Official Cornell University Class of 2015 RD Results

Somnambulant · March 30, 2011, 5:55pm

Decision: Rejected by College of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 Writing) (First time, single-sitting)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math = 800, Italian = 790, Chem = 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (only B’s were in freshman year; strong upward trend)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Calculus 6, Chem 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma with 4 HLs, 2 SLs and a college physics class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Only had a few but they were all big time commitments. State-ranked athlete (non-recruit, obviously) was probably my biggest accomplishment. I also taught myself a few foreign languages, play the guitar and juggle competitively.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Board of directors for a local nonprofit: Maybe 500 or 600 hours throughout HS?
[] Summer Activities: Summer classes at local CC
[] Essays: Common App and Supplement were both my best work
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: It was nice, but Cornell’s interviews don’t count for admissions[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Underrepresented
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: XY
[]Income Bracket: Vey low and fluctuates, but I’m a Pell Grant qualifier
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geographical diversity? [/ul][/li]
Reflection [ul]

[] Strengths: 
[] Weaknesses: Obviously everything was pretty weak
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I’m worthless
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected or waitlisted everywhere I applied except JHU [/ul]

**General Comments: I wish I could be positive, but this is too much to take in stride. Hopefully it will suck less later. Good luck to everyone who got into at least one good school. If you got ****listed like me, I sympathize and hope you feel better soon. **

Aurora337 · March 30, 2011, 6:13pm

Waitlisted at CoE
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (770 R 770 M 680 W)
ACT:
SAT II: Math = 750, Chem = 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): 
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A few long-term ones, no leadership ones
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: not too many
Summer Activities:
Essays: Common App and Supplement: a little different
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know
Additional Rec:
Interview: refused it
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks: Immigrant
Reflection: I was expecting a rejection, so this is good enough, haha
Strengths:
Weaknesses: a lot of those
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I wasn’t trying to get in, otherwise I would’ve done a much better job of putting my app together and participating in activities that would help me get in. My application to Cornell was more of an afterthought.

Congratulations to those who got in!

RockySterling · March 30, 2011, 6:23pm

Don’t want to post stats beyond 34 ACT, 2nd in class, decent SAT II, really good essays/recs, NHS president/member of 6 other clubs, NMS Commended, lots of AP classes (only 2 B’s so far in school) and 5’s on everything but Physics B last year, but I got:

U of Illinois: Accepted
Madison: Accepted
Northwestern: Waitlisted
Dartmouth: Waitlisted
Brown: Waitlisted
Yale: Waitlisted
Princeton: Waitlisted
Cornell: Accepted
Columbia: Accepted

That’s into CAS, but I think I’m going to Columbia over Cornell, depending on financial aid. So that’s one person on the waitlist who probably gets a break!

yellowsnowman · March 30, 2011, 6:52pm

Don’t mention affirmative action. I was accepted into Cornell as a hispanic and I’m not proud of it after seeing my more qualified friends be rejected. Affirmative action sucks

cjgone · March 30, 2011, 6:52pm

Decision: Rejected by the School of Engineering and Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 math II, 740 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~11%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): many
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): robotics, chess
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: good
[li] Teacher Recommendation: I got waitlisted/rejected from every common app school so I dunno…[/li]Reflection

[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UC-Berkeley
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: waitlisted/rejected by every common app school

General Comments:
Berkeley is better.

nrowbotham · March 30, 2011, 6:53pm

anyone else get a gaurenteed transfer? what does that mean?

uskoolfish · March 30, 2011, 7:10pm

Yellowsnowman–I was curious about your stats–and looked back to old posts.

Stay proud of getting in. You deserve it and it looks like you are very bright and work hard. There are all kinds of injustices in the world, that none of us can fix. But it looks like you were given a great (well-deserved) opportunity. Don’t feel guilty about it. Good luck to you!

I_V · March 30, 2011, 7:19pm

Decision: Accepted by College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Bio-M, 700 Math IIC
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3% (highly competitive high school)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5), Chemistry, Latin: Vergil, US Government, Calculus BC, Statistics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Latin: Vergil, AP US Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, Honors English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended (I suppose that isn’t major at all haha)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Well rounded w/ several leadership positions (e.g. Tutoring Coordinator for National Honor Society).
[] Job/Work Experience: Working at a yacht club; also work at my neighborhood beach.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly tutoring.
[] Essays: Unique topics, well written.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. (I have known him well for the past 4 years; he had a lot of good things to say)
[] Interview: Went extremely well (lasted like 2 hours).

[/ul]Other

State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: Public (highly competitive)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Triple Legacy (both parents + grandparent)

Reflection

Strengths: High class rank (at really competitive high school), high course rigor, well-rounded ECs, triple legacy
Weaknesses: Nothing major; I guess SATs could be higher.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My high school does really well with Cornell, and I did really well at my high school (also legacy status certainly helped).

General Comments: SO HAPPY!!! I’ll probably be going; see you next year, Cornell Class of 2015!!!

impetuous · March 30, 2011, 7:26pm

Decision: Rejected by Cornell but got into Brown

CoolRunning · March 30, 2011, 7:37pm

Wow! DD is in at CALS! Super excited!!!

DGAFPRO · March 30, 2011, 7:46pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 740 writing, 670 reading
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 720 Biology M, 700 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 97/696
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), U.S. History (5), world History (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A at our school
[] Senior Year Course Load:

1- AP European History
2- Honors Economics/AP Government
3- Calculus III/Differential Equations
5- AP Environmental Science
6- AP chemistry
7- English 101/102

[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of debate trophies, 5th place in state biotechnology competition
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and debate, Film Society, Community Counts, Muslim Student Association (founder/president), Health Occupation Students of America
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: pretty awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation: never checked
[] Counselor Rec: never checked
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: It was okay. Flubbed a little, but the lady liked me.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] first generation college
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars and SAT
[] Weaknesses: GPA and awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: crappy GPA and not enough leadership positions
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] rejected from all of my common app schools:[/li]Brown
Stanford
Northwestern
Duke
Johns Hopkins
General Comments:
this overall sucks.

jogo84 · March 30, 2011, 8:13pm

Decision: Accepted (Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720CR 800M 800W
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2 760 Physics
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): three 5’s junior year
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Intel STS Semi, AIMEx2
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST robotics VP, comp sci research at SUNY Stony Brook, Mathletes VP, orchestra
[] Volunteer/Community service: assorted websites / other volunteer projects
[] Summer Activities: Simons @ SBU
[] Essays: best out of all my college essays
[] Teacher Recommendation: nice
[] Counselor Rec: probably bad
[] Additional Rec: research mentor (good)
[] Interview: wasn’t offered
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, above average
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/ul][/li][*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted CMU (SCS), Brown, waitlisted MIT, rejected Harvard, Yale[/list]

Prodexx · March 30, 2011, 8:14pm

Accepted by College of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2140 (One sitting) - 730 math, 700 reading, 710 writing. 2180 (superscore)
[] ACT:33 - 34 Math, 34 Reading, 34 English, 28 Science
[] SAT II:770 Math II, 740 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.994
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 1% (May change to 2%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Physics (5), English Language and Composition (4), Calculus AB (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:All AP’s, one regular class, two college classes, and an internship at a local hospital.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National merit finalist and AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (4 years), ASL/United States Academic Decathlon (4 years), JV/Varsity tennis (4 years), National Honor Society (2 years), Treasurer of Ultimate Frisbee club (2 years), FIRST Robotics (2 years), Erie Junior Philharmonic: violin (2 years).
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutored neighborhood boy in math in 9th grade.
[] Volunteer/Community service:Computer lab volunteer at local library (2 years), Erie Zoo volunteer (3 years), and various school clean-ups and donation walks.
[] Summer Activities: Good amount of Ultimate Frisbee, some camps when I was younger, some tennis, and went to Beijing, China for Olympics in 2008.
[] Essays: Thought my common application essay was decent and my Cornell supplement was all right too.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My physics teacher probably gave me a great one and I think my English teacher gave a decent one too (Thanks to both of you!).
[] Counselor Rec:I’m guessing pretty good.
[] Additional Rec:Amazing one from my gifted support counselor.
[] Interview: Didn’t get one.
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public school (About 600 kids in our class)
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Male
[]Income Bracket:100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths:My GPA. My ACT score? And my extracurriculars probably. My essays were probably above average too.
[] Weaknesses:Essays could have been better and some of my scores were a little low.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:My GPA probably lifted me a bit. I guess they must have seen me as unique because my test scores were good, but not great. They must have liked my essays too.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, Penn State, and now Cornell. Waitlisted: UPenn, Duke, Uchicago Rejected: MIT, Princeton, Stanford. Still waiting on: University of Michigan.
[/ul]General Comments:
Very happy! I guess its not just about test scores. Schools probably want to see a unique person in the students they accept and I guess I showed that! Congratulations to all those accepted! There’s a good chance I will see you in the fall. And good luck to all the waitlisted and rejected! Keep your heads up, you will find happiness and success wherever you go.

iwantyale · March 30, 2011, 8:17pm

rejected, i honestly got rejected from all the good schools i applied to, i have no motivation to work at college cuz im gonna be going to an average school most likely…so **** my life, i just wanna drop out of high school even though i have 2 months left till graduation…

Goodbyehello · March 30, 2011, 8:17pm

Decision: Deferred by College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M 740 R 730 W
[] SAT II: 770 Math II 750 Chemistry 750 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.997
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 when applied
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), AP Lang (4), World (4), APUSH (4), AP Chem (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Lit, Macroecon AP, AP Gov, Latin: Vergil AP, AP Bio, Journalism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Treasurer), Journalism (Editor), Marching Band (Section Leader), CSF
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library, tutoring
[] Essays: I can’t really say b/c it is my own essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty Good
[] Interview: okay
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[]Income Bracket: under 40k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) : First Gen

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Maybe scores
[] Weaknesses: EC [/ul]

General Comments: It’s good

duffer188 · March 30, 2011, 8:28pm

Decision: Accepted to CALS
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 29 Composite
[] SAT II: 780 BioM, 650 MathII
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), English Lang (4), Calculus AB, US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Daemen College English Comp/Lit, Government, Publications, Honors Physics, AP Calculus AB, Chorus, Economics, School Publications, Health, Public Speaking, Religion 12, SUNY at Buffalo Bioinformatics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Science Award, WNY Educators STAR Award for Spanish, SUNY at Buffalo Mini Medical School Enrichment Program, Character Council of Hamburg Member, US Air Force Math and Science Award, 1st Honors with Distinction, Excellence Awards in English 9H, English 10H, AP English Lang, Global IH, Global IIH, AP Biology, Lost 80 pounds
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater Technical Production (Sound/Lighting Manager), Mock Trial (Defense Captain), National Honor Society (Chapter President), Science Club (Student Representative), Student Senate (Vice President), International Club (Co-President), Masterminds Member, Student Ambassador, School Newspaper Writer, Ski Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Wegmans Food Markets Cashier (12 hrs/wk) 2 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute
[] Essays: Endearing
[] Teacher Recommendation: Confident
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: Congressman
[] Interview: AWESOME!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Religious, All Boys, Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $90000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Leadership, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, Canisius College, University of Rochester, Cornell / Rejected: UChicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame / Waitlisted: Virginia, Brown[/li][/ul]General Comments: BIG RED, BIG RED, BIG RED!!! Class of 2015!!!

windmillman · March 30, 2011, 8:52pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (CAS)**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 770M 800W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:770USh 740Math2 740Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9something
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):I had two 5’s, two 4’s and a 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:4 AP classes and some other easy ones
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMS Commended, none really?
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Tennis, basketball, choir, political campaign work, youth group, debate
[ *] Job/Work Experience:part time secretary type job
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:volunteer coaching and fairly extensive community service in an urban setting
[ *] Summer Activities:working as a tennis coach, basketball, competitive tennis, community service
[ *] Essays:I liked my Cornell supplement-I described my academic interests by using the metaphor of a plant and then tied them into what Cornell has to offer
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:They were both good.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Generic, probably didn’t help me much.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:It went well, she liked me
[ /list][ b]Other

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):VA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:“Other”
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *]Income Bracket:Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):I wish</li>
</ul>

[ b]Reflection**

<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths:SAT1, grades, Cornell supplement
[ *] Weaknesses:ECs, very little leadership
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I think I got in because my grades and scores fit the mold, I distinguished myself in my essay, and I showed I had social skills in my interview
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:Accepted:Vanderbilt, UVA, Virginia Tech, William and Mary, Georgetown. Waitlisted: Claremont McKenna College. Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia.</li>
</ul>

[ b]General Comments:** I visited Cornell and loved it, but it’s very pricey compared to state schools…Congrats to everyone else who got in and remember, college admissions is a huge crapshoot and luck certainly plays a role.

kgreen1993 · March 30, 2011, 8:54pm

Decision: Accepted
Human Ecology

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 710m 680cr 620w</li>
<li>SAT II: 670 Math II 710 Chem 690 US Hist
*ACT: 31 (32 E 33M 28 R 30 Science) 10 essay
31 (31 E 31M 35 R 29 Science) </li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.42</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/415</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB/BC(5), AP Lang(4,) US History(4)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Stat, AP Art History, AP Lit, Honors Aerospace Engineering, Honors Engineering Design and Development (Project Lead the Way Classes)</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Varsity wrestling with 2-time MVP, 3rd in states as sophomore, ranked 1 as junior but had career ending injury (rotator cuff)</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Wrestling, Cross Country, Church Volunteering, SGA, NHS, the usual</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Job as host at local restaurant</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Church Stuff and book drive for Ghana</li>
<li>Summer Activities: WRESTLING WRESTLING WRESTLING</li>
<li>Essays: Common App i thought was good (how wrestling ending changed my whole life…it really did), Cornell’s I tried to be different and it worked!</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher was good, engineering teacher’s was probably interesting cuz idk if he likes me lol</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: she wrote it while i was next to her lol pretty good</li>
<li>Additional Rec:nope</li>
<li>Interview:yeah it went amazing</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant):MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA</li>
<li>School Type: Competitive public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none at all</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: I honestly don’t know? maybe reccs and GPA</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT and ACT, idk a lot more</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I am beyond thrilled. My interview was amazing, but I was told by everyone on this forum interviews don’t matter lol. </li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UVA, South Carolina Honors College with good scholarships, Fairleigh Dickinson (back-up with full ride)
Rejected: Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, Duke, Dartmouth(ED),(only applied ot engineering for those even though I don’t want to do engineering)
General Comments:I just had this good feeling and it turned out to be right! I can’t believe it. Congrats to everyone else!</li>
</ul>

Zorigoo1993 · March 30, 2011, 9:20pm

Decision: Accepted to CLAS

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2160(single) CR:680 Math: 800 Writing: 680(9)</li>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>SAT II: German reading: 800; Math II:800; US History: 760; World History: 710</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): none</li>
<li>AP Pending: AB Calculus, AP WH, APUSH, AP European History, AP US GOV, AP Comp Gov</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP classes(max are 3) plus alot of other courses adding to 18 or 17 i think</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Won bronze medal in a NFL-IDEA international Debate competition–Junior
Won various debating competitions to get into the WSDC team–Junior
Top 4 in the Ulaanbaatar Open Debate(regional)NOTE not finishedSenior
World Online debating Championship Quarter Finalist
IQ/Logic Regional Olympics Gold— Sophomore
City Math Olympics SilverFreshman
Tug of War Champion, 2nd place, 3rd place (11th,10th and 12th grade respectively) School(YESHHH!! Hehe I cant believe I added this on my app)
Best individual of 2009/2010 and Best Student in 2010/2011 year at Hobby School for grades, participation and extracurriculars School 11th and 12th grade
School Chess Vice-Champion-- Junior
Various School Drama awards
Various English Linguistic Awards. (Mostly minor)
Full scholarship at my school Senior</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate: Very Devoted. Have been a WSDC National Team Member in Junior Year.
Student Government: Wrote the SG constitution twice. Been Vice-President. Am Attorney General now.
TV Debates on national TV
Teaching SAT classes and counseling on college for students
School Website Editor and Designer
Journalist for the School Website
Some other minor ECs</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: not much rly parents dont allow me</li>
<li>Summer Activities: USAP</li>
<li>Essays: I think i did a good job.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Both were pretty good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Good enough</li>
<li>Interview: Quite good i think</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: Political Science</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): -</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): Mongolia</li>
<li>School Type: Small Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 30k range</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT I Scores probably</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I cannot think now my brain is just full of excitement. I promised all my classmates Pizza if i get accepted</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Harvard, Georgetown, Bowdoin, Cornell, Wooster, Pending Amherst;
Waitlisted: Duke;
Rejected: Yale, Bates, Davidson, Reed, Swarthmore</li>
</ul>

General Comments
Was quite happy that i got accepted to Cornell but then my Harvard letter came. I guess off to Cambridge
Congrats on all the other acceptances

yellowsnowman · March 30, 2011, 9:20pm

uskoolfish: Thank you. I’m just stressed today after seeing the ivy decisions for students at my school. There has been a lot of tension in my school this past week due to affirmative action. A lot of minority students being chosen at schools such as Stanford and MIT over MUCH more highly qualified students and the only conclusion we can draw is that it was due to affirmative action.

Anyways, congratulations to everyone who was accepted today :)

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