<p>Figured we could have an official thread to post all of our decisions and stats as people have done in previous years. Good luck to everyone finding out tonight, I'm excited to hear as well. </p>
<p>Please post your stats if you don't mind so others can get a good sense of the acceptances. </p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>[li] Planned major:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 750 M, 650 W
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 33 composite: 34 ENG, 36 M, 33 R, 30 SCI
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Lit, 710 Math II, 660 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.5
[<em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 4 Language
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calculus, AP Modern European, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Government
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4 to 5[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Editor in chief of newspaper, heavily involved over 4 years. Sports photography, golf, and debate stuff as well.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance sports photography
[li] Volunteer/Community service: A few mission trips, nothing major[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: Journalism/Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, rigor of school
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t edit the essay much, guess it didn’t matter haha
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Solid ECs and didn’t have any major flaws in grades[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>I’m excited to be accepted by one of the colleges I have been looking at forever, and it looks like a few of my friends who had Elon as their number 1 were accepted so certainly a good night. Congrats to everyone else!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):740M 610CR 650W Overall 2000
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):None
[<em>] SAT II:680 Chem, 730 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.3 or something
[<em>] Weighted GPA:3.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):AP World, AP US, AP Gov.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov., Honors Physics, Senior English, Intro to Calc, Spanish IV
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul]Alot</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Lacrosse, Indoor Track,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Lifeguard in summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Community service liaison and member</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major:business/entrepreneurship
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White/Asian
[</em>] Gender:[/ul] M</p>
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:Standardized tests and ECs and essay
[</em>] Weaknesses:Grades</p>
<p>**Other Factors:**Had a 1 on 1 information session with an admissions officer because i was the only one there, got a lot out there to them.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680 M 530 CR 580 W 1210 M/CR 1790 Total
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 27 Composite 23 E 29 M 21 R 33 S
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.95
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English 12, AP Statistics, Physics, Investments and Marketing, Spanish II (took italian previously and realized it was almost useless).
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul] 5-10</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Baseball, Jewish Basketball (Captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Boy Scout Counselor (4 years), Sports Director for elementary kids after school (2 years), Gave baseball lessons and have been babysitting since 8th grade
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Heavily involved in Jewish teen led organization, lead a couple events along with one or two others. (2 years)[/li]Coach and Created a Jewish Basketball team for 5th and 6th graders in a Jewish league (2 years)
Coached a recreational Baseball team in a league I had been in for 8 years (1 year)</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: Business Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:[/ul] Male</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Work Experiences, Volunteer/Community Service, Math and Science ACT and SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, English and Reading ACT and SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/ul] My GPA is too low, they want to see if I can get it up and if there is enough room for me if I can.</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors: I go to a very rigorous high school where 1/3 of the students go to or get accepted into Ivy League schools</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 530 M, 620 CR, 670 W
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, English 4, Computer Applications, Honors Accounting, Trig/Pre Calc, Religion 4, US Government and Law
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Equestrian, Track, 4-H, Ambassadors, Community Service Corps
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hallmark, Banbury Cross Ltd, Sandy Hill Camp
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Community Service Corps, Devon Horse Show, Ryers Retired Horse Farm[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: International Business
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private, Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: math SAT, courses[/ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710MA 710CR 680WR
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):NONE
[<em>] SAT II: 730 (Math II) 720 (US His) 680 (Chinese)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4
[<em>] Weighted GPA:NONE
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NONE
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Euro (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chinese, AP Physics B, Arabic I, Senior English, Broadcast Communications III
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars: Field Hockey (2X captain), Lacrosse
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:NONE
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Ski Instructor for Disabled</p>[/li]
<p>Other[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] Planned major: Communications
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Independent
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:F</p>
<p>Reflection[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT, extracurricular
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:See Strengths</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Scholarships, etc: Got Presidential Scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 26 E:29 M:18 R:31 S:25 W:27
[<em>] SAT II: never took them
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.49
[<em>] Weighted GPA: none
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 131 out off 311
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Honors Italian 4, English 4, Advanced Algebra and Trig, Lab Environmental, Yearbook
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul] no idea, less than 10 probably</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): playing guitar, snowboarding, yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 25-30 hours a week in retail
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] teach religious education every saturday, over 250 hours at a preschool</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: history
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender:[/ul] female</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, recs, work experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: no leadership positions, act score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/ul] sigh, apparently just wasn’t good enough haha</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors: I visited Elon twice.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Scholarships, etc: First rejection. Can’t say I was surprised, though. Not going to cry over spilled milk. Congrats to all those accepted. I’m most likely attending High Point University anyway.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): didnt send
[<em>] SAT II:didnt send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesnt unweight GPA
[<em>] Weighted GPA:3.7 (out of 5.0)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):havent taken any
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:pre-calc, AP Bio, AP Psych, Hons english, animal behavior, adv. digital photography
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul] [/li]26 (elon is VERY popular in my town) </p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
horse-back riding for 8 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: have worked at a summer camp for 2 years, babysit and dog walk
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]pegasus therapeutic riding: 3 hours a week for 4 years
friendship circle: once a week for one hour for 3 years
habitat for humanity: went to kansas to help rebuild houses. </p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major:biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender:[/ul] female </p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores and volunteer work
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/ul][/li]they want to see my GPA improve i guess, but im not that far from their avg. GPA in general Other Factors:
national honor society. went to visit the campus, but missed the information session(the plane was delayed General Comments/Congratulations/Scholarships, etc:</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1810
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 25 (did not send)
SAT II: 670 Literature, 620 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.0
Weighted GPA: 4.63
Rank: 80/210
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):AP US History, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Psychology
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Stats, Financial Planning, Honors French 5, Astronomy, Keyboard, Life Ed
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 4 yr swim team, 3 yr golf team, lots of volunteer work, Bible Study Group,
Job/Work Experience: Held same retail job for 2 summers in a row
Volunteer/Community service: School Volunteer club, habitat for humanity, etc</p>
<p>Other
Planned major: english, education, undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender:
female </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essay was about battling autoimmune disease in sophomore year, also explained why my gpa is low
Weaknesses: GPA, SATs maybe?, I have a feeling they get alot of applicants very similar to me, just with slightly better scores.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Other Factors:
I visited the campus, and went to their reception in my state. I love Elon, and it was my first choice, I was surprised too when I didnt get in. What do you think I should do to improve my chances in the RD pile? I assume any email will be lost in the shuffle.</p>
<p>My D accepted:
1700 SAT
3.0 GPA
Out of state
Lots of community service (established a community service club), Varsity Volleyball (captain), Varsity Tennis, Prefect(school leadership role)
Private boarding school (does not rank)</p>
<p>D accepted with Presidential Scholarship:
29 ACT
1900 SAT
3.94 weighted
top 10% of class
orchestra, work, travel abroad, volunteering
Major: Anthropology??/Spanish
visited in the spring</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1620: 500M 570CR 540W
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30%
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:All Honors: Creatvie and Critical Writing, Forensic Science, Physics, PreCalc & Trig, Economics, World Religions & Lifestyles (Catholic School) Accounting
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): BlueGold (Decoration Chair), Key CLub, Chemistry Club, Sign Language Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Have had two jobs Cashier are a pizza place and currently work at Target
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Key Club and volunteer at summer camp</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Delaware
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:PRivate
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender:[/ul] Female</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Course load
[</em>] Weaknesses:SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600 Reading, 620 Math, 620 Writing
[</em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): none
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no idea
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): between 16-20
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Language and Comp (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Spanish 5, AP Lit and Comp, Mass Media, TV Media 2, Study Hall
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Field Hockey (2 year Varsity, Captain, 2nd Team All-Cape Atlantic League), Softball (2 year Varsity), Country Shore Women’s Club (12 years), Student Council (2 years), Key Club (Bulletin Editor, 1 year), Intramural Club.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Relay For Life, Play for the Cure, Coaches vs. Cancer, Red Cross Blood Drive, Canned Food Drive, OCHS Amazing Race, MANNA at the Shore.
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: Journalism
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Ocean City High School, Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): Composite 29 English 30 Math 32 Science 33 Reading 24
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.35
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t Rank
[<em>] AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Stat (4) Physics B (n/a) Calculus AB (n/a)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics B, AP Calc AB, Accounting, Spanish 5A, World Lit. Caribbean, Intro to Programming, Design and Tech (Photo Editing), Film Analysis, Intro to Psychology
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Probably 15 - 20[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country Team (Captain), Indoor & Outdoor Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Started my own lawn care business with my friend, summer intern at nature center, little league umpire, tutor occasionally
[li] Volunteer/Community service: involved in a program which does local community service projects and also yearly trips to Latin American countries for construction work[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Planned major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[<em>] School Type: Public, very well respected
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math/Science
[</em>] Weaknesses: English
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Dunno[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT I: M 680 CR 660 W 800
SAT II: Math I 680 US History 660
Unweighted GPA 3.3 something
No weighted GPAs
Rank: Doesn’t Rank
APs: None (top private school, many classes are considered at AP level)
Senior Course load: Pre-Calc, Spanish, Style and Literature, War Theory, Concert Choir
Number of other EAs: 1 that I know of.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis, captain. Rec league basketball. School musical 4 years. School play 2 years. School one-acts 1 year. campus research society. School A Cappella Group. Senior class representative.<br>
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor 3 weeks over summer.
Volunteer Community Service: Helped underprivileged kids learn to read.</p>
<p>Planned Major: Undecided, maybe english or history
State: DC
School: Elite private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Strengths: English, History
Weaknesses: Math, Science
Why Accepted: Spent a lot of time on essays, improvement in grades, top school, decent scores</p>
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