Official 2016 RD Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvey Mudd College
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<p>[ size=+3][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] 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.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Bit of a different format.</p>

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (790 CR/800 M/770 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800x3 Math 2, Physics, Chem, 780 US Hist, 770 Bio M
[<em>]GPA: 3.91 UW (Bs in 10th grade chem, 11th grade English, AP English, AP Japanese)
[</em>]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 9% according to UCs
[<em>]AMC: 93 AMC 12, 102 AMC 10
[</em>]AP: Calc BC, Chem, CS A, Lang, Music, Phy B, Phy C (both), Psych, Stats, US Hist (all 5 except Music and E&M). Planned: Bio, Lit, Japanese, Econ (both), E&M retake.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent
[</em>]Teacher Recs: probably decent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably decent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research mentor rec
[li]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Very competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Math/science competitions - USAMTS, JETS-TEAMS (now TSA-TEAMS) varsity captain, FIRST Tech Challenge, etc. Astrophysics research. Admin of school web portal and wiki. Co-president of Computer Science Club. Piano. AwesomeMath Summer Program. CTY.
[</em>]Awards: NACLO Invitational qualifier, USAMTS Honorable Mention, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Scores
[</em>]Weaknesses: Everything else
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Application was OK, not great
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accept: CMU (SCS), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UIUC, UCSD, UC Irvine, Cal Poly
Watlist: Caltech, Cornell
Reject: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: I would go to Berkeley or CMU over Mudd anyway. Good luck to you all!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (first & only sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 780 Physics, 780 US History, 740 French
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 13 exams
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial, Music, Orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Private Violin Teacher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at school, Church Choir musician
[</em>] Summer Activities: None, really
[<em>] Essays: Mock Trial for Common App. Why HMC felt good. Additional Essay was about scientific exploration (pretty much a carbon copy of what I sent to Caltech).
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Should have been good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been good as well
[</em>] Additional Rec: Was definitely good
[li] Interview: Fun!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Large Public (close to 3000 kids)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$100K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Objective Stats, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Dearth of major awards or unique EC’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the admissions committee saw my great interest for the sciences in my essays.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>Accepted: Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech., UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Pomona College, Harvey Mudd, Princeton, Yale</p>

<p>Waitlisted: Harvard & Claremont McKenna</p>

<p>Rejected: Caltech & Stanford[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (790 M, 740 CR, 670 W, 7 essay)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (36 M, 36 E, 36 S, 34 R, 8 essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 on Math II and Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/480
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP US Gov’t, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, British Literature, Speech, Spanish 3
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, 1st in School on AMC 10 and twice on AMC 12, qualified for AIME this year (don’t know yet about USAMO), Boys State, Candidate for Presidential Scholars Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans, Quiz Bowl (Co-captain for 4 years), National Honors Society (President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 months at Target (seasonal)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff with my church, an essay addressed this
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing of note–just babysitting my siblings
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low to mid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 total: 630CR, 700M, 670W (11 Essay)
[</em>] ACT: 34C, 35E/35M/35R/31S/10 Essay
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/365
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (4), USH (4), AP Lang (5), APCompSci (4), AP Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, Honors Physics (Excellent midyear report)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Only a few state art awards and a lot of school-level awards. AP Scholar w/ Distinction.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Committee Head), Varsity Tennis - 3 Years, Academic Team, French Club, NHS, Spanish Club, International Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours, volunteered in an animal shelter.
[</em>] Summer Activities: not much of anything. lol Vacation.
[<em>] Essays: Great!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One great, one okay.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: The guidance counselor is new this year so hopefully good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none.
[li] Interview: none.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, Essays, location?
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It has to be because of my essays.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Williams, Emory, Clemson, Furman, Wofford, and GaTech.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Accepted!!! I can’t believe this! Hopefully I’ll be going to the admitted student days! Hope to see some of you there. :’)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 (800M, 720R, 710W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore: 2270 (800M, 720R, 750W)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 26/406
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: ~10
[li] Major Awards: USAMO qualifier, first place at state math competitions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Math Team, many orchestras
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 1/1/12
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks: First place in state math competitions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong extracurriculars and prestigious accomplishments
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of “diversity”
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck!
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing at all; I made a plan and stuck to it and it worked out!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I’m a triplet</p>

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<p>Accepted
SAT I (breakdown): 2110, 740 (math), 680 (writing), 690 (reading)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 790 (math 2), 750 (Physics)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/536
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Physics B (4), AB Calc (5), English III (4), US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and a Fine Arts</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin, Piano, Knowledge Bowl (3 years team leader), SkillsUSA (President at school and State Officer), Ultimate Frisbee, Cross Country (4 years Varsity), Soccer (select), Track (2 Years Varsity), Spring Musical
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting and Teaching Piano
Volunteer/Community service: Intern for United Way and active Volunteer
Summer Activities: Travel (Italy, Greece, Paris, Australia, Mexico, Canada)</p>

<p>Essays: Father’s life-threatening surgery (CommonApp), Why I :heart:ed Harvey Mudd, and about being discriminated against as a girl going into engineering.
Teacher Recommendation: One from Chemistry teacher, one from English Teacher/Knowledge Bowl Advisor/Cross Country Coach
Counselor Rec: Don’t know, but I’m sure he represented me well
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Felt really comfortable and confident that it went well.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Washington
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Large Public (2200 students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class (~80k)</p>

<p>Strengths: Strong, clear voice. Lots of extra-curriculars, good leadership
Weaknesses: Scores probably could have been better. But oh well :slight_smile:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know I gave off a good impression. I LOVE Harvey Mudd and I am sure that came off in my application. All my hard work for 12 years feels like it’s finally paying off. :slight_smile:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Pacific Lutheran University, Santa Clara University
Wait Listed: Brown University
Rejected: MIT, CalTech, Princeton, Stanford</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):630 W 730 M 640 CR (2000)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:Math II (730); Biology M (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Spanish Lang, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP US Gov, AP MacroEcon, AP English Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):FBLA (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Work/Study Intern at my school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:tutor for local elementary school
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays:must have been great since my stats didn’t get me rejected
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:both awesome (teachers got other kids into stanford)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:great
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[li] Interview:none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:relgious private
[</em>] Ethnicity:hispanic
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket:100-115k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:essays and recs
[</em>] Weaknesses:grades/sat scores!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:essays saved me from getting rejected. So happy I’am at least waitlisted to this awesome school
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Cornell!!!, USC, Cal Poly Pomona
Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd
Rejected: Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly SLO, CalTech</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: congrats to everyone who got in! and waitlisted! it’s still an honor since harvey mudd is amazing in the STEM fields. Anyone know what chance a waitlister has of getting in?</p>

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<p>For S: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800M, 790CR, 730W)
ACT: didn’t take it
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 730 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 55554 in all math and physics
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Physics research, Physics 406 (optics at univ.), AP Lit, Arabic 102 (at community college), US History (at community college), AP Chem (self-study), Worldviews and Issues</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Semis (3X), AIME (3X), Nationally ranked in chess for age, NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, ARML team and Physics Bowl team up there nationally, too</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tons of music (university orchestra, rock violinist, church worship, teaching, recording, etc), math and physics competitions, math circle, varsity baseball, competitive chess, swing dance</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Math tutor, university physics tutor, professional violinist, violin teacher Apx. 15 hours a week</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Violin teaching for low income students; math tutoring; worship leader (guitar/vocals), violinist</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Physics research; professional violinist for local theater company; travel baseball; working (math tutor)</p>

<p>Essays: Favorite essay was, “Calculus is Like Sucking My Thumb”; Strong essays</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations: Really, really, really good (Physics prof, math mentor, AP lit teacher)</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I wrote it! (Homeschool mom)</p>

<p>Additional Rec: </p>

<p>Interview: On campus</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ca
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Home school
Ethnicity: 1/2 Puerto Rican, 1/2 Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70-80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Well rounded, national awards, strong leadership, graduate level physics research, lots of college classes</p>

<p>Weaknesses: Not perfect test scores and not a lot of them; no science fair competitions; lopsided transcripts (though not for a STEM school) </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded?</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted: Princeton, MIT, Caltech, U Penn, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, U Pitt, UT Dallas, Baylor</p>

<p>General Comments: Yay!</p>

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<p> Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (740CR 780 M 770W) (1 sitting)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 French, 750 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A too few people
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5) in 10th grade, Phys C: Mech (5), French Lang (5), English Lang and Comp (4) in 11th
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Mostly math–diff eq, multivariable calc–and science–physics, and then history
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honors–heh took only 4 of them, National French Contest silver and bronze medals, but they’re not hard to get. HMMT B division 7th place team, but that was in middle school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research in math, a (laid-back) youth orchestra, a plaque for volunteering on viola/violin for 5 years in a professional orchestra, maybe two more orchestras but not many more, working and volunteering for French Summer Camp, ARML math team, Grader for Art of Problem Solving, brown belt karate–like I just got a brown belt in December, watching siblings
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: bah see above
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: and see above
[</em>] Summer Activities: physics camp that was not hard to get into, string institute, research, camp counseling
[<em>] Essays: I was really against affirmative action, said something about how I would really contribute to diversity. My extracurric essay was a little cliche about research. I just told them what I knew about Harvey Mudd, and I mentioned how I attended a professor’s lecture.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, and one of the teachers is my mom.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.<br>
[</em>] Additional Rec: I guess it was good, but it had typos.<br>
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Private Math/Science
[</em>] Ethnicity: Withheld, but Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: I applied for financial aid I won’t say more</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: wait a little
[</em>] Weaknesses: I didn’t win major science and math awards. I got up to AIME once, and I was crazy close to not making it.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: OK. The admissions officer for my area said because I was advanced in a broad range of STEM fields. I was also interested in music, martial arts (with math they’re my three m’s!) and I was confident but humble. Harvey Mudd is really personal and will actually tell you about the admissions officers’ impressions.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Rice, USC, and UMCP. Waitlisted at Caltech, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Washington University, Chicago. Rejected by (gosh!) Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Duke, um what are the other USNWR top ranked colleges, UPenn, Cornell, Stanford, MIT. </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Just decided to go to Mudd. Intend to study math.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+3][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2070
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II:800-Math II 760-Physics
[ *] weighted GPA (out of 100.0): 103.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 13- too many to list
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Physics II, comp sci study I, comp sci study II, economics/government, English AP, band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of band and orchestra. First chair three years in a row.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: really good waitlist essay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Really good public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket:~150,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):oboe</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: showed a lot of interest
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores and freshman grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted becaused I was average, accepted because I showed a lot of interest.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UT, Colorado School of Mines. Waitlist: Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University. Rejected: Cornell, U Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, MIT</p>

<p>Sorry it’s really short. Just got in and really excited. </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>