<p>OK.. phew... U are a lifesaver!!!</p>
<p>Decision:WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (800 M, 720 V, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 M2, 800 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.8/4.3
[</em>] Rank: 5 percent
[<em>] Other stats:5s on APs - Bio, Chem, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Physics C,Stat
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:good
[<em>] Teacher Recs:good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any):i talked about my band?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: passionate essays, realtively advanced courseload, standardized test scores/ gpa, rank
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Im not sure. On one hand its not as bad as rejection, but I am still disappointed.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Not here yet, can we call the admissions office?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I have a hard choice now: Caltech and MIT both gave me admissions!!!</p>
<p>I really want to go to BOTH of them, but........I can only choose one......HELP!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (800 CR, 780 M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 740 US History, 720 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.98/4.00 UW, 8.05/8.3 W (an 8.3 is an A+ in an honors class)
[</em>] Rank: 1/287
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Astounding
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Incredible
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great
[<em>] Hook (if any): ArsDigita Prize winner (for young Webmasters), only Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist from New Hampshire for paper about number theory written without a mentor
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[<em>] School Type: Public, 1300 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Editor in chief of high school newspaper, math team co-captain, student council (sophomore president, student body vice president), school Web consortium, math research, and a few other less important ones
[/ul]</p>
<p>HopefulDove--they're different enough that you should probably be able to make the decision :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 640 W 700 M 740 R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 MIIC 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 UW 4.4W
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): I actively pursued my interest in CS. And that's it :p
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Jose, CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT, no comptitions
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: SAT was on the low side (not that great test taker), no math olympiad, didn't qualify for AMIE[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Oh well. I'm still all right. Good luck and good job to those who did get in!</p>
<p>from the looks of the decisions so far, my only hope is geographic diversity being in TX.</p>
<p>Xaq--I've known kids to get in off waitlist; see prior threads</p>
<p>Hopefuldove--Congrats! You have to visit to get a feel for differences. Personally, I wanted S to go to Caltech for undergrad; he began research first term, did SURF, extracurricular stuff. Being in smaller school can be enormously advantageous. Either way, all of S's friends are happy, whether at Calech or MIT</p>
<p>Xaq --- Where in NH are you from?? I go to Souhegan High School, I bet you're somewhere nearby given the size of our state... :)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 (760 Math, 740 CR, 700 Wr)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Physics, 770 Bio M, 780 Mandarin
[<em>] GPA: 3.99/4.5 ish?
[</em>] Rank: 20-25 or so. (School has 20+ valecdictorians)
[<em>] Other stats: 35 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, but probably not the greatest
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:Bay area[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Nothing too special about me.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 800 760
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 US History, 780 Math IIc, 770 Chem
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] APs: 5 in AP Chem and AP US History
[</em>] IBs: nope
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: don't know
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: six ap classes
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: two
[<em>] Other stats: 113.5 on AMC 12
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Model UN, quiz bowl (officer in both) technology related stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: work for advanced digital solutions
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): great I think
[<em>] Teacher Recs: "best kid in career" type
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): OK
[</em>] Hook (if any): crippled, spent most of HS in wheelchair
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Not sure
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because Caltech is very hard to get into? Who knows[/li][/ul]
Other Factors: I like cheese!
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: IT sucks that you can work so hard for something and still not get it, although I understand why.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear that lizzardfire. I was rooting for you. There's still hope though, and I'm sure you'll get into some place great if not Caltech.</p>
<p>Thanks ramsfan :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Too disappointed to post stats. If interested look at my post in the MIT's EA thread:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1575201&postcount=157%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1575201&postcount=157</a></p>
<p>Actually, after seeing some of the decisions I knew I wouldn't make it, and so when I got the thin envelope I wasn't surprised. Oh well let's hope for a good financial package from Berkeley now ))</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 750 W; 790 M; 800 R
SAT IIs: 800 M 2(780 M1); 800 Chem; 800 Physics;
GPA: N/A (homeschooled) college courses: 3.99
Rank: 1/1
Other stats: Highest SAT I in nation for 7th graders through John's Hopkins CTY (1520)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: #1 Alright; #2 ("fill-in the blank space") I performed piano on a DVD and wrote an explanation of it.
Teacher Recs: They told me good, had 3 college profs
Counselor Rec: My Dad
Hook (if any): 16 yrs old
State or Country: PA
School Type: Homeschooled
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: ?/ no academic competitions (other than high SATs)
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I don't know maybe college prof recommendations or that I'm young, but I'm thrilled!!</p>
<p>I got the silver/orange packet today and was so scared...Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>mjoe, After California, Texas sends the most people to Caltech.</p>
<p>QueenofFiji -- you are clearly a smart cookie. Come to Caltech. You will be adequately challenged. :-)</p>
<p>MIT rejected me today, but that doesn't matter cuz i already have my heart set on Caltech.</p>
<p>I never posted my stats so here they are (hope i remember them correctly):</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SAT: 790M, 800V, 670W...yea, writing sucked
SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 World History, 750 IC
APs: 5: BC Calc, Chem, Physics, US His, World His, English Lang. 4: Spanish Lang.
GPA: 4.77 i think
Rank: 2/600ish
Senior Load: 6 AP's
Other Stats: 1st place Math in California Academic Decathlon as a sophomore.</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: Computer Club Founder/President, COSMOS @ UCI, some Astrophysics research
Job/Work Experience: Build Computers, web hosting type stuff
Essays: I didn't think they were very awesome, but i guess they were good enough
Teacher Recs: chem teacher really liked me. us history teacher said i was best in career
Counselor Rec: probably good
Hook: i think essays showed i was obsessed with math/science. research showed i was really interested in astrophysics. sent in abstract from my research, that might have helped</p>
<p>State or Country: CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Taiwanese
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Gender: Male
Strengths/Weaknesses: SAT I writing sucked.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Most likely accepted cuz i think my application overall showed that i was really interested in the field i want to study and that i really wanted to go to caltech</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (800/720/750)
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2: 800 Physics: 800 Chem: 680
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/~400
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Me know righting bad.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I dislike my counselor.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I play games.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: A bunch of Bs getting turned to As probably looked fishy
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'm stupid.[/ul]</p>