<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M 770 V (not sure they care about writing but 690 essay 12)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII 760 USH 740 Physics
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs: 5 calc ab, USH, Stat Micro (self study), 4 Macro self study
[</em>] IBs:none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 103.6 UW 96.5
[</em>] Rank: 3/727
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Chem, Bio, BC calc, English, and US government
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: at least 6 maybe more
[<em>] Common App
[</em>] Other stats:CTY 4 years [/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council President, Heavily involved in theater, Chess club, math club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lots of different stuff recently working for local government during the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app good, engineering ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great (one of the best of my career)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Brilliant
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): OK, talked at McDonalds
[<em>] Hook (if any):Improvisational Actor [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[</em>] Ethnicity: WASP
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: I already said this.
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Total package.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I figured I'd get in. I had high stats, I had good Ecs and Recs, plus cornell has the luxury of taking a lot of people, because it's a larger school.[/ul]Other Factors: Male Beauty Pagent Winner[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: SWeet. I have gotten into C schools, Cornell, Columbia and Chicago.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 670 CR/ 670 M/ 650 WR (i know...it sucks)</li>
<li>SAT Iis: 600 physics 730 Math IC</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: 3.93uw/4.73w</li>
<li>Rank: 3/180</li>
<li>Other stats: top classes at my HS</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: average. I worked hard on them..but I'm not a great writer.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: calculus and history teacher--both wrote strong recs, i assume</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I think strong</li>
<li>Hook (if any): female in engineering?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Newland, NC (boonies...)</li>
<li>School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools...</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
ECs: equestrian sports - 12 years
NHS - vp
NTHS
Art club
science olympiad
started a political awareness club</p>
<p>School of Engineering</p>
<p>*****again, just like abbym4190, my stats aren't perfect, but apparently my application had something that they were looking for. Future applicants: it's possible.</p>
<p>I'm in the ivy league club and it feels good</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 750 CR/ 790 M/ 750 WR</li>
<li>SAT Iis: 790 physics 790 Math II 780 US History</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: 4.21 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: 25/938</li>
<li>Other stats: national merit finalist</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: average. i wrote about jack bauer for goodness sakes</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: math and history teacher--both love me and my arrogance</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I think strong, but nothing special</li>
<li>Hook (if any): nothing special</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Plano, TX (if you watched mtv 10 years ago, we were famous for drugs)</li>
<li>School Type: public, crap loads of people in upper tier schools</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
ECs: orchestra - made all-region 2x, officer
NHS, Key club - no positions :(
German Club - treasurer
Summer research internship at UT Dallas
Camp Enterpise - invited there by rotary club of dallas</p>
<p>Strengths: meteoric grade and rank increase during junior year
weakness: english, that class is hell for me, dismal grades there
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i applied for engineering, i have research experience and good math and physics grades</p>
<p>waitlisted ( i think i need to see my therapist )
770 700 720
3.8
top 10%
disapointed but congrats to those who got in , anyone no waitlist stats?</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted to CAS! *
Biological Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M-730; W-730; CR-710
[<em>] SAT IIs: Bio-E: 750; Math-II: 750; Lit: 700
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] APs: -
[</em>] IBs: Full IB - 4 HLs
[<em>] GPA: 3.88 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 2 of 60
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: most demanding
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, 3 max
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? <-- LOL
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: editor of paper, a couple of leadership positions here and there
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): didn't like my common app essay, but my CAS-specific essay was decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read, but the teachers I asked were happy to write one for me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very generic - I was upset after reading it
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): didn't request one
[<em>] Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: Argentina
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks: American living abroad
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: strong in math and science/not too many impressive ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: attended summer college before senior year, thereby indicating interest, I suppose[/ul]Other Factors: spose that's it (I received a likely letter, but that's not really a factor)[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!!! </p>
<p>How long was it until people finally started getting to the decisions page?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 770M, 740 CR, 800W = 2310
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 chem, 730 lit, 800 math IIC
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs: 5,5,4(stat,eng, chem) 3 more this year
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ap calc, ap bio, ap eng, a few more advanced classes
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: lots
[<em>] Common app
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: track, tutor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: normal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: normal
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): by phone, average
[<em>] Hook (if any): All-American Athlete, Intel Semifinalist, legacy (grandma)[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket: up
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:well this sucks. I got into MIT though, so whatever. [/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: mehhh</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? NO, withrew from ED
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M800 W700
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] SAT II: 3 800s too lazy to type...
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9 or 4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 Honor
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special... too lazy to type
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting, tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~300 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: harvard summer school, volunteering in hospital, volunteering in children's program
[<em>] Essays: they made me!! They were probably good, but I'm a non-native speaker.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Now I bet they were great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: wonderful, she is so nice
[</em>] Additional Rec: good, they def. wished my best
[<em>] Interview: didn't get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New England
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I probably had some, considering I got in.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Ahh I don't really know, but I guess there were something they liked about me.
[<em>] Weaknesses: not many AP/Honors classes compared with other applicants from my school. nothing spectacular in EC.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know. I think I was very lucky to have so many people who were willing to help me. I'm so surprised. Now I have to choose between 2 great schools, Cornell and Dartmouth.
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone who got waitlisted. For those who got rejected, there are other schools and other things to look forward to. I hope you will get over the rejection soon. For everyone who was accepted, congrats! We made it!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR 700M 670W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800BioE 780Lit 730Phys 730MII
[</em>] ACT: 34C, 35 all sections but math, which was 31
[<em>] APs: none-- school doesn't offer. About 40 credit hours of college work, though, all As.
[</em>] IBs: see APs
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No clue UW, but 99.55 W, before this year's basically all college classes, pushing it even further up
[</em>] Rank: 1/85ish
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: College Psych, Coll Sociology, Eng 101/102, Spanish 102/103, Coll Statistics, Govt/Econ, gym
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1?
[<em>] Common App? Yep
[</em>] Other stats: none?[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: NHS, class officer, Science Olympiad, Envirothon, dance, various volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: odd jobs and etc
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): crappy common app essay about most important person or whatever, but excellent Arts and Sci about my goals
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: likewise; we're very close
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): none
[<em>] Hook (if any): legacy?[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul][</em>] State or Country: CNY, USA-- about an hr north of Ithaca
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very rural, kinda poor, noncompetitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: my parents are divorced, but combined they earn 150k-ish?
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: legacy? none, really
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: very well-rounded and close w/ recommenders
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: luck? legacy? I generally fit the profile?[/ul][/li]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats, fellow admittees!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 650 M, 680 W, 710 CR
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 740 Math1
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: 3 senior year
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 92.02 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: doesn't rank
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: on the heavy side, but not ridiculous
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: not sure, but probably ~150
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended[/ul]Subjective: **[ul][</em>] ECs listed on app: 3 seasons of sports, one captain, hospital internship, cultural club (secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: one summer full time
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): heartfelt, well-written
I started them early and gave them to 3 English teachers
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one was amazing, one was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): went relatively well; long
[</em>] Hook (if any): hahaha.. no [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public magnet, about 40 get into Cornell every year (about 23% of those who apply)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white (Russian)
[</em>] Income Bracket: poor
[<em>] Gender: f
[</em>] Hooks: see above
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: essay, rec/courseload, SATs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I communicated clearly that I wanted to be in that particular school [/ul]Other Factors: soooo many people from my school apply ** General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I am actually really really psyched because I thought I would be rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][li] Fee Waiver Used?:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT I (by section):740 M 740 CR 800 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT IIs:790 Physics, 750 Biology, 750 Math II, 680 Latin</p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT: 34 (34E 34 WR 33 M 36 Sci 9 Essay)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]APs: English Language 5; World History 5; Physics B 4</p>[/li]
<p>[li]IBs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank: 24/~500</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Senior Yr Courseload: Most Demanding: 5 APS and and German III Hon.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Number of Apps from Your School: 3 + 1 ED</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] ECs listed on app:mediocre at best</p>
<p>[li]Job/Work Experience: good to excellent (2 long-term jobs)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Essays (subject and responses): May have been the deciding factor</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Teacher Recs: Excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Counselor Rec: Excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Interview (feel and general location): No Official Interview</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:Memphis, Tennessee[ul][</em>] State or Country: 9 Fingered
Piano Player, Cancer Survivor, (Hook?)</p>
<p>[li]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public Somewhat Competitive, [/li]not well known outside of county</p>
<p>[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/ul]Other Factors: I don't know[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Sweet! Only Ivy I wasn't rejected or waitlisted at (I applied to all but Hahvahd)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M 750CR 710W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2 800 Chemistry 760 USH
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] APs: 10 AP classes (though senior year), 5 AP exams taken, not so good scores
[</em>] IBs: n/a
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96 uw, school doesn't weight
[</em>] Rank: 32/388, 9%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Euro, German IV, Psychology
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: at least 5, if not more
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: what?, common app
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: tennis, church youth group, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none listed on app
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were average to a little above average, too lazy to list subject and responses.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: mediocre at best
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): at home on the tele, OK i guess, but I probably didn't leave much of an impression because it was like a 15 minute conversation
[<em>] Hook (if any): none[/ul]
[li] State or Country: WV[/li][</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, ~5 applicants
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks: none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: S - academic stats W - ECs and leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: high stats, pretty good essay, i dunno...[/list]Other Factors: from WV General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: this won't be an easy month for making decisions...</p>