<p>Accepted</p>
<p>2180 SAT, 1450 SAT IIs
decent GPA
I think my essays were strong as were my recommendations.</p>
<p>I don't think I'll be attending as I was accepted to Haverford College and I'm still waiting on Princeton. That said, Whitman is an amazing school that has so much going for it! Good luck to everybody still waiting to hear and to those already accepted, Gratz!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted ED 2!</p>
<p>Date Applied: uhh sometime in December I think
Date Accepted/Rejected: January 23, 2008</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Reading: 640 Math: 600 Writing: 720
ACT: 28
SAT IIs: World History: 540
GPA: 3.99/4.0 Weighted
Rank: N/A
Other stats: Honor Roll (9-12), National Honor Society (10-12)
Subjective:
Essays: I assume they were pretty good. My cousnelor read them and corrected them about 3 times, and I consider myself a good writer
Teacher Recs: I assume they were good as well. My theatre teacher wrote me an excellent one--it was the only one i read
Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was great as well</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
*Newspaper for 3 years--
3rd place Regional Journalism Conference in News Writing (11), Senior Staff Reporter in 12th grade, Runner up Article in the National Scholastic Press Association Contest for Features Writing </p>
<p>*Theatre
Drama Club for 4 years
2nd place Trinity Shakespeare Competition
Performance Award
have performed in 11 plays in high school. no leads, mostly supporting, or "chorus-y" type parts. a couple pretty big parts though i guess.<br>
stage managed for one play and was the stage hand for another
also wrote a play for this class and it was able to be performed on stage a year later </p>
<p>*Volunteered at random places around 10 for 4 years (Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House, helped coach t-ball, Gulu Walk, and this local Environmental Organization... but mostly at the Orlando Science Center). Then I went to Ecuador last summer and got a lootttt of community service there and got the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for that </p>
<p>*JV softball and Club softball for 2 years in high school</p>
<p>*part of peace jam (a club that promotes peace) in high school for 2 years</p>
<p>*also tried some forensics (speech and debate) in 10th grade. didn't work out though.</p>
<p>Interview: yeah at whitman.
Hook (if any): probably all the stuff i did over the summer--this marine bio camp for 3 years, ecuador, an oregon action trip, seaworld...</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Private. About 800 students, Grades 6-12. Basically 100% have gone to go on to college, and many are very presitigious
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: female
Other Factors/Hook?: n/a</p>
<p>Scholarships: I applied for that theatre scholarship but I don't know if I got it yet.</p>
<p>General Comments: It's a wonderful school. Ask me more if you want.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got it! </p>
<p>Received my acceptance aswell and was overjoyed though I'm still not 100% sure if i'm going. Basically its either Whitman or Hamilton but I think the Westcoast climate and awsome withman attitude has won me over. Anyhow I was just wondering if anyone knows if the non-need scholarships or merit scholarships were sent out in the acceptance package or if they come with the financial aid package that they claimed to send soon and what if you dident apply for financial aid do they still send out such a packet?</p>
<p>Can't wait to meet everyone! Go 2012 .</p>
<p>Well, I didn't believe it could happen, and it's a little different from RD admissions, but I'm so excited I'm going to post anyway!</p>
<p> Decision: Accepted Transfer!</p>
<p>Date Applied: 3/01
Date Accepted:4/11</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: In HS, 3.94. In college, 4.0 after 1st semester.
[<em>] Rank: Top 6% in HS
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote my diversity essay as a poem -- diVERSEity. Cheesy, but it was me.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great considering I'd only known my professors one semester.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My Dean taught me last semester, so he knew me very well.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: In HS: President of Drama Club and International Thespian Society, Captain of the Speech team (state awards), acted in 16 plays, NHS, school TV show anchor. In College: Honors program, Community service Living Learning Community, acted in 3 plays, on crew for one more, show choir. I think they liked that I had been so involved as a freshman even though I knew I was transferring.
[<em>] Interview: Fun phone interview (requested it myself since I couldn't visit).
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm Texan?
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public HS, private LAC in Texas
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/list]Other Factors/Hook?:</p>
<p>Scholarships:
I don't know yet!
General Comments: I found out on the online portal today and I had to call the admissions office to make sure they weren't lying, because the letter hadn't arrived yet! I was so shocked and happy. Not sure if I'll be able to afford to go, but we'll see. Would love to attend!</p>
<p>santa, last year my D's admission letter said scholarship info would be coming later. When nothing showed up we assumed nothing had been awarded, but it was a mailing mix-up and she had a significant scholarship. We didn't apply for need-based aid so there was no automatic letter from the FA dept. If you haven't heard anything yet, ask them.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected RD</p>
<p>Date Applied: mid december
Date Accepted/Rejected: March 31</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: didn't take
ACT: 28
SAT IIs: didn't take
GPA: 3.4/4.0 school doesn't weigh
Rank: school doesn't really rank either...im in the top 40% though. Rank doesn't really matter at a small school like mine though. There are seriously only 12 people in my graduating class.
Other stats: Honor Roll (9,11,12)
Subjective:
Essays: Probably the best part of my application. I even received an email from an admissions officer that I had I been contact with who said she really liked my essay. Writing is probably my best strength. I sent in two essays, actually.
Teacher Recs: I didn't read them, but I assume they were good? I had 3 sent in; one from my english teacher, one from my spanish teacher, and one from my art teacher.
Counselor Rec: I did read this one. He wrote me a really nice rec!</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Have held various student government positions throughout HS (president in 9, VP in 10, secretary in 12)
-Have been involved in the visual arts for all four years of HS, joined National Art Honor Society in 10, became VP in 12. I have organized art events in my school and community, started new events related to art, and even organized my school's first ever "poetry and coffeehouse night."
-Have studied Japanese outside of school at community college for 2 years. Studied abroad in Japan this past summer. I wrote a 625 japanese character speech for a speech contest this april.
-Am doing a senior masterwork. Masterwork is an optional program for seniors in which they design and propose a project their junior year and work on it all year. I made a graphic novel, integrating my interest in art, creative writing, and japanese graphic novels.</p>
<p>Interview: On-campus. Met with assistant dean of admission. I seriously had an amazing interview. She even remembered me when she came to visit my school last fall, and was "excited to see my application."
Hook (if any): I've done A LOT of stuff with the visual arts. Seriously. It's my passion (outside of my academic life.) I've worked hard to promote the visual arts in my school and community, and I feel that was evident in my resume. Um...I'm from AZ? My masterwork thing. Idk.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: AZ
School Type: Private. About 60 kids in the high school. Very rigorous. Sends most graduates to college, with maybe 3-4 kids in each graduating class going to very high tier colleges (Princeton, Wesleyan, Vassar, Columbia, MIT, etc)
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Other Factors/Hook?: </p>
<p>Scholarships: </p>
<p>General Comments: I can't think of anything I else that I should put here that I haven't already mentioned...I didn't apply for fin.aid though.</p>
<p>To be totally honest, I'm kind of saddened/frustrated by my rejection. I really liked the school and showed a lot of interest. I also established a connection with an assistant of admission through an interview, and she really liked me and "wanted me to be at Whitman." I wrote a good why whitman/diversity essay that I worked really hard on. And as I mentioned, this officer even emailed me in Feb saying she really liked my essay. I knew my GPA and scores were pretty low for Whitman standards, but I everyone I met in admissions insisted that Whitman was more interested in personality, talent, essay, etc. Gah, I really liked their art department and study abroad options too! Everything looked good, but I got rejected! Oh well...</p>