Class of 2016 Schreyer Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>Hey guys feel free to post your stats and if you get accepted/denied to SHC. Good luck to everyone! Here's a template:</p>

<p>objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 660(critical reading), 760(math), 720(writing)
ACT: none.
SAT II: 790(biologyE), 800(math2)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/330
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology(5), BC-Calc(5), Biology(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load:AP Statistics, Anatomy and Physiology, calculus 2, AP spanish language, AP english lit and comp, AP physics C: mechanics, economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, national hispanic merit scholar, commended national merit finalist, PA science talent search award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Dance Marathon (head of fundraising committee), NHS, SNHS, Venture Crew (Vice president…it’s like boy scouts, but for girls too), Maccabi Games, Soccer Club, School soccer (varsity), BBYO, bowling club, ski and snowboard club, PJAS science fair, science olympiad
Job/Work Experience: child care and lifeguarding
Volunteer/Community service: Dance Marathon(easily 50+ hours), tutoring(through NHS and SNHS),
Summer Activities: Camp Louise, Maccabi Games (Soccer)
Essays: decent
Teacher Recommendation: should be very strong!
Counselor Rec: standard
Additional Rec:also should be very strong!
Interview:…none?</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hispanic, connection to PSU and THON</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars, strong courseload
Weaknesses: 1 of the essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hopefully accepted because of recommendations and extracurriculars!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: PSU main, OSU (honors), U South Carolina (Honors)
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (honors), UVA (echols scholars). Waiting on UDel, Duke, WashU in St. Louis</p>

<p>General Comments: I cannot believe that I was accepted. Now I’ve got some really tough decisions to make!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!! :smiley: :D</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

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<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (770, 760, 800)
ACT: Never took it
SAT II: 800 on math II, 790 on chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 (out of 221)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), chemistry (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus II (taken at a local college), AP Biology, AP computer science, honors Latin 4, a few others that don’t really matter
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship, Williams College Book Award, qualification for state math competition (not really an award, but it doesn’t fit anywhere else), Create Award at Vex Robotics World Championship, and a ton of other robotics awards.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics club (leader, although we don’t have official titles), Environmental Club (board member), Varsity Tennis (captain), Latin club, Math Team, NHS
Job/Work Experience: I work for a non-profit organization, and I teach an SAT prep class
Volunteer/Community service: Ton of stuff… several hundred hours. I’m not gonna list everything, but the most significant community service activity I’ve done would be volunteering for a camp for kids with diabetes
Summer Activities: Summer tennis, a ton of volunteer work, employment
Essays: Wrote them all in one day, but I still think that they were pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: I sent three. Two were extremely good, but I’m not sure about the third.
Counselor Rec: Probably average
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Didn’t have one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurricular activities, test scores (although I know SHC doesn’t even look at these)
Weaknesses: Didn’t take enough AP courses, although in my defense, my school makes it exceedingly difficult to take many. Also, I sent in my application a few days after the priority deadline (oops).
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m pretty well rounded.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far just WPI and UMASS.
General Comments: I’m so happy that I got in. SHC is definitely near the top of my list, so I’m pumped that I no longer have to worry about whether or not I got into a great school. Congrats to everyone else who got accepted, and to everyone who didn’t, I’m sure you’re all amazing people, and you’re all gonna be at great colleges next year!</p>

<p>Three down, twelve more to go!</p>

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<p>Accepted to SHC!</p>

<p>ACT: 32 composite
UW GPA: 95.5
State or Country: PA
School Type: Independent
Intended Major: Computer Science (COE)
Gender: Male
Courses: Most Rigorous
Applied: Early January</p>

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<p>Accepted… SHC</p>

<p>2360 SAT I (800M, 780W, 780CR)
800 Math and 770 Physics SAT II
4.2 WGPA
AP Scholar With Distinction junior Year
Plus 5 AP’s Senior Year
Nation Merit Semifinalist
In top 10% (800+ Students in Graduating Class)
Tutoring on Saturdays
Debate Captain
Piano
Soccer
Additional EC’s
Decent Essay</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR + 740 M + 780 W = 2270 (but Shreyers doesn’t count SAT score as long as you get in PSU in general)
ACT: none
SAT II: 780 Bio Molecular, 800 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but told by a diff school top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro 5, AP US Hist 5, AP Bio 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: 4 other APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, science comp. states first place, art awards, Foreign Language awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (editor), community service club 150+ (officer), foreign language NHS (VP), NHS, art club, creative writing club, amnesty international, yearbook club, tutor, piano, foreign language school
Job/Work Experience: none :frowning:
Volunteer/Community service: w/ school stuff
Summer Activities: none…
Essays: okay
Teacher Recommendation: good! (ap bio & ap us teachers)
Counselor Rec: good enough!!
Additional Rec: good!! (english teacher)
Interview: no interview
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): in-state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public - 300+ in graduating class
Ethnicity: azn
Gender: girl
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: essays, extracurricular activities (no sports)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Deferred-UPenn, UChicago
Accepted-Notre Dame, Rutgers Pharm, Pitt… a few others
General Comments: lucky!!!</p>

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<p>Is there a schreyer group on Facebook so we can meet each other?</p>