Official Cornell University Class of 2014 RD Results

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<p>ACCEPTED COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Will tape ap German in May, did not take others because most places to not accept them
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:ap English, German, Statistics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Honor Society, German Honor Society, Academic All American
[/list]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Swimming, 4 years, Captain this year, jazz band, orchestra, community theatre
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:worked since 14 years old first job at community pool, now at Dairy Queen
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:none
[<em>] Summer Activities:working as much as possible
[</em>] Essays:great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:n/a
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:very small rural, 233 in graduating class
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Income Bracket:under 100K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:very focused and determied, takes advantage of all opportunities
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:good grades, good scores, good recommendations, a good art portfolio, and a little luck?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]accepted Mercyhurst (Erie PA), Kent State (Ohio), Virginia Tech, James Madison and Syracuse, waitlisted and rejections - NONE</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:
As her mother filling this in, I did not put her sats, etc because you guys are way too hung up on them. They were obviously high enough for Cornell and that is all you need to know. One thing that D has that many of you are lacking is that you are so hung up on having the “correct” variety and number of EC’s. She picked a few that she loved, and being a varsity swimmer left little time for anything else. D also has had a paying job since she was 14, which I think shows drive and determination. She also comes from a small rural school, where only 2 people even applied for Ivy League admission in her class. We live in the shadow of Penn State, so most kids are happy to go there. I think that her willingness to get out of the area also helped her. She also has had the opportunity to travel, which helped her essays.</p>

<p>I’m sure that those that were rejected have great back up schools that most kids would be lucky to be accepted at.</p>

<p>For those accepted, CONGRATS CORNELL CLASS of 2014!</p>

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<p>Did anyone get FINAID info from Cornell? My S was accepted and only mention of FINAID was that it’ll be in the mail. Did anyone find their FINAID online?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Arts & Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): total: 2220; 710 (W); 760 (R); 750 (M)</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 (Chinese); 780 (Chem); 730 (Bio)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We don’t rank. But probably in top 2 out of 50.</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit, but took 3 courses (only 3 are offered).</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Full w/ 3 APs.</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Consecutive national latin exam gold medals, Columbia’s SHP</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years track, 2 years choir (cantor), 2 years literary journal, 4 years school newspaper</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: office job fresh~junior years</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, library</li>
<li>Summer Activities: volunteering, traveling</li>
<li>Essays: Pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know, but I’m assuming they’re stellar. Physics & Latin teachers.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Should be good, too.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: None.</li>
<li>Interview: I didn’t have an interview. I had a student call me on the phone so I can ask her questions. It was kinda eh because her conditions were completely different from mine, so she couldn’t quite answer my questions. It actually got a bit awkward.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): </li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Don’t know, but I should qualify for full financial aid.</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: SHP, immigrant, 4 years of Latin, fluent in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese)</li>
<li>Weaknesses: 2200 for SAT</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ._. I really don’t know. I always considered myself to be a qualified IVY candidate, but Cornell’s the only IVY (out of the 6 I applied to) that accepted me.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: <em>sigh</em> Disappointed by the rejections & waitlists, but comforting to have Cornell’s acceptance.</p>

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<p>Rejected. :/</p>

<p>Same results at Dartmouth and Brown. Waitlist at UPenn. Oh well. :P</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (730 CR, 770 M, 770W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 760 USH, 780 Math II & Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4/4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4); Calc AB, Chem, Bio, USH (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Lang, AP Eng Lit, Anatomy & Physio, Health, Adv Art, Abstract Alg
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Honors Society (2-time treasurer), School Newspaper (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial, French Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at mom’s alteration store for 3 hrs/week (End of Grade 8 - now)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 2 hr/weekly volunteering at a nursing home for people w/Alzheimer’s (Grade 10 - now)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY, Vacationed, took a comp class at a local community college, NYLF/Med in Boston, nothing else…
[</em>] Essays: One for Common App probably ended up being my weakness seeing as that talked about my middle school experiences (and how that led me to have interests in high school); one for Cornell supp was complete BS - wrote it the day I submitted it to Cornell, no revisions or editing. One-shot deal.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, I was one of the best in both classes though
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Pretty bad; guy was disappointed I hadn’t visited Cornell and didn’t even know the name of the Cornell newspaper
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: $50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Really persued a lot in my interests (writing, French, science) outside of school
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not sure … now that I’ve been accepted
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High standardized test scores, they saw how ambitious I was in high school
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted-> BC, URoch, RPI; Waitlisted-> Brown, Dartmouth; Rejected-> Columbia, Yale (sniff), Harvard[/ul]
General Comments: Quite surprising considering how I really BS-ed the Cornell supp essay but happy nonetheless!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted CAS **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 750 M 800 W…2350
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio M 780 Spanish 750 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/270
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Bio 5 Spanish Language
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available…4 APs, 1 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Travel scholarship to a foreign country
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Honor Society (President, Vice President), National Honor Society, Drama Club (Principal role in show), Amnesty International, Gay-Straight Alliance
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Ice cream scooper!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~80 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown 2008, Traveled to Peru in 2009, worked
[</em>] Essays: Good! I worked really hard =)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but I’m assuming very good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me that well, but probably good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Summer@Brown Professor Evaluation
[</em>] Interview: Informal, more informative than anything…
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Dedication in grades, standardized test scores, and ECs to major and minor, travel scholarship to Peru
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs could have been stronger, course selection freshman+soph years
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked hard and did my best?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted at Brown, Tufts, Vassar. Waitlisted at Columbia, UPenn. Rejected at Yale, Princeton.[/li]General Comments: Congrats everyone!!!</p>

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<p>Hey does anyone know how soon the acceptance packages will come?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M / 660 CR / 710 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chem / 730 Math I / 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/247
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5); Language(4); US History(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest I could get… not very hard. Small school.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Summer Swim Team (Assistant Coach); Varsity Swim Team (Captain); Handbell Choir (Section Leader); Varsity School Mixed Choir; Church Choir; UIL Science & Math Academic Teams
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding (2 summers); Childcare at two churches (3 years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Swim Team, a few volunteer activities
[</em>] Essays: Good, not fantastic. Probably better than I think.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000-100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: From Texas, GPA, ACT, Extracurriculars?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership, Small unknown school, SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really have no idea. I was able to accept the other decisions I got quite easily but I didn’t expect an acceptance here. All I can figure is that they liked my essays and really wanted someone from Texas.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale - Rejected EA; Rice - Accepted; Wesleyan - Accepted; UT - Accepted.[/ul][/li]General Comments: Will not be attending, unless I get a lot of aid, and I don’t see that on the website so I’m assuming I didn’t.</p>

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<p>Serenefire, you have to wait until the Financial Aid comes in the mail. It will not show up online.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted: Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 790 M / 790 CR / 780 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Chem / 800 Math II /780 Bio/740 US Hist</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5); Span.Lang.(5); US History(5); Bio(5) BC Calc(5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Multi-var, Linear Algebra and Advanced Mathematics</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer team and track team at school. Tutoring middle school kids in math. Team leader Relay for Life.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: SEAP at Walter Reed. Senior internship at Walter Reed</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Swim Team, Habitat for Humanity X2 summers</li>
<li>Essays: Good, not fantastic.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: I think very good…didn’t read them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Decent</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): N/A</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): SEAP and internship</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths:</li>
<li>Weaknesses:</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong in math and science and internship</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: MIT - Rejected; Duke, UVA, Case, RPI Bucknell - Accepted; Wait listed-Wash. U.
General Comments: Don’t know if I can afford it.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted: ILR</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 730 M / 800 CR / 790 W</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Math II / 750 World History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/634</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5); Eng.Lang.(5); US History(5); AB Calc (4)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s (BC Calc, Gov, French, Lit, Environmental)</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Contest</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country, indoor track, outdoor track (captain of all three). Tri-M Music Honor Society (president). Chamber Orchestra.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: SAT tutor, violin teacher</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Swim Team, Habitat for Humanity X2 summers</li>
<li>Essays: main essay was about running, which I am very passionate about. ILR essay really emphasized why ILR and what I wanted to do with myself in the future. </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully very good–I asked my two favorite teachers!</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): N/A</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Leadership, extracurrics, immigrant, fluent in Chinese, strong writer</li>
<li>Weaknesses: lack of major awards…but I guess it didn’t matter in the end :]</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High scores, good courseload, competitive high school, resume really fit ILR</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tufts, Wesleyan Colagte, Rejected: Yale, Waitlisted: Dartmouth
General Comments: SO. HAPPY.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Rejection from CAS. I think it was because of my weakness in sciences; Cornell seems to focus on that more :P. I got into Wharton at Penn, so it’s all good! Go Ivy League!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted (AEM)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR 780 / M 800 / W 770)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770 U.S. History, 740 Math I, 720 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%, not ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 5, AP US Hist 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, two state-level writing awards, 3 National Latin Exam medals
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin for ten years, youth orchestra, technology club (secretary for 3 years), extensive web design/programming (portfolio submitted), editor for Open Directory Project
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: two internships at university, database manager at local library in summer
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Informational interview went well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian<br>
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I scores, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Subject Test scores, school doesn’t rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at H, Y (first deferred), MIT. Waitlisted at UPenn Wharton. Accepted to CMU and SHC at Penn State. Ah, looks like I’ll be going to Penn State.[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):CR 800, M 770, W 690 (Super score, I also have a math score of 630 and a writing score of 640)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted):French w/ listening 670, Math II 740, Chem 660, lit 740, US history 710, Biology E 720,
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0(on initial app.) 3.89 (on mid-term report)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/1 (I’m home schooled)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Biology (5), APUSH (3), World history (4)
[</em>] Dual enrollment (classes taken @ a local college/ community college while in high school) Gen Chem I (A), Comp II (A), Gem Chem II (A), Intro to American Politics (A), Karate (A), Interdisciplinary course (A), College Physics I (A), Calc I (A), Honors World Lit. (B), constitutional Issues (A), College Physics II, Intro. to Sociology, General Psychology, Statistics.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:College Physics I (A), Calc I (A), Honors World Lit. (B), constitutional Issues (A), College Physics II, Intro. to Sociology, General Psychology, Statistics, AP French (not planning to take the test)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, National French Exam laureat national, Honors Scholarship @ Community College
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mariner girl scout program (troop president and vice president, troop rep, regional student president), FIRST Robotics, Dance (Irish), Phi Theta Kappa Honor society, Les Voyagers @ Concordia Language Villages
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Life guard (1 summer and into the school year)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Aide @ girl scout camp (3 summers), LOWC,
[</em>] Essays:Everyone who read it really liked it. It was about overcoming dificulties, never giving up and how even the tiniest contribution can win the day. I told the story of a strenuous canoe race where I came I last but our team won the over all competition by 1 point.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:# Should be good one teacher just knew me from class, but I sit in the front and always answer question. The other has been tutoring me in French for four years and knows me really well and she said she would write me a good rec.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:I’m home schooled it was written by my parents.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: premed/chemistry/psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MO
[</em>] School Type: Home Schooled
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: IDK (Our EFC was about $40,000)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Dual enrollment and EC, I really focused on one thing didn’t just dabble
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT writing score, no real outside grades until my junior year (colleges don’t really care what grade your mom gives you.)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those who got in, good luck to everyone as we all try to decide where we want to go.</p>

<p>Just in case any one was wondering I got in the University of Missouri-Columbia, Truman State University, University of Washington-Seattle, Case Western Reserve, Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis. I was wait listed at Wellesley and Johns Hopkins and rejected at Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Nov 2008 CR:800, M:740, W:710 (Essay: 9)
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): Jan 2009 CR:800, M:760, W:680 (Essay: 9)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2C, 790 Korean, 770 Chem, 730 Lit, 720 US, 720 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB, BC, Chem, US History (5); AP Euro, AP English Language (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP Physics C, AP Gov/Econ, AP Computer Science
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Boy Scout Venture Crew Bronze and Gold Medals, Gold Medals in math and music at Academic Decathlon, Honorable mention for 3 yrs from Pomona Math Talent Search
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon (Copresident), Church Orchestra (president and concertmaster), HS Orchestra (Co-concertmaster), Boy Scout Venture Crew (VP), XC and Track 9th and 10th grade, other orchestras
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: American Youth Symphony
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Play violin in hospital (11th and 12th grade)
[</em>] Summer Activities:Benefit Concert for underprivileged children in South Korea
[<em>] Essays: Good…had several people help me out
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: Submitted CD with LIVE recording of 2 concertos I did with school orchestra
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Very good public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Mid/High middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, Violin, Good recs/essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Too many B’s (3 per year), Should have done sports all 4 years, more diverse EC’s…mine was basically violin and Boy Scout Venture Crew
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into UC Berkeley, LA, SD, and Northwestern; Rejected from Columbia (ED), MIT (deferred, then reject), Yale and Stanford[/ul]
General Comments: GL</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 W 700 M
[</em>] ACT: 32 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure… somewhere around 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank… between the top 10-20 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Junior Year: Stats (5), English Lit (4), US History (4), Latin (5) Senior Year: Micro, Macro, US Gov, Comp. Gov, AB Calc
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: see AP’s above, also Greek, Theology, Ceramics, English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP State Scholar? something like that
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, Latin Club, Lacrosse, nothing special
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at an apartment complex summer before senior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 + hours at multiple sites
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Weren’t that great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: both should have been good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, all male, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000 +
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, AP’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: Compared to alot of students at my school by GPA is pretty low. Extracurriculars were nothing special, essay could have been better.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably GPA, also I could have shown more interest I suppose
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Notre Dame and WashU, waitlisted at Cornell and Boston College[/ul][/li]General Comments: Very dissapointed even though I didn’t expect to get in. I will definitely be taking a spot on the waitlist. Good luck to everyone.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800CR, 800Math, 700 Writing)</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li><p>SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Bio M, 800 US History, 800 Chemistry</p></li>
<li><p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.989</p></li>
<li><p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15 of 462</p></li>
<li><p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Euro History (5), Calc AB (5), US Hist (5), Art History (4), Calc BC (5), English (4), Biology (5)</p></li>
<li><p>IB (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), German (5)</p></li>
<li><p>Senior Year Course Load: IB German (HL), IB English (HL), IB 20th Century World (HL), IB Chemistry (HL), AP Physics B, IB Biology (HL), IB Math (HL), IB TOK, Humanities 1100</p></li>
<li><p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ISEF (2X), MIT THINK, USABO Semi-Finals, FBLA Nationals (2x), National History Fair, Intel Semi</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lot of Science, Math, and Bsiness</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant at local university</li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service: Minority outreach program</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities: Classes at local university, research at local university, courses at Oxford</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: Eh… I dunno, I wrote about what interested me!</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recommendation: I had amazing teachers so I imagine that they were good.</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Know him really well, amazing guy! So I think god!</p></li>
<li><p>Additional Rec: Professor that I’ve worked with for 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>Interview: 20 minutes over the phone</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): UT</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian American</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100k-150K</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Erm i guess I’m well rounded</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Class rank :frowning: (School doesn’t weight GPA)</li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m really not sure, but Cornell is a great school.</p></li>
<li><p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Accepted: Yale (SCEA), Brown (w/ Likely), Stanford (w/ Likely), UPENN (M&T), Harvard, Rice, Wash U, Berkeley, Princeton, Columbia (Egleston Scholar + Likely), University of Utah</p>

<p>Waitlisted: MIT</p>

<p>General Comments: Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 800 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 750 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/52</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, USH 5, Lang and Comp 5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Bio, and Physics B. Other classes are honors. Toughest school offers</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major like USAMO or Intel. Won highest SAT score in county. Other things for piano. (Won a state wide competition for a scholarship, and placed in top 3 of a state wide competition twice.)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Much involvement in piano, guitar, Cross country (captain), NHS (president), founded a guitar education club at school, initiated foundation of NEHS at school, yearbook graphics designer.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Teaching guitar/piano students. (14 students over 4 years)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Organize quarterly blood drives at church with Red Cross. (~500 total pints collected.) Christmas book drives with B&N. (~6000 books collected) Many other things with school.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Teaching, piano masterclass, running camp.</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they were good. Personal and showed thigns about me that I wanted them to see.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Sick nasty.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Done by notable pianist Walter Hautzig.</li>
<li>Interview: Great.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): GA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Private Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pakistani</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: ~$120,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Scores, essays, ec’s</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Took the SAT 4 times, maybe didnt focus enough on my passion.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UGA, Georgia Tech, Emory and Vanderbilt. Waitlisted at Duke, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Rejected at Columbia and Cornell.</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Great job everyone.</p>

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<p>Rejected, but so was Hitler:
[YouTube</a> - Hitler gets rejected from college](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3YJjdXZBM]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3YJjdXZBM)</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted to CAS **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 720 M: 610 W: 600–>1930
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: LIT: 580 US HIST: 620 BIO: 640
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/439
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): SPAN LIT (5) SPAN LANG (5) ENG LIT (4) US HIST (4) WRLD HIST (4) ENV SCI (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE OFFERED AT MY SCHOOL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP BIO; AP CHEM; AP GOV’T; AP ECO; AP ENG LIT; AP CAL AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): District level UIL awards in Social Studies; AP Scholar with Distinction; NHS member; Superintendent’s Scholar Award
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club, Link Crew Leader, Asian Club (VP/co-founder), Community Studios (Math&Science program), After School Program; (wrote a short letter explaining personal reasons why I didn’t have so many ECs)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Ministry work for church (9th – 12th), Area Food Bank, Teen Jury, Public Library Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Public Library Volunteer over the summer
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I think, I worked on them for a while and I had a couple of teachers read them. I demonstrated that I really knew Cornell and that I was serious about wanting to go there.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT!!! One was from my chemistry teacher, and one was from my history teacher who knows me very well.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not that good…
[<em>] Additional Rec: None submitted
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX!! <3
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: PUBLIC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 26,000/yr
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM & first generation college
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Letters of rec/essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores/ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA! Maybe I got lucky ;p
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] I got accepted to Rice University, TCU, UT Austin (and others but they’re not worth mentioning)<br>[/li]General Comments: I wish you all luck! Your college experience will be great if you make it great–no matter where you go.<br>
To Future applicants: Don’t be intimidated by a prestigious university, just apply and see what happens. You never know!</p>