**Official Princeton Class of 2013 Decisions Thread**

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<p>Post your results here as they roll in on March 31st!! :D</p>

<p>NOTE: TAKE OUT SPACES TO MAKE FORMATTING WORK CORRECTLY!!</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

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<p>^ There was a [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/680157-official-princeton-university-class-2013-decisions.html]dispute[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/680157-official-princeton-university-class-2013-decisions.html]dispute[/url</a>] about which thread should be used to post decisions, this original one, or a a new one where gecklord proposes a more convenient method, without the need to take out spaces for proper formatting. The solution: Just copy the model quoted below (credit goes to geckolord) and you won’t have to take out any spaces.</p>

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<p>Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 w 690 cr 720 m
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 790 ush 750 wh 680 math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/277
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5’s, one 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap euro, ap lit, ap calc ab, ap psych, journalism 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]sunshine state scholars</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres of club… foudner of another… in about 12 activities, states in envirothon
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: two jobs over summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: job
[<em>] Essays: great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: very good[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): us
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: w
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (730 CR, 730M, 640 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Chem, 660 M1, 640 USHist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/238
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Eng Lang (3), US Hist (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Cal, AP Lit, AP Span 5, AP Gov, Adv Eco, Adv Phys, App Mus, Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar, Nat’l Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, Captain), Spanish Club (Pres, VP, Reporter), Drama Club, ITS, Cross Country, a lot of others.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Blockbuster Cashier, Pianist for Church
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot
[</em>] Summer Activities: JSA Summer School at Stanford, DM Camp, a lot of other stuff
[<em>] Essays: Common App was good, Princeton Supplement was CRAP.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: did not read.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: fantastically personal
[</em>] Additional Rec: didn’t submit
[li] Interview:[/ul] ehh. could have been better.</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Crappy public in the deep south.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First Gen</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, GPA, ACT?
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I/II, Princeton Essay, interview maybe? shooo, who knows.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]My princeton essay was terrible, i’m too average.
General Comments: boooo.
i was hoping for waitlist, but it’s whatever.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 (Critical Reading: 740, Math: 760, Writing: 730)
[</em>] ACT: 35, E: 36, M: 36, R: 36, S: 33 W: 10/12
[<em>] SAT II: Physics: 800, Chemistry: 790, Math II: 780, World History: 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1 of 332
[</em>] AP: through junior year I had taken 9:
Human Geo (5), World History (5), Euro History (5), Art History (5), Calculus AB (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (4)</p>

<p>[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP US Government, AP US History, Study Hall</p>

<p>[li] Major Awards:[/li]Prudential Spirit of Community Award as best high school age volunteer in my State.
National Merit Finalist
National AP Scholar (earned as a junior) [/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: NHS - member 3 years, President Senior year.<br>
HOBY ambassador sophomore year.
Fencing - Nationally ranked in Junior (U20) and Senior age groups, several national medals, “A” rated, medalled at Junior Olympics, I’ve represented the U.S. at a few international events.
Music - electric and acoustic guitar, formed a “Visiting Musicians” Club to perform at Senior Centers.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at HS Science lab: 11, 12. Promoted to Science Lab Supervisor: 12.<br>
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I formed a non-profit at age 12, which has collected and distributed thousands of winter clothing items an hundreds of pounds of food to the disadvantaged.
[</em>] Summer Activities: fencing and travel
[<em>] Essays: Okay, I suppose. I wrote about coming to understand the value of education by watching workers at a cheese factory.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: pretty chill[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive exurban public
[</em>] Ethnicity: not disclosed on application; FYI: biracial (white/asian)
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: too high for aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: academics, athletics, community service, leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low SAT I score
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Because I was a recruited athlete.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: This isn’t unexpected, because I received a likely letter several months ago, but it sure is exciting to have an official decision. Good luck to everybody!</p>

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<p>[ b]Decision: Rejected**</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (790 CR, 650 M, 630 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 R, 35 M, 32 E, 31 S)
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2:680, Lit: 710, Bio-M: 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/495
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 5 US History, took Chem and Comp. Sci classes but not the AP tests
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, Bio, Physics B, English Lit, Stats, Economics, Government (All AP)+Health
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): This:[/li]Speech & Debate Awards
10th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
5th Place Team Texas Forensic League State Tournament
1st place University of Texas Longhorn Classic Tournament
1st Place Aldine Debate Tournament
National Forensic League Distinction Honor
11th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
State Quarterfinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Place University Interscholastic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
6th Place National Forensic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
National Forensic League Special Distinction Honor
Science Research Awards
9th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
10th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor
11th
Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation published by The Society for Amateur Scientists
4th Place American Physics Society-Texas Chapter
Jacobs Engineering Science Research Award
4th Place Science and Engineering Fair of Houston
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Trumpet, Football, Science Research, Parliamentarian for Science Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Target two summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Summer Activities: Target work and research
[<em>] Essays: One essay was about being the only black at science competitions and about identity. The other essay was about faith and evolution.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My debate coach probably was really good, but the other one was probably average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It was probably about science research (they basically allow us to tell them what to write bc they don’t know us)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Went really well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[<em>] Intended Major: Mehcanical Engineering (but will probably switch to Applied Physics)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 110K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black+Engineering+Research
[<em>] Strengths: My ACT score and research (sent in my abstract on quantum tunneling)
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades and rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk but I am bummed. I’d like to think that it was God’s will and all. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to everyone else. And congrats to all those accepted. It doesn’t matter I got into YALE!!!</p>

<p>This is the research btw:</p>

<p>9th Quantitative Analysis of Electron Transition in Helium </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 M, 640 CR, 780 W [11 E])
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35 E, 34 M, 36 R, 33 S, 9 E)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 MathII, 770 US History, 750 Physics
<a href=“Weighted”>*</a> GPA: 103.5667 on 100 scale
[</em>] Rank: 1/73 in magnet program, 2/772 overall in school
[<em>] AP: 5 English Lang, 5 US History, 5 Macroecon
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Span Lang, AP Calc AB, Research/Design/Development, AP Physics B, Comp Sci II H, AP Calc BC, English 4, AP Physics C
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholar?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics, LD Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Student Advisory Committee to Superintendent, NHS, Physics & Calc Club…really good leadership
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeper and office assistant at accounting office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Animal shelter, robotics lego league, church
[<em>] Summer Activities: LEAD Wharton
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: none provided
[</em>] Interview: went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public (Magnet program within resident school)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican American)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: transcript was about perfect, good act score, activities
[</em>] Weaknesses: not good at writing college essays that “reflect me”
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: wish adcom could tell me :)[/li][/ul]General Comments: awesome. congrats everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350/2400 (CR 800 M 800 W 750)
[</em>] ACT: n/a, im an international
[<em>] SAT II: bioE 780 chem 800 math2 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: n/a
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] define major?</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): astronomy club (co-founder and treasurer), martial arts club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: does national service/tutoring count?
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: organized 2 major fund-raisers
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: good?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>] Additional Rec: :frowning: should have sent this in
[li] Interview:[/ul] great</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: lower
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] 1st gen?</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] blaming it on providence</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: crap, cornell rejected me too</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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<p>what’s the URL. pl. post i cannot access the decisions site.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got in! Will you matriculate?</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Extremely surprised I wasn’t flat out rejected. Congrats to everyone who got in.</p>

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<p>Yup. Rejected. :P</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>HOLY CRAP!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S; 8 on essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II and Chem; 740 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW (4.6 Weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank - Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World Hist (4), Cal AB (5), Chem (5), Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, Honors Senior Thesis, AP Lang, AP Gov’t
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):many state-wide trombone awards; National Merit Finalist; Pres. Scholar Candidate; AP Scholar with Distinction [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Band Council President, Science and Engineering Club (VP), quiz bowl assistant captain, green club, band competitions
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 141 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Band camps
[<em>] Essays: Common app - about a band experience and how that impacted me; princeton supplement - my dad’s impact on my life
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Evidently they were good (wasn’t allowed to read them)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Assuming it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Yes [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $90,000 - $120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Band Stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not too many really huge awards like Intel or Siemens or USAMO
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Beats me; I’m just really really excited right now!!! [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>**General Comments:**Congratulations to everyone else who got in!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>I got in and it was the only Ivy I applied to. Anyways great luck to everyone else.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 CR: 710 M: 700 W: 790
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: USH: 790 Chem: 770 MathII: 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/190
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): various sports, community service and volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mount Sinai Medical Center Volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering/sports
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview:[/ul] amazing</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, noncompetitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Idk really
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]Honestly, i feel lucky to be waitlisted
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 790 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 790 USH, 730 Lit, 710 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP USH (5), AP EURO (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP US Gov, AP Chem, AP Calc, Honors Physics, Honors Spanish IV
[/ul] I’ll update later the rest later…</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (690CR, 780M, 710W, 10E)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years.<br>
[<em>] Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat…not like that’s even a hook lol.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II’S! I submitted SAT2’s to Harvard and Princeton, Waitlist and reject. I withheld from Stanford and Yale, accepted. Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics[/li][/ul]General Comments: My only rejection…and my top choice =/ Oh well also accepted at Yale and Stanford! Waitlisted at Harvard.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800 E11
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800/800/800 Math II, Literature, US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, ~97 on my school’s 100-pt scale
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), European History (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Macro, AP US Government, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st in big national essay contest, NMF, TASP Finalist (idk if this counts)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative Writing (some minor awards, but this is my huge passion and I sent in a supplement); Science Olympiad (officer for 2 years, 16 medals at time of app, led team to Nationals, organized local tournament, coded website, etc…); Art (lessons for 4 years, sent in suppplement); Model UN; NHS; Beta; MARC Youth Leadership Program
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: couple of months at Kumon, restaurant since June 08
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours with NHS/Beta
[<em>] Summer Activities: UChicago summer session, trip for aforementioned essay contest, work
[</em>] Essays: Common App - my love for writing from the perspective of a younger self; Princeton - how a medical condition affected my view of the world
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: should’ve both been great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very positive but not very informative
[<em>] Additional Rec: from boss at work
[</em>] Interview: great, long intellectual conversation and my interviewer seemed pretty impressed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k-200k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: numbers for sure, but I think more distinctively might be my abilities in writing and art
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of leadership positions, lack of substantial awards for some big ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough year, and the aforementioned weaknesses.
[/ul]General Comments:
Princeton hurt the most because I thought I had better chances there than at some other places, based on my application and the kids from school who got in in past years. Still, I’ll get over it. Congrats to everyone who did get in! :slight_smile: Wish you all the best.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160 - math 660, reading 710, writing 790
[</em>] SAT IIs: world history 700, math2 600, literature 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.91 uw, 4.56 weighted
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: common app essay -about my dad, and a supplemental essay about running
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I thought they were going to be stellar, but didn’t see it
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I thought it would be great, didnt see it
[<em>] extracurriculars: Captain of varsity xc team, editor-in-chief of newspaper, forensics (public speaking), nhs, + a lot of stuff related to diabetes research/advocacy (i.e., running a community support group, writing a blog for a health website, babysitting for diabetic kids, speaking at press conferences on capitol hill, lobbying for stem cell research)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: half white, half Indian (did this hurt me? did they accidentally write me off as an “asian”?)
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided - definitely humanities, though
[li] major strength/weakness: dunno[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I am so surprised. Princeton is the place I really didn’t want to go to, and I was fully expecting a rejection.</p>