<pre><code>* SAT: 1440, 33 ACT
* SAT IIs: 750, 740, 740
* GPA: 4.3 W
* Rank: 2/140ish
* Other stats: 5s on AP Bio and APUSH exams. taking every AP offered at my school, taking some independent study and took some over the summer.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I liked them a lot...they really showed who I am. Most people loved them.
* Teacher Recs: Amazing
* Counselor Rec: Said really nice things, but I don't think it was highly unique
* Hook (if any): Character/personality--I've done a lot of things for my school, and my recs really addressed that. My essays and answers to those short questions showed my personality, and every rec I sent in talked about who I am outside of the classroom.
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CO
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Gender: female
* major strength/weakness: i suck at math. big time.
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: founded a bunch of things in my school (including an honor code and newspaper), am from an underrepresented area, and had a really good interview. oh, and i sent in a peer rec...the same one that I used for dartmouth
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<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>I'm definitely going to Princeton! Congrats to all of my fellow '09ers, and condolences to those who didn't get in...best of luck to all of you no matter where you end up. Good luck to next year's applicants!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800m/730v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800mIIc/800Phys/710w
[<em>] GPA: ~9.80 (1-10 scale)
[</em>] Rank: ~3rd/300 - very good HS, the counselor sent along a great letter 'bout the HS
[<em>] Other stats: [list]
[li]1st prize National Physics Olympiad - 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th grade, 2nd prize 9th grade, mention 10th grade<br>[/li][</em>]Silver Medal - "Tuymaada" international Olympiad, Bronze Medal - International Physics Olympiad
[<em>] Loads of Travels - Mountains, Delta, Caves. Was member of the National Society of Speleology and Karstology, 500km bike trip on the highest roads in Romania, Visited bout 8 foreign countries. About 2 years Karate.
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[/list] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Short one bout travels - open minded and interesting; Short one bout math teacher -one of his former students is now post doctoral at Pton and teaches there (Ciprian Manolescu-legend at Int'l math olymps); Long one about me-sentimental, therefore very risky. Either catches the reader or not.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent (and the teachers had great refferences themselves)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent; personall, including great list of qualities
[<em>] Hook (if any): Physics Freak+Outgoing+Open minded/Grades and results on an ascending curve.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Romania
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: does it really matter? In any case, "I'm white"(that sounds so racist)
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Physics results, Recs and perhaps grades/Almost no EC except for traveling, which can hardly be considered official EC activity; no great hook. Dunno' where to place the essay as it was risky.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Hook+Great recs from great teachers+Physics+Open minded[/li][/ul]Other Factors: DIVINE INTERVENTION </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M: 800 V: 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 760, 740
[<em>] GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very honest, expressive and incorporating
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good not the best that I have heard about
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very personalized
[<em>] Hook (if any): National Scholarship, National Gold Medalist for General Knowledge, Top 10 in the country for Computers, multiple leadership roles
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:India
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I have no idea I know that it couldnt be my scores, recos or essays on stand alone basis has to be a combination of stuff[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I did not have an interview, so in the last week of Feb, I typed up a hypothetical interview dialogue (like transcript of some1 interviewing me) with the usual interview questions and faxed it to Pton </p>
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[quote] Other Factors: I did not have an interview, so in the last week of Feb, I typed up a hypothetical interview dialogue (like transcript of some1 interviewing me) with the usual interview questions and faxed it to Pton
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<p>Now that is creative! I doubt I would have ever thought to do that. Double yoo-tee-gee, adides. Man, no wonder they accepted you, haha.</p>