<p>This is where people can post their admission decisions when they come out tonight! Please don't post conversation, this way it's easy for next year's applicants to view decisions without searching through the other threads.</p>
<p>Please post stats a long with the decision, and if you can, indicate whether or not you could view the "accepted students" link visible to some students yesterday morning. </p>
<p>Thanks, and GOODLUCK!!!! :)</p>
<p>The format is as follows:</p>
<p>DON’T FORGET TO REMOVE SPACES AFTER BRACKETS</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>denied…</p>
<p>denied as well…</p>
<p>denied with 1940 SAT. Florida. White Female. 3.7 unweighted 4.8 weighted. Private School. Volunteered on Obama Campaign, Idk what else… w.e :’(</p>
<p>For the people who got denied, did you guys have the admitted student tab. Also, don’t worry I’m sure you guys have plenty of great schools to choose from and will do great in them!!</p>
<p>Did not have admitted student tab.</p>
<p>waitlisted. My D auditoned for the Presidential Scholar of the Arts, so I guess that means she didn’t get that scholarship… she did not have the admitted student tab visible yesterday</p>
<p>Denied, applied to COB…</p>
<p>D got accepted with 2300 SAT super scored</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
with 15,000 dollars in scholarship money and accepted into Elizabeth Somers Leadership program </p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2120
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Did not send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): like an 90 average
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (art history, calculus ab, english, government, psych)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of small writing awards, science olympiad regional awards, nothing major. lol.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of gay activism, volunteering, science olympiad, government club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at a homeless shelter for gay youth
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities: summer research to study aids at columbia university
[ *] Essays: pretty good, i hope.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[ *] Counselor Rec: idk
[ ] Additional Rec: idk
[ ] Interview: amazing. interviewer said i would fit just right in.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: gender studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[ *] Country (if international applicant):amurrica
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity: indian/middle eastern
[ *] Gender:female
[ ] Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i’m a gay muslim which is pretty weird i guess. haha.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: lots of weird extra curriculars and community service for LGBT people
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa kinda sucked
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:</p>
<p>Hey guys! I have a question. I am an accepted int’l student who did not apply to need-based financial aid. I cannot reach my merit-based award (if I got one) information. Could you tell me how I will reach it? Thanks!</p>
<p>Waitlisted
SAT I: 760 CR, 790 M, 790 W
SAT II: 740 Eng, 790 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5.3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng Lang, 5 USH, 4 Euro, 4 Macro
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Lit, French, Calc AB, Bio) + grad reqs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): state writing awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): writing, business, swimming-related
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: writing/editing
Essays: made my case for why I would benefit at GWU, and why GWU would benefit from me
Teacher Recommendation: idk
Counselor Rec: idk
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: n/a
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>
<p>General Comments: I just want to get into college at this point.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):760/750/790/12
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Lit 690 and Math 1: 740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 and 5 in 3 APs
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3AP
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): state medal in academic decathlon , high point awards in subjects etc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swimmer
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: yes with Red Cross
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:excellent
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: no
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: premed
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ ] Income Bracket: < 95K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation in US
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments: got rejected from 7yr BA/MD program, WL in uchic, rejected in MIT . </p>
<p>This obviously is a good news for my D</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 540 CR, 650 Math, 650 Writing
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.28
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP lit, AP physics C, AP euro, orchestra…
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin teacher,Treasurer of BSP, Science Fair for 3 years. I play in my school’s pit orchestra and Chamber orchestra… Im also the concertmaster
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer at the local elementary schools teaching music.
[ *] Summer Activities: summer camp counselor… I don’t really do much
[ *] Essays:my essays were pretty good. I wrote about one of my performances
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: all of my teachers love me so they wrote me awesome letters of recommendations… I won. A recommendation letter from PJAS science fair people
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: Political science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation </p>
<p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uchicago and northwestern rejected me (jerks) accepted to Drexel and UVM</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/ $30k Board of Trustees Scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (730 CR 770 M 730 W)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 90/100 (my school doesn’t do 4.0 scale)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Govt & AP Euro senior year
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Euro, college-level calc, college English, physics, astronomy/envi science, health</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (captain), Student Council, NHS, Editor/writer school newspaper, Drama Club, Russian Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Peer tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: American Heart Association (received 2012 Distinguished Service Award), American Cancer Society, local food bank, local LGBT community center
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really strong; explained my low GPA freshman year and my passion for my major (poli sci)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read but probably pretty good. One by my AP Govt teacher, and one by my 8th & 9th grade English teacher/advisor for newspaper (so I’ve known for 5+ years)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Definitely strong, have a great relationship w/ my counselor</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Poli Sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Income Bracket: <$40k</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT & Essays (?)
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application: Explain my low GPA freshman year, demonstrate my passion for GWU & poli sci
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, course load (though my school has very limited options, which I’m sure they saw in counselor’s report)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UAlbany, Drexel, U of Tulsa, U of Denver, Rhodes, & Northeastern. No waitlists/rejections yet. Still waiting on American, Carleton, Grinnell, Lewis & Clark, and Middlebury.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: So excited! GWU is my number one school, loved it when I visited! Scholarship is great, too! Hopefully will be doable with financial aid :D</p>
<p>@Chrisman64 did you have the admitted students tab yesterday?</p>
<p>Accepted w/ Presidential scholarship</p>
<p>Stats: ACT 33, AP’s, EC’s and work experience</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted
Also got into University Honors Program and was awarded $20,000 Presidential Scholarship!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored from 2 sittings - 800 CR, 720 M, 800 W
[</em>] ACT: did not submit
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Literature, 770 Spanish, 770 Math 2, 770 Latin, 680 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, 4.86 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/131
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): enrolled in full diploma program with scores pending - Psychology SL, Math HL, Spanish HL, English HL, History SL, Chemistry SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB courses above plus IB Theory of Knowledge/Research
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Latin Exam Gold Medal, National Spanish Exam Silver Medal</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain, many awards), Sailing Team (Skipper), Dance Marathon charity event (Executive Board), Key Club, Model UN
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Junior Docent at art museum
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Dance Marathon, Girl Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Counselor in Training at sailing camp, Duke TIP, debate camp
[<em>] Essays: Wrote main common app about sailing and short one about debate, both solid
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t read them but one of them told me I’m one of the best students she’s ever had.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know her that well but it’s probably positive.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Debate coach, probably very good
[li] Interview: Solid, on the phone with my admissions counselor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Development at Elliott School
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: IB magnet within large public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: scores and grades
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: GW has a reputation for waitlisting/denying highly qualified people who don’t show interest, so I made sure I visited and interviewed and expressed my interest clearly in my essays and interview.
[<em>] Weaknesses: No hooks, extracurriculars are nothing special
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats are above average and I showed strong interest.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to William and Mary (Monroe Scholar), deferred from Georgetown EA, waiting on several more</p>
<p>Accepted
School of Media and Public Affairs - Political Communication</p>