<p>Mine too.</p>
<p>Did anyone who was accepted NOT get a personal note?</p>
<p>Pretty sure that's for everyone. I got one too in ED round, though it didn't say much at all.</p>
<p>Got an email...international from India here...accepted :) It was my essay that worked for me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800CR 800M 760W
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800Maths II, 800Chemistry, 800Physics
[</em>] GPA: 4.42/5.0
[<em>] Rank: Top 25% (school only reports quartiles, I estimate about 15% though)
[</em>] AP/IB: 5s in Biology, Chemistry, Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C, Stats
[<em>] Course Load: Most rigorous
[</em>] Awards: Int Chem Oly Bronze, Singapore Physics Oly Nat'll Champion
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: MUN, Cheerleading, Journalism (it sounds better than it was)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Guiding at Zoo
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[<em>] Essays: Why Mudd was rushed, main + supp good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One excellent, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, love that dude. <3
[</em>] Interview: N/A, I live half the globe away
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Singapore
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Competitive public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $50k? or so?
[<em>] Hooks: Female :D
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extremely good test scores, awards
[<em>] Weaknesses: Screwed up Why Mudd, lol
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm female.
[/ul]General Comments:
If your name is Jesse, tell me. I have vendetta. <em>does a Natalie Portman thing</em></p>
<p>Gah, I'm just so conflicted now... My friend wants me to appeal, but I don't know if it would feel right since I feel like it was my fault that I got this result... Stupid headache :S</p>
<p>Waitlisted :/</p>
<p>Congratulations fiona!!!! I dont have to die now ! Did you get the scholarship you were hoping for?</p>
<p>No news on the aid/scholarship front yet. You're not online! Are you overloaded with work or something <em>sympathy</em></p>
<p>i got waitlisted as well. woohoo... yay</p>
<p>Waitlisted.
Congrats Fiona!</p>
<p>Rejected. 2nd rejection :(</p>
<p>Admitted!!</p>
<p>OMG~~It's so amazing!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>fiona_</p>
<p>haha love your "why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected"
I think that's my reason too.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2240
* SAT II: 800 math 2, 780 chem, 750 bio, physics 730, us history 700
* GPA: 3.3 unweighted
* Rank: School does not rank
* AP/IB: AP scholar with distinguishment
3 5's, 4 4's, 1 3
* Course Load: super rigorous (currently taking 7 AP/IB Classes)
* Awards: Passed the AMC 12, IB Disploma candidate
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Orchestra for 6 years, Playing cello for 6 years/ piano for 12, drawing for 12 years, tennis for 7 years,
* Job/Work Experience: yes
* Volunteer/Community service: yep 500+ hours at various hospitals, public libraries, etc. etc
* Summer Activities: Summer research at UCLA on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nanotechnology summer course at CNSI
* Essays: how my doodles on my homework is representative of my life
* Teacher Recs: 2 Ap Biology teacher/ AP english lang teacher
* Counselor Rec: meh
* Interview: yes
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State: CA
* Ethnicity: chinese
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: middle
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Extreme course rigor, online art portfolio
* Weaknesses: GPA
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, i kinda winged my supplemental essay :D
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: i was pretty disheartened. I have been taking the most rigorous courses at my school, and the results of my effort has ultimately lead to my low GPA. However, my test scores are excellent. By the end of my senior year, I would have taken 16 AP classes and about 8 IB classes. I also submitted an online art portfolio.</p>
<p>That does sound like a rather impressive application, bubba... must have been absurdly competitive this year.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 M 780 W 740 CR: 2320
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Physics, 540 Latin
[</em>] GPA: 4.780 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: Top 3% (Not officially ranked)
[</em>] AP/IB: 5 AP US, 5 AP Stat, 5 AP PHysics B, 6 IB PHysics SL
[<em>] Course Load: 7 courses, 5 IB 2 AP
[</em>] Awards:Aime qualifier, perfect score on national latin exam, National merit finalist, Scholar Athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Started ULtimate frisbee team at my school, Green team, cross country, Math Team, Science Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Technical assistant for local companies
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[</em>] Summer Activities: Ultimate , Center for Talented Youth, 4 years, NJ Governor's school in the sciences
[<em>] Essays: About teaching/learning from peers
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One said I was the top student he'd ever had, don't know about the other
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably bad
[</em>] Interview: I missed it when I visited because I was in the middle of a class there, and then I interviewed with a senior there. I don't know how they still accepted me.
[/ul][ b]Other*[ul]
[<em>] State: NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Rich, Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks: Frisbee team starter
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, strength in math and science, started frisbee team
[<em>] Weaknesses: missed admission interview, and left my laptop power cord there, and had the admission office send it back to my house.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: *</p>
<p>How did you go from a perfect NLE to a 540 Latin SAT II? Was it that much harder? I'm getting ready to take the test in June.</p>
<p>does HMC always offer money for a plane ticket to visit? i got one, but just wondering if that's standard/typical.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2330 (800 Math, 800 CR, 730 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (I think? 36 Math and 36 Science, I forget the others)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 (Chemistry), 800 (MathII), 730 (Spanish)
[</em>] GPA: 4.00 uw
[<em>] Rank: 3/340 (but in line to be valedictorian… it’s a strange system)
[</em>] AP/IB: World History, BC Calculus, Chemistry, US History, Physics C Mechanics, Physics C E&M independent study, Spanish Language, all 5s
[<em>] Course Load: College Literature class, Differential Equations, AP Spanish Literature, Anthropology, AP US Government, AP Computer Science AB, AP Psychology
[</em>] Awards: Two-time AIME qualifier (well, three now, got a 5 and was actually disappointed), AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholar, math + science competition things, etc.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: 4 years of Math Club, three years of leadership, a huge club and a big undertaking, Science Club, Knowledge Bowl, some tennis (but I suck), started Chemistry Club and failed junior year, started Philosophy Club this year and enjoyed great success, motivated school to host North American Computational Linguisitics Olympiad (so awesome!), three years of marching band (stopped due to respiratory illness).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, heh
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: several dozens of hours of peer tutoring at my school, youth court, wrote supplemental texts to our notorious math text books (and actually received anonymous praise in one of my classes for their helpfulness). Election poll worker.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Took part in selective 6-week NW math camp and excelled. Visited HMC, before school started, too <_<
[<em>] Essays: I tried =\ I can’t remember them, which may be bad, but I felt confident enough.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: (didn’t read) One from Philosophy Club adviser/English teacher, in whom I have absolute faith, gave “highest recommendation.” One from Math Club adviser, who I imagine was really aggressive in recommending me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: (didn’t read) He says it was strong. I don’t know him too well, so probably not too specific/enlightening.
[</em>] Interview: Seemed to go just alright. Kind of made it awkward because I had to talk about being too sick to do things and having to help my mom, whose leg never recovered after being broken.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: WA
[</em>] School Type: suburban, nice
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle/high
[</em>] Hooks: Hmm, dealt with personal issues? Being Western European in a class that is otherwise dominated by Asians/Eastern Europeans? >.>; Probably none, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extracurriculars, grades (highest grade in every class but one or two for the last two years), teacher recommendations, well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: not athletic, no work experience…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No endearing traits/deficiencies (I don’t think poor health/lack of athleticism counts =(). I probably failed at the diversity test, in the application and in the interview (how do you answer “Do you like diversity?” beyond the obvious “yes”? So awkward <,<)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m honestly very disappointed. Enough so that I was motivated to register (albeit not until I was on break) so that I could post =p I seem to be having poor luck with colleges… and life <,< Well, I can live with undergraduate obscurity, whether or not I get off the list.</p>