***Class of 2017 RD Decisions!***

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<p>So it seems like tonight's the night! I've been watching these forums (though I haven't added much) and all of you have been so nice to one another! It has really created a friendly atmosphere, and I'm sure the class of 2017 will be amazing! I hope you all get the decision you're hoping for.</p>

<p>Anyway I thought it was time we created the Class of 2017 RD descisions thread for tonight! Remember to only post the stuff listed below and not include other types of posts! This also means no one should post in here until they recieve their decision.</p>

<p><strong><em>OFFICIAL</em></strong> Lehigh RD Class of 2017 Decisions
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] 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.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (IBE)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1600/2270 (800M 800CR 670W)
ACT:
SAT II: 740 Math I, 700 Chem, 680 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Chem (3), AP Lit (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc, AP Modern Euro, AP Language & Comp, Honors Latin, Social Ethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMS Commended</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years football, 4 years varsity rugby, 2 years student government, Youth group leader at church
Job/Work Experience: Oceanfront Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours w/ different organizations
Essays: Solid but not exceptional
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Fine
Additional Rec:
Interview: Didn’t feel like doing it
Other: visited campus
State (if domestic applicant):
Country : The Best One
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Whiter than a midwinter’s snow
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: 200,00+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I didn’t write my essay in comic sans
Reflection
Strengths: Sat scores,
Weaknesses: Low senior year grades (3.6), </p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Northwestern, University of Michigan
Rejected: UVA, Cornell, Tulane
Waitlisted: Rice
Waiting on: Georgetown,
General Comments: Was definitely a safety for me, but if they give me enough merit money I might just consider Lehigh. Chances are I’m going to make a kid on the waitlist very happy.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by (IBE Honors)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 680 cr/660 m/700 w
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.63 at the end of junior year 3.75 after first semester senior year. 4.07 w end of junior year. 4.2 weighted after first semester senior
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesnt rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didnt send
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 2 first semester and Calc 3 this semester a local 4 year, AP Stats, AP Lit, Political Behavior
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts for 13 years
Club soccer - 12 years
High school Soccer all 4 years- varsity
Friendship Circle - 3 years
A few volunteer things here and there ~ 100 ish hours
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon since junior year
I also turned a social media site into a profitable business where I was making around $1,000 a month (I think one of things that made me stand out)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl scout stuff
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteered at vbs where my cousins go when I would visit them but it was only for a week every summer
[</em>] Essays: I though my common app was really unique because it was about how I turned a social media site into a profitable business
My extra cirriculars and lehigh supplements I think were pretty good but nothing outstanding
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume pretty good because one of them is also a professor at the university I take Multivariable Calc at and the other is just known for writing really amazing ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk probably a little better than average but still somewhat generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: no
[</em>] Interview: went really well. I interviewed here in California and then had an interview with the IBE director when I went out to visit Lehigh
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public - pretty highly ranked
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My social media business thing[/li][/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: My unique extra curricular, I interviewed twice and visited from across the country
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, I went from having all As throughout high school to basically straight Bs my junior year. I just got really lazy
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My test scores and gpa were in the range, I showed a lot of interest and communicated with my regional admissions counselor, my unique ec, and I visited from across the country
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: SDSU, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly Slo, University of Nebraska
Waitlisted: Northeastern, Villanova, U of Michigan
Rejected: Duke, Notre Dame, UVA, Bucknell, UCLA, UC Berkeley</p></li>
</ul>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: For all those accepted, congrats! I’m just waiting for the aid to see if I can go. For those of you applying next year SHOW INTEREST its really really important for schools like lehigh bucknell etc. I showed no interest at bucknell and villanova and even though my stats were over I wasnt accepted, yet I was accepted into lehigh IBE which has an acceptance rate of about 20-25%
Anyways, congrats everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Business
(son)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2100 cr/650 m/750 w/700
ACT: 34
SAT II: 780 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): none prior to Sr yr
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB; AP GovPol; AP Stats; Writing; 2 jr coll classes
Major Awards: none
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council - 3 years
Student Guide - 2 years
Lots of volunteer work including starting own charity
Advanced scuba diver and summers include month-long trips combining scuba and community service
Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s
Essays: Well written plus got to write extra one about being expelled from private school during jr year for alcohol violation.
Teacher Recommendation: ??
Counselor Rec: Good because counselor got to know him and found him interesting.
Additional Rec: McDonald’s
Interview: No</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Strengths: Starting charity; holding job; rising grades; visited; high Math SAT 1 & 2 and ACT scores.
Weaknesses: GPA; expelled from private hs jr year for alcohol violation
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: decent test scores; rising grades; visited; give national diversity.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: NYU, Tulane, Northeastern, Miami U.
Waitlisted: UChicago, Boston U
Rejected: Duke, UVA, Cornell</p>

<p>General Comments: Was set to go to Lehigh, but 10 minutes later got into NYU so not certain now.</p>

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<p>This is too much info for me to provide, but I will provide some basics for DS because I know this is the kind of info that helped us and, thus, will help future applicants.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>ACT Superscore: 32 (including 34 M and 35 S)
SAT - Did not submit
SATIIs - Chem 750, Phy 750, Math 2 - 720 (or 730, can’t remember)
WGPA - 4.0
Large public high school on Long Island, NY
Rank - Top 5%
5 APs total (3 senior year)
4 year varsity athlete, capt senior year
4 year Science olympiad - capt senior year
Jazz band, marching band, concert band (saxophone)
Some other clubs, community service, leadership, work experience
Visited once sophomore year, sent follow up email, no interview</p>

<p>Applied for IBE, didn’t get that. Can’t tell from portal if he got into engineering. Hope so.</p>

<p>Other results: Accepted: Miami, Tulane, Maryland, Tampa, UMass. Waitlist; RPI. Denied: Hopkins. Miami is top choice, Lehigh is the only other one being considered - if he got into engineering and finances would work, we will visit again.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 M, 730 CR, 720 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/579
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (TBA), Microecon (TBA), Macroecon (TBA), Physics C: Mech (TBA), Physics C: E&M (Not taking)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Economics, AP Calculus BC & Calc 3, Honors World Cultures, College Prep English IV, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Improvisation
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, rest of awards are local.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble/Concert Band, Science Club (senior year only), Math Club (senior year only), Church youth group (Head of community service)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed SAT Tutor (also tutored one student in Pre-Calculus)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Free concerts through band, MLK Day of Service (senior year only), a whole bunch of stuff with my youth group (probably 100+ hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Boys’ State, some self-study (Chem and Programming), vacations and stuff. No academic summer programs, really
[</em>] Essays: Meh. I’ve written better. =P
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I know my physics teacher wrote a top notch one, but not sure about my jazz teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also well done.
[li] Interview: No interview.[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~$80,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: High scores and grades, devotion to music program. Showed interest by visiting and sending AP scores to school. Took almost entirely honors/AP in math and science.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not many engineering related extracurriculars. No particularly outstanding awards, although I did get an engineering related one for my school.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed interest and had the grades for the school. Those are the two things you need for Lehigh.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Rowan, Rutgers, U. of Maryland-College Park, Northeastern
Waitlisted: Boston University, Carnegie Mellon
Rejected: Cornell, MIT
[/ul]General Comments: March hasn’t gone so well for me as far as acceptances go, but I’m glad to have gotten into Lehigh! I always described it as a “little Cornell,” so I’m interested to see what money I get, as that will determine where I ultimately land. To all future applicants: make sure to SHOW INTEREST. At schools like Lehigh, that is everything. I believe that is why I was waitlisted at Boston University as well, and I didn’t know that they really cared ahead of time.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted by P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (710W 640R 740M)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (35E, 34M, 27R, 31S)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math 2, 690 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Linear Algebra & Differential Equations, World Lit 2, IB Spanish 5 SL, Engineering Design & Development</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Internship w/ Orthopedic Surgeon, Battlebots Board member & Participant, President of club aimed to help autistic children, Freshman and Sophomore Soccer, National Honor Society, Internship at Private Pharmacy, Treasurer of SouthAsian Club, VP of World Hunger Club, Member of Peer-leadership Program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teacher’s Assistant for Summer Classes K-8
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (Radiology Department, Laboratory Department), Helped set up Pancreatic Cancer Walk Fundraiser, Helped organize and direct school dance for kids & adults with disabilities, camp counselor at summer camp for kids & adults with disabilities
[</em>] Essays: Creative!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Loved me!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Magnet School (Top 5 in NJ and high rank on US News)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: E/C’s, Rigorous Curriculum, HS Reputation
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li]Accepted: University of Rochester, Northeastern, NYIT 7 yr BS/DO Program
Waitlisted: Colgate
Rejected: Cornell, Vanderbilt
[/ul]General Comments: Very happy I got into Lehigh, a great fit for me academically and socially. I really hope my financial needs are met because I can easily see myself going to this great school.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:660 M:740 W:670
[</em>] SAT II: none
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/340
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): average extracurriculars
[</em>] Summer Activities: camp
[<em>] Essays: very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue
[</em>] Interview: yup</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[list]</p>

<p>[<em>] Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender:male</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 superscored (670CR 700M 760W)
ACT: none
SAT II (if submitted): 690 Math I, 650 Math II, 720 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/251
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Calc AB (pending) Microecon (pending) Macroecon (pending) Biology (pending)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB, Econ, Bio. CP English. Spanish (no honors offered). Couple of electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, couple of smaller awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: 6 months at an auction house and 9 months at a golf club
Volunteer/Community service:
2 years Mock Trial, captain as senior. “Best Advocate” Award as a junior.
1 year Odyssey of the Mind, state qualifier
1 year Model UN
3 years Young Democrats Club
2 years NHS
2 year Boys volleyball, school and club teams
1 year indoor and spring travel soccer
Avid ceramic artist
2 years NHS
3 years Ski Club
2 different jobs- a local Auction House and a local Golf Club
3 years attending the Unitarian Universalist Ohio Meadville District Summer Institute. It is a week-long summer church camp held at Kenyon. Small group discussion leader this past summer.</p>

<p>Essays: About my experience at the above camp. Decent, not great. Unique topic IMO, my religion is not exactly common (Unitarian Universalist)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably very good, not spectacular. Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: good, probably generic
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Decent, mid-sized public. Sends a handful of kids to top schools
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT, essay, maybe recs
Weaknesses: SATII, ECs</p>

<p>General Comments: Really surprised to be waitlisted, although I had no intention of going anyway. Lehigh seems to be very big on demonstrated interest, although I did visit. Lehigh’s Admissions Office was absolutely awful to deal with; I’m quite sure they will drop in yield because of it. Really not sure why I applied to Lehigh, I didn’t particularly like it. Anyway, good luck to all who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Accepted: Chemical Engineering
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Significantly lower than ACT
[ *] ACT: 29 C
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/691
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), English Lang (2), Spanish Lang (1), US History (4), Statistics, Calculus AB, English Lit, Biology, US Government
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: The 5 APs I listed that don’t have scores and Dance 1, Voice 1 and Art 1
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I put books back on library shelves, and intern at a [redominantly engineering company
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Rotary/Interact Club
[ *] Summer Activities: Work
[ *] Essays: My common app was okay and generic, but I believe my supplemental essays where what made me stand out.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Two of them; I’m guessing they were good
[ *] Counselor Rec: I’m guessing it was good
[ ] Additional Rec: No
[ ] Interview: No
[ /list][ b]Other[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] School Type: Large, urban public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ]Income Bracket: <$30,000/year
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths: My supplemental essays, and that I worked as an intern in a large company
[ *] Weaknesses: My scores are at the bottom of the mid-50 range, and my common app essay
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think that my supplemental essays put me over the edge because I was waitlisted at schools that I didn’t have to send in supplemental essays to.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Drexel, PSU; Pitt and UDel were for secondary majors
Waitlist: RPI and Northeastern
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Really surprised I was accepted, and will attend because of a great FA package (it is included in the letter, but it’s in the back of the folder, so you might miss it). I got my acceptance package today because I live in commuting distance; the letter is postmarked March 29th.</p></li>
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