Official Class of 2017 Results Thread

Student Lounge African-American Students
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<p>Seeing as the dust has settled now, here’s where the chips lie for me.</p>

<p>Accepted: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech (Provost Scholarship), USC (Dean’s Scholarship), UCLA (Likely Letter), MIT, and Princeton</p>

<p>Rejected: UC Berkeley, should have turned in my application on time. And written for in depth on Berkeley’s MechEng program.</p>

<p>Came really close to putting a Michael Phelps today with them 8 gold medals in Beijing 2008, but I’ll take a solid Mark Spitz finish with 7 out of 8.</p>

<p>Darn you Berkeley.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone guys.</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests: ~650M, ~680L
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
Weighted GPA: IDK
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/267
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: APUS, AP Bio, AP Calc, AP French, Oceanography, other boring required classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: ZERO
Volunteer/Community service: A Lot (lots of tutoring)
Summer Activities: one internship two years ago in Africa (hospital intern)
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
Common App Main Essay: 8/10
EC Short Answer: 5/10
Additional Essay: Too many to remember
Teacher Recommendation 1: Excellent (She really liked me)
Teacher Recommendation 2: Pretty Good (I saw it. She did a good job talking about my personality)
Counselor Rec: I think it was good but you never know.
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OR
Country (if international applicant):
Gender: F
School Type: competitive public
Country of Origin: USA baby :slight_smile:
Educational level of parents: One college grad, one never finished
Income level: ~30,000
Adversity overcome: I dont really know. Income? Maybe racism here and there.
Involvement in Hispanic community: none
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.): URM
Colleges
Accepted: Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, Berkeley, Claremont Mckenna, UCSB, UCSD, UO, Occidental
Waitlisted: Columbia University, University of Chicago, Rice University
Denied:HYS
Likely attending: Your guess is as good as mine.
Outside scholarships: Yes
Institutional scholarships:Yes
Strengths: Being URM definitley helps. GPA maybe. Hard senior classes (still stressing over them :frowning: ). High SAT Writing Score (790)
Weaknesses: Low SAT math score (690), competitive school so relatively low rank, no AP scores, bad SAT IIs ( only submitted to Columbia, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford)
General Comments: I’m actually really grateful all in all. A couple kids at my school got into a whole truck load of Ivys and while I must admit that I’m a bit jealous, I’m proud of how far I’ve come and excited to start a new chapter in my life. :)</p>

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<p>OMG Congratulations to all on the excellent accomplishments! </p>

<p>We’re going to do so well! <em>^▁^</em></p>

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<p>Accepted so far: Johns Hopkins, Hunter College, SUNY Albany, Boston College, Ithaca
Rejected: Penn and Brown</p>

<p>Waiting on Fordham Tufts and Howard, Lehman (ny) and City College (NY)</p>

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<p>I’m so glad this waiting game is over for me! :slight_smile:
Accepted: Northern Arizona University, University of the Pacific, Sac state, Chico State, SF state, CSU Northridge, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, and UCLA.</p>

<p>Rejected: USC (:() and UC Berkeley </p>

<p>Attending: UCLA :smiley: </p>

<p>Buttafly13</p>

<p>I don’t know. I’m in northern cal and I don’t want to miss two days of school. lol Are you going to Bruin day? I’m definitely going there! :)</p>

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<p>Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Mercyhurst, FIU</p>

<p>Rejected: UF, Brown</p>

<p>Waitlisted: UMiami </p>

<p>This college process is so random. Most likely will be attending Johns Hopkins! :D</p>

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<p>@Curious Yes I’m going to Bruin Day!</p>

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<p>I’m so glad that all the waiting is over. Here are my result</p>

<p>Accepted: Reed, Oberlin and Macaulay Honors College at Hunter. </p>

<p>Waitlisted: Brown and Skidmore (what?! Lol)</p>

<p>Rejected: nowhere </p>

<p>Attending: likely Reed xD</p>

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<p>Buttafly13</p>

<p>So you’re going to Bruin and Cal day, then you’ll make your final decision? Good luck! Both are very great schools! :D</p>

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<p>Final results for me are as follows:</p>

<p>Rejected at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, UPenn and Columbia.</p>

<p>Waitlisted at Vandy, Duke, Stanford, U of Chi and Brown.</p>

<p>Accepted to Emory, Amherst, Williams and Cornell. </p>

<p>I’ve accepted my place on all the waitlists except for Vandy’s. I’ll most likely attend Cornell if nothing else opens up in May. I’m very glad this process is over and I’m extremely grateful to have a home for the next four years. <3 Congrats to all! :D</p>

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<p>Accepted: Princeton (SCEA), MIT, Rutgers (Science Honors Program and Pharmacy program on full tuition)</p>

<p>Rejected: Harvard</p>

<p>Attending Princeton. Congrats to everyone! :D</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750 (R), 650 (M), 560 (W) *didn’t send anywhere really
ACT: 34
SAT Subject Tests: 750 (Lit), 660 (Math II), 610 (Spanish)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5-3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.6 - 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World (5), Spanish (4), Comp (5), US (4), Physics (3), Calc (2 XP), Comparative Government, US Government, Environmental Science
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 1st Semester: Non-Credit Seminar, H Japanese III, APES, AP Gov, H Contemporary US History, Philosophy in Literature, Academic Decathlon. 2nd Semester: H Creative Writing, H Japanese III, APES, AP Gov, Senior Experience (Novel Editing), Academic Decathlon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Acadec nationals (2nd place)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Volleyball (School), Volleyball (Club, Captain 2010), Academic Decathlon, Writing, NaNoWriMo
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Day Care Volunteer
Summer Activities: Volleyball camp
Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
Common App Main Essay: Hero, Amelia Atwater Rhodes, about writing
EC Short Answer: About Acadec and how it motivated me to try
Additional Essay:
Teacher Recommendation 1: AP English teacher, no idea didn’t see
Teacher Recommendation 2: AP US teacher, no idea didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Probably okay but large school and limited contact = shrug
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
Gender: Female
School Type: Medium-Large, well ranked, public magnet
Country of Origin:
Educational level of parents: Both at least Bachelor’s degree
Income level: <75,000
Other hooks (recruited athlete, development, etc.):
Colleges
Accepted: Marquette, Macalester, Tulane, Alabama, Vassar, Wellesley, Clark, Williams
Waitlisted:
Denied: Yale
Likely attending: Wellesley or Tulane
Outside scholarships:
Institutional scholarships: Paul Tulane Scholar (Tulane), Presidential Scholarship (Alabama)
Reflection
Strengths: Good Writer, dedicated to a few activities and spend a LOT of time
Weaknesses: Not so hot GPA (for the schools I applied to)
General Comments: It was a good run. Now I have to pick a school!</p>

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<p>Williams! <3</p>

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[quote]
Final results for me are as follows:</p>

<p>Rejected at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, UPenn and Columbia.</p>

<p>Waitlisted at Vandy, Duke, Stanford, U of Chi and Brown.</p>

<p>Accepted to Emory, Amherst, Williams and Cornell. </p>

<p>I’ve accepted my place on all the waitlists except for Vandy’s. I’ll most likely attend Cornell if nothing else opens up in May. I’m very glad this process is over and I’m extremely grateful to have a home for the next four years. <3 Congrats to all! [/quote</p>

<p>Williams! <3</p>

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<p>Williams is pretty swell. :3</p>

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<p>What is it about Williams? I met 2 young Black ladies at Yale University and both said they wish they got into Williams. I asked them and they just Williams is really nice which I thought Yale was. What is so nice that Yale students wish they were at Williams?</p>

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<p>Williams is to Liberal Arts Colleges as Harvard is to National Universities</p>

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<p>Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 3.45
Weighted GPA: 3.95
Rank: Top 3% of a class of 750+
SAT: 2110 (730 CR 620 M 760 W)</p>

<p>Accepted:
San Diego State University
CSU Long Beach
University of Miami
Spelman College
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Berkeley </p>

<p>Choosing between UCLA and Berkeley :smiley:
Congratulations everyone!!</p>

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<p>I’m so happy for all of you. Congratulations. As high school class of 2014, I can only hope for half of the success you all have. Good luck with everything! :D</p>

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<p>This is very great! I’m happy for every single one of you for getting into all these top notch schools! :smiley: I’m proud of myself as well. All my four years of hard work has definitely paid off. I really didn’t think I had a chance at my top schools but I was able to get in at least one of my top 3 schools, and that’s fine with me! :slight_smile: I’m very happy and excited to start a new chapter in my life (I know it sounds cliche but I can’t describe how satisfied I am about my college decision lol)! Again congratulations to everybody and have fun in college next year! I know I will! lol :D</p>