Official Decisions 2012

<p>Hey 5757, for a while it kept saying that yours was the latest post, but I couldn't see it. But now all your posts are visible :)</p>

<p>accepted!</p>

<p>sats:</p>

<p>cr: 770
wr:800
math:720</p>

<p>2290</p>

<p>sat 2s:</p>

<p>lit: 780
math 1: 750
span: 710</p>

<p>gpa: 3.72 unw hardest curriculum</p>

<p>no ranks</p>

<p>EC: five national writing awards, a capella, theater,guitar, sing writing</p>

<p>essays: very good</p>

<p>teacher recs: excellent</p>

<p>counselor rec: also good</p>

<p>hooks: my creative writing achievements ( gove school eg), and song writing</p>

<p>location pa</p>

<p>school small private all grils</p>

<p>white female</p>

<p>going to attend? Potentially. I already got into northwestern, kenyon, bucknell, and skidmore. Sitll waiting on middlebury hamilton vassar and williams. We'll see how things go.</p>

<p>do do do do do do do do </p>

<p>(...that was my attempt at the twilight zone music)</p>

<p>Anyway, I've been accepted!! :) :) :) I love life</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
School Applied to: Colgate
Stats:
SAT: 2300
SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 750 U.S.
ACT: n/a
GPA: 3.42/4.0 (unweighted)
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 5 on APUSH,4 on English Lit
Subjective:
Extra Curriculars: vestry (school religious organization), literary magazine, young democrats, government club (debate), tutoring on saturday mornings for charity, various summer internships
Essays: Good and original (my supplement was mentioned in the handwritten note from the dean on my letter)
Teacher Recs: both stellar
Counselor Rec: Amazing.
Hook (if any): NONE! white, middle class girl
Location/Person:
State or Country: Washington DC
School Type: Private and extremely competitive.
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Major strength(s)/weakness(es): S - lots of community service and leadership W - my GPA was not super high
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I wrote great essays and I think my bubbly and outgoing personality was able to come across
Other Factors: ---
Going to attend? Probably not because I discovered after visiting a Campus Day at a large university that I want to go to a large, diverse school, but Colgate is AMAZING!</p>

<p>congrats to all accepted =)</p>

<p>lol and yes I had that same problem when I posted before. I didn't even see my post and I was like where'd it go?!?! </p>

<p>so what are my chances of getting off the waitlist =P Or at least what do you guys think haha. BE HONEST. I CAN TAKE IT.</p>

<p>Waitlisted too!</p>

<p>Viva la dana- I'm not accepting a place on the waitlist, so maybe that will help you a bit more. Good luck!</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2120 (660M 690CR 770W)
[ *] SAT IIs: US history 740, Literature 730
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: weighted 4.98
[ *] Rank: i dunno but top 5% in class of 650</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: soccer, piano, youth group, NHS, science research
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't see
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[ *] Hook (if any): InSTAR science research?</p>

<p>** Location/Person:**
[ *] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: weakness = SAT math score.
[ *] going to attend?: I still have to hear from a few schools but I'm really happy to be accepted!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]School Applied to: Colgate [</em>]Stats:[<em>] SAT: 1380/2100[</em>] SAT IIs:740 Math I, 700 Math II [<em>] ACT:[</em>] GPA: 3.95 [<em>] Rank: School doesnt rank but top 10% [</em>] Other stats:[<em>]Subjective:[</em>] Extra Curriculars: many [<em>] Essays: very good [</em>] Teacher Recs: very good[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good [</em>] Hook (if any): brother is a sophomore?? [<em>] Location/Person:[</em>] State or Country: CT [<em>] School Type: Private [</em>] Ethnicity: White [<em>] Gender: Male [</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): -- [<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:-- [</em>] Other Factors: -- [*] Going to attend? very possible [/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Denied</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 730 CR/570 M/680 W
SAT IIs: 710 USH/680 Lit
ACT: 27
GPA: B+ in honors
Rank: 55/324
Other stats: 4 on APUS, 4 on Env Sci</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extra Curriculars: tons. Had to use size 10 font for 2 pages. Most for 3 or 4 years, with multiple varsity/leadership positions/awards
Essays: Colgate essay sucked. CommonAp essay rocked, got A++ on (legit)
Teacher Recs: three, all glowing
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any): Clearly none
* Also had an alumni rec</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Public, competitive. Sends about 5 kids to Ivies every year, lots to NESCACs
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Weak: GPA, SATs
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I suck at life?
Other Factors:</p>

<p>So apparently I can't edit my post for some reason, but I'm going to post my stats anyway.</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2090 (640M 710CR 740W)
[ *] SAT IIs: US history 790, Literature 730
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] GPA: no idea, probably in the mid-90s weighted
[ *] Rank: my school doesn't rank</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: karate (for about 13 yrs), greek youth association, band for all four years
[ *] Essays: i loved them, the common app one was about being greek and i had a lot of fun with the colgate one
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't see, but probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec: see above
[ *] Hook (if any): um, no idea. i'm amazing? (hahahahaha)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: i suck at math, basically.
[ *] going to attend?: i'm not sure yet, i've gotten into a bunch of other schools so i really have to narrow things down. but colgate was one of my top choices so i'm very VERY happy right now!!</p>

<p>Accepted ;) !</p>

<p>waitlisted... not accepting a place on the waitlist...</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED: Alumni Memorial Scholar (AMS)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2280 (780M, 740CR, 760WR)
SAT IIs:710 US Hist, 670 MathII, 660 Latin, 610 Chem
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.72 W
Rank:5/275 (not reported by school)
Other stats: NHS, Yale Book Award, District/State Literay Rally, National Latin/Greek Exam medals/ribbons, Academic Games National Championship
Subjective:good visit to Colgate! Dean came out and spoke to me and told me he loved my essay
Essays: on my family being Catholic and Jewish in same household
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): maybe a New Orleans/Katrina hook? :-)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Orleans, LA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: idk
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Visiting right before AMS letters went out. Possibly being from very far away with a lower number of applicants from my area helped?</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am so excited!!!!! One of my top choices, but I am already appealing fin. aid to make it possible to attend!</p>

<p>denied. Congratulations to all accepted!</p>

<p>still didn't hear and I'm in CT... though California heard AND my next door neighbor heard... I'm a little bent out of shape because of it.</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2050 (680M 690CR 690W)
[ *] SAT IIs: none
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: 3.92 UW / 4.54 W
[ *] Rank: 14/401</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: work, clubs (nhs, key, youth in govt, etc.) with some officer positions, volunteering (biomed lab and other various places)
[ *] Essays: ... okay? i have no idea actually...
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't see one, the other was decent, and also had a decent one from my boss at work
[ *] Counselor Rec: ehh... not amazing
[ *] Hook (if any): i speak Russian and Ukrainian... ?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Tallahassee, FL
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: eh who knows...</p>

<p>Other:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no idea... there was a very nice handwritten note from the dean on the acceptance letter about how they were impressed with my work experience and research stuff (volunteering)... maybe location helped too... LOL
[ *] going to attend?: Maybe... they're giving me very nice financial aid. It's definitely a possibility... probably my first choice so far, but I still have to hear back from a couple of other places.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone else who got in!
And good luck to those who haven't heard back yet!</p>

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

<p>[ul][<em>]School Applied to: Colgate[</em>]Stats:[<em>] SAT: 2170 (750M, 730 W, 690V)[</em>] SAT IIs:700 BioE, 700 Chem, 630 Math IIC, 640 USH[<em>] ACT: N/A[</em>] GPA: 90/100[<em>] Rank: School does not rank[</em>] Other stats: AP Scholar 2007, 5 on AP US History, 5 on AP Studio Art (Drawing), 2006 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Silver Key, 2007 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Gold Key, 2007 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Gold Key, 2007 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Honorable Mention, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Schoar (one of 60 junior artists selected nationwide each year), NFAA youngARTS National Merit Award in VISUAL ARTS (top 5% of 8,000 national applicants), NFAA youngARTS New York Regional Award (one of most accomplished artists in New York City), Went to Florence, Venice and Rome to study art, 2008 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Silver Key, 2008 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Gold Key in Art Portfolio, 2008 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards NATIONAL Silver Award for Art Portfolio, Exhibited artworks in private galleries and Brooklyn Museum [<em>]Subjective: Submitted supplementary Portfolio[</em>] Extra Curriculars: President of Art Club (3 years), Executive board member of Asian Cultural Society (2 years), Art Editor of School Newspaper (2 years), President/Founder of Wall-painting Community service program (2 years), Publicity Secretary of Grade/School Government (1,1 years, respectively)[<em>] Essays: Apparently they were amazing? I was so touched and taken aback that the Dean of Admissions wrote in ink under my acceptance letter, personally congratulating me and telling me that my essay showed him a student who realizes his passions. They really DO care about their students! [</em>] Teacher Recs: Both flawlessly amazing[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno, but he and I have a great relationship[</em>] Hook (if any): Definitely my art[<em>] Location/Person: New York[</em>] State or Country: United State[<em>] School Type: Public, extremely competitive and sends most of graduating class to top-tier colleges every year[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian[<em>] Gender: Male[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): SAT II and GPA were low[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Amazing dedication to art, and an exponential upward trend in terms of grades (went from C's and B-'s frosh to A/A+ senior year)[</em>] Other Factors: N/A[*] Going to attend? We'll see after my other college decisions come out, but I know have a new perspective on it because of the personalized letter from the Dean[/ul]</p>

<p>Wow you guys have pretty impressive stats. heres mine</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<pre><code>* School Applied to: Colgate
* Stats:
* SAT: 1910
* SAT IIs: 600 U.S., 580 MATH
* ACT:
* GPA:3.7
* Rank:18/597
* Other stats: 5 on APUSH
* Subjective:
* Extra Curriculars: Lots of baseball- varsity as well as summer, fall,and winter leagues, track, HOSA, JETS, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Special Olympics volunteer
* Essays: very good i hope after 20 drafts
* Teacher Recs:pretty good
* Counselor Rec: descent
* Hook (if any): Hispanic
* Location/Person:
* State or Country: Connecticut
* School Type: Public and not very competitive
* Ethnicity: Hispanic
* Gender: male
* Major strength(s)/weakness(es): S - ethnicity, lots of ECs, good essays W - bad sophmore year that really brought gpa down
* Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: im cool i guess
* Other Factors: ---
* Going to attend? not sure applied to 11 schools and was accepted to all
</code></pre>

<p>D waitlisted, not accepting the waitlist spot....</p>

<p>Accepted! :D</p>