<p>[li]Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Recs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] Personal
[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Location:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/noparse][/li]
[/quote]
You know the drill, copy and paste exactly with your stats. I'll be back later to post mine. Personally, I wouldn't set too much store by stats or this type thread, but whatever floats your boat, guys.</p>
<p>Sorry to change the format, I copied another format because I have to leave. </p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2120
SAT IIs: 750 Math 2, 760 Chem
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.97 UW, 4.5 W
Rank: 9/402
Other stats: Some AP & IB tests here and there
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: N/A
Teacher Recs: Good, very good, even great!
Counselor Rec: Awesome opossum!
Hook (if any): First Gen (?), Piano Player (sent in supp), IB candidate, have research experience
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Chico, CA
School Type/Competitiveness: Public, not very until you get to the top 10, IB
Ethnicity: Asian @_@
Gender: Female!
</code></pre>
<p>Comment: Not going to Scripps but ED-ed and accepted to HMC. I’ll be right across the street! I can’t wait to see what Scripps has to offer! Congrats to all and hope I’ll be able to meet you. Packet is lovely.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 2200 - 740 Math, 730 CR, 730 W
[</em>]SAT II: 780 US hist, 720 Latin
[<em>]ACT: 32, didn’t officially send
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: 2/242 or so
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): [AP] Human Geo (4), Latin:Vergil (3), APUSH (5), Chem (3), Calc AB (4)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good-ish. I applied for JES (but didn’t get it), so my essays were a bit rushed.
[</em>]Recs: Not horrible, I suppose.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Nope.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Volunteering, work
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First gen, I suppose. I didn’t play it up, though.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: TN
[</em>]High School Type: Med/large, rarely sends grads to ‘top’ schools
[<em>]Ethnicity: Half white, half Korean
[</em>]Gender: F (heh)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Spotty. Too lazy to list.
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, National Latin Exam - gold medal for 3 years
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Couldn’t tell ya.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Everything will work out for everyone, so no use worrying.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 2240 - 800 Verbal, 740 Writing, 700 Math
[</em>]SAT II: Biology - 750; U.S. History - 800
[<em>]ACT: –
[</em>]GPA: 3.94 UW
[<em>]Rank: ~40/~730
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Euro - 4; AP Calculus AB - 5; AP Biology - 5; AP U.S. History - 5</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I think?
[</em>]Recs: Didn’t read</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Large public school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: F (of course!)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: yearbook (heavy involvement), National Honor Society, generic volunteer work/clubs
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, generic regional awards
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed a lot of interest (ended up visiting campus at least four times, hehe), strong writing?
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: JES, will be attending in the fall [/ul]</p>
<p>Sorry in advance if I mess the formatting up.</p>
<p>Accepted JES Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 740 M, 800 W
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Math 2, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: Not ranked (~2/270)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio (5), AP Chem (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP USH (5), AP Spanish Language (5)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good I think?
[</em>]Recs: Good I suppose
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Supplemental rec from research mentor
[</em>]Summer Activities: CTY, science stuff
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CT
[</em>]High School Type: Public, sends some grads to top school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: F</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: All over the place
[</em>]Awards: Lots of school awards, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude, nothing special
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Test scores/grades
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: didn’t take
[</em>]SAT II:none
[<em>]ACT:34 Composite
[</em>]GPA:4.0uw, 4.2 w
[<em>]Rank:3/441
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AP’s English Lang(5), USH(5), Psych(5)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[</em>]Recs: One good, one ehh
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Idk…I thought i was interesting
[</em>]Summer Activities: Volunteer at community theatre (1000 hours), Work
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM(Native American)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Pittsburgh
[</em>]High School Type: Big public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White and Native American
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NFL(2 Time nat’s qualifer), Theatre(pres), Stage crew(pres), Yearbook(editor), Newspaper(columnist and copyeditor), Quiz Team(capt.) Math Team(capt)
[</em>]Awards:Nothing uber major
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m supposed to go to Smith!!!
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I was a finalist for JES, but got waitlisted…go figure</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 2170
[</em>]SAT II: French: 700 Lit: 800
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Euro, French, English. 4 on Stats</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: poured my heart into them
[</em>]Recs: amazing. english teacher said I was the most gifted she had seen in her career.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: dance dvd-ballet.
[</em>]Summer Activities: internship with a women’s health clinic, summer dance intensives at various ballet companies, international competitions for dance, ballet performances
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): was a professional dancer for a while. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: pacific northwest
[</em>]High School Type: catholic, ~600 students
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: duh…female…</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: ballet, piano, honors society, volunteer work at health clinic, french club, speech and debate, art club, asb representative, hoby representative, teacher’s award
[</em>]Awards: robeson scholar-athlete award, HOBY award, teacher’s award, gold medalist in several ballet competitions
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because i showed a lot of interest!
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] yay! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 2080
[</em>]SAT II:
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 (W: 4.2)
[<em>]Rank: 6/374
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APChem- 3, APEuro- 4
Current APs: AP Envi Sci, AP Calc, AP English</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Worked very hard on my Commonapp essay; moderately hard on supplement
[</em>]Recs: Great, unless my teachers harbor a secret hatred for me
[<em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[</em>]Summer Activities: Summer of 08: I was an exchange student. Summer of 09: Interned in a lab
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Uhh internship, exchange program, national competitions, first gen, I don’t know! :P</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northwest
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian - Middle Eastern
[</em>]Gender: lol</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, Speech and Debate, Model UN, ISEF, NHS, hosted exchange students
[</em>]Awards: Several awards here and there for the stuff above^
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a dedicated student? I also felt like I had a good interview
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 2200: 720R, 740 W, 740M
[</em>]SAT II: 630 Literature; 660 Math II; 680 US History
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.29 Weighted, 4.0 Unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 1 of 400something
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 US History; 4 Calc AB; 5 Eng Lang & Comp; currently taking AP Gov, AP Lit & Comp, and AP Biology</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not the greatest, but they apparently liked them?
[</em>]Recs: I got good recs from my two favorite teachers, so they portrayed me well.
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY in London for British Literature
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I work extensively with the National Marfan Foundation because I am affected with the genetic disorder Marfan Syndrome. I was actually in a big documentary for it, and I’m doing a drug trial study. I guess it’s pretty unique.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Chico, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public school of ~2100 students that sends few students to top schools
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female, of course</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Work with the NMF, President of Rotary Club, Science Bowl 3rd place regional, California Scholarship Federation, Winterguard, Photography Club, Various musical theater
[</em>]Awards:
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m very surprised I was accepted, actually! I only took 2 years of language and 3 years of math, and I have only taken 4 high school classes for the last 3 semesters… Couldn’t be happier, though!
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I can’t wait to visit for SADIOS! Scripps has been great in coming through with the financial aid, and I’m very excited to attend in the fall. [/ul] Um, At the bottom of my letter there was a handwritten note saying that I am a “resilient and brilliant young woman” and they do hope I say yes. Did anyone else get this?</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2150
SAT II: 790 Literature
ACT: kinda took it on a whim and don’t remember the score
GPA: 3.81
Rank: my school doesn’t rank!
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APUSH, AP English Composition, AP Calc AB</p>
<p>Essays: I’m proud of them!
Recs: Amazing!
Supplementary Material: I typed out my booklist and made it into a little recommendations/reviews pamphlet.
Summer Activities: Volunteered at a music nonprofit, supplementary language classes, work.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not sure! I know people, and play piano. </p>
<p>Personal
Location: Seatown!
High School Type: Largeish. UW is the school for those who aim high. Western is the norm.
Ethnicity: Irish/Italian/Hungarian.
Gender: F (such a surprise!)</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: 3-year member of my school’s gymnastics team, piano for 9 years, 3-year member of my school’s musical with a lead last year, started my own business.
Awards: National Merit Qualifier, CTY Scholar
Why you think you were accepted? I’m much too modest. : ) but there was a note at the bottom of my letter saying I’m the kind of “bright, energetic woman that thrives at Scripps”, so I guess my bright energy?
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m really excited to meet everyone this fall! : )</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 720M 800CR 720W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Lit 700 Math I
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.8
[<em>]Rank: top 2%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB and AP</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not as creative as I would have liked, but solid nonetheless.
[</em>]Recs: Excellent
[<em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[</em>]Summer Activities: Living/working in Europe
[li]Hook: Well rounded. President of community involvement organization.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Florida
[</em>]High School Type: Public. International Baccalaureate.
[<em>]Ethnicity: African American
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Lacrosse, Rugby, Comm service…
[</em>]Awards: Community Involvement Award
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my stats are pretty good and I conveyed that I have a personality in my essays.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT: 1800
[</em>]SAT II: 710 - bio E, 610 - chem
[<em>]GPA: N/A
[</em>]Rank: 3/105</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Recs: Awesome recs if I may say so.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Summer Activities: A couple of jobs and camp volunteer.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Location: India
[</em>]High School Type: Large, public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Female (duh)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: Not many…debate & computer club and lots of volunteer work
[</em>]Awards: A couple of awards
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m from India and I’ll increase diversity and my high school scores and essays were pretty good. But I was surprised when I was accepted coz my SAT scores werent anything special. o.O
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Excited for fall and cant wait to meet everyone !!! :D</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Counsellor & teachers said some of the best they’ve ever seen.
[</em>]Recs: Really great. I owe so much to them!
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Really good, got full marks for the analytical paper that I sent them.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Travelling, teaching kids in the villages.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: US citizen but live in Bangladesh, schooling in Malaysia.
[</em>]High School Type: Private Boarding School in Malaysia.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian - Bangladeshi
[</em>]Gender: Female, duh! :)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Environmental Activism, Student Government(Deputy Head Girl & Prefect), School Yearbook(Designer & Writer), Prom Committee President, Theatre, Community Service.
[</em>]Awards: Bronze for Duet Acting in Southeast Asia Forensics Competition
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really don’t know! SATs were so low!
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I love Scripps but I am so confused between Bard, Smith and Scripps! Any advice for me? And to the ones who is still waiting for the letter, good luck! To the ones going to Scripps in the fall, hope to meet you soon!</p>
<p>I’ve heard great things about Scripps and Smith, but I don’t know anyone who has gone to Bard. I think a major thing to consider is where you want to spend the next two/four years-- east coast or west? Both schools are very good academically, so you’ll be successful in that department either way. Smith is very liberal; Scripps is liberal as well but not as outwardly so. You may have a better time finding connections outside of the school’s resident city at Smith than at the Claremont Colleges, but really it’s what you make of your situation.</p>
<p>I’m still having trouble deciding between Scripps and another school too, so I know how you feel. Best of luck! Congrats on your acceptances!</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Solid, a little rushed but many people read them and were fairly impressed.
[</em>]Recs: Very good I’m assuming; the teachers knew me well and I did well in their classes
[<em>]Supplementary Material: The analytical paper was on affirmative action and was well-researched but very rushed and not as polished as I would have liked it to be. Received an A- on that assignment.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Internship, English teaching job, and charity project in China (all self started)
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Public, large
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female (duh)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: SD Teen Court, summer activities stated above as well as various clubs, volleyball, NHS, CSF
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist and $10,000 corporate scholarship winner
[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: While my high school record has many ups and downs, I ended my Junior year very strongly and had several summer projects that definitely helped me a lot. My essays also offered explanation for my high school performance and how it doesn’t reflect my actual aptitude as a student (proved by my SAT scores and National Merit Finalist standing). </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I’m excited that I got into Scripps but not sure if I will attend due to cost. My parents made too much last year for financial aid but our financial situation has changed drastically and so I’ll be writing a letter of explanation to Scripps. I think I will make my decision based on their response. If I still don’t receive aid then I think I might be going to UCSD. The same applies to Smith also.</p>
<p>My daughter is in the same boat – scripps v bard – and I can’t get her to talk to me about it (can you tell I"m feeling just a little frustrated?) What are you thinking? Maybe it’ll help me figure her out!</p>
Everything will work out for everyone, so no use worrying.[/ul]</p>
I also felt like I had a good interview
Any advice for me? And to the ones who is still waiting for the letter, good luck! To the ones going to Scripps in the fall, hope to meet you soon!</p>