DS Rejected. Oh well. Go Blue!
Rejected too
My daughter is waitlisted. Her first waitlist, oh well.
Accepted! I got into the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science! Where my fellow wildcats at? Let’s party
waitlisted…how many people do they waitlist and what are my chances?
ACCEPTED!!!
Female
Japanese/African American
California
Biology Major
GPA: 4.3
weighted
ACT: 32
I did not send SAT
I did not send my AP scores since I did not do well on any of them. ( I never got more than a 3) I took 9 APs.
Senior Course:
AP Calculus
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics
AP Literature
AP Gov
Sport
I am captain of the varsity swim team and volunteer with Vet techs.
I also got accepted to Pomona college, Amherst, WashU, Carleton, Middlebury, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, CaseWestern and I am waiting on 6 more schools.
Waitlisted:
Bowdoin
Bates
Grinnell
Oberlin
Colby
Accepted after being deferred. this complicates stuff now lol
for future applicants:
Accepted!
Major: American studies
SAT: 1560
GPA: 4.988 (weighted), I don’t know unweighted
subject tests: us history (800), math 2 (790), world history (770)
no class rank
junior year AP: art history (5), lang (5), physics 1 (4), us history (5)
senior year AP: calc bc, us gov, English lit, Spanish language and culture, macro
Female, white, suburbs of new jersey
extracurriculars: model un president for two years with five awards, debate captain, internship on a statewide campaign, concert choir/a capella, rector or a large retreat at my school, political columnist in my school newspaper, volunteering at a home for lower-income seniors, founder/president of my school’s jsa chapter, other less important commitments, secretary of a statewide political organization (NJ)
awards: first place amc 10 and amc 12, gold medalist national Spanish exam (2x), various model un awards, scholarship finalist for my school, brandeis book award, multiple honor societies, guest speaker at a teen leadership camp
common app essay: about how my personal experiences changed my view of politics/religion. it’s definitely good but not the best thing I’ve written
Accepted: UVM, Pitt, American, Colby, Georgetown, Conn College, Lafayette, Northwestern
Waitlisted: Bowdoin, Bates, Amherst, Swarthmore, Middlebury
Deferred: Dartmouth
Rejected: None
Rejected. 34, 800/780 on Math 2 and Physics. Had some extended family that went there.
Me too… go blue!
Rejected oos
4.7 w
3.97 uw
34 act
Lots of activities and leadership
rejected
1550 SAT
780 math 2, 800 physics
4.1 uw gpa
Engineering
OOS
really disappointed - thought I had a shot
Accepted to SESP!
ACT: 35, GPA: 4.0 UW, 6 APs (and 3 senior year)
Rejected after deferral… did other people get this…? “Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you a place in the first-year class. This was a particularly difficult decision in light of your family’s ties to the University.”
thought i had a shot, but alas I was waitlisted
Accepted!!
ACT: 33 GPA: 5.28 (weighted) 3.96 (unweighted) 18 APs (passed all except one)
My son was accepted. McCormick. Gotta see the financial aid tho, fearing the scholarships he won won’t be usable. He does have amazing choices tho - UIUC and Michigan.
@wishmeluck19 Nope
Rejected after deferral. Major: Econ. Second Interest: English. 3.993 GPA, 34 ACT / 35 ACT Super Scored, 780 Math 2 Subject Test, 710 U.S. History Subject Test. I did not report AP scores because they were poor.
It definitely hurts knowing that I might have gone here had I got in, but I got another great option in WashU, so it is all good! Congrats to those admitted.
Rejected - 35 ACT, 1570 SAT. White male applying for engineering, not surprised. Oh well.
Accepted
Latino Male
5.5 weighted GPA/3.9 Unweighted GPA
1510 SAT (750 ebrw/760 math)
Debate for three years/on board
TASP
Various and sundry service activities
took 26 AP/IB/DE courses