<p>Please be mindful of minimizing discussion by posting comments in the discussion</a> thread.</p>
<p>Good luck to all! Copy this format and remove the spaces. For help, consult the bb</a> coding page.</p>
<p>It should also include the applicant’s major.</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>it’s incredibly frightening to think that i’ll be filling this out in <3 weeks…</p>
<p>Letters might be mailed tomorrow.</p>
<p>Oh god, most of the country will get letters Monday</p>
<p>I’m on the verge of having a panic attack! Hope everyone gets in. *fingers crossed</p>
<p>Bumping this one up to the top for what is potentially D-Day!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the decisions will arrive by to international students?</p>
<p>Is this a time travelling thread? 
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<p>I’m really confused. We have two results threads?</p>
<p>use this one</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size] DEFERRED</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]School:**[/color][/size] College</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2290
[ *] SAT breakdown: M= 770, CR= 770
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: US Hist 780, Math I 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 3.95/4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank, but probably top 2%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Euro Hist = 5, Psych = 5, Eng Comp = 5, US Hist = 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Comp. AP Cal (A/B), AP Biology (double class with lab), AP French (sixth year), AP U.S. Gov’t, art (all A’s first quarter and sent those grades to GU prior to decision)
[ *] Rigor of Schedule: Hard
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSF Commended; numerous local and regional art awards; AP Scholar; Daughters of American Rev Prize for Tops in US Hist (#1 in class of 350); recognized as top 5 in class in Eng Comp
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Academic Extracurriculars: Art Competitions; French, Math and Hist Clubs; Regional Science competitions
[ *] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): 4 year letterman in CC, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track, Qualified for Regionals this year; Coaches award for most valuable in CC (two years);
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Odd jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 3 hours per week at nursing home for past three years
[ *] Summer Activities: This summer attended Young Wrioter’s Camp at Duke; Last summer attended camp for gifted at UVA
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[ *] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[ ] Additional Rec: N/A
[ ] Alumni Interview: Thought it went well (lasted 1 1/2 hours)
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Biology/Pre-Med
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Number of applicants from school: Ten
[ *] Ethnicity: W
[ *] Gender: M
[ ] Income Bracket: Upper
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Double legacy
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Strong testing across the board; rigorous schedule; demonstrated leadership in CC
[ *] Weaknesses: Noted interest in pre-med; avg academic ECs; parents not especially active alums
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: GU EA process toughest in country; Did not stand out enough with ECs; Lots of NOVA applicants
[ ] Where else are you applying: Duke, WUSTL, Brown, Davidson, UVA, W&M, Vanderbilt,
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Congratulations to all who have been accepted. GU is a great school! To all deferred, hang in there because GU admits a fair amount of the deferrals in RD </p>
<p>On behalf of son</p>
<p>Hey, muckdogs07, i don’t know why GU would not accept him, seems he is a great fit! Sure he will go to his ideal school eventually.</p>
<p>The reason someone made a new thread is because it’s supposed to be strictly for results, none of this discussion at all. </p>
<p>Awk, I just posted.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>School: College</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2250 (both superscore and single-sitting, technically)
[</em>] SAT breakdown: M=700, CR=760 (W=790)
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] SAT II: Bio-E = 640, USH = 690, M1 = 730 (I also sent a second round, not sure if it made it in time for decisions, but Lit = 710 and Bio-M = 650)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: no idea, something like 3.8
[</em>] Weighted GPA: somewhere around 4.35 on 5.0 scale
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/366
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), English Lang. (5), Biology (5), Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP English Lit., AP German, AP Art History, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Newspaper
[<em>] Rigor of Schedule: most rigorous. I believe I took the second most AP courses in high school of anyone in my class (12 total)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSF Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction (are these real awards? idk)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Academic Extracurriculars: Newspaper (editor), Literary Guild (co-president), Science Club (president), National Honor Society, Hometown High-Q (local quiz TV show) semi-finalists in 2011-12, 2012 Science Bowl regional finalists. Probably some other stuff I’m forgetting.
[</em>] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): 2 years varsity tennis, 2 years varsity ice hockey
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Picked up a job at the Gap at my local mall senior year. Work about 12 hours a week.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal. I’m in NHS and I help teach old people computers at the local library sometimes.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Trip to Europe, some volunteering, not much else.
[</em>] Essays: Fabulous! Some of the best things I’ve written in years, and I’m a damn good writer, if I do say so myself.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[<em>] Additional Rec 1: Excellent.
[</em>] Alumni Interview: Par for the course. We didn’t make a connection or anything but I answered all the questions and presented myself well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I think? I checked the box saying that I would…
[</em>] Intended Major: Government
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a, USA
[<em>] School Type: Non-competitive public
[</em>] Number of applicants from school: just yours truly…
[<em>] Ethnicity: As white as it gets
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): goose egg
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score? Very rigorous schedule, great essays and recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: NO HOOK… weak SAT IIs, lack of community service?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No hook… I’m a well-rounded candidate but I lack any outstanding qualities.
[</em>] Where else are you applying: Brown (wonder what they’ll think of me after I got deferred from GTown?), Vassar, Emory, Northwestern, Michigan, Duke, maybe WUSTL
[/ul]General Comments: I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little dejected. I feel better than I thought I would about being deferred. Mad props to whoever got in… this college admissions thing is getting more cruel by the year. If anything, I’m a little freaked out now that NO college is going to want me. Life goes on.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]School: McDonough**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (Single-sitting): 1560/2300
[ *] SAT breakdown: M= 760, CR= 800
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: Bio-800, Chem-800, MathII-760
[ *] Unweighted GPA: not sure, between 3.8 and 3.85?
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.22
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/229
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5), Euro (4), Bio (5), Chem (5), US (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calculus, AP Lit/Lang, AP Gov, AP Physics, Adv. Photo, Health, self study Macro and Micro Economics
[ *] Rigor of Schedule: Most rigorous
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 4-yr Honor Roll, AP Scholar with Distinction
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Academic Extracurriculars: Academic Challenge (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President, Charter Member), Science Olympiad (lots of Top 6 finishes, including 1st at States), Debate (Treasurer)
[ *] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Cross country (Captain, Varsity)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Administrative Assistant at a local oncology clinic
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: almost 200 hr at a local hospital, then random things (school math tutor, etc.)
[ *] Summer Activities: Relay for Life (organizer, 3-yr Team MVP), nothing else though…
[ *] Essays: I thought they were pretty good, especially the “tell us about you” one.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very meh. He had a bunch to do and got to mine last. It read like he wrote it in a couple minutes (which he might have).
[ ] Counselor Rec: Should have been good?
[ ] Alumni Interview: Kinda weird, it was more a like an interrogation than a conversation (is that normal?)
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Business Administration and Pre-med
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[ *] School Type: Smaller Public
[ *] Number of applicants from school: I don’t think any?
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: over 250k
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Nope
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: I don’t know, maybe my personal essay and leadership?
[ *] Weaknesses: Not very much business stuff, my GPA, not outstanding
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My above weaknesses, plus the teacher rec and interview
[ *] Where else are you applying: Accepted to UPitt (full tuition and Honors); applied to Case Western; still have to do Duke, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown (although I doubt I can get in any… )</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2220 (720 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT breakdown: M= 700, CR=720
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT II: Math I: 750, Math II: 760, Latin: 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 4.0 UW
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.4 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):#1 in the class
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (4), Art (5), Lang (5), Gov (5), Lit, Calc, Latin, Bio, Euro
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP Calculus, AP Euro, AP Biology, AP Literature,
[ *] Rigor of Schedule: Most Rigorous
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Academic Extracurriculars: Mock Trial Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[ *] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Ski Club, Classical Pianist (12 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I was an intern ($4,000) at a really prestigious Cancer Research Center in NYC and had a recommendation from the Chair of the department
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (5 years), Lobby Pianist, Tutored Students (both mentally disabled and at my school)
[ *] Summer Activities: Internship, Hospital Volunteer, Piano
[ *] Essays:
Personal Essay: About how I am really not an easy person to write about because I am basically many different things (GREAT ESSAY 10/10)
EC Short Answer: About my internship, pretty good (8/10) It spoke about how I went from bucolic MD to urban NYC
Major/School Essay: Pretty good essay not the best of the three but definitely second best. I spoke about wanting to learn about culture, being a fully good person, and actually learning (9/10)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
English Teacher: Probably 10/10 It was amazing
US Teacher: Strong (8/10)
[ *] Counselor Rec: She claims I am her best student and “really special” 10/10
[ ] Additional Rec: Internship Chair: his position is an absolute plus and he new me pretty well for just working with me for a couple months (10/10)
[ ] Alumni Interview: Went fairly well but I couldn’t help thinking I was forgettable (7/10)
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[ *] Intended Major: Double in English and Biology (Patent Law)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[ *] School Type: Small, Private Catholic (Jesuit)
[ *] Number of applicants from school: ~4-5
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: 70,000-100,000 (Pretty difficult to gauge because of Dad’s profession)
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): I don’t think so.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Internship, ECs in general, my dedication to those ECs, Essays, Class Rank
[ *] Weaknesses: I was afraid I would be forgettable
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:I probably come across sincere and different in my essays and the internship isn’t bad at all either
[ ] Where else are you applying: Brown, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, Loyola
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I am extremely excited its an amazing experience. Congrats to all accepted. You all have a shot to those deferred!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School: SFS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2390
SAT breakdown: M=790, CR=800 (W=800)
ACT: -
SAT II: Bio-M = 800, USH = 790
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted GPA: -
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (5), US History (5), English Lang. (5), Biology (5), Psychology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov’t, AP Economics, AP Literature, AP French, AP Latin, AP Calc AB, Physics, Debate
Rigor of Schedule: (subjective?)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): Nat’l Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective: Scholarship to Oxbridge Academie to France and Summer@Brown, Grand Concours (nationally and chapter - since 8th grade), Latin Certamen, National Latin Exam (3x Silver Medal), i don’t really remember…
Academic Extracurriculars: Model UN (Treasurer), French Honor Society (Exec. President), Debate Club, Latin Honor Society, NHS, etc…
Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Varsity Kickline (Dance), Varsity Badminton (captain), self-taught cellist
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching English in a Seoul Community Centre (4 wks), Saturday Swim Teacher, some Campaign Volunteering
Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Academie de France, then Korea to spend time with family
Essays: meh. was in a rush with Hurricane Sandy, the essays were really roughly edited and I pressed submit just before my power went out.
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec 1: -
Alumni Interview: almost 2 hours, had a lot of fun and was really comfortable and learned a lot about the school, still keep in contact with the interviewer
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: IPEC
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: Public
Number of applicants from school: no idea
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: -
Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): dad didn’t go to college</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: i couldn’t really say haha
Weaknesses: (same)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: International outlook
Where else are you applying: (don’t want to say)
General Comments: glad i got in!! so exciting. good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School: College, I think</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750+ on all three sections, single sitting
[</em>] SAT II: Two strong ones and one bad one that I thought might keep him out. I’m not talking a little “bad,” like 680. I’m talking 25th percentile bad.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked, competitive HS
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Scholar w/Distinction based on six APs junior year
[<em>] Rigor of Schedule: Most rigorous
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Academic Extracurriculars: Excellent
[<em>] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): varsity co-captain of one sport, varsity for second
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked since 7th grade
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Excellent
[</em>] Summer Activities: Congressional internship, other summer program that dovetailed nicely with his interests
[<em>] Additional Rec: None. He thought about getting one from the congressman for whom he interned but decided against it. Seemed kind of brown-nosey.
[</em>] Alumni Interview: He thought it went poorly. The one interview he was NOT happy about.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Lots
[</em>] Intended Major: Not sure
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good SAT score in single sitting. Excellent ECs and summer activities.
[<em>] Weaknesses: That bad ST score. Need for FA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: His activities and app reflect his passions. No doing things just to look good. He’s terribly handsome, so maybe the picture helped. ;)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m posting these limited stats and thoughts for future applicants but don’t want to give too much detail. My advice to future applicants is to do things you love because you love them, not because you think they’ll impress some adcom somewhere. When you look at my son’s entire app, you see how his employment dovetails with his ECs, which dovetail with his volunteer work, which dovetails with his internship and other summer activities. It all just makes sense.</p>