<p>Rejected. Post stats later, too sad to deal with this right now.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (CALS)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):600 cr 600 m 630 w
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:610 math 1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):92/100 unweighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):19/101
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:ap calc ab ap physics b ap lit ap gov critical thinking
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:working in a greenhouse
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities: working on a farm
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *]Income Bracket: < 40000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: work experience
[ *] Weaknesses: sat scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good fit
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: UVM, St. Lawrence, Ithaca, New Paltz Waitlisted: Suny geneseo rejected: unc chapel hill</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 670, R: 640, W: 690 = 2000
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 760, USH: 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 3.9W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APLit, APEuro, APCalc
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most Demanding
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded a non-profit, raising 35k+ and currently send 10 students in South Africa to go to University. [Seattle</a> South African Scholarship Foundation | SSASF](<a href=“http://www.ssasf.org%5DSeattle”>http://www.ssasf.org)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nordstrom Employee, TIPS Intern
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours at a Seattle shelter
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interned, Volunteerism
[</em>] Essays: Common App: wrote about the dichotomy between Muslims and Americans for CAS I wrote about how I envisioned the CAPS major.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Supposedly they were good, according to my counselor.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: “Glowing”
[<em>] Additional Rec: I don’t know if they got it. It was supposed to be very good
[</em>] Interview: Went well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, Jesuit
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian… 
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: A lot, 300,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1 Legacy[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs and probably a little nudge from legacy
[<em>] Weaknesses: STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES ARE REALLY BAD
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted because of my specified interest in IR and particular to CAPS major. I think my legacy pushed me over other applicants, but not that much. Both my parents went to Stanford and I was rejected straight out.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Berkeley, UCLA, UW Waitlisted: Tufts, Boston College Rejected: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, Brown , UPenn[/ul][/li]General Comments:</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone that got in! I think I am going to Cornell, still have to check out Berkeley. A lil bummed about Yale and Brown those were my dream schools. But completely satisfied with Cornell. :)!</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED BY ENGINEERING
Objective:
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math = 740, Chem = 650
Unweighted GPA: 3.82
Class Rank: 11% - freshman year at a junior high was not outstanding
APs: Scholar with Distinction jr. yr, 9 total all 4s and 5s
IB: 9th grade MYIB
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Gov,AP Psych,AP Lit, Symphony and Chamber, Calculus III
taken at Colorado State
Major Awards: none Minor: Regional Art award for pencil drawing, Local Character Award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Hobby is restoring my Chevy SS. Also play ice hockey, flyfish, backpack, tele-ski
Job/Work Experience: Ice Hockey referee, Field Technician for Engineering Firm
Volunteer/Community service: NHS+ Tri-M Music Honor Society volunteer stuff, Trout Unlimited, Peer Math and Music Tutor
Summer Activities: field work for water resources company<br>
Essays: no better than average, possibly worse
Teacher Recommendation: Unknown. Math and Chem teachers not known for heaping praise
Counselor Rec: She loves me. Included a concrete ex. of my academic integrity.Thanks, Tanya.
Interview: never contacted</p>
<p>Other
State:COLORADO
School Type: Public 3 year
Ethnicity: Cauc
Gender: over represented
Income Bracket: 75-85K so applied for FA
Hooks: None </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, I’ve taught myself how to rebuild engines and fix cars; worked on real life engineering projects; creative
Weaknesses: Never improved poor SAT IIs, poor essays, electives were all music and art
Why you think you were rejected: I guess the Cornell Symphany Orchestra didn’t need another Double Bass player, but seriously, stupid USN&WR rankings put big emphasis on students admitted from the top decile. My class rank and SAT IIs hurt my AI. All that, plus being from a public HS in the Mountain West and applying RD put my chance of acceptance at close to zero.
Where else were you accepted:CUBoulder, Colo School of Mines, Colorado State, University of Illinois </p>
<p>General:</p>
<p>I’m a bit disappointed. Only Ivy I was interested in and I thought it a perfect fit, as I had hoped to do either mechanical with a renewable energy focus, especially microhydro applications, or do kind of a civil thing, concentrating on engineering river systems to optimize fisheries</p>
<p>Now I can concentrate on my future as an aerospace engineering major at the University of Colorado in the People’s Republic of Boulder, where the sun shines over 300 days a year and free buses to the ski areas run every weekend. Sure glad I put down that housing deposit. But I’ll be keeping my CORNELL HOCKEY Tshirt</p>
<p>Congrats to all you future Cornell Engineering Graduates! Maybe I’ll run into you at a Co-op at Lockheed Martin or NASA.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected by CoE</p>
<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[</em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: No[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: No
[</em>] Intended major: Undecided @ CoE
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW! 
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-180k
[</em>] Hooks: Underrepresented nationality…?![/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[<em>] Why do you think you were rejected: Undecided major? Weaknesses above…?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by Columbia, Penn, Wesleyan, Tufts, Carleton, F&M, Boston U, Carnegie Tech and Bard. Waitlisted by Colby. Rejected by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley and Northwestern. Waiting for Amherst.[/ul]</p>
<p>General comments: Split between Columbia and Penn, and Wesleyan a little bit. Amherst still around the corner…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M: 770, R: 770, W: 710 = 2250
ACT:
SAT II: USH: 800 Chem: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.4W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP USH (5), AP Chem (5), AP Lang (5), AP World (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (Calc, Bio, Spanish, US Gov, Comp Gov, Lit)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded Finance club and writing center (president of both), Drum Line, Every honor society at my school.
Job/Work Experience: Intern at smithsonian museum, intern with financial advisor
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
Summer Activities: Internships</p>
<p>Essays:
Common App: Experiences Gained From Lyme disease. CAS: Passion for studying infectious diseases.
Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went well, like 2 hours</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class, $150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents legacy</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Well rounded, GPA, test scores, internships
Weaknesses: Limited leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because I am well rounded and can take advantage of all the opportunities at Cornell. Legacy probably put me over the threshold.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UVA, William and Mary
Waitlisted: Brown, Dartmouth, Duke Rejected: Yale, Princeton, Harvard? Never got my email but whatever.
General Comments: Cya Guys in the Fall! :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (780 Writing, 720 Reading, 720 Math)
[ *] ACT: N/a
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 690 Bio E, 660 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/240
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), English Composition (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 5 classes total
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, California Scholastic Federation Lifetime Member
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Student Government (Class President for 3 years)
-JV/Varsity/Club Volleyball (Co-captain for 1 year)
-Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra (First chair cellist for past 2 years)
-Orchestra Pitt for School Musicals, etc.
-Worked with The American Foundation for Children w/ AIDS to raise $1000
Job/Work Experience: Currently keeping up 2 jobs.
Volunteer/Community service:
-Volunteer for 2yrs with Drawbridge (arts for homeless kids)
-1yr with Cedars of Marin (bowling with disabled seniors)
-1yr with FUTB (fellowship with homeless people), coaching novice musicians, etc.
-Summer service trip in Ghana
Summer Activities: Classes at UC Berkeley and traveling to Ghana on a service trip to get a hands-on experience in global health (what I hope to do in the future).
Essays: Moderate I think.
Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully, great.
Counselor Rec: Good!
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: N/a
[ /list][ b]Other*</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: 100K+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars and student involvement
[ *] Weaknesses: Grades? AP Scores?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Who knows.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCDavis. Waitlisted: Georgetown, Cornell. Denied: Duke, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Northwestern</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (CALS)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I M 610 CR 680 W 630
[ *] SAT II: Never took
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 95.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 30 (very small rural public school)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US 4 Russian 3
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:New Visions Medical Careers Program-
This class gives English 101, 102, Government, Economics, and Health Science credits
Also AP Biology---- this is all my schedule allows.
In New Visions we have 1hr of class and 1 hr 15 min on clinical rotations in 27 different rotations around the hospital including OR. I have seen over 10 very invasive surguries such as bowel resections and C-sections.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Finger Lakes Scholar, Highest Pre-calc avg, Highest AP US avg, russian “olympiada” contest of spoken russian 2 gold metal and the elmira college key.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Fine Arts, International Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Busser/ Dishwasher, work a lot of construction with parents, worked as counselor at boyscout camp at gun range
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Alt. Spring Break 2008 and 2009 (skip spring break to help clean up after natural disasters in Tennessee and Florida, lots of tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities: Work!
[ *] Essays: Very, very personal and good. One about growing up with an addict and another about New Visions. Spent weeks on them.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Great!!! 2 PhD’s! Both Cornell Alumni! 1 masters from Cornell. 1 from NV teacher describing how all of the M.D.'s have described me on rotations.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I was told it was very good!
[ ] Additional Rec: see teach recs…didn’t read very well 
[ ] Interview:none…
[ /list][ b]Other</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Small, rural, public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: m
[ *]Income Bracket: <30k a year
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, rural, H/EOP??</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: h/eop, recs, essays!
[ *] Weaknesses:Scores!!! Courseload! however new visions is the best class I have ever had, wouldnt’t have changed it in a second. Our school only offers 3 AP classes anyway.
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I think Cornell could see my dedication to go there! Recs and Essays and H/EOP had to be the real big hooks for me! Alot of luck!
[ ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted!
Binghamton University
Geneseo University
Ithaca College
Hobart and William Smith
[ b]General Comments:
SO HAPPY!!! It was literally the best day of my life! Did not think I was going to be accepted… :)</li>
</ul>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (CAS)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 640CR 710M 700W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:790Spanish 700Math1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):school does not have gpa
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):none taken jr year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:latin american lit, indian history, Calc AB, Topics in Medicine, Chinese 5
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Hispanic Recognition
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)
amnesty, community service, head of a club, diversity club. jv volleybal, yearbook club, ceramics artist
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at a law firm during summer of '09
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:community service in china and new orleans
[ *] Summer Activities: china immersion program for a month with my school, worked at law firm
[ *] Essays: I liked my Cornell supplement. talked about my love of traveling and learning cultures/ traditions and connected it to my ethnicity and my knowledge of chinese and spanish.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didnt read
[ *] Counselor Rec: didnt read
[ *] Additional Rec: didnt read but im pretty sure it was beyong amazing!
[ *] Interview: no interview</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: extremely rigorous, competitive private (in top 10 best private schools in country)
[ *] Ethnicity: hispanic
[ *] Gender:female
[ *]Income Bracket:veryyyy low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, first gen. college</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: ethnicity, essays, school i attend
[ *] Weaknesses:ECs, sat scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my grades are average at an exceedingly difficult school, plus i am a minority
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted:Cornell, Columbia, Wesleyan, Lehigh, Villanova, Boston College, F&M, Syracuse, Macaulay Honors, Stony Brook. Rejected: UPenn, Suny binghamton.</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** Can’t really believe I was accepted to either Columbia or Cornell. I’m really happy, but my decision will be so difficult to make now, and I only have a month’s time to make it!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 superscore (2 sittings) - 800 CR, 800 Wr, 770 M
[</em>] ACT: Did not take.
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Literature 800, Chinese w/Listening 800, World History 770, Physics 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 or 4.00 - My school only does weighted, so I’m not sure.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/732
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Language and Composition (5), AP US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Psychology (6), IB Spanish (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calculus AB, IB Math SL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Physics HL, an advanced choir. I am also self-studying AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eh…nothing, really. National Merit Finalist, GCC Leader, AP Scholar with Distinction, a few state level academic team and math awards, plus All-State and All-Region choir chairs.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): classical voice and piano, a correspondence course to write for children, organized/directed/founded various events, published writer and photographer, a little modeling, Mu Alpha Theta (president), Spanish Club (president), an academic competition team (co-captain), NHS, etc. Nothing spectacular.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours at a library and working with dyslexic children.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering…going to China…writing (lots and lots and lots of writing)…this past summer I was most active, attending EFL, Governor’s School, and the GCC Portland Summit
[</em>] Essays: I personally think they were, if not absolutely terrible, then at least not the best. To give you an idea of quality, I wrote 10 application essays over two weeks of winter break. (Procrastination is my Achilles’ heel.)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were probably wonderful. I have very close relationships with my teachers, who have taught me for two years now.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She claimed it was great, but considering that she does not know me personally, I doubt it was anything that would stand out in the Harvard pool.</p>
<p>[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public with a good reputation.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: It’s fluctuated a lot recently, so I’m not sure.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My state? Truthfully, I don’t think I had any hooks.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Stats, teacher recommendations.
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, essays.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ehhh…I wasn’t sure I was going to apply to Cornell until the day of the deadline, so everything was pretty rushed…I’m not surprised by this.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Yale, UPenn (Wharton), Duke, WashU, Emory (scholarship full ride); Wait-listed at Harvard, Cornell; Rejected at Princeton. I have, oddly enough, not been able to access my Columbia decision on-line, so I’ll probably find that out by snail mail. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone accepted!!! :)</p>
<p>Truthfully, in light of everything else, I’m not at all disturbed by this waitlist placement. I’m still trying to absorb the shock of being accepted to so many places. Actually, I wasn’t even expecting to have a choice in colleges; I thought I’d only get into one school, maybe two or three. But five??? Unbelievable. Pending my Columbia decision, I will most likely be choosing between Penn and Yale.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by CAS![/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I : 2090/ 2150 (superscore)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 740 US History; 750 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/456
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 English AP, 4 World History AP, 5 US History; Pending English Lit AP, Psychology AP, CALC BC AP, European History, Econ-micro
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: European History AP, Economics AP, Calc BC AP, Avid tutor, English Lit AP
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Camp Counselor, peer tutor, peer counselor, varisty volleyball and badminton, environmental club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Barista and Camp counselor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Second Harvest Food bank, individual tutor at local middle school, tutoring.
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Great 
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers liked me
[ *] Counselor Rec: So-so
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: N/A. Spoke with an ambassoder though
[ /list][ b]Other</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: Middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
Quite surprised actually. Knew that activities were so-so, and SAT was mediocre. </p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: Essay, Letter of Rec, perhaps, and Grades
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores and Activities
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I would like to think that it was my essay and grades
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: cornell, carnegie mellon, ucsd, uc davis, uc irvine honors program, SF State presidential scholar; Denied: UC Berkeley :(, UCLA, Vanderbilt</li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>I’m so excited… After being rejected from a lot of my top choice colleges, this one was the most rewarding. I’m so excited to be a part of the class of 2015!</p>
<p>I had excellent GPA, excellent SAT II subject tests , excellent ACT. excellent recs. ZERO EC’s</p>
<p>Well: at least I still have my Cornell shirt just in case I ever need a rag to clean my toilet off with.</p>
<p>I hate you cornell. I cant blame you for your rejection, but at least you could have sent a paper rejection letter. online is so impersonal, i mean i cant even burn the rejection letter now, and if i print it to burn it, it’ll feel pointless. </p>
<p>i mean you get like 36000 applications a year, for each one you are payed 100 dollars. thats 3,600,000 they bring in right there. Then you get 50,000 a year from every single person that attends. Then you get some additional money from gift shops, buying books, etc. Are you seriously telling me you cant afford to send paper to everyone?</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted by Architecture, Art, Planning **</p>
<p>Didn’t see anyone for AAP, so thought I might pitch in… hopefully this is the right place. Also, ignore the rather poor english in other posts. It’s a shared family account ;)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 790 Writing, 750 Reading
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 World History, 790 Biology
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of 700ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, WHap, apUSH, Physics Mech, Physics E&M, Calculus C, English Language, Drawing Port., Compsci: 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: a bunch of required courses (example: PE), AP English Lit, AP Econ/Gov, AP 2D, AP Chem, Research class (go off campus to research: I go to UH)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Sci Oly (awards here and there), Science Bowl (2nd Regionals), JETS Teams, BEST robotics, Scholastic Art Gold Key and other art competitions. Made it to AIME, USABO semifinals. Nothing too spectacular. I attempted Siemens (math group research project) but… that ended up to be a very sad experience.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (14 years - mostly for fun though… I do Guild Test though), National Art Honor Society (Pres.), JETS (Science club - Pres.), English Honor Society (VP membership - essentially a secretary), Mu Alpha Theta, Research at UH (chemical engineering/materials science - seems random, but I have lots of conflicting interests! Plus it teaches me a lot about lab work dynamics and how hard research is…)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Rotary Club, Habitat4Humanity (all totals to very little)
[<em>] Summer Activities: San Marcos Honors Math camp - 2 years. Great experience and learned more than just school math. they placed more emphasis on learning how to think and logical problem solving. Learned number theory, Analysis I, Combinatorics.
[</em>] Essays: For the architecture essay, I just talked about my passion for art/science(engineering)/legos/(Sims/SimCity - risky, I thought) and how that led me to really love architecture. Common app essay was about an experience with an art project and how it changed my perception of what art means to me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Splendid I think (well I hope)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea - very impersonal, but I knew my counselor better than others, since I painted her trashcan and actually talked to her before
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: went rather well - showed my portfolio and talked about why I am interested in architecture
[li] Portfolio: I prepared a very large variety of artwork (paintings and drawings; real and fantasy) but made sure to include freehand drawings (graphite, colored pencils, pastel, penwork, charcoal). Included some figure drawing and how I used them to create a cubist study to show my ability of creative analysis. Overall, I made sure the technique was good and talked a lot about design/composition in the short summary blurb that accompanied each piece. Included 20 pieces? (max number)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Portfolio, essays, high test scores, high gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: Honors/awards, volunteer
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the interview and portfolio for architecture both make a very big difference, since the school judges you based on your creative abilities. Also, in my essays, I conveyed my passion for art/architecture.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: MIT ED (accepted), UT Architecture - Engineering (accepted with scholarships), Rice Architecture (accepted), Stanford (rejected - I will never know why in the world I applied to Stanford… an asian parent thing?), Princeton (waitlisted - sad, since I was born in NJ!)
[/ul]
General Comments: Really happy about Cornell - I feel top architecture programs place great emphasis on the art and creative abilities of the applicant. I liked how Cornell took the portfolio very seriously - had to print everything out and prepare a physical portfolio. I also learned that if a school rejects you, it doesn’t mean you are unqualified - it may mean you just don’t fit into that school. I really do not think I would fit at Stanford at all I’m glad I got rejected from there, but accepted at these other awesome architecture programs (especially Cornell!!)</p>
<p>accepted nbd…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS</p>
<p>to reveal as little of my identity possible…</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (740 M 610 CR 600 WR)
[</em>] SAT II: horrific. 670 Mandarin 690 Math II
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays: amazing. really different and new. accidentally sounded like it was written specifically for Cornell.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good, funny. really presented me in a different light.
[</em>] Additional Rec: from my coach, talked about my work ethics and aspirations. it was fabulous.
[li] Interview: short, banal phone interview.[/li][/ul]Other</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): SE Asia
[<em>] School Type: Private/International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: <$80K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>[/li]</ul>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (insert school)**[/color][/size]
college of arts and sciences
that’s all that matters
was NOT expecting to get in considering i got rejected by practically all of my ‘realistic’ unis.
Cornell was the uni I applied that would be a far reach but…
I GOT IN AND I’M ECSTATIC!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1920, 590 CR, 700 M, 630, W (superscore)
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Chem, 650 Math 1, 650 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 3.84 weighted though
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (1), Chem (3), Spanish (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP 2-D Design, AP English Lit, Physics Honors, Criminal Law, Computer Art, Micro Macro Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RPI Medal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (Captain), TV Prod Club (President, French Club (Treasurer), Healthcare Leaders Group, School Paper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Art classes with elderly
[<em>] Summer Activities: Future Healthcare Leaders Program
[</em>] Essays: They were good IMO
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing, other didn’t read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: It was short, I thought it was bad
[/ul]Other
- [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican (born there)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~$30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li][/ul] -
Reflection*[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Background, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT’s, GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: For having been living in the US for 6 years, I’ve good stats I think
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: RPI, WPI, Iona, Siena, CNR, NYU, Binghamton, Stony Brook, Pace. Rejected: Columbia
General Comments: Though it’s not my first choice (Columbia was), I’m still happy I got in. I might end up going there actually.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (CALS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (2250, M800, CR70, W740):
[</em>] SAT II: Math2 760, Bio M 740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9+
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% or 3%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (4), Bio (4), Calc AB (), APES (), Psych ()
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s remainder honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Usual NHS, National Spanish Honors Society,<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field Hockey, Golf, Boys Wrestling Stats Manager, Girls Scouts, Special Olympics Coach, Etc…<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots with GS’s and special olympics
[<em>] Summer Activities: I volunteer for a veterinarian
[</em>] Essays: good I think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good I think (didn’t see them)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same
[<em>] Additional Rec:The Veterinarian I worked for (good I think)
[</em>] Interview: no interview
[/ul]Other:</p>
<p><em>[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[<em>] School Type:public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Income Bracket:high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
<em>[</em>] Strengths: scores grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: not sure maybe scores & grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was deferred ED so VERY happy, I attended summer College at Cornell maybe that helped!
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at WASHU, Colgate, Notre Dame, William & Mary, Richmond, Lafayette, Wait Listed: Penn, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Vanderbilt, Denied: Williams, MIT, Wesleyan. </p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Very Happy sending deposit this morning!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected CoE</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
Summer Activities: See above
Essays: I really liked them.
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned.
Interview: It went really well. My interviewer really showed his love for Cornell.
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$10000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays, interview
Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Texas A&M, WPI, Furman, Lafayette, Miami. Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Rice, Colgate, Swarthmore, Stanford (deferred REA), Princeton, Penn. Waitlisted: Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard.
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<p>General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>Son accepted into CALS, 31 ACT, 98UW GPA
SAT II: Math 1: 780, Math 2: 740, Bio:780
Ranked #2 in class
Lots of EC’s including hundreds of volunteer hours at local hospital and works as a autopsy tech at cornoners office
Varsity Tennis, Mock Trial Leader, Scholastic Bowl, Math Bowl
Tutors students in Math, gets involved with a lot of school projects
Very excited about Cornell, wants to do pre-med</p>