Oberlin RD 2022 Results

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred [/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected [/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major and College:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :

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**Decision: Accepted /b

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1440 (didn’t send)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 superscored)
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know (weighted: 3.84/4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):49/276
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Euro and AP USH: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):IB Econ and IB Physics: 4
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL, IB English HL, IB Chem HL, IB Music Theory SL, IB French 5 HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Cello since I was 8 (made All-State and All-Eastern in 11th grade)
-Swimming for all of high school (sectional stuff don’t remember)
-Lots of random clubs
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee(10th and 11th Grade)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local Observatory (11th and 12th grade)
Summer Activities: Camps
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App essay: 7? Meh didn’t really think it was that good.
Oberlin Supplement: ??? Don’t even remember writing it so it can’t be that great.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:English Teacher (9)
Teacher Rec #2:Math Teacher (7)
Counselor Rec:Don’t really know her (5?)
Additional Rec: Nah
Interview: Nope

Other: Sent supplement of cello playing, which definitely helped me out.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major and College: Poly Sci/Cello Performance/Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada

Reflection
got a $24,000 per year scholarship which definitely pushes me towards this college. Also great music program is a big plus.

Strengths: Good ACT, IB Diploma Candidate, Cello
Weaknesses: GPA, class rank, Asian
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See Strengths
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted at: Binghamton University
Waitlisted at: Colgate, Hamilton, Middlebury
Rejected at: JHU, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore (XD)
Still waiting for: UMich, Cornell, Vassar, Yale

General Comments :Glad this is an option for me, and thinking of double majoring in something and cello performance since the LAC and conservatory are intertwined.

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**[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]/b

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1300 (didn’t send it in)
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted: 4.43
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/505 (?)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History [3], APUSH [3], Calc AB [3], English Lang [4], Spanish Lang [5]
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Art History, Japanese 7/8
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots and lots of Girl Scouts (pre-9th-12th), Academic League (10th-12th), Academic Decathlon (12th)
Job/Work Experience: 6 months at Vons grocery
Volunteer/Community service:Girl Scouts, Wildcoast, various small events
Summer Activities: CIT at Girl Scout day camps
Essays (rating 1-10, details): solid 7 for my common app (looking back it could’ve been better towards the end), 8 on my supplement (visited the school and I’d say I sounded convincing)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Japanese teacher (6)
Teacher Rec #2: Math Teacher (9)
Counselor Rec: idk either she’s in charge of like 500 other kids
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: He kept saying “wow” so I’m gonna go with an 8

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:Oh yeah
Intended Major and College: Creative Wrtiting
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Latina (Mexican)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $60k-$70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): uh, if 1st gen in the US counts for anything

Reflection: Great aid, good scholarship, friendly atmosphere, small class size, one of the leading colleges for my major, so I’ll probably end up with this school in the end

Strengths: Good grades, good writer, honestly no idea, decent ACT
Weaknesses: my math and science scores (got perfect results on the English and Reading on the ACT but math and science pulled me under)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Besides my strengths, probably because I made it obvious that I really wanted to be accepted at that school

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

Accepted: Emory, Kenyon, UC Berkeley, Hamilton
Rejected: Northwestern, Columbia
Wait-listed: Barnard, Oxford
Waiting: Stanford

General Comments: Probably gonna join the class of 2022 unless I get some unbeatable offer, so see you all there!

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Son accepted!

ACT 35
SAT 1520
subject SATs - not positive, between 730-780 on chemistry, math, literature
UW GPA 4.0
7 APs
Lots of music - first chair orchestra, pit ensembles, jazz, marching band, other ensembles
President of NHS, captain academic team, in science olympiad

Probable chemistry or physics major.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I: didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 31, 36 English, 36 Reading, 27 Math, 26 Science
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2 cumulative (I know, I know. I had a crazy upward trend though)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unsure
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang and APUSH: 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit, German 3 Honors, Pre-Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President/leadership roles in many different clubs, all clubs very, very active and organized lots of large-scale events
Job/Work Experience: 3 Internships in Germany summer after freshman year, work as a prep cook, busser, food runner, and expo at a restaurant, currently a Finance Intern with a congressional campaign
Volunteer/Community service: Every year on MLK National day of Service
Summer Activities: Varied, always productive
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay: I think it was good, and unique as well. I’d say an 8.
Oberlin Supplemental Essay: Decent, I mentioned my love of the liberal arts and specific things about Oberlin that I liked. I’d give it a 9.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Probably not that great, or anything super special.

Teacher Rec #1: History Teacher (6)
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher (6)
Counselor Rec: Probably good (8)
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Yes, went well I think

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major and College: Arts and Sciences, unsure of major
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k plus
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: My EC’s, my essays, and interview
Weaknesses: My first two years of high school, and my math and science ACT scores
Why do you think that you got accepted/rejected: Honestly, I was surprised to be accepted, but I think that my essays, demonstrated interest, and Oberlin’s holistic admissions helped.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Oberlin, Bard, University of Vermont, Denison
Rejected: Kenyon after deferral ED1, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Vassar

General Comments :