Official Davidson RD Decisions 2014

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ 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:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ 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[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 740 US History, 690 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/108
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH- 5; AP Lang. & Comp. - 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most Challenging Available
[<em>] Major Awards: Several Model UN awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN (Secretary-General and founded the club at my school), Chorus, Theatre (lead role in senior play), Pep Club, NHS, SNHS, Mu Alpha Theta, active in church Youth Group, several others etc etc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: good amount
[<em>] Summer Activities: diversity/leadership camp, NRECA Youth Tour to Washington, church trips
[</em>] Essays: Put a lot of effort into Davidson’s essays! I think they were good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I assume
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great (once again, assuming)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Received an encouraging letter from Admissions office a while back that I think can be classified as a Likely Letter
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Financial aid-worthy? hah.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of AP’s compared to some other CC’ers
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly I don’t know but i would guess because of my very thorough essays and demonstrated interest (campus visit)!
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (Math 770, Writing 690, Reading 670)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Math II 730, Bio 720, Literature 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ? (4.34 weighted out of 4.2)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IB dilpoma student (HL Bio, History, Engligh A1, and Spanish B, SL Calc and Physics
Major Awards: National Merit Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity winter and spring track all 4 years (varsity, captain senior year), lots of theater and dance (about 15 hrs per week)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Special olympics, adaptive soccer, CCD teacher, Thrill the world dance instructor, church volunteer work
Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown 2008 (Brown University), Advanced Studies Program at St. Paul’s School 2009
Essays: Honestly I don’t think they were my greatest work ever.
Teacher Recommendation: idk
Counselor Rec: idk
Additional Rec: I added the evaluations from the teachers at the Summer @ Brown program
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: While
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Math, sciences, and languages
Weaknesses: Humanities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have a very strong transcript.
General Comments: I’m sooo excited this was my top choice!</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1400/2200 620-M, 780-CR, 800-W
[</em>] SAT II: US Hist, World Hist, Lit (720s for all)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-ish? (A guess, since school doesn’t do UW)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (5), US hist (5), world hist (5), psych (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Lit, German, Calc Ab, EnvSci, US Gov, Comparative Gov + Journalism 4
[<em>] Major Awards: nothing too major, just a JKCF award and the usual medley of honor society stuffs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too lazy to list all, but most imp. to me were newspaper (layout editor) and german honor soc/club (co-pres)[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: nope
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: several notable summer volunteering things, couple of language related things
[</em>] Summer Activities: educ. camps every summer
[<em>] Essays: I was very happy with my general essay; Davidson essays were not quite as good though
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but teacher was a great fit for me & liked me :]
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): VA[/li][</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: XX
[<em>] Income Bracket: somewhere between 50,000 - 100,000, so def. need some financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hm, nothing too out of the ordinary, I suppose. Perhaps being an immigrant from Belarus at age 9? Though I’d hardly say that’s a hook!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays/writing, languages
[</em>] Weaknesses: perhaps GPA? (meh, freshman year…)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s all just a gamble! :slight_smile: [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m not too bummed about this. I thought I’d get in, but if it’s not meant to be, then it’s not meant to be. Davidson wasn’t one of my top three, so not all’s lost yet!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 780 CR 690 W (2270)
[</em>] SAT II: 720 Chem 750 US
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 269
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4) US (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP English Lit, AP Stat, Marching Band, Cultural Anthropology, AP Euro, AP Chem, French 3
[<em>] Major Awards: AP Scholar, Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, NHS (prez), Interact (prez), X Country, Mock UN (Steering Committee)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Graduation Ambassador to Local Elem. School
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 7 Missions Trips, 30+ hours at food bank last summer
[<em>] Essays: meh
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: Very good
[<em>] State: NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 80-100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]**Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Recs, and Awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays, Race :)</p>