<p>Dpattz-</p>
<p>It means: "Pratt, for the win."</p>
<p>Haha</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270) (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (34s and above on everything, including a 36 on Math, but 29 Science lolz)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Vallie :)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng Lit (self-study, school doesn't offer APs)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A (not offered)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist . . . uhhh 15th in the nation for Speech and Debate, but that doesn't really count.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech, theatre, Mock Trial, basketball, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: typical student restaurant jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of hours tutoring underprivileged kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work and Volunteering
[</em>] Essays: Outstanding (IMO... and I've been told by others)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Assuming great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[<em>] Additional Rec: Same
[</em>] Interview: Fantastic; he really liked me. Asked if I applied to HYPS...
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Private, Classical
[</em>] Ethnicity: White, blah.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, for sure. Decent scores/grades?
[li] Weaknesses: ECs, lack of huge awards[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green]<a href="Trinity"> b</a>[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 680 M (fail), 720 W
ACT: 32
SAT II: US history: 730, Math II 680, Literature 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 i think (ive only been given my waited GPA, which is 4.4 and went up after Mid-Year Reports)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/270 (with multiple people tied at #1)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US history (5), US government, not comparitive (5), AP European History (5), AP Geography (5), AP Language & Composition (5), AP MacroEcon (2) (it was a fail, i had two weeks of class) im also one of the national ap scholarish things. whatever they are for seniors.
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Geography (5) IB Philosophy (5) all standard level
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP/IB Psychology, AP/IB German, IB History of the Americas, AP/IB Literature & Composition, AP/IB Calculus BC, AP/IB Biology, IB Theory of Knowledge
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): won lots for science fair since sophomore year, no internationals, but i went to the national JSHS, Also I'm a National Merit Finalist, and won that AP Score award, but i can never remember what its called
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i havent heard yet =( but i got into Tulane (24,000 a year), Rochester (22,000 a year for NMF), Macalester, and Birmingham Southern College (full tuition & room & board)
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] My school is sort of ridiculous and most colleges know about it, hence the low-ish GPA, but I got all A's first semester senior year =)
[ b]Subjective:[ /b] yeah.... not really sure what to put here
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Unity Club (founder & president), Invisible children (president), Beta club, played the sax for 6 years, and then the stuff everyone has (NHS, mu alpha theta, etc.)
Job/Work Experience: worked at ben & jerry's for a summer. it sorta sucked.
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at pretty prestigious law firm for 6 months, have volunteered at the Greater Birmingham Human Society for a year, volunteered at the birmingham zoo for around 5 years
Summer Activities: Science camps (unless you live in alabama you probably wouldnt know what they are), Duke TiP for 2 years (hopefully this helps), People to People (went to the British Isles), Anytown (an NCCJ camp)
Essays: it was pretty personal, but i could see how it might be generic. it was about how i basically went from being a complete pessimist to believing that people could really be good (thanks to anytown). if they believe it, it would be pretty good. and i hope they believe it because it was all true
Teacher Recommendation: hopefull good, i got one teacher who adores me, one who im pretty good friends with and is the sponsor of the club i started and the club im president of
Counselor Rec: my counselor/principal hates me but she wouldnt write anything bad and would probably exaggerate all of the good just because she wants her best students to get into the best colleges, so probably pretty good
Additional Rec: i used another teacher (i already talked about her, she knows me more for my community service)
Interview: i thought it went pretty well, we talked for about an hour and when he emailed me he said to expect to talk for about 30 minutes
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
State: Sweet Home Alabama
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: an AP/IB school. we were ranked #1 in the country a few years ago by newsweek, then dropped to second, then to fourth, and now we're listed as a "public elite school" meaning our average ACT scores are too good and they wont rank us. we do a science fair every year, its really difficult to get a's at my school (a girl had to leave because she was failing algebra and she left and continued taking algebra and got a 108) and colleges claim they know that, but its been my experience that they dont
Ethnicity: white, german, pretty generic =(
Gender: female & proud of it
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): so fail, i dont really have a lot. except that ive done a lot for diversity and started a club specifically for this purpose
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: community involvement, gpa if they know what my school is like, science fair awards, national merit finalist (i think?)
[ *] Weaknesses: possibly my recs, if my counselors wasnt good, test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] i love duke, and i also think i was up for robertson, but didnt get the call. but im not sure if i was. my teacher said she recommended me, but im not sure if she did, i missed the interview for it at my school and she only told me she'd nominated me after the application stuff was due, which was a fail.</p>
<p>CC is a cesspool of self-deprecation, so much so I often wonder if people TRULY think they are failures or simply so people jump to say "OMG noes you're liek totally amazing!i!1"</p>
<p>I agree. </p>
<p>Especially since jocool proceeded to place "fail" adjacent to his math score of 680.</p>
<p>-_________________-</p>
<p>I don't see the point of this.</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: 780 US History, 750 Physics, 740 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/86, but officially top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible, 4 APs and 3 honors</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very involved in Colorado politics and environmental advocacy. Wrote and passed a water conservation resolution in the CO General Assembly. Worked at the state capitol as a policy research intern. Campaigns: RNC & McCain Deputy Field Director handling 1.2 million voters in 7 counties. Other stuff like Mock Trial, Debate, Class President, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: State capitol internship, worked for the RNC
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots in Water Conservation, other stuff.
[</em>] Summer Activities: See ECs
[<em>] Essays: Good? I hope
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good I hope.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From a friend in the Colorado House of Representatives
[<em>] Interview: Went very well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado!
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very unique ECs I hope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, Scores, GPA
[li] Weaknesses: Couple of Bs first trimester, but brought up to As 2nd trimester. [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>dpattzlover - Stillwater, MN</p>
<p>I cant believe were finally finding out soon! ahhh im so nervous</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* ACT: 35
* SAT II: didnt send
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
* AP (place score in parenthesis): environmental science (4), world history (4), united states history (5), psych (5), chem, spanish, english lit, calc ab, gov
* Senior Year Course Load: 5 ap's
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student government (class vp), spanish honor society (vp), national honor society, human rights club, varsity baseball, dare role model, varsity wrestling
* Job/Work Experience: Interned at the Bronx Zoo and at the Westchester Environmental Student Council
* Volunteer/Community service: Coached a T Ball baseball team, set up fundraisers for national autism association
* Essays: idk. i liked them haha
* Teacher Recommendations: hopefully good
* Counselor Rec: hopefully good
* Interview: all i know is i had fun
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): new york
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: no financial aid
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sister is current senior at duke
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: ACT, course load
* Weaknesses: GPA
</code></pre>
<p>Got one of the 350 likelies. Stats are a few posts up ^^^^^^^</p>
<p>wait, they're still sending out likelies??? its like 11 days away from dday!</p>
<p><a href="Trinity">b</a>**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800math 750 cr 730 wr 10e)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770math2 750 ushistory 670 lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97ish aka only one b+ since 8th grade
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure but top few/650
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calulus BC 4 Calculus AB 5 Government 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ib diploma: ib 20th century topics, ib english hl, ib physics sl, ib math hl 2, ib psychology sl, ib spanish sl, band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):basketball (varsity 2 years, aau state champs, other tournament championships), band (clarinet, symphonic for 3 years, marching band, drum major for 2 years, 3 undefeated seasons), ib student advisory board, math honor society, spanish honor society, national honor society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: basketball summer camp
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: readers are leaders program at local community center, campaign work, coached basketball for 4 years
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: probably rushed but solid
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 outstanding and the other good but generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, she's only known me since september
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: guy was young and seemed a little clueless so i dunno
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): va
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: varied ecs with dedication, strong transcript
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays, sat subject tests
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>^ Delete all the spaces within your brackets.</p>
<p>thanks. well theres another weakness i missed. i dont speak computer.</p>
<p>^ haha, I don't think Duke adcoms mind. In fact, of all the most elite institutions in America, Duke would probably care the least. I bet it has the least amount of CS majors of any prestigious school. It's so cool and socially driven ;)</p>
<p>Pick one:</p>
<p><a href="Trinity">b</a>**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 760 CR, 790 W, 10 E (2350)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math lvl II, 720 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.90
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/583
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), English Lang (5), U.S. History (4), Stats (4), Calc AB (5), Psych (5). Taking this year: Macro, Govt, Eng Lit, Calc BC, Chem, Bio
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ALL AP/Pre-AP courses.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Four Joule Awards (awarded to one student for ea/ subject area for outstanding academics as well as display of character), "Outstanding Student of the Month" for the whole of our school district, "Man of the Year" Contest at our school (Third Place), AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Trustee's Board of Education: Academic Excellence, DAP Scholar, Texas Scholar.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): StuCo (VP, Rep), Church Youth Group (President, Drummer, Bible Study Leader), FBLA (Parliamentarian), NHS, NSHS, J-WAC
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, Cashier/Helper at my parents' place
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (for cs hours), Activities involving StuCo, NHS, and Church, World Changers (fix and shingle roofs 85+ hours committed to this effort)
[</em>] Summer Activities: World Changers, TASC leadership workshop, JAMA Conference, Multiple Christian Conferences such as IHOP (International house of prayer)
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp Essay was creative and unique. WhyDuke Essay: very generic.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were outstanding. One was a bit short, however.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really Great. My counselor loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Amazing. He told me that he doubted my rejection from duke. I hope he's right about that....</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (5A)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than 50K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not any that I know of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Rank, Recs, Interview, Awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars (Nothing really fancy), My WhyDuke essay, 3 on AP WH, lack of committment to certain clubs, meager cs hours.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck To All!!!!!</p>
<p>A lot of Trinity, wow. Anyway, I apply to Pratt</p>
<p>same here. i applied to pratt. im somewhat hoping that being a girl going into engineering will help me. although i want to do a double major with engineering and history.</p>
<p>Engineering and History? Same ideas. I love History too</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 760 M 760 W (2320)
ACT:
SAT II: 770 Math II 740 World History 740 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/620
AP (place score in parenthesis): Cal AB (5), Biology (5), Cal BC (4), Art History (4), World History (4), English Language (4) English Literature (4) Spanish Language (3) Human Geography (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt/ AP Econ, AP Eng Lit, Anatomy, BCIS, AP stats, decathlon, debate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w/ distinction, state decathlon gold medals</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity tennis (captain), decathlon (captain), health careers club (president), debate team
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours
Summer Activities: college courses, tennis
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: i dunno
Counselor Rec: i dunno
Additional Rec: tennis coach
Interview: pretty good</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): South TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>