Official Cornell University Class of 2015 RD Results

rdgonzalez · March 31, 2011, 10:15am

**Decision: Accepted by CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (750 CR 670 M 630 W)
[] SAT II: Math I 710, Math II 770, Spanish 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 5 (Different grading system)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish Literature, English, Guarani, Natural Science and Health, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, History and Geography, Arts, Politics, Philosophy, Economics and Management, Sociology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social Investigation, Christian Doctrine, Physical Education (Not kidding, having this number of subjects in my country is typical) [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, Class Vice President, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Track and Field, Varsity Rugby, Guitar, Drums
[] Volunteer/Community service: >250 hours, with an NGO called Open Hearts, at a house with persons with disabilities, founding member of a national volunteer network
[] Summer Activities: Community service and soccer preseason
[] Essays: My commonapp essay was great, but my Cornell essay was just okay in my opinion
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great, I guess
[] Counselor Rec: Very good, I suppose
[] Additional Rec: Excellent
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other
[] Country (if international applicant): Paraguay
[] School Type: Small Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic + Native
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Approximately $65,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International URM?

Reflection

[] Strengths: Rank, ECs, Community Service
[] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT II (Could have done more and better)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Acceped: Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University Waitlisted: University of Chicago, Williams College Rejected: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania

General Comments:
I’m pretty happy I got in, but there was not even mention of financial aid in my welcome packet, so I probably won’t be attending since I can’t afford it. Studying in the United States for undergraduate studies had not crossed my mind until halfway through last year, that’s when I learned about the college admissions process and the SAT. I’m ecstatic of having been accepted to three great schools already when I started preparing reeaally late! Good luck to all those waitlisted and rejected, there are definitely fantastic and very lucky schools that will have you!

voltaire · March 31, 2011, 10:19am

Decision: Accepted by Industrial and Labor Relations

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): suckish, didn’t send them in
[] ACT: 32 composite; 36 math, 33 english, 31 reading, 27 science
[] SAT II: 770 us history, 740 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.989
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Stats (5), AP Psych (5), AP Calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB SL Psych and Math (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP IB HL Eng, AP/IB SL French, IB HL History of the Americas, AP/IB HL Bio, dual enroll at university - EUH 3931 Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Euro Student of the Year, APUSH Student of the Year, AP French Student of the Year, and then all those ap honors awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club and French Competition (VP, win first every year), Varsity Tennis Captain and #1 singles and doubles, canvassing and volunteer for Young Democrats, Event coodinator for an upcoming AIDS 5k walk, some other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: secretary at tennis facility
[] Volunteer/Community service: young democrats, pride community center, gainesville area aids project, unicef
[] Summer Activities: Volunteered in Malawi '09 and '10 for 1 month each, taught kids HIV/AIDS, malaria and deforestation
[] Essays: thought it was good
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but the teachers who gave me the student of the year awards wrote them and i was very close to them so i’m assuming it was good
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, sure it was fine.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: didn’t think it went well due to time constraints[/li][/ul][ b]Other**

<ul>
<li>[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: female
[]Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>[/li]</ul>

Reflection

[] Strengths: an asian doing history and going to africa instead of math camp, extra currics, grades
[] Weaknesses: those test scores for sure. and ethnicity/gender
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: passion
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Barnard/Columbia, UF Waitlist: UChicago and Wellesley, Reject: Princeton, Harvard[/li]
General Comments: Yayyy super excited! Going to Cornell Days!

Jimmy797 · March 31, 2011, 10:36am

Decision: Accepted by COE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR)
[] SAT II: 770 Math II; 710 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA: 94/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Like top 15%
[] Senior Year Course Load: Really rigorous.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not sure what I listed, but a bunch of art stuff. Nothing academic, pretty much.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Common app Essay: 7/10, average. COE essay: 6/10. CAS essay: 10/10, loved it, it was great. Surprised I got into COE and not CAS based on that alone actually.
[] Teacher Recommendations: 7/10 for the first, 9/10 the second
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[] Additional Rec: Brief and to the point - 8/10
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Int’l
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None whatsoever[/ul][/li]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, essays, and recs were all good, ECAs weren’t too shabby either. I made it all sound interesting.
[] Weaknesses: Rank/grades for sure, lack of academic ECAs.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good all-rounder I suppose. [/ul][/li]
General Comments: Nice to be accepted, not sure I’m going though. Congrats to all those accepted! And to those rejected, make the most of your college opportunities. It generally doesn’t matter where you go - you’ll be successful no matter what.

worried94 · March 31, 2011, 12:44pm

Does anyone know if 2130 is enough to get in to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences?
Math 710
Reading 670
Writing 750 (12 essay)
People on here often tell students with amazing scores they “could improve” but I’m looking for a realistic answer. I know these fall into Cornell’s middle 50
%
The rest of my info is definitely enough to get in (top of my class with a projected final gpa of 111-113, good extra curriculars, community service). I’m a junior and need time to take SAT subject tests as well. What should I do?

ashtonconner · March 31, 2011, 1:12pm

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

[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] SAT II:Biology 580 Literature 590
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 out of 170
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Compsition (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:In a health related occupations dual-enrollment program where I take college level courses:
Sociology
Nursing Assistant Training
Ethics
Nutrition
Government
Calculus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):granted a medical research fellowship from national pool of applicants at the University of Arizona
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS(Vice President), Academic Decathlon
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Receptionist at local parks and recreation department for past 3 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:over 800 hours with local afterschool program for disadvantaged schoolkids and it’s summer counterpart, Big Brothers Big Sisters
[ *] Summer Activities:skin cancer research at University of Arizona, Future Health Leaders at Northern Arizona University, along with job
[ *] Essays:must’ve been good enough I guess.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:awesome, from an AP english teacher I’ve had three years
[ *] Counselor Rec:never saw it, counselor didn’t know me well
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:i didn’t feel it went too well but the guy was nice. seemed to like me more for my tolerance on certain topics, didn’t talk much about my actual accomplishments.
[ /list][ b]Other

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):AZ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:lady
[ *]Income Bracket:<40,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first gen</li>
</ul>

[ b]Reflection**

<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths:essays/supplement, medical research fellowship, obvious want to pursue passions
[ *] Weaknesses:LOW scores, mediocre counselor rec possibly
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:i think me pursuing my passions really showed considering my list of activities.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted:UA, ASU, UC:Santa Barbara, UC:Santa Cruz, New York University
Deferred:Brown, Dartmouth</li>
</ul>

[ b]General Comments:**
Defininitely do not feel that I deserve this but I am very grateful. Holding out for Brown and a little disappointed because since January I have wanted to go into nursing and Cornell does not have a nursing school.

captrick · March 31, 2011, 1:14pm

Decision: Accepted by College of Engineering

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720(CR), 800(M), 690(W)
[] SAT II: Physics (800), Chemistry (800), Math II (800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5: Physics C EM, M, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, Calc BC, US History, World History, English Lang+Comp
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Calc, AP Government, AP Literature. That’s it… and I’m literally failing those classes…
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, some other I can’t remember
[/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): programming. Web designs
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 40 hrs at a food sorting place
[] Summer Activities: program, internship doing research, program some more.
[] Essays: wrote about designing an algorithm for a school club to arrange things.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know, didn’t read. Probably decent
[] Counselor Rec: decent
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: a chill guy
[] Weaknesses: sometimes too chill
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because i’m chill[/li][/ul]
General Comments: My family has low enough income that I get a full ride! Woot!!! congrats on all those who got in. I’m looking for business partner to start a company together while at Cornell. Hopefully I’ll see you one day!

Advice: please don’t slack off senior year. Once it starts, there’s no stopping. I’m literally hanging on for my life here… my grades are in the C’s and D’s range (I’m usually straight A student). I can no longer pull myself together. All I do is program on the computer and never do homework anymore. So please heed the advice! DON"T SLACK OFFFFFFF!

sd6freelancer · March 31, 2011, 2:01pm

Decision: Accepted by CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 M, 700 WR (super scored)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Math 1, 800 Chinese Language with Listening, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Doesnt use GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didnt send
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: H2 Geography, H2 Literature in English, H2 Economics, H2 Mathematics, H1 General Paper, H1 Project Work, H3 Game Theory and Competition
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama
[] Job/Work Experience: Interning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 2 years of national service
[] Volunteer/Community service: >200 hours with underprivileged kids
[] Summer Activities: national service
[] Essays: CommonApp was great, i felt, wrote about my family and how it shaped me
Supp I thought was decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, i heard #1 was good and #2 was a bad/avg ref
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: No interview
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: >150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hooks[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Grades, common app essay
[] Weaknesses: pretty avg,
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess they saw something in my essay/app! which is good cause i thought i was gonna get rejected
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted - UCLA, NYU, waitlisted - Northwestern, rejected - Brown (ED), Penn, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia[/ul]

**General Comments:**Really thankful for this acceptance! Will go to Cornell if I don’t get off NU’s waitlist, congrats to all others who got in, and to those waitlisted/rejected, I believe good things will happen to you!

proster · March 31, 2011, 2:33pm

Decision: Accepted by COE

Objective:[list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (took 4 times)
[] ACT: 33 once
[] SAT II: 790 Math 2, 750 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All College level classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just a music person with some research experience.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]- Don’t want to really go through all of this (I’ll leave some blank)
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research, Music
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Yup like 100 hrs.
[] Summer Activities: Research
[] Essays: Liked 2 of mine, one was meh
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was probably great, the other ones generic
[] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[] Additional Rec: From Research Mentor
[] Interview: Nope
[ /list][ b]Other- Don’t really want to answer some of these

[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: male
[ *]Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[ b]Reflection**

<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My music and research probably did it for me. Plus, I really showed that I wanted to come to Cornell. Visited and wrote a good reason why Cornell.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at my state school, some safeties and CORNELL! Waitlisted at 3 places xD: Rice, WashU, and Duke. Rejected: MIT</li>
</ul>

[ b]General Comments:** FREAKING AMAZING! Being waitlisted 3 times before this acceptance really made me think I’d get waitlisted again. SO HAPPY! I also got an email from Cornell’s RCPRS program. I’m a little confused if I got accepted or not, but if I did, I WILL DEFINITELY COME HERE! YAY!

HastyCentaur · March 31, 2011, 3:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):740 CR, 790 M, 750 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/720–>1/660
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Stats (4), Calc AB (4), Lit (5), Euro Hist (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL (6), Bio SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB- TOK, English, Spanish, Contemporary History, Psych HL; AP- Chemistry and Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Discus Winner, AP Scholar with Honor, member of all my school’s honor societies[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots of leadership positions and involvement in MUN, Debate, Key, Beta, NHS, Orchestra, STAND, volunteering, etc; three internships- two at a local university during the summers of my 11th and 12th grade year; counselor for a leadership conference
[] Job/Work Experience: Not much, just a tutor and a minor job with a test prep company
[li] Volunteer/Community service:nursing homes, local elementary school, women’s center, etc.[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main:talked about my interest in business since I was a child and how it influenced what I did in HS (9)[/li][] EC Short Answer: discussed the influence of music on my life(8)
[] Why Cornell: This was great. I really enjoyed writing this since it was my final supplement. I thought my hook was very effective (9.5)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Fantastic; I never saw it but she told me that she has never had such a mature student at the age of 18 that knows exactly what he wants to do in life (English teacher)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably solid; didn’t see it (Biology teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably above average; my school is relatively big but we’ve met and talked several times
[] Additional Rec: Had a rec sent in with my arts supplement from my violin teacher; was alright
[] Interview: Yes, but it was mainly just informational
[] Art Supplement: Sent in a violin recording[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Not sure
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <90k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, rank, course load, essay
[] Weaknesses: Kind of weak SAT scores for an Asian applicant
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essay was pretty good in my opinion. It definitely helped support the overall image I was trying to convey
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]
Other Factors:[ul]
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: UChicago, Michigan Pre-Admit Ross School of Business, UF, Northwestern; Waitlisted: WashU, Dartmouth, Duke; Rejected: UPenn
[] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone! You deserved it.[/ul]

whatfunii · March 31, 2011, 5:19pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 790 CR, 760 W (2320)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chinese 800, Chemistry 790, Math II 800, World History 780, Literature 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1036
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) Statistics (5) English Lang and Comp (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) Microeconomics (4) Macroeconomics (4) Calculus AB (5), Taking this year: Calculus BC, Literature and Composition, Biology, US Government, Computer Science, Psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, AP US/Comparative Government, AP Computer Science, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar, Coca Cola Scholars Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), SGA (Treasurer), Future Health Occupations Club (Treasurer), Ping Pong Club, Chinese Cultural Club, NHS, Jazz Band (Sax), Piano, JV Tennis (Captain), Spring Track, Cross Country
[] Job/Work Experience: Abacus Chinese Restaurant (3 years), Drexel University Summer Intern (2010 summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant, Reporter for SAPA-GP, Volunteered at a lab at University of Pennsylvania summer 2009, Various hours with NHS such as Special Olympics etc.
[] Summer Activities: Research, Vacations
[] Essays:
Common App: Wrote about the hardships of leading a team research project with unmotivated team members and lessons learned, etc.
Supplement: Pretty generic I think
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, one from a math teacher I had for 3 years for Precalc, AP Calc 1 and AP Calc 2, one from AP Chem teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Average, our school has one counselor per 300 students
[] Additional Recs:
One from a professor at UPenn that I worked under during the summer of 2009
Mentor for Siemens Project and ISEF project from Harvard
[] Interview: So-So, not spectacular
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Large Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 95k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really, valedictorian, being Asian male is probably negative hook
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Class rank, research experience, Good leadership and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Essay writing is somewhat average, though content was okay. Average awards, being overqualified perhaps
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Maybe something wasn’t there that they were looking for, w.e
[/ul]General Comments:
I got Accepted to UPenn Vagelos LSM so I’ll be having a great time there instead. I never thought the day would come when I would view a waitlist/rejection so carelessly.

Harvard: Waitlist
Princeton: Waitlist
Stanford: Rejected
UPenn LSM: Accepted
Duke: Rejected
UChicago: Waitlist
WUSTL: Accepted
Cornell: Waitlist
Emory: Still waiting
Penn State: Accepted to Honors College

Congratz to all that got accepted and for those that were rejected or waitlisted, hold your head high! You will all still succeed wherever you are if you put the effort in!

Supervisor · March 31, 2011, 5:54pm

@captrick
Business partner available here!
Maybe we’ll see each other there!

TskDbx · March 31, 2011, 6:33pm

@rdgonzalez
Did you apply for Financial Aid? It was due a couple months ago…

If you did, you’ll probably get an FA packet sometime soon in the mail.

gyudon13 · March 31, 2011, 8:51pm

Decision: Accepted by COE

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (650CR 800M 760W)
ACT: 34
SAT II: MathII (800), Chem (750), Japanese (660)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Phys B (4), Chem (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov/Macroecon, AP Japanese, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Photography, English, TA
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, passed JLPT Level N4 (if that counts…)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (secretary), Chem Club (VP), Japanese Culture Club/Japanese National Honor Society (president), California Scholarship Federation, Science Bowl
Volunteer/Community service: Part of church’s youth group for a while, volunteered a bit at the library as a tutor and at a Filipino cultural center… Not that much, really
Summer Activities: (after 9th) took Geometry; (after 10th) math camp in Texas; (after 11th), took Linear Algebra, volunteered a bit, took guitar classes
Essays: Not 100% coherent, since I procrastinated on them, but I was sincere, and I think it showed. Wrote about grandmother for CA essay, and COE essay was a drastic revision of my Princeton engineering essay. (Considering how much I revised the Princeton one, no wonder I didn’t get in there :P)
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see any of them, but I suppose they were good, since I somehow got in…
Counselor Rec: Probably nothing too bad, though I think he knows that I like to challenge myself despite his opposition, so that probably helped
Interview: (They said it wasn’t really an interview though… but) I think it was the least awkward among the three I had, so that’s probably a good thing

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipino</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: high GPA, relatively high test scores, sincere essays, relatively focused ECs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: I didn’t really do that much in high school --, procrastinated on essays</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the fact that I was in a strangely good mood during the interview helped somewhat…</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UCs (Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis, Irvine), Caltech, Rice; Waitlisted at UChicago; Rejected by MIT (..) and Princeton</li>
</ul>

General Comments: I got a likely letter which made the acceptance less surprising, but an acceptance is an acceptance, and therefore awesome. I haven’t visited the campus (haven’t been to the East Coast since I was 4), so I hope I can visit. Congratulations to everybody else who got accepted!

boomshakalaka · March 31, 2011, 8:52pm

Accepted (Please excuse the format)

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2270</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Bio MC</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0</li>
<li>Rank: tied for 1</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):</li>
</ul>

[ b]Subjective**

<ul>
<li>Essays: Pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: idk</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: idk</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: research mentor rec and research paper</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): come from a school filled with thugs, idk</li>
</ul>

Personal

Location: AL
High School Type: Large public with lots of black ppl and etc.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male

Other

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: underwater basketweaving and other mediocre stuff</li>
<li>Awards: Siemens semi, USABO semi for this yr</li>
<li>Advice? Congrats to all other acceptees</li>
</ul>

misterkevinsun · March 31, 2011, 9:02pm

Decision: Waitlisted by CALS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Optional (pretty good)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Awesome interview; lasted around 2 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, leadership positions
[] Weaknesses: Interview and essay could have been much better
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

I’m not too upset by the news, but whatever happens happens.

voltaire · March 31, 2011, 9:30pm

Where are you all future ILR students?

swimHYPW · March 31, 2011, 10:47pm

nowhere. hehehehe

clonemypanacea · April 1, 2011, 12:36am

Decision: Accepted by Human Ecology

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 - 740M 690CR 710W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800MathII 720MathI 670USHistory
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.67ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/389
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc AB, 5 APUSH, 4 Bio
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Span, AP Physics B, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major ones, just a few minor ones.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math and science affiliate (pres and founder), literary society (pres and founder), nation honor society (secretary), musical enrichment program (vice pres), student council homeroom rep, executive class officer, key club, ski club, pep club
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteering, music enrichment program, tutoring
[] Summer Activities: relaxing like its my job
[] Essays: decent. i thought my UPenn one was like amazing in comparison but i got rejected there. so it was pretty good i guess
[] Teacher Recommendation: good. made me seem like a saint. but mildly generic.
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see but im sure it was decent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went very well
[/ul]Other

[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: badly ranked public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[]Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE[/li]
Reflection

[li] Strengths: ECs? essays or rec? to be honest im not sure.[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: GPA and rank[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: im shocked. no idea. but im ecstatic.[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted to cornell, UVa, UF, Penn State, Rutgers. Rejected at UNC Chapel Hill and UPenn, waitlisted at bucknell.[/li]
General Comments: Congrats to all that were accepted!! :)

LockLockBoy · April 1, 2011, 12:39am

@voltaire

Eyo!

jerrry4445 · April 1, 2011, 1:26am

Decision: Waitlisted Arts and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2070 (highest sitting) [CR 580, M 800, W 690]; 2130 (superscore) [CR 630, M 800, W 700]
[li] ACT:n/a[/li][] SAT II:Chemistry 750; WH 780; USH 780; Math level II 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/498
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chemistry 5; European History 5; US History 5; Calculus AB 5; Calculus BC 5; World History 5; Statistics 5; English Language and Composition 4; Physics 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Japanese, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Microeconomics, Calculus III (community college)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National AP Scholar and some MESA medals

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mathletes, Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon
[] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service:110 hours, mostly working at the library
[] Summer Activities:Linear Algebra (community college)
[] Essays:excellent common app essay; alright supplementary essay
[] Teacher Recommendation:should be excellent
[] Counselor Rec:should be excellent
[] Additional Rec:n/a
[li] Interview:n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity:Asian (Vietnamese)
[] Gender:male
[] Income Bracket:18k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:academics
[] Weaknesses:SAT scores and extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:SAT scores and extracurricular
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:not the best of the best to be accepted

General Comments:not disappointed. It beats being rejected. Congrats to everyone who got accepted.

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