<p>Rejected. Fun!</p>
<p>Rejected. Phew.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT I (by section):
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/250
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP US History
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Honors Physics, Web Design, 12 Hours at nearby University
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just Me
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 4 Years Varsity Cross Country and Track, Student Council President, NHS Treasurer, Science Club Treasurer, French Club VP
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Legal Assistant (4 Years)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): First Cross Country Race - Pretty good I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Went really well and the interviewer was extremely nice and has stayed in contact. It was at my house.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 30 Semester hours done at college.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: OH
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60-70k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership and Running essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Other essay and scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I'm guessing scores were too low along with other factors.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Can't say that I wasn't expecting this, but the hope was always there. *</p>
<p>eh, it was worth a shot</p>
<p>same here...</p>
<p>rejected.... it bites but life has to go on.... congrats to all those who got in!</p>
<p>Waitlisted.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR/780M/730W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 US History/800 MathII/790 Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW/4.6 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/247
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5's on Psych/US History/Human Geo/CalcBC/PhysicsCMech/Physics B/EuroHistory/Environmental Sci; 3 on French Lang; taking US Gov't, MicroEcon, English Lit, Physics C:E&M, Chemistry, Bio
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: see above APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dunno...
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, AIME
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Violin (Conference All-State), Volunteer (Volunteer of the Year/President's Service Awards), Newspaper (Editor), French Club (Co-Prez), Science Olympiad (VP, NY state medals), NHS (President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Physics Lab Assistant, Subway
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very very strong; one was serious, other was whimiscal
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Crazy amazing
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Excellent, interviewer was impressed.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Asian female, hahaha; got likely letter
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Suburban
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: yale needed female engineers :)
[</em>] Weaknesses: a bit stereotypical
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Amazing recs and essays[/li][/ul]Other Factors:...Damn, I hate choices
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to all! :D</p>
<p>rejected. i kind of expected that. it's been a fun ride though, and i wish all of you the best of luck. for those who got in, congratulations, and for those who did not, this is not the end of the road for you guys. just keep believing in what you want for yourself, and no matter what, you'll be successful in whatever it is you want to do.</p>
<p>rejectedddddd</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 750 CR, 700 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math 1, 730 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.195W 3.96UW
[<em>] Rank: 6/ 322
[</em>] ACT: 30 (did not send)
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Euro, Lang & Comp, APUSH, Psych, Chem, Calc BC, Bio, Macro Econ, US Gov, Lit
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: all AP or college-in-the-classroom
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: not a clue
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.):none that i can think of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Nordic Skiing, Sunday Ski School, Cross-Country Running, Student Council, Youth Philanthropic Program, Speech, Model UN
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Puller at the Gun Club
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): bs
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): went pretty well
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~85,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[</em>] Strengths: ???
[<em>] Weaknesses: i sent in my application 2 days late
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: because they need people from northern minnesota
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yay! :D</p>
<p>which completely destroys my dreams of going out of state</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/730CR/710SWR = 1530/2240
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 USHistory, 780 Lit, 730 Math IIC
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw, 4.2 w
[<em>] Rank: 1/235
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 11- APUSH, Chem, Lit 12- Calc BC (first kids in my school to ever do BC), Lang, Bio (this is every one my school offers)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest conceivable (still pretty easy though)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Really nothing significant at all
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Schol Bowl captain, VP of Science Club and NHS, 4-H, Band, Madrigals, bunch of other crap, Illinois Pork Leadership Institute
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 15 hrs a week at pizza place for 1.5 years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Life in general? Mostly tangents about farm life and such. It was twisted from a UChicago essay on "where is your perfect place?".
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing beyond belief, and one was semi-detailed: "Best in the class, hands down"
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but probably more of the above
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): (On-Campus) Hardest one I had, I didn't think it went that great, but also not a disaster.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE. Unless they bought my playing up of the hick/farmboy aspect.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): CRAPPY Public, average ACT 19 or 20, only 1/3 go to 4-year college
[</em>] Ethnicity: White!
[<em>] Gender: Male!
[</em>] Income Bracket: About $90,000; but we farm so the huge assets meant no fin. aid for me
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad farms and never went to college, but my mom went to UIUC.
[</em>] Strengths: Scores and grades (but so are everyone's), maybe that I come from a not-so-hot sort of rural school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: That second essay was HORRIBLE. My ECs are not notable at all (but maybe slightly quirky?).
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Blind friggin' luck, baby.
[/ul]Other Factors: I can't think of any. Maybe the counselor cooked up some "this is the best applicant the school has ever seen" crap to get me in.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
As cool as this is, it might just oh my I just got into Harvard too!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted ^_^</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780/800/770 (2 sittings)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800mathIIC 780chem 770 physics 710US
[<em>] GPA: 4.62w max 4.85
[</em>] Rank: reported rank is top 10%, but my guidance counselor unofficially acknowledged me as #2 (school doesn't officialy report rank)
[<em>] APs: US-4, chem-5
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: (hardest load in my school) 5 APs (bio, comsci, calc, physics, LA)
[<em>]Number of Apps from Your School: 2ED, 1 RD
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Debate President, Chess club founder/president, Asian American Cultural Club president, JSA secretary, Mock trial expert witness, Region/All state/All-Eastern orchestra, Columbia Science Honors Program, tae kwon do black belt, Lakeland orchestra 4 year concertmaster
[</em>] Essays: mediocre writing style, very unique topics
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: best in career, maybe
[<em>] Hook (if any): VERY unique summer activity
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: small public competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: lucky ^_^ haha.
General Comments: yay=)</p>
<p>"which completely destroys my dreams of going out of state"</p>
<p>Lol same. Rejected from Yale and waitlisted from my other OOS school.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (800m, 800v, 790w)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 770 Span., 770 Chem., 750 Math I, 730 Bio. M
[</em>] GPA, Unweighted: 3.67
[<em>] Rank: No rank, somewhere in the top 11%
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Chem. 5, Euro. 5, U.S. 5 (Calc. BC, Phys. C)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heaviest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Dozens
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholars Nominee, AP Scholar, Cum Laude
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Extensive theatrical work curricularly, extracurricularly, and in work; varsity-level dance, theatrical community service; vocal music; competitive math; alcohol awareness group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Staff at Creative Arts Program
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Combination of my love for theatre and chemistry, good; About moving around as a child, good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good, not great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[li] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Not offered</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths: Great grades, scores, theatrical work
[</em>] Weaknesses: Only okay essays/rec.'s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was told deferral was because of essays, which I assume didn't improve themselves in the past few months.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Top boarding school
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I've known this was coming (via my college counselor) for almost a month, but of course you still hope...</p>
<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 800V, 800W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History 770 Literature
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5)?I took this online, the first from my school to take an online class, English Language (5)
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98.6 something, 101.277 with 4% weighting for Honors and APs, my counselor told me this was the 2nd highest GPA anyone remembered in probably 10 years, the only one higher is the val this year
[</em>] Rank: 2/208
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 in school APs plus independent study AP French and AP Calculus BC(I?m taking AB in school)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Common
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, state winner for science Olympiad, 19th in nation
[</em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many school/local awards, national merit
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week since 9th grade
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): unique and good (about how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer relates to life)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good I think,
[</em>] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): mostly him talking but I think he liked me
[</em>] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): Took AP Physics online, skipped 7th grade
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: rural New York
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, no one to Princeton before, ~2-3 accepted to Cornell each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70-80k
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
[<em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: standardized tests scores/ unknown school, few national awards or impressive extra curriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations etc.:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Math 800 Verbal 740 Writing 740
[<em>] SAT IIs: Chinese 800 Math 780 Biology 780 Chemistry 740
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 2/700
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 8 APs taken 6 5s and 2 4s / 7 AP this year
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMF NCTE National Federation of Music...etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 2 varsity sports captain, Founder and President of Asian Club, Vice president of Mu Alpha Theta and another club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): 2 amazing pieces
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 oustanding, another great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never read it
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Better than my MIT interview, worse than my Harvard interview. In the middle.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2 summers of research, one at Penn.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: > $250,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths:Leadership and music (sent in an awesome Piano CD)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Don't know
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Unique Asian? [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Sorry, I'll most definitely not going to enroll at Yale because it's either Harvard (if I get accepted) or MIT (which I've already got accepted).</p>
<p>Waitlisted. k_twin and I. Stats Later</p>
<p>Forest-- thank you ;) us waitlisters need more people like you</p>