Official Class of 2012 RD Thread

YanksDolphins · March 28, 2008, 2:41pm

Here we go. The formatting is

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Accepted
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Rejected
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Deferred
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[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]

Remember to get rid of the spaces when you enter your stats. A sample:

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Accepted
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Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400 (800/800/800)
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Bio-M, 800 US History, 800 Spanish
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: 100.00
[]Rank:1/2,000
[]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) See Below
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Perfect
[]Teacher Recs: Best of Career
[]Counselor Rec: Best of Career
[]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) Winner of Intel STS, 1st place in Siemens Competition, ISEF Grand Prize Winner, Artwork hanging in MoMA, NY Times Bestselling Author
[]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please): Cured Cancer, Proved Riemann Hypothesis, Captain of 3 Varsity Teams, CEO of Fortune 500 Company [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: 11-space
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Gender: M
[]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no): N[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: See Above
[]Awards: 4 Gold Medals at IMO, IPho, IBO, and IChO, Nobel Prize, Fields Medal
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]This is the best day of my life!!!

YanksDolphins · March 28, 2008, 2:43pm

I forgot to include a place for intended major but if possible, please post what you would like to study. Good luck everyone. I look forward to meeting my new classmates!!!

ToHarvard-Ihope · March 28, 2008, 3:08pm

well about 3 more hours…

pmalone224 · March 28, 2008, 6:33pm

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Wait Listed
**

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: M-780 CR-790 W-760
[]SAT II: Math2-800, Grm+Lst.-800, Chem-790, USH-740
[]ACT:n/a
[]GPA:4.164
[]Rank:top 10 students
[]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem-5, APUSH-5, AMC-100.5, AIME-4, semifinalist USABO
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: they were decent, they were all about things I really care about
[]Teacher Recs: spoke highly of me, one extremely well writte, one was ok
[]Counselor Rec: love her. she did a great job.
[]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)-nope
[]Hook: not really [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: MA
[]High School Type: solid public
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: 4 yr varsity swim, science team, theater, peer counseling, work
[]Awards: a bunch of things around the school for academics/athletics, science olympiad state champ in 3 events
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:dang, i guess i can kiss my chance at BME goodbye…[/ul]

sylenteck0 · March 28, 2008, 6:38pm

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Wait-Listed
**

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: CR 770/M 740/W 780
[]SAT II: 760 MII, 720 Lit, 740 USH
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 3.99
[li]Rank: Top 5[/li]
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good, honestly. They were my best this year.
[]Teacher Recs: Good
[]Counselor Rec: Good
[]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) I wish [/ul]

Personal[ul]
[]Location:Philly
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: M
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: (yes)[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Decent/Medium
[]Awards: NMF, Lots of school awards
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just start your essays earlier, etc. [/li][/ul]

nickybol · March 28, 2008, 6:39pm

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Waitlisted
**

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 600 writing, 730 reading, 670 maths
[]SAT II: 740 WH, 710 Bio E, 660 Latin
[]ACT: -
[]GPA: -
[]Rank: school does not rank
[]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: very bad, I am an international not used to essay writing
[]Teacher Recs: very down to earth, very Dutch, not as enthusiastic as Americans normally write
[]Counselor Rec: ok
[]Supplementary Material: thesis
[]Hook: can’t think of one
[]Location: The Netherlands
[]High School Type: Gymnasium (Dutch High School)
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: teamleader of study trip to Uganda and awareness-raising project on African development, tennis coach, student newspaper, percussionist
[]Awards:-
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: How can I get of the waitlist?[/ul]

california_love8 · March 28, 2008, 6:42pm

you guys already found out? I still haven’t gotten that damn email yet!

al6200 · March 28, 2008, 6:42pm

So did you guys get the e-mail or did you do the financial aid trick?

VanillaExtract · March 28, 2008, 6:42pm

i was waiting for the stanford one and this one popped up lol
accepted
anyone know how the BME works?

Nurd · March 28, 2008, 6:45pm

Waitlisted.

Now I regret not applying ED even more than I did before.

fritz90 · March 28, 2008, 6:46pm

Accepted… which I wasn’t looking for cuz I’m going BME and I planned on going Duke. This makes it harder

_Indian · March 28, 2008, 6:47pm

Waitlisted - I, too, found out while waiting for Stanford :)

SomethingSilly · March 28, 2008, 6:47pm

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Waitlist
**

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2380
[]SAT II: mid 700s
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: 3.8 uw
[]Rank: top 5%
[]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) five 5s and one 3, AIME 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: recycled Chicago essay…decent, but they could probably tell it wasn’t written for the “community” prompt
[]Teacher Recs: dunno.
[]Counselor Rec: dunno.
[]Supplementary Material: nope
[]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: midwestern 'burb
[]High School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: female
[]Applied for Financial Aid: yep [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Council, NHS, Science Olympiad, Mock Trial, some leadership in NHS and SO
[]Awards: NM, local stuff.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: eh. I thought I could make it through the admissions process with no WLs, just rejections and acceptances. I can deal with a rejection, but the uncertainty of a waitlist? meh. [/ul]

nickbuddy · March 28, 2008, 6:49pm

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Accepted: Math
**

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 800 M 660 Cr 670 Wr
[]SAT II: 800 M2 680 Chem 780 M1
[]ACT:
[]GPA:97.3
[]Rank:3
[]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB):AMC 12 91.5 AP Calc AB (no BC at my school) 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Good, Supplement essay really mathy
[]Teacher Recs:Good, I guess
[]Counselor Rec:Good, I guess
[]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Maine
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity:Caucasian
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) Yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:Math Team (good number of awards) 3 Season athlete 7 as varsity
[]Awards:Calc, Chem, Bio Awards (Highest GPA) USAMTS Honorable mention
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

jask925 · March 28, 2008, 6:50pm

Accepted!!! Yay!

Kumalah · March 28, 2008, 6:50pm

Accepted!!!. very excited i’ll post my stats later

Upsilamba · March 28, 2008, 6:55pm

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Wait-Listed
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Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2140 (760CR/720M/660W)
[]SAT II: 780 Lit, 790 Math II, 730 USH
[]ACT: 34
[]GPA: 3.84 ish
[]Rank: around 15% or a bit below
[]Other Tests: 4 on both APUSH and AP Eng Lang
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Not especially good, but not horrible
[]Teacher Recs: Not sure what to compare them to (read one, and it was good, but don’t know how good); neither was bad though.
[]Counselor Rec: at least okay; my counselor knew enough about me to write more than a generic letter, and I know it was a positive rec, but I don’t know how it would compare to others
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook: none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: small town outside of Ann Arbor, MI
[]High School Type: public with about 1200 or so students
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Gender: Female
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[/ul] b]Other**[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Violin, Destination Imagination, Quiz Bowl, World Cultures Club, co/assistant managed a 5th grade DI group this year
[]Awards: Nothing extraordinary
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Disappointed that I didn’t get in, but at least I didn’t get rejected; I’m going to try to send in new material, etc. Hopefully a supplemental/new essay (my Chicago one that I wrote after I sent in the common app) if that’s allowed, plus a statement of continued interest, etc. Hopefully this means I still have a chance at some of my other reach schools.[/ul]

Lugburz · March 28, 2008, 6:55pm

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Accepted for Econ
**
Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2190
[]SAT II:720, 700
[]ACT:
[]GPA:3.9uw
[]Rank:
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: i think good
[]Teacher Recs:?
[]Counselor Rec:he said it was good
[]Hook:location?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location:NV
[]High School Type:private catholic
[]Ethnicity:hispanic and white
[]Gender
[]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[li]Extracurriculars:music[/li][/ul]

timeless · March 28, 2008, 6:56pm

accepted haha
SAT 2310

concretejungle · March 28, 2008, 6:56pm

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Waitlisted
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Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:
[]SAT II: 750 both chem & math 2
[]ACT: 33
[]GPA: 3.99 UW
[]Rank: top 10%
[]Other Tests: APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Strong, I thought…
[]Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
[]Counselor Rec: Good
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Hook: none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Utah
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: F
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: lotsss.
[]Awards: NCTE nomination, many art show awards, AP scholar w/distinction, a few other minor ones
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wasn’t expecting wait list. :([/li][/ul]

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