<p>Stats:
SAT:Reading 690, Math 710, Writing 670 (Total: 2070)
SAT IIs: Chemistry 780, Biology (M) 740, World History 730
GPA: Unweighted 3.95, Weighted 4.67
Rank: Top 3%
Other stats: AP Bio - 5
AP Chem - 5
AP World - 4
AP US Hist - 4
AP French Lang - 4
AP Lang/Comp - 3
AP US Gov - 3 </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Beats me, wrote it for a class the night before it was due
Teacher Recs: Good stuff
Counselor Rec: Beats me, don't know the guy too well
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MoCo, Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: HHMI/NIH Full Year Internship
Extracurriculars: National Honor Society, Treasurer of French Honor Society, Academy of Science, Tennis Team (Doubles)
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Why not?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! Into Scholars Program too :)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2020 </li>
<li>ACT: </li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 670</li>
<li>SAT Math: 690</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 660</li>
<li>SAT II: History: 660 Literature: 650</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: AP US History: 4</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: don't know unweighted? 4.58 at my school</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: 18. 3.5%</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: great </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: great</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): </p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: New Jersey</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: white</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: female</p></li>
<li><p>Legacy Yes/No: nope </p></li>
<li><p>Recruited Yes/No: nope</p></li>
<li><p>Important ECs: Junior State of America (school, state and national level) Forensics Speech and Debate team (numerous awards and places), National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Softball, and Swimming</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I don't even know why everyone gives their GPA in terms of the 4.0 scale. Colleges give "A"s and "F"s, but high schools give "99"s and "55"s... At least where I live.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1270/1600 1890/2400
SAT IIs:
GPA:4.7 w
Rank: 8/225
Other stats: straight A's all four years (so far)
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: greeeattt
Counselor Rec:very good, best friends mom is my counselor :)
Hook (if any): alot of EC's and hard courses
Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ (Middlesex County)
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Other Factors:[list][*] many many EC's</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED also in Honors and Banneker/Key Semifinalist</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2250</li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 800</li>
<li>SAT Math: 750</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 700</li>
<li>SAT II: Chemistry 680, Math level 2: 640</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: 4's in AP Euro, AP US, AP Stat, 3 in AP Chem</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 4.0</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: 2/318</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good i guess</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): </p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: MD</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: White</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: female</p></li>
<li><p>Legacy Yes/No: dad went there for 2 yrs</p></li>
<li><p>Recruited Yes/No: no</p></li>
<li><p>Important ECs: Choral President, VP of Nat'l Honor Society, Treasurer in Venturing Crew, Speech and Debate, Big time volunteer at historical museum, APG internship... and then theres my musical stuff which is my life...</p></li>
</ul>
<p>SAT:1410/1600 2040/2400
SAT IIs:770 Math IIC, 730 US History, 670 Spanish
GPA:4.07
Rank:school doesnt rank but prolly around top dozen in the grade</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:alright
Teacher Recs:pretty good
Counselor Rec:awesome
Hook (if any):none
Location/Person:
State or Country:Pennsylvania
School Type:Private All male catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars:world affairs club, mathletes, cross country, national honors society
Why I think I was accepted/deferred:prolly my sats
Other thoughts:got into university honors program</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted/honors/interviewing for Banneker/Key scholarship</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2190</li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 730</li>
<li>SAT Math: 730</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 730</li>
<li>SAT II: 760 Lit, 690 Math II, 650 US History</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: 5's in Psych, Language, Comparative Gov't, 4's in World History, US Government. US History, Calc BC, Lit pending.</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.98</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: school does not rank</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: alright, not the best</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): none really</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: MD</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Filipino/Caucasian</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
<li><p>Legacy Yes/No: No</p></li>
<li><p>Important ECs: Lit mag editor-in-chief, VP Model UN and Tri-M, leadership in marching band/symphonic band/pit orchestra, NHS, ambassador, bunch of other stuff</p></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT:2220</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 650 Math 2, 760 US History, 680 World History</li>
<li>GPA:97%</li>
<li>Rank:17/392</li>
<li>Other stats: 34 ACT, AP-4 on US History and Stat, 3 on Chem</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: prolly not great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: he loves me</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: top suburban public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Track, football coach, student council VP, mock trial prez, student business prez</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: umm, im just sweet like that</li>
<li>Other thoughts:Am I supposed to get something in the mail, and when do we hear about merit scholarships</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:
SAT: m 790, r 660, w 660
SAT IIs: m2 780, Physics 760, Spanish 750
GPA: 94 uw
Rank: top 4%
Other stats: 5s in AP Comp Sci and AP Spanish</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): ??</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: male
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity XC and Track, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, others
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: stats, ECs and recs
Other thoughts: Gemstone seems really good. Congrats to all!!!</p>
<p>jayhova, heard from online first and mail 2 days later.. thats the message i got too, but i checked anyway and it told me i was accepted.. just check back daily, even if it says first week of april, u could find out sooner</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2220 (700R, 740M, 780W)
* SAT IIs: 750 Math 2, 710 Chemistry
* GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.25 weighted
* Rank: N/A
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty Good
* Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
* Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
* Hook (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MD
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: A few
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Strong app
* Other thoughts:
</code></pre>
<p>UMD was a safety for me. I applied there because my counselor said she was 100% sure I would get in. I was shooting for UCLA, and I actually got in! :) I'm from the Los Angeles area, and it has been my dream since I was a little kid to go to UCLA. I moved here 5 1/2 years ago, and I'm going back home! But to all who got in and are going, Congrats!</p>
<p>Thanks so much :). I was so thrilled when I logged on and the first thing I saw on the decisions page was a huge banner that said "Congratulations!". It took almost no time to load so there was no time for suspense, it just loaded immediately. Getting in to UCLA has made all the work I've done in HS worth it.</p>
<p>Decision: Conditional Acceptance,
pending completion of summer transitional program (aka summer school)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1750</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 700 chinese, bad on others</li>
<li>GPA: 3.14 cumulative</li>
<li>Rank: no rankings</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: great</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: fantastic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): possibly experience with hs newspaper that is recognized at their journalism school </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: editor of newspaper, volleyball, many years of sga, junior/senior year internships, sunday school</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: many extracurrics and leadership program</li>
<li>Other thoughts: VERY FORTUNATE</li>
</ul>