Macalester RD 2021?

Accepted with 18k scholarship a year!!

Hello again. I was PM’d about my stats, so I’ll go include them (using Stanford ED Forum Posts’ format):

Decision: Accepted!

SAT I: 1450 (730 M, 720 RW)
ACT: 31 (30 M, 27 S, 30 R, 36 E)
SAT II: 690 Math 2, 640 Phys (Terrible! Only took it once, and only 2 people in school take these)
Unweighted GPA (/4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank: 8/159 (was 175)
AP Scores: Stats (4), US History (2), English Lang (5), Physics 1 (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, Honors Econ, AP + DR English Lit & Comp, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci Principles (new course), DR Psychology, Self-studying for AP Comp Sci A

Extracurriculars: Stanford EPGY Programming In C Courses 1-3, Freelance/Hobbyistic Web Dev, Black Belt In Karate
Job/Work Experience: Theater Staff Leader, aided parent’s startup as web dev + tech support
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing major, tutored here and there (not on application)

Essays: pretty refined, 1 about toils of brick and mortar development + failures, other about aspirations
Recommendation: from Stanford EPGY instructor, Literature Teacher, and Geometry/CSP Teacher.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science OR Duel Degree in Engineering
State: Alabama
School Type: Small Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks: URM? I’m Russian w/ Duel Citizenship

Strengths: Dev Experience, Voiced aspirations well in essay, Russian immigrant
Weaknesses: No community service, Low AP/SAT/ACT Scores (although top of class in my school)

Places rejected: Stanford (obviously)
Places applying: Mac, Richmond, Vanderbilt, Rice, Tufts, Swarthmore, Cornell (high hopes, I know)

Comments: Happy to be accepted and hope for the best for all of you as well!

Accepted! I only got a 26 on ACT and even lower for SAT, so for anyone applying to Macalester next year, don’t give up hope if you don’t necessarily have the highest scores. Got really good financial aid and invited to the spring sampler.

Anyone else accepted without any financial aid offered? I’m kind of surprised – didn’t think we’d qualify for need based aid, but wasn’t expecting to be asked to pay full price.

Accepted with a 16k DeWitt scholarship. Congrats to everyone and good luck!

Any international student still waitingggg for decision?

Yes! It’s taking so long!!

So it will be released on Sunday then? The email says “by Sunday” hmm… is there any hope it will be released sooner?

@ambitious07 No, lol. I don’t care.

@ambitious07 Me! Unfortunately… :’( Does anybody know when they’ll be released?

im just asking for fun lol, deep down im pretty sure it’ll be out on Sunday and not before that.

They said 26th.

@mundanewarrior By the 26th. It would end up being the 26th, however.

I got in!!! I can’t believe it!!! International with approx 50K of fin aid.

Rejected. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Rejected.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

accepted - international student!

Who all got in?? I got in and I am very excited.

Thought I’d share the story ending for DD.
Accepted w/ 18k/y scholarship.
She decided not to attend accepted students day.
Apparently college size became a concern and given her undecided major, felt more comfortable with a larger school.
Other college she was accepted at were Colby, Colgate, Lafayette, URochester, Tufts.
Rejected at Brown, Colorado College, Northwestern.
Wait listed Bowdoin, WUSTL.
She decided on URochester - 19k/y scholarship.