<p>Please kindly copy n paste the format while deleting the space from the starting [ <em>]. IE. change [ *] into [</em>] and the BB code should work. Thanks in advance for those who actually spent time replying.</p>
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<p>when are the decisions released?</p>
<p>The decions are currently available online.</p>
<p>I checked and it gave me a generic message saying that the time to view my decision letter was approaching and to check back later.</p>
<p>They accidentally posted early, and then retracted the letters/shut the portal off — very poor.</p>
<p>so when are the decisions officially released? haha</p>
<p>decisions are up…rejected…of course ugh</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32 – one sitting, junior year
[<em>] SAT II: 790 (Lit), 730 (Bio), 710 (USH)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, USH 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, Honors Latin IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President, Latin Club; Manager, Theater Costume Department (4 years); Water Polo Team Manager
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Swim instructor (four summers), Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours in Pediatrics at hospital, other misc stuff
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s): Bio/anthro (pre-med)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private, all-girls Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican-American)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable): That middle ground where we don’t qualify for FA but really can’t afford $60k+/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Nothing outstanding, just a solid student. Attended Amherst’s DivOH weekend in the fall.
[</em>] Weaknesses: See above </p>
<p>Accepted: Tufts, Wesleyan, Fordham (full-tuition scholarship), Villanova, Loyola Chicago ($14k scholarship)
W/L: Amherst
Rejected: Yale, Duke, USC
Waiting: Georgetown</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790M, 800CR, 800W - 10E)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 Chemistry, 740 Spanish (without listening), 790 U.S. History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chemistry, Biology, U.S. History, and English Language
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Gov’t., AP English Lit., AP Spanish Language, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to speak of, really. A Brandeis Book Award and some kind of AP Scholar thing, and a Presidential Scholars candidate (though my colleges never saw this).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (co-captain and -founder), Literary magazine (co-editor), Jazz band (bass), NHS and Tri-M and some other things I didn’t consider resume-worthy
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I work at a local hotel on the banquet staff.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Absolutely ZERO indicated on the Common App.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Chilling with friends, reading, work, etc.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were great, probably my best asset. Wrote about people I work with for the common app. Amherst essay was about a controversial article I wrote for the school paper.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: First one was probably amazing, because this teacher like deifies me. The second one was probably also quite good. Didn’t read either one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Assuming this was also good; I know my counselor fairly well from doing debate red-tape permission-slip junk in the guidance office.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Amherst doesn’t interview, lol.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: decent public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: complicated; hoping for good aid from Amherst
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): music supplement (classical upright bass) might have helped; my bass teacher mentioned an email from someone at Amherst asking about my experience playing jazz…</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, essays, music?
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars, total lack of volunteer work
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows? Lots of really great kids at my school were waitlisted or rejected. I guess Amherst thought I had that certain je ne sais quoi.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UConn (EA), Northeastern (EA), UChicago (EA), Carleton, Columbia, Amherst obviously 
//// Waitlisted - Rice [declined to remain on waitlist], Yale //// Rejected - Harvard, Brown</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: This is so exciting! I’ve pretty much narrowed it down to Chicago, Columbia, and Amherst, and I figure it will probably end up being a mostly financial decision. To those who were waitlisted/rejected: I feel your pain 
Many of my friends were waitlisted or rejected at their top schools last night, and I was rejected/waitlisted at two of my top choices (Brown, Yale), but I think everyone will turn out just fine. I’m glad this process is over.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[</em>] ACT: 36 single sitting
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas HL, AP Statistics, IB LA 12 HL, IB Biology 2 HL, IB Biochemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, US Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Winner (96th percentile), FBLA Nationals Qualifier</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President 2010-present, Secretary 2008-10, District Secretary 2010-present), Video Broadcast (President 2010-11), National Honor Society (Secretary), LINK Leader (2010-present), Youth Symphony (Principal Flutist 2008-10), etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children’s Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
[</em>] Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
[<em>] Essays: What it means to be normal (experience with family member’s medical condition), vision for future of medical research
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they’re good! We aren’t allowed to read them, but I love both the teachers who have written me recommendations and have done well in their classes.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent/good, but our school has 2000 students, so I’m not sure.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: could have taken more AP/SAT Subject exams, got a few Bs my junior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth, WashU in St. Louis (full-tuition), Rice (merit scholarships), UVA, Cornell (likely); Waitlisted at Harvard, Northwestern, Hopkins, Brown (PLME), Columbia, Duke, Amherst, Williams; Rejected at Princeton, Yale, Penn (LSM Vagelos), Stanford (EA)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! And to future applicants, good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Deferred Early Decision)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2320 (780 CR, 760 M, 780 WR, 8Essay)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Bio 800 USH, junior year 770 Math I Sophomore Year
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):My school only does weighted, which was about 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/130
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 USH 5 Bio
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ (Macro and Micro online) AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP World History, Gym/Health, Peer Leadership
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer 9-11 (JV Captain), Cross Country 12, Indoor Track 10-12, Spring Track 9-12, Business Club 9-12 (Vice President/Secretary), Key Club 9-11 (Honored Member for 25+ Hours a year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Just reffing on Sundays in the spring and fall, about 10 hrs a week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of work through NJ Cares a local program, in soup kitchens and and veterans homes, some stuff in the summer at soup kitchens and some volunteer trail work
[</em>] Summer Activities: Outdoors camps summer before 9 and 10 (2 Weeks), Outward Bound before 11 (2 Weeks), Trail Maintenance Summer before 12 (1 Week)
[<em>] Essays: Commonapp was decent, about one of the summer camps, but not too cliche (7.5) and the amherst supplement was about service to the country, I wrote about one of the soup kitchens, and it was an interesting perspective (8.5-9), but I think that my activity description was pretty good, and it really showed how much I’m into running (9-9.5)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I got three, and I think at least two of them didn’t give the standard BS, but really told them who I was, and they didn’t leave out any bad stuff
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea, he only covers 40 kids but it could have been hit or miss
[</em>] Interview: Obviously no interviews at Amherst, but when an admissions rep visited my school I was the only one who went so it was a one on one thing. No idea if this helped, but I thought I did pretty well and it sure couldn’t have hurt</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Small competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Don’t know, but I know we don’t qualify for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none, which is why I thought this was impossible</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good grades, and I really piled it one senior year. I also think that I showed a decent amount of interest in a few activities/things (Running, the outdoors, community service that wasn’t BS trips to Costa Rica)
[</em>] Weaknesses: White Male from an upper-middle class town, living in NJ (close to NYC)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades/continuity
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected:Swarthmore and Princeton, Waitlisted: Williams, Accepted: Hamilton, Bard, UMass Amherst, UVermont, Rutgers (Business, Engineering, Arts and Sciences), Ursinus</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am still in shock that I made it. Amherst was my dream school, and after being deferred I thought I had no shot. Applying to college is way too stressful.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2330 (800cr, 800m, 730wr)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): did not send
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 Literature, 730 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99ish (school uses 100pt scale)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/410
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): May 2012 Exams (see below)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: English A1 HL, History of the Americas HL, Physics SL, Maths SL, German B SL, Psychology HL, Independent Study in Art Studio
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry, 1st place/finalist speech events, ABRSM 8 Diploma in Piano, National Merit Commended</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate/Forensics (President, Vice President, 4yr), Literary Society (Vice President, 4yr), Student Production (Senior Co-Director, 4yr), Fall Play (2yr), Newspaper (Secretary, 4yr), editor at national literary magazine by high school students (1yr), school lit magazine (Editor-in-Chief, 1yr), synthesist in garage band (3yr), Piano (2yr), Jazz Band (2yr)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None listed.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Substance-free group (President, Secretary, Youth Advisory Council at Statewide Conference, 4yr, ~400hr) - one of my major ECs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Creating a slam poetry album, summer leadership conference (see community service), China, enjoying books and writing :3
[<em>] Essays: Strong.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: If not strong, decent. Both from teachers who have taught me for 3yrs and know me well. (did not see)
[<em>] Counselor Recommendation: She likes me. Probably not that impressive, though (did not see)
[</em>] Additional Recommendation: None.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: late December
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highish.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: URM, essays, GPA/rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fit?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UChicago (EA, University Scholar), Williams (Early Write), Amherst, Rutgers (Pres. Scholar)
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Princeton, Brown
Rejected: Yale</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Hooray!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 34 (33 science, 34 math, 34 reading, 35 english)
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Calc AB (4), Chemistry (5), English Lang & Comp (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Accelerated Calculus and Multivariable Calc & Geo I and 2 (3 quarters at local university), Psychology/Sociology, Ceramics 1, AP Biology, AP English Lit & Comp</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad, Math Club, Art Club, Knowledge Bowl
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brother Big Sisters, tutoring after school, volunteering abroad summer of 2012
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good! They made me feel all fuzzy inside.
[li] Counselor Rec: Hopefully good. I’ve gotten to know her pretty well since sophomore year.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: No clue, but I put down chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] School Type: Public, nothing special
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LOL NO. It’s sad.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats
[</em>] Weaknesses: My run-of-the-mill extracurriculars. They’re not super interesting and I have pretty much no leadership. I’m also Chinese, which I know helps me pretty much not-at-all.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m actually REALLY surprised. I expected to get rejected. I’m thinking the stats only helped me and the lack of leadership only hurt me, and I ended up getting waitlisted.
[</em>] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Carleton, Grinnell, Mount Holyoke (21st Century Scholar), UWashington (Honors), Willamette
Waitlisted: Rice, Vassar, Tufts
Rejected: Pomona, Brown [/ul]</p>
<p>[ color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), none after freshman year because I transferred to a school that doesn’t do APs.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: not gonna list all 12 classes (all considered the highest level of difficulty), includes Russian and BC calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative writing club (co-president), GSA, Amnesty International
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: a summer internship at my state senator’s office
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 600 hours since the start of sophomore year. I teach science classes to local elementary school students, work as a tutor in my school’s writing center, help run my school’s Ethics program, and am a wing guide (kinda like a junior RA in my dorm)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Community service (specifically the teaching science stuff)
[<em>] Essays: I was really proud of these. My commonapp essay is about how I compulsively correct people’s grammar and my Amherst essay is about my community service and how it’s important to me after escaping my old public school system.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Pretty good, I think? Both teachers knew me pretty well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very generic.
[</em>] Additional Rec: The woman who oversees most of my community service and mentored me in a research project last year. She knows me really well and it was probably very good.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] School Type: small, highly competitive public residential school with a math and science focus
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lower middle class? Low enough that I qualified for the diversity open house and have been getting nearly full rides in need-based aid from other schools.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays, maybe my recs, the fact that I take Russian (I’ve heard that that’s appealing because of Amherst’s Russian program), my school
[</em>] Weaknesses: My GPA, my ACT science score (30)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Basically see "strengths.’ Not that I’m not shocked.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Also accepted at Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin, Carleton, Macalester, Scripps, and St. Olaf. Waitlisted at Haverford and rejected at Pomona.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I basically went into shock when I got the email. Totally shocked and waiting eagerly for financial aid.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 2400 (800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but I think my counselor put my rank as “1/900”.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Level maximum load (General Paper, Project Work, Economics, Math, Chemistry, Physics)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 in national math olympiad, top in national programming competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science and Math Council (Deputy President), High school YMCA (IT Director), Multimedia Club (President), Tech Council, Guitar Ensemble, Math Club.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours of Community Service
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing much
[</em>] Essays: I liked my Common App essay, though my counselor said it’s “decent”. As for Amherst supplement essay, I literally just spent 45 minutes adapting from another supplement essay of mine on the night of 1st Jan.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to read, but I think one was very good and one so so.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. She loves me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent last 4 years of high school in Singapore)
[<em>] School Type: Public / Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: below $10,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stats & grade.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Cookie-cutter Asian
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I managed to show how I have grown as a person.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, Williams.
Waitlisted: Yale, MIT, Columbia, Amherst, UChicago
Rejected: Harvard, Penn (Wharton)
[/ul]
General Comments: Oh well, it was worth the shot applying.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110- didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36E, 34R, 33M, 31S)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/504
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Physics B, 5 World History, 4 US History
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP- English Lit, Physics C, MacroEco, Comp Sci, Calc BC
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope haha</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music, Clubs etc.- strong point though
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Racetrack
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Hospital etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Published research- UNESCO Heritage research in China
[<em>] Essays: Honest and well written in my opinion!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic- but I think great as well
[</em>] Additional Rec: Recommendation from research advisor
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Had the scores and very very involved- I think they liked the research I sent them!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Good scores- but so did everyone haha! Also- senior grades not quite as good as junior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I decided to make my application to every college- especially Amherst- somewhat centered on my heritage and my recent reconnection with my roots. I think it was kind of risky, especially with so many Asian applicants now, but I guess it just goes to show that if you really love something and you’re really proud of it- it will pay off! Just believe in your strengths!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: USC, UC Berkeley, Cornell, U of R etc. Waitlisted: Everywhere else haha</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Amherst class of 2016! Woohoo!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 WR, 640 M
[</em>] SAT II: 730 World History, 700 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93/4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Level Math, A Level Econ, A Level Lit, A Level World History, A Level Language, A Level Psych
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None that I’m aware of</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editorial Board (Editor in Chief), Debating Club (Student Advisor + Multiple Awards), Student Council, Varsity Basketball, etc etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned two summers at an international bank
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours of community service
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships
[<em>] Essays: Brilliant!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was stellar, didn’t read the other one but it must have been okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[</em>] School Type: A Level
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < $50000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays. And I was an unusual applicant from my part of the world.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Plenty, I’m sure.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dunno.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Brown, Amherst, WashU, and Grinnell. Rejected at Williams, Swarthmore, and CT College. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m considering a gap year, tbh.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED (dont know how to make this big)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1870
ACT: 26
SAT II: Math II 560 US History 680 Spanish 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 3 Spanish Lang. 5 English Lang. 3 APUSH 4 Spanish Lit. 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nation Hispanic Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Social Director), Sport: Squash (Community Service Director)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: started own tutoring program in Mexico
Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown program, COSMOS science program
Essays: i thought they were good but nothing amazing, that’s just my personal opinion
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to read, but i think they were good
Counselor Rec: good!
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public / Charter
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: below $10,000 (qualified for full ride)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, low income</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: volunteer work
Weaknesses: im sure plenty
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UCLA, UCBerkeley, UC Merced, SDSU, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: none</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math 790, Reading 800, Writing 800 (2390 single sitting)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 790, Chemistry 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA, but I had 15A<em>s in my O levels (International)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but probably 1 or 2
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Chemistry, Math, Economics, History and English (A-level)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top in the World in three of my O level subjects, Won national debating championship, lots of ‘student of the year’ type prizes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Member student council/government
President debating society
Member national debating team for WSDC
Won lots of national debating competitions
3 and a half years of soccer
Part of the team that created my school’s first ever newsletter
Space settlement design competition
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Spent most my time reading lots and lots of books, which I mentioned in my essays. Literally rediscovered myself and turned my life around. Trained with the debate team.
[<em>] Essays:
I wrote my essays in like a week. I spent lots of time dwelling, but they finally clicked in the last week. I liked my Common App essay; it was about metaphors and being mainstream. 8/10
My supplement was about reading philosophy and economics in the summer and getting insights. 8.5/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
Chem teacher- 10/10
English teacher- didn’t read, but probably 7-8/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor knew me pretty well from his time judging entrepeneurial competitions. Excellent recommendation, though I didn’t see it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Brilliant. 11/10. I made my debate coach write this one. Probably why I got in.
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one. :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan!
[<em>] School Type: Large, Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Around $60000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I suppose.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, grades, Additional Rec, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: No real community service or work experience, too little time writing essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was a combination of luck, good grades and very good recommendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Accepted:
Princeton
Dartmouth
Middlebury
NYU Abu Dhabi</p>
<p>Wait-listed:
UChicago
Carleton
Penn
Bowdoin</p>
<p>Rejected:
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Cornell</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! No one from my city gets in! Ever! I have such a tough choice ahead though. :(</p>