<p>You are all amazing kids and you will all wind up being successful.</p>
<p>I promise!!</p>
<p>If this isn't the case, come back in 40 years and yell at me.</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 710 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] APs: Computer Science, Calculus AB, Physics C Mechanics all 5's, taking English Literature & Composition, Government & Politics, and Calculus BC this year
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.9-ish UW, 4.2-ish weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/~55
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 years of varsity baseball & football, 2 years JV/1 year varsity basketball, summer baseball & basketball
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: working part time since before freshman year at fast food joint, ~10-15 hr/wk
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I did the "tell us about your background" one and it was admittedly a pretty poor essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: not sure, must've been pretty solid though
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good, didn't see it
[</em>] Applied on: November?
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Wisconsin
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private Christian
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[/list]
I'm not surprised I got rejected. I didn't pursue really hard because part of me didn't want to go (want a more "common" college experience). If I had been accepted a more deserving person probably would've been rejected. Good luck to those who got in, I'm guessing it'll be a load of work!</p>
<p>
[quote]
You are all amazing kids and you will all wind up being successful.</p>
<p>I promise!!</p>
<p>If this isn't the case, come back in 40 years and yell at me.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>^Can we make that 4 years?</p>
<p>
[quote]
Why were so many of these students rejected? There has to be a reason. I mean, I'm sure teacher recommendation was very great for all of you . . . SAT scores seem high enough, same goes for GPA and rank and test scores. What else?
I don't think awards are such a big deal as intel/researchers were rejected. Even USAMO qualfiers.
Race? Background? Personality? Essays? I mean how different can these factors be from one student to another?
[/quote]
</p>
<p>^After going through it, I still don't understand college admissions. I have no clue what they do behind those closed doors. Sometimes you see someone and you'll think, "Yea he/she''s Ivy-material," but they end up getting rejected. You have no idea, especially when MIT is, as someone else said earlier, is trying to change their "purely academic rep." </p>
<p>Books aren't everything. Nothing is "everything."</p>
<p>When/Where did MIT say they wanted to change their "purely academic rep."? Just curious.</p>
<p> ** Decision: ACCEPTED ** </p>
<p>** Stats: ** [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2170 (760 M, 680 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 770 Biology-M, 710 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: 5's on all of them so far
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 Unweighted (5.1 weighted)
[<em>] Rank: 1 /~700ish
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul] ** Subjective: ** [ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of random stuff like Nat'l Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Music, I think I even put web-surfing as an ec but i don't remember.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Amazing... my English teacher said it was one of the best she had ever read.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Math Teacher - Stellar, English Teacher - IDK but I assume also great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: eh... my counselor doesn't know me too well... but it must have been a good recommendation
[</em>] Applied on: idr... i think november, december???
[<em>] Hook (if any): i speak three languages fluently, i was born in a foreign country
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, good school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: YAY! :) I just hope I can afford to go to MIT.</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2210 -- 700 CR 780 M 730 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 MathII 660 Phys 680 Lit
[<em>] ACT: 32 (superscored higher)
[</em>] APs: 5's on BC Calc, Gov, English Lang
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 W 3.6 UW
[<em>] Rank: N/A but probs around top 10%?
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Theater, writing, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Smoothie boy! (w/letter of rec)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[</em>] Applied on: 12/29 or 12/30? Oops...
[<em>] Hook (if any): Good math skills with a touch of personality.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: MIT wasn't my first choice anyway; it was kind of a shot in the dark. I got into WashU though so I'm pumped!! Congrats to all who got in, best of luck to all WLed, and don't worry (fellow) rejectees! :-D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>*SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR/ 800 M/ 750 W - 2210 single sitting
*SAT II: 800M2 / 800 Chemistry / 780 Bio (M)
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn't cal.
*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank
*AP (place score in parenthesis): NA. GCE A - Level
*IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
*Courses taken for A Level: Bio, chem, maths, econs, general paper, project work, bio honors. Results all distinctions or A, except GP
*Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10 & 12:both distinctions but I can't remember the score. same for AIME</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>*ECs: Student Council (in charge of Student Lounge and led in many other school activities), Malay Dance, Maths Society( EXCO, Head of External Activity, organizing competitions for secondary schools in Singapore as well as comm service), Aesthetics Club (Creative Director), Hwa Chong inst Boarding school Boarders' Council exec com (3 years: Head of Publicity/ international understanding officer/ Vice president), ASEAN scholars committee, Gavel Club, English Drama Club
*Job/Work Experience: teaching at Hwa Chong Junior College, working as administrative officer at Hwa Chong Boarding School, research at Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (2005-not really working mainly learning), Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (2006- I left the institute with my project partner at 10.30pm once, in the morning I arrived at 7.30am: that's how hard I worked), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (2007), translator for VINAFCO logistics LTD. (several assignments)
*Essays: not a common topic i would say,' Reflections of a Hanoian'
*Teacher Recs: good
*Counselor Rec: good
*Awards: International Students' Science Fair (2nd prize for oral defense, 2nd prize for poster presentation), Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (Gold Award), Singapore's Mathematics Olympiad ( 2007: Silver-open section, 2005: Silver senior Section, Bronze: open section, 2004: silver-senior section), Youth Festival Malay Dance competition (Bronze), School Award for Most Outstanding student (2007), Young Researcher Attachment Programme (Agency for Science and Technology and research A-star)(2005-2008), Australian Mathematics Olympiad (distinction, top 4% regional), National University of Singapore Geography challenge (3rd placing) and some intra-college competitions awards, Bronze (Mix double)–Inter-Boarding School Table-tennis tournament (my partner is a really good table-tennis player :)
*Volunteer/ Community Service: teaching kids in abusive households at Beyond Community Service center, volunteer at hospitals (cooking meals for needy patients), teaching orphans, organizing maths trail for primary school students, and many other short-term activities </p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>*State or Country: Singapore but a Vietnamese
*School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, top 5 junior colleges
*Ethnicity: Asian
*Gender: female
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Sorry the post is a bit long. kinda cut-and-paste so... :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: CR:650 Math:780 Read:620
* SAT II:Math 1:760 Chem :730
* ACT:
* GPA:4.00
* Rank:6 out of 450
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):Chem 3
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:I wrote about the death of my mother
* Teacher Recs:Really good
* Counselor Rec:she likes me I think
* Supplementary Material:None
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):None,average guy.
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: PA
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity:Asian
* Gender:Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars:Advanced Orchestra, Scholastic Team, Community Service Club
* Awards:None
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I thought I was gonna get rejected ..apparently not lol My SAT scores are so low compared to the guys on the first page that got rejected..dunno why they picked me...not complaining tho :P
</code></pre>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>I don't feel like putting all that other stuff; I think interested/creepy people can find it using a search of my posts (there aren't many).</p>
<p>This is nice and very exciting, but I don't think I'll be attending unless I somehow come up with loads of scholarship somewhere, as I don't anticipate any aid.</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 700 CR, 730 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math I, 800 Math II, 730 World History, 660 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 World History, 4 Stats, 4 Psych, 4 APUSH, 4 English Lang, 3 Physics; taking 2-3 more
[<em>] IBs: 5 Psych (Diploma candidate)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.87 Weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1-2 out of 200ish
[</em>] Other stats: I've won national, state, local competitions. NMF.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team (captain), Academic Bowl (captain), FBLA, Mock Trial, NHS, National Beta Club, Key Club, Philosophy Club, Chess Club, Student Council
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Leonidas. OK Essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue.
[</em>] Applied on: Decemberish?
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm 16 if that counts :/
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. Decent to good, not stellar
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm not surprised, sad, disappointed, etc.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>I'm not going to post my stats but, I'll say this much, they were not as high as some of these people. but i did show them one thing--my passions, my humanity--something that lives not only in an artist but also in a mathematician, a scientist, or an engineer. I showed them not the kind of passion that is insincere or desperate. not the kind that wants the benefits of end results, but one that revels in the pleasures of doing, one that tires only when resting.</p>
<p>so guys, do what you love, show them that, and your life will be good no matter what happens.</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):M 720 cr 620 w 620
[</em>] SAT IIs: physics 680 math I 650
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs:
[<em>] IBs: c.S HL 7 Math Hl 6 Econs sl 7 english sl physics hl spanis ab sl
[</em>] GPA: dont do
[<em>] Rank:top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Teacher Recs:stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec:stellar
[</em>] Applied on:1st january 2009
[<em>] Hook (if any): urm, first generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Africa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Black
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ha..i cant really be bothered waiting on yale or stanford!</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1980 (800 M, 620 CR, 560 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math lv.2, 590 World History
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: N/A
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 89/100
[<em>] Rank: 18/498
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: National Physics Team, Physics study club at school, Programming club, and other irrelevant stuffs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty standard, I guess. I also risked myself by providing supplemental essay about my exploration in science, especially in physics
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great..also, i got additional rec from a physics professor who is the leader of the National Physics Team
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Applied on: 01/01(lol..)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Gold Medal in International Physics Olympiad..(damn lucky)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Indonesia
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: South East Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can't believe it..I thought I was going to be rejected..Anyway, congratulations to all of us. Whatever the result is, we have been through an epic application process, and (of course) we will continue to live on..</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT I (by section): 2360 - CR: 760, Math: 800, Writing 800 (80, 12)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 US Hist., 770 Phy, 800 Math
[</em>] ACT: 35 - 36 Math, 36 Writing, 36 Science, 32 Reading
[<em>] APs: All 5's : Human Geo, Eng Lang, Phy B, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Env Sci, US Hist.
[</em>] GPA: 4.5 ish
[<em>] Rank: 3 / 1402
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ECs listed on app: [/li]1. Science Fair - Research on Sun's Differential Rotation, the Riemann Hypothesis, and Protein Tyrosine Kinase. 2-time state winner, 3-time regional winner (grand prize once), district and school awards each year. TJSHS competition too. LASER club (didn't put the club on app though). Discovery Young Scientist Challenge Semi-Finalist.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Tennis - Junior Varisty - Earned letter of honors, ranked 2nd singles. Consistenly play in USTA DPTA and ZAT Tournaments:
High Point Fall ZAT, Plano, TX Consolation 2nd Round
DPTA Junior Circuit Huffhines, Dallas, TX Runner-Up
Las Colinas Spring Mid-Cities, Irving, TX Semifinalist
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX Consolation Semifinalist
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX 2nd Round
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX Quarterfinalist
Las Colinas Tournament, Las Colinas, TX Consolation Semifinalist
Consistenly taking lessons at High Point Tennis Center and Lifetime Fitness since 2001</p></li>
<li><p>Computer Science UIL Team - President. 2nd Place at Lake Carroll Computer Science Tournament Advanced Division. Winner of 2009 Hewlett-Programming Contest at their headquarters (out of 350 ish teams). (Applied to MIT's comp sci/ elec engineering department)</p></li>
<li><p>North Texas Youth Honor Society
Leadership: 11th - Vice-President of school, 12th - Secretary of all chapters in North Texas, April 2008 - Captain of Speech Tournament Organization Committe, September 2009 - Captain of Spelling Bee Tournament Organization Committee. Club arranges tournaments for kids throughout North Texas.</p></li>
<li><p>Math Club and Math Research:
AMC Scores: 10th grade - 120, 11th grade - 108.
2-time AIME Qualifier: 5 on AIME, USAMO qualifying score of 170 (cutoff was 197)
McNabb tournaments - competed since 9th grade, regularly top in school
Math League - 12th grade, regularly receive perfect scores
Cistercian Math Tournament, Rice University Mathematics Competition, Ryan High School Math Contest, etc.
Have been doing independent research on the distribution of prime number since 2nd semester 11th grade - Riemann Hypothesis. Learned a lot about mathematical history.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Leaderships/Activites on resume not on activities page:</p>
<p>Volunteer at Richardson Regional Medical Center 9 weeks (most lame thing ever)
Week Internship at Texas Back Institute 84 Hours (pretty cool, told me I don't wanna be a doctor)
Director of French Play for Texas French Symposium
Co-Founder and Vice-President of The Skeptical Society
PSHS Student Congress Committee: Community Service (not interested, left it in 12th and didn't put on activities page as a result)
Fete Francaise 3rd Place in Speaker
Most Accomplished Student in Years 1-3 Vines High School
National French Examination State Qualifier
National Merit Finalist (prly all of yall)
NHS - didn't put on application.</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Internship at University of Texas at Dallas in the Molecular Biology Department - 20 hours per week, 8 weeks.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays (subject and responses): I only wrote one 490 word essay - about my 1 year spent in paralysis from Gullian-Barre Syndrome, and my eventual recovery and changing view of life. Chose not to write the optional essay.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: One from APUSH teacher who's currently at Stanford, very fluent in writing and I believe wrote me an extraordinary rec - loved my essays in class. One from Env Sci teacher - felt I was the most successful student she ever had, I think it was really good, but can't be sure. One from Comp Sci coach - definitely went well, she told me exactly what she was gonna write, and that may have turned the tables for me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Counselor liked me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Applied on: October 31 (bday)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): My research paper. It was about the sun's differential rotation, 20 pages in-depth in length. May not be called a "hook," but another college I was accepted into wrote a note on my acc. letter referring to it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State or Country: TX</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large ~ 1400 students</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: MIT Pwns. We say bye to men who try too - MIT (actually that's by me). Good luck to all.</p>
<p>*Decision: WAITLISTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M 800 : W: 720 : R : 720 (1520/2240)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800's on Math I, II, and Biology
[<em>] ACT: 32 (can't remember the breakdown.
[</em>] APs: 5 on Statistics and Biology
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.2ish
[li] Rank: 50ish/458</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Vice president of math honor society, and a couple more not too many worth mentioning.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My writing isn't too phenomenal.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very Strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Strong
[<em>] Applied on: December 31st :]
[</em>] Hook (if any): Eagle Scout, my ethereal luck.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I actually expected them to stamp me with reject the second they saw my application. I am most probably going to withdraw my application. Congrats to the class of 2013.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 (800 M, 760 CR, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Spanish w/ Listening
[<em>] APs: US Government (5), BC Calculus (5), Computer Science AB (5), Chemistry (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Spanish Language (5), Physics C: M, Physics C: E&M, Environmental Science, Statistics
[</em>] IBs: HL English, HL Spanish, HL European History, HL Mathematics
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.9 W
[</em>] Other stats: AIME 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity & Club Baseball, Cross Country & Indoor Track, Quiz Team/Science Bowl Team Captain, SHS President, Math Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at NIH, Volunteer at Baseball Camp
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Baseball, Shark Week, Baking a Cake, Spanish Literatiure
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Waived
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Waived
[</em>] Applied on: 11/1 (deferred EA)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I look forward to meeting everyone!</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 M, 700 W, 650 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760, 670, 530
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: 3, one 3
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/78
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Academic Mentoring, Beta Club, Student Government, Class President
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Burger King-Cashier
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My World-Talked about my life and how my community supports me.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven't read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[<em>] Applied on: RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mississippi
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Level 3 out of 5
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I got in by the Grace of God</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 M 710 CR 770 W (790 M on separate sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 800 Chem 730 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 35 - 36 M 35 E 35 R 34 S
[</em>] APs: Euro-5 Calc BC-5 Chem-5 English Language-4 US-5 Stats-5
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 4.94/5.0 W 3.95/4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank but i'm 3rd
[</em>] Other stats: none I can think of
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team Captain, Science Olympiad Captain, Varsity Tennis, Copy Editor of School paper, Chicago ARML, Youth Group
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Engineering internship at NU, Teaching Assistant at Sunday School
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): OK. Wrote about my chem teacher
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Applied on: late December
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing I can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I don't know what I was expecting. I feel that I'm about as good as some people that got in but at the same time worse than some people that didn't. I just hate how hard it is to get into these schools.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section):M-740 CR-800 W-770 Total 2310 one sitting
* SAT IIs: Math 2-740 World History-680 Chemistry-790
* ACT: 35
* APs: World History-4 US History-4 Chemistry-5
* GPA: 3.95/4.0
* Rank:5/160
* Other stats: AMC 10-102.5, AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: CSF, football, track, recycling club, leadership team, peer counseling, math club
* Job/Work Experience: none
* Essays (subject and responses): dunno. got plenty of help on em, but i never liked writing.
* Teacher Recs:good, hopefully
* Counselor Rec:fine
* Hook (if any): my charming personality
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations: mostly disappointment.</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 (760 CR 790 Math 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 760 US History
[<em>] APs: Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Physics C (Mech. and E&M), US History (5's on all)
[</em>] GPA:4.09/4.0
[<em>] Rank:School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: AMC12 115, AIME 8, USAMO 10, 10th Place Priceton U. Math Comp., Siemens Competition Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, Research Science Institute 08
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team, Physics Team, Computer Team, Young Democrats
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Overcoming OCD/ADHD; if this is what screwed me over, I would be furious. Too bad I'll never know.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Applied on: 10/31/08 (iirc)
[<em>] Hook (if any): RSI, USAMO, Intel STS, Siemens.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: *
I cannot really explain how surprised and furious I was when I found out I was rejected, especially considering some of the people I know that got in. Every single person I have talked to about the decision has been shocked; I would get in to a rant about AA here, but I figure that it will not gain me any sympathy.</p>