<p>are the decisions out???</p>
<p>nopee they are out this saturday 7 am</p>
<p>bump......</p>
<p>There out!</p>
<p>someone started another thread already</p>
<p>DECISION: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 1870 don't really remember this by sections, but everthing was in the 600s
SAT IIs: 550 Math II 630 Bio Molecular
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1 GPA Weighted
Rank: 30/180
APs (including this year's): Bio AP, Eco AP, Gov AP, Calculus AP, English 4 AP, English 3 AP, Physics AP, Statistics AP
IBs (including this year's: We don't have these.
Senior Yr Courseload:Bio AP, Eco AP, Gov AP, Calculus AP, English 4 AP, Latin 3 Honors Dual Credit, Varsity Choir, Required Lab Course
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medalist, 4th at State Latin Grammar, 6th at state English oratory, Dental Terminology state qualifier..state is coming up, Latin club area awards, Pentathalon Latin Awards, RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH, Science fair state awards, 2nd Grand Prize Sci Fair Award, Intel Talent SEarch Participant, HOSA President, Varsity Choir, Student Council, Math Honor Society, NHS, Cultural Indian Dance</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: The ones listed above
Job/Work Experience: Six Flags / Research
Essays (subject and responses): about passion for my research...what it has taught me, how it has been a lifesaver to me. Why emory essay mentioned how i'd contribute my research to class discussion. short essay- cultural dance
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research on C. elegans, Numerous science awards, Latin Competition awards, NLE</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TEXAS
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): top 500 schools according to newsweek, Medical Careers Magnet School
Ethnicity:Filipino/White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research
Strengths: Extracurriculars, ec's are focused on science, has a passion
Weaknesses: SAT scores </p>
<p>Other:
Wrote in Family circumstances box how my dad cheated on my mom with someone in Japan and spent my college money on his trip. Wrote about how this affected me.
Qualifies for the Pell Grant</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>This week's been such a rush. I never knew I'd be blessed with so many options! April's going to be a looooong month....</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 and 4 on Chem and Euro, and five aps this year.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Princeton University Math Contest Winner, South Carolina ARML A Team, South Carolina All State Math Team, AHSIMC winner, and placed in many state math contests. No USAMO this year though :(
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 400 hours of volunteering at hospitals and nursing home, EMT certified, and 240 hours of colorectal cancer research at USC.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app essay was very unique, emory essay was ok
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): biomedical research, submitted my abstract
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Carolina
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: affluent
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars, essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: gpa
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i dunno?
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone! Although I have decided I'm going to Washington University in St. Louis, I still love emory!</p>
<p>I was not in good spirits after getting rejected from Rice and Georgetown and wait listed from Cornell. This lifts my spirits. I Am GOING TO EMORY !!!!!!!!!.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected - not a surprise. It was a big reach for me.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: N/A</li>
<li>SATII: N/A</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>GPA: 3.3 uw 3.4 w</li>
<li>Rank: 165/450</li>
<li>Other stats</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very strong</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Never read it, but we didn't get along :(</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Illinois</li>
<li>School Type: Public (fairly highly rated within state)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: 'Outstanding Attorney' in state and county mock trial contests; Division 1 rating, soloist and ensemble, in state concert choir contest; edit staff, literary journal; Amer Red Cross volunteer; work at Abercrombie company; wrote novel (but wasn't published, so prob meaningless)
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: GPA/rank simply killed me, even with upward trend. Don't think the best of essays and recs could overcome that.</p>
<p>Congrats to all accepted; good luck to the waitlisted; I feel your pain to those denied.</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED
SAT I: 2200
SAT II: Spanish 770, US History 710
AP/IB taken/scores: US History 5
GPA weighted: 4.10
Rank or % estimate: top 20%
School Type: private
Gender: female
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Oh well, I guess this makes my decision a little easier? Congrats everyone, and good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1460/2120 (770 V, 690 M, 660 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 MII, 730 BIO
[<em>] ACT: 33 (35 R, 33 M, 35 S, 30 E)
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: 4/170
[</em>] Other stats: NMQ, Local stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good (Personal)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok/good (new counselor)
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Nothing spectacular, some clubs + school paper, music and miscellaneous out of school things
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Fit within stat range, went on a tour?
[li] Other thoughts: Most likely will attend UNC for financial reasons[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>waitlisted.. i'll be taking myself off the list because I will be going to vanderbilt</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: V 800, M 700, W 800 (2300 one sitting only)
SAT IIs: World History 800, English Lit. 780, French 720
GPA: 4.0(uw)
Rank: 5/540 </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Carrollton, TX
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>National Merit Scholar Finalist
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1390/2160 (660 V, 730 M, 770 W)
* SAT IIs: 720 MI, 740 USH, 620 CHEM
* ACT: Didn't take
* GPA: 3.0 uw 3.6 w
* Rank: top 13%
* Other stats: highly competitive NE high school
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I cannot judge them
* Teacher Recs: Nothing special
* Counselor Rec: better than teacher rec
* Hook (if any): had a twin apply as well (also got in)...might have been advantage
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CT
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, nothing special after that
* Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Geographic diversity, people w/ better stats have gotten rejected...good acceptance record from school
* Other thoughts: also got NYU, BC, GW (IR), UConn honors...most likely will attend emory
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! to Emory College</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9 weighted (3.7 unweighted); top 7% of grad class
SAT: 2150 total (770 math, 730 writing, 650 reading)
SAT II: Math IIC 770; Chemistry 700</p>
<p>Activities: Varsity Tennis, Indian Classical Dance, Model UN (treasurer), JSA, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society (secretary), Volunteer at the hospital, nursing home and the local soup kitchen</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>*I took the most competitive of classes offered (1 AP sophomore year, 4 APs junior year, 5 APs senior year) and I attend one of the most competitive high schools in my state.</p>
<p>I want to do business...which Emory is ranked at #4 for...but the only problem might be the distance from home and that Emory is a 2-year business program that I have to reapply for in my junior year of college. I also got into BC-Carroll School of Management Honors Program and NYU Stern. So now I'm trying to decide...</p>
<p>Decision:Accept</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (800M,770CR,700W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2,800 Chem, 800 Physics, 710 US
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] GPA:3.875
[<em>] Rank:Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:Nothin
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Let's just say I suck at writing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't see, but think they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn't know me very well, but I assume it was good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Of Course Not
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA South
[</em>] School Type: Public Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity:A
[</em>] Gender:M
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Math and Science Stuff
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[*] Other thoughts:</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 composite, 700 CR, 690 M, 760 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History, the other were in the 600s
[<em>] GPA: 6.5ish weighted, 3.9 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: top 1%, my school district has 10,000 seniors [3rd largest in the nation]
[li] Other stats: Full IB diploma candidate plus 8 APs throughout high school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: lessons i learned from debate
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no clue, average i guess, this was my weakness
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): IB? Hungarian-American student learning Chinese/interested in US-Chinese relations</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Floriderr
[</em>] School Type: Public magnet [IB]
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, NHS, Chinese School, Model UN, Mock Trial, 3rd Place American Foreign Service Association's National Essay Contest, Girls State, volunteering in Chinese orphanages, blah blah..
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: IB, ECs, GPA
[*] Other thoughts: I'll probably go because their financial aid is decent</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED!?[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] SAT: 2110
[ ] SAT IIs:NONE!! bwahahha why bother?
[ *] ACT: NOPE!!
[ *] GPA: 4.2
[ *] Rank: 1/322
[ *] Other stats: school sucks
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: extremely funny, i told them a quirky immigrant story
[ *] Teacher Recs: she BS'ed so much
[ *] Counselor Rec: sooper!
[ *] Hook (if any): the funny part?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: ATL!! (georgia)
[ *] School Type: extremely public
[ *] Ethnicity: viet
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: clubs, volunteer
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ahahhah WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES???? i just thought....jesus christ FINALLY u sent the freakin decisions
[ *] Other thoughts: ummmm....emory or vanderbilt? can someone tell me which is the "better" school? other than that, I AM *</em>*ED OF AT EMORY!! they made me wait so long and waitlisted my best friend! argghhhhh</p>