Official Bard Results Class of 2015

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<p>Anyone else interested in sharing stats? Congrats to all who have been accepted! :-)</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list]
[ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[ /list]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (690R, 730M, 730W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take it
[<em>] SAT II: 660ish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc, Physics, AP French, Shakespeare in Lit,
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit, 11th in national french contest
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-editor in chief of my school’s literary arts magazine
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Smithsonian
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Participation in school’s community service club
[<em>] Summer Activities: Studied architecture at RISD pre-college
[</em>] Essays: One was about an online doll dress-up site, the other about museums. Both related past experiences to my future ambitions
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I was told they were good, but didn’t get to read 'em!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: No interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Fine arts or anthropology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private prep school
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays for sure! Maybe EC’s too?
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think my application was all around pretty solid (except for my GPA).
[li] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Accepted at RISD & NYU, waitlisted at Bryn Mawr[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:
I applied to kinda an overload of schools, and Bard was one of the schools I knew less about… I’m doing more research now and sounds pretty great. Anyone have additional Bard input?</p>

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<p>I’m going to Bard next year! It is a really great artsy liberal arts school. Here is an awesome video about it: [YouTube</a> - Bard College- A Place to Think](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>