Official Admissions Decisions

<p>congrats to everyone thats accepted, now cross your fingers and pray for me next year.</p>

<p>DECISION: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats
SAT I: 1500
SAT II: 800/780/780/770
GPA: 4.4/4.5 UW ~ 4.0/4.4 UW because my school's weird
Rank: 1/94</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: GC and teachers really liked them; I didn't see what was so good
Teacher Recs: never read them, but should be good
Counselor Recs: same as above
Hook: None</p>

<p>Location/Person
State: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Major Strength/Weakness: nothing, really. well-rounded
Why I think I was waitlisted: Good application, but I don't think any part of my application was particularly outstanding. I did get into Harvard and Yale, though.</p>

<p>akafizzle...no offense and I don't mean to degrade your accomplishment if those are really your stats...but was that a fake post?</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTEED (SEAS)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1560 (split)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/790/790/780</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw</li>
<li>Rank: 1/79</li>
<li>Other stats: APs - four 5's and one 4</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good - I thought they were pretty unique</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn't read</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I got a likely letter, but I don't know.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: WA</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: no comment</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: just general strength, I guess</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: no interview</p>

<p>waitlisted</p>

<p>sat 1470
sat II 700, 730, 740
gpa 93
no rank
hook: music, filmmaking</p>

<p>Decision: waitlisted (college)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1540 800 M, 740 V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/800/750/690</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw</li>
<li>Rank: 2/255</li>
<li>Other stats: APs - 2 5's and one 4</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: not especially strong</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn't read</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: can't say I have a major one</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my interview wasnt that great, and as I said above, my essays were average. Overall, I was probably an average applicant in the pool and they decided to take someone else.</li>
</ul>

<p>Decision: REJECTED (College) <em>didn't get official notification but am pretty positive as I've been rejected from every Ivy so far and other top notch schools</em></p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 1470 710v 760m
SATII: 750/720/720
GPA: 5.5/6
RANK: 25/290</p>

<p>Subjective
ESSAYS: Well written, but cliched topic
TEACHER REC: Did not read
COUNSELOR REC: Mediocre as she was new
HOOK: Hahahah</p>

<p>Location/Person
STATE OR COUNTRY: NJ
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: Female
MAJOR STRENGTH/WEAKNESS: Weakness-->My stats are not stellar; Strength--> I had been improving every year academically
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: My weakness (as written above)</p>

<p>DECISION: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats
SAT I: 1580 (800M, 780V)
SAT II: 800 IIC, 800 Chem, 780 WR
GPA: 3.81 UW
Rank: school doesn't rank, probably top 20% of 28 in my graduating class (quite competitive)</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: I thought they were good, but it's hard to say.
Teacher Recs: Haven't read them.
Counselor Recs: Haven't read them.
Hook: Reasonably well-rounded, 8 APs in Junior and Senior years after moving to a competitive private school in Spokane, WA from public schools in British Columbia</p>

<p>Location/Person
State: WA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Major Strength/Weakness: See Hook/GPA(?)
Why I think I was waitlisted: To be honest, I still don't know what the f___. I got into Caltech, CMU, JHU, HMC, RHIT, U Washington, and Berkeley (out-of-state, w00t), but not this. Please, somebody enlighten me.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1430</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 730/710/650</li>
<li>GPA: 4.22</li>
<li>Rank: 2 </li>
<li>Other stats: AP Calc AB: 5, Chem-4, Lang-4</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: ok</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: ok</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Soooo polished</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Co-found school alumni association???</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Ecs/ SAT</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea, total surprise</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: Did not interview.</p>

<p>I was so surprised when I got the acceptance email today. I didn't know that they sent out the decisions over email. I recieved my Harvard email also. But I was waitlisted by Harvard.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected...</p>

<p>But not too disappointed... I got into my first choice Stanford today...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1460</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720/710/700/700/630</li>
<li>GPA: 4.1W</li>
<li>Rank: Top 10% </li>
<li>Other stats: 10 APs</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Crap full of B.S.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: GA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: No strengths.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'm irresistable.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
Biomedical Engineering.</p>

<p>nopoisonivy, i'm waiting for Stanford, which should come tomorrow. got rejected, outright, lol, at H, and waitlisted at Y.</p>

<p>SEAS applicant here. . .</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440 (720 M, 720 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US Hist, 760 Bio, 760 World Hist, and a bunch of others
[<em>] ACT: 32 (34 E, 32 M, 34 R, 27 S)
[</em>] GPA: 97.89 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn't rank, but my guess is 3 or 4 out of 334
[</em>] AP Stuff:
AP European History, 05/2003, 5
AP Biology, 05/2004, 5
AP Chemistry, 05/2004, 5
AP Computer Science A, 05/2004, 5
AP American History, 05/2004, 5
AP English Language and Composition, 05/2004, 4
AP Calculus BC, 05/2005, N/A
AP Computer Science AB, 05/2005, N/A
AP Physics B, 05/2005, N/A
AP US Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP Comparative Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP English Literature, 05/2005, N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Ok, I suppose. Probably nothing special compared to others.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Not sure, waived my right to see it
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[</em>] Interview: It was good but really short because he had to do interviews for like 10 people that afternoon.
[<em>] Hook (if any): If I had a hook, it'd be research - I was a semifinalist in Siemens Westinghouse and Intel STS, amongst other things. Also, I'm a president of 3 different clubs in my school, including National Honor Society.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Suburban Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Perhaps because my standardized scores are mediocre, and so are my essays, but who can honestly tell?
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (College)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760M 760V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 CHEM 790 IIC 750 WRIT
[<em>] GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: GCSE 8A</em> 1A, A-Level 4A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): International Award in Economics
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: UAE
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: All around academic achievement/No outstanding extra-curricula achievement
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision : WAITLISTED (collegE)</p>

<p>Stats:
1480
800/790/730
3.93 uw gpa</p>

<p>etc. </p>

<p>Asian Male. Public</p>

<p>Columbia is very weird this year... i got into Harvard,Yale and MIT... and somehow can't get into Columbia... hmmm</p>

<p>lol.... <em>envy everyone's stats</em> that is.. indeed extremely strange</p>

<p>Ditto with strangeness.
Admitted to Yale and Penn, waitlisted at Harvard & Columbia</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected (SEAS) ED Deferral
Honestly, I'l lucky to have been deferred</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1330 (760M, 570V)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 740,710,580</li>
<li>GPA: 3.6 u.w</li>
<li>Rank: 5/70</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good essays</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn't read</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: didn't read</li>
<li>Hook (if any): yeahhhh right</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: everything basically</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: SATs, low rank, and everything else on my app
Other Factors: Solid interview</li>
</ul>

<p>My only good thing really: 10 Varsity letters, Varsity sport captain in all 3 sports ---- not recruited though</p>

<p>Waitlisted:</p>

<p>SAT : 1440
SAT II: Math IIC- 720, Lit 710, Writing 770
GPA: School doesn't have one.
Rank: Ditto.
Other stats: GCSEs: 5A*'s, 3A's, 1B/AS-Level: 4A's, 1B</p>

<p>Essays: Engaging and original
Teacher Recs: Fantabulous
Counselor Rec: Fantastic</p>

<p>State or Country: Hong Kong (Intl applicant duh. hee)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: religious studies major, some unusual ECs (scuba diving/rock climbing). </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My interview was so unbelievably tough (unlike the others, which were just casual discussions), because the guy was the VP of the Columbia Alumni Assoc of HK. Anyway, I think the reason I didn't get rejected straight off was because I performed really well at the interview. I was scared out of my skin but I guess it doesn't really surface, since he said I was one of the calmest interviewees ever. :) hee! </p>

<p>Anyway, congratulations to all you awesome people who got in, all you awesome people who got waitlisted, and the awesome people who got rejected. you guys are all freaking awesome!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTEED (SEAS)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 800M 740V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800IIC/790USH/730CHEM/690WRITING</li>
<li>GPA: 3.84 w</li>
<li>Rank: </li>
<li>Other stats: APs - phys C Mech 5, e&m 5, bc calc 5, ush 5, macro 5, cs a 5</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: normal</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: probably good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): being japanese?</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Japan</li>
<li>School Type: private, international</li>
<li>Ethnicity: japanese</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: good ap scores/ no community service</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: god only knows</li>
</ul>