<p>bump…10char</p>
<p>@scscience how’d you find out?</p>
<p>bump…10char</p>
<p>i havent gotten any letter yet. how did so many people find out already? i thought we werent supposed to find out until thursday?</p>
<p>^Likely letters for URM/female engineers</p>
<p>It looks like I’m on the waiting list. I guess it’s better than being rejected.</p>
<p>Accepted with SAT below 2200. I’m a white Caucasian female who is interested in double majoring in biology and religion. </p>
<p>I’m still in total and complete shock. I thought I would be getting all rejections on Ivy Day.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):-
ACT: 35
Unweighted GPA: 3.98/4.0 -Unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%. No other rank given
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on World, Psych.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult possible at school. 7 Ap Subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Division 1 Varsity All-Conference runner for every year of high school
President of School Club
Officer of non-school association
National Honors Society
Violin w/ orchestral experience
Special Olympics Volunteer
Job/Work Experience: Abercrombie Impact Member, Abercrombie Model
Volunteer/Community service: See ECs
Essays: Pretty good I think. I won best essay composition at my school, and teachers have always said that my essays are superb.
Teacher Recommendation: I thought they were great, though 1 was very generic.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Not Interviewed
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Top 250 according to Newsweek. Class of 506 graduating
Ethnicity: Asian Male…
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
College courses taken (total of 4)?
Reflection
Strengths: Grades and test scores are better than most.
Weaknesses: I suppose my extra curriculars could have been better, but I think they’re at least on par with most other people here.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I hate being the one to say this, but being an ORM…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted:
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Scholarship w/ EA
Michigan State University-JM. Scholarship w/ EA
United States Military Academy- West Point. Senatorial charge.
Rejected:
Cornell.
Brown.
General Comments:
Affirmative Action. Lol…</p>
<p>To my complete and utter shock and amazement… I WAS ACCEPTED! I got a 2280 on my SATs, with comp sci oriented extracurriculars and relatively mediocre AP test scores.</p>
<p>I didn’t expect to be accepted in the slightest.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (780 Math, 800 Reading, 790 Writing)
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, don’t remember exact
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APCS, APWH, APUSH, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Gov, 4 AP Lang
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 38/45
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Internship through school, college classes + AP Bio and HL Math
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics (VP of Engineering), Science Bowl (VP), Physics Club (Co-founder, VP)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at marketing firm, K2 sports engineering
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Interned + IT work at nonprofit
[ *] Summer Activities: Tennis, Robotics
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good (didn’t read)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public, Large (Gifted program about 50 students per year)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: 300K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Got accepted into College of Engineering</p>
<p>rejected with 2320 SAT and 4.0 Unweighted/4.6 Weighted GPA (Asian male) to Human Ecology. Sucks to get denied to three ivies at one time, but at least I have UCLA.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M, 690R, 770W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 790, US History 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/464
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), Computer Science (5), European History (5), Chemistry (Dismissed–long story)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics, Advanced Topics in Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Government, Honors Microeconomics, Multivariable Calculus, AP English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Superior Rating, NMF (neither are exactly major)
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Book Club (founder), Programming Club (VP), Debate Club (VP), Varsity Academic Team, Science Bowl, Science Fair, JV Tennis (Captain), Math Club, University of Cincinnati Materials Science Research Internship
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Escort Volunteer (~100 hrs), Lego Robotics Team Mentor (~15 hrs)
[<em>] Summer Activities: HCARE Program University of Cincinnati, Various Small-scale computer camps, A couple Phys. Ed. classes
[</em>] Essays: Passable
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Positive, but not beautiful
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Quite good, I suppose
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s, Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: No interview?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure. I think it was the interview. I never got an email though…
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: Starting the physics book club. Its basically just a few of my friends who meet every two weeks to discuss physics books (so far, Hawking’s The Grand Design and Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and General Theory).[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (1500, 750)
[</em>] SAT II: 800, 790, 780, 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4 (taking 5 this year; school only offers 5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Academic Challenge Team, 600+ hours volunteering at a hospital, assistant EMT over the summer, lots of various alto saxophone things
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 700 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering + Assistant EMT
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Rural Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Unweighted GPA, volunteering, SAT IIs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays, no major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my essays.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: St. Bonaventure (4+4), Hobart, UMich, Rochester, Hamilton, Binghamton
Waiting back from Duke, JHU, and G’town but all look unlikely now.</p>
<p>General Comments:
Damn</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted CALS**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (770 M, 670 CR, 680 W)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.42 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/340
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), Psychology (5), Language and Composition (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Honors Physics, AP U.S. Government and Politics, Science Research, Orchestra, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature and Composition.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major…</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Public Forum Debate- placed at many tournaments, state qualifier
Toledo Youth Orchestra- principal Viola
Toledo Junior Youth Orchestra- principal Viola
NW Ohio regional orchestra- principal Viola
Ohio all-state orchestra
District honors orchestra
School orchestra- principal Viola
Solo competition- perfect scores
Varsity tennis- captain; state quarterfinalist; individual league finalist
Chess team- ranked 2nd of over 150 in region; 2nd place team
Volunteered as chess instructor at local elementary school
Ping pong club- co-founder and treasurer
National merit scholar commended
College Board AP scholar</p>
<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Interact volunteer organization
Dance For A Chance charity event
24 Hour Relay charity event
National Honors Society- publicity committee member
[ *] Summer Activities: Penn State weather camp
[ *] Essays: Excellent. About my interests in meteorology and broadcasting.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very good. One from debate coach and another from a teacher of a class I did a meteorology research project.
[ *] Counselor Rec: N/A
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[ *] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *]Income Bracket:>$150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):N/A</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, interesting major (atmospheric sciences)
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT’s’, no major awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good fit for CALS
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Penn State, Valparaiso</p>
<p>WAITLISTED FROM CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2180, 2250 Superscored
SAT II: 740 in Chemistry, 700 in Math II
Rank: Top 2%
Major Awards: Just AP Scholar and minor schoolwide ones
ECs: some leadership positions in various clubs/organizations, internship, volunteering at local hospital, library, and church
Ethnicity: South Asian from NY
Family Income: 200k+/year</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m surprised I didn’t get rejected. When I look at this thread and all of you guys that were waitlisted, I feel honored to be classified with people like you. Some of your grades, awards, and ECs are amazing and I can only guess how I could be put in an even remotely close category with you. You are all so talented, intelligent, mature, and I know that all of you will reach your goals. Good luck in all of your future endeavors and never downsize your goals because of an acceptance, a rejection, or a waitlisting. Best wishes!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry 760 Math II 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 unweighted? 4.07 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send</p>
<p>[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Suburban Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): haha ANTIHOOK</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: test scores/ECs that im too lazy to type out
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea but i’m so happy!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected Columbia ED/ CMU waitlist</p>
<p>General Comments: Not sure if I’m attending but congrats everyone who got acccepted!!! If not, I know that college admissions totally suck and im so happy to be done with them.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (730 CR, 680 M, 680 W)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (32 E, 33 M, 33 R, 34 S, 11 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 710 (Math II), 670 (Biology)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (5), Calc BC (5), World History (4), US History (4), Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Statistics, World Literature, Humanities, Human Physiology & Anatomy, Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (vice president), Math Team, Track & Field, Latin Club, BETA Club, NHS, NEHS, NAHS, SNHS, Model UN, and others I’m forgetting at the moment
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours (Habitat for Humanity, etc)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: I guess they were decent. I’m a bad judge of my own material.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: no idea. I assume decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea. I assume decent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Intended Major(s): Civil Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable):
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: URM status
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT IIs, lack of leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just not good enough. Lacking math scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Duke</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Not surprised.</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted ARCHITECTURE
**</p>
<p>** Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (800 M, 690 CR, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70 (but only last two years, since I went to 3 high schools in 4 years!)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Chem (5), Bio (5), Calc AB (5), Stats(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Econ, Honors French III, Englisg, etc.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME qualifier [/li][/ul] </p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]ART (AIB, Museum of Fine Arts), Science Olympiad Team (Captain), Math Team, Global Warming Action Coalition, International Club (Vice President), Tutoring (in Boston), and other stufffff… :)</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
yeahhh 
tutoring in community project
[<em>] Summer Activities: UMich ArcStart, lots of international travel, volunteering
[</em>] Essays:
CommonApp: really creative! Arch: gooood!<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: VERY good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw, I’m guessing mediocre to okay
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: None</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>** Other** [ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massssachusetss
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): I count as international, from: Hungary
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:~$150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):N/A[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recs, Portfolio, INTERVIEW
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I love architecture <3
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: RISD
Waitlist: Columbia
Denied: Brown, Yale
still waiting on: Harvard (eeee-mail, please)</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Too lazy to change the format.</p>
<p>Waitlisted (CAS Computer Science)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (790 CR/800 M/770 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800x3 Math 2, Physics, Chem, 780 US Hist, 770 Bio M
[<em>]GPA: 3.91 UW (Bs in 10th grade chem, 11th grade English, AP English, AP Japanese)
[</em>]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 9% according to UCs
[<em>]AMC: 93 AMC 12, 102 AMC 10
[</em>]AP: Calc BC, Chem, CS A, Lang, Music, Phy B, Phy C (both), Psych, Stats, US Hist (all 5 except Music and E&M). Planned: Bio, Lit, Japanese, Econ (both), E&M retake.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent
[</em>]Teacher Recs: probably decent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably decent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research mentor rec
[li]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Very competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Math/science competitions - USAMTS, JETS-TEAMS (now TSA-TEAMS) varsity captain, FIRST Tech Challenge, etc. Astrophysics research. Admin of school web portal and wiki. Co-president of Computer Science Club. Piano. AwesomeMath Summer Program. CTY.
[</em>]Awards: NACLO Invitational qualifier, USAMTS Honorable Mention, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything else
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Application was OK, not great
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accept: CMU (SCS), UCLA, UIUC, UCSD, UC Irvine, Cal Poly
Watlist: Caltech
Reject: MIT
Waiting for: Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, Stanford
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I like CMU better anyway. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 2400 (800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but I think my counselor put my rank as “1/900”.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Level maximum load (General Paper, Project Work, Economics, Math, Chemistry, Physics)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 in national math olympiad, top in national programming competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science and Math Council (Deputy President), High school YMCA (IT Director), Multimedia Club (President), Tech Council, Guitar Ensemble, Math Club.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours of Community Service
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing much
[</em>] Essays: I liked my Common Apps essay, though my counselor said it’s “decent”. Didn’t spend that much time on Cornell supplement.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to read, but I think one was very good and one so so.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. She loves me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent 4 years of high school in Singapore)
[<em>] School Type: Public / Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: below $10,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stat & grade.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Cookie-cutter Asian
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Princeton, Brown
Wailisted: MIT, UChicago, Columbia
Rejected: Penn (Wharton)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: This makes my day.</p>