<p>Whenever <em>official</em> decisions come in- the actual acceptance letter is in your hands, not an invite- post for this year and next year's applicants to look through.</p>
<p>Copy and paste the following into the reply. Then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc.
Remove the spaces before the brackets to make it work</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] going to attend?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>It should look like this:</p>
<p>Decision:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
major strength/weakness:
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
going to attend?
Other Factors:</p>
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (R: 640, M: 600, W: 650)
[</em>]ACT: didn’t submit
[<em>]SAT II: Spanish 800, Math 1 670
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t calculate GPA
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): I sent predicted grades, so: Economics HL (7), Spanish B HL (7), English B HL (7), Math SL (6), Environmental Systems and Societies SL (6), Hungarian A SL (6).
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: same as above + Theory of Knowledge
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Frenchspeaking Brussels Parliament’s photo competition “Tu veux ma photo? Regards croises Bruxelles” 3rd place; 3rd place (participated in a team of 3) at the Hungarian National Environmental Science and Heath competition organised by the Red Cross; Best European team at the Global Round of World Scholar’s Cup academic competition (debating, writing, materials from 7 subject areas). Over 1500 contestants. Out of 150 students (senior division) of the final round of WSC, I was named 9th best writer. (3rd place twice at regional rounds in Prague and Budapest.)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School debate team member (also did Model Government). Also, my class made it to the national round of Euroscola (1st), where I was president of the Environmental debate group (Strasbourg).
Founder of filmmaking club
School newspaper: Staff member (9); cofounded the Literary Newspaper (10); visual arts editor & founder new school newspaper (11 and 12); writing for all publications.
Photography: exhibited own photos; organized school exhibitions & competitions; created modeling portfolios.
Dance: Ballet (9) Jazz Ballet (10 and 11), Modern Dance (12). Weekly lessons, annual performances.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Explorer scout. Led programs for younger scouts and helped to organise camping trips, hiking events, plays, and games.
Teaching Hungarian, English & Spanish to students at my school. Took part in the mentoring program for new students who do not speak Hungarian.
Organized weekly arts & crafts activities at a children’s hospital and on special occasions (e.g. Children’s Day). Painted hallway murals.
School teaching assistant (third grade students)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Created photographic catalog of 19th century folk objects and instruments for museum in rural town of eastern Hungary.
World Scholar’s Cup competition.
[<em>] Essays:
Good I suppose. (Kind of wish I had changed some bits of my ‘Why’ essay)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see… from my math teacher (hopefully it made up for SAT results).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t have a counselor so my vice principle wrote it instead. Have no clue what it is like.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Peer recommendation from one one my classmates. Really great and honest.
[<em>] Interview: nope[/ul]Other
[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Hungary
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~$30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Globe-trotter (lived in four countries)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, high school grades, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores(?)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe I was interesting yet not competitive enough…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Rutgers, UCLA, Bates
Deferred: Yale SCEA
Waitlisted: Scripps, Grinnell, Notre Dame
Rejected: Claremont McKenna</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Accepted a place on the waitlist…</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank:1/107
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Fantastic
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any):
State: Michigan
School Type: Catholic, Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Strenght: GPA Weakness ACT
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ACT Score was low</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
SAT: 2080
SAT II: MATH II 740
GPA: 3.9
Rank: my school doesn’t rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
AP: European history (5), calculus AB (5), psychology (4)
Essays: awesome
Teacher Recs: idk but i think they are good
Counselor Rec: excellent, she has been my advisor for 4 yrs
Hook (if any): antihook lol
State: GA
School Type:private, religious<br>
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: Strenght:essay, portfolio
Weakness: test scores, irrelevant ECs
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i applied to school of architecture but my ECs are so irrelevant and they don’t really show my passion to architecture. </p>
<p>[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Spend a LOT of time on them
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any): None (one issue I’m sure)
[ *) Location/Person: Suburban Chicago
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public, large, ranked top 10% in nation
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major weakness: GPA
[ *] why you think you were rejected: GPA
[ *]</p>
<p>Purdue and Indiana University are already “yes” so although very disappointed, I have options! Good luck to everyone who made it!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 3.92 UW/4.2+ W
[</em>] Rank: 13/500+
[<em>] Other stats: 33 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]DECA, FBLA, NHS, a year of football (got injured) blah blah blah. My most important ECs being that I’m a competitive bodybuilder and I also own my own business.
[<em>] Essays: Common App Essay 10/10, an admissions officer told me it was the most interesting essay they’ve ever read, so I think that counts for something? ND Essays were probably average, 7/10.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Read one, it was decent. Didn’t read the other one but I’m sure it was amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Most likely generic.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Owning my own business? I don’t know.
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Weakness… being a white male?<br>
[</em>] why you think you were rejected: Not sure, honestly. My stats are spot on in comparison to other admitted applicants. I don’t have a long list of ECs, but I’m very passionate about the ones I do have and put the majority of free time towards them. I guess they didn’t like my essays? </p>
<p>Accepted to Mizzou, Indiana University, and Saint Louis University.
Waitlisted to WashU (Not accepting spot).
Rejected to University of Virginia and Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Still waiting on USC, UNC-Chapel Hill, UMich, and UPenn. I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do if I don’t get into any of them. I’ve put in all this hard work and I slowly feel it all going to waste…</p>
<p>ACT: 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 92.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 on APUSH but didnt submit
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Euro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country 4 years (captain senior year), Track 2 years, Band 1 year, Baseball 1 year
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Almost nothing. Though I do help out on my family’s ranch certain weekends.
Summer Activities: Running Camp, Drivers Ed class
Essays: Very good, HOWEVER, the last one was simply a computer code game I made (try something new “essay”)
Teacher Recommendation: 1
Counselor Rec: yes
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Very small private all boys Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mex)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000 +
Hooks: Hispanic, first generation american, can’t think of anything else.
Strengths: Act, Some 98%+ grades in Math and Science semesters over the years, not much else though. Race?
Weaknesses: B in Junior year math, almost no volunteer, not much extracurricular besides sport
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low ACT and GPA, see weaknesses. Also my common app essay was 649 words out of 650 words…a little too long no? I think the computer code I wrote impressed them so they simply didnt flat out deny me.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Boston U, St. Thomas, UIUCgeneral studies. Waitlist: Purdue eng, Denied: Northwestern, Wash U, UIUC eng.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (R: 660, M: 610, W: 720)
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT II: N/A
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/206
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, multiple Honors
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High Honors Award (9), Honor Student (10, 11, 12). Nothing special.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School Newspaper, Coeditor-in-chief (11, 12)
Community Service, Volunteer/Usher (10, 11, 12)
Marketing Club, Member (11, 12)
Stdnt. Govt., Class Representative (9)
Math Club, Treasurer (9)
Teacher Assistant (12)
[</em>]Essays: Common app was good! Talked about how difficult it was for me to switch schools for the 10th grade. Supplements were okay.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Great! Didn’t read but they were from my English teacher (I’m her fav stdnt) and my Spanish teacher (I’m her TA).
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Ok, I guess. Doesn’t know me that well.
[<em>]Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>]Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico (Territory)
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Catholic, Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Puerto Rican/Hispanic
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Common App essay, GPA, courseload, teacher recs
[</em>]Weaknesses: SATs
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UConn (Storrs), Fairfield U, Northeastern
Deferred: N/A
Waitlisted: UVA, Notre Dame
Rejected: Boston U :(</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Still waiting on Syracuse and UMass. Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ *]SAT I (breakdown):2310 Reading 720 Math 800 Writing 790
[ *]ACT:Did not take
[ *]SAT II: Chemistry 790 Biology 790 MathII 800
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96/4.0
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/12
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis):Chemistry 4 Biology 5 Statistics 5 Psychology 5 Macroeconomics 5 Microeconomics 4 Calculus BC 5
[ ]IB (place score in parenthesis):Did not take
[ ]Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics, AP Art History, AP Environmental Science, Honors British Literature, AP Computer Science, Linear Algebra, Honors Chinese Classics
Hardest offered in general.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Yearbook(Chief Editor), APC Student Representative(Student Government Leadership role), Youth Fellowship(Leader and Founder), Tennis Club, Cattery Management(Founder & Breeder & Manager, launched a website selling my cats), Interpreting(oral interpreting for various pastors and speakers at school(both from English to Chinese and the other way around), translate Chinese literature into English as well), Piano & Violin(ABRSM 6 and 5 respectively, participate in school band. )
[ *]Job/Work Experience:School IT Manager Assistant
[ *]Volunteer/Community service:Math and Biology tutor and TA at school and other miscellaneous community services, 596hrs(F, S, J) in total
[ *]Summer Activities:research internship at ZJU neuroscience lab
[ *]Essays:Generally reflective and personal, but wasn’t touching or tear-provoking…Probably contained some writing mistakes, rushed in two nights along with other applications.
[ *]Teacher Recommendation:one excellent, the other was just average
[ *]Counselor Rec:Very personal, awesome in general
[ ]Additional Rec:None
[ ]Interview:did not have
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[ *]Intended Major:Biology
[ *]State (if domestic applicant):
[ *]Country (if international applicant):China
[ *]School Type:small private
[ *]Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):Asian
[ *]Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):Asian
[ *]Gender:Female
[ ]Income Bracket:<60k
[ ]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.):None
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[ *]Strengths:nothing
[ *]Weaknesses:Essays, no major awards, too many ECs?
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:passion as a Christian(?don’t know if that counts) solid stats and generally good overall impression</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Did not send
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not send
[<em>] ACT: 35 Composite (E: 35 M: 36 R: 36 S: 34)
[</em>] GPA: 3.955/4.0
[<em>] Rank: 14/52
[</em>] Other stats: 10 APs total (7 Fives, 1 Four, 2 Three’s); I also wrote/ published a book (trad. Chinese poetry collection)… so that might help a bit</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good- spent lot of time planning them. Common App essay was about “growing up (#5)”, the writing style was pretty unique. ND essays were Why ND (talked about my political views), Proudest accomplishment (story of being a Christian in China), and Try Something New (List of things I’d rather do instead of filling out my college application)
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Not too impressive, I guess. Had several volunteer-teaching and ESL teaching positions with many many hours (self-founded classes for ppl w/ needs in my community). Orchestras and choirs. Some minor leadership and planning positions at school. No major awards.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read… should be decent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read… don’t know.
[li] Hook (if any): Not really? Asian protestant?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: China/ went to HS in Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Private Christian, small
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength- ACT score, essays, some unique ECs; Weaknesses- Ranking, lack of leadership or sports
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Luck + good essays + generally good grades
[li] going to attend? YES!!</p>[/li]
<p>Got the email yesterday, and I’m just SO happy right now! Still hoping that this is real Good luck to everyone else too!
PM me if you are gonna attend ND too and wanna get to know each other before August! :D</p>
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Good luck to everyone else too!