<p>I felt it was time to start the Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread!!</p>
<p>There is a VIP thread and an EA thread but I felt we should have a thread that has the decisions all in one place with stats included </p>
<p>Here's the basic format - you know what to do:
Try to include your college in the title too!
Can you also listed what method you used to apply (VIP, EA, RD)</p>
<p>I'll put mine below </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- College of Arts and Sciences (VIP candidate)
Stats:
SAT:didn't send
SAT IIs: did not take
ACT:28
GPA:3.84 W
Rank: school doesn't rank
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: okay, I felt it could have been better
Teacher Recs: great, one was incredible
Counselor Rec:I'm assuming it was okay
Hook (if any): I am President of my schools DECA program and have gone far within the competition, lots of community service hrs, class representative </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (Massachusetts)
School Type: small, highly ranked, public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
I really want to go to Penn State but I liked UVM as well. I guess I'll see what happens.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- College of Arts and Sciences, Neuroscience major (VIP candidate)
Stats:
SAT: 1250/1600 and 1850/2400
SAT IIs: n/a
ACT: 28
GPA:3/56 UW/4.01 W
Rank: 5/79
Other stats: I’ve taken 1 out of 2 AP classes offered at my school and duel-enrollment classes</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I thought it was pretty good.
Teacher Recs: One was good, one was awesome
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it
Hook (if any): I was the only female on a 6 person engineering team where we won two awards, a couple examples of volunteer work that relates to my intended major</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (Connecticut)
School Type: Small public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian/American Indian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
My dad made me apply to UVM because he loves Vermont, but I wasn’t really looking into it until I got the Presidential Scholarship.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- College of Engineering & Math Sciences (EA)
Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: N/A
ACT: 29 (Math 32)
GPA:88.5 (minimal weighting at Prep School for Honors/AP)
Rank: Doesn’t rank
Other stats: 6 Honors and 4 AP (thru senior year)
Subjective:
Essays: Probably decent some may think V.G.
Teacher Recs: Unknown
Counselor Rec: Unknown
Hook (if any): Decent interest. Summer enrichment programs in desired major. Very well respected high school</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (Mid-atlantic)
School Type: Prep
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- College of Arts and Sciences (VIP candidate)
Stats:
SAT: 1750 (630 writing, 580 cr, 540 math)
SAT IIs: did not take
ACT: didn’t take
GPA: 3.02 uw
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats: took 2 ap classes </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: no teacher rec
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Hook (if any): Decent interest; also, stuck to two main ECs all throughout high school and participated in different activities involving those interests </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (New Jersey)
School Type: large, highly ranked, public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: Marked UVM as my first choice when a representative came to my school for a meeting so maybe that had something to do with it</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- School of Business Administration (VIP candidate)
Stats:
SAT: 2010
SAT IIs: Math 1 (670), Math 2 (750)
ACT:30
GPA:3.55 W
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good stuff
Teacher Recs: prob good
Counselor Rec: prob decent
Hook (if any): Well respected, academically rigorous high school</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (Massachusetts)
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
UVM one of my top choices but I want to study Finance/Accounting (Looking at schools in NY/Boston)</p>