Dartmouth College Class of 2019 RD Results

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I: 2240 (770M, 730R, 740W)
[]ACT: NA
[]SAT II: Chem (750), Math 1 (720), Math 2 (730)
[]Unweighted GPA: 93.4/100, Weighted: 99.53/100
[]Rank: Top 5%
[]AP: Chem (4), APUSH (4), Lang (3 lol)
[]IB: NA
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, Theology
[li]Major Awards: Only minor awards- (Presidential Volunteer Award, A few science fair awards)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Environmental club (Founder + President), FBLA/Business Club (Vice-President), National English Honors Society (Secretary), Math Honors Society, National Honors Society, Sports…
Job/Work Experience: Camp Councilor (haha)
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Emergency room volunteer (150+ hours), Assisted living home volunteer (250+ hours), Church volunteer (100+ hours),
[]Summer Activities: Work, Basketball and Relaxing
[]Essays: Common App- hit or miss but unique; Supplements- very good put a lot of thought into them
[]Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read but probably good (avoided teachers that use generic recs)
[]Counselor Rec: Very good
[li]Additional Rec: Volunteer Coordinator: Decent [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
[]Projected Concentration: Chem w/ business minor
[]State: NY
[]School Type: Private Catholic
[]Ethnicity: White as bread
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[]Hooks: I wish

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Grades, volunteer work
[]Weaknesses: AP scores
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[]Accepted to: Notre Dame, Boston College, Villanova, Hamilton, Binghamton Honors, Stony Brook Honors
[]Rejected to: Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams
[]Deffered/Waitlisted: Cornell, Middlebury, Rice, Georgetown
[*]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: God that was a really bloody process! Despite my many rejections, I am very happy to be attending the Notre Dame, as it was my first choice. Congrats all those who got in.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR, 800 M, 780 W, 9 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36, 36, 36, 36, 10)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 780 World History, 780 Biology M, 800 Math II, 800 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.37 (4.8 weighting for AP Classes)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, School only ranks by deciles (top decile)
AP (place scoret in parentheses): Stats (5), World History (5), US Gov (5), Comp. Gov (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Macroecon (5), Microecon (5), Biology (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Spanish V, Leadership group class taught by principal w/ 6 total students
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing spectacular, National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, All-State/Conference for skiing? 4-time Junior Championship qualifier for skiing (those familiar with skiing know this is not that hard to do)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Alpine Skiing (junior-senior captain, 4 yr varsity), competed on national circuit, , lightly recruited (see hooks), Tennis (JV Captain), Board member of community education fund, Spanish Club (VP/Treasurer 11th, President 12th), Sports Management Club President and Founder, Cabinet Member of Leadership Group of school that provides service opportunities and helps run school events, as mentioned before get to spend an hour of every school day with principal as result, President and Founder of 501©(3) Nonprofit that provides free ACT/SAT tutoring to students who otherwise couldn’t afford it, has grown to 8 tutors, tutored ~100 students.
Job/Work Experience: Worked minimum wage job at frozen yogurt shop for about a calendar year total between sophomore and junior year. Listed on common app.
Volunteer/Community Service: ~ 400 hr total through multitude of tutoring programs, hospital volunteer program
Summer Activities:Running nonprofit and doing actual tutoring, writing college essays
Essays:Common App 8/10, did not submit supplement
Teacher Recommendations: one was 10/10, other probably 8/10
Counselor Rec: Got a new guidance counselor this year after my previous one left for another job, this new counselor has also never been a guidance counselor before, so not super familiar with writing college LoRs, 7/10
Additional Rec: From HS principal, have very close relationship with him, very good.
Interview: Didn’t do

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No, parents are convinced “need-blind” admissions does not exist
Projected Concentration: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet (top in MN)
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really

Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, transcript, academics in general, heavy focus on education based ECs.
Weaknesses: Some of my letters of rec (teacher #2, counselor), overrepresented minority, essays (didn’t submit supplement!), very weak 9th grade EC involvement (9th grade is part of middle school here), only slightly better 10th grade. Also my schedule was not very rigorous until junior year.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a pretty unique story in that I moved to where I live right before 9th grade and had to catch up academically, tutoring nonprofit that has grown pretty large
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Minnesota, Michigan (Ross Preferred Admit) USC, Harvard (Attending), Waitlisted by Yale and Penn
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?

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Decision: Rejected
Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown):2120- 670 CR 680 W 770M
    [    ] TOEFL: 109
    [] SAT II:770 750 720
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.62
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/37
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load: 13 courses- we don’t get to choose what we take.
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few minor table tennis and science project awards.

Subjective:

  • [li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]President of the regional branch of a youth political organization. Took part in organizing the 2013 gezi park protests, which received international attention.
    Had an informal “business” compiling class notes and selling them to students at various schools.
    Did independent medical research which was sent to journals, but didn’t get published.
    Class President (2 years)
    Founder and captain of school’s table tennis team.
    Biology Olympiad.
    Self taught guitar player.

    [li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]Freelance translating research for the local university.
    Manual labor in the summer.
    Staff member at a gym.

    [li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]School’s community service club for 4 years (I was president for 3).
    Currently volunteering to help Syrian refugees.

    [li] Common App Essay:[/li]Talked about the hardships of going through 9th grade in a state run boarding school.

    [li] Supplemental essay:[/li]I chose the hero one and talked about how Ayn Rand’s works saved me from becoming a radical leftist. A risky topic but I put my heart into it.

Other

  • []Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ]Intended Major: Biochemistry and Economics
    [] Country (if international applicant): Turkey
    [    ] School Type: Private - One of the best in my province. I’m the first to ever apply to foreign universities.
    [] Ethnicity: Middle Easternish White.
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: 40-50k
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique background, well rounded, lots of leadership.
[] Weaknesses: Verbal and Writing scores? No major awards? No clear “passion”?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted at Earlham College. Waitlisted at Grinnell, Gettysburg, Connecticut.
[] Schools you were rejected from? 15 different places.
[li] Schools you are waiting for? The ones back home, which I’ll probably be attending. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Sucks to be an international needing aid and not smart enough to get into the Ivies. I really felt a close connection to Dartmouth in particular, but I saw the rejection coming. Oh well, there’s always grad school. Congrats to all who got in.

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: Didn’t send
[] ACT: 34C
[] SAT II: Math II 780, Biology E 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (W 4.182 - 4.25 Max at school)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/330
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): ESS (6), Math SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL 2 English, HL2 History, SL Spanish 5, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, HL2 Art, TOK
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Global Visionaries Travel Scholarship to Berlin (I doubt this is major, but it was a national applicant pool), NSLI-Y Scholarship Semifinalist (Now a finalist - going to China for 6 weeks this summer!) [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:Ambassadors (District Representative and Trainer), Global Visionaries-service and travel group (Executive Board Member and Communications Director), NHS-comparitively active in my school (President), Founded tutoring program at nearby K-12 school) Service Club (Service Coordinator), Investment Club (Founder and President), bunch of other minor stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years at fast food place
[] Volunteer/Community service: Probably a total of 1200ish hours or more
[] Essays: Commonapp Essay was really good (9-10)
[] Teacher Recommendations:Teacher Rec #1: English teacher (10 - was incredible); Teacher Rec #2: Bio and ESS teacher (8-9)
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know. Somewhat generic I’m sure, but I know my counselor well (7?)
[] Additional Rec:Chem teacher (8-9) - All the teachers let me read them
[] Interview:Really good, she was very nice and we had a lot in common [/ul]
Other

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[] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: My general essay and maybe community service
[] Weaknesses: ACT score, it’s not as great as others’. SAT II’s were also comparatively weak. No national awards, Not really recognized ECs
[] Why you think you were waitlisted: Tough school to get into! I’m amazed I was even waitlisted
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley, NYU, BU with Presidential Scholarship and Kilachand Honors College, Northeastern with Deans Scholarship, URochester; Rejected: UChicago, Columbia ED, Stanford, Swarthmore; Waitlisted: Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, Tufts, Georgetown[/ul]
General Comments: I’m very honored I was even waitlisted; I was sure it would be a rejection! Oh well, I’m just so grateful I got into Duke, and that’s the plan as of now!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (730 CR, 700 M, 740W) I know how, how
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Spanish, can’t remember Math 1 and Lit but around ~700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5), USH (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Studio, AP Stats, AP Psych, Challenge
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art Awards for photography: 1 Gold Key, 1 Silver Key for portfolio, and 1 Honorable mention. Scholastic Writing Awards: 4 Gold Keys and American Voices nomination[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, Spanish Honor Society, NAHS, Key Club, Science Honor Society, English Honor Society, and Film Club all with leadership positions
[] Job/Work Experience: Brookstone Sales Associate, sold over $8,000 each week, outsold district
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 1,000 hours to homeless shelters, food pantries because I needed help from these places when I was younger
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering for the good majority of it
[] Essays: Common App 10/10- By far best writing I have ever done. It won a Gold Key as well :slight_smile: It talked about how being homeless while growing up shaped me and instilled humility and a sense of altruism in me.
Hero question 10/10- Also won a gold key and talked about how my best friend, by giving me hope, basically saved my life
[] Teacher Recommendation: My two teachers actually showed them to me as a parting gift after they submitted it, both 10/10 absolutely the best recommendations I have ever seen, my APUSH teacher said that any institution would be luck to have me and my other one said I was one of the best in her career
[] Counselor Rec: 6/10 probably generic, I’m not sure she even knows my name
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: amazing, she was very kind and really loved my story. She told me that I was the type of student that Princeton really wanted. She was amazing and will be getting a huge thank you card, well email since we had to interview through Skype because of distance and travel issues
[] Supplementary Material: Yes, submitted a few of my works of photography that were given Gold or Silver Keys :smiley:

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): lol <40,00
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, not sure if being homeless during a major part of my life counts?[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: Definitely my essays were the huge push, urm probably helped, and photography portfolio maybe?
[] Weaknesses: Embarrassing test scores (at least by CC standards), Generic ec’s (I really tried though :(), Past AP course load, and I didn’t cure cancer nor place at the Olympics which I heard can help
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Some lady put my application in the wrong pile probably. I seriously have no idea but I am extremely grateful and feel incredibly blessed and lucky.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: UT Austin, UCLA & USC (applied both to their film), Stanford, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Cornell

Waitlisted: UChicago, Brown, Columbia, Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley

Accepted: Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, UCSD, UCDavis, UMiami, UMinnesota, UOregon, UPittsburgh, UWashington Seattle, UKentucky, UAlabama, Mississippi State Uniiversity, SAIC

[/list]General Comments:
Dartmouth was seriously too amazing for words for me. However, I can’t pass on Princeton’s offer. I am beyond shocked, incredibly humbled, but mostly grateful. If there’s anything I want you guys to take away from this all, it’s to dare to dream. Pursue the passions of your heart with no fear because, honestly, anything can happen.

Signing out,

Homeless2Princeton

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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800/780/760 (2340)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit (700), US History (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5) English Language (5) US History (5) World History (4) Microeconomics (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Latin, Latin Teacher, Literature, Calculus I, Calculus II, Chemistry, Human Geography, Orchestra, US and Comparative Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Intel ISEF Science Fair

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): English Honor Society, Science Honor Society (officer), Latin Club (triumvir), Poetry Club+Writing Club, NHS, Regional Orchestra, Quizbowl (captain, state championship), Mu Alpha Theta

Job/Work Experience: I own a specialized business started freshman year that was the focus of two of my essays.

Volunteer/Community Service: Tutoring English and Latin; student teacher for Latin; visit elementary and middle schools for science-related business

Summer Activities: orchestra, STEM camp counselor, business
Essays: Common App - 9 Dartmouth supplement - 7
Teacher Recommendations: 10/8
Counselor Rec: 6
Additional Rec: 9
Interview: n/a

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public high school in wealthy region
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: Common App Essay, scores
Weaknesses: Grades (there’s a stray B in there from middle school!), courseload is very humanities heavy
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Grades and Dartmouth essay
Where else you are applying or have already applied
Accepted UChicago, UVa Honors, William and Mary Honors
Rejected Harvard

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of course I’d forget the formatting and to change the interview section
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**Decision: Accepted **

interview: very good the guy was great!

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**Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800-800-780
[] ACT (breakdown): 36
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 770 Chem, 760 M2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A. Weighted = 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (not sent)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Spanish, Music Theory, Euro, World, Stats, Calc BC, English Lang; 4 on Chem
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors International Relations, Honors Art, AP Bio, AP Physics C, Independent Studies in AP Spanish Lit and AP Gov, AP English Lit, Multivariable Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Avogadro, IPPF, NMF, National AP Scholar, some AMC stuff[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Rock music (played at Lollapalooza), cross country (3 year letterman and captain), Women’s Leadership Club (founder), various other things
[] Job/Work Experience: Scorekeeper for basketball team, tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Service trips with school
[] Summer Activities: Touring with rock band, taking summer courses, running, tutoring
[] Essays: They weren’t bad.
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were great, I imagine. 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, assume it was great. 9/10
[] Additional Rec: She is my music theory teacher, like family. 10/10.
[] Interview: Very nice.
[] Supplementary Material: Don’t remember if I sent an art supplement; if so, it was composition.[/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Small private all girls
[] Ethnicity: Asian and white
[] Gender: XX
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores.
[] Weaknesses: Demonstrated interest, maybe essays.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Yale, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, Caltech, Williams, UChicago, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Amherst, OSU, Michigan, Case. Waitlisted: Brown, Columbia, MIT. Rejected: Harvard, Princeton (deferred SCEA), Juilliard.[/ul]
General Comments: Wow. I am so humbled by this.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (750 Writing [10 essay], 700 CR, 650 M)
ACT (breakdown): None
SAT II: SAT US History - 780 / SAT French - 710 / SAT World - 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 100.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language - 5 / AP US History - 5 / AP World History - 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP French, Occupations, Religion 12, Dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Achievement Scholarship Foundation Outstanding PSAT Participant, online writing awards, National French Contest 7th place nationwide in 10th grade

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Writer for the Huffington Post Teen -Editor-in-chief of school newspaper -Contributor to my town's newspaper (I write articles about college, SATs, and education) -Multi Published writer in literary magazines (an essay about track and field, an essay about cosmetics & chemicals) -College Essay was published in a magazine -Have my own travel blog (features photos and entries on my trips abroad) -Have my own healthy eating blog -Quiz Bowl Team Captain

Job/Work Experience:
-Cashier at movie theater for 2014 summer.

Volunteer/Community service: I did not even list any on the Common App because it doesn’t help you get into elite schools. But I believe my recommendation writers spoke about the children’s museum that I volunteered at for two years. That was a huge commitment.

Summer Activities: Cashier at movie theater

Essays:
Common App – I chose the “place of solace” topic. My college essay was simple, yet beautiful, authentic, and richly detailed. It is all about my love of going to the library, and by far, it is the best piece of work I have ever written. I think that it is an honest portrayal of who I am, and it exemplifies my love of learning. I had this essay published in a national literary magazine.

My Dartmouth Essay was about my love for the French language. C’était magnifique!

Teacher Recommendation:
One from my French teacher (10/10) - I am a heavy participant in this class and I have been the top student for 4 years. I tutor, I share French literature that I read in my spare time with my teacher, I do research for the class, and I’ve taught a little.
AP US History Teacher (9/10) - I was the top student in this class and I won an award for my efforts. I adore history and I am also very concerned about social issues. He told me that I had the best projects and essays in the class.
Counselor Rec:
I’d give it a 9/10. We are close friends. In the summertime, my school made us fill out a sheet of all our hobbies, favorite media, and accomplishments - so I guess that helped too.

Peer Recommendation:
One from my best friend and cousin. I know it was good. It was 5 pages long, and she talked about my love for writing, traveling, and my compassion for the environment.

Interview: None actually

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: French Language, Creative Writing
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $40,000, single parent home
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: My writing and journalism, my grades and scores, my essay for sure, URM status too, choice of major
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I made sure to highlight the fact that I am a published writer. I also think it’s different that I want to study French and creative writing. Make sure your Common App essay defines who you are.
Weaknesses: SAT Math score is on the lower end, but to be honest, I’m proud of it. That’s the best I could achieve. Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a singular passion for writing and I want to major in something atypical.

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to 6 Ivy League Schools: Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown
Accepted: NYU, Fordham, University of Connecticut, SUNY Binghampton, SUNY Stony Brook, Siena College
Rejected: Yale, Columbia, Hunter College, Queens College

Other:
I’m ecstatic! Congratulations to all who were admitted.

I applied to all 8 Ivy League schools and I was admitted to 6. I am not a legacy or a first generation, for those of you who would like to know.

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (700R, 680M, 670W)
[ *] ACT: 34 (34E, 33M, 35R, 32S, 8W)
[ *] SAT II: 720 Math II, 680 Lit, 670 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Env. Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, PSA English and History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): yeah no

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics Club (President, won regional awards, secured around $10k in grants for the club), varsity lacrosse, senior men (co-president, run school activities and put on charitable events), Art and Music (got lessons on a scholarship, classical guitar and oil panting), Youth Back Country Camp (service-learning/leadership trip, back packed over 100 miles, did trail restoration, got a Wilderness First Aid Certification), Member at Techshop (DIY/Maker workshop)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a pizza shop almost full time during the summer to help pay bills/save for college
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Public Service Academy (English and history classes are more rigorous and do lots of service projects), started/run robotic engineering program at local middle school, volunteer at local test prep business (got ACT/college help In exchange for service), volunteer intern veterinary technician at the Oakland Zoo (did hecka cool stuff – endoscopy on a tiger, collabed with UCD to identify a skin fungus, independently monitored anesthesia, etc.), worked with 350 Global Work party to renovated and make structures in Berkeley, CA more environmentally sustainable, around 400 hours in total service
[ *] Essays: Common app – 10/10, talked about my living and monetary situation growing up, very heartfelt and colloquial, yet well written. Supplement – 9/10, talked about my love for engineering, but how I incorporate my other passions into it (art, public speaking, sports, environmental sustainability)

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Engineering with either business or envi. sci. minor
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, Non-Competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: $30,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Single parent, first gen, low income

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Single parent, first gen, low income. Well rounded, and not your typical Ivy applicant. Essays exemplified all my strengths and portrayed me in a unique way. Took hardest course load in an underperforming school?
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, GPA, AP test scores
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected to? Accepted: Dartmouth, UCD, Willamette, UCSB, not UCB.Cal Poly SLO. Waitlisted: Lehigh, Case Western. Rejected: Stanford, UPenn, Cornell, Duke, UCLA, UCB.
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Incredibly grateful and humble, and super surprised I got in, especially after so many rejections. CC results threads helped me a ton, so hopefully this helps someone else. It’s really not about being the perfect student, but painting yourself in a light that gives the best perspective on your strengths and uniqueness. It was stupid competitive this year, congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: Accepted with likely letter

Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (790 CR, 770 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 770 USH, 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/117
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), English Language (5), Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Euro, honors gov, other random classes (hardest course load available)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Connecticut Governor’s Scholar, Harvard Book Award?[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (captain), Political Science Club (founder and president), School Newspaper (editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for the past four years at a local library
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer as a tech volunteer at a different local library, I ran a program over the summer that teaches middle school students debate techniques
[] Personal Statement: It was good, it talked about my summer doing a program called Girls Who Code (definitely look into it if you’re a girl even mildly interested in CS, it’s in a lot of major cities in the US)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[li]** Intended Major **: I put computer science on the application[/li] [] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small parochial
[] Ethnicity: Whiter than Casper the Friendly Ghost
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Don’t worry bout it
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Woman in computer science? Cool summer? I expressed a ton of interest in Dartmouth and made it clear that it was my top choice

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, GPA, woman in STEM, expressed interest
[] Weaknesses: Very few real hooks, few major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to Duke, UVA, UNC-CH, UConn, Georgetown, Cornell; Waitlisted at Amherst, Northwestern, Yale
[] Schools you were rejected from? Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for?[/li] [/ul]General Comments: Apply to as many schools as you can, the schools I got into versus the schools I got rejected from seem completely random to me. Dartmouth was my number 1 anyway and I’m really ecstatic to be joining the class of 2019!!! GO BIG GREEN

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown):
2050 - 690 Writing, 680 Math, 680 Reading, 11 Essay
2000 second time lol
[]ACT (breakdown):
33 English, 29 Math, 33 Reading, 32 Science, 10 Essay
34 English, 31 Math, 35 Reading, 30 Science, 10 Essay
[]SAT II:
760 Math Level 2
690 Biology E (still in AP bio this year lol)
[]Unweighted GPA: 3.74/4.00
[]Weighted: 4.24
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank but top 25% at least?
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Language (5), Art History (5), Computer Science A (3)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Biology, Physics Honors, AVID Senior Seminar
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge National College Match Finalist, AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Program, RYLA (regional)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Girls Incorporated, 4 years (Girls Ambassador).
Key Club (4 years),
Association of Latino Students (created designs for posters and t-shirts),
California Scholarship Federation (4 years),
Link Cru Leader,
AVID since 7th grade
[]Job/Work Experience: Intern at a local pharmaceutical company over summer - 133 Hours
[]Volunteer/Community service: 235+ hours (free tutoring, CSF, Key Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters)
[]Summer Activities:
Math Intensive Summer Session at CSUF
Internship
Externship Program with Girls Inc.
[]Essays:
Main Essay - it’s what got me QuestBridge so not bad, but not great.
Supplement - I chose the name prompt and wrote about how my parents forgot what they were going to name me and chose a name that has really no meaning and how i’ve made a meaning for it myself. Kind of funny in a way, not as deep and sad as my main essay.
[]Teacher Recommendation:
One from my sophomore English 2H teacher who is very close to me and knows all my life basically
The other from my CompSci/Calc teacher (I’ve had him two years) and my counselor says he gives AMAZING letters so yay.
[]Counselor Rec: No idea tbh I’m not very close to him.
[]Additional Rec: nope.
[li]Interview: didn’t even get one. [/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[]Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[]State (if domestic applicant): California
[]Country (if international applicant): US
[]School Type: Public, competitive
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: <$20k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st gen, female in engineering, single mother, immigrant mother, etc. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[]Strengths: ACT (ish), hooks, supplement, summer activities?
[]What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I guess I focused less on my past and more on what I’ve worked on to overcome my situation idek.
[]Weaknesses: GPA and SAT and lack of sports.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed interest for awhile, applied through QB, and I have a lot of hooks lol
[]Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: UCR (5 year BS-MS program), Northwestern, Johns Hopkins (full ride!!) Dartmouth
Waitlist: UCI
Rejected: UCLA, UCB, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Brown (the last four were hugeeee reaches so no big deal!)
[]Notes: Incredibly surprised and immensely humbled. I’m still in disbelief to be quite honest. To whoever reads this (if anyone) in the next few years – just apply! You’ll be very surprised at how random college decisions are – trust me, I was!

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Decision: Deferred ED then Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
2280 740R 740M 800W
ACT 34 (can’t remember breakdown, all above 32 or even 33)
SAT II: 740 Math Level 1 730 Bio/M
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted: unknown, school does not weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): N?A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: considered second most rigorous band although not top most rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program, National Poetry Competition Finalist, National Merit Commendation and US Scholar Athlete award x 3 years

Subjective:

Summer jobs over 3 years- sailing instructor, camp counselor, theatre internship, summer service project in central america
ECs co-editor creative writing magazine, co-president philosophy club, school proctor (teacher elected position), director and/or actor in many school productions
Essays:
Main Essay - founding member an equality on campus club and some of the funny (in a sad way) stories associated with the start-up
Supplement - about mountain climbing w/my 6 year old brother
Teacher Recommendation: Math- hopefully good
Teacher2: English- hopefully great
Counselor Rec: No idea, she was brand new
Additional Rec: after being deferred, my Spanish teacher wrote the most amazing and touching reference
Interview: honestly terrible, we did the opposite of click
Other: N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private, competitive
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: enough not to get aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hispanic
Reflection: don’t really know what I could have done differently, except take an easier course load in Senior fall. I took two classes with notoriously tough graders. I took a risk and thought I could meet the challenge but it backfired. I actually had the worst semester of my high school career.
Strengths: ACT (ish), hooks, supplement, summer activities? ACT
What you tried to focus on in your application -
Weaknesses: Fall GPA, subject test scores, and not enough leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: too many similar people, not meeting a niche
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Northwestern, WashUStL, Hamilton, Amherst, Bowdoin (Faculty Scholar award), NYU, USC, William and Mary (Monroe Scholar), UMich (EA/Deferred first), UVA
Waitlist: Middlebury and Vanderbilt
Rejected: Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown (all high reaches)

I found reading stats really helpful when I went through the process so I feel I owe the next class of applicants. I believe applying to many schools has is benefits. I was accepted at 2 reaches and it feels better to get acceptances than rejections. But, making a final decision is harder than I thought it would be…had I been accepted to Dartmouth, it would have been a done deal. Lots of visiting to do and sort of exciting…who knows where my path will take me?!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Statistics, Spanish, English Lang and Comp, APUSH (all 5’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Chem, Economics, Linear Algebra Honors, Calculus III (college course)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, President’s Education Award (some school awards but nothing major really)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (captain, lots of district recognition), Clarinet (All-state Band, local orchestra, school ensembles), Vocal Music (Chorale, section leader 12, honors choir group, honors a cappella group), Student Council (President, Treasurer), Scholastic Scrimmage (captain, won some regional competitions), Women’s Awareness (vice-president), freshmen mentor and student ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: summer SAT tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: blogger for online feminist website, volunteer tennis coach, summer volunteer at boys and girls club, worked in school’s communications office
[] Personal Statement:
Common App Main: I thought this was good, I wrote about Harry Potter and how the books have shaped me
Supplement: wrote about how I became a feminist from personal experiences and working for the organization that I’m involved in.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied FOR FINANCIAL AID?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Math[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’ve heard that being a female STEM major at Dartmouth is sought after…maybe this?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, SAT I, involvement in extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: not a very unique applicant, no major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
Accepted: Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth (likely), UC Berkeley, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Washington University in St. Louis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Waitlisted: UChicago (deferred EA), Northwestern, UPenn
[] Schools you were rejected from?
Stanford, Yale, Princeton
[li] Schools you are waiting for? None[/li][/ul]**General Comments: Now that everything is done, I feel so lucky. It’s a long process, but it has a happy ending. I’ll be forever grateful to Dartmouth for being the first school to accept me, especially in the middle of my college panic, haha. Future applicants, don’t give up hope and believe in yourselves. Being such a typical Asian applicant, I never thought I’d get into any of my dream schools, and I feel so fortunate to have so many amazing options. And remember, the list of schools you get into and don’t get into doesn’t change anything. You’re still the same person you were before you got your decisions. Congrats to everyone in the Class of 2019 on all of your decisions. We did it guys:) **

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College Confidential is truly the epitome of evil however it would be hypocritical of me to not post since I have spent more hours than I care to admit on this website. Hopefully this provides someone out there with some comfort and ease.

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I: N/A
• ACT: 31/32 superscore
• SAT II: 740 Bio M/ 780 MII/ 800 French

• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea
• AP scores: Bio-4 French-5
• IB scores: N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP Literature, AP Calc BC
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some French and speech and debate awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars: Competitive soccer for basically my whole life (lots of traveling, played ECNL for those that know what it means), Varsity soccer 4 years, Co-Founder and VP of speech and debate club at my school (literally my baby), NHS/CSF, HOP leader (helping freshman), Ambassador Mentor (helping international students), did a research internship at a private research lab over my junior summer and did a surgical skills internship at Stanford my sophomore summer.
• Job/Work Experience: I worked as a cashier at Five Guys during my sophomore and junior year. It was literally THE worst.
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at local hospital for two years, then some random NHS/CSF events and tutoring that actually, in the end, added up to quite a bit of hours (300+ hours)
• Essays: spent a lot of time on them, I think they captured my personality well

• Teacher Recommendations: AP Bio Teacher- I honestly have no idea how this one turned out. She wrote me a letter of rec for a research internship over the summer and my mentor said that she spoke highly of me???
English Teacher- yea same situation, no idea.

• Counselor Rec: HA! I think she had to write like 100 of these so…haha
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview:… you could interview?

Other:

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Large Public
• Ethnicity: African American
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: 0-100
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have a lot of them in my closet?

Reflection:

• Strengths: you tell me
• Weaknesses: I know for a fact my ACT scores
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t read minds

• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Tulane, UCSB, Washington University in St. Louis, UCSD, Williams College, Boston University, Johns Hopkins
Waitlisted: UC Davis, MIT, Columbia, Dartmouth
Rejected: UCLA, UC Berkeley *sigh, UCs do not like me very much

General Comments:

Like I said before, this website is absolute evil. It makes you compare yourself to others, lowers your self-esteem and honestly makes life a little bit (A LOT) crappier. But hey, I spent wayyyyyy to much time on this website so I would feel guilty if didn’t post. So because I am compromising my principles by posting on this website, I feel like I should share the immense amount of wisdom I have gained over the past couple of months. Instead of trying to analyze my stats and figure out how the hell I got in, here are some things to take away from this is: 1) Do not compare yourself or try to copy others. It is human nature but try to remember that everyone is unique 2) please don’t try to look for some pattern on these stat threads. Trust me. I tried, I failed, don’t waste your time. 3) You may think that some people on this website who are rejected/accepted are gods who can walk on water but…dramatic pause… it is all an illusion (GASP). What you see on these stats are people in their best light with all their flaws excluded. I mean looking now at my stats, I am quite impressed but if you met me in person, haha, that would be a different story 4) You probably won’t believe me now but no matter how good the acceptance feels or how shitty that rejection feels, you won’t remember it a couple months down the road. For those who were rejected, just remember this, you can’t mourn a fate that isn’t yours. You WILL end up in a place that is right for you, a place that will make you happy. So even though you may think I am just spouting out a bunch of bullshit, all I ask for is to give me the benefit of the doubt.

Wow that was a lot. If you made it to the end, AWESOME! I hope I was able to enlighten you. So, in summation, be yourself, like the number pi there is no pattern, unlike what you may see on this website none of us are perfect, give me the benefit of the doubt and in the words of Stanley Fich, have fun, be safe, and party hard.

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Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (740M, 720CR, 730W)
[] ACT:Didn’t take
[] SAT II:760 Math II, 750 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.72/6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/629
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), French (3), US History (4), English Lang (5), Bio (3), Chem (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):School doesn’t offer
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics 2, AVID, gov/econ, environmental science, music history, calc bc, eng lit (all ap/honors except avid)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended Merit Scholar, Questbridge (prep and finalist for match); nothing much

[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, French National Honor Society (pres), english national honor society (secretary), science national honor society, habitat for humanity, self-taught cello, lion dancing, vovinam(vietnamese martial arts), tennis (hehe won a medal once), a few other cultural activities that I did on the side, also worked with red cross to do blood drives
[] Job/Work Experience: my mom had an after school daycare for a few years and I tutored them pretty much every day and kept them company until their parents came around 9. Did this from 3rd grade to 11th grade, about 5-6 h per day. Didn’t actually get paid for my services (darnit mother) but it was pretty fun.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: lots of volunteer with habitat for humanity (200-300h) and a lot of other random things in the community[/li]
[] Personal Statement: 9/10; my parents and teacher liked it and kinda teared up-ish. Talked about personal struggles acclimating to American society and learning a new language and seeing my first death and a whole bunch of other stuff that happened when I was four.
[] supplement: 7/10; kind of rushed but it was about playing the game of thrones board game with my cousins and seeing how the simple things in life are so important and that you should enjoy yourself. Kind of like a yolo thing and an f u at the time to my dad because he was putting a lot of pressure on me to apply to more schools. Though I love him he can sometimes be a bit overbearing.
[] Teacher rec: english/avid teacher (10/10) was really close to her as a freshman to a junior (before she left for a better job), she pulled me out of my shell and was a great formative force in my high school career - encouraging me to apply to unis that I never dreamed of being accepted.
Chem teacher: idk (6/10?) wasn’t that close with her, but did take her chem I and II class
[] Interview: it was all right, could have been better but nothing special. We got along fine

[/list][ b]Other**[ul]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public, noncompetitive
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket: <40k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): financially disadvantaged

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Grades, essays, work/extracurric
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT IIs,
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to: Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Rice, UVa, Washington and Lee, UT Austin, Emory

Waitlisted to: Brown, WashU, UChicago(they put a lot of ppl on the wl this year)
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford, Princeton, Northwestern, Duke
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? None

[/ul]General Comments: I am honestly so happy and fortunate that I got into so many great schools to choose from. Admissions is so random and such a crapshoot that you just have to go in being wholefully and unapologetically you. It is my belief that the admissions officers are not looking for anything in particular, but they want to see who you are and how your personality will match with their institution. Test scores and gpa matter to an extent but navigating through the admissions process has taught me that essays are one of if not the biggest factor in your decision (of course you should have solid stats too). Also, I should tell any students coming into the application process to be confident in yourself and your achievements so far. I came in really insecure about my accomplishments, often comparing myself to those on cc, but just be you and work it. If I can make it into some of these colleges then y’all will be able to too. Good Luck!! and have fun with it. College apps tell you a lot about your character through the reflective nature of the essays, so learn something new about yourself. I am SO excited to start visiting these schools, and I cant wait to start my college years next fall!!! Gotta get back to calc now!.. senioritis procrastination is so real that its unreal. Any have fun, and to all the acceptees this year, CONGRATZ!!! Y’all worked so hard and its finally paying off!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 CR 800; WR 770; M 800
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: Bio(m) 800; Math (L2) 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95%
[] UC GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank
[] Senior Year Course Load: History, Poli sci, Math, Psychology, English (CBSE India board)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): elected president of school student body, Started a rural India style governance system in school, started a cultural festival in school, research in Psych. with a University professor, Diploma in Indian classical music
[] Job/Work Experience: Assisted a Music Therapist in a mental hospital and created proposals for other hospitals to incorporate music therapy
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in a Himalayan School to teach a self designed creative writing course in both Hindi and English. Compiled the work to create school magazine for that school
[] Essay: common app connected an ancient Hindi Shloka to the importance of following ones own path, I would say 8.5/10 supplement was very straightforward about my Psych. research
[li] Recommendations: History and Psychology, should have been good. Also an additional one from Psych. Professor[/li]
[/ul]Other list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[li] Intended Major **: Psychology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant):NA
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nope

[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, test scores, I think my essays had insight, leadership, interview was amazing
[] Weaknesses: No impressive ECs or Awards
[] Schools were you accepted to? Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Rice (100% scholarship) Yale-Nus, UC Berkeley, Reed, Colby, Vanderbilt, WashU
[] Schools you were rejected from? Amherst, Harvard
[li] Schools you are waiting for? none[/li][/ul]General Comments: I never thought I could get in, but applied still. don’t shy away from applying, you never know what may happen. Also, I think they look for depth in the ECS and my ECs were probably showed that.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2160 760cr, 720m, 680w
[] ACT:32
[] SAT II: history 770, literature 760, chemistry 650, Math level 2 580
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 (I guess 97.5/100)
[] UC GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/233
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): history 5, literature and comp. 5, statistics 5, chemistry 4, calculus ab 4, government 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap psychology, ap physics, ap calculus bc, ap english, German 4, studio art 2, gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction, National Honors Society, Merit scholar commendation, [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student government, academic team (captain), interact club,
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: year round volunteer no kill animal shelter
[] Personal Statement:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: y
[li]** Intended Major **: digital art[/li] [] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 80,000 - 90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted: Emory Oxford, Rice, Grinnell, Smith, Colgate, Rensselaer, Brandeis wait listed: Haverford, Emory College, Bryn Mayr, Wellesley,
[] Schools you were rejected from? Brown, U of Penn, Oberlin, U of Chicago, MIT, Claremont, Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Reed[/li] [/ul]General Comments: There are a few schools I applied to for digital art/game design. This was one of them. Submitted a portfolio actually proud to have made waitlist. Took a spot on wait list

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: I think 680 bio, 740 literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): zero idea. Lol.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ummm… Top 10%? If I were to guess?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human geography (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP chem, AP Lang, AP Psychology, AP Calc AB, French 12
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): idk what counts as a major award… Some top student awards in my school and numerous dance awards.

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive dancer for a long ass time, I’ve trained with the national ballet (Canada) and been accepted to several professional schools, as well as numerous awards. I played varsity soccer for the last two years, founder of the science club at my school, school prefect, head of the art council, key note speaker at a global responsibility conference on development in foreign countries, Local poverty group panel organizer, ambassador for surgical training educational partnership Canada, I’ve been on two service trips to Nicaragua to build schools.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: at my dads office (holla),dance teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at the local hospital, plus several organizations I listed above
[ *] Essays: thought my Dartmouth one was pretty funny, did it in about 3 hours though, spent a long time on my personal statement.
Recommendations: bio and human geo teachers, they both adore me so I’d say 9/10. Counsellor doesn’t know me that well but she likes me and asked what I wanted her to write (hehe)

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nada
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): CANADAAAA
[ *] School Type: Small private
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanicish
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): sent in a dance supplement… Maybe Dartmouth likes ma moves?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ??? Zero ?? (Just kidding, my grades are good. God bless the Canada to USA grade conversion, God bless)
[ *] Weaknesses: everything (shoutout to my SATII bio score, you keep doing you)
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted- Toronto, McGill, Queens, McMaster, USC Waitlisted- Berkeley, UCLA, Dartmouth
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Columbia, Barnard, Brown
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Nada
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] hahahahahahah wtf happened how did I get wait listed this is the shock of the century, my testing scores are terrible. I think it was my supplement video maybe? Or I had teacher recs? No idea, but I’m very honoured to be in the same boat as some of you amazing applicants, good luck to all!