<p>waitlisted.</p>
<p>ACT 35
GPA 3.9</p>
<p>This thread has a lot of rejects compared to other decisions threads. I guess there's very little to be embarrassed about in getting rejected from a school like duke. Makes me feel a little better.</p>
<p>OMG! Accepted!</p>
<p>Will post stats later!</p>
<p>Rejected :( ... Only applied because parents wanted me to, but still a downer.</p>
<p>** Trinity**</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1520/2240 (800 CR, 720 Math, 720 Writing)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 Literature, 720 Math II, 710 U.S. History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), American (4), Calc AB (5), English Language (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All APs</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music, research, volunteering
[</em>] Interview: Wonderful</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I maybe?
[</em>] Weaknesses: not great essays... math major with a low math score.</p>
<p>Trinity
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2300 - 800 wr, 760 math, 740 cr
* SAT II: 800 korean, 760 math 2c, 760 physics
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
* Senior Year Course Load: 6 advanced courses
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): meh nothing special
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student body president, junior class president, sophomore class president, youth commitee president, church drummer, speech/debate awards, varsity tennis, taekwondo (black belt second degree), etc
* Essays: i thought they were pretty good
* Teacher Recommendation: should be great
* Counselor Rec: same as above
* Additional Rec: from a head secretary of congressman's office
* Interview: didn't have one
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* School Type: large public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, unless immigrant at age 11 counts
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: good stats, ECs, and recs probably
* Weaknesses: no national awards or anything
* Why you think you were accepted: balanced overall
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>** Trinity **
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 - 700 W/740 CR/690 M (ouchhh)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 M-II, 760 US History, 690 Literature (ouch again....)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/76
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APES (5), APLang (4), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP - Music, Lit, Euro, Bio, Stats, 2 Honors - Span 3 and 4
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, a few local music awards, a few writing ones.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club (President), Newspaper (Editor), LitMag (Editor & Consultant), Go Green (Coordinator), tutoring (founder & president), piano, choir (Student Director & Accompanist), lots of volunteer work... other stuff.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: restaurant work
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots and lots. Most devoted to weekly elementary tutoring.
[<em>] Summer Activities: mortgage internship last summer, work and planning activities with friends 2 summers before
[</em>] Essays: Kooky one for CommonApp. Didn't write any of the optional Duke ones =\
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good. Both know me very well: are advisors for Newspaper and LitMag as well as my previous English and US History teachers. I'm almost like a co-worker to them. Except one teacher misspelled my name...
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea. Good, I hope. She's completely new and quite clueless, but she's nice and wants the best for me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none... I took it seriously when they said they didn't require more than asked for...
[</em>] Interview: Starbucks in an upscale part of town. Went very well - she was so awesome to speak with!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: trashy public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 70k-85k
[</em>] Hooks: none? I'm North Carolinian, which helps, I think.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My transcript is not bad, the interview went well (if that counted at all), and I'm North Carolinian.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My CommonApp essay is a little kooky...
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High school has been my time to bloom in interests and involvement and I hope it showed in my application. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Duke is pretty awesome. I don't like the campus or atmosphere as much as I like ummm a certain "blue school down the road" (which I can cross-enroll in classes if I go to either one!). Our financial situation is also pretty screwy, because I didn't get any of the fabulous merit scholarships nor can we afford the 20k a year that FAFSA thinks we can.</p>
<p>Best wishes for everyone else!!! Please don't be discouraged if you weren't accepted because this year is insane with applicants and worldly troubles =(</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800CR 780M 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (36E 33R 31S 28M)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Bio M, 730 Lit, 720 Math Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/390
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (4), Calc AB (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Psychology, Government, AP Calc BC, Spanish 3, Honors Concert Band, AP English Lit/Comp, Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Scholar, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad 4, Science Bowl 4, Math Club 2, JV Soccer 1, Band 4, Club Soccer 9 (Captain for 3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Academic Peer Tutor this year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly Musical Stuff, Caroling and Playing at Nursing homes, Library, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer School (Economics, PE, Computers)
[<em>] Essays: It was aight
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been at least ok
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[li] Interview: I thought it went fairly well, though it was my first one and I was nervous.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, 1600, Fairly Competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American/Black
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120K>x>90K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted: URM, Tests, scores, GPA?[/li][/ul]General Comments: I got the BSAI thing a couple of weeks ago, but after hearing about those UCLA Regents guys that got rejected, I knew nothing was for sure. I too only applied because my parents wanted me too, but when preparing for my interview, I got more and more excited about it. Now it's one of my top 2-4 choices.</p>
<p>** Trinity**</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M, 770 R, 780 W (essay: 8)
[</em>] SAT II: Chem (790), Math 2 (780), Lit (770), World History (700)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Er. No idea.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calc BC (5), Lang (4), Stat (5), Chem (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Lang, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Euro History, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, Chamber Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fencing, History Club (Pres.), Tutoring Club (Pres.), Orchestra, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Governor's Honors Program, some other academic summer programs
[<em>] Essays: Hastily-patched together supplement. Mediocre CommonApp. See below for details.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't see.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Decent.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: Applying to Duke was a last minute decision. By last minute, I mean I submitted my supplement 1.5 months late and my midyear reports only when they called my school's counseling office - and the only reason I even submitted those two was because the Duke interviewer assigned to me called . . . and my parents picked up on his call before I could delete it, so they had a talk with me about sending in the other required materials (remember, this was 1.5 months after the deadline had passed). I had originally decided not to finish my application after my EA acceptance to my dream school, but . . . eh, parents talked me into it even though a.) Duke's FA isn't that good, and b.) I'm not a good fit for Duke. (Read: UChicago is my dream school. Polar opposites, right?)[/li][/ul]General Comments: I'm not particularly devastated or anything. Once again, last minute, hastily-patched together application, so I'm only surprised in that they didn't reject me outright. I'm sure they picked up on my 'don't-really-want-to-go' vibe, so waitlist it was! Regardless, congrats to all who got in; Duke's an amazing school! And I'm not staying on the waitlist, but g'luck to those who are. And to those who got rejected: Think positive, you'll end up somewhere great regardless! :D</p>
<p>Pratt</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660R, 790M, 720W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 720 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in Calc AB and BC, 4 in Chemistry
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Stat, AP Physics, Multivariable Calc, Internship
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Haha. Student of the Month? AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper Club (Editor In Chief x2), Math League (Won some school-wide award, nothing big), Student Council (Treasurer x3), NHS (Publicist), Student Government (Alumni Liason)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: IT Internship, Lawn Mowing, Summer Acting Camp
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mission trip to Mexico, little bits here and there
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working at IT internship, Acting camp
[<em>] Essays: Stereotypical and corny, but decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Idk. I really had no contact w/ counselor, but I was known around school
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I thought it was actually pretty good. Very natural. Much better than other interviews</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: does this matter?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada.</p>
<p>[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math and Science strengths, Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: Zero Sports, No real awards or accomplishments. Essay was stereotypical
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: See above.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Duke wasn't in my top 3 choices, and I'm into #3, so I'm okay. Feel slightly rejected, but oh well. :D</p>
<p><a href="Trinity">b</a>**</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1640
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: Didn't take any
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP's and academic course (no electives)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 major awards don't feel like writing</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 10ish clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers and Big Sisters
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing major
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public HS
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (indian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ ACT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Because I'm not good enough for an ivy league school[/li][/ul]General Comments: Well I sort of saw this coming, but it still was a major blow! Now I started thinking about why I applied in the first place since my SAT/ACT scores were seriously below average! Oh well! My parents wouldn't have paid for it anyways! Congrats to all those who got in!</p>
<p><a href="Trinity">b</a>**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2060 M:700 CR:680 W:690 E:12
[</em>] ACT: 34 M:33 E:33 R:34 S:34 Essay:12
[<em>] SAT II: Math2:800 Math1:740 Chemistry:800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/799
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang(3) Eng Lit(3) Chem(3) CalcBC(4/5) USH(4) Stat(4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Physics,Academic Decathlon,Choir,Economics,Comp Sci A, and European History</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Chess Club(President), Science National Honor Society (pres), National Honor Society, Academic Decathlon, Choir, and FBLA
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:<100hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities:chillin
[</em>] Essays:Awesome
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[li] Interview:Awesome</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:<20000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, first generation college</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay and interview
[</em>] Weaknesses:nothing blatent except maybe spelling erors
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected:IDK</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision:Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>**Objective:[b/b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (750 M, 770 W, 640 CR)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: MII: 680, CHEM : 730, BIO-E: 700, US HIST: 770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/896
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US HIST, 4 CHEM, 3 WORLD HIST
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 9 IB/AP CLASSES
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP SCHOLAR, etc.. (too lazy and worried about other schools)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TENNIS, DECATHLON, SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, OCTATHALON
[ *] Job/Work Experience: RESEARCH w/ paper being published in medical journal
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 Hours at nursing home, food bank etc
[ *] Summer Activities: RESEARCH, SWIMMING, INDIAN Cultural dance
[ *] Essays:OUTSTANDING
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT
[ *] Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT
[ *] Additional Rec: RESEARCH FOundation
[ *] Interview: NONE</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: PUBLIC - very few kids to top schools - one every year possibly
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (INDIAN)
[ *] Gender: MALE
[ *] Income Bracket: HIGH
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): geographically isolated area</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[* ] Strengths: Research, Ranking, ECs, Subject tests?
[* ] Weaknesses: SAT!!!!!!!!!! (took test 3 times)
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: I got waitlisted at Rice as well so i am starting to guess that schools are waitlisting more people due to the economic recession
- I actually expected a rejection - Now im worried about my other schools - very nerve wrecked
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Pratt)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 600, Math: 800, Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT II: Math 1: 780, Math 2: 800, Physics: 730
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/368
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Calc BC (5 AB), 4 Physics, 4 Music Theory
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME qualifier</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: um.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: idk[/li][/ul]General Comments: YAYAYAYAYAYAY!</p>
<p>Trinity
Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn't take
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 710 Math II: 700 Bio-M: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/175
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Philosophy (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics HL, IB Enlish A1 HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Chemistry HL, IB History HL, Theory of Knowledge, World Religions, Honors Physics, Art II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Figure skating (lots of figure skating), High school figure skating team (founder, captain 4 yrs), JV tennis (captain 2yrs), bassoon (state solo and ensemble 3 yrs), student government (rep to school board), in our school musical twice...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: skating coach
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a buch of random stuff, also went on a service trip to Mississippi
[</em>] Summer Activities: tennis, skating...
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good - don't remember exactly what I wrote about for duke. My common app talked about my love of music and connected it to skating and personal expression
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was awesome and the other I didn't get to read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don't know, but she likes me
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I loved my interviewer... it was casual, fun and she said she was going to give me a good recommendation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: no financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): double legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics are really strong, I have some leaderships roles, I am in our inaugral class of IB at our school, and I am double legacy
[</em>] Weaknesses: never thought I was a stand-out applicant. My SAT II's are good, not great, and compared to some of you guys (I don't know how you do it) I don't do that much extracurricularly. Also, I was told that because I didn't apply early, my double legacy is pretty much moot.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don't know... there are so many amazing applicants and I believe my stats put me as a qualified applicant but everything seems to be slightly random.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I can't say this wasn't a little bit of a let down, but I have acceptances to two other colleges that will make me very happy. Congratulations to all those who were accepted, you deserve it! To those waitlisted and rejected, Duke is only one of the amazing universities found throughout the country. You will find somewhere amazing that will become your own. Congrats and good luck with the rest of your college decisions.</p>
<p>*I apologize for any spelling errors :)</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2350 - 800 r, 770 m, 780 wr</li>
<li>SAT II: 770 M2, 730 lit, 800 Bio</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: all IBs</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): meh nothing special</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing, really</li>
<li>Essays: i thought they were pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: should be great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: same as above</li>
<li>Interview: n/a</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>School Type: large public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I can juggle</li>
</ul>
<p>Wow, iron, that's kind of insane. Meh, I figure if I have a 15% chance of getting into any one college I applied to, assuming each event is independent from one other, then a rejection actually increases my chances of getting into the ivies.</p>
<p>waitlisted at Duke, and yet I have been accepted to Furman, Queens, Ottawa U, Mcgill, and the University of Western Ontario (last 4 are canadian schools). All with scholarships! Now I'm waiting for the big ones Yale- deferred SCEA, Harvard, Brown, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and Boston U. I hate waiting :(</p>
<p><a href="Trinity">b</a>**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math 690 cr 720 writing
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 780 m2 740 ush 730 bio m
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): i took 12 ap tests so far and passed all of them , nat'l ap scholar
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat'l AP Scholar Award, USAD Awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Acadec, Math team, science olympiad, Indian club haha
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital 200 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research in cancer bio lab
[<em>] Essays: not that great, in my opinion
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: went really well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian indian/pakistani
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i don't know of any</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: AP courseload, gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: typical asian/indian
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: no one else really applied from central california lol[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Rejected, I might put up stats later, but I'm kind of not in the mood.
Congrats to those who got in, a lot of rejections/waitlists for Duke!</p>
<p><a href="Trinity/Pratt">b</a>**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU's Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 300 Hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
[li] Interview: Actually, my interviewer was my dad's old boss which I didn't know until halfway into the interview. He was a really nice guy, but the questions were pretty formal and business-interview-like. Out of the eight interviews I did, I would say it ranks about fourth.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High Enough To Be Ineligible for Financial Aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A's through high school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, No Community Extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: I think a big part of it was being a student in NC. I think the acceptance rate is like double for in-state students, which helps more than one might think, even though Duke is a private university.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that got in! Condolences to everyone that did not!</p>