<p>hey all of u who got accepted, post ur stats here</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>SATs: 760 m, 760 v, 700 w
SAT IIs: 780 us, 750 math i, 750 bio
GPA: 4.0 uw/ 4.6 w
Rank: School doesn't rank, but at least within top 3% of class
ECs: only decent, lots of community service
Essays: really good
Recommendations: never saw, but my teachers knew me pretty well</p>
<p>Public school in MA</p>
<p>I'm excited!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'm in!</p>
<p>SATS: 780 cr 770 w 730 m
SAT IIs: 770 bio 750 us
GPA: 3.99 uw - #1 in class of 25 (small private christian school)
Courses:hardest in my school, 10+ APs
ECs: Debate, student council, soccer, church groups and lots others
Recs: I would say average for anyone applying to NESCAC schools. Nothing impressive in particular, but i guess they worked :)
Essays: Really good! Colby's was the last one i wrote and after doing six others, i really had gotten a handle on what i wanted to say.
Hook: being from utah?</p>
<p>Anyways, congrats to all those admitted and my sympathies go out for those who didnt get the decision they wanted. At least this mind-numbing process of admissions is finally coming to a close, right?</p>
<p>D is in public HS in MA</p>
<h1>5 in class,2300 SAT's, musician, active in church</h1>
<p>Was waitlisted and did NOT take SAT II's--I wonder if that hurt her cause</p>
<p>My stats are a bit inferior to those above but what the heck:
Admitted:
GPA:4.12-4.2ish with AP weighting</p>
<p>SAT:
Critical Reading:800
Math:670
Writing:650</p>
<p>SAT II:
Lit:780
Chem:770
Spanish:720</p>
<p>AP:
Chem:5
Econ(Macro+Micro):5
World History:5
Psych:5</p>
<p>Rank:Valedictorian
EC's:Kind of poor, not really that much in there.
Essays:Quite good.
Hook:International applicant from Australia, though a U.S citizen. Also, low socio-economic status.</p>
<p>Yeah, I really should have studied for the SAT I rather then blowing it off. My math and writing scores were kind of pathetic.</p>
<p>SAT:
720 Math
730 Verbal
600 Writing (yea, i would have taken again if any of the schools I liked looked at writing)
Nothing special on Subject Tests, mid-600's on Chem., US History, Bio., and Math II</p>
<p>GPA:
3.4 (school doesn't weight, but basically the hardest curriculum I could have (Jr./.Sr. years were all honors/AP))</p>
<p>AP's:
4-Latin Literature (Horace/Catullus) (JR)
4-Biology (JR)
3-US History (SO)</p>
<p>EC (probably why I got in):
Eagle Scout
Debate Team
Golf Team (Captain; Most Inspirational Player)
Politics Club
Glee Club (founding member)
Outdoors Club (founder and president)
National Merit Finalist
Habitat For Humanity, and a lot of other community service</p>
<p>Essays:
I thought they were pretty solid, one (long) about getting trenchfoot (pretty nasty stuff) on a canoe trip, why colby and quote were pretty good, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Hook:
Really competitive private HS, from California (although it seems like we are everywhere), Eagle Scout, I don't really know, I like to think that I'm a good guy to have around</p>
<p>SAT:
600 m (eek :/), 800 w, 800 cr
SAT 2s:
730 lit, 740 molecular bio, 680 latin</p>
<p>AP (sent scores)
Bio: 5, Lang and Comp: 5, US History: 5, Euro Hist: 4</p>
<p>small, private high school in southern CA.
school does not rank, but top 1%</p>
<p>GPA (weighted): 4.5
hard course load--lots of honors and APs</p>
<p>ECs
jv sports: softball and volleyball
latin club, service club, advisory committee to principle, tutoring program</p>
<p>Work experience:
Food service and tutoring</p>
<p>some volunteer work @ women's shelter and humane society</p>
<p>hook: umm.. i'm a big latin and bio nerd
recs: no clue</p>
<p>CONGRATS TO ALL!</p>
<p>SAT:
680 Math
720 Verbal
680 Writing </p>
<p>GPA:
3.875 w
3.525 uw</p>
<p>AP's:
4 - APUSH</p>
<p>EC:
yearbook editor
lit magazine staff
national honor society
french club
math team
national merit commended
feline care attendant at humane society
mcdonald's</p>
<p>Essays:
solid, about experience with homelessness</p>
<p>Hook:
girl, interested in science, who has overcome extreme adversity. severely disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Just really quickly</p>
<p>Boarding school in NJ
GPA- 91/100 (all honors and APs, taking harder classes than anyone else in the senior class, top 10%)
ACT- 34 (No SAT)
EC:
2 varsity sports (field hockey and lacrosse, but not recruited)
Part of a peer leadership substance abuse prevention group in my town
Photo editor of my school newspaper
Art portfolio (with photo and quilting) I also sent in creative writing samples
Took 2 summer courses in Creative Writing
Jobs: Camp Counselor/Lacrosse Ref
Lots more that I dont feel like writing</p>
<p>Essays: How do you judge this? I'm a creative writer so this is my strong point.</p>
<p>Hook: None..?</p>
<p>SAT:
670 m , 690 w, 670 cr
SAT 2s:
640 lit, 670 us history, 570 math IIc</p>
<p>AP
Govt: 5, French lang: 3</p>
<p>small, public high school in NYC.
10th out of 156</p>
<p>GPA (weighted): 3.6 (91/100) weighted
challenging course load</p>
<p>ECs
v sports: bowling and volleyball
student government, leadership, model UN, sadd, newspaper, tutoring</p>
<p>Work experience:
none</p>
<p>hook: im an asian male?
recs: good</p>
<p>Did i deserve to get into colby? i got rejected at bowdoin and bates.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>SAT: 2140, 680v 790m 670w
SAT II: 790 math ii, 740 bio, 730 us history
ACT: 33</p>
<p>GPA: 4.58 weighted, 3.48 unweighted
no rank but in the top 10% ish
10 APs by graduation, with 4s and 5s on all so far</p>
<p>ECs: amazing. was captain of my tennis team, Student Council VP, District Student Council VP, NHS Historian, varsity debater, managed two events that garnered $4,000 in revenue for the school, + other things too...</p>
<p>bad essay
public school in IL</p>
<p>hook: asian female</p>
<p>Vergil is a big latin nerd? Who would've thunk it? I thought you were against being promiscuous or something. :) I myself think I may have found myself on same strange circle.... Will you be my guide? Otherwise my hope may be abandoned along with me, due to ye, you know how that goes.....</p>
<p>SATs:
Math: 650
Verbal: 650
Writing: 620</p>
<p>GPA: 4.105 (weighted)
7 AP classes, 10 honors classes</p>
<p>ECs:
Captain of lacrosse team (will be playing at Colby College)
Treasurer of National Honor Society
Editor of school newspaper
4 year member of Law and Government club
Member of regional peer jury
Community ambassador
Participant of National Youth Leadership Forum: Defense, Diplomacy, and Intelligence</p>
<p>accepted ED1</p>
<p>M760 W660 CR740
Chem 790, Physics 800, Math2 800</p>
<p>No GPA but 2nd in HS class of 350. At least top 5% in my A levels.</p>
<p>ECs: Varied but not much commitment ( 60-100 hrs/year) for 1 or 2 years.
I lose interest quickly =)
eg. youth development volunteer, tutor, national netball champ
No big postions of leadership.</p>
<p>Essay: not sure. some of my friends thought it was cynical and cliched. My brother liked it though. Colby essay about 'nothing faced ...' wrote about my cultural identity. CA wrote about youth development.</p>
<p>Hook: I'm an Intl student from Malaysia and I love the outdoors.
Unhook: needed financial aid. still didn't get the amount I hoped for.</p>
<p>Hope to see u guys in August! Which COOT u choosing?</p>
<p>did any of you apply ED?</p>