Class of 2017 RD Stats

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<p>Now that acceptances have been sent out, I think its time to make a thread so we can compare stats among accepted, waitlisted, and rejected.</p>

<p>I'll start
Waitlisted
GPA: 3.7
ACT 33 (36 Reading, 34 Science, 33 English, 27 Math)
SATII Spanish 780, US History 720, World History 640
Rank?</p>

<p>EC
V Cross Country 4 years
Pole Vault 3 years
Captain Science Olympiad Team 6 years
OFA Summer/Fall fellow- In charge of office on Sundays
DNC Summer Intern</p>

<p>3 college credits from Georgetown summer class. Final grade A</p>

<p>Recs- Im guessing fantastic: my english teacher and I get along extremely well, same for my math teacher. My college counselor and I are like buddies so I'm sure she wrote a great (not generic) school report</p>

<p>Senior schedule: AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP Microecon, AP Bio, H Pre Cal, Philosophy, British Lit</p>

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<p>I was also waitlisted!</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98
SAT- 1870 (700 reading, 530 math, 640 writing)
Top 5% of my class
Took honors english, AP World, AP English Lit, College in High School classes, AP Calculus
ECS- Junior class vice president, v cross country 1 year, v tennis 2 years, DECA and NHS member, worship lead singer at my church, cheerleading senior year</p>

<p>I’m really disappointed, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.</p>

3

<p>I got accepted! </p>

<p>3.3 GPA</p>

<p>1710 SAT, 25 ACT (mix of 30s and bad score in science)</p>

<p>120 service hours</p>

<p>Multiple clubs/VP for Japanese Club/Service Project Committee for Key Club</p>

<p>JV and Varsity Tennis</p>

<p>Unique extracurriculars</p>

<p>Amazing essays/recommendations</p>

<p>Started high school with upper 2.0 range GPA that steadily increased to 3.5+ along with taking most of the tough courses in my school.</p>

<p>Senior year sched: AP Euro, AP Lit, Web Design/Coding, Physics, AP Calc, Religion, AP Macro, AP Gov</p>

<p>*I honestly think that what theyre looking for isn’t necessarily the kids with the highest stats but rather the more unique individuals with balanced stats because I’ve seen them reject really smart people.</p>

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<p>Accepted for Spring 2014 (so excited!), Waitlisted for Fall 2013</p>

<p>GPA: 3.16
SAT: 1790
ACT: 25
80 or so service hours
Lots of involvement in art, drama, and music
Lots of extracurriculars
Amazing essays/recommendations
Catholic background</p>

<p>I’m stunned that they took me, it’s a dream come true. :)</p>

5

<p>ACCEPTED
SAT 2020
ACT 32
GPA 3.8
great essays and great recs
tons of ecs
also a recruited athlete</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED
SAT 2170
GPA 4.3
5 on AP Engish, 4 on AP Bio, 5 on AP US Hist
Currently in AP Calc AB and AP Psych
Multiple Honors courses all 4 years
Green Club
Above the Influence Club
Varsity Baseball
LIFE Emmaus Team (Campus ministry club/youth group)
125 Service Hours
Student Retreat Leader
Student Ambassador
Club Baseball
2 Great teacher recs (they both love me)</p>

7

<p>I was accepted!! </p>

<p>GPA: 90.2/100 (UW)
ACT: 31 (34 math 30 English 30 science 29 reading 8 essay)
AP Euro: 4
AP US: 4
AP Chem: 4
AP Macroeconomics: 4
AP Microeconomics; 5
Senior Schedule: Spanish 5, AP US and Comparative government and politics, AP Calc AB, AP environmental science, AP Psychology, creative writing</p>

<p>3 solid recs, good essay with risky topic (trying to stand out)</p>

<p>People to People Student Ambassafors two time traveller</p>

<p>Music, art, varsity indoor and outdoor track (captain too) for four years and lots of clubs</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone accepted and I hope to see you in the fall!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED
(I was also accepted into the theatre program as well!)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85
ACT: 31
SAT: 2050
Top 15%
My academic, personal, and theatrical rec’s were really solid, my essay was great as well.</p>

<p>EC’s:
Theatre (4 years)
Theatre President (Senior)
Theatre Historian (Junior)
NHS
Swim Team (3 years)
Lacrosse Team (1 year)</p>

9

<p>GPA: 71/100
I’m from an international school, so I take IB courses.
HL Econ
HL Psychology
HL Physics
SL Turkish
SL English
SL Math
SAT: 1890</p>

<p>I had a terrific personal statement that I worked really hard on day and night. Also I had excellent recommendation letters. </p>

<p>I’m the president of the student government at my school, along with being the captain of the varsity volleyball and soccer team. I do tons of volunteer work, and I also have an interest in the arts. </p>

<p>I wasn’t really sure whether or not I would get in, but I did. It was my first choice so I’m super happy. Hope all of you get in ! 'Till august I guess…</p>

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<p>Accepted
GPA: 4.68 (my school does it really oddly, I still don’t fully understand it)
SAT: 2110 (superscored; CR: 710; Math: 650; W: 750
Top 5% out of 500 students
“Urban Public School” – this probably helped a lot
I didn’t submit my APUSH score, but I got a 4
Courses this year: AP Latin 5, AP Calc AB, English 12 AP, Physics Honors
ECs: Played volleyball for four years, captain for the last three years. Co-editor of yearbook this year (I joined last year). I bake for community service
Personal Statement: I wrote about my love for baking, and how I started
Recs: Okay, I think (they couldn’t have been that bad haha). I’ve known my latin teacher for a really long time, and my junior year math teacher and I get along pretty well.
Not really religious or anything, so I was pretty surprised to get in!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.2 W
SAT: 2020
3 year Varsity Tennis
Pretty solid ECs, very involved in my community
AP scholar, coach’s award, high school student of the week, honor roll, etc
Pretty hard course load my senior year</p>

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<p>ADMITTED
GPA: 3.2 uw, 3.66 w (but not including PSEO courses, which don’t effect my GPA)
ACT: 30
president of model UN, VP of mock trial, National honors society, tough senior year course load, yale book award, varsity soccer player, attended Boy’s State and Naval Academy Summer Seminar in Annapolis, Maryland. Wrote my Pepp essay about the naval academy and why it’s not right for me but Pepperdine is.</p>

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<p>Accepted!
GPA: 4.0w
SAT: 2050
ACT: 31
AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP US History, AP Statistics, AP French
NHS and a NHS Book Award, National French Honor Society
EC: Most of my time dedicated to theatre, also dance, chorus, a capella, officer of Alliance Francaise
Community Service: Planned 3 successful Benefit Concerts for Breast Cancer as well as volunteer teaching free dance classes to underprivileged kids on weekends
past four summers at performing arts camps including 7 college credits from NYU this past summer
Pepp. Essay: About how my love for community service, my faith, and my leadership experience lead me to believe that pepperdine is the perfect fit
(Also I’m from a state where very few people leave the area (Rhode Island), not sure if that helped at all!) </p>

<p>So excited to be accepted! Not positive if I am going yet because I am still waiting on a few schools but Pepperdine is definitely towards the top!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 R/630 M/750W - 2100
ACT: Didn’t submit.
SAT II: U.S. History: 720; Math II: 630;
UC GPA: 3.92/3.56 uw
Rank: Top 10% in class of 110
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Biology, US Government, English Lit and Comp
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: Statistics, Physics, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Biology, AP US Governmet, Morality, ADV Musical Theater</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Spanish Club (President, 2 years), ASB (Historian) Habitat for Humanity, Interact Club, Christian Service Program, Campus Ministry Involvement, Drama Club, Video Club, Varsity Swim, Cross Country, Track and Field, Tae Kwon Do
Job/Work Experience: Halloween Express Seasonal Halloween Store (4 months)
Volunteer/Community service: Projects associated with Interact Club, Habitat for Humanity, and the Christian Service Program, as well as non-school service such as Mission for Remission and LifeChronicles Transcribing
Personal Statement: I think they were very well done. One focused on the experience of growing up with a father who was consistently absent due to the demands of the military. The second focused on my postive transformation as a student and person in general.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science/Math
State: California
School Type: Small (110 seniors, about 500 students altogether), Private Catholic, Founded 1963
Ethnicity: Caucasain - Nothern European Descent
Gender: Male
Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement and test scores
Weaknesses: GPA :confused: </p>

<p>General Comments: very surprised I was accepted! I feel very blessed!</p>

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<p>Accepted!
97% GPA (my school says this is 4.0)
2020 SAT (630 CR 650 M 740 W)
29 ACT
My essay was the best one i think I’ve ever written
I have hundreds of service hours
I’ve been on 3 mission trips to other countries
Lots of ecs (don’t feel like listing)
Varsity tennis 4 years</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 580 R/650 M/660 W - 1890 (superscore)
[</em>]ACT: Didn’t submit.
[<em>]SAT II: N/A (didn’t take any - I know…)
[</em>]GPA: 4.43
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2% in class of 154, we technically don’t rank though
[</em>]ELC?: Yes
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t offer AP
[</em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Statistics, Honors Digital Arts in Mixed Media, Honors Adv. Physics (Engineering), Honors English, Honors Spanish 4, Honors Calculus, Creative Writing, Yearbook, & my cohort class for senior project.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but we won 1st Place Yearbook at our local county fair, I got a local leadership award, the Visionary award at a conference I went to, and I got $600 for being a student ambassador.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief, 3 years), Link Program (Leader, 3 years), School Student Ambassador (Treasurer, 3 years), People to People (Student Ambassador, summer 2012), Senior Committee (Logistics Coordinator, 1 year), Invisible Children (1 year), Representative for this anti-gambling conference I went to.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: local Children’s Museum intern, Private tutor (1.5 years)
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: My elementary school, my middle school, my church… some other random stuff.
[</em>]Personal Statement: I wrote about how my connection with God had been weakened over time and how I wanted to attend Pepperdine to help restore it… nothing special, kind of cliche, actually.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Undeclared
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>]School Type: Small (154 seniors, 600 students altogether), Charter, Relatively New
[</em>]Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: Upper-Middle class (~$160,000)
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I really don’t think I had any…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Grades
[</em>]Weaknesses: Test scores? Not the highest, but they’re not terrible.
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a unique story to tell which is what I wrote one of my personal statements on.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Not going to lie, I partially applied to this school because I wanted to live out my PCA dreams… I really love the location and I’m so happy I got in!</p>

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<p>Accepted!! Major: advertising
1920 SAT
4.0 UW, 4.3 W GPA
ECs: 4 years of badminton, work exp, CSF, NHS, key club, Link crew, youth group
Good amount of community service</p>

<p>Hopefully finaid package is forgiving</p>

18

<p>Admitted
3.86 GPA
27 ACT
Strong essays and EC
Varsity volleyball</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED
4.56 gpa
rank: 19 out of 893 students
1880 SAT
26 ACT
my test scores sucked but I had a pretty good personal statement and letters of rec
Extracurriculars:
I’ve been modeling for 4 years; over 200 hours of community service; fund raised $5,000 by myself for a charity that aids the disabled and ill in mexico, and traveled with the organization to Mexico for two weeks where they recently named me their youngest ambassador; have been involved in pageants for a year; secretary of HUNO club for two years; first generation student; </p>

<p>school classes
taken 10 AP classes including senior year; taken AP spanish literature, AP spanish language, AP euro, AP US history, AP calculus BC, AP Language Arts, AP environmental science, AP statistics, AP government, AP literature, AP psychology; all honors classes freshman and sophomore years</p>

<p>Not 100 % sure yet but I think I may see some of you there this fall, congrats to everyone that was accepted!</p>

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<p>Accepted
GPA: 4.0
Class rank: 1 out of 78
SAT: 2170
Created a fashion benefit for individuals with special needs and raised $29,000 for Morgan’s Wonderland the world’s only ultra-accessible park.</p>