<p>@boomboomkrn-- I’m in Georgia and I didn’t get mine today either 
best of luck to both of us!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 720 CR 710 M 690 W
- SAT II: 750 USH 640 Math II
- ACT: 31
- GPA: 3.98 UW
- Rank: 29/329
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A 4 on Calculus AB and 5’s on World History, US History, AP Lang, AP Environmental Science. Taking 5 AP classes senior year.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: My personal statement was about the stickers on my water bottle and the stories behind them, my why mac? was about what MN means to me and the importance of sustainability and international focus
- Teacher Recs: Did not see, but I am assuming that they were good because I had good relationships with the teachers.
- Counselor Rec: Met her at the beginning of this year, but she was really nice!
- Supplementary Material: None.
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location:Washington State
- High School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: Environmental education internship for three years, president of environment club, varsity swimmer, captain of the swim team, photo editor on yearbook, board member on NHS, envirothon lots of other random community service
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congratulations to everyone accepted, especially my fellow Washingtonians! Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!</p>
<p>^Washingtonians unite!!</p>
<p>I havent heard anything yet( I am an international student). How many students are macalester planning to enroll ?</p>
<p>It takes like 2 weeks for Fed-Ex express to get to Kazakhstan, ughh I can’t stand waiting :(</p>
<p>No they said for international students, theyll send it by email BUT for US citizens theyll send it via snail mail.</p>
<p>so if I’m a gc holder loving in Kaakhstan, I don’t get an email?</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>SAT: 790 M, 670 CR, 670 W
SATII: 750 MathII, 760 MathI
GPA: 3.78 UW
Rank: don’t know</p>
<p>Essays: I was confident with both Mac specific and Common App essays. I think they were solid
teacher recs: didn’t see, but teachers who really liked me wrote them
Counselor: no idea
Supplemental: Bass Guitar Recording Art Supplement
Hook: none</p>
<p>Location: Turkey
High School: one of the top public in Turkey
Gender: Male
FA: yes</p>
<p>ECs: Editor of an independent magazine, bass guitar player, philosophy club moderator, Junior Achievement firm cofounder, some volunteer
Awards: Academic achievement and Music awards (
strengths: Essays and activities (maybe SAT for an international?)
Weakneses: GPA (especially sophomore year)
Why do you think you were accepted? Strong essays and activities and also showed real interest in Mac</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>SAT: 770M, 650CR, 640WR
SATII: 750 MathII, 800 Physics
GPA: idk
Rank: idk</p>
<p>Essays: I thought my common app essay was good… Mac essay had careless errors… Had written ‘lie’ instead of ‘lay.’ 
teacher recs: No idea
Counselor: Great I think! She loves me <3
Supplemental: none
Hook: none</p>
<p>Location: Pakistan
High School: Decent private school in Pakistan
Gender: Male
FA: yes</p>
<p>ECs: Alot
Awards: some
strengths: I really don’t know
Weakneses: Everything
Why do you think you were accepted? I got lucky I guess.</p>
<p>I AM SO HAPPY!!! Does anyone know by when we should be expecting our Financial Aid awards? </p>
<p>Congrats to everyone else who got accepted :)</p>
<p>Accepted here in OR!
Any idea when the fin aid letter will come?</p>
<p>@FerrisOddoye Macalester is planning to enroll 490 students according to the acceptance letter. They usually accept close to 2,000 of the 6,000 applicants.</p>
<p>I talked to the financial aid office today and they said we should be receiving them in the mail in a few days.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>SAT: Reading: 620, Math: 640, Writing: 670
SAT II: U.S. History (think that’s what it was?): 690
GPA: 4.76 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
Rank: N/A
AP Tests: 5 on U.S. History
Essays: kind of stupid looking back on it, but I wrote about feeling serene in my living room and touching on memories I had there with my family
Teacher Recs: From my English and AP U.S. History teachers. One was really bad, the other was probably okay
Counselor Rec: Most likely terrible. I got a new guidance counselor in November so I met her for all of 10 minutes. And she wasn’t very bright.
No hook, no supplementary materials.</p>
<p>Location: Philadelphia, PA
High School Type: Public, 1400 kids
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Extracurricular: School musical, select chorus, auditioned repertory company at dance studio, school track, summer camp counselor for 2 years, voice lessons, German exchange
Awards: Level 3 Bronze on National German Exam (really unimpressive but whatever)</p>
<p>I was SOOOOO excited and shocked that I got in. Looking back at my qualifications, I really have no clue how or why Mac accepted me. BUT I AM SO HAPPY THEY DID. I guess my high GPA and extra-curricular activities outweighed my low SAT scores. I also thought my MAC supplement was very heartfelt and detailed.</p>
<p>**Accepted!!! 
**</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320 (800M 800W 720CR)
[</em>]SAT II: Nope
[<em>]ACT: Don’t remember if I sent… but 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.97 uw
[<em>]Rank: last time I checked 3/155
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): These are all APs: Chem, World, Bio, USH, Psych, Mus. Theory, Lang all 5s except World was a 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Commonapp was about living in Mexico in fourth grade and how that helped me appreciate diversity, Why Mac was about how I wasn’t going to apply but I kept getting an inkling that I should, so finally did on Christmas Day
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I love both of those teachers, and I think they love me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Commonapp art supplement: 2 piano pieces and an original singer-songwriter piece from my second album
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Georgia, USA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Marching band (band captain), piano, oboe, NHS (sorta)
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar w/ distinction, National Merit Finalist, and a bunch of little school awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m so excited! I don’t know yet if I’ll definitely be going to Macalester, but I really do like it. For all those rejected: don’t lose hope, there are beautiful, wonderful schools out there that love you. For all those waitlisted: that’s frustrating, but hey!. For all those accepted: Congratulations, and whatever decision you end up making, I’m sure you’ll get wonderful educations.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll meet some of you eventually!
<3 Love you all! I’m soooo excited!</p>
<p>Well, might as well post. </p>
<p>Waitlisted. </p>
<p>SAT: Reading: 760, Math: 720, Writing: 680
ACT: 33 composite
SAT II: None
GPA: 4.00 unweighted, my school doesn’t do weighted
Rank: 1
AP Tests: None
Essays: I think my Common app was pretty strong, my Why Mac was generic, though (if I have one regret, I really wish I’d spent more time on that one).
Teacher Recs: English and APUS teacher, english teacher was in love with me and my APUS teacher is notorious for writing good recs so they were probably both good.
Counselor Rec: Had a crazy long interview with her and she seemed to like me a lot, so that was probably good too.
No hook, no supplementary materials.</p>
<p>Location: Portland, OR
High School Type: Public, 1000 kids
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Extracurricular: NHS, Spanish NHS, Link crew, tutoring, some community service clubs (not my strong suit, I know)
Awards: Scholastic Art Award Gold Key, some school-level stuff.</p>
<p>Accepted! Got the email a couple of hours ago 
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 (800CR, 760M, 740W)
[</em>]SAT II: 760 Lit, 760 Math I
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 38 IB Diploma
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Personal statement is a little offbeat, hit-or-miss kind of essay. Supplemental essays are genuine, reflective, and to-the-point.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Good, though not really detailed
[<em>]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Being an international is perhaps a hook at Macalester?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Vietnam (went to high school in Singapore)
[<em>]High School Type: Independent
[</em>]Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]FA: Yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Dance, Audiovisual club, A diverse portfolio of volunteering
[</em>]Awards: Got a national gold award with the dance team
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Acceptance from Macalester is my first and it took a huge load off my chest. I had been looking blankly at my idle inbox for a few weeks and was close to going insane. The email came in the early morning when I was completely exhausted from a day of YouTube marathon. Couldn’t comprehend it at first. But now I know it’s real and I’m so looking forward to all other incoming decisions.[/ul]</p>
<p>@FerrisOddoye:</p>
<p>Is this true?
What if I’m a US citizen currently living abroad??
I haven’t received a e-mail yet =[</p>
<p>Same here, im a perm res living abroad . . .</p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (M:800 CR:760 W:710)
[</em>]SAT II: Math Level 2: 800 Chemistry: 790 Physics: 790
[<em>]GPA: Not applicable at our school
[</em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank, but top 5%
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): I take the IB. Math, Chem, Physics, Econ HL; English A1, Spanish AB SL</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One personal, and one generic, but flattering.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Detailed, and quite personal
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Music Supplement
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[list]
[<em>]Location: India
[</em>]High School Type: Selective Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>I think overseas location and not nationality determines how Mac sends notices. </p>
<p>DS only received a FedEx package. There was no email.</p>