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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520/2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2350
[<em>] GPA: 94
[</em>] Rank: 7/400
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on 2 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Bad, I didn't write a decent common app essay until well after the Dec.11 deadline.... I think this may have cost me for scholarships
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[</em>] Extracurriculars: about 25hrs/week
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[li] Ethnicity: Asian[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Never visited campus and never arranged for an interview... regretting that right now.
General Comments: Only got a $9000 trustee scholarship with no financial aid though my EFC should have called for some $12,000s in financial aid alone.</p>
<p>I have the same SAT and close to same rank ( 6 out of 192) in a highly competitive public school. Apparently if they send out merit scholarship offers with your acceptance, then I received no scholarship whatsoever.
I also visited campus, have worked on a research project in Biblical study that I proposed to continue at Brandeis in one of my essays, and have corresponded with a head professor at Brandeis, and still no scholarship.
Honestly, I was shocked.</p>
<p>I know how you feel. My dad got a little annoyed because one of his colleague's daughters with my SAT score got into Brandeis with a 25k a year scholarship. Not to brag, but I was expecting a bigger scholarship and at least some financial aid. Right now, Brandeis' offer is about the same, if not worse than, UChicago's. So unless "trustee scholarship" is codeword for "financial aid grant" (it was listed on the financial aid offer sheet) and the real scholarship letter really didn't come with the acceptance package, Brandeis isn't going to be a viable option for me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: N/A
* SAT IIs: NA
* ACT: 28
* GPA: 93.5
* Rank: NA
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: AMAZING...pretty well written
* Teacher Recs: Excellent
* Counselor Rec: Fair
* Hook (if any): Minority
* Extracurriculars:
</code></pre>
<p>Debate Team: Co Captain
Baroque Club
Math Team
Drama Club
Swim Team
Piano, Violin
Jazz Band
Volunteer
College Programs</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: African American
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: I went to the SEED overnight porgram.
General Comments: Financial aid should be better than it should be. I have an EFC of 0 .theres like 4K missing but i got a 30,000 dollars academic scholarship per year</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
*SAT: 1300 / 1950
*SAT IIs: 580/ 600 / 670
*GPA: 3.8
*Rank: n/a (probably top 15%)
*Other stats: 4s on most APs, strong transcript</p>
<p>Subjective:
*Essays: very well written
*Teacher Recs: absolutely amazing
*Counselor Rec: fantastic
*Hook (if any): speak 4 languages</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State or Country: TX
*School Type: Private College-Prep
*Ethnicity: White
*Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: great interview, frequent correspondance with admissions & interviewer, first in my school to apply (and now go), ... don't know what else... hahah</p>
<p>General Comments: couldnt be more excited. no financial aid / scholarships, but, truthfully, the acceptance is all that matters!</p>
<p>Congrats all! Anyone planning on attending the 4/10 day?</p>
<p>Template:</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED! [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1220/1910
[ *] SAT IIs: Did not take
[ *] GPA: 3.5/5.05
[ *] Rank: Top 15%
[ *] Other stats: Mostly AP classes, Straight A's 11th and 12th grade
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:Great
[ *] Teacher Recs:Probably great
[ *] Counselor Rec:Uhh...no idea.
[ *] Hook (if any): Mexican Opera Singer :)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Miami, FL
[ *] School Type:Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Four time first place state vocal rankings...</p>
<p>• Anchor Club 04-06
• Book Club 07-08
• Choir 04-06
• COEP (Comprehensive Outdoor Education Program) 03-06
• Debate Club 05-06
• District and State Solo Vocal Competitor 04-08
• GSA(Gay-Straight Alliance) 04-06
• Key Club 07-08
• Knightingales 06-08
• Mock Trial 07-08
• National Honor Society 06-08
• Operation Smile 04-06
• Peer Tutor 07-08
• PETA 04-08
• Roots and Shoots 04-06
• SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) 04-06
• Thespians 04-06
• Varsity Soccer 04-05
• Varsity Volleyball 04-05
• Varsity Water-polo 05-06</p>
<p>I honestly do not know how I got in. I applied with the free expedited decision application and I did not take the ACT or SAT II Test Subjects.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:
*ACT: 29
*GPA: 3.75
*Rank: top 15% </p>
<p>Subjective:
*Essays: Good
*Teacher Recs: Amazing
*Counselor Rec:Also, amazing
*Hook (if any): Active in Jewish life, legacy</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State or Country: MA
*School Type: small, private
*Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
EC's: *Founder/editor of school newspaper
* Editor of literary magazine
*Intensive theater
*Mock Trial
* Varsity tennis with many awards
*Teach kindergarten at my religious school
* Hebrew High School</p>
<p>Awards:
*Cum Laude Society
*Mass Drama Guild Award for acting
*All School English Award
*Lots of tennis awards</p>
<p>I was soo excited when i opened the big package! Congrats to all!</p>
<p>size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted! [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2140
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 lit, 650 spanish
[ *] GPA: 3.89
[ *] Rank: we dont' do it but i assume top 5%
[ *] Other stats: IB diploma candidate
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good- about two writers i deeply admire
[ *] Teacher Recs: fantastic. :)
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Hook (if any): Jewish?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Northern VA
[ *] School Type: LARGE public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
very very active in NFTY (youth movement) 2 years on regional executive board, 1 summer in spain, 1 summer in Israel, exec producer of school TV show (2 years), full IB courseload senior year and junior year, HOBY ambassador, ITS, NHS, NSHS, great interview.</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>not sure if i'm going but it's nice to be wanted! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR, 760; M, 710; W: 780
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History, 790; Physics, 700; Math I, 720.. they go down from there
[<em>] GPA: 4.11 weighted
[</em>] Other stats: AP National Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I've gotten compliments
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, I hope, anyhow
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I believe
[</em>] Hook (if any): I took a strange path to get from where I started to where I am now.
[li] Extracurriculars: A lot. Long, tight resume.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Philadelphia, PA
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic prep
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Showed a lot of interest. Thrilled out of my mind.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 800 M2, 720 US Hist
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.57 W
[</em>] Rank: 3/171
[<em>] Other stats: AP US History-5, AP Music Theory (composite and subscores)-5, AP English Language-4, AP World History-3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: never saw them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[<em>] Hook (if any): I've played violin for 13 years, sent in a CD of me playing; maybe they really liked it?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think my interview went really well, as I made sure to tell my interviewer that Brandeis was on the top of my list! Never visited, but I may have to now!
General Comments: So happy with financial aid!!!!!! I received a $35,240 Trustee's Scholarship as well as some other good need-based aid!</p>
<p>[size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1410/2070 710V 700M 660W 31 ACT 33 Math 33 Reading
[ *] SAT IIs: 740 USH 710 Math 1
[ *] GPA: 4.14w
[ *] Rank: 25/271
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: ok
[ *] Teacher Recs: Im guessing ok
[ *] Counselor Rec: ok
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History: 760, Bio M: 730, Math 2: 700
[<em>] GPA: 4.18 W
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on APUSH and AP CompSci AB, 3s on AP Latin: Vergil AP Music Theory
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought it was good, though it was very long and lacked cohesion
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent, I've been assured
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[<em>] Hook (if any): 4th place at ISEF, internship with NASA
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I'm Jewish?
General Comments: I got the Hiatt Challenger Memorial Scholarship, which is full-tuition.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
*SAT: 2020
*SAT IIs: 760M /630W /630R
*GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.4-4.5 W
*Rank: top 4%</p>
<p>Subjective:
*Essays: okay
*Teacher Recs: one incredible one, one good one
*Counselor Rec: beats me
*Hook (if any): ?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State or Country: CA
*School Type: extremely competitive public school
*Ethnicity: White, Asian, Jewish
*Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: doubt anyone else from my school applied, also my sport (the coach) probably helped</p>
<p>General Comments: Dean's scholarship!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1340/2050 680V 660M 710W 32 ACT w/ 12 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Spn w/ listening, 700 Math 2, 680 Bio M
[<em>] GPA: 3.72 UW 5.25w
[</em>] Rank: 5/640
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: very good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Incomplete app
General Comments: Note: I never sent in the supplement, just the common app. Did not send my SAT scores, did not send mid-year report, did not pay application fees. LOL. So that's probably why I did not get in. If i wasn't going to Emory i'd be kind of upset :-D</p>
<p>Did you send a transcript that would have possibly had sat scores on it? I was waitlisted as well and I know that my GC rec was really late... According to an email they sent in January, they had all of my stuff, but then in March my GC said that they requested it again from him... Go figure?</p>
<p>yeah i sent a transcript and it had my SAT I scores and old ACT score (30 composite instead of 32.) But that's it. hah.</p>
<p>yeah okay, I'm really not good with this formatting and don't feel like going through the agonizing process of listing everything so I'll just give you the lowdown.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
gpa: 94.2 unweighted
SATs: 1800
SAT IIs: they're so aweful, I don't even want to talk about them</p>
<p>my essays were good, in my opinion (why would I send them if they weren't?)
recs were good too</p>
<p>I guess my saving grace was the fact that I know fluent Turkish and spent my junior year abroad in Turkey. My SATs certainly didn't get me in :)</p>
<p>This is mostly for all the future applicants of Brandeis: don't let numbers keep you from applying to amazing schools. If you feel that the school is a good fit for you, you have nothing to lose in applying. College admissions is a crapshoot and you never know when an admissions office might see something amazing in you.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100, 12 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: Not spectacular by some counts... 740 MathII, 730 BioM, 690 MI and then they go down.
[<em>] ACT: 34, 11 essay
[</em>] GPA: 5.11 W, 3.97 UW
[<em>] Rank: 5/290
[</em>] Other stats: A.P Calc AB (5), AP Bio (5), AP Lit and Comp (4), AP Chem (3), AP Microeconomics (4), AP Stats (4), AP Environmental (4)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, I really loved my common app essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Only saw one and it was good. I would assume the same for the other one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic I'm sure, but good. Didn't actually see it
[</em>] Hook (if any): none.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Chicago, IL
[</em>] School Type: Public (but very very competitive. Ranked #1 in the state)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] NHS
[</em>]National Chinese Honor Society
[<em>]tough senior schedule (College Bridge Multivariable Calc, AP Psych, AP Chinese, AP Physics C, Speech and debate, and computer programming)
[</em>] varsity track and field for 3 years, team captain, Most improved Athlete for two years running, ranked 2nd in conference, named to Chicago Public League All City T&F team (top 14 females athletes), some other awards
[<em>] Started a peer tutoring program at my school
[</em>] leader of fellowship of christian athletes
[<em>] pep club member
[</em>] Irish dancer for 13+ years. I've traveled to Ireland 3 times to compete at Rince Na Cruinne (world irish dance championships!). On regional, national, and internationally recognized dance team</p>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to those who got in! And for those of you who have some problems with FA get that checked out. All my stuff came in the mail today. Oh, deans scholarship and that trustees scholarship!</p>