<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2380
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 790 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 89.9 (highest GPA in class was 93)
[</em>] Rank: 17/1066
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I think they were the best part of my application.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I go to a pretty prestigious and very competitive high school in Taiwan (if that counts), I'm one of the probably very few Chinese who wants to major in Comparative Literature, I emphasized my passion for literature, and I write pretty well for someone who hasn't been in the states since four.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Taiwan, R.O.C.
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese (Taiwanese)
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: **I really liked my essays. :)
**General Comments:Oh...My...God...It's 7:00 in the morning, I barely slept, it seems like a dream :) :)</p>
<p>SAT: Writing: 730 Math: 740 C.R.: 800
SAT II: Spanish: 650 Lit. : 700 Math II: 750
ACT: 35 (on each section)
GPA ~3.9
Hooks: Lots of travel experience, from a tiny town in an underrepresented state, double legacy...god i don't know I'm just really happy!!!!!!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED! I'm guessing my hook was the fact that I took classes there over the summer and got A+'s. Oh and I studied abroad in China while living with host families.</p>
<p>Oh yea, stats:
SAT: 2270; Math: 700, Reading: 770, Writing: 800
SAT IIs: Math IIc: 740, Math Ic: 770, Literature: 650, World History: 650, Biology: 590 (freshman year, so I'm assuming they ignored it)
GPA: 4.14</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2330 (750 Critical Reading, 800 Math, 780 Writing)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 730 Chemistry 690 Bio M (at time of application, now I also have 780 US History)
[ *] GPA: 3.98 Unweighted GPA, 4.82 Weighted GPA
[ *] Rank: School doesnt rank, but Im in the top 1-2%
[ *] Other stats: APs: Bio-5, Calc BC-5, Calc AB Subscore-5, World History-4, Computer Science-4, English Language and Composition-5, Govt. and Politics-4, Statistics-4
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Completely awesome! Very unique. Will tell about my topics later.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Awesome. One was a pure glowing rec, and the other was more specific to my research (bio teacher)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Had an interview with her the day before she wrote it and told her to emphasize my personality, people skills, and extracurriculars.
[ *] Hook (if any): Founded a Club that is currently building a BattleBot for the BattleBot Competition, 400+ hours of community service in retirement homes(used knowledge of 4 languages to break the language barrier), Alternative Energy Research
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]
Wow, I couldnt be happier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (750 V, 790 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 760 Chem, 750 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.35 W
[</em>] Rank: No rankings
[<em>] Other stats: APs: US History 5, Chem 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought one of the short essays was awesome, but the other three were mediocre at best.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: (principal rec) - Couldn't be that strong, I was twitching the whole time.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
Well, I think the attitude speaks for itself.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 750R/730M/780W --> 2260
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry: 800 Math II: 800 Biology M: 780 (but didn't send the Bio)
[<em>] GPA: 3.95
[</em>] Rank:19/335
[<em>] Other stats: A bunch of State/Regional Math and Science Competition and a Harvard Photo Competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I liked them :)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Never got to read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never got to read
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm president of most of my schools organizations
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Woo!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 770v,800m,790w,2350c
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 800 chem, 780 APUSH, 690 Spanish
[ *] GPA: 3.86ish uw, 4.52 w
[ *] Rank: 28/394
[ *] Other stats: 11 APs all fives and one four, NHS executive board, Siemens Competition Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I liked them, but they might have been too informal
[ *] Teacher Recs: Probably really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Alright - she doesn't really know me
[ *] Hook (if any): 2 years of research at hopkins medical, maybe? apparently not.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: Competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: indian, but I chose not to report it
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] don't think so
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] congrats to all accepted</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2270
* SAT IIs: 800,800,800,800,730
* GPA: 4.0
* Rank:none
* Other stats: cross country/track, science/math, research
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: not great
* Teacher Recs: Great
* Counselor Rec: No idea
* Hook (if any): international brain bee champion, siemens, 2 captains, 3 presidents
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MI
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 800m 720w 650v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math II 800 chem 750 bio - m
[<em>] GPA: 3.9/4 5.72/6
[</em>] Rank: 2/503
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on calc bc, bio, physics b, and chem APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i thought my long was mediocre and 2 of my short were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she seemed to love me so
[<em>] Hook (if any): bunch of activities, basically marketed myself as a culturally diverse student who is well rounded life wise, but focused more on math/science academically
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: texas
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 Thai, 1/2 Persian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: top 45 high school students in texas at math, according to texas ARML team coordinators General Comments: probably happiest moment of my life next to winning countdown at mathcounts state in 8th grade, congrats to everyone in</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: NO
SAT I (by section):
SAT IIs: 780, 760, 740
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/4.5
Rank:
ACT: 32
APs (including this year's): 5, 5, 4, 4 (three scheduled for this year)
IBs (including this year's):
Senior Yr Courseload: Most Difficult
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Many hours of community service
Job/Work Experience: Two jobs
Essays: Really good; however, noted a typo after sending the application
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None
Hook: TASP and from the South Location/Person:
State or Country: South
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban
Ethnicity: URM
Gender:F
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Absolutely thrilled!</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: 2100
[ *] SAT IIs: MATH2 800 BIO 650 HISTORY 740
[ *] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank:1/618
[ *] Other stats:;none</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: REALLY GOOD i had some errors though
[ *] Teacher Recs: goooood
[ *] Counselor Rec: good i suppose
[ *] Hook (if any) research
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:TX
[ *] School Typeublic
[ *] Ethnicity: PAKASTANI
[ *] Gender: F</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 700 V, 800 M, 730 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 690 Physics (790 in November... sent it but don't know if they saw it) 800 Math IIC 740 US History
[ *] GPA: 4.0 W, 4.9 UW
[ *] Rank: 12/660ish
[ *] Other stats: AP English Language 5, AP US History 5, AP Physics B 5, AP Chemistry 4, AP Calculus BC 5
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Spent more time on them than any school assignment ever
[ *] Teacher Recs: One I saw, awesome, the other I don't know... sort of a wildcard, also had an optional rec i never saw... 2 wildcard letters eeek!
[ *] Counselor Rec: No idea, I assume it was good
[ *] Hook (if any): Drum Corps International participant for 2 years...pretty good Euphonium/Baritone player...Rensselaer Medalist?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: Lots of music stuff/band mentoring [ /b]
[ b]General Comments: Crazy crazy crazy. I'm shaking, and in mucho disbelief. SPEND TIME ON YOUR ESSAYS. I spent 2 months laboring over them, probably put in about 100 hours into revising and overanlyzing the essays[ /b]</p>
<p>SAT IIs: 800 Math2C 800 Chem 800 Physics 780 Literature
GPA: 98
Rank: 1/350
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: SPEND TIME ON THEM. I spent a lot of time getting mine to be just as I wanted them... lots of revisions, editing, etc. NO BORING STUFF. seriously. I think they really are the only way to show who you REALLY are. I guess this is a moot point since the deadline was today but anyhow..
Teacher Recs: Did not read (one teacher I had for four years, the other for three)
Counselor Rec: Did not read
Hook (if any):
-Hours and hours and hours of lab research (bio lab researching protein folding and prions)
-4 yrs. cross country running; 4 yrs. tennis (wasn't recruited at Stanford though :( ) Also play squash at a local club.
-Published work in literary magazines throughout high school
-Class president, all four years
-Science Olympiad
-Math Olympiad
-Can speak Norwegian, am learning Ancient Norse with this crazy teacher at my school who knows everything (my grandparents in Norway are thrilled)</p>
<p>Location/Person: </p>
<p>State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Norwegian (mom) + Italian-American (dad)
Gender: Female
Other Factors: No legacy- mom went to college in Norway and Britain, Dad went to Oregon State
General Comments: !!!! SO excited! I started out the college process not knowing exactly where I wanted to go and am SO HAPPY I chose Stanford. Congrats to all ! See you in September</p>
<p>Good luck to all to who hasn't checked yet and has been deferred! For those who didn't make it, I am sure you guys will get into other equally awesome colleges!</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 800 V, 800 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Chemistry, 730 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 uw, 4.4 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/24
[li] Other stats: AP English Language 5, AP Chemistry 5, AP Calculus BC 5</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Essays: Each one was in a very different style, and the long one was really, really good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: These were awesome, no question. I'm in a small school and have really had a chance to get to know my teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I saw it...very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I emphasized, but it probably helped that I'm an American citizen living overseas in an area (the Middle East) that is becoming more and more underrepresented.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: Living in Oman, state residency in IN
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: No research, no big competitions, but I came across as a real person in my essays. General Comments: CONGRATULATIONS to everybody who got in. Condolences to those who didn't, but I know you all will end up where you'll be happiest in the end anyway. I can't wait to start going over housing forms, and I hope the rest of you who got admitted will hang around the board to continue the support network.</p>