Official Decisions for the Class of 2014, Transfers, and Adas

<p>I had made the old "official" results thread *un*official since it had a lot of chatter on it. Post your results here -- accepted, denied, and waitlisted. I'm going to copy the end posts of the other thread here, so the results can be consolidated.</p>

<p>Edited to add: I can't copy individual messages here. Please repost your results.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted with STRIDE</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): 780 CR, 680 M, 800 W (2260 total)
[</em>] ACT (if submitted): My transcript had a 32 on it, I think (36E, 29M, 34R, 30S, 11 essay)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 USH, 750 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable) All As
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My transcript has a weighted rank of 1/~81. Officially, we don’t rank, but Smith probably saw that, anyway. I’d be 2/~81 unweighted.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), English Lang (5), USH (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Three APs, calculus, and stuff I need to graduate
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. Most of it was for writing (first place in a state creative writing competition, second/third place in various regional competitions, published poetry). I had a few minor debate awards, NHS/NJHS, some departmental excellence awards, and National Merit Commended.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Professional choir (4 years), Quiz Bowl (3 years, 2 at varsity level, 1 as co-captain of varsity team), legislative debate (3 years), Student Council (1 year, secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I had an internship at a hospital over the summer.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I work each summer with an opera camp for children. It’s one of my passions and I always have a lot of fun.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it): About my volunteering. It did a good job of expressing how I feel within the word limit.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): About my cursive handwriting and how it reflects my personality. Could have been better, but was fairly solid overall.
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays: Pretty good. I could have said a lot more about why I want to go to Smith, but I managed to get the gist of it down. I don’t remember what I said for the women’s college one.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations (if you saw them): Both (from my pre-calc teacher and European history teacher) were excellent, along the lines of “top in my career.”
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): Probably good. She likes me a lot.
[<em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it): None.
[</em>] Interview: It was the first interview I ever had, so I was nervous, but I think it went over well! I interviewed about ten days after Smith allows you to in your junior year and had just about the nicest interviewer, ever.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided. It could be something in the biology/physics/engineering/math field, or it could be American history or something involving education.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Dirt poor public magnet. Best in the area, #2 in the state.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White and nerdy
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, unless you count being Finnish. :smiley:
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I have a lot of interests and have been committed to them. I work hard and give my all in everything, and my teachers like me.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My math test scores… but Smith doesn’t really care about test scores, so hurray for that!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. I think I’m a good fit for a women’s college, and Smith could tell. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m very, very happy about this. It more than makes up for the two waitlists I’ve received in the past four days, and the one that is guaranteed to be coming from Middlebury on Sunday. </p>

<p>Also, congratulations to everyone. :)</p>

<p>Obviously, anyone posting at this point is accepted, so we’ll see a lot of green for a while. And hopefully, that trend continues!</p>

<p>If you want this to look quite pretty, remember to remove all blank spaces between each left and right bracket pair. </p>

<p>There’s a way to post so people can just copy and paste, but I’m not getting it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): Never took!
[</em>] ACT (if submitted): 34 Composite, 8 on Essay
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB(pending), Stats(pending) World(pending), Gov(pending), English Lang(5), USH(5), Psych(5)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/441
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, World, Calc AB, Stats, reg. Anatomy, English
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ermm…regional Brain Bee runner up(it’s international, so I think that’s big?)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):[/li]NFL-Vice President, 4 years. 2 Time National Qualifer, 4 Time state qualifer. Runner up in State in PF, 3rd place in state in Parli
Theatre-President-4 years
Stage Crew-President and Stage Manager-4 years
International Thespian Society-2 years
Math Team-Captain 3 years
Quiz Team-Captain 2 years
Yearbook Editor 4 years
Newspaper Columnist and Copyeditor 4 years</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Worked part time at a Dairy Queen for 2 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1000 hours at a community theatre
[<em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it): I wrote about quitting my job and how empowering it was(I think the SMithies enjoyed the empowering part)
[</em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): Wrote about the book The Little Prince
[<em>] Common App Supplement essays: Wrote about cattiness and how I don’t think Women’s colleges are catty…I also said about my love affair with Smith
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): AMAZING
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): Never saw it
[</em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it): EVEN MORE AMAZING…teacher is giant feminist…said I would do more for women than Betty Friedan or Glorian Stenam
[<em>] Interview: Never got one
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience with Middle Eastern Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Crappy public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Biracial(Native American/White)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM I guess
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I really don’t know…:smiley:
[</em>] Weaknesses: No SAT II’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a giant liberal feminist…it was clear in my application[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Smith is my dream come true!!!</p>

<p>Congrats R6L</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): M670 CR730 W790
[</em>] ACT (if submitted): 30
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): MathI680 Bio500 USHis500
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio 3-4, IB Spanish 9-10, IB Chemistry 1-2, IB History of the Americas, IB Senior English, IB Calculus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ntnl Merit Commended, QuestBridge Finalist</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paper Route, Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Humane Society, Church Sunday School
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it):
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays: :slight_smile: I loved
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: none
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Geographic location? QuestBridge Applicant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea. but I’m glad![/li][/ul]General Comments: I want to visit really bad!!</p>

<p>I got accepted. I’ll post stats soon.</p>

<p>Denied from Amherst. SOOO sad. :(</p>

<p>They said decisions come out after 6…they’re up now. LOL</p>

<p>lol. I’m accepted too!</p>

<p>and denied from amherst :-&lt;/p>

<p>waitlisted :(</p>

<p>Thumbtacks;
At least now, when we go, we can make fun of the Amherst kids. LOL</p>

<p>I still love that school. Ohhhh well. SMITH! :D</p>

<p>ahhhh waitlisted at Amherst…
Accepted to SMITH!! super excited!!</p>

<p>Flat-out rejected. I can’t say I’m overly surprised, since it really was a HUGE reach and I’m a bit of an admissions wildcard to begin with. I am pretty disappointed though…I really was kind of in love with the school. Oh well.
Congrats to everyone who got in.:)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): 2240 (770 M, 740 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Chem, 740 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Psych (4), French Lang (3), AB Calc (pending)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: a few really hard classes, some easier ones.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few writing awards (national), a French award (state), NM Commended</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: choir, theatre, student government, LGBT support and activism, literary magazine, dabbling in a ridiculous number of things I didn’t mention on my app
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring and babysitting elementary-schooled-aged children
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: with young kids, ~100 hours
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it): about the chaos and energy backstage before a show, and how I love it. Rushed but decent, vivid imagery.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): about doing things that scared me. Excellent.
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays: about how all the graduates from women’s colleges I know are inspirational, charming, and successful.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): one excellent, one good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): pretty good
[li] Interview: had one with an alumni, it was awesome and really fun</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: women’s studies, psych? Not sure, but probably in that vein.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] School Type: selective public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): immigrant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: SO HAPPY! :D</p>

<p>Well, I was, as inhabited_world would say, “flat out rejected”. I’m a little suprised, but then again, not really. I feel a little down, but it happens, and I can’t let this bother. It just means other plans are in store for me. :slight_smile: Congrats to all the acceptees.</p>

<p>I hated Amherst, I didn’t apply there</p>

<p>ACCEPTED AT SMITH!</p>

<p>CR: 700 M: 680 WR:650
GPA UW: 93% ish. I don’t know what it is weighted.
From school with good relationship with Smith. </p>

<p>Waitlisted from Wesleyan, but I’m not disappointed by that it wasn’t one of my top schools.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): not submitted
[</em>] ACT (if submitted): not submitted
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 640 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/321
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (4) AP USH (4) AP Lang (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Band 4, AP Lit, Crime Scene Science, AP US Gov, AP Euro, Yearbook, Econ, Personal Health
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Marching Band/ Wind Ensemble (9-12,Brass Captain, 12), Yearbook (10-12 Editor in Chief, 11-12) Student Council (10-11, Junior Class President) Academic Bowl (9-12, Captain,12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Atlanta Bread Co. 2 years, Post and Courier (My city’s paper) columnist 1 year, Panera Bread
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Charleston Miracle League, a baseball league for mentally and physically handicapped children.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it): ahhh don’t recall
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): my father’s incarceration and how it affected me.
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: Interviewed at my local Starbucks with a '72 alum, went awesome we spoke for about 2 hours!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: History
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): SOUTH CAROLINA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’d like to think of myself as being very unique.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m honestly surprised! I feel that I’m a well rounded person, idk.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m so excited!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted): 2280 (800 CR, 690 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT (if submitted): n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Spanish, 760 Math II, 740 Lit, 700 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 UW
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable) As
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~30/100, v. competitive/well-known school
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Spanish Language (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci A, AP Physics C, English, Chinese
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, just nat’l merit commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Lots and lots and lots of ballet
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at an elementary school
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it): Ballet
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): About my tutoring; I got an email from an Adcom at Smith about it, so obviously they liked it!
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays: Ok
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): Should have been very good; didn’t see, though
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): Probably ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: eh…
[/ul]Other [ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Competitive, well-known private
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uh…decent stats, good essay, interest in engineering, attend the Smith SSEP (summer program) [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Happy I got in, but full pay, so we’ll see if I can make it work :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Math: 580 Critical Reading: 640 Writing: 750
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.68
[<em>] Rank: Un-Ranked
[</em>] AP: None
[<em>] IB: Not Offered
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Secretary Treasurer of school’s Student Admission Team, National Honors Society, Drama/Theater Technician, Choir for all four years of high school, Layout Editor of Yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I do community service, but was not listed on Common App.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it): N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it): N/A
[<em>] Interview: Nope.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Intended Major: Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Private all-girls’ school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Hooks: All-Girls’ school?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I consider myself a diligent and dedicated student. However, looking at the schools I have been rejected from, I am starting to question my intellectual abilities.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Due to how terrible I feel about not getting into my two top schools, I’m currently prone to saying that everything about my application was a weakness. My math SAT score and lack of AP classes are certainly at fault.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think it was all because I have gone to a girls’ school for the past eight years.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Contrary to my disgust with not being accepted at my top colleges, I could not be more honored to have been accepted into Smith’s class of 2014. Currently I am struggling with whether or not I want to continue my all-women’s education or finally enter a co-ed atmosphere. I was also accepted into Bryn Mawr, so that makes the decision even more difficult. I will say that it is a great feeling to be able to associate such a reputable school with my name, and if I do not end up going to Smith, I hope that someone here will be able to fill my spot (because I know that if I were put on a waitlist at one of my top schools, I would be desperate to fill in someone else’s place). Good job to everyone who applied, no matter what your outcome was the application process was a lot of work.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown, if submitted):2110 (CR:670, M:650, W:790)
[</em>] ACT (if submitted):30
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology M (650), US History (690)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):—
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):Ouf, I don’t remember. I think I did pretty well in junior year with B+ and A- type grades. Senior year…a bit lower, but the classes are more difficult<br>
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top ten percent
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), US History (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):—
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English, AP Calc AB, AP French, Wind Ensemble
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):—
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Yearbook (4)(Yearbook Editor [1]), Wind Ensemble (3) (Concertmistress [2]), Symphony Orchestra (3), Varsity Fencing (Foil [3], Epee [2]), Wind Quintet (1), Regional/State Music Ensembles (4), National Honor Society(1), French Honor Society (2, Co-VP)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: cashier at a farmer’s market
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: church-related activities, intra-school system stuff, helped organize school-wide relief efforts for Haiti relief. I’m being general here, but I did a fair amount of stuff.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject, if desired, and personal opinions on it):The art of fencing, and what sets the sport apart from others.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject, if desired, personal opinions on it): About headbands…a quirky topic, but I liked how it turned out
[</em>] Common App Supplement essays: The power of the female community, and how I first heard of Smith through my GC
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (if you saw it): didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw it):didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec (if you saw it):no
[</em>] Interview:No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public HS, surburban town
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Common App essay, rigor of transcript, test scores (to some degree)
[</em>] Weaknesses:Supplement essays, senior grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I hope Smith saw me as a dynamic person who is dedicated (i.e. flute) and is able to take on leadership (i.e. yearbook)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that got in! If you didn’t get in, I will give you a hug…through the internet.:slight_smile: But seriously…don’t be sad! You will be happy at the college you decide to attend!</p>

<p>also rejected at Amherst. Derrrrnnnn. :(</p>