**Official Dartmouth ED Class of 2016 Results**

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<p>The time has come for the Dartmouth College class of 2016 to prepare ourselves for decisions. Decisions are to be released after 3:00 pm EST on Friday, December 9. You can access your decision through your banner login page. Here is a template to use for decisions. May this be a fortunate friday for all of us!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred:
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred:[/ul][/li]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Today is the day! I wish everyone the best of luck, I hope we ALL get accepted, and no matter what, each of us is going to a fantastic school!</p>

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<p>Here is the template for decisions. Remember to remove the spaces on the left before submitting the reply!</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**</p>

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

<p>Objective:[list]
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:35
SAT II: Bio E: 720, Chem: 700, Lit: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) Lit(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APUSH, AP Eng Lang, AP Calc BC, New Testament, AP Studio Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):too lazy to write them all in
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):varsity golf (would play on team), outdoor leadership leader, literary magazine submitter/head editor, newspaper head editor, community service prefect, honor council, diversity leadership council head,
Job/Work Experience:waffle house, yoforia, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service:habitat for humanity EVERY WEEKEND
Summer Activities:golf, service, mission trip to guatemala and peru
Essays: ING PERFECT I SPENT THE WHOLE SUMMER ON IT
Teacher Recommendation: good i think. didnt read them
Counselor Rec: EPIC
Additional Rec: alumni rec=amazing. peer rec done by dartmouth '13 student= awesome
Interview:good!
[ /list][ b]Other
State (if domestic applicant):GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Private
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Income Bracket:idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:because i suck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted at UGA and rhodes. whoop de doo.
[ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math 760, CR 740 Writing 800
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800, Latin 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.307 Weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/404
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 US History
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bunch from the school
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Started a charity Texas Hold em Poker event at my school, raised $4600 in two years
    [ *] Job/Work Experience:
    -Camp counselor/swim instructor at camp
    [ *] Volunteer/Community service: some various clubs
    [ *] Summer Activities:
    [ *] Essays: I put a lot of time into them. wrote about my love for my summer camp and how much it means to me as a person. I thought it was very unique and kind of summed up nostalgic love of childhood
    [ *] Teacher Recommendation: no idea
    [ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good
    [ ] Additional Rec: From my teacher who was the advisor for my club
    [ ] Interview: pretty good
    [ /list][ b]Other
    [ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
    [ *] Country (if international applicant): US
    [ *] School Type: Large public, suburban
    [ *] Ethnicity: Korean
    [ *] Gender: Male
    [ ]Income Bracket: Upper middle
    [ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absoloutely none
    [ b]Reflection    </p>

<p>It was a long journey. damn. wow I am still in shock. I cannot believe it.</p>

<p>[ *] Strengths: GPA, Test scores, Essay
[ *] Weaknesses: Course Rigor
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Work hard on your essays. they really do matter
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wtihdrawin my UC berkley/LA app lol
[ b]General Comments:
Don’t stop believing guys. Don’t stop believing</p>

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<p>Rejected :(</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): Critical reading 760, Math 720, Writing 740
ACT: 34
SAT II: Lit 750, US History 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98/100, school doesn’t weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/105
AP (place score in parenthesis): School only offers 2, US - 4, AP World - 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: As rigorous as possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just school related ones.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Musicals & plays, class president, Language Club, StuCo, Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper.
Job/Work Experience: Employee at local ice cream shop.
Volunteer/Community service: >500 hours at local museum, very involved in HOBY.
Summer Activities: Summer writing camp, also when I volunteer at the aforementioned museum.
Essays: Very good, I think!
Teacher Recommendation: Read both, very stellar.
Counselor Rec: Haven’t read, but I assume good.
Additional Rec: NA.
Interview: Went well.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small and rural.
Ethnicity: White.
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60,000 - 70,000.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada.
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: My writing.
Weaknesses: ?? Not sure. Maybe testing.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Who knows. I knew it was a crapshoot going into this.
Where else were you accepted/deferred: NA.
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: It’s been fun, everyone, I wish you all the very best! :)</p>

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<p>For my D1:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33, 10 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs: She’s a 2x state champion in an uncommon sport and has set several U.S. national records for her age group. She has dual citizenship with a small country for which she will soon compete internationally.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor for after-school arts and science program for young girls.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Year-round she trains and competes in her sport.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[</em>] School Type: Homeschool
[<em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Unusual studies and extracurriculars
[li] Weaknesses: Unusual path is harder to quantify or compare to rest of applicant pool[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 (33 E, 34 M, 33 R, 36 S, 12 W)
SAT II: Math II 770, US History 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US 5, AP Comp Gov 5, AP Eng Lang 4, AP Enviro 5, BC Calc 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Physics C, Multivariable Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award?</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Host of Weekly Political Talk Show on local NPR affiliate; Editor for School Newspaper; Math/Science Research Project with college professor involving Election Forecasting using Neural Networks; various sports/athletics
Job/Work Experience: Intern for Minister Lucinda Creighton TD, Irish Cabinet; Intern in Sen. Feinstein’s San Francisco Office
Volunteer/Community service: Scott Brown Campaign Volunteer
Summer Activities: Middlebury Monterey Language Academy (Spanish), Internships
Essays: Pretty Strong; talked about my changing political beliefs
Teacher Recommendation: Very Strong; AP US teacher probably said I was the best student he had had in years.
Counselor Rec: Probably half decent
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Very strong; interviewer couldn’t even get to everything he wanted to talk about (I sent him a copy of my resume in advance)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Boarding School (in Massachusetts)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: All my activities and everything on my application came back to my passion for politics, which probably came across as very genuine (which it of course was).
Weaknesses: My greatest strength was probably my biggest weakness as well.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: While I think that legacy status played a large role, I’m also sure that my record was strong and would have put me in a good position even without having a parent who attended Dartmouth.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have an application in at Michigan, but I haven’t heard back yet.</p>

<p>General Comments: I think that about covers it.</p>

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<p>I was deferred. I’m not going to fill all of that **** out, but i think it was probably because i had a 31 on the ACT. Oh, well, life goes on!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 (32 E, 30 M, 34 R, 34 S, 8 W)
SAT II: Math I 700, Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/220
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Android App Competition, National Essay Competition, State Badminton champ</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Chair of Journalism Club, VC of Soccer Team, VC of Badminton Team, Founder Model UN
Job/Work Experience: Freelance Web Design
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the local hospital, Assisted at retirement home
Summer Activities: Internships, Teaching at Primary Schools
Essays: Really really average
Peer Evaluation: wow. Just wow
Teacher Recommendation: One very strong, one very generic
Counselor Rec: Pretty Strong
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Country (if international applicant): KENYA!
School Type: Public Boarding School
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: < 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): …………</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I guess I’m all rounded. Sports, Clubs and Academics
Weaknesses: My common app essay looked so crap to me
Why you think you were accepted: I had decent scores for my applicant pool – African and my best friend wrote an amazing peer evaluation
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else</p>

<p>General Comments: Can’t wait to meet you guys!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 Reading, 790 Math, 770 Writing (11 Essay) – Total 2230
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 1, 800 Math 2, 770 Chinese, 720 US History, 640 Chemistry (did not submit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 UW, 4.37 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st Decile. School does not rank, but around 5/389
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calculus AB, 4 US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus CD AP, Chemistry AP, Government AP, all other classes honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Young Musicians Society (Founder, President), Marching Band (Section Leader), Varsity Math/Chem Teams, All County Band, Band/Jazz Band/Orchestra (Principal Bass Trombone), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society (Secretary), School Newspaper, Asian Festival (Country and Event Leaders)
[<em>] Awards: Award from NSF for work on Solar Cell Project, NJMTA High Honors Piano Audition, American Fine Arts International Competition Winner, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Competition Winner, National Merit Commended Scholar, Chinese Culture Competition, Crescendo International Competition Winner (Performed at venues such as Caldwell College, Dicapo Opera Theater, Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Young Musicians Society – performed at nursing homes; Valley Hospital Volunteer, Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant, Japan Earthquake Charity Concert
[</em>] Summer Activities: Culture Tour in Taiwan, American Music Abroad, Band Camp
[<em>] Essays: Great – wrote about my homestay experience during my Culture Tour in Taiwan.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be really good, both teachers really like me and I got good grades in their classes
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great. We have 7 or 8 guidance counselors, and my counselor only has 3 or 4 smart kids
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good (piano teacher, part of arts supplement)
[<em>] Interview: Good
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $170,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Music, math, rank, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of variety in activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t know… SAT scores? Just not that into me?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Rutgers University… big whoop.
[/ul]General Comments:
Cried for an hour. Now applying to UVA, William and Mary, Boston College, JHU, HYP, Cornell. Don’t know if it’s even worth it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (790 Math 800 CR 780 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History 760 Biology-E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.85/4 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but 3/449 approximately
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 European History, 5 Calculus AB, 5 English Language, 5 Macroeconomics, 5 US Government, 5 Statistics, 5 Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP US History, AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, Independent Study in Astrophysics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold Pin for 250 hours of volunteering in 1 school year, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, Principal’s Honor Roll, and NJ Science League Top 10% Plaque
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Amnesty International (President), Economics Club (President), Politics Club (Vice President), Fed Challenge Team (Semifinalist), Piano for 8 Years (Received Diploma in Social Music from ACM), Youth Advisory Council for Congressman Frelinghuysen, Freshman Class Vice President, Cross Country/Winter Track/Spring Track (3 years), Founder of local microfinance organization, co-founder of school political review
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Aftercare Staff Member at local elementary school
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours at retirement community, 50 hours at local Democratic Party organization
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY, Volunteering at retirement community, Columbia Summer Program, Rutgers Astrophysics
[</em>] Essays: decent, about my friend
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: decent, from physics and english teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent, nothing amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: Did with recent alumni, went well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 150k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good grades, lots of time spent on activities, leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: Ethnicity, could’ve had a stronger passion or better recs or worked on essay more
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades/test scores + leadership in activities
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to UVA early as safety but withdrawing now[/ul][/li]General Comments: :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: US History 760, Chemistry 760, Spanish with Listening 790
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.28
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/218
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Chemistry (5) Spanish (5) Comparative Government (5) Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C E&M, AP Biology, Honors Human Anatomy, Senior English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, High School Quiz Competition (Captain), Band (Drum Major, Section Leader, Front of House Manager) Student Council (Whip), School Council, Tennis, Swimming
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local nonprofits
[<em>] Summer Activities: Fly to mexico every summer
[</em>] Essays: Really Whiny
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both very strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Stronger than most people in my school
[<em>] Additional Rec: Peer rec written by one of my best friends whose sister is D’11
[</em>] Interview: Yes, went amazing
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexico)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $100,000-150,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Extremely strong recommendations, many positions of leadership, was the center of a local incident that brought positive limelight onto me[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lazy freshman and early sophomore year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My recommendations, independent studies, test scores, and interview.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uhh… this is ED, I dont think thats allowed.
General Comments: This is the greatest day of my life</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 R 770 M 750 W (8 Essay, lol)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math I, 780 Literature, 800 Chinese
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/580-ish
[</em>] AP: Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (4), US History (5), European History (5), Chinese (5), Government (4), English Lit (5), English Lang (5)
[<em>] IB: Haven’t taken them yet
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
IB Economics SL, IB Chinese HL, IB WAS HL, Theory of Knowledge (also for IB), Debate, AP Statistics, IB Physics SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Semifinalist (projected finalist), National AP Scholar, Debate (consistently top 32 teams nationally), Chinese Knowledge Contest finalist (sponsored by the Chinese govt, paid trip around China)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:
Debate (President), Chinese Club (President), IB Student Organization, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none D:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
~16 hours every other weekend at debate tournaments coaching and judging,
~300 hours at Dartmouth Debate Workshop teaching younger debaters
[<em>] Summer Activities:
Dartmouth Debate Institute (4 weeks junior year, 7 weeks senior year)
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I thought, it was about my experience going to school in China for a month the summer of freshman year
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived my rights, but they evidently turned out to be all right in the end
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t see it
[<em>] Additional Rec: Had one from the debate professor at Dartmouth, I was in his lab for 7 weeks during the summer and he seemed to like me a lot
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one, there must not have been any local alumni available
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] School Type: Top 50 public schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American (Chinese)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Middle to upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Lots of focus on debate and chinese, which I thought showed my commitment to the two activities. Living on campus for about two and a half months, and the Dartmouth professor recommendation probably didn’t hurt, either.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Class rank; grades generally had a downward trend halfway through junior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Wouldn’t that be the strengths above? I guess my objective stats were within acceptance range so the rest came down to pretty good extracurriculars
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only applied to UT so far, got into McCombs business school and Plan II honors
[/ul]General Comments:
Super excited!! Good luck to anyone deferred or applying regular decision!</p>

<p>**Also, there’s something wrong with the template for formatting - needs to have those [ /list] things for “Other” and “Reflection” as well. **</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR650, MA770, WR650
[ *] ACT:-
[ *] SAT II: phy800, math2 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we dont have GPAs… But i get As and Bs. so 3.5 i guess
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: A level Subjects: Economics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Accounts, English General
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
I had pretty good extra-curricular activities but too disappointed to write them down :frowning:
[ *] Essays: I loved it and everyone i showed it to loved it.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were good
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think it was good
[ ] Additional Rec: -
[ ] Interview: -
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: I’m a good applicant… only good. not great
[ *] Weaknesses: I’m a good applicant… only good. not great
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cuz everyone who gets in is supa smart!!!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not applied anywhere yet
[ b]General Comments:I was expecting this… i just applied so id have no regrets… but i feel sad now :frowning: **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Not Sumbitted
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 750 Spanish w/listening- 740 Bio E- 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, Weighted 5.1
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB History HL, IB Music HL, IB Math SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD national qualifier???
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive soccer for 10 years at state and national level, President of Invisible Children club, Sophomore Semester abroad in Spain, lived alone in 3 different countries with host families for at least a month each time, Accomplished violist (12 years of private lessons-submitted arts sup)<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: nanny/babysit
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Trained a pet therapy dog to volunteer with me at the public hospital, read children’s books to to spanish speaking patients in the waiting room,
[<em>] Summer Activities: College sports camps, volunteered in Honduras for 7 weeks with Amigos de las Americas,<br>
[</em>] Essays: Solid…Unique format
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but prob very personal because i knew the counselor very well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: An acquaintances dad, didn’t know he we my friends dad until we met
[ /list][ b]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Inner city public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy?
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Genuine essay, International experience?[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
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<p>[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 34 one sitting, 35 super scored (Highest section scores: English:36, Math:36, Reading:35 Science:33)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 770 Literature: 780 Chemistry: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School is none ranking, but counselor wrote in rec that I had the highest weighted GPA ever at my school (at least as far as she had been there)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(5), Calc AB(5), French(4), Physics C Mechanics(4), Physics C EM(5), Psychology(5), Statistics(5), Chinese(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: University of Wisconsin French 392, UWM Math 232, UWM Psychology 412, AP Bio, AP Studio Art, AP English, Economics, Wind Ensemble, (took all APs and then some at school, run out of all the college credits school would pay for)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP National Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, State Science Fair 2nd place, State Science Olympiad 1st(chem. lab), 2nd(disease detectives), Regional Chinese Speech Advanced Winner,</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Student newspaper(award winning)-editor in Chief
Science club-founding member and president
Science olympiad- founder, captain, coordinator, coach for middle school team, regional event supervisor. winner of state 1st place
Science fair-founder, won 2nd at state
Mock trial-expert varsity witness won regional 2 years, placed at state
School magazine-EIC
Chinese club-prez
Peer mentoring-founding member, peer leader
Band- band council treasure, section leader, all city audition based youth honors band, state solo ensemble 1.
tennis- won JV conference</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:None, Visa does not allow paid jobs (explained)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]Started none-profit organization that helps rural chinese kids continue school.
Consistent Community service since 7th grade in school district and church (Sunday school teacher, librarian, tutor, etc)</p>

<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/li]after 9th:
WCATY (Wisconsin center for academically talented youth) summer camp, took AP psych
after 10th:
Internship in Woman’s resource center,
Internship in depression clinic
WCATY
After 11th
Molecular biology internship (professor leader in field, wrote additional rec)
Organized and taught English summer camp for rural students in china, fund raised and donated to support students through school.</p>

<p>[li] Essays:[/li]Commonapp: 9/10 pretty much summed up everything I am about in less than 1000 words, mainly about learning to stand up for myself, persistence, but also a back ground on heritage and science interests.
Additional Essay:9/10 Wrote about my non-profit program and this girl I met while there, how I changed her views(my goal), but she also changed mine, why I think the program was worth all the work.</p>

<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]AP chem teacher, science club adviser: good (saw)
Anthropology teacher, Mock Trial coach: probably excellent (didn’t see)
[
*] Counselor Rec:
probably good(didn’t see)
she liked me a lot, and was the peer mentor adviser</p>

<p>[li] Additional Rec:[/li]Molecular biology internship prof, probably very good(didn’t see)</p>

<p>Peer:
One of my best friends, did all my extra-curricular with me, very good writer, freshman at Columbia.</p>

<p>[li] Interview:[/li]REALLY REALLY good, told me he would be “astonished if * didn’t get in”, and “hopes Dartmouth takes [his] advice and let me in”.</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): But I am not a permanent resident so processed as Chinese national.
[<em>] School Type: Public, 600 kids, sends 1 or 2 to Ivy per year. Pretty good in area though.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: Lower middle class, or middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection
[li] Strengths:My essays, recs, the program I started, leadership, my GPA[/li][</em>] Weaknesses:Not outstanding scores, being Asian and an international student
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I really think it was the essays and recs. Just really said who I was.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
UW madison, but Chicago is telling me next week and I think I got in.
General Comments:
This forum made me so scared for us Asian girls with out any hooks, but I guess if you really work hard, present your self well, you still can get in.
BTW, I think this forum was the reason I even started working hard at school, trying to get into a good school. Thank you college confidential.</p>

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<p>For my D:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Bio, 790 APUSH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten at least
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5s so far
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science research, club leadership
[</em>] Summer Activities: Science Research
[<em>] Essays: individualistic, irreverent
[</em>] Interview: yes
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
Reflection
General Comments: BWRK, with reasonable but not world-class ECs.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 770 M, 760 WR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Biology E, 780 US History, 800 Latin
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Euro, AP English, Honors Latin, Honors Trig/Precalc, AP Stats
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classics Club (President), School Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, volunteering at senior centers, tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: Beth Israel Hospital Summer Volunteer
[</em>] Essays: I got an A on it for school
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Latin teacher loves her Latin scholars, very close with my US History teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very close with my counselor
[<em>] Additional Rec: Peer evaluation from my older sister
[</em>] Interview: Average, nice conversation, but nothing outstanding
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large, competitive public HS
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Luck[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: not much extracurricular activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the recs helped me. My teachers and counselor know me very well, so I don’t think the recs were generic at all.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Strangely, I don’t feel any different. I’m excited and relieved, but life goes on.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 800 M, 710 W - 2220
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 2400 ( 2 Maths + Physics), 640 Eng Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): A-level Straight A star
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): A-level: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Additional Further Mathematics, English Literature, Physics, Economics
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous - self-study etc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Full scholarship in the UK
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head Prefect - Head of School, President of International club, President of class, Piano ( almost 10 years, regional prize mostly ), debate ( regional prize )
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor, British Council
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: loads
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: I love it. I think they love it too
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: from my Lit and Maths teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He knows me
[<em>] Additional Rec: Peer Evaluation - awesome.
[</em>] Interview: decent
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: super low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No idea.
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Essay + Teacher/Peer Rec[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: No ranking system/ unfamiliar UK edu system
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Essay + Rec
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: Early Decision
General Comments: make sure your personality shines through. Im still waiting for the final outcome in the UK but well America seems nice :)</p>