<p>Hey, so i know alot of other schools have these, and I was thinking, since we should all be finding out our admission decisions soon, its about time to start this thread. This is a place for you to post your stats and everything, so that it can be used as help for future classes. </p>
<p>Date applied: 10/29
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/18/11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Biochemistry</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2030 M: 690, CR: 690, WR: 650,
ACT: 29
SAT Subject Tests: 600s
GPA-UW/W: 2.8/3.5 not counting freshman year
Rank: 99/400
AP/IB classes: alot, like 14
Essays: pretty good explaining bad grades freshman year
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: really good
EC: Mediocre
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Chapman was my first choice. No scholarships but I didn’t really expect any</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/14
Date decision postmarked/received: received 1/18/11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Public Relations/ Advertising</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: n/a
ACT: 29
SAT Subject Tests: n/a
GPA-3.8 W/ 4.2 UW
Rank: 35/580
AP/IB classes: will graduate with 5
Essays: Best college essays I’ve written
Teacher Recs: One pretty good, my creative recommendation was amazing
Counselor Rec: no idea
EC: pretty average
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female</p>
<p>Got $20K a year. I will most likely go to Chapman or Santa Clara.</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/15
Date decision postmarked/received: Received 1/14/11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: COPA, BA in Theatre (Technical Theatre Emphasis)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: Didn’t take it
ACT: 30 comp./ 31 if superscored
SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t take them
GPA UW/W: 3.05/3.16
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: 5
Essays: About my costuming
Teacher Recs: Two that I didn’t see, One PHENOMENAL submitted to COPA
Counselor Rec: I think it was okay
EC: Drama, Costuming, Improv, and some more Drama
School Type: College Prep
Ethnicity: White
Gender: I’m a girl</p>
<p>No Scholarships. I have to check if Talent Scholarships apply to me and when they are released as I applied via portfolio review instead of audition</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/14
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/13/11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Dodge Film Production</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2110 M: 800, CR: 630, WR: 680,
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Tests: German 740, Math II 700
GPA-UW/W: 3.56/4.06
Rank: 40/540
AP/IB classes: 11 AP classes, 12 AP tests
Essays: fairly good but i’m not the greatest writer, great video essay: [YouTube</a> - “Extraction” (Chapman University ACCEPTED Application Video) - Submission Version](<a href=“"Extraction" (Chapman University ACCEPTED Application Video) - Submission Version - YouTube”>"Extraction" (Chapman University ACCEPTED Application Video) - Submission Version - YouTube)
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: wasn’t able to see it but she knows me well so I think it was good.
Extracurriculars: made some films, have business converting tapes to DVD, manage my own website, worked on a few movie sets, community service project creating videos for retirement home residents, key club, basketball
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Date applied: Mid-October Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked January 18 Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: BA Psychology</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: English Literature 700, US History 620
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1st in class
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good, maybe a tad bit risky
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent (they showed her the recs)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably excellent
[</em>] EC highlights: Theatre, Hospital volunteer[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Public, small
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: ?</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: Received $25,000 per year scholarship. She is waiting to hear from other schools before making a decision.</p>
<p>Date applied: Mid-October
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked January 11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: BA Psychology</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* ACT: 30
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2-600, U.S. History- 570
GPA-UW/W: 3.65 UW, 3.8 W
Rank: School does not rank, but I fall within top 15%
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Extremely well written. I have an interesting story to tell regarding my high school career and whatnot which absolutely helped my application.
Teacher Recs: One of them was outstanding, other was mediocre.
Counselor Rec: 2.5 pages of love!
EC highlights: Student Government Elected Official, Improvisational Comedy, Musical Theater, Job, Fluent in Japanese, Hebrew, and English.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
School Type: Public, large
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: Received $15,000 per year scholarship. I’m waiting on hearing from other schools, but with that kind of money, Chapman is definitely up there in consideration.</p>
<p>Date applied: Mid-Novemeber
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked January 6
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: BA Communications</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1780</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t Take</li>
<li>IB/AP: Take all IB classes</li>
<li>GPA- Not taken in Canada, Average: 87%</li>
<li>Rank: Top 50%</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were great; went with the first idea I had, I wrote about all the doodles I draw in my books.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Both great!</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.</li>
<li><p>EC highlights: Community service trip to South Africa, multiple leadership positions(Head of House), Helped with plays at my school, Ref for soccer games outside of school
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: Canada</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Private, small</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Caucasian</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: I haven’t received my packet in the mail yet so I don’t know if I got any merit. I just got an email from the director of admissions… I think they send them to international applicants since the mail takes a lot longer. I think I am definitely going with or without merit.</p>
<p>Date applied Nov 15, 11:00 PM, like a boss. haha
Date decision postmarked/received:[ /b] In mail Jan 15th
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman:[ /b] Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: didn’t take
ACT: 25
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 700
GPA-UW/W: 3.6/3.9
Rank: top 15%
AP/IB classes: 4
Essays: I think they were really good, I wrote on a political issue I’m very passionate about
Teacher Recs: Haven’t read them, I hope they are good!
Counselor Rec: Pretty good!
EC highlights: NHS/CSF Secretary JR year and President Senior year, Intern on political campaign, camp in DC over summer in area of politics, regular animal shelter volunteer, chair of habitat for humanity.
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Would also like to point out that I interviewed and I think it went pretty well.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?</p>
<p>Waiting to hear back from GW, then I will decide. Received $15,000 merit annually.</p>
<p>Date applied: Well before the deadline, but early action nonetheless Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32 Composite (32 E, 28 M, 32 R, 34 S)
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: abysmal, didn’t submit
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.75/3.9
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>]AP/IB classes: AP Psych (5), will be taking Micro, Macro, and Stat AP tests this May
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My main essay was pretty good, it was about my experiences at military school in Alabama. My supplemental USD essay was weak
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] EC highlights: Varsity football, varsity soccer, soccer coaching, JROTC at military academy [/ul] Location:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Large public (9,10,12) and an all-boys military academy (11)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Jewish
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: None</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: 20k scholarship. Chapman is in my top 5, but I’m leaning towards USD or Tulane.</p>
<p>Date Applied: November 15th
Date Decision Postmarked/Received: January 13th/January 22nd
Accepted at which major: Business Administration- International Business</p>
<p>Stats:
SATS: 1900
SAT Subject Test: Didn’t take
ACT: 29
GPA Unw/W: 3.8/4.2
Rank: Top 10%
AP Classes: AP World History, AP US History, AP English Language, AP Literature & Composition, AP Government, AP Calculus AB.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Thought they were really good, wrote about building a well in Africa and spending 2 weeks in Honduras working with orphans.
Teacher Recs: Really good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
EC Highlights: Student Council (Student Body Vice President), PR Manager in Cure for Cancer Club, NHS, SHS, raised enough money to build a well in Africa, went to Honduras to help orphans.</p>
<p>Date applied: Week before EA due date
Date decision postmarked/received: around the 10th of Jan
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Business Admin</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 1890 M: 630, CR: 610, WR: 650,
ACT: 25 (didn’t send obvi)
SAT Subject Tests: n/a
GPA-UW/W: 3.5/3.8
Rank: n/a
AP/IB classes: school doesn’t offer
Subjective:
Essays: i think they were very good
Teacher Recs: waived my right to view, i think my teachers liked me a lot
Counselor Rec: loved me
EC highlights: camp for underprivileged children, leader of peer tutoring group and mentoring group, varsity track, human rights watch, and more [ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][list][ *] State or Country: Went to high school in LA, but an Int student
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Other Factors, hook?:n/a</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?:love the school, need to see it again since i saw it over the summer and no one was there. I got the 20k scholarship so thats a plus, i also got into u of san diego and not really sure which school is better if i had to choose between the two. Still waiting on NYU, pepperdine, USC, american, tulane, and vandy.</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/15
Date decision postmarked/received: post marked 1/21
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Dodge, Screenwriting</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2080 M: 620, CR: 720, WR: 740,
ACT: n/a
SAT Subject Tests: n/a
GPA: 3.4 weighted (had a horrible, sloppy sophomore year, but made up for it with straight As and higher level classes junior year and more AP/IB classes in progress senior year as well)
Rank: n/a
AP/IB classes: will graduate with five.
Subjective:
Essays: I liked them a lot. Talked about the world the way that I see it as a writer and about my imagination being my greatest tool.
Teacher Recs: One was amazing, the other I did not see.
Counselor Rec: Did not see it.
EC highlights: Lots of arts experience. In a band (2009-present), went to an arts high school fresh/soph years, worked on film sets through my parents’ company, lots of writing (music/scripts), wrote/produced stage-play for a school production, ballet en-pointe until junior year, taught arts summer/fall camps for elementary age children in an under-privileged area (two years), involved in my church, part of a theater group that performed for various schools/daycares for children in under-privileged areas (two years), participated with make-a-wish foundation (one year), California State Thespians (two years). No clubs senior year but I assistant teach a fourth grade class twice a week and am still involved with my church.
School Type: large arts school fresh/soph years & large local public school junior/senior
Ethnicity: Full caucasian, nothing special.
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: I made it clear that screenwriting is what i want to do with my life.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?:
Will be paying off loans for the rest of my life, but definitely attending. :D</p>
<p>Date applied: Nov. 15th, like a boss Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked the 21st, received the 25th Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Screenwriting (Dodge)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 31 composite, 12 writing section
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t take these either…
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.6 Weighted
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn’t rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP Language and Comp (5), and AP Literature and AP Psych this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really strong, I’m a good writer (I think) and worked my ass off
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn’t see but probably average/pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but she cried after reading my essay so it’s probs good
[</em>] EC highlights: Fencing varsity team member, high school radio station head programmer, radio show DJ, volunteer swim instructor, and a summer job as a swim instructor [/ul] Location/Person:[ul] Chicago
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half white, half Asian but my app said Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Uhhh…haha</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: We’ll see how FinAid works out but it’s in my top three for sure :)</p>
<p>Date applied: beginning of November
Date decision postmarked/received:postmarked 1/21, in the mail 1/24
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman:Athletic Training in the CES</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 31
SAT Subject Tests: math 2-800 biology E-620 US History-600
GPA-UW/W: 3.9 UW/4.3 W
Rank: top 2%
AP/IB classes: Biology, Spanish, US History, English Lang, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and American Govt</p>
<p>Essays: pretty good, talked about an internship I had during my jr year
Teacher Recs: didnt see
Counselor Rec: didnt see
EC highlights: Varsity Cross country, Soccer, and Swimming since my freshman year, comp dance team for 9 years, many different clubs, over 400 hrs community service, peer counselor, leadership, class treasurer since freshman year
State or Country: northern california
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: my jr year i took a Sports Therapy class and had an internship at a physical therapy office</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: I was fortunate enough to recieve the Presidential Scholarship ($25,000/yr). Chapman is pretty much my top choice right now, and the scholarship really helps.</p>
<p>Date applied: Nov 14
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26, recieved 1/27
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Creative Producing in Dodge</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 29
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA-UW/W: 3.64/3.81
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: Biology Honors, AP Euro (4 on test), Chem Honors, AP US (3 on test), French IV Honors, AP Gov (pending)</p>
<p>Essays: i’ve been told I am a good writer - wrote about softball and sitcom tv camp
Teacher Recs: I saw one and it was great
Counselor Rec: didn’t see
EC highlights: softball 6 years captain and mvp last year, piano 12 years, film classes, acting classes, started genocide awareness club, did theater crew, uhh theres more but i cant think of it.
State or Country: southern california
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook: on the “lifetime achievement award” essay i wrote about a film as my crowning achievement, but never said what the film was about…i thought that would be clever.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: got $20,000 from them. It is my number one choice but I am waiting to hear from Emerson and USC nonetheless.</p>
<p>@JLR123
I did apply to Emerson but for regular admission for Film Production, my second major choice was Political Communications…I have to wait til April to hear back from them tho haha</p>
<p>Date applied: Nov. 15th
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked the 25th, received the 28th
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Dodge (Creative Producing)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Total: M:660 CR:690
ACT: did not take
SAT Subject Tests: None
GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP/IB classes: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Calc AB, IB French, all Honors in past years
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
EC highlights: a good amount, including entering shorts in a couple of film festivals/competitions
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: PA
School Type: Top public school in region
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: Chancellor Scholarship - $20K (yay!). Chapman is D’s top choice if total financial aid makes it possible.</p>
<p>Date applied: November 15 Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 1/26 and received 1/28 Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Dodge (Film Production)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1940 M: 660, CR: 610, WR: 670
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: N/A
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.8/4.0
[<em>] Rank: Top 2%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Psych, APUSH [/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Above Average… I think.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, but it should be good…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[</em>] EC highlights: A handful of school film projects and an award at a local student film festival. [/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Hawaii
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male [/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: I not understand :P… none?</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: $15k/yr Dean’s Scholarship. Chapman is definitely my first choice! Hopefully financial aid will pull through enough :).</p>
She is waiting to hear from other schools before making a decision.</p>
haha</p>