<p>Copy, paste, and good luck!</p>
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<p>Please, results only on this thread so that it can serve as a valuable resource for future applicants.</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>**Decision: Waitlisted **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2020 Total - 630R/740M/650W
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT II: 680 Biology M, 720 Math 2, 700 Math 1
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4,8ish
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4-5/64
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): 35 Predicted
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: IB Full Diploma
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of leadership (started a campaign in school, member of honor’s council etc.)
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Lots of Tutoring, Internships
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, lots of community service.
[<em>]Summer Activities: Internships, Ivy Summer Programs
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Pretty awesome
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Good I guess
[<em>]Additional Rec: Yes
[</em>]Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Fin Aid?: No
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>]Country (if international applicant): Im international
[</em>]School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender:
[<em>]Income Bracket: Upper middle
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection
[ul]Strengths: Scores, grades, EC’s etc.
[<em>]Weaknesses: No major awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of the essays and my EC’s
[<em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Tufts University, University of Virginia, Boston University, University of British Columbia, University of Waterloo
Waitlisted: Washu
Rejected: Northwestern, UCLA, Vanderbilt
[</em>]General Comments: [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33C/35E/33R/32M/33S Essay 12
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: 750 Chem, 710 Physics, 680 Math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): IBH Physics, Chemistry, English, Italian, IBS Math, Psychology (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IBH Physics, Chemistry, English, Italian, IBS Math, Independent Studies in Roman History
Number of other applicants in your school: 5-ish</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): </p>
<ol>
<li> Soccer, Club and Varsity level (Captain)</li>
<li> Research</li>
<li> Doctor Shadowing (Neurosurgeons and radiologists)</li>
<li> Sports Council at my school (President)</li>
<li> A bunch of clubs</li>
<li> Competitive sailing</li>
<li> Hiking, skiing, painting are all some hobbies.
Job/Work Experience: Referee in an indoor soccer league.
Volunteer/Community service: over 150 hours of community service.</li>
</ol>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):
Essays (include subjects): Proud of them 9 or 10
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10 Not fluent in English, but I am like the child he didn’t have (he has said this). Didn’t see it though.
Teacher Recommendation #2:7-8/10 Not really sure, didn’t see it either but this teacher loved me.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 Amazing.
Additional Rec: 10/10 From my lab, apparently extremely good.
Interview: 8/10 Started a little shaky, but ended on a very good note.
Art Supplement: Didn’t submit, probably will since I got waitlisted.</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: Late November
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: High
Hooks: None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Athletic resume, vehement passions, and skills both in and out of the sciences.
Weaknesses: Scores in math.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores and math
What would you have done differently?: Thought about the importance of math and the standardized tests in Freshman/Sophomore year and prepared more for it. Probably would have tried to take HL math too.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Didn’t expect much, but won’t stay on the WL.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 780 M: 760 W: 700 E: 10)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (R: 36 M: 35 W: 32 S: 34)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP / Most Rigorous (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics, Band VI
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than National AP Scholar / School awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, 2 years), Clarinet, Piano, Composition (submitted Arts Supplement), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (Leadership Board past two years), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Odyssey of the Mind (8 years, world finals three times).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours, hospital, church, etc. small things
[<em>] Summer Activities: FSU Summer Band Camp, volunteering, stuff for school Band
[</em>] Essays: Common App 9/10, Um… the supplements were interesting I think i mentioned Emma Watson…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One of them I read and it was stellar quote: “The best thing I’ve ever written about a student in 26 years of teaching,” the other one I didn’t read but the teacher really likes me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good (large public school), counselor barely knows me
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Not Contacted
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k-140k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Sat I Scores, No Hook… etc
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No hook
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, Duke (Likely Letter), Emory
Waiting on: Stanford
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
Honestly suspected a deferral, guess it just shows the somewhat random nature of admissions. Grats to the admits… not sure where I will be next year.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected 
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 29C, E26, M28, R35, 29S
SAT II: 680 US History
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 48/519
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language, Microeconomics,US History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics , AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Euro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teen board member, on adult board, (both for a program that I do for 5 yrs) teachers aide at sunday school (5yrs), National Honors Society, indoor and outdoor track,baseball umpire, Agsci for 2yrs/ JSA/ young democrats of america
Job/Work Experience: part time and summer time job, tutor/mentor
Volunteer/Community service: teachers aide (500+hrs)/ nature center/ local,state,fedral election polling and campaigning
Summer Activities: 3 summers of a outdoor educational program/ job full time now part time
Essays: AMAZING
Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING!
Counselor Rec: AMAZING
Additional Rec: Lovely!
Interview: Went well
Other: I am an LD student with documentation/ upward trend in grades
Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
Intended Major: Polisci
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000 - 150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):LD student
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths: Individuality/personality.[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: tried to make me as unique as possible .[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT MY GPA[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because… GPA AND ACT [*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted:</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>33 ACT
3.9 W 4.6 W
11/452</p>
<p>Sent from my SCH-I500 using CC</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>33 ACT (34 superscore)
2060 SAT superscore
2/544 in the class
4.0 UW, 5.33 W
Double Legacy</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740M, 730CR, 710W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 MathsIIC, 740 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): No APs
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IBs
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Maths HL, IB Physics HL, IB Economics HL, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit and Comp, French 1
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrote two books, Music and MUN
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours with India Red Cross
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing (AdCom at Columbia last year)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): None
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Belgium
[<em>] School Type: Private International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, Supplement
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I showed a lot of interest in my supplement.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCLA, Georgia Tech and UCSD. Waitlisted at Columbia and Carnegie Mellon. Rejected at MIT and Caltech.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m ecstatic! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR/790 M/730 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Literature, 800 Physics, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus BC, Physics C, English, Biology, European History, Psychology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP English, AP Biology, AP European History, AP Psychology, concert band, linguistics independent study
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (co-captain), iGEM (founder and leader), trumpet, piano, Hebrew High School
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: physics internship at local college
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: SSEP, SciTech
[</em>] Essays: Awesome – quirky, unique, and funny.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Bio teacher and English teacher – both should have been great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also good.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Went quite well.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: legacy, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: math grades, no stellar ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably legacy and essays, like I said above. It helps.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UChicago (EA). Rejected: MIT, Yale. Still waiting on Harvard.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Exciting! Now I have a hard decision to make!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 720 M, 740 W (2200)
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 760 US History, 710 Math II, 690 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/180
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP English, AP Calc AB, Adv. Physics, Spanish V, French I, Elective
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DAR Good Citizen Award, and some local awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Executive Board, Indoor Track (Captain), Outdoor Track (Captain), Cross Country (Captain),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Full time legislative intern in MA, Private Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Created an SAT Class, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: MA Boys’ State (won highest possible award), Internships, XC
[<em>] Essays: Pretty darn good… about everything from suffering physical abuse, to my career as a track runner, and my passion for liberal arts
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent… I had close relationships with both
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have nooo idea
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: It was fantastic, the lady was SO nice, and to be honest, I think that helped me a ton.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (son of a Portuguese immigrant)
[<em>] Gender: white-ish
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my dad doesn’t have a degree, and he’s an immigrant, also my grandfather taught at the med school, but I had no relationship with him. My income bracket is much lower than it looks, as my parents are separated.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Unique application, local as well. I’ve overcome A LOT in my life, and I made sure that Brown knew that.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My supplement was not that great, could have been more school specific.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My being a local valedictorian, and excelling in the community surrounding Brown, as well as my tough background.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted at BC, Rensselaer, Northeastern, UMass Amherst, PC. Waitlisted at Cornell and Dartmouth. Rejected at Princeton. Waiting on Yale, Harvard, and Williams.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: …thank the lord!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</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 Apps essay, though my counselor said it’s “decent”. Didn’t spend that much time on Brown supplement.
[<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: It went pretty well, though that’s what happens to most interviews.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent 4 years of high school in Singapore)
[<em>] School Type: Public / Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: below $10,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stat & grade.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Cookie-cutter Asian
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know, honestly. College admission is way random.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Princeton, Cornell
Wailisted: MIT, UChicago, Columbia
Rejected: Penn (Wharton)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: This makes my day :)</p>
<p>[Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800W, 760M, 760CR)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Biology E; 790 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (school ranks by decile)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (4), Stats (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calculus AB, Senior Writing Seminar, Eng. 1A at community college, physics honors, Chinese 3
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and field, Wrestling (co-captain), football 9th-10th grade
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+hours for both organizations I’m in
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Common App and supplements were pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: ? probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic. Counselor does too many to be personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: Wrestling coach wrote a good one.
[</em>] Interview: Good but was limited to 30 minutes.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US (although technically applied as Canadian/international because I have yet to get permanent residency)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian…
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 100,000$
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: No real awards besides team athletic ones.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: over represented minority and no outstanding acheivements.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis (w/regents), Michigan Rejected: Chicago, Dartmouth, Cornell</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Sucks that i couldn’t get into an Ivy league school. Congrats to everyone else that got in.</p>
<p>size=+2]Decision: Rejected[/size]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of sports, captain, all league honors
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: started own business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots
[<em>] Summer Activities: work, sports, sleep
[</em>] Essays: rad
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great but not epic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great but not epic
[<em>] Additional Rec: epic
[</em>] Interview: meh</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ID/CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: yeah
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: specific unusual major
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UCSD, UCLA, Tufts</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: It was a long shot but worth the dream. Very happy with my choices. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (CR: 780; W: 790; M: 720)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: World History: 720; U.S. History: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/287
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Lang. (5), AP World (5), AP Calc. AB (3), APES (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP French, Journalism, Personal Fitness (required for graduation!)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Consortium of Mathematics and its Applications Regional Outstanding 2011, Consortium of Mathematics and its Applications Honorable Mention 2010, Superior Sports Columnist for the Georgia Scholastic Press Association 2011, AP Scholar with Honor, STAR Student (highest SAT score in school)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Student Body President '11-'12; Student Body Treasurer '10-'11, Rep. '08-'10), newspaper (Editor-in-Chief '11-'12; News Editor '10-'11; Staff Writer '09-'10), Varsity Lacrosse (3 year Varsity), French Club, Varsity Softball ('10-'11), JV Volleyball ('08-'09, '09-'10), National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid high school sports columnist for one local newspaper from 8/10 until 11/10, paid intern/writer at its competitor newspaper distributing to four areas of a major city from 11/10 to present
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours (tutoring, editing, etc.)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Online physics course (5 weeks for a year-long course), attend traditional summer camp, attend lacrosse camps, work at my newspaper internship, babysit
[</em>] Essays: A few of them could have been better! I believe they made for a nice combination though 
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I do believe.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing!
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Went so well! I was able to gush about how much I love Brown and the interviewer totally agreed.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public/charter/magnet (however, I’m not in the magnet)
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not sure
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership roles, scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: I waited until the weekend the application was due to do the application… Lack of editing on the essays!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not enough editing time for the essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Dartmouth, UGA with scholarship, GaTech, Mizzou w/scholarship, Tulane w/scholarship, Davidson, W&M, Emory/Rejected at Princeton/Waitlisted at Cornell and Brown/Must hear from Harvard and Columbia</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’ve been in love with Brown since sophomore year, but when I received the Foundation Fellowship at UGA my perspective was changed entirely. I still love the school but the prospect of graduating debt-free is incredibly appealing. With that said, I’m totally at peace and congratulations to all of the admits! I’ll be waiting to hear from Brown again in May :)</p>
<p>am i the only one that’s getting an error when they try and log on…? :/</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790M, 800CR, 800W - 10E)
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish (w/o listening) - 740, Chemistry - 790, U.S. History - 790
[<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 Biology, Chemistry, U.S. History, and English Language
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Gov’t., AP Spanish Language, Orchestra, AP English Lit., AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Some sort of Brandeis Book Award, and an AP Scholar thing.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (co-captain and -founder), Literary magazine (co-editor), Jazz band (principal bassist lol), NHS and Tri-M and other random stuff
[</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.
[</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.
[<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: Not bad. With a local alum at a Starbucks. Probably didn’t hurt or help me 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
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars 
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure. The process seems really random haha.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UConn (EA), Northeastern (EA), UChicago (EA), Carleton, COLUMBIA!!; Waitlisted - Rice, Yale; Rejected - Brown; Waiting on Harvard and Amherst</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Oh well, congrats to those who were admitted!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[</em>] ACT:32, superscored 34
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 750 Chem: 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science (3) Chem (4) Human Geography (4) Psychology (5) Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Macro/Micro, AP Statistics, AP Calc BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for BPA Nationals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): slightly above average
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NA
[<em>] Summer Activities: Job, Digital Circuit Classes from Professor
[</em>] Essays: Slightly Above Average
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Eh
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:Solid</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>Too Average…</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (Math 650, Reading 770, Writing 760)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 760 (French), 800 (Literature)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): one of my school’s top students, but there was no ‘official’ rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: the heaviest my school offered
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): writing (a few things published in national magazines), classically trained singer and pianist, drama for over ten years, senior class president and valedictorian at my secondary school, book club (founder and president)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I founded and manage two local charities that gained national attention and I did voluntary work for another organisation for over 8 years
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were okay and conveyed my passion and enthusiasm, but I might be quite wrong
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good, but probably a bit unusual
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Belgium
[<em>] School Type: private Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: very low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, graduated despite long-term illness, 22 instead of 18 because of illness</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: the fact that I worked extremely hard to get where I am, and my extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: just about everything else, apparantly
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because I’m old and poor and not very impressive
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Harvard, Dartmouth and UChicago - I didn’t get accepted anywhere. Still waiting on Amherst.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m at a complete loss of what to do with my life right now. The only place I got a ‘yes’ from is a very mediocre university in the UK, and I don’t want to go there. But I’m afraid I might be too old to reapply - and I have NO idea of how I could improve my application. Waaah.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats to come!</p>