<p>Uh . . . DEFERRED.
I’m taking it quite positively though.</p>
<p>And wow, what’s with SO many deferrals this year?
And that too, on CC alone.
It’s CRAZY =|</p>
<p>Deferred
SAT: CR-730 Writing- 710 Math-710
ACT: 30
Rank: 7/867
AP: US Hist(5), Psych(5), Human Geo(5), World Hist(4), Eng Lang. (4)</p>
<p>Just a bit bummed so I don’t feel up to posting all my stats, but congrats to all those who got in. Those who were deferred like me, good luck next round.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted SEAS[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 M 800 WR 750
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 640
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, it’s 90%
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Stats 5, AP Spanish, AP Calc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really. A math contest award, honour roll and distinction (3 years)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton x4, book club x4, volunteer x3, house captain
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked in school’s uniform shop for two summers
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Homework club x2 at school, bloorview (summer and currently)
[ *] Summer Activities: harvard summer school, volunteer, job
[ *] Essays: all the teachers who read it were :“hmmm”
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: i didnt read them, but i’m assuming they’re decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as teacher rec
[ *] Additional Rec:nope
[ *] Interview: i think it was pretty bad, i didnt get a headsup like the other people i knew, i had a 2 min warning, so i had it over the phone…i think i was too casual, just lost myself in the moment.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Intended Major: Applied Math
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[ *] School Type: Private, small
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): immigrant but i really don’t think that matters. simply put, i dont have one
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: none
[ *] Weaknesses: lots slash, everything hhaa
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: i have no idea!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] i couldn’t stop smiling for 2 hours after i found out my decision at 5:01, i was almost 100% sure i was gonna get rejected because the other girl from my school who applied to CU early is way better than me in every way. i’m just glad i dont have to write any more essays because i didn’t start on any of them for my regular school :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750M/620CR/640W
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 700 Math I/ 720 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not calculate (Mostly A’s since 9th)
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 Regular (pretty rigorous)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ESL Tutoring (Co-Leader), Manager of two varsity teams (manager), Tutor middle school students in math, Key Club (project leader), Piano, a lot more
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at major software company over the summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Beta Club, Key Club
[ *] Summer Activities: Exchange trip to Spain, trip to Italy, intern at software company, public speaking “boot camp”
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: (probably) great
[ *] Counselor Rec: (probably) great
[ *] Interview: Great
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Econ/East Asian Studies
[ *] State: North Carolina
[ *] School Type: Small, highly rated independent school; very competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks: Legacy, really crazy/eclectic interests
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Diverse passions (I wrote about my love for Korean culture, talked a lot about my addiction to reading blogs in my interview, tried to emphasize my passion for teaching younger students)
[ *] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores, mediocre grades (by Columbia’s standards)
[ *] Why you think you were rejected: Low scores
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Hmm, not sure what to think. Columbia WAS the only school I wanted to go to. I’ll move on though. All of their brochures and promotional materials are in the trash now. Maybe I would have had a chance RD, as I could have retaken the SAT.</p>
<p>PS: DON’T JUDGE ME BASED ON MY SCORES. Everyone is different. In my opinion, I was a competitive candidate.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (760 M, 720 CR, 750 W)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), Am Government (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), English Literature (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): HL Math (4), HL History (6), HL English (6), SL Physics (5), SL French (6), SL ITGS (6) +3 extra points from TOK. Started IB as a sophomore, received full IB diploma by end of junior year.
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, classes from local community colllege
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB Diploma recipient, AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (President/Founder), NHS (President), Class office (secretary), varsity drill team, Student Trade Justice Campaign, Invisible Children, Amnesty International, JSA
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Retail sales at Nordstorm, internship at national investment firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing spectacular.
[ *] Summer Activities: Economics and public speech courses from university, working 40 hrs/wk at Nordstrom
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, I would believe.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see either one
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see. Probably good
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Econ/poli sci
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: Top
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Rigor of high school curriculum/already have IB diploma
[ *] Weaknesses: Low sophomore year grades, decent scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See “weaknesses”
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
Of course I’m disappointed, but a deferral is definitely the lesser of the two evils. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! Hopefully I will be meeting all of you next year :)</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Friend got into Cornell which is like lemon on the wound</p>
<p>but I think its best to move on and put more effort into getting into other (possibly better) colleges!</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>i’ve been obsessed with CC for so long, i was checking this forum multiple times every day for the past week, i never imagined i would get accepted because there’s tons of people here who are just GENIUSES and get deferred or rejected 
i never opened an account because i was always so intimidated by these awesome people haha
congrats to all who are accepted, we’re gonna see each other next year!!
to those who are deferred: don’t be dejected, you still have a huge chance of being admitted because i know many people who are admitted regular after they were deferred.
to those who are rejected: maybe it’s a sign that CU isn’t right for you. You shouldn’t let this bring you down. there are always people who are rejected from schools like harvard and princeton, then get accepted to yale and stanford. So, you might get into another awesome school :D</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR - 650, W - 700, M - 630
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: US - 650, Bio E - 640
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 6%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio - 3, Spanish - 3, US - 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Euro, Gov/Econ, English, Drawing/Painting
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF, NHS, Interact, Youth in Government
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Good…I think.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to see them, but I am pretty sure they were a big part of my acceptance.
[ *] Counselor Rec: My counselor doesn’t know me that well, so I’d say it was generic.
[ *] Additional Rec: No
[ *] Interview: No
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Computer Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 50,000-60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: My teacher recs, personal statement, and short answer.
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores, lol.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my teachers recs had a lot to do with my acceptance.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED so I don’t know.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I cannot believe this!!!</p>
<p>Already posted that I was rejected but here are my stats:</p>
<p>REJECTED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math - 600 Critical Reading - 710 Writing - 650
ACT: 30
SAT II: German with Listening - 480 (I’ll write about this in my Weaknesses section), Biology Option E - 580
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): German (4), English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Haven’t taken the exams yet.
Senior Year Course Load: HL IB Biology, HL IB English, SL IB French, SL IB Math Studies, SL IB Music, HL IB Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, FHS (tutoring officer), Orchestra (viola)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Beach cleanups, tutoring, bird sanctuary outside volunteer
Summer Activities: Bird sanctuary
Essays: Quite good.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but probably good/ok.
Counselor Rec: Very good, personal.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Good, though the interviewer was very stoic (other people said the same thing)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public but a very good public
Ethnicity: South Korean
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle-top
Hooks: Fluent in German, lived in Switzerland for a year.
Strengths: Hooks and IB?
Weaknesses: SAT. Especially the Subject tests. During the listening part of the language test, my CD kept skipping, but not very much so I thought I’d get through it without much of an issue but as it got later and later into the CD, it kept skipping more frequently, and by the time it was obvious that it was a major problem it was too late. The supervisor called the Collegeboard and they said to keep going with the test because the Listening portion isn’t a huge part of the overall test (even though they knew I only had half of the questions answered). I stupidly listened to them, and I think that was my problem.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A
General Comments: I kept telling myself over the last few weeks not to expect anything, so it made the blow a bit easier to take but still difficult…
Congratulations to those who were accepted/deferred!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 800 M, 770 W, 2270 total
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t compute GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t officially rank; unofficially, probably 1/407
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not take
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Mathematics HL (7), Physics HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Economics SL (7), Chinese B SL (7), English A1 SL (7), EE (A), TOK (A); total is 45/45
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold and Silver medals at the Singapore Youth Festival (Choir), full scholarship awarded by the defense statutory board in Singapore, couple of school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (Secretary), Boy Scouts (Patrol Leader), Class Governing Committee, Science Fairs + Research Internships
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Not sure if this counts as a job, but I’m currently enlisted in Singapore’s military fulfilling my country’s mandatory National Service obligation
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Poverty alleviation work in Yunnan, China, volunteering at various homes, helping autistic children gain essential life skills; about 300+ hours in all?
[</em>] Summer Activities: Traveling + several civil service internships
[<em>] Essays: Wrote the long essay about how choir helped me to ‘find my voice’ (sorta played up the extended metaphor throughout) - it ended up being about 750 words long but I guess they didn’t mind; for ‘Why Columbia,’ I discussed the socially conscious education that Columbia provides, mentioning some of the service-learning opportunities available like Gateway; for ‘Why Engineering,’ I talked about my interest in Materials Science
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, really personal
[</em>] Additional Rec: Did not submit
[li] Interview: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Materials Science and Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Top public (probably top 3 in Singapore)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Erm, middle?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, recommendations, SAT II scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of ECs and major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I didn’t expect to get accepted at all
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None; was going to apply to Princeton, Stanford, Cornell and Duke, but thank goodness I hadn’t paid the application fees yet
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those who were accepted! My heart goes out to those of you who were rejected/deferred. I’m sure you’ll end up in a great college, even if it isn’t Columbia. Oh and good luck to all the RD applicants!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>[ 34 Unweighted, 35 Weighted] ACT:
[ 740 Bio, 770 US History] SAT II:
[ 3.96] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ 8 AP tests- all 5’s] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ 5 AP classes/6] Senior Year Course Load:
[ Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarships, Coca Cola Scholarship, ACLU Youth Activist] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ Founder, President of STAND (student anti-genocide)
Founder, Music and the World, non-profit brings free tutors/instruments to inner city students, playing violin since age 3] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ violin tutor, paid and pro-bono] Job/Work Experience:
[ Over 500 hours, see extra curricular] Volunteer/Community service:
[ Travel around South America (trek in Andes and Amazon), exchange student in Spain and Paris. Center for Victims of Torutre youth coorinator. ESL pre-k volunteer teachers] Summer Activities:
[ very good] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ excellent- one from principal and one from Mayor] Additional Rec:
[ excellent] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ No] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ IR, Political science] Intended Major:
[ MN] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ Public (top 100)] School Type:
[ persian] Ethnicity:
[ F] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ Speak 5 languages, legacy] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>accepted *****essssssssssssssssssssssssssssss</p>
<p>Deferred… Columbia College. Not going to take the time to submit my stats, but they were pretty good. High SAT’s, GPA. I thought Columbia didn’t consider AP Scores so I didn’t submit them or even put them on Additional Information Section. Might’ve hurt me? But anyway, good luck to everyone ese in RD and deferred. Apparently, many people got deferred, I don’t feel as bad. Did anyone get into Columbia College?</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): math:760 writing:740 reading:750
SAT II: chemistry:780, chinese:760, math2:730, USHistory:700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do a 4.0 scale. I have an average of 87.something (I don’t know my new GPA with my fall term grades), and the average GPA from people in my school who got accepted into columbia is an 87.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea sorry. not top 10% though.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Both Englishes(4), Chemistry(5), US History(4), CalcAB(5)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Physics(prepares you for the AP C Mechanics exam), Applied Math 2 (goes beyond Calc BC), Latin 3, a lot of amazing electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist (they don’t announce anything beyond that until February), Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama(14 productions total), Choir/Voice lessons (Madrigals), Community Service, GSA (Head)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours with a nonprofit exchange program, 2 weeks at an orphanage in Shanghai
Summer Activities: Community Service, World Science Festival, Entrepreneur’s Class, Finland Exchange funded by the Finnish Parliament, orphanage in Shanghai
Essays: moral decision I had to make with my host family in Finland. It’s pretty decent, but would’ve been better if there hadn’t been the 600 word limit.
Teacher Recommendation: Both pretty amazing.
Counselor Rec: Pretty->very good. She’s my dorm head too so she knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: None submitted
Interview: None, though I did meet the person who was going to be reading my app in person when she visited my school. I was the only one who really talked in the beginning so she probably remembers me.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Well off enough to not need financial aid. My parents won’t tell me anything beyond that.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lived in Shanghai for the second half of freshman year, attended a British international school there
Reflection
Strengths: international experience, very good preparation because of the insane academics in my school, huge upward trend in grades, grades reliable in the sense that Columbia knows my school really well, good but not amazing extracurriculars
Weaknesses: pretty mediocre sophomore year because of adjusting to a new school, freshman grades don’t really mean too much because of the switch to a British system, an Asian with my SAT scores kind of throws me into the pile of “oh look another Asian”.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected, probably, because my sophomore grades drag me down too much. I had an 84.5 average sophomore year, and an 89.something average junior year. Senior year fall term is just about the same as my junior year grades. These look horrendous next to everyone’s straight As, I’m sure, but my school practices grade deflation like crazy. Columbia knows this though.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Edinburgh(unconditional acceptance), University of Glasgow(unconditional acceptance),
The rest of my list: Brown, Duke, UPenn, Georgetown, Harvard, Middlebury, Tufts, Vanderbilt, Barnard, Wash U St Louis, and no safeties because I got into Edinburgh!
General Comments: Deferred is good, I’m just happy Columbia thinks I’m competitive enough to stay in the running. Apparently my sophomore grades haven’t killed me after all.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>I’m too lazy (irony) to fill out the info, but I’ll put in what I had in my chances thread.</p>
<p>Gender: F
Race: Caucasian
Location: Long Island, New York
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00 (99+ on a 100 pt scale)
GPA - Weighted: 4.20 (103+ on a 100 pt scale)
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 300</p>
<p>Current Courses:</p>
<p>IB Psychology SL
AP Calculus BC
Science Research
IB Biology HL
IB Physics HL
Theory of Knowledge
IB Spanish SL
IB History HL
IB English HL</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 780
(took once - 2330)</p>
<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Biology - M: 780
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>
<p>IB Physics SL: 7
IB Math Methods: 7</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (only what I put on my Columbia application)</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Yearbook (9-12)
National Honor Society (12)
Forensics Club (11-12)
Art Club (9-12)
SADD / Youth Decide (11-12)
Science Bowl Team (11-12)
Columbia University Science Honors Program (11-12)
Acoustic Guitar (9-12)</p>
<p>Leadership positions:
Editor In Chief - Yearbook
Vice President - National Honor Society
Vice President - Forensics Club
Public Relations Officer - SADD / Youth Decide</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Emergency Room Volunteer (10-12)</p>
<p>Honors and Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist
Intel ISEF 4th place in animal sciences
Intel ISEF US military award
Long Island Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award
LISEF Best in Category</p>
<p>College Summer programs: Columbia University Summer High School Program, Supervised research at Hofstra University</p>
<p>Supplemental Materials: Submitted research abstract.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS!!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 790 M, 770 W, 2340 total
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 800 Math Level II, 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t officially rank; unofficially, 2/366
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Chem, Statistics, Psych: 5 AP Lang: 4</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs: Decent, started a club after moving to a new school junior year but nothing too amazing
Essays: Good- showed my quality of being persistent by illustrating two examples
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read them but assuming good
Counselor Rec: She looves me so probably great:)
Additional Rec: From an electrical engineering professor at Yale–assuming good
Interview: Great</p>
<p>Other
Intended Major: Financial Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Science research? Female in engineering?</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into an ivy these days? I have two friends both with perfect 2400s and 3.9 GPAs; one deferred at Columbia, one deferred at Dartmouth…</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 R, 580 M, 600 W
[</em>] ACT:30
[<em>] SAT II:700 Lit, 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/460
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4: World History, APUSH, Human Geography; 3:Comp, Bio
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:4 AP classes and dual enrollment
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Academics Team, HOSA
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:400+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities:Volunteering
[</em>] Essays: About me being Ukrainian and my odd name, I thought it was good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[<em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[</em>] Interview: Yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white/Ukrainian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:<60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I can speak three languages total, ACT, AP
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, but those were my first and only ones
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Something was missing I suppose.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:N/A[/li][/ul]General Comments: Sucks, but it’s better than a friend of mine who got rejected. Upset that I have to go fill out more applications.</p>
<p>Accepted.</p>
<p>SAT: 2270 ACT: 35
GPA: 93 UW out of 100 Rank 7/567
AP: All 5’s on apush chem calc ab and lang
NJ Public School
Good Recs
Research
Columbia SHP
Some leadership
150 hrs community service.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 800 M 760 W
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Lit, 750 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), Language and Composition (5), Art History (4, self-taught)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs and 2 Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Club (co-president), Math Team (co-president), Young Democrats Club (co-president), GSA, a crazy music resume
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: piano teacher and math tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours +
[<em>] Summer Activities: played in some musical groups, tutored in math, volunteered at Mass Audubon and in an orphanage in Brazil
[</em>] Essays: unique, and kind of off-beat, but I got good feedback
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: the one I read was wonderful. not sure about the other but I think it must have been good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read.
[<em>] Additional Rec: from a teacher who has known me all four years. I think it was really great, and explained my low GPA.
[</em>] Interview: went well, my interviewer told me I’d “make a good fit”.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: economics-philosophy, history, math (were the three I put on my application)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Brazilian, though I’m not sure if this is latin-american or not (speak portuguese, not spanish)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~100K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really, apart from being Brazilian
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, test scores, extracurriculars (especially music), the whole list-what-you-read-and-watch section.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. Honestly, I had low hopes because of my GPA.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none, and only Columbia shall it be! 
[/ul]General Comments: This is surreal. My voice is sore from screaming and crying so much! Anyone else who got in and wants to chat, PM me please! I’d love to meet my new classmates!</p>
<p>Congrats to all those who got in! And to those who didn’t, judging by the stats I’ve been reading you’ll all be accepted into amazing colleges, so don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Mazel tov!</p>