OFFICIAL Hamilton Class of 2015 RD results thread!

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<p>I'm posting it today so tomorrow everyone can post their stats!
Good luck to you all!</p>

<p>Template (remember to remove spaces):</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] 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]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] 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]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 – 620 CR, 700 M, 710 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Spanish, 690 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94%
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP comp
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Ap calc, Ap Phys
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scouting (girl scout), aids walk, yoga, traveling camp, classes at museums
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: AIDS walk nyc, school volunteering
[</em>] Summer Activities: traveling camp, vacationing in europe
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, i think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i think both were really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: anthropology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: my essay, extracurriculars
[<em>] Weaknesses: maybe my low reading SAT score?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well i read in the book that having an interest in travel is a plus, so maybe they liked that about me!
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m soo happy! Hamilton was never my top choice or anything, but I just got waitlisted at Colby so I’m happy about this acceptance!! Congrats to everyone!</p>

<p>theres always the rest of my schools!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 650 M, 640 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 670 M1, 720 Bio E, 710 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96.5 on a 100 point scale
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/524
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Macro/Eco, AP Physics B, AP English, Science Research, Honors Pre Calc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 3 yrs (#1 singles player Senior year), Girl Scouts 12 years, USTA Team Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, lots of volunteering at local nursing home
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tennis camp, traveling with family, and volunteering
[</em>] Essays: About how tennis has shaped me as a person
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read any of them, but I assume they were great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, assumed to be great.
[<em>] Additional Rec: -
[</em>] Interview: Went really well, my first ever interview but one of my best. Had a lot in common with the interviewer.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Great essay, strong focus and consistency in ECs, great interview, heavy course load, and strong GPA.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores were a little low
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my enthusiasm for Hamilton really showed in my interview, I’m guessing that helped a lot.
[/ul]General Comments: Not entirely sure I will be attending, but Hamilton is my top choice. Now I just need to convince my family that Hamilton is worth the money!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33 (35, superscore)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/47
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Ancient History, Calculus, Art III, Trigonometry/Statistics, and English IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Missouri Top 100 Scholars</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FCCLA, M.A.S.S. (secretary), Yearbook, philosophy club, NHS (two years), Quiz Bowl (two years, captain senior year), Class President (senior year), Student Council Vice President (senior year)
Job/Work Experience: Work at Dairy Queen (10-20 hrs/week)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS
Summer Activities:
Essays: About my personal metamorphosis as a product of anime.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t get to read.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to read.
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~110k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Great academics, essays probably helped
Weaknesses: extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but I’m not complaining :smiley:
General Comments: My attendance will be contingent on many things, but I think I would be happy there. It’s a wonderful school! :D</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 690, Math: 790, Writing: 700
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 1: 760, Math2: 760, Phy: 750
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS, too many too mention. Freak here
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer jobs only
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Lots. Started my own societies, and volunteered at lots of different facilities
[ *] Essays: Perhaps the highlight of my application
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Hope they were good…
[ *] Counselor Rec: Bound to be good… she loved me
[ *] Additional Rec:Arts Counselor’s. Was non-confidential, so i read it. pretty flattering
[ *] Interview: I made the video log… Might have made all the difference
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[ *] Intended Major: Pyscho
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: South east asian
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>I’m so over the moon… Hamilton Rocks!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 690, CR 570, W 720 = 1980
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Chinese w/ Listening 790, Math II 730, Biology - E 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.28
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Environmental Science (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Molecular Biology, Chinese III, AP Calculus AB, English IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons including volunteer work in South Africa and badminton
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned twice
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot, around 160 hours last year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering in South Africa
[</em>] Essays: Hardship growing up and overcoming these challenges
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good (I hope)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Environmental Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low income
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, single parent household, low income.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Story and background
[<em>] Weaknesses:GPA, Test Scores, didn’t show a lot of interest
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely my story and overcoming challenges and hardship in my life!
[/ul]General Comments:
Yesterday was a great day! I got into Colgate, Carleton, Hamilton, and Whitman on the same day. Hamilton was very generous with financial aid and I am very happy to be accepted! Congrats on all of the acceptances and good luck to those on the waitlist!</p>

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<p>Objective:
• SAT I: 2030 (but asked to be not considered)
• SAT II: US history 750 (crammed in 2 weeks. knew nothing before) BIO M 760
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd
• Major Awards

  • Highest O level results in the country: 10A’s
  • 4 A’s at A Levels (kids normally do 3 subjects) and highest raw marks in class of 2010
  • Runner up in Malaysian/Sri Lankan Law Olympiad
  • Commended with excellence in Intl Essay Anthology 2010
  • Head Prefect
    (I have my final A level results because I am on a gap year)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:

  • own a sustainable Tshirt line
  • Winner of National Scrabble tournament when I was 12
  • 1 Hour radio interview
  • MUN
  • represented school in national debating and national quiz
  • Catwalk model for 2 shows</p>

<p>Sports:
• Captain of school soccer team
• Currently assistant coach at school
• Was in Division II of national swimming team 2 years back.</p>

<p>Drama: Just got cast in Oscar nominated director’s (Deepa Mehta) new movie (Midnight’s Children based on Salman Rushdy’s novel). I get to act alongside Satya Bhabha (played Matthew Patel in Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Soha Ali Khan, etc.

  • Was in a Broadway show in Sri Lanka
  • Won best actress in school competitions for 4 consecutive years
  • Directed school musical with 78 kids (including costume design, make up, lights, sound, choir, choreography, etc) and sold out a 700 seat theatre for 3 nights.</p>

<p>Journalism:
• Manager of school website and prospectus
• Senior editor of school magazine
• photographer and comic artist for school newspaper</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:

  • assistant soccer coach at school
  • art teacher for 120 kids aged 10-19
  • school photographer
  • worked at renewable energy company
    etc</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:

  • hundreds of volunteer hours
  • exhibitions to auction off paintings for cancer hospital being built
  • work with Zonta Intl
  • president of initiative at school to build Braille libraries in war torn areas</p>

<p>Essays: common app was original (about painting myself but it was an extended metaphor)
Teacher Recommendation: great
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: nope. </p>

<p>Country (if international applicant): Sri Lanka
School Type: Private, best in country
Gender: F
Financial Aid: need full ride
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): in an oscar nominated director’s movie? tshirt line? successful gap year? god knows!</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I asked for full financial aid and Hamilton is a very selective liberal arts college anyway</p>

<p>General Comments: Oh well I’m going to Princeton or Harvard… :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950; writing(660), reading(680), math(610)
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 96.04
[<em>] Rank: 5/116
[</em>] AP: english(5), us history(4)
[<em>] IB: n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP: Calc(AB), Lit, Us Gov, Bio, Art. also: French 4, band
[li] Major Awards: Scholastic Art award regional level: Gold Key portfolio, gold key, silver key, honorable mention</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars: (most for 4+ years) 2011 class officer (VP), French Club (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Art Club, Yearbook, Band, Peer Tutor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: see summer activities
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor for free, church bbqs
[</em>] Summer Activities: job working on cleaning/maintenance crew for construction
[<em>] Essays: i’d like to think all were thoughtful, my main one was rather unusual but hopefully interesting (the first time i whelped a puppy)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very nice and emphatic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it but i believe it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: none, and i regret not doing it</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided or lib arts, can’t remember
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: f
[</em>] Income Bracket: mid
[li] Hooks: my grandpa graduated from hamilton</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Good essay, sent art supplement, legacy(?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: didn’t interview, only took SAT and ACT once and without much/any practice
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: besides the weaknesses, i am just too average- not outstanding enough when there is such a huge group of great applicants </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Hamilton was my top choice, and my grandfather and I really enjoyed talking about it. It may have been too expensive anyway, though, since I know I’ll need to also go to grad school. I think I’ll be just as happy where ever I go (probably Binghamton).
If it helps, I was also waitlisted at Colgate, U of Rochester, and Marist.
Accepted at Binghamton, Albany, and Union.</p>

<p>Good luck to those staying on the wait list and future applicants :)</p>