Official Class of 2010 Decisions Thread

<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2C 780 Chem
[<em>] GPA:3.89 UW 4.43 W
[</em>] Rank:7/600+
[li] Other stats: Varsity tennis, Science olympiad, UC national Chemistry Olympiad</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not bad
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Average
[</em>] Hook (if any): no hook</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type:Large 4 year old Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:i wish...
General Comments: Man...this isn't a good indicator of my other colleges</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS + Summer Scholars program</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2250 (800M,750V,700)
SATII: 780 MathIIC,780 BioM,740 US Hist
GPA: 96.5%
Rank: 3/~100
Other Stats: meh, I like to live in the present</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really personal, put time into it
Teacher Recs: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Don't know, didn't read. Passed the acid test though!
Hook: No hook</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: MAINE
School Type: Extremely liberal, small public high school nicknamed "poetry high"
Ethnicity: look at the SN
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: I AM SO FRIGGIN RELIEVED
General Comments:</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 (800m 690v 730w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Chemistry, 700 Math IIC, 650 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 94.5
[</em>] Rank: Not ranked, my guess around 20%
[li] Other stats: Piano</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): No Hook</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I applied on a whim, now I have to visit.</p>

<p>Decision: Wait-Listed</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120 800M 650V 670W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800IIC 790Chem
[<em>] GPA: 5/5.5W 3.93/4.0UW
[</em>] Rank: 23/609
[li] Other stats: Tons of ECs. Track and Field State Champion. Founder of Clubs, First Place in Many Math events. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Well Liked.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Track and Field, tons of ECs, Well-Rounded.</p>

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

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Did not have a visit, but I have a teacher who has a daughter there that was supposed to interview me, but wrote me a rec without it. Other than that, I have no idea why I got wait-listed, but I was accepted into a much more difficult school (MIT). Oh well. =)
General Comments: Eh, not a big loss I guess. Congrats to all those who got in!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:800M, 680V, 660W
[</em>] SAT IIs:800IIC, 770Phys, 800Jap
[<em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0UW
[</em>] Rank:N/A
[li] Other stats:Lab Assistant, Math Tutor, Internship in advertising for 3 years, 1st place in math competition</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good, i think... it was kinda personal
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any): i wrote a math research paper over a year's time, wonder if that counts</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Japan
[</em>] School Type:private (international)
[<em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I finished Middle School in China, that kinda explains my low verbal and writing SAT and GPA
General Comments:</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 V 750 M 710 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History 730 Math 2C 770 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.6/5 weighted
[</em>] Rank: around 35
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Decent / Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Violin, Class President</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: uncle is distinguished alumni and wrote a rec </p>

<p>First school I've gotten into. Pretty pumped / relieved. It seems like Wash U has gotten pretty tough on admissions, a bunch of kids in my class who should have gotten in got waitlisted.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 710 V 640 M 710 W
SAT IIs: 740 US History 670 Biology-M
GPA: 5.29/4 weighted
Rank: No Rank in my school
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really unique
Teacher Recs: I got to read one and it was incredible
Counselor Rec: She likes me but I don't know what she wrote
Hook (if any): Editor of Newspaper, Head Delegate of Model UN, artist that applied with a portfolio, raised $10,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and spoke before a special hearing of the Senate committee on governmental affairs in D.C. on stem cell research</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F</p>

<p>Other Factors: I visited and had a portfolio review for the college of art</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (720M 740CR 770W)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT IIs: 2c 750 Phy 730 Span 650 :P
[</em>] GPA: 3.98 uw 4.5 w
[<em>] Rank: 8/400
[</em>] Other stats: President: of nhs, shs, young democrats club; varsity soccer, vp ping pong club, etc...</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: well written and original
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: VERY good
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope, typical white boy</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Kansas
[</em>] School Type: Very Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: none</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100
SAT IIs: 790 Chem 760 IIC
GPA:3.7 UW 4.14 W
Rank:None
Other stats: Many research projects and reports, leadership positions.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs:Average/Good
Counselor Rec:Good
Hook (if any): </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: Tough Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender:Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: too lazy... and tired to type.
General Comments: wanted to get in, but wasn't top choice. o well.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] SAT: 2080
[<em>] GPA: 3.6
[</em>] Rank: 7,8,9, or 10/350
[li] Other stats:Tennis Captain, Some community service, math and chess team</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: excellent and unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs: not sure
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): no</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Boston, MA
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2260 (1st--690M 680CR 770W; 2nd--790M 700CR 740W)
* ACT: 33
* SAT IIs: 2c 800 (second time) bio 800 us hist 750
* GPA: 4.3 w
* Rank: 1/136
* Other stats: Scioly Capt 2 yrs (+awards), volunteering at research lab since october, volunteering at temple since soph. year, vice pres of bbyo chapter, 1st chair clarinet in band, in cleveland youth wind symphony group 1 ... i probably forgot something
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: eh
* Teacher Recs: eh
* Counselor Rec: eh
* Hook (if any): had exchange student and went to spain.... ??
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: OH
* School Type: small jewish public
* Ethnicity: Jewish
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: yay! ^_^
General Comments: pineapple!</p>

<p>Hmmm....interesting. I have a question: why does WashU have a large Jewish population? Is there a historical reason?</p>

<p>Same reason Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, UPenn etc. have large Jewish populations...And large Asian populations as well.</p>

<p>I suppose. Still, I think WashU may have an even larger Jewish population than most other prestigious universities (my sister's experience). It might be partly because there is a huge Jewish community in University City...</p>

<p>Decision: Wait-listed </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 1/450
[li] Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Nothing special
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very strong
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>

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

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Baseball captain, team mascot</p>

<p>General Comments: Never visited school</p>

<p>WAITLISTED!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Math IIC, 760 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 3.877, 4.2ish
[</em>] Rank: top 8%
[li] Other stats: Placed in National Italian and Spanish Exams</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Okay?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Okay?
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Good public!
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]*Other Factors: demanding part-time job for 2.5 years *
*General Comments: Excited! I hope to take my first trip out there the second week of April. *</p>

<p>Rach
Send me a PM if you'd like to chat about WUSTL.</p>

<p>Decision: accepted! school of architecture</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: v 630 m 680 w 690
SAT IIs: m 700
GPA: 93 unweighted
Rank: top 5%
Other stats: national latin exam</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): minority arts student?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
Ethnicity: hispanic & white
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: XC captain for 2 years, bunch of art awards, work at Yale Art Gallery, bunch of clubs too
General Comments: I can't wait to visit in April. Anyone else going out for the Architecture weekend?</p>

<p>posting for a friend...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2280 (800M 700CR 780W)
* SAT IIs: Math IIC - 800 Physics - 800 German - 800
* GPA: he came from britain junior year, but has had a 4.0 since
* Rank: we dont' rank, and the above also applies
* Other stats: EC's aren't terribly special... besides the fact that he was on the national champion Science Olympiad team last year and the device he helped build got second in the nation
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: about the device mentioned above, spinechilling, especially if u weren't there for it
* Teacher Recs: very good
* Counselor Rec: euuuh.. probably not that good
* Hook (if any):
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: PA
* School Type: Very Competitive Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:greaaaaaat interview i hear.
General Comments: heh.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>SAT: 2210 (690 CR, 800 M, 720 W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIC - 800, US History - 630, Spanish - 590</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw (school doesn't do weighted GPA's)</li>
<li>Rank: tie for 1/235</li>
<li>Other stats: Great EC's (stuco secretary, NHS treasurer, Junior Achievement President, Math club president, other clubs), volunteer activities in community and church</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: average/good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li>Hook (if any): natl merit finalist</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Nebraska</li>
<li>School Type: Private/Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:went to discovery weekend in october
General Comments: excited to be accepted, but probably won't go there. it just didn't feel like the best fit--but an outstanding school nonetheless, and i would still be happy there</p>