<p>I don’t know all of my brother’s stats but here are the basics:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SATI: 2340 (one sitting)
SATII: Chem 750 Math 2 750
Rank: 3/365
ECs: Choir, Jazz, HOBY, Theatre
Excellent letters
public school in Texas
Ethnicity: Hispanic
low income</p>
<p>waiting on Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>College and program: I forget</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760M, 750CR, 640W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Chem, 770 Math II
[<em>] ACT: na
[</em>] APs/IBs: 5 Chem, 5 Bio, 4 Spanish
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.95, 4.15
[</em>] Rank: 2 or 3
[<em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Working in family restaurant…uhhhhh…CA Scholarship Federation (but I never went to meetings)…not much really
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: Give Every Child a Chance Tutoring (3, 4 years)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Brief Auto-bio, covered bases from 4yrs old to now
[<em>] Hook (if any): Poor as dirt, does that count? Also, 1st Gen. college student and I work a lot at restaurant.
[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[</em>] State or country: CA
[<em>] School type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: I wasn’t sure what to expect after I got into UCB’s College of Natural Resources which seemed much less competitive compared to The College of Letters and Science (as I looked at the decisions thread). I honestly prefer this MUCH more than outright rejection since I really want Financial Aid.</p>
<h2>Also, if you didn’t get a letter of any kind today, don’t feel like you’re already rejected, my decision came in 1st class mail which seems no slower than priority. Congrats to those already accepted!</h2>
<p>On a related note, is it possible to reserve a spot at another college and still retain a spot of a waitlist and the opportunity to accept a offer of acceptance?? Please PM an answer if you have one, it would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Waitlisted.</p>
<p>Not accepting position on waitlist. No reason to go to a school that costs twice as much as other schools I’ve been accepted to with far greater engineering programs than Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>My little sister is in the Houston, TX area and has not received any letter at all so far, and neither has anyone else at her school.</p>
<p>I am a current student at Vanderbilt (about to finish my junior year), so she has the legacy thing going for her. Go Dores!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted by Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didnt send
[</em>] ACT: 31 (34 M, 32 E, 25 R, 33 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 bio-m, 690 world
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.36 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 or 13/420
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), Eng Lang (4), US (4), Bio (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP art history, AP econ, AP gov, physics, english
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CSF, ap scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varisity dance team (4 years, captain), NHS, National Charity League, studio dance competition team, church work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: AP essay grader for my school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: national charity league, special camp for special kids
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer program at georgetown
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: really good (one of her fav students)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: new this year, probs alright
[</em>] Additional Rec: really good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public- one of the best in the state
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): blonde applying as an engineering major</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa, class rank, very tough school, ec’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: reading act score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea that biomedical engineering was so popular, shouldve applied undecided (going on the waitlist undecided)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: ucsb, villanova, fordham, tulane with scholarships, bc/ waitlisted vandy (obvi), rejected cal ucla- biomedical engineering (could appeal for acceptance)</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Does anyone know if waitlisted students that are accepted get any financial aid or scholarships?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
by email on Friday 25th.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2270 (R750, M800, W720) - one time.
[</em>] ACT: 34 not sent.
[<em>] SAT II: MathII 800, Physics 780, Chem 800, (Korean800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93/100 in my school, GC put 4.0.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): GC put ‘top 1% out of 400 seniors’.
[</em>] AP - All self-study from a Non-AP school: AP Calculus(5), Physics B(5), Physics C-Mechanics(5)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing international, but one national and some state and metropolitan city level awards in math/science/physics, alongside a few school-wide contest awards in essay(!)/math/science.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Continuously studying math/physics two grades above my level through self-study, clubs, and much reading; Article publication in Korea’s most famous science magazine(10); UofToronto’s Int’l Physics Olympiad program(11); one physics research paper(11); co-founder of chess club(10); school’s education leader(9); NGO’s youth tranlation team leader(11); junior ski instructor certificate(11); local ski-racing team(10-12); hobby tennis and certificates(8-12); hobby guitar(10-12); Mensa Int’l member.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 0
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:250 hours focused primarily on three activities - translation, adopted (from Korea) children service, and tutoing.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Was selected to district’s “advanced science lab program for sudents gifted in science”(9), math/physics summer camp and subsequent awards(10), a month-long residential physics research program with college credits(11); camp counselor for adopted children(8-11); tennis
[<em>] Essays: Did my best.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both adored me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good. She showed me draft and final, and made sure we both liked it. xD
[</em>] Additional Rec: 0
[li] Interview: 0[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): CANADA
[<em>] School Type: awfully tough public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-ORM
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 55k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 0[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Burning passion for physics/sci, AP’s from a non-AP school, I came to Canada from Korea, 2.5 years ago, so my school considers my performance insane 
and, I believe, the ad-com noticed (ThankGod!)
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted into Northwestern, Berkeley, and URochester. /MIT and Columbia(ED) rejected me.
[/ul]
General Comments: Still waiting to hear from some schools and, most importantly, f/a packages.</p>
<p>Live in NY, didn’t receive any mail yet. Guess i got rejected/waitlisted…</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected by Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730M, 750CR, 800W
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/130
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, Physics, Digital Electronics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): haha nope
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years Varsity Tennis (Captain, MVP), 1 year JV Baseball (Offensive MVP), 1 year Varsity Baseball, 2 years Academic Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked in construction, at a ski slope, and at a law office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (secretary), Recycling Project (Founder, President)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Jobs, Hoosier Boys State
[</em>] Essays: my comp teacher encouraged me to attempt to publish them. Pretty narrative and anecdotal; informal. But showed interest. Hmm…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: teachers at my school don’t really understand how to write rec letters. one of my teachers, god love her, literally just copied my resume and put it in poorly worded paragraph form. the other teacher was kinda weird about it.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: and guidance was equally weird with it.
[<em>] Additional Rec: couldn’t find anyone really. didn’t want to send too much
[</em>] Interview: didn’t apply for one; i live in a pretty out-of-the-way town.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[</em>] School Type: small rural public; never sends grads past state schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Ginger
[</em>] Gender: Manly
[<em>]Income Bracket: fluctuates from 80k - 140k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): … i wish ginger was a hook.
[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: decent scores, essays, grades, rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack work/experience in engineering, no interview, bad school, poor recs
[<em>] Why you think you were rejected: I WOULD LOOOOVE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION! lol
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: on the huuuge waitlist for UChicago
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**
I submitted my app online on the last day, just because i didn’t think it mattered… did it matter? haha because i’m the only one that has been flat out rejected to show up on here so far. Pretty disheartening considering that I applied to <em>gulp</em> all ivies but 2.
well sheeit. good luck to everyone in deciding the rest of your life away.</li>
</ul>
<p>woah that is jacked up haha my bad</p>
<p>Decision: waitlisted by (engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap calc bc, hon. phys, hon. anatomy, ap senior lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): cook county medal of honor award (community service)
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student council vice president, hockey (captain for 4 straight years), freshman homeroom leader, school ambassador, lacrosse, cross country, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 30+ hours a week during the school year late junior year/early senior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours + at a hospital, 100 hours + volunteering as an assistant coach, another 60 misc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: work/volunteering
[</em>] Essays: i thought it was really good. really personal
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: LOL. I was ditched (seriously) 2 times by my interviewer. So on the the third time, i def think i got the guilt card, so it must have been reported as really good. It went well too.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]</p>
<p><em>[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 130k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]</p>
<p><em>[</em>] Strengths:rigor, ec’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: gpa?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am very disappointed. I have no idea, I thought i was what they were looking for
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m the waitlisting king. Waitlisted at <a href=“mailto:WASHu@st.louis”>WASHu@st.louis</a> and northwestern ,accepted to University of Illinois[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Waitlisted
33 ACT, Salutatorian, 4.0 UW GPA
Did not have interview and showed little interest + tough & talented competition this year ensured my waitlist. I know it’s a fantastic school, but only applied to appease my father, so not upset at all 
Congrats to those accepted :)</p>
<p>Waitlisted
34 ACT, 4.37 GPA, Interviewed
Congrats to those who made it in!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted by (Vanderbilt)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 760M, 670CR, 680W
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] SAT II: Math 2:640 World History:690 US History: 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.864
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 out of 390
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Three 5s, Three 4s, One 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Five AP Classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year Varsity Swimmer, 3 year Varsity Tennis Player, Red Cross Club Secretary, Key Club Member, Science Olympiad Club Member
[ *] Job/Work Experience:NA
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Over 100 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Chinese and American Camp in Beijing for three weeks
[ *] Essays: About Swimming, not bad
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Not bad
[ *] Counselor Rec:Generic
[ *] Additional Rec:None
[ *] Interview:None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):NA
[ *] School Type:Top 5% of America
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese American
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket:200K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Generic but creative Asian student
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores especially Math 2
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I probably would’ve been rejected except for the fact that I was Asian I think. Probably not going to accept the waitlisted position though.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UW and Villanova, Waitlisted at WASHU
[ /list][ b]General Comments: It would have been nice to put acceptance to Vanderbilt as one of my accomplishments</p></li>
</ul>
<p>@redzerb<br>
My daughter’s boyfriend also found out he was rejected today; his stats are quite similar to yours except he has a 34 ACT. He was pretty upset about it. His ECs are also very good, none of us can figure out why. Perhaps his essay didn’t stand out enough or the LOR weren’t stellar… hard to say, just wanted to say that there are probably more than a few very qualified kids feeling a bit shell shocked.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 32 (32 E, 28 M, 32 R, 34 S)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7, 3.9 w
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5); will take Macro, Micro, and Stat AP tests this may.
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, PreCalculus, AP Economics, Spanish 4 Honors, Film Lit., and Physics</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity soccer, varsity football, and extensive JROTC leadership
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth soccer coach
[<em>] Essays: Solid, but very hit-or-miss (and they have been). Talked about my experiences in both a public high school in California and an all-boys military academy in Alabama
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
[li] Counselor Rec: Awesome</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA/AL
[</em>] School Type: Large public and all-boys military academy
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 400k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: leadership, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and course selection
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am astounded I didn’t get rejected. I think my essays and my unique experience at military school helped get me on the waitlist. But still, Vandy was INSANE this year and I’m really lucky not to have been outright rejected.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to Miami, Tulane, USD, Chapman, Lewis & Clark, Willamette, Arizona, Penn State, SDSU, and Puget Sound. Rejected from Boston College. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: First, congrats to all who were accepted! I’m pretty sure I’ll opt out of the waitlist, and I think Tulane is it!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (CAS)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740 W: 750 M: 770 (2260) one sitting
[</em>] SAT II: 790 (Chinese w/ Listening) 720 (Math II)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t do GPA. 99.3/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t do ranking. I’m assuming 2/28? Really small school.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (5), Micro (5), Chem (4), WH (5), Chinese (5), Lit (4), Studio Art (TBA), Psychology (TBA), Calc AB (TBA), Lang (TBA)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Studio Art
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology
AP Language & Composition
Research Seminar (1st sem) / Yearbook (2nd sem)
High School Dance II
Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Commended something something for PSATs.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (went from Secretary to Vice President to President), Interact (Secretary to Vice President), Varsity Basketball (4 years, captain), Varsity Volleyball (4 years, captain), Dance Company (Stage manager), coaching Middle School basketball and volleyball, work with Shanghai Student Post (writing English articles for local Chinese students), involved in plays/musicals since the 10th grade (lead roles for most of them), helped out with Rock Band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Graphic designer for various companies, photographer, interned at a photography studio, write blog posts for [url=<a href=“http://www.commentarista.com%5DCommentarista%5B/url”>http://www.commentarista.com]Commentarista[/url</a>]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteers at autism center, Habitat for Humanity with Interact club, volunteered at Soup Kitchen and Day Care Center in summer of 2009, helped organize Razzmatazz and All That Jazz (50’s style concert to help benefit BaoBei Foundation)[/li][</em>] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP (2009)
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good. (:
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[<em>] School Type: International School (so, private, basically)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: N/A
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None[/li][/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: SATs, probably. Not really sure.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, Extracurricular lacking
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea really.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Boston University. Rejected from UCSD. Waiting to hear from everywhere else.
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone else!</p></li>
</ul>
<p>It means that some of the international students have already received their decisions!!!Congratulations!!!I’ll be waiting for mine)))</p>
<p>Haha Vandy emailed the international students on Saturday
Parisrosaries, I’m from Shanghai too!! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (Vanderbilt- lol)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 690 CR, 750 Writing (11 essay)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 USH, 800 Chem, 720 Physics (don’t submit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 10.0): 8.8/10.0
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 13 subjects at school
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some Math awards.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): soccer, badminton,…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: some
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: n/a[/li][/ul][ b]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $10,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):n/a[/li][/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: I dont know
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, I think
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p></li>
</ul>