<p>“People have started hearing? Sorry if I’m late to the conversation, but I had though cornell didn’t notify until April!”</p>
<p>-Worthy URM’s and female engineers are often admitted early to sway them to increase diversity.</p>
<p>Saving this spot for 3/29</p>
<p>So, does anyone know the answer to this: If someone is a female engineering candidate and they did NOT get this likely letter/invite, are they as good as rejected?</p>
<p>No. Many do not get the email and still get in, like a likely letter scenario</p>
<p>Sorry for the double post, but here are my stats, as promised.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): First: 2060 (CR690, M660, W710, E 11) Second: 2230 (CR710, M790, W730, E 10)
[</em>] ACT: First: 32 (E29/M30/R33/S36/E10) Second: 34 (E36/M33/R36/S31/E11)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math I, 710 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0. 104.218 weighted on 100 pt scale.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/262
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 3 (10th grade)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): All being taken in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, IB Eng A1 HL, IB Bio SL, IB Span B HL, IB Math SL, IB ToK, IB HoA HL, IB Music SL, IB Mentoring, Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar and National Merit Commended (first in my school in A WHILE). Gates Finalist.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Drumline and all percussion endeavors in the Band (also going to state for a snare solo and was second chair percussion in my district honor band)), (Mu Alpha Theta Founder and President), History Club, Model UN, NHS, Interact Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Some with family business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 935 hours of CAS in IB
[<em>] Summer Activities: Duke TiP from 2007 - 2010, Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) in 2011, Dartmouth Bound in 2011
[</em>] Essays: Loved the first one. About my father and unique circumstances. Very bold and emotional in my eyes. Other essays were all strong imo, but I definitely preferred some over others.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see them, but my bio teacher felt bad when I got deferred from Yale because she said she was too strict on my common one. I dunno how that’ll go…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue in the slightest.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology: Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Inner-city Public in an underfunded and “Academically Unacceptable” (according to TEA) campus
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, roots from Mexico
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under the cutoff for full aid.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First in a TRUE college (Dad dropped out and mom has a license but not a degree)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Writing, scores relative to location, doing as much as I can in my school, summer programs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of EC and leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
[</em>] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:</p>
<p>Accepted: Dartmouth (likely), Columbia (likely), Fordham (likely), Cornell (early writeish), Williams (early write), Bowdoin (early write), rest on Ivy Day
Waitlisted: Yale (deferred SCEA), WUSTL
Rejected: </p>
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: **
It was a fun (kidding) journey. Everyone here is excellent and should not let what school they didn’t get into get them down. We’re all amazing and will bloom where we are planted. I am honored to be among you all.</p>
<p>can everyone who was accepted do me a favor? look under you financial aid to-do list in the portal and tell me if anything is there. there’s been threads about this in the past, but i wanted to verify if there is any correlation between having forms there already and being accepted. also, let me know if you saw those forms there before you found out your acceptance. i unfortunately have no forms:/…probably a bad sign. congrats by the way!</p>
<p>I was accepted last week and my fin aid to-do list says the following: " No current to do item information found." It’s been like this for me since like two weeks ago because I hadn’t turned in my non-filing statement and then I did and checked. I don’t think there’s a correlation.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>School of Industrial and Labor Relations</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I 1790 (didn’t submit)
[ *] ACT:28, 29, 30<- submitted
[ *] SAT II: 680 MBio, 730 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/433
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Biology 5 Spanish, 4 US History, 4 Environmental Science, 4 Language, 4 Art
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calculus
AP Government
AP Literature
Student Government
AP Physics
PE</p>
<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Class President (by Jan 12, raised $4,500 in that time), high school mascot for three years, XC 3 years, varsity captain. On School Site Council, School Governance Team Sergeant of Arms, Student Representative at a “local schools” board
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern at a local navy lab
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: nothing noted
[ *] Summer Activities: Intern
[ *] Essays: Deciding to run XC and losing 40 lbs of weight in the process
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Fine, my Calculus teacher was a little dry but my government teacher reflected on our first conversation
[ *] Counselor Rec: She went to bat for me hard.
[ *] Additional Rec: -
[ *] Interview: Great! I was really able to convey a lot of emotion about why I was meant to study at ILR.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public (project improvement school)
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: $70,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mexican and first generation</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: In my essay, I talked about my love of technology and how that’s a global endeavor made only possible by a global workforce. Then I spoke about the importance for safety rights in those countries too. It was very passionate. I think my background made me very suited for ILR.
[ *] Weaknesses: I had a word missing (“in”) in my essay early on. I also screwed up on an apostrophe. Advice: don’t wait until the last minute guys! But if you do, just write how you feel.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Background ties in with Cornell and ILR very well.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likelys from Notre Dame and Duke, accepted to Cal Poly SLO as of 3/15</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** Excited! Can’t wait to step onto Cornell’s grounds! GO BIG RED!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2240 (690CR, 750M, 800W)
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II:740Chem, 760MathII
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/416
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):3human geo, 3 world history (I slept in all my ap tests)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 5 spanish, 6 IB Music
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:IB SL Anthropology, IB HL English, IB HL Chemistry, IB HL Mathematics, Band, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB HL History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Lieutenant, Honor Band, Allstate), Chorus (2nd in command of bass section, Allstate), Drama (lead roles in multiple productions), Spanish Club (President), Chemistry Club (Placed individually at the Science Olympiad for my event) , Key Club, Youth in Government, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, International Thespian Society, Private Tutor, Wrestling (Varsity 125lb)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours of just service, (major one includes organizing a fundraiser which raised $1500 at my school to raise money for books and schools in Cameroon) over 2000 hours of IB CAS
[ *] Summer Activities: Dual Enrolled for one summer, Science Quest at Gainesville, Boys State, Latino Community Leadership Seminar
[ *] Essays: Decent, I wrote it in a half hour
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I was shocked at how good they were
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: 90,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Puerto Rican and legacy</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: GPA and all my various extracurriculars and service as well as being a legacy
[ *] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores could have been a little better
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths outweighed my weaknesses
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Fordham and NYU, Deferred from Harvard, Still waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Yale.</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I : 1970 superscored (610 CR, 620 M, 740W)
ACT: never took it
SAT II: 720 US History, 690 Lit
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 Weighted: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/240ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): none prior to senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Latin: Vergil, AP Art History, AP United States Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing outstanding, mainly local and school awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl, Latin Club, National Honor Society, etc. (I have a really long resume)
Job/Work Experience: none at time of applying
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
Summer Activities: Congressional Academy for American History and Civics (most prestigious one), lots of volunteer work
Essays: Wrote about dramatic experience that changed my perspective of the world and life itself. CAS essay was very specific about my wanting to study English and become a better writer.
Teacher Recommendation: Great! Got them from two teachers who know me very well.
Counselor Rec: Dont know but must have been good because I got in!
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Got emailed about interview but it went straight to my spam, didnt see it for weeks, interview never happened
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
School Type: Inner-city public school
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: under $70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (got invited to diversity hosting event and received letter from minority recruitment urging me to apply)
Reflection
Strengths: Tons of ECs and leaderships positions, class rank, all As in AP classes, high-achieving minority, lots of honor classes, recs
Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of AP classes prior to senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: affirmative action/minority recruitment initiative
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: College of William and Mary, lots of inferior schools</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering - Computer Science)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (720 M, 700 CR, and 690 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math II - 800, Chemistry - 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chinese (5, lol…native speaker) and AP Chemistry (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, Western Civilization (College level), Honors 20th Century Philosophy, Honors Ecology, Senior Research at UNC-CH, Complex Systems, Structures and Dynamics of Modern Networks, Combinatorics/Game Theory, Numerical Analysis, Advanced Programming, AP Microecon, Intro MechE
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist (if that counts?)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Asian Cultures Club (Officer), Computer Science Club (Founder & President), and Random Acts of Kindness Club (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 9/10th grade, parents owned a restaurant, so I spent most of my time helping out
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Student Ambassador (over 150 hours), Misc volunteering like tutoring, food drives, etc (over 150 hours too)
[</em>] Summer Activities: 11th: Summer Academy of Math and Science at CMU
[<em>] Essays: I think my main common app essay was great because I wrote about something unique to me. My Why Cornell essay was pretty good too because I actually enjoyed learning about it through the website, videos, and talking to alums.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Humanities one should be pretty good. Compsci one is probably AMAZING since he’s my academic advisor in addition to compsci teacher. I spend a lot of time talking to him outside of class and started the compsci club to get more people interested. 
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably really good too! I’m lucky to know my counselor well! I talk to her at least once a month.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[li] Interview: Ahhh, I loved my interview! Though it was just a phone interview, it went REALLY well. I got to talk a lot about why I love Compsci so much, and my interviewer sort of hinted that Cornell was interested in me…so the likely wasn’t too big of a surprise, but still very appreciated. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] School Type: Public-boarding, selective (from congressional districts)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess URM in Engineering & First Gen
[/ul]
Reflection
[ul][<em>] Strengths: I felt like most of my application was pretty solid. Though I wasn’t that involved in 9/10th grade, I took extra online courses and had to help out with my parents’ business. In 11/12th grade, I did a lot more with my time and accomplished/learned SO much. I’m glad Cornell saw that, and I’m also glad Cornell didn’t hate me for attaching an extended resume where I included extra paragraphs to all of my extracurricular activities. (I felt like they are a really big part of me, so out of impulse, I decided to do that.)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Numbers. My SAT score isn’t that high, and it took me a while to get it there. I didn’t take that many AP tests either.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I have decent numbers, but much more to offer as a person. (And because I’m a girl who’s super passionate about Compsci.)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: RIT (A), RPI (A), Georgia Tech (A), MIT (R)
[/ul]
General Comments: I mainly want to say that hard work pays off. Back in Sophomore year, my SAT score was a 1790. I went to a public score where that was considered great. In junior year, I realized that bringing it up to a 1940 wasn’t good enough for most top-tier colleges. I also went to the current public boarding school now where most Asians were really smart coming from Magnet schools already. I bombed the placement tests and found myself in Honors Precal, Honors Chem, and Honors Physics, whereas I could have taken AP’s back home. I found something else though. I found extracurricular’s and computer science, and I found something that I can be proud of and share that with colleges. So, if you still have time, take my advice and go find something that you can define yourself with and be proud of it. Screw SAT scores and self-doubt.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted into CAS **</p>
<p>Intended Major: Biology</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): —
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 700, Bio M- 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB- 4, AP Bio- 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Environmental Sci, AP Calc BC, Honors French 4, Anatomy and Phys, Econ/Gov
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): competitive figure skating, piano- certificate of merit, medical club (president), science research-sponsored by school, varsity track & field
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: elementary school tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at Stanford Hospital, member of community outreach leadership class, work at local food bank, member of non-profit org, HEARTS
[</em>] Summer Activities: internship at Stanford
[<em>] Essays: not AH-MAZING, but pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both strong and very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good as well. she’s known me since freshman year
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: my first college interview! the interviewer was so nice and genuinely seemed interested in what I was saying.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: african-american
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflective:
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: guaranteed acceptance to CAS. was sent an invitation to Diversity Weekend 3 days ago, and I didn’t believe it when it said " you will be admitted to Cornell University’s Class of 2016." Had to call the admissions office to confirm. LOL
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepeted- UC Davis,
Waitlisted- Cal Poly SLO,
Waiting for: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UPenn, George Mason, UCLA, UC Berkeley</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m still in a state of shock. I didn’t think for one second that I would get in. I’m extremely humbled by this acceptance. To everyone still waiting until the 29th, good luck! Hope to see some more good news in the next few weeks :)</p>
<p>Hi Foreverarianaa, I was just wondering when you got your notification about Reed acceptance. I’m kinda nervous because I thought decisions were going to be emailed around April 1. Do you know if Reed has started sending out decision letters for the class of 2016 already?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted into Engineering- Mechanical</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math- 730 Writing- 630 CR- 640
ACT:
SAT II: Math II- 730, Bio M- 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking them all this May
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language , AP Calc AB, AP MacroEconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), member of Spanish Club
Job/Work Experience: Work-study program at my school (40 hours each year)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local elementary school to help tutor kids and act as a translator for parent-teacher meetings (most parents there speak spanish only)
Summer Activities: work at school
Essays: not sure if considered great but talked about my rare genetic diseases and how it’s affected my life but how I don’t let it get in the way of accomplishing my goals and whatnot
Teacher Recommendation: both strong and very good
Counselor Rec: good as well. he’s known my family and me for several years
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: I didn’t really have an interview with Cornell. It was more of just him telling me about the school and answering some of my questions. He even said himself that it’s not really an interview and it was pretty quick. He was also an alumn from my HS…
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private catholic school
Ethnicity: hispanic (Peruvian)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 100,000-115,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflective:[<em>] Strengths: courseload, essays, recs [</em>] Weaknesses: test scores, gpa, EC’s/volunteer[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays mostly, my test scores aren’t that great and neither is my gpa compared to ivy scale. Although, I’ve gotten straight A’s the past 3 semesters. Sophomore year’s grades are what killed my gpa [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted- Cal Poly Pomona
Waitlisted-
Rejected- Cal Poly SLO, Caltech
Waiting for: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, USC, Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m honestly surprised. I found out I was rejected from SLO and caltech on the same night and was pretty down in the dumps… then a week later I get into Cornell through the URM email! So don’t lose hope people! I think essays play a major role in their decision and it’s not all about grades or test scores. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Wait… I thought they start posting results on March 29… How’d you guys got your decisions?</p>
<p>So if I haven’t gotten any notification now… does that mean I got rejected?</p>
<p>That’s what I’m wondering, too…</p>
<p>@eng7809 @kylearobb they just sent out acceptance notifications for URMs and female engineers. all decisions are released on march 29th at 5pm!</p>
<p>They were likely letters. Don’t worry, many people still get accepted but never get a LL.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CALS Biology</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 26 27 28 24 23/26 33 23 26 21
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/100
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3-Eng Lit
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Leadership-Exec VP Student Council-Exec VP NHS-Treasurer Interact Club-VP Peer Mediation
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Babysitting/Tutoring/Library Assistant/ Senior Citizen Dinner Dance/Holiday Caroling/Student Mentoring/Blood Drives/Thanksgiving Baskets/Church Toy Drives
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Excellent. Wrote about my family and my sister having epilepsy and my strong interest in biology.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Horrible, he didn’t write a letter. Only a few words.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and First Gen </p>
<p>Reflection </p>
<p>[li] Strengths: Essays, extracurriculars and community service, and Ranking </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: ACT score, GPA, Recs </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that I showed that I excelled, even at a bad h.s. The average GPA is a 2.5 and the average ACT score is a 15. My essays also showed that I had a genuine interest in bio. + URM & First Gen </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, University of California-Davis, University of California-San Diego, Purdue U, Michigan State, etc.
Rejected: Nowhere</p>
<p>General Comments: Yayyyy I’m soo excited!</p>
<p>Thelad,
I didn’t officially get accepted yet, but I got called for a diversity weekend similar to Cornell’s. Don’t worry, acceptances don’t come out for a while.</p>
<p>@Drummerdawg </p>
<p>Are you guys sure about this? I keep hearing that likely letters only get sent out to female engineers and URMs, but I received a likely and am Chinese, female but not an engineer (CAS - Biology). I got a Dean Tanner scholarship or something, and am kind of confused. Is this significant or just a gimmick or something to “impress” students? I heard on one board that everyone gets one of these and that it really means nothing. </p>
<p>Quick stats:
Race, Gender: Chinese, female
SAT: 2340 (760M, 800R, 780W)
SATIIs: Chem -760, World History-790, MathII -790</p>