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Published: December 09, 2011 12:00 AM</p>
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (800CR/780M/780W first sitting)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Chem
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.98 ish, 4.4 ish weighted…basically just one B in a history class
[<em>]Rank: 11/330 ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC 5 w/ 5 subscore, Physics B 3, Chem 5, Stat 5, Psych 5, Lang 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good, the why I love math one might have been a little forced
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one def outstanding, other one was probably really good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: he really doesn’t know me so it was clearly a form letter
[</em>]Supplementary Material: rec from a professor with whom I did NOT do research but I’d done a lot of other work with
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): XC coach emailed me twice but obviously that didn’t do much
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MD
[<em>]High School Type: smallish public, not that great (has an IB program that I did NOT do)
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 3 season varsity athlete, MVP/all county/captain, math team captain, engineering club, academic team, NHS treasurer, french honor society president, girls’ engineering camp counselor, engineering internship, NASA girls’ engineering enrichment program
[<em>]Awards: NMSF is the only big one, ap scholar with distinction
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: let’s face it I got in because I’m a girl…but I’m okay with that![/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 (780 Math, 740 Writing, 680 Reading Superscore)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT: None
[</em>]GPA: 96.15% Weighted
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank. Top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A bunch of 4s and 5s on APs.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent. Unusual. I thought they were good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Very good. (Hopefully)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: *shrug</em> No clue.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New York City
[</em>]High School Type: Large Magnet. Part of NCSSSMST. Consistently ranked as one of the top 100 high schools in the nation.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Captain of FIRST Robotics Team, Columbia SHP, Science Olympiad, NHS
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar, Letter of Commendation from PSAT/NMSQT
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? *shrug</em> Good luck to others?
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 800 M, 800 W 2370 (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 chem, 800 physics, 760 math II, 780 bio, 790 chinese, 770 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.76 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/325
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 AP’s all 5’s (USH, chem, us gov, bio, physics C: mechanics, english lang, chinese, stat, calc AB, WHAP)
[ <em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP eng lit, AP calc BC, diffeq, orchGT, french 4 Honors, AP Physics e/m
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO Honors (top 150), state olympiad medals, violin all state, etc. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SciOly (president), tutoring, orchestra (LOTS of violin stuff)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: private violin teacher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, other misc stuff, violin performance in community
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY, internship
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Common App Main: interesting, pretty good 8/10
[<em>] EC Short Answer: about science olympiad, demonstrated passion in science 9/10
[</em>] Essay: Really good, 10/10 really talked about my love for science
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see but assuming it was great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[li] Additional Rec: same as above - got one from my research mentor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: Chem engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, essays (passion for science)
[</em>] Weaknesses: could use more major science/math awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don’t know[/li][/ul]General Comments: SO EXCITEDDDDDD!!! xDDDDDD</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2200(770w, 780m, 650r)–not a good reading, one test
[</em>]SAT II:800 math2, 800 physics, 780 bio, 790 chem
[<em>]ACT:nope
[</em>]GPA:94.4%
[<em>]Rank:33/350
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AMC 105, AIME 7, All science APs 5, APUSH 4, AP Lang 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Both sciency,
[</em>]Teacher Recs:History and Bio, Known to be EXTREMELY good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec:unknown
[</em>]Supplementary Material:AP tests
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):US Physics team?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:New York
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Chinese
[<em>]Gender:M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:many, but not notable
[<em>]Awards:’’
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I thought getting in would be a big stretch. I guess I’m just lucky.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math ii 800 physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.96
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on english lit, chemistry, calc bc, 4 on physics b
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: eh alright
[</em>]Teacher Recs: pretty good - history and math
[<em>]Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: letter from research mentor
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): recruited athlete (haha for caltech)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: PA
[<em>]High School Type: private
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: robotics, a small sport, other stuff
[<em>]Awards: NMSF, AP scholar with something
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: yay!!! im a little concerned about the size/social aspect of caltech though the academics and location are priiiime. its going to depend where else I get in.[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 770 W, 770 CR (2 sittings)
[</em>] ACT: 35 overall – can’t remember breakdown
[<em>] SAT II: 770 M2, 740 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 96
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), USHist (5), Spanish (5), Chem (5), CalcAB (5), taking Physics, Gov, English, and CalcBC this May.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP English, Choir
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics (Captain for 2 years), Mock Trial, Math Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tech Support for development company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing big – helping local baseball field, mission trip to Mexico
[</em>] Summer Activities: Programming, Web Development</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT score?
[</em>] Weaknesses: No major scientific/Mathematic awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I could definitely see my application blending in with a lot of other Caltech applicants. Will submit additional supplementary material.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 790 Math, 760 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 800 US History
[<em>]GPA: 4.0
[</em>]Rank: Top 10%, unranked
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): No AMC. All fives: AP Calc BC/Chem/Physics B/Physics C/World/US/Computer Science A/Lang
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: loved my Common App essay; math/science passion wasn’t bad
[<em>]Teacher Recs: apparently good enough!
[</em>]Counselor Rec: outstanding, from what I gathered
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Excellent letter from CS professor/research mentor
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Met with XC coach (though I’m only “fast” at Caltech)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NY
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White/Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Math Team, Model UN, Morning Show, FBLA, Newspaper, Natural Helpers, Mock Trial
[</em>]Awards: National AP Scholar, Chem Olympiad National Finalist, NCTE–nothing too great
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? SO EXCITED. Good luck to everyone else![/ul]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2380 (780 CR/800 M/800 W)
[ *]SAT II: 800’s Math II and Chemistry
[ *]ACT: didn’t take it
[ *]GPA: 4.18 w
[ *]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but probably top 10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP US History; 4’s on AP Physics C: Mechanics
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: my English and Physics teachers thought they were good… it was pretty much a metaphor using the laws of Newtonian physics to express my interest in science/engineering
[ *]Teacher Recs: didn’t see them
[ *]Counselor Rec: didn’t see them
[ *]Supplementary Material: research paper submitted to TechOnline/EETimes
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Northern NJ
[ *]High School Type: Public, about 300 students in my class
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *]Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: volunteering, internship with local software start-up, internship with local mayor, piano competitions, varsity track, varsity swimming
[ *]Awards: school awards for good grades, National Merit Commended Student, Resselaer Award
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: treating myself to a trenta at starbucks (yes getting in requires celebration with a quarter gallon of iced coffee)!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800M, 730CR, 750W (11 Essay) - 2280 Total
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Physics, 760 Biology-M
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA:3.996W, not sure UW
[<em>]Rank: 14?
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USAJMO Qualifier, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Common App wasn’t too good, but I thought my big essay for Caltech (math/science passion) was really good (well at least, I really loved doing it). Guess not.
Other supplemental essays were okay I guess. I’m not the best writer.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Eh, they were okay.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not sure.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Got recommendation from head of PROMYS, which was sure to be good (as I did really well on midterm/final)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none, i guess
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Not saying
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive, Charter
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[li]Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Math League (Captain), JETS TEAMS (Captain), Science Olympiad (made nationals), Classical Indian Music, some other clubs I don’t care about too much
[</em>]Awards: USAJMO was my big one. Also ahd various SciOly/TEAMS stuff, and some other math competitions (most recently, individual finalist at PUMaC)
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Also, this might help, but I’m applying as a junior. but still, I sad I thought I had a good chance too…[/li][/ul]</p>
I thought I had a good chance too…[/li][/ul]</p>