Official Princeton Class of 2013 Decisions Thread

Butternut · April 1, 2009, 12:18pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 750, M 620, W 710 (2080)
[] ACT:-
[] SAT II: Lit 710, USH 630, M II 590
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 taken Sr. Year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):—
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Calc AB, Euro, Psych, AmGov, and EngLit. Also Genetics, Mandarin Chinese, and Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published author in essay competition, valedictorian.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4-H (Served on Natl. Youth Leadership Team, tons of other stuff), Figure SKating (Assistant Basic SKills Teacher), Piano (play @ my church), Acting (Done some CBS stuff, writing a screenplay), and Rabbits (4-H Rabbit Leader, Mentor, etc.)
[] Job/Work Experience: worked 20 hrs. a week(10, 11) Interned @ Senator’s office (12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots through 4-H, volunteer pianist @ my chuch
[] Summer Activities: Trip to Germany, State 4-H Congress
[] Essays: I’m a strong writer, so very good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good, didn’t get to see
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Very good!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Affairs
[] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Homeschooled
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Just geographic diversity[/li]
[/ul]Reflection

[li] Strengths: My ECs[/li]
[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make [/li]for yourself: None, I should hve focused more on acting/piano

[li] Weaknesses: My scores, especially being homeshcooled[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores probably played a huge role.[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Georgetown
Waitlisted: UChicago, GWU
Accepted: Boston U, U o Rochester, IUP-Honors College

wickedsmahht · April 1, 2009, 3:31pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740, W: 760 (Essay: 8), M: 770 (1510/2270)
[] ACT: 36 (W: 36, R: 36, M: 35, S: 36, Essay: 10)
[] SAT II: Biology (M): 770, Math 2C: 790, Chemistry: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calculus (5), Chemistry (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Meh (Scheduling prevented taking more APs/ school doesn’t offer any outside of Languages, Math and Science) 1 really hard history, 1 really easy social studies, 2 hardest englishes, 2 languages (Spanish and Chinese), Independent study in math (4th dimension, kaleidocycles), independent study in chemistry, teacher’s assistant in chemistry, AP Physics C
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too major: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar Candidate, U of R Science Award, bunch of departmental awards, high honors all 4 years…[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts, tons of community service, yearbook. Seriously nothing amazing here.
[] Job/Work Experience: None at time of application
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tons, but nothing amazing
[] Summer Activities: traveling… didn’t really talk about it
[] Essays: fine, not amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation: one amazing, the other good
[] Counselor Rec: fine
[] Additional Rec: good, showed how committed I am to volunteering
[li] Interview: awkward (because I’m awkward hah) but fine. Nothing spectacular[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: good public (at least one at each ivy every year)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper/ upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and test scores
[] Weaknesses: leadership, anything that would make me pop
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really stand out. At all.[/ul][/li]
General Comments: Not surprised or upset. Accepted to Rice, Johns Hopkins, UNC Chapel Hill and Wash U, so I definitely have some good choices!

golfer91 · April 1, 2009, 4:35pm

[ b]Decision: Accepted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 790M 730CR 690W
[] ACT:n/a
[] SAT II:Physics 760 Chemistry 770 Math II 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 77/577
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):BC(4/5) English Language(5) Chemistry (5) Physics B (5) World History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multi-Variable Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TMEA Music Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Band(section leader), Orchestra(section leader), NHS, Youth Orchestra(section leader), Mu Alpha Theta, Chemistry Club(officer)
[] Job/Work Experience:Sonic 7 months, Tutoring 2 years, Manual Labor on weekends
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours nhs
[] Summer Activities: Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Northwestern University Music Institute
[] Essays: Great IMO
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure it was great
[] Counselor Rec:I’m sure it was great
[] Additional Rec:I’m sure it was great
[] Interview: Went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major:Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant):Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 250+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: EC’s
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:EC’s
[] Weaknesses:rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:EC’s
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Utexas, USC, UVA, Washington & Lee, SMU. Denied: Harvard

smeagz · April 1, 2009, 6:09pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 800m, 780w, 740cr, 2320
[] SAT IIs: 800math2, 770chem, 730bio-e
[] WGPA: 98.139 (+5/honors, +8/AP)
[] Rank: 9/315 (not disclosed)
[] AP’s: 2 US History, 4 Physics C E&M, 5 Physics C M, 5 Chem, 5 Calc BC, US Gov, Psych (self-study), Bio, English Lit, Stats
[] Other: MAT 215 Princeton (did poorly), 350+ hours volunteering at hospital, astrophysics research, varsity tennis, NHS president, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Decent
[] Teacher Recs: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[*] Gender: M

kleagles · April 1, 2009, 7:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (superscore): CR 800 M 780 W 760 Composite: 2340
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II: 800 US History: 720 Physics: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/235
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Gov 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP Psych 5, AP Stat 5, AP US History 4, AP Bio 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): haven’t taken yet
[] Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes, plus AP Macro
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel ISEF Finalist?[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis 4 years, varsity track 2 years, aime qualifier 4 years, sci fair many awards, sca treasurer and advisory board
[] Job/Work Experience: NASA INSPIRE
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours Nursing home, Youth Commission
[] Summer Activities: NASA INSPIRE, Congressional seminar, volunteer at hospital
[] Essays: I thought they were just good, nothing amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good apparently
[] Counselor Rec: Good apparently
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview:[/ul] Ok to well, his house was NICE, talked for about 1 hr 15 min[/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Suburban Public…ok sends about 1 or 2 to an ivy a year
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores
[] Weaknesses: essays kind of, maybe recs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God’s grace haha
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Got into Stanford, Penn, Cornell, UVA, waitlisted by harvard and yale [/ul]

**General Comments: Yay! **

ZFanatic · April 1, 2009, 8:06pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070, 700 Math, 670 CR, 640 W
[] ACT: 32 Comp, 36 Math, 34 Sci, 29 Rdg, 29 Eng
[] SAT II: 740 Math II, 700 Chem, 620 Lit (gross)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.61…
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 47/498
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 APs by end of senior year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Eng Lit, AP Calculus AB, Student Council Officer
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physician Shadowing, Research, StuCo (secretary), NHS, 3 years school baseball, Boy Scouts (senior patrol leader and Eagle Scout)
[] Job/Work Experience: 5 years working as youth baseball umpire, and other employment always/year round
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots. Shoulda kept better track of my hours.
[] Summer Activities: Work, and Native American Youth Initiative program
[] Essays: Really good, but not super original or exciting. About my shadowing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: IDK
[] Counselor Rec: Most likely fantastic
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Best one out of all, went really well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[] Intended Major: Philosophy/Math
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: Native American (obviously not that much help…)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~130k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Native American, but once again, didn’t help that much obviously.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Courseload (hardest of anyone at my school, I’m certain.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My passion for science and medicine, as well as that I actually am somewhat related to my tribal heritage. Obviously not good enough.
[] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA GPA.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SubPar GPA is the only thing I can really think of.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It seems to me like they really care a lot more about grades than they let on. obviously, because it is the Ivy League, but I guess mine just weren’t good enough. It seems like they’d rather you took 5 AP’s and have all A’s than take 10 AP’s and make 4 A’s and 6 B’s
[/ul]

3211 · April 1, 2009, 9:34pm

I dont know how to do the bullet thing… :S seriously I tried.

dkbear · April 1, 2009, 9:41pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[] ACT: 35
[] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[] IBs (including this year’s: None
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr15 wk
[] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr30 wk
[] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.

I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.

jen89ob · April 1, 2009, 10:25pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2130 - 700 W/740 CR/690 M (ouchhh)

SAT II: 800 M-II, 760 US History, 690 Literature (ouch again…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/76
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APES (5), APLang (4), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP - Music, Lit, Euro, Bio, Stats, 2 Honors - Span 3 and 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, a few local music awards, a few writing ones.
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club (President), Newspaper (Editor), LitMag (Editor & Consultant), Go Green (Coordinator), tutoring (founder & president), piano, choir (Student Director & Accompanist), lots of volunteer work… other stuff.

Job/Work Experience: restaurant work
Volunteer/Community service: lots and lots. Most devoted to weekly elementary tutoring.
Summer Activities: mortgage internship last summer, work and planning activities with friends 2 summers before
Essays: Strange one for CommonApp. Very personal one for “Person who influenced you” for Princeton. My short responses weren’t too bad.
Teacher Recommendation: Good. Both know me very well: are advisors for Newspaper and LitMag as well as my previous English and US History teachers. I’m almost like a co-worker to them. Except one teacher misspelled my name…
Counselor Rec: No idea. Good, I hope. She’s completely new and quite clueless, but she’s nice and wants the best for me.
Additional Rec: none… I took it seriously when they said they didn’t require more than asked for…
Interview: Went very well, though it was the strangest one I had. He kind of monologued for a while, then prompted me with a question and let me monologue, then told me to ask questions. I got him started on economics though, and said something that caught his attention, which was fun =)
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NC

School Type: trashy public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 70k-85k
Hooks: none?
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: My transcript is not bad, the interview went well (if that counted at all), and I worked hard on my essays (not to mention all of high school…).

Weaknesses: The fact 24,000+ people applied in this whacked-up year. My CommonApp essay is a little kooky… ECs are generic, but they’re what I love, so what can I do? Maybe SAT was lower than a lot of folks on CC, but it went down when I retook so I moved on with my life.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High school has been my time to bloom in interests and involvement and I hope it showed in my application. Waitlisting is much further than the rejection I was prepared for!
</code></pre>

General Comments: I LOVE YOU UNC!

Best wishes to everyone! You deserve all the good things that will come to you.

strawberryswing · April 2, 2009, 12:02am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230
ACT: 35 M: 36 R: 33 W:35 S: 34 Essay:10
SAT II: 790 Math II, 800 World History, 790 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.63
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 329
AP (place score in parenthesis): five 5s, one 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Eng Lit, AP Bio, AP Comp Sci, AP Macroecon, AP government, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl (Co-Captain, IHSA State Champ, IHSA First Team All State), Class (Class President), other stuff that everyone else has too–NHS, etc
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club and NHS activities
Summer Activities: nothing major
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview: Excellent
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+? my parents refuse to tell me, but i basically got no financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ORM? first generation college on maternal side, but dad is a PhD
Reflection
Strengths: “brilliant” essays as my Lit teacher said, great interview
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: listed Princeton as National Merit first choice
Weaknesses: test scores aren’t great
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay, interview, academics, extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: letters of interest from duke and dartmouth, rejection at stanford. haven’t bothered to check anything else really

fiona_1 · April 2, 2009, 12:21am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
[ul]
[]SAT I: 800CR 800M 760W
[]ACT: Did not take
[]SAT II: 800Maths II, 800Chemistry, 800Physics
[]GPA: 4.42/5.0
[]Rank: Top 25% (school only reports quartiles, I estimate about 15% though)
[]AP/IB: 5s in Biology, Chemistry, Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C, Stats
[]Course Load: Most rigorous
[]Awards: Int Chem Oly Bronze, Singapore Physics Oly Nat’ll Champion[/ul]

Subjective:
[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: MUN, Cheerleading, Journalism (it sounds better than it was)
[]Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[]Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Guiding at Zoo
[]Summer Activities: N/A
[]Essays: Used CommonApp–essays good (you can read, search my posts) but Princeton Supp was mediocre
[]Teacher Recs: One excellent, one good
[]Counselor Rec: Excellent, love that dude. <3
[]Interview: Alumni interview[/ul]

Other
[ul]
[]State: Singapore
[]Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[]School Type: Insanely competitive public magnet
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: $50k? or so?
[]Hooks: Idk Female in Science?
[/ul]
Reflection
[ul]
[li]Strengths: Test scores and awards[/li][]Weaknesses: Low rank, mediocre grades
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Competitive applicant pool from HS[/ul][/li]
General Comments:
I’m probably going to Harvey Mudd in California.

StrandedInEurope · April 2, 2009, 12:51pm

Decision: Accepted

I’m accepting a deferral from a previous year, but I’ll be part of the class of 2013, so figured I’d throw my name on here.

visionquest09 · April 2, 2009, 5:12pm

Decision: Accepted

hsn16 · April 3, 2009, 12:26am

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math:800 Reading: 780 Writing:790 Total:2370
[] ACT:N/A
[] SAT II:Math II:800 U.S. History: 780 Chemistry: 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):12 5s Got 5s in AP World History, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP U.S. History, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math :7 IB Economics: 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Chemistry, IB HL Physics, IB HL Economics, IB HL European History, IB HL English, IB SL Spanish, AP Art History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar 10th and 11th grade? [/li]National Merit Finalist
Missed USAMO twice by 1 point and 3 points but AIME score of 9
Plenty of Math/ Science/ Academic/ Martial arts awards but nothing that really stood out

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mu Alpha Theta (President) (Secretary)
Music service organization (Founder/President)
Literary Club (Vice President)
Tae Kwon Do (Instructor/ Leader) 2nd Degree Black
Quizbowl
Piano
Band
NHS
SNHS
[] Job/Work Experience:Piano Teacher, Martial Arts Instructor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at hospital and also did a variety of other activities. Overall >200 hours
[] Summer Activities:Junior Statesman of America, M&TSI
[] Essays:Pretty good, I thought, really showed my loves in life- martial arts, my lil’ sis, and more. One essay was about some of the difficulties I’ve been through and how I was able to grow through them (sorry, I want to keep everything really general)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, they all really love me
[] Counselor Rec: Fabulous! Know her really well.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Average. We talked. He said I was an excellent applicant w/ a great chance. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[] Intended Major:Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:IB, Large school more than 2000 kids
[] Ethnicity:Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket:100-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well rounded? 
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Really passionate about what I love and the things I do.
[] Weaknesses:Too well rounded. Just an average academically strong asian girl
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Look above.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UF, MIT, Caltech Waitlisted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton
[] Some words: CONGRATS to you guys who made it!!! I know so many ppl who are qualified and well, admissions at HYP are chancy, so if you made it in- I hope you guys have an amazing time. The only thing I was wondering was why I didn’t get acceptances/ rejections and just waitlists across the board. I would have preferred a mixture of both.
I was really disappointed at first but I’ve come to terms with college admissions. Life will go on…
[/ul]

nburnett3 · April 3, 2009, 5:25pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[] ACT: 35 (36 R, 35 M, 34 E, 34 S, 7 W)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 Physics, 690 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79/4.00, 4.35/4.00 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank. Top 10% at least.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP scores. I attend a residential college program. Have been taking only college classes since my junior year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: University Physics, College Chemistry II, Multivariable Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, College Literature, Deviant Behaviour, Music Appreciation
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess club (president). GSA (member). Mock Trial (lawyer, team captain). Beta Club (member).
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for CollegeBoard over the summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours. Most with the Center for Gifted Studies.
[] Summer Activities: None, other than a job.
[] Essays: Good, maybe not great.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both great recommendations.
[] Counselor Recommendation: Read like a form letter.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Went fine, nothing great, nothing awful.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Mathematics.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public/Residential.
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: ~60k/year.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores. Class load.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Having already experience college and knowing what it was like and how the program has changed my life.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars. Nothing that stands out other than my numbers.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My numbers were good, but that was it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Tulane and some state schools. Princeton was the only major college I applied to.
[/ul]

xxxxjeffreyxx · April 4, 2009, 3:01pm

Decision: Accepted

and most likely attending!

soccerunner678 · April 4, 2009, 3:58pm

Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): 2210
ACT: 35(35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 33 Science)
SAT II: 770 Math II, 750 Math I, 800 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00/4.00 unweighted, 4.64/4.00 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/ 655
AP (place score in parenthesis):US History 5, Macroecon 5, English Lang 4, Chemistry 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus A, AP Cal BC, AP English Lit, AP Latin, AP US Gov, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Econ Honor Society (President), Academic Quizbowl (Captain), Sciencebowl (captain), Math Team, NHS, Beta Club, Science Olympiad, Latin Honor Society (Treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at local theatre for past two years as “team leader”
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours.
Summer Activities: None, other than a job.
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: Both great recommendations.
Counselor Recommendation: Really good
Additional Rec: None.
Interview:N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public/Residential.
Ethnicity: White.
Gender: Male.
Income Bracket: ~30k/year.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge finalist
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Oxford (UK)(accepted)- probably will go there because of full ride; UPenn (accepted), UChicago (accepted), Stanford (waitlisted)

t-san · April 4, 2009, 9:24pm

[36][green] Decision: Accepted [/green][/36]

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): CR -800, M - 740, W - 790 (1540/2330)

ACT: 35 (35 R, 34 M, 36 E, 34 S, 11 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 730 Physics, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85/4.00, 4.66 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/587
AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 tests: one 3, two 4s, six 5s.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP English Lit, AP Macroeconomics/AP Government, AP Physics B, AP Biology, Humanities (Academic Decathlon), AP Art History.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon (Captain). UIL Academic Team (Captain). NHS, Mu Alpha Theta (members) Youth Group (Teen Life Leader), Club Soccer, Piano - 10 years.

Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Maybe 50 hours total outside of church work. I didn’t mention this except for my work at church.
Summer Activities: Harvard Summer School last year (organic chemistry), AP U.S. History the year before in summer at Rice, Honors Pre-Calc at Rice before that, Honors Geometry before that.
Essays: I thought they were pretty good. So did my parents.
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. My 4 year A.D. coach wrote one, my Honors Chem/AP Chem teacher wrote the other.
Counselor Recommendation: Probably it was just Okay. My counselor respects me for taking a hard courseload, but doesn’t like that I rarely visit/pushed some mandatory classes till senior year, etc. The rec was probably good in subject matter but meh in tone.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: Wonderful. We talked about Harvard Summer School, then about A.D, and he was really impressed at my state championship. Then we talked about student life at Princeton, then he asked my for help on Calculus. Then we talked about UIL and piano, and soccer.
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes - denied

Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Texas (but we’re not permanent residents, so I’m still international)
Country (if international applicant): England/Nigeria
School Type: Public/Residential.
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (kind of, but i dunno if URM status applies to internationals).
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: Test scores. Class load. Teacher Recs. Team and Individual State Championships.

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Explaining how high school (the class load and Academic Decathlon) has helped me evolve into a person who enjoys life outside of just math and science - how having to study for 10 subjects in Decathlon helped me see how all fields are related and how the current high school system, where there is a wide variety of mandatory classes helped me broaden horizons, etc. It sounded less corny when I actually wrote it, trust me.
Weaknesses: My grades. Lots of Bs, especially in sophomore year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that the mixture of school, decathlon and church, and soccer made me look well rounded. Plus I painted myself as a person who loves to learn and who learns from my mistakes well. I don’t really know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stanford, Harvard, MIT waitlisted. Rice, CalTech, Yale, Columbia Rejected. Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Cornell, UT, Baylor, Berkeley accepted.
</code></pre>

t4k · April 7, 2009, 11:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 800M 780W one sitting, 2390 superscore
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800Math2C, 800BioE, 800Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 uw
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): uhh ~28/530…I only have 1 B, but that’s how many valedictorians we have
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Eng, AP Calc BC, Digital Imaging, French 4, Govt/Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing much…a random French award, nomination for Presidential Scholars, Presidential service award, NHS, US Patent[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math organizations, travel, babysitting, yoga/pilates
[] Job/Work Experience: job @ learning center for tutoring ~8hrs/week, summer engineering internship, engineering job shadowing, 2 summers of working at a summer camp for 4 weeks/summer, etc
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours, hospital work, summer camps
[] Summer Activities: basically answered above. plus a lot of travel
[] Essays: i really really liked the quote one, and wrote a fairly solid engineering essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: should’ve been fine? My chemistry teacher really liked me, but who knows how good it was. French teacher claimed her’s was good, don’t know how personal it was. 
[] Counselor Rec: eh. I dislike her
[] Additional Rec: an incredible one from my supervisor at my engineering internship
[li] Interview: amazing. my favorite/best one. Interviewer couldn’t stop saying how much she loved my attitude and the way I approach life[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I don’t qualify for aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…unless you count female applying to engineering[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: GPA, SATs, essays
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Strong interest in engineering, as a girl
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars. I enjoy my sleep and didn’t bother doing everything. Also I don’t have major awards, I’ve never done a math/science competition in my life.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I love Princeton! I feel they really care about the applicant as a person. For example, if I applied to Stanford, it’s a huge school and they’d just take a checklist and start tallying all your awards/extracurriculars/scores/etc…and there’s no way I can stack up against those geniuses. I honestly feel really lucky.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at all the Ucs, Applied to 6 privates…accepted Duke, Caltech, Princeton, rejected at Yale, MIT, and Harvard. Don’t care though, Princeton is my first choice :D. Congrats to everyone!

CCPWNZ · April 9, 2009, 1:29am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 - 730R, 780M, 760W (71 gram 12 essay)
[] ACT: 34 - 35 Eng/Sci/Math, 30 Read, 32 Eng/Writ (9)
[] SAT II: 760 math II, 770 chem, 780 phys, 790 korean w/list, 117 TOEFL iBT
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 100 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): world hist, eng lang/comp, physics b (5), us hist (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, calc bc, eng lit, comparative gov/pol, spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel semi, national merit commended, ap scholar w/honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tae kwon do (junior master) science olympiad, newspaper (editor) etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: nursing home
[] Summer Activities: intel research
[] Essays: alright
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good prolly bland
[] Additional Rec: good, from research mentor
[] Interview: amazing!!!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
[] Intended Major: mech. engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): from korea 6th grade, transferred to regular pool due to status change to permanent resident
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: korean
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: ~$130k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: moved from korea 6th grade? and itnerview was amzing
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: focus on mech. engineering tied to research, interest in cars and engines since little
[] Weaknesses: grades, essays (?)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: eh i just suck at life
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to yale, uc berkeley, and stony brook so dont really care, but waitlisted to harvard, mit, columbia, penn, cornell, johns hopkins, and cooper union, so im kind of wondering what i may have done wrong with my application(s) that caused so many (SEVEN out of 12) waitlists… oh and rejected from princeton/stanford.
anyway dudes(and dudettes) if u wanna get into princeton do better than me and get better grades, good luck!!!

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