<p>i AGREE, You guys are all fabulous! Ahh I am very proud to be amongst the bright future of American education :)</p>
<p>Oh and I have a 3 year internship in an IT dept.</p>
<p>my warmest congratulations to all new Caltechers! I am not so great as you guys so I have to wait for another 4years to apply to Caltech 
an anxious UChicago EA-er</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 (M), 750 (CR), 730 (W) [2280 total]
[li]SAT II: 800 (MathII), 790 (Physics), 790 (Chemistry)[/li][</em>]ACT: 34
[<em>]GPA: 3.6 UW
[</em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC, Physics C (E&M and Mechanics), Spanish Lang, English Lang (all 5’s), Chem and US History (4’s)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Worked really hard on my Common App essay, Caltech supp. essays were pretty good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: My teachers like me 
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I’m not sure – I go to a huge school, so counselors don’t really know us too well
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Research papers (published), science fair poster, abstracts, Research mentor rec
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Yes, Nobel Prize. Seriously, nothing.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Densely populated state on the east coast
[</em>]High School Type: large public HS
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Normal nerdy things. But I also spend a lot of my time dancing (see username)
[</em>]Awards: A bunch of local, state and national awards. Nothing international.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] No, I’m not going to brag. But yeah, I’m still in shock that I got into Caltech. And with my horrible GPA (and obviously being Asian doesn’t help), I was definitely expecting a rejection letter on Saturday. But I guess my love for science and engineering was shown in a good light in my application (along with my teacher and mentor recs), so I’m happy. Best of luck for those of you who were deferred and denied, and I can’t wait to see the accepted applicants at Prefrosh weekend!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400: 800, 800, 800
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: like 3.95
[<em>]Rank: don’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 13 APs, 11 5s, 1 4 and a 3. 7 this year also. AIME, etc.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: sucked
[</em>]Teacher Recs: i guess they were solid
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: “Caucasian”
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: the usual
[<em>]Awards: siemens semifinalist, siemens AP award (this year, sent in the notification a couple of weeks ago), natl merit semis, natl ap scholar, blah blah
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>you guys are amazing great job!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770 CR, 800 M, 770 W (2340 combined)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA:3.94 unweighted, 5.05 weighted (5.3 max)
[<em>]Rank: we don’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 on AIME in 9th grade, 6 10th grade, didn’t take 11th
AP’s: 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 (10 5’s)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: BAD! I wrote them at 10:00 PM on the night it was due.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: probably very good, but not raving
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably raving
[</em>]Supplementary Material: description of research I assisted with at Penn
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): took AP Calc BC in 9th grade, then took several advanced calculus classes throughout high school as well as Independent Study; research at Penn
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Philadelphia suburb
[<em>]High School Type: large competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: lots of math/science/music/volunteer things
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Semi-finalist, NHS, National AP Scholar
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ■■■■ I was planning on being happy with a deferral[/ul]</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *]SAT: 2160
[ *]SAT II: 770 Phys (2nd time) / 780 Math II / 630 Phys (1st time)
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 3.96
[ *]Rank: 2/159
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 on World History AP? Lol, my senior high doesn’t offer AP classes as its based out of a community college so we just do dual credit.
[/ul][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: pretty good - realized I made a type on the feynman essay a week after I submitted!
[ *]Teacher Recs: Good? Never saw 'em, but I liked the professors and I hope they liked me!
[ *]Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but he’s really nice and since the school is small we know each other pretty well.
[ *]Supplementary Material: Nope
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nobel Prize in Physics 2009. J/k. Nothing here.
[/list]Personal[ul]
[ *]Location: Dallas-area, TX
[ *]High School Type: Small public charter
[ *]Ethnicity: 1/2 White (North African) 1/2 Mexican - My transcript says white non-hispanic so I hope they didn’t think I was lying!
[ *]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Robotics 11th and 12th, LASER 9th and 10th, and uhh, not much else! Since my school is a charter and so small, there aren’t alot of high school clubs.
[ *]Awards: Uhh, I think I put down Phi Theta Kappa and the President’s Award thing you get for making straight A’s, haha.
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I’m surprised at the people who were rejected o_o. I got this news a couple days after learning a good friend of mine got in via Questbridge and I thought of how cool it’d be if we both got in, but I guess that didn’t happen (yet?!). Just wondering what I can submit aditionally as the semester is over and I can’t ask for any additional recs b/c all of my teachers are on vacation!</p>
<p>ACCEPTE!!
SAT: 2300
5 AP’S
SATII: 800, CHEM: 760</p>
<p>White female</p>
<p>congrats ppl!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats;
SAT W-780, R-800, M-800
SAT Subject: Physics 800, Math800, USHistory800,Biology800,Chem800,Spanish800
ACT: Did not take
GPA: 4.25 W
Rank: 2/682 (hoping to be #1 if I do good on my semester Dec. finals)
Other tests: APBio-5, APCalB-5, APUSHistory-5, APEng-5, APPhys-5
College Courses: Got 6 credits in a Pre-college Program (Applied Math, Calculus 3)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Did my best
Teacher Reccs: Did not see-but think they wrote good things
Counselor Recc: Likes me
Supplemental Material–Research Project (mentor wrote me
a reccomendation also)
Hook: Mixed raced </p>
<p>Personal:
Location: Northern California
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mixed raced
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other:
Extracurricular: Math Teams, Physics Team, Tennis, Golf, Karate, Student Government,
Volunteer, Tutoring, Spanish Club,
Awards: Math, Physics, Spanish, Tennis
Advice: Im happy since it was my first choice. I turned around my life at the start of
high school, got more focused. Went from a ‘C’–barely passing student, to the top.
So, it can be done if you set your goals high. Looking forward to being a freshman
at Cal Tech!!</p>
<p>My friend told me she was accepted today! we screamed over the phone! it was great…</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Hopefully you guys will be here next year on prefrosh weekend-- we got A LOT for you! </p>
<p>To those who are deferred or rejected: don’t feel depressed! You still have a bright future to fight for!</p>
<p>Accepted
SAT: CR:700 M:800 W: 760
SAT II: Bio 780 Chem 760 Physics 780 MathII:800
ACT: None
GPA: 3.95 W
Rank: 9/150
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APBio(5),APComputerSci(5), APEng(5), APEcon(5), APCalB(5)</p>
<p>Essays: Put a lot of humor into it
Teacher Recs: Calculus teacher wrote a good one, Computer Science teacher loves me
Counselor Rec: Good
Supplementary Material: Software Program I wrote that my high school uses today
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>
<p>Location: California
High School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Computer Club, Math Club, Physics Club, Track/Field Team, Soccer
Team
Awards: NHS, NM Semifinalist, Computer Programming Awards, Math Medals, Physics
Competition Medals, Siemens Finalist
Advice: Take the most science & math classes possible in high school</p>
<p>Applied also to MIT, UCBerkely, Stanford, Harvey Mudd also.</p>
<p>More likely to go to CalTech due to smaller classes. I dont do good in a big school.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you!!</p>
<p>~~ACCEPTED
<p>[ *]SAT: R:800 M:800 W:800
[ *]SAT II:MathII800 Chem800 USHist-800 Bio800 Physics800
[ *]GPA: 4.55
[ *]Rank:1
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APBio5,APCalC-5,APChem-5, APPhysics-5, APUSHis-5,
APComputerSci-5,APEcon5,APEng5
Other Education: 6 College Math Courses (got all A’s)-started in 8th grade</p>
<p>[ *]Essays:Personality Profile of a Nerdy Math Person
[ *]Teacher Recs: Very good. Got university math professor to write me a good one too.
[ *]Counselor Rec: He likes me
[ *]Supplementary Material: College Transcript, Research Paper
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I wish
[
[ *]Location: Washington
[ *]High School Type: Large Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ *]Extracurriculars:Class President, Newspaper Editor, Band (trumpet player), Varsity
Tennis, Volunteer Salvation Army, Math Tutor for Disadvantaged Kids
[ *]Awards:Math Awards , Leadership, Science Fair, AP Scholar, College Dean’s List, Writing Awards, NHS, AMC</p>
<p>Waiting to hear from MIT.</p>
<p>Is anyone else noticing a strong correlation between ‘Research Paper’ and 'Accepted? xD At least I know what advice to give to some juniors who want to apply!</p>
<p>There is a very strong correlation before research paper and accepted :D.</p>
<p>wat the heck. so many awesome applicants etting deffered</p>
<p>…REJECTED…;-(</p>
<p>[ *]SAT: CR: 710 M:800 W:700
[ *]SAT II: Bio 760 Chem 740 MathII:800 Physics 700
[ *]ACT: Did not take
[ *]GPA: 3.67
[ *]Rank: Think top 25%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APCalB-5, APEng-4, APUsHis-4</p>
<p>[ *]Essays: Wrote about my love for math
[ *]Teacher Recs: Calculus gave me a good one, English-was OK, should have asked
another teacher
[ *]Counselor Rec: School is too big, barely knew her, and probably she just wrote
about my grades/activities
[ *]Supplementary Material: No research, shucks!
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>
<p>[ *]Location: Oregon
[ *]High School Type: Large Public
[ *]Ethnicity:White
[ *]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[ *]Extracurriculars: Math Team, Tennis, Band
[ *]Awards: Our school math team was bad-no distinguishing awards
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Cal Tech was a stretch for me, wasnt too strong in
science, GPA was not high enough due to 9th/10th grades, counselor didnt know
me, teacher recc wasnt that good either</p>
<p>I’ll probably end up at Oregon State anyways. Reading about CalTech and its core
probably wasnt the right school for me, I would have ended up doing bad especially with all you smart intelligent ones out there that got accepted.</p>
<p>Congratulations to those that got in though!!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 (800R 800M 700W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2-C:800 Physics:800
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.92 UW
[<em>]Rank: Top 2%, class size 600
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USAMO 2x, a lot of AP 5’s and 4’s (mostly 5’s), full IB Diploma candidate [/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: talked about how I developed an interest in math over the years.
[</em>]Recs: from a math teacher, an English teacher, and my ARML team coach. They were all very good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[</em>]Summer Activities: math research, volunteering
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): multiple things I guess :)[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: VERY competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male [/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Math Club, Science Bowl, ARML, community service
[<em>]Awards: USAPhO semis, Siemens semis, ARML team high scorer, National AP Scholar
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I got it through to them (esp. in my interview) how I came to like math on my own, without being pushed by Asian parents/etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just do what you love and love what you do. You can’t go wrong with that. :)[/ul]</p>
<p>^ “I think I got it through to them (esp. in my interview)”</p>
<p>Caltech doesn’t have interviews</p>