<p>ACCEPTED (Pratt)</p>
<p>SAT: 2200...800Math, 680CritRe, 720Writing
Rank: 1/425
Location: NC, Public School (one of best in NC)
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Pacific-Islander
Extracurricular: clubs, clubs, clubs...mostly academic stuff
Why I was accepted: Good rec, good essay, in-state (they generally accept more NC residents), and i'm a female going into engineering</p>
<p>congrats to the accepted! sorry to denied...</p>
<p>My first one of these, EVER!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 composite
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math L2, 780 Lit
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.92 UW; 4.51 W (13 AP's)
[<em>] Rank: 3/715
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One great, one sucked
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Research experience, first generation, low income.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Research focus, science, robotics, community service
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Probably my SAT II's.
[*] Other thoughts: I'M SO RELIEVED</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (800M 770CR 720W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 800 Math I 800 Physics 770 US History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW 4.3 W
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good (despite a couple typos)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: competetive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Band, Mathletes, Soccer, LAX, Academic Competetion, NHS, tutoring
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: no idea
[*] Other thoughts: I'm thrilled!!!![/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>r600 m780 w610
WGPA 4.47</p>
<p>White male from California.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (770 CR/770 Math/760 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math/780 Biology/760 US History
[<em>] ACT: Never took
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: None
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: The reason I got in. Spent months writing, rewriting. Had at least 20 readers - all STRONG favorable reviews.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One amazing, one very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Well-rounded but with lots of demonstrated interest
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Essays, recs, overall strength
[*] Other thoughts: Got a likely letter awhile back. Getting a free trip over!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:800 M, 800 CR, 710 W lol superscored
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 770 Bio, 750 US His
[<em>] ACT: 33 (didn't send i think)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 5.1ish weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/~280
[</em>] Other stats: 5 AP Chem, 5 AP Bio, 5 AP Lang, 4 AP US His. Some state piano awards. Band awards. Science Bowl stuff, random science olympiad and math team medals. Miscellaneous stuff basically.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Bad. At least in retrospect. They sounded good when I wrote them...but then again, I suck at writing. 8 on SAT essay anyone? :)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Hopefully amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: " "
[</em>] Hook (if any): Antihook of being asian?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type: Wannabe competitive, but not really
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Piano, Band, Orchestra, Music, Music, and more music, Awesomely fun science stuff, math, research
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Scores and research? Passion in music/science? Who knows what adcoms think?
[*] Other thoughts: Duke is expensive. They have an amazing garden though...that's the only part I got to see when I visited. :D</p>
<p>^^Why can I never do this right?? </p>
<p>Nevermind. I fixed it. :P</p>
<p>You have to omit the spaces in the bracket things.</p>
<p>Decision: accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2210
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math II, 700 Literature, Physics, US History
[<em>] ACT:34
[</em>] GPA:4.4
[<em>] Rank:18/720
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:I think pretty good. About living in China and new interest in environmental protection.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Not sure
[</em>] Hook (if any):Lived in China studying Chinese over gap year.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:California
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:Varsity athlete, swimming and water polo
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Gap year experience
[li] Other thoughts:</p>[/li]
<p>Kind of exciting even though I don't think I'll go. We'll see if I get any financial aid. It's soooo expensive otherwise!</p>
<p>When/how will I know about financial aid?</p>
<p>Accepted to Trinity</p>
<p>34 ACT
4.4 GPA
1/450 rank
Great essays
Good ECs
Weak recs
Demonstrated interest: applied for a scholarship that I didn't get
Did apply for financial aid...we'll see.
Missouri/white/male...normal</p>
<p>Decision:Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160 (W-650, M-710, CR-800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2 - 800, Phy - 760, Chem - 800
[<em>] ACT: did not take
[</em>] GPA: 8 A's in O Level, 4 A's in A Level
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: they were quite good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: have not seen but i think they would be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dont know really
[</em>] Hook (if any): antihook - intl asking for aid
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bangladesh
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: had a good bunch of em (too lazy to list em)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: my stats were not good enough for an international looking for aid
[*] Other thoughts: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! Best of luck to those that are waitlisted. Commiserations to my fellow rejectees. I know we will all be successful somewhere.</p>
<p>Wow.. some of the people who didn't get in have incredible stats!
I have doubts that I would have gotten in this year.. lol.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800R 710M 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780Math2 770Chem 730WH
[<em>] GPA: 4.0UW/4.69W
[</em>] Rank: 8/331
[<em>] Other stats: APs - Four 5's, two 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not so good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: FBLA, It's Academic (Quiz bowl), NHS
[li] Other thoughts: Top choice at this point, We had SIX kids from our school get in today[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA: 3.765
[<em>] Rank: Top 19%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: I was involved.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: They liked me.
[li] Other thoughts: :) I'm pretty happy.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (760M, 780W, 700CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 740 Chem, 720 USH
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.159W
[<em>] Rank: 9/687
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good I'm assuming
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good I'm assuming
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: tight forward position on Rugby team , Eagle Scout, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, Business Professionals of America Nationals qualifer/placed @ Nationals
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Who knows
[*] Other thoughts: I'm happy![/ul]</p>
<p>My sister just got rejected and she's not happy. </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2150 (W-800, M-700, CR-650)
SAT IIs: Math 2 - 630, Spanish-700, US History-710
ACT: did not take
GPA: 4.6
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats:
Subjective:</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Other Factors:[ list][li] Extracurriculars: Nation Charity League-100+ hours of community service each year, equestrian team, National AP Scholar, Girls State.</p>[/li]
<p>Not quite sure why she was rejected. She was the full package. Oh well, I'm sure she'll enjoy UCLA.</p>
<p>Decision:WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (W-690, M-780, CR-660)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2- 800, Chinese with Listening- 780, Physics- 700
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] GPA: My school does not compute a GPA
[<em>] Rank: My school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I spent quite a lot of time on my essays and my friend wrote an outstanding peer rec
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but probably great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor doesn't know anyone well, probably generic
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Hong Kong
[</em>] School Type: Private, Selective
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Nothing spectacular- a broad spectrum
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Probably didn't stand out enough
[*] Other thoughts: Hope I get accepted later![/ul]</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1940 (M-710, CR-590, W-640)
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History- 720, Math 1c- 710, Math 2c- 710
[<em>] ACT: nope
[</em>] TOEFL: 106 (IBT)
[<em>] GPA: no GPA in my school
[</em>] Rank: school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read, probably good.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Azerbaijan
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Azeri
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Other thoughts: I am thankful! :)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2200 (750M, 720CR, 730W)
SAT IIs: MathII 790, Spanish 740, History 670
ACT: Not reported but 32
TOEFL:
GPA: 3.65 (uw) and 3.99 (w)
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty average
Teacher Recs: Read one and it wasn't anything earth shattering.
Counselor Rec: Didn't read, probably good.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: AA/Black
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[list][*] Other thoughts: SWEET!</p>
<p>Congrats! Did you ask for aid?</p>