OFFICIAL Early Action Decision Thread

<p>Instructions: Copy and paste the below form. Fill it out, and removed all spaces within brackets [ ]. This is the OFFICIAL thread so please try to keep clutter and decision to a minimum.</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Deferred EA?
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] 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:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

<p>As a side note, I assume that this formatted list is copied from some standard file somewhere else. While it is very useful, early candidates don't get put on a waiting list, they get deferred. Should probably change the wording on that.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 800M, 740W
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite
[<em>] SAT II: 740 MathIIC, 790 U.S. History, 750 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/506
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), World History (5), Chemistry (4), U.S. History (5), English Lang & Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Spanish, AP U.S. Gov't, Debate, AP Microeconomics, AP Comp. Gov't, AP Calculus AB, Choir, AP English Lit & Comp
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (President), Choir (All-State), Teen Court (Advisory Board), Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), Spanish Club (President), National Honor Society, Young Republicans (President), Spanish National Honor Society, Bolshevik Club (Founder, Co-Premier).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 250 hrs. in total from Boy Scouts, Debate volunteering, and teen court.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Debate and choir camps
[</em>] Essays: Political aspirations/Community Service
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Gov't and U.S. History teacher - know me well and wrote great recs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Equally good. Explained why class rank is lagging.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Debate coaches explained team setting and leadership.
[</em>] Interview: Had one, interviewer was interested in the Bolshevik Club ;) , otherwise was pretty basic.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong standardized test scores with a bunch of leadership and extracurricular involvement
[</em>] Weaknesses: Class rank
[*] Why you think you were deferred: No national recognition in any event, not a legacy, class rank is modest at best.[/ul]</p>

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

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780, CR: 760, W: 740
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math IIC: 800, US History: 770, Chemistry:760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 756
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4AP, no language
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ummm Harvard Book Prize, National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too many, big into debate and FBLA, multiple national qualifications
[ *] Job/Work Experience: junior and senior year, 25 hours a week
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:started a community service outreach program, assorted items
[ *] Summer Activities: 4 week debate camp 2005, 2006
[ *] Essays: Great!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Tremendous.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Tremendous
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: Great! I love talking!
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Nevada (Las Vegas
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Wrote and Implemented Business Plan
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Affability, Business Plan, Well Rounded
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT II's???
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I deserve it, and I don't mean to be cocky. I just sure as hell deserve it after the work I have put in the last 13 years.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

<p>P.S. I have no idea how to do the formatting. I thought I did it right, but my post looks retarded. haha</p>

<p>accepted!!!
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M: 770, CR: 800 W: 730
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:French w/ list:800, MII: 800, Lit: 700, World Hist: 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/161
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National/State/Regional awards in random subjects. I'm from Australia so I don't know how much effect they had on admissions:P
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Tons of Debate (state level), Leadership in most ecs, Community Service etc, etc Played Santa at School Musicale?? haha!! (yea I wrote that down)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:retail, Director of Public Prosecutions
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[ *] Summer Activities:bahh...travelled overseas on holidays and watched tennis tournaments (my friends are ball girls so I got free passes :D)
[ *] Essays:sincere but quirky??
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:AWESOME!! I owe it all to them!!
[ *] Counselor Rec:Equally fabulous!!
[ *] Additional Rec:nope
[ *] Interview:funny and relaxed, went for an hour
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):Australia!!
[ *] School Type:Public/Selective
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:F
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope!!! what a miracle
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:can't believe it....my school has never sent anyone to Yale and i was so nervous last night that i ended up sitting in front of the TV with a giant pot of m&ms watching the Biggest Loser. For those who were deferred, don't lose hope, I've got friends who are in the same situation and I'm sure many of you will pull through in April.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 800CR, 730W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math I, 790 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96.5% (I'm Canadian, we don't do GPA)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st/150
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (doing chemistry and physics now)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Physics, Biology, Calc/Vectors, Advanced Functions, English (Again, all Canadian courses)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, a couple of relatively easy to get math contest honour rolls/distinctions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Rowing (Captain), Head of MasterKey (student admissions), Youth Tutor for 4 years, voted Peer Counsellor, Varsity Swimming
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto last summer for 3 weeks
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor small children once a week, went to South Africa on exchange in grade 10 and tutored children (among other things, not the sole focus of the trip), other small random things that got me up to 200 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Rowing/Interning last summer, the exchange to South Africa the year before
[<em>] Essays: Really really good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was spectacular, one was above average but nothing special
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: I had my rowing coach do a fantastic rec for me
[<em>] Interview: Didn't have one
[/ul]
Other*[ul]
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada (Ontario)
[<em>] School Type: Private Boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: White as can be
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: No financial aid required
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (not a recruited rower)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Definitely the numbers
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of a hook
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a solid all-around app, with decidedly above-average grades/scores/rank[/li][/ul]
General Comments:* ...Hell yeah</p>

<p>Hey everyone! First post here. I was seriously expecting a flat-out rejection...overjoyed that I wasn't rejected! But still, no cigar yet.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
[ul][li] Deferred EA? Yes.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
1st time: 700 CR, 630 M, 590 W (devastated; I was expecting 700s for all)
2nd time: 730 CR, 710 M, 700 W (worked crazily on the writing section; I took one practice test the night before and got routinely destroyed by the CR and M sections...I actually got nearly 100% for the W though...didn't show in the actual test *sigh</em> )
Overall: 2140.</p>

<p>[li] ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 760 Physics, 730 Chemistry, 690 Molecular Biology (I missed the first half-year of Biology in Year 11 - your junior year; I was doing Music at the time >_<)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A - average of A/A?-</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~180, probably tied with two others</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: [/li]Biology (topped)
Chemistry (topped)
Physics
English (compulsory)
Maths B
Accounting
English Extension (senior year only; entry by invitation if student has achieved minimum B+ in junior year; placed 4th)</p>

<p>[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
I got Distinction in both the University of New South Wales Maths Competition and the Australian Westpac Maths Competition. We don't really participate in many competitions at our school.[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul][</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Chess - 7 years, in top team for five years (Vice-Captain). Was undefeated with 6/6 this year ^_^.
School Chamber Orchestra - four years (Lead 2nd Violin)
Debating -“ one year, 10.3 team
Amnesty International - one year, this year
Ad-hoc A capella group - one year, Year 10 (sophomore). The story about this is that lots of members kept on turning up late so the teacher got frustrated and discontinued it. I was lead baritone.</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]Worked at local travel agency for a week - they loved me.
Worked at local optometrist - a bit boring but I got to see how they manufacture lenses.</p>

<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]School program - go out to local schools or community each year for a week; I went to the same school for three/four years - they loved me there.</p>

<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/li]Violin masterclass session over in China in 2005.
Maths prep for self in 2006 (I sucked at Maths throughout high school, rarely got anything above B+ until this year).</p>

<p>[li] Essays:[/li]One about subjectivity after reading '1984'.
One about music and cultural influence.</p>

<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]One from Chem & Biol teacher - she loved me.
One from English & Eng Ext teacher - same.
I was lucky to have two teachers for four subjects - personal qualities show more clearly I think.</p>

<p>[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]Was housemaster for five years, saw me through my tribulations.</p>

<p>[li] Additional Rec: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Interview: Didn't get one. I think I stuffed the area code and phone numbers >_<.[/ul]
Other
[ul][</em>] Country (if international applicant): Australia</p>

<p>[li] School Type: Private</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian (I prefer to call myself an Asian Australian as opposed to an Australia Asian)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket: pretty low...</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]First-generation to go to college, probably for a few generations back.[/ul]</p>

<p>[ul]Reflection
[li] Strengths:[/li]Not sure. Might be the first-generation stuff. Most likely my gradual improvement through 9-12. I got three Cs in Year 9 (rest As; I was a tard then), two Bs in Year 10 (rest As), one B in Year 11 (rest As), and now all As in Year 12.</p>

<p>[li] Weaknesses:[/li]I was lazy with the application. I spent a few months on the essays, but everything else was last minute. Don't think I tried hard enough for the SATs - I hardly did any revision. In fact, I only found out what I had to do for the rest of the application in Term 3 of my senior year (first half of final semester) - our counselor very rarely (I mean, once every ten years?) deals with US applications. Apparently we sent a student to Harvard a few years back. I'm hazy on the details. If so, he made the wrong choice :P.</p>

<p>[li] Why you think you were deferred:[/li]They want to see my music?[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
I am supremely surprised. Will be revamping my application for Regular decision in light of this, as I am deadset on Yale. A quirk was that I didn't really know how to submit the Common App and ended up sending it to Yale as Regular Decision...sent an email and it was fixed though. Congratulations to those accepted! Hope I'll be joining you in 2008!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 1760 (630 CR, 540 M, 590 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: US History 650, World History 670, Molecular Biology 680, Ecological Biology 680, Literature 550, Math II 600
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00 uw, 4.51 w, 4.21 UC GPA (weighting system used officially by school for ranking)
[<em>] Rank: 1/273 uw, 2/273 w
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Junior year: Biology (4), World History (4), Senior year: English Literature and Composition and Calculus AB (most APs taken out of anyone in school including valedictorian; maxed out on all APs considering I'm not language fluent for the other AP subjects and scheduling conflicts)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Chinese 5/6 (Independent Study), Chemistry (school offers no honors or AP Chemistry), Drawing (graduating requirement due to UC system), AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature and Composition, American Democracy and Government/Economics (school offers no honors or AP Government or Economics)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No other early applicant to ANY school except me.
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Balboa JROTC Battalion Commander, University of San Francisco School of Law Street Law Completion Certificate, California Mock Trial San Francisco City and County Championship Team, Various JROTC awards, most notably: Superior Cadet Award, National Sojourners Award, Scottish Rites Award.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Mock Trial 10-12 (Varsity Trial Attorney, Varsity Team Captain), Army JROTC 9-11 (Battalion Commander, Battalion Trainings and Operations Officer), School Newspaper 9-10 (Opinions Page Editor and Regular Contributor), Political Science Club 10 (will continue mock trial involvement, newspaper, and political science in college with political science as a major and law school in the future)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Peer Educator and Facilitator at Diversity Works (2002-2005) and Summer Clerkship at Munger, Tolles & Olson under attorneys, partners, and paralegals.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote my short answer essay about my interest in the law and what I've done to make that career path a choice: law academy, mentorships with Bar Association, mock trial, clerkship at a major law firm. My first essay was about my epiphany that got me into the law (how I was first awed and amazed by it) and how I made it come true; it also goes into great detail about my experience in mock trial and how it really helped me mature and grow stronger as a person from my meek freshman year to the confident, down-to-earth, won't shut up kind of guy that I am now. My second essay goes into detail about my epiphany, becoming who I am, and my maturation as a person.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My first recommendation is from my Law Academy History teacher who wrote about my personal characteristics and life outside of school, as he's also the teacher sponsor and coach of mock trial. My second recommendation is from my Law Academy English teacher who wrote about my traits in the classroom and lectures. He also talks about my personal traits outside of the classroom as well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She wrote about my involvement with the school, the community, and how I juggle a lot of things and get stuff done nonetheless.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I had my interview done downtown in a bar in the large Hyatt by the Embarcadero. It was a very interesting and great interview, as he is involved in the legal career as well. It went pretty well; we ended up talking for an hour and a half.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): No one has ever applied to Yale from my school before. In addition, no one has ever been to a major ranking university outside of the UC system. For a while, my high school didn't have anyone going to college. Last year was the first year that anyone applied to an Ivy (valedictorian applied to Harvard) but she got outright rejected. This year, many more are applying to Ivies but none are applying to HYP sans one other person.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California, United States
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, never sends students to top schools outside of the UC system (Berkeley, LA) and last year where two went to Wellesley and Stanford (one each).
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian -- Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class ($75,000)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation of applicants to HYP, Ivies, or top colleges.
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, rank, extracurriculars, leadership positions, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I expected either deferral for the most part. My SAT scores put me in the bottom 50% of the applicant pool, I believe. However, I like to believe that everything else is solid. Thus, I believe they've deferred me for the following reason. In addition, I doubt they wanted to deny me because they've never had people apply there from my school. They sent student ambassadors to come and visit and whatnot. I think some "politicking" was involved but I really do believe that I could and did stand my own in the early applicant pool and hopefully in the regular pool as well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good-luck everybody! I'm going to send them some additional things. I'm definitely rooting for all of you that have been deferred as well. I checked it in front of my class on the projection screen in Government and it was really nerve-wracking. I hope that didn't happen to any of you guys. We'll make it someplace and we'll do extraordinarily well. I've had a blast meeting all of you and talking to you here; you guys rock!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA?
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 V 800 M 720 W
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] SAT II: 800 mathIIC 800 BIO-E 760 US HISTORY
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BIO 5, USHISTORY 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics C mechanics and E&M, AP Calculus BC, AP Chmistry, AP english lit, AP english lang, AP gov and politics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commented, Governor's school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li] Chess club president
Math Club president
Math team founder and captain
Varsity Baseball
National honors society</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered over 2000 hours at a local community center
hospital volunteer over 200 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities:
did post graduate level research at a local university
[</em>] Essays:
essay 1: starting a free tutoring program that teaches underpriveledged immigrants
essay 2: an unforgettable experience with the environment
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
from my research coordinator and ap chem teacher. loves me
from my ancient cultures and ap governemtn and politics class . loves me
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
counselor is actually vice principal now and shes also loves me
[<em>] Additional Rec:
great recommendation from my governor school teacher
recommendation from community center validating my 2000 hours
[</em>] Interview:
interview went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
public (magnet)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (india)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class (lower)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses: CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD REJECT ME.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>is it just me or does it seem like these admissions decisions are awfully indiscriminate? i don't see many differences between these accepted, deferred, and rejected candidates at all...</p>

<p>I was accepted... and I'm trying to figure out why. I have the same stats as most of these people, but with less extra curriculars and awards... there's really nothing special about me!</p>

<p>yeah, i am deferred, and I feel sometimes college decisions can be arbitrary. Oh well, life..</p>

<p>i got deferred - can/should you send them stuff such as an additional essay or recommendations? do you have to redo/resend the application or any forms?</p>

<p>I agree with TheHappyPianoMan...the differences (if any) are so miniscule...
maybe the essays played a role?</p>

<p>I was accepted, but quite honestly, I stare back at people who, on paper, seem more qualified than I. People with practically the same scores as me who wrote about more interesting topics or had better ECs or anything. Maybe the essays/recs have more weight than we often assign to them, or maybe its just a sort of "package" that we can't really see.</p>

<p>after being deferred, should i send in any extra letters of recommendation, essays? do i need to re-submit my application?</p>

<p>(2370 SAT - 770 M, 800 CR, 800 W; president of NHS, Eagle Scout, all-county track running and team captain, valedictorian, 4.0 GPA, very strong essays)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400.
[</em>] SAT II:800,800,800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):9 5s
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semi.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President of couple clubs. Academic Decathlon. Journalism. Varsity Swim.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Tutoring, internship.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library, NHS, Chinese School.
[</em>] Summer Activities:EPGY, Research project.
[<em>] Essays: highly humorous.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Calculus and History
[<em>] Additional Rec: English
[</em>] Interview: fun and informative.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Magic tricks?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: decent academics.
[<em>] Weaknesses: asian, no legacy.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: academics most likely.
[/ul]General Comments: Very happy.</p>

<p>decision: deferred</p>

<p>I'd almost rather have been rejected, I feel like I have this false hope now and I'm just going to be crushed all over again in April. It's like, my boyfriend cheated on me, but I took him back, knowing full well my heart is only going to be broken again...</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M 760, CR 700, W 720
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 750, US History 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.992
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/491
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 4 (AB 5), US 5, Physics 5, Euro 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Moderate
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (Founder, Pres), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Debate (Capt), Class Committees, Ecclesiastical council, NHS, etc
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Senate Page, Junior High Tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Jr. High quiz-bowl-type-thing coach, youth city council
[ *] Summer Activities: JSA Summer School at Yale and Georgetown
[ *] Essays: Not too bad, if I say so myself
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Don't know, imagine pretty good
[ *] Interview: Good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nah
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Leadership, passion
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT I could have been better, no very notable prizes
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

<p>hey i posted my stats ealier..and i still wanna know why i got rejected not even deferred. Not to be cocky, but I have some better stats than some other people who got deferreed, and i come from an urban public school that sends at least 5% of its kids to harvard, yale, princeton, columbia, etc every year.</p>

<p>thanks.</p>