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

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
161

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED </p>

<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2400 (800 CR, 800 M, 800 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math L2, 800 World Hist, 750 US Hist, 740 Lit
APs: 5s on AP US Hist, World Hist, Human Geo
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/425
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Euro, AP Lit, Chamber Ensemble</p>

<p>Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: NHS, Beta, Varsity Tennis, County Leadership Team, Model Atlanta Regional Commission, State Student Advisory Council, Piano, Orchestra (Violin), Youth Group, Foster Children's Foundation, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Swim Instructor, Tennis Instructor, Assistant Tutor
Essays (subject and responses): One related first experience at karaoke bar to mishap at piano recital and how I learned from the latter. One about involvement in tennis and what I've learned from it.
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel and general location): Not good. Interviewer was very intimidating.
Hook (if any): I think I'm fairly well-rounded. And very involved.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends few kids to top colleges
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: It's complicated.
Gender: Male
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I can't say for sure, but I really think my interview did not go well and may have hurt me. Otherwise, I don't know... I guess my credentials are good enough that they'll offer me a spot if it's available, but not right now. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yale was one of my top choices... but life moves on. I've got Harvard and Princeton to choose between now, so getting wait-listed has actually made my decision just a little bit easier.</p>

162

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 780M, 780CR, 740 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 MathII, 760 Chem, 740 Lit, 710 USH
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9/5.1
[<em>] Rank: in the top 6 of 495
[</em>] ACT:n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Chemistry 5; BC Calc 4; AB CompSci 4; USH 5; English; Statistics; US Gov&Pol; Physics C
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 aps, 1 honors, and an independent study in multivar calc
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5 or 6?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMF, NHS, AMC/AIME, Brown Book Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Swimming (not recruited), Chemistry Club president, Model UN, Academic Games, Youth Group, Mathletes
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 summers lifeguarding
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): CA: my collection of useless trivia, and how it helped me when i auditioned for jeopardy/ Y: my thought process
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One made my mom cry, the other was very nice and well-thought-out.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see it, but probably pretty good
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): at a local Panera, i thought it went very well. She took almost frighteningly detailed notes.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public, highest average SAT in western PA for a public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: highish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): still none
[<em>] Strengths: pretty good test scores, obvious dedication to chemistry
[</em>] Weaknesses: a few b's junior year, lack of hook
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: well i was deferred early, probably due to my junior year b's, but after that i wrote a letter to the adcom for my area explaining that those b's were partially due to my mother's sudden illness last year. i also didn't get any b's first semester of this year, so i guess that's an upward trend. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: i qualify for an acceptance-based scholarship that is offered to the children of attorneys in my county, so they saw that i could better afford yale? that might not have helped, i don't know for sure.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! I will see you at bulldog days, for sure.</p>

163

<p>Decision:Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:Yes
[</em>] SAT I (by section):740 CR 630 Math 680 Writing
[<em>] SAT IIs: 710 Lit 660 US History 610 W History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 3.56 W 5.065
[<em>] Rank: 18
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Calc AB, Bio, Eng Lit, World History, Eng Lang 4, Environmental 4, US History 5, European History 5
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP World History, Honors Economics/Gov, Journalism II
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1 I think
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar Award, Honor Roll (Foreign Lang; German)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Newspaper (editorials editor, editor in chief), Journalism Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Literary Magazine
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Character in Lit, picked Oliver Twist; it was alright I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I thought it was good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): first generation college student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
[<em>] Strengths:I guess I must've written a pretty good essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: my math SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really don't know but it's pretty cool nonetheless[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

164

<p>Accepted!
Sats 1420
Sat Iis 800 790 760
Gpa 3.8 Top 10 Percent - All Aps And Honors
Double Legacy
A Lot Of Leadership Positions And Work Experience</p>