Official Early Action Decision Reporting Thread - Class of 2016

Colleges and Universities A-Z Chapman University
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<p>Hello! I am an aspiring music major who has applied for Chapman during the Early Action period (Pre-November 15, 2011), and I've decided to make a new thread for people who would like to share their Chapman Admission's decision results with the rest of us! It's just a spin-off of the older thread (Class of 2014); the same prompt from that thread will be used here.</p>

<p>This would be great to give Regular Decision applicants an idea of what the turnout may look like.</p>

<p>Here's the prompt:</p>

<p>


[noparse]**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Or</p>

<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>**Date applied:** 
**Date decision postmarked/received:** 
**Accepted at which school/major at Chapman:** </p>

<p>**Stats:**[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total:  M: , CR: , WR: ,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: /</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: </p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Subjective:**[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Essays: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] EC highlights: [/ul]**Location/Person: **[ul][</em>] State or Country:</p>

<p>[li] School Type: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Other Factors, hook?: **
**General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman...?:
**[/noparse]

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<p>Here's what it look's like:</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Or</p>

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Date applied:
Date decision postmarked/received:
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: M: , CR: , WR: ,
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests:
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: /
[<em>] Rank:
[</em>]AP/IB classes:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] EC highlights:[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul][<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: **
*General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman...?:
*</p>

<p>Please place any necessary information after the colon markings, and inside the BB Code (The brackets with words/letters inside).</p>

<p>All input is greatly appreciated! Best of hope and wishes to those who applied! Thank you! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks for starting this, Anon. I look forward to seeing it fill with good news over upcoming days.</p>

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<p>**Decision: (I’ll post later when I receive it) **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/14/11 (literally like 5 minutes before midnight)…I was having some computer problems
Date decision postmarked/received: N/A
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Applied to Film Production</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1820 M: 620, CR: 560 (eek), WR:640 (11 on essay)
[</em>] ACT: 26 <em>cringes</em> (I didn’t submit these though)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: I didn’t take any
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/Unknown (I’ll try to calculate it once I figure out how…)
[<em>] Rank: 10th out of 110
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Government and Macroeconomics (Also took 15 other honors/dual courses throughout high school)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: My essays were good (I’m a good writer). I wrote my main one about how I’m trying to achieve my dreams for my uncle (he had the same goals/dreams) who got in a car accident two weeks before he was scheduled to meet with Broadway. He is now mentally challenged.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I can imagine they’re good. I haven’t read them though.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me. So again, I imagine it’s good.
[</em>] EC highlights:[/ul] Over 300+ volunteer hours (mission trips, tutoring, coaching, food kitchens, student film-making), 3 years varsity soccer (Captain and MVP), NHS, Invisible Children’s club, 1 year varsity track, 3 jobs (20+ hours a week), Student Council (student body treasurer), I also am highly involved with acting (I have weekly classes, workshops, and auditions).</p>

<p>**Location/Person: **[ul][<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Small Competitive Private School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**Other Factors, hook?: ** Neither of my parents graduated college (mom has associates)
**General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: I can imagine that if I get in I will get either 15,000 a year or 20,000 a year.
**</p>

<p>Thanks for this! I’ll post back when I receive a decision!</p>

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<p>No news is good news (I hope).</p>

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<p>@SJRcalderone</p>

<p>Acceptance letters literally just started getting sent out 2 days ago. So I can imagine no one really knows yet, either…</p>

<p>unless of course you applied for film production. we have to wait another 1-2 months. :(</p>

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<p>gec414, my son’s webadvisor page said “in the mail” on Sunday. So, four days for us. And, we live in CA!</p>

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<p>Many admission decisions were postmarked and ready to be mailed on 1/6/12, and the days following. However, they just started sending them in the mail yesterday (hence the video release).</p>

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<p>Here are my stats (to be updated:)</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Or</p>

<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/15/11
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked: 1/6/12 || Received: Not yet
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Previously accepted into the COPA through an audition; waiting to see decision about the actual university</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: M: 670, CR: 590, WR: 600
[</em>] ACT: 31 (Submitted both ACT and SAT)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Took none
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.2/3.4
[<em>] Rank: 10-15%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: (In order from sophomore to senior year) AP Biology, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I would say they were strong, but could have been better.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It’s probably mediocre (very uninterested counselor)
[</em>] EC highlights:[/ul]**Location/Person: **[ul][<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type: Public HS, around 1700 students. Most competitive in town.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**Other Factors, hook?: **Also took a score of honor classes, including H Chem, H Math Analysis, H English 11 & 12 (currently), Honors Econ and Gov currently. Being a music candidate, I’ve studied piano for the majority of my life (had a strong, strong recommendation from my piano teacher - she’s quite experienced). I could list more information, but I’ll just say that I think it’s a good resume for a musician :slight_smile:
**General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?:
**I want to go to Chapman!! If I’m accepted (IF) and aren’t offered enough scholarship and grant money, though, I wouldn’t be able to dream of going =/</p>

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<p>Me and My Friend Got Accepted! We got our decision via e-mail from the admissions office but it looked like a scanned version of our acceptance packages. We might have got it also via e-mail because we both are international students. Class of 2016! :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: 11/14/2011
Date decision postmarked/received: 01/13/2012 (email)
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: BS in Business Administration</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: M:650 , CR:660 , WR:630 ,
ACT:29
SAT Subject Tests: Lit 550, Math I 770 (didn’t submit them)
GPA-UW/W:? /4.0
Rank:1
AP/IB classes: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish
Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs: Did not read them, probably good
Counselor Rec: Same as above
EC highlights: NHS treasurer, tennis player since fourth grade, participated in my school´s MUN, volunteered at a local hospital to spend time with terminally ill kids, am in charge of a program at my school that teaches English and technology to soldiers wounded during combat, and have been participating in this program for 3 years now.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Colombia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Latin
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?:
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?: was awarded a $20,000 scholarship.</p>

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<p>Congrats, Mari249!!! Hooray for you!
You got email notification of your acceptance and merit award? We are all under the impression that it is by snail mail only. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. A week tomorrow.
Can you confirm you received acceptance via email???</p>

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<p>Oh, now I see what PiyuishC posted. Confusing, but good news that maybe they will speed things up. Son has two back up apps + 2 scholarship apps that he doesn’t want to bother with if he gets into Dodge. We don’t want to waste $200 on more apps and score reports. either. It seems odd that we have to wait an additional 7-10 days, when Chapman made the decision on 1/7.
Sigh.</p>

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<p>Ughh. Now I see that posters above are all international. That’s why they get email notification.
WHY OH WHY does DS (and you all) have to wait a week or two longer than applicants across the globe???
We live in Orange County.<br>
Apologies for the whining, but this doesn’t seem right.</p>

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<p>OK, now DS’s webadvisor says that Decision Mailed was “As of 1/12.” Before it said Decision Mailed “As of 1/7.” Does this mean that it went through their in-house process (letter generated, etc) and is now <em>actually on the way</em>?</p>

<p>Did anyone else’s “As of” date get updated???</p>

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<p>And to make matters more tense, Monday’s a holiday so there won’t be any mail! (Or even mail precessing wherever our kids’ letters are.) More waiting, darn it.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>**Date applied:[11/15]
**Date decision postmarked/received:[1/13] </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[2060] SAT Total: M:620 , CR:680 , WR:760 ,
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: didnt submit
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: /3.35/3.45
[</em>] Rank: unreported
[<em>]AP/IB classes: Calculus a, physics 2, Spanish 4a/b, Astrophysics
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] EC highlights:[Varsity golf, main roles in theater junior and senior year, setting up golf tournament to benefit lung cancer association, cross country and basketball soph year]**Location/Person: **[list][</em>] State or Country: US
[<em>] School Type: Private, small
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male</p>[/li]
<p>**General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to Chapman…?:
**</p>

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<p>Oh, sorry to hear this, anethercutt. To what program did you apply? Confusing, too, since a number of posters here have indicated early notifications slant strongly to acceptances. Perhaps that isn’t true.
Best of luck to you in all things.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (I wouldn’t be posting this otherwise)</p>

<p>**Date applied:[11/15]
**Date decision postmarked/received:[1/13] </p>

<p>Stats:
[1830] SAT Total: M:580 , CR:630 , WR:620,
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: none
GPA-UW/W: /3.83/3.45
Rank: 80/800
AP/IB classes:a tonnn
Comments: 15,000 scholarship but I’m appealing for more</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure that we got a scanned version via e-mail cuz it takes a LONG time for normal mail to reach us here. It’s a little messed up with normal mail here and I think the admissions office knows that. Also, our WebAdvisor said decision mailed on the 5th of January.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to Dodge–Digital Arts</p>

<p>Date applied: 10/24/11
Date decision postmarked: 1/13/11. Received: 1/14/11
Accepted at which school/major at Chapman: Digital Arts at Dodge!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2300 M: 760, CR: 800, WR:740
GPA: 3.7w /4.27uw
AP/IB classes: lots and lots of APs</p>

<pre><code>Essays: really really good, he slaved over the Dodge written essay for full month. For the video essay, DS submitted a 1 minute hand-drawn animation that won first-place in an AcmeAnimation competition.
Teacher/Counselor Recs: didn’t read them, of course, but was told they were “top 1%” type letters, written by teachers who love DS and know him well (including his animation teacher of 3 years).
EC highlights: Eagle Scout, falconry, tons of volunteer hours in local community, organized and completed a renovation of the OC Bird of Prey Center (local rehab facility for raptors). Independent film-making, 3 animation summer programs at UCLA.
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Orange County, CA
School Type: Large public high school
Ethnicity: Icelandic/Irish American. Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Won 3 animation awards in junior high and HS. </p>

<p>General Comments: Got the Chancellor’s Scholarship: $20k merit per year, renewable for 4 years. DS says that Dodge is likely his first choice, but ultimately will depend on the full FA package from LMU (in EA already) and what the <em>$damage</em> at USC looks like (if he gets in there). He has loved <em>everything</em> about Dodge since first laying eyes on the place and program, so the whole family is over the moon.</p>