Official Harvey Mudd College RD Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvey Mudd College
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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 790 Math 730 CR 800 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 800 Physics 800 Chemistry
[<em>]GPA: 3.97/4.00
[</em>]Rank: Not ranked
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 AIME, 5 on Physics B, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: so-so
[</em>]Recs: good i hope
[<em>]Supplementary Material: website, engineering project
[</em>]Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northern CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: volunteer, math and science club
[</em>]Awards: …
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: college courses?
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

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<p>Anjoola, where are you from? I’m Northern California too</p>

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<p>omg… this is ridiculous. Though I don’t think you are an international, so far I think I saw 0 male asians excluding me. Not that I’m complaining (heehee) but it’s just weird.</p>

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<p>Mars, look more closely at the Facebook group :slight_smile: I can name one other Asian male and think of one or two more.</p>

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<p>oh
k, let’s see…</p>

<p>I found 4 in the facebook group excluding me, so I guess it’s pretty even :p</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted :slight_smile: **</p>

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

<p>[<em>] SAT: None
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Physics, 800 Math
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.13 (out of 4.8)
[<em>] Rank: 1st Decile
[</em>] Other stats: AP Physics C: Mechanics (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Pyschology (5), IB Psychology SL (6). All APs were self-studied; I’m an IB Diploma Candidate with 4 Higher Level classes.</p>

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

<p>[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 10th-12th grade and attended an international school; before that, attended public school in San Jose, California. Basically, I guess they viewed me as an American with international exposure/experience.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type/Competitiveness: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: American
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>The whole international thing - not only living and doing community service abroad, but also attending international conferences and such</p>

<p>General Comments: </p>

<p>Glad I got in.</p>

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<p>Congrats to those of you who were accepted! The acceptance rate plunged from 31.9% last year to 23.4% this year, so it was much rougher going than in the past. Housing is getting pretty tight, so I suppose they’re using the Waitlist even more than they have in previous years.</p>

<p>Other stats from the email Admissions sent out to campus:</p>

<p>Class of 2014 Enrollment Goal: 190 Students
ED1 + ED2 Admits: 59
Goal for RD Yield: 129 (2 students will be returning from Gap Years)</p>

<p>Total Applications: 2,718</p>

<p>Total Admitted Students: 637</p>

<p>Female 325</p>

<p>Male 312</p>

<p>African-American/Black 15
Asian American/Asian Pacific Islander 197
Hispanic/Latino 20
Native American/Hawaiian/Alaskan 2
White 307
Multiracial 67
Other 5
Unknown 24</p>

<p>40 States represented</p>

<p>California
256</p>

<p>West (AK, CO, HI, MT, NV, UT, WY) 43</p>

<p>Northwest (ID, OR, WA) 58</p>

<p>Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) 40</p>

<p>Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND</p>

<pre><code> NE, OH, SD, WI) 68
</code></pre>

<p>Northeast (CT, DC, DE, MA, ME, MD, NH,</p>

<pre><code> NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT) 82
</code></pre>

<p>South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC,</p>

<pre><code> SC, TN, VA, VI, WV) 36
</code></pre>

<p>From outside of the United States:
Australia
Cameroon
Canada
China
Ghana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
Nepal
Netherlands
Nigeria
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Singapore
South Korea
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand</p>

<p>Of those who were ranked:
Valedictorian 27%
Salutatorian 8%
Top 10% of class 93%</p>

<p>SAT
Critical Reading Middle 25%-75% 690-770
Math Middle 25%-75% 740-800
Writing Middle 25%- 75% 690-770
Subject Test Math 2 760-800</p>

<p>ACT
Composite Middle 25%-75% 33-35</p>

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<p>say waht??!</p>

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<p>@Maruhan, lol. That might be in line with previous years. For whatever reason, the yield is probs a bit higher for male students than it is for female students.</p>

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<p>thanks esquiar!
the information is very helpful.</p>

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<p>@minz
Sorry, not at Chico. I’m from the southern Bay Area.</p>

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<p>esquiar: Thanks!!
Anjoola: Yeah I figured, I bet the Bay is the northernmost place in CA that most people know. Anything beyond that is unknown territory (except for Sac xD).</p>

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<p>my friend is from chico
if that helps at all :p</p>

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<p>Waitlisted. I’ll post stats later on. </p>

<p>Does anyone know the number of waitlisted applicants?</p>

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<p>The letter clearly says “…Should you make plans to attend another college, please notify us so that we may consider candidates on our alternate list…”</p>

<p>I would assume that they are expecting to go the wait list as very few colleges generally make it this specific.</p>

<p>Also, did they personalize the letters a little bit?</p>

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<p>My stats:
Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 680R/800M/650W
[</em>]SAT II: 780MII, 750Physics, 790US History
[<em>]ACT: 30
[</em>]GPA: 3.95
[<em>]Rank: 5/650
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4s- Biology, English Lang, World History, Environmental, Chemistry, Physics C E&M. 5s – Calc AB&BC, Psychology, Physics C Mech, US History. Senior year – Spanish lang, English lit, Microecon, US Govt, Art History. Dual Enrollment – Diffy q, calc 3, matrix theory, programming in c[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Recs: Good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: Summer program at Uni of Miami for engineering. 3 year internship in an IT dept – developed websites, etc.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: South Florida
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha President, Science Olympiad 2 years, honor socities, key club,
[<em>]Awards: Pathfinder, Sunshine state scholar, science Olympiad regionals
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have things that show my strong interest in math/engineering, plus I’m pretty well rounded.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Better than a rejection[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Nah, the letter wasn’t personalized. I’m going to call them/email them later though.</p>

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<p>:(
u seem like a good candidate though</p>

<p>and looking at the previous admission, I don’t think they utilize the waitlist that much unfortunately. Last year, none from waitlist got in, and the year before I think 2 from the waitlist was accepted</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 690 CR, 660 M, 660 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 MII, 700 Physics, 670 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.80/4.00 UW, 4.3ish W
[<em>] Rank: 7/92
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really good apparently, the note on my letter related directly to one of my essay topics.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both were wonderful.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Female. Music and other creative things. Sports. I don’t know entirely, looking at the bare numbers I’m not anything special (my scores are all on the lower end), but I guess the essays and recs and activities must count for a lot. =D
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[</em>] School Type/Competitiveness: Small public high school, top notch kids.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I’ve been getting more and more nervous for the past week, and I psyched myself out a lot thinking that I was too average a candidate. Obviously not by their standards. Even if I can’t go here for financial reasons, I feel pretty damn special right now.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted. ugh.</p>

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<p>Accepted. Did not get PSP interview though. Oh well. Do you know if there are any other scholarship (merit) that might come with fin aid in a week? Also, is everyone who got in getting a little hand written note? It made me happy.</p>