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<p>Official Columbia Regular Decision Class of 2015 Results</p>

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[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays:
ECs:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>

<p>**Format taken from wierdolilgrl's topic.</p>

2

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2400 (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (one sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level 2 – 800, Chemistry - 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/425
[</em>] AP: 5’s on Chemistry, Biology, Calculus AB, and Psychology (logistically impossible to take AP course until junior year)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Calculus II (took at community college), AP Statistics (online), AP Human Geography, AP US Government and Politics, AP English Language, AP English Literature, Spanish IV (administrative regulations precluded my taking AP Spanish), and PE (required)
[</em>] Awards: USNCO, NMSF, NHRP, state awards in English and Chemistry
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Piano improvisation and performance (both paid and unpaid; significant time commitment); Mock Trial; Scholastic Bowl; Peer Tutoring; Peer Leadership; WYSE Academic Team; JETS Engineering Team; Social Studies Club; Various volunteering engagements; Various leadership positions and awards in the previous activities
[</em>] Summer Activities: Vanderbilt twice, music composition program, community college
[<em>] Essays: Difficult to self-evaluate
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Haven’t seen them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen it
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State: Illinois
[<em>] Country: US (domestic applicant)
[</em>] School Type: Semi-competitive public (A few NMSF’s each year; about 15 students with ACT scores 33+)
[<em>] Ethnicity: 3/4 White non-Hispanic; 1/4 Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Perfect test scores, rigorous curriculum (under the circumstances), GPA, rank, well-roundedness
[</em>] Weaknesses: Dearth of major awards, don’t attend feeder high school, no unusually compelling extracurricular activities, should have self-studied some AP tests
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone as they move forward. </p>

<p>Received likely letter.</p>

3

<p>**Decision: Waitlisted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT: 2060</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: Literature - 630, Math II - 590, U.S History - 590 (Yes, I know)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Advanced Placement: Language & Composition - 4, U.S. History - 5, Taking Art History, Calculus AB, and Literature & Composition</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 3.8 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank:58/460</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Essays: Pretty damn good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ECs: Fantastic: Habitat for Humanity, Preservation Society, Work with Diversity Memphis, Memphis Youth Symphony, All-West & All-State, Intern at an Architecture Firm, etc., etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: One was fantastic, the other not so much</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: It was ok; not the best.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: I turned in my application the day of, the midyear report three weeks late, and the fafsa was just turned in yesterday.
General Comments: It’s a great school, my dream school at one point. I’m going into architecture though and I need something that is more focused than a core curriculum. My mentor advised me not to go here. BUT I still love this school. With that being said, I’m joining the waitlist but enrolling at Pratt Institute (a better school for me in terms of architecture).</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred -----> Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770W, 770CR, 680M (2220)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 740 US History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Euro (4), US History (5), Lang & Comp (5), Calc, Lit, Pol & Gov, Macroecon
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/359
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Orchestra (Concertmaster, President), Chamber Orchestra (Co-Founder), Volunteer Tutor at Neighborhood House Association Tutoring Center, Girls State, Competitive Speaking (9th/10th grade), Link Crew (11th), Honor Society (12th), Co-Founder of MISC (Musicians In Support against Cancer) Benefit Concert for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - raised over $2000
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon Learning Center, agency-represented fashion/runway model
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Personal statement was strong and I had a unique twist on my short answer (extracurricular activity)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good I think?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Yes, deferred
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington
[<em>] School Type: public, fairly small, not competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Taiwanese, half German
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Mehhh, not surprised. It was my dream school, but after getting deferred I was slightly disillusioned and had the opportunity to look into other schools. I got into Penn, Chicago, Barnard, UCB, UCLA, NYU, UW Honors, so I’m very excited about my choices…and hopefully I can make Penn or Chicago work.</p>

5

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did Not Submit
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 730, 660, 630
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/463
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP European History (4), AP English Literature (4)
[<em>] AP Pending: AB Calculus, AP Physics B, AP English Language, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Eagle Scout, AP Scholar, Boys State representative, </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Section Leader), Wind Symphony (Section Principle), Full Orchestra (Section Principle), Pit Orchestra, Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), National Honor Society (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job since freshman year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons of stuff through Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State (11th grade); work
[<em>] Essays: Pretty decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing; the other pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, I’m really excited! [/li][/ul]General Comments: Also accepted to Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Rice, USC, UTAustin</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted with Likely/Kluge Scholar</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send.
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite (35E, 30M, 36R, 33S, 9 essay)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Bio M, 740 Chem, 740 Lit (retake), 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.7 UW at my high school, which I think translates to a 3.9. 3.88 for my college work (two Bs last semester).
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/330 weighted (what my school uses for val/sal). 2/330 unweighted. My weighted rank dropped since my high school doesn’t weight college courses.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Microeconomics, Microbiology, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Spanish, a graduate-level English/film course, American Government. They’re all college courses.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bronze medal at ISWEEEP, National Achievement and Merit (only semifinalist at time of application), some other science fair awards, STAR Student (highest SAT in my school), prestigious merit scholarship at the university I take classes at.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Intramural ultimate frisbee, soccer, flag football, and softball (2 years), yearbook executive (2 years), ambassador for my school (1 year), microbiology and neuroscience research (3 years), a Nigerian cultural organization (4 years), a leadership program run by my county (1 year), JV basketball (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None at the time of application.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve worked with local refugees for 2 years.
[<em>] Essays: Common App- I wrote about my interest in Japanese and Korean music lol. Sounds lame, but it seems to be working. It’s not the best thing ever written, because creative writing isn’t my forte, but it showed my appreciation of diversity and world cultures and my sense of humor. Talked about diversity and neuroscience for my “Why Columbia?”
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good. Both from professors.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should also be good. She knows me very well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t send.
[<em>] Interview: By far my best interview. She said incredibly nice things.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public. Dual-enrolled.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black (Nigerian-American)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: about 80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, hooks, research, college curriculum.
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT math, two Bs last semester
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high-stat URM and really good interview
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Yale (deferred EA), Amherst (Early write/Schupf Scholar), Duke (likely), WashU, Emory, GA Tech, Johns Hopkins. Still waiting on Harvard’s email. No rejections or waitlists.
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (760 M, 620 CR, 670 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 M, 34 R, 33 E, 33 W)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Chem, 770 Math II, 650 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.7/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~180
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Stats (50)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Government and Politics, English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Leadership Club, Mentoring (head mentor), Spanish Club (president), National Honor Society, Math Team, Soccer, Swim Team (captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked on my dad’s commercial fishing boat during the summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at local hospital in the summer for 4 years, other community service through my school
[<em>] Essays: learning about my dad’s influence on me through working on fishing boat
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, ACT, subject tests, girl in science?, first generation
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT and Bio SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: who knows, but I am ecstatic!!! this is literally the best day of my life!!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Accepted: Columbia, Princeton, Penn, Brown (I don’t know how I’m gonna choose!!)
Waitlisted: Dartmouth
Rejected: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, Duke</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred –> Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (don’t remember)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2240 (680R 800M 760W)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E 35M 30R 33S)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): one time
[<em>] SAT II: Physics (780), Chemistry (760), Math II (750), US History (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.29
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/121
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Physics B (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Physics C
[<em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 4
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] literary magazine winning national awards</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Literary magazine (layout editor)
Student Leadership Committee (academic prefect in dorm)
Science Club (president)
Music Club (founder/president)
School radio station (=music club)
Junior State of America (chapter officer)
Band (lead flute)
Theatre tech (only technician at school. Is this leadership?)
Yeabook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service:volunteer at daycare in South Korea, Boys & Girls Club, environmental awareness team. Adds up to 200 something hours[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 12/11
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:<$60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: None
[</em>] Weaknesses: All
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: They hate me
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Georgia Tech, University of St Andrews, NYU, Boston College, UVA, Davidson College
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Columbia, Stanford, Princeton, probably Harvard
[li] What would you have done differently?: relive high school, I did everything wrong[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I hate being me, how do I tell my parents I got rejected everywhere</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred –> Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (790 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 790 USH, 770 Spanish, 740 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~470 (2 at time of app, 1 on midyear report)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Spanish, US History, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science A, and Calculus BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible. AP Physics C, AP Euro, AP Spanish Lit, Adv Software Development H, English IV H, a business class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (national winner in my event, secretary, VP), Schools for Schools (VP), independent writing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 35 hours/week this year at a real-estate office doing data processing and a little bit of writing/editing
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutor, hospital volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: FBLA Nationals, summer classes, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: Common app was strong, about my interest in language and my sexuality…Columbia essay, upon reflection, kinda sucked.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: “best in 19 years”…second one was also strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: “bordering genius” lol
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public that rarely sends students to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <30K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation/low income[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, rank, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not the most outstanding ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: It’s a crap shoot!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Penn, Duke (likely letter/merit scholarship finalist), UChicago (EA), Northwestern, Georgetown, Boston College (Honors Program). Waitlisted at Brown. Rejected at Yale. [/ul]
General Comments: I really wanted to get in to Columbia early so that I wouldn’t have to wait so long and so that I would have had some sense of certainty about my future. But I guess my deferral was actually a blessing in disguise, because now I get to choose between Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. <3 Congrats to those accepted!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Fu Engineering. Check other posts for stats.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred –> Rejected (SEAS)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 36 (36/35/34/30)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math2, 750 ush, 720 physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.77 UW (3.98 on midyear)
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Why Columbia was pretty meh, Why Engineering was pretty good (got help from an engineer friend). CommonApp essay was really good imo.
[<em>] ECs: Chess, band, model un, student gov
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read but both should have been excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic probably
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Mexico
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors: didn’t send a letter after being deferred, that probably hurt.
General Comments: sub 10% rates can diagf. Accepted: UMBC, Case Western, Tufts. Waitlisted: Chicago. Rejected: MIT (1st choice), Stanford, Columbia (very close second). I feel like Sophie Xiong.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34E 36M 29R 36S)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800M2 770Phys 750Ch
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 or 3.94
[<em>] Rank: 14/440
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma; IB Spanish & Comp Sci SL 6, AP Chem, CompSci 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Second best I wrote for colleges.
[</em>] ECs: Science bowl nationals this year, a smattering of district level music, math, & science awards, some state science awards, Purple Comet HM, won awards via science fair grades 11-12. Full-time Internship at Intel and another state university, some others
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good from TOK, and better from CS. Math: Moderate
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good/Generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): One parent got a Masters deg. @ Fu?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OR
[<em>] School Type: Public (Competitive this year, several HYPMS tier)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian…
[li] Gender: Male.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Planned to major in Comp Sci… Did that hurt me?
General Comments:
Positive thoughts, positive thoughts. Will consider USC and Carnegie Mellon as I wait for waitlist results. CONGRATS to everyone in, and GL to all on the WL</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1760 (630 Math, 600 CR, 530 Writing)

  • ACT: N/A
  • SAT II (if submitted): 670 Math II, 750 Chem, 770 Spanish
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.772
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (3) World History (3) Chem (5) Calc AB (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs 1 elective 1 sport
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of and engineering competition program, Secretary of MEChA (Latino awareness club), Historian of our environmental club, 3 years of JV Cross Country, 3 years of Varsity Track and Field (distance), 2 years of SRLA (Students Run Los Angeles, which is a program where we train to run the LA marathon), Some honor societies at school…yeah

  • Job/Work Experience: N/A
  • Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours, mostly as a mentor at afterschool programs and summer programs. I was a kindergarten teacher for one summer program that was low on funding.
  • Essays: I think they were average, but I guess not !
  • Teacher Recommendation: My calc teacher probably made me look great, and I’m not so sure about my English teacher/XC coach/Track coach, but apparently he loves me
  • Counselor Rec: pretty good, I know him personally as well as him putting down my intellectual/communal achievements
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:went great ! 1+ hour
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

  • Intended Major: Engineering
  • State (if domestic applicant): California
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Latino
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Less than 20k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Underrepresented minority, first generation
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Background, optimistic , writer?

  • Weaknesses: GPA
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hard working believer!
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Destiny has something in store for all of us</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 650 W 630 M
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Bio E 720 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/397
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) U.S. History (4) Euro History (3) English Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Stats AP, Calc AB AP, U.S. Gov AP, Macro AP, Chem AP(dropped at semester), Psych AP, English Lit AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DAR Good Citizen Scholarship, AP Scholar with Honor, Top 1% in San Bernardino County</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (treasurer) California Scholarship Federation (president) Outdoors Club (VP) American Cancer Society Club (secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Here and there, don’t know the hours offhand
[</em>] Summer Activities: Helped a local campaign for Congress
[<em>] Essays: I liked my common app one and my why Columbia was all right
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, PhD who has known me since freshman year
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, emphasized hardship delicately
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, low-performing
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, low income</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, strong compared to rest of school/area
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low scores, not many stellar ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was a huge application year, lots of you kids out there can crank out better scores than I can.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Bunch of CSUs, UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UCB. Have SIR’d to Berkeley.
[/ul]
General Comments: It’s always worth a try. Actually somewhat glad to be rejected, makes my decision to attend Cal even easier.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to SEAS</p>

<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[</em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: No[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: No
[</em>] Intended major: Undecided (SEAS)
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW! :smiley:
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-180k
[</em>] Hooks: Underrepresented nationality…?![/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[<em>] Why do you think you were accepted: IDK! Expected to get into Cornell and be rejected here… But I’m OK with that! :smiley:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by Penn, Wesleyan, Tufts, Carleton, F&M, Boston U, Carnegie Tech and Bard. Waitlisted by Colby. Rejected by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley and Northwestern. Waiting for Amherst.[/ul]</p>

<p>General comments: Split between Columbia and Penn, and Wesleyan a little bit. Amherst still around the corner…</p>

16

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 (W), 780 (CR), 770 (M)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Lit, 760 Math II, 570 French w/ listening (didn’t send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/467 at time of app, 6 at midterm (really salutatorian, but rank dropped by UW online class–counselor explained)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (3), Euro (4), Psych (5), Lit (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Methods (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, IB French V SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Art III HL, IB Chem III HL, IB Twentieth Century History HL, AP Calc BC, IB English IV HL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): youngARTS for creative writing (short story), Scholastics Art and Writing National gold and silver keys, awards from Interlochen Arts Camp, some state/national debate stuff, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (9, 10, 11-VP/Captain, 12-President), Writing Club (11, 12-President), Lit Mag (11-Fiction Editor, 12-EiC), top editorial position at national literary magazine (12), founded French Club at local middle school (12), Public Forum debate coach at local middle school (10-12)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting 3-6 hr/wk
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None listed on app
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interlochen Arts Camp (won awards), NC Governor’s School (French)
[</em>] Essays: Very good, creative
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One best in career, didn’t read other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she likes me
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Wasn’t offered one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Magnet program in large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None to speak of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, focused ECs, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, nothing super wow, girl interested in girly things
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pure luck
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Princeton, UChicago (University Scholarship, EA), Georgetown (EA), WUSTL, Duke (likely), UNC (EA, honors), Columbia. Waitlisted: Pomona, Stanford, Yale (may pursue). Rejected: Brown.
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (one sitting) - (CR) 730, (M) 770 (WR) 800
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):[list]
[li] World History: 740[/li][</em>] Chinese with Listening: 760
[<em>] Math II: 800
[</em>] Chemistry: 780
[<em>] Biology-M: 750[/ul]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li][</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~670
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English, AP US Gov & Politics, Psychology I/Western Philosophy, AP Biology, Journalism
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [ul]
[<em>] US Open Music Competition (a few medals)
[</em>] Girl Scout Silver Award (?)
[/ul][/list]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[list]
[li] Science Olympiad (Parent Liaison, Event Leader)[/li][</em>] American Red Cross Club (Co-President)
[<em>] Journalism (Copy Editor), Math Club (Student Advisor)
[</em>] Girl Scouts (Ambassador level; Camporee (annual camping competition) judge, crew member)
[<em>] Math Club
[</em>] California Scholarship Federation[/ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours[ul]
[<em>] Chinese culture summer camp counselor & leadership group member
[</em>] Service trip in Thailand - teaching English to children with parents in drug rehabilitation)
[<em>] Summer tutoring at local library
[</em>] Various other smaller community service projects (through Girl Scouts, etc.)[/ul]
[<em>] Summer Activities: Three-day orthopedics program for girls at UCSF
[</em>] Essays: Decent, overall
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read, but she knows me quite well, so hopefully good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Fairly decent, though typical
[<em>] Additional Recommendation: Good; from director of volunteer organization
[</em>] Interview: N/A[/list]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese-Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: > $120,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Grades? Community service? Commitment and involvement regarding extracurricular activities and volunteer work
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly outstanding
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extracurricular activities were typical; not as many leadership positions as I could have held, etc.; however, I think my essays were (more than anything) very honest.
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[list]
[li] Accepted: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, Washington University in St. Louis[/li][</em>] Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Duke
[li] Rejected: Northwestern, Brown, Yale, Stanford[/ul][/li][/list]
General Comments:
Congratulations to all who were accepted! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred -> Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (740 CR, 580 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Literature, 780 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/93
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH - 4, Bio - 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Comparative Gov, AP French Lang, Honors Calculus, Honors Puerto Rican History.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Scholar, National Merit Scholar Commended, Best delegate @ Harvard Model United Nations 2010, many regional MUN awards.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor of school’s literary magazine, secretary of Model UN club, History club, Glee club, Oratory club, semi-professional scuba diver, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve worked as a cashier at a bookstore for the last two summers.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: More than 200 volunteer hours at several centers (peer tutoring, school for children with autism, etc.)
[</em>] Summer Activities: I attended Brown’s pre-college program during summer 2009. I was a finalist for TASP last year, but I did not make the final cut.
[<em>] Essays: I’m very passionate about writing, so I really enjoyed writing my essays. My common app essay was about searching for creative inspiration. My supplement was very genuine.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I suppose they were incredible.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very honest and heartfelt. She adores me, so she was able to portray me very accurately.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my calculus teacher. Math has never been my best subject, but she emphasized my effort and perseverance.
[<em>] Interview: Went great. We talked about our common interests and she was really informative.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Literature / Social Sceines
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Puerto Ricop
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Around 90,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Definitely my essays. Also, my extracurricular activities showed that I was passionate about certain academic areas, such as creative writing and public speaking.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My math SAT score. I’ve always struggled with math, but I like to think I make up for it in other areas.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I emphasized my personality and originality through my essays. As well, I showed that I’ve always given importance to academic rigor.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Also accepted at: UChicago, UMichigan (LSA), Amherst College, NYU, and Brown. Waitlisted at: Harvard. Rejected at: Yale and Columbia.
[*]This whole process is so strange…I’m so glad it’s over! I’m extremely happy with my acceptances, and I’m leaning toward Penn or Brown. I’m probably giving up my spot on the waiting-list. Everything happens for a reason, guys. I’m a firm believer in that.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800 M: 770 W: 770 (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: USH: 800 Chem: 790 Math II: 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97/100 so 4.0?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/755
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USH (5), Psych (5), Physics (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Econ H + AP Macro/Micro self-study, AP English, AP Calc BC, Latin, Public Affairs, Sociology, Independent Study: Philosophy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A, unless NMF counts</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC/Track, NHS (officer), Mock Trial (attorney), Science Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I help out at a local church quite a bit. Some hospital volunteering as well.
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A (hahaha)
[<em>] Essays: Decent, but rushed.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: One was great, the other was probably similar.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I go to a large public school so I wasn’t expecting much, but my counselor seemed to think I stood out.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, course load, independent study in philosophy, teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs–explained them on the extra section of the common app and wrote about potential Columbia ECs in my “Why Columbia?” portion
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs and nothing else really
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? University of Chicago
[/ul]
General Comments: Ugh. 0/3 on Ivies today.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
Summer Activities: See above
Essays: I really liked them.
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned.
Interview: Didn’t get one.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$10000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays
Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s, lack of interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Texas A&M, WPI, Furman, Lafayette, Miami. Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Rice, Colgate, Swarthmore, Stanford (deferred REA), Princeton, Cornell, Penn. Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Harvard
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>