Final Official Early Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 800 M, 660 W (2200)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 760 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 (unweighted)
[<em>] Rank: 1/450
[</em>] ACT: Didn't take
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 9 AP classes (4 last year and 5 this year) I score all fives last year.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs and 1 independent study calc-physics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): State awards in 2 clubs (math and fbla)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club, Math team, knowledge bowl, track, fbla, church, and volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 summer jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One is a "Success Essay," which my Eng teacher said was great, and another was on Key Club, which i edited myself.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Spanish Teacher: AMAZING!!! (I owe part of my acceptance to her); Physics Teacher: Very Good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Starbucks; all I have to say is that I LOVE interviews (so MUCH better than essays)
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): umm... State level position in Key Club; and immigrant.... but I don't think these are hooks.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): umm...
[<em>] Strengths: E/Cs, GPA, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly think that the recs are what got me in. Basically all of my recs said that I was one of the best students of their careers.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I met the regional rep at my school and I contacted her a few times over email.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am EXTREMELY happy!!! My advice for RD people would be to work hard on your subjective parts of your app. Yale isn't likely going to care if you increased your SAT score by 50 points, so spend that time completing the app, rather than waiting til the last minute.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
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[ *] SAT I (by section):
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[ *] APs (including this year's):
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[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
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[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
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[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
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[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
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[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
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[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
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[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
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[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>i am so happy....lol</p>

<p>judging by this thread the Yale decisions def came down to letters of rec and ESSAYS...because to me you all have the same stats (very strong group) lol Won this...did that....achieved this...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2400
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 790 Spanish W/o Listening
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.99 UW, 4.44 out of 4.8 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): all 5s so far; Sophomore: Calculus BC, Chemistry, European History, Spanish Language; Junior: US History, Spanish Literature, Statistics, Computer Science A; Senior: English Literature, Biology, Psychology, US Government, Macroeconomics
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Biology; First Semester: Honors Multivariate Calculus, Ethics, International Issues; Second Semester: AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, Western Political Thought
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4 EA, not sure how many regular but a lot
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): various national debate awards, JETS awards (1st in CA), Brown Book Award, National Merit Semifinalist, AP National Scholar, National Spanish Exam National 3rd Place, some other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: (in order) Policy Debate (Captain), Judicial Committee (elected school leadership; Chair), Junior State of America (State Cabinet, various positions), Mock Trial (Captain), Cross Country (3 years Varsity), Congressional Student Advisory (2 selected reps from each school), Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS); (in additional info) NHS (committee chair positions, Leadership Award), piano (CM Advanced Level), art (Scholastic Golden Key award)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: internship at law firm, internship for Assemblywoman
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): First one was the typical "how an experience changed my perspective" response - I talked about how an event at my internship showed me how laws can really impact people's lives. Second essay was more abstract and was about me looking down from a plane and relating that to my life. My counselor liked both essays. I didn't think either of them was spectacular, but I guess they'd be considered pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One from my APUSH/International Issues teacher, was probably great. The other one was from my Spanish Lit teacher. I got my only B+ in her class but steadily improved my grade; counselor read the rec and said it was "really good."
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, really personal.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At interviewer's office. It was really short actually (30 minutes) because I think she wanted to get home since it was right after work. My interview was kind of different because she wanted me to ask her questions instead of the other way around, and luckily I had a lot to ask :).
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Umm, none of the above? Well I go to a really good high school that has good relations w/ colleges, and we send 1 person early to Yale each year, and this year I guess it was me! But besides that, no real "hook."
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, sends a lot to HYPS each year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): More hooks? Still none of the above.. maybe being a first generation immigrant (i.e. I wasn't born here)?
[<em>] Strengths: Good scores, hard classes, decent ec's.
[</em>] Weaknesses: A bit too scattered, no real hooks, not that much community service.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think that my courseload really showed that I could handle advanced topics in a lot of different areas (math, history, language, science, etc.), and on top of that, I had good ec's for someone with good scores and good grades. I didn't have one part really stand out, so I guess overall they saw something they liked =).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in, and GOOD LUCK for those of you who were deferred! I def can't wait until next year, but for now, I can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy SECOND SEMESTER!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I: 800/800/770
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 730 Chemistry
GPA: 3.92 UW.
ACT: 36</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT I (by section):740cr, 650m, 700w
[<em>] SAT IIs:710us, 690lit
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.77uw 4.33w
[<em>] Rank: top 3%
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's):
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Full IB course load
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:just me
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement, Boys Nation Alternate, a bunch of other public speaking/political and history fair awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Youth in Government Lt. Governor, Boys State Lt.Governor, Youth in Government Chapter President, Senior Class president, Academic Team Co-captain, Vice-Chairman of MLK Day Committtee
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Lawn Care
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):First essay was about my mom and how I've struggled to reconcile my love for her with the natural urge to push her away as I've matured. Second essay was about myself as an African American Leader.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: eh, nothing too spectacular. a bunch of "best in my careers" but the actual letters seemed slightly canned.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):didn't have one
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Fl
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public school with an IB program. Sends about one student to top 10 schools every year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:Lower-Middle (45kish)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation.
[<em>] Strengths:ambition and sincerity
[</em>] Weaknesses:test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure, just happy that I was. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I've been waiting a while to post on here.Congratulations to everyone. It means a lot to me that I get to be a part of such an accomplished group of individuals.</p>

<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ ist]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 math, 740 writing, 730 reading (2270)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 math, 780 chemistry
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: top 1 0r 2 out of about 275
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs (including this year's): World history 4, US history 5, Calculus BC 5, Chemistry 5, Spanish, Stats and Bio this year
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor
[</em>] Teacher Recs: a history and chemistry. really good recs
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don't know
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:
[ list]
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): good public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to everyone and good luck to those who are deffered.</p>

<p>haha i really didn't make that format work. oh well</p>

<p>Hey Mono, good job! Do you know if Ben from Boys State got into Yale?</p>

<p>hmm, i wouldn't say that letters of rec or essays got anyone in. mine were ok, good at best. make personal connections with the right people and you will be able to go anywhere.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 770, 770, 790
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800, 800, 800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4 uw. weighted, idk
[<em>] Rank: 1/389
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 10
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: a ton. these don't really matter for application purposes. only for placement when you get to college.
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: intense.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: idk.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): discovered a new method of transferring mitochondria into fibroblast cells, won first place at NIH symposium for that, got research published in international scientific journal, self-studied 4 AP exams and got fives on all (got AP award for that), won some state medals for science olympiad, got national merit semifinalist, president of debate club, tutored English to students in China, alabama governor's school, attended princeton university's arts and humanities symposium (haha, could have made yale nervous..lol)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Founder of school store, pres. of debate club, captain of tiger ambassadors, volunteer at hospital, swimming for Auburn Aquatics, the usual.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NIH/Auburn University biomedical researcher
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): about how i loved the south, how i started the school store, how i love biomedical research
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): said he was pulling for me.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): research at NIH. published research in international scientific journal
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Auburn, AL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): ...not too good. but relatively good.
[</em>] Ethnicity:CN
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen. in america.. haha, jking. nothing.
[</em>] Strengths: everything i told them
[<em>] Weaknesses: nothing i told them
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: connections
[/ul]Other Factors: connections
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
congrats everyone!</p>