<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR 690 M 760 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 730 Literature, 760 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure maybe 3.8? 4.22 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Lit, AP Pysch, AP Calc, AP World History, Environmental Science, Spanish III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many Model UN awards, sport teams awards, Fairfield Book Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Pres), Cheerleading (2 yr capt) French Honor Society (co-pres), Business Club (co-pres), Senior Class President (student council rep 9-11), Soccer (9-11), Politics Club (9-11), various community service clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part time summer job as busser summer before jr year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: With church/Key Club/local community service club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer camp, Oxbridge Academic Programs in Paris, summer job, NY Croquet Club
[<em>] Essays: Essay of any topic about cheerleading and my experiences/learning from it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: none[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: Not qualifying for aid lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: Extracurricular leadership/challenging courseload
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of ommunity service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well rounded-individual who has a lot of passion for everything I do. Shows promise in involvement in academics and extracurriculars and makes most of academic opportunities.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted into Bucknell and Wake Forest, waiting on others.
[/ul]General Comments: Received annaul 15,000$ Presidential Scholarship. Gettysburg is a fantastic school, it was my safety, but a school I would love going to. Congrats all!!! :)</li>
</ul>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 M, 630 CR, 640 W
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: Did not take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81 W, around a 3.6 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/289 (Top 15%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (2) <em>Bad teacher, AP Euro (4), AP Eng. Lang. (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB (A-), AP Physics C (A-), AP Gov (A), AP Lit (A), Drawing and Design, Journalism, Phys. Ed, Wind Ensemble
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country 4 years, Varsity Swimming 4 years, Varsity Tennis 2 years, School Newspaper (Editor), NEHS, Marching band.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Student Marketing Representative (1 year).
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: School’s Dance Marathon
[</em>] Summer Activities: Varsity Cross Country, Marching band.
[<em>] Essays: I thought my essay was good, but definitely not the best I could have done.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Had one amazing teacher recommendation and one informative recommendation.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I feel like my counselor recognized my talents and highlighted my upward grade trend.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Interview went really well. No awkward pauses or silences.[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: <100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: I have an upward grade trend and each year I take more and more challenging courses. I am extremely involved in sports and the school newspaper.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I feel my GPA was kind of low and my essay wasn’t great.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was pretty unsure about my GPA. I feel like it’s low compared to the amount of work I do now and the grades I am receiving now. I feel the admissions committee recognized my upward grade trend from freshman year and also my interest in Gettysburg College.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to University of Delaware, University of Maryland, American University, West Chester University, Shippensburg University
[/ul]General Comments: I will be majoring in public policy and health sciences with a minor in math. I am not 100% set on Gettysburg, but it is my top choice right now; I’m just waiting for a few more responses.</li>
</ul>
<p>SAT breakdown: 2120- 680M, 700CR, 740W
GPA (UW): 4.0
Rank (UW): 1
GPA (W): 4.6
Rank (W): 9
AP’s: a handful, all 4’s and 5’s
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc AP, Eng AP, Psych AP, blah blah blah</p>
<p>Subjective: </p>
<p>E.c’s: 4 years varsity soccer, capt. senior year, dabbled with some other varsity sports, vice pres of SGA, involved with a community council, NHS officer, few other things here and there
Job/Work Experience: work at local concert venue (Merriweather Post Pavillion), leadership internship
Summer: mostly play, some work
Essays: solid
Volunteer: 100+ hours
Recommendations: what teachers let you all read them?!</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>State: MD
School: Public
Gender: F
Ethnicity: White
Hooks: none</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Strengths: grades/rank, essays… I think
Weaknesses: math SAT score, didnt take SAT II’s
Why was I accepted: well-rounded, no major strengths or weaknesses, just a pretty good student with some good extras
Other acceptances/denials: denied: UNC-Chapel Hill; accepted: St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Bucknell University, University of Richmond, waiting on W&M</p>
<p>General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted and best of luck to all of us waiting to hear back on some final schools!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 R:740 W:670 M:660
[</em>] SAT II: Lit:690 US History: 770 World History: 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.46
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):23-250
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s and a 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:4 AP Classes and 2 Credit “Gifted” Level internship
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years badminton, 4 years on speech and debate team, 4 years in model congress, 2 years in model UN, Junior and Senior year as Class Vice-President
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public Service Internship
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing notable.
[</em>] Essays: Whimsically non-traditional but well written.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Strong (presumably)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[li] Interview: Went over very smoothly, had lots to talk about.[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: Variety in extracurricular activities and strong SAT and SAT IIs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Poor performance in math class. (3 years worth, all Cs as final grade.) Also, my “why do you want to go to Gettysburg” essay was admittedly rather uninspired.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I came across as a student with a broad variety of interests.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: American, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, Washington College, McDaniel College. Waitlisted: GWU.
[/ul]General Comments: I was quite surprised but honestly extremely pleased to have also been offered the Presidential merit scholarship as well. It makes Gettysburg extremely affordable for my family and myself.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I notice you’ve been accepted to Bucknell University, University of Richmond, and are waiting on W&M. My daughter also got accepted to Gettysburg, Bucknell, and hasn’t gotten the acceptance from Richmond but got a “You’ll receive a fat envelope in a few weeks” from them. Have you made a decision yet?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i think around 3.7? but weighted 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/390
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) English Lang (5) Euro History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope!
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Sewing, AP Calc, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, Physics, French IV, Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit commended student, IL State scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (co-president), Key Club, NHS (committee chair), orchestra, spring musical, piano
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: nursery attendant at church
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mainly with Key Club and NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: nothing impressive, lol
[</em>] Essays: got a handwritten note from an admissions counselor saying how much he liked it, so i guess good!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 of them. I didn’t read.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing. I love my counselor.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: went well, I thought.
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: around 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: scores, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: i got a c in calc. also, my extracurrics aren’t anything special.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my scores and essay. Plus, I’ve shown interest for a couple of years.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Illinois Wesleyan, Franklin & Marshall, Grinnell. Waitlisted: W&M, UChicago, Carleton, Vanderbilt. Rejected: nowhere. yay?
[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to everyone for getting in! I’m so confused about choosing a college now, but GBurg is definitely still a contender. Hopefully I’ll get off the W&M waitlist, though. Fingers crossed!</p></li>
</ul>
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