<p>Waitlisted College of Arts and Sciences :(</p>
<p>Trying to decide if this is better or worse than a flat out rejection...</p>
<p>Not having a good week.</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted (deferred ED) HOTEL</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 760 M 600 CR 670 WR
* SAT IIs: 750 Math IC, 800 Math IIC, 630 Biology
* ACT: n/a
* APs: 5 AP JAVA, 4 AP Biology
* IBs:n/a
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.024 , ?
* Rank: 26/282
* Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest
* Number of Apps from Your School: 25
* Common or Princeton App? Common App
* Other stats:
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: NHS, Art Club(Treasurer), Computer Club(secretary)
* Job/Work Experience: job at hotel.
* Essays (subject and responses): okay
* Teacher Recs: pretty good
* Counselor Rec: good
* Interview (feel and general location): good, besides the fact that I didn't look very professional
* Hook (if any): I speak chinese?
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Income Bracket: Medium
* Gender: Female
* Hooks: none
* Strengths/Weaknesses: work experience in field, good interview/ SAT scores
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: too many people at my school were accepted already
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all who have been accepted. I guess it just wasn't meant to be for me.</p>
<p>All my tests are tomorrow too cause passover is next week and we ain't allowed to have tests. Damn. Life is tricky. I also failed my road test today. =(</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>(These are my son's stats)
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 760/720/730
SAT IIs: 3, all in mid-600s
ACT: 33
APs: 3 junior year, 4 senior year
IBs: none
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9/~3.6
Rank: School does not rank
Senior Yr Courseload: 4 AP courses, Honors Physics, Phys Ed
Number of Apps from Your School: Lots and lots
ECs listed on app: Probably the usual, nothing outstanding
Essays, Teacher Recs, Counselor Rec: Probably average
Interview (feel and general location): Son felt it went well and enjoyed talking to his interviewer.
Hook (if any): none State or Country: NYC
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Magnet Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Income Bracket: Both parents work, and darn hard too
Gender: M
Hooks: None
Strengths/Weaknesses: Not great SAT IIs, good but not outstanding EC
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Very strong applicant pool of course; glad to not be outright rejected. Accepting spot on waitlist.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone accepted!</p>
<p>Rejected (not just here, but Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, and Duke, and waitlisted at Hopkins) from CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2280 (790 M, 750 CR, 740 W)
SAT II: 790 M Level II, 770 Physics, 760 Chem, 760 US Hist
APs: 5's on Physics B, English Language, US Hist, and World Hist. 4 on Chem
GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.9 W
Rank: top 2%
EC's: decent enough
Essays: good-great
Interview: None
Recs: Okay
Hook: Besides being a white male from NY who wants to major in physics (incase you can't tell I'm being sarcastic), nothing really
Income bracket: I think 50k-70k or something?
Why I was rejected: I have no idea really, I'm severly dissapointed right now.</p>
<p>*Accepted! CAS *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 750V, 700W: 2250
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800MII, 770MI, 730 FR
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs: 5s: USH, CalcAB, Art Hist; 4s: World Hist and English Comp.
[</em>] IBs: n/a
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.8W, 3.97UW
[</em>] Rank: 5/430(?)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Comp Sci, AP German, AP Calc II, AP English Lit, AP US Government and Macroeconomics, Adv. Academic Mentoring
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: four
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Common
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Harp (13 years), Cello (9 years), Youth Orchestra (7 years w/ award), treasurer Beta Club, treasurer Young Democrats, French and Chinese lessons
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: various Harp jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Harp and languages
[</em>] Teacher Recs: quite good, I believe, from two math teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably the standard issue "good kid" recc
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): over the phone... the guy was fairly rushed. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.
[<em>] Hook (if any): linguistics major? [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: KY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public with 2000~ students, I'm in a magnet program within the school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks:
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: According to the Tanner Dean's Scholar program letter I received (yay!), I showed a great love/passion for learning. [/ul]Other Factors:[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>