Official Brandeis Class 2014 Regular Decisions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brandeis University
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<p>I want to add to mine but can’t edit my original post.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1940 (CR:600, M:640, W:700)
SAT IIs: U.S History: 640, M Biology: 600, Lit 640
ACT: 26
AP: US History- 3, English Language- 4; taking Calc AB and Eng Lit in May
GPA: 3.5
Rank: 11/137 </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recs: One decent, one very well-written
Counselor Rec: Generic, nothing special
Hook (if any): Essay topic
Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): No varsity sports, MMA training at local gym, weight training, member of Nation Honor Society, published poems in national literature magazines
Job/Work Experience: Part time job since December 2006, 12-24 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: 85 hours of general community service since grade 11
Interview: Did not interview</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biochemistry
Income Bracket: below average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</p>

<p>Comments: I was very surprised that I was accepted. I think my essay and essay topic may have been unique and interesting to the adcom.</p>

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<p>Oh, I should mention that I got accepted to the Lerman-Neubauer Fellowship Program too.</p>

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<p>Accepted!! Just got the letter today.</p>

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<p>do you guys mind saying what states you’re in? i’m on the west coast and i want to know about how much longer i’ll have to wait :P</p>

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<p>Just got mine. But I am rejected !!! 4th rejection so far, and no acceptance. Congrats to those who got in</p>

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<p>Ouch, nns91. Pulling for you to get off the schneid with your next envelope!</p>

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<p>waitlisted.
sat- 2070 r670 m690 wr710
gpa: 3.72w
no interview but asked for one, great recs and good essay.
Canadian living in the US. </p>

<p>not unexpected. actually exactly what I expected.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp (4), US Gov (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Vergil, AP Bio, AP Calc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Fab
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fab
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fab
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[</em>] Intended Major: Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive private school, metro area
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:** Expected this result, but still happy.</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown) M 630 CR 660 W 690
SAT II: English Lt 620 US History 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/932
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Psychology, AP Political Science, Calculus
Major Awards: National Honor Society Scholarship Candlelighter, Magna Cum Laude Certificate on National Latin Exam, volunteer certificates, excellent ratings on NYSSMA vocal solos
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper, Spring Musical, New York State Adjudication Soloist, Latin Club Treasurer, Broadway Club
Job/Work Experience: reporter for local newspaper
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered with Alzheimer’s patients, charity performances, office volunteer
Summer Activities: presitigiious acting programs
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: did not see it
Additional Rec:
Interview: No
Other
Intended Major: Creative Writing
State (if domestic applicant): Staten Island, New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: very large public school, in competitive academic program within the school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades, class rank, and extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SUNY Albany Honors College, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Buffalo Scholars Program
[ General Comments:[ Extremely happy!!! Was worried cause my sat scores are a little low, but I guess other factors made up for it!!! :</p>

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<p>accepted!!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 760CR 640 M 700W
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II: Bio 800 History 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):5s all around</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity sports</p>

<p>[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300+
[ *] Summer Activities: Lab work
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:great</p>

<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *] Intended Major: not sure
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: major minority
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>

<p>Yay!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (CR: 630, M: 710, WR: 660)
[ *] SAT II: Bio-M: 700 (did not send)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.8 (I switch around alot and my current school does not calculate GPA)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5, Calc AB: 4, Physics C: Mech: 3
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C: E&M, AP Lit, Spanish IIe, History of China and Japan + Economics, Band, Choir
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):May be Silver Medalist of National Spanish exam (it is my biggest award) and Semi-finalist of Cornell Essay contest</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Soccer team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11, 12
AFCVN soccer club: grade 10 ( cannot continue due to moving to US to study)
News translator for Arsenal Fan Club In Vietnam: grade 8,9,10,11, 12
Tennis JV ( varsity is super competitive, ranked 7th in the country): grade 11, grade 12</p>

<p>Choir:grade 11, 12 (All-County Choir, grade 12)
Piano class:8 years
French horn: 3 years</p>

<p>Young leader club:grade 10 ( cannot continue due to moving school)
FIRST Robotics: grade 11 (cannot continue due to moving school)
Community service club: grade 11, 12
Community service trip to Costa Rica: grade 11, grade 12
International Club: grade 12</p>

<p>Chief Secretary, School’s Youth Union: Grade 10
Chief Secretary, Class’s Youth Union: Grade 10
Class’s Vice President specialized in academic: Grade 10</p>

<p>[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 2 service trips to Costa Rica (2009,2010)
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: They are pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: have not read
[ *] Counselor Rec: have not read
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: pretty good from my opinion</p>

<p>Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $20 000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Pretty well-rounded, interest in the school
[ *] Weaknesses: probably SAT score and application for Financial Aid
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Lafayette</p>

<p>General Comments: My 4th rejection so far !!! Congrats to those who got in</p>

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<p>waitlisted??? brandeis=tufts syndrome.</p>

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<p>Sorry nns91. </p>

<p>I got deffered from Connecticut College. Did u apply ED to Bowdoin?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I applied EDI to Bowdoin, EDII to Conn Coll</p>

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<p>Did international students receive needed FA?</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED! :slight_smile:
Quick Stats:
SAT: 2230
GPA: 3.8 weighted, 9 APs by the end of high school: 4s/5s
Good personal statements, good counselor rec, great extracurriculars, legacy</p>

<p>didn’t get a ton of aid though so we’ll see but i’m happy to be accepted! good luck to those still waiting</p>

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<p>luluzg, I didn’t, I’m going to call and see what I can do about that.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 31 (Essay: 10)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/220
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (4), Bio (4), Euro (3) … Physics B and Calc BC (Self-studied) this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English 12 Honors, Government 12 Honors, SUPA Economics, SUNY Albany Spanish 5, SUNY Albany French 4, Vocal Point (Select Ensemble), Choraliers, P.E., Health Education, AP Physics B, Adirondack Community College Calculus 1 & 2 [THIS IS THE MOST RIGOROUS CLASS LOAD AT MY SCHOOL]
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): President’s Award for Academic Excellence, President’s Award for Academic Achievement, University of Rochester’s Douglass/Anthony Award, Outstanding Student in AP Euro and AP Bio
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): South High Marathon Dance (Chairperson), President of the Class of 2010, Paw Print (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Drama Club (President of Int. Thespian Society), Lake George Youtheatre, Yearbook Staff, Scott Murphy for Congress, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Salvation Army, Elementary School tutor, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lake George Youtheatre and Pirate’s Cove
[</em>] Essays: Monologue about my shoes and my personality
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read them both; they were absolutely phenomenal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good relationship; I’m sure it was great
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International and Global Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Not specified
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Talked about being openly gay?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: :D</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>The SparkNotes version of my stats:
I’m an Asian female from a decent public school in CT.
Applied for FA…didn’t get it, haha.
SAT: 2240 superscored
GPA: 4.2 weighed…I think it’s a 3.85-ish unweighted.
Rank: Top decile.
Classes: Hardest courseload possible. 7 APs by graduation (so far, all 4’s)
ECs: Lots of volunteering, varsity swim captain, NHS treasurer, SHS, community service clubs, Girl Scouts, paid tutor
Solid essay, solid recs, yay Brandeis.</p>

<p>Oh, I got the Dean’s scholarship. Not a huge dent in the tuition though.</p>