For people who got a likely letter: if you’re not uncomfortable doing so, can you post your stats? I just kind of want an overview of the applicants who got these letters uwu
@sungjong oh god I know! But I did some research and likely letters are sent in waves, so we could still receive one between now and March 15th 
@sungjong Just go through my profile. I’ve posted like multiple chance me threads :-p
(Likely for CS/Applied Math)
@mybarra congratulations! Did your letter say anything about CP Davis or something? Mine didnt
Hey guys is it too late to write a letter of continued interest? I do have new (a little irrelevant but still) information to provide. Also do I email it to my regional counselor or the admission office? Thanks
@sungjong Here you go!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250C Single-Sitting (770 CR, 700 M, 780 W); 2290 Super-Score (770 CR, 740 M, 780 W)
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35 E, 32 M, 36 R, 34 S, 31 E + Essay)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 750 Bio E, 750 Math II, 710 US History, 660 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): 5s: European History, Psychology, Environmental Science; 4s: Art History, Chinese, Calc BC
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Freshman Course Load: Biology 1 Honors, English 1 Honors, Algebra II Honors, Chinese 2, World History Honors, PE
Sophomore Course Load: Chemistry 1 Honors, English 2 Honors, Pre-Calculus Honors, Chinese 3 Honors, AP European History, PE Independent Study
Sophomore to Junior Summer Course Load: Online US History Honors
Junior Course Load: AP Calculus BC, English 3 Honors, AP Psychology, AP Art History, AP Environmental Science
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government (Semester), AP Macroecon (Semester), AP Biology, Yearbook 1, AP Statistics, AP Comp Gov (Semester), AP Human Geo (Semester), AP Lit, Academic Decathlon
Online College Courses (Not on HS Transcript): Psychology of Gender (In Progress), Introductory Sociology (In Progress)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, UPenn Book Award, other Volunteer-related awards, First Aid, CPR, and AED certified (not sure if this goes here)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (just a summary for privacy reasons) (place leadership in parentheses): Volunteer 350+ hrs with multiple leadership positions, Gay-Straight Alliance (Co-President), Advisor to HS Principal, National Chinese Honor Society (Secretary, VP), Meditation, Academic Decathlon (Honors Team Captain), Link Crew (Link Leader)
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a summer camp counselor for 2 years, Worked part-time for a tutoring firm, now do private tutoring
Volunteer/Community Service: Mental Health Hotline
Summer Activities: Summer Camp Counselor, Online Honors US History course, UPenn Social Justice Research Academy
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 9 I’d say it was one of my best essays ever written, about personal identity; Non-Academic Pursuit 8 Very well written, put quite a bit of time into it; Academic Interests 7.5-8 Generally well-written, very specific to USC
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Haven’t read any of them because I waived my rights to, only speculating here based on my relationships with them; English 3 Honors/Yearbook teacher 10/10, Loved me, was basically her star student, AP Art History/AP Gov/AP Macroecon/AP Comp Gov/ AP Human Geo/Aca Dec teacher 10/10, lots of courses and interaction with him over Junior and Senior years, very close to him personally
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8.5-9/10 Switched to a new counselor Junior year due to administrative changes, but I took time to get to know her and we developed a close bond. Knows a lot about me personally
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview: Did not receive one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public,1700-1900+ kids
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Trans (Not gonna go into too much detail here)
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really sure tbh, perhaps my interests were not common among Asian applicants?
Reflection
Strengths: High stats, Strength of essays, Outstanding rec letters, Unorthodox extracurriculars?
Weaknesses: Only 2 years of foreign language
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Overall strong applicant?
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to UAlabama (Automatic Full-Tuition), Yale (SCEA), UMich LSA (EA), University of Southern California (Trustee Candidate), UC Irvine (Regents and CHP), UC Berkeley (Regents/Chancellors Candidate); Waiting on decisions from Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Haverford, Middlebury, Princeton, Sarah Lawrence College, Stanford, UPenn, Vassar, WUSTL, Wellesley, Wesleyan University
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Take courses that are rigorous, but reflect your interests and not purely for a rigorous transcript; express who you are in what you do
If I have a likely letter can I still get rejected come March 31st?
Those who got likely letters, would you mind sharing the date you submitted your commonapp?
I got a likely! Biology major.
You can find my stats on my profile somewhere.
When you accept your chances of getting into an ivy is moot :)) :((
Congrats to all who received likely letters. My son applied ED and was deferred. I was wondering if anyone who got a a likely letter was a deferred ED candidate. Also anyone who received one apply to Columbia College and one last question, hope it isn’t offensive but did anyone white with no diversity hook receive a likely letter? My son has a 2390 perfect grades amazing extras but no hook.
@iagoboy1 I was deferred and I got a likely letter but as I say, my case is quite unique as i am an athlete and got recruited. But with that score I cant see him getting rejected
@Anonymoose3 were you an applicant to Columbia College or Engineering and Applied Science? Also, were you an applicant with research experience?
@clueless96 - Columbia College! Yes, Intel ISEF 2 years, Intel STS Semi.
@iagoboy1 - Columbia is really selective and so they turn down applicants with perfect scores/grades all the time. However, lack of a likely letter doesn’t mean your S won’t get in!
@Anonymoose3 that’s pretty cool. I’m sort of disappointed. I was a 3 time ISEF finalist and two time grand award winner. Research was the only way I was going to get in to college and I get the feeling that that is not going to happen, since likelies have been sent out to research applicants. Btw, we may have actually met at ISEF… I was there in 2015, 2013, 2012. I was in the Computer Science category the first two times and in the Systems Software category in 2015.
@clueless96 - Not true at all. Likelies go to a tiny minority of applicants, and I was 1,000% not expecting this (didn’t know which schools did it/when they got sent out). I was there 2013 and 2015. My region doesn’t send middle-schoolers, so not 2012.
Don’t stress about it! I’d say just be patient and wait until March.
@Anonymoose3 that’s wonderful! If you don’t mind me asking, which category were you in? I was an international. Do you remember meeting an Indian with a turban. If you did, that was me. It’s nice to know that we’re in the same boat again.
Oh, and I forgot to mention I applied for Philosophy-Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Religious Studies.