<p>your family makes below 10k and you managed to do all that. That is pretty darn impressive.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT II:750x2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):good
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:some
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:lots
[</em>] Summer Activities:yep
[<em>] Essays:idk
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec:idk
[</em>] Additional Rec:idk
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:pub
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>]Income Bracket:80k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths:gpa, act, sat2
[</em>] Weaknesses:some hispanic kid got accepted with likely at my school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:affirmative action
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UMD honors w/ scholarship</p>
<p>General Comments:
According to college admissions, no matter how hard I try, I will never be as successful as a hispanic/black person.</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted Human Ecology **</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):780 math, 680 reading, 690 writing, 2150 superscore
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:690 history, 730 math2, 650 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): our school doesnt do 4.0 scale…i have a 4.25
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/370
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):calc ab, stat =5, apush, gov, lang&comp =4, compsci =3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc bc, ap physics c, anatomy, chemistry, english, spanish 5 honors, psychology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar w. distinction, rotary leadership award</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):fbla (president) varsity soccer, varsity track, peer leader
[ *] Job/Work Experience:summer camp counselor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:tutoring, volunteer at physical therapy clinic
[ *] Summer Activities:camp counselor, volunteer at physical therapy clinic
[ *] Essays:common app was about my relationship with my older brother, HumanEc was about wanting to learn about nutrition and my childhood as an overweight kid ect…
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:didnt see it but i would imagine were all really good.
[ *] Counselor Rec:i have a big grade so prob really generic but still good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:very informal, conversation was good</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasion
[ *] Gender:female
[ *]Income Bracket: upper middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:grades, essays, recommendations
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores, esp subject tests
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:my essays sounded really passionate…still somewhat shocked i got in lol
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted: university of michigan, uconn honors, rutgers honors, fordham, rensellear.
waitlisted: university of virginia, college of william&mary
rejected: unc chapel hill, duke, johns hopkins, tufts</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** congrats to all who were accepted!! i started crying when i got in i was so excited!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Engineering!</p>
<p>Stats to come later!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted into Engineering!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR, 760 M, 760 W (2170 Total)
[</em>] ACT: not taken
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Chem, 770 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/530
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5, Chem: 5, US History: 5, Environmental: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP CS, AP Physics B, AP Eng. Language and Comp, AP Italian
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team (Captain), Marching/Concert Band (Drum Major), National Honor Society (Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours - taught swim lessons, math tutoring, mentoring 5th grade immigrant students
[</em>] Summer Activities: Teaching Swim Lessons at a Local Neighborhood Community Center and Tutored Math
[<em>] Essays: Common App: Talked about a band gig where we appeared on FOX Television (Totally thought it would be bland, but I guess it worked!); Supplement: Recounted an interesting experience where a college researcher came in and talked about HIV research - used that to talk about what I could glean from Cornell in Engineering
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure; I’m sure they were decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Regurgitation of my extra-curriculars - really not special at all.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: It wasn’t really an interview. It was more of “Do you have any questions about Cornell?” And I asked a *</em>**-load. 
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (over 500 students in our class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Under 50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Rank, Pretty good extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT score, Almost no awards, IDK!!!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I HAVE NO IDEA why I was accepted. Asian Male. College of Engineeering. Not even a 2200 or 2300 SAT score. Not even valedictorian. I. am. dying. right. now.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Brown(!!), RPI, WPI, Northeastern; Waitlisted at: University of Pennsylvania; Rejected by: MIT, Stanford [/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Just overall SHOCKED. My heart was POUNDING when I clicked the link to see the decision. Pretty sure I’m going to Cornell!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 [800 CR, 660 M, 740 W]
[li] ACT: 33[/li][</em>] SAT II: 780 Bio M, 690 USH, 740 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.29 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/238
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US (5), Lang (5), Chem, Lit, Psych, Gov
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Lit, Applied Calc, Ecclesiology (religion requirement), Design Exploration
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The usual… 4 years of swimming, 2 of polo, student council, newspaper, yearbook, a few clubs that I was a member of for a while, NHS/CSF
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much… reading at my church, Science Olympiad coach
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lol none, swimming.
[<em>] Essays: My common app one was probably a 9/10, I personally really liked it. It was about being Australian and Japanese and seeing the world differently. Sounds cliche, but it’s a little better than the description haha. The Cornell supplement was about growing up being exposed to medicine, etc. It was pretty good, I used it with modifications for another good school and got a scholarship there.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing, according to my LMU interviewers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea, but he likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Weird as hell. He was pretty much telling me not to go to Cornell…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Small, parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: Japanese/Australian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m hookless haha. Well my grandpa went to college here during his internment.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, definitely. Good GPA and decent scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and community service.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause the admissions committee decided that day that a short Asian Australian girl who is in love with surfing and swimming would be a great addition to their school.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Cornell, University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, University of San Diego, University of the Pacific. Waitlisted at Dartmouth. Rejected at Pomona.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: College admissions make no sense.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS (Biology Major)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: BioM 780 US History 750 Math II 600 haaha
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (5), psych (5), us history (5), language (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap art hist, ap stat, ap lit, ap gov, ap calc AB, ap physics C, chem at local uni
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Society for Science and the Public finalist (its the science fair you guys)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): cross country, science fair, tutor, I wrote some poems
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: janitor for three years. awesome.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: cutting trail, science fair judge
[</em>] Summer Activities: worked 40 hr weeks, short biochem internship at utah state, latin class
[<em>] Essays: they were quality, I think this is why I got in
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: meh
[</em>] Additional Rec: NA
[li] Interview: NA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[</em>] School Type: huge, average public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: a social construct! nah I’m a girl.
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m from the boonies? </p>
<p>Reflection:
[<em>] Strengths:essays, the Utah thing
[</em>] Weaknesses:comparably low test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:my essays got me in. definitely.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: wellesley, smith, brandeis, amherst; Waitlisted: duke; Rejected: MIT, swarthmore, columbia ED; Still waiting: stanford</p>
<p>General Comments: I’ve got a tough decision ahead of me. But good choices. Anybody have any input on Wellesley vs Amherst vs Cornell for science majors???</p>
<p>EDIT: FORMATTING WHY!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Engineering!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): ): 740 CR, 780 Math, 780 Writing: 2300 total
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 790 US, 800 Math II, 740 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, 4.58 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%… not given any info beyond that.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang and Comp (5), Physics B (5), US History (5), Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Psychology, Honors Spanish V, Band, TA, AP English Lit, AP BC Calc, AP Chem, Survey of American Film
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): St. Michael’s book award… if that really is anything exciting.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Assistant Drum Major), Destination Imagination, Varsity ice hockey, Softball, National Honor Society, Fonts Arts Magizine, Drama Guild, Jazz Band, Pit orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Ice Hockey referee, Office clerk at Cambridge Isotope Labs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Destination Imagination coach, Softball team coach, Girl Scout related volunteering stuff, Church youth group and mission trip to South Dakota, Vacation Bible School Crew leader.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Job as an office clerk, my mission trip, and volunteering as a VBS crew leader
[<em>] Essays: I was exceeignly proud of my common app essay which was vaugely centered around Destination Imagination. The supplement was nothing exciting, though
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I believe. I had one from my Stats/BC Calc teacher, and she really likes me so I figure it’s good. The other is from my band director, who absolutely loves me, and he’s told me it was glowing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, probably. We actually know each other pretty well, and she told me she had trouble fitting in all the awesome things she wanted to write about me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Seemed to go very well. I had a lot to say, and she was very kind and informative. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, about 1,800 kids
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing that I can really think of, other than the fact that I do Destination Imagination, which isn’t too common.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Destination Imagination, Common App essay, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Ethnicity, could use some more extra curricular, volunteer and leadership stuff, though the stuff that I do do I am exceedingly dedicated to.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a pretty strong overall student, and I think DI helps me to stand out a bit. Also, my common app essay
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: UMass Amherst honors college, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh honors program, Syracuse, RPI, UPenn
Rejected: Dartmouth, MIT [/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: </p>
<p>No real surprises here since I got a likely letter a couple weeks back… but I’m still thrilled! I’m torn between here and UPenn… no idea how I’ll make up my mind!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[</em>] ACT: 36 single sitting
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
[</em>] 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
[<em>] 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]
[</em>] 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.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children’s Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
[<em>] Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
[</em>] Essays: What it means to be normal (experience with family member’s medical condition), vision for future of medical research
[<em>] 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.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent/good, but our school has 2000 students, so I’m not sure.
[<em>] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
[</em>] Interview: The interview went fine - we just talked about my school, the area (my interviewer had just moved here), my interests, etc. But at 30 minutes, it was my shortest college interview, so I was really nervous about that afterward.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: could have taken more AP exams, got a few Bs my junior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my science research really helped, since I got a likely letter about the Tanner Dean’s Scholars program.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth, WashU in St. Louis (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</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! And to future applicants, good luck!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320- 800 Reading, 740 Math, 780 Writing
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 Math I, 740 Bio, 710 US
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (93.75/100)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (3), European History (3), Bio (4), English Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP’s (3 is the max at my school), rest of courses were honors classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, National Honors Society</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor/Outdoor Track/Cross Country for 4 years, Philosophy Club, Habitat for Humanity
Job/Work Experience: None.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered around 150 hours in Paraguay over my high school years, as well as a good number of hours in Habitat for Humanity.
Summer Activities: Nothing too notable except summer of 2011, went to a math and science camp at the University of Michigan.
Essays: Went over well with my English teacher, did not write optional essay.
Teacher Recommendation: Did not choose to see, but I have a good relationship with both of my teachers that gave recs.
Counselor Rec: Same as above.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Yes, went smoothly.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Parochial (Catholic)
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Paraguayan)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Around 100k a year.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, URM[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, nothing besides the SAT that really stands out.[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Iona College, Binghamton, University of Michigan, Fordham, RPI, Syracuse, Villanova, Johns Hopkins, Boston College, Boston University
Waitlisted: Princeton
Rejected: UPenn (and Cornell)</p>
<p>Even though I’m still waiting on Georgetown, figured it would be good to throw this update in before the flood of results separates it too far from my original post.</p>
<p>Accepted: Duke, UChicago, Northwestern, WashU, Tufts, University of Rochestor, Binghamton
Waitlisted: UPenn, Dartmouth
Rejected: Brown, Harvard, Yale</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Engineering</p>
<p>The only stuff you’ll read:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 690 math II, 720 physics (poopy)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.23 so whatever that is out of 4…
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/496
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), AP Comp Sci (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Music Theory, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head Drum Major 2 years with 200 member school marching band
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: various local events
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Decent, I don’t like judging my own writing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two were good I though, 3rd was good I’m assuming?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, I was a Drum Major with her daughter for a year and she loved me…couldn’t have hurt.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Publics (2100 people)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 120-140k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 4th generation legacy (practically my whole family went to Cornell), Jazz + Band directors want me to play trombone there</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Legacy, Music connections
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Solid applicant, fairly decent essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: RPI, WPI, Stevens, Clarkson, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stony Brook</p>
<p>General Comments: Figured I had a shot with hooks, but it’s an ivy…you never know…</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
ILR!!!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 760 Writing, 700 Math)
[ *] ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[ *] SAT II: 800 US History, 720 Spanish, 660 Math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.68 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP Psych (5), AP US (5), AP Lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macro, Chamber Orchestra, TA, AP Environmental Science
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Silver Award</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Model UN, Orchestra, Vice-Chair of Archiving Committee, Girl Scouts.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I work for a Tea Company…
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group and Girl Scouts stuff. Plus tutoring.
[ *] Summer Activities: Young Women’s Leadership Institute at Barnard College, volunteer trips.
[ *] Essays: my common app one was about the emphasis society places on women to dress well/look good in order to be successful. my cornell essay was a metaphor: my high school education was like a kaleidoscope, providing me multiple perspectives on feminism through the disciplines of psychology, economics, and history.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but one was probably really great. he knew I am a feminist and thinks really highly of me (my ap psych teacher)
[ *] Counselor Rec: awful. I go to a public school; what can one expect?
[ *] Additional Rec: didn’t do one
[ *] Interview: Well they don’t do official interviews; but I contacted a rep for an Information Session</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public, but #14 in nation for public high schools
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *]Income Bracket: 160,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: my entire app was pointed to this program (EC’s, essay) and i had a slant (feminist), and my GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: my math SAT scores we not stellar…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My app came together nicely I guess…
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Wellesley, Barnard, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Northeastern, UF, FSU
Waitlisted at American. Rejected at Brown. </p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** so happy! just waiting to see if I have hopes for any FA…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (A&S)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 CR)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio, 700 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (otherwise DNR)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (school uses honors in lieu of AP)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (editor in chief), Robotics (captain), Diplomacy club (president), Mock Trial, Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer lab research at UPenn
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, TA at local sunday school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Above mentioned hospital volunteer, travel, above mentioned lab research
[<em>] Essays: Outstanding
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>] Additional Rec: Solid
[li] Interview: Went decently well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Foreign born immigrant (but at age 2)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Teacher recs, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths, maybe the “hook” helped
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>Accepted: UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, WashU, PSU (Schreyer Honors), Pitt (Honors)
Waitlisted: Harvard, UChicago, CMU (CS)
Rejected: Princeton, Yale</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Probably going to be attending UPenn, and I’ll take a shot at my #1 choice Harvard’s waitlist. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted College of Engineering: Enivronmental
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<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): did not take
[ *] ACT: 31 C, 27 E, 28 R, 32 S, 36 M
[ *] SAT II: 790 Math II, 790 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around the 12-15% range, only took math and science AP classes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 chemistry
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): did not take
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Calculus, AP Gov, British Literature, Computer Graphics, Weight Training
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 4 years, track and field 2 years, Vice president of one club and treasurer of another. No real leadership experience.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Did tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Around 100 hours at local science center and a few hours here and there with misc. organizations.
[ *] Summer Activities: Football lol
[ *] Essays: Unique. I thought they were good. Not amazing compared to some other college essays I have read.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great, physics teacher went to Cornell
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably impersonal
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: went well</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public around 1400 students
[ *] Ethnicity: White - middle eastern
[ *] Gender: M
[ *]Income Bracket: Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen college</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: My math scores, sports, my first gen hook.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of leadership
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was definitely my essay; it really made me stand out. And I think I was the only person from my school to apply.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCI, UCSB Waitlisted: UCSD Rejected: USC, UCLA, UCB</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** Congrats to those who got in. Looking forward to Cornell.</p>
<p>Dan4980–Wow. Great job, though. Accepted to West Point! Congrats and thanks for serving our country if you attend. You are fabulous. Also, you have acceptance to a great in-state school!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[</em>] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[<em>] Essays: Why I want to be a doctor.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: My essay was too generic?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC
Waitlisted: Rice, UChicago, U Penn
Rejected: Stanford EA, Brown, Yale, Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
MIT 2016 <3</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CALS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Reading 740, Math 780, Writing 750
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.949
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 309
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female:</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Girl Scout Gold Award
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied to do botany and I think I build a strong case
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, Case Western ($30,00/year scholarship), SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo (full tuition)
Waitlisted: Rice, WUSTL</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Probably my top choice for botany, but unless there is some financial aid, it isn’t going to happen.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2240
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.17 unweighted, 4.35 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2 out of 40
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s and a couple of 4’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, Honors Sr. thesis, Neuropsychology, Anatomy and Physiology, World Lit., B&W Photography
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Squash (captain), Soccer, Class VP Junior year, NHS President senior year, Red Key Club, school tutoring co-founder
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: School Service Club, PVA
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School, Represented school at leadership conference, competitive marksman (3 bronze medals 2011)
[</em>] Essays: They were pretty good; lot of work went into them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent afaik
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:W
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:~$200K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Engaging, people person
[</em>] Weaknesses: One of the masses planning to go for pre-med?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I think I have a very competitive application. Maybe too many Pre-med’s applying? Was not able to visit campus?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>Accepted:
WashU
Rice
Georgetown
UVA
Davidson
William and Mary
Tulane (with scholarship and honors)</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Cornell</p>
<p>Rejected:
Princeton
Yale
Duke
Dartmouth</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (A&S)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W 740 M 800 CR
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Biology M, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math II, 780 US History, 770 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (5), European History (5), US History (5), English: Language and Composition (5), French (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, Advanced French Literature, AP English: Literature and Composition
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, USA Biology Olympiad (semi-finalist), Bausch + Lomb Medal, and several other regional/school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] 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)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant gymnastics coach at the CT Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy (only this year), JCC day care counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer volunteering at local hospital, volunteer gymnastics coach (8th grade-11th grade)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp until 10th grade, Genesis at Brandeis University in 2010, volunteered at hospital 2011
[<em>] Essays: Common app was good; Cornell supplement was a little rushed, but it contained some great points and specific details
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t seen either, but they should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen, assume it’s good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: It went quite well–not amazing, but solid</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~180,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, maybe essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure to be honest
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected - Harvard, Princeton; Waitlisted - Yale, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Columbia; Accepted - Tufts, Brandeis, University of Rochester, UConn
[/ul]</p>