Official EA Results Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Southern Methodist University
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<p>With notifications coming out from SMU in the next couple of days, I figured it was time to officially get a thread going for results. Follow the template please. Good luck everybody.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>[ list] [ ] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:*
[ list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Interview:[/list][ b]Other*</p>

<p>[ list] [ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/list]
[ b]Reflection*
[ list][ *]Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list].</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!
School: Engineering
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 M 800 W 720
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math2 780 Physics 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4 English 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, US History, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, Adv. 3rd Year Chinese
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): board member of gsa, radio, and chinese club. varsity ultimate frisbee. drama production every year.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: nothing special.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: built an aula for school kids in costa rica with global routes.
[<em>] Summer Activities: vanderbilt summer academy '10. school china trip '09. global routes costa rica '08.
[</em>] Essays: pretty good i think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: physics, math, chinese
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: well two teacher rec’s were additional
[</em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: civil engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private boarding co-ed
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): out of state
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: stuff
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa maybe, but i go to a top private boarding school/prep school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great academics
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: tulane - accepted. drexel - accepted. rice - deferred.[/ul]
General comments: Happily pleased :slight_smile: They referred to my desire to work on the Gibraltar Bridge in the decision letter. Was anyone else’s personalized?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 730 CR, 700 W
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math II, 710 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.4
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): high Bs low As
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 Calc AB, 4 APUSH
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Stat, Econ, Gov, Psych, electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): various clubs, VP of Film
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: research intern for investments, work at a museum
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: worked with blind kids and various charities
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): i personalized it and talked about my sister who went to SMU
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): about my experience with blind kids, thought it was good and my adcom from SMU remembered it during our interview
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): hope they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): don’t know
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
[li] Interview: I thought it went well. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, good relationship with SMU
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): not much, maybe a bit legacy because of my sister and idk if asians are URM on the campus or not</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: good SAT and ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: very average grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Why not? [/ul]. </p>[/li]
<p>Comments: I’m happy, and got the Provost’s scholarship. Mine wasn’t super personalized except they said they were impressed with my various commitments to service. </p>

<p>I’ve also been accepted to Indiana, Tulane, and Oxford of Emory so far.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 600, M: 560, W: 700 (1860 Composite)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t submit
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): -
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Straight A’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35/290
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP English IV, AP Economics, Dual Credit US Government, Dual Credit Texas Government, Dual Credit Intro Accounting I, Pre-Calculus, Business Management, Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Newspaper Staff (11, 12, editor-in-chief), Journalism Team (11, 12, captain), Service Org1 (10-12, Manager, will be President starting January), Service Org2 (9-12, Trustee, Prelate), Service Org3 (11, 12), Accounting Team (12), Ready Writing Team (12), Theater (9, 10), Karate (9, senior purple belt), Yearbook Staff (9, head photographer, assistant editor), DECA (12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Well over 500 hours of service at retirement center, Habitat for Humanity, children’s home, homeless shelter, women’s shelter, community events, school events, etc.
[</em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About how volunteering at a homeless shelter taught me to view the homeless not as “lazy bums,” but as strong people who are putting their whole lives out for the world to see. (Not very original, I know, but it was VERY well written according to my teachers.)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one [/ul]Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college student[/ul]Reflection

[ul][<em>]Strengths: Extra-curricular involvement
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT scores, everything else…
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I just wasn’t good enough. [/ul].</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 31 (36 reading, 27 math, 30 on everything else)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): not submitted
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): As in every class except AP stat (87 semester average)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): comp sci (n/a), lang (5), us history (4), gov, econ, statistics, lit
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: history elective (1950’s to today), Geology Meteorology & Oceanography, Theater IV: Directing, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, Comparative Religions, Social Justice, & Free
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NSHSS, national spanish exam 3rd, three academic based scholarships, published playwright, published artist,some other stuff i cannot remember…[/list]
[ b]Subjective: **
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): varsity dance/drill team (3 years- social counsel fresh rep, soph rep, secretary) book club (secretary, co-vp), tri-m music honor society (2 years), drama club (2 years), adventure club (2 years), director, actor (3 productions thus far), concert choir (2 years), 2 outside jobs, intramural spirit & skit committee (3 years- choreographer, director, playwright), … more
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer camp director (6 weeks), justice tween brands (15 months), Windsor Fashions (from august to present)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Down Syndrome Guild, Gilda’s House for Breast Cancer, DISD Volunteer, Neiman Marcus Adolphus Parade Dancer/Volunteer, Notre Dame School for Special Needs Kids
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): My risky choice to quit drill team (which i was good at and knew well) to audition for a play! It was pretty well written but put together at last minute
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Facing my fear of heights at 12 to ride down a slide that was really tall!! hahaha. it was put together quickly as well.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see it but I heard it was lovely
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see it
[ ] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see it or use one
[ ] Interview: went over very well- I did mine in mid August![/list][ b]Other</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant):Texas
[ *] Country (if international applicant): –
[ *] School Type: private high school & very very competitive
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ ] Gender: female
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): to be honest, none. I have absolutely no hooks… maybe that my grandfather got his masters in business there? [/list][ b]Reflection
[ list][ *]Strengths: interview, scores, extras, I think I came across strong overall
[ *] Weaknesses: possibly my essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a very competitive applicant with a lot of strengths- I got the Provost’s Scholarship as well[/list].</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1900
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 620, World History 610, Math Lvl II 650
[<em>] GPA: 3.92
[</em>] Rank: 32/580
[<em>] Other stats: AP English Language and Literature (3), AP World History (4), AP US History (3) (Taking 6 AP Classes This Year: AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great imho - Wrote about how the civil war in my motherland, Sri Lanka, affected myself and my generation
[<em>] ECs: Varsity Soccer and Cross Country, Student Council (Comm. Service Chair), BPA, Chess Club, Math Club, National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity Club, Asian-American Student’s Association, Hospital Junior Volunteer, History and English Tutor
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good - Got them from my AP Statistics teacher who I have known for a while and my AP World History whom I have known for 4 years.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great - Counselor and I are pretty close
[</em>] Hook (if any): First Generation College Student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Sri Lankan
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**Other Factors: N/A</p>

<p>General Comments: Was kind of surprised because I thought I did well in the interview and holistically as a student, but things happen and I am glad I learned this lesson now than later. Although SMU is not my number one choice it still ranks highly on my list and I will do my best to show the committee that I am a good candidate. For those of you in my situation please fight on and don’t mope around and for those of you accepted, once again I say Congratulations! =)**</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School: Cox Business
Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown):didn’t take.
[</em>] ACT: 33 (twice; different breakdowns)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): none.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): only 1 AP offered- A (highest in class)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of like 67
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Honors Chem II, AP English, Yearbook, Concurrent English Compostition (I know this seems light but it’s the most at my school)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Oklahoma Academic Scholar? (Academic All State Nominee too)[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Sr class Vice President, Business Professionals of America President, Yearbook Editor, Varsity Cheer Captain, Academic team co captain, dance student (15 years) and teacher, youth church leader (along with more stuff and volunteering from church) Stuco State Delegate, and a lot of others but those are my main ones
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Church Official babysitter, Tap teacher, graphic design for some businesses
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Harvest Basket program, community cleanup with key club, things like that
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Good; talked about how Harvest Basket changed my perspective on things
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Good ( AP teacher, said i’m one of the top students she has ever had, has her doctorate lol)
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Good (I teach her daughter in dance :wink: )
[li] Interview:none :([/ul][ b]Other**</p>[/li]
<p>[ul] [ <em>] State (if domestic applicant):Oklahoma
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: horrible public school. no other options.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pasty.
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ha! um. yeah, no. lol I am a smart cheerleader, which is rare though ;)[/ul]Reflection

[ul][<em>]Strengths: ACT and GPA, leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: class selections/rigor compared to others (not my fault)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I’m good I guess. I only got the Provost’s Scholarship though…kinda hoping for more.[/ul]. </p>[/li]
<p>Good luck to all of the other applicants!!!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>How do I get it to look all cool like it’s supposed to?!
[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>list [ <em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 28 (W: 31 M: 26 S: 24 R: 31)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8 (weighted: 4.2)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 11%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro 4, AP Lang 4, APUS 4
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Government, Adv Rep Theater, College Algebra
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar [/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Yearbook (People Editor), Technical Theater (Head of Sound), International Thespian Society troupe (Exect Board) Underclassmen mentor, NHS, SNHS
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Sunday School teacher aide
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): from a teacher that loved me and had is a eloquent writer along with a grammar nazi
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): unkown
[ ] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other n/a</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: rich public 1600 suburban
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic (only half, but it still counts!)
[ ] Gender: Female
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): does being Hispanic count? [/list][ b]Reflection
[ list][ *]Strengths: Extracurriculars? Lots of AP classes probably<br>
[ *] Weaknesses: Maybe my ACT?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: My grades and leadership shinned I guess, they mentioned specifics of those in my acceptance letter. I’m psyched!!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Saint Louis University (w/ Dean’s), Loyola University Chicago, Drake (w/ Presidential), KU (go Jayhawks!!!)[/list]. </p>

<p>Was scholarship information supposed to be in the beautiful blue little box?!
And I loved the lil diploma haha</p>

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<p>Leonides – what was your M + CR? I’m confused why your SAT is above the average for SMU, you GPA and Rank are above the average, and yet you were deferred.</p>

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<p>@Nicolette scholarships arrived with the letter in the blue packet. Separate letter with smu heading! The pres, hunts, & departmental schols come later!!</p>

<p>@fastpitcher it’s more than just a numbers game! </p>

<p>@samiiilee Deferred is certainly not rejected so keep your hope up!!</p>

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<p>^ huh?</p>

<p>I was accepted with provosts lol</p>

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<p>Oops!! Wrong person!!
^ sorry samiiilee</p>

<p>I meant @spt.leonidas!! Keep your hopes up! </p>

<p>Haha it’s hard to read it all on my phone! Samiiilee go do the official provosts thread</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 34
APs: Chem (4), Spanish Lang (5), Calc BC (4), USH (5), Spanish Lit (5), Bio (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics C M, AP Physics C E, AP ES, Orchestra, Health (ugh!)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Probably not major… NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction, state research scholarship
GPA: 3.95/4 (UW), 5.0 (W)
Rank: 3/400
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: President of 3 school organizations; community volunteer; orchestra musician; summer research (competitive); tennis.
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): N/A
Teacher Recs: unread
Counselor Rec: unread
Applied on: 10/2010
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: Deep South
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, top 100 on USNWR list.
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: 15K Founders’ scholarship. Congrats to those who got accepted. It’s still early to look for another school if you don’t get in. So don’t be discouraged by the process.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision:Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>[ list] [ *] SAT I (breakdown): 500:CR 540:M
[ *] ACT:24
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):n/a
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.456
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Mostly As and Bs.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 168/507
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): (4) Spanish Language
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government and Economics, AP English 4, Pre-Cal, Honors A+P, Marching Band, Orchestra, Concert Band, Instrumental Ensemble.
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:
extremely close to being an All-State band member,
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work at Aldo Shoes
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Church
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Interview:Excellent interview!
[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Strengths: First generation college student
[ *] Weaknesses: LOW SAT/ACT
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]. Low SAT/ACT</p>