<p>I'm In!!!!</p>
<p>deferred. there are so many deferrees... it is all because of Harvard's and Princeton's decisions to get rid of EA... well....</p>
<p>deferred...i'm so happy!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 710 CR 730 M 800 W
[<em>] SAT IIs:760 USH 730 WH 730 Lit
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.41/5.something, no UW
[<em>] Rank: 46/490 <-death
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP USG: 5; AP USH 5; AP Calc AB 4; AP Lang 5 (taking 4 more this year, the max)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs and 1 mandatory honors double period
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: around 3 others?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Semifinalist, County Mock Trial champions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Co-founder/Lead Attorney in Mock Trial since frosh, Co-founder/Treasurer of school chapter of Amnesty International; founder of Forensics/Debate team; editor in school newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked a full-time internship at the local courthouse over the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app essay was about an important person in my childhood; responses seemed OK. My supplemental essay wasn't spectacular, I guess. My RD essays seem to be better.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No clue. I got my physics teacher (saw me struggle and eventually get into AP Physics through effort) and my history teacher (adviser for Mock Trial and Forensics, part of the magnet program, knows me very well)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue. Very nice person, but a bit inexperienced with high-level applications. I never asked to see any of my recommendations (breach of trust?), so I have literally no idea what they might say.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None offered. This in particular sucked.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None. Sucks.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): New magnet program in an average public school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150k+? I have 3 parents, so I'm not sure here.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[</em>] Strengths: I'm not the science/math asian? I made every extracurricular that I'm a part of today.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades/rank.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have a relatively weak rank because I started freshman year in low/regular-level courses, and I had to work my way up to the honors and AP classes. That, sprinkled with some unfortunate luck, led to many B+s. My essays were not tear-jerking, and I doubt my recommendations were as superb as they could have been.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I sadly expected this. Damn. I'd hoped that they might look past the grades and see me, but I guess I didn't show myself well enough. Beware, future ones. Make sure everything is obvious. I didn't write about my extracurriculars because I thought it would be cliche. Make sure that you are always strong in your essays. Make sure that you are seen as a person. I wish I'd gotten an interview, too. Damn...the website letter is made of ice.</p>
<p>Deferred....</p>
<p>rejected...</p>
<p>i was rejected and i kind of expected it but im devestated. i have wanted to go to yale since im 7. i want to congratulate everyone accepted because you guys deserve it. i know you'll all go on to do great things and represent yale well. im leaving the forum now because it's just too hard. good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I got deferrrrrrred...but I guess that's fine. I'm cool :)</p>
<p>Cousin (girl) just Got admitted ED to Yale....i dont know all of her stats..</p>
<p>Ethnicity kinda URM? black half..half white</p>
<p>uw 3.93
Sat 2290</p>
<p>thats all i really heard she was yelling like a crazy person lol</p>
<p>lmao, if you didn't hear the song, it might be because you're on firefox? it plays in IE.....</p>
<p>Daughter, IndigoRock13, accepted!!!!! Congrats to all!!! Everyone of you are just amazing, from what I've read in these last couple of weeks, and I know you will all do wonderful things for this planet, whatever decision you get today and wherever you end up. Honestly, you people rock hard!!!!</p>
<p>deferred.....</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No (relevance?)
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 800M, 740W
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite
[</em>] SAT II: 740 MathIIC, 790 U.S. History, 750 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/506
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), World History (5), Chemistry (4), U.S. History (5), English Lang & Comp (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Spanish, AP U.S. Gov't, Debate, AP Microeconomics, AP Comp. Gov't, AP Calculus AB, Choir, AP English Lit & Comp
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (President), Choir (All-State), Teen Court (Advisory Board), Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), Spanish Club (President), National Honor Society, Young Republicans (President), Spanish National Honor Society, Bolshevik Club (Founder, Co-Premier).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 250 hrs. in total from Boy Scouts, Debate volunteering, and teen court.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate and choir camps
[<em>] Essays: Political aspirations/Community Service
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Gov't and U.S. History teacher - know me well and wrote great recs
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Equally good. Explained why class rank is lagging.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Debate coaches explained team setting and leadership.
[<em>] Interview: Had one, interviewer was interested in the Bolshevik Club ;) , otherwise was pretty basic.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong standardized test scores with a bunch of leadership and extracurricular involvement
[<em>] Weaknesses: Class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were deferred: No national recognition in any event, not a legacy, class rank is modest at best.[/ul]</p>
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<p>Posting for son with his permission</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M 720 CR 750 W
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Japanese with Listening 770 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/248
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, Euro. History, US History, Eng. Lang., Calc. AB, Env. Sci., Japanese all 5s; also took Statistics in 9th grade at local university (scholarship through CTY award in middle school) Grade: A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Govt., AP Eng. Lit., AP Calc. BC, AP Bio, AP Italian
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Japan Bowl (4th and 7th places), Reischauer Scholars Program, National History Day Naval History Award; NMSF; AP Scholar with Distinction; several state and school level awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): formal study of 8 languages (Hebrew, Japanese, ancient Greek, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi; would only describe self as proficient in Japanese and Italian); Japan Bowl (team captain; coaching assistant); Academic Decathlon; Math Team; Chinese Club; Cross Country; Aikido; USY; bunch of others, but with less involvement
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Rabbis Assistant, Sales Associate for Rosetta Stone Language Learning Software in mall kiosk
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring (math, Japanese, Bar/Bat Mitzvah prep.), Torah/Haftarah reading, miscellaneous activities with Social Action Committee and synagogue youth group
[<em>] Summer Activities: various language lessons (Concordia Language Village, Summer at Brown, private tutoring), work, one month study abroad in Japanese high school (took all regular subjects in Japanese) with homestay, internship in Providence office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
[</em>] Essays: one about lifelong love of foreign languages, one about winning Best Question award at presentation by producer of The Simpsons; activity essay about reading Torah/Haftarah
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one with almost all best in career ratings; didnt see other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt see
[<em>] Additional Rec: one from rabbi, one from Brown professor whos helped in finding Japanese tutors for many years
[</em>] Interview: hit it off well felt like friendly conversation covering range of topics; also had good interview with Japanese professor at Yale
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public (entrance by exam)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Jewish Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none of those
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: demonstration of long-term interest in language learning with unusual variety of languages, depth in Japanese study (skipped first year through independent study and then took through AP level in school, passed JLPT 3, placed into second semester intermediate course at Brown, three time captain for National Japan Bowl, study abroad and homestay in Japan, Reischauer Scholars Program, good scores on AP and SAT II exams)
[<em>] Weaknesses: low GPA, Yale has reputation for disliking high school
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: particular combination of strengths, weaknesses, and luck of the draw
[/ul]General Comments: Kind of expecting this, but disappointed nonetheless. Congratulations to all those accepted, consolation to those rejected, and patience to all the rest!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 800CR, 800W (10E)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 Chemistry, 760 Math IC, 750 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0UW, 102.5W on a 100 scale
[<em>] Rank: 1/450
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Biology - 5, Chemistry - 5, US History - 5, English Lang. & Comp. - 5, Music Theory - 5, Calculus AB, Comparative Govt., French, English Lit. & Comp., Physics B
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: most difficult in school, 5 APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: probably 1
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 1st place in 2 statewide composition competitions (one two years in a row), viola in All-State Orchestra, few school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Northern New Jersey Youth Orchestra, All-State, Regions, ACE (computer help for seniors), Church Orchestra, Quartet, Math League
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Quartet gigs, viola gigs
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One on compositional process; one on teacher (not a praise of the teacher)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Apparently good enough
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Pretty good - in a Border's. The guy was nice and it seemed to go well.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Composition competitions
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): noncompetitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: not rich
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really - maybe composition and viola
[<em>] Strengths: grades/scores but with musical passion
[</em>] Weaknesses: teacher recommendation checkmark forms, maybe my school
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Viola, composition - I submitted a supplement[/li][/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: First person ever from my school to get into H, Y, or P. Very elated! Congrats or condolences to all! Although I have not posted (I would never had gotten my homework done), the forums have been a great support throughout these stressful times.</p>
<p>Rejected. So my Yale dreams come to an end. Congrats for those who got in. Good luck, class of 2012! I wish you all the best.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT I (by section): 750 CR 770 M 800 W
SAT IIs:760 CHEM 730 MATHII 740 MATHI
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/~260
Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest possible
EC's: Nationally competitive in two sports</p>
<p>Essays (subject and responses): Good essays, one controversial topic and one about growing up.
Teacher Recs: I didn't see them but I think they were probably pretty good.
Counselor Rec: I didn't see it but I think it was pretty good too.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I didn't get one.
Hook : ---
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Rural public school.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Strengths: Really, really, ridiculously good looking
Why you think you were accepted: No idea!
Other Factors:
General Comments/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really can't believe I got in. Weee! </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): CR: 740, Math: 750, Writing: 690
[ *] SAT IIs: Literature: 650, Chemistryy: 720 (proof that SATs are not the only factor)
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98%
[ *] Rank: 3 out of 56
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:HLs (Math, History, English Lit and Chemistry), SLs: Greek Lit, Biology
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: hardest possible (4 HLs)
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Oh, too bored...!! or too excited
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: i attached a CV, so all of my international relations things (MUNs, internship, mentorship etc. ), writing and journalism, piano, badminton, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: lots of it..
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): great...the ones who read it said it was excellent
[ *] Teacher Recs: must have been great and anecdotal..
[ *] Counselor Rec: same..and it was written by my history teacher, who is awesome and really smart, so I thnk it was very poignant
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): it was quite the experience...i admire my interviewer, and it was the most fun i've had talking to sb in ages
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Greece
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private IB school - but I came from a public school, and I showed that through my personal statement
[ *] Ethnicity: Greek
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:50-60 k USD
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[ *] Strengths:ecs..SATs were NOT stellar, but again, it shows that it is not a great factor
[ *] Weaknesses: ^^
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: dunno...i'd say a combo of essays, recs (i also included a rec from the greek consulate, where I interned in the summer)
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to all! all those of you deferred, don't worry..it was more than 3000 deferred and only about 800 accepted..i feel it was due to the fact that EA admissions went up 36%..[ /b]</p>