<ul>
<li>Essays: good, talked about medicine a lot</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: not really sure</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: i have no idea, i have 500 people in my grade with 3 counselors so i dont think she knows anything about me</li>
<li>Hook (if any): really involved in german and volunteering with german, medicine (Did a leadership forum at georgetown on medicine)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Pretty good, I thought</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: didn't see them, but from teachers who really know me</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: didn't see it</li>
<li>Hook (if any): attended international genomic research and analysis conference in washington, d.c. guess it wasn't enough of a hook</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CT</li>
<li>School Type: parochial</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Iranian American</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: low scores, i guess</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought it was good, but I guess it's not good enough to stand out</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: my guess, one good and one generic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea</li>
<li>Hook (if any): hmm, not many... good at programming?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Louisville, Kentucky</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Asian</li>
<li>Gender:male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:my grades were too low. I even had a D in my freshman year, so I'm glad I'm waitlisted. I thought I had no chance at all.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1510
[</em>] SAT IIs:780 chem, 770 writing, 770 math 2c
[<em>] GPA:4.1
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Ap scholar w/ distinction, other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: really good common app, good jhu one
[<em>] Teacher Recs:good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): really interested in science and music
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Diego
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: involved with lots of ecs and have lots of leadership/ grades could be higher
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: cus I'm smart and have lots of good qualities[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I went to CTY two times</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: OK, talked about living alone after parent's job moved to another state</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Really good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Lots of ECs LOTS of leadership LOTS of community service</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: New Mexico</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (800V, 740M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 750 Chem, 740 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 6.0 w
[</em>] Rank: 2/536
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit, AP Scholar (only took 3 AP exams), Eagle Scout, band nerd, LOTS of community service, lots of research
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very good. One about Blue Ridge Parkway, one about TOK.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven't the faintest idea.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Haven't the faintest idea.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NC
[<em>] School Type: large public, IB and AP programs
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT: 1500 (720V, 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 710 Writing, 670 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.7 UW, 3.8 W
[</em>] Rank: Does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent...not amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Colorado, good ol' US of A
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Strenght: Math/Scinece Weakness: English
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Um...good test scores and recs[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** Lots of Varsity Sports, Community Service</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 760 680
[<em>] GPA: not calculated
[</em>] Rank: top of class
[<em>] Other stats: nation-wide math and computer competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: personal statement risky, others mediocre
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i risked one to get it from my english teacher; and others were from com sci., math, or science teachers; however, i never saw the actual letters so...i dunno lol
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i was the only one applying to the US: therefore, supposedly good
[<em>] Hook (if any): well-rounded (sports, music) well, top of class must have worked.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ontario, Canada
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength-rank, weakness-SAT
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i was lucky.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: international, studying abroad in Canada</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 790 Writing, 780 Latin
[<em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0, 4.5W
[</em>] Rank: 40/330
[<em>] Other stats: local awards for math/sci/latin, state awards latin, NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: night of the deadline rollercoaster, un-edited risky collection of thoughts
[<em>] Teacher Recs: the one I saw was not good (other one better)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, my counselor is a jaded tattooed burnt out sailor who doesn't know my name, so my guess is awkward but decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): humanities applicant
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: White as hell
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: interest in humanities/rank
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: lot of breadth[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Hard courseload that flows nicely, IB, had two jobs for about 3 years total, varsity soccer, boys state</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510 (760 V, 750 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 IIc, 740 Writing, 720 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 4.57 w
[</em>] Rank: um.. top 4%?
[<em>] Other stats: Siemens-Westinghouse semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay, i guess. i'm not too sure how they turned out, but i guess the $10 one went okay..
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, i think, i had my calc teacher do it..
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, it's hard to tell with her
[<em>] Hook (if any): i don't think so..
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: focused on a few things for 4 years.. did well in them.. weaknesses.. probably test scores
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: i really don't know. maybe just a combination of everything.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none?</p>
<p>congrats to everyone who got in, and best of luck to those whose search continues..</p>
<p>umm .. before you read this post I hope you understand that SAT scores is not the single most important factor for decisions. With that in mind..
SAT: 1320 (740 M 580V)
Rank: 2 out of 620
GPA: 6.054
Have and am taking total of 13 AP classes passed all but one, some 3's here and there.
3 college classes: A, A, and B</p>
<p>Essays: Heartfelt, describes family situation and many obstacles overcome by both myself and my family. (they both work night shifts and have irregular schedules)
Teacher Recs: I only saw one, but they both said they couldn't contain how much they liked having me as a student, and the one I read rated me one of the highest in his 35 years career.</p>
<p>Community Service hours: over 1200 hrs in tutoring (chemistry and math), helping in pre schools and elementary schools, teacher aide in swimming classes, project to save driver's educational cars for highschools in county .. and a lot of normal com. service through Anchor and NHS .</p>
<p>hook: Siemens Westinghouse Semi finalist for my research project in chemistry</p>
<p>other awards in Math and a few in Mu Alpha Theta, Engineering,and SECME,Anchor, regionally and Nationally..
EC's Mu Alpha Theta, SECME (pres), Engineering(VP), Anchor, NHS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1480 780 Math, 700 Verbal
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 760 Physics, 750 World History, 720 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank: 5 / 1250
[<em>] Other stats: Various 5s and 7s in APs and IBs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Last minute
[<em>] Teacher Recs: only 1, but that was G R E A T!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): came to America 4 years ago knowing only a bit of English
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: Iranian (Persian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: i have no clue, but I forgot to do an interview!
[li] why you think you were accepted: hmm, I have no clue cuz I kinda did the app in like a few hours[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1420
[</em>] SAT IIs: 650, 680, 660, 740, 680
[<em>] GPA: 3.82
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Damn Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really Damn Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Biology and Engineering integration, competed in competitions, worked in a lab/Suck at standardized tests
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because I'm the cooolest person alive.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1350
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760/690/670
[<em>] GPA: 4.38 w
[</em>] Rank: 24/488
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Adequate
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Super
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Bravissimo!
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Interview[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:** If I can convince my parents, I am definately coming here. I think ya'll are awesome!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Physics, 760 Math Ic, 770 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.something
[</em>] Rank: 5 of ~80
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, some UConn credits
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Sort of funny essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Good grades and ECs, not so good work experience.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I blame it on the essay...[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>