<p>Well I'm more interested in pure, but that's not the point. Chicago is famous for being interested only in the theoretical, and I was trying to make a joke about it. It apparently wasn't very funny. :o</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: n/a
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2400
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 3.9
[</em>] Rank: unofficially top 5%
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 12
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know. Very few if any.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): none really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: nothing too extraordinary, but lots of leadership, arts, service, and academic activities
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Award-winning :) I got notes about them from other colleges (yes I recycled essays!)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: under-represented state, U.S.
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): some Chicago admits over the years but no matriculants
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: n/a
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150+K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, academics and test scores. My interviewer (someone in the admissions office) loved me and said I was a strong candidate for merit money.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Definitely interview and essays[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Very relieved. I was surprised by a lot of the results. Congrats and good luck to all.</p>
<p>None, excellent point! I wrote about Biology in my Why Chicago essay, though.</p>
<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href="Son's%20info">/size</a></p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: No idea. Psychology? Physics? Philosophy?
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): high 600's math, high 700's other ones.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700's
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 or 3.9 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: Schools didn't rank
[<em>] APs (including this year's): None until this year. Stats, APES, US Gov, Eng Lit.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: The AP's above and Spanish.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No idea. 1?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Latin Exam medals.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Oh, Quiz team, that's about it. None offered.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: County Poll worker.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about being a Freud geek.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Freud geek.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very small charter high school, less than 100 seniors.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Small charter school student? Lots of independent study, self-taught Latin.
[<em>] Strengths: Did I mention Freud Geek?
[</em>] Weaknesses: No APs, few EC's, few awards. Schools never offered them.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Son's essays talked specifically about some of his academic passions and touched on his being a big ol' Freud geek and academic groupie of a Chicago prof. Oh, he also included as extra material a poem he wrote in the style of Ginsberg's Howl. I think his essays pretty much made it clear he less-than-threes learning for its own sake. [/li][/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I think his acceptance proves you don't have to have a big list of EC's, AP courses, awards, etc, to get into a great school. He spent 3 years at a high school that didn't offer APs at all, had no EC's, and never gave awards. He supplemented his education with independent study in Latin, poetry, psychology.</p>
<p>This is a great example of the importance of essays at Chicago. Congrats to your son.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (800m, 800v, 790w)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 770 Chem., 770 Span., 750 Math I, 730 Bio. M
[</em>] GPA, Unweighted: 3.67
[<em>] Rank: No rank, somewhere in the top 11%
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Chem. 5, Euro. 5, U.S. 5 (Calc. BC, Phys. C)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heaviest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Dozens
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholars Nominee, AP Scholar, Cum Laude
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Extensive theatrical work curricularly, extracurricularly, and in work; varsity-level dance, theatrical community service; vocal music; competitive math; alcohol awareness group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Staff at Creative Arts Program
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Combination of my love for theatre and chemistry, good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths: Great grades, scores, theatrical work
[</em>] Weaknesses: Only okay essays/rec.'s
[/ul]Other Factors: Top boarding school, unbelievably good interview</p>
<p>Accepted. I am going out wiht my friends! Will post later</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: English? Gender studies?
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 (M)/ 730 (CR)/ 730 (W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (Math IIC); 790 (World History); 780 (Chinese w/ Listening); 780? (U.S. History)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: I don?t remember.
[</em>] Rank: 18 / 1077
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] Previous APs: AP World History (5), AP U.S. History(5), AP European History(5), AP English Composition(5), AP French (3--oops)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Computer Science, AP English Literature, AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP French Language, AP Physics - C, Academic Decathlon
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Ac Dec, Teen Court, Tutoring
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship in China; Chief Defender for County Teen Court
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Weird responses
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP! <3
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Our district has 115 semi-finalists for National Merit. Fin.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Strengths: writing
[<em>] Weaknesses: my rank, leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: the essays
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Yay! Congrats to everyone who got in.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Political Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nyet
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 710 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Lit, 760 US History, 680 Physics
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8something weighted, 3.4something uw
[</em>] Rank: 82/633 - top 12% (pulled up to top 10% w/ midyear report card)
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP European History (5), AP Physics B (2), AP English Language (5), AP US History (5), AP Calculus AB (4), and this year AP Statistics, US Government, Macroeconomics, and English Literature
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stat, Honors Bio, AP English Lit, AP Macro/AP US Gov, Honors Literary Analysis, Journalism 2
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No idea
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar of some sort, CSF, departmental English awards, National Vocabulary Championship Finalist, California Arts Scholar, semi-finalist to State Board of Education, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor-in-chief of school's paper and literary magazine, officer in JSA, staff writer for teen magazine, published in several papers and anthologies, creative writing summer program, work for state assemblyman, violinist in orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Tour guide for museum
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I picked my own question and wrote about the process of picking an essay question. Totally meta and esoteric, and despite evidence to the contrary I still love it. Didn't show it to any teachers, though.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Published writer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public magnet, fairly competitive (I think something like a quarter of our class were NMFs)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): see above
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, essays, extra-curriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: GPA, rank, no interview[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Who knows?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm a little sad - I love the intellectuality of the school and I really thought I had a shot at getting in. But I got accepted at Cal and UCLA today as well, so I guess I can't complain too much. Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Math
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800/710/690
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII/800 Physics/800 Chem
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.33/4.00
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Calc AB 5; Calc BC 5; Statistics 5; Computer Science AB 5; European History 4; Biology 4; Physics B 5; Physics C E+M 5; Physics C Mech 5; American History 4; Comparative Govt 5; US Govt 4; Microecon 4; Macroecon 4; Music Theory 5; Chemistry 5; This year: English Lit, English Comp, Env Science, Human Geography, Chinese, and two more I can't remember
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: At High school: AP Lit, Required Sociology class, Independent Study on Algebra (the abstract kind); At University of Minnesota: Honors Analysis I and II; Differential Geometry; Intermediate Macroeconomics; Error correcting codes; UMTYMP grad
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, afaik. The other got accepted.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AMC 12 (2004-2007): 124.5/132.5/133.5/136.5; AIME: 7; Many statewide (legitimate) piano/math/chemistry/debate awards. ARML invitee 2005-2007, inclusive; NMSF.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Math team, Piano, Track, Debate, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about the Weierstrass function.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MN
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 0.8k kids per class. 25 NM semis; 21 AIME qualifiers.
[</em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Top 10%
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ORM, Male, Math nerd, 5'10", can type above 30wpm
[</em>] Strengths: Self-studying. Proficient with regular expressions/python/C/C++/Java/latex
[<em>] Weaknesses: Giving blowjobs to admissions counselors. I need more chapstick.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My essay was fine. It was probably my grades.
[/ul]Other Factors: Bad recs. I frequently drop out of classes halfway, to self-study the other half by myself. As a result, very few teachers know me well. New counselor on the job Oct 2006.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: UChicago was the only non-safety I applied to. GG O'neill. You won't have me there for grad school.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Major Applied To: Pre-Med, I think anyways
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 730 M, 740 W
* SAT IIs: 690 Lit, 800 US History, 700 Biology
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: about 5 weighted, dunno unweighted, like 3.9ish
* Rank: 13/543 -
* ACT: N/A
* APs (including this year's): AP European History, AP English Language (4), AP US History (5), AP Calculus AB , US Government (5), Environmental Science (4), Psychology, English Literature
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng Lit, A[ Pscyh, AP Calc AB, Honors Humanities, Honors we the people/current events, honors, AP European History
* Number of Apps from Your School: just me, i think
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, some merit awards, something else im forgetting
- ECs listed on app: nc governor's school, speech and debate captain, nhs treasurer, high iq bowl, some sports stuff but nothing big, teen dems, museum volunteer, some political conventions, etc.
- Job/Work Experience:Lifeguard
- Essays (subject and responses): I thought it was really, really good and creative. It made my mom cry.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): rebel, lol
State or Country: NC
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): huge public suburban high school trhat never heard about brown v. board, pretty competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):meh
Strengths: you look
Weaknesses: GPA? everythings kind of consistent,it seems like
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: GPA, rank, no interview, etc.
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: Who knows?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really thought I'd get in, but looking at these stats makes me feel a little bit more contented with the decision. I think I'm going to Duke in the Fall.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] Major Applied To: Business</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 780M 710R 670W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790Math II 760 Physics 690 Literature 650 Japanese (After 8 months of self study)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.00 4.8+
[<em>] Rank: 1/425
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): US His 3 Calc AB + BC 5
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:Math 7 Psychology 6
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:5 + Calculus 3 at community college
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): not much
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: tennis, orchestra, soccer, science olympiad, varsity chess
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: mcdonalds but too embarrassing to put on app
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):pretty good
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):learned Japanese in 8 months for fun?
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:AZ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Poor school
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:around 100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Nope
[</em>] Strengths:dunno
[<em>] Weaknesses:dunno
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:good Cartesian coordinate essay
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>uh wait doesn't Uchi not have an undergrad business major? o.O</p>
<p>Accepted after deferral.. couldnt get stats profile to work because I am forum illiterate. WOOO!!</p>
<p> Decision: Waitlisted :S </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To:
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): V600/M770/W590
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math 1, 770 Math 2
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Straight A's at O/AS Level (=4.0 uw)
[</em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's):
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: A Level Economics, Maths, Accounting and Business
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: about 30
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Vp/pres of a few clubs/community service about 200 hours
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote it right before the deadline but loved them
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pakistan
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private
[<em>] Ethnicity: south asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths: grades/why chicago essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ EC's
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: im suprised i didnt get rejected! [/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Biology I think
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690/670/670
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720/720/620/420
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No GPA
[</em>] Rank: top 10% of graduating class (/450), top 5% from ppl in my course (/300?)
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 0 offered at school, so self studied 2
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 sciences, stats, calc (national curriculum)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5-10?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Have recieved ''first in subject' awards all through highschool in most of my subjects..
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Girl Guides Brownies leader, soccer 5 years co-capt, HFH founder/president, lots of other various ECs with leadership positions (co-pres, secretary).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Only volunteering
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Just crazy.. about saving the ninth dimension with spongebob
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Zealand
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle-upper class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: I thought ECs + grades lol
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Didn't express much interest to the school, mediocre applicant, nothing stood out.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: ummmmm.. international applicant?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Surprisingly, I'm not that sad lol. I already go to uni here and I've just scraping passes in this ultra hard course with heavy courseloads so I dont think i would've been able to survive U of C's difficult courseload. Maybe the adcoms saw that too and also thought that I wouldnt be able to survive there lol. Congrats to everyone accepted :) Good luck with other colleges to everyone rejected.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ist]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Don't really remember but I will likely switch to econ if I go
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Negative
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 790 V: 800 W: 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem: 650 Math2: 800 EngLit: 750
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No rank or GPAbut its around 3.6/7 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: No rank
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year's):
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Tough
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know. Maybe 30-50
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commend, AIME qualifier, Community Pride Award (didn't list on app), Physics Olympiad nominee
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tennis (captain/first singles/state results), Co-coordinator of mandatory program at school, co-pres/founder of 2 clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None really, taught private tennis lessons
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought my essays were very strong for UC
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research at UC on hemorrhagic stroke, at Drexel on hydrogels, at school on leadership
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (IMSA)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not get need-based
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hook
[<em>] Strengths: Good interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: Bad grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have a solid resume and I can play tennis for the school[/li][/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Glad I got in</p>
<p>Tony, is that you?</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Major Applied To: I forget, Psychology/Pre-med?
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): 760M/730R/750W
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 MII, 720 Lit, 670 Chem (first and only)
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.75 (unweighted)
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] APs (including this year's): None
[ *] IBs (including this year's: None
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Difficult
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: Many (> 60, school of 600)
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Not many.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: StudCo Prez, Volleyball, A cappella group, newspaper multimedia editor
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Not bad, but wrote it in about half an hour (3 short paragraphs), so actually terrible by UC essay standards.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Internship at Fermilab
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Residential Magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Uncle, Aunt, Cousin are alumni/current student.
[ *] Strengths: Well-Rounded
[ *] Weaknesses: Too well-rounded, I don't feel special.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I worked my butt off in high school.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted (EA) *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: I indicated an interest in being a music major
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 680M/740R/790W
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: School doesn't do GPA. I have a 93% average.
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Latin (4), Calc AB, English
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc AB, AP English, US History, Independent Study, Classical Greek, Latin 5
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I don't know. Probably about 10.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Composition award from Oxford Univ. </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Juilliard student, Juilliard Orchestras, Juilliard Chorus, editor of newspaper at Juilliard, NYC Opera youth orchestra program, professional orchestra substitute.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Taught music/English/math in Thailand.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I was proud of them. I think they were imaginative.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Juilliard? </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very competitive. One of the top 5 private schools in country.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[</em>] Strengths: well-rounded, strong music student.
[<em>] Weaknesses: 9th & 10th grade marks.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think I presented a strong application and that my essays were very interesting. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm very happy to be going to school at UC next year. </p>
<p>Congratulations to those were accepted - I'm looking forward to meeting you in the fall. B</p>
<p>Best of luck to those who were wait-listed - If Chicago doesn't take you, I know you'll be accepted to a wonderful school. </p>
<p>Good luck to those who were not accepted - I know that the rest of your college process will be successful & rewarding.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>Major Applied To: Biology</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: No</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 690 M, 750 W</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 659 Math II, 740 US History, 670 Biology</li>
<li>GPA: 3.98/4.67</li>
<li>Rank: 7/115 </li>
<li>APs: AP Biology (5), AP English Language (4), AP US History (4)</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB , AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP English Literature, Research, Computers</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: I don't know, but some kid who graduated last year goes there.</li>
<li><p>Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist</p></li>
<li><p>ECs listed on app: ballet, soccer, TV Production, Mu Alpha Theta and Spanish Honor Society (treasurer of both)</p></li>
<li><p>Essays (subject and responses): Decent. I don't know.</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: FL</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: magnet</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: White </p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
<li><p>Income Bracket: $40K/yr</p></li>
<li><p>Strengths: none, really</p></li>
<li><p>Weaknesses: just not being spectacular</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Because I was decent enough the couldn't deny me, but not cool enough they wanted me to actually go there</p></li>
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<p>Other Factors: ?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I tried scheduling an interview millions of times! They never emailed me back! But whatev. Congratulations to everyone who got in and is going! It sounds like a really wonderful school.</p>