Official Carleton Class of 2013 RD Stats Thread

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 780, Writing 680, Critical 680
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 790, Physics: 800, Literature: 680
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs: None
[<em>] IBs:None
[</em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Rank: Top 1%
[</em>] Awards listed on application: Top in the World in GCE O level Sociology, 13 As in O levels
[li] Other stats: Very tough courses and As in all of them</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Debating Society, human right activist, Initiated an Animal protection society (Welcome</a> to S.N.T.A.C), Head of chess club, MUNer, mostly orator in every event
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 months work experience with Human Rights Commission of Pakistan with 2 graduates from Harvard and Columbia Law school
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay was on Homer Simpson. Yes, I am nutts. And the short answers were very funny and honest. I am like that in person, so it came out in essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Beyond words. Just too good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think my counsellor messed it up big time. I think this is why I didnt get into a lot of colleges.
[</em>] Applied on: Regular decisions with 90% aid requirement
[li] Hook (if any): A female from a third world country? don't think so. I didnt make my application sound that way at all. I think way too risky essays.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pakistan
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 5% in country
[<em>] Ethnicity: Persian-Pakistani
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I am just in love with the idea of going to Carleton! See all those admitted there =D</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2070 (720 math, 730 critical reading, 620 writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 US History, 700 Math 2, 650 Literature
[<em>] ACT: 32 (35 math, 31 English, 33 reading, 30 science)
[</em>] APs: environmental science (5), US History (4), English lit (3), art history (in May), English language (in May), calculus ab (in May), US government (in May)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.76 weighted, 3.9 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 3/454
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity field hockey (captain, many awards), Roots and Shoots environmental club (president), journalism (opinion editor), Finer Things Clubs (co-founder, vice president), SMARTteam (students modeling a research topic, worked with scientists at UCSD modeling a protein and presenting at science fairs)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): main one-philosophy and who I am (I think it was pretty good)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I read one after it was sent in because I needed it for something else and it seemed pretty good; I'm sure the other one was good too.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I'm not very close to my counselor but she knows I'm a good student
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school, not very good-I'm the only one to apply to any upper level private schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm surprised after looking at the stats on here, but happy.</p>

<p>*Decision: WAITLISTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 640 CR, 780 M, 710 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770MIIC, 740 MIC, 780 Phy
[<em>] ACT: No
[</em>] APs: No
[<em>] IBs: No
[</em>] GPA: 8.6/10.0
[<em>] Rank: No
[</em>] Awards listed on application: No :D
[li] Other stats: No :-?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteers, Admin of a "tiny" forum, tutor, (I can't remember but very few in comparison with pp here and with my friends)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring (ONCE)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): About how horrible my writing essay process. No response from anyone because I finished in the evening of January 15th
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I guess they are very sincere.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[</em>] Applied on: january 15th
[li] Hook (if any): No :|</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:
[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Vietnam
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, quite good.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * I feel embarrassed :D. I am not as good as others who were wait listed. Maybe I'm so lucky. Maybe they realize how much I really like Carleton. My short answers were good, I guess. It's honest, even though not very mature @-)</p>

<p>Thanks for giving me another chance, thank a lot. I'll try. :X</p>

<p>ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section):
SAT IIs:
ACT:25
APs:
IBs:
GPA:3.5
Rank:
Awards listed on application:
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app:Community services,football captain,lacrosse,youth ministry,
Job/Work Experience:seasonal work at a garden center,seasonal yard work
Essays (subject and responses):Mission trip experience I was told afterwords it was pretty good from the Carleton Alum that interviewed me
Teacher Recs: 1 really good, others good
Counselor Rec:Good
Applied on:Jan got my acceptance 2 weeks later
Hook (if any):maybe football</p>

<p>State or Country:MN
School Type:Private college prep
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Carleton was my 1st choice. Really happy to be accepted and am attending</p>