<p>woodchuck is right about interviews--they're really not that important. They're really more for the applicant getting to know the school than the other way around.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: None
SAT IIs: None
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.9UW, 4.3W
Rank: Top 5%
Other stats: AP Bio, AP English Language, AP U.S. History, AP Euro, all 5s
Essays: Really well written, talked about family background and how it affected an important decision in my life.
Teacher Recs: Pretty good I imagine
Counselor Rec: Also good.
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Long Island, NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths have to be my extracurriculars, do theater, science research (internship and a separate project that made me siemens semi finalist), model congress...weakness- standardized tests?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have nooo clue, but i am damn sure excited
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I cant believe i was accepted, i didn't even look at the letter when it came i was so nerovus for it, but i got an e mail today saying i got in and i was like, whaaattt??!?!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! Trinity</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 800 M2, 720 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.5714 W
[<em>] Rank: 3/171
[</em>] Other stats: AP US History-5, AP Music Theory (sub-scores and composite)-5, AP English Language-4, AP World History-3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: okay, Duke essay-very specific
[</em>] Teacher Recs: waived right
[<em>] Counselor Rec: waived right
[</em>] Hook (if any): arts supplement?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: violin 13 yrs, many orchestras, chamber ensembles, extensive rep list, community service
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: dunno
[*] Other thoughts: I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted TRINITY! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: International Relations/Econ
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2280 (CR: 780; M: 760; W: 740)
[</em>] SAT IIs: French: 770; MathIIC: 750; Lit: 700; World Hist: 700
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: We don't do GPA here. 90+ Average?
[</em>] Rank: N/A but I'm guessing top 10%
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): APs self studied - World Hist (5); Chinese (5); Psych (4); HumGeo (4); Macro; Micro; GovPol Comp; GovPol US; APs in school - French (5); Spanish; Euro Hist
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Very heavy
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Er...5-7?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Math Competition Awards (AIME first in school); History awards; Political stuff; Top 10 in a Pageant among others</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: They were probably the strongest aspect of my application. I put a lot of time and effort into them, even though I have a lot. Also, many of them were pretty unique and tied in well with my interests and potential majors. I'm also big on community service. I won't elaborate for privacy reasons. PM me if you want to know.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teaching English; Internships at multinational corporations; worked with disabled children
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good - About my international experiences. Why Duke was mediocre though.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw it but probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it but probably excellent
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Lived in three different continents during High School? Loads of ECs? None really.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+ I think.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: International experiences + ECs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATS TO ALL ADMITS!</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED, TRINITY *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260 (CR800, M680, W780)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chinese 800, Lit 800, Physics 780, Math 1 700
[<em>] GPA: did IB, predicted 44
[</em>] Rank: NA</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: QUite Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Waived
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Waived
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul] South East Asia
[<em>] School Type: Private International
[</em>] Ethnicity: CHinese
[<em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: pretty good
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: good interview, okay stats, ecs
[</em>] Other thoughts: yaaay! if i dont get HYPS then it's duuuke!</p>
<p>waitlisted... how do i get off? haha</p>
<p>annabell: teacher recs + counselor rec waived? How did that happen?</p>
<p>Dr. Avrah - I think she meant she "waived the right" to see them, so she can't comment on if they were good or bad? Maybe.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 700CR, 710M, 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 USH, 740 Lit, 660 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.90UW, 4.6W
[</em>] Rank: 15/320
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on APUS and AP Lang, 3 on AP Chem exams
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Most people say I am a good writer. My "Why Duke?" essay was very good, I think.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Absolutely amazing. One of my teachers cried when he was writing it (?) lol.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She told me "I've never written so many good things about a person!" :]
[<em>] Hook (if any): Half Hispanic, if that counts. My EC's were very impressive. Lots of leadership, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NC
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Too many to list, but I had leadership positions in most of them. I sit on a few state-wide boards, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: No idea!
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm a finalist for a full-ride scholarship to Duke. I got likely letters from Duke, Columbia, Chapel-Hill, and Brown.</p>
<p>
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Waitlisted
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</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270
[</em>]SAT II: 770,740,760
[<em>]ACT: ---
[</em>]GPA: 3.5 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: NO RANK
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB): Full IB Candidate, mostly 5's on AP's
[/ul][ b]Subjective*[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Average
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[<em>]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SoCAL
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: ORM
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[/ul][ b]Other[ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
[</em>]Awards:
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]</p>
<p>waitlisted :(</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/790CR/750W (Superscore Took 3 times)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 750 Chem, 710 Bio M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.7/100 W
[<em>] Rank: 5/487
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 7 AP’s previously, 2 5’s (AB and BC) and 5 4’s,
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eco, AP Eng, Calc III, AP Physics, Organic
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):NMF, Bausch Lomb Science Award, a lot of local awards, volunteering awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Gov (VP) statewide and local positions, Science Olympiad some regional meals, Quiz Bowl Captain, JV/V Tennis, volunteer at hospital
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: at Doctor’s office
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I though they were decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 glowing, 1 OK
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2 years of research Siemens and INTEL Semifinalist 2007 and pending publishing, Volunteer at Research Lab, Gov School
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public sends 1-3 to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian<br>
[</em>] Gender: Male<br>
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100 +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, research at least I thought
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s, essays I really don’t know
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I made several overnight visits and showed my passion for the school[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: PUMPED I LOVE DUKE!</p>
<p>"Essays (subject and responses): I though they were decent, but I guess not"</p>
<p>why do u say that if u got in?</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2380
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/770/730
[<em>] ACT: -
[</em>] GPA: 3.64/4.4
[<em>] Rank: dunno but it's below top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue
[</em>] Hook (if any): No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! (Pratt)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: somewhere between 3.9 and 4.0
[<em>] Rank: doesn't rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I loved my common app essay... not my why Duke though (looking back I think I used the word 'fascinating' a good 4 or 5 times... talk about weird)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[<em>] Hook (if any): new orleans?
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: LA
[<em>] School Type: private non-religious all-girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[*] Gender: female</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2070
[</em>] SAT IIs:740 Biology M
[<em>] GPA:3.95 UW 4.52 W
[</em>] Rank: 5 of 612
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Not Sure
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:FL
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:African American
[<em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:Biology/Medicine, Pre-Collegiate Minority Association, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[</em>] Other thoughts:Congrats to te class of 2012 =)</p>