<p>I love reading everyones conversations in the other c/o 2017 thread, but I think it would be nice to have a separate thread for people to solely at accepted/deferred/rejects students' statistics without weeding though pages of conversation.</p>
<p>Couldn’t agree more! </p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>P.C. Rossin - BioEngineering:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700CR, 740M, 700W (2140)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 1400/1600 Bio + Math 1
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 - Bio; 5 - Econ Macro; 5 - English Lang; 4 - US History
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 98.5 wGPA
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Senior Courses: AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP Psych
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: I cofounder a nonprofit and a club at school and I am an officer in Key Club. Some other non-leadership roles, too.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve had a job since the start of junior year at 20 hours / week.
[<em>] Essays: My personal statement was decent but my EC essay and my supplements were awesome! I loved my EC essay the most…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I got three; one from one of my favorite teachers who’s a Lehigh alum, and two from history teachers that know me very well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’m assuming it was good! I’d hope so at least.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Early Decision
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation college student and a disgusting amount of interest shown in Lehigh (emails, visits, etc.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public and terrible
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I am ecstatic! Lehigh has been my first choice school since sophomore year and when I visited I knew it was perfect for me. My teacher even calls me Lehigh… Can’t wait for August!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060- CR 670, M 690, W 700
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Never took any
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.22 (3.4 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology - 3 (didn’t send…)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus H, Microeconomics AP, Macroeconomics AP, English 12 H, Anatomy and Physiology H, Seminar H
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student government (delegate, Vice President), National Technical Honor Society (secretary), Student Representative to a Non-Profit assoc. with my towns school system, Teenangels (co-president), Freelance Web and Graphic designer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance Web and Graphic designer (small business, not for profits, actors/actresses, fansites etc.). Server at a local restaurant (15+ hours a week) starting September 2012
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much. Volunteered at the library for two years and volunteer hours for student government related activities all four years.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Vacation and golf camp…
[</em>] Essays: common app essay was about golf… My english teacher gave it a 75 and an 82 but I had other trustworthy and intelligent adults read it and they thought it was good. Supplement was good, I used my conversation with the head of the BioE department. EC was about my webdesign venture.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: psychology teacher and math teacher. I think all were above average because I’m pretty close with all of them!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ehh… I didn’t rurally get to know my guidance counselor that well. I’m guessing it was kind of generic? But hey I got in so…
[<em>] Additional Rec: Golf Coach/Physical Education teacher. We are pretty close so I’m assuming it was a good rec.
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive, nationally ranked public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Adopted? URM at Lehigh?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong EC’s, Average (for Lehigh) test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m convinced it was because I showed an obscene amount of interest in the school. I fell in love with Lehigh after I attended the Diversity Achievers Program. I also visited (and checked in at admissions) four times. And I email the dean of admissions to say thank you for the DAP program.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was deferred from Northeastern and Case Western Reserve University. [/li]I was accepted to Tulane, Quinnipiac (Neuroscience - 18k merit scholarship), Siena College (Undecided sciences), Lewis and Clark, Indiana Unversity at Bloomington (Applied to Kelley) and Purdue University- West Lafayette (Biomedical engineering)
I fortunately wasn’t rejected anywhere but I did apply to other schools including Rutgers- New Brunswick, University of South Carolina, Mount Holyoke (recruited athlete), Muhlenberg, SUNY Binghamton and Union.</p>
<p>[/ul]
General Comments: I’m over the moon that I got in. Honestly, I was expecting a deferral or rejection because of my significantly lower than Lehigh average GPA. My schools Naviance has the average GPA as a 3.96.
I believe that it’s healthy to have a reach school and to set your goals high. I think college admissions are almost a crapshoot at some point, so if you’re below the average scores or GPA, it can’t hurt you to apply.
I can’t wait to see everyone in 2013 and If anyone wants to become friends before we even get there, feel free to message me here for my fb or twitter!</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Applied to IBE program with focus in Business</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 630CR, 690M, 710W (2030)
SAT IIs: 670 Math Lvl 2
ACT: N/A
APs: Didn’t send any but took AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Macro Econ, AP English IV, AP World
IBs: N/A
GPA (UW, W): 3.68, 3.87 with upward trend throughout (4.02 Junior year)
Rank: N/A
Senior Courses: AP Euro, AP Calc AB, AP Macro Econ, AP English IV, Bioethics, Spanish 6 Advanced, Peer Group Leader
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: I cofounder a school approved business club, worked this summer as a marketing intern, am a peer group leader (mentor/teach class of 12 freshman once a week), volunteer math tutor
Job/Work Experience:Marketing intern this past summer
Essays: I thought they were good… Wrote about accepting my Russian heritage for my personal statement, my work as a marketing intern this summer for the ec, and i thought my supplements were really good.
Teacher Recs: 1 from spanish teacher, 1 from math teacher. both know me well and I think they like me…
Counselor Rec: It was good, i think… I haven’t read it
Applied on (EA?): Early Decision
Hook (if any): applying ED? upward trend in GPA? idk</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public and prestigious
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I don’t know why I didn’t get in… Must have messed up somewhere</p>
<p>congrats all especially Lehigh2017. I told you that you would get in. Hopefully I join you all as well in march</p>
<p>Justseeinmychance</p>
<p>I believe “deferred” still gives you a good chance to get in during the 2nd round. Usually it means your scores are acceptable but you didn’t show enough interest or you needed too much financial aid at this time. Go visit and then visit again!</p>
<p>The financial aid office at Lehigh is completely separate from admissions. So admissions doesn’t care about how much aid you need.</p>
<p>Accepted! :)</p>
<p>P.C. Rossin - Computer Science:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 590CR, 670M, 650W (1910)
SAT IIs: NONE
ACT: 26
APs: 4 - US History
GPA (W): 4.3
Rank: top 5%
Senior Courses: AP Econ, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Computer Science
Honors Physics, Honors English (i wanted AP but it didn’t work for my schedule)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
Gender: Female</p>
<p>My SATs were pretty low, and my ACTs…I don’t even know what happend that day. However, my grades are great. </p>
<p>It just goes to show if you show Lehigh really cares about how many times you visit. I think how I got in.</p>
<p>PC Rossin undeclared engineering</p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): M 730, CR 700, W 670</p>
<p> SAT II: Math II 720, Physics 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): History, BC Calc, Chemistry, Statistics, physics
Senior Year Course Load:AP BC Calculus. AP English, AP Chemistry, Honors electronics, Honors Chinese
Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics coach, Math Tutor, Food Pantry community service organizer, Ballet
Teacher Recommendation: physics teacher and guidance counselor as well as a Lehigh Alum.
Interview: Lehigh Alumi
Other State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive, nationally ranked public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I spent a LOT of time at Lehigh. I visited often, emailed, hand delivered my ED contract months ago.
I know being a girl, being Asian, and wanting to be an engineer helped?</p>
<p>I’m so excited to have been accepted, Lehigh was on top of my list that included Tufts, Carnegie Mellon and Cornell. </p>
<p>Retrodreamer, I’m adopted too, born in China. I dont have enough posts to send a private message.</p>
<p>Britsmum, woah, that’s awesome! I was adopted from China too!! Can I private message you? (ill try now)</p>
<p>Congrats everyone on getting in. Can’t wait to meet you all in August</p>
<p>I am accepted to Lehigh.</p>