Official Caltech Class of 2017 EA Results Thread!

treating · December 8, 2012, 3:15pm

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[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
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[ *]SAT II:
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[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
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[ *]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]

AstroBlue · December 8, 2012, 3:44pm

I guess I’ll start then

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400, 78/11E single sitting
[]SAT II: 800 BioE, 800 Math2
[]GPA: uhhh UW: 4.0, W: 4.56 something maybe?
[]Rank:2
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 93 AMC 12, 5s on: Human geo, Phys B, Calc BC, Both Phys C’s, World, Stats, Bio, US, Lang, Java. 4 on Chem[/li]
[/ul]Subjective[ list]
[]Essays: Common App was decent, what I do for fun was pretty good imo, ethical dilemma was weak I think, why Caltech was probably average.
[]Teacher Recs: Pretty good I would think, haven’t seen them
[]Counselor Rec: Pretty good, although, he did say that MIT would be a great fit for me in it. But he went back and uploaded another one with that fixed. So idk how that panned out.
[]Supplementary Material:
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/li]
[/list]Personal[ul]
[]Location: WA
[]High School Type: Average public
[]Ethnicity: Indian
[]Gender: M

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Math Club (4 years, pres for 2, national placings as a team, state placings as a school, AIME, etc etc). Science Bowl (4 years, captain for 2, 4th at regionals in 2011, 1st in 2012, went to nationals). SciOly (just a member, some medals and whatnot at invitationals/regionals/state over the past 3 years)
[]Awards: National AP Scholar, NMSF, National Science Bowl, AIME, 4th at state for Knowledge Bowl. I recently found out that I might’ve won Siemens AP Scholar for my state too, but that was too late…
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I applied to MIT too, which I think is a lot more competitive than Caltech, so probably a deferral from there too…[/li][/ul]

samavs41 · December 8, 2012, 3:48pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: N/A
[]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Math 1, 780 Chemistry, 710 US History
[]ACT: 34 (35 Math, 32 English, 34 Science, 34 Reading, 10 Essay)
[]GPA: 4.0/4.0 Unweighted, 5.52/5.0 Weighted
[]Rank: 9 of about 580
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Chemistry, 5 English Language, 5 Human Geo, 4 World Hist, 4 Computer Science, 4 US History
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: OK
[]Teacher Recs: Pretty good i think
[]Counselor Rec: Pretty good i think
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Eagle Scout? i guess
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Texas
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts, Choir, Teaching, Hospital Work, NHS, Earth Club, Math and Science Team
[]Awards: Eagle Scout, alot of choir awards
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Make sure your supplemental essays are really good. it makes a huge difference. Mine couldve been alot better.

a1981133 · December 8, 2012, 3:49pm

Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: 800 (Math II)/800 (Physics)
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: N/A (Never below an A)
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): None
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Good
[]Teacher Recs: One Excellent, One Okay
[]Counselor Rec: Okay
[]Supplementary Material: None
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): LGBT (maybe?)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Northeast
[]High School Type: Magnet
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Leadership in Robotics, Speech, Student Government, GSA. Some volunteering. Employment.
[]Awards: Nat’l Merit, Science Fair, etc.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I GET TO GO TO COLLEGE WOOO [/ul]

bigpapi3434 · December 8, 2012, 3:50pm

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

[ b]Stats:[ /b][list]
[ *]SAT: 2280 (760 CR 760 M 760 W)
[ *]SAT II:800 Chem 800 Math II 790 US History
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA: 104.02 Weighted
[ *]Rank: 1/250
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on all 10 AP Exams
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: thought they were good, creative, 7 or 8 out of 10
[ *]Teacher Recs: great, one from my CS teacher was incredible
[ *]Counselor Rec: also great, from director of guidance
[ *]Supplementary Material: research paper
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: NJ
[ *]High School Type: small public
[ *]Ethnicity: white
[ *]Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: assorted stuff, FBLA President, NHS President, Columbia SHP, NJGSS, etc.
[ *]Awards: National AP Scholar, 3rd Place FBLA National Business Math, National Merit
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ehh, saw it coming, i can always hope for regular [ /list]

Juhuatai · December 8, 2012, 3:57pm

Deferred
Stats:

[]SAT: 2320 Single sitting 1600 R&M 720 W[]SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Math II 800 Bio 760 Physics 790 US[]ACT: N/A[]GPA: 4.2 Weighted[]Rank: N/A[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME x1 AMC 10 119 Failed the AMC 12 last year

** Subjective**

[]Essays: Good I guess[]Teacher Recs: Good/Idk never saw them[]Counselor Rec: Good/She said it was good[]Supplementary Material: Research Paper, Letter from mentor[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):

Personal[ul][]Location: OH[]High School Type: Private[]Ethnicity: Asian[]Gender: M[/ul]
Other

[ul][]Extracurriculars: Math Club, Trivia Bowl, Chemistry Olympiad[li]Awards: Siemens semi-finalist, Chemoly qualifier, NMSF, National AP Scholar, AIME[/ul][/li]Advice? Commiserations?Feel like bragging?:
wanted acceptance got deferred so at least better than rejection. Probably will get rejected from MIT for being an asian guy.

shikataganai · December 8, 2012, 3:58pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340 (760CR/780M/800W)
[]SAT II: 800 Math2, 790 Physics
[]GPA: 4.42 Weighted
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs… 5 on Computer Science A, Physics C Magnetism and E&M, BC Calc. 4 on US History.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Common App good, fun pretty good, weak dilemma, weak why caltech. Didn’t spend enough time on these.
[]Teacher Recs: One good, one meh
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Virginia
[]High School Type: Magnet
[]Ethnicity: Asian/White
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: cross-country/track, internship, computer competition clubs, business I founded
[]Awards: Nothing unusual, AP Scholar, NMSP, etc
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I wish I had spent more time on my app.[/ul]

SaberGeek · December 8, 2012, 4:07pm

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

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2390, Writing 80/8-790
[ *]SAT II: M2-800, Physics-800
[ *]ACT:34
[ *]GPA:3.96 UW out of 4.0
[ *]Rank: NA but will be in top 6 kids out of 220
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Macro Econ 4, 5s on Calculus BC, CompSci, Physics C, AMC 10 - 100, AMC 12 - 90
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: I feel pretty good
[ *]Teacher Recs: Don’t know but I trust good as my school likes me a lot
[ *]Counselor Rec: Should be awesome
[ *]Supplementary Material: Published iPhone Game
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: New England
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Indian
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: 4 Years of soccer, one year varsity; 4 years FIRST Robotics; 4 years Math team that was one of the top teams in the state; 2 years Community Council Leadership; over 100 hours community service
[ *]Awards: NMS Semi F, AP Scholar with Honors; Some school level academics/sport awards; Bausch and Lomb science award
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Don’t take it too hard; If you applied to Caltech, that means you are already an awesome kid and can succeed wherever you go![ /list]

blacksburg96 · December 8, 2012, 4:12pm

[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2350 (760CR/800M/790W)
[ *]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio M, 800 US History, 800 Chinese
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]GPA: UW: 4.0, W: 4.4-ish
[ *]Rank: 1 of about 400-500
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on European History, Physics B, both Physics C, Calculus AB/BC, Environmental Science, United States History, Computer Science A, Chemistry, Biology, Eng comp, probably others too I’m forgetting
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Fine. Some of the Caltech-specific ones could’ve been better
[ *]Teacher Recs: One was “glowing”; the other was OK.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Good probably- I didn’t see it.
[ *]Supplementary Material: me playing piano on CD, letter from research mentor
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: CA
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: research, officer of a few clubs, piano and violin stuff, random community service
[ *]Awards: some piano stuff (nothing huge though), some local science stuff, Bio Olympiad semifinalist, NMSF, that type of stuff too
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] surprisingly, not particularly surprised or disappointed.

Lanayru · December 8, 2012, 4:17pm

Accepted OMGOMGOMG

Posting this because it was super helpful when I was in the cycle.

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2380 (780 math :/)
[]SAT II: 800s on Math II, Bio E, US History
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.4 weighted (?)
[]Rank: top 10 of 400-ish
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): All 5s on all my APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good common app ones. (8/10, just cause I hate my own writing)
Ethnic dilemma: about giving or not giving an illegal car ride to someone who was without a ride home
Why Caltech: lots of specifics, but only extended for 3/4 a page. maybe 300-400 words tops.
Totally forgot about the rest of them, lol
[]Teacher Recs: AP Bio teacher and AP Lang Teacher
[]Counselor Rec: Okish, don’t know him too well
[]Supplementary Material: Arts supplement, additional rec
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing. zilch.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Georgia
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Marching band, lots of clarinet things, academic bowl-esque activity, NHS, lots of other things
[]Awards: National awards from the academic-bowl-esque activity, state level on clarinet, NMSF, AP things
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: HOLY CRAP. AHHHHH!!! If you need advice, I’ll try to answer your PMs. To those deferred/rejected, you ARE TRULY awesome and you shouldn’t get down because of silly college admissions. [/ul]

HBSoph · December 8, 2012, 4:32pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2290 (690 CR)
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 780 Spanish
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 4.73 current weighted, 4.00 unweighted
[]Rank: 1/640
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World History - 5, AP Chemistry - 5, AP Physics B - 5, AP U.S. History - 5, AP Music Theory - 5, AP Spanish Language - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Common App essays were very strong; I felt I did well with most Caltech prompts aside from the “why you want to go to Caltech” one.
[]Teacher Recs: Both teachers considered me their best student in their teaching careers.
[]Counselor Rec: He likes me, but this is his first year.
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing extraordinary. I’m vegetarian though, which I used in one of the prompts.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: SoCal
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Head mentor, tutor, volunteer service, piano for 14 years, singing, cross-country, editor of stories written by college students, video editor, etc.
[]Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, top 900 nationwide for American Chemical Olympiad as a sophomore, National Honors Society, etc.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I probably did not display enough of a scientific interest in my ECs. Oh well, MIT is next.

Zoerex · December 8, 2012, 4:32pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2260 (800 Math, 750 CR, 710 Writing)
[]SAT II: 800 Chem, 770 Math II, 770 Spanish (without listening)
[]ACT: 35
[]GPA: 4.1
[]Rank: 1/310
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on AP European History, American History, Chemistry, Calculus BC and English Language (self study)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I spent a long time on them, and I made sure that my personality, creativity and passion for science were extremely evident.
[]Teacher Recs: Probably very good. I made sure that they talked about my personality in addition to my academic success. I have a great relationship with both teachers.
[]Counselor Rec: Also very good.
[]Supplementary Material: My research mentor wrote me a supplemental recommendation. I also submitted an art portfolio, which I’m guessing made me stand out a bit. Plus, I sent in four research papers (Exploravision, one from a summer program, and two from summer research).
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Valedictorian, but that doesn’t seem to matter much
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Suburban New York
[]High School Type: In top 100 public schools
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Tae Kwon Do, summer research, multiple volunteer clubs (in two of which I hold an executive position), Academic Challenge trivia club, Science Olympiad, art
[]Awards: Siemen’s Semifinalist, Exploravision Honorable Mention, Mount Holyoke Book Award, National Qualifier in Chemistry Olympiad, National Council of Teachers of English Semifinalist
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] You don’t need to be perfect to get into Caltech, despite what everyone seems to believe. I’m certainly very far from perfect. You also don’t need to succeed in every single math and science competition that exists and hold patents. Just spend a lot of time on your application and ensure that your passion for math/science is visible.

achyif · December 8, 2012, 4:37pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2310 (800, 800, 710)
[]SAT II: 800 in math ii, chem, bio M, and physics
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: 4.7ish weighted, 3.8? u/w?
[]Rank: 9 of 550
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): (barely) made AIME all my years of HS, scored a 5, 6, and 7. Got a 5 on the calc BC, Bio, Physics B, and Composition AP tests and a 4 on my APUSH test.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Probably my best (I wrote them first so I spent more time on them).
[]Teacher Recs: no clue
[]Counselor Rec: no clue
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: CT
[]High School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: asian
[]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: math team (team was only decent in state), key club (30 hours a year), violin (various festivals, a state orchestra), misc.
[]Awards: nothing impressive
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: my essays probably helped me the most… and I would also add that I’m female but I’m not sure if Caltech takes that into account. Be still my beating heart.[/ul]

Sabergeek you need to remove the spaces.

karategirl94 · December 8, 2012, 4:52pm

ACCEPTED!!! AHHH I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! =)

Stats:
SAT: 2280 (800 CR, 760 Math, 720 Writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
ACT:
GPA: 104.05 (weighted, my school uses a 100-point scale)
Rank: 1/481
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Language and Composition (5)

Subjective:
Essays: Spent forever on them… thought they were good
Teacher Recs: didn’t get to read them, but they were from my two favorite teachers (AP Calc and AP Language and Comp)
Counselor Rec: didn’t get to read it, but he told me he wrote a good one for me =)
Supplementary Material: sent in my research report from sophomore year - about the effects of miticides on honeybees’ ability to learn
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): the bee project??? I don’t know…

Personal:
Location: Massachusetts
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female

Other:
Extracurriculars: Karate (1st Degree Brown Belt and Assistant Instructor), Varsity Mathletes (co-captain), various church groups (President of youth group, Jr. Deacon, Sunday School assistant…), math tutor, three honor societies (Math - co-president, National, and German), community service, music (sax and drums), beekeeping…
Awards: 1st Place Award at MA State Science and Engineering Fair, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar, Gold Award on National German Exam, Harvard Book Award, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award…
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted! I’m so excited; I can hardly believe it!!! =) For those who were deferred, I hope you are accepted for Regular Action; for those who were rejected, I hope you find your perfect school. <3

SaberGeek · December 8, 2012, 4:57pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2390, Writing 80/8-790
[]SAT II: M2-800, Physics-800
[]ACT:34
[]GPA:3.96 UW out of 4.0
[]Rank: NA but will be in top 6 kids out of 220
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Calculus BC, CompSci, Physics C and Macro Econ; AMC 10 > 100, AMC 12 around 90
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I feel pretty good
[]Teacher Recs: Don’t know but I trust good as my school likes me a lot
[]Counselor Rec: Should be awesome
[]Supplementary Material: Published iPhone Game
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: New England
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Indian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: 4 years of JV/varsity soccer ; 4 years FIRST Robotics; 4 years math team that was one of the top teams in the state; 2 years of elected school governing & leadership position; over 100 hours community service, and tutoring
[]Awards: NMS Semi F, AP Scholar with Honors; Some school level academics/sport awards; School level science awards
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ** Don’t take it too hard; If you applied to Caltech, that means you are already an awesome kid and can succeed wherever you go!**[/ul]

helloworld456 · December 8, 2012, 5:52pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: N/A
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: ~3.9 UW, 5.16 W
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Human Geography, World History, Biology, French, US History, Physics B, Env. Sci., Calculus BC, English Language
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Spent a good amount of time on them.
[]Teacher Recs: I suppose they were good. I waived my rights to see them.
[]Counselor Rec: I don’t know.
[]Supplementary Material: Rec from research mentor
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Midwest
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[list]
[]Extracurriculars: Math team, music, NHS, a varsity sport, research, others
[]Awards: National AP, NMSF
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] Congrats to everyone accepted! Make sure you convey your passion for Caltech in your essays!

Karthus · December 8, 2012, 6:03pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340 (800 math/reading)
[]SAT II: 800 (math II, world history, physics)
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.00
[]Rank:
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on World History, Calc BC, Phys C both parts, Chem, US History, Chinese, 4 on Comp Sci (whoops); max AMC scores: 144 on 10, 120 on 12, 11 on AIME, 15 on USAMO
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: all right, I liked my fun and scientific explorations essays, but didn’t like the other ones (including my common app)
[]Teacher Recs: think my physics teacher’s was pretty good, don’t know about my history teacher because she didn’t know me too well
[]Counselor Rec: idk
[]Supplementary Material: research paper that got Siemens Semifinalist, about neutrino detection
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Asian male antihook lol
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: North Carolina
[]High School Type: Math/science
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: SO, SB, QB, math competitions, research, used to play piano
[]Awards: 3-time USAMO qualifier, 3-time member of NC ARML A team, tons more math competition stuff, Siemens Semifinalist, USAPhO Semifinalist, SO and QB nationals (1st in Fermi Questions at SO Nats)
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think showing math/science interest is pretty important, especially talking about CalTech-specific stuff (for example, I talked about CalTech’s connections to astrophysics research centers like JPL and observatories)
[/ul]

humptydumpty6 · December 8, 2012, 6:07pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2230 (780 M, 750 W (11), 700 R)
[]SAT II: 800’s for Math II, Chem, Physics
[]ACT: 35 (35 M, 32 W (10), 36 R, 35 S)
[]GPA: 5.333 weighted
[]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12: 99, AIME: 6, 5’s on AP’s of Calc BC, Chem, Phys B, Phys C mech, Phys C E&M
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: 7/10 but my judgement is worthless, so who knows?
[]Teacher Recs: 10/10
[]Counselor Rec: idk
[]Supplementary Material: 10/10 (research paper)
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Recruited for Baseball
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NC
[]High School Type: Public Sci/Math
[]Ethnicity: W
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Baseball, photography (with 5 published photos), math club, robotics (captain + world championships), research, volunteership, etc etc
[]Awards: Siemens Semifinalist, selected for ARML, Conrad Semifinalist, USAPhO Semifinalist, 1st place NCSEF, etc etc (research and math awards)
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congrats to all admits. To the deferred: I know it sucks to wait, but I truly wish you the best of luck
[/ul]

Meburi · December 8, 2012, 6:20pm

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

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2220 (M800, 780WR, 640R)
[ *]SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 physics, 710 WH, 760 korean
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:4
[ *]Rank: n/a but top 5%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): WH 4, Calc ab 5, Phy B 5, Microecon 5, macroecon 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: commonapp essay 9.5/10 (thought it was excellent)
[ *]Teacher Recs: math teacher adores me
[ *]Counselor Rec: a little better than generic
[ *]Supplementary Material: 7/10
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Canada
[ *]High School Type: public
[ *]Ethnicity: azn
[ *]Gender M
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: more than 10 years of soccer, snowboarding. have a certificate for teaching in snowboarding and wakeboarding. founder/president of math club and green club. 1st sax soloist -jazz. have titles for other sorts of clubs as well. about 300 hrs volunteer
[ *]Awards: 11th place in Canada for COMC, school champion for various math contests, invitation to CMO, soccer and tennis champion titles
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] well it sucks… Its my first univ result, and I hate to see a reject… But I guess I kinda expected, considering all those 2300+ and geniuses… well gratz to those accepted!

8kobe24 · December 8, 2012, 6:45pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2110 (780M, 670 CR, 660 W, essay 10)
[]SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: 3.95 ish
[]Rank: no rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on Music Theory, Calculus BC, Physics C Mech and EM, Chem, Micro and Macro economics
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Good. worked hard on them
[]Teacher Recs: don’t know. should be good
[]Counselor Rec: don’t know
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Istanbul, Turkey
[]High School Type: international private
[]Ethnicity: Asian-american
[]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Basketball (4 years) and Soccer (2 years) varsity team
[]Awards: school awards
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] So excited. You don’t need a lot of extracurriculars (like me) but you should be heavily devoted to your few activities.
What helped me was probably taking college courses through EPGY (took up to differential equations and intermediate mechanics). Work hard on your essays. They helped me a ton. Just show passion. :D

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