Official Caltech Class of 2015 EA/RD Decisions Thread

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<p>With only 6 days left until decisions are emailed on the 15th, I thought it would be appropriate to start a results thread! All the best everyone! :)</p>

<p>Here is the outline. Just remove the spaces and pick accepted, deferred, or rejected </p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

<p>*template from class of 2014 thread =D</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2240
SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Physics
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.44
Rank: Not available
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on all APs…about 5-6 AP’s taken</p>

<p>Essays: Eh.
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Idk.
Supplementary Material: none
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None.</p>

<p>Location: IL
High School Type: Top 200 public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: MUN, Scholastic Bowl, Math Team
Awards: bunch of regional awards, NMSF, AP Scholar</p>

<p>I’m an international student living in the US.</p>

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<p>Well, here we goooooo…</p>

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 - 690CR, 800M, 800W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chinese, 750 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, AP Music Theory, AP Chinese all 5’s.
[<em>]GPA: As of midterm senior year, 10.06 out of 12, which is just above an A-.
[</em>]Rank: Top 20-40%, I don’t know exactly. My school sends 30% of students to Ivies.
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 132, AMC 12: 117, AIME: 7</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Really unique and well-written. Described a friend’s suicide threat for the ethics question and wrote about shooting parabolic streams of water at a friend for the “quirky ways to have fun” essay. For the long math/sci interest essay, I took the reader through my process of solving a challenging geometry problem and wrote about the impact of math contests on my perspective and appreciation for math. All my essays were really meaningful and conveyed deeper messages.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from chemistry teacher, one from English teacher. Both teachers respected me - English teacher has told me that I’m one of the most deep-probing and high-striving students he’s taught. Chemistry teacher highly respects my work ethic and has nominated me for the Rensselaer medal.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I’m not sure about this one.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I taught through a prestigious and very challenging summer teacher internship in 2010, and the director praised me highly throughout the entire program as well as afterwards. He wrote my supplementary recommendation and was really excited about it.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Spectacular math contest performances - placed at the top of the local league, high score New England meet, qualified for AIME (and scored 6+) every year since 8th grade</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New England
[</em>]High School Type: Very, very competitive private day school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Yoga (super-dedicated, practiced since I was 14); teaching middle school math during the school year; teaching Chinese classes over the summer; Math team; Physics team
[</em>]Awards: JETS Engineering competition ranked very highly in state and very highly nationally; Rensselaer medalist 2010; won my school’s 9/10th grade math award (most accomplished underclassman) 2009
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]My essays and recommendations were incredibly thoughtful and insightful, and my contest achievements and awards are spectacular, but my GPA was probably my downfall.
Maybe if I mentioned my USAMO qualification from middle school, it would have made a difference.
I don’t know. It’s impossible to know, because it’s out of our control.
All we can do is our best. So I’m just going to keep on doing my best and whatever happens will happen…</p>

<p>Good luck everyone else.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400 (single test)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II, Biology E, Chemistry: 800
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 5.01 (where 4.6 is A+ and honors courses add +1)
[<em>]Rank: 1 / 516
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AP:
Biology: 5
Chemistry: 5
Statistics: 5
Environmental Sciences: 5
Computer Science A: 5
Calculus BC: 5
Physics C Mechanics: 5
English Language and Composition: 5</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Honest and reasonably well-written
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I think both liked me :open_mouth:
[<em>]Counselor Rec: She thinks I’m the best student ever seen before…
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Intern research letter of recommendation
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Magnet Program
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Piano, violin, volunteer at library, tutor
[<em>]Awards: General science and math
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: A caltech representative told me that the most important aspect of your application (besides grades) is your demonstrated interest in science, math, or engineering essay. Really bring out the scientist in you and show the committee your love for it.
[/list]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>]SAT: 2190 ( 750 Math, 750 CR, 690 W )
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 93/100
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[/list][ b]Subjective**[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were really good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Don’t know him very well so not sure
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul][ b]Personal**[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Mixed Race: Asian/Caucasian
[<em>]Gender M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, Violin, Piano, Programming Android Applications, Summer Job as a programmer, Life guarding, Programming Competitions, Varsity swimming, Club swimming,
[<em>]Awards: NMSF, top 15 in state swimming relay, lots of Science Olymiad, lots of Violin and Piano awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m pretty surprised and disappointed, I thought I had a pretty good chance. I can’t believe I got rejected and not even deferred. [/ul]</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: None.
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MathII, 790 Physics, 780 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 32
[</em>]GPA: 3.94 U
[<em>]Rank: 11/430
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Calculus BC and Chemistry
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I talked about tutoring other students and how it shaped my view on the concept of time.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Okay.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Bad.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Extra essay on how my dad drinks and abusive, and how that shaped my aspirations and work environment.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation, low income, terrible home environment.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Los Gatos, California.
[<em>]High School Type: Rarely sends grads to top universities. Public.
[ ]Ethnicity: White/Japanese.
[</em>]Gender: Male.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: President of Math Club. Co-president of website design club (made websites for other clubs). Piano for 10 years. Co-founder of parkour group. Tutored other students without pay (addressed in essay).
[</em>]Awards: Nothing special.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Nope.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300, 800CR, 800M, 700W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 36 (English 36,Math 36,Reading 36,Science 36,Essay 8)
[</em>]GPA: 3.95 uw 4.62 w
[<em>]Rank: 8/651
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USAMO 2x, AMC12 130.5, AIME 11, USAMO 22, AP : 7 5’s 2 4’s
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Probably Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Science Research Paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Southeast
[<em>]High School Type: Public, Charter
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Math Team (captain), Science Olympiad Club (President), Computer Science Club (President), State ARML, Robotics (Founding Member, Programming Director), Community Outreach Club, National Honor Society, Volunteering (Tutoring, Nursing Home Visit, total over 300 hours)
[<em>]Awards:Siemens Competition Semifinalist, Grand Award at State Science & Engineering Fair, USAMOx2, State Varsity Math Tournament Champion, State Science Olympiad Gold Medal, ARML State Top Individual Scorer, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, Rensselaer Medal Award ,State Certificate of Merit
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Best of luck to everyone in RD[/ul]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: N/A
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.09 W, don’t know unweighted. (low for Caltech standards)
[<em>]Rank: No ranking
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s in CS AB, AB Calc, Physics B. 3 in US History
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Could have done a lot better, I am really bad at writing.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One okay, one great.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research abstract
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: East coast
[<em>]High School Type: Public magnet
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Boy scout 9 years (nearly Eagle), TARC, amateur radio, robotics.
[<em>]Awards: National inventors award, international award in robotics, other ones from competitions
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Well, I kind of expected it since I don’t think I spent enough effort on the application as I should have.</p>

<p>Oh, and I wrote MIT in my additional information. I got it corrected, but yeah. <em>Facedesk</em>[/ul]</p>

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<p>Accepted this is for my son</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2290 (single test)

  • SAT II: Math II;800, Chemistry: 800, World History:800, Physics:770, US History: 790
  • ACT: N/A
  • GPA: Unweighted:3.975
  • Rank: School does not rank
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
    AP:
    Chemistry: 5
    Statistics: 5
    Computer Science A:B 5
    Physics C Mechanics: B
    English Language and Composition: 5
    Human Geography:5
    World History:5
    US History:5
    French:3
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Well written in my opinion

  • Teacher Recs: The only one i saw was fantastic
  • Counselor Rec: did not see it
  • Supplementary Material: research letter of recommendation
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM
    </code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: KY

  • High School Type: Magnet Program
  • Ethnicity: Black
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Other[ list][<em>]Extracurriculars: Various volunteer work, tutor
[</em>]Awards: General science and math, quick recall, science fair state award, science olympiad[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400 (single sitting)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II-800, Chemistry-800
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.833
[<em>]Rank: 1/~300
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP U.S. Government-5, AP Comparative Politics-5, Chemistry-5, AIME Qualifier</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: reasonably well-written, personal
[</em>]Teacher Recs: hopefully good, i’ve seen one but not the other
[<em>]Counselor Rec: she’s really sweet and i think she likes me
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research abstracts, piano supplement
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Midwest
[</em>]High School Type: public, medium sized
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Research, Piano, Math competitions, Honor Societies, volunteering, Debate, some other not so significant stuff
[</em>]Awards: AIME, USCO
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200// 720M, 730CR, 750W
[</em>]SAT II: Bio M/780, Math II/760
[<em>]ACT: 35// 35M, 35E, 35R, 33S, 31W
[</em>]GPA: 4.43 (A = 4.0, A+ = 4.33, honors weight +.33, AP weight +.43)
[<em>]Rank: top 10/385 (school reported it as 1st decile)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP Calc BC, Lang, World History, U.S. History, European. 4 on AP Chem, Physics C: E&M.
[li]Senior courses: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Stats, AP Japanese, AP Gov, AP Comp Sci</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good Common App essay
[</em>]Teacher Recs: great.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: great.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: vaguely acceptable
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NY
[</em>]High School Type: Public, ~400 students per grade, sent at least 5 students to Ivies last year
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Columbia University SHP, Mu Alpha Theta President, school science magazine editor-in-chief, 7 varsity letters in 2 sports- one captain & one MVP, Chinese School TA, National Honor Society VP, volunteer English peer tutor
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Commended Student, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award for 1st place nonfiction article
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: messed up my supplement, one of my teacher recs was late[/ul]</p>

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<p>i didnt apply to caltech but i was just curious to see the stats of people accepted and all i can say is WOW.
everyone who applied (even rejected or deferred) just seems so BRILLIANT. i wish i could score that highly on AMC and AIME!
best of luck to all and im sure you will all do VERY well in life!</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M:800 CR:780 W:770 first time
[</em>]SAT II: MathII:800 Physics:750 Bio M:760 Chem:750
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.57W
[<em>]Rank: 2/~700
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on Calc BC, Chemistry, US History, European History, Biology, Physics B, Statistics, 3 on French Lang, 2 on AIME
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were decent but they could have been better.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Better than good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Rec from my gov school director
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope…maybe that I work for a medical physics company
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: PA
[<em>]High School Type: Average Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: F
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: a lot of school activities, varsity tennis, employment, etc.<br>
[<em>]Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar w/Distinction, nothing big
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Congratulations to everyone who got in! I think they saw that I might not have been the best fit for Caltech. Fingers crossed for Chicago and MIT:) Good luck to everybody!</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2370 (800M/800CR/770W)
[ *]SAT II: 800 Physics, 790 Math IIC, 780 Chem, 790 US History
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]GPA: ~ 3.86 UW (Impossible to accurately convert)
[ *]Rank: Not Reported
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s Across 5 APs
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Awesome
[ *]Teacher Recs: Awesome
[ *]Counselor Rec: Really Good, not quite as strong though
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Athlete. But not really a hook at Caltech.
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: OH
[ *]High School Type: Private
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Many. Debate. Newspaper. Sports. Science Competitions. Math Club. etc. Also, some important research at highly regarded international institutes.
[ *]Awards: Not Anything absurd but several decently competitive national competitions.
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:So, Happy. I can’t wait to meet some of you all![ /list]</p>

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<p>Accepted! I’m too ecstatic right now to post my stats.</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2390, CR 790, M 800, W 800
[ *]SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800, Bio M 760
[ *]ACT: did not take
[ *]GPA: 4.00 unweighted
[ *]Rank: school does not rank
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Biology 5, Calculus B/C 5, US History 5, Lang&Comp 5, Chemistry (in progress), Statistics (in progress), Chinese (in progress), US Government (in progress), Lit&Comp (in progress)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: They were pretty good, but my Common App personal essay seemed pretty fail.
[ *]Teacher Recs: I would assume good, but I never saw them.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Heck, what an odd interview I had with her…sorta good? O.o
[ *]Supplementary Material: Science Research Paper, Research Professor Letter of Rec
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing :frowning:
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Bay Area, CA
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Science Club (President), Science Bowl (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), National Chinese Honor Society (Vice President), California Scholarship Federation (Treasurer), Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, Junior Engineering Technical Society, Summer Research for 2 summers, Science Fair (regional and state), Track & Field, Crosscountry, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honors, Lots of tutoring and coaching stuff, volunteering, etc.
[ *]Awards: Science Bowl Regional 3rd, Science Olympiad Regional Team 2nd, Science Olympiad Cell Biology Regional 1st & State 2nd, USABO Semifinalist, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, Science Fair Regional Biological Sciences 1st, Science Fair State Plant Biology Grand Prize, and other stuff I can’t remember?
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (730 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (Math II), 760 (Chemistry)
[<em>]ACT: 35 (36 R, 34 M, 36 S, 32 S, 12 Essay)
[</em>]GPA: 3.8 UW
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Euro (5), AP Bio (4), AP Calc BC (5, along with AB Subscore), AP Chemistry (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Microeconomics (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Human Geography (4)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Loved them when I wrote them; but now, not so much.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: No idea; but I guess they couldn’t have been bad.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably ok or good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM (not sure how this applies for Caltech - I heard they didn’t practice affirmative action)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: IA
[</em>]High School Type: very competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Black
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Debate, Math Club, Saxophone, and a couple of internships with professors.
[</em>]Awards: NMSF, National AP Scholar
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: SO HAPPY. Good luck to everyone else, regardless of which college you end up applying to![/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330 (800M, 740R, 790W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT: none
[</em>]GPA: 3.88 UW, 4.3ish W
[<em>]Rank: school does not rank (prolly 25%)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Physics B 5, Calculus BC 5, Bio 5, APUSH 5, Stats 5, EnviroSci 4, Psych 4 (my 4s were self-studied)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I spent a lot of time on them
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Generic
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Mentor rec and and research poster
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing rly
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NorCal
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Lots of leadership in FIRST robotics, Odyssey of the Mind, school paper
[<em>]Awards: Lotsa state awards for robotics and OM, 1 international finalist in robotics
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Mildly disappointed, but at least I can send more info to them.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800M,800R,780W (superscored)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.72 Weighted
[<em>]Rank: 1/452
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AIME 9/15 in 2009, 13/15 in 2010; USAMO qualifier 2009,2010
USAPhO semifinalist, 2010
AP Calculus BC 5
AP Physics C (Mechanics and E&M) 5
AP Microeconomics 5
AP English Lit 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, spent way to much time on them :slight_smile:
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Very good (best in career kind of stuff)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Recommendation from research mentor which was definitely fantastic
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Siemens Competiton
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: PA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Nothing special other than my research
[<em>]Awards: Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Siemens Competiton
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Thrilled to be accepted. Good to be into a really top place. Now I can stop worrying so much :slight_smile: Hope to see some of you next year either at Caltech or wherever I end up.</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: Reading 780 Math 800
[ *]SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 800
[ *]ACT: 35 composite- E36, M35, S35, R34, W11
[ *]GPA:99.948/100
[ *]Rank:3/403
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):5’s in Physics B, Chem, US, 4’s in Language and World
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Alright, or so I though
[ *]Teacher Recs: Probably good
[ *]Counselor Rec: I heard they were phenomenal
[ *]Supplementary Material: none
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:NY
[ *]High School Type:Public
[ *]Ethnicity:Asian
[ *]Gender:M
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:Pres of Science Olympiad, Track all 4 years, Soccer, FBLA, Violin, Piano, and more
[ *]Awards: AP Scholar, RIT Innovation award, State Medals for SCIO, Scholar Athelete, School honor award, Piano awards, and USNCO Top 50 - High Honors, the National Chem Olympiad</p>