** Decisions 2011 STATS ONLY **

[johannes1430]

<p>Just received my decision today, and thought Carleton should have one of these as well! Please post your stats and help future applicants:)</p>

<p>Copy & paste the code below. No need to remove spaces!</p>

<p>
[quote]
[noparse]Pick one:
**Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II (if submitted):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] APs (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IBs (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior year course load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major awards:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Work experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher rec's:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional rec's:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Applied for financial aid?:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Intended major (on app):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General comments:[/noparse]**

[/quote]
</p>

[johannes1430]

<p>And my contribution (slightly tweaked):</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[</em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: Nooo[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: No
[</em>] Intended major: Physics
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW!
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-200k
[</em>] Hooks: Not applying for FA…?![/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[li] Why you think you were accepted: See hooks[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General comments: Accepted to Wes with FA, but Carleton would have been awesome too!</p>

[manarius]

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34, 35 superscore
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): None
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/21
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB- 4
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior year course load: So-so
[li] Major awards: None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 sport varsity athlete, captain of 2
[</em>] Work experience: Yes
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: Barely
[</em>] Essays: Common app was great. Supplementary questions were pretty average.
[<em>] Teacher rec’s: Didn’t read.
[</em>] Counselor rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional rec’s: No
[</em>] Interview: No[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended major (on app): Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School type: Private, religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income bracket:~$40,000
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Supplement
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extremely competitive school. Very little shown interest.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>**General comments: **I’m not too disappointed. I was accepted into several other competitive schools which I probably would have chosen over Carleton anyway. I will not be accepting my spot on the waitlist</p>

[intemister]

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT (650CR,720M,700W:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II (if submitted):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA (A’levels, 4As, 1b, 1C):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (top 10%):</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] APs (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis):
[li] Senior year course load: 8/10</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major awards:[/ UWC scholarship finalist, Nationals of Intel, National swim team]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (House captain):
[</em>] Work experience: ActionAid, Council of Arts, Tv Channel, Teaching at a slum school
[<em>] Volunteer/community service:Teaching at a slum school, Organized fund raiser and blind appreciation day
[</em>] Essays:7/10
[<em>] Teacher rec’s: 7/10
[</em>] Counselor rec: 6/10
[<em>] Additional rec’s:
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: A whole lot of it!
[</em>] Intended major (Physics):
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (I hope we win on the 30th):
[<em>] School type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, International
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income bracket:<20,000$
[li] Hooks (National level athlete and Country’s youngest Ham radio Operator):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses:Grade
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Sent in my application of Feb 26 :p</p>[/li]
<p>**General comments: I hope they find a spot for me. I am waitlisted at 4 colleges.</p>

[slhongo]

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): 1970, YES, 1970! 710m, 660 cr, 600w
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 740 math2, 800 spanish, 700phys
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 7.8/10 (very good for my school)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis):nope
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis):nope
[</em>] Senior year course load: no course selection, 3 trimesters of psychology, biology, calculus, physics, organic chem, philosophy, Argentine and Latin American literature, history, regional geography of Argentina, political economy, arts history, french.
[li] Major awards:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): politically active
[</em>] Work experience: cashier on Saturdays
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: lots of church work
[</em>] Essays: this guys saved me
[<em>] Teacher rec’s: good
[</em>] Counselor rec: good
[<em>] Additional rec’s:-
[</em>] Interview:[/ul] nope</p>

<p>Other[list]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: no
[</em>] Intended major (on app): Computer science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): international
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Argentina
[<em>] School type: Public, most prestigious HS in argentina
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income bracket: ~140k
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.):first gen, no FA international (?</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: ESSAYS, rank(?, rigorous course load.
[</em>] Weaknesses:everything else
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: divine intervention</p>[/li]
<p>General comments:
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
GOT INTO MY TOP CHOICE, waitlisted at colby, hamilton and bucknell.</p>

[lllllll]

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): 2340: 800 CR, 760 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): High 700s in Lit and Math II
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 something
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25% I think
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s on Euro, US, English, Calc AB
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior year course load: Hardest. AP Latin, AP English, AP Gov, AP Calc BC, H. Physics (college level class)
[li] Major awards: NMF, NLE Gold x3[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Elite jazz band, lead some clubs, etc.
[</em>] Work experience: I run a jazz trio.
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: Helped Indonesian orphans.
[</em>] Essays: Awesome.
[<em>] Teacher rec’s: Amazing, they said.
[</em>] Counselor rec: Really good, even though he has a ton of kids to write for.
[<em>] Additional rec’s: My guitar teacher wrote one for my music supplement, and it was great.
[</em>] Interview: Went well.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yeah.
[</em>] Intended major (on app): Undecided.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA.
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School type: Big, good public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[<em>] Gender: Male.
[</em>] Income bracket: Not sure.
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays, community service. Some of my ECs are fantastic. Recs were probably very strong, but may not have stood out.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA/Rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>General comments: I got into Pomona, so I’m fine with this. Congratulations to the accepted; good luck to the rest.</p>

[sayumin]

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): 1890 total with Math: 660 Writing: 620 Critical Reading: 610
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History: 640 Math 2: 600 (I’m pretty sure I submitted…)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 94.27 (school doesn’t use 4.0 system)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis): Did not send, but I have taken AP U.S. History and AP Government
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis): N/A (school doesn’t offer)
[</em>] Senior year course load:AP Eng, AP Calc AB, AP Chem, Spanish 7 (jumped a level, I’ve been skipping levels since I began taking Spanish in the 9th grade…), Film. School only offers 7 AP and no honors classes.
[li] Major awards: Poetry Out Loud 3rd place in school, Kenyon book award, national honor society, posse semi-finalist, high honors, random school awards [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (random position, 10-12 grades), Anime Club (co-founder, 11-12), Japanese lessons (10-11), Varsity Softball Player (10 - 12), Club Volleyball (10-12), Senior Trip/Prom Committee (10-12), and sewing (9 - 12). (school does not offer many ECs)
[</em>] Work experience: Teen Job at a local non-profit (10-12 grades)
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: internship at a State Senator office (12), camp counselor at a local Art Day camp (9-10), Community service in Guatemala with school (11)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Teen job (mentioned above), internship, camp counselor
[<em>] Essays: Great =) VERY unique!!!
[</em>] Teacher rec’s: Did not read but was told they were good
[<em>] Counselor rec: I think it was fierce =)
[</em>] Additional rec’s: I sent in one from my supervisor of my job, was able to read it, and it was great!
[li] Interview: Slightly awkward, not gonna lie… BUT I do have good interview skills and I think I left a great impression[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yes!
[</em>] Intended major (on app): Political Science, East Asian Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School type: Charter, SUPER small!!!
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: WOMAN!
[</em>] Income bracket: Middle class!
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.) To my knowledge, none… Perhaps my personality? Not sure if that is a hook…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personality, ECs, essays!
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and SAT!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Could be worse, I was upset BUT I am grateful that I was not rejected. They wrote such a nice wait-list letter!!! =D I am staying on the wait-list!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Bryn Mawr College (<3), Mount Holyoke College, Denison University, Boston University. Wait-listed: Grinnell College, Wellesley College. Rejected: Scripps College, Vassar College [/ul]</p>

<p>**General comments: If I don’t get in, it’s all good **</p>

[lilaznkid123]

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 690, CR 570, W 720 = 1980
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Chinese w/ Listening 790, Math II 730, Biology - E 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.28
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Environmental Science (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Molecular Biology, Chinese III, AP Calculus AB, English IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons including volunteer work in South Africa and badminton
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned twice
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot, around 160 hours last year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering in South Africa
[</em>] Essays: Hardship growing up and overcoming these challenges
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good (I hope)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Environmental Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low income
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, single parent household, low income.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Story and background
[<em>] Weaknesses:GPA, Test Scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was very lucky! But I think my essay definitely got me in!
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Private Schools: Accepted: Colgate University, Carleton College, Hamilton College, Whitman College, Bates College, St. Lawrence University. Waitlisted: Colby College, Colorado College, Connecticut College. Rejected: Bowdoin College. Waiting for: Emory University, Oxford College[/li][/ul]General Comments:
That day was the best day of my life! I got into three reach schools in one day! There is a chance that I will be part of Carleton College’s Class of 2015!</p>

<p>[/list]General Comments:</p>

[suhast]

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): M:800 CR:600 W:670 T:2070
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math2:800 Chem:800 Phy:760
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0):N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/150
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior year course load: Math, Physics, Chemistry, English and French
[li] Major awards:None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Leader(9-10), Secretary of School Quiz Club(9-19), Leadership Programs and Workshops(11-12), State Level Table Tennis(9-10), School Olympiad and Debate Team(9-10)
[</em>] Work experience:None
[<em>] Volunteer/community service:Volunteered at a School for the Blind, volunteered at slums, volunteered with Runners Club to conduct marathons.
[</em>] Essays:Quite good
[<em>] Teacher rec’s:Very good or atleast I think so
[</em>] Counselor rec:Excellent
[<em>] Additional rec’s:None
[</em>] Interview:N/A[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?:Yes but only merit based
[</em>] Intended major (on app):Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):India (US Citizen though)
[<em>] School type:Hardcore Prep school with no extra curriculurs or sports(11-12)
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income bracket:Medium-High
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]Nothing major i guess</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Personality, ECs, Class Rank and Math and Science SAT scores
[</em>] Weaknesses:School Grades(These have nothing to do with Class Rank for my school), SAT English Scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Cause I’m AWESOME!! xD Just kidding…Perfect scores in math in SAT 1 and 2 combined with good ECs and Class Rank I guess?? :P</p>[/li]
<p>General comments: Really excited that I’ve been accepted here. I will probably go to Carleton but I will decide after hearing from the ivies(Columbia, UPenn and Brown). :D</p>

[sara12]

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (breakdown): 2230/2400 1460/1600
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 US History,720 Chem
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of about 200
[</em>] APs (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), European History (5)
[<em>] IBs (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior year course load: pretty tough - 5 APs
[li] Major awards:National Merit Finalist[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):history, political science, volunteering ECs
[</em>] Work experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: LOTS
[</em>] Essays: I liked my common app essay, it was about my research/picturing history. I was very honest in the Carleton questions, and I think they showed how I’m similar to Carleton students.
[<em>] Teacher rec’s: ?
[</em>] Counselor rec: ?
[<em>] Additional rec’s: none
[</em>] Interview:Haha, I thought my interview went terribly! I prattled on for about five minutes trying to ask this vaguely formed question. [/ul] </p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended major (on app): Political Science, History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] Income bracket: prefer not to say
[li] Hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.):none[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, Carleton supplement, teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT was not too strong, never visited
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have no idea, but I am so happy![/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>General comments: I have NO idea where I’m going to college at this point. I’m so confused. It’s between Carleton, Haverford, Bowdoin, Oberlin, and Ohio State. I’m so blessed to have been accepted at so many fantastic places.</p>

[intemister]

<p>***!?! people with 2300s waitlisted and 1980s accepted? My oh my. Not to undermine their achievement, but I’m just saying, SAT scores not that important?</p>

[Drought]

<p>Small random samples are not indicators of anything. This is just eye candy.</p>

[UT84321]

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 on CR, 11 on essay)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): See above; only took once
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 on math)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): See above; only took once
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 Bio, 740 US Hist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: IDK; school doesn’t weight
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Took 5 up through jr year (55554), 4 in sr. year
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible, including AP Physics, Psych, Stat and Eng.
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: IDK, maybe none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar Nominee, TASP[/li] [/ul] </p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (event captain 11,12) with many awards on local circuit, Enviro club (co pres, 12) MUN (co-pres, 12). Mock Trial (VP, 12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Modest
[li] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hrs in fair trade retail store [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Starting HS Star Wars club and selling Darth Vader Toast[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Being involved in youth Shakespeare in the community
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
[<em>] Counselor Rec: IDK
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None available
[</em>] Art Supplement: None [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Near deadline
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): UT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Lackluster public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $125k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Geography, TASP
[</em>] Weaknesses: No sports, only modest volunteering
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Bowdoin, Claremont-McKenna, Dartmouth (likely), Grinnell, Kenyon, Macalester, Pomona, Stanford, Swarthmore, U of Alabama, Whitman. Deferred Yale SCEA.
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
These are my son’s stats, posted to benefit future applicants. Carleton is a superb school, congrats to all '15ers.</p>

[NuclearPenguins]

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR 750 M 700 W (taken twice, did not submit)
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite (1st try)
[<em>] SAT II: Bad, did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/416 (13 after mid year report)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 11 classes but no tests yet
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB French SL, IB TOK, IB Psych SL, IB English HL, IB Business/Management HL, Sports Med 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Serious tennis (team captain), work, physics club (co founder and treasurer), finance club, music, volunteering, DECA (double state qualifier 2 years, event finalist, national qualifier), a few more.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant tennis coach at a club + my own racket stringing service
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at school, local environmental groups, and state parks
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tennis
[<em>] Essays: Very, very good. Lots of time writing and editing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing (teacher told me what he would write), 1 good I assume (did not see)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good, I have a good counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Not sure yet
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Rich, excellent, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100K +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing special, recruited athlete but don’t think coach had pull in admissions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good essays, scores, gpa, lots of good EC’s, showed dedication through tennis, had good work exp + ran my own racket stringing service
[</em>] Weaknesses: No real hooks, no science/math senior year, not a minority
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty happy! Just need to find a way to afford it now haha.</p>