<p>[b ] Decision:
Accepted**
[b ] Decision:
Waitlisted**
[b ] Decision:
Rejected**
[ b]College and Program:[ /b]
[b ]Objective:[ list]
[* ] SAT I (breakdown):
[* ] ACT:
[* ] SAT II:
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable):
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] Senior Year Course Load:
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[* ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis):
[* ] Job/Work Experience:
[* ] Volunteer/Community service:
[* ] Summer Activities:
[* ] Essays:
[* ] Teacher Recommendation:
[* ] Counselor Rec:
[* ] Additional Rec:
[* ] Interview:
[* ] Supplementary Material(if any):
[ /list][ b]Other*[list]
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[* ] Country (if international applicant):
[* ] School Type:
[* ] Ethnicity:
[* ] Gender:
[* ] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA):
[* ] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection*[list]
[ ] Strengths:
[* ] Weaknesses:
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected:
[* ] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**
Remember, DELETE THE SPACES.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
[b ]Objective:
[* ] SAT I (breakdown): 610 (r),750(m),690(w)
[* ] ACT:none
[* ] SAT II:800 Korean, 760 Math 2, 730 Chem
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable):
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB (4), Chem(3)
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] Senior Year Course Load: Physics H, Stats AP, Spanish 4H, Literature, ASB, Micro Econ AP
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Principal’s Award senior year, ELD Department Award in freshman year
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[* ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): ASB Treasurer (12), Tutored ping pong 4 hours a week (9-12), Started a recycling program in my HS campus (11-12), Took care of 2 siblings 4 hours a day (9-12)
[* ] Job/Work Experience:
[* ] Volunteer/Community service:
[* ] Summer Activities:
[* ] Essays: Carleton’s essay was really succinct, so I didn’t spend too much time.
[* ] Teacher Recommendation: 1 from Am Lit H teacher from junior year, 1 from Pre-calc sophomore year, and one from vice principal. Those 3 helped me so much; even on the acceptance letter, it says enthusiastic rec letters convinced them~~~~
[* ] Counselor Rec:
[* ] Additional Rec:
[* ] Interview: Had one, and my interviewer was really nice and kind It was one of my best interviews
[* ] Supplementary Material(if any):
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[* ] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[* ] Country (if international applicant): From Korea 4 years ago,
[* ] School Type: Public School
[* ] Ethnicity: Asian
[* ] Gender: M
[* ] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA):
[* ] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): First ELD student to be in ASB in my HS’s history, and became treasurer in my senior year. I had good relationships with my teachers. I also think starting a recycling system project and rec letters helped me alot
[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[* ] Strengths:EC, Leadership, rec letters,
[* ] Weaknesses:GPA, SAT
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Colgate, Claremont MCkenna, Occidental College
[* ] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:** I didn’t even expect to get into Carleton… My SAT and GPA were at the bottom of the entire class… but I love this!</p>
<p>Waitlisted
**Objective:</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 520(r),620(m), 480(w)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: Should have tried it out</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: Math1 690, Math2 620, Physics 680, Chemistry 650, French 670.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t calculate GPA (IB international school)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is): School doen’t rank </p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): None</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB diploma 40/45 (scores out of 7) - HL Physics (7), HL Chem (6), HL Econ (6), SL Math (7), SL English (6), SL French (6), EE+TOK (2)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards: Outstanding Academic Achievement award (last two years of HS), School Honor Society, teacher’s recognition award.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Global Issues Network (organizing presentations, workshops, assemblies, annual conferences with 500 people. Successful proposal to install in new school building, solar panels, natural zero carbon emission ventilation system, rain water catcher. Helped a charity that raised money for AIDS orphans in southern Africa), started a student on student mentoring and tutoring program for HS and elementary students, 3rd place out of 1800 in competition organized by the European Central Bank (had to advise the governing council on what to do with the key interest rates of the Euro), volunteer at a retirement home during the summers (assistant to the activities coordinator), Model UN club in school, school trip to China for 2 weeks (taught English at a migrant school), selected by teachers to go to a UN conference in NYC, school tennis club, local tennis club, selected by teachers to participate in a communications workshop, selected by teachers to go meet the American Ambassador, 150+ km hikes every summer in Ireland, organized Hoops 4 Hope in school (10 cents for every basket made, money goes to selected village in Africa),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Can’t work if you are under 18 in my country.
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: “Best I have ever written” - Counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Learning Support teacher, best rec of them all
[<em>] Interview: Amazing! We talked for an hour and ten minutes.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): -
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Luxembourg (French & American nationality)
[</em>] School Type: International School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: Very successful dyslexic student, diagnosed with incurable lethal disease in August 2012 and still did very well in school, lived all over the world, fluent in English and French.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Unusual applicant, diverse, interview, recommendations, essays, ECs.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score…
[</em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: SAT score
[li] Where else were you accepted/[/li]waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Colby, Union, Skidmore. Waitlisted at Bowdoin and now Carleton.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m actually pretty honored to have been waitlisted. With an SAT score 500 points below the school’s average, I think being waitlisted is pretty good.</p>
<p>Waitlisted
CR-750 M-730 W-780
SATII - Span-800 M2-710
GPA: 4.0UW, 4.7W
Good ECs
IB Diploma
Section leader in top orch
Lots of volunteer
NMF</p>
<p>Wrong demography & geography I guess</p>
<p>I’ll post my decision here, lol.</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>College and Program: Carleton College
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (760 CR, 720 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59 (yikes!)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 5’s, 1 4 (in AP Psych, nonetheless!).
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Anthro SL - 6, IB Spanish SL - 6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Contemporary History HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English 4 HL, IB Math SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, AP Macro/AP Gov
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, nominated for my school (of ~3000) for an award of distinction, offered to only 25 students in the senior class (of ~750).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3-ish years bus boy (didn’t put that on app though)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Numerically, over 600 hours, but only because CAS, an IB requirement, is a lot more flexible in what is considered community service. I got hours for being in a literary magazine, for helping write a play, etc. I’ll just list the ones I put on my common app:
Literary Editor of my school’s Literary and Arts Magazine
President of Geography Club
President of Science National Honor Society
Historian of Mu Alpha Theta
(I know, very spread out but I’ve won awards in each and can justify being in each! I like being well-rounded.)
Webmaster/Social Media Officer of Asian Heritage Club
(outside of school)
Founded a children’s magazine for a hospital
Volunteering at my Buddhist Temple and other Asian Cultural events</p>
<p>I only put things I was an officer/deeply involved in, so sorry NHS, S(panish)NHS, and MUN!
[<em>] Summer Activities: I go to Thailand every year but that’s a vacation :P.
[</em>] Essays: I’d say pretty damn good; I’m not a lit editor for nothing.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Apparently amazing, after my guidance counselor saw it for National Merit. He was an awesome teacher and he liked me specifically, since apparently, I wasn’t “douch-ey” like the other IB kids he taught.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good enough to get the job done.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the teacher that sponsored my literary magazine; I read it and thought it was pretty awesome.
[</em>] Interview: SO GOOD! It really stopped being an interview and started becoming a discourse on the state of education in America since he was involved with Teach for America. I think that entire conversation was more telling of me as a person than any list of questions ever could.
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any):
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): 'merica
[</em>] School Type: Large public magnet school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Thai
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): ~50k (they’re paying 49k in grants; with loans and work study, it’s 55k out of 58k paid for!)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen, but I don’t know if it helped that much.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, recommendations, essay, can’t complain about my SAT scores, and maybe my personality? I also showed ridiculous amounts of interest in Carleton, even though they don’t consider demonstrated interest, like they had a senior call me and tell me how Carleton was awesome, so they might’ve wanted me too? Idk, at that point, they didn’t have my GPA.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA. The only thing that may have slightly offset that is that I took 10 APs in addition to being a full IB diploma candidate.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck, interest, interview, and maybe geography? My profile, other than my GPA, I think, is pretty good, so if they looked at the course rigor, that definitely would’ve helped.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Bowdoin, Rice
Waitlisted : Middlebury
Accepted: Carleton, Davidson (Presidential Scholar, apparently? 25k/year), Colby, Grinnell, (plus state schools).
[/ul]General Comments: So happy, but it’s honestly going to come down between not Carleton and Grinnell, as many people would expect, but Carleton and Davidson. Yeah. REALLY different schools, and yet I love both.</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted**
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (750 CR 660 M 670 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 700 U.S. History 740 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (USH-4 BIO-5 GOV-4 LANG-4): Took nearly all AP’s offered at my school.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calculus, French IV H Physics H AP Literature
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): I have played piano for 11 years and i have lessons every week.
Varsity Lacrosse-10/11/12
Cross Country 11/12
NHS secretary 11/12
French Honor Society Vice President 11/12
Ski Club 11/12
Newspaper (International Column) 11/12
International Club President 10/11/12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Fry Cook at a local Ski Resort for 2 years.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 Hours- Wrote about in additional information
[</em>] Summer Activities: Genetics Internship at another LAC
[<em>] Essays: Excellent, eventhough the supplement was small I managed to express my love for Carleton!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I did not read but they were probably wonderful.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not Sure
[</em>] Additional Rec: Amazing Rec from Genetics Internship!
[<em>] Interview: Yes, It went smoothly.
[</em>] Supplementary Material(if any): Piano Supplement
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): Great Financial Aid!
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): I lived in Cairo my freshman year of high school, I was able to write a wonderful essay detailing my experience.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interest, Essays, Recs, Fit?
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I think my personality really fit well at Carleton. I really genuinely love learning new things in many fields, and I am eager to explore the world! I also showed substantial interest in Carleton throughout the whole process. I was able to attend an overnight, which convinced me that Carleton was the school for me!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I applied to Carleton Early Decision, I would have applied to Bates, Colby, Middlebury, Macalester, and Connecticut College.
[/ul]General Comments: I really believe Carleton looked at me as a person, not just my scores, and I love them all the more for that! I am posting this because I hope future applicants won’t hesitate to apply to Carleton even if they don’t have a stellar SAT score! I am so excited for Carleton in the Fall!</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400, 800 CR 800 M 800 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Lit 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (school doesn’t offer AP courses) Macro 5, Calc AB 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Humanities (combined Honors English and Honors History), Number Theory, Spanish 3, PE/Health, Biblical Theology III, Physics, Media Literacy and Production, Honors Choir
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis):
Debate team (founder)
Choir
Theatre
Student Gov.
NHS
Various contests/competitions (quiz-bowl-like NJ Challenge, math competitions, engineering competition freshman year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Hardee’s (freshman year)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
100+ hours (estimate), mostly at my church (building/projecting powerpoints, leading children’s singing etc.)
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing remarkable
[<em>] Essays: very unique, solid writing quality
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
Teacher A: fantastic, far from generic (had her as teacher and choir director, volunteered at summer drama camp she led)
Teacher B: solid, thought highly of me academically but did not know me as well personally
[<em>] Counselor Rec: new this year, good but generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: very good, conversation flowed well, showed passion, most comfortable of all my interviews
[</em>] Supplementary Material(if any): none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Religious (Christian)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): 50k - 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): minor hook: grew up in Ukraine as a third culture kid
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT, essay, rec’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: EC’s
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I think my Common App essay was a good fit for Carleton. I expressed a lot of interest through the Carleton supplement and in my interview. Grades and test scores also helped me. Location (New Jersey) probably gave me a boost as well.
[li] Where else were you accepted/[/li]waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Haverford, St. John’s College
Waitlisted: Bowdoin
Still waiting to hear from Pomona and Swarthmore.
[/ul]General Comments: Although I’m not 100% decided yet, I’m definitely leaning toward attending Carleton this fall. What won me over in the end was the incredibly accepting, friendly, enthusiastic, geeky, and individualistic community I encountered in my visit, and have read about regularly online. A solid financial aid package definitely helps.</p>
<p>** Decision:Rejected **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 29- 33M, 27S, 30E, 26R, 10E</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 730 Chem, 670 ML1</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8 (93/100)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/241</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP Govt, AP Eng Lit, Robotics, Psychology, Spanish 4, Sociology</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Technology Entry Program (Student Ambassador + Science Bowl Team Captain), Robotics Club (President 11/12), FIRST robotics (Student rep 11/12), Science Club (President 11/12), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (President 12), Marching Band (Treasurer 11)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting for 3 years</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: Medical Explorers</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: E2@MIT, CURIE Academy</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Thought my essays were actually good. Ah well</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Good/Great</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t read</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: didn’t have one. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): NY (Upstate)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket: <30K</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, QuestBridge</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths: Subjective Stuff</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: Numbers.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure… I didn’t really expect a rejection, to be honest. I diiiid do my supplement last minute so I guess that’s why.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell (likely), Amherst (Early Write), UVa, and Wellesley. Rejected at MIT, UChicago, Rice, and Northwestern. Waitlisted at Colorado College, Bowdoin, Bryn Mawr, and Grinnell.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>o.O</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted**
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190, 690 CR, 760 M, 730 W
[</em>] SAT II: 720 US History, 760 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): School has neither rank nor percentile.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP US History (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Lit (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, Advanced Theatre, AP Calc BC, AP Macroeconomics/US Government, AP Chemistry, AP Language
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nada</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Marching Band, Science Olympiad (financial officer), DECA (treasurer), Theatre
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Started a volunteer group that helps educate the elderly about technology and computer security. Not a large endeavor, not that many spent volunteering.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Spent with family and friends.
[<em>] Essays: Id consider these to be a strength of mine.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers saw talent and hard work in and out of their classes.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Knew my counselor quite well, strong recommendation.
[</em>] Interview: No interview.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): Zip. Zilch.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, GPA, and extracurriculars
[<em>] Weaknesses: Work and volunteering time while my volunteering was interesting, it was minimal timewise.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays are what helped me most. I think my supplement, while short, reflected the kind of student they were looking for (I found this from talking to others who go there after being accepted, what theyve said is best about the school and matters most to them is almost to the word what I showed about myself. I feel very fortunate, and also excited that this school could in fact be a better fit than I first anticipated).
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UArizona Honors, Hampshire, Ursinus, Grinnell. Still waiting on Brown, Haverford, Vassar, and Oberlin.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
So far, Carleton is tied for cost of attendance with Grinnell and is looking to be my frontrunner. Very excited by the prospect of going there next fall :)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED & ENROLLED THIS MORNING
Carleton College Class of 2017
ACT:35
SAT II: Math Leve 2: 800 Biology (eco): 780
GPA (unweighted): 3.78 (had a difficult 9th grade due to several circumstances related to family health and employment)
AP: Calc AB (5); English Lang (5); Geography (5); Biology (4)
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Math (will also take AP Calc BC); AP English Lit; IB SL Physics; IB SL Chemistry; World History, Painting (and yes, my last physical education requirement!)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Finalist
Extracurriculars: Lots of music, theater, robotics, math team (district individual champ), NASA INSPIRE, environmental, film-making; building computers
Job/Work Experience: Conservation Corps; Class Assistant, Summer Enrichment Program for K-8
Volunteer/Community service: environmental, Feed My Starving Children, community performance in theater and music and more
Summer Activities: Attended enrichment programs at Northwestern University, Carleton and other schools until last summer when I started working
Essays: Strength
Teacher Recommendation: must have been good, but haven’t read them
Counselor Rec: must have been good, but haven’t read it
Interview: no
Supplementary Material(if any): no
State (if domestic applicant):Minnesota
School Type: Public
Gender: M
Strengths: Super curious; love to learn; am interested in many different areas so really fit LAC
Weaknesses: not as much leadership experience as a lot of people
Why you think you were accepted: engaged student; lots of creativity; solid essays; solid recommendations and broad interests and experiences
Where else were you Accepted: Middlebury, Macalester, U of M Twin Cities, U of M Morris. Received strong financial aid/merit offers everywhere. Carleton was first choice and the best financial offer, too.
No Waitlists; no Rejections. Didn’t apply to very many colleges. Might have been a little risky looking back, but worked out perfectly!
General Comments: So glad this is all over! Can’t wait for September. Going to April 11-13 Admitted Students Days.</p>
<p>** Decision:
Waitlisted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 M, 800 CR, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math I (760), US History (740), English Lit (770)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8 UW (94.5/100, my school doesn’t do 4.0)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 56/730-something (top 10%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Chem (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Chamber orchestra, Advanced Economics, Public Affairs Forum, SUNY German, French 10, AP English, Psychology, Sociology, AP Statistics (Public Affairs, Psych, and Soc are all through Syracuse Project Advance for college credit. SUNY German is through SUNY Oswego for college credit.)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Spanish Club (president), International Service Club (VP), Tae Kwon Do (black belt), violin, Tri-M Music Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Toys ‘R’ Us Seasonal Team Member
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 8 weeks volunteering in Mexico this past summer with Amigos de las Americas, Youth Court officer (and on leadership council) 9th and 10th grade (until my county’s Youth Court was disbanded due to lack of funding), animal shelter, NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: 8 weeks volunteering in Mexico
[</em>] Essays: Decent-ish, I suppose
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Wasn’t allowed to read them; probably average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great; my counselor loves me (but didn’t read it)
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any):
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): ~100k, applied for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong focus on foreign cultures + languages, international community service – 4 foreign languages in high school, college credit in 2
[</em>] Weaknesses: I applied a month late. Big weakness.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I applied a month past the deadline. Otherwise I might’ve been accepted. Extenuating circumstances.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Grinnell, Macalester, SUNY Binghamton, Hampshire
Rejected: Middlebury, Pomona
Still waiting for: Swarthmore, Vassar, Reed, Hamilton, Williams
[/ul]General Comments: I think I might have been accepted if I had applied on time, but unfortunately I didn’t hear about Carleton/decide I wanted to apply until mid-February. Definitely accepting my place on the waitlist.</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 CR, 740 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Lit, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 3/350-ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5); Macro Econ (5); Lit (4); Human Geo (5); APUSH (5); Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, some smaller things here and there.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis):
Swim team (captain)
Speech team (captain, section finalist)
Model U.N. (honorable mention at major conference)
Key Club (lettered 3x)
Piano
Orchestra (1st chair cello, select orchestra participant)
Conflict Mediation (executive board)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Fast food restaurant (new crew trainer)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hrs, mentoring disadvantaged children
[</em>] Summer Activities: Worked, MN Girls State
[<em>] Essays: They were alright. My short “Why Carleton” was quirky
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m pretty sure they were good, though I didn’t see them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty impersonal, but decent
[</em>] Interview: Went well. I felt comfortable.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): ~90,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): Ha, opposite of a hook. See above :)</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: No “outstanding” ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I know the school well-- they’re quirky, I’m quirky, we get along great!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Grinnell (early write), Bowdoin (early write), Wellesley, Middlebury
Rejected: Pomona
Waiting for: Hamilton, Amherst, Williams, Princeton</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Whoohoo! I’m not sure if I’ll be going, but Carleton is up there on my list. I’ll for sure be going to the admitted student days though!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 single sitting (720 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II, 670 U.S. History, 660 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW, 4.69 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/387
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Stat (4), Gov (4), USH (4), Psych (3), Euro (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics SL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Psych HL, IB Spanish 4, IB Theory of Knowledge, AP Calc BC (hardest possible course load)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, NHHS, MAT, math team (captain), varsity cross country (co-captain), varsity track
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid intern on a congressional campaign
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, coordinated IB service projects, 300+ hours volunteering abroad in India, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Peru, volunteer at local road races/track meets
[<em>] Summer Activities: Yale Ivy Scholars, travelling
[</em>] Essays: CA: Topic seemed kinda hit or miss but I guess it worked, 8/10
Supplement: A bit generic but well-written, 8/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One that I read was very good but not extraordinary, assuming other was the same
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent, nothing special
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, rank, SAT, volunteerism
[<em>] Weaknesses: AP and SAT II scores, absolutely no demonstrated interest
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: ECs, volunteerism
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: WashU, University of Rochester, UF, McGill
Waitlisted: UChicago
Still waiting to hear back from the Ivies and a bunch of other schools
[/ul]General Comments:
Yay?</p>
<p>** Decision:Accepted**</p>
<p>College and Program: Carleton</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR 770, M 780, W 800)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: didn’t send</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 790 US History, 780 Chem, 780 Math II, 770 Bio M</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.97 at time of applying?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is[/li]unavailable): unranked</p>
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chem (4), Psych (5), US Govt. (5), French (5), Eng Lang. (5), Micro. (3), Macro. (4)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mech., AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Senior biomed. magnet courses</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis - 3 yrs., Red Cross Club (secretary), Quizbowl (captain, went to nationals last year, going again this year), Theatre, Marching Band, Science Olympiad (event lead), Piano</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Job/Work Experience: shh. under-the-table tutoring</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, Red Cross, Band Aid (w/ marching band), couple one day event things, ~150 hrs., + ~200 hrs. from over the summer.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Summer Activities: volunteered at Rec. Centre and VA Hospital, lots of reading and studying/testing out of classes</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Essays: decent? I should hope.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Teacher Recommendation: Fairly good. I’ve got a pretty good relationship with my French teacher, and though my magnet teacher may not like me very much, he probably still wrote a good rec. There’s nothing BAD he can say about me at least. And I’ve always done well in his class.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Counselor Rec: pretty generic? though she seems to like me, as far as I can tell from stopping by her office every now and then.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Additional Rec: Brilliant, I should think. Came from my calc teacher/quizbowl coach, who’s basically a second mother to me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Interview: didn’t get one.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material(if any): nada.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant): Canada, but I live in MI</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket (specify if applied for FA): ~$69,000 before taxes</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): HAHAHAHHAHA. lawls.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths: scores, GPA, essay?, quizbowl maybe.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: international seeking FA, race, EC’s/activities weren’t amazing, no major awards</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dumb luck. no really though. maybe they thought i was a good fit? XD i had a lot of fun with the word association prompts, and i think overall, carleton would be good for me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UMich-EA (no way can I afford it, lawls.), McGill w/ dual BA/BSc.; waitlisted: UChicago; rejected: Northwestern; deferred from Princeton, waiting on the ivy leagues and a few other LACs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Thank you Carleton for being the first school that I can afford!!! Dunno if I’ll go; still waiting on a few others. But I made a very flattering shriek when my parents called me while I was at Solo and Ensemble on Saturday.</p>
<p>** Decision:
Waitlisted**
College and Program:
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.61 (4.0 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (3), AP Psych (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lang, P.E., regular lit, religion, regular physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Pretty good but nothing amazing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot of hours at a few different places
[<em>] Summer Activities: took a couple classes at my school
[</em>] Essays: I think it was pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I know my recommendations were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’m pretty sure this would have been good.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I did an alumni interview, I thought it went well
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any):
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: private catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): >30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, test score, URM
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: There was another kid at my school with similar stats and URM that needed a lot less FA, if any. I don’t think Carleton is need blind, and I have an almost 0 efc.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Grinnell, Macalester, Middlebury, Colby, Whitman
Waitlisted: Pitzer, Carleton
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 one sitting
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 730 lit, 640 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10, I think
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Played in a blues metal band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Writing Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Writing Tutor
[<em>] Summer Activities: Working? Band?
[</em>] Essays: I worked hard on them.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Generic as could be.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very nice
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: INCREDIBLE. I don’t think it could’ve possibly gone any better. I still keep in contact with my interviewers.
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any):
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): 'Murca
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pasty White
[li] Gender: Dude</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): I’m a ginger; is that URM?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Dazzling good looks and sincere interest in the school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, GPA, Class Rank, Recommendations, ECs, lack of leadership.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Luck of the draw, I guess. I’m so incredibly happy about this.
[li] Where else were you accepted/[/li]waitlisted/rejected: ED!
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** See you all next fall!</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (690 CR, 710 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Lit, 660 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), English Lang (4), World History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB (self study), AP Stats, AP English Lit, Intensive Greek 1-3, Mandarin 3, Psychology, English 4 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freelance photographer, blogger, aerobics, a little self studying here, a little volunteer work there.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Public Relations Intern at ModCloth
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours or so
[<em>] Summer Activities: ESL Teacher, Camp counselor, Intern at ModCloth, C++ programming, prestigious writing program
[</em>] Essays: If you mean my common app essay, it was heartfelt, but considering my writing abilities I could have done better on that lil guy
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher was superb, Math teacher was generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: One of his better ones I think because I was stubborn and kept pushing to get everything the way I wanted and he came to begrudgingly respect me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nada
[</em>] Interview: Awesome interview. I think that this was the turning point in my app.
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any): Chhhhhnope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Californi-aye
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private prep school, large amount of Uggs per capita
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: I’m a chick
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): High enough to not need FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I do a lot of cardio. jkjk…I think my interview was the tipping point.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, though apparently Carleton doesn’t consider GPA as highly as other schools do according to their common data set
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was the interview that was the tipping point. My test scores were good enough to not keep me out of Carleton, but I showed interest in the school and that helps for these small LACs.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Kenyon, Pitzer, Whitman. WL’d Scripps and Grinnell. Rejected Rice, Bowdoin, WUSTL. Waiting on Stanford, Brown, Wesleyan.
[/ul]General Comments: I think this is where I’ll end up! Congrats to all acceptances, and for those of you who were rejected, don’t worry! Initially, I was rejected from my dream school (Rice) and once I was accepted by Carleton, I realized that it was the school for me all along. So don’t give up hope! And if you know my name, look out for me in the Carleton admitted students page on FB.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 35, 36SS: E:36 M:36 R:36 S:33 (one question off, 35 different sit)
SAT I (breakdown): 2120, didn’t submit
SAT II: none, school didn’t tell me they existed and I’m stupid for not realizing until too late
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 something
Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 6/500 but 4 before midyear
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), AP US History (4), AP Compski (not a spelling error, we call it that because it sounds cute 5), AP Lang (4), physics (3) psych (5)
Senior Year Course Load: calc bc, ap lit, apes, and AP Chinese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nada
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I was involved in theatre both as an actor and techie. Directed my own shows, did ADing as well. NHS Officer but I don’t think I even included that. Link Crew Leader up until this semester (I needed to to switch into newspaper-- I figured I wanted to do this before high school ended and was left with no other choice), other stuff but I left most random stuff out-- theater is one of my passions, and I’d rather that shine through. Then comes Chinese, I took several outside classes at DePaul during summer and got As in them. Was in a million bands, have a vinyl collection still growing, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Work at this local donut shop about 20 hours a week. Wake earlier on weekends than weekdays, typically 4 am.
Volunteer/Community service: Though an atheist I did a lot through my church, but I mainly helped with stuff like theatre-- ie directing or tech for young uns’ shows. Will never forget warming up the munchkins on singing in Wizard of Oz! Don’t think colleges care about generic stuff too much so I kept it at that-- I didn’t raise $8000 for cancer.
Summer Activities: more theater, Chinese.
Essays: Good writer but with this ego-inflating thought In mind I tend to write lower than I’m capable of, other than for ND because nothing was at stake. My Carleton ones were cute I guess, I said how my math teacher said he hated it because it was “too liberal,” how that answer was sufficient, along those lines.
Teacher Recommendation: Id say generic but not at the same time? One was from a Chinese immigrant so I think, aside from being simply adorable, it held slightly more weight.
Counselor Rec: Annoyed her with my woes constantly-- therefore she addressed my weaknesses and strengths and that probably means it was good. Could not read it, right waived!
Interview: No interview.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Public, pseudo-rural wannabe-suburb
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): I’d say the Chinese thing is a hook.
Reflection
Strengths: I guess the overall package looked good-- I’m liberal, my stats were probably middle of the road but I showed that I’m busy and not just with random things like a lot of people. Also, I was a QuestBridge Finalist and forwarded to them RD. I think having a difficult job on top of doing as much or more than other applicants is a bigger deal than we think-- I get annoyed when people with straight As, unlike me, don’t have jobs so who’s to say an admissions officer wouldn’t consider a lack of it? I don’t really know.
Weaknesses: Not sure if lack of SAT IIs ACTUALLY matters or would sway a decision, could solidify I guess. Again, my stats were middle of the road but not so much as at my other reach schools. My essays were decent but I think overall my Carleton application was just fairly solid throughout.
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I’ve already sort of addressed this, but I guess my overall application just made me seem a good fit. I certainly would be at Carleton! Just really excited I got in. I think QB helped a lot, especially in the financial aid department. I have an affordable college choice at an amazing school, and that is the best blessing I could ever receive.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at DePaul, Minnesota, and Notre Dame. Rejected at Northwestern and Rice. Waiting on Wesleyan, Brown, NYU, USC, and Stanford. Expecting rejections from all except hopefully a small chance at Wesleyan and USC, and praying to be accepted to Brown but certainly not expecting it.
General Comments:
Once again, I’m completely ecstatic. Great school, great aid, and I got in when I thought it would be a 50/50 shot. I wish everyone else who applied the best of luck, and if I seemed mean anywhere in this thread, it’s because I typed this on a phone because I don’t own a computer. </p>
<p>Cheers!!</p>
<p>** Decision:
Rejected**
College and Program: Carleton College [ /b]
Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (35 E, 26 M, 36 R, 32 S, 11 Essay) (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 740 Literature, 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): We don’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Calculus, AP Bio, AP World, Chinese 5, Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much; just AP Scholar, NM Commended
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): I did a lot of different things, particularly sports (primarily swimming…I was “recruited”), music (I play 4 instruments)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I do a lot with my church and the Special Olympics
[<em>] Summer Activities: Just swimming, lifeguarding, and volunteering
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were ok. Nothing super special, but not awful
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I got one from my APUSH teacher (I did really well in the class), and one from my Chinese 3/4 teacher (who really liked me, but didn’t speak English very well)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She barely remembers my name
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I had a really good interview on campus
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): East coast
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: WASP
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): I applied for FA but it doesn’t really matter, does it?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): Well I talked to the swim coach, but I don’t really know that it count for anything, especially seeing the result of my application haha
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, I thought ECs, though I guess I don’t really have a passion or anything very interesting, I also showed a lot of interest
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA and being an uninteresting white male
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I guess there just weren’t enough spots for me…or one of my recs was really bad and I don’t know about it…or I guess my GPA just wasn’t good enough for someone who took regular math or something
[li] Where else were you accepted/[/li]waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Pomona, Accepted at Lawrence and St. Olaf, waiting for Connecticut College and Oberlin…I really really want to go to Oberlin.
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**
I was pretty disappointed because I really liked Carleton and I thought I would at least be waitlisted, but if I get into Oberlin it will all be fine because I would have had a really really hard time deciding between the two. Anyway, good luck to all future applicants! Don’t get tons of B s!</p>
<p>@Aerobug, really weird coincidences-- waiting on same schools, rejected from my dream school (Rice) and thinking Carleton may be a perfect fit. Congratulations!</p>