Official Caltech Class of 2016 RD Decisions Thread

imtitanium · March 9, 2012, 4:41am

With only very few days left until decisions are emailed, I thought it would be appropriate to start a results thread! All the best everyone!

Here is the outline. Just remove the spaces and pick accepted, deferred, or rejected

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ 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, International Olympiads):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]
[ *] Where else have you been accepted/rejected?
*template from class of 2014 thread

UMTYMP_student · March 10, 2012, 3:17pm

Rejected
**Objective: ** [ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown): Single Sitting 2290 780M, 760R, 750W. Superscore 2340 800M, 790R, 750W.
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):13/500ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), Physics C E&M (5), Chemistry (5), Environmental Science (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), US Gov’t & Politics, Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5).
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: full time dual-enrollment at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Abstract Algebra <a href=“A”>2 semesters</a>, Differential Geometry, Analytical Mechanics (A), Junior college level E&M, Japanese Literature <a href=“A”>2 semesters</a>, Modern Chinese History(A-), Hong Kong Cinema, US Social History (A).
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Scholar. [/ul][/li]
**Subjective: ** [ul]

[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl 4 years [captain 2 years], Science Bowl 4 years [captain 2 years], Math Team 4 years [co-captain 1 year]. All among the best in the state but not that great nationally. 10 on AIME.
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[]Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Summer Activities: 2 years at Ross math camp. Won award for top student.
[] Essays: probably not great. I’m not very good at writing these kinds of essays.
[] Teacher Recommendation: from college professors who didn’t know me that well other than I had done very well in their upper division college classes.
[] Counselor Rec: probably good.
[]Additional Rec: got one from the guy who runs Ross. Presumably very good. [/ul]

**Other ** [ul]

[] Intended Major: Math
[]State (if domestic applicant): MN
[]School Type: Large non-selective inner city public. All classes in 11th and 12th grade at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]

**Reflection: ** [ul]

[]Strengths: Very advanced coursework; will have 18 upper division college classes by the time I graduate from high school.
[]Weaknesses: Some A-s in upper division math and science classes.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea.
[] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Accepted at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and University of Chicago. Deferred from MIT. [/ul]

mtrushmore94 · March 10, 2012, 3:18pm

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2330 (750 CR) (800 M) (780 W)
[ *]SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Math 2
[ *]ACT: 35 Composite 36 E 36 M 33 R 35 S
[ *]GPA: 3.962 UW 4.330 W
[ *]Rank: 2/429
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on 8 APs, 4 on 1 AP
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Good essays, reflect sports and scientific interest
[ *]Teacher Recs: good i assume
[ *]Counselor Rec: large public piece of crap
[ *]Supplementary Material: None!
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: MN
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Basketball Varsity, Econ Challenge Captain, NHS Officer, Table Tennis Captain, Summer Cancer Research
[ *]Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, National Econ Challenge 2nd Place
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list][ *] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? VERY HAPPY! NOW JUST WAITING ON IVIES/MIT/STANFORD!

hawaii4lyfe · March 10, 2012, 3:29pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2280
[]SAT II: 800 MII, 770 Physics
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: 4ish
[]Rank: Don’t know.
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on every math/science AP except Chem, CS
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Not that great.
[]Teacher Recs: Eh.
[]Counselor Rec: Good.
[]Supplementary Material: Sent in research paper from this summer, supplementary recommendation (that was very good!)
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): None.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: CA
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Not female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Standard ones. Math team, Sci Oly, other clubs
[]Awards: I made USAJMO before, also some (B division) awards at PUMaC, HMMT, etc.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not even mad at this point. Lol. [/ul]

zach12 · March 10, 2012, 3:32pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2200 (690 V, 800 M, 710 W, 9 essay), single sitting – didn’t send in
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[]ACT: 35 (35 E, 35 M, 36 Sci, 32 R, 9 essay), single sitting – sent in
[]GPA: 3.97/4.0 unweighted
[]Rank: 1/250ish, weighted
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 8 APs (2 5’s, 4 4’s, 3, 2 – the 2 and 3 came Fr. and So. years if it matters)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Common App was good. Caltech short answers were great, full-length was good but was pretty conventional.
[]Teacher Recs: One was great, the other good
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): URM
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: TX
[]High School Type: Medium-sized, average public school
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Did research for four years and over two summers (presented a poster at a national convention last year which helped); tennis; golf…not much really
[]Awards: NMF, Boys State, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, NHS, some other small ones
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: First school besides UT to give me a decision so this really boosts my confidence for the rest of the schools on my list[/ul][*]Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Accepted to UT Austin’s deans scholar program

Mystery101926 · March 10, 2012, 3:34pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:Single Sitting: 2160 (800CR 680M 680W) Super Score: 2200 (800CR 720M 680W)
[]SAT II: 800 Math II 750 Chem 790 USH
[]ACT: 34 (32E 35M 34R 36S)
[]GPA:96uw 108.41w
[]Rank: Top 5, maybe Top 3, of 430
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): ES (5), Chem (5), USH (5), World History (5), Physics B (4), Lit (4)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Decent, more about writing than anything science related
[]Teacher Recs: My counselor said they were good
[]Counselor Rec: She really liked me, so it was pretty good
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads):none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NY
[]High School Type:Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: President of Bio Club, NHS Member, literary magazine contributor, recreational soccer, Math team
[]Awards: National AP Scholar with distinction
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Don’t apply to a math/science school when you don’t do well on the math portion of the SAT
[*] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Accepted to 4 SUNYs and WPI[/ul]

Philsophydude · March 10, 2012, 3:59pm

[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2250 (800 CR 770 W 680 M)
[ *]SAT II: 800 Math 2 800 Bio M
[ *]ACT: n/a
[ *]GPA: 97% uw
[ *]Rank: n/a
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Main was good, CA one was good, EC one was good other three short answers were meh
[ *]Teacher Recs: Good but not great
[ *]Counselor Rec: doesn’t know me
[ *]Supplementary Material: n/a
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): n/a
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: NY
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White (from Spain)
[ *]Gender Malel
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: 2 years of intense biology research, volunteering in russia and hospital/labs/libraries. built website based on history of sites I geolocated + iPhone app, hip hop producer, co founder of debate club, some other lamer stuff
[ *]Awards: 1st place state science fair, published paper, 2nd place in regional science fair, AP scholar with distinction
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list][ *] Where else have you been accepted/rejected?
Math sat score killed me.

Admitted: UCSB-regent PSU
Waiting: Everyone else
Rejected: caltech

murtag0n · March 10, 2012, 4:00pm

Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 2200 (V,W,M-640,780,780)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.74/4.0 unweighted
Rank: 33/250ish
Other Tests APcalcAB-5, AP chem, APUSH-4
Subjective
Essays: Common App was good. Caltech pretty good, full-length felt original and strong
Teacher Recs: One was awesome, the other good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Supplementary Material: none
Hook-musician
Location: KY
High School Type: small public school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Other
Extracurriculars: Music, Physics club freshmen year, robotics team, independent research

TheBiggestRed · March 10, 2012, 4:16pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:NA
[]SAT II: 800-Math; 760-Chem
[]ACT: 34
[]GPA: 3.7
[]Rank: NA
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5-BC Calc; 5-AP Comp Sci; 4-AP Chem
[]Location: New Jersey
[]High School Type: College Prep
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Juggling, Music, Sports, Computer Programming, Work, Entrepreneur
[]Awards: 5 World Records, Commended Scholar
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Rejected from Stanford EA. This sucks.

OrchDork1 · March 10, 2012, 4:19pm

Waitlisted! How many waitlisted people are there?
2330
35
800 math 2
800 chem
Asian male

Hiandhello · March 10, 2012, 4:36pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 690 CR 730 W 790 M
[]SAT II: 800 Math, 790 Chem, 760 Phy, 700 Lit, 610 WH, 480 USH
[]ACT:-
[]GPA:-
[]Rank: 3/148
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I really liked both of them … had a few grammatical errors when i rechecked
[]Teacher Recs: Very average
[]Counselor Rec: Very average
[]Supplementary Material:none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads):none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Pakistan
[]High School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: Pakistani
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Pretty mediocre, Science/Math intensive
[]Awards: none major
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Yes,i feel like bragging. [/ul][*] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? None yet obviously

bonnieblue · March 10, 2012, 4:43pm

ACCEPTED! yay :)

2390
class rank: 1st
800s
lots of major competitions
International female

got into harvard
waiting on mit

RuTZeR · March 10, 2012, 4:53pm

ISEF or USAMO @bonnieblue ???

sa711kevin · March 10, 2012, 4:54pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2250 (Math 800, Writing 790, Critical Reading 660)
[]SAT II: Math 800, Physics 790, U.S. History 770, Biology E 740, Spanish 680
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: Weighted 4.33 Unweighted 3.94
[]Rank: 2 out of 571
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12 (94.5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Biology (5), AP U.S. Government (4), AP European History (4), AP U.S. History (4), AP Spanish Language (4), AP Macroeconomics (3), IB Spanish B SL (6), IB Biology SL (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Average/Above Average
[]Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[]Supplementary Material: Submitted my Extended Essay (EE) on “The Physics of Music”
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): N/A
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Los Angeles
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Japanese, Chinese
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Marching Band (President/Trumpet Section Leader), Math Club (President), Science Olympiad (President), National Honor Society (Treasurer), International Baccalaureate Association (Treasurer), Student Government (Commissioner of Recognition),
[]Awards: National Merit Commended (PSAT 220), National AP Scholar, 9th Place at Science Olympiad Regionals, Student of the Month, 4th Place at SCSBOA Championships, 5th Place at WBA Championships
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging: Not exactly sure how to feel about this…
[*] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Accepted into Cal Poly SLO and Honors Program at UCI[/ul]

clhp94 · March 10, 2012, 4:58pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2250. 750 M, 760 CR, 740 W
[]SAT II: 800 Bio (M), 770 Chem, 760 Phys, 750 Math II
[]ACT: didn’t submit
[]GPA: 5.63/5.0
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): All 5’s on AP test (Chem, Bio, US History, Phys C Mechanics, Phys C E&M, Latin Lit, Latin Vergil, Calc BC, English Lang, Stats)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I thought they were decent
[]Teacher Recs: Strong
[]Counselor Rec: Fine
[]Supplementary Material: SSP recommendation, research paper
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): SSP
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NC
[]High School Type: Public magnet
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Violin, Science bowl (co-captain), Ballroom dance club (co-founder/captain), Debate, Track and Field (pole vault), Swimming, a couple others
[]Awards: NMF, National AP Scholar, 2nd in State science fair, 1st in Science Bowl Regionals, National Latin Exam Gold Medal on highest level, Singapore International Challenge 2nd place, couple other trivial awards
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Rejected from Stanford (early), Likely letter from Yale, waitlisted to WUSTL[/ul]

dariceguy13 · March 10, 2012, 4:59pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: Math:800, Reading:800, Writing: 750; Single Score: 2310 (got a 690 on Math the first time)
[]SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 790, BioM: 780
[]GPA: 3.96 (School doesn’t calculate; B in BC Calculus 1, B in PE)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Lol. I thought they were ok for caltech. I tied together Skyrim/Hot Wheels with engineering and I talked aobut being a ■■■■■ for the fun essay.
[]Teacher Recs: I’m sure my science rec was great. English rec was probably good.
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t help. Didn’t hurt.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): Nope. Though caltech likes my school I think.
[/ul]Personal[ list]
[]Location: Illinois
[]High School Type: Magnet (Math Science)
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/list]Other[ list]
[]Extracurriculars: Scholastic Bowl, JETS, Math Team, Speech Team, Voice, Piano, Newspaper
[*]Awards: USABO Semifinalist, University of Toronto National Biology Scholar with Distinction

energize · March 10, 2012, 5:02pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2360 (790 CR/800 M/770 W)
[]SAT II: 800x3 Math 2, Physics, Chem, 780 US Hist, 770 Bio M
[]GPA: 3.91 UW (Bs in 10th grade chem, 11th grade English, AP English, AP Japanese)
[]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 9% according to UCs
[]AMC: 93 AMC 12, 102 AMC 10 (100.5 AMC 12 this year, but I didn’t tell Caltech)
[]AP: Calc BC, Chem, CS A, Lang, Music, Phy B, Phy C (both), Psych, Stats, US Hist (all 5 except Music and E&M). Planned: Bio, Lit, Japanese, Econ (both), E&M retake.
[/ul]

Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Decent
[]Teacher Recs: probably decent
[]Counselor Rec: probably decent
[]Supplementary Material: Research mentor rec
[li]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A[/li][/ul]

Personal[ul]
[]Location: California
[]High School Type: Very competitive public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Math/science competitions - USAMTS, JETS-TEAMS (now TSA-TEAMS) varsity captain, FIRST Tech Challenge, etc. Astrophysics research. Admin of school web portal and wiki. Co-president of Computer Science Club. Piano. AwesomeMath Summer Program. CTY.
[]Awards: NACLO Invitational qualifier, USAMTS Honorable Mention, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]

Congrats to those accepted, condolences for those rejected. I’m waiting on MIT, Stanford, CMU, Cornell, and Mudd. One of my friends was deferred at Caltech and accepted at MIT in the EA cycle, so I hope I can imitate that. :P

Cocytus · March 10, 2012, 5:05pm

Holy crap!!! Accepted!!! Congrats to all the others who were accepted, and best of luck to those waitlisted.

katonice · March 10, 2012, 5:08pm

Accepted!
Congrats to everyone accepted and good luck to everyone! This is so exciting!

bonnieblue · March 10, 2012, 5:20pm

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