<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800W/760CR/750M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790MBio/770Lit/750USHistory
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96, 4.4
[<em>] Rank: top 4% of 270
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 6
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: hardest I've ever had, YECH
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: guessing ~5-10?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, various state science award things
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: summer teaching experience in China, extracurricular creative writing, Model UN, yearbook editor, various others...
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 8 hours beginning senior year!
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): long essay was a hopeful/very artistic-y sob-type-story about my dad; shorter ones were extremely RANDOM and including this really odd rant about Brown's blueberry pancakes and yeaaaaaah...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dunno...the teachers I picked didn't hate me, but they're very blunt!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: dunno (I'm not personally close to her)
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): pretty nice, old alumni at a local coffee shop
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): eh?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small public, pretty good
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: poor :0
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: IT WAS DEFINITELY THE ESSAYS. Everything else was strong, but not OMGSHE'SAGENIUS extraordinary...good in that way that is average for an Ivy. I was quirky, sentimental, passionate, and I guess "unique" in my essays, which ranged from said artistic sob story to a list of the odd hobbies I've dabbled in to my friend's story of eating blueberry pancakes at Brown. They complimented my essays in the acceptance letters, so yay!
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET EVERYONE!!!! :D!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 800V, 800W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History 770 Literature
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5)—I took this online, the first from my school to take an online class, English Language (5)
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98.6 something, 101.277 with 4% weighting for Honors and APs, my counselor told me this was the 2nd highest GPA anyone remembered in probably 10 years, the only one higher is the val this year
[</em>] Rank: 2/208
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 in school APs plus independent study AP French and AP Calculus BC(I’m taking AB in school)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, state winner for science Olympiad, 19th in nation
[<em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many school/local awards, national merit
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week since 9th grade
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): unique and good (about how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer relates to life)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good I think,
[<em>] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): mostly him talking but I think he liked me
[<em>] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): Took AP Physics online, skipped 7th grade
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: rural New York
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, ~2-3 accepted to Cornell each year, I don’t think anyone to Amherst before, I know someone was rejected last year
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: 70-80k
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
[</em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: standardized tests scores/ unknown school, few national awards or impressive extra curriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations etc.:</p>
<p>They made an error and thought that I had withdrawn when I had not and the admission committee just reconvened today to make a decision, that’s why the decision was delayed.</p>
<p>Tough Decision now</p>
<p>To the class of 2012: Just remember your year is going to be crazy and sometimes its just luck whether or not you get in. Maybe you get a reader who really likes your personality and they advocate for you. Who knows…</p>
<p>[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760M, 740, 760W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 700 Literature
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: No scores yet (taking 4 this year? Calc BC, Spanish, Lit & Comp, and Bio)
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA, 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 1/511
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest-- 4 APs and an honors philosophy (the gifted course)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I'm not sure. 3 maybe
[<em>] Other stats: -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Editor of Literary Magazine, Pres. of Environmental Action, Orchestra, Choir, among many others
[<em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: national merit, a national writing award, Presidential Service Award,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: just 334.5 hours of community service
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): unique. let's just leave it there
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great, I would expect from the teachers i chose
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good, i suppose but i never saw it
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): it was a little awkward at first (from what I remember but this was back in the Early Decision days) but it smoothed out. It was at Starbucks.
[li] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): uhh none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: suburban PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, one of the top 20 schools listed in Philadelphia magazine, a few to Ivies each year (this year at least 4? yale, brown, penn, cornell)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: >250,000
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Prospective Major: Cognitive Science
[<em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: no APs until this year, kinda low SAT IIs (i suppose), my essay was my strong point
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i am unique</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in and there is still hope for the waitlistees. I know how it feels to be in Brown purgatory (I was deferred Early).</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 800CR 790W 720 M
* SAT IIs: 760 Math II 760 French 730 Physics
* ACT: N/A
* APs: 5 Bio, 5 US History, 4 Physics B, this year I have Calc AB, Physics C, French Language, Lit, Chemistry
* IBs: none
* GPA, 3.9 unweighted
* Rank: top 10%
* Senior Yr Courseload: super hard. a giant paint in the arse to be honest. see above APs.
* Number of Apps from your school: I'd say about 10.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Classical Indian dance for 12 years, Island Service Club secretary, VP of a capella club, editor of arts for cultural paper and others
* Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: the usual: high honor roll, amc finalist, national honor roll...nothing special
* Job/Work Experience: Academic Coach at Score Educational Center for 3 years, personal tutor in French and physics, about 100 hours of community service at local hospital.
* Essays (subject and responses): bomb. but i'll never show/tell anyone about them.
* Teacher Recs: pretty good i would imagine...never saw it tho
* Counselor Rec: excellent!
* Interview (feel and general location): didn't have one ...
* Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): nothing in particular. the whole package? lol who knows.
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: LA (yuck)
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): excellent, one of the top rated public schools in California
* Ethnicity: Indian (India) and Italian
* Income Bracket: >100,000
* Gender: Female
* Prospective Major: Biophysics
* Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
* Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness definitely dropping from honors to regular math, not too much leadership. essay was great though
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think I truly demonstrated my capacity and yearning to just learn. Not get a degree and a job, or to make a living, but to learn and love learning.
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