Official Class of 2012 RD Decisions

<p>waitlisted..1470/2150</p>

<p>woodpost..i can't believe you weren't even waitlisted sorry =/</p>

<p>Son- Accepted</p>

<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 750M 630 CR
[<em>] SAT IIs:760 Chem, 710 Math
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] GPA: 4.24 wt
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[</em>]Subjective:
[<em>] Extra Curriculars:football,wrestling,leadership activities,honor society
[</em>] Essays:good (I thought, anyway)
[<em>] Teacher Recs:great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:great
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[</em>] Location/Person
[<em>] State or Country:MA
[</em>] School Type:private
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es):rank, sat's, 5 on AP Chem exams
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:strength of curriculum, sat's
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] Going to attend? maybe, waiting to see financial/scholarship info</p>

<p>Accepted, Eckhardt Scholars
White Male
SAT M 780 V 700 W 750
SAT II 780 Math II 760 US History
GPA 3.5 uw, 4.4 w
Rank bottom of top ten percent
Recs: Okay
ECs: Captain of Basketball Team, Student Body Executive member, heavy science research activites
Comments: This is a pleasant surprise, I guess my research showed through the essays</p>

<p>REJECTED :(
* Stats:
* SAT: 680 math, 680 writing, 650 reading
* SAT IIs: 600 Physics 750 Math I
* ACT: didn't take it
* GPA: 3.28uw, 3.74 w
* Rank: <50%
* Other stats:
* Subjective:
* Extra Curriculars: poetry and piano awards.
* Essays: great common app essay. kinda bad lehigh essay. actually it was 2 sentences :(
* Teacher Recs: alright
* Counselor Rec: goood
* Hook (if any): immigrant, trilingual
* Location/Person:
* State or Country:New Jersey
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: female
* Major strength(s)/weakness(es): very low gpa and no ap classes
* Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: gpa/no ap classes but also my why lehigh essays
* Other Factors:
* Going to attend?</p>

<p>i'm kinda sad. oh well.</p>

<p>accepted!!
Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2160 - M-710, V-740, W-710
ACT: na
SAT Subject Test: i forget which ones- 600/680/730
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw 5.1 w
APs/Other Stats: 5 APUS, 5 psych, 5 lang, 4 euro, 4 bio
Major Awards/ECs: track captain
Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: no idea
Interview: no
Hook (if any): idk?</p>

<p>Personal:</p>

<p>Location (State or Country): PA
Ethnicity & Gender: White Female
Major strength/weakness:
Your thoughts on your decision: WOO! financial aid/ grants==AWESOMME</p>

<p>Has anyone from Texas received a letter in the mail yet? I hope they didn't forget to feed the ponies.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>[ul]
[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT: 1370/2020 (800/570/650 M/CR/W)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 800 MII 790 Phys 690 BioM</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.0W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: Research, chess, random sports, nothing great</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Generic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): None</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Location/Person:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State or Country: NJ/USA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public - competitive</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Not listed on common app</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Math and Science = strength</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Bad SATs</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Going to attend? lol</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>Denied (RD)</p>

<p>I think my answers to the supplementary questions were terrible, lol.
Stats: Typical...
Recs: 2 excellent teacher recs., my counselor doesn't know me very well... so her rec. was not very good.
Common App. Essay: Very good
EC's: Fairly active: published essays, interviewed gov., active activist, haha
GPA: Good 3.8 at the time. I don't know what my weighted GPA is... But they are weighted.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, and I never sent in the mid-year report... were we supposed to?</p>

<p>Going to Bucknell. So I'm happy. :)</p>

<p>Accepted. College of engineering
I'm actually kind of surprised by some of these decisions posted here. Shows just how random it is I guess.</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: M-730 V-680 W-660
ACT:31
SAT Subject Tests: none
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 92.5 uw, 99.8 w
APs / other stats: 4 on AP US history, taking three more this year
Major awards/ECs: nothing impressive. Boy scouts, jazz band for 4 years</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays:I don't think I actually had anyone read them. I wrote the supplemental essays the day I sent them. :P
Teacher Recs: good I assume
Counselor Rec: good I assume
Interview: nope
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Personal:</p>

<p>Location (State or Country): NY
Ethnicity & Gender: White male
Major strength/weakness:
Your thoughts on your decision: I'm happy
Any other comments:</p>

<p>Hoopsplaya:</p>

<p>SATs: M-710, CR-660, WR-660 (1370/1600)(2060/2400)</p>

<p>since when does 710+660+660 = 2060?</p>

<p>Waitlisted
1400/1980
92/100 GPA
really good ECs
good recs
average essays
visited twice
interviewed which went fine
male
from NJ
business major</p>

<p>I really thought I was gonna get in</p>

<p>"since when does 710+660+660 = 2060?"</p>

<p>2030/2060 big difference... Except not really.</p>

<p>Just curious which one it was.. was asking hoopsplaya.</p>

<p>ha i know that was a typo justbumming...my bad....2030*</p>

<p>Decision: Denied[ul]
[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 2250 Math: 780 Critical Reading:760 Writing 710
[<em>] SAT IIs:Math I:800 Math II:800 Chemistry:710
[</em>] Rank:2/247
[<em>] Other stats:5 5's on AP Exams
[</em>]Subjective:I <em>thought</em> I did really well at the subjective part
[<em>] Extra Curriculars:Karate, Scouting, Volunteering
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:Not sure, perhaps some personal qualities in the essays.
[li] Going to attend? I wasn't planning on attending Lehigh.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>omg thats absolutely ridiculous..</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[li] ACT: 30</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 4.0 unweighted</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: Editor-in-chief of Yearbook; member of State winning volleyball team; leader in youth group</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Common was really unique and could only pertain to me; I was very happy with my Lehigh Essays!</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: 2 teachers, but didn't see the letters</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: didn't see</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): brother is a graduate of computer engineering ('04) </p>[/li]
<p>[li] State or Country: NY</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Parochial </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I showed a lot of interest in the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors: I had a good interview</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Going to attend? Possibly</p>

<p>ok cool hoopsplaya that's a good score!</p>

<p>cocaco that's crazy... looks like a little tufts syndrome eh? Did you visit? Maybe the demonstrated interest is a really big deal</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT: M:700 CR:660 W: 730</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: Lit: 680 Math II: 720</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: W:~4.0 UW:~3.7</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: No class rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: All athletic extra curriculars, softball travel team got 3rd at [/li]nationals one year, 5th another; varsity vball and sball all four years, left no room for
other activities</p>

<p>[li] Essays: Really good, about surviving brain aneurysm/open brain surgery, and how it sparked interest in neuroscience</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: dunno, probably average</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: dunno, probably average</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): personal experience with life-threatening illness, internship with [/li]the founder of Electronic Arts (biggest video game company in the world), really good rec from him</p>

<p>[li] State or Country: CT</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private Catholic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): no ECs, lots of sports, interesting story</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors: Didn't apply for FA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Going to attend? Depends on whether notre dame lets me in. So far I'm in at [/li]Lehigh, Villanova, Union and Delaware (generous merit scholarships from the latter two). If ND rejects me, then it depends on my experience during the visit days which I plan on attending
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