OFFICIAL Middlebury Class of 2015 RD results thread!

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (didn’t send it)
[</em>] ACT: 34, superscore 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2(800), Bio(690)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4), Physics C(5), BC Calc(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All honors or AP, college class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot of club activities, Track, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a local university
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the professor at the university I interned at
[</em>] Interview: Wasn’t great…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Course load, test scores, and recommendations?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Interview… and Bio SAT score.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
[/ul]General Comments: Wooooooooooooo! I really didn’t think I would get in because my interview didn’t go well. But I guess interview really is a small tiny portion of the whole application review process. I’m really happy that I got in! I don’t know if I’m going to Midd for sure but it definitely is one of my top choices :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send any of these)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[<em>] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went really well, especially for being my first one.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my strong stats and recommendations; I’m convinced that my status as a QuestBridge Finalist definitely helped too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Dartmouth, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.</p>

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<p>Accepted
ACT: 28
[ *] SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/420
AP (place score in parenthesis):USH-3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IB courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Golf, Know Your Heritage, sci Fair, choir
Job/Work Experience: summer interships at columbia college and university of chicago
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at local elementary school and at my school
Summer Activities: internships
Essays: 2-both strong
Teacher Recommendation: d’know
Counselor Rec: generic, changed to accommodate extrac.
Additional Rec:
Interview: 30 min. late, 30 left to talk
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, inner-city
Ethnicity: Black, Haitian-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 21,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first-gen, ethnicity, coursework</p>

<p>Strengths: well-rounded, talents
Weaknesses: coursework not difficult, even though they were IB classes, no fantastic scores</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They saw that I want a chance to really see what I’m made of and they wanted to give me the tools to do that. Also, God decided that it was a good place for me. I did well for my circumstances (low income, poor school)</p>

<p>General Comments:Got accepted into Swarthmore, Amherst, Grinnell, UChicago, Northwestern, College of William and Mary, Carleton. Waiting on UMichigan and Oberlin.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Composite: 2390 (Math: 800, Reading: 800, Writing: 790)
[</em>] ACT: Composite: 35 (English: 36, Math: 35, Reading: 36, Science: 34, Writing: 11)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800, U.S. History: 750, Literature: 780, Physics: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unweighted (4.0 sclae): 3.8, Weighted (4.5 scale): 4.42
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/487
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio: 5, AP BC Calculus: 5, AP Chemistry: 4, AP AB Computer Science: 5, AP Language & Composition: 5, AP Music Theory: 4, AP Physics C(mechanics and electricity & magnetism): 5, AP U.S. History: 5, AP World History: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: : AP Microeconomics, AP Literature & Composition, AP Chinese, Dual-Enrollment: Calculus III (first semester), Differential Equations (second semester), Modern Physics, Journalism, Dual-Enrollment: Chemistry 120 (first semester), Chemistry 130 (second semester), AP U.S. Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best Delegate - Model UN (three years in a row)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (president), Amnesty International (president), Asian Culutre Club (co-president), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), NHS, Rugby
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cashier at Panera Bread
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, Friends for Life, Second Harvest Food Bank
[<em>] Summer Activities: Habitat for Humanity, worked at a children’s summer camp
[</em>] Essays: Talked about where integrity comes into play in the work place.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from AP Lit and from Modern Physics teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Yes, 1
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from my mentor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Math/Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public, residential high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $40,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): research, first generation college student
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good writer, natural intelligence, ability to retain knowledge
[<em>] Weaknesses: likes to party
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores and a decent essay
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>I’m trying to decide between whether I want to major in business or just economics and save business for grad school. The list of decisions are as follows:</p>

<p>Accepted:
Wesleyan
Middlebury
Penn
Caltech
Dartmouth
UChicago
WashU in St. Louis
Northwestern
NYU
Williams
University of Michigan</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Brown</p>

<p>Rejected:
Stanford</p>

<p>What would you think would be the best choice for a very strong economics program? I’m assuming Wharton is the obvious choice if I wanted to major in business. Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>I think UChicago is traditionally viewed as having the strongest Econ program of any of the 16(!) schools to which you applied.</p>

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<p>gaarachick, that’s a lot of choices, but pick Middlebury!</p>

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<p>I’d say the same for aristoche but I don’t know from economics programs</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Wait listed</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 760, M 660, W 630 (2050)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Chinese- 600 Math I- 610
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Environmental Science (not taking the test)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball (Captain, two-time commitment aware winner, leadership award winner), study abroad (China), photography club (I started this in my sophomore year), chorus, Model UN
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: photographer’s assistant (last 4 years)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at an old folk’s home
[</em>] Summer Activities: Spent last 2 summers in China
[<em>] Essays: College counselor said it was one of the best she’s read in a while
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but I was told they were great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same story as the teacher recs
[</em>] Interview: really good
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: International relations/Chinese
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Vermont
[</em>] School Type: small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): double legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: could have shown more of a demonstrated interest.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Rejected from Brown, Georgetown and Tufts. Wait listed at George Washington and Middlebury. Accepted to Washington University in St. Louis, Boston University, Northeastern University and University of Vermont. After not getting into Brown, Middlebury is my top choice so I’m doing as much as I can to get off the wait list. Falling back onto Wash U if that doesn’t work out.</p>