<p>For the sake of progeny, make your post as comfortably informative as possible (i.e. at the same time, try not to make yourself too recognizable), and keep a relatively uncluttered thread. Discussion is not discouraged, but try using private messages for all the appropriate hearty congratulations due!</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<h2>Example</h2>
<p>*Decision: *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT I (by section):
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs:
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[</em>] Rank:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location):
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul] Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 M 750V 770W 12 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800Physics, 800Spanish, 780 mathiic, 780 chemistry, 760 bio, 670 literature (oops)
[<em>] GPA: 5.0625 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 5/682
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP 5's, 2 AP 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One amazing, one decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not really... Governor's school engineering?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large PUblic
[</em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 indonesian, 1/2 white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Physics and Math = strengths, english = weakness.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No interview... no hook[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
disadvantaged, low income</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290/1530
[</em>] SAT IIs:800, 780, 780
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/400
[<em>] Other stats: AP National Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Presidential Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, not great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, not great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, not great
[<em>] Hook (if any): did research in biology
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type: Public, uncompetitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: lots, with officer positions
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I really lack a strong passion in a given subject
[</em>] Other thoughts: Oh Well.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140 (770M, 710 V, 670W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 690USH 770 IIC
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 UW 4.3 UW
[</em>] Rank: 4
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on 4 Ap test, 4 on one 3 on one
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good i'm assumming
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one awesome letter, one pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Suburban
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Robotics, Rocket club founder, guitar clubs
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: good essays, and reccomendations
[</em>] Other thoughts:
WOW
I had 2 Bs in science .... but i guess my letters shined through
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2120
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 chem, 740 2c, 730 ushistory
[</em>] ACT:none
[<em>] APs:5 on chem, 5 on ushistory, 3 on spanish lang
[</em>] IBs:none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6/3.9
[</em>] Rank:2/561
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: calc,physics,govt,econ,english,art(all ap except art)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dont know, probably the only one.
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:community service clubs, NHS, MSA, cultural groups.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:hometown buffet, cell phone rep, arabic teacher.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): about track, about promoting diversity.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:didnt see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt see them.
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): no interview.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: rancho cucamonga, south cali
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[<em>] Ethnicity: egyptian
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: math 2c score too low.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: not good enough.
[/ul] Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
i guess it all depends on berkeley now.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 790 M 710 CR 680 W (2180/1500)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 Physics 760 Chem 760 US History 740 IIC
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs: World History-5 US History- 4 Chem- 5
[</em>] IBs: Math Methods SL - 6
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 9-11 UW 94.6, 12 UW 96.4, 9-11 W 97.9, 12 W 102.5
[</em>] Rank: 38-449 (9-11) 15/449 (11)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Government, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, Syracuse Project Advance English,
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 i think, possibly 3
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Bowling 4 years- 2nd team all county last season, Varsity Golf 1 year, Quiz bowl- 4 years - team on Long Island Challenge televised tournament this year (advanced to 3rd round), Mathletes-4 years, DECA- State Qualifier 2004 and 2006
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at small company doing accounts receivable (summer 2005)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I dont really remember, they werent that good though
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One really good, other one probably just above average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): It went pretty well, it was at my school
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, about 1150-1200 average old SAT
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: >150K
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks:none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths- strong upward trend, no B's since freshman year, high math and science grades- Weaknesses- average ECs, not a great SAT score, no national awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Didnt have any national ECs like Intel or Siemans, and my rank was too low
[/ul] Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I knew i wouldnt get in, so not a real shock</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 690R/680M/690W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Latin 790, US hist 720, Physics 630: OUCH
[<em>] GPA: 3.7
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I think pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): None unfortunately
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: US
[<em>] School Type: Public, exam school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Decent, prez of a club, not much though
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: Completely underqualified; scores, ECs
[</em>] Other thoughts: I expected it completely.[/ul]</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: no
* SAT I (by section): 740v.800m.720w (2260 total)
* SAT IIs: 800 x 4. one 790
* ACT: none
* APs: 5's on 8 AP's, 4 on one.
* IBs: none
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0uw/ 4.75 w
* Rank: not ranked, but top 1%?
* Senior Yr Courseload: relatively easy - 4 aps
* Number of Apps from Your School: 11?
* Other stats: 130 on AMC10.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: presidents of various clubs... not anything spectacular
* Job/Work Experience: NIH intern
* Essays (subject and responses): talked about toilets - must be original!
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: amazing
* Interview (feel and general location): went awesome!
* Hook (if any): dad did ph.D, but eh i was deferred early
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MD
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Income Bracket: middle class
* Gender: M
* Hooks: not much... county math team?
* Strengths/Weaknesses: research, good grades / no usamo stuff
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I showed passion! :] so glad after getting deferred early! good luck to everyone!
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (800M, 800CR, 730W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio-M, 780 IIC, 780 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.79 UW, 4.08 UCW
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: AP National Scholar: 5's on Comp Sci A, BC Calc, Chem, US History, Bio, Euro, Stats. 4's on Spanish Lang, and Comp Sci AB. National Merit Finalist.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Hook (if any): Siemens Westinghouse Semi, Intel Semi, Dupont Challenge Winner, Prudential Spirit of Community Award State Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: private, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: lots of research, community service, 1 club, Varsity Tennis Team, Debate, etc
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/waitlisted/denied: prolly my gpa and my being indian
[</em>] Other thoughts: ****, I'm really sad. I had really wanted to get in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780M 690V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Bio M, 740 IC
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.43 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/240
[<em>] Other stats: NM Commended, USABO Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[<em>] Hook (if any): Good math and biology credentials, good writing skills
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public, Central Valley
[</em>] Ethnicity: Russian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Soccer, Math Team, Research Experience
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I sent in a great research paper.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Good luck to all other applicants!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2370
[<em>] SAT IIs: 3x800 (iic, physics, ush)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] APs: 7x5 and 1x4
[</em>] IBs: 2x6; full diploma candidate
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/4.0
[</em>] Rank: Top 1%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Difficult - 7 courses, all AP or IB
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 7ish
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Big on Chess, a bit of leadership.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Chess teacher
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Mediocre, probably what hurt
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No clue, could have went both ways
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue, could have went both ways
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Enjoyed it, as did the interviewer by his comments.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hard to say
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public 5A
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Really none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Not really that stand-out, I guess.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Above
[/ul] Other Factors: Hard to say. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Gratz to those accepted - Judging by the flurry of rejections above, you guys really had some stunning applications!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem, Writing, Math IIC (800)
[<em>] GPA: dunno, 5/5ish
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank, and I'm not eligible anyways
[<em>] Other stats: AP's--Chem, Calc, German, CompSci; decent-but-not-great scores on math competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: not sure how I'd judge... I liked one of them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, I think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: started with "free-spirited" (we had to read them)
[<em>] Hook (if any): possibly RSI, Siemens, Intel if it could be taken into account.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: european
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: tutoring in Cambridge, science & math teams, math research
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ?
[</em>] Other thoughts: Gah! Why amn't I excited?[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390 (800 V, 800 W, 790 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750, 710, 690
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty decent I guess, tons of work went into them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Possibly my strongest part of the application
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great relationship with counselor, good rec
[<em>] Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Chicago, IL, USA
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I wish I knew!
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Recruited Athlete with decent stats and strong interest in Engineering[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
[*] Very strong committment to service</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2310 (800, 800, 710) screw writing ;-)
* SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 770 Chemistry, 770 US History
* GPA:4.0/4.7
* Rank:1/415
* Other stats: some math competitions, nothing national though
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Awesome! I really felt they conveyed the true me.
* Teacher Recs: Couldn't be better
* Counselor Rec: pretty good
* Hook (if any): nothing.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity:Asian
* Gender:Male
* major strength/weakness: all round academics and decent ECs/nothing mindblowing when it comes to awards
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I guess there were too many qualified applicants out there. It's okay though :-).
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: Caltech it is then I suppose. Still waiting for Stanford.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] SAT IIs: IC: 740, IIC: 710, Physics: 740
[<em>] GPA: 3.98UW, 4.6W
[</em>] Rank: 1/318
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation college student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Average public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Polish
[<em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Not many, math team, scholastic bowl, extra classes at CC
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: I don't think I came across very enthusiastic in my essays/interview.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Hopefully I'll get into Olin in a couple of weeks, but life goes on.</p>
<p>Fee Waiver Used?:No
SAT I (by section):M 720/ CR 750/ WR 720
SAT IIs:Physics 700/Maths IC 700/ Literature 750
ACT: -
APs: -
IBs: -
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:I am in the English school system so I have no GPA. I Got 10 A* at GCSE [A* is the highest grade you can get] and 4 high As at AS Level [A is the highest mark]
Rank:Top 10%
Senior Yr Courseload:Taking 4 A Levels this year [most take 3]
Number of Apps from Your School: 2</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>EC: Managing Director of a Young Enterprise Company, Play Timpani in school orchestra
Job/Work Experience: One week in the Research and Development Department in Lloyd's Register in London
Essays (subject and responses): I guess they must have been ok... I wrote about how living in London has shaped me.
Teacher Recs:Really good.
Counselor Rec:Really good.
Interview (feel and general location):In an office building in Canary Wharf. It felt ok. I think we clicked...
Location/Person:London, UK
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Private school. Around 70 people in my year.
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Female
Hooks:High Grades, Won a UK National Engineering prize, Sent in some of my design work
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:No clue! There were soooo many qualified candidates... I'm sure luck must have played a part.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:I am really happy and excited about the whole thing! Bring on March 30th!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2150 (760M, 680R, 710W)
* SAT IIs: 780 math iic, 750 chem, 610 U.S. Hist
* GPA: 89 UW, 101 W
* Rank: 13/448 (now 15)
* Other stats: Hard ass senior courseload!
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I tried my best and thought they were good
* Teacher Recs: Excellent I feel
* Counselor Rec: Same as teacher
* Hook (if any): AMAZING interview. 2 hrs one day and guy called me back for another 2 hr interview.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country:Texas
* School Type:Public IB
* Ethnicity: Hispanic
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: I suk at English but do well in all other areas
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:I think I was accepted because...... well my stats were competitive enough and my interview went well</p>
<p>Goodluck to everyone else!!!!!!! If you don't get in don't worry because there is more to life than study... </p>
<p>P.S.- Sorry couldn't help the big font. Too excited!!!!!!!</p>