Official Columbia 2014 RD Decisions

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):
* ACT:
* SAT II:
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
* AP (place score in parenthesis):
* IB (place score in parenthesis):
* Senior Year Course Load:
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
* Job/Work Experience:
* Volunteer/Community service:
* Summer Activities:
* Essays:
* Teacher Recommendation:
* Counselor Rec:
* Additional Rec:
* Interview:
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type:
* Ethnicity:
* Gender:
* Income Bracket:
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:
* Weaknesses:
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
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<p>General Comments: </p>

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<p>Most people applied to multiple Ivies and top schools. It would be interesting to compare RD decision results from these schools in one place. To avoid redundancy, I’ve created a separate thread.</p>

<p>Please post your RESULTS using the Template below at this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896071-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896071-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For DISCUSSIONS, use this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896111-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary-discussion-thread.html#post1064490898[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896111-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary-discussion-thread.html#post1064490898&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Template:</p>

<p>**ADMISSION RESULTS <a href=“List%20only%20the%20Ivies,%20MIT,%20Stanford,%20UChicago,%20and%20other%20top%20schools”>/B</a>:

  • ACCEPTED:
  • WAIT-LISTED:
  • REJECTED:</p>

<p>LIKELY TO ATTEND:</p>

<p>KEY STATS:

  • SAT I:
  • SAT II:
  • GPA (un-weighted):
  • EC (scale of 1-5, 5 being most significant):
  • Ethnicity/Gender:
  • State or Country (if international)</p>

<p>Comments: </p>

<p>Link to Details:
(Add Link to your detailed posting under “Official RD Decisions” by school, if you created one. To create link: add at the end of the URL, and add at the start of the URL with NO spaces in between.)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 CR, 710 Wr, 690 Ma)</li>
<li>SAT II: Bio 790, Chem 700, French 800, Spanish 780, German 800</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:</li>
<li>Summer Activities:</li>
<li>Essays:</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation:</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview:</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant):</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): Germany</li>
<li>School Type: State</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender:Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: High income</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths:</li>
<li>Weaknesses:</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 710 Math, 710 Writing, 610 Reading</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 690 Physics, 760 Math Level 2</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>GCSE: Science (A<em>), Additional Science (A</em>), Math (A<em>), Economics (A</em>), History (A<em>), Drama (A</em>), French (A*), English (A), English Literature (A)</li>
<li>A-level Predictions: A in Math, History, Chemistry, Physics</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top ten GCSE Drama Grade in the world</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet Grade 6, Modern Intermediate, Street Jazz, School Dance Team, Performed in Global Rock Challenge in team (1st Place), Performed in Sharmila Dance Extravaganza, Performed in Dubai Rugby 7s, Vocal Training, School Choir, Performed in Dubai Literacy Festival, Performed in Arts Day, Performed in School Christmas Concert, Perform in Daytime Concert in school, Wizard of Oz [Wicked Witch of the West], Church Christmas Production, Inter school Athletics Competitions [1st and 2nd places], Yearbook commitee (Class Leader), School Prefect, Conducted Tours for parents and prospective students on open days, Assisted in Parents Evenings</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Assisted in Children’s Church section of my church</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Heart Saver course (hardly anything)</li>
<li>Essays: I think they were great</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: great </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: not sure</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview: none</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant):</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): Nigeria </li>
<li>School Type: Private [Im the 1st person to go to an ivy league (i got into upenn)]</li>
<li>Ethnicity: African (Black)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: high</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): umm… are nigerians URM ?</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: EC’s, Alevels and GCSEs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Not much leadership, SATs, Summer activities </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: umm im not too sure to be honest… i dont get how admissions work in America cause i’ve been in the English system my whole life… maybe a better SAT score wouldve done it?!</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): reading: 650, math: 570, writing: 620</li>
<li>ACT: 30</li>
<li>SAT II: Literature: 620, Math: 590</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 and 4.22 weighted</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/400</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Chem, US Hist, Lang & Comp, Art Hist</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP Stat, AP Macro, AP Micro, Musical Theater, American Gov’t, Spanish 3, AP Lit & Comp</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Medallion of Excellence</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Sophomore Class President, Junior Class President, Student Council President), Interact/Youth Rotary Club (President), S.A.D.D. (Treasurer), National Honor Society (Jr. Rep), Sandblast Video Club, Spanish Honor Society, Freshman Cheerleading (Co-Captain), JV Cheer (Captain), Varsity Cheer, American Musical Theater</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Hershey’s Ice Cream Scooper</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Pop Warner Association Junior Coach, Soup Kitchen, Jerry Dollinar Food Drive</li>
<li>Summer Activities:</li>
<li>Essays:</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 2 letters from AP teachers</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: letter from principal</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview:</li>
<li>I also sent in a music supplement: a CD of myself singing (I’ve done professional theater as well as school theater, so I don’t think that would’ve hurt my aplication)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): FL</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public High School</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Well-rounded, really involved, good recommendations </li>
<li>Weaknesses: low SAT scores, unweighted GPA, class rank?</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I don’t think I could pinpoint an exact reason why I was rejected, but I did have pretty low SAT scores for an ivy league; however, I hoped my ACT score would compensate. Also, my unweighted GPA wasn’t as high as it should’ve been. I hoped that my extracurriculars, community service, music supplement, and teacher recommendations would compensate, but I guess there are applicants that don’t require any compensation, and those are the ones that were accepted.</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: I tried to go into it without expectations, but I was still kind of disappointed when I received the rejection letter.</p>