<p>ilyssa1257: Right, I agree. I talked about that in the section where they allow you to talk about Special Circumstances, so I’m slightly surprised with the result because I figured that was the main problem.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Education</p>
<p> Senior, Norman North High School: GPA 4.0, ACT: 34, grade 11 Super score: 36
SAT IIs- Math 2-790, Chemistry- 770
Advanced Placement (AP) courses: Calculus BC (score 5), grade 10; Statistics (score 5), and Chemistry (score 5), English Literature grade 11 (AP test in 2011); English Language, US History, grade 12
Concurrent enrollment: University of Oklahoma (Calculus 2 & 3 and Spanish 1 & 2)
AEGIS English, grades 11-12; (AP+ creative writing focused English course, requires audition)
Bridges to College Engineering, Math, and Science summer academy at University of Oklahoma, summer grade 11 (statewide competitive selection); Best Student Award</p>
<p>Honors and Achievements</p>
<p> National Merit Scholar Semifinalist (finalists announced early spring), grade 12
Mensa, grades 9-12
AP Scholar
National Honor Society, grades 11-12; President, grade 12; organized monthly meetings for 80-100 students and got speakers from organizations (United Way, Food for Friends, etc.) to come speak about and offer service opportunites.
Oklahoma Honor Society, grades 11-12
National Society of High School Scholars (National Ambassador), grades 9-12
United States Achievement Academy (USAA) National Science Merit Award, National Leadership and Service Award, All American Scholar National Award, grades 9-11
Whos Who among American High School Students, grade10
School Science Award, grade 10
High School Honor Roll, grades 9-12
School math team, grade 10-11
Most Valuable Player soccer awards, grades 9-11 (OSU camp MVP, Indiana camp honorable mention, Region III Pool Game Player)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities and Community Involvement</p>
<p> Oklahoma Soccer Team - Olympic Development Program (ODP): grades 9-12, Co-Captain, three year starter, Regional ODP champions 2009, National ODP championship finalist 2009 (first and only team from Oklahoma)<br>
Competitive club soccer: grades 9-11, Norman Celtic 1993 Green-premier league nationally ranked club team; won several national tournaments and MVP awards. Two time Regional Championship Quarter-Finalists, two time sub-regional champions, five time State championship Finalists.
Norman North Varsity soccer: lettered grades 9-11; (ranked # 11 in nation in 2008 and # 7 in 2009), and 2008-2010 Academic State champions, State Champions 2009-2010.
Director of Operation Christmas Child (will organize packaging and sending shoe boxes full of toys to kids in other countries during Christmas), grade 12
High school newspaper: Editor /Writer, grade 12
Norman Regional Hospital Teen Volunteer, grades 11-12
Second Chance Animal Sanctuary Volunteer, grades 11-12
Cultural Diversity Club: grades 9-12, Freshman President grade 9; developed appreciation for all cultures
Mu Alpha Theta: grades 10-12; studied how mathematics is applied in the real world.
Legislative page at Oklahoma State capitol, grade 11
Link crew Leader, grade 12 (mentored freshmen transition into high school)
Medical Explorer Post 901: grades 10-11; we learn about opportunities in the medical field and volunteer at many University of Oklahoma football home games as a part of the stretcher team
Teen Volunteers: grades 10-12; participated in many community improvement projects (Breast Cancer Walk, SPUD Decorating, etc.)
Coauthored school play: wrote play that was performed for school and parents grade 11
Publication in FENRIS 2010 featuring the winners of a creative writing competition, grade 11
Tuesday Tutors - grades 9-12
Top Soccer assistant (program for disabled kids): grades 9-11; coached kids
Job shadowed a gastroenterologist: grade 11
Ping pong club Vice-President- Grade 10
SPUD week Planner (raised money for kids with disabilities), grades 9-12
Indian Association of Oklahoma City (organized fundraisers), grades 9-12
Other activities and interests: writing songs/poetry, violin performances in nursing homes and hospitals, swimming, video games-qualified for National 2v2 Halo tournament (grade 11), music, traveling, Tae Kwon Do (First Degree Black Belt)</p>
<p>General Comments: Happy and I got chosen for semifinalist for the presidential scholarship! Even though my test scores aren’t that strong I feel like my essays and extra curriculars helped me a bunch.</p>
<p> ** Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): [/li]700 CR
800 M
720 W
2220/2400</p>
<p>[li] ACT: None taken.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II (if submitted): Didn’t submit since I took them in November.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, Environmental Education. ISC Board
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Distinction on ASSET Examination; Rakesh Wadhawan Award for academic excellence
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Let’s just say A LOT. Around 20 substantial extra curricular activities etc. Don’t feel like typing everything out.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Involved with 2 NGOs. Good Community Service involvement.
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not considered but still pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From Vishal Gondal, CEO of Indiagames.com
Not considered though.
[</em>] Interview: None obviously.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I’m an Indian; not eligible for financial aid.
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000 - $ 149,999
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, I guess.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT, extra-curricular activities.
[<em>] Weaknesses: None really
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 800 on SAT Math maybe? :
[/ul]**General Comments: Go Jackets! **</p>
<p>lots of acceptances so far. haha. congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 770 Math, 790 Writing
ACT: did not submit
SAT II (if submitted): did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/65
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus AB, Physics B, Geography, English
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 4, Government & Economics, AP Geography, AP English, Bible, Leadership, calculus through a tutor (since no more math classes at my school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years on Student Council, currently Student Body President, four years varsity cross country, three years varsity track, roles in 7 school theatre productions
Job/Work Experience: internship with biotechnology company
Volunteer/Community service: national park service volunteer
Essays: about my involvement with drama
Teacher Recommendation: n/a
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon</p>
<p>School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M 720 CR 790 W
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Chem 690 Math II 700 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 76/435
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (4), World History (4), Chem (4), Psych (5), US History (5), US Gov(3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Comp Sci, College English, AP Statistics, AP Physics B
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Academic Team
Eagle Scout
Science Olympiad
Beta Club
NHS</p>
<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
[ *] Essays: Ok
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: BioChem
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>I’m just going to write those that I actually mentioned on the GT application. </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1820 (this is from my Junior year)
[</em>] ACT: 29 at the time I applied (English: 33, Math: 33, Combined E/W: 30), now 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math Level 2 - 780, Chemistry - 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP until senior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc. AB, AP Psychology, Honors Physics, Japanese IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis 2 yrs, varsity golf 1 yr, various math & science clubs, vice president (and co-founder) of a newspaper club, CSF, etc. I think this can be my weakness since I wasn’t an officer for so many clubs. However, I focused more on the volunteer service activities outside of the school.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship for Samsung SDS during the last summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: English class monitoring service (for three years; this was kind of a big thing for me), translating and helping for Holt International, UNICEF, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Small private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Big improvements in grades since the freshman year,
[</em>] Weaknesses: No AP until senior year (although that’s because my school doesn’t really offer many APs that I could take before senior year), not so many unique ECs.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Fine (Converted) ACT score, good essays, OK GPA[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am so happy that I got accepted!!! Especially since this is the very first answer that I got back from a college!!</p>
<p>^If we both end up going, looks like we will be good CpE friends for the next 4 years :)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): cr: 670 m:800 w:620
[ *] ACT: composite 33
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 math II, 750 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, ap calc ab, ap chemistry, english 4 honors, forensic science
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, SNHS
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): wrestling, soccer, green club, piano
[ *] Job/Work Experience: soccer ref, baseball field assistant, coach
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer coach, volunteer tutor
[ *] Essays: teachers and guidance counselor said it was very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: none
[ *] Counselor Rec: none
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): nj
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: math, sciences
[ *] Weaknesses: history, and language
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i really have no idea why i was deferred
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>
<p>@SLightManifesto</p>
<p>Yeah! Although I might change my major to computer science (I’m kind of deciding between two)…
Go Jackets! :):)</p>
<p>junior011 i think your stuff is pretty solid…the only thing that is kinda iffy for you is ur course rigor. You onyl have one AP score so i assume you have only taken 1 AP from fresh-junior year. Honestley though, I expect u get in later.</p>
<p>I got accepted, but when do I get considered for the Presidential scholarship?</p>
<p>My daughter received an e-mail today notifying her that she has been selected as a semifinalist for the President’s Scholar Program. The subject line read “GT PSP: Congratulations!”</p>
<p>Dipole, before junior year my school only offers AP US which i decided not to take, but almost all of my classes my freshman, sophmore and junior year were honors classes.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, will GT send some kind of an acceptance letter (an email or a mail) for accepted students?</p>
<p>did you indicate that to them? i think it is truly odd that you didnt get in. i wouldnt sweat too much since i rly think ull get in later. ur stats are not bad at all. </p>
<p>@theinvincible, as a poster above indicated, accepted students got emailed today.</p>
<p>@dipole</p>
<p>Really? Because I got accepted but didn’t receive any email.
I see people saying they got emails for being selected as a semi-finalist for PSP, but did people who didn’t apply for PSP (or who didn’t get selected for PSP) but got accepted also get emails?</p>
<p>if u applied by oct 1, u automatically were entered for PSP. I guess if you didnt get an email but still made it you just didnt make PSP. Maybe u get an e-mail later?</p>
<p>Yeah I’m kind of wondering what some of you guys are wondering…do we get some sort of package in the mail with more info?</p>
<p>And I didn’t get an email (let alone a PSP email but I was not expecting one of those anyway).</p>