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<p>**Decision: accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2210 first sitting…(my excuse!)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800M2 790 USHIS 770 World
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 2/450
[<em>] Other stats: A in multivar?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: copy pasted another school’s essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: mailed after deadline…jan 20th?
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): submitted app jan 17th… last application?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: va
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: indo european
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Intended Major: dunno
[<em>] major strength/weakness: i ace school
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: stanford, uchicago, cmu, etc
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

42

<p>Decision: Rejected </p>

<p>ObjectivE:</p>

<p>SAT I: N/A
SAT II: 750 Lit, 740 Math II
ACT: 33 Comp
AP Exams: US History (4), English <a href=“3”>forgot the exact title</a>, Micro, Macro, Calc, and Psych (TBA)
GPA: 4.18 UW (A+=4.5)
Rank: N/A [just within top 10% if it counted]
Transcript Breakdown: 4y English, 5.1y Social Studies, 4y Math, 3.5y Science, 3.5y fine arts, 4y foreign language, 4y Theology/Philosophy (+min. required PE/computer/etc)
Senior Coursework: AP Psych, AB Calc, AP Micro/Macroeconomic, Theology, Satire/Poetry, 2D Design, Astrophysics, Spanish</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: I thought it was great and so did my english teacher…apparently not good enough though
Teacher Recs: 1 very good, 1 ok
Counselor Rec: Enthusiastic.
Peer Rec: Absolutely AMAZING!
Extracurriculars: tennis (3y), +1200 service hours, president of parish youth group (3y), south city youth group (3y), Vice-president of Circus club (3y)
Awards/Honors: High Honors (4y), National Honor Society, published frequently in very selective school literary magizine
Interview:…ok, just ok</p>

<p>[/list]Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: Missouri
School Type: Competitive Private (sends many students to top schools)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths: good essay, great peer rec, community service
Perceived Weaknesses: no hook…nothing that would make me particularily desirable
Accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Yale and Dartmouth
Waitlisted: WashU, UChicago, Gtown
Accepted: Providence College, Boston College, Marquette, Truman State
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: “I thought I had a decent shot, but apparently my weaknesses outweighed my strengths. Oh well, admissions are such a crapshoot.” –>I agree completely!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[list]
*SAT I: 2360 -800 Critical Reading, 800 Writing, 760 Math </p>

<p>*SAT II: 800 French, 790 US History, 750 Lit</p>

<p>*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>

<p>*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5:%</p>

<p>*AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), English Lit (5), French Language (5), Physics (4)</p>

<p>*Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calc, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP English Language, basic art class</p>

<p>*Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Award, Bausch & Lomb Science Award, National Merit finalist, 2nd place attorney in Mock trial competition</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (Captain, we got first in county every year! won 1st in state last year & went to nationals!)
Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Museum docent, NHS, Student Council</p>

<p>*Job/Work Experience: None when I applied…have a job now, though!</p>

<p>*Volunteer/Community service: work with church</p>

<p>*Summer Activities: camp counselor </p>

<p>*Teacher Recommendation: i never read them…not sure how they were</p>

<p>*Additional Rec: my mock trial coach wrote me one</p>

<p>*Interview: went really well. I got the nicest old guy. Lasted 2 hours.</p>

<p>*Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes</p>

<p>*Intended Major: philosophy/history</p>

<p>*State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>

<p>*School Type: private Catholic</p>

<p>*Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>*Gender: F</p>

<p>*Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>

<p>Reflection:
*Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my interview went very well…I was lucky to get such a great guy
*Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Berkeley, UCLA, Bowdoin, Notre Dame, UVA Rejected-Yale :frowning:
General Comments: Admissions decisions are crazy, so don’t take it too much to heart if you didn’t get in! Soo excited to see everybody at Dimensions!</p>

44

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790, 780, 760
[<em>] GPA: 3.99
[</em>] Rank: top 2% at competitive public
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked it.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): not really a hook, but I had a non-scientific publication and was captain of 2 sports (also had some clubs, etc. for ECs)
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Intended Major: biology</p>[/li]
<p>Kinda bummed because I’ve always really liked Dartmouth and heard great things about it. On the other hand, I’m psyched to attend Yale! Congrats to everyone who got accepted!!</p>

45

<p>rejected :(</p>

46

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2070- 640CR, 800M, 630W (I hope they didn’t look at this one)
[</em>] ACT:32 (34 E, 35M, 31S, 29 R) & (31E, 36M, 31 S, 28 R)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 760 Math I, 670 on Chem and US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/560
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on US History, Gov, Calc AB, 4 on World
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP’s and Band
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Finalist in essay contest, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):marching band, wind ensemble, jazz ens, environmental club, biology club, tri-M, NHS, Quiz Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:NHS, red cross work, library volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities:Advanced summer program at Northwestern, band camps, gigs
[<em>] Essays: I though my essay was fun and unique. I wrote about how a bowl of chili is my perfect descriptor!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one great, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it
[</em>] Additional Rec: I send in a music rec with my CD supplement, idk how much that helped
[<em>] Interview: I was offered one, but i didn’t respond
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: didn’t put down
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, maybe CD supplement
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably for my unique essay. My personality must of shone through,
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Uchicago, notre dame, BC, UIUC, waitlisted at Duke
[/ul]General Comments: I have no idea where to go now! UChicago or Dartmouth??? and should i stay on the duke waitlist??</p>

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<p>for S:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[</em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[</em>] Essays: doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: alleged to be very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[<em>] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[</em>] Interview: very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none of the “classics”[/li][/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: typical hard-working, well-rounded kid</p>

<p>What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences</p>

<p>Weaknesses: not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just a strong overall app</p>

<p>GENERAL COMMENTS: received likely letter</p>

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

<p>Stats:**[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2210 (CR 710, M 720, W 780)
[</em>]SAT IIs: Math IIC 790, Spanish w/r 790, Literature 780
[<em>]Rank: valedictorian
[</em>]Other stats: A-level candidate, international certificates from 2 foreign languages
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I think they were rather very good. I made them really personal, nothing show-offy, aobut stuff that matters to me and has taught me something
[</em>]Teacher Recs: 1 very good, 1 good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: gr8
[</em>]Hook (if any): Being Czech?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Czech Republic
[</em>]School Type: Private boarding, selective, I’m on a scholarship
[<em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>]Gender: M
[<em>]Intended Major: Psychology
[</em>]major strength/weakness: overall maturity/ stats could’ve been higher, recs better, even though I have some leadership, my ECs are nothing that special
[/ul]Also admitted/rejected: waitlisted: Princeton, Harvard; rejected: S, C, Y, B</p>

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<p>Decision & College: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 710, Lit 680, Physics 660
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 32
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s on BC Calc, English Lang, US Gov
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 3.9ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 10th percentile-ish out of 400
[</em>] Academic Awards: Nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, had plenty of people read and like
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Good
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Also good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Employer rec – quite good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I assume? It’s public school…
[</em>] Hook (if any): General artsiness with a bit of part-time jobiness</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: Creative writing, theater, chorus, part time job making smoothies!![/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Vanilla-ness</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Dartmouth was a bit of a shot in the dark for me, like the rest of the Ivies. I was a big fan, but hey, it’s nothing personal. CONGRATS ACCEPTEES, best of luck waitlistees, and fellow rejectees, we’ll deal. :)</p>

50

<p>got in after being deferred</p>

51

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780CR, 800 M, 800 WR (2380)
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 M2, 800 M1, 760 Ch, 800 Ph
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: GCE A level candidate: Math Physics Chem History, English, History honors (prediction straight As)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None too spectacular. No sciency olympiads. 1 international writing award 1st prize, Singapore odyssey of the mind etc.</p>

<p>Subjective:
See my post in the Georgetown forum. For super-detailed, find my post in the Yale forum dated 16 Dec </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Got more than 80% but i’ve got better offers.
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Jamaica
School Type: In Jamaica - large public. Very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Combined total 20k per annum
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 4 years high school in Singapore on full scholarship and all the life experiences i got. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I think i have a certain level of maturity that may not seem obvious from the way i look, and is definitely not something many 18 year olds have. I have a rather well-rounded profile, with major awards in both sciences and social sciences. I know what i want and i do well at it. I also have a personality. I’m quite funny in person and i know how to make conversations.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Highlight the well-roundedness. My focus now is definitely on politics/history and english.
Weaknesses: I’ve heard that you need intl olympiad prizes for H and i only had one writing competition to my name. I don’t think i’m anything spectacular though. Seriously.
Why you think you were accepted: I dont know! Its all a mystery<br>
Where else were you accepted: Harvard, Yale (EA), Princeton (likely), Columbia (likely), Georgetown SFS. Those are all that i applied for during RD round, withdrew the rest after EA decision.
General Comments:</p>

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<p>This is insane. Everyone on here is so intelligent and has done an insane amount of impressive ec’s. I mean, how can so many qualified people be rejected? </p>

<p><em>Sigh</em>, it’s so depressing.</p>

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<p>It happens everywhere. I thought this thread would’ve been dead by now though.</p>