<p>SMH @ the sarcasm</p>
<p>if you were rejected you obviously dont belong here…if you think you do then you will do well wherever you go and apply for transfer next year or the next…</p>
<p>i’m sorry about the server crashing but this seems to be crashing too</p>
<p>Haha, sorry if I sound bitter. I am pretty upset but congrats to everyone who got in! Deferral just sucks.</p>
<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>
<p>ObjectivE:</p>
<p>SAT I: N/A
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 740 US Hist
ACT: 33 Comp (35 Eng, 32 Math, 29 Read, 35 Sci, 8 Write)
AP Exams: Biology (5), US History (TBA), Psychology (TBA)
GPA: 4.94 W, 3.94 UW
Rank: 14/514 (Top 3%)
Transcript Breakdown: 4.5y English, 4y Social Studies, 3y Math, 5y Science, 3y Visual Art, .5y Volunteer Work
Senior Coursework: Honors Sociology/AP Psychology, Honors Physics, Honors Human Anatomy, English Composition/British Lit. (Dual Enrollment, AP), Student Volunteer Worker (Classroom Asst.)/Adv Creative Writing</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: My personal essay was a heartfelt narrative about how I came to terms with my sexuality by falling in love. It was the major turning point in my life, and I feel I did it as much justice as words possibly can.
Teacher Recs: Both are glowing; I couldnt have asked for better.
Counselor Rec: Enthusiastic.
Extracurriculars: Editor of the School Literature Magazine (1y), Scholar Bowl Team (2y), Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Team (2y)
Awards/Honors: National Merit Commended Student, 6th in the State of Illinois in Biological Science (WYSE), Artwork Displayed @ City Art Show, Yale Book Award for intellectual promise</p>
<p>[/list]Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Illinois
School Type: Non-Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths: Intellectual Vitality, Strong Recommendations, Heartfelt Essay
Perceived Weaknesses: Lack of Foreign Language and Calculus, Few ECs
** Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:** I thought I had a decent shot, but apparently my weaknesses outweighed my strengths.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350/2400 (CR 800 M 800 W 750)
[</em>] ACT: n/a, im an international
[<em>] SAT II: bioE 780 chem 800 math2 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: n/a
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): define major?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): astronomy club (co-founder and treasurer), martial arts club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: does national service/tutoring count?
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: organized 2 major fund-raisers
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: good?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[li] Counselor Rec: idk[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: lower
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen?[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: blaming it on providence[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: crap, princeton rejected me too</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2190
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC – 800, Chemistry – 710, Biology E – 760, Chinese with Listening - 800
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): 115/120 (29,29,27,30)
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calculus AB – 5, AP Biology – 5, AP Chinese Language and Culture – 5, AP Chemistry – 3 (@#$%^!:mad: had not covered “acid and base” and “redox” and “solubility” – got killed on the test)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): N/A Probably 4.68
[</em>] GPA unweighted: N/A Close to 4.00 UW, 4.68 W
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 3%
[</em>] Academic Awards: Subject awards, Math Contests, AP Scholar with Honor, Yada Yada Yada
[li] IB Predicted: 41/45 (English HL 7/7, Geography SL 7/7, Biology SL 6/7, Chemistry HL 6/7, Mandarin HL 7/7, Math HL 6/7, TOK 2/3)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I had two versions of my Common Application essay. One was on me reading an encyclopedia. The other was on my first-hand account of rural-urban migration of the village where I grew up.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: My former math teacher. One of her students got in Yale with her recommendation, so presumably excellent!
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2:
[</em>] Additional Rec: I asked my swim team sponsor teacher to write one. It was the best recommendation I have ever read in the world of the universe!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: For the mid-term report, he added a new paragraph about my passion for learning and genuine engagement in his TOK class.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None whatsoever. Provincial-level swimmer (?)
</p>
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: British Columbia, Canada :mad: (International applying for financial aid for some universities)
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: [/li]Swimming
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Admission officers had really bad stomach pain when they reviewed my file.</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
My CR score is definitely too low due to my ethnicity. Before I submitted my application I knew that I would be rejected by many, many schools. Surprisingly, this admission season was way better than I thought! Got accepted to WUSTL, UChicago, and all of Canadian schools and some huge surprise! I also got waitlisted by a bunch of schools.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulation to all students accepted! You guys really deserve acceptance for your conscientiousness. To those who are rejected, I say this over and over again – do not let this rejection define you as a person. There are millions rejected who move on to achieve fulfilling and often successful lives.
I have some advice for prospective students. Definitely spend some time preparing for interviews, if applicable. I am just naturally quite talkative and persuasive. (My UChicago interview lasted for 2 hours hehe.) Definitely do a lot of research on the schools you love and really ask yourself why do you want to attend these schools. After this admission process, I now do not advise students to apply under Early Decision (ED), which is a binding commitment. I applied for Cornell ED, and I got deferred. Now I think of it, I am really glad that I did not get accepted because now I know its atmosphere is not really what I am looking for when it comes to college experience (not as intellectual as I would like it to be). I however, would strongly advise students to apply under EA to a safety school, so you have a back-up plan.
Finally, do not undermine the power of stats. Stats (grades, SAT, APs) are really, really important. I think that my CR score (680) definitely prevented me from being accepted by some top-notch colleges.</p>
<p>Anyone else get this message:</p>
<p>“Within the next few days you will receive notification from the undergraduate college to which youve applied that you are being offered a transfer option.”</p>
<p>What’s that supposed to mean.</p>
<p>**ACCEPTED TO CAS YO: **</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Reading: 710
SAT Math: 720
SAT Writing: 650
SAT Total: 2080
SAT II: BioM-800, MathI-720, USH-650
TOEFL (if applicable):
ACT (if applicable):31
AP/IB taken/scores: Bio5, USH4
GPA weighted (if applicable): 99.92
GPA unweighted:97.9
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 2/124
Academic Awards: George eastman young leaders award (fairly minor), NHS, a couple of "student of the month"s
Extra Curricular Activities: TONS of soccer - Varsity since freshman, Premier since 10 yr old - marching band, concert band 1st-chair bass clarinet, chess team co-captain, scholastic bowl, ski-club</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: 1 VERY unique about me, basically an argument through metaphor (see my name); 1 deep/serious about the death of two of my friends
Teacher Rec #1: better than anyone elses no doubt- this man is a genius
Teacher Rec #2: good
Additional Rec: yes- it was ok
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): NOPE</p>
<p>Location:
State or Country: USA
School Type: i guess we are a decent public, but i think we are crappy
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: NO
Recruited Yes/No: no</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: very well rounded; NY resident?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
WOW i got into an IVY i cannot believe it. </p>
<p>congrats to all accepted</p>
<p>Rejected by Engineering. Oh, well. Cornell was my first choice, but I’m already over it. Now I’m waiting on the results of a CMU waitlist…</p>
<p>ED Admitted here, good luck to all of you guys.
I want to say, and I know people have said this, but rejections are not the end of the world kinds of things. </p>
<p>Get as angry as you can now so you can let go of it soon, so that it doesn’t get into the way with the finer things in life, like acceptance into another school.
Besides, think about it, you probably had to choose your high school. Accepted to the dream HS or not, if you had or had not gone to a specific school, how much would your life be different now, how much of a different path would you have taken. </p>
<p>Each path from now on until college graduation is probably completely different and that makes life interesting for everyone instead of being all dull and predictable. There is bound to be something for you in other schools. In 4-8 years, would your life be any better, or better yet, would you ever get a better job if you had gone to your dream school. Would you still want to do the same thing in life?</p>
<p>Oh yeah… Numbers don’t mean anything. 1860/2400 SAT I lol. Take that 2200’s! Could have used that extra study time for something else.</p>
<p>anyone else get this message: Cornell University’s Undergraduate Admissions Office does not have an online decision for you at this time. Please refer to the decision letter that you will be receiving in the mail shortly. </p>
<p>help?</p>
<p>Loveandrockets: I got the same message. Wish I had a clue what it meant, though.</p>
<p>ignore this post, it is out of order. CC is being buggy.</p>
<p>same with this one…what the heck…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Engineering!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR 750 M 800 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem 790 Math2 760 Chinese
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/4.0 UW 4.68 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3 out of 490
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on chem, eng lang, world history, ap calc BC, AB subscore, 4 on computer science A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, 1 stupid freshman class (that i was forced into), 2 periods internship
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Maryland Distinguished Scholar finalist, national merit commended student, harvard book award, some other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess team 2 years, NHS, Science NHS, Mu Alpha Theta
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: internship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, do research on virtual environments and human-computer interaction
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: did some for graduation req, nothing important
[<em>] Summer Activities: um, slack around?
[</em>] Essays: common app was about my dad’s illness and how I learned independence about it, cornell essay was about how I became interested in computers through building computers for gaming
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: both from teachers that like me and teach in science fields
[</em>] Counselor Rec: counselor likes me, but i didn’t really talk to her much until after i applied…
[<em>] Additional Rec: none, they wouldn’t let me send one from my internship mentor
[</em>] Interview: went OK, was very short though
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] College applied to: Engineering
[<em>] Intended Major: ECE
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public (sends few to top schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: little detail about ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong essay I hope, and maybe the interview?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Gonna have a very hard time deciding between Cornell and CMU ECE… But very very excited that I made it!</p>
<p>**Decision & College: ACCEPTED TO ENGINEERING!!! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 780
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2340
[<em>] SAT II: Bio - 750, Physics - 760, Chem - 790, MIIC - 790, Spanish - 780
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History - 5, Calc BC - 5, Spanish Lang - 5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.96
[</em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 11% (technically unranked)
[li] Academic Awards: NMFinalist, AP Scholar, National Spanish Exam Gold x2</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were some of the best I’ve ever written.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Precal/Calc teacher, apparently loves me.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Orchestra director since 6th grade, loves me as well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Not sure. Think it wasn’t much.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]** Location: **[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Houston, TX
[</em>] School Type: Private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian (talk about ORM)
[</em>] Gender: Male (another disadvantage in engineering)
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Important ECs: Lots of music EC’s with leadership, lots of diversity ECs, Varsity Track and XC, 150ish Volunteer hours</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: I showed a lot of specific research interest in Cornell’s new nanotech facilities, and I visited. That seemed to be the deciding factor in my college admissions - everywhere I visited, I got in, but the two schools I didn’t, I got WL or rejected.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - ILR</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR 700 M 730 W
[</em>]SAT II: 690 Math I
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[</em>]Weighted GPA: 4.28
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 of 494
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Language, US History, Statistics, Literature, Calculus, European History, Psychology
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track & Cross Country, Medical Science Magnet, Captain of Quiz Bowl Team, Social Studies Academic Games, National Honor Society, Forensics Club
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Over 500 hrs.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Personal project to raise money for Hurricane Ike victims in Haiti; volunteer work at local elementary
[<em>]Essays: Great
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Average
[</em>]Additional Rec: Teacher/Mentor of 8 yrs.
[<em>]Interview: Great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Haitian American
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Essay
[</em>]Weaknesses: Recommendations from 2 Math teachers but majoring in Comparative Ethnic Studies; SAT II
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>waitlisted (engineering), although idc because i already decided on where i’m going i don’t feel like listing my stats, but i already got into cooper union, CSM, hopkins, ga tech, and rpi, if that gives an idea</p>
<p>Can anybody post what the Cornell rejection letter said?
I’m interested in knowing…</p>
<p>**Accepted - College of HumEc - PAM Major **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 670
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 780
[</em>] SAT Total: 2230
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II 680 US History
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable):
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable):
[</em>] GPA unweighted:
[li] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 15 / 700</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[/ul]</p>
<p>Glad its finally over!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED CAS!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2220
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math I, 720 Biology, 620 Literature
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 32
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 4.03
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.38
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 11-12%
[</em>] Academic Awards: National Latin Exam Gold five years in a row! That’s about it (really).</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was pretty awesome, supplementary was pretty lame.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Awesome
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Average
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Beyond awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Part-Mex
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Lots of leadership/volunteering, probably my strongest point.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Cornell called a few weeks ago to see if I wanted my application to be read by CAS (I applied to CALS). I agreed, assuming the worst. I guess it was a good thing.</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: I think I had a stoned adcom. Otherwise, everything but my gpa was pretty solid.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: After getting rejected UVA, G-town, Johns Hopkins, and Brown, and getting wait-listed at Tufts and Bucknell, I wasn’t exactly excited. Otherwise, I will almost definitely attend, and I give hope to those low gpa-ers! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!</p>