<p>Accepted, stats on Yale’s RD Official Decision Thread</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:35
[<em>] SAT II:800,790,770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 APs after Junior year, 7 5s and 2 4s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, multi calc, honors spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Siemens semi, 8 international music awards, Performed at 4 countries, Carnegie Hall, etc.,
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of grade, State medalist in sport, captain of sport, conference record holder, leadership positions of bunch of clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern for Senate
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Hospital, senior centers
[<em>] Summer Activities: research, swim, piano
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details):
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1:[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview:[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Though I’m not like a USAMO camp qualifier or Intel winner, I have decent level awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: race
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded? idk
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (700M 700CR 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 36 S, 8 essay)
SAT II: U.S. History 770, Physics 750, Math IIC 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.333
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/643
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Calc AB, Physics B, USH, Lang/Comp – all 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, Philosophy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Statistics, AP U.S. Government, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, county science fair 2nd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (assistant editor), newspaper (news editor), film production, CSF (historian), county science fair (2nd place 2012), French Club (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer math tutor, city library assistant
[</em>] Summer Activities: city library assistant
[<em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Probably 7-8 out of 10.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Calc AB/Stats teacher, 8-9
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Psych/Gov teacher, 10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic, so I don’t know.
[li] Interview: 30 minutes, not much[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public of ~3000 kids
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m typical.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UC Berkeley (regents candidate but did not get the scholarship), UCLA, UCSD regents, UC Davis regents
Rejected to Princeton and Yale.
Stanford tomorrow.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>HARVARD YOU RUINED MY LIFE</p>
<p>YEAH REJECTED</p>
<p>and i had a 2400 on the sat and 800s on both my subject tests and tons of extracurriculars SCREW YOU</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2250 (710M, 740CR, 800W: 12e76mc)
SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 720, World History: 740
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~280
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 4 in WH
Senior Year Course Load: APs (chem, psych, lit, stats) calc, government, consumer ed, Debate/forensics
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2012 Debate State 4th place 2013 State Champion, and two-time national forensic league All-American
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Honor Society</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
FBLA (Chapter president two years)
Class President (soph-senior)
German Club: President, plus some state-recognized speaking awards
National Honor Society (Chapter president)
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
Debate
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:Boy Scouts and NHS = 200+ hrs
Summer Experience: 3 wk debate camps, Boy Scout trips, boys state
Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see any of them, but awesome! from my debate coach!
Teacher Recommendation #2: from my German teacher who really likes me, so I bet it was also very good.
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, but probably not great. I don’t really know.
Additional Info/Rec: n/a
Interview: not contacted</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: (6/10) About the UG mgmt consulting club. I thought it made a pretty good argument.
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: (5.5) Quirky. That’s it, really. I thought they would either like it or hate it. I wrote about a 4th grade kickball tournament, and how I showed leadership.
CommonApp Personal Statement: (7.5) Probably the most well-written of the four, which is good now I guess, since it goes everywhere else I’ll be applying.
CommonApp Activity Essay: (6.5) wrote about debate, and I thought it was pretty good, except I originally wrote it thinking the limit was 1000 words, not characters 
so I had to cut a bunch of stuff.</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 1/1
U.S. State/Territory or Country: KS
School Type: Public, ultranon-competitive–last person to go to an ivy league school was 7 years ago (Cornell)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: I don’t know, but probably 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None. maybe location: 2nd poorest county in a pretty mediocre state. Also, my schools avg ACT scores are below the national and state averages. Don’t know if that helps or hurts.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA (they probably saw straight through this though.) SAT writing
Weaknesses: Math scores were low by Harvard standards. Essays.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: KU honors, Minn-Twin Cities Honors, UT-Dallas—all my safeties
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Cornell
Rejected: Northwestern, Penn, Harvard
Pending: Dartmouth, NYU
What would you have done differently?: Gone to a better school haha, made essays perfect and more interesting, study for the SAT more. Applied to some matches…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680/800/710/2190
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II 740 Chem 710 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t have it 
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): ???
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Honors Spanish, Chemistry II, Calculus, American History, Clay Design III, Economics, taking Calc II at community college
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chinese Overseas Young Communist League (Regional General Secretary), National Honor Society, Math Club (captain, there are three of us so we are captain vice captain and president :D), Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None (parents pay me to study lol #asianparents)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society stuff, plus a project I participated in in Senegal over the summer, plus stuff I do with the COYCL. I’d say over 200 hours a year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer program in Senegal, I basically paid them so I could work for free, but it was a great experience (summer junior year)
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (7) was about my summer in Senegal and how hopeful the people are despite living in poverty we can’t even imagine here in the US, which I found incredibly inspiring. Points for uniqueness, but im not a very good writer (english is not my first language :S). Addtl essay (8) was about my best friend, who is an undocumented immigrant and has gang ties, inspiring me to “go outside the norms of society” (basically to smoke weed, one time and I hated it, stay off drugs kids)
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: Calculus teacher and math club adviser: amazing, said I was the best he ever taught and challenged him to think[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: English teacher: didn’t read, assume it was awesome, the first month she told me in all seriousness that I am too smart for the school
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Assume it was bland, she’s never seen me because i have never been in danger of failing; didn’t know what the Common App was lol
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview: Terrible - the interviewer basically badmouthed my school and classmates, saying she admired the teachers for doing what they can “given practically nothing at all.” I told her off for that and she was taken aback, the interview ended abruptly[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Cali represent!
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large inner-city public - went to prestigious private for K-8 but my parents put me into public because they thought I’d look “more competitive” 9.9
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Communism?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores, volunteering in Senegal (+essay), coming from a large inner city public school with a high dropout rate, never sent a student to ivies, blah blah blah; I think the Communist thing was pretty unique also, it’s something my parents have forced me do since I was little since they’re card-carrying members
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian xD, also I am not a very good writer
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really hope it wasn’t because they thought my school was bad and held me to lower standards because I am proud of my school, but I suspect it was…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected Duke and UCLA, but suck it! Accepted to San Diego, Uchicago, waiting on Emory and Stanford[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS SO EXCITED GUYS!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR 800 M 720 W 800 ; 2380 - CR 800 M 780 W800
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 World History, 800 U.S. History, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - World History, Computer Science, U.S. History, Biology, Physics B, English Language, Calculus AB
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Studio Art, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC, AP Art History, AP English Literature, AP European History
[<em>] College: Associate Degree in Art (Studio) 62 Credits (14 classes (3 credits each) + AP credit for Gen Ed)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 - Presidential Service Award Gold, 6 - Scholastic Gold Keys, 3 - Silver Keys, Habitat for Humanity Community Builder Award, National AP Scholar, 3 - County Fair Fine Art Competition First Place, etc.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (Captain), Saxophone (First chair, woodwind leader), Art, Habitat for Humanity Club (President, founder), ACE Mentor (Architecture leader), Amnesty International Club, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern with very famous architect, two local architecture internships.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity ~ 600 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Discover Architecture, Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop, college classes, internships, art
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Alright
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me - alright
[</em>] Additional Rec: Two from college professors, one from architecture internship
[<em>] Interview: Good
[</em>] Supplementary Material: No way I was putting my work on slides haha too much work.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Not sure, exactly
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Internships, classes taken, I guess
[</em>] Weaknesses: A lot of stuff
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UIUC, Cal Poly SLO, Princeton, Vtech, Cornell (likely letter), Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Cornell, Columbia. Waitlisted: Harvard, Yale. Rejected: Nowhere</p>
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: ** Congrats to those that got in! I won’t be taking a place on the wait list; it’s almost lower odds of getting off the wait list than into Harvard.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Sorry, too excited to explain stats, but nevertheless:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (W800, M770, CR740)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, German w/ Listening 800, Lit 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 10/10
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: CBSE 12
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] -
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International awards in German and debate 
Theatre, journalism, writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: -
[<em>] Summer Activities: -
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8ish, on debate; extra essay 9ish, comparing myself to India 
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: Excellent, I’d guess-- from a teacher who knows me now for close to six years and really likes me. [/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: Very good too, I’m sure
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, she’s known me for a long time now.
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul] -
[li] Interview:[/list] The first one went quite well, I was then invited to a second, Skype interview with an adcom officer. </p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): -
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India!
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~15K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] - </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: International awards in debate and German, scores and transcript, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Commonapp essay wasn’t great :\ ORM
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Haha this is quite a funny list. Rejected at Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth. Waitlisted at Carleton, Yale-NUS. Accepted at Emory. Waiting on Amherst, Stanford. </p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: I’M SO EXCITED! Really, really hoping I’ll be able to afford to go, fingers crossed :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400, 12 essay (2nd time, single)
[</em>] SAT II: math, bioE, chem, phys - 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.46
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked school
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lang, bio, chem, physics c (both), calc bc, euro, chem - 5s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: rigorous, 5 APs + multivar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel sts semifianlist, siemens semifinalist, google science fair semifinalist, usapho semis, chem oly high honors, aime qualifier, usabo semis[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math (vp), chem (p), speech/debate, nhs, other stuff
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mathcounts coach
[<em>] Summer Activities: internship at labs each summer
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app 8/10, harvard supp 9/10
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: decent, 7/10[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: awesome, 9/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue, 7/10?
[</em>] Additional Rec: professor rec[/ul]
[li] Interview: decent[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public, ~500 per class
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none![/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: science awards, scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: not well rounded, essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wasn’t a good fit
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted by Yale, Princeton, MIT, Williams, and some more; rejected Caltech![/ul]</p>
<p>**General Comments: Go Yale ;). **</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): >2000 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35, 34, 33, 32)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math 2, 720 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I do A Levels but it’s pretty much as 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Extensive… four a levels + EPQ, it’s a lot.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to my knowledge…[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (Actor / Musical Director / Director), Three choirs (which has led me to record solos for three different recorded albums), Church worship band, Writers Club and Creative Writing awards, Student Government (continuous role, now in essence Vice President), DofE Gold
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none as of yet, but I have a job lined up for this summer which is quite exciting…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Young Leader’s Scheme - training in leadership then living it out in the community. Involved weekly volunteering at a youth centre and acting as a cabin leader on residentials
[<em>] Summer Activities: Oxford Summer School
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was okay, but my supplement essay is probably the best thing I’ll ever write… I was pretty proud of it
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: Geography teacher, known me forever [/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: History teacher, really excited about the prospect of me being a British Rory Gilmore
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing… hyperbole in its greatest form
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview:I had two for Harvard, both were pretty good [/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): UK
[<em>] School Type: Catholic girls (I know!!)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): don’t think so… [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Supplement essay, recommendations, school academics (a level results)
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT score, international, my commonapp activities list didn’t read right…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows??? This is beyond insane…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Harvard, Yale (deferred EA), Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, Duke (scholarship finalist)
Waitlisted: Middlebury, Carleton
Rejected: Bard, Brown[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: because this makes sense??? Still can’t believe it… </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone. College admissions are so unpredictable, especially for internationals and I know I am beyond lucky. I thought when I got waitlisted last week that chances for the Ivys had gone. They hadn’t… Now, I guess I have a tough choice to make…</p>
<p>i got waitlisted too with similar SAT scores
do you think you will keep your place on the waitlist</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (with likely letter)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: not sent
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 US History, 750 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not calculated, top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C (5), US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP US Gov., AP Computer Science, AP Calc BC, Physics 3 Independent Study, Honors English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major (NMF, Harvard Book Award, many other school awards)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track and Cross Country (Captain, League All-Star), Student Council (elected rep), National Honor Society (VP), Community Teens volunteering club (VP), Piano (10 years, no awards/competitions)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp counselor, various jobs in school athletics (scoreboard operator, football PA announcer)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, many activities through Community Teens club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp counselor, self-studying programming, nothing impressive really
[<em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details):
- Common App Essay 9/10 (on being the PA announcer for varsity football games and “finding my voice”)
- Common App Activities 9/10 (on being a cross-country captain)
- Supplemental essay 8/10 (on my father as an inspiration for my interest in math/programming)
[</em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[<em>] Teacher Rec #1: 10 (from my Physics teacher of 3 years)
[</em>] Teacher Rec #2: 8 or 9 (math teacher and XC coach)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 9 (she loves me)
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview: 9 or 10, my interview went very well and I think it really helped my chances[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats, essays, recs, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure, I’m strong all-around but I don’t have anything that really stands out. I think my recs and interview really helped.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Penn (with likely), Dartmouth, Duke (with likely, scholarship finalist), BU, Northeastern; waitlisted at Yale, Princeton, Cornell; rejected at MIT (deferred EA)[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320. CR: 800, M: 740, W: 780
[</em>] ACT: 35. E: 36, M: 35, R: 34, S: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Biology E: 730, US History: 780, Literature: 790, Latin: 800.
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 100): 99.32
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Either 1 or 2/45 (school doesn’t rank)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), U.S. History (5), English Language & Comp. (5).
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature & Comp., AP Latin, AP U.S. Government, AP Statistics, Honors Greek 2.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar, STAR Student, 4 National Latin Exam gold medals and 1 perfect score, National Latin Exam Maureen O’Donnell Book Award, National Greek Exam perfect score, Classical Association of the Middle West and South Outstanding Accomplishment in Classics, National Forensic League Degrees of Merit, Honor, and Distinction, various college book awards including the Harvard College Book Award, various state Science Olympiad and state Literary awards[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Policy Debate (Team Captain 11-12), Junior State of America chapter (Founder and President, 11-12), Science Olympiad, Literary team, Cotillion Club ballroom dancing (instructor, 10), Archery, Beta Club (President, 12), National Honor Society (12), various clubs (Latin, Environmental, Art)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of tutoring at the local Boys & Girls club downtown
[</em>] Summer Activities: Emory National Debate Institute (2010), Junior State of America Summer School at Georgetown (2011), Georgia Governor’s Honors Program - majored in Latin, minored in Social Studies (2012)
[<em>] Essays: Common App one was about recovering from my spinal cord injury and how it shaped me as a person. Supplemental essay was about a quote from John Green’s Looking for Alaska and how it changed my perspective about attending college. I thought both were pretty good - I had 3 teachers review them for me, and they all said they were great.
[</em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[<em>] Teacher Rec #1: A phenomenol recommendation from my Latin and Greek teacher of 5 years - a Harvard graduate school alumnus.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #2: From my debate coach and AP Gov teacher, also the principal and academic dean of my school. Probably not as awesome as the first, but still outstanding.
[li] Counselor Rec: Should have been great - the counselor really likes me and has taken a personal interest in my application. [/ul][/li][li] Interview: Okay, I guess. It felt a little surface-level, but I don’t think it hurt me at all. He called this morning to congratulate me on my acceptance, though! [/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$80,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none! [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: dedication to the classics, summer activities, teacher recommendations, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, interview
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think my intention of concentrating in the classics certainly helped a lot. Also, I think my teacher recs and essays showed off my personality well enough to catch the admission officer’s attention.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - University of Georgia Honors Program, University of Virginia (Echols Scholar), College of Willliam and Mary, Brown University. Waitlisted - University of Chicago, Princeton University. Rejected - Yale University. Still waiting to hear from Georgetown![/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Since I was deferred in the SCEA round, I really didn’t think I was going to be accepted - but I’m SOSOSOSO happy that I was! Now it’s down to choosing between Brown and Harvard. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (740 CR 780 M 740 W)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 US History, 770 Chemistry, 770 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93.93/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t send ranks, but 5/53
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial, Founder of weekly school newsletter, Teacher’s assistant at local Hebrew School, Varsity Tennis, JV Baseball
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Take calls at suicide hotline, Lead a weekly soup kitchen, Coordinate teen programming at synagogue.
Summer Activities: Camp counselor</p>
<p>Essays:
Teacher Recommendations: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went pretty well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Reflection
Strengths: SAT IIs, ECs
Weaknesses: Essays weren’t amazing. No crazy thing to make me stand out
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Any of a million reasons. Legacy probably helped me get waitlisted instead of rejected.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Princeton, Brandeis. Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, WashU. Rejected: Penn (deferred from ED), Yale, Northwestern. Still waiting on Stanford and NYU</p>
<p>Comments: Harvard’s waitlist letter was really nice. I feel very honored to have been waitlisted at Harvard, and even more honored to attend Princeton next year.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred SCEA—>Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790 W)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (35 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych, Calc BC, US History, English Lang/Comp all 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 honors, 2 electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, various NHS, Presidential Scholar applicant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Dance 10+ hrs/week, perform with local company, sent in art supplement
Piano 12 years, School newspaper writer (11th), editor (12th), co-founder/president of South Asian cultural club (12th), Model UN (10th-12th), JV tennis (9th-11th)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid dance teaching assistant (5th-9th), research internship at UChicago science lab (last summer)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: school service club (10th-11th), local food pantry since July 2012
[</em>] Summer Activities: dance, tennis, babysitting, dance festival summer 2010 in Austria, research last summer
[<em>] Essays: Should have been good. I did a lot of revising and editing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: sophomore year English teacher (current newspaper advisor) and junior year APUSH teacher, should both have been good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: huge school so maybe generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: the professor I did research under and the head of my dance studio
[li] Interview: Yeah, it was alright. Nothing spectacular and I was a little nervous since it was my first</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large, decent public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not sure but didn’t apply for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: test scores, ECs, maybe essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ORM, not a lot of leadership/volunteering, no hooks
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. Not spectacular/unique enough
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UPenn, UChicago, NU, UMiami; Waitlisted at WashU and Princeton; Rejected at Columbia</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Couldn’t say I was expecting to get in, especially after being deferred…but it would have been nice. Oh well. Congrats to everyone accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>But still got some decent offers (see below) so british applicants needing pointers, this may still be helpful</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2170 (710CR, 740M, 720W 10 essay) 2nd sitting, 1st sitting was 2050 (690/640/720 12 essay)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Lit, 750 Math2 (1st sitting was something like 650 and 540)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UK applicant, so n/a but GCSEs were 11A<em>,AS Levels were 4 As in Maths, History, Philosophy and Chemistry, then an A</em> in Maths A level (did further maths which basically ended up being maths a2 in a year, then running screaming from the actual further maths a level in y13)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): UK applicant, so n/a but as a general guide, if you have straight A</em>s at gcse, straight As at AS and straight A* predictions, you’re gpa is 4.0 and you’re basically #1 in your year (even though, I understand quite a few people tick two or more of these boxes and dont necessarily get flooded with ucas offers, dont let it bother you. In fact, even with the odd A or B, youre still competitive for HYPSMC, its no biggie, theyre not looking for a brain in a jar, they want leaders of the future and fulfilling THAT criteria is what you should be focussing on, not collecting meanignless qualifications )
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry, History and Philosophy A-Level and then EPQ and Critical Thinking AS level.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no national academic prizes except Silver award UK Maths Challenge (Intermediate). School awards: academic awards for gcse results etc, prize for languages after gcses, philosophy scholarship for sixth from and subject awards: history, for getting full marks at AS, maths, for getting full marks in S1, M1 and C3 and also full marks in philosophy AS level. But I repeat, in y12, just get your As and concentrate on the subjectives. they are what will make you stand out.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
elected member of youth parliament for my city,
voted regional debate leader,
made speech at the house of commons at the dispatch box and submitted the YouTube video of my speech as the supplementary material thing to all the colleges that accepted extra stuff.
Other youth parliament things include attending council meetings, sitting on boards etc and in particular, negotiating with our bus companies to lower the fares for under 18s.
former member of our citys youth council ,
founded and led something called freedom of voice that Ill talk about later.
Founder and captain of school debating society,
finalist at various comps eg oxford schools, European youth parl comp, Durham etc also was the first winner of the national chrystall public speaking prize from the north of England,
youth researcher for children in need (only a local project about social issues in highly diverse areas in city).
Did bronze, silver and gold duke of Edinburgh awards,
head of marketing in young enterprise (School business team)
played netball since y4, repped school and county,
got coaching and umpiring qualifications and got nominated for this leadership programme though netball.
Head of 6th form events committee,
house captain, and euphonium
grade 5 practical and theory (ABRSM) but didnt play for any bands or anything, and yeah, alter served at church for about 10yrs (ish)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: part time job supervising homework club at school (basically free money to sit there and do your homework)
work shadowed local mp at Westminster and local member of European parliament in Brussels.
Shadowed a number of barristers at Hardwicke chambers in London (absolutely recommend here if youre struggling to find legal work exp due to the absolute endemic of nepotism in the bar)
got invited to watch this case in Manchester with a truly phenomenal QC at Kings Chambers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: overlaps with ECs, although I will say, dont list things that dont contribute to a focused profile of you. Eg I volunteered at the children hospital in our city on and off, even did quite a bit of medical work exp but cos I later decided I didnt want to be a doctor, I didnt put ANY of it onto my comm App
[</em>] Summer Activities: debate academy, young leaders camp (netball), various uni taster courses and stuff with youth parliament
[<em>] Essays: comm. App essay about how my dads childhood experience of being a refugee in the Nigerian civil war led me to founding Freedom of voice (UKs first youth led conversation club [teaches English to asylum seeker/refugee young people in the city]) project got cut by the coalition, but if any English people here can find the funding to pick that up, be my guest (and let me know obvs).
Supplement essay: basically my Princeton supp with a couple words swapped round. Reflective piece about how I think culture is not inherently good and that we need to approach it like a tapas bar and not do stuff just for the sake of tradition. Parents cancelled my driving lessons when they heard I sent that essay off (theyre easily the most massively traditional nigerians you’d ever meet. they’re insane.) but something tells me theyre over it now.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: begged my head of year not to send my ucas ones (Id seen it already and it was insanely generic) but of course he sent it anyway. When I found out (in mid January) I showed him (again) the samples on the Fulbright commission and MIT websites and they revised them. Best bit of recs were probs the maths one where it noted that I didnt find maths easy and was in a particularly able class of further maths students (my school actually has geniuses there
) but persevered anyway. Always a plus if you can get a good rec from a subject that doesnt come naturally to you
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same thing, sent generic ones then more personal corrective statement later on. The reason my recs were influential is cos they didnt just list superlatives (i.e. ucas reference) it DESCRIBED why I was x superlative. Far more convincing
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent one from a youth parliament supervisor (because I suspected my school ones wouldnt be descriptive enough) and he did awesome. Basically talked about the socio-economic diversity within youth parliament, and how Im good at getting on with a range of ages, backgrounds etc. talked about me taking initiative, being a leadership figure etc. Its always important to ONLY send additional recs if they can bring something NEW to your app.
[<em>] Interview: on the phone with a lvoely womanwho’d recently graduated. she was such a laugh, we even swore casually while speaking, to each other, it was that laid back! in fairness, i dont think the interview made that much of a difference to my app tho. nothing to be nervous about.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): UK
[</em>] School Type: private girls school, but in the north so on the one hand I wasnt eligible for ANY support from Sutton trust cos I was a private school kid, but then my school had never sent anyone abroad before and I couldnt afford an educational consultant (cos private school costs loads - obviously) #***<em>edoff #betterstateschoolsneeded #yorkshiresdeprived #justdiscoveredtwitter #apologies,iknowthisisannoying
[</em>] Ethnicity: Nigerian born but British citizen and brit school
[<em>] Gender: girl
[</em>] Income Bracket: ineligible for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dunno, being black british? Northern? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
essays told that story only I could tell despite not being a unique topic,
grades were faultless (which I hasten to add is not uncommon among top brit applicants so youd best take extra subjects if you want to stand out)
ECs were the sorts I could guarantee no-one else had done, i.e. freedom of voice was a national first, and speaking at the House of Comms, is fairly unique
[</em>] Weaknesses: I refuse to put that my SATs were weaknesses. once you break the 700/700/700 barrier, they stop mattering. So do NOT stress about them.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: this wasnt random. It wasnt luck either. Harvard were trying to put together a varied class and for whatever reason, they mustve had all the black, woman, politician types they needed. Fair play.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Princeton, Yale, Columbia (Kluge Scholar), Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell. Also offers from Durham (PPE), Warwick (PPE) and UCL(Philosophy and Economics). Waitlisted: nowhere thankfully. Rejected: LSE, and Oxford (without an interview…the bastards. AND they had the balls to tell me I wasnt academically suited to their oh so rigorous degree programme. Moral of the story? You need a combined average of 65/99 in the TSA or more to have even a glimmer of a shot at PPE at oxford. Bastards.) </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
This forum, as well as giving me literally the most invaluable pointers during this unfamiliar application process, mostly made an impact by filling me with misery, anxiety and immense feelings of inferiority. The amount of bragging that goes on in this forum is just horrendous and at times I really did want to give up on applying cos, judging by what certain people said to others about their stats etc, I thought I didnt have a chance. The only reason why Im posting on the decision thread is because these are by far the most helpful and I dont think there is nearly enough free help for british applicants. I know its only a minority who use cc to brag and belittle others but it really really hurts. And as for those whove been helpful, hopefully this has been as helpful as youve been to me. Any further questions from British applicants, feel free to message me somehow (Ive not quite got round to seeing how that works, so I may take a while replying).</p>
<p>*offer just in from stanford as well</p>
<p>woops!
and i just realised, my interview bit is wrong. I copy pasted it from a different thread and forgot to change that section. my harvard interview was my first one, probably my best one as well, really got on with the interviewer. goes to show what little impact they make.</p>
<p>size=+2]Decision: Accepted from Deferred[/size]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): /
[</em>] ACT: 35 (E 35 M 35 R 35 S 35)
[<em>] SAT II: US History 790, Spanish 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): /
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): /
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: regular
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Competition in History (3 times), Geography (3 times), Croatian (once) and Philosophy (once, almost went to International Philosophy Olympiad), couple of silver and bronze medals on Competitons (mostly History and Geo)
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Volunteer and History club, Vicecaptain of debate team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Animation, Tutoring, Manual Work, Basketball referee…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive volunteering throughout my whole high school education
[<em>] Summer Activities: Three international projects in Israel, Swaziland and Italy, I think it was very important for my acceptance
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8, I wrote about war in ex.Yugoslavia and my opposition towards continuing hatred between Croats and Serbs
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: 10, the best rec. ever, my teacher absolutely loves me and he presented as some sort of a hero[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: 9, great rec. with an essay from Philosophy Competition, it showed my talent in Ph.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didnt see it, i suppose it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul] /
[li] Interview:[/list] Absolutely perfect, we clicked immediately and I think it was critical for my admission</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Croatia
[<em>] School Type: Gymnasium
[</em>] Ethnicity: Croatian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 20.000 $
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] nothing</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Competitions, Standardized Tests, Recommendations, Essay, International projects, Interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extremely low G.P.A., I thought I won’t get in
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Above mentioned, I think I had unique app and showed my capacities despise the low G.P.A.m I think Harvard really appreciates diversity and will rather accept a unique person than extremely intelligent, but socially handicaped one
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Rejected from Yale, Cornell and Amherst, Waitlisted from Dartmouth and Yale-NUS</p>
<p>General Comments: I still can’t believe this is actually going in, Congrats to everyone who got in, and to those didn’t: guys, this is a lottery, either you get lucky or not, I am sure you’ll go to your dream schools</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (620CR, 700M, 800W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34E, 34M, 33R, 36S)
[<em>] SAT II: 590Lit, 650Bio-M, 720Math1 (TWICE), 720Bio-E, 710Math2, 760Bio-M (retake), 680Lit (retake), 800Math2 (retake)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 105.321
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/515
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (4), AP World History (4), APUSH (5), AP Biology (5), AP English Lang (5), six more this year.
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Music Theory, AP Environmental Science, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Calculus AB, AP USGoPo, AP Microecon, Honors Physics.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (several state medals; 1st in one event for two years), Marching Band (Drum Major, two years), Symphonic Band (1st chair, three years; 1st chair in all-state, two years), Pep Band, Student Council (Secretary, PR Rep., District President), National Honor Society (Executive Board Member), summer volunteer job for a month at a church camp in Texas, Pit Orchestra for school musicals, a few years of church youth band.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: As aforementioned, a month-long volunteer job in the middle of Texas, seven hours from where I live. I lived on-camp for a month while volunteering.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: The aforementioned summer job (288 hours), as well as various projects through Student Council and National Honor Society.
[</em>] Summer Activities: church camp, music workshops, camp volunteering, drum major camp, summer marching band.
[<em>] Essays: My Common App essays were, in my opinion, strong but not stellar.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: First was from my APUSH teacher, said I was the best student she’s ever had. The second was from my two-year AP Biology teacher, who gave similarly kind and personal sentiments about me. For both of these teachers, I was the second student in their entire teaching career to score a 5 on their AP exam.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I did not see it, though I would guess it was average or better.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: None was offered to me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Large, non-competitive public (~2000 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High income.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Maybe geographic diversity, ACT score, and state band accomplishments.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT (and Subject Test) scores, lack of national awards/summer programs or research.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think my Common App essays alone were particularly powerful. My scores could have been better, and my record just wasn’t as strong as those of other applicants. Also, it’s Harvard.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Notre Dame, UCBerkeley. Waitlisted: Brown, Cornell, Vanderbilt. Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Stanford.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Currently working to get off the waitlists at Brown and Cornell, though I’m pushing stronger for Brown. Otherwise, I’ll be attending UCBerkeley.</p>