Official Class of 2018 African American Results Thread

anon39653830 · December 9, 2013, 6:59pm

It is only a few days until decisions start coming out for the early rounds so here is this thread.

Try to keep this clean, results only, keep discussion in the other thread if possible.

just copy and paste this and fill in as necessary

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[noparse]Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[li] SAT I (breakdown):[/li]
[li] ACT (breakdown):[/li]
[li] SAT Subject Tests (place score in parentheses):[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parentheses):[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parentheses):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community Service:[/li]
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]
[li] Essays:[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendations:[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]
[li] Additional Rec:[/li]
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[li] State (if domestic applicant):[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type:[/li]
[li] Ethnicity:[/li]
[li] Gender:[/li]
[li] Income Bracket:[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[li] Strengths:[/li]
[li] Weaknesses:[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li]
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied:[/li]
[li] Any Scholarships or Honors programs?[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:[/noparse]

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29happymom26 · December 12, 2013, 8:00pm

ACCEPTED Fordham. (NASF-Full tuition). U. Of Iowa. Direct admit into both business schools

[li] SAT I (breakdown):[/li]30. ACT
SAT Subject Tests (place score in parentheses):
4.0. Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):

<h1>2 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</h1>

Completed 7 by end of senior year. All 4’s and 5’s AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
NASF. (Expected finalist) Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community Service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendations:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[li] Gender:[/li]Not low income Income Bracket:
Bi-racial. Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[li] Any Scholarships or Honors programs?[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

anon39653830 · December 14, 2013, 5:37am

Choose One:**Decision: ACCEPTED HARVARD SCEA **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2060(really have no idea what the breakdown was 710 math 690R 660W maybe) I did not send
[] ACT (breakdown):35C 34E 36M 34R 34S best sitting, 35C 34E 36M 34R 36S superscore
[] SAT Subject Tests (place score in parentheses): 640 Bio M 730 Math 1 730 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank but it would be 64/355 or top 15%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Gov(5) Bio(4) World History(4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP USH, Advanced Journalism, Marching Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USSYP, Eagle Scout, UASF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Student Rep on a State Board), Tennis club and school varsity, (student rep on a city board), Freeskier, Varsity Golf, Boy Scouts(senior patrol leader), church youth group and choir, newspaper, band, marching band, drumline, winter drumline, jazz band, pit (section leader) idk remember all of them.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a U.S. Embassy(weird situation I am living in West Africa 2nd semester)
[] Volunteer/Community Service: 400 hours+
[] Summer Activities: lots of things, not on application soooo……
[] Essays: Decent, Got a B in AP Lang on my common app one haha, wrote both my additional info and my EC supplement the night before soooo. But I was happy with them.
[] Teacher Recommendations: English teacher really likes me, Chem teacher probably wrote a generic one. Gov teacher never finished his.
[] Counselor Rec:Who knows probably pretty good I think she likes me.
[] Additional Rec:N/A
[li] Interview:Happened to be in Boston and did the interview with my admissions reader and I thought it went well. Interviewing with someone who has actually read your application is 100x better than Alumni interviews in my opinion. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):Iowa
[] Country (if international applicant): West Africa
[] School Type:Large Public
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: ~200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, Extracurriculars, URM Status, Upward trend, who knows really.
[] Weaknesses: GPA obviously, SAT subject tests
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea
[] Where else you are applying or have already applied: my list before this was super long, Harvard(In obviously), Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia,Uchicago, MIT, Caltech(unsure i was even going to apply to the techs), USC, URochester, Purdue, Utah, Kansas(full ride), ISU(full tuition), UA(full tuition). But I think I will cut out columbia stanford and the techs.

[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
I guess when they say anything was possible they meant it.

I really regret not writing my essays earlier in the summer. I also wish I would have taken a few more subject tests at the right time.

americanjoker · December 14, 2013, 8:18pm

Decision: Accepted Case Western, University of Wisconsin-Madison,

I am still waiting on other schools. I’m too lazy to fill out the other stuff so message me if you have questions.

LDGQQQ · December 14, 2013, 8:54pm

I was accepted by Stanford! Will post stats later.

crc016 · December 16, 2013, 5:31pm

Accepted to wharton! Stats will come later

Evergreen1929 · December 27, 2013, 3:57pm

Accepted at Rutgers, New Brunswick (Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences) and Simmons College, Boston.

Stats Later

Elainaj · December 31, 2013, 3:04pm

**Decision: Accepted - University of Pennsylvania (CAS) **

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1st sitting (sophomore year) 660/630/590/7
2nd sitting (senior year) 730/710/560/8
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 730/710/590/8
[]ACT (breakdown):
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):
[]SAT II (subject, score): Chemistry- 690 US History- 710
[]Unweighted/Weighted GPA: unweighted- 3.9048
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/129
[]AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Didn’t Report but AP Chem( 2), AP US History( 3), AP Psychology(3)
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Spanish 4, Religion 4, AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP World Literature (Lit and comp) ,and Choral 4
[]Number of other ED applicants in your school: 1 ( just me as far as I know)
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nope
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honor Roll all throughout high school (Distinguished, First, and Second Honors) , National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]

[li]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): [/li]Spirit Ambassadors, 10th-12th
Spirit Earth, 10th-12th
Spirit Outreach, 9th-12th
Choir 9th-12th 
School Play 9th -12th
Drama Club 10th- 12th
Mock Trial Team 9th- 12th , Vice President
Student Government Committee (Sprit Committee), 11th-12th
Academic Triathlon Team 10th-12th
Math Tutoring Club 9th -12th
Interact Club 11th-12th
Book Club 9th -12th

[]Job/Work Experience: Kmart Cashier from 6/2012 to Present
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Nursing Home Volunteer, and other various small to mid-sized service projects in my community
[]Summer Experience: Working for the last two summers
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read, but must have been good if I got in. I picked my AP US Hist 2 Teacher. I didn’t get an A in the class ( I got a low B+) but she knows I work hard.
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read, but must have been good if I got in. I picked my AP Chem/Physics Teacher (Had him for 3 yrs). I didn’t get an A in the class. (I got a low B) but he knows I worked hard even though I struggled with the 3rd semester of Chemistry and the 1st semester of Physics.
[]Counselor Rec: Good but a little generic. I didn’t REALLY get to know her until early junior year.
[]Additional Info/Rec:
[]Interview: Really good, no awkward moments, had good answers for all of her questions, and it lasted 40 minutes.

[]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details): 6-7
[]Why Penn: Good overall: Good intro, okay supporting paragraphs, and a strong finish. I answered the question, and clearly showed what I could bring to the table.
[]Any dual-degree program essays: nope
[]Common App Essay: Really good![/ul]

Other:[ul]
[]Date Submitted App: 10-27-13
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[]School Type: Small, Private, Catholic
[]Ethnicity: African American
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: 30,000- 40,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): URM, first generation, and I live in an underrepresented area.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: URM, First generation, Essays, Extracurriculars
[]Weaknesses: SAT scores, AP Scores, SAT II Scores
[]Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted- Fordham, Richard Stockton College, Arcadia University, Mount St. Mary’s University
Rejected/Deferred- nowhere had to rescind my apps
[]What would you have done differently?: Higher standardized test scores if I didn’t get in.
Other Factors:[/ul]

picktails · January 1, 2014, 9:08pm

So far my D is 1 for 2 - accepted to Tulane, denied Yale SCEA.

Wescap · January 2, 2014, 6:50pm

DD was accepted to Fordham and The College of Wooster.

learninginprog · January 2, 2014, 9:45pm

Congrats you guys!

hsgrad · January 3, 2014, 9:53am

Decision: Accepted -
Fordham (NASF Full Tuition)
Howard (full tuition, fees and room…will bump up to full ride if I make NAF)
Northeastern (will get 30k and honors IF I make NAF)
Pitt

Deferred-
Georgetown (not holding out much hope as they want my subject test scores now and they are not great)

Comments: All uphill from here. I am still am hoping for a LAC but need to get in AND get money. Still, I am very happy to have some choices this early and glad my parents made me apply to some schools EA where NASF would help get money.

SkyRue · January 6, 2014, 4:37pm

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
(to OSU, Case Western Reserve University, UAlabama (Roll Tide heyyyyy), MIT

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): I did not submit this. The SAT is my mortal enemy
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (The ACT isn’t my best friend either tho)
[] SAT Subject Tests (place score in parentheses): 790 Math 2, 730 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Nope!
[] AP (place score in parentheses): After my senior year, I will have taken 11 AP classes
[] IB (place score in parentheses): No sir!
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Eng 12, AP Gov, AP Calc BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): I’m
[] Job/Work Experience: way
[] Volunteer/Community Service: too
[] Summer Activities: lazy
[] Essays: to
[] Teacher Recommendations: type
[] Counselor Rec: these
[] Additional Rec: up (sorry)
[li] Interview: My interview w/MIT was fantastic, mostly because it was so chill[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Somewhere over
[] Country (if international applicant): da rainbow
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: shout out to all my west Africans
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: All the schools I applied to didn’t see my financial info when reviewing my applications, so this ain’t relevant
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[li] Any Scholarships or Honors programs?[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: When in doubt, just be yourself and no one else (applies to everything in life)

westofguam · January 6, 2014, 5:29pm

^ lol #TeamAfrica :-)

collegeluva101 · January 13, 2014, 10:30am

I was accepted to Harvard SCEA! I’m still waiting on Yale, Princeton, and Brown RD so I’ll post official results when I get them all.

manray · January 19, 2014, 5:11pm

Accepted at Swarthmore and will be attending. Will post stats later

detpeace · January 20, 2014, 2:19pm

Wow! Congrats you guys!!!

Decision: Accepted University of Michigan (Full Tuition) I will be attending!

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 26c, 33e, 26m, 24r, 21s
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
[] Senior Year Course Load: English 12, Pre-Calculus, Finance, Speech, Advanced Visual Arts, Advanced Theatre Arts
Dual Enrollment: Intro to Psychology, Spanish III

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball (Captain), Student Government, Tutoring/Peer Mentoring, Multicultural Club, Political Youth Group, 4-H, Yearbook, Dance, Art, Theatre
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs, 1 internship
[] Volunteer/Community Service: 400+ hours
[] Summer Activities: job, community service
[] Essays: Passionate, Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendations: Good
[li] Counselor Rec: General[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] School Type: Small, charter
[] Ethnicity: AA
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <$25,000
[] Hooks: URM & first generation college student

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[] Any Scholarships or Honors programs? Coca Cola Scholarship Finalist!!!

SaraRose16 · March 10, 2014, 8:47pm

@detpeace your ACT score and gpa is close to mine. I thought UM was a reach. Hope I get in live 10 minutes away. By the way got into: Albion:($18,500 per yr), Eastern(18,000 per 4 yrs), George Mason (Honors College + OOS waived), UDM(18,500 per yr), Ball state (Honors college + OOS tuition waived), Kalamazoo college (w/ merit scholarship), and Michigan State (possibly Honors college). Waiting on Harvard, Uchicago, Northwestern, Carleton, Oberlin and Michigan. So far 7/13.

picktails · March 11, 2014, 1:04am

D just found out accepted to Bowdoin! Email, no FA info yet.

ProudMomx3 · March 12, 2014, 3:15pm

@picktails
Congrats to your daughter! Has she visited there yet?

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