Official Class of 2011 Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Texas A&M University
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<p>Haven't heard what my decision is yet, but I figure I create the official thread!!</p>

<p>Decision: ** Insert Here **</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I:
SAT IIs:
ACT:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:</p>

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

<p>Location/Person
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>That's a lot of information, but what the hell... I have nothing else to do:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:Won't mention them as of yet because I'm waiting on another school</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Excellent in my humble opinion. I loved my essay about future classmate; I even used it for a speech in class.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Didn't get teacher recs; the recs at my school are hard to come by because we have college professors teaching most of our classes. </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Great Rec; I had a rec from my counselor, Principal, which were amazing!</p>

<p>Hook (if any):If being black is a hook; count me in. I have my eagle scout too. I also submitted a resume and all three essays. One more thing; I will enter College station with my associates of science degree and 67 hours of credit from HCC (explained in school).</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Texas</p>

<p>School Type: Early College; see I take classes at HCC while I'm in high school. I was able to muster 67 credit hours and I will continue to take courses over the summer so i can start the engineering sequence a lot earlier.</p>

<p>Ethnicity:Black, non Hispanic</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Uhh... probably the exposure of college courses and my study habits. weaknesses; probably Spanish and standardized test amongst other things</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Accepted: because of my stellar academic record... not! (just finish watching Borat)... honestly I just think it was because of my interest in college station although many would say vision 2020 had something to do with it.</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I wasnt in Top ten% (only four kids from my school)... im tired of this whole process; i want the Gates scholarship, I want a the regents, opportunity scholarship, i just, truthfully want to get out of boring high school.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted, but not sure if I'm attending</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: V - 570, M - 620, W - 570
SAT IIs: too lazy
ACT: 25
GPA: uw - 3.71, w - 4.29
Rank: school doesnt rank
Other stats:
editor-in-chief of school newspaper, internship at the American Film Institute Silver, National Honors Society, National Quill and Scroll, International Club, Lit Mag, SADD, photographer/reporter for local concerts - done work with bands like Motion City Soundtrack, Fall Out Boy, Relient K, The Academy Is...
Held a job each year in school </p>

<p>Subjective
Essays:one was about my grandmother (opportunity), the other was about meeting a real texan (potential classmate), and the optional was about my minority status
Teacher Recs: Senior project coordinator
Counselor Rec: I'm hoping it was good?
Hook (if any): recommendation from the American Film Institute Silver, my internship</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country:Maryland
School Type: 4A, Washington DC metropolitan area (no, I don't live in the ghetto)
Ethnicity: half-asian/half-white
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:dedication!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I showed them that I wanted to get ahead and explore new things while in high school. I didn't try to write 10020 or so bazillion things to impress them. I'm passionate about my interests.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
People in Washington DC suck at driving!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - Look College of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: M - 700, V - 580, W - 540
SAT IIs: Math II - 700
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.46
Rank: 171/661
Other stats: EC's decent at best, alot of employment though.</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Pretty Good IMHO
Teacher Recs: Physics Teacher
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): my internship?</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Middle Class 5A Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Test scores and class rank were good enough to get me accepted, other aspects of my resume were just an added incentive.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I don't know If I'm attending A&M yet, but most likely.</p>

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<p>I'd encourage both of you to come to whenever the next aggieland saturday is if you have any questions, uncertainties, apprehensions, etc.</p>

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<p>Decision: <b>ACCEPTED COLLEGE OF SCIENCE</b></p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I:Crappy
SAT IIs:
ACT:
GPA: 96
Rank:30/180
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: My personal statement was passionate, but dunno about the one about a friend.
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec:None
Hook (if any): Research, science fair, latin state competitions, NLE</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country:San Antonio, Texas
School Type:Health Careers Magnet School
Ethnicity:Asian/White
Gender:Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: ECs and essay Weaknesses: SAT and Rank
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: It prob was just fairly easy to get into.
Other Factors: Nothing really...sent in my abstract to my grand prize winning science fair a couple of weeks before they prob made the decision
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy...dunno if I'm going here though. Maybe UT.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted College of Science, definitely attending unless I die or something.
Major (I'm adding this because I'm curious about y'all's majors): BScience in Mathematics, premed student.</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: M-800, CR- 750, W-800
SAT IIs: Didn't take them
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.00 unweighted
Rank: Not ranked (see below)
Other stats: I'm homeschooled, so my academic portfolio looks a bit strange, I know. Took a few dual-credit classes to prove I could handle college work; felt like that helped a lot. National Merit finalist.</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: A & C were pretty good, B could have been better.
Teacher Recs: Trying to remember... don't think I submitted any.
Counselor Rec: None.
Hook (if any): I wrote Essay A about the karate class I help teach and made a big deal about the leadership experience, discipline, teaching opportunities, and blah blah blah. Maybe that helped some. (To any homeschoolers: I wrote optional Essay C about my homeschooling and used it to talk about experiences that prove that I'm ready for college, like the dual credit classes.)</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Texas
School Type: homeschooled
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths- academic stats, essays Weaknesses- no SAT II/AP's
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was automatic academic admission.
Other Factors: I really, really wanted to get into A&M, and I think it showed.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Start application early! Submit early. I didn't and wished I did.</p>

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<p>premedpenguin, did a&m give you a good package for being natl merit?</p>

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<p>jmryan316, how'd you get to work with fallout boy??</p>

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<p>Can I ask you guys a question? Have the A&M people offered you any scholarships yet? If they gave, how much are they offering you?</p>

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<p>Wasn't full-ride, was pretty close. Here's a link:
<a href="http://honors.tamu.edu/Scholarships/Prospective/NatMerit.aspx#guaranteed%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://honors.tamu.edu/Scholarships/Prospective/NatMerit.aspx#guaranteed&lt;/a>
I got pretty much what that page listed, plus the "President's Endowed" scholarship listed under "Additional Scholarship Opportunities."
They offered me a loan, too, which I don't think I'll need for this year. :-)</p>