<p>Seeing how the template has been posted yet, I will post here. just get rid of the spaces!
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<p>Decision:Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 34 (w/o writing) 33 (w/ writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 US History, 720 World History
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.6
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US Government and Politics (independent studied no credit) (5), United States History (5), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, Choir, Orchestra, Electives. AP Euro + AP Psych independent study (no credit)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: Concertmaster, Vocal Music, Cross Country Captain, Lead in Musicals and Plays, A cappella, Independent AP Study Group
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Various political campaigns (local, state, and national campaign) and all levels of work (intern/volunteer to advisor, webmaster, state coalition chair)
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, NHS, Tutor (not a lot of hours)
[</em>]Summer Activities: Orchestra Camp Counselor, Boys State, Travel, Campaigns
[<em>]Essays: Pretty solid and I thought the supplements went well, balancing different aspects of my life.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: 2 excellent letters
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Generic and said I was an average kid
[</em>]Additional Rec: None
[<em>]Interview: Pretty good, lasted until he had to leave for a commitment<br>
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>]Intended Major: Political Science
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant): CO
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Strengths: Essays, political activism, well-rounded
[</em>]Weaknesses: Counselor recommendation, no hook
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: There’s so many qualified candidates and without a hook and any weak part of the application (Counselor recommendation), it is a crap shoot.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: University of Denver, George Washington, William & Mary
waitlisted: UVA, Cornell, Harvard
rejected: Duke, Brown, Princeton, Yale
Waiting for: Tufts, Georgetown
[/ul]General Comments: FUTURE APPLICANTS do what you love! Do not waste your time committing to a bunch of activities you don’t enjoy because you’ve seen the stats, it is getting worse and near impossible to get into these institutions. So if you’re probably not going to get in anyway (don’t take it personally), have fun along the way and learn what you want to do not what someone else wants you to do! For everyone who made it congratulations! You are freaking awesome.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 690 M: 710 W:710
[ *] ACT: 29 (didn’t send)
[ *] SAT II: Math 2: 710, World History and Math 1: 680
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/52
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, World History, US History, Physics B, French IV, Chemistry (all 4s and 5s)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: The toughest offered at my school
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Laureat National of National French Exam
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, Earth Club (Vice President), NHS, Church Volunteer/ Youth Group, Helping Hands (community service),
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly with school clubs but also at church and my public library
[ *] Summer Activities: Travel, Volunteer, Camps
[ *] Essays: Common App Essay was quite good (in my opinion), wrote about an issue I cared about and tied in my own personal struggle with said issue. Supplement essays were half and half: two were really good and I felt they captured my personality but the others weren’t that great.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other average
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[ *] Additional Rec:n/a
[ *] Interview: Went well, we really got along.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private (small, pretty competitive)
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 150000-200000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation immigrant</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, dedication to ECs, Common App Essay, interview
[ *] Weaknesses: Class Rank, Test Scores, Some Essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, there were a lot of great applicants. Also my class rank and test scores, counselor rec, and other weaknesses portray me as an average student, nothing extraordinary.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgetown, U Chicago, Skidmore, Rutgers Waitlisted: Northwestern Rejected: Brown</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:** Brown was a major reach for me so I expected rejection and prepared myself for it. I love Brown so of course it stings a little, but I got into some great schools and I will make the best of it! Congrats to all who got in and good luck to those on the waitlist!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (likely)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] SAT II:760 Math II, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/200 and something
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP English, AP Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chemistry Club, Science Bowl Team, Math Club, National Honor Society[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Around 100+
[</em>] Summer Activities:None
[<em>] Essays: Common App-6/10
Brown Supplements- 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1- 8/10
2-6/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 6/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Lasted 10 minutes, interviewer arrived late…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 95-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses:Everything else
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Minority + essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at MIT, UChicago, Cornell, Purdue and UPenn
Rejected at Yale and Harvard</p>
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! **</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math/760 reading/780 writing
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 lit/790 math 2/740 chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): our GPAs are out of 100 (mine is about 95)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Euro (5), Biology, Calculus, English Literature, US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: i applied as a junior but: AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP US History, Spanish 4 Honors, Photography
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school winner of the AMC 12, 1st place in several poetry contests (Smith College-regional, Johns Hopkins CTY-national)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV basketball, manager of JV baseball, theater tech - 2 years, poetry exemption, literary magazine (co-editor)[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a little tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: gone to a few camps, other than that I usually relax or vacation over summer
[<em>] Essays: my common app essay was about how buffy the vampire slayer shaped me; truthfully, I can’t remember my brown-specific essays
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 letters that I assume were very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know but again I assume it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: I thought it was ok but socialization isn’t my strong spot</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, writing, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of extracurriculars, my essays weren’t really the best and neither were my grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my grades have been slowly dropping and I didn’t really put my best effort into the essays. Also, I’m a junior.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Wash U and McGill, Rejected - Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and probably Stanford though I haven’t heard from them yet, Waitlisted - Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I never thought I’d be that kid with great test scores who doesn’t get in to any of their top choices.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730/790/780/9 (2300)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Biology M (750), Math IIC (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/345
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Biology (5), BC Calc (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs and rest Honors (except for mandatory Economics)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just Academic (AP Scholar, Award from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, National Merit, National Achievement)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Color Guard, Orchestra, Best Buddies, French Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A *lot</em> of volunteer work with my church (Teaching Sunday School, Bible Clubs, Vacation Bible School, etc.)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Color Guard, Independent orchestras, Bible Clubs
[</em>] Essays: Meh, I’m not a very good writer…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully good, but I don’t know…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good, my counselor is very nice.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: I’m not much of a conversationalist, but it wasn’t terrible…</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90k-ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Child of immigrants</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Definitely academics, SAT scores, and hooks
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weak ECs, General naivety about the admissions process and how to market myself or demonstrate interest
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of demonstrated interest, nothing on my application that stood out, and it might’ve helped if I applied early too…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: MIT, Yale; Deferred to Rejected: Harvard; Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Boston University, Duke, University of Richmond, Northeastern University, George Washington University</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: </p>
<p>I wasn’t so much disappointed with not getting into Brown as I was being shut out of all the Ivies… I keep cycling between being angry that other, “less-qualified” people got in and being depressed and thinking that I got rejected because I wasn’t good enough. </p>
<p>But if I was being honest with myself, I know that as much as I liked the idea of being good enough to get in, I would have been really overwhelmed by the Open Curriculum and probably wouldn’t be very happy there. Although I was in love with its Cognitive Neuroscience program :’( Alas, it was not meant to be. </p>
<p>My advice to underclassmen reading these posts is EDUCATE YOURSELVES. I made the mistake of not thinking about college until the summer of my junior year and believing my parents (who are immigrants and know nothing about American colleges now that I think about it) when they said my grades could get me into college, no problem. Learn how to write an essay. Practice interviews… Don’t blow off PSATs or SATs. Start thinking about what you want to do for a career and make an effort to try those fields out in high school (Take language courses if you’re interested in language, intern at a hospital if you want to pursue medicine).</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in. Rejection is compelling me to be awesome wherever I end up :P</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
[ *] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 36R, 33S)
[ *] SAT II: 780 Chemistry, 760 US History, 740 MathII
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/570
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, Environmental Science, Biology, World History, English Language, US History, European History, Psychology, Physics B, Chemistry (all 5s and one 4 in Physics)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP US Government/Macroeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, AP Computer Science, some college classes (Genetics, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Biological Basis of Behavior)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Questbridge Finalist, Science Olympiad stuff, a few regional academic competitions, some schools ones</p>
<p>[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Environmental Club (4 years)
National Honor Society (2 years) Vice President of Community Service
French Club/French Honor Society (4 years/3 years) Vice President
Chemistry Club (3 years) President
Science Honor Society (2 years) President
Ultimate Frisbee (3 years)
Orchestra (clarinet 2 years)
- clarinet for 7 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring for a year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Science Museum Guide (4 years)
[ *] Summer Activities: Volunteered, took a college class or two, Summer Science Program 2012
[ *] Essays: Common app was great! Out of the all of the supplement essays that I had to work on (other than my Princeton supplement) this was my favorite. I rsuhed through it, but when I went back and read through my answers, I thought that they were funny and very me.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: They were great!!!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Generic, but the good kind
[ *] Additional Rec: Did not send
[ *] Interview: It was good. Only lasted about half an hour, but I enjoyed it.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public (2200+)
[ *] Ethnicity: 100% Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 45,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, questbridge</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: Hooks, courseload, love for science
[ *] Weaknesses: Lack </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 690 R, 800 M, 800 W
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: 760 US Hist., 800 Math I, 800 Math II
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75-ish (4.25 weighted)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/222
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 chemistry, 4 Microeconomics (independent study)
- IB (place score in parenthesis):none
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, BC Calc, AP Stats, AP Language, AP Latin, AP Physics (with independent study of E&M), taking Macroeconomics test. This may not seem like a lot compared to many of you but taking 11 AP tests in my HS career is by far the most of anyone at my school in recent history.
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l Merit commended, AP Scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club (President - won league championship Jr. year), Model UN, Math Team, Jazz Band/Jazz Choir, Jazz combo band (not affiliated with the school)
- Job/Work Experience: Soccer Ref, paid musician
- Volunteer/Community service: solid. Volunteered with a couple known organizations. Made it clear that I was intrinsically motivated to do so (THIS IS WHAT MATTERS).
- Summer Activities: paid musician
- Essays: Common App-8/10
Brown Supplements- 9/10 - Teacher Recommendation: 1- 8/10 (seen)
2-8/10 (guess) - Counselor Rec: 7/10 (guess)
- Additional Rec: 10/10 - from the former Principal, absolutely unbelievable
- Interview: none
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 80k ish
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Clearly demonstrated potential and intrinsic motivation
- Weaknesses: I was quite lazy the first 2 years of high school, SAT reading score is within the IQR but is unimpressive
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell and Rice, Waitlisted at Northwestern, UPenn, Harvard, UChicago
</code></pre>
<p>Pending: Yale</p>
<p>General Comments: Brown is a school that understands that despite the apparent ease and convenience of doing so, quantifying intrinsically qualitative aspects of a person (or life) is impossible and inevitably leads to a poor assessment. Ergo, SAT scores and grades will not get you in, no matter how good your scores or grades are (this is not the case at the other Ivys). My supplements demonstrated interest, a clear voice present in my writing, and a genuine interest in the defining aspects of the university. My advice to applicants: if you don’t have that genuine interest in the university, and you have felt throughout high school that you’re doing everything in the hopes of impressing some Ivy League admissions officer, then you likely won’t be accepted here (it will absolutely show) and if you are, it seems even more unlikely that you’ll enjoy the atmosphere , which is its defining aspect, that permeates Brown. Good luck and do what you love.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (690 CR, 710 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Lit, 660 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Psych (self study), 4 Eng Lang, 3 World History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB (self study), AP Stat, AP English Lit, Intensive Classical Greek, English 4 Honors, Psych, Mandarin 3
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freelance photographer, blogger, Bar Method, yadda yadda[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: Public Relations Intern @ ModCloth
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hrs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Look at my past posts…too lazy to type it all out
[<em>] Essays: Very good, though my Stanford ones were better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was superb, one was generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: One of his better ones I think
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went very well. My interviewer was very passionate about Brown.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Didn’t need FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cuz its Brown
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Prob going to Carleton</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Likely Letter</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320. CR: 800, M: 740, W: 780
[</em>] ACT: 35. E: 36, M: 35, R: 34, S: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Biology E: 730, US History: 780, Literature: 790, Latin: 800.
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 100): 99.32
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Either 1 or 2/45 (school doesn’t rank)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), U.S. History (5), English Language & Comp. (5).
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature & Comp., AP Latin, AP U.S. Government, AP Statistics, Honors Greek 2.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar, STAR Student, 4 National Latin Exam gold medals and 1 perfect score, National Latin Exam Maureen O’Donnell Book Award, National Greek Exam perfect score, Classical Association of the Middle West and South Outstanding Accomplishment in Classics, National Forensic League Degrees of Merit, Honor, and Distinction, various college book awards, state Science Olympiad, and state Literary awards[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Policy Debate (Team Captain 11-12), Junior State of America chapter (Founder and President, 11-12), Science Olympiad, Literary team, Cotillion Club ballroom dancing (instructor, 10), Archery, Beta Club (President, 12), National Honor Society (12), various clubs (Latin, Environmental, Art)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of tutoring at the local Boys & Girls club downtown
[</em>] Summer Activities: Emory National Debate Institute (2010), Junior State of America Summer School at Georgetown (2011), Georgia Governor’s Honors Program - majored in Latin, minored in Social Studies (2012)
[<em>] Essays: Common App one was about recovering from my spinal cord injury and how it shaped me as a person. Supplemental essay was about a quote from John Green’s Looking for Alaska and how it changed my perspective about attending college. I thought both were pretty good - I had 3 teachers review them for me, and they all said they were great.
[</em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[<em>] Teacher Rec #1: A phenomenol recommendation from my Latin and Greek teacher of 5 years.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #2: From my debate coach and AP Gov teacher, also the principal and academic dean of my school. Probably not as awesome as the first, but still outstanding.
[li] Counselor Rec: Should have been great - the counselor really likes me and has taken a personal interest in my application. [/ul][/li][li] Interview: AWESOME. My interviewer and I really connected over Starbucks coffee, haha. She told me she would do her best to help me in the application process. [/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$80,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none! [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: dedication to the classics, summer activities, teacher recommendations, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, interview
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think my intention of concentrating in the classics certainly helped a lot. Also, I think my teacher recs and essays showed off my personality well enough to catch the admission officer’s attention.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - University of Georgia Honors Program, University of Virginia (Echols Scholar), College of Willliam and Mary, Harvard University. Waitlisted - University of Chicago, Princeton University. Rejected - Yale University. Still waiting to hear from Georgetown![/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I was sooo excited to get my likely letter a month ago and the official acceptance yesterday. Now it’s down to deciding between Harvard and Brown! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 760 M: 720 W: 800 (over two sittings) Total: 2280
[</em>] ACT: 33, didnt submit (Dont know why
)
[<em>] SAT II: US History: 760 World History: 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94/4.79 (W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/609
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), English Language and Composition (5), Physics B (lol), Calculus BC (lol), Art History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nopers
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov., AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, AP Biology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ha!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic scrimmage (Captain), Debate, Science Olympiad, Envirothon, Volunteers in Motion
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier and on/off tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Did a bit with a religious group I was in. Also did some with a school group.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nopers
[<em>] Essays:
-Common App: Talked about what I wanted to pursue in college. I really liked this one.
-Short answers: I liked these. My “Why are you going to College?” short answer was great I thought and I liked all the others as well.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both of them should be good. I was the only 5 the teacher had that year and the other one really likes me and I practically lived in his room my junior year.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I thought it would be bland and generic given that my counselor has >300 students to deal with but he says it was the best rec hes ever written so
.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nopers
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large, urban, crappy public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I went to a very bad school so my grades were awesome and considering colleges like to say they look at you within the context of your school, I look pretty good. I might not have the scores that a lot of other kids do, but compared to everyone else in my school, I was at the top.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Bad school (?), Interesting Major choice (Philosophy? Probably not.) Nothing really. Im terribly boring.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, no awards, SAT isnt above a 2300, lots of other stuff
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted EA to UChicago, Accepted to Williams College, Rejected at Princeton, Waiting on Amherst
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>I liked Brown. I applied ED and got deferred. It was then that I fell in love with UChicago and I say this with no sour grapes that had I been accepted everywhere and every college gave me the same amount of aid, I would choose UChicago. I did have somewhat of a sentimental attachment to Brown though, so this was somewhat disappointing. Ah well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):660 math, 660 critical reading, 710 writing
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take any
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%, 3/332
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Macro, AP Government, AP Spanish 4, AP Human Geography, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, Dual Credit DIM
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Program</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Threatre (officer for three years/president this year), NHS (Vice President), UIL Prose Interpretation (Captain), UIL Ready Writing, UIL Lit Crit (captain), Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Various things over the past five years… most active this year. Organized canned food drive in fall, worked with local non profit for the past three years, raised money for kiva loans, made children’s books for pediatrics ward, helped build a new playground, worked blood drive, helped with a bake sale for the humane society, helped clean local shelter, did work online for organizations, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Things I wanted to do! Volleyball and theatre mainly. Nothing noteworthy, just things I enjoyed.
[<em>] Essays: I felt like they were pretty good. Writing is an area I’m stronger in; I didn’t have any help with them. No one edited but me. I wrote one about the canned food drive I coordinated, and one about an influence a homeless woman had on me. I think the last one was probably the most unique.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume it was decent. I have no way of knowing for sure.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea. I think she probably mentioned hoe loaded my courses are this year. I have the most packed schedule of any senior at my school.
[</em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[ *] Interview: I was really nervous for the first part of it, but my interviewer said he really loved talking to me. I didn’t think it was fantastic, but certainly not terrible!! It lasted about an hour, and he asked me very specific questions. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS!
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public (and a not so great one at that. We’re not meeting state standards.)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic. My father is an immigrant from Mexico. My mother is a Caucasian woman from Texas.
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: It’s complicated. Last year a combination of weird situations pushed my parents’ income to closer to $100,000 when it would normally be less than $60,000.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I feel like my essays and supplement were really honest. I didn’t try to be really funny/weird or off the wall; I was honest. I used my own voice to tell my story. Nothing was artificial. I know some people try for really funny or interesting things, and I was worried my answers would be too vanilla, but I’m glad that they resulted in a valid representation of my personality. I didn’t try to be someone to impress the admissions department. I let them decide if they liked me as I was. Also, I feel like me extra curriculars are really varied. Threatre and volleyball and ready writing… I showed diverse interests.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: My scores and grades! They weren’t bad, but not even close to perfect. Also, my school maybe. It’s bad! My counselors don’t know anything. No one ever goes to ivies or even applies. I had no support in this process, and that could have hindered my application. I really doubted I would get in because there’s nothing spectacular about me. I feel exceptionally normal, and that works against most applicants.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I guess my personality really came through in my writing. I am passionate about so many things! I want someone to challenge my ideas, and I want to push those around me to strive for greatness. For some reason, Brown thought I was a good fit for them. I’m so excited!!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: SMU, Baylor, McCombs at UT. Waitlisted at Rhodes (as I should have been, because of a lack of interest) </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m not the typical person someone imagines when they think of the ivy league. For future applicants who come from small towns where most people don’t even go to college: you’re environment does not define you! If you want it; go for it. My scores aren’t fabulous; I’ve made a “B” before, and I still got in. I really think the most important thing you can do is be genuine. Put your time into the things you love, and become a person you would want to be around. Then, even if you aren’t accepted you won’t have any regrets.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 superscored (780M, 720CR, 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 680 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/510
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), APUSH (4), AP Calc AB(5), AP Psychology (5), AP US Gov’t (5), Comparative Gov’t self study (5), Calc BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Lang, AP Euro, honors spanish, foods lol
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country, Track, Winter/ summer training, Academic Team, Interact (PADS officer), Book Club[/li] [</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer over past 3 summers, nursing home volunteer last summer
[</em>] Summer Activities: mostly just volunteering, hanging with friends, training and reading
[<em>] Essays: I’m not the best writer but I thought my supplements showed my interest in Brown
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, probably nothing special though
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Thought it went pretty well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: don’t know
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I had a lot of interest in this school and it definately showed in my application. I also think my interview helped a lot.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Subject test scores, not the best writer
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a lot of interest in my application and I truly enjoy my extracurricular activities
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, University of Michigan, UIUC, USC, UC Berkeley, Bradley, University of Minnesota, UW Madison
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Vanderbilt
Rejected: Yale, Yale-NUS</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m pretty suprised I got in but definately happy about it even though I probably won’t be able to afford it. I think I was a good fit for this school and I showed as much interest as I could in my application. This school is not like many of the other Ivy leagues and actually cares about demonstrated interest and fit. Congratualations to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 740M, 790W (superscore)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 760 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
5s- US History, US GoPo, Macroeconomics, English Lang., European History (self study), Comparative Gov’t (self study)
4s- World History, Psych (self studies)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Environmental, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit., AP Latin, AP Human Geography, Photography Skills, Gym/Health
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Commended PSAT Scholar, National Latin Exam silver medal
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School’s small service club (Vice President), Latin Honor Society (Vice President), Academic Team (Captain), 3 years of JV Bowling, FBLA (Treasurer; cancelled this year), NHS, student member on this school committee to improve school performance
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon (3 years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hindu rights group volunteer (50ish hours), Hindu Youth Group (200ish hours), head teacher for afterschool program chess class (50ish hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar NJ (10th), Boy’s State (11th), Ivy Scholars at Yale (11th), internship at a prestigious publication (11th)
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp was memorable, albeit somewhat facetious at times (7/10); Brown essays were a mix - some were stellar, but a couple were pretty crap honestly (6/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good, I’d hope
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Copy/paste LoR with my stats/generic ECs
[<em>] Additional Rec: my boss from my internship (likely very strong)
[</em>] Interview: One of my better ones.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Run-of-the-mill public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $120k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Beautiful hair?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My internship (had my own article published), self-studying APs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, mid-term senior grades (ended up with a B- and B+ for calc/physics)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my mid year senior grades and just the fact that there’s no dearth of economics majors at these schools
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Williams, Dartmouth, U.Va, NYU, Rutgers Hon. College
Waitlists: Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Duke, Cornell, UPenn, Middlebury, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Johns Hopkins
Rejected: UChicago, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Northwestern
Stilling waiting on: Georgetown, UMich, Wesleyan
[/ul]
General Comments:
Meh. I’ll probably get a lot of hate on this thread for this, but I honestly think Brown’s the most overrated of the Ivy Leagues anyway.
Guess it’s Williams vs. Dartmouth for me!</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I rather think it’s the most underrated – and I like it that way! The prestige hounds go elsewhere while the self-driven hard workers unwilling to “drink the Kool-Aid” love the place; I don’t know of any other elite school that takes such pleasure in mocking itself.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (610/690/660)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II: M2 780, WH 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 40/42
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Maths HL; History HL; Economics HL; Env. Systems & Societies SL; Mandarin ab in. SL; English A1 Lang&Lit SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A wide range from sports & outdoor stuff to club memberships & leaderships and a couple of humanitarian initiatives.[/li] [</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nothing worth mentioning
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Probably some 200 hours, mostly associated to the CAS requirement of the IB diploma programme
[</em>] Summer Activities: Language and other travel
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One excellent, another one at least good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very nice
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: A nice chat over phone with a local alumni</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Norway
[<em>] School Type: Private (UWC)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): UWC probably the biggest hook.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’d say I am a strong all-round applicant although not stellar in any aspect. Good ECs, grades, and recs probably helped me a lot.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not perfect grades but oh well
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: B/C of strengths and UWC
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accept: Brown, Middlebury, Colby, Macalester, U of Florida
Reject: UChicago, UPenn</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Pleasantly surprised that I got into Brown. I have a slight dilemma with financing my studies but hope I’ll figure something out.</p>
<p>This will be my only ivy results post</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (Second time; 740CR/800M/760W)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (Didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Chemistry, 710 Math IIc
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 12 APs (9th: 4, 10th: 4, 11th: 5, 4, 4, 5, 3, 12th: 5 AP tests pending)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Stats, Botany (honors), Internship (honors)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club swimming (9 years), Varsity swimming (4 years; MVP 11th, Captain 12th), taught myself how to program iPhone apps (3-4 years, CEO of my own app development company, published 3 apps on the app store and working for the Everglades Foundation on one for them right now)[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lots of swimming and programming
[<em>] Essays: EXTREMELY Brown-ish. Common app was all about my “inner confidence” and overcoming my money-less background; very general but also pretty powerful. Brown supplement was similarly independent- and self-motivated-sounding. I really think I knocked this supplement out of the park.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 great one, 1 (probably–I didn’t see it) fair one
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She barely knows me. I wrote it for her lol.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Should have sent one to my colleges from a coach or something. Really disappointed about how things worked out.
[li] Interview: It went pretty well. My interviewer was very impressed with me… but then again so were all my other interviewers and their schools unanimously rejected me…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public magnet: really a terrible school with only a handful of great teachers.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: QuestBridge range
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I thought being a QB finalist would help… that’s awkward…</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores (for my school, they’re practically unheard of), personality (really came through in my essays)
[</em>] Weaknesses: personality (really came through in my essays… apparently if you vaguely write about overcoming the “system” you will be rejected by every school except Brown)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The school I came from. The private school and “better” public school nearby get plenty of students into MULTIPLE top colleges. As far as I know, I was the only one from my school, and I only got into Brown. Or maybe it’s some strange cosmic force. Either way, I’m kind of bitter.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, UM (honors), Union (Schenectady; Union Scholar); Waitlisted: WUSTL, Northwestern; Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, MIT, Stanford, Tufts</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m somewhat happy about Brown, although it was never a top choice for me. I had my hopes set on other schools, but I guess I screwed up somewhere big. I’m really disappointed.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (750 M, 740 CR, 710 W)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 750 Math II, 670 Biology M, 640 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/406
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), Biology (4), English Language (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Anatomy/Physiology, Spanish IV, Theology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years of musical theater, 2 years of varsity mathletes, 2 years of NHS, 1 year of National Spanish Honor Society, 4 years of minimal community service, 4 years of scholarship essay competitions (placed first 3/4 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: minimal, through my school’s Community Service Corps
[ *] Summer Activities: nothing of note
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: n/a
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: pretty good</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[ *] School Type: Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket: $0-$60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ <em>] Strengths: nothing in particular, my grades and scores were pretty typical
[ *] Weaknesses: activities showed no leadership
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of leadership
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UPenn, Drexel, LaSalle and Syracuse. Rejected at Brown, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Stanford, and *drum roll</em> Penn State Main </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments: bad EC’s are bad**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR=740, M=780, W=720
[</em>] ACT: Never took
[<em>] SAT II: Math II=780, Physics=780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100%): UW=95ish, W=102.6%
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 of 534
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Music Theory (4), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Physics B (5), English Lang. (4), Comp. Sci. (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP English Lit., AP US Gov’t, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, Honors Humanities, Symphonic Winds, Computer Science Independent Study
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, NHS, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band & Indoor Drumline (Section Leader), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Instructor), Rec. Soccer, Youth Group[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: None; worked at the national election polls for the day
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts covers this pretty thoroughly
[</em>] Summer Activities: Drumline, travel, reading
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good. My common app essays were about par, but my short responses were quirkier.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both good (never actually saw)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows. He writes over 200 recommendations a year, so it was probably pretty generic.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Excellent. See explanation below.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large, suburban, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None I know of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My application really pushed my interests in music and computer science, including a computer music-synthesis program and several recordings of my compositions. I also focused on my travels during middle school, which included two six-month-long cross-country excursions.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades and extra curricular are average, nothing more or less. Also, I don’t really have any special awards or distinctions to set me apart from the masses.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My interview went extremely well. The alumnus had children in my school and really wanted to see someone from the high school go to Brown. We connected very well, and I believe that interview tipped the odds in my favor.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Yale, Cornell, Stanford, and MIT
Waitlisted at Carnegie-Mellon and Olin (eventually rejected)
Accepted at Pitt, RPI, and Lehigh</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’d highly recommend future applicants to apply to numerous reach schools. Each school is looking for a different applicant. Also, make sure to do an interview if available! To everyone rejected and waitlisted, don’t beat yourself up over it. College admissions are 25% skill, 25% spin, and 50% luck. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32 (35 E, 29 M, 34 R, 31 S, 10 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 730 US History, 710 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/75
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): two 4s, two 2s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Lit, College Poli Sci, Gov’t and Econ (Mandatory)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School Awards for Community Service / Academics, American Legion Scholastic Award, American Legion Oratorical Contest 3rd Place (District Level)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Soccer (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
- Lacrosse (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
- JROTC (Officer) [4 years]
- Academic Team (Co-Leader) [2 years]
- Rifle Team [1 year]
- JR Honor Society (President) [1 year]
- NHS (President) [3 years]
[li] Job/Work Experience: N/A[/li][</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 various hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: HOBY Ambassador
[</em>] Essays: Common App - 8/10, Brown Essays - 9/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, probably average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: also probably average
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Over the phone, went pretty well I thought but not my best</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k - $120k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope, and thats the problem</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA / Rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores, weak ECs, being a white, middle class male who isn’t exceptionally good at throwing / kicking balls (aka no hook)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wasn’t hooked and that’s all college admissions is at a certain point if you’re not incredibly smart (2400 / 36, intel or siemens national champ etc)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UMichigan, Villanova, Northeastern, Binghamton, UMD College Park, Loyola Maryland
Rejected - UPenn (Deferral ED), Princeton, Cornell, Williams, UChicago</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: At least I was waitlisted here. Advice to any other unhooked white males thinking of applying to ivies: Apply to them all and hope that you get lucky because that’s what it’ll come down to.</p>