<p>SAT I (breakdown):800 800 690
SAT II: 800 x4
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9?
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on BC Calc, Bio, Chem, USH, WH,Stat
Senior Year Course Load: Phys C, AP Econ, Analysis, AP French Lit, Honors Band, English
Major Awards qualified for USAMO, USNCO, USAPO.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars math team, captain senior year
Ethnicity: nope
Gender: M
Income Bracket: too high for aid</p>
<p>Strengths: math and science
Weaknesses: weak EC's</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR, 750 Math, 690 Writing
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Chem, 720 Bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.289 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1/300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (5), Chem (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment, AP Govt, AP English Lit
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Awards - Music, Dance 6 consecutive years
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots, passion: Indian Classical Music/Dance (practice - 3 hours a day, numerous performances, competitions, awards)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing
[<em>] Interview: amazing
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):<br>
[</em>] School Type: Public (barely anyone goes to big schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100,000 +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: extremely motivated, work ethic, discipline, ambition, competitive
[</em>] Weaknesses: not too much leadership.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: i'm screwed. depressed. disappointed. angry.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 800 CR 760 M 740 W 2300 Total
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: 800 Bio, 780 USH, 740 IIC
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: 2 5s
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:around 3.85 UW, 4.35 W
[</em>] Rank: top 5%, small school
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: hardest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: common
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: hm varsity soccer captain, and like 50 soccer awards, some piano stuff, other sports
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): eh they were okay, pretty typical stuff, my little brother, and piano
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw 'em
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see it
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): eh it was okay, at the guy's house
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person: NJ[ul][</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k +
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Hooks: none!
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted or rejected:[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Before i logged onto my email i closed my eyes, and had a very good feeling. Then I saw the waitlist; a bit surprised i wasn't rejected, but still, i just get the feeling that i was soooooooo close.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? no, but deferred from both MIT and Caltech and eventually rejected at both schools
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown):800CR, 760M, 690W
[<em>] SAT II:800 Math2, 800 Physics, 800 US Hist.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I think it's 97+/100, 102.5 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7/642
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci AB, Bio, Physics E+M, Calc BC, US Hist (all 5s), taking Econ, Latin and Chem this year
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Latin, AP Chem, Calc 3, Astrophysics, English elective (not honors or AP)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): state medal Sci. Olympiad, National Latin Exam summas, qualified for AIME every year
[/ul]Subjective: **[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Olympiad (one of many VPs)
Academic Team
programmer for most popular Civ 4 mod
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance computer programming
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: spent last summer volunteering in senior center computer lab
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY fast paced Chem, Columbia Summer School computer graphics course, freelance programming
[<em>] Essays: okay, main essay started with the results from a computer program that combined sample essays from the web.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: should be excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he saw it and said it was very nice, she likes him and he's helped her with the computer
[</em>] Additional Rec: should have two glowing recommendations about programming work
[<em>] Interview: seemed pleasant, interviewer spent some time assuring him Harvard would be okay for a future computer scientist
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: large comprehensive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none, but legacy may have helped tip things
[/ul]Reflection *[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: self taught huge amount of computer programming and theory, read at least 100 books a year
[</em>] Weaknesses: a bit one sided, procrastinator
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ballpark stats, legacy, good recommendations especially from outside school[/li][/ul] General Comments: Best of luck to everyone where ever they end up!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
[</em>] SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Westchester, NY
[</em>] School Type: Outstanding Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr, President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years), helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school, computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable though.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Low GPA/ “class rank”
[*] Other thoughts: This sucks pretty bad :/ [/ul]</p>
<p>rejected (from harvard AND yale AND brown, i guess it's cornell for me then)
too depressed to post stats (btw this could possibly be the last time i post at CC)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800W, 780M, 720R (2300)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 Biology-M, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5W, 3.9UW
[li] Rank: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] APs (including this year's): Biology (5), European History (5), Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), US History (5); taking Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, English Literature, and Comp. Govt. & Politics now.
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: The 4 APs above and band.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Not that many...maybe 5 at the most.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 15 years of violin, 14 years of piano, UCLA community service, music instruction/counseling volunteer, self-taught guitar/mandolin/flute
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hollywood Bowl Theater Attendant 2006 season
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was about working at the Hollywood Bowl and the other was about how I can't use chopsticks as an Asian. Wrote an optional one on music.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: The one I read was great, the other one was written by a teacher that really likes me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it but she liked me.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Nearby at some guy's house who also happened to be a musician - seemed to like me a lot, we talked for a long time about the world in general and music and such.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Sent in tapes of my violin/piano playing.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Um...whatever the one around $85,000/year is.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[</em>] Strengths: Passion for music extracurriculars
[<em>] Weaknesses: Little community service compared to others
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Eh...I don't want to try to pass judgment on that.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone that got in! Best of luck to those that didn't, like me, we'll all find homes we love I'm sure. Oddly enough I'm not too bummed or anything, probably because I never got too attached to the school in the first place (on purpose).</p>
<p>This is a little of topic. I was rejected from Yale and I'm also applying to Harvard and Princeton, but does this mean that I'll probably not get into them either since a school like Yale turned me down?</p>
<ul>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: No</li>
<li>SAT Reasoning (by section): 730M, 750CR, 670W (2150 Total)</li>
<li>SAT Subject tests: 740MathII, 750 US History, 690 Literature</li>
<li>APs: 5 US History, 5 APES, 4 English Comp</li>
<li>GPA Unweighted: 3.91</li>
<li>Rank: n/a</li>
<li>Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Phys, Lit Analysis, Economics, Speech, Heaven or Hell, Theoretical Physics</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: 2</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: windsurfing, cinematography, diving, hawaiian cultural awareness, and a lot more</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: windsurfer, cinematographer</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): The person one about my summer in Spain and the Physics quote about my love for physics</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good i guess</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: pretty good i think</li>
<li>Interview (feel and general location): Great! It was at his office. He had heard of me through the community.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Pro windsurfer, cinemagraphy, interest in physics, diving</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Maui, Hawaii</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small Private school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White/Arab</li>
<li>Income Bracket: enough</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other schools:
Princeton- Accepted
Columbia- Accepted
USC- Accepted
Stanford- Denied early (not even deferred)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 620CR 680M 620W
[<em>] ACT: 29 (32E, 29M, 30R, 26S) & 29 (26E, 31M, 23R, 33S)
[</em>] SAT II: 730 Math1, 730 Math2, 650 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/209
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem-4, Calc AB-N/A, Eng-N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs (Calc AB & Eng)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS; Math, Engineering, & Science Club; Marching Band; Medical Careers Club; Golf Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor & National Honors Society
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: I thought it was my best interview.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, gpa, interview, and course load considering my school
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don't know; I guess I wasn't what they were looking for.[/li][/ul]General Comments: When I saw that I was rejected, I wasn't really sad. I think I was still on cloud nine from being accepted to yale and penn. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ACCEPTED!!! FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T, IT'S OK. GOD HAS BIGGER PLANS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? Nope
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 800, V 790, CR 730
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Bio/M 800Chem 790Math IIc
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not really applicable, A levels, perfect score, 4As 2 special paper Distinctions, Bio, Chem, Math, Physics, Bio Special paper, Chem special paper, General Paper A1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/859 (I guess? school doesnt rank)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):International Biology Olympiad Silver medal (31st place in the world), National Biology Olympiad Gold (2nd place in Singapore)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Organised nationwide photography competition, Lots of photography related stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Photographer for ministry of education
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Non-profit Arts Group
[</em>] Essays:took an excruciating 3 weeks to write them! Should be good. They were quirky, extremely Bio and photography centric
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: gushing, glowing, "top of my career"
[</em>] Interview: Really great, it went so smoothly</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Fine arts submission - I am a published photographer, IBO Silver medal</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: really love biology and photography
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: See you guys there!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? Yes
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750/730/720
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] SAT II: 780/740/660/650
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Three A-Levels + two subjects
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Secretary of two societies, mentoring, piano, tennis, squash, guitar
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One week with Shanghai firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: One year with Cancer Research UK charity shop
[</em>] Summer Activities: Bit of travel, bit of work experience
[<em>] Essays: Others liked them a lot
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Quite good I felt but not excellent. A lot of stuff I could/should have said I didn't think of at the time.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): UK
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White mongrel
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: No idea, pretty average
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Tried to give my application focus. Academically pretty strong. Good essays + counselor rec.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My EC's are basically **<em>! Didn't milk the interview for what it was worth. Average teacher recs. No national/international awards.. does that matter much? A couple of low SAT II grades.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the main reasons were the teacher recs and the interview, as well as lack of any spectacular EC's. I think evaluative things like recs/interviews seem very important for Harvard.
[/ul]General Comments:*
Congratulations everyone who got in, seriously good job, and for those of us who didn't - time to move on! Hold your head up and don't give up.. there is always the possibility of applying again, and of course plenty of other excellent places to go. See this as a chance to make a fresh start.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2240
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780, 760, 740
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6 (W), 4.0 (UW)
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5, 5, 4, 4 (taking three this year)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Various, including work with children in a shelter
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid employment in local library
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Late interview
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: URM - Multiracial
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:<br>[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to all!</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 730 M, 710 CR, 590 WR
SAT IIs: M2: 800, CH: 780, Bio: 690
GPA, Unweighted: 3.75
Rank: Top 5%
ACT: 33
APs (including this year's): 3, 4 (taking five this year)
IBs (including this year's:
Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: atleast 4
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, various other awards I dont wanna get into </p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various, including work with seniors in nursing home
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Solid
State or Country: FL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public/Charter
Ethnicity: URM - Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Lower Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st generation, character
Strengths: Perseverance
Weaknesses: Stats?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Subjective Reasons
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? Yes
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800V, 800M, 690WR
[<em>] ACT:34
[</em>] SAT II:800USH, 790 Bio, 780 Math IIC
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.612
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 APs, all 5's
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Eng C/L, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP Gov, Journalism
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens semi, publish abstract, JSHS qualify, AIME qualify?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor In Chief of Newspaper, Water Polo, Swimming, Track, Policy Debate, Class VP, other random stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camp, TASP, swimming
[<em>] Essays: eh
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 glowing, 1 not so great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: can't expect much
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: 2 hours long, went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: awards/accomplishments
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of focus
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:i was deferred, was not expecting this [/li][/ul]General Comments: just wish i got into Yale</p>