Official Ed Decisions!

<p>lol I think in a month, we'll come back and laugh a little.
We're just so stressed right now.</p>

<p>hey guys, i just got my letter. accepted!</p>

<p>lol oh really? I didn't already know that for the past like 9 hours.</p>

<p>Congrats! But you're already on the accepted list. So I guess PW is a fortune teller or something.</p>

<p>lol I don't understand the point of that post, ilcapo. Are you just reminding yourself?</p>

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Ne way, a quick question for any and all: Does anyone know the % of deferred that actually get in in the RD round?

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<p>I asked about this during an information session, and they said the % who are accepted who are initially deferred is about 14%, which is higher than the general regular decision acceptance rate.</p>

<p>yay accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 800 x 5
GPA: 4
Rank: 1
Other stats(AP/IB exam): plenty of college classes, no ap</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: i liked them when i sent them in; in retrospect, they are **** and riddled with solecisms. i sent in too much that said too litle.
Teacher Recs: standard "he's good, works hard" ****
Counselor Rec: i would imagine pretty good
Hook (if any): i started a ***<em>ty dotcom enterprise
Major ECs: piano, bpa, quiz bowl, science olympiad, sadd
AB/BSE: ab
Strenth/Weakness: i don't think much of anything
Course Load (Any college): hardest classes offered at school, tough college courseload (abstract algebra, organic chemistry, modern physics)
Location/Person: spring hills
State or Country: NV
School Type: Public, with money
Ethnicity: azn
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[</em>] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: i dont know</p>

<p>congrats, slothrop! you and your dialing toll free-ness amaze me.</p>

<p>how did you find out from NV?</p>

<p>Yea I don't see how you could've gotten mail that fast....</p>

<p>thats fake.....</p>

<p>I thought so.</p>

<p>yeah...must be...too far to have gotten it</p>

<p>does nevada even have post? :D haha. nevada sucks i would never live there. no offense. its worse than arizona.</p>

<p>not all of us rely on the sluggish, if reliable, usps you know :)</p>

<p>i actually e-mailed my representative/interviewer guy who said he would let me know when he does. he came from my city, so he was pretty happy to do so.</p>

<p>actually, i think the priority mail was done by usps (I wasn't there when it was delivered, my mom couldn't help herself and she opened the envelope even though I told her not to. But it doesn't really matter--it's still good news!) But yea..the usps symbol was on the bottom corner of my envelope</p>

<p>I called my pton interviewer once I found out; I think I might've freaked her out; she was just about to leave her apartment to go on vacation and all of a sudden some overeager applicant calls her and thanks her. haha...</p>

<p>Just got my (pretend) mail!
(Fake) Accepted!
I'm so (not really) Happy!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600 (minus 110)
SAT IIs: 800 (770,700)
GPA: 4 (minus 0.17)
Rank: 1 (plus 7)
Other stats(AP/IB exam): All AP's </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: (Im)Perfect
Teacher Recs: Awesome (errr)
Counselor Rec: Great! (yeah...)
Hook (if any): Legacy (no), my dad's black (not), my mom's native (no), and I have this uncanny ability to fly (like 2 feet)
Major ECs: Every Award possible I won (replace won with "lost")
AB/BSE: ABs of steel (flab)
Strenth/Weakness: None (opposite day)
Course Load (Any college): Hella hard (most rigorous)
Location/Person: Far, Far Away
State or Country: Fairy Land
School Type: Wealthy, private school (ghettos)
Ethnicity: Black/Native American/Hispanic (asian)
Gender: Male (errr)
Other Factors:[*] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: 'cause I look like Brad Pitt....</p>

<p>lol. i can't really see the difference between the guys who got deferred and those who got accepted. they've basically got the same stats, no?</p>

<p>Yea, acceptance is like a lottery. Honestly. I donot see the difference. maybe the adcom people see the difference, but to me it's pretty much as random as you can get.</p>

<p>My guess is that a lot of it boils down to one's essays, since we are all so similar in terms of scores/extracurriculars/recommendations. I would say that extracurriculars only play a role if you're a) recruited for them or b) if they're intense, national (?) activities. Otherwise it seems like having strong extracurriculars is just a prerequisite.</p>

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they've basically got the same stats, no?

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Axfr, I can tell you're from France with the way you've written this sentence - after six years of French I've found the "no?" ending working its way into my questions.....</p>