Emory Class of 2020 RD Results Thread

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main:
[ *] EC Short Answer:
[ *] Extended essay(which topic):
[ *] Optional Essay:
[ *] Why Chicago:
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths:
[ ] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

MODERATOR’S NOTE
This thread is for decisions only. Non-decision comments will be deleted.

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 superscore (770 CR, 730 W, 800 W 11 essay)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 740 US History, 750 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4 (I think? School doesn’t use 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/456
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), US History (4), World (5), Gov (5), Psych (5), Lang (5), Stat (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Seminar, AP Microecon, Honors french 5, band/chorus/orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Gold Key Writing awards. Some state poetry wins, national merit finalist, I suppose the AP Scholar awards? Not much really.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
FBLA VP (9-12) and awards from state competitions
NHS VP (11-12)
Feminist Society (11-12)
Select Choir Section Leader (9-12)
Lit Mag Editor (11-12)
MUN Fundraising Chair (10-12)
Class Secretary (9-12)
Piano with some local awards, same with flute
Job/Work Experience: Writer and on executive board for local newspaper
Volunteer/Community service: Generic volunteering, attended a governor’s school for business

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay- 10/10 The most sincere essay I wrote. Discussed the relationship between me and my family and my love from writing which has put us at odds. Nice language.
Supplement - 6/10 Literally one of the worst things I’ve ever written I’m shocked.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10. We are very close and she had it written since the summer. I trust her completely and know she wrote truthfully.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10. Didn’t read this one either although the teacher offered. Also offered to write me a letter of recc but I doubt it was anything outstanding.
Counselor Rec: 7/10. I go to a large public school so most likely generic.
Additional Rec: Did not send.
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public (1900 students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely 0

Reflection

Strengths: Common App essay, okay SAT, not bad GPA
Weaknesses: Supplement essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See above
Also Applied: Yale SCEA (deferred), Brown (waiting), Northwestern (rejected), Cornell (waiting), Swarthmore (rejected), UC Berkeley (waitlisted), UChicago (waitlisted)
Accepted: Penn State Schreyer Honors College, Emory!
General Comments : Really surprised but thrilled!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2140 (700/780/670), 2140 (680/800/670), 2130 (680/730/720)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2220 Superscore (700/800/720)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio E, 730 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] ELC?: What?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Comp Sci A (4), AP Bio (3), AP Gov (3), AP Lang (3), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Calc BC (2 AB subscore 3), AP Chem (3) - Yes, I know they suck. Lol
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Internship, Biology Research Practicum, Advanced Organic Chemistry, AP Lit, AP Stat, Teacher Aid
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing amazing. Pretty standard honor student/varsity athlete awards.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrestling (2 years captain, 3 years varsity, 4 years total), Computer club (2 years president, 4 years total), Robotics (4 years), Freshmen mentoring program (3 years), NHS (2 years), Tutoring (2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship senior year at UMD, Shadowed pediatrician over summer, Coauthored a medical research paper
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours of various community service at school
[] Summer Activities: Took classes at school, club wrestling, shadowed pediatrician, took undergrad class at JHU
[] Essays:Really passionate personal statement that some may consider as a sob story, but I did emphasize that I made it to the other side stronger and motivated. Overall strong and unique essays that I put a lot of work into.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:Decent rec from freshmen Algebra 2 teacher that was also my head wrestling coach for 2 years and stepped down to assistant coach the next 2 years.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:Strong rec from junior year world history teacher that I aid for senior year
[] Counselor Rec: I come from a big school so she just based it off of 3 pages worth of info I gave her. It was her first year, and I tried my best to meet and get to know her early on in the year to make sure she would write a good rec.
[] Additional Rec: Strong rec from a medical doctor I worked with
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public magnet program that is predominantly African American
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Mentioned above[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well rounded, strong essay, pretty good rec letters
[] Weaknesses: Low AP Scores, Awards aren’t very extraordinary
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores were decent, I like to think I’m rather unique and well rounded.
[] Schools were you accepted to: UCLA, Emory, CMU, WFU, and UMD Honors College
[] Schools were you wait listed at: UChicago, WUSTL, Vandy, Notre Dame, and Georgetown
[] Schools you were rejected from? All the Ivy Leagues :/, Stanford, Duke, JHU, Northwestern, Berkeley, and Tufts
[li] Schools you are waiting for? N/A[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hindsight is 20/20. Time to make my decision.

Btw, you might want to edit the essay portion of the template. I hope you didn’t drop “Chicago” in your application essays. :wink: Lol

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Please reserve discussion for the RD Discussion thread, and use this one only for results. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!
**Decision: Accepted - RD **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (800 Math, 700 CR, 640 Writing). Didn’t submit to any school that didn’t require it.
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 34 Reading)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 US History, 730 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/350
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Calc AB (5), AP World History (5), AP US History (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Physics 1 (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t do IB
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Computer Science A, AP Spanish, Differential Equations (Dual Enrollment), AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Quiz Bowl (State Champion 11th, Captain 12th)
Boy Scouts (Life Scout)
After-school choir/voice lessons
I also put Fantasy Football Commissioner at the bottom of my activities section just for kicks, maybe that won me some brownie points.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteer service through Boy Scouts throughout high school.
Summer Activities: Stanford Pre-College Program (Theory of Relativity)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 6/10. I wrote it for my EA school (Stanford) and then didn’t edit it between November and January which in hindsight was a big mistake. I talked about how I had learned throughout high school that grades weren’t the only thing that mattered and that it’s important to be a more well-rounded person.
Courageous Inquiry: 9/10. I talked about how my computer ranking of all 128 college football teams sparked my love for statistics and desire to study it further.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 11th grade Honors Physics teacher. Probably my favorite teacher in high school, who knew me quite well. We talked at length about what kind of schools I was applying to and thus how he should write the rec letter.
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10 11th grade Brit Lit teacher. I chose her both because we liked each other quite a bit, but also because she’s a fantastic writer and has had a novel published.
Counselor Rec: 9/10. I had the same counselor for all 4 years, and I met with him relatively frequently and I felt like we knew each other quite well. His past students have mentioned getting good rec letters from him.
Additional Rec: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Math or Econ
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public (pretty strong public, though)
Ethnicity: White and Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not sure how much of a hook it is, but my dad has received a relatively prestigious award. I mentioned it once in my Common App essay and that was it, didn’t want to make it look like I was dwelling on it or anything.

Reflection:

Strengths: My recommendations and test scores.
Weaknesses: My Common App essay and extracurriculars.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I tried to make my transition from STEM kid to well-rounded with a STEM focus a theme throughout my application.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCLA, Carleton, Brown, Michigan (in-state)
Waitlisted: Penn, Duke, WUSTL
Rejected: Stanford (ED), Harvey Mudd, MIT
General Comments: I’m very happy I got in, although I’ll probably attend Brown.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I: N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 (English: 31, Math:36, Reading:31, Science:36, Essay:8)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics,
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 12%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5’s, One 4’s, Two 3’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: hibernation
Teacher Recommendation #1: good letter from physcis teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: decent letter from government teacher
Counselor Rec:not sure
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A for privacy
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Schools were you accepted to: Emory
Schools were you wait listed at:
Schools you were rejected from? Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, Duke ED(rejected after deferred)
Schools you are waiting for? N/A
General Comments: