OFFICIAL Class of 2012 Admissions DECISIONS

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wake Forest University
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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2280 (780M, 740CR, 760WR)
SAT IIs:710 US Hist, 670 MathII, 660 Latin, 610 Chem
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.72 W
Rank:5/275 (not reported by school)
Other stats: NHS, Yale Book Award, District/State Literay Rally, National Latin/Greek Exam medals/ribbons, Academic Games National Championship
Subjective:none
Essays: on my family being Catholic and Jewish in same household
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): maybe a New Orleans/Katrina hook? :-)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Orleans, LA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: idk
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: maybe WF knew my schools well b/c we have had a few kids go there in the past several years</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2210 (730 CR, 690 M, 790 WR)
SAT IIs:710 US Hist, 720 Lit, 620 Math II (Bad, I know)
GPA: 94ish/100
Rank: about top 10%
Other stats: President and Founder of Mock Trial, Interact Club, Academic Team, Varsity Soccer (3 years), Club Soccer Team (One of the best in the state), Perspectives Club (Organized aid for Darfur), School Poetry Slam Winner
Subjective:none
Essays: definitely the best of all the essays i wrote for college, i also submitted some poetry that i wrote
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i guess test scores and writing
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: maybe interest, test scores, who knows these days? i was also (as far as i know) the only student to apply from my high school</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 30 Math 36, Science 29, English 30, reading 29
GPA: 43/313
Rank: about top 13%
Other stats: President of Table Tennis, FBLA, Math Team, Var Reserve Tennis (3 years) (One of the best in the state), Stock Market Simulation-1st in State, 2nd Nationals
Subjective:none
Essays: definitely better of all the essays i wrote for college,
Teacher Recs: One-amazing, the second one..so so
Counselor Rec: IDK!
Hook (if any): AZN from WI (diversity all the way) Stock Market Simulation-2nd Nationals (Captain of that Team)</p>

<p>Location/Person: Milwaukee
State or Country: WI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese+Hmong!!)
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Math, Business Prospective Student
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Geographic Diversity, test scores, who knows these days? i was also (as far as i know) the only student to apply from my high school</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1620 (580 CR, 530 M, 510 WR) *I didn't turn in SAT scores...
SAT IIs: na
ACT: 25
GPA: 4.5-Weighted 4.0-unweighted
Rank: #3 Top 5%
Other stats:
Student Body VicePrez for Jr./Sr. Year
NHS -Prez.
Sr. Editor of Yearbook
Prom / Homecoming Head organizer
Varsity Golf and Tennis
Involved in a Jr. Broadway Musical
Subjective:none
Essays: Freaking good. I slaved over the essay and short answers.
Teacher Recs: good? I never read them
Counselor Rec: ok, never read'em
Hook (if any):
-Johns Hopkins Pre-College '07 Alum.
-International Humanitarian trips to Nicaragua and Philippines
-Asian dude, involved with his culture and giving back
Location/Person:
State or Country: NC
School Type: Private
Ethnicity:Azian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weakness is def. test scores. But I still got in. Strong GPA / EC's / Community involvement / International Experience and strong writing.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
-This past summer I went to the Johns Hopkins University Pre-College Program
so i got a good looking, transferable transcript and a recommendation from my professor.
- I had an on campus interview and I rocked it. Let my personality shine.
-Sent my Curriculum Vitae and polaroid pictures of me doing my community services and my internation experience</p>

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<p>Sorry to repeat this post from the other stat thread, but this is probably a more appropriate place for it;</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 650M 680V 740W
SATII: 720 Bio E 630 Lit.
GPA: 3.60, but it's deflated
Rank: about top 25%
Other stats: 4 year Varsity tennis MVP and captain, West Virginia Ecological service project, "employment" at an inner-city needs organization, NHS, school tutoring, National Latin Scholar, various church activities (newspaper, altar serving, etc)....</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Well-constructed, but I was concerned that the first was a bit off-topic.
Teacher Recs: Probably very professional. I had my English teacher/academic dean/ moderator of NHS write one.
Counselor Rec: Personalized and very intuitive, considering I worked with my GC one-on one throughout high school. He really wanted me to go to Wake.
Hook (if any): Legacy (dad), ED deferral, only applicant from my school</p>

<p>Location/Person: Columbus
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Catholic. college prep; our school goes above and beyond preparing its students for the grade-deflation and involved workload of high-level college classes.
Ethnicity: White, mostly
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Legacy probably helped, but I feel that I was qualified even without it. I kept in touch after being deferred by taking the SAT II's and writing a brief letter to assure that Wake was still my top choice. I visited, and spoke with a visiting admissions counselor as well. I think my essay(s) may have made up for my lower SAT I's. Overall, it probably came down to subjectivity and a bit of luck. </p>

<p>Advice for prospective applicants: If Wake is your first choice, go ED. It shows that you're truly commited
, and not using Wake merely as a "back-up" school. Also, put your best effort into your essays. They really can set you apart from others who have the same stats as you. Finally, VISIT! The tours are very informative and a great way to determine whether or not Wake is the right place for you. </p>

<p>Attending?: YOU BET!!!!</p>

<p>PS - kind of funny, I remember writing all of this in a chance thread about 6 months ago!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2200 (780M, 690CR, 730WR)
SAT IIs:730 US Hist, 790 MathII, 750 Bio-E, 700 Chem
GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.42 W
Rank: Top 1% in county (no school rank)
Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, Math Team, Math Honor Soc, SS Honor Soc, lots of volunteering activities, golf, karate, piano, etc.
Subjective:none
Essays: on a biology class dissection lab, very thoughful; put a lot of effort into short answer ques
Teacher Recs: never saw, but probably good
Counselor Rec: never saw, but probably good
Hook (if any): diversity?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Multiracial
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: most challenging possible schedule as strength; so-so ECs as weakness
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: very demanding IB schedule, high GPA, good test scores</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2210 (didn't send though)
SAT IIs: na
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.55 uw, 4.4 w
Rank: not reported by school
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, IB Diploma Candidate, 4 year varsity tennis #1 player and 2 years as captain, lots of community service, held 2 jobs all of high school (30+ hours a week)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: nothing stupendous on long common app, short ones probably quite terrible
Teacher Recs: one good, one written by a teacher i thought was illiterate after reading it
Counselor Rec: awful (completely generic letter comparing me to some book about successful people, point by point and obviously used for many different students)
Hook (if any): none. usually would be work experience but I heard wake doesn't look at that too much</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland/DC
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: good ACT, lots of service and work experience, bad GPA, bad essays, terrible recs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no idea but so glad I was!</p>

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<p>thevinster, the fact that you got in makes me lose faith in all humanity. Come on a 1620, that isn't right man.</p>

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<p>Haha, TAce, oddly enough I remember reading your chance thread what seems like forever ago. ;)
I don't know if this thread is for decisions in general (ED and RD) but I'll put my stats up anyway to help the prospectives of 2009, even if some people saw these stats when the ED round came about. I applied Early Decision.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT I: 2090 (650M, 730CR, 710WR)
SAT IIs: n/a
GPA: 4.0 UW (I think); 4.7 W
Rank: Top 10% in class (no school rank)
Other stats: Literary magazine, debate, lots of community service (including mission trips)
Subjective:Can't think of any
Essays: On a community service project similar to habitat for humanity, spent a TON of time on the "in brief" essays which weren't so brief when I was finished, lol
Teacher Recs: probably good
Counselor Rec: never saw...hopefully good.
Hook (if any): Can't think of one except that I applied early</p>

<p>Person:
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: most challenging possible schedule as strength; as weakness, probably that I have a variety of ECs rather than one specific focus (i.e: I have a friend whose ECs all revolve around piano. She wants to be a composer, so it's good. =) )
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: rigorous courseload, community service? I'm betting applying Early Decision definitely gave me a boost! lol</p>

<p>As the above posters have stated, if you KNOW Wake is the school for you, try applying early decision if at all possible. I'm pretty sure it helped my chances. =)</p>

<p>Attending?: FOR SURE!</p>

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<p>uncfan, </p>

<p>test scores dont mean the world to me.
and im glad there are institutions like wake that see past these stats.
its a multi-faceted application for multi-faceted people.
But you are entitled to your own wrong opinion.</p>

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<p>thevinster: sorry a bit too harsh on the ^^post. I just don't see a correlation between those scores and an acceptance. Thats how my CC brain works! wow. I thought Wake weighted test scores heavily, but they do also like strong EC's which you obviously have. sorry and your right, its not all about test scores</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 670m, 660v, 570w
[<em>] SAT IIs: didn't send
[</em>] ACT: 32C (31E, 32m, 33R, 32Science)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1 out of 131
[<em>] Other stats:
[</em>]Subjective:
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: StuGo Secretary, FCA, FBLA, lots of clubs, offices etc. etc., same job for four years, volunteer, plays, pretty much a little bit of everything.
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really Good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): urm, first generation, kansas
[</em>] Location/Person: rural Kansas
[<em>] State or Country: Kansas
[</em>] School Type: rural public, noncompetitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: leadership, work ethic, well-roundedness.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Well-rounded.
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] going to attend? Probably not, depending on financial aid. Still waiting on Ivy's, but more then likely going to Notre Dame.</p>

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

<p>DECISION: Accepted</p>

<p>[ *]Stats:<br>
[ *] SAT: 700M, 610CR, 670W
[ *] SAT IIs: 680 Math
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.8 GPA Unweighted
[ *] Rank: School does not rank
[ *] Other stats: 4AP's this year, two in math
[ *]Subjective: Tons of CS hours (300), Raised money and built Habitat House
[ *] Essays: Pretty
[ *] Teacher Recs: Killer
[ *] Counselor Rec: Killer
[ *] Hook (if any): Unknown
[ *) Location/Person: Sarasota County
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Math skills and math major
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Just thankful I was
[ *] Other Factors: Unknown
[ *] going to attend? TBD...waiting for Vandy and W&M</p>

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<p>uncfan,</p>

<p>its all good in the hood. don't worry abou'it.
i hope you get in, and maybe see you on campus this fall.
= P</p>

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<p>For my D</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2020 (690M, 680CR, 650WR)
SAT IIs:700 MathII, 690 Lit, 680 Bio
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.2 W
Rank:top 10%
Other stats: Lots of volunteering with people with DD at school and community, volunteered abroad, service clubs, CSF
Essays: On volunteering in Peru
Teacher Recs: don't know, calc teacher
Counselor Rec: don't know
Hook (if any): maybe they liked that she has taken 4 college classes while in hs and done very well.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: So Cal
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness is GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: think they liked the community service
Going to attend: high possibility, between WF, Lehigh and Villanova</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2160 (M:710 CR:720 W:730)
SAT IIs:M1:680 Spanish:670
ACT: -
GPA: 3.42 UW/3.86 W
Rank:64/405
Subjective:good leadership in some ECs and lots of other ECs, travel abroad experience
Essays: skydiving in south africa and how it showed my dad i'm not a pansy lol
Teacher Recs: great, about how i use my experience abroad and apply it to real life situations and model UN and such
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): I'm Indian? lol I guess that and the travel brings a strong diversity factor. Also high SAT I suppose</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Cleveland suburb, OH
School Type: Public: sends many grads to top schools
Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weakness is obviously my GPA/I guess the rest of my app can be considered strong
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: high SAT, gpa not too bad. Guess my ECs/essays made up for my low gpa.</p>

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<p>decision: accepted</p>

<p>stats:
SAT 1= 2070
SAT 2s= Math 710 German 580 Biology 700
ACT=33
GPA= 4.8 out of 6
Rank= top third? no idea
AP= Biology 5 European History 4</p>

<p>ECs= 2 hours of commserve a week, video games, lax and riding the bike
Recs=why bother saying what i think about recs no one sees their recs
essays=linking cultures throughout my travels (ive been to 10 countries)
hook= phillips academy</p>

<p>Location/person
State=MA
School type=private
ethn.=white
gender=male
Percieved strength=people person, quick on the uptake
weakness=lack of motivation
Why i was accepted= no idea. wrote some ****ty short essays. WFU accepts anyone from my school who has high enough scores.
Going to attend=waiting on brown, vandy, and cornell, but im a demon deacon if those two dont work out.</p>

<p>congrats to everyone on this list!</p>

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<p>Decision: WAITLIST</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2150 (M:780 CR:680 W:690)
SAT IIs:M1:800 Physics:780
ACT: -
GPA: 3.4 UW/4.3 W
Rank:59/365
Subjective: ECs- great sports, good leadership & community service
Essays: seemed good, but lighthearted not "save the world" essay for what outrages me
Teacher Recs: should be strong
Counselor Rec: not sure; don't really know her
Hook (if any): smart and athletic?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NC
School Type: Public: sends many grads to top NC schools
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weakness- GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: showed little interest (never visited- Wake was my #5 or 6 and I guess they figured it out); humor in essays not well received</p>

<p>Not staying on waitlist- great school, but not right for me</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1960 (670M, 650CR, 640WR)
SAT IIs:630 US Hist, 650 MathII
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.65 W
Rank:28/780
Other stats: School academic awards, NYLF attendee
Subjective:none
Essays: Experience and diversity from moving across the country
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): Location?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Las Vegas, NV
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: idk
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Test scores? Small number of applicants from my school?</p>

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<p>you guys have facebook?
aim?????
gmail??
gtalk??</p>

<p>let's chat!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>GO DEACS!!!!! CLASS OF '12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>