**Official Class of '11 Regular Decision Thread**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 620CR, 680M, 620W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math1, 730 Math2, 650 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/209
[</em>] ACT: 29 (32E, 29M, 30R, 26S) & 29 (26E, 31M, 23R, 33S)
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Chem-4, Calc AB-N/A, Eng-N/A
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 2 APs (Calc AB & Eng)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Maybe like 7?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: NHS; Math, Engineering, & Science Club; Marching Band; Medical Careers Club; Golf Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My common app essay was my one for Stanford and the other talked about my passion for math and science.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I was really nervous. I had the interview at my interviewer's office. She said I did good, but don't they all?
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[<em>] Strengths: essays, GPA, rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't question good fortune; I just accept it.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can't believe this is happening!!</p>

122

<p>ACCEPTED.</p>

<p>And you jerks at CC told me Yale was a "huge reach". :P</p>

<p>I got waitlisted at University of Pennsylvania, I think that's kinda funny.</p>

<p>I keep thinking they made a mistake. BUT I'M IN. And they gave me more money than Brown or Dartmouth, too.</p>

123

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yes
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 2290 -- 730/780/780 // CR/M/W
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: 780/800/780 // Chem/MIIC/USHistory
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] APs: 5/5/5/5/4/4/4/4
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 / 3.95
[</em>] Rank: 1 (sole)
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: most difficult
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1?
[<em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Body President, Running, et cetera
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: AmeriCorps
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty decent, one friend almost cried
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no idea; one was probably not that well written, the other was written by a UMich math prof
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably fine, but no one to HYP (and any ivy I think) from my hs in 30+ years, so maybe not?
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): phone interview, okay
[</em>] Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted or rejected:[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: off to Oxford--I would've stayed stateside, oh well.</p>

<p>Congratulations, all!</p>

124

<p>REJECTED WOOOO!</p>

<p>congrats congrats to the acceptees for getting accepted, the waitlistees for not getting rejected, and my lovely fellow rejectees for moving on with their lives and going to other equally awesome schools!</p>

125

<p>Rollins equally awesome? I don't think so...but that's where I'm going. I'm still pumped though!</p>

<p>I'll post stats eventually...</p>

126

<p>Hey everyone! as an EA admit I just wanted to congratulate all the RD'ers!!! You guys rock and can't wait to see u at YALE!!!!!!</p>

127

<p>rejected. see my stats profile.</p>

128

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 800CR, 730M, 760W
* SAT IIs: 800 US, 770 Physics, 660 Latin
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 93ish
* Rank: Top 10 out of 206
* ACT: -
* APs (including this year's): Physics, Euro, English Lit, Gov, Calc AB 5, US 5, English Comp 5, World 4
* IBs (including this year's): -
* Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs, advanced math tutorial
* Number of Apps from Your School: 5 or so
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Two local gold in Scholastic Writing Awards, a local poetry thing
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Local poetry thing in which I am mentored by a professional poet and will have a chapbook published, TASP, School magazine I founded (and which ended) junior year, newspaper a tiny bit all four years, track first two years
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Essays (subject and responses): Common app was about dealing with my faith and deciding to abandon it; supplemental was philosophical about language and meaning
* Teacher Recs: Probably good
* Counselor Rec: Probably good
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Best interview of them all. The guy was very interesting and was eager to talk about what I wanted to talk about, we wandered off into other related topics (as in, we had a normal conversation), we were still talking excitedly at the end when he had to cut it off. He also was the only interviewer (besides Chicago) to ask me to describe a poem I had written when I said I wrote poetry, which I realized later is a sign of being awesome. He was an investment banker (what else) and we had it at a Dunkin Donuts near his apartment.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Recommendation from TASP professor

  • State or Country: Brooklyn, NY
  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, Catholic, Mediocre
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Middle class/upper middle class
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -
  • Strengths: TASP and TASP rec
  • Weaknesses: Lack of daily, time-intensive ECs
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: "I don't question good fortune; I accept it." The template I copied had this and I will leave it, lest I seem classless </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: None
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Cool</p>

129

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yup
[</em>] SAT I (by section): this is where the miracle begins
[<em>] SAT IIs: 2060
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5 W, 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: top 1%
[</em>] ACT: 31 Comp. 35 Writing Combined (12 Essay), 34 English, 33 Reading, 30 Math, 29 Science
[<em>] APs (including this year's): took total 11 (probably very little according to CC standards :p) 2 4's on English Lang/Bio and 2 5's on US History/World (only had 1 semester of World)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, Drama, AP Econ, AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Psychology
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar w/Honors, Magna Cum Laude, QuestBridge College Prep Award Recipeint, QuestBridge College Match Finalist, numerous Speech/Lit awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: NHS, CSF, Latin Club-teach Latin to high school students, mentor students interested in pursuing the health profession, hospice volunteer work, LiNK: Liberty in North Korea-humanitarian organization est. in order to spread awareness and evoke action upon the ongoing genocide in North Korea
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor (Latin, Math, English, History) for disadvantaged, low-income students
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): these are what got me in period.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: never read them. i'm assuming awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic but sincere
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): not one of my better interviews. drove 2 hrs to Palm Springs and met w/a very intimidating doctor...but otherwise pleasant
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): QuestBridge, very very passionate about ec's, life, learning...nothing really sublime...just my absolute passion in doing things that i love...yea yea may sound cliche but it's genuine...basically i did things b/c i wanted to not b/c i wanted to impress the admissions
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Sunny SoCal...but moved from GA in sophomore year
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, we're first graduating class, #1 in County
[<em>] Ethnicity: ORM!!! Korean and proud of it! :D
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income, but father has Ph.D and is professor so i think that discounts that
[<em>] Strengths: passion, sincerity, essays, awesome recs, LUCK
[</em>] Weaknesses: definitely my SAT's/ACT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no f</em>-ing idea...i'm still waiting for an apology email saying that they made a mistake...i'm in complete shock and total ecstasy at the same time...this is not what i expected at all...
[/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: omg i'm crying with disbelief and gratitude...i just don't what to say...my dream has come true...and a total slap to those who said i couldn't get in...not that i blamed you ;0</p>

130

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2180: 790 Reading, 690 Math, 700 Writing (bad circumstances meant that I only took it once
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 700 Math II, 730 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/809
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs (including this year's): five 5's (on all) last year, 4 AP's this year
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, dumb requirements like Health
[li] Number of Apps from Your School: just lil ole me</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Competitive Storytelling, Varsity Choir, Elite Jazz Performance Ensemble, Choir Vice President, President of National Honor Society, Vice President of National Spanish Honor Society, Varsity Swimming with State Title, Girl Scouts
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 10,11,12 with local semi-pro hockey league
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Main: Each paragraph of my essay was written from myself at a different age, and it chronicled my experiences having ulcerative colitis and learning to be myself. Secondary: Outlined my Gold Award Project. Both were really well written, I believe
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): relaxed, informative, at his office
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2006 National Youth Storytelling Showcase Winner; Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient (= Boy Scout Eagle Award)
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public Football Machine
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasin and Portuguese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,00
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ???
[</em>] Strengths: national winner of unique art form, great essays, lots of leadership positions
[<em>] Weaknesses: weak SAT scores, 9th and 10th grades dominated by varsity swimming, which I had to quit because of ulcerative colitis (explained in essay)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Because I wore BLUE today
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm so excited, am I in the twilight zone?!?</p>

<p>PS. don't know what's up with the editing, but oh well!</p>

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<p>To Parentstwo and JGonzo --
My d (double legacy if you count one parent law school and the other grad school) also got rejected. But it is OK. I think she moved on shortly after the deferral in December. The saga is not over yet -- still other colleges to hear from, great acceptances, and a wait list at a school that ultimately supplanted Yale as her "dream". Best of luck to you and yours.</p>

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<p>I got rejected...dunno what i really expected lol</p>

133

<p>Never, EVER, expected this, but....</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math I 780, Chinese 800, US History 740, French reading 680
[</em>] GPA, Weighed and Unweighed: 4.00 unweighed (all honours and APs throughout highschool)
[<em>] Rank: 1/259
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Psychology (5), English Lit & Lang, Calculus AB, Stats, French lang, Human Geo
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit & Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP stats, AP French lang, AP human geography, Gr.12 economics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 0 (I’m in a ghetto school from Canada)
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): academic awards at school, Royal Conservatory of Music Gr.8 violin with honours</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Toronto District School Board Student Supercouncil, Reach for the Top (quizbowl), various musical ensembles, Political Affairs Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: day camp counsellor (summer); court clerk at provincial court (summer co-op)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one about overcoming my experience of being bullied after coming to Canada in Gr.5; one about my volunteering work with the developmentally delayed class at my school; both really oriented toward public service and community involvement.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: quite a lot of “best in careers”
[<em>] Counselor Rec: many “best in careers”, but the letter had grammar mistakes, lol!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): pretty good. Late interview with a top American diplomat in Canada, so we had some common grounds (I’m going into international relations). AT a Starbucks.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): lunched with the then Prime Minister of Canada, executive of a 86,000-student (board-wide) student council, currently doing a mentorship at U of Toronto; co-organized a national youth conference; started my own flute choir.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: parents not required to pay a cent, so you get the idea
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority (wait, I’m Asian, okay I take that back)
[<em>] Strengths: passion in politics and community involvement, very stellar GPA, and an amazing supplementary reference letter from my school’s librarian
[</em>] Weaknesses: no one from my school has applied to American universities in the past 3 years, so my teachers didn’t really know what to write for the rec letters.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: strong passion in one area (youth politics + community service) with a sprinkle of activities in many other areas….and, LUCK, I guess</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: can’t think of any….
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Never have I imagined that I’d get into an Ivy League school. Well, it’s been an AMAZING ride, and I probably could’ve done it without you CC’ers words of support/advice/entertainment…. You are all so amazing and I wish the best to you! I look forward to meeting you (if there’s the chance) in the near future!</p>

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<p>i think u made a type-o lubinili. You mean you could not have done it :)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (790, 700, 690)
ACT: 32 (28, 34, 33, 36)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 730 Physics & Chemistry, 720 Korean, 710 US History
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.40 W
Rank: School doesn't rank, Top 5 / 433
AP Tests: 4 - Physics B, US History, Chemistry, Physics C: Mechanics;
5 - Calculus BC;
Taking - Biology, Macroeconomics, US Govt & Pol, Comparative Gov, English Lit, English Lang</p>

<p>Essays: Excellent (Advice from Vassar Admissions Off)
Teacher Recs: Excellent (Physics teacher 3 years and Calculus teacher)
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): 5 year high school student. Was in car accident, a coma, forfeited year of high school, went on to intern at hospital in neurology following accident about 6 months post trauma.
Location: San Francisco
State or Country: California
School Type: Public School of 1600
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Intended Major: Cognitive Science
Major strength/weakness: Good grades, very social, well rounded</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: District Honor Jazz Band and Symphonic Band
Band President
Pep Band Leader
Numerous California Music Educators Association Awards for Solo Ensemble
Robotics Team and unofficial disciplinarian / project manager
Football Quarterback / Wide Receiver / Safety
Baseball Pitcher / Shortstop
Volunteer hours + intership at Kaiser Permanente (Hospital)</p>

<p>Summers: Summer school for 2 years of first year biology, health (mandatory in district), and psychology
Junior Statesman of America (JSA) at Stanford, took AP Comp Gov and Honors Speech Communication</p>

<p>Single parent, very little contact with father. No siblings or very many relatives. STOKED to get into Yale as '11 and can't wait until Bulldog Days from April 16 - 18 and meeting all ya'll who got in and are thinking of attending or know they will like myself. </p>

<p>Rejected at Harvard and Princeton. Waitlisted at Duke, UPenn, and Johns Hopkins. Accepted at also Dartmouth, UCSD, & Wesleyan. </p>

<p>Ain't got the best test scores, nothing HUGE extracurricular wise but just an interest in everything and have no doubt that all recs and essay were excellent.</p>

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<p>8parks11 - omg, you are right! that's SUCH an embarrassing typo. Why won't CC let me edit it??</p>

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<p>DECISION: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 790 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Math2C 790 Chinese 760 Physics 770 Lit
GPA, Unweighted: 97.4/100
Rank: 3rd unofficially (but school doesn't give rank)
ACT: 33
APs (including this year's): Calc BC 5, Physics B 5
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, History, Phy C, Calc III/Discrete Math, AP Stats
Number of Apps from Your School:
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, NFAA ARTS Merit Award in Classical Piano, 2 Performing Diplomas from Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM - UK) etc.</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano, Golf (competed on national level for school, not US), Orchestra (several awards in national youth festival, not US)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring kids in piano, piano for church
Essays (subject and responses): Honest and heartfelt. Guess they didn't think so.
Teacher Recs: one teacher told me he wrote ______ would be stupid if they didn't take me
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ok, lukewarm now that I think about it
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic, only kids they send to Ivies are URMS and recruited athletes
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Moved to US midway through junior year. Is this really a strength?
Weaknesses: No leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who got in where they wanted to. This blows. GO WHARTON C/O 2012</p>

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<p>Nutmeg, you have great stats. It's Yale's loss to not take you.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!! no time to post stats in format because i'm on a model un trip, but this is my stats profile. i'll do it again officially if anyone wants me to.</p>

<p>Gender: F
Location: Pennsylvania
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 5.00
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 495</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 780
SAT I Writing: 740
SAT II Literature: 740
SAT II U.S. History: 710
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 790
SAT II Chemistry: 760</p>

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<p>virtuoso_735, Congratulations! Were you the person who wrote an essay about being apart from your twin? Anyway, I am happy for you, both of you!</p>