<p>Decisions are starting to come in! So it's time for an Official Class of 2017 Results thread. </p>
<p>Since there are relatively few members applying this year, go ahead and fill out the information section once (whatever data you feel comfortable providing), and you can then post decisions as they are announced. Future members can then match your results with the applicant information you provided.</p>
<p>Use this thread only for results. There is another thread for discussions.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 620 M, 750 CR, 800 W (2170)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT Subject Tests: 720 English Lit, 650 Bio E/M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 7- Bio (4) English Lang (5) Gov (5) WH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, Latin III Honors, AP Psych, AP Spanish, GT Physics, Piano I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Commended, some local contest awards, piano competitions, National Latin Exam awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): karate 6+ years, piano 10+ years, lots of community service, tutoring, NHS, SHS, president of club I founded
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: lots- tutoring and with church
Summer Activities: Took classes at a local community college
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)- some were really good, some were so so
Common App Main Essay: about my love of reading and books, pretty good
EC Short Answer: about one of my extracurriculars
Additional Essay: -
Teacher Recommendation 1: probably really good, written by my english teacher who I’ve known for 3 years
Teacher Recommendation 2: also really good written by a teacher I’ve known for several years
Counselor Rec: ? not sure
Additional Rec: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
Gender: F
School Type: public
Country of Origin: US
Educational level of parents: Bachelor’s
Income level: over 100K
Adversity overcome: some personal stuff
Involvement in Hispanic community: -
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.): URM- black female
Colleges- will post acceptances as they come
Accepted:
Waitlisted:
Denied:
Likely attending:
Outside scholarships: none yet
Institutional scholarships: -
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: few unfavorable grades of transcript
General Comments: good luck to everyone</p>
<p>Objective:[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 660 M: 720 W: 690 Total: 2070[</em>] ACT: nah son :)[<em>] SAT II: World History – 750 Math II - 700[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About 3.95? Our school is on the 100 point system and I have a 98.71 weighted GPA. Only AP classes are weighted[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 703[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), APUSH(5), English Lang(4)[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope :P[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, Honors Latin, Honors Government, Honors Humanities, Honors Economics, Health (required)[<em>] Major Awards (usamo, intel etc.): NHS, Semi-finalist in District Scholarship Competition, QuestBridge College Prep Scholar, AP Scholar, National Achievement Commended (1st my school has had in 15 years), Working on Intel now
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, School Newspaper, Varsity Bowling Team, Henna Club (Treasurer), Volunteer at Church, Help to take care of disabled younger sister[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a paid Physics and World History Tutor last year[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: 200 hrs of volunteering w/ NHS and Church[<em>] Summer Activities: STEM Program at Local College in 9th and 10th grade, Took Chemistry Course at the same college this summer[</em>] Essays: good, 8/10[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Sophomore Year Chem teacher - Great, 9/10
AP Eng Lang Teacher - Great, 8.5/10[</em>] Counselor Rec: Wasn’t able to see, but it should have been amazing. My College Advisor is also my Latin teacher and I’m doing very well in his class. He even told me that all of my recommendations were great[<em>] Additional rec: My Peer Evaluation for Dartmouth was fantastic. I would rate it a 10/10[</em>] Interview: It went great. It lasted about 45 minutes and would have lasted longer if my interviewer didn’t have a meeting to go to (it was at the law firm that he worked at).[/ul]Other[ul][<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY[</em>] Country (if international applicant):[<em>] School Type: VERY LARGE Public. Terrible I should add. We have metal detectors and everything. But we send a lot of students to top schools because our college advisor and honors program are amazing. If nothing else, they really help us with college stuff.[</em>] Ethnicity: Black (of Jamaican Descent)[<em>] Gender: Female[</em>] Income Bracket: I’m poor…[<em>] Hooks (urm, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation College Student [/ul]Reflection[ul][</em>] Strengths: Rank, Course load, black female interested in STEM (if that counts) [<em>] Weaknesses: SAT Scores, Extra-curriculars[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:God is on my side! [*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED[/ul]general comments:I’m so happy and I thank God!</p>
<p>Deferred from Columbia
SAT breakdown: 600M/680CR/660W
Subject tests: 630USH, 670 Lit (got a 4 on both of those AP’s…don’t know what happened)
GPA: 3.7UW (I know…low, but there was a drastic drop because I went through something serious last year. Explained that in my application)
3.9 UW
Senior Year Courseload: AP French IV, AP English IV, AP Govt, AP European History, AP Biology.</p>
<p>Don’t really feel like posting anything else but essays/letters of Rec/EC’s are all pretty good.</p>
<p>Waiting on: UChicago, probably will apply to Cornell</p>
<p>Reflections: Only thing that makes me sad is that they called my counselor asking questions about me and my the grades of my last two grading periods because the committee was divided on whether or not to accept me. Oh well! Que Sera Sera. Will retake SATI’s in January, and send in a MUCH higher GPA (3.9+ unweighted if my grades stay the same)</p>
<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown):2330
•ACT:35
•SAT Subject Tests:Math 2: 790; Biology M: 780
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
•Weighted GPA:4.47
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2 of 500
•AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Lang and Comp, AP U.S. History
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Lang and Comp, Adv Physics, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, College French,
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Natl Merit, Natl Achievement
Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Robotics, Math Club, Science Club
•Job/Work Experience:2 Jobs
•Volunteer/Community service:Lots of volunteer work
•Summer Activities:Exchange Student, work
•Essays (subjects and personal opinions) The essays were trickier than I thought they’d be, but I think they were received well.
•Common App Main Essay:I thought this one was good. It was focused on meaningful people in my life. I used the meaning of my first name and surname as the basis for the essay. Good comments received on approach
•EC Short Answer:
•Additional Essay:
•Teacher Recommendation 1:Very good
•Teacher Recommendation 2:Unknown
•Counselor Rec:Unknown
•Additional Rec:
Other
•State (if domestic applicant):MO
•Country (if international applicant):USA
•Gender:Male
•School Type:Public
•Country of Origin:USA
•Educational level of parents:Post Undergrad
•Income level:150K
•Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.):URM</p>
<p>Colleges
•Accepted:So far, Caltech. Waiting on MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Standard and U of Illinois
•Waitlisted:
•Denied:
•Likely attending:
•Outside scholarships:
•Institutional scholarships:</p>
<p>Reflection
•Strengths:I just tried to be true to myself in all aspects of the writing.
•Weaknesses:Not sure. Again, some of the essays were tricky to write about from my perspective.<br>
Best to everyone as we go through this process.</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 720 M 740 CR 710 W
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests: 780 USH 730 Math 2 720 Spanish 710 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 uw 4.5 w
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10
AP (place score in parenthesis): spanish-5 APUSH-5 Calc Ab-5 Bio-5 Chem-3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):statewide biotech website award, nat merit commended, nat achievement semi, honor roll for rowing, etc
Subjective: good essays, letter of rec were okay
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): clubs at school, president of one, rowing, interning at a biomedical engineering lab
Job/Work Experience: paid intern at research hospital
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:3 year scholarship at a top university studying a specific subject of science and completing a paid internship the last year (kept some of it private so as not to identify myself)
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
Common App Main Essay:
EC Short Answer:
Additional Essay:
Teacher Recommendation 1:
Teacher Recommendation 2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant):
Gender:F
School Type:public
Country of Origin:
Educational level of parents: undergrad
Income level: upper middle class
Adversity overcome:
Involvement in Hispanic community:
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.):URM, i think mainly my three year scholarship and wanting to be an MD/PhD i talk about it ALOT in my app
Colleges
Accepted:Harvard
Waitlisted:
Denied:
Likely attending:Harvard
Outside scholarships:
Institutional scholarships:
Reflection
Strengths: strength in science and very clear vision of my future
Weaknesses: sat scores, possibly more leadership positions
General Comments:I am so happy and amazed I got in! it has been my dream for so long, best of luck to all of you!</p>
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