Official Caltech Class of 2016 RD Decisions Thread

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M: 790 C: 680 W: 680 Tot: 2150 (super)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 710 Chemistry: 750
[<em>]ACT: 32
[</em>]GPA: 3.93 Unweighted, 4.2 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 12/226
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP Chem
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good, hopefully
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good, hopefully
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Nada
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): Recruited athlete, I guess
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New Hampshire
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Cross Country (Captain), Indoor/Outdoor Track, FIRST Robotics, Math Team (Captain), Science Olympiad, Tech Crew, NHS, Red Cross Club
[<em>]Awards: Some sports awards, Above 4.0 GPA Award
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: OHHH MYYYY GODDDD I CAN’T BELIEVE I GOT IN. This is the best day of my life!!!
[/ul][*] Where else have you been accepted/rejected?: Accepted to Northeastern, WPI, RIT, FIT.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2380 M: 800, CR: 780, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 MathII 800 BioM 800 Chem 800 Chinese
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.6ish?
[<em>] Rank: IDK
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Bio 5, Chem 5, Calc BC 5, Chinese 5, AP lang 4, CS 3 (didn’t report)
[<em>]Awards: USABO semi, science olympiad medalist, some volunteer/painting awards, AP Scholar with Distinction, Natl Merit.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Literacy club president, Best Buddies VP, Art Club co-founder, Key club minor officer, science club, summer office job, Stanford internship etc.
[<em>] Essays: Pretty ■■■■■. Decided to apply Caltech the day apps were due so didn’t take the essays seriously at all. They were bad lol.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[</em>] Supplemental Materials: Additional Rec [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Given
[</em>] Gender: What else? [/ul]Other Factors, hook?: haha good joke</p>

<p>General Comments?: Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Wouldn’t have chosen Caltech anyway.
where else have you been accepted?: Accepted at USC, UC Berkeley</p>

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<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *]SAT: 2330 (CR: 750, M: 790, W: 790) [Superscore: 2340 w/ M: 800 instead]
[ *]SAT II: Chem (730), Math II (800), Literature (700)
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]GPA: UW 3.81, W 4.75
[ *]Rank: N/A
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus BC (5 w/ AB subscore 5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Spanish Language (5), AP Physics B (4), AP English Language, AP Computer Science A, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Biology
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[ *]Essays: Pretty decent. Added humor to the unusual fun essay. (:
[ *]Teacher Recs: No idea, but assuming okay/good.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Fairly average probably
[ *]Supplementary Material: N/A
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): I wish. But nope.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[ *]Location: California
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Taekwondo, founder of online magazine, research assistant, community service at library, and pretty much every honor society you can think of.
[ *]Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m surprised I didn’t get straight-up rejected to be honest.[/ul]
[ *] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Denied from Stanford, waitlisted at WashU, and accepted to UCI Honors.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Math 780 Writing 800 Reading 770
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 800 Chemistry 790 US History 770
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.67 Weighted
[<em>]Rank: 1/640
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): CompSci 5 US History 5 Chemistry 5
[<em>]Senior Year Courses: Honors Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Government/Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, Business Technology Intern
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: My Common Application essay was damn good, in my humble opinion. And my supplement essays were apparently pretty good. I’m a meticulous writer.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Good, Personal. Teachers love me.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Great. I’m really close with my counselor, she’s seen me through a lot.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[</em>]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): Har Har Har, you’re funny.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Alta Loma, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White & Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis Captain, AYSO Soccer (player & volunteer referee), National Honor Society President, Academic Decathlon, Free & Private Tutoring
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, California Scholarship Federation Sealbearer, Top 1% of Class
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Uhm. Holy cow, I don’t quite know how this happened.
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/rejected? Deferred from Harvard Early Action. Accepted to ASU Barrett, CSUSB. [meh]
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330 (750M, 780CR, 800W)
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Math II, 740 Bio, 740 USH
[<em>]Unweighted GPA: 94.18 (3.77)
[</em>]Rank: 7/625
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC10 in Freshman year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: GOOD
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Spanish teacher: 9/10, Chem teacher: 7/10
[<em>]Counselor Rec: 10/10 fosho
[</em>]Supplementary Material: NONE, NO RESEARCH SUBMITTED
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): I AM AN ANTI-HOOKED APPLICANT</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NJ
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Academic Team, Bio Team, Spanish Honor Society, Cross Country, Track, Volunteering
[</em>]Awards: NONE LOL</p>

<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: hahaha I was pretty sure I’d be rejected. My midyear report sucked; I had a D and 3 B’s on it (The D in Calc BC!). I’ve only taken 4 AP tests, not even Calc AB though I’m in BC this year. Plus, I’d done NO research, never participated in USAMO/USABO/Chem Olympiad/Physics Olympiad, and wasn’t involved in any “heavy-hitting” extracurriculars. I thought my essays were good, but it wasn’t enough all of the aforementioned weaknesses in my app to prevent rejection. Overall, no surprise here. I’m waiting on a few more rejections though (from a couple Ivies).[/ul]</p>

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

<p>In short:</p>

<p>S participated in RSI
6 APS, all 5
4 SAT 2s, all 800s
GPA 3.99/4.0
First in class (but school doesn’t rank)
Participation in/success in math, biology, chemistry olympiads (but not camp level, but almost)
Involved in debate and soccer and other stuff
Recommendations were probably outstanding
Essays were good
Waiting for other decisions</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2320 (one time) 800M, 790CR, 730W
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 800 Math II,800 Physics, 730 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parentheses): 5,5,5,5,4 (all math and physics)
Senior Year Course Load: Graduate level physics research, Optics 406 (college), US History (College), AP Literature, Worldviews and Issues, AP Chemistry, Dynamical Systems (college), Real Analysis (college)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Semi-finals (3 X), AIME (3X), NMF, 2nd Place Physics Bowl Team in nation, Ranked about 40th in nation in chess (for age), National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tons of music (violin, church worship, symphony, work, rock bands, etc); Chess, varsity baseball, graduate level optics research, math competitions, physics competitions
Job/Work Experience: Violin teacher, math tutor, physics 400 tutor, chess teacher (apx. 15 hours a week)
Volunteer/Community service: Youth worship leader, violin teaching, math tutoring, music at church
Essays (Include Subjects): One about chess, one about service, one about calculus; They were very good.</p>

<p>Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Really, really, really good
Teacher Recommendation #2: Really good
Counselor Rec: mom wrote it (homeschooled!)
Additional Rec: very good
Interview (Alumni): Good
Art Supplement: Violin
Athletic Supplement: Baseball (Caltech coach kept emailing/calling</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App:
State (if domestic applicant): Ca
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: 1/2 Puerto-Rican, 1/2 Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Between 70 and 80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete? </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: National awards, test scores, variety of interests, strength of interests
Weaknesses: Not enough perfect tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Balance of strengths, recruited athlete
Where else accepted: Princeton SCEA, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Baylor, U Pitt, and UT Dallas.
Comments? Son is very, very happy and definitely wants to visit!</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 (730 V, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 4.7679
[<em>]Rank: 2
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 APs all 5s (Comp Sci A, US History, English Lang, Chemistry)[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Essays: My shorter ones were pretty meh, but I feel I really was able to show my personality and humor in the Interest in Science one.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, but they were probably really good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see. Probably good but not great because I didn’t really know her that well.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): none[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Personal[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[li]Gender: Female[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, Girl Scouts, Computer Science Club, other various clubs
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Girl Scout Gold Award, Wellesley Book Award, Academic Decathlon stuff
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: All I can say is, whoaaaaaaaaa. Also, the e-mail went into my spam folder! The only reason I realized decisions came out today is because I got curious as to when decisions were coming out and saw this thread on CC.
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/rejected?: Deferred from MIT.
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2340 (800 Math, 800 CR, 740 writing, this is in one sitting, second time I took it)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
Did not take ACT.
Unweighted GPA: Something like 3.8/3.9, my school only records weighted, I got a 4.78 by the South Carolina weighted scale
Rank: not ranked, but unofficially 25/136 (competitive high school)
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on all AP tests except a 4 in Euro [Bio, Euro, Calc AB, Physics B, Psych, APUSH]
Subjective
Essays: Could have been better to be honest, I kind of rushed some of them
Teacher Recs: Good one by AP Bio teacher, didn’t see math teacher’s but I think it’s not bad
Counselor Rec: Don’t know, our guidance counselor is new this year so we haven’t gotten to know each other
Supplementary Material: None
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): None to speak of
Personal
Location: SC
High School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: Asian (Bengali)
Gender: Male
Other
Extracurriculars: Cross Country (state team), Track, Volunteering (90 hours total), Mu Alpha Theta, Wrestling (one year), Palmetto Boys State
Awards: National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist when I sent my app)
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: If you’re really set on Caltech, make sure you do research and stand out in some way. Also, be interesting in general and really carefully consider the questions well in advance. I have good numbers but not much else, and I think that’s what hurt me in the end. I am hoping to get accepted here or a school of similar caliber in grad school. I wasn’t really all that surprised to be rejected, to be honest. Also I kind of wish I took a third SAT II and took that SAT II soon after the AP test. I should have also pursued leadership positions in clubs and been more involved in them. To be honest, I’m not as bitter about it as I thought I’d be, I guess it’s because I found out about Case Western and a scholarship from them beforehand. The only thing to do is work harder in college, I guess.
Where else?: Accepted to Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Case Western. This is the first outright rejection I got (I’m sure there are more rejections to come).</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2380 (800 CR 800 M 780 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Physics 800 Math II
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.32W 3.95UW at time of application, 4.30, 3.89 after midyear
[<em>]Rank: 6/326 (dropped to 20/326 by midyear. senioritis…)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 109.5, AIME 6 (2011), USNCO Qualifier, Mandelbrot Regional Winner, National Merit, Math League 1st Place. </p>

<p>[<em>]Essays: Talked about a prank my friends and I were planning to pull off (hope the caltech admissions office doesn’t rat me out, and i won’t post the details here because I think we can still get in trouble…), talked about the feeling of discovery and accomplishment one gets by engaging in scientific research and science in general, and… talked about one time where I used maphacks to win a competitive Starcraft match, felt bad about it, and confessed to my friends. I thought they were pretty good, but idk… I am quite a bad judge of my writing ability
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One really good, one generic/okay
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Decent. She knows me decently well.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research paper on the construction of steiner’s ellipse without an affine transformation
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): nope. anti-hook for being asian?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: OR
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Way too lazy to list it out. Leadership positions were NOT lacking though. They ranged from math/science to debate/forensics and piano/music, internship at a software company, about 150 hours of volunteer service.
[<em>]Awards: A decent amount of regional debate awards, piano awards, MUN awards…add that to the stuff above.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
[li] Holy shiznizz I didn’t see this one coming. Was going out to lunch, got the email, thought “oh great, my day is about to be ruined”. was pleasantly surprised</p>[/li]
<p>Where else have you been accepted/rejected?
deferred SCEA princeton, accepted to Illinois ECE</p>

<p>Edit: oops, in my excitement I forgot something. congrats to other people who were admitted! and if you didn’t get in:
reading down the page I was completely astounded by the stats of the people who were rejected. you will all get in somewhere else, and it will be just as amazing. you don’t need to hear it from me, but you’ll know i’m right in like a month</p>

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<p>Rejected!! A bronze medal in International Physics Olympiad was worthless. Now, may be it’s time to hear another bad news on the 14th and 23rd. I know my rejection was mainly due to the demand of high(very high) financial aid.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
-SAT: 2280 (760 CR, 780 M, 740 W)
-SAT II: 790 Bio-M, 790 Chem, 800 Math Lvl II
-ACT: (did not take)
-GPA: 4.32W, 4.00UW
-Rank: 1/425
-Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc 5, AP Bio 5, AP Chem 4, AP World 5, APUSH 3, AP Eng Lang 5, AP Art Hist 4</p>

<p>Subjective:
-Essays: Talked about the “everlasting quest of science and engineering to understand the world” and how they can allow us to better the world; described a prank; talked about a tennis match, during which my opponent continued to play despite twisting her ankle
-Teacher Recs: Sent 4 (2 science, 1 English, 1 math teacher); 2 were great, the other 2 were okay
-Counselor Rec: Okay, I guess… she doesn’t know me that well
-Supplementary Material: Report on research done over summer of 2011
-Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): None</p>

<p>Personal:
-Location: CA
-High School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Chinese
-Gender: F</p>

<p>Other
-Extracurriculars: Science Alliance club (founder, president for 2 years); Math Club (founder, president for 2 years, secretary 1 year); Interact Club; NHS; CSF; went to an orphan school in China during summer of 2010 to teach English; regularly volunteer at senior home
-Awards: National Merit Commended Student; AP Scholar w/ Distinction; Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair - Fourth Place; Society of In Vitro Biology Award (for science fair project)
-Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: After getting rejected from Stanford (EA) and waitlisted yesterday for WUSTL, I was surprised about this decision. However, I really wanted to get into Caltech (1st choice school), so I guess my app must have reflected my enthusiasm. I don’t have much advice, other than to be honest and try your best to demonstrate your love for math/science.
-Where else have you been accepted/rejected?: UC Berkeley (through the Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholarship</p>

<p>Congrats to the others who got in, and to those who didn’t, good luck!</p>

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<p>@ imtitanium: awww :(</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 2130, single sitting. Reading: 740, Math: 710, Writing: 690. Yuck.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Biology
ACT: 35 Reading, 35 Math, 34 Writing, 29 Science, 9 Essay, 34 Composite.
GPA: US-only GPA: 3.9. US + Brazil GPA: 3.3
Rank: Top 25%. My school doesn’t rank.
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Cac BC, 4 AP Biology, 4 AP US History. 87.5 AMC 12.</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: I have a good story. Lived in Brazil, tutored for money for a plane ticket, came alone to the US to go to school when I was 16, ended up homeless but still going to high school and still supporting myself.
Teacher Recs: I accidentally had two recs from different English teachers submitted. I’m sure they were both excellent. My math teacher’s rec was, in his own words, not very thoughtful because he rushed through it while waiting for his plane during winter break -_-
Counselor Rec: Below average. My counselor doesn’t know me and assumed my 3.3 GPA meant I was not ready for Caltech coursework.
Supplementary Material:
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): Water Polo recruit, “homeless”, Native (South) American, first generation</p>

<p>Personal
Location: Miami, FL
High School Type: Public, C-average school
Ethnicity: Brazilian, half Native and half Portuguese
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other
Extracurriculars: 3 officer positions in nationally ranked Mu Alpha Theta (VP of Communications, Algebra II Team Coach, Calculus team member). MAO is my life! Takes up over 30 hours of my week. I also teach Enrichment Math classes at the local elementary school for kids that are gifted in math. Water polo team member and service club member.
Awards: NHRP, National Scholars, trophies in MAO competitions, Excellence in Math award (school-level).
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I know my stats weren’t up to par. I was hoping the adcom would look beyond that and see that, because of my circumstances, I have to work three times as hard to accomplish anything. Oh well. Fingers crossed for MIT.</p>

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<p>Accepted
ACT Scores: 34 composite (36 in English, 33 in math, science, and reading. 8 in writing.)
SAT II: 780 Physics, 760 Math IIC
GPA: 3.91 (unweighted)
Class Rank: Top 10%, but barely
Essays: Strong. I’m a reasonably good writer and my common application essay was about how I’ve tried to go above and beyond the usual curriculum and activities available at my small school.
Teacher Recommendations: Out of the three recommendations, I would guess that two were good and one was great.
Counselor Recommendation: Presumably very good.
Hook: Don’t really qualify for any of the typical “hooks,” but I completed the science curriculum at my school when I was a junior, and now am taking several independent studies in science and mathematics (mostly focused on AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, and Linear Algebra.)
Location: Midwest
High School Type: Quite small. Good school, but I don’t think anyone has gone to an Ivy or other prestigious university in several years.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Extracurriculars: Did some graduate level research at a university in China last summer through an internship. Other than that, my activities are pretty standard: Knowledge Bowl, mock trial, cross-country, track, physics activities, percussion, piano, etc.
Awards: National Merit Commended Student
Advice/Commiserations/Feel like bragging: Well, I’m incredibly excited! I guess my application is proof that you don’t necessarily have to have a 36 on the ACT, multiple AP classes, or be ranked first in your class… it’s enough to just have reasonably good scores if you can show that you have strong motivation and have tried to make the most of the academic opportunities available to you.</p>

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<p>Are you international? Caltech is need blind for US students, but need aware for internationals</p>

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<p>Accepted, somehow. Couldn’t be happier :)</p>

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<p>@Mazewanderer: Yes I am an international.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: M: 780 C: 800 W: 800 Tot: 2380 (super)
SAT II: Math II: 780 Chemistry: 780
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.25 Unweighted (although my counselor is kind of an idiot, I don’t know if this is right), 4.96 weighted
Rank: 1/718
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Chem, US History, Stats, Psychology, Lit and Comp, and US Government; 4 on Music Theory; 86 on ACS Organic Chem exam</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Common App, I thought I put a nice twist on an outdone topic… Other essays were kind of cheesy because I thought I wouldn’t get in.
Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good, although I know one of my letters made a point of putting my biggest weaknesses in the letter.
Counselor Rec: I’d imagine it was good too, although like I said, my counselor isn’t stellar.
Supplementary Material: None
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): I played volleyball for a while, so I got a few letters about that.
Personal
Location: Ohio
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Other
Extracurriculars: Volleyball (2 years, injury forced me to quit), Science Olympiad, employed for about a year, Diversity Council Member, Sunday School teacher, youth philharmonic orchestra, academic team (captain, I’m such a huge nerd), NHS
Awards: Rensselaer Award for Math and Science, 2 time National French Contest national placer, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Finalist
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m stunned, can’t believe I actually got in!
Where else have you been accepted/rejected?: Accepted to Rensselaer, Ohio State (honors), Penn State (Schreyer Honors)… Waitlisted at Wash U</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone else who was accepted!!</p>

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<p>if you guys wouldn’t mind, take a look at my post. I got into caltech, but I am clueless what admissions saw in me. Thanks :)</p>