<p>I got a letter today! Congrats to everyone!! I'm so excited for Mac :)
SAT 2230: 800CR, 680 M, 750 W
ACT: 33
4.27 gpa weighted, 3.9 unweighted -- most difficult courseload
tons of ecs, etc, good recs & essays
national merit finalist & other awards</p>
<p>Congratulations everyone! :D</p>
<p>I really wish I knew if they sent these letters to internationals too... But that'll take longer, I guess.</p>
<p>Ugh - my school still hasn't sent out mid-year grades - I wish I could have been accepted early. o wellz. congratulations everyone!</p>
<p>Congrats everyone! I jsut got my acceptance today as well. :D</p>
<p>I got my acceptance letter this past Thursday! </p>
<p>I am BEYOND excited to be a <em>potential</em> member of the Mac class of '13 [: </p>
<p>And for those interested, here are my stats..</p>
<p>SAT: 2160 [740cr, 680m, 740w]
ACT: 33 [36e, 31m, 36cr, 31s]
GPA: unweighted [3.8] weighted [109/120]
CLASS RANK: 24/544</p>
<p>No early-regular decision letter, but strangely, we received in the mail today the 08-09 course catalogue from Macalester! (Not sure why, since I don't think my daughter ever requested one.)</p>
<p>But we will continue to wait for a letter from Macalester (acceptance or rejection)...</p>
<p>We can infer from my stats that Mac probably looked at applicants very holistically, as I'm definitely not the brightest shining student here.</p>
<p>*GPA: 3.55 UW (slight downward trend, and a 3.2 average first semester of senior year)
*ACT: 31
*SAT: 1960
*SAT II: World- 800; Bio-E 740; English 650</p>
<p>Good rec letters.... accept the online status check still says they haven't received my second teacher rec. Lot's of EC's, including political campaigning, academic team, drama club, and science fair. </p>
<p>I didn't interview, and I felt my "Why Macalester" was incredibly weak and generic; I talked it being in St. Paul. Wow, that's unique. </p>
<p>So in short, I'm still pretty amazed they let me in! Being a male from Kentucky might have helped.</p>
<p>My stats were a lot like yours redknight, though I got in ED1.</p>
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<p>Same here! We got an unrequested catalog the other day, along with a letter stating they had not received some financial aid documents.</p>
<p>I'm so excited... Mac was my dream school when I was like, twelve. So it makes me pretty happy that they sent these early letters :) </p>
<p>Stats:
32 ACT
790 SAT Subject in US History
730 SAT Subject in Literature
4's on AP Calc and Stats
5's on AP US, Euro, Bio
3.97 GPA uw
32 of 355</p>
<p>EC's:
Intern at non-profit
Volunteer coordinator for a different non-profit
Pres MUN and Poetry Club
Varsity Debater
Modern/African Dance
Dance teacher (3-4 yr olds)
Academic Olympiad
etc
etc</p>
<p>I think all applicants receive a course catalog? I've gotten one from some of my other schools as well, without requesting them.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT - 800 CR, 760 W, 690 M
ACT - 35 (35 E, 35 M, 35 R, 34 S, 9 essay)
GPA - 3.97 UW
No APs, dual-enrollment college classes instead (3.97 college GPA)
Main E.C.s: Voice (choir and private lessons), Student Council VP, Founder/President of Environmental Club
Essays: Good? I don't know.
Teacher recs: One was amazing, dunno about the other one. Probably good.
Counselor rec: Good, I think.
Oh, and I'm a white female National Merit Finalist.</p>
<p>I also got an early acceptance and was incredibly excited... after visiting last summer, it's probably my top school. Now I just have to wait for financial aid!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT - 2260 (800 CR, 770 W, 690 M)
SAT II - 760 Lit, 690 US History
ACT - 35 (35 E, 33 M, 36 R, 34 S, 9 essay)
GPA - 4.0 UW (we don't do weighted GPAs)
Rank - 1/112
EC's: Band, debate, quiz bowl, Young Democrats, environmental team
Essays: Incredibly cheesy, I think, but overall fine.
Recs: My APUSH teacher told me she thought hers deserved a Pulitzer Prize. I'm assuming the others were good as well.
Hook: Er... I'm very poor?
I'm ALSO a white female National Merit finalist with Mac as my first-choice.</p>