Class of 2015 Official RD Decisions Thread

sparklesheen · March 11, 2011, 10:48pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 800CR, 740W (1600/2340)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800Chem, 770USH, 760MathII
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (3/420)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), APUSH (5), CalcAB (5), Chem (4), Physics (4), EnglishLang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-state chorus, Presidential Scholar candidate, National Merit finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Honor societies, Diversity awareness, Choir, National History Day, Young liberals
[] Job/Work Experience: Concessions, Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Library, Museum
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, Essays, Courseload
[] Weaknesses: Leadership, ORM, no demonstrated interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: You tell me.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m actually kind of bummed about this. This was my first non-safety decision and I fervently hope that it’s not a precursor of things to come.

DisneyFreak777 · March 11, 2011, 10:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2080- 640 CR, 800 M, 640 W

ACT: 31
SAT II (if submitted): Math II-790, Math I-750, Physics-680, U.S. History-610
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/739
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB- 5, World History- 4 US History- 3, Spanish Language- 2
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, AP Physics B (Self-Studying Physics C: Mechanics too), AP Calculus BC, English Literature H, AP Government, Architecture/CADD, AP Psychology (online), AP Statistics (online)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholarship Semifinalist, Gates Millenium Scholars Finalist, NHRP Scholar, AP Scholar, US Senate Page School Chemistry Award
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Clarinet performing group (made of best in the state), all my other performing arts groups, NHS, Disney Club (founder and president), Ultimate Frisbee Club,

Job/Work Experience: Math tutor, United States Senate Page
Volunteer/Community service: Church children’s services, Boy Scout service projects, NHS
Essays: okay/pretty good, I wrote about my amazing time as a Senate Page and what truly new life outlook it gave me
Teacher Recommendation: great, I’m one of his favorite students
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: pretty good, from my band teacher
Interview: none
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Other

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: yes

Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NV
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium to large public
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: Took the hardest courseload with AP, one of the best Clarinetists in the state, some unique EC’s
Weaknesses: average stats, no research, did not do IB program, more experience in music than math, but almost equal interest in both (pro and con)
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General Comments: I think I have a lot of proof that colleges do not look just at your stats, because if my admission was based solely on stats I surely would’ve had a lesser chance of getting in. That doesn’t mean you should try your hardest, but don’t overdo it, have a personality, a social life, and make some lifelong friends, I can tell you that having that balance in high school was worth it to me and I can see the payoff.

watermellen · March 11, 2011, 11:18pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 690 CR, 710 W (2200)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math II, 750 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/263
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) English Language (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP English Lit, French 4, Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Girls State Representative

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Public Forum Debate (3 time state qualifier, top 16 in state 2010, top 8 in state 2011, national qualifier, team captain); Soccer (4 year varsity letterman, captain); Marching Band (squad leader, section leader, both for 3 years); Band Council (junior representative, president); and some other smaller activities I don’t have time to list
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Essays: Main Common App: great, showed personal growth
Supplemental Common App: Wrote about a card company that I created
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good, didn’t see it
[] Counselor Rec: Probably generic, didn’t see it
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Went well, but I had the impression it was strictly informational.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, leadership, and my business I founded. I also visited campus twice, and I live a considerable distance away.
[] Weaknesses: I took my tests sophomore year, so I considered re-taking the ACT and SAT, but the scores were above the threshold, so I figured they were okay.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of thought into my essays, and I showed interest in the school by visiting and communicating with the admissions office. [/li][/ul]

Twins127 · March 11, 2011, 11:46pm

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 770 Bio, 760 Math 2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Calc, Bio, USH, Euro, Macro, Micro
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 on Econ
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Stats, Ap Calc BS, AP Comp Pol, AP Psych, AP Comp
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Econ essay award, contest award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):bad - 9th grade soccer, 9th and 10th rec bball, NHS senior year, Math Team senior year, Backpack tutoring junior and senior
[ *] Job/Work Experience: several seasonal jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hours before senior year plus 40 senior year
[ *] Essays: Not that good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Better than average
[ *] Counselor Rec: nothing special
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Biomedical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public large competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Grades, Test Score,
[ *] Weaknesses: Showed no interest at all, bad EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Better get into Northwestern

kate225 · March 11, 2011, 11:57pm

Decision: Accepted to engineering!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II (if submitted): n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% (class of 900)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP-Calculus AB (5), English Lang.&Comp (5), US History (5), Micro Econ (5), US Gov (5), Physics C, Lit and Comp, Psychology (all this year)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Taking Calc II and III at a community college, all honors and AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, various state level awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Friendship Connection- special ed outreach (Planning Committee), NHS (Vice Pres.), Mu Alpha Theta, various clubs, and 2 years cheerleading (NCA All-American)
Other: Biomedical Engineering Camp working with disabled children last summer.
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: various special needs camps, programs, etc.
[] Essays: personal & reflective…?
[] Teacher Recommendation: all great!
[] Counselor Rec: great as well
[] Additional Rec: awesome letter from a college professor from engineering camp
[] Interview: On campus my junior year, went very welll
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: BME
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): female in engineering
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Clearly displayed my passion for BME through essay explaining work with kids with CP, etc., scores, engineering camp
[] Weaknesses: pretty average EC’s, low amount of recorded community service hours
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got lucky and someone in admissions happened to like what my app said. I’m so happy, but i know it could have easily gone the other way. Congrats to all who got in!
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to anyone who’s waiting on other colleges or trying to decide where to go…i know i am!

cra1993 · March 12, 2011, 12:07am

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): NA

ACT: 33 (Superscore 34)
SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math IIc, 750 Chemistry
GPA: 4.01
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Psychology (5), BC Calc (NA), Physics C (NA), Spanish (NA), Bio (NA)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, American Literature (S1), Literary Seminar (S2), Government (S1), Computer Concepts (S2), AP Spanish, Adv. Orchestra, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Model United Nations Awards, State Solo and Ensemble Awards, National Latin Exam Awards, Nothing major…
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations, Mock Trial Team (Vice President), Orchestra (Treasurer), Rocket Team, Key Club

Job/Work Experience: Kitchen Staff at a local catering company
Volunteer/Community service: Schlitz Audobon Nature Center, Council for the Spanish Speaking, Key Club community service events…
Essays: 10/10. I was extremely “real” in my essays. I shared a lot about myself and reflected on my growth and applied it to some universal stuff. Writing is my strong point.
Teacher Recommendation: Advanced PreCalc: 10/10
English: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10 (not sure)
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: 10/10. My interviewer and I got along so well. I still run into him around town. We had tons in common and the conversation really flowed, I think the interview was another really strong point.
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Other

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No

Intended Major: Biology/Pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): WI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Israeli (Grew up there)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
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Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: course load, recommendations, essays, interview

Weaknesses: extracurriculars, awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: “I used the college process to get to know myself better, and I think the effort I put into it really translated onto the written page.” – I read this in someone else’s thread but I think it applies to me as well.
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General Comments:

mariposa100308 · March 12, 2011, 12:16am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080; CR 690, M 710, W 680; only took once
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: French 760, US History 700, Chemistry 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no idea; weighted: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank; top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP USH (5), AP Chem (4); school limits us to three AP’s a year, but no one does any freshman year and usually only one sophomore year, had to special request for fourth AP senior year
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP French, AP Biology/AP Biology Lab, AP Government, Government, World Lit & Comp, Physics: Mechanics, Christian Life Choices, Synthesis of Catholic Beliefs, Marching Band, Body Conditioning; (trimester system=more electives)
[] Major Awards: Governor’s Honors Program Finalist (French major), National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, National French Exam Bronze Medalist (3rd place in state, 4th in nation)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (flute) for four years (President-11th grade, Band Captain 12th grade), Jazz Combo (11th/12th), National French Honor Society (President), Peace by Piece (exchange program among my Catholic school and a Jewish school and Muslim school in Atlanta)
[] Volunteer/Community service: taught bilingual Sunday School for Hispanic Ministry at my Church for two years
[] Essays: Common App essay was about being a twin and how it defined who I am and I believe it was good. I used story blurbs in beginning and end.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but I believe they were really good. My French teacher loves me and she’s known me for five years. My AP Bio teacher also loves me and her rec got me into the Summer Scholars Program for this summer at WUSTL, too
[] Counselor Rec: Very good and detailed, knows me really well.
[] Interview: went ok, wasn’t magnificent but not bad either; interviewed through APAP

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES, extremely high need
[] Intended Major: French and Biochem (pre-pharm)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[] School Type: Catholic, private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
[] Gender: F
[li] Hooks: extremely underrepresented minority, first generation college, fluent in Spanish, pre-pharm not very common? dedication and strength in French? twin?[/li][/ul]

ExistentialExp · March 12, 2011, 12:17am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360: 800 CR, 770 M, 790 W
[] ACT: 36 (rounds up from 35.5)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Physics, 770 USH, 760 Math2, 750 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5); Lit and Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang and Comp, World Literature Honors, AP Physics II, Critical Issues Honors, AP Psychology, AP Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national, only statewide recognition for debate and research.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (Captain for two years, first place at state finals); Freethinkers’ Club (co-founder and co-president); Science Research; Piano; Junior Engineering and Technology Society (JETS); School Newspaper (writer); Tae Kwon Do (dropped senior year)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at VA Hospital, local elementary school. Went to Haiti for a week on a volunteer medical mission in summer of Junior year.
[] Essays: Wrote about personal identity, ethnicity (Iranian), and what it means for me to belong to a certain culture.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good, one of the teachers who did the recommendations for me absolutely changed my life and is the best teacher I’ve ever had.
[] Counselor Rec: Okay, didn’t know him THAT well…
[] Additional Rec: One additional rec from Debate Team Coach who knew me well
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (Iranian)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Different ethnicity, but not a URM because I marked the box as “white”. Debate was my main hook.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Debate, extracurriculars, essays, recs, test scores, upward grade trend
[] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of large recognition, lack of intense research
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my upward grade trend helped, as well as showing that I was dedicated to debate and had a real interest that I pursued throughout high school. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to those who were waitlisted! I have a friend who (I think) has at least equal, if not better stats than I do, yet she was waitlisted–it seems their criteria was more than just comparing stats. I wouldn’t worry about it too much, focus on your other apps!

sydkneeudy · March 12, 2011, 12:24am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 1440/ 2210 770M, 670CR, 770W[/li]
[li] ACT: 32[/li]
[li] SAT II: 720 BIO M, 700 BIO E, 670 MATH 2, 690 US HIST[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/600[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), [/li]Human Geography(4),

[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Visual Arts (5)[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: All IB w/ 1 regular[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): hmmm, none really, other than school awards. Oh, and AP Scholar[/li]
Subjective:

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA /li, Sierra Club (Secretary), Latin Club (Secretary), NHS, NSHS, Tae-kwon-do, Piano, Local Park Clean-Up (Adoptee/President)

[li] Job/Work Experience: intern in university lab[/li]
[li] Essays: Don’t really know how to judge it, but I think it was fine[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read it, assuming it was good[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Good, I would assume[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: My mentor from the lab, good I believe[/li]
[li] Interview: Went great, in my opinion[/li]
Other:

[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes[/li]
[li] Intended Major: Biology[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): Texas[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type: fairly large public school[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: White[/li]
[li] Gender: F[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: fairly high[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NMSF? Summer [/li]internship at university research hospital

Reflection:

[li] Strengths: SAT, internship [/li]
[li] Weaknesses: SAT IIs [/li]
General Comments: Best of luck everyone!

Proclivity · March 12, 2011, 12:25am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 740 CR / 760 M / 750 W
[] SAT II (if submitted): 770 US History / 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 5 US Gov, 4 Econ Micro, 4 Econ Macro
[] Senior Year Course Load: (H) Independent Study, AP Statistics, American Legal System (S1) / Fine Arts Survey (S2), (H) Latin 4, Gym (S1) / Study Hall (S2), Contemporary Issues (S1) / Gym (S2), AP English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of awards at state and national level for Latin, state history champion, National Merit Finalist, Boys State (Supreme Court Justice), Congressional Award Gold Certificate & Bronze Medal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team, Junior State of America (High School Chapter founding member, Forum Moderator 2 years, Secretary 1 year), Latin Club (Vice President 2 years), Certamen (High School team captain 4 years, State team captain 2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: I teach swim lessons
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Adopt-a-Highway
[] Essays: Very Good (Common App in this case)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good, I know both teachers on a personal level outside of school and have done out-of-class work with them
[] Counselor Rec: Likely average, we don’t know each other very well
[] Additional Rec: Very good
[] Interview: On-campus interview with student, went pretty well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: IPH / Political Science / History / English / Philosophy
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] School Type: Very competitive public school
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Too high to get any financial aid until siblings are in college
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, Awards, Extracurriculars, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: GPA, AP scores, Counselor Rec
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My continued expressed interest in the school, my application in general
[/ul]**General Comments:**Good Luck to everyone who was waitlisted! My condolences to those who were rejected.

Antikku16 · March 12, 2011, 12:33am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT: 33 (35 superscore)
SAT II (if submitted): NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer any
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Ancient History, Calculus, Art III, Trigonometry/Statistics, English IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Missouri Top 100 Scholars

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FCCLA, M.A.S.S. (secretary), Philosophy Club, NHS, Student Council (VP), Class President
Job/Work Experience: Worked at local Dairy Queen for almost 2 years, ~15 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: Not much. A few NHS things, math tutor
Essays: Wrote about how I really came to know myself and how I liberated the person I had been hiding for years through anime.
Teacher Recommendation: Only got to read one, it was good but not very personalized.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to read
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: none, I did visit though.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English/Foreign Language/Anthropology
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (highly non-competitive)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really, I thought the in-state status may have been an advantage, but I guess not. Rural applicant?

Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Test Scores
Weaknesses: Lack of major awards/recognition, weakness of school, essays, and recs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am qualified for the school, as are most people, but maybe they didn’t think I would fit. I visited but never interviewed, so they may think I’m not totally interested.
General Comments: Good luck to all. I hope there will be room for some of us to be taken from the waitlist! I really love WashU and am disappointed that I was not accepted.

WongTongTong · March 12, 2011, 12:54am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
[] ACT: 34.25 (36S, 36M, 33E, 32R, 12E)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Chem, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t do unweighted at school; however, heavy upward trend and 4.0 Senior Year
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/538 at the end of Junior Year
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4),Stat(4),CalcAB(5),CalcBC(5),Chem(5),Lang (5), US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Research Mentorship Honors, Art, Quantitative Analysis (at University), Multivariable Calculus (at University)

…Most rigorous cirriculum in grade
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope, unless you count AP Scholar with Distinction or AIME
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-250+ hours of Research @2 different Uni’s, 3 projects, sent 3 Research Abstracts to WashU…State Science Fair Qualifier, School 1st place Earth Sci, 2nd place Chem
-Table Tennis (Founder + Pres): Nationally ranked, many state and multistate awards, attend 3-4 state clubs, 2000+ hours spent
-6 Years Sci Bowl, B team captain last year, A team captain this year, team placed top 10 in States each year, A team state champs 3/4 years; selected on School’s chem olympiad team, our team of 9 ppl placed 1st in state of 32 teams, Accepted to JSHS X2
-6 Years Math Team, A Team, 1st in League for last 4 years, 3rd in State, CSAML X2, NEAML X1, Euler Award, 3rd Highest Scoring Junior, ARML State Team, AIME X1 Qualifier, AMC 96…pretty good at math
-10 Years Chess, 20+ Trophies, VP/Co-captain of Club at school, 10th + 11th grade city champ in high level, School city champs (10+11)

The usual… SHS, NSHSS, NHS, FLHS, Vassar Book Award
[] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t turn 16 till senior year, so yeah…
[] Volunteer/Community service: 4 Years Community Service, 250+ Hours, taught chess to kids, did sci fair experiments with kids, State + Local proctor at MATHCOUNTS competition, Cultural Indian events
[] Essays: Common App: Wrote about table tennis but the whole thing is pretty much about philosophy
[] Teacher Recommendation:
AP Chem (know for 4 years)- Extremely Strong
AP Calc BC (know for 6 years)- Good, a bit too general but it said some good stuff
[] Counselor Rec: (know for 4 years)- Extremely Strong
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes…even though we don’t need it at all
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, sends some grads to top schools, 3-4 HYPSM/10 Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: More than enough (150,000+)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 2 years of research, 3 projects (2 w/ professor, 1 Independent), wrote 3 research papers and sent in all 3 abstracts, skipped a grade
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, Recs, Course Rigor, Senior + Junior year grades
[] Weaknesses: Somewhat low class rank due to low freshman and sophomore year grade

[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li] LACK OF INTEREST IN WASHU. Let’s face it, I didn’t do anything extra to get in, I just applied for the hell of it because it didn’t require a supplement, so I expected to get wait listed.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in. You deserve it! Everyone who got rejected or wait listed, keep your head high and keep moving on.

kuroxramen · March 12, 2011, 1:04am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 - (CR) 730, (M) 770 (WR) 800
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): World History (740), Chinese with Listening (760), Math II (800), Chemistry (780), Biology-M (750)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~670
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy; 4 APs, Journalism, one elective
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Open Music Competition (a few medals), Science Olympiad (regional medals; team advancing to state competition), Girl Scout Silver Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Parent Liaison, Event Leader), American Red Cross Club (Co-President), Journalism (Copy Editor), Math Club (Student Advisor), Girl Scouts (Camporee/annual camping competition judge, crew member), California Scholarship Federation,
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours; Chinese culture summer camp counselor, leadership group member (for same summer camp organization), service trip in Thailand (teaching English to children with parents in drug rehabilitation), summer tutoring at local library, various other smaller community service projects (through Girl Scouts, etc.)
[] Essays: Pretty good; wrote about Thailand trip for Common Long
[] Teacher Recommendation: Two; one decent, other one I didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she doesn’t know me too well
[] Additional Rec: One; from the director of the above organization (she also helped organize the Thailand program). She asked for my help in writing the rec, so I was happy with the letter in the end.
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Taiwanese-Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: > $120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades? Involvement in extracurriculars? Lots of community service?
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t like my essays nearly as much as I should have when I submitted my app, and I did feel that one of my teacher recommendations could have been a little better.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure…I did put a lot of effort into my Common Long essay though, and it felt like it was really “me.”[/li][/ul]General Comments: I can’t believe I’m actually posting one of these now! I’m really excited about this acceptance, and I’m looking forward to visiting! (:

willdewi · March 12, 2011, 1:26am

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II (if submitted): Did not submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 48/895
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Gov (4) AP English Lang (5) AP Comparative Politics (5) AP Calc AB (5) AP Spanish Lang (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Advanced Debate Honors, Anatomy/Physiology, AP Microeconomics, Western Philosophy and Ethics, AP English Lit, AP Bio
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Debate (Team Captain), Cycling, Spanish Honor Society (Board)
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern for 2 years at at an orthopedist’s office (watch/involved with some surgeries)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours at local hospital
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Could’ve gone either way, I think they were pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Decent, she had to do about 200 of them, so I’m not sure how personal or moving it was.
[] Additional Rec: Wonderful, from doc I interned with, had lots of great things to say.
[] Interview: Alum interview, went very well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, don’t expect any
[] Intended Major:BME
[] State (if domestic applicant):CO
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed/Other-Indonesian/Dutch/American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Kind of a legacy (grandpa went to med school there), nominated for Danforth Scholarship, applied for Engineering Fellowship and U. Scholars in Medicine (didn’t get any), very personal essays, visited.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: Essays, level of interest shown (through applying for scholarships), internship, outside rec
[] Weaknesses: GPA, Rank, Test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, really expected a wait list at best[/li][/ul]General Comments: Also attending the multicultural celebration day thing in April, anyone else going?

binarybandit · March 12, 2011, 1:35am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[] ACT: 34 (only took it once)
[] SAT II (if submitted): US History-800, Math II-780, Bio (M)-710, Physics-690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History-5, AB Calc-4, English Lit-5, Bio-4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP BC Calculus, AP Physics, English electives, Multivariable Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4th Place at Nationals for Mock Trial
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (co-President), Class Council, Mock Trial, Campus Democrats, Math Team, Science Olympiad, Peer Tutor, Admissions Ambassadors, Varsity Soccer, STARS Summer Research at Wash U
[] Job/Work Experience: Math Teacher at Kumon
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hindu Temple Youth Group (co-President), community service events from Soccer
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: From my STARS research mentor who is a professor at Wash U, great
[li] Interview: on-campus. It went really well and the Admissions Officer and I really clicked[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering or Political Science (applied to Mechanical Eng.)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private college prep (founded by the same guy who founded Wash U, William Greenleaf Elliot, idk if that had anything to do with it)
[] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: over $200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Summer Research[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: testing, extracurricular activities, recommendations, interview
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: extracurricular activities, interview, the fact that I did my research at Wash U[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all the accepted applicants!! If you were waitlisted it’s nbd, I’m positive all of you will go to an amazing college!!

ny2phx · March 12, 2011, 2:07am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (one sitting) 720(WR), 770(CR), 790(M)
ACT: 34 (didn’t take)
SAT II (if submitted): US History-780, Math II-770, Literature-740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History-5, English Lit-4, European history-4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP AB Calculus, AP Literature, AP Economics, AP Comp Govt., AP Spanish 5, Philosophy
Major Awards National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Really nothing to speak of. Member in a couple of clubs
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Community Legal Services (1 semester)
Essays: Unique and I’d like to think excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see but would think excellent
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but I would assume excellent
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: on-campus. It went well. Also met admissions Officer at local info night

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: History/Political Science; pre-law
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private college prep (Jesuit; one of top 3 schools in AZ)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: over $200k
Hooks

Reflection
Strengths: SAT; perhaps geography
Weaknesses: GPA, no extras to speak of
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: top AZ school
General Comments: After reading the denied and waitlisted write-ups, I’m not sure why ma and not some of you.

TOStudentTutor · March 12, 2011, 2:28am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 M, 730 W
SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 USH, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank: 2/615
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5) Bio (5) English Lang (5) Bio (5) Photo (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, H Economics, AP Photo, Concert and Marching Band
Number of other applicants in your school: 5+ (at least 1 accepted)
Major Awards: 3rd/7,000 nationwide in Westpoint Bridge Design Contest, 1st in County Science Fair, Semifinalist in Stanford Global Innovation Tournament

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (Section Leader of FH and Trumpets), Science Club (President), Junior Statesman of America (VP), National Honor Society (Officer), Students for Solar Schools (Officer), Business Majors
Job/Work Experience: Founded and own a tutoring company, 45 HS employees, $10,000 total income, 15 schools, I do PR, financing, management, etc
Volunteer/Community service: Founded and organized a volunteer tutoring organization for disadvantaged elem. schools in our area.

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: straightforward. About my tutoring company
Essay (Personal):Pretty good, about my climb of Mt. Whitney
Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, good?
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, good?
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, good?

Other
Which school did you apply to?:
What did you choose as your major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Why you think you were waitlisted: Didn’t interview/show enough interest. I hear that’s an important factor at WUSTL.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congrats to everyone else who got accepted!

orangecow · March 12, 2011, 3:50am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320: R: 750 W: 800 M: 770
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II: 730 Bio 690 USH: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(4), Bio(4), Chem(4), Spanish(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP BC Calc, AP Spanish Lit, Twentieth Century Novel, Painting, Chemical Synthesis, Short Story, Religious Fundamentalism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): soccer, skiing, track, student government, lots of science and awards
[] Job/Work Experience: internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots of hours at school
[] Essays: none
[] Interview: none
[/list]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[] Intended Major: bio
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: indian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: highest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because of high test scores/GPA, many extracurriculars…
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

NETKING · March 12, 2011, 4:02am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 710 M 800 W 740
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800 Physics 800 Chem 800
[] TOEFL: 109 (R:30 L:27 S:23 W:29)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ???
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ???
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Chinese Math English Physics Chem PE
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME 10 National (Chinese) Geography Olympiad: 1st award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing to brag about
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a science-tech museum
[] Essays: Innovative
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec: No
[] Interview: A Compton Scholar interview on Mar 26th
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Confidential
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Applied for Compton Scholarship, good reputation of my school
[] Weaknesses: Extracurricular and Financial Aid
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong academics[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

nadalle · March 12, 2011, 5:47am

I really couldn’t be bothered to do this but hopefully this will be of some help to applicants in future years!

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 CR:800; M:770; W:710
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Bio (M): 780; Chem: 800; Japanese: 750; Maths (II): 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t have one (I go to a school in Australia)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure… top 10%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB Diploma: Maths HL (7), Chem HL (7), Bio HL (7); English SL (6), histoy SL (6), Japanese SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: as above
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t really have any…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir, Sound/Lighting, flute, fencing…and a few other minor activities
[] Job/Work Experience: Christmas Choir
[] Volunteer/Community service: St John’s Ambulance, school library, archive
[] Essays: I wrote about my experiences in Hong Kong and Australia and how I realized my identity was changing after I moved to Australia.
[] Teacher Recommendation: not sure… should be alright?
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know her that well
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Australia- but I am an US citizen
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket: <60000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My background (I am a US citizen studying in Australia as an international student; I have lived in both Hong Kong and Australia), SAT IIs??
[] Weaknesses: no major awards or significant leadership positions
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know… perhaps it is because of my weaknesses (listed above) Also, I need A LOT of financial aid.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! I still have 13 more decisions to wait for… so hopefully I will get accepted somewhere!

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