<p>this may sound stupid… but can you ask them to reconsider your app or something?</p>
<p>Haha, damn it! I wanna do that too Akshay! :D</p>
<p>Rejected. Now official.</p>
<p>it seems that every alternate guy is getting waitlisted… this is so strange considering the statistics that someone posted in another thread that only 180 were waitlisted last year</p>
<p>is the waitlist weighted?.. do they give you like a position on the waitlist or will they re-read the applications?..It would be nice to know if there is a realistic chance or not.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1900/2400, 1290/1600
ACT: 28
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 UW, 4.6 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Rank 30/300, top 10%.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 AP’s Tak(en)(ing): APUSH, APChem, AP English, AP Composition, AP Calculus, AP Government, AP Euro, AP Statistics
Senior Year Course Load: Physics H, Gov AP, Computer Science III, Calculus AB AP, English Lit 4, AP Comp, AP Statistics.
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band, Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, Track and Field, various clubs and honor societies.
Job/Work Experience: Held a summer job for one year as a cashier, another for two summers as a research assistant for a cancer research and trial center.
Volunteer/Community service: YMCA, School related things.
Essays: Great Essay, choice the diversity one.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering/ Electrical Engineer
State (if domestic applicant): Florida, OUT OF STATE.
School Type: Parochial Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class (lean upper)
Reflection
Strengths: Essay
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my SAT scores.</p>
<p>Waitlisted
SAT 1470/2140
GPA 3.7+(GT Calc)
5 AP (max allowed by school)
Weakness - just not good enough for Tech</p>
<p>how was the decision given, should i be expecting an email?</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): CR 730 W 700/essay 10 M780. Highest combined.
SAT II (if submitted): Math2:780 Physics:760 World History:750
UW3.68/4.0 W4.04
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2nd Decile. within 15% for sure.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(5) Psychology (5) US History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: Calc C/D. Macro/microecon. Gov/Politics. Music Theory. Physics B
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam: Cum Laude, Maxima Cum Laude, AP Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a couple of in school club leaderships, church leaderships
Job/Work Experience: almost none…
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hr/year community services.
Essays: kinda ok. but not superb.
Teacher Recommendation: Couldn’t really see mine…
Counselor Rec: Couldn’t really see mine…
Additional Rec: none.
Interview: none.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:no financial aid available for international student.
Intended Major: Aerospace engineering.
State (if domestic applicant): NJ. but still an international…sucks…
Country (if international applicant):citizen of South Korea, living in NJ for 4 years.
School Type: Public. Silver medal school on US news rank. probably the best one in county.
Ethnicity: Korean.
Gender:M
Income Bracket: n/a
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none.</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: SAT and GPA, maybe?
Weaknesses: not so special resume.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no financial aid given to international students. international students = $$$$$.</p>
<p>rhcp//</p>
<p>you probably have received an email from gtech, about buzzport. title should be something about “update with your application” something.</p>
<p>I never saw an email. Check either Buzzport or Oscar.</p>
<p>So far, I’m counting 5 to 6 waitlisted people, and 10 to 11 people accepted.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>You got f***ing robbed dude. College admission is such a crapshoot process.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (720 / 800 / 720) superscored (3 tests lol)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 770 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/421
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 2, 3, 3, 4, 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): X
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Possible
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): eh ok, sort of weak
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship with BSU Civil Engineering
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer lego camp counselor at YMCA
[<em>] Essays: OK, kind of boring
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: X
[<em>] Counselor Rec: X
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: X
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Comp Sci
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): ID
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Geographic Location?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: tests i suppose, from Idaho
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA/grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores, from idaho 
[/ul]General Comments: yay!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800, 800, 770) superscored
- SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 770 Physics, 780 USH
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 five’s, 2 four’s.
- Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Possible
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): solid
- Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs summer program
- Essays: good/decent
- Teacher Recommendation: good
- Counselor Rec: good
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
- Intended Major: Comp Sci
- State (if domestic applicant): FL
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: M
- Income Bracket: 75k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Academics
- Weaknesses: Could have done better essays
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academically solid.
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M - 800, CR - 760, W - 730 Total - 1560/2290 Single Take
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2 - 790, Physics - 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55 (With Special Circumstances)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Physics C: Mechanics (5)
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (5)
Calculus AB (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, Calculus CD (Honors), AP Biology, English 12, Econ/Gov, AP Statistics, Adv. Robotics Engineering
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Took AMC 12 (didn’t see score yet)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Astonomy Club (President)
Philosophy Club (President)
Robotics Engineering Team
Tutor Volunteer Association
Self-Taught Electric Guitarist
many more…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring for pay
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, LEO Club, Library IT
[</em>] Essays: Average at best
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: none?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: none?
[<em>] Additional Rec: none?
[</em>] Interview:none?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes REALLY NEED
[</em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Massive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60 - 65k, too much in bank though boosts EFC
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Special Circumstances in 10th grade destroyed my GPA and my courseload
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, AP scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of my SAT scores and demonstrated ability in math/physics[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Never lose hope… (REJECTED from UCLA, but im not down) Going? depends on financial aid and scholarships, I failed to apply priority Good Luck!!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b]
SAT I (breakdown): 700M/740W/660CR 2100/2400
ACT: not too high
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top half (like, 50 kids in my class)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov, Comp, Physics, English, US Hist, Euro Hist.
Senior Year Course Load: AP EURO HIST, AP PHYSICS, AC CALC, AC CHEM, AP ENGLISH, ECONOMICS (elective)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science/Latin/Key Club.
Volunteer/Community service: 65-Camp Counselor for kids during the summer
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Great!
Counselor Rec: Great!
Additional Rec: X
Interview: X</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major: Mech Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Ga
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private College Prep
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: like, $65-70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): im a girl >:|
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: Test scores/recs
Weaknesses: GPA bigtime.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i have no idea.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>accepted</p>
<p>computer science</p>
<p>3.5 UW, 4.18 W GPA, own 2 clubs, lots of volunteering, 1 year JV sports, 1 summer internship, 1 job, 2030 SAT (ACT+SAT), and an AWESOME essay…</p>
<p>took all AP classes and 5+ college classes</p>
<p>@SLightManifesto look at his GPA</p>
<p>own 2 clubs…night clubs? Impressive…</p>