<p>:D I just got home from Russia and rushed to the computer to see my decision and post!! So I’m really excited. I think I definitely am going.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 770M 790W
SAT II: 800 MathII / 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5, Comp Sci AB 5, Bio 5, Chem 4
Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP Multivar/Linear Alegebra, AP Eng, AP Govt, AP Japanese, plus three honors courses
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (b-ball 4 yrs), various clubs, some leadership
Job/Work Experience: research under a biomedical engineer
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: multi-racial
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths: SAT II’s, essay[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t visit, didn’t show interest [<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They hate students from my school and commonly reject us even though we are usually stronger than the competition; they probably think we won’t come if accepted, but that is incorrect – at least in my case [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Chicago, Rice, Vanderbilt, W&L, UVA, Wake Forest</p>
<p>My son was also waitlisted at Davidson. Maybe he’ll see you at Chicago!</p>
<p>Does anyone know last year’s stats on how many were on the WL and were selected? Thanks.</p>
<p>D was wait-listed. Still waiting to hear from other schools; but is not sure she wants to prolong the agony.</p>
<p>According to a chart published in the NY Times Education section a few weeks back; 422 students accepted a place in the wait-list last year and 14 were accepted. In the brochure attached to the wait-list letter which explains Davidson’s wait-list procedures they state that 15 were accepted from the wait-list last year; 58 in 2009 and none in 2008. Here is link for chart:</p>
<p>[2010</a> Admissions Tally - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010-admissions-tally/]2010”>http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010-admissions-tally/)</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who were acccepted and best of luck to all who were offered a spot in the wait-list.</p>
<p>My d was waitlisted and really surprised (and bummed out…I think she really wanted to go here).</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ *] ACT: 34 Composite
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0 unweighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/494
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): as many as school offered (rural so maybe 5) scores all 4 or 5.
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP plus college prep
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 year letter in 3 sports (Captain of 2)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: entrepreneur-started cheesecake catering service; swim clinics and lesson during year.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Plenty; church pianist for 3 years.
[ *] Summer Activities: Duke TIP 2 years; and work
[ *] Essays: who knows? thought they were fine
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good to great
[ *] Counselor Rec: awesome
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 0-50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure; maybe money needs? or southern girl and they want more “diversity/affirmative action”?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Colgate/UVA/Vandy/UGA. Scholarship offers at all schools. waiting on ivys and a couple others.</p>
<p>S rejected
SAT 2280
SAT IIs 800(M2) 760(Lit)
4 APs (all 5s except 4 in Comp Sci)
GPA 3.9 W/3.6 UW
Rigorous private school
Great essays and recommendations
Average extracurriculars
Visited once
CA
Maybe didn’t show enough interest? I have heard this is very important…
Accepted: Reed, Whitman, Occidental, USC, Lewis & Clark, UCs (Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz); Rejected: UCLA, UC Irvine (?), Claremont McKenna :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Presidential Scholar</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650M, 630CR, 620W
[</em>] SAT II: 650 Math I, 710 USH, 550 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 to 3.9 - ish.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Statistics, Health, Economics, Participation in Government, and a few other classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I had one but I wasn’t sure if it was major…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Vice President and Co-Founder of Economics Club, Soup Kitchen Service, Food Pantry Service, Youth and Government, STEM program at NYU, School Morning Sports Club, Took College Classes at a local college, School Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
[</em>] Essays: Truly heartfelt and passionate. It’s literally a miracle from God that it came out so well.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had a stack, but I had one from my USH teacher and my past science teacher. Both were glowing i’m sure (although I didn’t see them).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: From my school’s principal.
[<em>] Interview: I only had interviews for the ivy league schools.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Does it matter?
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <– 14000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):My passion for my future career. Overcoming adversity in order to reach my goals. [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: God. Also I have good work ethic, and I really put in my all to finish this process.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Probably my SAT score. I could have gotten higher though and I plan to retake it (just to have the satisfaction of getting a 2000+ score).<br>
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: New York University, The University of Virginia, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Boston University, Connecticut College, Davidson College (Presidential Scholarship), Stonybrook (Presidential Scholarship), Albany (Presidential Scholarship), Buffalo, Binghamton, Brooklyn College (Presidential Scholarship), 4 other CUNY Colleges
Waitlisted: Nowhere -
Rejected - Nowhere -[/ul]</p>
<p>I can only thank God for my successes. I have 6 decisions (all ivy league schools) left, so I only hope that he will continue to grant me blessings.</p>
<p>^ Can you please tell us your ethnicity? Your numbers are a little low for a presidential scholarship, so your ethnicity may have been a factor.</p>
<p>Am I the only stupid person here?
I’ve been trying to find how to login on their website for like 20 minutes now, and still have no idea.
I click on the link they gave me in the e-mail, but I don’t see any fields where I should type in my password and ID.
Can anyone please give me the exact link???</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 770CR 750M 670W
- SAT II: Math 2: 690 World History: 640 Physics: 610
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
- AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov’t & Politics (4), World History (4), Calculus AB (5), English Lang (3), currently taking US History, Calc BC, Physics: Mechanics, and English Lit
- Senior Year Course Load: EnglishLit AP, AP US History, Intern/Mentor, Physics C: Mechanics, Calc BC AP
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Dance Company: 4 years, captain senior year; Dance outside of school: 10 years, Math Team: 2 years
- Job/Work Experience: n/a
- Volunteer/Community service: tutoring and various others, about 200 I think
- Essays: good. Nothing exceptional but fairly strong
- Teacher Recommendation: Probably both very strong.
- Counselor Rec: unknown. Counselors at my school have a very weak relationship with their students
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MD
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: aid needed
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really. First generation American, but parents went to college in Russia
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Expressed interest in the school, visited twice, spent an overnight in the dorms. Commitment in extracurriculars
Weaknesses: SAT II’s, maybe essays and counselor reccs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. Maybe they wanted more community service? Or higher scores? Or better essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UMCP, Pitt, BU. Waitlisted Vanderbilt. Rejected Duke</p>
<p>It seems like a lot of people were waitlisted. Are you going to stay on the list? Is there any way to increase my chance of getting off the waitlist?</p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll have to worry. Davidson meets 100% financial need to admitted students by replacing loans with work-study program.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- Presidential Scholar</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1820 (630Cr, 630M, 560W)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 710-US History, 660-Molecular Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 unweighted, 4.32 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/9
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (5) Only AP available prior to junior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S Government, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, Spanish 4, Theology course, Chorus, Advanced Honors Biology 2.</p>
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Yale Book Award, All-Area Boy’s Soccer team for local newspaper, All-conference honorable mention soccer, People to People participation award, Headmaster’s Scholar Award 3 years in a row (highest class G.P.A), Coach’s Award for Baseball, Gates Millennium Scholarship Finalist, Davidson Presidential Scholar Recipient </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball (4 years co-captain), Varsity Soccer (3 years, co-captain this year), Science Olympiad (2 years), Community Service Club (3 years), Student Ambassador (3 years of giving school tours)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Worked at local restaurant over summers and during year, worked at local toy store at same time. Participated in work-study program at school for last two summers, Opened own Car-Detailing business to raise money for Europe trip (3k), tutored various students including 1 with Asperger’s syndrome for two and a half years</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: Lead Stop Hunger Now chapter at school third year, Relay for life 4 years, Special Olympics 4 years, Soup kitchen canned food drives at school.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: Work study at school,and two other jobs plus tutoring.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Good, polished essay on People to People leadership summit, Good essay on an inspirational teacher. My Davidson honor code was essay very good.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was good, the other was not that great (a bit negative)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[li] Additional Rec: Very good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private very small
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minority</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I visited twice, and corresponded with my admissions counselor via email often. My school has an honor code just like Davidson’s. My work experience (own business) and EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I scores, Community Service hour total
[li] Why you think you were accepte: I had a very balanced application, and built a relationship with many of my teachers and my counselor. I showed an interest in the school with various visits and attendances at school events. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Queens University of Charlotte, Case Western Reserve (42k aid), N.C State (goodnight scholarship finalist), UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest.
Rejected: Duke, Harvard</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m so happy I was accepted! I think I will be attending if everything works out. Congrats to everyone else who was accepted, I hope to see you there! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR / 710 Math / 660 Writing / 2140 total.
[</em>] ACT: 32 Composite (11 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: Did not take / send.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 Unweighted. GPA for Junior and Senior Year: 3.87.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Only AP’s offered were for senior year.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, Constitutional Law, Honor Physics, Men’s Studies, Film & Literature, 3 choirs,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless State counts for speech.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years Varsity Baseball starter. / 4 years Varsity Speech (co-captain) including a top 10 finish in State with multiple Section team and individual awards. / Member of 4 school choirs including auditioned Chamber and Concert choirs (tenor section leader 2 years) , co-founder of the Men’s Quintet. / Op-Ed section editor for the school newspaper. / MPA Conservative Club.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Advanced Research Corporation - Engineer’s assistant in high-tech lab.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Breakthrough St. Paul (educational program for minorities in poverty) tutor for 2 years. / Tutor’s Guild member / Service project with Minnesota Sled Hockey Association - help coach disabled children and teach them how to play the game.<br>
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing special.
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was unique, talked about finding myself in high school. Honor Code essay was very good, I used specific examples from my school and its unwritten honor code as well as my experience during my overnight.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My school goes from Pre-K through 12th grade, and I started as a 4th grader. My teachers have known me for almost 9 years. Both were very strong and personal.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good. I have a great relationship with my counselor as my graduating class is only 65 students. I think she tied things together nicely for me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: My friend Isaac wrote me a fantastic peer recommendation. Can’t thank him enough for all the time he put into it.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small, private, non-religious.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, strong upward trend in grades, strong demonstrated interest.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Cumulative GPA, lack of summer activities?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied early decision and was deferred. I visited twice, once for an overnight. I also met my regional rep in person and kept in contact frequently over email. After my deferral I continued to stay in contact as well as send multiple updates including Honor Choir, AP grades, and speech tournament awards. I also sent an additional recommendation. I believe that it was my continued interest in the school and rising trend in grades that helped significantly.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: St. Olaf (scholarship), Rhodes (scholarship), Elon, Lafayette, Colorado College. Denied: Stanford, Northwestern, Pomona.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Absolutely couldn’t be happier. I fell in love with this school when I visited and am so happy to be attending. I worked so hard to get here and I can’t wait to take full advantage of everything Davidson has to offer. Hope to see you all there!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 610 M, 580 W
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/177
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Eng Lang & Comp (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP US Hist, AP Eng Lit & Comp, Honors Anatomy and Physiology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Varsity Tennis team captain, Spanish Club (VP), NHS (Secretary), Environmental Club (VP)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer jobs and internships
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours working for Tennis in the County
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tennis volunteer work
[<em>] Essays: 2 common app essays. I can’t remember which…
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 great recommendations from AP teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Small (800 or so)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Make
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:Recommendation, transcript, extracurricular activities.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I had a strong resume and it was well-rounded.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UNC Chapel Hill (Accepted), Wake Forest (Accepted), NYU (Accepted), Duke (Wait list).</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted! I am a current freshman at Davidson and I absolutely love it! And to those of you who have been waitlisted, don’t fear! One of my buddies here was accepted off the waitlist!</p>