EA Minorities: Acc/Def/Rej?

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<p>I'm just curious as to which URMs have been accepted, deferrerd, or rejected after the EA round and what your stats are?</p>

<p>Status (Accepted, Deferred, Rejected):
Ethnicity:
Intended Major:
City, Country:
Gender:
SATs:
Grades:
ECs:
Recs (good/ok):
Essays (what did you write about/good/ok):
Other Hooks beyond URM (1st generation college student, immigrant, etc):</p>

<h2>I am wondering whether they deferred me because they wanted to check out the rest of the minority pool or for other reasons.</h2>

<p>Me:
Status (Accepted, Deferred, Rejected): DEFERRED
Ethnicity: AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK
Intended Major: ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
City, Country: ATLANTA, USA
Gender: FEMALE
SATs: 1400 (740V,660M), 740 Bio, 710 Writing, 660 Math (II)
Grades: GPA 3.9
ECs: very good; includes drum major, science summer programs, national history day finalist, National Achievement Semi, etc
Recs (good/ok): 2 great
Essays (what did you write about/good/ok): marching band, writing. both really good in my opinion, the second is pretty original
Other Hooks beyond URM (1st generation college student, immigrant, etc): music, if that's a hook</p>

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<p>I just remembered that I'm not a URM.</p>

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<p>uhhh... ok...</p>

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<p>oh come on, people. i know some more URMs are on this board.</p>

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<p>Just read through the EA decision thread. Ethnicity was something that people filled out there.</p>

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<p>ummm my homie was a 1420 SAT 680 700 700 SAT IIs and got straight up rejected from yale EA...also 3.86 GPA at a top NY high school...and hes black...with tons of community service (800+ hrs, lots of good stuff, awesome recs etc)</p>

<p>i dont know how it happened</p>

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<p>what was his rank?</p>

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<p>maybe his essays weren't good. Minority status does not guarantee admission.</p>

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<p>Ethioman00,contrary to the popular stereotypes, it happens all the time.</p>

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<p>I know Lindsey, but I just wanted to get them all in one place for a reference tool. This is the only one I found on the Stats thread:</p>

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<p>MEMBERNAME: SPREZZATURA
Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li> SAT: 680 M, 720 V</li>
<li> SAT IIs: 740 Wr, 700 M1C, 650 Lit</li>
<li> GPA: none</li>
<li> Rank: 1 (unofficially) of 38</li>
<li><p>Other stats:
Subjective:</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: one creative, one reflective; "awesome," says counselor</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: amazing</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: to quote him: "...the best one I've written throughout my entire career."</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): Senior class SC rep., ballet for 12 years, art, volleyball captain, Jamaican (W.I.) background
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: NY, USA</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: private</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: African American/Black (Jamaican, W.I.)</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: female
Other Factors:
Yale Summer Program 2004 (two classes for credit; A- in both)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<h2>I guess admissions officers don't lie when they say SATs aren't the be all end all...</h2>