<p>waitlisted...</p>
<p>but got into Yale so booyah!</p>
<p>WAITLISTED: But I'm going to YALE!!! YAY!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2180: 790 Reading, 690 Math, 700 Writing (bad circumstances meant that I only took it once
SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 700 Math II, 730 US History
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/809
ACT: none
APs (including this year's): five 5's (on all) last year, 4 AP's this year: AP Scholar with Distinction
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, dumb requirements like Health
Number of Apps from Your School: just lil ole me
Subjective:[ list][<em>] ECs listed on app: Competitive Storytelling, Varsity Choir, Elite Jazz Performance Ensemble, Choir Vice President, President of National Honor Society, Vice President of National Spanish Honor Society, Varsity Swimming with State Title, Girl Scouts[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 10,11,12 with local semi-pro hockey league[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Main: Each paragraph of my essay was written from myself at a different age, and it chronicled my experiences having ulcerative colitis and learning to be myself. Secondary: Outlined my Gold Award Project. Both were really well written, I believe[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): relaxed, informative, at his office[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2006 National Youth Storytelling Showcase Winner; Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient (= Boy Scout Eagle Award), National Merit Finalist[/list]Location/Person:[/li]State or Country: Texas
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public Football Machine
Ethnicity: Caucasin and Portuguese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80,00
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ???
Strengths: national winner of unique art form, great essays, lots of leadership positions
Weaknesses: weak SAT scores, 9th and 10th grades dominated by varsity swimming, which I had to quit because of ulcerative colitis (explained in essay)
Why you think you were accepted: Because I wore BLUE today
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm so excited, am I in the twilight zone?!?</p>
<p>PS. don't know what's up with the editing, but oh well!</p>
<p>Ok, so did NO music people get in RD? What is going on?</p>
<p>I know they took thelittleone (3rd prize world piano competition and other crazy stuff) EA, but still. NONE RD FROM CC?</p>
<p>Does The Admitted Students Website Work For Anyone?!?!?!?</p>
<p>Since I got into Yale, I'll use the format used over at their board (too lazy to rewrite another one, lol)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math I 780, Chinese 800, US History 740, French reading 680
[</em>] GPA, Weighed and Unweighed: 4.00 unweighed (all honours and APs throughout highschool)
[<em>] Rank: 1/259
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Psychology (5), English Lit & Lang, Calculus AB, Stats, French lang, Human Geo
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit & Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP stats, AP French lang, AP human geography, Gr.12 economics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 0 (I'm in a ghetto school from Canada)
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): academic awards at school, Royal Conservatory of Music Gr.8 violin with honours</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Toronto District School Board Student Supercouncil, Reach for the Top (quizbowl), various musical ensembles, Political Affairs Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: day camp counsellor (summer); court clerk at provincial court (summer co-op)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one about overcoming my experience of being bullied after coming to Canada in Gr.5; one about my volunteering work with the developmentally delayed class at my school; both really oriented toward public service and community involvement.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: quite a lot of "best in careers"
[<em>] Counselor Rec: many "best in careers", but the letter had grammar mistakes, lol!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): okay, but definitely not stellar. It was too casual and I think I might've digressed a bit. At an up-scale coffeshop.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): lunched with the then Prime Minister of Canada, executive of a 86,000-student (board-wide) student council, currently doing a mentorship at U of Toronto; co-organized a national youth conference; started my own flute choir.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: parents not required to pay a cent, so you get the idea
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority (wait, I'm Asian, okay I take that back)
[<em>] Strengths: passion in politics and community involvement, very stellar GPA, and an amazing supplementary reference letter from my school's librarian
[</em>] Weaknesses: no one from my school has applied to American universities in the past 3 years, so my teachers didn't really know what to write for the rec letters.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: strong passion in one area (youth politics + community service) with a sprinkle of activities in many other areas, but mediocre interview, and...after all, it's Harvard (I never expect to get in in the first place)!!!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: can't think of any.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I never even thought that I'd have a shot at a Ivy League school, so I'm quite happy with being waitlisted. You guys are all amazing and I could've pulled through this hideous admissioin process without your words of advice/encouragement/entertainment. Best of luck to you all, and maybe we'll see each other again soon!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Deferred EA? No
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 770 CR, 800 W
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: 770 US History, 750 Math 2, 730 Literature, 670 French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/463
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calc AB (5), French Lang (3), Physics C Mechanics (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, AP English Lit, AP Government, AP French Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, German Independant Study
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Fed Challenge Nationals 2nd Place, Mock Trial State Champs</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fed Challenge (competitive team), Mock Trial (lead attorney), Model UN (president), Literary Magazine, French Club (president), School Paper
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Founder of Edible Schoolyard, teach kids about food, vegetables, etc.
[ *] Summer Activities: New Jersey Scholars Program, pre-college classes
[ *] Essays: One very good, about economics, and one solid, about Edible Schoolyard
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Both superlative, very specific, detailed, glowing
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent, very posititve
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: A neighbor- I knew him well, and he really likes me a lot.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: >100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars, in-school academics, essays, recs
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT II's, AP's, no sports, white male from NJ
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Great job to everyone accepted- I'll see you at the Yale-Harvard game!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No.
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M / 750 CR / 780 W (11 essay)
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chemistry / 770 Math I / 700 U.S. History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1 / 99
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Music Theory (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, Peer Leadership, AP Spanish V, AP English IV, AP Biology, Chorus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major national or international awards. Quite a few school awards, however.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Musical Theatre (leads in three musicals, Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, ITS, Dramatic Society), Instrumental Music (piano, French horn, trumpet, guitar), Vocal Music (a capella group, chorus, Tri-M Music Honor Society), Baseball, X-C (First Team All-Prep, Third Team All-State, Scholar-Athlete Award...), Math League, Geometry Tutoring, NHS (President), Student Government (Senior Class President, Junior Class President), a few more minor activities
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor the past two summers ( >50 hours/wk. )
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts of America (Life Scout), work with Homefront (agency designed to help eradicate homelessness), Blood Drive, Race for the Cure, volunteered at Red Cross in Philadelphia during Hurricane Katrina disaster, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cross Country, lots of work, surfing, having fun; no summer school, no research
[</em>] Essays: Great. Submitted a supplemental essay about why I wanted to pursue engineering; I think it definitely helped.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from English teacher, one from Math teacher; both outstanding, so said my Guidance Counselor
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, so he said...
[<em>] Additional Rec: Submitted a supplemental recommendation from my theatre director. Again, Guidance Counselor said it was great...
[</em>] Interview: About 90 minutes. Went extremely well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, grades, well-rounded, leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing really made me stand out, really. No national or international competitions or awards? No research? IDK.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea. I thought for sure I was going to be rejected. I am absolutely shocked and amazed and ecstatic. :D
[/ul]General Comments: I have to choose between Harvard, Princeton, and Penn's M&T Program...sooo harddd.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* Deferred EA? no
* SAT I (breakdown): CR 780M 800W 750 M one sitting
* ACT: none
* SAT II: 780/780/750
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no official gpa...about 3.9
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% (250 kids total)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): my school isn't big on APs, but i took 3 exams (5,5,4)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief of the school newspaper, president of the debate team, student senate officer, etccc. i have also done some research that has received praise from local politicians.
* Job/Work Experience: i have had jobs since i was 16. i am now a cashier at cvs for 18 hours a week.
* Volunteer/Community service: four-year tutor for peers and for local elementary school students. nothing too hard-core, though.
* Summer Activities: summer jobs.
* Essays: not bad.
* Teacher Recommendation: probably good.
* Counselor Rec: probably good.
* Additional Rec: none.
* Interview: business-like but good. the lady was nice, but she wasn't warm, so she didn't embrace me like some other interviewers did. it still went well, though.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Location: new england
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity: asian (represent!)
* Gender: girl
* Income Bracket: about $50,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Original: a ton of leadership and ecs. creative and specific passions, which my research brought to light.
* Weaknesses: gpa lower-ish.
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i never slept. all those long nights paid off.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: i am very thankful. best of luck to everyone, and i'll see you in cambridge!</p>
<p>DECISION: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 790 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Math2C 790 Chinese 760 Physics 770 Lit
GPA, Unweighted: 97.4/100
Rank: 3rd unofficially (but school doesn't give rank)
ACT: 33
APs (including this year's): Calc BC 5, Physics B 5
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, History, Phy C, Calc III/Discrete Math, AP Stats
Number of Apps from Your School:
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, NFAA ARTS Merit Award in Classical Piano, 2 Performing Diplomas from ABRSM (UK) etc.</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano, Golf (competed on national level for school, not US), Orchestra (several awards in national youth festival, not US)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring kids in piano, piano for church
Essays (subject and responses): Honest and heartfelt. Guess they didn't think so.
Teacher Recs: one teacher told me he wrote ______ would be stupid if they didn't take me
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ok, lukewarm now that I think about it
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic, only kids they send to Ivies are URMS and recruited athletes
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Moved to US midway through junior year. Is this really a strength?
Weaknesses: No leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who got in where they wanted to. This blows. GO WHARTON C/O 2012</p>
<p>Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2300 single sitting (800 M, 750 V, 750 W)
* ACT: 0
* SAT Subject Tests: 800 M2, 780 Chem, 740 Phys
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 2/650
* APs / other stats: horrid AP scores (no 5's out of 7 tests)
</code></pre>
<p>Major awards/ECs:</p>
<pre><code>* FSU's Young Scholars' Program
* National Merit Finalist
* 35+ national, state, regional level Math awards
* National table tennis awards
* Work experience - Sushi chef for 3 years
* Math team for 6 years
* AP scholar w/ distinction
* Guitar for 6 years
* Competition table tennis for 8 years
* Mu Alpha Theta Vice Pres, Science Club Co-Pres
* 3x AIME qualifier, scored a 5 last year
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: My peers loved em
* Teacher Recs: Good? Never read em
* Counselor Rec: Ditto ^
* Interview: It was fine. About an hour long.
* Hook (if any): Table tennis? Sushi chef? Ability to speak 4 languages?
</code></pre>
<p>Personal:</p>
<pre><code>* Location (State or Country): FL
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male .... haha
* Major strength/weakness: My essays were pretty heartfelt. My AP scores were bad though.
* Your thoughts on your decision: Pretty sick. Never thought I would get in, esp. since I could've sworn Harvard hated my school.
</code></pre>
<p>Any other comments: All right. Now how am I sposed to make a decision? Dang it.</p>
<p>Wow, I envy your roomates...sushi chef....mmmmm</p>
<p>REJECTED-but not dejected. I was wait-listed EA. Too lazy to give stats as they are meaningless anyway since we all seem to have good stats. Planning on attending Swarthmore, which excites me since I believe I will do well with smaller class sizes since I am a talker and enjoy verbal exchange. I am disappointed that I won't get to experience Boston. I love Philly and Swarthmore is a great campus, but I was born and raised nearby, so it isn't novel to me. Congratulations everyone!</p>
<p>What on earth am i supposed to do?</p>
<p>My friend and I didn't get an email whatsoever.</p>
<p>I went to the site and it says that 2% of email is undelivered</p>
<p>and that they couldn't send duplicate emails....</p>
<p>so what the crap am i supposed to do??????????</p>
<p>sit here and do nothing?</p>
<p>anybody have the same problem or have a solution?????</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>How the hell did this happen???</p>
<p>Will post stats later....</p>
<p>YAY!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? NO
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 670Cr/760M/760W (E 12)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 BioE 750 M1 750 M2 750 Ph
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4,98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Geography Olympiad</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art studio, Chess etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: freelance translationg, design, MSU trainee, own bussiness (starting)
[li] Volunteer/Community service: American education center (consulting)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays: Fair
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good or Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Interview: Great</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Russia
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Uzbek
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: about 1K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): big multicultural poor family from rural area, winner of TV-show "Who wants to be a Millionaire?"</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal strength, maturity, growth potential
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, English is not briliant
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have shown that my life is a really dangerous and difficult adventure[/li][/ul]General Comments: I'm REEEAAAAAAAALLLY glad! Thanks!</p>
<p>you're from Uzbekistan? that's awesome.</p>
<p>VeritaSeeker are you going to harvard for sure?</p>
<p>No, I am from Russia (see my previous post). I am only Uzbek by ethnicity.</p>
<p>Yes, crixx, Harvard U is the only university I have applied to, so I have no choice besides going there. To tell the truth, it's hardly not a good choice :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2330 (780 M, 770 Cr, 780 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 on Math IIC and Chemistry; 720 on US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.120 and 101.230
[<em>] Rank: Salutatorian
[</em>] ACT: Not applicable
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Biology (4); AP Chemistry; AP US History (4); AP Calculus BC (5); AP Euro History (5); AP Physics C Mech/EM; AP English Language/Literature; AP German
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Underfunded public school so no IBs
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lang/Lit, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP German
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Either three or four
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Microbiology research, Science Olympiad (Captain), Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), Community Service, and State science fair competitions (attended national science competitions; president of school's chapter)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A part time job at the local supermarket
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I: My life in binary; II: Death of my grandfather and discovering Ayn Rand
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both were absolutely excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing, she knew me since fifth grade
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): My favorite interview by far. We talked for two hours about abortion, politics, philosophy, reading, cooking. It was an extremely good interview, and I attribute that to my acceptance.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My microbiology research was featured in multiple national journals
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Underfunded public school (median SAT 1201/2400)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-american
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < 60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent household and first generation? They are hooks?
[<em>] Strengths: Publications in journals and I spent three months on the application
[</em>] Weaknesses: Below average stats for Harvard [li] Why you think you were accepted: If I knew I would tell you, but I don't. I was actually expecting that little envelope. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrat to everyone who was accepted. I am looking forward to meeting everyone in the upcoming weeks. To those who were not so lucky, it was not meant to be and as a CCer you will inevitably enter an extremely good school.</p>
<p>Can't wait to meet all of you crazy pre-frosh this coming fall (or spring...for the freshman week) haha...</p>