<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: SGA (committee chair), Newspaper (editor), NHS (vp), Video Club (president), Mathleets (vice president)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[li] Other thoughts:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1750 (low i know)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 chinese
[<em>] GPA: too low
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: ~
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: so great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Hook (if any): success in hs journalism, started graphic design jobs/business.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: maryland
[<em>] School Type: public suburb
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender:female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]ECs: 3 years of volleyball, senior year captain of girls and coed teams. editor of nationally recognized paper. journalism honor society. chinese club. senior advisory. yearround internship program with school and county.
[<em>]Awards: newspaper design awards, TIME Best Newspaper in the Nation, most improved athlete 05
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: rejected b/c of my test scores/gpa, no doubt about that :(. i should have visited earlier and had an interview.
[li] other comments: now trying to figure out what to do. But, I wish all you future Colonials the best of success. I'm glad I got to chat with some of you guys[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1320/1990
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.7
Rank: no rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: good i guess
Teacher Recs: good I think
Counselor Rec: who knows
Hook (if any): none?
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public suburb
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Other Factors:
ECs: EIC of newspaper, model congress pres, debate club pres, a lot of leadership
Awards: none
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: rejected for scores I guess even though I thought they were in range. Also I didnt show any interest and applied the day it was due
other comments: waiting on Emory, miracles happen right?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220/2400 (700 Math, 750 CR, 770 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math IIC, 760 Literature
[<em>] GPA: ~3.3-3.4 UW, 3.6-3.7 W
[</em>] Rank: My school does not rank.
[li] Other stats: 5s and 4s on APs, Nat'l Forensics League member (Distinction), National Merit Scholarship</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I personally liked them, but who knows? (:
[</em>] Teacher Recs: These I know for sure were AWESOME, because I had a great relationship with the teachers I had do them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Impersonal
[</em>] Hook (if any): Interned at a Federal District Courthouse in downtown LA over the summer</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public, Suburb, v. Competetive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]ECs: Speech and Debate, Government Team [one of my school's most selective groups on campus], Internship, Interact
[</em>]Awards: Numerous Speech and Debate awards, National Merit, 3rd at Int'l Optimist Oratorical Contest
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My GPA, I'm pretty sure.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (M720 CR790 W730)
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist 730, Math 1 720, Chem 700
[<em>] GPA: 3.5 uw
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: ?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Who Knows
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]ECs: National Ocean Science Bowl team finished second nationally. Varsity tennis. Peer tutoring. Paid tutoring.
[<em>]Awards: NM Commended Student, AP Scholar
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea, there's no rhyme or reason to all of this.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: V 610 M 720 W 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2 690
[<em>] GPA: A-
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably good
[<em>] Hook (if any): obviously not
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>]ECs: various
[<em>]Awards: nothing amazing
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: midyear grades...taking 5 APs this year and frankly, i'm dying in them
[ /list]</p>
<p>congrats to everyone who got in! personally, i don't think i would have attended if i were admitted...too much $$$</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Columbia College - Human Services
Out of State - New York City
Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 680v, 660m, 700w</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770 USHist, 680 BiologyM, 620 Math IC</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9 or 94/100</li>
<li>Rank: top 8%</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Amazing</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Touching and amazing</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Touching and stupendous</li>
<li>Hook (if any): poor jewish kid from Brooklyn making a difference?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: New York</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White/Jewish</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments: I have 7 schools to choose from. UVA Echols is probably my top choice right now.</p>
<p>Accepted-Pre Med(dont know my official major though)</p>
<p>SAT-OK(I dont like to post my scores)
SATII-Really high
GPA-UW 3.4 W 4.1
ECS- A lot mostly in the performing arts
Essays- I put a lot of effort into them. My school's IB director loved the "why george washington essay"
Recs-Okay
Hooks- Hispanic from florida</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2000 (710 Math, 660 Writing, 630 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (Math Level 2), 700 (US History), 670 (Writing)
[<em>] GPA: 3.5
[</em>] Rank: unknown
[<em>] Other stats: 4 on AP US History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Best ones; this was my first choice.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Best ones.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): IELP (I really want to be a patent attorney); special circumstances described GPA in essay
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California, US
[<em>] School Type: Public, fairly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]ECs: United Synagogue Youth, Scouts (almost Eagle!), JSA, Amnesty
[<em>]Awards: Best Website (USY), GPA
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My hook, and I'm a pretty cool guy.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 lit, 660 math2c, 660 bio
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 94W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: ?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked em
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been very very positive
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Relatively good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: respected public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]ECs: lots of personal music and music+charity, Model UN awards/president, stuff like that
[</em>]Awards: NHS, NspanishHS, Model UN stuff, music stuff
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: high ACT score definitely helped out
[</em>] anyone else waiting to hear about 6-year BA/JD program to make their decision?
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 on US History
[<em>] GPA: Decent - Odd scale at my school
[</em>] Rank: Unknown, abolished at my school (somewhere in top 10%)
[<em>] AP's: 5 on US History, 4 on European History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, could have been more polished
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Assumed to be decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Assumed to be decent as well
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Region: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factor:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurricular: Quiz Bowl, Debate, Cycling
[</em>] Possible reason for waitlist status: First semester senior grades were not so hot due to prolonged illness - fell behind.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT IIs: 640 English, 620 Math Level I
[</em>] GPA: 3.4 UW, 4.8 W
[<em>] Rank: 235 out of 635
[</em>] Other stats: Took 10 APs & 4 Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): Visited the campus
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Elite public (ranked in top 100)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]ECs: Job, Community Service, Newspaper Editor
[</em>]Awards: Most Talented Writer, State Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Absolutely terrible 1st semester grades[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1910
SAT IIs: 510 Lit, 580 Chemistry, 770 Math IIC.
GPA: 3.63/4.0 weighted (because of bad grades transferred from Korea)
Rank: N/A, guestimated top 20~25%
Other stats: AMC 12B Winner, I broke the school's record.
Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Amazing
Counselor Rec: FANTASTIC! (Yes, I mean it!)
Hook (if any): 3 years of American life, I started from ESOL to IB English HL
Location/Person:
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Ghetto Public
Ethnicity: Korean American
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
ECs: Editor-in-Chief of the Literary and Arts Magazine, lots of clubs...
Awards: NM Finalist
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I challenged myself so much... Three years ago, I was an idiot studying simple English grammar. Now, I am one of those IB English students analyzing Shakespeare's works and other English literary works.</p>
<p>QUESTION
I got into The College of William and Mary, and I'm still going to major in International Relations. For UNDERGRADUATE, which one should I choose? GWU-Elliott or the tough undergraduate system of the College of William and Mary?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:790/690/640
[</em>] SAT IIs:800/800/800 IIC/p/c
[<em>] GPA:na
[</em>] Rank:1/160
[<em>] Other stats:na
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:average
[<em>] Teacher Recs:decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec:decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): patent holder
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:India Chennai maachi
[<em>] School Type:?
[</em>] Ethnicity:Indian
[<em>] Gender:male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]ECs:good
[<em>]Awards:maths olympiad national finalist
[</em>] why you think you were accepted: no idea
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1850 (610 CR, 600 M, 640 W, 12 Essay)
[ *] SAT IIs: none
[ *] GPA: 3.5
[ *] Rank: 58/365
[ *] Other stats:AP US History - 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: average at best
[ *] Teacher Recs: excellent, glowing, prob best thing in my app
[ *] Counselor Rec: great as well
[ *] Hook (if any): allied health program at school, vietnamese, women's performance group (i am a guy)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Philly suburbs
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: vietnamese
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *]ECs: women's performance group, theater, academic decathlon, HOSA
[ *]Awards:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: first generation vietnamese student with unique ec's and allied health program. i think i made a great impression
[ /list]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 29 (Highest sections: E33, M29, R34, S26)
[</em>] SAT IIs:US History:720, World History: 790, Spanish: 570
[<em>] GPA:3.7UW/4.3W
[</em>] Rank:99/560
[<em>] Other stats:4 AP classes {4, 5, 3,?}
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Flattering and Sincere (G-dub essay- the most important)
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Mehhh...
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Pitiful
[<em>] Hook (if any):Not from NY, NJ, or the northeast
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:Kentucky
[<em>] School Type:Very Competitive Public Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[<em>] Gender:M
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]ECs:Few and far between, but well fitted to prospective major- IR
[<em>]Awards:AP Scholar, Academic Booster's
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Don't know, I've learned it's a completely arbitrary, and sometimes cruel process, at least G-dub paid off :D
[/ul]</p>
<p>**School/Major: Elliott - International Affairs <a href="It's%20what%20I%20applied%20for,%20is%20there%20anyway%20to%20confirm?">/b</a></p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1990 (650 verbal 660 math 680 writing)
[</em>] GPA: 3.79UW
[<em>] Rank: 44/392
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, about my visit to DC for the National Boyscout Jamboree, my desire to become an officer in the Marine Corps, and my experience as an exchange student.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Not sure, good I suspect
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same ^
[<em>] Hook: Rotary Youth Exchange Student - Philippines (11 long months)
[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Oregon
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:**[ul]
[</em>]ECs: Boy Scouts, junior firefighter, 3 year varsity lacrosse (would be 4 year except for my exchange)
[<em>]Awards: Eagle Scout, 3 year letterman in lacrosse, academic letter
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted: I'm a pretty well-rounded individual. Good grades, good athletics, good EC's. I'm applying to the Military Academy and Air Force Academy, GW is one of my possible fallbacks, I think GW recognized this and would be happy to accept me.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2080
SAT IIs: 650 Lit, 640 American Hist
ACT:
GPA: 3.4uw 4.5 w
Rank: 8/300
Other stats: 2's and 4's on AP exams</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good, prob why I was accepted
Teacher Recs: Realtively good
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): Essay showed commitment to GW</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
ECs: art, drama, a-team, NHS
Awards: NHS
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: essay prob, because i submitted my online application 5 days after the due date and my stats are pretty average. i'm actually really surprised/delighted that i got in, but it's way too $$ for me</p>