<p>Bump</p>
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<p>Good luck guys!</p>
<p>Am I the only dying of anxiety? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Good luck!!!</p>
<p>@sleepdeficit That quote is adorbs!</p>
<p>Alright guys 21 hours left! Let’s leave this thread to reporting decisions only and use the other ones for discussion. I’ll do one final bump tomorrow a couple hours before the decisions are posted. Good luck everyone! This is it!</p>
<p>bump. 11:11
probably only and last time I will post in this results thread</p>
<p>90 minutes</p>
<p>Final bump! 45 minutes! Remember to use the template BlueDog posted early on in the thread. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I’m applied RD, but I just wanted to wish all of you the best of luck!</p>
<p>Got Denied</p>
<p>Pick one:</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Pick one:
Pratt School of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 800M 780CR 760CW
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II:M2 800, Chem 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/50
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in 5 APs
[/ul]</p>
<p>amazing how fast a childhood dream can fade.</p>
<p>Deferred from trinity :/</p>
<p>ughh guess highschool drudges on</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 M 780 W
[</em>] ACT: 36 E 36 M 36 S 35 R
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Chem 800 US Hist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/704
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): uhh 10 ap tests… all 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO 3x, USABO Finalist, AIME Qualifier 5x</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: no
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: no
[</em>] Summer Activities: no
[<em>] Essays: godly
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: godly
[<em>] Counselor Rec: godly
[</em>] Additional Rec: godly
[li] Interview: godly (sorry only one word to explain it)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian/Middle-Easter
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: <10k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: perfect
[</em>] Weaknesses: none
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: YAY</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 33 (34 Superscored)
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4, 3.65 Weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History-4, AP English Lit-3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lang, Multivariable Calculus, Physics 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):SGA President, Junior Class President, Newspaper Editor in Chief, Yearbook Editor, Cross Country Captain
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours in international experience
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship and international cultural immersion
[<em>] Essays: Very good I thought
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:went every well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:ACT, EC’s, Essay, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Definitely because of my GPA. hopefully if i improve gpa good things will happen in march!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Disappointed, but I still have hope!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800M/760R/700W
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800Mii, 790 chem, 770 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95, 4.6 w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s for both econ, ush, gov bc calc, chem, lang
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP art hist, ap lit, ap bio, ap euro, ap psych, mvc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd place national finance challenge, ap scholar with distinction, commeneded
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Investment club pres, varisty math, varsity debate, varsity lacrosse, 13 years violin, youth and governemtn
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: LOL none
Summer Activities: werent really part of app
Essays:main common app one was about how I tried to beat my dad at board games, and focused on me trying at stratego; very unique and creative
Teacher Recommendation: both good I would assume
Counselor Rec: good but didnt see
Additional Rec:
Interview: went really well and we just talked about random stuff for like 50 minutes
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: 750 kids in my class
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: transcript, grades, testing, extracurriculars, unique essay
Weaknesses: no volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had really strong stats in everything and my essay was very creative, but no volunteer work mentioned.</p>
<p>I cant believe I did it!! I cant wait to see my classmates next year!!!</p>
<p>Rejected from trinity.</p>
<p>33 ACT, 3.65 GPA, 16/280 rank, editor-in-chief of newspaper, varsity hockey/soccer, a bunch of other ecs.</p>
<p>It’s a little dissapointing, but it’s not the end of the world. To everyone who was accepted, congrads. You guys deserved it. And for those like me who were rejected/deferred, don’t sweat it too much. Everything will turn out fine. Good luck to everyone</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (700 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 World History, 790 Chemistry, 780 Math 2, 750 Math 1
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World History, 5 US History, 4 Calculus AB (school only offers 5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Captain of Academic Challenge Team, 600+ hours volunteering at a hospital, assistant EMT over the summer, lots of various alto saxophone things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering + Assistant EMT
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: NY applicant, Indian, Class Rank, lack of leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Look above</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Expected waitlist and of course I got it. Disappointed but optimistic about future. Good luck to everyone else.</p>
<p>Rejection never felt soo good!!!</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): math 790 writing 800 reading 680 total 2271
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800 Chemistry 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/589
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5) Calculus AB subscore(5) Chemistry (5) World History (5) US History (5) English Language (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 3, Differential Equations, AP Enviro, AP Statistics, German 4, AP English, AP Biology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): silver award national German exam for 2 years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Danced since Age 4 and has been in dance company for 8 years, competing at least at 25 local and regional competitions. Vice President of School Glee club. German Club. Key club. Piano for 10 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours. Tutor elementary schoolers twice a week.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Participated in GAPP, a German Exchange program. I hosted a German student for a month, and went to Germany to attend German school for 3 weeks.
[*] Essays: Okay. My friend said it was good. My Why Duke essay was pretty clich</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send.
[</em>] ACT: 32 (33 composite)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math I 730 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94%, 98%W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 60/570
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4) AP Physics (3) AP Calc AB (4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Latin IV, AP Calc BC, *H Biochem</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>[/li]
<p>Latin Club 9, 10, 11, 12 (Scriba 12)
Key Club 10, 11, 12
NHS 11, 12
NLHS 11, 12
Rugby Club 9
School Soccer 9
THON - 9,10,11,12 (Committee member 11, Technology Chair 12)</p>
<p>[li] Leadership Experience:[/li]Junior Class Vice President
Senior Class Treasurer
THON Technology Chair
Latin Club Scriba
Attended Rotary Youth Leadership Conference</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>Wegmans Food Company 11, 12 (15 hours per weekend stocking shelves)
Universal Protective Packaging 11, 12 (10 hours per week unloading trucks)</p>
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>National Honors Society: 40 hours by graduation
Bethany Village Retirement Home: 250+ Hours by graduation
Notre Dame Club of Harrisburg: Several events such as working soup kitchens
Ronny Powley Center: Helped distribute donated foods to poor families
Helped count Sundays’ collections for my church (8+ weeks per year)</p>
<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/li]2 Internships - one sophomore summer and one senior summer.</p>
<p>Senior summer - Research at Columbia University for 8 weeks on Kidney cells.
Sophomore summer - worked in the office of the speaker of the house for my state for 9 weeks</p>
<p>[li] Essays: Eh. </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math + science teachers, should have been decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great - she likes me a lot</p>
<p>[li] Additional Rec: Letter from the doctor I worked under this past summer, its really good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: Very good! My interviewer said she had a great time and that I’d be a great fit for Duke.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Large Public High School
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extra Currics,
[</em>] Weaknesses: Gpa / class rank / essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA/Class rank really can’t compare to others who where admitted. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Kinda sad… but its not the end of the world. It was meant to be… congrats to those who were accepted!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 36 In all categories
[<em>] SAT II: 800 in Math II, Physics, Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in US History, Chemistry, Biology, Spanish Language, English Language, Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus III, Linear Algebra, AP Statistics, AP English Lit, Independent Research with Argonne National Labs, AP Physics C
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None I can think of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity: Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, Worldwide Youth In Science and Engineering (WYSE)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 4 years on a farmer, was general manager. Worked now one year as a researcher at UIC Medical School in immunology
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None to speak of
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work
[<em>] Essays: Spent much time in my AP Lit class working on them, I felt really good about them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have gotten very familiar with two teachers who, to my knowledge, wrote beaming recommendations.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Nothing to speak of, our counselors write recs by the hundred.
[</em>] Additional Rec: My lab leader at UIC also wrote a letter, she said she is very impressed with my work ethic, so I assume hers was a very good letter as well.
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Russian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: This doesn’t matter for admissions, shouldn’t be on this list…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant to US, just barely a citizen, lived with five siblings in a one-bedroom house at one point, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Work experience, grades, letters of rec, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars (most were started this year or last, none for four years straight), and volunteer service.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strengths outweighed weaknesses?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!</p>