<p>SAT: 2400 800CR 800M 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 800 Global History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/250
Other stats: 5's on every AP available
Subjective:
Essays: perfect
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: superb
Hook (if any): triple legacy, recruited athlete, nobel laureate
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arkansas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity/Race: Eskimo
Gender: male
Other Factors: Elected mayor of a small town
General Comments: I'm so psyched to major in under water basket weaving!</p>
<p>SAT: 1700 520CR 690M 500W…retook today
ACT: 25…retaking 10/23
SAT IIs: -none-
GPA: 3.933 weighted
Rank: 24/120 (top 20%)
Teacher Recs: 2 letters of recommendation
Counselor Rec: great
State or Country: PA
School Type: Private High School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Other Factors: lots of ECs, Eagle Scout
General Comments: Accepted also so far to Univ of Missouri with huge scholarship</p>
<p>SAT: 1770 (610 CR, 600 M, 560 W)…retook on 10/9
ACT: 29
SAT II’s: 700 US History, 680 Bio M
GPA: 95.33
Rank: 25/178
Teacher Recs 2 from teacher, 1 from a local doctor
Didn’t have my counselor write me one
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: NHS Member, 2 Sports
Comments: Likely going</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1880 550CR 710M 620W (retook 10/9)
ACT: 29 (retaking 10/23)
SAT IIs: 740 Math 2, 640 Chem
GPA: ~3.7
Ranking: Top 20%
Other Stats: 3’s on AP US, AP Stats
Essays: Yes
Teacher Recs: Yes - 2 submitted
Counselor Rec: Yes
Hook (if any): ‘Female in Engineering’
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public</p>
<p>ACT: 35 composite
SAT II: 800 US History, 740 Biology E, 710 Math Level 2
GPA: 3.7 (uw)
Rank: Top 20%
Other Stats: 5 AP Biology, 5 AP US History, 4 AP Calculus BC (5 on Calc AB Subscore)
Essay: Yes
Teacher Rec: Yes
Counselor Rec: Yes
Hooks: No
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
State: PA
School Type: Public
Other Facts: XC Captain, President of Envirothon, Track, Marching Band</p>
<p>Daughter accepted to College of Arts and Sciences on 10/14/10</p>
<p>SAT: 1850 590CR 690M 570W (retook 10/9)
GPA: 4.215
Rank: 11/236
Essay: Yes
Teacher Rec: Yes
Hooks: None
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
State: PA
School Type: Public
Other Facts: Girl Scout Gold Award, NHS, Tri-M music honor society, Concert band, marching band (colorguard captain), secretary student council
Comments - Pitt was her first choice so she is very happy</p>
<p>SAT: 2230 (800 M, 670 CR, 760 W)
SAT IIs: Took Math II and Physics on Oct 9th…
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, around 4.4 weighted
Rank: 3/301
Other stats: 5 on AP Language and AP European History, 4 on AP US History
Essays: Yup.
Teacher Recs: Yup.
Hook (if any): Attends Central Virginia Governor’s School for Science and Technology, Leadership all over the place (marching band, winter drumline, youth philanthropy committee, national honors society, etc…), OOS
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: See “Hook”
General Comments: Waiting on the scholarships…</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to Swanson School of Engineering!!! [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Stats:[list]</p>
<p>ACT: 34 Composite (36 Math, 34 CR, 32 W, 32 Sci, 11 Essay)
SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 800 Math IIC,
GPA: 3.94
Rank: 45/548
Other stats: APs: World - 4, AP US - 4, AP Calc AB - 4, AP Gov - 4, AP Lit - 4
Essays: “outstanding”- (according to pitt email…) lol
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: Indiana
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: male
Other Factors: Tennis, Speech captain, DECA, Volunteering, other general stuff haha
General Comments: I’m so psyched to major in bioengineering!! Hopefully the scholarship they award is enough so I can go! good luck to everyone still waiting</p>
<p>Got my letter for Swanson school of Engineering, they said I need to submit my first marking period grades.</p>
<p>ACT: 27 composite
SAT IIs: 1810
GPA: 3.03 UW, not sure of W
Rank: 90/365
Other stats: APs: APUSH, AP Computer Science, AP Calc AB, and AP Physics C: Mechanics
Essays: Well I thought it was good It was about how getting legos as presents when I was younger helped me decide that I want to be an engineer
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): Took an engineering course at northeastern, and currently in a Penn State engineering course
Location/Person: Montgomery County
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Other Factors: Volunteering, four year varsity tennis player and the senior captain.
General Comments: Not surprised, my GPA blowssss</p>
<p>ACT: 26
GPA: 4.28 w, 3.86 uw
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: Ap’s: Calc AB, APUSH, Stats, Microeconomics, Government.
Essays: wrote about flying a plane and that experience
Cross Country Coach wrote a rec. for me. Fantastic!
no counselor rec.
Hook (if any): sister went undergrad and is currently in grad school at pitt
State or Country: Florida (Tampa)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: NHS parliamentarian since sophmore year, Key Club, Cross Country 3 years(Florida State Championships, Captain senior year, varsity all three years), Soccer 2 years, Track and Field 4 years, lots of community service.
Comments: My whole family lives in Pittsburgh and I have always wanted the chance to live there.</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences for major in Political Science</p>
<p>SAT: 1970 650CR 670M 650W
GPA: 3.77 unweighted
Rank: top 15%
Essays: pitt admissions said it “resonated” with them
Teacher Recs: I think they were good
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper; won several awards for writing</p>
<p>SAT: 1900 660CR 610M 630W
GPA: 3.60 unweighted
Rank: top 10%
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: I think they were good
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors: 6 APs, Lots of instrumental music ECs</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 730CR 720M 720W
SAT IIs: 730 Literature, 760 Math IIC, 760 US History
GPA: 3.8 UW/4.1W
Rank: School Doesn’t Rank
Other stats: AP US History - 5
AP English Language - 5
AP Calculus AB - 5
Subjective:
Essays: Bleh
Teacher Recs: Didn’t submit
Counselor Rec: Didn’t submit
Hook (if any): None that I know of
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Public - Class of about 400 kids
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: ?
General Comments: Guaranteed admission to graduate school, too. <3 Pitt</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 560CR 690M 560W
ACT: 27 (31 math)
SAT IIs:
GPA: 4.1
Ranking: Top 5%
Other Stats: 3’s on AP calc and physics, AP Stats
Essays: Yes
Teacher Recs: Yes - 2 submitted
Counselor Rec: Yes
Hook (if any): Father very successful Pitt Eng grad
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public</p>
<p>SAT: 2100 620CR 650M 740W
GPA: 4.46
Rank: 1/240
Essay: Yes
Teacher Rec: Yes
Hooks: None
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
State: PA
School Type: Public
Other Facts: Accepted to honors college, and guaranteed acceptance into grad school!</p>
It was about how getting legos as presents when I was younger helped me decide that I want to be an engineer