<p>I just got my letter today… accepted! It’s such a relief to be done right now…</p>
<p>Stats:
-top 5% of small public school in Northern California
-ACT: 35
-essays ok, not exciting (mock trial and community service)
-ECs: Mock Trial - awards (personal and team) 3 years, Cross Country 3 years, club president, officer in another club, lots of community service (350 hours and counting…)
-GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.3 w on 4.0 scale soph-jun.; 3.87 uw 4.3 w senior year
-I assume I had strong letters of rec from 2 teachers, but I don’t know for sure
-6 AP’s, 2 honors - 4s and 5s on tests</p>
<p>Letter arrived yesterday! Accepted! It’s really wonderful to be all done with apps </p>
<p>stats:
top 5% of a small private school in Western New York
SAT: 2080
essay: more of a story than an essay, kind of a comment on civil rights issues
ECs: dance - awards, in and out of school for 13 yrs, editor of political publication, head of environmental club, a few civil rights/multicultural/food related clubs and projects, Williams College Book award<br>
GPA: 3.9
I hope my letters of rec were good, I think they probably were…but I’m not positive
<p>Good stuff. I’m considering applying for the early decision 2 deadline, but I haven’t quite decided yet. Its between Carleton and Madison (very different, i know) and i figure that I’d be better off making the ‘where i want to go’ decision now so i can epply E.D. to Carleton if i do choose to go there.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in ED!! I visited Carleton last April and fell in love with it, but I’m still applying RD. Very much looking forward to visiting sleepy little Northfield again.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of the new Carls! Looking forward to seeing you all on campus next fall. sstewart, I know you’ve been hanging around for a while so it’s especially nice for me to see that you were accepted!</p>
<p>Hi all! Congrats to everyone who got in I just got deferred from my top choice, but Carleton was about equal to it, so now I’m thinking of applying ED 2. Does anyone know anything about ED 2, like… does it actually help to apply early decision second round? And when do the decisions come back?</p>
<p>Congratulations all! I can’t wait to meet you next year!</p>
<p>@aliza: I am under the impression ED 1 and 2 are pretty much the same when it comes to any advantage it might give - it’s still a binding contract, right? I think it is just a much smaller applicant pool because of the timing. And according to the website, decisions should come out by February 15.</p>
<p>Thrilled son who loves the snow accepted ED</p>
<p>Rigorous private school Pacific Northwest
GPA Unweighted 3.85 (school does not rank, limited AP avail) 5 AP classes, 6 honors full year classes
SAT 800 CR 710 M 690 W essay 10
ACT composite 36
SAT 2: math II 800, Spanish 740, lit 760
National merit semifinalist (finalist status won’t be announced till spring)
EC: consistent across 4 years but no outrageous EC achievement: Theater, varsity cross-country, service trips abroad, Ultimate, minor clubs</p>
<p>No hooks
waived rights to see letters
Overnight visit to Carleton made “why carleton” essay easy!</p>
<p>Congrats to all the future Knights! Son is thrilled!!!</p>
<p>D is applying RD~although, if she had her drouthers…may have a applied ED? She’s traveling out there in the middle of Jan to get a greater sense of the community and that lovely Minnesotta snow! lol</p>
It’s such a relief to be done right now…</p>