**Official Brandeis Class of 2018 Results Thread**

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<p>Accepted! I don’t really know how to do the template, so I’ll write it out. </p>

<p>SAT: 1890 (620 Reading 690 Math 580 Writing)
ACT: 29 (25 English 33 Math 30 Reading 27 Science 8 Essay)
SATll: 640 Molecular Bio, Math l 720, Math ll 670
AP: Calc AB 4, Bio 3
GPA: 100.82 on a 100 point scale (16/235)
Senior Courses: AP Chem, AP Euro, AP Enviro, AP Spanish, Civics & Economics, English Honors, Spanish 5 honors</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Key Club, Model UN, Executive Board
Jobs: None
Volunteer: 100+ hours teaching tennis to kids.
Essay: About a huge storm that tore apart our neighborhood and talked about how we became closer as a community.
Recommendations: Solid ones from my AP bio teacher and English Teacher.
Interview: None</p>

<p>Country/State: USA/VT
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~ 150,000
Hook: No clue, pretty average. </p>

<p>Strengths: I work very hard and am naturally smart as well (well, I think I am)
Weaknesses: Standardized testing and the occasional problem of procrastination.
Why I was accepted: I believe I was accepted because I excel at math and science, the field I want to go in. My tests were decent. I was ranked pretty well for my school. My supplementary was pretty good. I don’t know if financial aid plays a part in the decision, but I did not apply for any.
Where else I was accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UVM, UNH, and Coastal Carolina. Waitlisted to Northeastern. Rejected from Tufts (my #1)</p>

<p>I still need to hear back from BC, BU, Northeastern, and Emory. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (2110): Math: (650) Reading: (730) Writing (730
[ *] SAT II: US History: 730 Lit.: 680
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a (my school doesn’t give us this)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (my school does not give us this
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History: (5); AP World History (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Statistics, AP Biology, French IV, History of India, History of Genocide, and World English</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): USY (leader), school plays and musicals (lead), school GSA and chorus
[ *] Job/Work Experience: camp councilor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: teachers assistant, peer tutor, prepares dinner at community homeless shelter
[ *] Summer Activities:IMPACT Boston (at Brandeis), intern at Hazon, Jewish environmental Organization, and camp councilor
[ *] Essays: For my supplement, I talked about how I enjoyed my summer at Brandeis and how my grandmother was a student at brandeis and what an impact it made on her life.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I did not read them, but my english and history teachers from last year who really liked me wrote them
[ *] Counselor Rec: I have no idea
[ *] Additional Rec: My rabbi wrote a recommendation about how helpful I have been in growing our synagogue’s youth group
[ *] Interview: I had an on campus interview, which I think was definitely important for demonstrated interest</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacg</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: my teacher recommendations and my grades
[ *] Weaknesses: my SAT math score</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (750 Math, 680 CR, 670 W)
[</em>]ACT: 34 (36 M, 36 S, 34 R, 30 E)
[<em>]SAT II: 770 M2, 750 Chem
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47 (4.25 W)
[]<em>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (5), Microecon (4), Chem (5), Lit, Physics C E&M, Physics C Mech, Stat, BC Calc, French
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): English HL, History HL, French HL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Stat, IB French 6 HL, AP Physics C, IB English HL, IB History HL, Theatre 2/ Student Aid for AP Chem
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Costumes for Theatre, Stage Manager of a play, NaNoWriMo, Jewish Youth Group (general board), Tutoring
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at an Energy Coalition
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None!
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing important (took a required tech class summer before senior year)
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them. I assume they’re good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He seems to like me
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t have one, but I did request one
[</em>] Supplementary Material: I thought it was good my “Why Brandeis” essa</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): FA candidate. Middle class?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy from mom</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, Courses. Recs and Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Legacy, good grades, decent ECs
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Drexel, Northeastern, UMD. Rejected: MIT, WashU :’(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 = 720CR, 720M, 680WR
ACT: 32 composite
SAT II: 750 US History, 700 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~~ Only know weighted GPA is 104.05 (out of 100) ~~
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Salutatorian (2/290)
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), US History (5), Physics B (4), Language (4)
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Literature, Orchestra, College Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Club (Vice President), Quizbowl (made it to National History bowl in 2013 and again 2012), Chamber Orchestra, Gemini Youth Orchestra, Advanced Research Program (wrote 20+ page paper on Economics of Higher Education and consulted with profs from Columbia and NYU) and various Honor Societies (National, Science, Math, Art and Music)
Job/Work Experience: 108 Internship at a Vet’s office, Tutor other students
Volunteer/Community service: Horseability (work with special needs children and horses), Children’s summer program at Library, Volunteer at Horse Stables
Summer Activities: Summer Programs at Cold Spring Harbor Labs
Essays: Really good common app essay. Also great supplement essay – I did the time travel essay. I wrote about how I wanted to travel back in time to 1892 to see the premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet and it’s significance to me.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but they should have been really good. I picked teachers I was really close with
Counselor Rec: I don’t know him too well, but he should have written a decent rec
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public (about around 290 students in my graduating class)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: just under $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, extracurricular activities, essay
Weaknesses: Standardized Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Achievements/Activities, Essays, GPA/class rank, expressed interest
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to SUNY Stony Brook, Binghamton and Geneseo… Still waiting to hear from others.</p>

<p>General Comments:
I’m really happy I got in. It’s a great school that I think I would be happy at. Now I just have to wait for my other acceptances and financial aid offers so that I can make my decision! </p>

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<p>My daughter was waitlisted. SAT 2290, ACT 35, GPA 4.2, lots of AP classes (all 5s on tests), National Merit Finalist, great interview, good essays, great letters of rec, good community service, 8 years of violin and orchestra. One of her top choice schools. Stunned.</p>

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<p>Decision: accepted </p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1960
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] SAT II: Us history (710)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):28/172
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Apush (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
IB history, hl IB bio, hl IB English, hl IB math hl IB French SL, IB religion SL IB theory of knowledge SL
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB diploma candidate, swim placements</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): peer mentoring (retreat leader) swim varsity four years, violin (all state, school orchestra, solos), choir, math league, academic decathlon
[ *] Job/Work Experience: cashier
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 80+ hours.
[ *] Summer Activities: working, swimming, violin
[ *] Essays: excellent, spend a lot of time on it. It was unique.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: no
[ *] Supplementary Material: no</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ??
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: essays, com service, extracurriculars, course difficulty and IB program
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores, grades, rank
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because of IB and my supplement essay of why I wanted to go, and a genuine interest shown in the school.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
[</em>]ACT: superscored 31 (30 M, 30 E, 34 R, 28 S)
[<em>]SAT II: submitted ACT so none
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (4.19 W)
[]<em>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(4), Lit (3), Euro(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Lang, AP Computer Science, Gov/Econ, Latin 1, Blacksmithing
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook-10 to 12 (co- editor in 11), outdoor adventure 9 to 10, prefect-12, proctor-11, art club-9 to 12 (vice president 12), student council(soph. pres., student body VP-12), tennis-11 to 12, sustainability-9 and 11 to 12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: didn’t post any
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing important
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were alright but not great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, but my counselor said they were both fantastic.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she’s the best so good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Supplementary Material: I wrote the Brandeis essay (the unlawful law one) about SB 1062 in Arizona. There were soo many mistakes I found after submitting it though haha.</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): originally applied but later changed to not applying for financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: highest courses at school, recommendations, good gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: mistakes in essay, ACT possibly, etc.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows really?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: NAU, UA Honors College, Menlo College, U of Puget Sound, another I can’t think of at the moment. Waitlisted: Wash U, U of Portland</p>

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<p>Just found I was accepted to Brandeis！International student,sat2130, toefl109, no gateway program or mid year acceptance. Good luck everybody !</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: 770 USH, 710 Bio, 710 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 → 3.79 (end of first semester senior year lol)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Art History (4), Biology (4), Chinese(4), French (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP English
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimmer (State qualifier), NHS (President), Photography Club (Secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Marketing position at firm during the school year, swim coach
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Humane Society, library
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interned at the Red Cross, worked at firm, interned at research lab
[<em>] Essays: pretty good!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never read
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing - from employer
[li] Interview: pretty good</p>[/li]
<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $100k+ (applied for FA)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>

<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: ACT
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian, GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMich, UCSB. Rejected: WashU</p>

<p>**General Comments: ** Really happy! I hope to visit.</p>

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<p>I was accepted to the “midyear” class of 2018… what does that say about my application? was it considered to be of the weaker ones or… I’m so confused right now. </p>

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<p>DD got rejected too. Didn’t get her test scores in until last week, due to some essay snafu. She was no longer even considering it, had decided away from New England and really wants California now, so she’s not heartbroken, but her first rejection, so she’s sad.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2200 (Reading 750, Math 770, Writing 680)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: Math 1 740, Chemistry 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):12/480
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Three 4’s and two 5’s (AP scholar with Distinction)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP, Chorale honors and band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not really - AP scholar with Distinction </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus, Band (section leader), jazz band, wind ensemble, outside of school orchestra, outside of school chorus, two teen bands, ski club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Gigging with bands
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat, founded and chaired arts festival, playing with bands at nursing homes, etc
[ *] Summer Activities: BIMA at Brandeis
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:I think good
[ *] Counselor Rec: No idea
[ *] Additional Rec: GREAT
[ *] Interview: Really good
[ *] Supplementary Material: Music comp and performance supplement </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Legacy, spent 3 summers at Brandeis arts camp, started an arts festival and it took place on Brandeis campus. </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT scores, Hooks, Community service
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Deferred Princeton, accepted Clark, Umass Amherst, UVM, waiting on several others</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** Going to have to see if they offer me any money. </p>

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<p>I got accepted and I have been selected as the Wein International Scholar. It says it covers 100% of my financial need to attend Brandeis. Does that include room and board and such things? How many people are granted this scholarship?</p>

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<p>My daughter was accepted as a midyear student. Does anybody have any knowledge of this program? There is information on the website, but I am more interested in any parents who have had direct experience with the midyear program. I have many reservations about it. Thanks in advance. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 total, 670 CR 640 M 770 writing (essay 10)
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 780 French reading, 760 Spanish reading, 670 math I
[</em>]Weighted GPA: 4.5/5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/274
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): two 5s (hum geo & APUSH), two 4s (amer govt & English lang)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (all humanities & social sciences), etc. 
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP scholar with honor
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of a club, active in a lot of other clubs, did swimming 1 season (brought down my GPA, so I stopped), active in youth group
[ *] Job/Work Experience: nearly 4 yrs summer job
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Yupp 
[ *] Summer Activities: French language program, volunteered abroad
[ *] Essays: good I guess
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read 'em. One was def good
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably good
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: no but showed interest (visit, phone chat, online chat)
[ *] Supplementary Material: nope!
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Texas originally but moved to the northeast (would prefer not to mention for privacy purposes)
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic 
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): lower middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM & $wagger
[ *] Strengths: pretty much trilingual, decent writer,
[ *] Weaknesses: had a few rough spots in HS that brought down my GPA, but I rebounded
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk my test scores were in the range. I had good essays & recs (I think)
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Rutgers, deferred EA UChicago (waiting to here from all my other schools atm!)
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Brandeis is an awesome school— congrats, everybody! (:</p>

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<p>My Daughter was accepted. 2240 SAT 750 Math 800 writing 690 Reading. GPA 3.7 Unweighted. Very excited, loved the school, but hoping for some type of Merit Scholarship. Certainly cannot affort 60,000. Per year. I’ve heard difficult to get Merit. So as much as we loved the school, it may not be an option. </p>

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<p>My S was accepted Mid-year
GPA 3.4 , SAT 2160, ACT 33
Strengths - test scores, showed interest, essay, recommendation
Weakness - GPA
from Maine
Hook- Science guy who also is a poet? </p>

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<p>What does accepted mid-year mean? </p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/acserv/advising/firstyears/midyears.html”>http://www.brandeis.edu/acserv/advising/firstyears/midyears.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted**
Objective:</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (730 CR 720 M 760 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760 on Bio, 710 Math 1
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 Weighted (not sure unweighted), huge upward trend
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5) Biology (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics (Macro/Micro), AP Language, Honors Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Wrestling, Track, various clubs, leader of one
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: yes, but i don’t think I included in my application
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: yes, but i don’t think I included in my application
[</em>] Summer Activities: Phillips Academy Summer Session
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good I think, explained circumstances that affected my grades freshman and sophomore year
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw it, but probably very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Interview: yes, don’t know if it helped, since Brandeis has you interview with a current student
[li] Supplementary Material: decent, I showed I was extremely interested in Brandeis and had done my hw.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[</em>] School Type: Small Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male, not Jewish</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: Standardized tests, essays, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a lot of interest. I interviewed, toured, went to open house, met with admissions counselor when he came to my high school, and spent a good amount of time on the supplements.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Cornell, Wash U
Accepted: U of Rochester, Case Western</p>