Official Decision Thread

<p>I guess I'll start. I got my letter in the mail today (postmarked the 24th).. and I'm waitlisted. I'm not sure how to feel about that. The letter stated that last year, 25 got off of the waitlist of 300. Good luck to everyone else!</p>

<p>Here's the form:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>[ul]SAT: 1400 (700/700)
SAT IIs: 770, 740, 730, 720
GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.4 w
Rank: 1/267
Other Stats: 4 on AP CALC AB[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>[ul]Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): Double-Recruited Athlete (Swimming, Baseball)[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>[ul]State/Country: TN, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>[ul]Great interview, overnight visit with baseball team[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530 (770v/760m)
SAT IIs: 800, 740, 730
GPA: 3.9-4.0
Rank: ~25-30/370
Other Stats: 5s on AP Euro, Eng. Lang, Span. Lang, 4 on Span. Lit</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I thought it was good...
Teacher Recs: one was awesome, the other one i assume was fine
Counselor Rec: normal
Hook (if any): urm-ish, i guess</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State/Country: CT
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (cuban)
Gender: f</p>

<p>Accepted EDII</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1410 (710M, 100V)
SAT IIs: 780 writing, 710 MathIC, 670 Lit
GPA: 3.6
Rank: 35/150
Other Stats: 3 on AP Euro</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: normal
Hook (if any): Run my own business, tons of other unique EC's</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State/Country: ME
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who gets in, I won't post my acceptance since that was all the way back in December ;)</p>

<p>Could you also list what choice W&L is for you so we know which of you is likely to be joining us in Lexington next year.</p>

<p>I was asked to give some info here, but I'm not comfortable with listing all of it, so here's what I'll offer--</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 1580
SAT IIs: 800, 800, 660
GPA: 3.9 uw, 4.5 w
Rank: none
Other Stats: 3 4's and a 5</p>

<p>Subjective:
Hook (if any): None of the regulation ones, to my knowledge.</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 1450 (740/710)
SAT IIs: 750, 720, 700
GPA: 3.93
Rank: 16/447
Other Stats: 5's on AP Euro, US, Psychology</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Great.. except I think I screwed myself over with the additional information essay (bad topic)
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Don't know.. probably pretty poor and impersonal
Hook (if any): I don't have one... oops</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State/Country: MD, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>Visited campus, but could not interview.</p>

<p>Decisions came out? Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting the postmark deadline.</p>

<p>That means I'll find out on Monday or Tuesday if I've been admitted (I live in Southern California).</p>

<p>Decision:
Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 760
GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.613 w w/ honors getting 4.5 and AP getting 5
Rank: 1/458 (weighted and unweighted)
Other Stats: Four 5s (in US Hist, Eng Lang, Span Lang, and World Hist)
Classes: 9 APs, 15 Honors by graduation </p>

<p>Subjective:
Hook (if any): Lots of interest demonstrated in potential health career? I don't think that this really made my app though.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State: FL
School Type: Public (~2,100 students, I think)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Edit to my post: My GPA of 3.6 is unweighted, as my school does not weight. Also, my class rank is estimated, as my school does not rank. I know I am in the third decile, that's it.</p>

<p>Good job to all those accepted...and to those waitlisted, don't lose all hope just yet. I was waitlisted...sent a very nice, detailed letter explaining how I had built upon my previous successes/hook, and was accepted a few days later. There is hope.</p>

<p>waitlisted as well. rakem did u visit the school after u were waitlisted to speak to someone in admissions?</p>

<p>Nope. I only visited after I had been accepted off of the waitlist.</p>

<p>I stayed on the waitlist right into May...a few days after that good ol' May 1st deadline they sent out a second round of mailings asking if we'd like to remain on the waitlist; I said yes and made my move then.</p>

<p>It might be a better idea to make a move now though.</p>

<p>If W&L is your first choice school, send them a letter talking about how you really want to go and will go if accepted and listing any major accomplishments (don't make it a laundry list though) since you sent in your app.</p>

<p>thanks for the suggestions! I'm probably going to wait until the end of the week and see what else comes in but most likely I'm going to pursue the waitlist bc it is one of my top choices.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (ED1)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT1: 550(v) 760(M)
Toefl: 286/300
Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essay: erm...normal-good
Rec: great
Counselor rec: great
Hook: erm, international???Lots of Ec's...</p>

<p>Location:
State/Country:Penang, Malaysia
School type: public
Ethicity: Chinese
GEnder: F</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.95 UW
Rank: 30/456
Other Stats: 4 on AP English Literature and Comp.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great (one in particular was fantastic)
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook: Sixteen year old senior (skipped a grade), penchant for foreign languages</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State/Country: NE, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Looking at everyone else's stats I am just thinking, man, I am so incredibly lucky. I don't know what happened.</p>

<p>Decision:
Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 670 V, 620 M (from two separate highest sittings)
SAT IIs: 720 (UH) 700 (W) 690 (M IC)
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/690 (appx)
Other Stats: 5 Eng Lang/Comp; 5 U.S. Govn't; 4 Bio</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Studied at UCLA; interned at Assmeblymember's Office</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State/Country: California, United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other:
No interview</p>

<p>I wasn't selected as a Heinz Scholar though.
Congratulations to those who've been accepted!
For those waitlisted, stay strong (you can have my spot :) )</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (most likely will not attend because of financial factors)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 1220 (650 V, 570 M)
SAT IIs: 510, 630, 650
GPA: 3.8 UW, not sure weighted
Rank: 68/168
Other Stats: 3 on AP Eng. Lang. </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Alright I guess..probably the worst ones out of all my apps
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Okay...she doesn't know me that well
Hook (if any): Extensive study in Japanese, International stuff</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State/Country: TX, USA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Black/African-American
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>I know I'm EXTREMELY lucky to get in, but I really wasn't expecting an admit because they sent me an e-mail saying that they were very disappointed that I didn't interview.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who's been accepted, IM me at ForsbergsFan if you have any questions (I think I've asked them all by now) or just want to talk to a future General.</p>

<p>To those waitlisted: don't give up hope and if W&L is your first choice school, send them a letter telling them that and listing recent accomplishments.</p>