<p>S was WL - but he has 6 other acceptances and is considering 4. </p>
<p>haven’t heard anything from rochester 
who’s also still waiting for the result? is this a sign of rejection?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (CR: 610 M: 650 W: 690)
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT II: Biology M: 750 Chemistry: 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no such thing at my school, I’m an A/A- student
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): First 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IBDP predicted grades: Polish A lit SL (6), English B HL (7), Math. ST SL (6), Biology HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Psychology SL (7), TOK (A), EE (A), total: 43/45
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2nd year full IB diploma
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Biology Olympiad Finalist, English Olympiad Semi-Finalist, Winner of National competition “Singing Poland”, Volunteer of European Capital of Culture 2016</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Amnesty International (President), European Youth Parliament (International Delegate of EYP Poland), MUN, School Choir,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hospital, Co-ordinating “Therapy through Fairytales” program at a Children’s Hospital, Participated in Laughter Therapy Program in a hospital, NGO volunteer (awarded a title)
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp 7/10 I don’t think it was brilliant or anything, but decent, supplemental essay 10/10 short, but showed exactly who I am and why I would fit into Rochester
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know, definitely showing my virtues, but probably quite similar to each other, because in Poland teachers don’t really write such things and don’t know how to.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same here, we don’t even have a counselor
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US double citizen, living in Poland for almost my whole life - English is my second language (non-native speaker, but relatively fluent, had to take TOEFL, though - 115/120)
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Full IB Diplma candidate? US double citizen?</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Very high IB predicted grades, extracurriculars, EYP International Delegate
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Again - IB (Rochester likes it), I uploaded my EE, which had a pretty impressive research question and was well-written, High TOEFL scores? (115/120), really good supplemental essay
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Haverford College! (honor code essay probably got me in, totally shocked) Rejected: Brown (but that was a HIGH reach)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*] Rochester is amazing, but right now I am leaning more towards Haverford, because it is just a perfect fit. I am posting my stats, so that you can see, that even with weaker test scores you might get into a great college!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT: did not take
ACT: 27
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): First 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit (3), AP world (3), AP Spanish (4) AP Chemistry (3), AP Environmental (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB psych (5), IB Math Methods (6)
Senior Year Course load: IB HOTA, IB Bio, IB English, AP HUG, AP Calc, IB Spanish, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MUN best in conference (2013), RIT award for innovation
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater Club co-president), Lacrosse (co-captain), orchestra, MUN, Spanish Club, soccer (co-captain)
Job/Work Experience: concessions worker (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at the city orchestra, school, local garden
Essays: CommonApp: very good
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but are probably great
Counselor Rec: Not sure, new counselor
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: yes
State (if domestic applicant): yes
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Income Bracket: 50,000
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Full IB Diplma candidate, first generation college
Strengths: Interview, grades, activities
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IB, showed interest
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wait listed- Cornell University
General Comments:
Top choice. Happy to be accepted!</p>
<p>Hi guys, I was accepted to Rochester as well! But where can I find the financial aid package? Thanks </p>
<p>Hey guys! On my account, im still on step 4 but the registeration form for 2018 experience and ‘pay enrollment deposit’ button suddenly appeard! Does this mean that I got accepted? </p>
<p>Yes, it most likely means that you got accepted. Check your spam folder in case you received the email notification. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010, 680 M, 690 CR, 640 W.
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 710, Bio E: 680, Spanish: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, though probably top 10% if not top 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 21st century history, English 12, Spanish, Precalculus, Physics, Social Studies in Spanish (these are the only classes offered to me at my school, there are no AP or advanced classes.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST robotics, literary magazine, discipline committee, various coursera courses, JV corsscountry
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Math tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: n/a
[<em>] Essays: Common app was particularly good, explaining who I was and what I wanted to do. They told me this is partly why I was accepted. My essay on Meliora was not as good and less personal.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them though I suspect they were all very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teachers
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Costa Rica
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $20k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: common app essay, recommendations, gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, course load, extracurriculars (lack of leadership)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay and recs, though honestly I am surprised I was accepted
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: RIT, WPI, RPI, Clarkson U, Franklin & Marshall, St. Olaf, Bucknell. Watlisted: Case Western, Lehigh, Union College. Rejected: Cornell, Lafayette College</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*] Honestly I’m surprised and happy to be accepted. I will probably end up going here. How do we get financial aid? Do they email student ID’s for the FAOnline thing?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640R, 730W, 720M Total: 2090
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Chinese with listening 740, Math level two 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Grade 10: 3.5 Grade 11: 3.8 Grade 12: 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Our school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics(3), Chinese(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, Pre-calculus, Calculus, Marketing, Ap psy, Ceramics (only 4 AP courses in our school)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): “Chinese Bridge” Speech Contest( 3rd place )</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance club(founder), Vancouver District Student Council(I am one of 18 students who represent their individual Vancouver HIgh Schools)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m an international student so couldn’t work!! Hudson’s Bay company(sales representative/ part of work experience but not paid)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: , community center(events volunteer) since grade 10, school store(manager),
[</em>] Summer Activities:Community center day care(volunteer assistant) for the whole summer in 2013
[<em>] Essays: common app:I personally love it. Really good
supplement: it’s okaaay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Business teacher:great. very detailed and he loves me!! I also applied for economics major so this probably really helped me
Math teacher:great but probably a bit general?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent! I read it and she loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[li] Interview: did not know about the interview…so nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): BC, Canada
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 300 000>
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Recommendations, essays, upward trend in GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had very interesting experiences throughout my life: growing up in a small farming village in South Korea, suddenly moving to Beijing, and finally settling down in BC. I think I showed this really well on my common app essay! Also my recommendation letters are amazing.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted from Emory(emory college), Virginia, NYU
rejected from lots of schools. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list] yay! I’m very thrilled to attend Rochester. 
[*] :x :x :x </p>
<p>Just got an email from URoc inviting me to several admitted student event days. I had not received any letter or package from them by mail yet so I was starting to lose hope. </p>
<p>^^^ I would call them - if they are inviting you to admitted student days - you are probably got accepted. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1680 superscore. 580M, 520R, 580W
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 580 Biology Molecular, 560 Math 2 - for all you negative nancies…I studied my butt off! Time constraints especially on these types of test are not my thing. Slow test taker.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Salutatorian of my class
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at my school
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: English 4, Spanish 4, Government and Economics, Dual Enrollment: 1st year Math and History.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Quest Bridge Scholar Finalist, Local Scholarship Recipient
Subjective Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance Committee ( leadership 3 yrs) and News Announcer ( 1 yr leadership)
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter
Volunteer/Community service: Hygiene kits for homeless (citywide recognition), Susan G Komen and Revlon Run Walk and other. At least 300 hours combined
Summer Activities:
Essays: Heartfelt and well written
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. Both my teachers have taught me all four years of high school.
Counselor Rec: Brilliant. I have known her for all four years and she was my teacher freshman year.
Additional Rec:
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small new charter school - 5 year old school K-12
Ethnicity: African American and proud!
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low very low.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Born in U.S. but I lived in West Africa until I was 10, moved to U.S. in 5th grade and had to adjust to a whole new world, I speak 5 languages including English and I am able to read, write and understand Spanish well (I’m talking well written essay status on the spot), I speak semi-fluent Spanish ( I can have an everyday conversation in spanish so maybe fluent in what is necessary for life) . I have an awesome Spanish teacher and a gift for languages. I love Spanish, it will be my minor in college!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Boston College, Syracuse University, Waitlisted: Smith College, UVA, UC Davis Rejected: lots of schools.</p>
<p>By the way my application still says step 4!</p>
<p>I’m a transfer student that was accepted. They actually sent me a rejection letter at first through MyRoc that was dated for 2012… April Fools though, I guess. It was soul-crushing, but I called and they clarified that I did indeed got accepted and that they had messed up by uploading a rejection from two years ago!</p>
<p>Accepted!
Gpa: 3.4
ACT: 33, 34 superscored
lots of EC</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
Math: 490
Reading: 550
Writing:530
Composite:1590
[ *] ACT: 25
[ *] SAT II:<br>
Literature: 500
Mathematics 1: 480
US History: 510</p>
<p>[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16 of 192 students
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking AP English and Ap Spanish this year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Do not take
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All honors, 2 AP courses, and the required religion for catholic school
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major</p>
<p>[ /list]Subjective**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
NYPD Explorers
Washington Greys Cadets (Alpha Company)
International Club (President)
Theater Club (Actor,Singer,Stage director)
Wall Street Finance and Scholarship Traning Program (Goldman Sachs)- Student
Math Tutoring Club (tutor)
SAT Prep Club (ironic with my test scores)
Outdoor Club (member)
National Honor Society (member)</p>
<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Over 100 hours of community service with the NYPD Explorers and over 50 with soup kitchens
[ *] Summer Activities: None so far, Will try to find a job or internship for the summer, if not I will volunteer for the NYPD and Washington Greys
[ *] Essays: I had a very strong CA essay, and my Rochester essay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Although I never read them
One was from my Global Studies teacher (first 2 years) the other was from my English teacher (last two years)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good recommendation (wasn’t great but was very positive
[ *] Additional Rec:N/A
[ *] Interview: I had a great interview with a recent Rochester student, we really clicked and we actually talked about things other than the school and it felt more like a conversation than the interview)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant): United States
[ *] School Type: Private Catholic School
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian,Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Under $25,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
First generation college student</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[ *] Strengths: Leadership, Essays, the diversity I can bring to the school,
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT and ACT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The interview (they stress the interview ) and my essays
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Syracuse: Waitlist
RPI: Rejected
RIT: Accepted
Mount St Marys: Accepted
SUNY New Paltz: Accepted
SUNY Stony Brook: Unsure
SUNY Maritime: Waitlisted</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:**[ list]
[ *]University of Rochester was my dream school and I loved it the moment I got there, the interview definitely helped my chances and if given enough financial aid and am fully capable of supporting myself I will enjoy attending as Class of 2018</p>
<p>I also applied Priority Review but did not receive any news until today</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (710 CR, 650 M, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 690, Math IIC 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.61 (3.97 before senior year; explained drop)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (4), Eng Lang (3), US Hist (4), Psych (5), Chem (5), Lit (4), Bio (4), Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: currently on a gap year; course load was my most rigorous (4 APs & 2 extra classes)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, family responsibilities
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Childcare provider, JCPenney (for gap year)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: DECA Outreach Dinner, NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: –
[<em>] Essays: CA on family responsibilities (just okay), Gap year explanation (best, excellent), Supplement (great)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: From AP Chem teacher (good, but not very specific)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great
[</em>] Additional Rec: –
[li] Interview: Met Tyler at a national college fair and he offered to interview me. I think it went very well and I felt very confident through all that (I usually don’t). I also liked being able to ask questions as it really helped show me UR was a good fit.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): –
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $50-60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Gap year and supplement essays, interview, and my gap year in general.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Senior year grades, CA essay (it was basically a waste imo)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Denver, University of the Pacific, Western Washington University. Waitlisted at University of Portland. Rejected at Santa Clara University.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*]Absolutely beyond excited! After my SCU rejection I didn’t think I would get in, but I’m so happy I did. I really think it’s the best fit too. Also, it was my #1/#2 choice, so as long as FA is reasonable I’ll be attending!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>2130 SAT
730 CR
800 Math
600 Writing</p>
<p>30 ACT
27 Math
34 Critical Reading
36 Science
English not sure</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA 3.18
Weighted 3.6</p>
<p>Eagle Scout</p>
<p>African-American</p>
<p>I worked multiple jobs and played on multiple varsity teams at my school.</p>
<p>Multiple Ap courses</p>
<p>I got accepted into the school of engineering with a $13,000 dean’s scholarship. </p>
<p>I also got into,
Umass Amhearst
UVM
UNH
Umaine Honors college
Northeastern
WPI
RPI
RIT
Lehigh</p>
<p>I got denied early decision from Cornell.</p>
<p>^^^what a reasonable list and fine application strategy. it’s good to see someone who did their homework and benefitted from it. congratulations.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>