<p>Rejected. Stats later.</p>
<p>Rejected. Knew it was coming because I got rejected at Princeton, where I am a double legacy. Hopefully I'll have better luck at Columbia and Brown in a half an hour. </p>
<p>SAT I: 2290 (800 CR/780 M/710 WR)
SAT II: 2320 (780 US/770 MII/770 LIT)
GPA: 3.82 unw/4.41 w
Rank: 14/768
AP's: 4 5's, plus 5 more this year and Calc III
Essays: Good, but probably didn't factor into my decision much.
Interview: Again, good, but probably didn't mean much.
Extras: Only okay. Some Leadership, spent my time with Clarinet, German, and Youth and Government. Decent awards (mostly academic + something for each EC activity), but nothing distinguished. </p>
<p>I'm going to a good school no matter what (already have acceptances from NYU, Carleton and Wellesley), so I'll be fine :).</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>GPA weighted: N/A</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.7_</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: no rank...really competetive magnet.</li>
<li>SAT: 2230 (M: 760, V: 740, W: 730</li>
<li>SAT II: 730 Bio, 720 IIC</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: uh AP Calc, Bio, Chem, IB History...no scores yet.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I honestly do not remember and I am not looking them up.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: never read them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: really good...one of the few kids she likes</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I don't think so...1st generation college?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ</li>
<li>School Type: public magnet</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Whie</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: nope</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: nope</li>
<li>Important ECs: Model UN, Captain Volleyball, Varsity Debate...500+hrs volunteering.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>
<p>wow, lots of rejects</p>
<p>*Rejected: *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing:760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2360
[<em>] SAT II: Math II/Physics - 800, Chem - 770
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: None
[</em>] GPA weighted: -
[<em>] GPA unweighted: -
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 3/280</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Lousy/Horrible
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:**</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Bah.</p>
<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT Reasoning (by section): cr710 m800 wr730
SAT Subject tests: math2 770 ush 750 ph 730
ACT:
APs: stat calcab ushistory all 5s taking euroh englit bio this year
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.84 4.55
Rank: 12/400?
Senior Yr. Courseload: as tough as anyone at my school
Number of Apps from Your School: just me
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Job/Work Experience: 2 years about 20 hours a week fast food and pizza delivery
Essays (subject and responses): about football and working at Taco Bell
Teacher Recs: pretty short not special
Counselor Rec: average?
Interview (feel and general location): I felt good about it
Hook (if any): devoid of hooks in any way
Location/Person: FL
State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent regular public
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 135 k
Gender: male
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: great all around/ nothing outstanding
Did you apply EA? no
Why you think you were accepted or rejected: white middle class male who didn't cure AIDS and isn't an athlete/legacy
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **** I don't get to pay 200k for an undergrad degree. Good job if you got in</p>
<p>wow they bleep F<em>V</em>C_K</p>
<p>Rejected at Yale after deferred EA (as well as Harvard, Princeton, Wharton)</p>
<p>accepted. cool.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code> * Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 2260 (740m, 800v, 720w)
* SAT IIs: 780 US hist, 770 World Hist., 710 Chem
* GPA, Unweighted: 95%
* Rank: No rank, somewhere in the top 6%
* APs (including this year's): World 5, US 5, Calc BC 4 (English, Chem)
* Senior Yr Courseload: Moderately heavy
* Number of Apps from Your School: at least 10
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended Student
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Pres. of Jewish youth group, Co-pres. of peace-related club, involved in theatre, orchestra, choir, played JV lacrosse
* Job/Work Experience: Hebrew teacher and tutor
* Essays (subject and responses):How my summer program in Israel changed me, pretty good; What I've learned from being my youth group's pres., boring
* Teacher Recs: Good
* Counselor Rec: Great
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): really good (my dad talked to the person in charge of interviewers and she said it was really strong)
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: New York
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Female
* Strengths: good leadership experience, traveling, decent grades and scores
* Weaknesses: Nothing superstarish
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I got deferred early (probably because I'm a legacy) and my school and region is really competitive
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: Legacy (3rd generation)
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was so nervous to hear from Yale when I applied early, so I'm sort of numb by now. Congrats to everyone who got in/ waitlisted!</p>
<p>Did the acceptance letter say what the percent of students accepted was? If so, please post.</p>
<p>Applications, Yale Class of 2011
Total Number of Applicants: 19323
Total Number of Admits: 1860
Rate of Admission: 9.6%
Total Number on Wait List: 859</p>
<p>Decision:Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 on Chem, 4 on Euro, taking five aps this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 aps this year
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Princeton University Math Contest Winner, South Carolina All State Math Team, South Carolina ARML A Team, AHSIMC winner, other math awards...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 400 hours of volunteering at local hospitals and nursing home, 240 hours of colorectal cancer research, and varsity tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): i thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: don't know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don't know
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): thought it went ok
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): sent in my research abstract
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Carolina
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, few Ivy league admits a year (none this year though :( )
[<em>] Ethnicity: east indian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 900K?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, math awards, volunteering, research
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: gpa, and other candidates were more qualified than i was[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: GOING TO WASHU BABY! good luck to all those who got in to yale!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 700 M, 710 W, 720 CR
[<em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 720 Lat, 700 Math II
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.92, unweighted only
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Calc AB (5), Latin Lit (5), Eng Lang (4), US Hist (4), Euro Hist (3), Stat, Eng Lit, Physics C Mech, Am Gov
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stat, AP LA, AP Am Gov, Calc-based Physics, Orchestra, Jazz Choir, Photography
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I don't know.. probably around 20.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 2nd in state marine science bowl, orchestra and choir stuff, etc etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Heavily involved in drama club, flute, singing, marine science team, volunteering at the aquarium, rec. league basketball, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nannying
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Don't feel like going into huge detail.. I thought they were well written though, and possibly the best part of my app... not for Yale though, that was before they got revised, and had I not applied EA I would've switched what my supplemental essay was.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Better than I could ever have imagined.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but he's new and doesn't know me well.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): It was fun, casual, engaging.. the usual.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, magnet for advanced placement program
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[<em>] Strengths: Character, teacher rec's
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays not as good as they ended up, test scores not amazing.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Yale is a crapshoot, it could've been any number of things.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I applied EA and got deferred. As I said above, essays were not as good as they ended up. I'm really fine with it - I got accepted to my top choice on Tuesday (Haverford) and at this point I would've almost felt bad if I had gotten in, knowing that I probably wouldn't go. It wasn't meant to be, and I can't take offense because, well, it's Yale.</p>
<p>i got in to yale. O.M.G.
This is the best day of my life.
i am just lost of words.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (Deferred SCEA)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I or ACT: 2240 (800 M, 720 CR, 720 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 SR, 34 M, 33 R)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Bio, 780 Chem
[</em>] GPA: 3.95
[<em>] WGPA: 4.70
[</em>] Rank: None
[<em>] APs: 5's on Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Comp Sci A, HumGeo, and Lang; 4's on Enviro and Stats
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs: Several, with leadership positions
[<em>] Essays: Solid
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was decent, I didn't read the other, but I sent a very personal supplemental rec
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very strong
[</em>] Interview: He seemed impressed
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Other thoughts: Boo, you whore.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>My D was accepted after being deferred in the EA round, she is very excited and so I am. She is looking forward to the visiting during the admit program.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED - Likely letter!!!! Stats to come later/in my previous posts</p>
<p>hah.. accepted</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
[</em>] SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Westchester, NY
[</em>] School Type: Outstanding Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr, President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years), helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school, computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable though.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Low GPA/ ?class rank?
[*] Other thoughts: This sucks pretty bad :/ [/ul]</p>