<p>What did they say? Did they give you an idea why? What region/state? Did it come the same day or after the letter? If they are on the border, it would be great if they give a person another chance to answer a question that may be nagging at the person reviewing the app.</p>
<p>@collegesgirl- he sent it today and i got my deferral monday(in sc). he just said he heard about my deferral and that he still thinks i’d make a good candidate and not be discouraged. i just thought it was odd that he sent it and was wondering if it was a personal thing he felt like sending or what?</p>
<p>Deferred.</p>
<p>Student:</p>
<p>User Name: Nerds2College147
Gender: F
College Class Year: 2013
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 93.45
Class Size: 63</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 670
SAT I Critical Reading: 620
SAT I Writing: 700
ACT: 27
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 640
SAT II Biology - M: 710
SAT II Chemistry: 610</p>
<p>ACCEPTED BABYYYYY!!!
1480/2250
i DID NEED financial aid
3.87 unewighted gpa in all honors + 2 ap classes</p>
<p>amazing interview and great essays</p>
<p>Nerds2College147, did you apply as a Junior?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! =D
white female, will apply for financial aid, applied to msb
1440 SAT
710 math 1, 700 lit, 660 us SAT 2s
98.218 weighted GPA
tons of extracurriculars and leadership positions
definitely showed passion for performing
great essays and probly awesome recommendations</p>
<p>SO HAPPY!!! congrats to everyone who was accepted and good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>mom2collegekids, it’s always easy to second guess the admissions office. I don’t think being full pay makes much difference. Your nephew may have written an essay that someone in the admissions office really liked, or he may have gotten a teacher’s recommendation they loved, or he may have written about something he does outside school that you don’t consider an EC, but they do. For example, my older son did very little in the way of school EC’s, but that’s because he was doing so much computer programming at home. He participated in online contests, taught himself from the MIT open courseware, worked on the mods for a very popular online game (it was listed as Best Mod of the Year in a gaming mag), did some volunteer programming for a professor (and got a fantastic recommendation about the work) and got published for that, and also did extensive freelance work for another company that enabled them to meet a deadline on an important job. No one in school knew about any of this stuff. Some probably thought he was a smart kid with two academic type ECs and nothing else. We didn’t even know about some of the things my son was doing. </p>
<p>You just have to consider it’s the way the cookie crumbles and with a deferral, there’s always the possibility that there will be happy news in April. My son got one EA deferral and one EA acceptance. I think that while the schools are ranked similarly, on paper at least, he’s a much better fit for the school that accepted him.</p>
<p>Eagles17 that’s a great attitude to have. Good luck on the rest of your applications!</p>
<p>Wow. Why would you question your nephew’s acceptance? See it as something wonderful and congratulate him on his amazing opportunity.</p>
<p>parents–get off cC and stop obsessing about your children</p>
<p>the little angels will turn out fine</p>
<p>ahaha…agreed.^</p>
<p>i didn’t apply for financial aid and my stats are as solid as people who were accepted, but i was deferred. i really don’t think applying for financial aid makes a difference. and OUCH, such harsh words to criticize a nephew like that haha</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2020, Math: 710, Critical Reading: 700, Writing: 610 (Superscore)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 730, US History: 770, Chemistry: 710
[<em>]GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.98 unweighted
[</em>]Rank: 4/612 weighted
[<em>] ACT: 34 (34 English, 36 Reading, 33 Math, 32 Science, 6 writing)
[</em>]APs (including this year’s): US History: 5, Chemistry: 4, English Language: 4, Computer Science A: 3
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, Orchestra, AP English, AP Economics, Internship,
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Two Georgetown applicants from my school
[</em>]Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Commended Scholar.</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Darfur Fundraiser, Volunteering, Track and Field, Orchestra, Student Leadership, Model UN, Boys State, Boys Nation
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: At some local charities and tutoring
[<em>]Essays (subject and responses):
Main essay: Why I got interested in fundraising for Darfur
SFS essay: Darfur conflict and proposed UN response
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Social Studies Teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I thought it was good.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At his home. I thought it went well.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Midwest
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Upper-middle class public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60,000-$80,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Fundraising, Boys State/Boys Nation
[</em>]Weaknesses: ACT writing, some of the essays were weak, SAT scores, SAT II scores
[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess my standardized test scores?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Eh… Luckily I got into U Chicago, but G’town was one of my top choices.</p>
<p>Don’t you think these schools all make that up about walking on seals, so the engraving doesn’t get worn off?</p>
<p>^ This made me rofl. I never thought of that, but you’re probably dead right.</p>
<p>@JRZMom
I remember they told me that during a tour. I didn’t believe it, but I was still paranoid. It makes sense though.</p>
<p>^ walking on what seals?</p>
<p>So Mvingi, when you suggested that people should be civil on this message board, is this what you meant by this post of yours, where you just came out of nowhere to post this?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/897859-duke-robertson-vs-nearly-full-ride-princeton-14.html#post1064648141[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/897859-duke-robertson-vs-nearly-full-ride-princeton-14.html#post1064648141</a></p>
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