<p>__<strong><em>DECISIONS ONLY</em></strong></p>
<p>Lets hear em'</p>
<p>deferred EA and then waitlisted RD</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (old) + 630 Writing (new)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 800, World Hist: 750, US Hist: 720
[<em>] GPA: 6.845 or 3.845 on the other scale
[</em>] Rank: 4/729
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good (maybe a little generic though)
[</em>] Hooks: Leadership
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Houston, Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public (Above Average)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Job: Medical Transcriptionist for years
[</em>] Computer Science Club: Vice President, Placed at Nationals 7th place, freshman year, tied for 7th in state last year, and placed at countless Houston-Area Contests
[<em>] Young Republican's Club: Founder and President
[</em>] Model UN: Treasurer, Won the Delegate Award in 10th grade
[<em>] Cross Country: Varsity Letter + ran a marathon
[</em>] Mu Alpha Theta: Vice President
[<em>] Math Club: President
[</em>] National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
[<em>] Academic Challenge: Captain and President
[</em>] National Merit Commendation
[li] AP Scores: US Hist - 4, Human Geo, 5, World Hist - 5, Comp Sci AB - 3</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Not qualified enough
[</em>] Other thoughts: UChicago was my previous #1 school, but chances look bleak now, so I guess I'm going to UT now...I've been hanging out at college confidential for a few years now, just never posted
[/ul]</p>
<p>What a terrible way to start off the thread.</p>
<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 680 CR/710 M/690 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: Didn't Submit
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs: None offered
[</em>] IBs: None offered
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0, 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 2/69
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 Honors classes, hardest possible
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (mine)
[<em>] Other stats: AMC school winner twice, not much else
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: hardly any
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 years of detasseling
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): probably pretty horrible, but I'm too self-pessimistic to think they would be good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): No interview
[</em>] Hook (if any): Poor, disadvantaged
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nebraska
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Rural, not public; Average ACT = ~21
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Yugoslavian
[</em>] Income Bracket: 26k on FAFSA, parent now unemployed
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Probably none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: No strengths, I guess
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Poor, nothing outstanding
[/ul]
Other Factors: —
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: —</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2200
* SAT IIs: 770/750/700
* GPA: 3.9
* Rank:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: pretty strong.. i hope
* Teacher Recs: Excellent
* Counselor Rec: Excellent
* Hooks: Legacy
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: VA
* School Type: Public (Above Average)
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: F
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* have lots of leadership/community service awards/programs
</code></pre>
<p>Man...It got to Nebraska and Texas...Not to Florida yet, my fingers are crossed.</p>
<p>It barely got to Texas. It was very sparsely distributed.</p>
<p>I realize this might be ironic, but stop flooding this thread. DECISIONS ONLY!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420/2190 (770w, 760cr, 660m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 us history, 690 biology
[<em>] APs: 5 english lang, 5 biology, 5 world history, 4 euro hist, 4 us history, 3 macroecon, 3 microecon (self-studied ap econ and euro hist)
[</em>] GPA: 3.71uw
[<em>] Rank: Top 20% is all I remember
[</em>] Other stats: None.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent. About being a communist revolutionary in school
[</em>] Teacher Recs: The best I can imagine from my calc teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no clue
[</em>] Hook (if any): Debater</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bellevue, WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Male
[</em>] Gender: White</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:
Nat'l circuit debater, 4th at WA state, TOC bid, qualified to Nats, ranked in top 100 in country, #3 in state, etc. Applied for Economics major.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (800W, 800CR, 680M)
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 lit, 760 US hist, 740 chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.273 W, 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 5/822
[<em>] Other stats: national merit finalist, ap scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: "Mind that does not stick." I like to write, I think it was good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i was a bit worried about my chem teachers rec, but apparently it was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: he's not the brightest guy, but it didn't hurt me
[<em>] Hook (if any): lots of music stuff
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type: huge public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: marching band field commander, mock trial president, semi-professional youth orchestra, international touring youth wind symphony, the normal clubs like NHS etc, and mission trips with my church. some political involvement as well
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: no idea, didn't visit, and was sure that would be the kiss of death. I was also worried that I wouldn't have "uncommon" enough essays
[</em>] Other thoughts: yay! I'm excited! makes me feel better about getting rejected at yale.</p>
<p>The other thread is fine if you ignore the ****tard.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>come on guys, this thread should be about comments, no stats please!!!!!!</p>
<p>:p</p>