<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
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[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Applied on:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
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<p>*Also please refrain from discussing or whining about waiting for or recieving your admissions decisions! It wastes specious space, and it makes finding the decisions on this thread tedious and difficult. *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: Biology(4)- Currently in English Lit, Calculus AB, Chemistry, World History
[<em>] IBs: Currently in IB History
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw. 5/6ish weighted
[<em>] Rank:10/519
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Many service clubs, leadership positions in these clubs, 12 years of dance, theater, extensive volunteer work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about a teacher who inspired me, I think it was pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, but I think they were probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Applied on: 1/15
[li] Hook (if any): Sunday School teacher at CoC, sister active at the school, very active in my community</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public School. Few applicants to Pepperdine. Many AP and IB classes.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t take it
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 780, Math I: 630, US History: 730 (didn’t send official scores)
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: have taken all AP courses offered at my high school: Lit/Comp: 5, Lang/Comp: 5, Psychology: 5, US History: 4
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1 of 181
[</em>] Others: Senior course load: AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Physics, AP Bio, French V, World Lit, American Lit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
4 years varsity soccer (captain)
3 years varsity ice hockey (wisconsin state journal prep player of the week)
2 years volleyball
2 years premiere club soccer team (captain)
2 years nhs (chairperson for fundraising, helped run lots of fundraisers and community service)
2 years student council (secretary)
youth soccer coach
youth soccer volunteer at clinics
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard at local waterpark
currently sales associate at clothing store
youth soccer referee
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app: how my mother’s oncologists inspired me to pursue a career in medicine (i really liked it personally, thought it gave a lot of insight about myself) pepperdine essay: solid, just talked about how i know pepperdine offers my solid religious background opportunities to grow, and has incredible academics
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was really good, one was solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty solid
[</em>] Applied on: what does this mean? like what date? sometime in january
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing out of the ordinary!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: wisconsin
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small rural high school, really few kids even go on to college, much less large universities
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Super excited! I just got waitlisted at Uchicago so this is kind of like the silver lining of the situation. To future applicants: updates on the financial aid to-do list have nothing to do with admission! I freaked out when i heard that they do, because i didn’t have any, but i still got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 790 W 740 R 680 M -> 2210 Total
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 680 US History
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>] APs: 11 total -> World History (4), Psych (4), Euro (4), Art History (4), English Language (5), US History (5) & this year I have French IV, English Lit, Microecon, US Gov, Environmental Science
[<em>] IBs: Not offered
[</em>] GPA: 3.8 W & probably around 3.3/3.4 unweighted… my school doesn’t calculate it for me but I had several C’s
[<em>] Rank: a little under top quarter
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 150+ Hours community service, Started two clubs at school (Cancer awareness & gay straight alliance), two internships (Red Cross and PR rep at a modeling agency), taught CCD to kids at church, NHS + French Honor Society, various clubs at school, professional actress with training 10+ hours a week
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Minimal… worked at my mom’s business freshman year, started my own graphic design company junior year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my love of airports for my common app, my acting career for my activity statement, and my Pepperdine supplement was pretty good I guess. My teachers loved the essay and were so-so on the supplement.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They were probably a little generic but good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good, my counselor is close to me and liked me because of Nat’l Merit
[</em>] Applied on: Like the day before the app was due lol
[<em>] Hook (if any): Nat’l Merit probably
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very prestigious public school, very tough, nationally recognized
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was accepted for Public Relations. Might be attending if I don’t make USC Either here or UT Austin.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 560 CR 680 M 630 WRITING
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 MATH 1C 710 MATH 2C
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 4 in total, BIO last year , stat, gov and computer science this year
[<em>] IBs: not offered
[</em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0
[<em>] Rank: our school does not rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council president, student council treasurer international student president, treasurer of art honor society, foreign language honor society, agapae, newspaper sports editor,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): talked about cultural identity in america
[<em>] Teacher Recs: my french teacher and my computer science teacher who both knew me for 3 years.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I know my counselor so well because she was my student council adviser worked very close with her.
[<em>] Applied on: December 17th
[</em>] Hook (if any): nah
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York, USA ( I am South Korean)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): school in long island
[<em>] Ethnicity: South korean international student
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Awesome. So happy I am planning to double major in journalism and computer science. I applied in computer science. Not sure If I will go there, if they will give me a lot of money, I would prob go there.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760 CR 750 W 520 M–>2030
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 SPANISH, 680 US HISTORY
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 7 total: AP Euro (3), AP Spanish Language (5), AP English Language (5), AP US History (5) & I’m currently taking AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature and AP Government.
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.54 UW, 3.91 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Spanish tutor, English tutor, member of various clubs, school paper editor, National Honor Society member, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Relationship with my siblings, maturation, etc
[</em>] Teacher Recs: my AP US History teacher (knew me for 1 year) & AP Spanish Language teacher (knew me for 2)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: knew me for about 9 months before she wrote my rec.
[</em>] Applied on: can’t remember, but I believe October.
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private all-girls school in L.A.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Good school so I’m happy I got in :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1880
[</em>] SAT IIs: 660 on both US History and English
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 4 on APUSH, 4 on AP Lang, 3 in Euro and Geography
[<em>] IBs: Not at my school
[</em>] GPA: 4.2
[<em>] Rank: 51
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Chair of my city’s youth advisory council
Attended Stanford University last summer and took PoliSci 101.
President of JSA at my school
Secretary of World Visions Club
Speech and Debate competitor, Won Three Speaking awards
Spanish Honor Society Tutor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Worked as an intern at my local congressman’s office</p>
<p>[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
The temptation to cheat, and overcoming it. Ended with accepting what is right over what is easy.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
Strong (AP Lang teacher)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
Strong (Top counselor at school)
[</em>] Applied on: January 13th
[li] Hook (if any): Parents never graduated college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very elite public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>I’ve been crying for two hours. Pepperdine is my number one choice. I feel like I have no chance on the waitlist. I tried so hard to get in. What did I do wrong?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):M 630, CR 610, W 650. didnt think they were good enough for pep
[</em>] SAT IIs:nope
[<em>] ACT: 25 which just sucks (didnt send)
[</em>] APs:school doesnt offer
[<em>] IBs:school doesnt offer
[</em>] GPA:i think a 3.8W 3.6UW. horrible 9th grade(2.9) 4.0UW jr year and i took all honors senior year with one A- and the rest As
[<em>] Rank:nope
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:leader/founder of peer tutoring, leader of peer counseling, human rights group, track and field, camp for underpriv children in LA, intern college counselor, multicultural day volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:intern for huge production co
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):common app about autistic cousin and what i have learned about self. Pep essay was pretty crap, talked about relig school in UK and my ethics based learning in US
[</em>] Teacher Recs:didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec:didnt read
[</em>] Applied on:week before it was due
[<em>] Hook (if any):toured school. receptionist loved me for some reason…, international
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private REALLY liberal, second person to get into pep, pep thinks its way to liberal
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[li] Gender:male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: waiting on USC(top choice), if sc doesnt work out its between pepperdine and NYU</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2050. cr 720 m 630 w 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 lit, 730 us history
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: world history (2), us history (5), comp (5), taking this year ap spanish ap gov ap lit ap calculus ab
[<em>] IBs: environmental systems & societies, did not take test
[</em>] GPA: 4.2 ish weighted
[<em>] Rank: 36/560 i think
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
4 years community soccer (as a player, coach, and ref)
4 years hospital volunteering (350 hours+)
environmental club + leadership position
assorted other volunteer experiences
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): talked about how i wanted to study religion, i’m a good writer but it was nothing spectacular
[<em>] Teacher Recs: both awesome teachers, but again nothing spectacular.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Applied on: 12/24/10
[</em>] Hook (if any): i don’t think i have one… haha GPA i guess?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: so cal
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i ruled out pepperdine awhile ago before hearing back. sorry to everyone rejected i wish i could give you my acceptance!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1940 (600, 650, 690)
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: Chem - 3, Language -4, History - 4, Spanish Language - 4, Human Geo - 5, (Composition, Spanish Lit, Eco, Gov, and Stat this year)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.84
[<em>] Rank: 129/648
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Baseball, Student Council, NHS, youth groups, Junior Leadership Brazos, Umpiring
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Umpiring Little League
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app was about Ender’s Game and his relation to my life (Excellent), Pepperdine’s was about how it was a perfect match to my faith and my ability to represent the school (excellent)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Applied on: 1/13
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender:[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really wish I could go here, but unfortunately I wont be able to play baseball here. Good luck to everyone else who got in.</p>
<p>haha i wish it was that simple. Simply put, although I was recruited by the team for a short while, I’m not good enough to play baseball at pepperdine.</p>
APs: Biology(4), US (4), Psychology (5), currently in Macro/microecon, World & Stats
IBs:
GPA: 3.62/4.0
Rank:
Other stats: 5th decile
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Varsity cheer 4 years, Varsity volleyball 2 years, Dance 4 years, student council 3 years, nhs 3 years, etc. leadership position in every activity except nhs.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about psychology & Christian values b/c not Christian.
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, but I think they were probably good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Applied on: 1/15
Hook (if any): Asian international student?
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Korea
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small, private.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
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<p>General comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Don’t think I’m going b/c of cost. Missing out on a beautiful campus but congrats to everyone else!</p>
Either here or UT Austin.</p>
i wish i could give you my acceptance!!</p>