<p>@Serghes
Maybe… -shifty eyes-</p>
<p>got priority waitlisted, whatever that means. so um, if I don’t want to be on the waitlist, do I have to send a letter saying I am going to withdraw myself from the pool?</p>
<p>@ekim339,no u dont,u must stay in it till u get in…</p>
<p>@serghes 
but I got into a school I’m very happy with going to, gave me a lot of money too :D</p>
<p>@ekim339,ah then its ok,if its not ur dream school then u can forget about it…</p>
<p>Congrats to all the RD admits! I can’t wait to see you guys in Pittsburgh this fall! :D</p>
<p>Anyone here going to MCS?</p>
<p>EDIT: I meant to say “can’t wait to see guys if you decide to enroll…” haha. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>Accepted to Dietrich!</p>
<p>Will post most stats later, but for a glimpse:</p>
<p>Gender: M
SAT Composite: 2330
GPA: 3.55 UW</p>
<p>I got invited to the Quantitative Social Science Scholars Program</p>
<p>Accepted into H&SS!</p>
<p>Now keep in mind I am an anomaly because I’m below average for CMU. My brother went to the graduate schools (Heinz college) and he personally visited the admissions people in PA so I’m sure that really gave me a leg up.</p>
<p>SAT: 1920 (620 CR, 700 M, 600 WR)
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.3 W
ECs: badminton for four years, key club, NHS, CSF, youth group, work exp
I thought my essays were actually pretty good though!</p>
<p>Waitlisted CIT ECE. Might put up full stats if I have time. 2300 SAT. SAT subject tests 760 M2 710 Phys 710 ushist. 3.9 gpa class rank 11/~250. 5 on 4 out of 5 ap tests taken and am taking a lot more ap tests this year. half decent ECs but pretty crappy, last minute essays. asian male</p>
<p>ece was the only college I applied to maybe if I applied to other schools I might have had a better chance. oh well I’ll hear from Ivies later this week, though i’m not terribly confident about getting into them b/c of my subject test scores</p>
<p>**Decision: Priority Waitlisted (Tepper) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330, two sittings (760CR 770M 800W 11E)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 750 MATII, 770 MATI, 680 LIT, 670 CHEM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 9.02/11
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Roughly top 45%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (Multiple AP difficulty classes; my school doesn’t teach to tests)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Tough. AP bio, AP econ (micro/macro), multiple senior-level histories.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Football (not good enough to play in college)
News Editor, Weekly School Newspaper (very legit)
Varsity Debate
Cohead/member of a few minor clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work a few hours in the library every week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Summer Activities: Travel; a month in korea last summer, a month in spain the summer before
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was strong, supp. essay was decent.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fine? I assume so, they both like me a lot
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>] Additional Rec: Advisor, explains a D+ and a C+ on my transcript freshman year (transitional period)
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Elite Private Boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 3rd Gen. College (:P), no legacy.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I, grades have upward trend
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, No APs, relatively low GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a take it or leave it kind of applicant. Also, my interest in CMU wasn’t that high xD
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
In:
Michigan
UNC
NYU Shanghai
Yale-NUS</p>
<p>WL:
WashU</p>
<p>Rej:
Middlebury
Columbia (ED)
Chicago (Defer-Reject)
UVA (EA)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Kenan-Flagler (UNC) and Ross (Mich) are both better than Tepper. No reason for me to stay on.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted MCS and CIT </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):did not submit
[</em>] ACT:C-34, E-30, M-36, R-33, S-35, W-8
[<em>] SAT II: Physics-800, Math II-760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):Approximently 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Physics B (5), Calc AB (5), US History (5), Calc BC (current), Chem (current)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Honors Spanish VI, Honors Hebrew, Honors U.S. Government, Honors Mythology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Soccer 4 years, Track and Field for 4 years (Team Captain for 2), Inagural school swim team, Junior States of America, Military History Club, program involving a trip to DC to lobby my Congressman and learn about the political system, National Honors society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Community service day each year on Chrismas, Homework helpers program at Milbrooke Elementary, National Honors society projects and tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities:2 year CIT program at a summer camp Ive gone to for 5 years, Discover Engineering Program at University of Maryland, online geometry course
[</em>] Essays:Half decent I guess, I wrote them the night before they were due just before a new years party
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:waived
[</em>] Counselor Rec:waived
[<em>] Additional Rec:waived
[</em>] Interview:was there an interview offered?</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Sent information to the track coach and he sent me an email saying i was accepted a couple weeks ago so i guess i am a “recruited” athlete even though i never met with the coach in person</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Tests, GPA, Course rigor, overall extracurricular/volunteer/summer activities, Athletics
[</em>] Weaknesses:lack of work experience, essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:because my activities, grades and scores matched what the university was looking for
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:MIT differed rejected, University of Maryland accepted, Princeton and Cornell release on the 28th</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Hope you guys do well where ever you go</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CIT) </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 Math, 750 Critical Reading, 740 Writing)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.911 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/371
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (1 lol), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (5), AP English Language (4), AP Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Spanish V
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Basketball (3 years)
Varsity Track & Field Long Jumper (4 years)
Marching Band 1st Alto Saxophone (2 years)
NJ All-State Chorus (3 years)
All-Eastern Honor Choir (1 year)
Theater Performance (3 years)
National Honor Society (Vice-President)
Spanish Honor Society (President)
Job/Work Experience:
Private Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service:
K-2 Hoops Counselor
Church Praise Leader
Youth Ministry Assistant
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Common App was nice. Others were rough and not revised.
Teacher Recommendations:
Hopefully well-written and were from diverse areas (Physics, Track Coach/Philosophy, Choir Director/Art History)
Counselor Rec: Hopefully good as well!
Additional Rec: None</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Course load, Unique ECs.
Weaknesses: Grades, Ethnicity.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really think about this much -___-
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Accepted-
Rutgers
Stevens (Full Ride)
Villanova</p>
<p>Waitlisted-
Rice</p>
<p>Rejected- MIT
Waiting for many more schools.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: Deitrich, BHA program, and CFA(cello performance)</p>
<p>OBJECTIVE:
ACT 30
SAT II US history 740, Math II 700
GPA 3.95 unweighted, 5.57/5.0 weighted
Rank: 15/525 ( top 3%$
AP US History (5), AP Language (5), AP Gov (5), Current: AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Student body president
Student Ambassador
The Flock, president (this group helps our disabled students acclimate to high school)
HS Concerto Competition Winner
Music Inst. of Chicago “Artist of Tomorrow” Merit scholarship winner
Illinois All State Orchestra
Illinois Girls State delegate
NHS
Math Honor Society
French honor Society
Tri-M Music honor Society
Chicago youth symphony Orchestra (this takes up TONS of time)
Youth group
Lots of volunteering (Salvation Army, hospice, hospitals and nursing homes)
Cello teacher to middle school students
ESSAY: a very strong essay and supplement; really helped me,I think!
RECOMMENDATIONS: AP language teacher and Honors physics teacher. They let me read them and they were very good. I didn’t get to read my counselor’s rec.</p>
<p>OTHER:
State: Illinois (suburban Chicago)
School: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income bracket:80-100k
Reflections: STRENGTHS: good leadership, great audition, grades, essays. WEAKNESS: probably ACT score</p>
<p>Accepted: lots of small regional LACs that gave me lots of $$, CWRU
Waiting: Oberlin, Dartmouth
Rejected: none so far
Waitlisted: none</p>
<p>Hopefully financial aid package will be decent, but not holding my breath. Dream school, but could be too expensive for my family.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CIT/MCS)
Decision: Waitlisted (SCS) </p>
<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): 2300; Math (760), CR (750), Writing (790)
• ACT (breakdown):
• ACT superscore (breakdown):
• SAT II: Math 2 (740), Physics (710), History (780)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
• Weighted GPA:
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
• AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang & Comp (5)
• IB (place score in parentheses):
• Senior Year Course Load: Vector Calculus, Physics E&M, French Lit, Economics, Advanced level English and History classes (took hardest classes my school offered)
• Number of other applicants in your school: I don’t know
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>
<p>Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
• Job/Work Experience: Summer science internship, Summer engineering program
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer teacher for summer
• Athletics: On several sports teams all four years
• Clubs: Newspaper, started another club
• Interest: visited and had a great interview</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):• Essays (Include Subjects):
• Common App Main: 9/10 - A warm and interesting piece
• CMU Supplement: 9/10 - Wrote about creativity and building things - tied into my summer expereriences and touched on engineering/programming experiences
• Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read it - am assuming it was great
• Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read it - am assuming it was good
• Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it - am assuming it was great
• Additional Rec:
• Art Supplement:
• Research Supplement: </p>
<p>Other• Date Submitted App: mid-December
• State (if domestic applicant): MA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: High
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>
<p>Reflection• Strengths:
• Weaknesses: GPA low but school has grade compression
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Geography, course load, scores, decent essays, interview/visit, legacy, not sure what did the trick but happy to get in!
• Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Still coming in
• What would you have done differently?:[/list]Other Factors: Nothing
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Excited to be accepted! Not surprised I was waited-listed for SCS as I have limited CS type experience.</p>
<p>Reject…my first one in 8 applications…
This was a reach and I really didn’t show a lot of interest, I didn’t visit, etc. </p>
<p>Congrats to all who were acceptd!</p>
<p>My d received a think business size envelope??? Anyone else? What does it mean?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CIT, MCS
Decision: Waitlisted for ECE</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR + 800 M + 800 W = 2310 composite (superscored, two sittings, 2090 first sitting, 2300 second sitting)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math, 740 → 790 Physics (didn’t study for math/wish I had AP physics, qq)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (3.99 excluding HS credit middle school classes), 4.43 weighted (4.53 excluding HS credit middle school classes).
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (but ~2 or 3/380… not first because of, again, middle school)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Government - 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math SL - 7, IB Chemistry SL - 4 (don’t think these were sent)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP Statistics, IB Physics SL II, IB Biology HL II, Computer Science, IB English HL II, IB History HL II
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing all that special. AMC School Winner, AIME Qualifier, Science Olympiad Medals, NMSC, Jefferson Scholarship Nomination
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (VP, 3 years), Puzzle Club (VP/Founder, 1 year), Math Honor Society (3 years), National Honor Society (2 years), Student Government (1 year), FBLA (2 years), Varsity Math Team (3 years), Science National Honor Society (1 year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: SEAP Internship (8 weeks, liquid crystal research, $3k stipend awarded)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Math Honor Society tutoring; 2 weeks volunteer at a laboratory (basically an unpaid internship/shadowing).
[<em>] Summer Activities: 8 week lab internship w/ paid stipend; 2 week volunteer internship; vacation 
[</em>] Essays: Decently written although probably trite common app essay about my dad’s influence on me; engineering essay probably too ambiguous because I used the same one for every school, only changing the last paragraph essentially.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably very good but not very personal. One from a math teacher I’ve had for three years whom I have so much respect for and have gone through precalc, single and multivariable calculus, probability/statistics, set theory, linear algebra, and all kinds of other topics with through IB Math HL and dual enrollment classes. Another from an English teacher who has a reputation for being pretty tough with grades; I was one of two or three As out of all of his classes last year.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, says he writes “good recommendations for all of [his] students.”
[<em>] Additional Rec: Not sure if I sent one here.
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Decent grades, test scores; research internships.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of community service, athletics; near perfect but imperfect grades/test scores.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good application, but not much flair.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Accepted: UVA (Rodman), William and Mary (Monroe), UCLA, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, RPI (w/ Leadership Award), Penn State. </p>
<p>Rejected: Stanford, MIT.</p>
<p>Waiting for response from: Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m surprised that I got waitlisted for ECE, but considering the cost of CMU, I would probably still pick UVA Rodman over it anyway. I’m really hoping to be admitted to one of the ivies I applied to (especially Princeton or Cornell), but probably not going to happen. Meh… who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky.</p>
<p>I got priority waitlisted, but if I get accepted am I obligated to go? The letter makes it sound that way, but I still want to be able to consider their financial aid offer. If they even offer decent financial aid to priority waitlist students…</p>
<p>Unless you did ED, you shouldn’t be required to go! </p>
<p>I was accepted to the Carnegie Institute of Technology! Sorry, I’m really not in the mood to post all my stats. I’ll just do basics:</p>
<p>Engineering major
SAT 2260, 760 US History, 770 Math II
4.0 UW GPA, 4.4 W
Pretty good leadership activities, and I thought my essays were pretty good, too. </p>
<p>Question: Does anyone know whether they should have already posted financial aid info? Or, rather, when they will? Because I got the acceptance package in the mail and online, but the financial aid package hasn’t come in any form…
Thanks, and congrats to fellow admits!</p>