Official Duke 2015 RD Results Thread

nne718 · March 30, 2011, 9:14pm

Decision: Accepted w/Likely
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (770CR 690M 750WR 8E). First and only time I took it.
[] ACT: 34 composite (35E, 30M, 36R, 33S, 9 essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Bio M, 740 Chem, 740 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.7 UW at my high school, which I think translates to a 3.9. 3.88 for my college work (two Bs last semester).
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/330 weighted (what my school uses for val/sal). 2/330 unweighted. My weighted rank dropped since my high school doesnt weight college courses.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geography (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Microeconomics, Microbiology, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Spanish, a graduate-level English/film course, American Government. They’re all college courses.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bronze medal at ISWEEEP, National Achievement and Merit (only semifinalist at time of application), some other science fair awards, STAR Student (highest SAT in my school), prestigious merit scholarship at the university I take classes at.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Intramural ultimate frisbee, soccer, flag football, and softball (2 years), yearbook executive (2 years), ambassador for my school (1 year), microbiology and neuroscience research (3 years), a Nigerian cultural organization (4 years), a leadership program run by my county (1 year), JV basketball (2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: None at time of application.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve worked with local refugees for 2 years.
[] Essays: Common App- I wrote about my interest in Japanese and Korean music lol. Sounds lame, but it seems to be working. It’s not the best thing ever written, because creative writing isn’t my forte, but it showed my appreciation of diversity and world cultures and my sense of humor. Also did Why Duke? and the research essay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good. Both from professors.
[] Counselor Rec: Should also be good. She knows me very well.
[] Additional Rec: Didnt send.
[] Interview: Didn’t turn my app in time for one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public. Dual-enrolled.
[] Ethnicity: Black (Nigerian-American)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: about 80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, hooks, research, college curriculum.
[] Weaknesses: ACT math, two Bs last semester
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high stat URM
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Columbia (likely letter and Kluge Scholar), Amherst (Early write/Schupf Scholar), Duke (likely), WashU, Emory, GA Tech, Johns Hopkins, Yale (deferred EA). Rejected at Harvard.
[/ul]General Comments: BSAI was soooo fun, but Yale has always been my #1, and the money is right. Looks like I’ll be going there.

mathematicism · March 30, 2011, 9:17pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR 730 M 800 W 800)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II (if submitted): MathII 800 Physics 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93.2/100, dunno about the 4.0 scale
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): better than the those in none AP/honors classes
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%, exact rank unknown
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Macro-econ 4
Micro-econ 4
Calculus AB 4
Psychology 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible, with 4 AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME x 2, CMO x 1, some table tennis awards, nothing special
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
Varsity Table Tennis (Captain 9,10,11,12, won a lot of medals and awards)
Recreational Table Tennis Club(President 9,10,11,12)
School tutoring club (Co-founder and President, 12)
Math Club (President, 9,10,11,12)
JV Basketball (9,10)
Student Council (11,12)
[] Job/Work Experience:
Basketball Columnist/ Freelance Translator (11,12)
Math/Physics Tutor (9,10,11,12)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Youth Camp counselor (10,11,12)
School Teaching Assistant (10,11,12)
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
About leading the table tennis team, mediocre I think
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
Overcoming a disease, pretty good IMO
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
An analogy between Duke and the Blue Devils’ bball team, I guess they’ve seen too much of that already LOL
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t send one
[] Interview: Didn’t get one
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Absolutely none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, awards, essay probably
[] Weaknesses: Recs were bad (or I heard so), grades were mediocre, nothing stands out in general
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: the perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses lol
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Pomona College
Waitlisted: Northwestern, WashU
Accepted: BC (Honors), but so expensive that I can’t afford. So essentially I didn’t get into any school
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li]The results rendered the order of the decisions meaningless.

[/ul]General Comments: I honestly wanted Duke the most and I tried to convey that in my essays, but I guess it wasn’t successful. Hopefully the yield doesn’t go too high this year and they’ll have some mercy on the waitlistees.

Waterboy24 · March 30, 2011, 9:30pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (790 M, 670 CR, 750 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 MII, 760 Bio-M, 720 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/162
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(4), USH(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP French Lang, AP Psych, College level: Physics, Calculus, Anatomy, Microbiology, Brit Lit, Research
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l. Merit Finalist

Subjective:

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Soccer (4 years), Cross-Country (Captain, 3 years), ACE Team (Captain, 3 years), FIRST Robotics (Captain, 4 years), Beta Club (4 years), Interact Club (3 years), Foreign Language Club (VP, 3 years), Church Youth Group (President, 4 years), Church Council (Youth Representative, 1 year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Referee at local soccer club
[] Volunteer/Community service: Appalachian Service Project (2 summers), Project: Crossroads (2 summers), Habitat for Humanity
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Good, about cross-country
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Decent, about restoring a car with my father
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Don’t Remember
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Great!
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Great!
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Decent
[] Interview: Didn’t get one…

Other

[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, uncompetitive public, sends few to schools of UVa caliber or higher. No Nat’l Merit Semis before. Weak AP Program until this year (Got a grant from TI).
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Negative for white male

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, GPA, Rank, ECs
[] Weaknesses: Location and Ethnicity
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue… I was really hoping for an acceptance here… I got a likely from UVA…
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: UVA SEAS, Georgia Tech Engineering. Rejected: Yale. Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins.
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Before, I guess.[/li]
[/ul]
General Comments:
Just kinda crappy that I only got accepted at UVa… I’m the top student from my region, to be honest… I just guess it’s the lack of opportunity I get around here that’s kept me from really bolstering my record. I’ve done everything I could. Sometimes I wish I knew what the admissions officers are thinking as they read the applications.

LondonGentleman · March 30, 2011, 9:39pm

Decision: Waitlisted Trinity

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR: 790, M: 750, W: 780
[] ACT: 31… Yeah, they saw it
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Spanish Reading
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 126
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang & Comp (5), World History (5), US History (4), Chemistry (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit and Comp, Student Aide :p, AP Physics B
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing “Major,” but I did place 3rd in Essay and 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking in the State Literary Competition
[] Minor Awards: Bausch & Lomb Honarary Science Award, DAR Good Citizen Award, STAR Student, National Merit Commended, and numerous scholar athlete awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:
Football (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) JV (9th, 10th) Varsity (11th, 12th)
Varsity Track & Field (10th, 11th) 8th in Region Discuss (11th)
Philanthropy Club (11th, 12th) Founder and President – 30+ members; Raised $1100 for Haiti Earthquake Relief and various food supplies for the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
National Beta Club (10th, 11th, 12th) President (12th)
Math Team (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (12th) Individually placed in the top 10 of about 100 competitors all 4 years of competing.
National Honor Society (10th, 11th, 12th) Treasurer (12th)
Key Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Vice President (12th)
Academic Quiz Bowl (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (10th, 11th, 12th)
Savannah Engineering Academy (11th)
Science Seminar (11th) Met bimonthly at various sites across the city for lectures and science oriented activities (constructing underwater robots, rockets, web sites, etc.)

[] Job/Work Experience: Summer lifeguarding, neighborhood lawn service, private math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs total, 32 of which were at a local hospital
[] Summer Activities: Football, lifeguarding, ENJOYING LIFE
[] Essays: Well written. First about the fundraiser I organized in response to the Haiti Earthquake. Second about my mother’s influence on my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, it was very complimentary.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[] Interview: It went smoothly. Nothing spectacular, no 3 hour conversation about our mutual love of Jorge Luis Borges or anything of the sort
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA, baby!
[] School Type: Christian Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well rounded in all areas but…
[] Weaknesses: not STAND OUT in any.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of a unique flair. Lots of talented, deserving applicants.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
[/ul]General Comments: I gave the application process my best effort, and I am content with my results. If you were accepted, please don’t go!

iwantivies · March 30, 2011, 9:46pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M 690 W 710 CR
[] ACT: 32 (34 in errthing, 28 in science)
[li] SAT II: 710 us 690 lit 720 math 2[/li]
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s psych world us, 4s lang & apes
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: film, cooking, econ, ap lit, ap spanish, anatomy, ap calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): film club (president), tutoring autistic & deaf students, varsity tennis, club tennis, piano, research with college professors, nhs, some other service clubs
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: food bank, nursing homes
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: On Shakespeare. Clever and funny.
[] Teacher Recommendation: prolly good
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Great[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: top
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: solid
[] Weaknesses: everything could be better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough luck
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at university college london, university of edinburgh, nyu, rice, berkeley, wake forest, king’s college london, ga tech (scholarship), uga. waitlisted at: duke, william & mary. rejected: dartmouth, yale, unc chapel

[/ul]General Comments: wasn’t depressed but just got my dartmouth rejection so now i just feel like a failuuuure.

SuperTrooper127 · March 30, 2011, 10:11pm

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740M 740CR 780W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II (if submitted): Lit: 700, Math II: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I dunno, probably a 3.7 or 3.8…? My school only does weighted.
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): AP English Lang: A, AP US History II: A-
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP French V, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (9-12, Captain), Varsity Winter Track (9-12), Varsity Spring Track (9-12), Green Team (11-12), Model United Nations (11-12, Co-founder/co-president), Garden Club (12), NHS (11-12), Youth Group (11-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at local shop (10-15 hours/week) (Feb. 2010-present)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group (volunteer counselor at camps, retreats, etc)
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): XC, pretty strong
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I thought it was pretty good, very original
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): None
[li] Interview: Definitely my best interview, really enjoyed it[/li]
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: small, public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Rigorous course load, good scores, dedication to ECs
[] Weaknesses: Volunteer work, SAT IIs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Literally no idea…I seriously freaked out. THIS IS AWESOME!
[] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?: After, it was nice to finish this whole process on a high note!

[/ul]General Comments:
GO BLUE DEVILS!

kuroxramen · March 30, 2011, 10:50pm

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (one sitting) - (CR) 730, (M) 770 (WR) 800
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted):[list]
[li] World History: 740[/li][] Chinese with Listening: 760
[] Math II: 800
[] Chemistry: 780
[] Biology-M: 750[/ul]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li][] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~670
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English, AP US Gov & Politics, Psychology I/Western Philosophy, AP Biology, Journalism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [ul]
[] US Open Music Competition (a few medals)
[] Girl Scout Silver Award (?)
[/ul][/list]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[list]
[li] Science Olympiad (Parent Liaison, Event Leader)[/li][] American Red Cross Club (Co-President)
[] Journalism (Copy Editor), Math Club (Student Advisor)
[] Girl Scouts (Ambassador level; Camporee (annual camping competition) judge, crew member)
[] Math Club
[] California Scholarship Federation[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours[ul]
[] Chinese culture summer camp counselor & leadership group member
[] Service trip in Thailand - teaching English to children with parents in drug rehabilitation)
[] Summer tutoring at local library
[] Various other smaller community service projects (through Girl Scouts, etc.)[/ul]
[] Summer Activities: Three-day orthopedics program for girls at UCSF
[] Essays: Decent, overall
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didnt read, but she knows me quite well, so hopefully good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Fairly decent, though typical
[] Additional Recommendation: Good; from director of volunteer organization
[] Interview: N/A, though I submitted on the day of the deadline[/list]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Taiwanese-Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: > $120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades? Community service? Commitment and involvement regarding extracurricular activities and volunteer work
[] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly outstanding
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extracurricular activities were typical; not as many leadership positions as I could have held, etc.; however, I think my essays were (more than anything) very honest.
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[list]
[li] Accepted: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, Washington University in St. Louis[/li][] Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Duke
[li] Rejected: Northwestern, Brown, Yale, Stanford[/ul][/li][/list]
General Comments:
Congratulations to all who were accepted! :)

mustgotocollege · March 30, 2011, 11:08pm

Decision: Accepted<a href=“I%20had%20applied%20ED%20and%20was%20originally%20deferred”>/size</a>

[size=+1]Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300- R760 M740 W800
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II (if submitted): bio-800 lit-790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5) Spanish (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, AP Macro, AB Calc, Honors Geology (lolz I am not a science person)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): varsity field hockey, varsity track, debate team (president for two years)
[] Job/Work Experience: I used to teach Hebrew at my synagogue
[] Volunteer/Community service: I serve on the board of a non-profit
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): original; well-written
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): good but not terribly original
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see them but I think they were great
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see them but it was probably average
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): I had one written by a fellow member of the non-profit’s board on which I sit and I did not see it, but I believe it was my best rec.
[li] Interview: went pretty well[/li]
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: public, medium-sized, competitive
[] Ethnicity: white (middle-eastern)
[] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): middle-eastern is listed as white on the commonapp so I do not think I had any hooks…[/li]
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars (they’re much more in-depth than I care to list right now)
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted: My application strengths were very different from those of other students from my school. I exhibited strengths in leadership that are very different from the average applicant from my area, and I think it stood out in the end.
[] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? It made no difference for me because I prefer Duke over Cornell any day <3

[/ul]General Comments: I cannot wait for the class of 2015! I just bought all of my Duke apparel online!

Deliciouscake · March 31, 2011, 12:03am

Decision: Waitlisted

**Pratt School of Engineering (BME) **

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (740 CR, 770 M, 760 W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 World History, 790 USH, 760 Chem, 750 Math II
[] GPA: Not sure what it is unweighted, but >100 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank outside of val and sal
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World, 5 US, 5 English Language, 5 Chem
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Physics B, AP Gov, AP Spanish, Science Research, Band, Gym
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, some other state/regional and school awards
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Science Club (VP), Math Team, Environmental Club, Jazz Band, Computer Club, some other smaller stuff
[] Summer Experience: Summer Research Internships (summers after 10th and 11th grade, different lab in 11th grade, >500 hours total)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Environmental club entails some, but other than that, nothing
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I thought it was pretty good
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): I thought it was one of my better supplements
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it, should be good
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it, should be good
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): One from science research teacher and one from mentor- should be excellent (they’re what I submitted to Intel at least)
[] Interview: Best interview that I had- guy said I was one of the most impressive interviewees he’s ever had
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Public, somewhat competitive
[] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Intel, Legacy
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Intel
[] Weaknesses: Lack of well-roundedness/community service/really interesting or stand-out ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I wasn’t a good enough applicant
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted- Rice, WUSTL, Chicago, JHU (denied BME), Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, BU (full-tuition scholarship), a few others; Waitlisted- Columbia, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Princeton; Rejected- Yale, MIT
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Before, but doesn’t really matter [/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Duke was one of my top choices, and the decision did sting, but this decision is only a minor setback. I feel fortunate to have such an array of choices (leaning towards Rice right now), and I’ll be staying on the waitlists for Duke and a couple of other schools. Either way, Duke has not seen the last of this applicant, and in 4 years, hopefully they will make the right decision.
Congratulations to all who were accepted!

minniemouse23424 · March 31, 2011, 12:18am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<ul>
<li>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 770, 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 UW
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): President of three clubs, on the board of two others, member of many more.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, have a job starting in April
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I don’t have exact numbers, but I’d estimate 600+ hours.
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): one was amazing, didn’t see other
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): amazing
[ *] Interview: went very well</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): suburb of NYC
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public, sends many grads to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): lolz no…</li>
</ul>

Reflection

[ *] Strengths: Rank. Decent test scores. Good high school. Foreign exchange.
[ *] Weaknesses: WASP from the northeast…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk

General Comments:
Accepted: Penn (ATTENDING!!!), Tulane (25k/yr merit), UCONN (half merit scholarship), USC (half ride), UVA (Echols honor program)
Rejected: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt

I’m out here to prove that a Stanford REA reject can be successful RD at other schools. And I was. PENN 2015!!! Couldn’t be happier!!

Z.Exodus2008 · March 31, 2011, 12:54am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 superscore - 770 Math, 800 Writing, 800 CR
[] ACT: Did not take.
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Literature, 800 Chinese w/Listening, 770 World History, 720 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 or 4.00 - my school only does weighted, though.
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/732
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP Stat, World History, Language & Composition, Psychology, and US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6’s on IB Psychology and IB Spanish
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish, IB History of the Americas, IB Math SL, IB Physics HL, IB English HL, an advanced choir.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, GCC Leader, etc. A few state-level academic awards along with All-Region and All-State chairs for choir. But nothing spectacular. Not by far.
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): classical voice and piano, a correspondence course to write for children, organized/directed/founded various events, published writer and photographer, a little modeling, Mu Alpha Theta (president), Spanish Club (president), an academic competition team (co-captain), NHS, etc. Nothing amazing.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours at a library and working with dyslexic children.
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): This one was fun. haha I enjoyed it.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I did not let anyone read my essays (I never let anyone touch my writing; Idk why). I personally think they were, if not absolutely terrible, then at least not the best. To give you an idea of quality, I wrote 10 application essays over two weeks of winter break.
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Did not write it.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Did not see it.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Did not see it.
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): None.
[] Interview: Excellent. I loved my interviewer.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public with a good reputation.
[] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): State? I don’t think I had any hooks.
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, as in GPA, rank, scores, etc.
[] Weaknesses: Essays, ECs, ethnicity
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My school has a history of sending students to Duke, and I believe my profile fits with that of a typical Duke accepted student. In particular, I think my stats helped a lot.
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted to Yale, UPenn (Wharton), Duke, WashU, Emory (scholarship full ride); Wait-listed at Harvard, Cornell; Rejected at Princeton. I have, oddly enough, not been able to access my Columbia decision on-line, so I’ll probably find that out by snail mail.
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li]The way things worked out was fine, although I think seeing my Duke decision before the Ivy decisions would make much more sense. It definitely would have taken some pressure off me.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone!!!

fengyunxiaolu · March 31, 2011, 1:02am

Decision: Accepted
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180: CR690 M780 W710
ACT:
SAT II: MathII800 Frenchw/Listening740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a around 3.8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a top5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Advanced Functions, Chemistry, World History, International Business, AP English, Music, AP Calculus, AP Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): numerous music awards at all the way up to national level, some math contest school champion awards, and random awards here and there
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (President), Cancer Society (President), Flute Ensemble (President), School Newspaper (Assistant editor), School band (principal), School prefect, student tutor, debate
Job/Work Experience: summer internship at a trading company in China, volunteer at world exposition
Volunteer/Community service: 4 years at nursing home, cancer society
Summer Activities:volunteer, jobs, internships, travel
Essayskay
Teacher Recommendation: one slightly more passionate than the other but both good
Counselor Rec:good
Additional Rec: instrument teacher: okay/good
Interview: none

[/list]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): arts supplement - instrumental recording
[/ul]Reflection

[list]
[] Strengths: ECs, leadership, arts/talent bonus
[] Weaknesses: SATs, GPA slightly
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wellroundedness i guess
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ACCEPTED:Carnegie mellon, NYU, virginia WL: Harvard, Vanderbilt REJECT:Princeton, Yale, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Chicago, Columbia, Northwestern WAITING ON: michigan
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li]I saw it after when i was half asleep…certainly made me SCREAM after all those rejections!!! then harvard waiting list came i was just like omg!~~~ EXCITED! but yes…it is costly XDD

RageoftheMonkey · March 31, 2011, 1:36am

Decision: Accepted + Likely Letter

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 math 800 reading 790 writing)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Math I, 740 Lit, various others in between 700 and 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s in everything but one semester of AP Physics and one semester of AP Spanish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 out of around 400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), Bio (4), Calculus (4), Psych (4), Physics C: Mechanics (4), Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (3, ouch)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest possible, 5 APs along with school newspaper and English electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and Presidential Scholar Candidate

[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Debate (4 years, de facto team captain, pretty successful, spent an insane number of hours per week working – I was in policy). Tennis (3 years, #1 varsity doubles team junior year). National Honor Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 years of cooking at a golf course
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Leo Club, summer project at the public library, but nothing too major
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about debate, pretty solid
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Ayn Rand’s influence on my philosophy of living life, I thought it was really strong, as did the English teacher who edited it.
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Hm… I wrote way too many essays for different apps. Was this one the Why Duke question? If so, I wrote a very personal essay about how I’ve been a Blue Devil my whole life because my dad went to grad school at Duke.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Both of mine were very good. My debate coach/AP English teacher wrote an incredible, personal rec.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it, assume decent but not outstanding. 1 counselor for 400 kids.
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Interview: Went well, but by the time I had it I had already received a likely letter, so it didn’t really matter. Guess that just goes to show how unimportant interviews are.

[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy

[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, debate, good essays and teacher recs, legacy, from Montana (gotta count for something)
[] Weaknesses: Not the best ECs, SAT IIs, AP scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The legacy might have helped me get a likely, but I don’t think it was what got me in. Twas probably the good test scores, awesome recs, and good essays (that showed my love of Duke).
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
Accepted: Tufts, University of Denver
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford
Waitlisted: Yale, Brown
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? [/li]I was extremely happy to receive a likely letter, it alleviated so much pressure (especially today when I got rejected/waitlisted by all the ivies I applied to). So seeing the decision before was a very good thing.

[/ul]General Comments:

Unless I get in off of Yale’s waitlist I’m looking forward to being a Blue Devil next year!
It’s interesting that I got a likely from Duke but got rejected/waitlisted nearly everywhere else. Guess Duke saw something in me that no one else did (and I appreciate them for that).
Also, my sister goes to Harvard, so it will be nice to at least say that my basketball team is better than hers :)

catisthecoolest · March 31, 2011, 1:45am

Decision: Accepted
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290: CR800 M790 W700
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math II 800 Math I 770 Physics 770 Literature 700 US History 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: College-level course works: Linear Algebra, Game Theory, Modern physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Singapore Math Olympiads Gold Medals for consecutive years, one year when I was in 10th grade and competed against 11th and 12th grade.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama - Gold Medal Singapore Youth Festival, VietAbroader Conference (Co-Chair), Micro Transform (Director)
Job/Work Experience: Assistant Director at YMCA of Viet Nam
Volunteer/Community service: fund-raise $50,000 in a country where GDP is $1000/ year for extracurriculars listed above
Summer Activities: volunteer, jobs, internships, travel
Essays: Common App: quite controversial. I wrote about how I didn’t want to go to college at first but then changed my mind. I think it really depends on the school. Some schools emailed me telling me they love it, others not so enthusiastic. Why Dule: fantastic, my best why essay by far.
Teacher Recommendation: quite a listing of CV, but she managed to recount some anecdotes
Counselor Rec: excellent, he is a lecturer of Harvard’s Kennedy School and knows me very well
Additional Rec: employer’s: good, but I don’t think it makes a difference
Interview: none
[/list]Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):

Country (if international applicant): Viet Nam
School Type: Home-schooled
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): arts supplement - video made from my own paintings; overcome adversity; home-schooled student with an extremely challenging curriculum
</code></pre>

Reflection[list] [] Strengths: ECs, personaltiy, essays [] Weaknesses: unusual circumstances and asked for a lot of aid [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: why essay I think [] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ACCEPTED:UVA, Wesleyan, Stanford WL: Washington and Lee, Trinity REJECT: Harvard, Yale, Colorado, Babson WAITING ON: none [li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li]I saw it after the Ivies when i was barely awake. Definitely made my day. When I called my gf I could barely spoke lolz.

gogogogo · March 31, 2011, 4:57am

Decision: Accepted
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 680 WR: 780 M: 800
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): CHM: 770 MAT2C: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we don’t do GPA
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): IB Diploma 42/42 (without bonus points)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma
[] Senior Year Course Load: EXTREMELY HUGE (IB DIPLOMA!!!)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): umm… i have some in-school awards, national certificate for economics competition and stuff… just pretty average…

[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): helping the homeless (founder) / Oxfam (leader)/ Red cross (manager)/ other some random extracurriculars…[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: none[/li]
[] Volunteer/Community service: pretty much same as the one I wrote on Extracurriculars
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): My EC was major weak point. 
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): good
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): good
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): dunno coz i wasnt allowed to read.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didnt read
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): didnt read
[] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Korea
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: School grades/ SATs
[] Weaknesses: EC
[] Why you think you were accepted: With Duke’s 10.8% RD acceptance rate, I must say that its a miracle!!!
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Rejected by 4 ivys, Berkeley. Accepted to Smith and UCLA
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: I cried my eyes out when I found out that I got rejected by four ivy schools. I never expected that I would get accepted into Duke… I wasnt even gonna look at the decision letter…I really don’t know why I got accepted!!!

riceandsnow · March 31, 2011, 6:03am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M790CR740W760, total: 2290
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Maths II 800 Physics 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): HL Maths Physics English, SL Philosophy Japanese B Economics
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): im guess around top 2%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 45
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): [/li]-Piano, ABRSM Grade 8
-Singing, ABRSM Grade 5, lots of choirs
-MUN, 2 years
-Student leader at my school
-Volunteering at a dog shelter
-Head Editor of school literary magazine

[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Dog shelter, treasurer of my school’s chapter of STAND, part of my student leader role was to organize fund raising events
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): about being a student leader - it was short…so I doubt it was that important :S
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): about a singing competition that happened in the middle of a mall - I actually didn’t like it much, but it was definitely personal
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): about how much I love Duke - slightly cheesy, but I think it made a point
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): one of my teachers told me it was great, not sure about the other one
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Interview: pretty good
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): HK
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[li] Strengths: SATs, IB score[/li][] Weaknesses: Essays, normal/average ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I DON’T KNOW. when i opened the decision letter (after an hr of trying to log onto the site lol!), i started dancing around because it was such a major shock
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: USC (presidential scholar); rejected: MIT, Yale; waitlisted: cornell; still waiting for amherst college
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?: don’t think it mattered too much…though the 2 hours between getting ivies and duke was EXCRUCIATING - i basically talked myself into thinking duke would reject me because that just seemed to be the trend…then a miracle happened!!![/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
i’m sure everyone will go to where they will be the most happy at - undergrad isn’t the end of the journey, it’s just the beginning :)

naijagirl91 · March 31, 2011, 8:58am

Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):2160

ACT:
SAT II (if submitted): Bio E 700, Math 1: 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/89
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 A Level, 1 Independent Study, 3 Core Subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
-Dance
-Drama
-Student Government (Head Girl)
-Editor of school literary magazine

Job/Work Experience: 3 different internships
Volunteer/Community service: Chair of community service club
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): about my work with activism
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): about my distant relationship with my dad who happens to be a Nigerian public figure and how he influences my life
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): didn’t write one (it was optional)
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): never saw them but they were probably glowing
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
Interview: didnt have one
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):

Country (if international applicant): Nigeria
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: African
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): don’t believe in hooks. u either get accepted or you dont.
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: essay, Robertson Scholar, grades

Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Robertson scholar
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies?: Yes! had to wait for an excruciating hour before I saw Duke. Longest hour of my life!
</code></pre>

General Comments:
Stoked i got in! I’m not a rabid Cameron Crazy so let’s see how this goes. Really excited though.

freakozoid · March 31, 2011, 10:21am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
Summer Activities: See above
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Painting in a storm. I really liked it.
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About my struggles in life. I really liked this one too.
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Not as good as the first essay.
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned.
Interview: Didn’t get one.
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$10000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays
Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s, international student applying for aid.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Texas A&M, WPI, Furman, Lafayette, Miami. Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Rice, Colgate, Swarthmore, Stanford (deferred REA), Princeton, Cornell, Penn, Cooper Union. Waitlisted: Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard.
</code></pre>

General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted!

klmiller25 · March 31, 2011, 11:21am

Decision: Accepted
Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 -M 770 CR 750 W 710
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II (if submitted): MathII-740 Chem-760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 out of 160
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APs: Chem (5) US History (5) Language Composition (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Euro, Physics C Mechanics, Calc AB. Honors Latin V and Adolescent Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Superintendet’s Award, Dartmouth Alumni Book Club Award, and a few other minor ones.
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Basketball (4 years senior co captain) Football (2) Math Team (2) Student Gov (4) Judicial Board (1)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about traveling, not bad
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): influence of my brother, decent
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): did not see but probably very good
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): did not see but probably very good
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
[] Interview: went well,
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mass
[] School Type: piblic
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): NONE
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: strong GPA and course load, decent test scores
[] Weaknesses: nothing big to really set me apart from everyone else
[] Why you think you were accepted: good why duke essay
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: Cornell, USC, UCLA UVA, Villanova. Rejected: Princeton and Stanford REA
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Yes[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: SO STOKED

klmiller25 · March 31, 2011, 11:23am

Decision: Accepted
Pratt School of Engineering

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 -M 770 CR 750 W 710
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II (if submitted): MathII-740 Chem-760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 out of 160
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APs: Chem (5) US History (5) Language Composition (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Euro, Physics C Mechanics, Calc AB. Honors Latin V and Adolescent Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Superintendet’s Award, Dartmouth Alumni Book Club Award, and a few other minor ones.
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Basketball (4 years senior co captain) Football (2) Math Team (2) Student Gov (4) Judicial Board (1)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about traveling, not bad
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): influence of my brother, decent
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): did not see but probably very good
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): did not see but probably very good
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
[] Interview: went well,
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mass
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): NONE
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: strong GPA and course load, decent test scores
[] Weaknesses: nothing big to really set me apart from everyone else
[] Why you think you were accepted: good why duke essay
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: Cornell, USC, UCLA UVA, Villanova. Rejected: Princeton and Stanford REA
[li] Would you rather have seen your Duke decision after or before Ivies? Yes[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: SO STOKED

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