Accepted daughter…
ACT: 32
GPA UW: 3.85
Rank: school doesn’t
Rigor: 6 APs, rest honors
State: Texas
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Applied: Aug 19
Decision: Jan 11
Major: pre-business
Merit: $7500 as seen on iRoar under financial aid tab
My daughter was accepted:
ACT: 31
SAT: 1370
GPA (UW/W): not sure uw, 4.1w
Rank: n/a
Rigor (APs/honors): 4 AP (her school limits the number of APs they can take) and 13 honors
State Residency: Pennsylvania
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Applied date:10/24
Decision date:1/25
Decision:Accepted
Major:Marketing
My daughter got her Acceptance Package today!
OOS: Maryland
Major: Biology
SAT: 1310
WGPA: 4.2
Class Rank: Top 8%
What a long wait it has been!!
ACT: N/A
SAT:1480
GPA (UW/W): 3.7/3.9
Rank: school does not rank
Rigor (APs/honors): Approx 9 APs and honors over senior and junior year
Extras: competitive private high school in NoVA, Varsity sports, biked across country, model UN, etc
State Residency:VA
Ethnicity: white
Gender:male
Applied date: December 2018
Decision date: February 14, 2019
Decision: Uncertain - waiting to hear from 5 other schools
College: Architecture, Arts and Humanities
Major: Uncertain
Daughter Accepted!!
Applied early November
Received admission 1/20 with mention of scholarship
OOS: Georgia
WGPA: 4.50
1 in class
ACT : 29
Major: Biochemistry
Rigor: 6 APs
Captain of Volleyball Team and many other EC’s
Son got acceptance today.
ACT - 35
GPA - 3.87 W
No school rank
7 APs
Marching Band, Robotics, Choir, Drama
VIrginia
Engineering
Daughter, English Major
In state
ACT: didn’t take
SAT: 1200
Weighted GPA: 5.03
Rank: 9/175 - Top 6%
Rigor: 8 AP classes, the remaining honors
Tons of ECs
Applied: November 30
Accepted: February 6
My son accepted
Out of State (MA)
ACT: 28
SAT: 1270
No school rank
GPA: 3.22 unweighted
Extras: Varsity LAX and Varsity football both for 4 years
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Applied: 10/15/18
Accepted: 2/14/19
My daughter was accepted…
SAT: 1450
GPA (UW/W): 3.2 UW / 3.4 W
Rank: n/a
Rigor (APs/honors): 5 APs, lots of Honors
Extras: musical theater, soccer, model un, girl up (co-lead)
State Residency: OOS (MA)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Applied date: mid-Dec
Decision date: Feb 13
Decision: Accepted
College: Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences
Major: Criminal Justice
ACT: 31
GPA (UW/W): 3.6/3.9
Rank: n/a
Rigor (APs/honors): 4 APs, lots of honors
Extras: 3 varsity sports all 4 years, volunteering, nothing really that special
State Residency: NJ
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Applied date: 12/1
Decision date: 2/14
Decision: ACCEPTED
Major: Psychology
SAT: 1330
GPA (UW/W): not sure uw, 4.1w
Rank: n/a
Rigor (APs/honors): 7 AP’s and majority other classes were Honors
State Residency: Georgia
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Applied date: 11/30/18
Decision date: 2/15/19
Decision: Accepted
College/Major: Business
Decision: DENIED
College: College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences
Major: Nursing
SAT: 1290
GPA (UW/W): applied with 3.6/4.1 by mid-year 3.7/4.3
Rank: applied as top third by mid-year top quarter
Rigor (APs/honors): 8 APs, 1 DE, rest nearly all honors + several summer university programs
Extras: outstanding in all categories
State Residency: Virginia
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Applied date: August
Decision date: received 2/15/19
Thoughts: Nursing is hard to get into and I think her class rank at her very competitive high school ruined her chances.
ACT:30
SAT:1240
GPA (UW/W):3.666/4.418
Rank:127/546: Very competitive HS
Rigor (APs/honors):4 AP’s/rest all honors
State Residency:South Carolina
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Applied date:9/3/2019
Decision date :received 2/15/19
Decision:ACCEPTED
College :Architecture, Arts and Humanities
Major: Architecture
SAT: 1420
GPA (UW/W): 3.8/4.3
Rank:School doesn’t rank
Rigor (APs/honors): 9 AP’s/rest all honors
Extras: Lots of EC’S and volunteer hours
State Residency: Maryland
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Applied date:Jan.26, 2019
Decision date:Feb.6th, 2019
Decision:ACCEPTED
Major:Political Science
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SAT: 1290
GPA (UW/W): 3.4/3.7
Rank: n/a
Rigor (APs/honors): 1 AP’s and handful other classes were Honors
State Residency: Maryland
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Applied date: 10/22/18
Decision date: 2/15/19
Decision: DENIED
College/Major: Education
SAT: 1190 (I think SAT was the issue)
GPA (UW/W): 3.78 UW / 4.15 W
Rank: Top 12%
Rigor (APs/honors): 4 APs, 6 Dual Enrollment, rest Honors
Extras: XC (captain), Track, Technology Student Assoc.
State Residency: OOS (GA)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Applied date: mid-Oct
Decision date: Feb 13
Decision: Denied
Major: Architecture
SAT: 1280
GPA: 89 weighted rank gpa (school doesn’t use 4.0 scale and doesn’t provided unweighted)
Rank: Decile 5 (doesn’t rank) - HS competitive and in top 15% in the state
Rigor: 6 honors and 3 AP (all AP and 2 of the 6 honors were history classes - he also took a history class which was not offered in honors or AP). He score 5 on last year’s history AP exam and scheduled to take 2 AP exams in May.
Extras: Member of Local Historic Society, Basketball freshman year
State Residency: OOS (NJ)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Applied Date: Dec 1
Decision Date Feb 5th
Decision: ACCEPTED
Major: Business with possible minor in history
Thoughts: Given the stats of others applicants on this board, it would appear to me that Clemson did take some other factors into account than just overall academic gpa and rank when reviewing my son’s application. What those factors are we will never know.
Decision: ACCEPTED 2/16/19
Major: General Engineering
ACT: 31
SAT: 1390
Rank: School does not rank/approximately top 25%
Rigor: Honors and 3 AP
EC: Football and Lacrosse Varsity athlete. Volunteer work. School Scholar Athletes service club. PT job.
State Residency: OOS- IL
Gender: Male
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.8 (UW school doesn’t weight)
Rank: School doesn’t rank (very competitive HS)
Rigor: 3 APs
Extras: 2 sports, (JV tennis, varsity ice hockey) classically trained pianist, part-time job, 2 community service clubs (co-pres of one of them.)
State: NY
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Applied Dec. 1
Decision received 2/16
Decision: Wait listed
Major: Computer Science (2nd choice was Audio Technology for which he interviewed at Clemson)
I’m sure he will accept wait list and send an LOCI, but we are very disappointed.