<p>I did this during my visit. I tried to argue for some more money but it rarely works.</p>
<p>Sheashea: yea, the reason I asked is that there are alot of top people who got $0 in scholarships....I have a feeling it's b/c they didn't know that for merit $$, you still had to fill out the forms....we decided not to (for other reasons) , but I was just curious.....</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO CAS</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: College of Arts & Sciences
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2070
[ *] SAT IIs: US 720, Lang 670
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.1 W
[ *] Rank: Unranked
[ *] Other stats: AP US, AP Lang, AP Euro, 2 Hns (senior year-3 Aps)
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: hosipital volunteer shift leader, guitar lessons, riding lessons, church youth group, NHS, CSF, Science Alliance
[ *] Essays: Good i think
[ *] Teacher Recs: probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably good
[ *] Hook (if any): about volunteering at hospital
[ *) Location/Person: norcal
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: public, highly ranked
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: good ACT, highly ranked school, bad freshman grades, and bad senior grades
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good ACT and pretty good gpa
[ *] Other Factors: umm not sure
[ *] going to attend? i dunno... its far, expensive, big, and really urban</p>
<p>accepted! college of a&s</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: math 650, CR 630, writing 630
[</em>] SAT IIs: math I 660, chem 660
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.77 (UW)
[<em>] Rank: school too small to rank
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: A story about me in the future @.@
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good...?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good...?
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: small (under 250 kids) private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Good ECs, "low" SAT scores?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Strong ECs and essay</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone... I just wish I could afford it :P</p>
<p>Can someone give me the template to post stats?</p>
<p>Stolen from the NEU decision thread:</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Blue][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs: (if taken)
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: (did you submit?)
[ *] Teacher Recs: (did you submit?)
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Major strengths/weaknesses:
[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Financial aid?
[ *] Attending?[/list]</p>
<p>Just delete the spaces in the brackets, and preview your reply to make sure you got all of them.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED COM</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 3.9UW
[<em>] Rank: unknown
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: the one i read was decent..the other, i have no idea. i also sent in a supplemental rec from the head of my volunteer program which was great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not very good..i don't think my counselor really "got" what she was supposed to do lol
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: usa
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: my counselor rec was bad and i don't think my class rank is too hot though i don't know what it is. most rigorous courseload blah blah blah
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Financial aid? did not apply
[</em>] Attending? no
[*] Extra Curriculars: varsity swimming/USA competitive swimming, equestrian, 400+hrs volunteer work, Legal Aid volunteer, freelance writer for state newspaper, school newspaper/editor, key club, french club, diversity club, web design, mock trial, etc[/ul]</p>