.</p>

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<p>i have lots of friends with like 2200-2400 that got waitlisted
and few with 2250+ that got rejected outright!
MY total is only 2100....
VERY EXCITED ABOUT Prefrosh weekend!!</p>

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<p>did your friends have a lot of ec's in math & science?</p>

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<p>they took calc BC with me sophomore year ,aime qualifiers since ever and like 7 on AIME?? but i guess they got B's or something in either math or physics. maybe that is why. Yeah actually now that i think of it, those people got at least 2 B's in math and physics. They are the gamers who slack off ish.. <em>nods</em></p>

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<p>ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAIT LISTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: A fairly new high school, but we're still doing pretty well. ;D Our class is the last of when our school was finally filled up [all 4 classes]
GPA: UW (3.96?): W(4.3...something. Too lazy to check.):
Class Rank: Ten. [I don't know why I typed that out.]
AP/IB [5]: Physics C, Calc AB & BC, Chem, APEC, CompSci AB, French [ahahahah]
SR YR AP/IB: Stats [HATE. x___o;], Bio, English Lang.
SAT I: Math (780); CR(710); W(720)
SAT IIs: IIC:780 CHEM:760 Physics:800
OTHER: </p>

<p>EC
Leadership positions: French Club president, Chess Club VP. Yeah not many. Haha. >__> Oh and varsity on Science Olympiad last year. That isn't really a leadership position though...
Athletic Status: -no athletic abilities whatsoever- </p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Aiding Individuals w/ Disadvantages 200...5? [80ish hours] , Interact Club [around 200+ hours]</p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
National Merit Finalist. That's the only thing really worth mentioning. :/ </p>

<p>Essays: I forgot what my mini essays and crap were, but one of them was about how I believe Narwhals are the gods of the university, because you know, they totally are. ;D </p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: none</p>

<p>Reccs: One from my AP/normal physics teacher and one from my Hons. American Lit teacher from last year. They both love me. :****D I think. </p>

<p>Hooks: Je suis une fille? :x </p>

<p>OTHER: Hm... on the letter they wrote "You're right! Be our first Narwhalist!" Anyone want to be a follower? :****DDDD </p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: Because I think Narwhals are the gods of the universe. >___>; That crack essay was probably what got me in.</p>

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<p>NARWHALS!! XD omg that's so funny!</p>

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<p>WAIT LISTED</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: Large public
GPA: UW (3.789): W(4.364):
Class Rank: 25/640
AP/IB [5]: Physics C Mechanics, Physics C E&M, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science AB (4), US History (3)
SR YR AP/IB: Both semesters-AP Statistics (auditing)
First semester-ENG102H English II Honors (it's a composition course), PSC 111 American Government, MTH 281 Multivariable Calculus, MTH 286 Intro. to Diff. Eqns., MTH 288 Linear Algebra
Second Semester-PHY 350 Electricity and Magnetism (auditing), ENG 315 Intro. to the English Langage (it's a linguistics course), MTH 311 Numerical Analysis, MTH 358 Abstract Algebra, MTH 381 Analysis, MTH 424 Probability Theory</p>

<p>SAT I (superscore): Math (800); CR(680); W(660)
SAT IIs: Math Lvl. 2 (800), Physics (800), Chemistry (790)</p>

<p>EC
Leadership positions: None.</p>

<p>Athletic Status: Ha joke. Would they care anyways?</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: I tutored a lot for free in pretty much anything regarding mathematics or the physics sciences (and latin too)</p>

<p>HONORS AND AWARDS
Nothing too amazing. Just mediocre placements in science olympiad, math comps, and latin convention at the state level.</p>

<p>Essays: I'm not much of a writer but they were okay.</p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: Yes. It wasn't anythin special though. Just something I wrote for the fun of it in my own time.</p>

<p>Reccs: Okay I guess. Didn't read them. I'm guessing overall they portrayed me as good, but not the best they've seen. I could be wrong though.</p>

<p>Hooks: No. I suck at life.</p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: Because I'm nothing special, but really, I'm not that upset. I'm just glad to know I still have a shot of being accepted :-D</p>

<p>So does anyone know when they will inform us if they take us off the waitling list? It said they would notify us by June 15th, but that's significanlty past the deadline we have to notify other schools if we will be attending. Should we notify another school that we would like a spot in their freshmean class but make sure they realize that we might back out if Caltech comes through?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You should definitely accept a spot elsewhere by May 1st and put down your deposit to hold your place in that class. Be sure you let Caltech know you plan to stay on the waitlist. </p>

<p>You don't need to tell that school you are staying on the waitlist at Caltech at this point. If you are subsequently accpeted, you'll forfeit your deposit at the other school. This happens often -- it is not a big deal to accept a school from the waitlist and drop the school where you had deposited. (My DH did it for law school long ago.)</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! (YAY!!!)</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
High School: public, relatively good
GPA: UW (idk): W(4.6):
Class Rank: 4/316
AP: Bio 5, Calc AB 5, Chem 5, Eng Lang 5, USH 5
SR YR AP courses: Econ, Eng Lit, Calc BC, Physics, Env, Spanish
SR YR AP tests: Chinese (school doesnt have the course), Spanish Lang, Physics C Mech, Calc BC, Microecon, Macroecon, Eng Lit, Env
SAT I: Math (800); CR(800); W(800), essay 9
SAT IIs: IIC:800 CHEM:800 BIO:800 ....
OTHER: </p>

<p>EC
Key ECs: a little Research from school's Resmolbio class, Sci Club prez (NJ Sci League & Sci Olympiad--awards in both), Spanish Honor Society VP, Columbia SHP, some forensics, nothing math, misc volunteering</p>

<p>Athletic Status: varsity swimming MIP (nowhere near tall or fast enough for college-level tho)</p>

<p>other HONORS AND AWARDS: Nat'l Merit, Pres Scholars C, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, several sci awards</p>

<p>Essays: alright I guess? i really messedup the app form lol. glad they decided to forgive that.</p>

<p>Caltech Research Paper submitted: the stuff from resmolbio class</p>

<p>Reccs: alright?</p>

<p>Hooks: female</p>

<p>OTHER: asian =P</p>

<p>WHY YOU BELIEVE IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID: =D =D =D !!!!</p>

<p>lol its 'The Secret' (jk jk)</p>

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<p>rejected with a 2360 and a 3.75 uw/top 5%. oh well :/</p>

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So does anyone know when they will inform us if they take us off the waitling list? It said they would notify us by June 15th, but that's significanlty past the deadline we have to notify other schools if we will be attending. Should we notify another school that we would like a spot in their freshmean class but make sure they realize that we might back out if Caltech comes through?

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<p>To add to #16, yes, you'll almost certainly need to deposit at another school. If they inform you, it will be sometime in May, although I don't know for certain exactly how it works. RD decisions were pushed forward pretty early this year, but that probably won't affect the waitlist dates.</p>

<p>There will probably be more than one wave of waitlist acceptances (?)...I got mine mid-to-late May.</p>

<p>Also, definitely let Caltech know how interested you are in staying on the waitlist. Updates every once in a while as new things come up. Also, you could try keeping in touch with the local admissions rep.</p>

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<p>waitlisted w/ 2230 and 3.75(uw). probably not gonna stay on the waitlist and just choose somewhere else. hopefully ill have better luck with mit</p>