<p>I'll post my stats shortly. Official threads were extremely helpful for me as an applicant, so I want to extend that assistance to other CC lurkers. I'd also love to meet other prospies!</p>
<p>[noparse]Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 28.
[</em>] SAT II: 700 US History, 740 Lit.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4, unweighted.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APLC, 5 APUSH.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Four APs and a skipped year of a foreign language - fairly rigorous, but my curriculum isn’t as intense as the schedules of other CCers.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First in English studies out of my entire class, along with various art/writing/Model UN awards.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor in Chief of my school’s literary magazine, general editor/contributor to two other school publications, Social Action Vice President of Jewish reform youth group, NFTY, Model UN delegate, Film Club participant, forum roleplayer (yeah, yeah I’m a geek), assorted others.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m a paid classroom assistant at my synagogue.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: The Social Action Vice President role is community-service based - I create/lead my youth group’s service programs. My community service opportunities outside that were pretty sporadic and based in youth group activities, so to be totally honest I haven’t kept track of my hours.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Writing camp! I was a participant in Teen Ink’s Young Writers program and the Kenyon Review’s Young Writers Workshop.
[<em>] Essays: It centered my relationship with internet penpals around the world. I actually switched to another essay entirely in later applications because I felt this essay wasn’t as strong. My Why Wooster essay must’ve been well received.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I waived my right of access. I’m assuming it was solid.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^
[</em>] Additional Rec: My boss sent a recommendation on my behalf. It was lovely.
[li] Interview: Went extremely well. I talked about Game of Thrones and Issac Asimov with my interviewer for longer than we talked about Wooster/my resume. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: High-ranking public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White as Wonderbread.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle class.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think being Jewish counts as a hook anymore.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays, recommendations, SAT II scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, ACT.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extracurriculars for sure, also because my personality seems to fit the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m not terribly shocked that I was accepted, but I AM surprised that I received the Dean’s Scholarship for 20,000 dollars a year. I feel extremely thankful and blessed that money isn’t a concern for my family any longer, especially since COW’s one of my favorite schools. I will most likely attend if my top, ED-choice doesn’t work out. </p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>great school, best of luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.71
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesnt rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP World (4) AP Lang(4) AP NSL(4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 1 Regular class, 2 APs, Rest honors.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good leadership
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Not the best
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Not the best
[</em>] Summer Activities:Not the best
[<em>] Essays: Very Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Interview:Very Good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Languages(Maybe), High demonstrated interest</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Classes, Interest, Languages.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community service, lack of extracurricular
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Demonstrated interest, would be in upper 75% of admitted based on scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No other responses yet (wasn’t expecting any yet)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone else! Wooster is really the school that I feel will fit me most.</p>
<p>I was also just accepted EA with a very generous dean’s scholarship of 22,000 per year. COW is one of my top choices and the money certainly makes it even more attractive, but I live in NY and it would be about a nine hour drive so there will definitely be a family conversation about it before a decision is reached. I haven’t visited yet though (planning to in February) and I was wondering if anyone could share some about their visit experience? Thanks!</p>
<p>My child and spouse visited this fall, and the school received rave reviews. Very friendly staff and students, students seemed very happy, extremely clean, well-planned campus, much attention to detail. Accessible faculty. Words and phrases used to describe it included “awesome” and “a hidden gem.” It makes a very, very positive impression; I would encourage you and your family to make the time to visit.</p>