<p>How did you find out?</p>
<p>Email. .</p>
<p>When? And can you post stats?</p>
<p>Yesterday. </p>
<p>I’m mobile so I can’t do the template… And I didn’t get an official acceptance letter like the other poster didn’t, but it’s implied because the scholarships require attendance to a fly-in and they wouldn’t make us come if they didn’t accept us. </p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.95
SAT CR+M: 1380
Rank: 4/249
Connecticut, public high school. Female. </p>
<p>A lot of awards. Like literally a lot, across all disciplines. Engineering major (prospective). Job, I work a lot. Good teacher rec’s (for scholarship and regular app).</p>
<p>does this mean that if you haven’t been notified yet, then you aren’t going to be invited to a singer or singer/stamps weekend?</p>
<p>CPU was notified for the Hammond Scholarship. Completely seperate from the Singer/Stamps Weekend. Thetruth2012, how did you find out about Stamps?</p>
<p>oh ok, thanks marinebio. fingers still crossed then ^_^.</p>
<p>Yep. I’m hoping that the emails have just started to trickle in, and by tomorrow around this time they’ll be coming out left and right :)</p>
<p>I wonder when they will notify for the Jenkins Scholarship.</p>
<p>I think the HPME candidates already found out if they were scholarship nominees.
Not sure if Thetruth falls in this category, but maybe? Or maybe emails will start coming. Travel plans have to be made so it has to be soon. Good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Scholarships offered: Singer/Stamps invitation</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): did not send
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 710 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school does not give us UW, W is 3.65
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a (not many AP’s at my school, mostly honors)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
semester 1:
Advanced Photography BC (Counts as a solid)
Literature of the Supernatural
Advanced Biological Inquiry: Genetics
AP Calculus AB
semester 2:
Advanced Photography BC
Shakespeare to Fielding (English)
Introduction to Economics
AP Calculus AB
science did not fit in my schedule</p>
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Film Club (president SO/JR), PADI certified AOW diver (also Nitrox, Coral Reef Conservation, Underwater Naturalist, etc.), International Yacht Training cert., so on and so forth won’t bore you.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at local newspaper 2 summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: fair amount
[</em>] Summer Activities: marine bio/scuba/sailing summer program, summer job
[<em>] Essays: good, corrected by two or three adults
[</em>] Common App Main: good and checked over
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: did not interview</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Marine science/Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: congruency (lots of oceany stuff!), test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA & other ec’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know but I couldn’t be happier![/li][/ul]General Comments: I am so excited to go to UM next fall!! So proud to be a cane!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (740 M, 800 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math I, 760 Biology (M), 740 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School uses a system where 4.0 is A and 4.33 is A+, and I have a 4.07. All A’s throughout high school
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US Gov’t (5), Calc, Chemistry, Physics, Spanish
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Spanish, World Lit, Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Presidential Scholar Candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (4 yrs), Basketball (4 yrs), Lacrosse (2 yrs), Interact Club (2 yrs) - Secretary, NHS (2 yrs), Science Club (2 yrs)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: various projects ~200 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: Intern for local land conservation trust, volunteering, soccer
[</em>] Essays: good!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Microbiology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, SATS
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane (presidential scholarship, 27K), Boston College, University of Richmond (Richmond Scholars semifinalist)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Singer/Stamps candidate!!! So excited to go down to interview in March! Maybe I’ll end up a 'cane next year!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Scholarship: Singer Scholarship Weekend</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT: 35
SAT II: Did not send
GPA (UW/W): 3.96/4.34
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/363
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), US (4), Enviro (4), Lang/comp (4)
AP Pending: Bio, Calc, Lit, Human Geo
Senior Year Course Load:
Semester 1
Orchestra/chamber orchestra
AP Human Geography
Advanced aquarium science
AP Lit&comp
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
Semester 2
Orchestra/chamber orchestra
AP Human Geography
Marine Biology II/Lab assistant (took MBI last year)
AP Biology
AP Calculs AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Candidate for US Presidential Scholars; AP Scholar with Honors</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls swimming (Captain), Orchestra (section leader), National honors society (Vice President), private piano and viola lessons, All State Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: Hostess/waitress, unpaid internship last summer
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, volunteer internship, working at animal shelter, playing with quartet and old age homes
Summer Activities: Music camp all 4 years, unpaid internship last summer
Essays: Discussed love for marine biology in short one; described the impact of my internship in the second one
Teacher Recommendation: 1 from counselor, 1 from AP Lang teacher, one from Marine Bio teacher
Counselor Rec: see above
Additional Rec: see above
Interview: Nope</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Don’t qualify
Intended Major: Marine biology/premed/prevet
State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents are immigrants from S.A. I don’t know if that counts…?</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, depth in music, course load, ACT
Weaknesses: Not very many community service hours, my essay wasn’t that good - I changed it for the applications I sent to other schools, but only after I had sent this one to miami
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know but I can’t wait!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet!</p>
<p>General Comments: Can’t wait to meet some of you at the Singer weekend! Not sure if I’ll be going here yet…I have to wait to hear back from other places, but good luck to all of you! Go Canes!</p>
<p>Well done, well done!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Singer invite!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (710 M, 760 CR, 670 WR)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Bio, BC Calc, AP Studio Art, AP English
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Too lazy to write it now. 
All those AP classes except APUSH and some other stuff.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None I guess</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very involved in music community, concert band, jazz band, formed my own rock group, etc. 4 years of varsity tennis including Most Improved Award jr. year and MVP Award, #1 singles, and Team Captain sr. year. TONS of tennis clinics during the offseason. FBLA/DECA for 2 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid position as a guitarist for a local church band
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS volunteering (various stuff), LOTS of tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Mostly tennis, summer courses, and travel
[<em>] Essays: Decent I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably mediocre to bad, he’s kind of useless
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but I won’t get any
[</em>] Intended Major: Audio Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really. Average skinny Asian kid.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, solid test scores, had several ECs that I really committed myself to
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a whole lot of variety in ECs, not a great deal of volunteering
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Grades, test scores…y’know…[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Excited to meet everybody going down to Miami on March 23rd-24th to interview for the Singer! I don’t know if I’ll be attending Miami yet, as it’s not my first choice and I’ve never visited, but I’m pretty pumped to have gotten this opportunity.</p>
<p>As a side note is it true that those who are invited to interview for the Singer but do not get it usually get a little extra merit money thrown their way?</p>
<p>RoKr93 - yes, if you don’t get the Singer they usually add the Gables scholarship to your pot, which is another 4k per year.<br>
congrats again!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: N/A
ACT: 27
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavaliable
AP (place score in parenthesis): GOV (N/A)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Spanish 5 H, Calc H, English H, other useless stuff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cumulative Honor role</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band for four years, camp CIT, started school’s broadcasting program, written for school newspaper, baseball umpire for 5 years, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Paid umpire
Volunteer/Community service: umpire and camp CIT
Summer Activities: camp
Essays: Good in my opinion
Teacher Recommendation: How would I know you can’t read them…
Counselor Rec: How would I know you can’t read them…</p>
<p>Other stuff:
Haven’t visited campus
No interview
Private school
You probably only looked at my gpa and act score anyway</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 560 W 620 M 680 R
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Only a 3 in AP Euro, 2 in AP Lit, 2 in AP US Gov, 2 in APUSH, 1 in AP French
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A yet (haven’t taken IB exams)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All IB Courses, which include English IB, AP Physics, IB Mathematical Studies, IB History of the Americas, IB French 4, IB ITGS HL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Way too many. Played many sports, but excelled in all of them. Clubs such as Key Club, Lacrosse Club, and an Officer in Ping Pong Club. Helped found one of the largest clubs at school, SWAG club. Freshman Year I was a starting hockey goaltender for one of the top teams in the nation. Sophomore Year I was a 5th seed singles starter and 2nd seed doubles starter for tennis. I was also the only player from my school to reach the district finals in the district tournament. Junior Year I participated in the school’s inaugural lacrosse team and assumed a captain position. Senior Year I continued lacrosse.<br>
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship with both of my parents at their private medical practice. My parents and I also created medical missions in the Philippines.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 160 hours Junior and Senior year, approximately 150 hours Freshman and Sophomore year.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Medical Missions, sports
[<em>] Essays: Excellent. Our college essays were also graded in-class. I received a 46/50 from our very tough english teacher.
[</em>] Common App Main: Not sure what this means lol
[<em>] EC Short Answer: I wrote about my experience with third-world countries during my medical missions. Not graded by my teacher, but I wrote it in a short time.
[</em>] “Profile” questions: Don’t even remember
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Nope
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Nope
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: Nope
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My ToK teacher wrote me mine. He’s said to other people that he’s heard I was the “idea” student for my junior year and that he knows that I “almost always receive good grades”.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Can’t read them but probably good? I used to get in trouble with my guidance counselor a lot during my first two years of high school. However, this year, my guidance counselor told my mom how proud she is to have seen my grown and mature.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Pre-Med/Physical Science I think?
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000 +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nahhh. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My extra curricular definitely outweighed my low GPA. And although my GPA is .6 points lower than some of those who were accepted, the IB course load is really in a league of its own. IB schools deflate grades and create a weeding out system to remove the students who are incapable of surviving IB. I not only played many sports, but I excelled and showed leadership in all of them. Also, my upward trend helped a lot. I had B’s and C’s freshman year, all B’s and 2 A’s sophomore year, then almost all A’s junior year.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA and Low SAT Scores…you know
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong extra curricular and essay. The recommendations were probably also a major factor, but I can’t read them. [/li][/ul]General Comments: If it isn’t obvious by my average/below-average GPA and SAT…Extra Curricular can be a major deciding factor. I’ve learned after seeing my sister apply and having my parents tell me advice that colleges don’t want the smartest people. They want the most balanced and well-rounded individuals. Excel at your sports. Always think: “If my school didn’t offer this, would I still be a part of this club/sport? Do I need to do something outside of school?” It will be what separates you from a Jack of All Trades, Master of None to a Master of All. Also, make your personality come out in the essay. Really make it personal.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
Trustee Scholarship: 11k every year</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT- 27 (28 superscore)
GPA- 4.35(w); 3.875(uw)
Rank: 9/544
AP- 4,4 World History, US History
Senior year course load- AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Lit, Nursing Class, Pre-calc, AP EURO
Major Awards- none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS(Treasure, and Fundraising Committee Chair); National Technical Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, S2S (secretary), newspaper,key club, Model UN ( won third place best speaker at Towson Conference)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Literacy Council Tutor- help adults in my community get their GEDs, March of Dimes, etc…
Summer Activities: Volunteered on a political campaign for State’s Attorney
Essays: Great- editor from the Washingtonian said it was well written
Teacher Recommendation: great
Counselor Rec:great
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: didn’t have one</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:yep
Intended Major:Health Science Business Admin.
State (if domestic applicant):MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender:F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):umm, I traveled to a third world country and delivered twins via c-section, I also assisted with a laparotomic myomectomy. Also, I’m receiving my Certified Nursing Assistant License in May. </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: My gpa and class rank
Weaknesses: ACT score 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted : Ohio State, University of Pittsburgh, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland. Waitlisted: Fordham</p>
<p>General Comments: Can’t believe I got in…I really that I was going to be rejected. God is good!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Scholarship: Trustee Scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT: comp. 31 Eng. 30 Math 33 Reading 34 Sci. 32
SAT II: Math 2- 760, U.S history-750, Bio-720
GPA (UW/W): 3.71/4.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World history-3, U.S history-4, Environmental Science-4, Art History-4, U.S Goverment-5
AP Pending: Physics B, Chemistry, Calculus BC, English Lit
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Chemistry, Ap Physics B, Ap Calculus BC, Honors Latin American History, Philosophy, Ap English lit, Peer Ministry IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor roll, Gold medal in Ap Environmental Science and Biology, Silver in English and Economics, Academic Achievement Award, Eagle scout, other random stuff.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity rowing, Boy scouts (Assistant Scout Master, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Quarter Master, Chaplains Aid, Order of the Arrow Representative), Order of the Arrow (Vice Chapter Chief, Chapter Treasurer, Unit Elections Chairman), National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National Science Honor Society, Beacons for the Blind.
Job/Work Experience: Paid summer internship at a Biomedical Engineering company, unpaid internship at the Energetic Ray Global Observatory.
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, NSHS, Tutoring at school, tutoring less fortunate kids, my school’s Autism Basketball Clinic, mission to the Dominican Republic with my school were we built a bridge for a impoverished village, random stuff through scouts, bunch of other stuff but I have neither the time nor the patience to post it.
Summer Activities: Above, National Scout Jamboree, Florida Scout Sea Base, Philmont Scout Ranch.
Essays: I thought they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: Not sure I didn’t read them.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it.
Additional Rec: Didn’t send any.
Interview: They were offered?</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Religious
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: between 100,000 and 150,000 I think
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My Mom is a Alumnus, Hispanic maybe?, Eagle Scout, 200+ community service hours.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades, test scores, Eagle Scout, community service, extracurricular activities, honor societies, essay.
Weaknesses: Junior year’s grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I do well in school and I do alot outside school and in my community.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgia Tech, Villanova, FSU, Tulane.</p>
<p>General Comments: Been a Canes fan since I was a kid, grew up in the city and have had a ton of family go there. If I need a good place to do long study sessions I go to this place in the business school. Its all about the U baby!</p>