Official Columbia University 2016 RD Results

seasmart · March 29, 2012, 7:33pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats to come later!

itdoesdeath · March 29, 2012, 7:37pm

Decision: Accepted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 composite (one sitting): 800 R, 760 M, 700 W
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.34 (no UW GPA reported)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/225
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit (5), Lang (5), U.S. History (5), Euro (5), Computer Science (3), Physics B (lawlz!)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov @ normal high school, AP Stats, AP Calc AB, Honors Astronomy/Honors Geology @ magnet school for math and science, Arabic 1000/1010, History and Cinema (HIST 3015), Writing Creative Non-fiction (ENGL 3700) @ local U
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, AP Scholar w/Distinction, local shenanigans

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (executive board 11,12), NHS (secretary/communications officer 11,12), Math League, Computer science team, four poems published in an undergraduate literary magazine, various other things.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship with local progressive nonprofit since June '10, will be hired as full-time employee after I graduate. I’m also a janitor for a landscape architect, and I grade research papers for a professor at WMU (four years).
[] Volunteer/Community service: Helped co-ordinate a local campaign to pass a queer-rights ordinance (which passed!), which was ~165+ hours over three months, helped organize a local Walk For Choice last year, projects involved with my internship, etc. I’m also a judge for a local literary awards competition and have been for seven years.
[] Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassador to Europe in summer '09, participated in the Running Start Young Women’s Political Leadership program in summer '10 (which got me the internship), and I worked all of last summer (save trips to used bookstores).
[] Essays: Solid. Wrote about going to a concentration camp for my Common App one, wrote about the difference between ‘powerful women’ and ‘empowered women’ on my supplement. I also talked about the Core and how that related to the math/science magnet school I go to (sense of community, cooperation, etc.).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully great. All three teachers know me incredibly well, and one of my recs was from the professor who lets me grade her papers.
[] Counselor Rec: good, I assume.
[] Additional Rec: nada
[li] Interview: none.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] School Type: urban public (1500 students), magnet center (60ish kids in my graduating class, you have to apply and maintain a certain GPA to get in/stay in)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Sex: female.
[] Income Bracket: was 100k, then both parents laid off, looking at 60k at best.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I look a lot like Rachel Maddow, though I don’t suppose that helps.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, letters of rec, I had facetime with an adcom.
[] Weaknesses: scores, gpa (I had a couple of Bs)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays. Definitely the essays. I also had a really solid 7th semester, and not a lot of kids take 3000-level english and history classes at universities.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: NYU Global Liberal Studies Program, Barnard College, Smith College (w/Zollman scholarship), Wellesley College, University of Michigan. rejected: Princeton (although I didn’t really consider it an option after I was deferred EA, so I’m not disappointed)

[/ul]General Comments: woah.

sfaitht7 · March 29, 2012, 8:19pm

Decision: Accepted – CC!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT: didn’t submit
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 US, 760 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.995
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/70
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB (4), Euro (5), Studio Art 2D (4), US (5), Lang (5), Bio (5), BC (5) with AB Subscore (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 8 AP Classes, Honors Rhetoric (required). Hardest that our school has ever seen, by far.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit winner, AP something, Rensselaer Medalist, nothing special

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, piano, piano. Church pianist and organist (in charge :D), Interlochen Arts Camp, accompanist, beginning piano teacher, play with my school orchestra on piano/violin, local county music club (president). Varsity Soccer: 9-10, Club/Varsity Swimming: 9-10 (placed at county, made it to states and such), and Varsity XC 11-12 (county and regionals and stuff). Then the standard Student Council, NHS, Beta Club, tutoring, Mu Alpha Theta, TA, youth group member, academic team. I was really weak on leadership not related to music.
[] Job/Work Experience: just tutoring and teaching piano a bit. not sure if that counts. I also started writing at my local newspaper in January, but they wouldn’t have seen that.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Many, many hours at my church each week.
[] Summer Activities: Interlochen Center for the Arts!- Classical Piano before 10th and 12th grad and my club swimming and running during the other summers, besides mission trips to Mobile and Charleston.
[] Essays: Common App was okay, an overly-sentimental description of my childhood best friend and how he influenced me. I thought my supplement essays were cute and highlighted my rural-ness. My favorite book essay was about fairy tales, so maybe some adcom is a fellow Disney princess lover.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but I’m sure the one from my Latin teacher of 2 years was great, while my math teacher for 3 years was probably okay.
[] Counselor Rec: She’s not the brightest bulb nor does she know me very well. This could’ve hurt me.
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t submit, but I did have a music supplement for piano. I’ve been playing for 10 years and did a Chopin etude, Bach prelude, and Gershwin prelude. Pretty short and unimpressive because I had to record quickly.
[li] Interview: Offered a phone interview because I don’t live near an alumnus, but I was so nervous and stumbled a lot that I thought it was my worst interview by far.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC (rural)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small charter
[] Ethnicity: So white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper-middle class I suppose
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rural diversity? That’s my only guess since I live in one of the poorest counties of NC and go to school in one of the other poorest ones.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, test scores, transcript, piano
[] Weaknesses: Other ECs, leadership, not amazing
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m putting it down to rural diversity.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, WashU. Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Swarthmore Rejected: Yale (after being deferred)

[/ul]General Comments: Ecstatic. Ecstatic and so surprised! Assuming that I get at least as much aid as I have been offered at Washu and Vanderbilt, I’ll be part of the class of 2016!!! Can’t wait to meet you all there :)

Calexico · March 29, 2012, 8:57pm

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Expected. Still sad though.

Admitted: Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, USC, Berkeley, Michigan, UConn
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, MIT
Waitlisted: Brown

batfan · March 29, 2012, 9:06pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[] ACT: 36 single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas HL, AP Statistics, IB LA 12 HL, IB Biology 2 HL, IB Biochemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, US Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Winner (96th percentile), FBLA Nationals Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: FBLA (President 2010-present, Secretary 2008-10, District Secretary 2010-present), Video Broadcast (President 2010-11), National Honor Society (Secretary), LINK Leader (2010-present), Youth Symphony (Principal Flutist 2008-10), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children’s Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
[] Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
[] Essays: What it means to be normal (experience with family member’s medical condition), vision for future of medical research
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they’re good! We aren’t allowed to read them, but I love both the teachers who have written me recommendations and have done well in their classes.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably fine, but our school has 2000 students, so I’m not sure.
[] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
[] Interview: Did not interview (was not offered one).

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
[] Weaknesses: could have taken more AP exams, got a few Bs my junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? Disappointed, but oh well.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth, WashU (full-tuition), Rice (merit scholarships), UVA, Cornell (likely); Waitlisted at Northwestern, Hopkins, Brown (PLME), Columbia, Duke; Rejected at Princeton, Yale, Penn (LSM Vagelos), Stanford (EA); Waiting for Harvard, Amherst, and Williams

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

jkreine · March 29, 2012, 11:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 790 US Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/200
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on 3 exams
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Congressional Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of two sports teams, student body president, four year class representative, Editor in Chief of my school’s political journal. My passion is increasing the number of women in politics, so have worked for the White House Project and Emily’s List
[] Job/Work Experience: See above
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: Interned for Nancy Pelosi, Interned for Barbara Boxer the other one
[] Essays: Superb
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Phenomenal [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Stanford (likely letter), Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD[/li]Rejected: Nowhere- wow!

[/ul]General Comments:
I’m going to Princeton!

katonice · March 30, 2012, 12:20am

Decision: Accepted - CC (Rabi Scholar)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (M:780, CR:730, W:790)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II (800), Physics (790), Chemistry (790), Biology M (770)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/433
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo. 5, Euro. History 5, Biology 5, Calculus AB 5, English Lang. & Comp. 4, Chemistry 5, Physics B 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus (III), AP Statistics, AP English Lit. & Comp., research internship at a national lab
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, Intel ISEF 3rd Place in Physics[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Figure Skating, Math Club, Science Fairs, Science Bowl, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, International Club, Varsity Swimming, Piano
[] Job/Work Experience: full-time research internship at a national lab during the summer; continued internship during school year as part-time
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer figure skating coach, volunteer math coach for elementary school children, volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
[] Summer Activities: full-time internship, figure skating (>25 hrs. a week), travel
[] Essays: I liked mine. I wrote about my favorite book (Lao Tzu), my favorite class (AP Euro History), and added some personal touches to my “Why Columbia” essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: My research mentor wrote me a kind letter.
[] Interview: Well, to be honest, parts of it were a little awkward. A stranger sitting beside us kept interrupting us. Other than that it went smoothly and I enjoyed it.
[] Intended Major: Physics

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public (little emphasis on academics)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: awards, internship
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores; high school has limited APs so course load may seem a little weak compared that of students from some other schools
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe my internship and awards in science showed that I took some initiative to pursue my area of interest (physics). I also sent in an abstract on my research from my internship to support my application.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Brown, Caltech, MIT, UC Berkeley, UChicago, and University of Washington Hnrs. Program; Waitlisted - Harvard; Rejected - Princeton (deferred EA), Yale

[/ul]General Comments: I am so excited about Columbia!!! The Rabi Scholars Program seems like such a great opportunity and living in NYC has always been my dream. The HYP was a little disappointing but to study physics, where better to go than Caltech, Cal, MIT, or Columbia?! Congratulations to all that got accepted and good luck to everyone else!

dancingbeb · March 30, 2012, 2:11am

Decision: Waitlisted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 790 R, 760 W, 720 M
[] ACT: 34, 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math, 730 Eng, 700 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%? I really don’t know
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (2), USH (4), EngLang (5), Calc AB (5), PhysicsB (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP GoPo, AP Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP EngLit, Digital Composition, Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Robotics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SemiFinalist (idk if that counts)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Advanced Level CM Piano, Dance, Some sports
[] Job/Work Experience: Work for my parents’ company
[] Volunteer/Community service: Music performance group at school
[] Summer Activities: Music camp 2010, Cambridge 2011
[] Essays: Don’t remember!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Physics teacher, History teacher (I hope they were good)
[] Counselor Rec: yeah…
[] Interview: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White and Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m first gen, but didn’t put it

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Standardized testing, kind of
[] Weaknesses: Schoolwork in general
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that in one of my essays I just talked about how much I wanted to work with Brian Greene
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- BU, Cal, Macalester, UCL, Edinburgh; Waitlisted-UCSD, Columbia; Rejected- HMC, Tufts, USC, GWU, UPenn, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, MIT, Caltech [/ul]

CAdancer · March 30, 2012, 4:19am

Decision:Accepted - CC

IM SO HAPPY. COLUMBIA IS ABSOLUTELY MY NUMBER ONE.

will post stats later!

CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!

Ghastn · March 30, 2012, 7:18am

Decision:Accepted - SEAS( Davis Scholar ?)
DOn’t know what to pick : COLUMBIA or PRINCETON: tough choice !?

Saob12 · March 30, 2012, 9:16am

Decision: Accepted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 R/ 760 M/ 800 W)
[] SAT II: 720 Math II, 740 Chem, 720 US Hist.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Euro. Hist.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP Calc AB, AP Psychology, English, Theology (go to a Catholic school)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless you count National Merit and National Achievement.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A few school clubs, no leadership, most involved in Amnesty Intl.
[] Job/Work Experience: Minimal
[] Volunteer/Community service: 30 hours freshman year at church, 60 sophomore at church and charter school for remedial students, 100 junior at medical clinic, 120 senior at school for special needs kids.
[] Summer Activities: Did the Columbia summer program in sophomore year.
[] Essays: I thought they were pretty good, but kinda risky because they only answered the prompts somewhat. Took a few liberties with them to show creativity.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read, assuming really good one from history teacher, ok one from math teacher who’s a Columbia alum.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably a form letter.
[] Interview: It went okay, kinda stumbled over my words at times, talked about my academic and extracurricular interests. Interviewer worked for financial sector, and we talked about how personal beliefs and occupation sometimes clash.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NYC)
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college in America, English second language

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, personal statement, SAT I, recs, service to an extent.
[] Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, GPA. Extracurriculars too…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly thought it was a mistake when I saw it, and still probably won’t believe it until I see the fat envelope tomorrow.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Major accepts are Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, BC, and NYU. Haven’t heard back from Georgetown, expecting reject/waitlist.

[/ul]General Comments: Thanks to College Confidential for all the support and resources over the past few months!

gdkf5 · March 30, 2012, 9:41am

Decision: Waitlisted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Chem, 780 Math II, 780 USH, 770 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), Euro (5), English Lang & Comp (5), USH (5), French (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Lit & Comp, AP Econ, AP Calc BC, Advanced French Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, USA Biology Olympiad (semi-finalist), Bausch + Lomb Medal, and several other school awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (varsity since 10th grade), swim team, tutor co-chair of NHS, Chem Club, Chem 4 Kids, news editor/staff-writer for school newspaper, art classes, Russian language/literature lessons, member of Jewish Student Union, USY (board member of synagogues USY)
[] Job/Work Experience: Assistant gymnastics coach (12th grade); JCC day care counselor (12th grade)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer rhythmic gymnastics coach 8th grade - 11th grade (rhythmic gymnast until 8th grade), summer volunteer at local hospital (~60 hrs), volunteer tutor
[] Summer Activities: Camps until sophomore year, Genesis at Brandeis summer program junior year, volunteering at hospital summer before senior year
[] Essays: Common app was well-written and creative; short answers were very solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didnt see either, but both should be good; one from my English teacher and one from chem teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Should be ok, he likes me
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (first generation American)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~180,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, course load
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably just didnt stand out enough among a really strong and interesting applicant pool
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected - Harvard, Princeton; Waitlisted - Yale, Penn, Hopkins; Accepted - Cornell, Tufts, Brandeis, University of Rochester, UConn Honors
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pinkcoconut · March 30, 2012, 11:10am

I know this is ‘stats’ only, but this is related to my stats.

My original post is #12 in this thread, and I made a typo with my SAT combined score, it is 2240 and not 2340. Curse the 2 and 3 being next to each other on the keyboard!

I’ve stupidly copied and pasted this error in all the decision threads I’ve posted on so far, right from the first time I posted and made the typo. #mustproofreadinfuture

zambia123 · March 30, 2012, 2:48pm

too lazy for everything but ACCEPTED
SAT 1930
gpa 4.65 unweighted
rank 1/200
good recommendations and extra curriculars too

tinkerbell523 · March 30, 2012, 10:32pm

Decision: Accepted - CC

Seriously, I cannot believe it. Not only did I get accepted, but I got in with a full ride. Feeling unbelievable right now.

I3auer · March 31, 2012, 12:39am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (Reading 700, Writing 780, Math 760-- One sitting)
[] ACT: 31 (three times straight)
[] SAT II: USH (740) Lit (750) Math II (690)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, 5.1 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 / 190
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World History (5), English Lit (4), USH (5), Psych (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Gov / Econ H, IB HL History of the Americas, AP / IB HL Biology, IB HL English 2, IB SL Math Studies, AP / IB SL Spanish IV, IB Theory of Knowledge
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just small local awards-- PC Fellow, National merit, Student of the Month, Youth of the Season at my youth group, Degree of Outstanding Distinction in NFL, etc.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): American Red Cross Youth (member for 6 years; Secretary for 3, current President; CPR / First Aid certified instructor, helped the group continue after the recession took its facilitator away; hosted two successful Youth Leadership Conferences for a total of over 250 teens throughout the state; community service projects each month ranging from Special Olympics to Safe Harbor to a local nursing center), NHS / Interact (Co-President), Student Council (Senior Secretary), Newspaper (Co-Editor), Forensics (Secretary; NFL qualifier, District Champion, ToC qualifier, Degree of Outstanding Distinction), Youth in Government (4-time legislator, MUN resource staff, other conferences, selected to attend CONA), Film Club-- Upstate Youth Film Festival Assistant Director, Youth Leadership Greenville class participant
[] Job/Work Experience: /
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: Took Calculus at local college, attended college summer camps, Red Cross, became a CPR / First Aid instructor
[] Essays: I thought they were good. My personal essay was on red hair-- evidently they don’t like gingers. My extracurric essay was obviously on Red Cross, but perhaps I was too impersonal in that one. My supplemental Princeton one sucked because I wanted to apply early and didn’t put enough time into it. I thought my Harvard and Yale ones were phenomenal. They were about how I lived my life trying to be something greater than just me and how I wanted to start a legacy of my own.
[] Teacher Recommendations: I’d guess they were good. They love me.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably average.
[] Additional Rec: From American Red Cross CEO who I have worked with-- apparently very well written according to someone from last year who got one from her
[li] Interview: One of my best[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: No financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, besides a series of letters I wrote beforehand letting them know I was going to try my best to be accepted signed Legacy Man. I also transferred to the IB school after my sophomore year-- showing commitment to take opportunity. Sister student at Columbia’s grad school.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The fact is none of my statistics are stellar, and that is what they are looking for. All of my application was good. Nothing was great.
[] Weaknesses: I should have taken the SAT more than once and superscored made over 2300. I should have taken more SAT IIs and retaken the Math II one because it was very low. My rank could have been higher. Also, I am not good at boasting about myself-- perhaps a problem with my application was I didn’t elaborate quite enough on my accomplishments with the Conferences I’ve organized and leadership I’ve exhibited in the community. Advice to anyone reading this: CAPITALIZE ON THE SPACE GIVEN.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My school has always had a very good relationship with Ivies. Last year, members of the senior class were accepted into every Ivy. This year, one person got into Penn. That’s it. Who knows? Maybe they had too many people from this area already. Besides that, there was just nothing above and beyond to distinguish me from anyone else. As simple as that. Even if there had been, I still would have needed to get extremely lucky to be accepted.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton (EA deferred, then rejected), Brown, Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill
Accepted: Duke, USC H, Clemson H, Furman, Emory

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**General Comments: ** I mean, I look at all these people who were rejected and think to myself what the hell-- how would I have gotten in anyway? Gradually the Ivies are going to lose their prestige. There are simply too many qualified people to be students at Ivies, and all of these people will end up at other schools that will become more competitive as well as time goes on. It was so demoralizing getting rejected from all 8 Ivies. I certainly wasn’t expecting much, but I thought I would at least get into one. At least I got into Duke with a 5% acceptance rate and with a ranking above some of the Ivies anyway. I look back on the past four years of my life, grateful for the opportunity I took and the decisions I made and the work I put into my community, but I have to offer some advice. It really isn’t worth all the stress just to get into an Ivy-- because you can be the best candidate they could ever possibly have and then still not get in.

nocensure · March 31, 2012, 10:24am

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 Superscore, 2300 one sitting (770 M, 790 CR, 790 W, 12 Essay)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/105
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):45/45 Predicted
[] Senior Year Course Load:IB Maths HL, IB Economics, HL, IB History HL, IB English SL, IB Physics SL, IB French Ab Initio SL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Cambridge Top in India in IGCSE in IT, felicitation with ex-President in India for achievements in Indian development (microcredit), Times of India Student of the Year, Selected to be part of the official Indian delegation to the 2nd Preparatory Conference for Sustainable Development, chosen to go to Wockhardt though leadership Conference where I had personalized time with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Muhammed Yunus, South Asian Leadership Conference, Many MUN awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President and Founder of Eutopia, a microcredit organisation that has lent hundreds of thousands of dollars
President and Founder of Project Synergy, a network of schools and organisations that work towards sustainable development, over 30 schools and 1300 volunteers.
Editor-in-Chief of School Newspaper
Economics Club President
Head Boy
Varsity Tennis for 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at ASA Bangladesh, for microcredit
[] Volunteer/Community service: See Eutopia and Project Synergy
[] Summer Activities: ASA Internship
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): India (US Citizen attending High School overseas)
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique Extracurriculars, Essays, a great Journey
[] Weaknesses: No Hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Perhaps I should the Stanford “entrepreneur” spirit. Either way, I’m immensely thankful.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford (w/Likely), Brown, Dartmouth, LSE (UK), UCL (UK), Northwestern, Berkeley, UCLA, Warwick (UK), University of Edinburgh (UK)
Waitlisted: Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, UChicago
Rejected: Harvard, UPenn

[/ul]General Comments: To all accepted, a great journey awaits you. To those rejected/waitlisted: The most important thing is hope. I know its hard but don’t lose it. Ever.

Kali22 · March 31, 2012, 10:46am

Decision: Waitlisted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730W/690R/570M - 1990
[] ACT: 34W/29R/26S/25M (32 Essay) - 29
[] SAT II: 700 US/670 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US/3 Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish and AP Psych (among others)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Discus Award Winner[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Track and Field (Jump Team Captain), National Honor Society, Ebony Club, Yearbook
[] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen volunteer
[] Essays: My Common App essay was a response to visiting the land of my ancestors.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good, but nothing spectacular.
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):New York City
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, grades and achievements in Track and Field
[] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/denied: Accepted: Princeton, UPenn, Brown, Georgetown, UChicago, Emory, Williams and Swarthmore / Waitlisted: Dartmouth and Columbia / Rejected: Harvard, Yale and Stanford
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RawkForGod · March 31, 2012, 2:02pm

Decision: Waitlisted - SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (790 M, 740 CR, 670 W, 7 essay)
[] ACT: 36 (36 M, 36 E, 36 S, 34 R, 8 essay)
[] SAT II: 800 on Math II and Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/480
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP US Gov’t, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, British Literature, Speech, Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, 1st in School on AMC 10 and twice on AMC 12, qualified for AIME this year (don’t know yet about USAMO), Boys State, Candidate for Presidential Scholars Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans, Quiz Bowl (Co-captain for 4 years), National Honors Society (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 months at Target (seasonal)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff with my church, an essay addressed this
[] Summer Activities: nothing of note–just babysitting my siblings
[] Essays: Pretty Good
[] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low to mid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]

pinkrocket · March 31, 2012, 6:01pm

Decision: Waitlisted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2080 (780CR, 680W, 620M)
[] ACT:31
[] SAT II:720 Bio E, 700 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7UW, 4.465W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/598
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 APUSH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP (Government, English Lit, Statistics, Physics, Calculus), Acdec
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended, National Achievement Finalist, Questbridge Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Key Club(Treasurer/Secretary), Ambassador Club(Officer), Academic Decathlon (Co-Captain)+several medals, Mayors Youth Commitee (Vice-President), Governor’s Youth Commission (Member), Library Advisory Board, Youth in Philanthropy, District College Readiness Advisory Board, National Soceity of High School Scholars, French Club (President), Deca.
[] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:200+ hrs
[] Summer Activities:Volunteered at local library, summer leadership program at local university
[] Essays:Common App/Supplement: both Amazing esp the supplement-one of my best
[] Teacher Recommendation:Amazing
[] Counselor Rec:Amazing
[] Additional Rec:Nope
[li] Interview:Phone Interview-Went well (I can’t really judge)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Black/African
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket:~60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Essays/Voice, Letters of Rec, Extracurriculars, Showed Interest
[] Weaknesses: Gpa/test scores, maybe I shouldn’t have forwarded my qb app
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I don’t know, this made me really sad. Columbia was my #1
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Cornell ILR, Duke, Dartmouth, UPenn Wharton, Williams Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia Rejected: Stanford

[/ul]General Comments: I really, honestly loved my essays for Columbia. I guess my app was lacking something they needed. But overall, I’ll be happy wherever I go :)

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