<p>Accepted. I’m planning to major Business/Economics. I got accepted to U. Mich. as well and not sure which school to choose. I would appreciate an advise from you!</p>
<p>i got in mid-year. what exactly does that mean? i dont know how i feel about that</p>
<p>Accepted! 32 ACT, good subject tests, showed interests, visited and went to info. session.
Will post more stats later.
Good luck to others. </p>
<p>accepted 
gl to all of you guys!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (800 CR, 690 M, 750 W w/10 essay)
[</em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 700 Eng. Lit.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/a (deflation)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Commerce (CBSE)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3x Best Delegate (MUN); 1xintl., 1x School Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Model UN (Secretary General)
-Business Club (Chief Editor)
-Student Council (Prefect)
-IT Club (Member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship @ venture capital firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 7 days in the Himalayas
[</em>] Summer Activities: Organised intl. MUN, internship
[<em>] Essays: 9.5/10; Very strong in my opinion. About the legalization of homosexuality
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: NA
[<em>] Interview: NA
[</em>] Supplementary Material: NA</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[</em>] School Type: Medium sized private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): NA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grade Deflation
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably SAT scores and essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Olin Business School (WashU St. Louis), UNC Chapel Hill, UIUC</p>
<p>[/list]**General Comments: ** BOOYA! Probably won’t attend but an acceptance letter is always welcome! Congrats to those who were accepted, good luck to those wait listed, and for those who were rejected - Don’t sweat it you guys! Something good will come 'round real soon. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1990
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 590, Bio-M: 620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52, very competitive
[N/A] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio: 3, AB: 3
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Weight Training, Stats P, AP Gov, Econ, Eng 12 P, AP Studio Art 2D, Environmental Science
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Speech and Debate, President of Jewish Club, Science Olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Church choir
[</em>] Summer Activities:Landscaping, exterior designing
[<em>] Essays: solid
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: best, super close with counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: solid
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Supplementary Material: Art supplement</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~60k, FA candidate
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Academic stats
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Riverside, SDSU </p>
<p>[/list]**General Comments: **</p>
<p>Accepted! 3.6 GPA, 32 ACT, showed a lot of interest, good essays and EC’s. yee</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (660 CR, 700 M, 650 W)
ACT: 32 (33 English, 33 Math, 32 Reading, 30 Science, 11 Essay)
SAT II: 780 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.39 weighted on 4.3 scale (school doesn’t report unweighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 out of 100 something
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Biology (4), English Language and Composition (4), Comparative Government (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B (self studying for Physics C Mechanics test), AP Chemistry, AP Literature and Composition, AP Human Geography, AP Statistics, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award from University of Rochester and some National History Day awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, National History Day, chess, school club organizing international exchanges, school band, and another band outside of school that I’ve been with since before high school.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: nothing much
Summer Activities: mainly the band I mentioned earlier
Essays: very good, I thought
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but probably very good
Counselor Rec: same as above
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: magnet school, focusing on global and international studies
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, course load, good essays/recommendations
Weaknesses: lack of extracurriculars, especially leadership, and volunteer work
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably my grades and essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Michigan, University of Rochester, and University of Connecticut; still waiting on some others.</p>
<p>General Comments:
I am happy that I was accepted, but not sure if I want to attend yet. I live near MA, so I will probably visit campus sometime soon.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 both weighted & unweighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/535
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) (also took AP Eng Lit)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP Human Geo, H Physics, H French 5 (no AP langs offered), Chorale, Gifted Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Secretary), Chorale & Chorus (Section Leader), Young Dems
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard for 4 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach swim lessons to handicapped students & tutor every day, domestic violence counselor
[</em>] Summer Activities: Econ Intensive, Business Camp on scholarship, mostly working 55+ hours
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, talked about Louis Brandeis & dedication to the court & kept main point through all essays
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully good, both teachers like me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty basic? 6/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Supplementary Material: N/A</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (European, Middle Eastern)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 90k - applied for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: test scores & teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ranking & extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my ranking I guess, should have taken more challenging courses
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: – Pitt (full ride to Honors college) & Tulane Honors w large merit
[/list]General Comments:
I thought Brandeis was a pretty good match for me…I’m scared about what the rest of my notifications will be if I was waitlisted 
If anyone has any input for me please let me know</p>
<p>Waitlisted; 3.77 UW GPA, 2090 SAT, some extracurriculars. Not really sure but Brandeis is a competitive school and I should have probably had some more extracurriculars and have shown more interest.
Congrats to all who got in!</p>
<p>Waitlisted. I feel depressed.
Congrats for those who got accepted though. </p>
<p>@greenjello I think accepted midyear means you will start second semester (Jan. 2015). That is not a bad deal. You could always travel the first semester (I read on some board a kid who did some study abroad stuff fall semester when he was offered a mid year acceptance).</p>
<p>@hsgrad but how does one get in the midyear program? </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 630; Math 600; Writing 640
[</em>] SAT II: Literature 680
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/195
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4) Spanish (4) APUSH (2) Chemistry (2)</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative writing, Self taught pianist, babysitting, Chess team
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Day care supervision, Library work
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Strong
[li] Counselor Rec: Not bad</p>[/li]
<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] School Type: small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen Hispanic male from the South Bronx, not sure how much if at all that weighed.</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Essays must have certainly stood out, I suppose.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades and scores! Was terribly afraid of the laziness biting me back in the butt.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I feel I express a lot of personal characteristics sought after in prospective students (read: extremely self driven and thoughtful).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>University of Rochester (accepted).
SUNY at Geneseo (accepted)</p>
<p>and a few safeties I don’t feel are worth mentioning.</p>
<p>Waiting on: Vassar and Oberlin.</p>
<p>**General Comments: **
Surprised at some of the users’ admission statuses on here so far. So sorry :(</p>
<p>I wonder why that is.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):650CR 700 Math 660Writing
ACT:N/A
SAT II:730Chem 710Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load:very hectic
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):(active track and field with recs, play an instrument,leadership(prefect), organizing secretary and treasurer of a female science education club I helped form, Veep of a children’s education outreach club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:sales girl on most vacations
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer child’s right teacher, red cross first aider, volunteer teen mentor on female empowerment programs, active fund raiser for various causes
[ *] Summer Activities:mostly music , teaching and working
[ *] Essays:very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know but I am sure they were excellent.
[ *] Counselor Rec:He said it was great
[ *] Additional Rec:Sports rec
[ *] Interview:none
[ *] Supplementary Material:none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):Ghana
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):<35000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:Not sure what maybe recommendations and extracurriculars(I did a lot of service)
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT score, essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Only the admissions committee can tell, I guess. I didn’t show enough passion in my essays
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Clark University(accepted) , Hofstra University(accepted) </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** I am not as shocked as I thought I would be. Congratulations to all you who got in</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 CR:680, Math: 660, Writing: 620 w/ 10 essay
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: History: 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3 on 4.0 scale, school does not report unweighted.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/584 (0.6%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP English Lang (4), AP Chemistry (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Economics, AP Physics B, AP Chinese, AP English Lit, Business
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Society of Women Engineers </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, Cultures Club, Spanish National Honors Society, National Science Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society(Vice President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Senior Center Home
[</em>] Summer Activities:N/A
[<em>] Essays:Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it but I’m sure it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 40k - FA Candidate
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation </p>
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, class rank, courseload, and my college essay.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Ec’s and volunteer work
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades and my essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to the University of Connecticut</p>
<p>**General Comments: **
Overall I’m pleasantly surprised! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective: Pre-med
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 31
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not available
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Euro, Econ, Calc AB, Lang, Lit
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available, all AP or honors</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years research lab intern, yearbook, newspaper, drama
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: various community service groups in and out of school
Summer Activities: lab intern
Essays: strong
Teacher Recommendation: strong
Counselor Rec: strong
Additional Rec: lab supervisor
Interview: none
Supplementary Material: none</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CO
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>@greenjello…that (how you get ‘into’ the midyear program) I don’t know. I thought accepted midyear was January entry but I could be totally off. You should probably email your admission rep or have your counselor call in the morning.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (790, 790, 800) non-superscored
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Chem, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not going to list all but in total 11 APs
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP: Euro, Physics C M, Physics C E/M, Stat, Linear Algebra, Lang (finished Multivariable Calc last year)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Chem Olympiad (top 28 chemists in NE), American Invitational Mathematics Exam scored >4(10th and 11th grade), published on Foreign Policy Magazine for an International Competition held by Harvard JFK school of government. Played at Carnegie Hall in 9th and 11th grade, 3rd place semi-professional Steinway piano competition (100$), Qualified for Tournament of Champions of Debate, NFL All American… etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Piano, Speech and Debate (one of captains), Founder and president of History Club, Founder of an Organization that promotes international foreign policy education, Student Government “Chair” position, School Newspaper Political Columnist, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Internship at Student Exchange Program+ TA in Chinese School
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours at Red Cross Food Pantry
[</em>] Summer Activities:Sailing team
[<em>] Essays:could be better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were quite good. I TA for both so they more or less know me well!
[<em>] Counselor Rec:I quote, “I have never seen a student who has ever done so many activities and exceeded so well.”
[</em>] Additional Rec: Harvard Math Professor for Multivariable Calc
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Supplementary Material:</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):~100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none (being asian is like an anti-hook if anything)</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths:strong set of extracurricular, good recs, good test scores, good awards
[</em>] Weaknesses:not a great GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:see above
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at WashU; deferred from Harvard and UMich; still need to hear back from the other ivies</p>
<p>[/list]**General Comments: ** Good luck to everyone. Brandeis is a great school!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 CR: 630 (ashamed) WR: 650 (also ashamed) M: 730
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 740 USH: 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW: 3.8 W: 4.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/371
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (3) Euro (4) APUSH (4) English Lang (4) Micro (5) Stats (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Lit, CHS (college in high school/accelerated) Argument, CHS Business Calculus, Honors Women’s Ensemble, Asian Studies
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Peer tutoring coordinator)
Forensics (President)
Global Relations Club 4 years
Chamber Orchestra 4 years
Women’s Ensemble 3 years
Thespian Society 3 years
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony 2 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance musician and cello teacher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hours, peer tutoring, world vision, etc
[</em>] Summer Activities: 2012 Aria international music institute
2013 High School Honors Program at Boston University (3.7 GPA)
[<em>] Essays: Common app was decent, supplement was unorthodox, but pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 Glowing recommendations
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Completely prewritten, canned awfulness
[</em>] Additional Rec: See above teacher rec
[<em>] Interview: Aulmni interview, Interviewer was really chill. Seemed to have a lot in common and it went pretty well
[</em>] Supplementary Material: Cello performance Bach unaccompanied suite #1 Courante, Rachmaninov Vocalise, and Shostakovich cello sonata 2nd mvt</p>
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 90k FA candidate
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Passion in essays and supplement and very specialized interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: TEST SCORES! I hate standardized tests…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly have no idea…it seems like there were many better candidates than me. I guess they liked the personal experience and passion that I put into my essays.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
St. John’s College Annapolis: Accepted
University of Pittsburgh: Accepted</p>
<p>Waiting for:
Kenyon
BU
NYU
Uchicago
Columbia</p>
<p>[/list][ b]General Comments: **
Best of luck to any and all self-proclaimed nerds out there!</p>