****Official Class of 2015 RD Results****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
21

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>VILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (760 Math, 670 CR, 680 Writing)
SAT II: Math 2 - 640, World - 690 US - 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.864
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 out of 390
AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 AP Classes. Three 5s, Three 4s, One 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross Club, Key Club, Science Olympiad. Varsity Swimmer 4 years, Varsity Tennis Player, Amateur Magician
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours
Summer Activities: China and US Bridge camp
Essays: Not Bad
Teacher Recommendation: Not Bad
Counselor Rec: Generic
Additional Rec: NA</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Dad didn’t think I would get any
Intended Major: Business/Economics/Finance
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese American
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mehh</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Rank, Asian, AP Classes
Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall stats pretty good. Not going to go there though unless they give me at least 20k which is stretching it. MyNOVA account didn’t say anything about scholarship money and I’d love to go there if they made it any chance cheaper but UW is starting to look really good with tuition at 8000 dollars.</p>

22

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]

  • SAT I (breakdown): 700 (M) 600 (CR) 700 (W)
  • ACT: 28
  • SAT II: none
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 80/562
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): none
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): none
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, AP english, AP psychology, AP gov/econ, physics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): accepted and graduated with distinction</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]

  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volleyball, track
  • Job/Work Experience: waitress, secretary
  • Volunteer/Community service: worked at my local church, volunteered at local hospitals
  • Summer Activities: internship at a hospital
  • Essays: pretty good
  • Teacher Recommendation: decent hopefully
  • Counselor Rec: good I guess
  • Additional Rec: nope</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
  • Intended Major: nursing
  • State (if domestic applicant): CA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: white/hawaiian
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: 120,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]

  • Strengths: community service, my essays emphasized how important it is
  • Weaknesses: my gpa/scores was a little lower
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don’t know, don’t care now! :slight_smile:
    [ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
23

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (800 Math, 610 Reading, 690 Writing)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 3.96 weighted GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/164
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send scores but English (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc A/B, AP Literature and Composition, AP French Language, Physics Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Concert Band (Band President Senior Year, Clarinet Section Leader since Sophomore year), Wind Ensemble (Clarinet Section Leader since Sophomore year), Jazz Band (Saxophone Section Leader since Sophomore year), Men’s Chorus, Chamber Choir, French Club (Secretary), Math League, Peer Leadership, National Honors Society, Music Honors Society, Baseball & Track, Pep Band, Pit Band.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier for a year and a half, then learned the sandwich bar and promoted to Certified Trainer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Homework room volunteer at Elementary School child care program sophomore year, Volunteer tutor Senior year
[</em>] Summer Activities: Mostly working
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Nova doesn’t look at teach recs
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Alumni?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, Extracurriculars and leadership, interest
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My gpa and class rank aren’t as high as I would like them to be, but I still thought they would be good enough to get accepted with all of my other credentials. I honestly still can’t figure out why I was waitlisted.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>It’s my number one choice, pretty unhappy that I got waitlisted. A friend of mine had lower credentials in every single category (including GPA and class rank), but was accepted. The only advantage he has over is he is asian. I hope that’s not how they came to their decisions.</p>

24

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 27
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 of 94</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council Treasurer and Secretary, President of local Youth Court (6 years), active volunteer
Job/Work Experience: none (will change this summer (: )
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Court ^ , Local Church restoration documentation project, Local dunes restoration project, winner of multiple national awards for volunteer effors (President’s Environmental Youth Award, Prudential Spirit of Community)
Summer Activities: traveling, learning!
Essays: Solid essays focusing on diversity and bringing wide varieties of perspective to a college campus</p>

<p>ReflectionGeneral Comments:
Sooo relieved to get into nova, thought it would be my hardest school to get into as I am at the lower end of the test scores, but clearly extra curiculars play a large role in their selection process. Be involved, and work hard in school and you’ll be in the mix! Oh yeah, I also visited the campus this summer and signed in with them, not sure if that helped but might have. I’m from AK.</p>

25

<p>Accepted to Villanova!</p>

<p>English 720 Math 640 Reading 700
Good SAT IIs
Grades 3.4
8 AP classes
Latin 3
US History 4
English Comp 4
Envi Sci 2 (oops)</p>

<p>Capt of Speech Team
President of Social Action Club (raised $2000 for Haiti) and raised awareness for women’s issues
Select Choir
2 independent studies (writing a play that will be performed by the drama club at school and my daughter is directing the play).</p>

<p>We’re excited that our d was accepted by Villanova!</p>

26

<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 27 (sent two tests both 27)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 90.17
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World, AP U.S., AP Calc AB, AP Language and Composition, AP Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Comparative Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Softball, Marching Band (section leader), Wind Ensemble, Concert Band (section leader)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Sunday School teacher’s assistant
[</em>] Summer Activities: travel softball, camp counselor</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]I am actually shocked I was waitlisted, I was expecting a rejection</p>

27

<p>Just a warning to everyone posting stats - there are a couple people who were not accepted who are trying to use this list to argue that Villanova is practicing discrimination against white students.</p>

28

<p>Thankfully, the thread has been eliminated; sad that it took so long to be pulled. Hopefully he won’t be back!</p>

29

<p>Lol discrimination against white students at a university that is 70 percent caucasians? Ahahahah</p>

30

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (770 Math, 650 Reading, 670 Writing)
SAT II: 800 Maths 2 and 740 Maths 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 10): 8.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars: Green Hanoi-Amsterdam, Thanh Xuan Peace Village, Rock Club, Class Soccer Team
Job/Work Experience: No
Volunteer/Community service: East meets West Foundation, Save the children
Summer Activities: Things above
Essays: I can’t evaluate it myself
Teacher Recommendation: 2 recs from English and Chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec: I think it was good
Additional Rec: East meets West foundation
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (Meet need!)
Intended Major: Finance
Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
School Type: Public School (Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted)
Ethnicity: Asian ( Vietnamese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$30000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ?
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: SATs, essays(maybe)
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Villanova is trying to make the campus more diverse IMO. They accepted 6 VNese this year.
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>Villanova is my first choice. Surely I will attend. Yay!</p>

31

<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: VSB
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):670 M, 670 CR, 710 W (2050 total)
ACT: None
SAT II: 710 US, 690 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81 (4.08 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5-10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):5 Euro, 5 US
IB (place score in parenthesis):None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Stat, Honors Italian, US Issues
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5th on state Italian exam</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Italian Club(Historian), Spanish Club, Italian Honor Society, NHS, varsity basketball, freshman baseball
Job/Work Experience: summer ccd camp teacher’s aide, caddie
Volunteer/Community service: soup kitchen, sandwich group, church lector, peer minister
Summer Activities:caddying, basketball
Essays: I kind of rushed the common app one, but it still cmae out pretty good. It was about my perseverance to play varsity basketball after I started on JV. Work experience one was also pretty good about how I worked my way up the caddying hierarchy. I thought my Villanova essay was really good, talked about the importance of family as it related to the research of my own family tree.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, one was probably great from my Italian teacher for two years and the other good from my AP US teacher
Counselor Rec: Generic
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public(1800 kids)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Reflection
Strengths: strong GPA, tough course load at respected HS, good EC’s, well-rounded
Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of diversity, no demonstrated interest in business, B’s in math classes
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they just saw consistent performance through all four years. I had a tough courseload throughout high school, especially senior year.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: BC, Fairfield(Magis Scholarship), TCNJ, UMich(still waiting to hear from Ross), Richmond
Waitlist: Lehigh???
Rejected: Notre Dame(early action) :(</p>

<p>General Comments:
I was accepted early action, but just felt like contributing. I still have to wait to weigh all of my scholarship options from other schools becuase I won’t be getting any financial aid anywhere. It will probably come down to BC, Villanova, and Fairfield because UMich is too far and I haven’t been accepted to the business school yet. Villanova has a better business school and is closer to home, but BC has been my top choice all along. I sat in on a Villanova class on my third visit there and enjoyed it, but will have to visit BC again and Fairfield for the first time in order to make a final decision. Tough decision for sure and good luck to everyone else in finding the right school.</p>

32

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1990
ACT: 28
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): Will take AP Calc and AP physics this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Physics, H College English, Government, Computer Graphics/Web Design
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Field Hockey, National Honor Society, Community Service, 3 Clubs
Job/Work Experience: Gymnastics Teacher/Bday Party Staff at The Little Gym for 5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity
Summer Activities: work
Essays: Common app: about my grandpa, Supplement: Lesson was how to be an individual and not give into peer pressure
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Undecided Liberal Arts and Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: gpa, SATS
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were waitlisted: Extracurriculars, essays</p>

33

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR / 790 Math / 720 W
ACT: none
SAT II: 740 Math 1c, 790 Chemistry, 650 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous (full time college credits while still in high sschool)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of JV basketball team(10th grade), travel baseball catcher(8th grade), Tutor for college students, church youth group
Job/Work Experience: None, tough economy right? lol
Volunteer/Community service: Many hours at soup kitchen, Nursing home, volunteer tutoring, Focus:Hope center(homeless shelter).
Summer Activities: Backpacked Puerto Rico and lived off the land in a tent for a few weeks
Essays: They’re okay, about volunteering in a very rough and segregated city I live by(Detroit)
Teacher Recommendation: two college professor recommendations, both very strong.
Counselor Rec: just my dad, I was home schooled and took college classes
Additional Rec: none</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: ChemE
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): USA baby
School Type: Religious
Ethnicity: white boy
Gender: MAN
Income Bracket: ~$80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):started going to college at fourteen years old?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades, SAT
Weaknesses: ECs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong sat, grades, strong recs from college professors</p>