Official Class of 2014 RD Decisions

<p>Ok, so I know that we already have an "official" thread, but it's looking a little cluttered and disorganized, so I figured I'd start one and have everyone use this format.</p>

<p>[b ]Decision: Accepted**
[b ]Decision: Waitlisted**
[b ]Decision: Rejected**</p>

<p>[b ]Objective:*[ list]
[
] SAT I (breakdown):
[* ] ACT:
[* ] SAT II (if submitted):
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[* ] Weighted GPA:
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] Senior Year Course Load:
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[/list ][ b]Subjective:*[ list]
[
] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[* ] Job/Work Experience:
[* ] Volunteer/Community service:
[* ] Essays:
[* ] Teacher Recommendation:
[* ] Counselor Rec:
[* ] Additional Rec:</p>

<p>[/list ][b ]Other*[ list]
[
] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[* ] Intended Major:
[* ] State (if domestic applicant):
[* ] Country (if international applicant):
[* ] School Type:
[* ] Ethnicity:
[* ] Gender::
[* ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc):</p>

<p>[/list][b ]Reflection*[ list]
[
] Strengths:
[* ] Weaknesses:
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/list ][b ]General Comments:**</p>

<p>Just get rid of spaces and choose your decision at the top.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: Medical Engineering[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800CR/750M/800W-11E) One Sitting
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760,760,760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Weighted GPA: Unsure
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: College Chem, Philosophy, English, Chem Research, AP Physics B, AP Euro, AP Calc AB
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Page for MD General Assembly
[/list ][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 9-11, Cross Country 12, Lacrosse (Varsity 11,12), Mock Trial (Team Captain 11,12), Academic Team (Captain 12), NHS,SNHS,MuAlphaTheta etc etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Job @ Country club since fresh year, Summer job (40hrs/week) as lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours on mission trips.
[</em>]Essays: By my standards, mediocre. I wrote from the heart, but I had all my best ideas AFTER the darn deadlines.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Very Mediocre actually…Pretty formletterish.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: A restatement of my resume (300 students/counselor)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Only sent 2 teacher recs
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Medical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Medium Sized (300ish/class) Noncompetitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Did research, but after I sent my app in and didn’t tell them…no hooks really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Standardized Scores, Awesomeness
[<em>] Weaknesses: Rank, GPA, Essays, Extra Curriculars…Everything but my awesomeness?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably having good test scores and owning AP tests…Maybe the essays were better than I thought? I don’t know, and at this point I am too pumped to care.
[/ul]General Comments:
To everyone who was accepted, congratulations!
To everyone who was rejected, keep your heads up and stay strong.
To everyone who was waitlisted, there is still hope!</p>

<p>i hope you realize there is no such thing as medical engineering</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 720, M 740, W 730 (2190 Total)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Bio 750, Physics 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.21
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/462
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Physics (5), Psych (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Calc, Chem, Spanish, English), Rest Honors
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot, I don’t really want to list them haha
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp counselor for 3 years. Very competitive position to get offered.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Most of my extracurriculars are volunteering.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really good. Very personal and creative.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. One was very personal while one highlighted my academic achievements.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great. My counselor really likes me and showed how hard I’ve worked.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Not really sure…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, SATs, Recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays really pushed me over. My GPA was OK and my class rank was alright, but my essays really showed me as a person.
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND GOOD LUCK TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL WAITING OR ON THE WAIT LIST!!! And to all those rejected, you will do great wherever you end up =) As many others have said, college is what you make it!</p>

<p>^^unless you mean biomedical engineering</p>