<p>Congratz to all of u guyz who got accepted..</p>
<p>best of luck to all u guyz who got deferred.. hope we all can make it in the RD round... we all deserve to get in !</p>
<p>hurray for gianievve :)</p>
<p>and merc... i commiserate</p>
<p>i'm sure you'll make it RD astrix :)</p>
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Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570
SAT IIs: 800 Physics, Biology, Writing, Math IIC, 780 US History
GPA: 4.9ish
Rank: N/A, but top 1%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Best possible
Hook (if any): Leadership (Conductor of marching band, Class President), Science (Valedictorian at Governor's School)
Major ECs: Marching Band, Class Gov't, Governor's School, School Board Rep
AB/BSE: BSE (Elec. Engineering)
Strenth/Weakness: see above
Location/Person:
State or Country: Montgomery County, PA
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Generder
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<p>you go to north penn?
amazing, i must say.</p>
<p>also, pavalon: marry me? :flowers:</p>
<p>Upper Dublin, actually - just "large" public, not "huge" public :P</p>
<p>haha i see. i have friends at upper dublin, too, but they're sophomores/juniors.</p>
<p>Dizzymom: Now that your son is in....can you please tell us what sport? My daughter was deferred.........she was a sport (soccer) candidate....just wondering....</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510
SAT IIs: 690 Biology, 680 Writing, 690 Math IIC
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Rank: top 1%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: one was pretty good, the others avg.
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): not too sure, don't think i have one
Major ECs: NHS Pres., FBLA Pres., French club Pres., Yearbook Editor-in-chief, Newspaper Editor, National Art Honor Society
AB/BSE: AB (English)
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>not too sure how i even got deferred...</p>
<p>n a HUGE congrats to everyone who got in!!! </p>
<p>n to every1 who got deferred, i kno how you feel!!</p>
<p>MommyPain - -</p>
<p>It was not soccer, so no commonality there. The men's and women's athletics seem to be handled quite differently, and for that matter, there seems to be great variability from sport to sport, perhaps due to different recruiting approaches by the coaches.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1560
SAT IIs: 790 IIC, 770 Writing, 790 Chem, 740 Bio
GPA: 4.36 w
Rank: 4/490
Other stats: 5 AP Chem, 103.5 on AMC12</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: great(I think)
Teacher Recs: 1 outstanding, 1 unknown
Counselor Rec: unknown
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: play alto saxophone, clarinet, flute in jazz band, play in a classical ensemble, lots of volunteering, tutoring kids, teaching saxophone, USAFA Summer Seminar, Great Recommendation from current Princeton Seminary Student</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570 (770V, 800M) - 2nd Testing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio-M, 800 Chem, 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 4.551 W
[</em>] Rank: 6/362
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Bio & US History, 116.5 AMC12, Other awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good (I think)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Amazing, 1 Great (I think-wasn't allowed to see them)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Major ECs: Mock Trial, Piano, Tennis
[</em>] Hook (if any): Piano @ Carnegie Hall, 1st Place FBLA National Competition, NJ Governor's School of Public Issues Scholar
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese (Didn't report)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>Does the brother sister relationship help/hurt at all?</p>
<p>it doesnt hurt - it might help a little bit maybe not at all. =P</p>
<p>i know i'm WWAAYYYY late on this, but hey, better late than never, right?</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=CD6600][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1400, 680M 720V
[ *] SAT IIs:800 writing, 730 Math IC, 730 Bio (m)
[ *] GPA:4.53 (weighted)
[ *] Rank:school doesn't ran, but i'd say top 5%
[ *] Other stats: 4 APs junior year (5,5,4,3), and another 4 senior year
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:not too shabby
[ *] Teacher Recs:i think they were pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: she really likes me, so i'd bet pretty good
[ *] Hook (if any): recruited athlete (give u a big smile if u can guess what sport)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Los Angeles, CA
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] i definitely think it was the recruiting that did it...</p>
<p>someone please tell me how u make this all pretty...</p>
<p>hehe peggy u have to delete the spaces after the [ for it to show up properly =P</p>
<p>I... am... ALIVE!</p>
<p>urgh now i can't even edit taht post to fix it....</p>
<p>congratulations pegdriver!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=CD6600][ b]Decision: Accepted![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1350
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 spanish, 730 u.s. history, 630 writing
[ *] GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: 20 out of about 800
[ *] Other stats: 5 on AP US History, 4 on English Comp. and 3 on world history
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: also good
[ *] Counselor Rec: don't really know
[ *] Hook (if any): hispanic girl from inner city high school
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: new york city
[ *] School Type: HUGE public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: my essays and reccs probably got me in, also my grades shot up after a DISMAL freshmen year [ /b]</p>