Official Hispanic Students Class of 2018 Results Thread

entomom · December 19, 2013, 1:18pm

**NOTE: PLEASE ONLY POST RESULTS USING THE GIVEN FORMAT SO THAT THIS THREAD CAN SERVE AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR FUTURE APPLICANTS.

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[ *]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING):
[ *]ACCEPTED:
[ *]DEFERRED:
[ *]WAIT LISTED:
[ *]DENIED:
[ *]MERIT AID:

[ *]ATTENDING:

[ b]Objective:[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:[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[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity (Country of Origin):
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*

sunnyone · December 19, 2013, 3:02pm

The Ohio State University (EA)
ACCEPTED
ATTENDING: waiting until other decisions released in spring
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M800, CR 640, W690
ACT:34 [ M36, Sc35, R34, E33]
SAT II: Math2: 800, Chem 780 USHist 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USHist(5), PhysicsC (mech 5, E&M 3), EngLang(5), Econ (macro4, micro5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APComSci, APEngLit, APGov, APCalcBC, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, NM Commended Scholar, NHS,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, MUN, Varsity Crew – all years, competed in National events
Volunteer/Community service: various, nothing substantial
Summer Activities: SAAST, Berklee Music, Crew
Essays: Creative and very true to his nature/personality
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: knows him, assume very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering with Business/Anthro
State: midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (US)
Race(s) : Mexican/ Caucasian/ Pacific Islander
Gender: M
Income Bracket: mod- high
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Courage to be true to self in essays and not succumb to following the crowd/writing and doing what looks good. Submitted AP scores to provide perspective for GPA/transcript
Weaknesses: SAT critical reading
General Comments:
Written on behalf of son by parent
BE TRUE TO WHO YOUR SKILLS AND PASSIONS. If qualified and have stats that show you can do the work, then ALLOW admissions officers to find YOU through your essay writing, ECs, service, and Teacher Recs.

sunnyone · December 19, 2013, 3:03pm

Northeastern University (EA)
ACCEPTED
ATTENDING: waiting until other decisions released in spring
Dean’s Scholarship
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M800, CR 640, W690
ACT:34 [ M36, Sc35, R34, E33]
SAT II: Math2: 800, Chem 780 USHist 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USHist(5), PhysicsC (mech 5, E&M 3), EngLang(5), Econ (macro4, micro5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APComSci, APEngLit, APGov, APCalcBC, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, NM Commended Scholar, NHS,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, MUN, Varsity Crew – all years, competed in National events
Volunteer/Community service: various, nothing substantial
Summer Activities: SAAST, Berklee Music, Crew
Essays: Creative and very true to his nature/personality
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: knows him, assume very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering with Business/Anthro
State: midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (US)
Race(s) : Mexican/ Caucasian/ Pacific Islander
Gender: M
Income Bracket: mod- high
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Courage to be true to self in essays and not succumb to following the crowd/writing and doing what looks good. Submitted AP scores to provide perspective for GPA/transcript
Weaknesses: SAT critical reading
General Comments:
Written on behalf of son by parent
BE TRUE TO WHO YOUR SKILLS AND PASSIONS. If qualified and have stats that show you can do the work, then ALLOW admissions officers to find YOU through your essay writing, ECs, service, and Teacher Recs.

sunnyone · December 19, 2013, 3:04pm

University of Chicago (EA)
ACCEPTED
ATTENDING: waiting until other decisions released in spring
President’s Scholarship
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M800, CR 640, W690
ACT:34 [ M36, Sc35, R34, E33]
SAT II: Math2: 800, Chem 780 USHist 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USHist(5), PhysicsC (mech 5, E&M 3), EngLang(5), Econ (macro4, micro5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APComSci, APEngLit, APGov, APCalcBC, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, NM Commended Scholar, NHS,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, MUN, Varsity Crew – all years, competed in National events
Volunteer/Community service: various, nothing substantial
Summer Activities: SAAST, Berklee Music, Crew
Essays: Creative and very true to his nature/personality
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: knows him, assume very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering with Business/Anthro
State: midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (US)
Race(s) : Mexican/ Caucasian/ Pacific Islander
Gender: M
Income Bracket: mod- high
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Courage to be true to self in essays and not succumb to following the crowd/writing and doing what looks good. Submitted AP scores to provide perspective for GPA/transcript
Weaknesses: SAT critical reading. GPA freshman year
General Comments:
Written on behalf of son by parent
BE TRUE TO WHO YOUR SKILLS AND PASSIONS. If qualified and have stats that show you can do the work, then ALLOW admissions officers to find YOU through your essay writing, ECs, service, and Teacher Recs.

sunnyone · December 20, 2013, 6:43pm

University of Michigan Engineering(EA)
ACCEPTED
ATTENDING: waiting until other decisions released in spring
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M800, CR 640, W690
ACT:34 [ M36, Sc35, R34, E33]
SAT II: Math2: 800, Chem 780 USHist 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USHist(5), PhysicsC (mech 5, E&M 3), EngLang(5), Econ (macro4, micro5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APComSci, APEngLit, APGov, APCalcBC, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, NM Commended Scholar, NHS,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, MUN, Varsity Crew – all years, competed in National events
Volunteer/Community service: various, nothing substantial
Summer Activities: SAAST, Berklee Music, Crew
Essays: Creative and very true to his nature/personality
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: knows him, assume very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Industrial Engineering
State: midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (US)
Race(s) : Mexican/ Caucasian/ Pacific Islander
Gender: M
Income Bracket: mod- high
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Courage to be true to self in essays and not succumb to following the crowd/writing and doing what looks good. Submitted AP scores to provide perspective for GPA/transcript
Weaknesses: SAT critical reading. GPA freshman year
General Comments:
Written on behalf of son by parent

anon26503670 · December 21, 2013, 9:26pm

APPLIED: ED Penn, RD UT Austin
ACCEPTED: Penn, Auto-admit UT
ATTENDING: Penn CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1830 first and only time. (570M,690CR,570CR)
ACT: 33 superscored after two attempts. (31E,30M,36R,33S) 9 essay
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Only know my 4.34W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/603
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5) English Language (4) USH(3)
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar, National HOSA delegate. Not MAJOR, but major to me.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA, Chess, NHS
Volunteer/Community Service: 400+ hours mostly at the local zoo during the summers
Summer Activities: McCombs program at UT Austin
Essays: What I think gave me that last little push over the edge.
Teacher Recommendation: From my favorite teacher. Slightly generic but I’m still really grateful.
Interview: Fun and easy-going over Skype

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Strongly considering PPE
State: Texas
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (Mexico)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <60k
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st-gen College, 1st-gen American

Reflection:

Strengths: ACT, essays
Weaknesses: I thought my SAT score, lack of SAT II’s, class rank, and AP scores would all be the end of me.

General Comments

As was mentioned in the weaknesses section, I wasn’t the most amazing applicant by any standard.
I do truly feel, however, I made the most of all the opportunities afforded to me and I’m glad Penn was able to see that.

mexusa · January 3, 2014, 11:55pm

DECISION: ACCEPTED FORDHAM Gabelli Business, 4 years housing guaranteed,
D accepted last month, got FA package with grant/merit aid (over 30%).
SAT: 2000 (CR 720, M 630, W 650)
ACT: 31 (superscored)
SATII: top 3:Span 770, US Hist 740, World Hist, 640, also Chinese and Math 2
GPA: 4.04 W (school does not do UW), school does not rank
Honors: NHS, Nat Engl HS, AP Scholar with Honors, CT Swim Scholar-Athlete (2x), Latin Magma Cum Laude (2x), SEC Scholar/Athlete Award (3x), Coaches Award (9th gr), AFS Scholarship (spent summer in China), NSLC for Business (at Fordham), etc.
APs: Span: 5, APUSH: 4, Eng Comp:5, World Hist: 3, Eng Lit, Gov, Psych
ECs: 4 yr Varsity swimmer for nationally recognized team, Tutor/Mentor at Hispanic center, Editor-in-Chief for school literary magazine (12th),various language and cultural diversity clubs, spent summers studying Mandarin/or taking college classes since freshman year (most scholarships), afterschool classes (Yale): Mandarin, Portuguese
College level: some dual enrollment (UCONN) & Harvard: two classes (A-,B+)
State: CT
School: public, suburban
Female, Hispanic, immigrant (moved to USA in 2nd grade)
Essays and recs: very good
Why accepted? I imagine her grades/ECs/recs
Weakness? SAT/ACT scores could have been higher, but she was so busy, she didn’t really prepare as well as she should have between study abroad, summer at Harvard, and REALLY INTENSE swim season.
Where else accepted? Deferred from Huntsman/Wharton (UPENN). Fordham was first to get back to her.

sunnyone · January 7, 2014, 1:58pm

Miami University of Ohio(EA)
ACCEPTED
[received Merit Scholarship $11,500/yr
notified of acceptance and scholarship earlier than published notification date]
ATTENDING: waiting until other decisions released in spring
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M800, CR 640, W690
ACT:34 [ M36, Sc35, R34, E33]
SAT II: Math2: 800, Chem 780 USHist 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USHist(5), PhysicsC (mech 5, E&M 3), EngLang(5), Econ (macro4, micro5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, APComSci, APEngLit, APGov, APCalcBC, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, NHRP, NM Commended Scholar, NHS,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate, MUN, Varsity Crew – all years, competed in National events
Volunteer/Community service: various, nothing substantial
Summer Activities: SAAST, Berklee Music, Crew
Essays: Creative and very true to his nature/personality
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: knows him, assume very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State: midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (US)
Race(s) : Mexican/ Caucasian/ Pacific Islander
Gender: M
Income Bracket: mod- high
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Courage to be true to self in essays and not succumb to following the crowd/writing and doing what looks good. Submitted AP scores to provide perspective for GPA/transcript
Weaknesses: SAT critical reading. GPA freshman year
General Comments:
Written on behalf of son by parent

clariclaudia13 · February 28, 2014, 2:00am

APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Cornell University (ED), SUNY Binghamton (EA), University of Maine (EA)
ACCEPTED: Cornell University (all other apps withdrawn)
DEFERRED:
WAIT LISTED:
DENIED:
ATTENDING: Cornell University

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): never took
ACT: 33 (E33, M32, R33, S35)
SAT II: WorldHistory640, Chem660, MathII610 (didn’t send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/305
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), LanguageComp (3), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, SUNY Science Research, SUNY Racism, SUNY Instrumental Ensemble, Economics,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP, Research submitted to Intel STS, Cornell University Book Award, AP Scholar, Various other smaller awards from science fairs for research work

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Northern Westchester Math Circle (Vice President), Gay-Straight Alliance (Treasurer), NHS (Peer Tutor), Varsity Swimming, Yearbook Club, Ocean Science Bowl (Captain), Clarinet (2nd chair in higher level wind ensemble)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours (math tutor, animal shelter volunteer, games booth manager at local parish’s summer festival, library volunteer)
Summer Activities: Spent past two summers completing behavioral science research work, volunteering, swimming camp
Essays: I thought they were somewhat strong and really reflected my personality. Wrote about a recent death in my family and how receiving blame for it forced me to confront my own faults (common app); Wrote about my first science fair and passion for science (supplement)
Teacher Recommendation: One from my science research teacher was amazing; didn’t see the one from my PreCalc teacher
Counselor Rec: I assume it was very good, she loves me
Additional Rec: none
Interview: My Cornell interview went very extremely well. The lady really liked me and my enthusiasm.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Animal Science
State: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic/Latino (Ecuadorian)
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): not reported
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Less than 60k
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, first gen

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars, and I think my essays…
Weaknesses: test scores

General Comments: I’m absolutely overjoyed. Cornell has been my dream school for over six years and I can’t believe I actually get to go! Working hard and believing in yourself will never go out of style!

varroyo79 · March 15, 2014, 7:52pm

[]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Georgia Tech (OOS), UNC-CH (IS), Duke University (IS)[High Reach, I know], College of Willliam & Mary (OOS), University of Georgia (OOS), NC State (IS), RD for all.
[]ACCEPTED: Georgia Tech, UNC-CH, William & Mary, UGA, NC State
[]DEFERRED: Nowhere
[]WAIT LISTED:Nowhere
[]DENIED: Nowhere, yet. Probably going to get rejected from Duke though; expected. :ppp
[]MERIT AID: $70,000 from William & Mary, still waiting from the rest.

[li]ATTENDING: Don’t know yet![/li]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 620-CR 690-Math 720- Writing (Essay-9)= (2030 total)
[] ACT: 28-Math, 32-Reading, 31-English (9-essay, 30-English/writing), 29-Science, =30 Composite
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/244 (small rural high school)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major ones, but I have won local awards for U.S. history, languages, and poetry. I just got published in a poetic anthology from a publishing company in Spain.[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, Teen Outreach Program, County mentoring program for elementary school children, self-taught guitar player, creative writing
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time waitress for three years helping my family
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a shelter for domestic violence, math & music theory tutoring; volunteering at a lot of local organizations
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: Common App essay I would say was pretty good! Very touchy I was told.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/list]Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Environmental engineering
[] State: North Carolina
[] School Type: Very small public
[] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic/Mexican
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): American Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$25,000
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen.[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: Grades, recommendations, essays!
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, extracurriculars
[/list][ b]General Comments:** Just found out about Georgia Tech today! Couldn’t believe it! I was hyperventilating this whole week and this morning! I thought I would be rejected since admission became so competitive when they switched to the Common App. I also got selected for Scholarship Day at UNC. Just comes to show that admission processes are truly holistic. Advice to future applicants: show that you are a unique individual with genuine aspirations. Essays are really important! Good luck to everyone!

itsv · March 17, 2014, 5:53pm

Varroyo-congratulations on these great admissions. I know what you mean about hyperventilating- I burst into tears when my DD got into Georgia Tech EA. If you are interested in Tech be sure to try and attend Destination Tech on April 6-7. It is hosted by the Hispanic Recruitment Team. Contact Kevin Gonzalez in the admissions office for an invite.

iddy09 · March 27, 2014, 12:12am

Hi, everyone. I am posting this thread simply in the hopes that it will help any future Hispanic applicants.

APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): American University, Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Richmond, Wellesley College

ACCEPTED: American (American University Scholars Program), Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke, Smith College (early-write), University of Richmond, Wellesley College

DEFERRED: none
WAIT LISTED: none
DENIED: none
MERIT AID: American University Excellence Scholarship: $10,000, Mount Holyoke Leadership Award: $15,000, University of Richmond National Hispanic Recognition: $2,000

ATTENDING: NOT SURE YET AHH

Objective:
[]SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (CR: 660 M:610 W:690 (essay: 9)
[]ACT:
[]SAT II: US History: 690, Spanish: 730 French: 540 (LOL OMG)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, Weighted: 4.1
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/304 (top 10%)
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp. Gov: 4, US History: 5, English Lang: 4
[]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP French, Calc, AP Gov, Hon. Econ (no AP offered), AP Lit, Hon. Physics
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
Subjective:
[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra, Theater, Marching Band, Yearbook Editor, FBLA Parliamentarian (Competitve at state level every year), NHS[/li][]Job/Work Experience:
[]Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours at Hispanic Parish (can’t remember if I mentioned that in my apps)
[]Summer Activities: Theater, Marching Band
[]Essays: Pretty good; had tons of fun writing them!
[]Teacher Recommendation: Probably good!
[]Counselor Rec: Counselor retired in October; had replacement counselor write me one… probably still good!
[]Additional Rec:
[]Interview: Great! I’m quite sociable!
Other
[li]Applied for Financial Aid?: yaaaa[/li][]Intended Major: Econ, thinking Linguistics now
[]State: PA #hype
[]School Type: Public, not impressive at all
[]Ethnicity (Country of Origin): MX
[]Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): I believe I said white… is that even correct?
[]Gender: Female, yay
[]Income Bracket: ~$65,000 (parents own business, depends on the year)
[]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen
Reflection
[li]Strengths: essays, interviews[/li][]Weaknesses: course load, scores, math in general
General Comments: I’m honestly having a tough time believing I was accepted to all of these schools. I feel so grateful to be in this situation! Have faith, future applicants! Be sure to express yourself through your essays, and seriously, have fun through the application process!

deathnaut · March 27, 2014, 2:33pm

[ *]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Texas A&M University, University of Texas-Austin, Baylor University, Southwestern University, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University, Carleton College, University of Pennsylvania
[ *]ACCEPTED: Texas A&M University, University of Texas-Austin, Baylor University, Southwestern University, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University
[ *]DEFERRED: -
[ *]WAIT LISTED: Carleton College (did not fully complete app)
[ *]DENIED: -
[ *]MERIT AID: $14K TAMU, $40K UT, $64K BU, $80K SU, $120K U of A, $16K PSU.

[ *]ATTENDING: Waiting for UPenn decision today at 5

Objective:

[ul][ *] SAT I (breakdown): 630 M, 630 R, 580 W.
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: -
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[ *] Rank: 12/58
[ *] AP: -
[ *] IB: -
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:

[list]US Govt. (College course)
Pre-cal (College course)
Gen. Psychology (College course)
Gen. Chemistry I (College course)
Intro to Logic (College course)
Gen. Chemistry II (College course)
TX Govt. (College course)
PCC IV
Economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul][ *] Extracurriculars: UIL Spelling, Math, and Calc. Junior and Senior year,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Local smoothie shop for 1.5 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ~60 hours when I applied
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer classes at Blinn (local community college)
[ *] Essays: They were okay, did not have them reviewed by anyone else.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Did not submit any to TAMU, UT, BU, U of A, PSU, nor Pitt
[ *] Counselor Rec: only if uni required it
[ *] Additional Rec: -
[ *] Interview: Yes, w/ UPenn. I think it went really well.
[/ul]Other

[ul][ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, FAFSA
[ *] Intended Major: Philosophy
[ *] State: TX
[ *] School Type: Early college charter school
[ *] Ethnicity: Mexican
[ *] Race(s)" White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:~50K
[ *] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection

[ul][ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[/ul]General Comments: Qualified for academic admit to TAMU with ACT score and ranking. Make sure you get LoR in on time! It’s the reason my applications to Carleton and UMich were incomplete. Teachers forgot to submit letters.

jennyah · March 29, 2014, 2:47am

APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Harvard College (SCEA), Brown, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Wesleyan, NYU, Stony Brook, Univerity of Maryland, Franklin and Marshal, Union College
ACCEPTED: Brown, Johns Hopkins, Wesleyan, NYU, Stony Brook, Univerity of Maryland, Franklin and Marshal, Union College
DEFERRED: Harvard
WAIT LISTED: Tufts
DENIED: Harvard
MERIT AID: University of Maryland & Stony Brook

ATTENDING: Still deciding but probably Brown or Johns Hopkins

SAT I (breakdown): Math 800, Reading: 710 Writing: 670
ACT: 35 (submitted)
SAT II: Biology 770, Math II 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3.8
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Spanish (4), Econ Micro & Macro, AB Calculus
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Econ Micro/Macro, AB Calculus, Internal Medicine, Journalism, Physics, Internship
[Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Hispanic Culture Club (President), Policital Newpaper (Editor), Baseball (Co-Capitan), Golf Team, First Tee Golf Club, Science Research Club, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Summer Research Program (Summer 2013), American Museum of Natural History Reasearch Mentoring Program
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Tour Guide for high school, Mini Big Apple Corp
Summer Activities: Memorial Sloan Ketting Cancer Summer Research Program, AMNH Science Research Mentoring Program
Essays: Was about a memorable experience
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: new counselor this year so not sure
Additional Rec: From is mentor at the Musuem of Natural History
Interview: Harvard interview was find, Brown was very good
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State: NY
School Type: Specialized High School NYC
Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, Legacy at NYU
Reflection** [ *] Strengths:Good High School, very solid in sending students to good colleges, strong ACT scores, and strong research programs
Weaknesses: GPA
General Comments: A lot of my sons friends were very disappointed, basically comes down to chance and luck, there are so many strong students, Good Luck to everyone!

Lilliana330 · March 30, 2014, 6:15am

Colleges:[ul]
[]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Questbridge RD: Stanford, USC, Pomona College, Princeton, and Brown. UCs: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Other: Harvard RD.
[]ACCEPTED: USC (Trustee Scholar), UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara (with Honors).
[]DEFERRED: N/A
[]WAIT LISTED: Princeton, Brown, & UC Berkeley (chemical engineering)
[]DENIED: UCLA (chemical engineering), Pomona College, Harvard, and Stanford.
[]MERIT AID: USC Trustee Scholarship
[]ATTENDING: USC
[/ul]Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Single sitting: 2060 (680 CR, 650 M, 730 W); Super-scored: 2100 (680 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: Spanish 800, Math L2 630, and US History 610
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/327
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (5), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP English Lang (4), & AP US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, & regular Economics/Gov.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar w/Distinction, & the President’s Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Tennis (4 years, varsity for last two, several awards from coaches)
Track & Field (4 years, varsity distance runner)
ASB (last 2 years, current), Senior Class Vice President, HOBY and Camp Royal leadership camps
Piano (2 years -received a 2-year scholarship for lessons, self taught afterwards)
Church worship group (lead vocalist, participated for two years)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours in varying projects (230 if my worship group involvement is counted as service).
[] Summer Activities: Tennis conditioning + Stanford EPGY
[] Essays: I immigrated to the US about 4 years ago. Wrote my essays about growing up in my native country and about how moving to USA redefined my character.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read either. Good as well.
[] Additional Rec: From my tennis coach. Definitely good.
[] Interview: I loved my Harvard interview. My interviewer and I met at Starbucks; we clicked really well. Guess it wasn’t enough. Princeton and Brown interviews were over the phone; they were OK.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State: CA
[] School Type: Public. About 1500 students total.
[] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): Hispanic (not stating country for privacy reasons)
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Didn’t report race.
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $50-$80k
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, Questbridge finalist, & resident of a rural/underrepresented area
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique essays + decent ECs + high GPA + good test scores for safeties & matches
[] Weaknesses: Low test scores for reach schools + no outstanding ECs + no major awards (state/national)
[/ul]General Comments:[list] Stanford was my “dream school” & everyone thought I’d get in. I feel like other people are disappointed, but I’ve made my peace. After receiving my early acceptance notice, I gradually fell in love with USC. I’m confident that God has a purpose for me there, and I couldn’t be happier to become a Trojan. Fight on! :)>- :)

mexusa · April 25, 2014, 4:33am

UPENN ED: deferred, then rejected
Georgetown: rejected
NYU Stern: accepted
Fordham EA: accepted with 50% tuition scholarship.
Attending Fordham!!!

SAT: 2000, ACT: 31
7 APs, AP Scholar with Honors
GPA weighted: 4.04
Trilingual
Study abroad: China
Summer at Harvard
multiple summers of Mandarin immersion programs
extracurricular language classes during school year (Mandarin and Portuguese)
Latin Awards, Student of Month Awards, NHS, NEHS,
4 year Varsity swimmer for nationally recognized team, Coach’s Award 
Great teacher recs, strong essays
weakness: SAT score
hook: URM, immigrant

Happy how it all worked out, can’t wait to take on NYC!!!

Lilliana330 · May 9, 2014, 2:38am

Update: Accepted into UC Berkeley (off the wait list)

Carotid · June 21, 2014, 10:21pm

[ul]
[]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Claremont McKenna College, ED
[]ACCEPTED: Claremont McKenna College
[]DEFERRED: N/A
[]WAIT LISTED: N/A
[]DENIED: N/A
[]MERIT AID: N/A

[li]ATTENDING: Claremont McKenna[/li]
[list]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, IB Spanish, IB English, IB Biology, IB Chemistry, IB TOK
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2014 Horatio Alger Scholar, 2014 RMHC Scholar[/li]
[list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football (Captain), Baseball (Captain), Key Club (President), Pre-Med Club (President), Sports Management Club (Cofounder), Honor Choir, Honor Band, Eucharistic Minister
[] Job/Work Experience: Family Business, 25-ish h/wk (Manager)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100 Hospital Volunteer Hours
[] Summer Activities: Center for Talented Youth – Global Politics at Princeton, Civic Leadership Institute at UC Berkley, Intro to Logic at UC Santa Cruz, Intro to Psychology at Roger Williams
[] Essays: Abandonment of my abusive father. Watching my mother and sister (only family) be held at gunpoint during a home invasion at the age of seven. I discussed how overcoming adversity fueled my motivation. Comments ranged from “very powerful” to others breaking down in tears. :-/
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Very Good, 1 Okay (kinda rushed as I forgot that I needed a second teacher rec)
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[list]
Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience (not anymore)
[] State: Arizona
[] School Type: Private (on scholarship)
[] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): US-born Mexican
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <20k
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen, Low Income[/li]
[list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Very strong subjective. GPA went from a 3.2 Freshman year to a 3.9 Senior year after transferring.
[] Weaknesses: ACT, Overall GPA
[/ul]

General Comments:
If I took high school seriously before Senior year, there is no doubt in my mind that I would’ve been HYP bound. I was missing the objective pieces. Nevertheless, I’m still extremely happy to be heading to CMC and have top graduate programs in my sights now that I’ve learned how to excel.

alwayswonderines · August 10, 2014, 1:00am

Whoa I almost forgot to get back on here and write.

[]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Cal Poly SLO, SJSU, Stanford
[]ACCEPTED:UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Cal Poly SLO, SJSU
[]DEFERRED:
[]WAIT LISTED: UCLA
[]DENIED: Stanford
[]MERIT AID:

[li]ATTENDING: UC Berkeley[/li]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 770 Bio-E, 700 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.8 ish at time of applications
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): not really wanting to type them all out But 9 APs (a few 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: again not in the mood to type lol sorry 4 APs I think
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Wellesley Book Award
[/list]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, salsa musician, Mock Trial, [/li][] Job/Work Experience: a couple bio internships
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutor, down syndrome educator
[] Summer Activities: internships
[] Essays: living in an apt, love for jazz music/playing
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/list]Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Microbial Biology
[] State: CA
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): hispanic
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 90k
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM doesn’t mean a lot when applying to UC’s, first gen
[/list]Reflection
[li] Strengths: Lots of time consuming EC’s, essay[/li][] Weaknesses: SAT
[/list]General Comments: Finally it is over! I had such a struggle senior year.

Go Bears! :)

nfhd11214367p0i · April 21, 2015, 12:53am

Do you know the SAT2 scores for chinese and math 2 and what language targeted for huntsman @mexusa

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