<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 700 math, 670 critical reading, 760 writing (2130)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Spanish
[<em>] Other stats: National hispanic scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Everything was some of the best writing of done except the "why NU?" which was the worst thing I've ever written, seriously.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, i imagine
[<em>] Hook (if any): trilingual (english, spanish, 4 years french)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Arizona
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: test scores, essay, recs, extracurriculars were strong, but i didn't really show a lot of interest in journalism and my gpa was crappy, really bad
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:?, just happy i was[/li][/ul]</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2070 superscore(730CR, 660M, 680W),</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 610 Math II, 650 Lit, 800 Spanish </li>
<li>GPA: 3.7/ 4.0</li>
<li>Rank: Do not rank</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Creative, talked about my relationship with my guitar, Dahlia :) . </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good, well thought of, and personalized.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Nice too.</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Costa Rica</li>
<li>School Type: Small private school, perhaps the best one in the country. IB Diploma program.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: Student Body President, soccer and volleyball varsity team captain, guitar, foreign exchange programs, community service... etc.</p>
<p>I know I may not have perfect grades or outstanding SATs but I focused my application on what I think is my most valuable characteristic, which is being a well rounded guy.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION: THEATRE!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 700 CR 710 Match 680 WR (2090 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math 2, 650 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.81 UW 4.17 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: 4 on AP Eng. Lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: One about my mom and how she helped me become an adult and the other one about my friend at NU and how i regret not doing ED
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My counselor said my teachers wrote really good things about me...so that must be good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She's amazing so I'm sure they were cool.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I told them in my essay and in my interview that I would go there if accepted (IDK how they took that)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Brazilian)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My essays must've got me in (probably ethnicity as well)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Ethnicity/Told them I would go if I got in
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:** General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!!!!! AHHH I'm so excited!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 w, 800 cr, 620 m [2120]
[li] ACT: 32[/li][</em>] SAT II: n/a
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Psychology (5), Language (4), World History (3), Government (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: three APs, two honors, 1 elective
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Debate Team, Student Government for 2 years, Yearbook, Newspaper Editor 2 years, Habitat for Humanity 2 years, Varsity Cheerleading 2 years, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time at Hollister
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, do it whenever I have time to and participate a lot
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer Classes at NYU, Habitat for Humanity abroad, Cheerleading camp
[<em>] Essays: Had English teacher read, she liked it a lot.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent! They wrote personal stories.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[</em>] Additional Rec: Cheerleading captain, excellent
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasion
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: wow! i honestly am shocked. i didn't think i'd get in. i think it helped a lot that i had such good recs, grades & scores!
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above[/li][/ul]General Comments: AHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!</p>
<p>SAT I: Why bother
SAT II: 690 Math I, 720 US, 690 Physics
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.87 (uw), 5.21 (w)
Rank: Top 5%
AP: US 5, Bio 5, Psych 5
Senior Yr: 4 AP's + non
EC's: several volunteer, underground newspaper, standard clubs, job, state scholar, etc.
Essays: Spectacular; very heartfelt, meaningful, morals
Teacher rec: Exceptional
Counselor rec: Who knows?
State: IL
School: public, highly competitive, nationally recognized
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: male
Income class: middle to upper
Strengths: ACT, recs, essays, gpa
Weaknesses: sat II</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! WCAS, transferred to Medill</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature--750, U.S. History--700
[<em>] ACT: 30 (Eng. 33, Rd. 35, Sci. 26, Mth. 27)
[</em>] GPA: 4.3, weighted
[<em>] Rank: Valedictorian (I know, doesn't say much about my school.)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty creative, I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): Mom, aunt, uncle all went there?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Chicago, IL
[</em>] School Type: Not too competitive, quite small
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength--Humanities, Weakness--Math/science
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My main essay
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Hooray!!</p>