Official 2011 SCEA Decisions

Colleges & Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 640 CR, 730 M, 720 W</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 710 Math2C 680 US History
GPA: 3.95 UW 4.1 W
Rank: 9/382</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Were unique showed who i was. Rushed them a bit. 4 days before deadline..
Teacher Recs: One teacher really good. Other was just good.
Counselor Rec: did not even fill anything.
Hook (if any): cant seem to think of one...
ECS: Chess play nationally around country
Chess tutoring
Math Club
Community service
Tennis</p>

<p>Location/Person: </p>

<p>State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Russian + Ukrainian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: No legacy-
General Comments: shoud've spent more time on essays? poor sat's? good thing i got accepted to UMICH today :)</p>

122

<p>hey backfire what school do you go to? im from mich too</p>

123

<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800v,800m,800w,2400c
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 780 physics, 780 APUSH, 780 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw, 4.0 w
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: All excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One probably great, one probably decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, new counselor
[</em>] Hook (if any): Started a game development website that collects donations for charity.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VA
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Debate awards, community service club leadership, crew participant
General Comments: Looking forward hopefully to RD!</p>

124

<p>Oh man. I joined CollegeConfidential the summer after my freshman year. I've been dreaming of Stanford ever since I read a Matt Christopher biography about John Elway. I've been waiting a long time to do this. Here goes...</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED **
*Stats: *[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (800 M, 760 V, 710 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2400 (800 Math Level 2, 800 Physics, 800 World History)
[<em>] GPA: 4.54 Weighted, 3.93/4.0 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but supposedly I am top 2-3% according to my counselor(class size: 174)
[li] Other stats: 5's on AP World, Spanish, US History, Comp Sci AB</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ <em>] Essays: I didn't think they were that great. On Stanford's admission website, it stresses the importance of making sure that your "voice" comes through. After reading all of my short answers and long essay once through, it sounded as if 4 different people wrote them for me.
My extracurricular essay talked about piano, and I liked this one although it was very dry and serious.
My intellectual experience essay was absolute garbage. I wrote it the day the application was due and it was awful. I almost withdrew my Stanford EA app with the hopes of submitting fresh essays, just because of this short answer. I'm glad I didn't!
My roommate essay talked about how all my friends are nasty skiiers but I'm a completely terrible one. I liked this one a lot.
Finally, for my long essay, I basically took my Common App essay and slapped on 3 sentences in the beginning about a picture...I wrote about how I've had the same barber for 13 years of my life, and how the barbershop is one place where I really find peace.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 11th grade AP US teacher: should have been glowing. This man loved me, and we were close.
11th grade honors precalc teacher: his best student last year, although I wasn't very close to him.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, I think.
[</em>] Hook (if any): East coast? Athletic Asian kid who also does well in music? Also sent in a piano tape, and last spring I won first prize at MMTA (state piano competiton).
[/ul]Location/Person:*[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: The great state of Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Wealthy suburban public, about 650 students total.
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN (half korean, half chinese)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
**Extracurriculars:
**Other Factors: When the Stanford dude came to our school he stressed "love of learning" and taking advantage of academic opportunity, which is really more important than taking like 6 APs and having a 2400. I think that really helped me, b/c during my summers I took classes (Harvard SSP/Phillips Andover Writing workshop) and pursued my passion in politics. I interned for a state senator two summers in a row, and this summer worked on a governor's campaign. I think that taking advantage of every opportunity, and making those opportunities when none exist, is important for all the top schools *
*General Comments: Work hard, do what you love, try new things, get involved as deeply as possible in whatever you do, follow your interests but also try and be good at them, take advantage of every opportunity, and HAVE FUN. Good luck to everyone!!!! *</p>

125

<p>deferred...
im a bit bummed out right now</p>

126

<p>"hey backfire what school do you go to? im from mich too"</p>

<p>i go to Dearborn HS</p>

<p>how about you? crambook or country day? haha</p>

127

<p>Michelle Wie got in</p>

128

<p>hahahaha gotta love that for canker sores</p>

129

<p>i was..............accepted</p>

130

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: None (Took December SATII, Results Pending)
[<em>] GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A but counselor wrote top 10% (I score at the top of most of my A-Level classes)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I spent a lot of time on them, so I guess my effort paid off.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Represented Country at Regional Math Olympiad and International Physics Olympiad. Won small awards.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Brunei Darussalam
[</em>] School Type: Government
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Did not apply for Financial Aid.
General Comments: I'm very excited about being accepted, but unfortunately I can't share my joy with many of my friends and acquaintances. Hardly anyone here knows where or what Stanford is! :D</p>

131

<p>Benzocaine,
Is it really true that Michelle Wie was accepted? How did you find that out?</p>

132

<p>reporting for a friend:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: ~1940
[ *] SAT IIs: all in 600 range
[ *] GPA: 4.4
[ *] Rank: Top 5%
[ *] Other stats: ACT: 29
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: i'm assuming wonderful
[ *] Counselor Rec: no idea
[ *] Hook (if any): Legacy
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: she's excited and i'm excited for her [ /b]</p>

133

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2370 composite
SAT IIs: 800MII, 770Bio, 770USHistory
GPA: 3.9/4.3
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I liked them.
Teacher Recs: No idea.
Counselor Rec: See above
Hook (if any): No "real" hook.
State or Country: Indiana
School Type: Public (500 in class)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Extracurriculars: Music centered/diverse, started community service music program, some office positions, sports.
General Comments: For those who didn't, I'm feelin' for you. It's not over yet - you'll get where you need and want to be.</p>

<p>For those who got accepted: is stanford your #1? Or will you still be applying to other schools (and where)?</p>

134

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:
[ *] SAT: CR: 790 Math: 730 Writing: 730 (Only took once)
[ *] SAT IIs: Math 1: 800 Math 2: 760 Literature:760 Physics:700
AP:
[ *] GPA: 3.87/4.45
[ *] Rank: 8/275
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Now that I have been accepted and see everyone elses stats, I think they must have been well written. I wrote one about cheerleading, one about how I have used physics to learn to tumble and my roomate essay was a story about how i learned that respecting people and liking them are two different things through soccer. They really defined me I guess
[ *] Teacher Recs: Awesome, spanish teacher, whom I have had for 4 years and now for the first AP Spanish class ever at my school and physics teacher, whom won the presidential teaching award last year. Also had a great rec from my cheer coach who is like as second mother.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome...we're like best friends. She gave me her cel # to call when I found out.
[ *] Hook (if any): Cheerleader from Iowa who plays other sports too? 1st in state cheerleading? 2nd in state soccer? I don't even know.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][
[ *] State or Country: Iowa
[ *] School Type: Medium sized public with good academics. I am one of the first to apply to stanford and the only one to ever be accepted.
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments: I wasn't really expecting it because I didn't have alot of help or have anything to go off of because I don't know a single person who has ever applied there except people on cc.</p>

<p>I'm also taking a big variety of classes, a calc 2 class online, a psych class at community college and 3 APs and an honors class at my high school.</p>

135

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2240 composite M/C/W 760/730/750
SAT IIs: 790MII, 670Bio, 680 chem, 700USHistory
GPA: 4.0/4.33
Rank: N/A (in the top 4% though)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Definitely good. Definitely original. If anyone really wants to they can read them.
Teacher Recs: No idea.
Counselor Rec: No idea.
Hook (if any): I did very well in the science fair in Engineering and won many awards, I'm taking Multivariable Calculus at Berkeley (oops maybe that's an anti hook? =P) I also have Stanford legacy all over the place.
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Extracurriculars: Track and Field, Women's Wrestling, Cross Country, etc.
General Comments: Congrats to all who got in, to those deferred, don't give up hope, and to those rejected, I know you're really sad, but when you get to college and you're really happy, you won't think much about it again.</p>

136

<p>decision: deferred :(</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2200 (730 CR, 760 M, 710 W, only took it once)
SAT IIs: 750, 720 (soph. year); 800, 800 (jr year)
GPA: 5.04ish uw
Rank: i don't know; i think within top 5 of 84
Other stats: not many EC's, i'm a rower, so i put almost all of my time into crew and training
Subjective:
Essays: i wasn't too wild about them; editors said they were good
Teacher Recs: good i think, but didn't see them
Counselor Rec: no idea
Hook (if any): NONE- no legacy (actually double at princeton...), not recruited, not minority
Location/Person:
State or Country: philadelphia suburbs
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
General Comments: would you think that a princeton double legacy would hurt me in that they would just assume princeton's actually my first choice?? well it's not</p>

137

<p>Sheldon0879 wrote: "Other Factors: When the Stanford dude came to our school he stressed "love of learning" and taking advantage of academic opportunity, which is really more important than taking like 6 APs and having a 2400. I think that really helped me, b/c during my summers I took classes (Harvard SSP/Phillips Andover Writing workshop) and pursued my passion in politics. I interned for a state senator two summers in a row, and this summer worked on a governor's campaign. I think that taking advantage of every opportunity, and making those opportunities when none exist, is important for all the top schools."</p>

<p>This statement is extremely true and is basically the basis upon which I got in. My school offers a lot of APs but only took one. For awhile I thought that would be the deathblow to my application, but over the summers I strove to do things that woudl seperate my application and try to convey to them that although I ddin't have the hardest course load, I was still willing to challenge myself. (after freshman year: Phillips Exeter summer school; after sophomore year: stuided chinese in beijing while living with host families; after junior year: attended stanford high school summer college and aced my classes). Also, I started out freshman year with only one honors; sophomore year I had two honors, junior year I took 4 and senrior year I took a bunch and a college Chinese course. Also, my gpa started out at 4 and rose each year to eventually 4.33 uw as my classes became harder.</p>

138

<p>Congratulations, guys!! And pyleela -- good job for being an Indian getting in (: I'm so tempted to check online but I'm waiting for the mail (I feel like today is the day).. wish me luck, guys! I'll be sure to update you all and update the wiki when I get my results (unless I've flung myself off a bridge or something)</p>

139

<p>Status: Defered!!!!!!! I'm actually really happy about it because I didn't think I had a chance lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>White Male, CA attending Parochial school</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (CR 770 W 720 M 690) took it three times
SAT II: 710 Math II (out of two times, got a 680 the first time), 710 US History, 700 Literature, 670 World History
ACT: 29 Comp, 33 M, 31 E, 28 R, 25 S, 10 on essay, 32 English/Writing
GPA: 4.586 Weighted, 4.0 Unweighted
Rank: 3/161 (school rewards people for taking study hall instead of another class, like Art, even though I got an A, which lowered my ranking)
Have taken most rigorous courses my school offers (1 AP Soph, 2 APs Junior, 4 APs Senior)</p>

<p>AP: (ughh)
World History - 4
Literature - 4
US History - 3 </p>

<p>ECs:
Key Club 9-12 Fresh Rep, VP (10th and 12th grades)
Associated Student Body 9-12 Soph VP
National Honors Society 11-12 Secretary (12th grade)
"The Premier" school newspaper 11-12 "The Happenings" section writer
National Art Honors Society 11-12 Events Coordinator (12th grade)
Volunteer at Alzheimer Center 10-12 plays piano and games (1hr/wk, 52wk/yr)
Advocates for Hope Club 11-12 member
USTA Team Tennis/Lessons 9-12 (13hr/wk, 52 wk/yr) our team made it to sectionals this year, where we will play this weekend
Private Piano Lessons every week</p>

<p>Summer:
Chem 130 at community college (A-)
Youth Citizenship Seminar (had to be selected by school administrators and have application accepted by YCS)
National Student Leadership Seminar on Forensic Science in Wash. DC (received award for "Leading an Investigation and Always Smiling" and took a Journalism Ethics Class while I was there, got an A-)</p>

<p>Other Community College Classes:
Italian 180A (A)
will be taking Chem 180 next spring</p>

<p>Awards:
“Top Student in English” Award: 9, 11
“Top Student in Mathematics” Award: 11
“Top Student in Physical Science” Award: 11
“Top Student in French” Award: 11
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Current Classes:
AP French Language (A)
AP English Language/Composition (A)
AP Calculus A/B (A+)
AP Government/Politics (A+)
Senior Bible (A)</p>

140

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Math 760, CR 690, Writing 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 780, Chem 730, Lit 680
[<em>] GPA: 96%
[</em>] Rank: no rank, but probably top 2% of 125
[<em>] Other stats: 7 APs. Chem 4, US Hist 3, Spanish Lang 3.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i loved them, they were original.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: from what i hear, amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great. he was my lit teacher for a year, so i know him well.
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, work 25hr a week as Assistant-manager
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>Awards/Honors:
-AP Scholar
-Hispanic Scholar
-Latino Community Leadership Seminar at Notre Dame
-Placed third in state: National Spanish Exam</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: first from family to go to a 4 year college. first from my school to get accepted to Stanford.
General Comments: WOOOO!!!!! I'm still in shock.</p>