Official Class of 2010 Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted.....a while back, just got around to this.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2340 (800M 760CR 780W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIC - 760 Chemistry - 760 Literature - 790</li>
<li>GPA: 3.7ish uw</li>
<li>Rank: 11/330</li>
<li>Other stats: National Merit Finalist, decent EC's w/officer positions</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty well-written i guess, someone called it "cute" i don't know if that's a good thing or not......</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: really good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very generic</li>
<li>Hook (if any): not really.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MA</li>
<li>School Type: Fairly competitive public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: didn't apply for scholarship, maybe that's why they took me, because i won't be taking their money?
General Comments: so happy! first school accepted that's not a safety.</p>

<p>accepted! </p>

<p>gpa - 2.8/3.1 at elite nyc private school
sats - 650m/600v/600w
sat2s - us history 620, bio molecular 580
decent recs and essays
member of key club and deca for all 4 years </p>

<p>3rd generation legacy, the wohl building (where the bear's den and a few other things are) is named after my grandfather...oh well</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
• SAT: 2250 (C: 730, M: 740, W: 770)
• SAT IIs: US Hist 800, Math 2: 800, World History: 720
• GPA: 4.78 w
• Rank: 6/422
Subjective:
• Essays: Excellent
• Teacher Recs: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Hook (if any): Ultimate Frisbee?
Location/Person:
• State or Country: WV
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
Not too surprised, and I won’t be going to WUSTL, but I’m still happy!</p>

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2290 (1490 M/V)
GPA: 4.0/4.2
Rank: 1/19
Essays: I think they were good, but I'm biased :)
Recs: The ones I saw were good
ECs: Good, but not stellar
Me: Happy!!</p>

<p>Decision: waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2000 - CR 610, Math 760, Writing 630 (11 essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math IC (2nd try), 660 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.39 UW, 4.2W
[</em>] Rank: 26/653 W and 58/653 UW
[li] Other stats: Vice President of FBLA (was part of leadership team and secretary), Own EBay Business ($30k profit in last 3 years), Yearbook Editor, German Club President, Work at Library, German Honors Society, and other minor clubs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unique (My writing is okay but I wrote about my EBay business)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Okay-Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Crap-Okay
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: My school is pretty much bs with only about 100 kids that really care about school. I think they waitlisted my app is cause of my Ebay business that I wrote about.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210 (800 CR, 610 M, 800 W)
SAT IIs: 800 US History, 720 Bio-M, 760 Lit, 800 World History
GPA: 95.59 uw
Rank: 9/105
Other stats: 5s on AP US History and Biology... taking seven AP tests this year (two independent studies)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: Both were terrific
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Hook (if any): Just another white male</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Upstate New York
School Type: Minuscule, below average public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Good ECs (or so I thought).... lots of awards/recognition, student body president.</p>

<p>General Comments: Not happy. I thought I had a decent chance here... guess I can forget about JHU, Penn and UVA. Congrats to all those accepted.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2310 (740 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
SAT IIs: 790 math2, 740 us history, 680 physics
GPA: 4.54 w
Rank: 2/350
Other stats: 4's on two AP's. I go to a governor's school that doesn't offer official "AP" classes so those scores dont' show my real strength.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: real good
Counselor Rec: real good
Hook (if any): White guy, but I went to NASA SHARP, I've done some research related stuff, and I play oboe in two youth symphonies...</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: middle of nowhere, virginia
School Type: big public, little interest in good schools though
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors: rural area, i've been to three different high schools in 2 different states</p>

<p>General Comments: I showed plenty of interest, mainly becuase my dad was pressuring me to go there. I visited, interviewed, etc. I didn't really want to go there, but this really kills my confidence for any schools next week:/ Did anybody else thing they were a solid for WashU but got waitlisted?</p>

<p>I didn't think I was quite "solid".... but I after I found out a friend from CA got in with a 1980, lower SAT IIs and AP scores of 4, 3, and 2.... I thought hey... why not me?</p>

<p>whoa.. why not me too? lol</p>

<p>Burr's friend probably had something special going for him. People with good, but not outstanding credentials usually have a good hook.</p>

<p>I was accepted with ACT of 35 and class rank of 15/432. But our school's valedictorian was waitlisted with ACT 34, extremely rigorous schedule and good Extra Curriculars (Varsity Baseball and Basketball). This just showed me that it's all a subjective crapshoot.</p>

<p>"it's all a subjective crapshoot."</p>

<p>--perhaps the smartest thing I've ever heard on CC</p>

<p>i was waitlisted with:
ACT: 30 (i know.. not very high)
GPA: 4.0 uw 4.8 w.
Class rank: 2/450
IB diploma candidate
Essay: everyone who read it said it was creative and well written
Recs: wonderful
ECs: good community service, piano since 1st grade: theory competition awards, swimming since 7th: 5 school records, art class and state painting awards, school newspaper editor.
hook: none</p>

<p>problems... prob my act and because the interview wasnt the greatest. the student who interviewed me prob could tell it wasnt my #1 choice. but it still was one of my top choices.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Waitlisted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2070 (800 Verbal, 670 Math, 600 Writing)
[ *] SAT IIs: 660 Chem, 700 Math II, 670 Lit
[ *] GPA: 3.0 UW (All AP's and Honors)
[ *] Rank: School Doesnt Rank
[ *] Other stats:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Assume Good, only one but she loved me
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great, she adored me
[ *] Hook (if any): Took 4 College courses last summer, got a 3.82 GPA in them</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Rhode Island
[ *] School Type: Public, Suburban, Top 3 in the state
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Eagle Scout
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I kind of applied as a joke, thought i had no chance, so i am pretty surprised to even be waitlisted. Just proves my theory that GPA isnt as important as everbody says it is, and good SAT's can balance it out pretty well.</p>

<p>You're supposed to take the spaces out.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT:2100 (M790 CR690 W620)
* ACT: 34
* SAT IIs: MII 770, USH 760, Chem 750
* GPA: 5/5
* Rank:9/343
* Other stats: football, wrestling, nhs vice prez, boys state
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>it was all good enough, i guess
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Illinois
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: 100% american
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: will attend on rotc scholarship if anything happens to me physically (knock on wood) that would limit attendence at USMA.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350 (800M, 750V, 800W) 35 ACT
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 phys, 790 Math II, 780 Math I, 530 German (lol)
[<em>] GPA: 4.4375
[</em>] Rank: 8/663
[li] Other stats: Swimming, was in orchestra until last year, comm. service, took the AIME a few times, Chem Olympics, NHS </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: used the common app essay that got a B from my english teacher, so not great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: not terrible
[<em>] Counselor Rec: impersonal
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm amazing</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: large suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: blanco
[</em>] Gender: male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: ?
General Comments: I don't really think I want to go there. I was lazy in Jan. and didn't apply for scholarships, so my parents don't want me to go. I didn't even send a mid-year transcript, so I wasn't expecting the acceptance letter. Congrats to everyone that got in. Good luck to the waitlistees.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790CR, 740M, 740W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio-760, Chem-750, Lit-780
[<em>] GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: my school doesn't rank
[li] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, 5 on all APs.... </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: awesome (so they've said anyhow)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type: Public boarding school for "gifted kids" Haha. doesn't get much odder than that.
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Looking around at everyone elses stats I'm thinking.... I'm not that much worse than any of the rest of you? what did I do wrong? So yea, wash u was my top choice, so I'm pretty disappointed...</p>

<p>oh, stormia, you have stellar stats and that was probably the problem. washu probably thinks you are overqualified.</p>

<p>I feel the same way stormia...I got a 2310 on SATs and I had a 4.0 uw...I have alot of EC's too...but I got waitlisted</p>

<p>WashU wasn't my top choice though, but I was deferred from my top choice...</p>

<p>so hang in there...</p>