<p>My daughter was accepted and we’re so excited. Elon was her first choice…UNC, Maryland and Northwestern followed. SAT 1920, GPA 4.0/3.91…Essays: Excellent…Teacher Rec’s: Strong…EC’s: Out the “Ying Yang” (I often complained she is stretched way too thin in addition to holding down a part-time job).</p>
<p>Congrats to all who’ve been accepted. To those still waiting, best of luck!</p>
<p>Congratulations Lafalum! You hit the nail on the head. My daughter was also heavily involved in volunteerism and EC’s. We knew from the beginning that those factors could tip the scales for applicants. We visited Elon three times and asked lots of questions about what the admissions committee was looking for. In all of our discussions, the thing that stood out was that sure, the college was looking for academic strength, but just as importantly, they were looking for students who were strong all-around individuals. Involvement in their communities, school leaders, creative and innovative thinkers, compassionate people, service oriented, etc. In one of the info sessions, an admissions officer also mentioned how closely they looked at the essays to determine if that’s the type of student they wanted. The officer even went as far as saying that the essay could “make or break” the student. My daughter was careful to craft her essay responses to include all of those qualities and “buzz words” the school was seeking as they related to her background and qualifications. I really do feel that made all the difference, because as you can see from the many other responses here…all these kids are the “cream of the crop”…When everyone is seemingly highly qualified, there has to be some other factor used to tip the scale. I also think back to the college’s committment to “diversity”…they played that up a lot in the info sessions. That tells me the college is stretching its search even farther and wider to get a good mix…culturally, racially, academically, socially, and economically.</p>
<p>My son was deferred, and I’m shocked.</p>
<p>SAT
CR - 780
M - 590
W - 720</p>
<p>Grades - 3.3 unweighted, small private school, very competitive and no grade inflation
one AP, three honors (the maximum available at this young school)</p>
<p>Lots of EC, student body officer all four years, co-captain of two varsity teams</p>
<p>Legacy - older sibling is a student on dean’s list and in leadership roles</p>
<p>Have given lots of $$$ to parents’ fund, have been courted for more gifts by the Development Office and even the Pres. in person.</p>
<p>We did get a phone call from the Admissions Office, saying we would get personal attention because of our “special relationship” to the school. They wanted to see his fall grades.</p>
<p>I am worried and very disappointed.</p>
<p>Did anyone else deferred get a phone call from Admissions?</p>
<p>Son deferred
Math 680
Reading 700
Writing 600
GPA ? 87.0 on 100 for 3 years
currently 94.0 on 100 Senior year
Nationally ranked swimmer
Varsity swimming 4 years
over 50 hours community service
School newspaper reporter
President of surf club
Spanish club
sailing club
intramural football
club swimming co-captain
teaches swimming at YMCA
Ocean life guard during summer
Highly competitive High School (33% acceptance rate)
6 Honors Classes
2 AP Classes</p>
<p>This is my second D to apply to colleges, is it me or is there a pattern here? It seems like colleges believe WF’s are a dime a dozen? How do we deal with that?</p>
<p>Oh, there’s hope…finally saw some females accepted</p>
<p>Sorry for not knowing all the abbreviations. What are “WF’s”?</p>
<p>I think it’s white females.</p>
<p>For a competitive school such as Elon the admission decision is going to be based on your daughter’s direct competition. The admissions committee will look at your daughter and compare her to others from the same geographic region, ethnic and cultural background, academic and extracurricular accomplishment. In other words, she will be compared to others who are like her coming from a similar region. For example, if your daughter comes from the Washington DC suburbs like Montgomery or Fairfax County she will be evaluated against those applicants who share similar profiles coming from the same region. Her competition will be other girls from Fairfax County. If she doesn’t stand out in some way or if she is competing against many accomplished students in her cohort it will place her at a competitive disadvantage. A school such as Elon could fill its entire entering class with highly qualified students from Fairfax and Montgomery County alone. They will not do that as geographic diversity is an important part in putting together a diverse mix of students. Today’s students don’t want to attend a school that is not reflective of the real world. Ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic diversity is what makes a dynamic and enriching educational experience.</p>
<p>I know…and understand. It’s what we are looking for also. The competition is just incredible. But it still stinks that a great student with tons of extra curricular activities, volunteer work, and a job doesn’t even stand out anymore.</p>
<p>Hopefully your daughter will make it through the next cut. In the event she doesn’t and Elon is her dream school then she should not give up. As a plan B she should enroll elsewhere and focus like a laser in getting straight A’s and then apply as a transfer applicant to Elon. Every school even the ivies lose a certain % of students after the first year. To fill the gap, transfer students are enrolled. The transfer admissions process focuses less on SAT’s and more on actual college performance-grades. Throw in some on campus participation/involvement and she will be well positioned for a slot as a transfer. Also stay in touch with your area coordinator within the admissions staff. Best of luck and I hope she gets in.</p>
<p>wow…i applied regular decision and i’m shocked about some of the people that are getting deferred!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted 
:)</p>
<p>Stats: SAT once, ACT once and didn’t do writing
<p>Subjective:
<p>Location/Person:
<p>Probably one thing that made me stand out is that I’ve taken really difficult elective/CTE classes … like Drafting, Honors Architecture II, PLTW Biotechnical Engineering, PLTW Scientific Visualization, PLTW Principles of Engineering, PLTW Introduction to Engineering. And it’s not even that Elon would look at it as those classes putting me ahead… I go to a school that focuses on Engineering, but I applied to go into International Studies.</p>
<p>i was deferred, but applied to the leadership fellows program. will i still be considered for it, even though i am deferred?</p>
<p>Yes. If you are asked to interview for the program, then you get your acceptance at the same time as your invitation to interview.</p>
<p>I was deferred as well…yet accepted to Tulane. Pretty strange.
gpa-3.4 uw, 4.1 w
SAT-cr:580
math:650
writing:670
I have taken 14 honors courses and 3 AP (us hist., calc AB, eng. lit)
I also have taken two courses at University of Miami and got A’s in both classes.
I have TONS of ec’s including being an all-state musician.
I visited campus as well, and I thought my essay was good (but hey why would I send an essay that I didn’t think was good?)
I was pretty shocked (to say the least) that I was deferred. at least i have plenty of other options!</p>
<p>I hope we see you at Tulane!</p>
<p>There are only two theories I can think of for Elon deferring you 1) If you applied for FA they are watching their $$ very closely, or 2) They think you will get into and go to a higher ranked school (like Tulane) and therefore want to keep their acceptance stats in line (if you believe in the “Tufts Syndrome”). Just guessing of course.</p>
<p>SAT I - 760 math, 610 reading, 680 writing (one sitting and all my best)
SAT II- 770 chem, 720 bio
AP’s - AP Chemistry(5), AP Bio(5), APUSH (4), AP English III(4), im taking this year - AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP English IV, and AP Psychology
UWGPA - 3.71
WGPA - we don’t have one
Class Rank - 14 out of 294 (top 5%)
Race - Japanese and African American
Gender - Male
Essay- good i guess. i just wrote it in 10 minutes
recs- really good
State - CT
School -Public</p>
<p>EC: </p>
<p>president of NHS
4 year captain of AAU baseball team
3 year lettering in varsity baseball
2 years in Best Buddies</p>
<p>presidential scholar with 4500 a year!</p>
<p>IvyTower said…““As a plan B she should enroll elsewhere and focus like a laser in getting straight A’s and then apply as a transfer applicant to Elon. Every school even the ivies lose a certain % of students after the first year. To fill the gap, transfer students are enrolled. The transfer admissions process focuses less on SAT’s and more on actual college performance-grades. Throw in some on campus participation/involvement and she will be well positioned for a slot as a transfer.””</p>
<p>Yes! D1 (HS class of 2007) got denied at Elon, (HS GPA of 3.0, SAT 1050 M+CR) went to Univ. of Tampa for a year, got a 3.7 GPA there, applied to Elon as a transfer and got accepted. She decided not to go to Elon however, is now attending Univ. of South Carolina, marketing major-retailing minor, and still has a 3.7 GPA and loves it there. She wanted a bigger school, Tampa and Elon were about the same size. I didn’t like the business school program at Elon, the one at Tampa was actually better. Macro and Micro Economics were two different courses at Tampa ,but combined into just one at Elon. That’s weak. There were other weak spots too.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
29 ACT
34 English
29 Reading
26 Science
24 Math
10/12 Writing</p>
<p>4 AP’s- 3 Senior Year (Macro, Gopo, Lit) and 1 Junior Year (English Lang)
4 On English Language AP Test</p>
<p>Other things:
Come from a top 100 High School</p>