Official Princeton University 2014 Decisions Thread

bugsliberty · April 1, 2010, 11:03pm

Accepted – Yes! – Very honored . . .

Nike_T · April 1, 2010, 11:07pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2350 800M 760CR 790 W (superscore)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:800 Physics, 800 math II, 770 chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/420
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Gov, Chem, Physics, Bio, Euro, US History, Lit, Lang, Calc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Calc, Engineering Principles, Spanish IV, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none whatsoever
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Swimming Captain, Tennis Captain, Marching band, piano for 11 years, after school choir, some other random clubs
[] Job/Work Experience:2 summers of 160 hours of camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service:not much
[] Summer Activities:work, no special camps or anything
[] Essays:ok
[] Teacher Recommendation:pretty good I think
[] Counselor Rec:Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?:No
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[] Intended major?:Biomed Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Test scores
[] Weaknesses:not enough focus on my ec’s and essay, I suck at writing haha
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Cornell, UCONN. Rejected: MIT, Yale, Princeton, Brown
[/ul]**General Comments:**Good Job everyone that got accepted. I know you deserve it.

soccer_girl4life · April 1, 2010, 11:20pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2220 M:730 W: 750 CR: 740
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math IIC: 740 French: 710 USH: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/800
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language(5), Calculus AB(5), World History(4), APUSH(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Stats, AP Biology, AP Macro, AP English Lit, US Gov’t, Girls Varsity Soccer Fall/Spring
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Merit Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls Soccer (jv captain), NHS, Junior State of America, French Club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours
[] Essays: my best supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went well, I had a nice conversation

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience!
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): urm, first generation[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: urm doesn’t hurt
[] Weaknesses: last minute essays probably
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rule of odds?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Yale, Harvard, WUSTL, Duke, JHU, Bowdoin, University of Texas at Austin, Rice

[/ul]General Comments: I’m not mad at you Princeton…

sb1492 · April 1, 2010, 11:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 750M, 710W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 740BiologyM, 700USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Psychology (5), USH (4), Human Geography (4), English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Bio, AP Lit, Forensics, Internship
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Achievement Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (president, treasurer), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), NHS, Research after school, Track
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:20 hours a week tutoring at inner-city youth center since 9th grade (2000+ hours), Church nursery (only about 2 hours a week)
[] Summer Activities: Research at local university, NIH STEP-UP program (another research program)
[] Essays: One about my environment and how it shapes. Other essay about significant influence in my life (don’t want to go into details, but it was pretty good)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Included detail information about the poverty of our school, lack of resources, and how I had to self-study for most AP exams even though I had a teacher
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Inner-city public
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars (tutoring and research which I was heavily involved in)
[] Weaknesses: Not a lot of leadership skills
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I will not even attempt to figure that out
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: : Accepted at UF, UMiami, Williams (Tyng), Amherst (early write), Columbia (likely), Dartmouth (likely), Harvard , Yale. Was not waitlisted or rejected.[/ul]

woohoo333 · April 1, 2010, 11:41pm

ok so i applied to princeton and i’ve been to their site and i know this probably sounds stupid but i cannot figure out how to see my decision. did everyon get emails? if not, where did you go on the site to see your decisions?

augustagurrl · April 1, 2010, 11:42pm

rejected.
princeton/harvard/yale/dartmouth.
great way to start spring break.

spiritualwitch · April 1, 2010, 11:47pm

Rejected Princeton, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, and Brown. Expecting rejection though. Congrats! I’m sure you are all awesome and good luck in the coming years as you go to an Ivy (maybe).
@augustagurrl: at least your cat didn’t die at the beginning of your spring break (your hypothetical cat if you don’t have a real one).

rushandcrush · April 1, 2010, 11:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800 Math, 780 Reading, 700 Writing
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 French with Listening, 780 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (It’s really more like a 95-96%)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/620ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), World History (5), Stat (5), Calc AB (5) Chem (5), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Enviro (5), Studio Art (4), Physics (4), Euro (skipped), English Lang (skipped), French Lang (5), Micro (skipped), Macro (skipped), Psych (5), English Lit (currently taking), French Lit (currently taking), Art History (currently taking, will definitely skip)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French Lit, Linear Algebra (college), AP Art History, Mole Bio (college), Chem (college).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Did well at Intel, never really got past AIME. Won essay contests, MVP awards for sports, published science research etc.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis - 2nd singles freshman year, and continued as 1st singles throughout high school. Named MVP, Captain, won state awards, etc. (I think I may have been recruited but I didn’t want to pursue tennis in college at the D1 level). Class President all four years. Editor in Chief of award-winning school literary magazine for 2 years. Established school Hispanic club, president and founder.
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at NYC science labs for four years and had work published professionally. Interned at the New Yorker for a month (I have a family friend :P)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: Internships
[] Essays: No Idea. I liked them!
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but they like me!
[li] Counselor Rec: No idea, but he likes me! :P[/li]
[li] Interview: It went well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Legacy to Princeton and Tufts.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, my personality, and my hooks.
[] Weaknesses: Not exactly sure, but no one’s perfect.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Barnard, Johns Hopkins BME. Waitlisted: Tufts [/li][/ul]General Comments:

bsmdncechick23 · April 1, 2010, 11:52pm

Choose One:
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 720 us history, 720 lit, 700 math II (ouch)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/211
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CALC AB (5) APUSH (5) COMP (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Physics, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too interesting…the usual AP stuff and commended scholar for national merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief of nationally ranked newspaper, tap jazz ballet modern and hip hop dance with lead roles, a bunch of other non exciting stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years retail job
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots of random volunteering, tutoring, NHS tutor chairperson
[] Summer Activities: not much. work.
[] Essays: were pulled together fairly quickly but I thought were pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: should have been good, didnt read
[] Counselor Rec: should have been good as well
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: went very well!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Private college prep
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. mom went to grad school at princeton though.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: school record, showed passion
[] Weaknesses: test scores, something exciting
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea! Im still shocked (very happy!) well see where this leads me
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at Stanford, Harvard (with legacy), waitlisted at Penn (kind of surprised), and in at Northwestern and BC
[/ul]General Comments: very happy, can’t believe Princeton would even look at my app that closely. yay!

journeeverte · April 1, 2010, 11:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 R & W, 790 M
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 790 Lit & History, 760 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of very many (top 1%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): eight 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish Lit, English Lit, Music Theory, Microecon, Macroecon, US Government, Physics C, Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Certificate for Superior Writing (this is literally my only major award)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Amnesty Intl (President since 11th), singing outside of school, local Congressional Youth Advisory Council in 10th
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: local court program since 10th
[] Summer Activities: volunteered at nearby hospital
[] Essays: pretty good? tried to be creative, hehe
[] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[] Counselor Rec: idk, but he mentioned that I’m learning French on my own
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: didn’t think much of it, but I did emphasize my sincere interest in the creative writing program
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): unusual interests for “Asian” applicant, maybe (humanities & arts)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: academics. and essays, perhaps
[] Weaknesses: EXTRACURRICULARS
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Brown, U Chicago + others :)[/li][/ul]**General Comments: I am very very surprised; this is unbelievable! I encourage all interested juniors to APPLY, even if you think you lack the requisite ECs. You never know–you might be lucky like I was today <3 **

Tony1337 · April 1, 2010, 11:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 - 760 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 800 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.70
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/548
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Euro (5), Calc BC (5), Psych (5), U.S. History (5), Stat (5), Physics C-Mech (5), Enviro (5), English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: English Lit AP, Physics B AP, Chem AP, U.S. Gov AP, Spanish Lang AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier x 2, USAPhO Semifinalist, USAMTS Gold, ARML stuff, National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (Pres), Mu Alpha Theta (Pres), ARML, AcaDeca (Sec/Treas), Science Olympiad (Treas/Pub)
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring, hi-tech company intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: library
[] Summer Activities: math camp
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: good; from math coach
[] Interview: good, though a bit short; with a very recent graduate
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: math/science, essays
[] Weaknesses: community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Math stuff.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford (EA), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD. Waitlisted: Harvard, Caltech. Rejected: None.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

phosphorlyescenc · April 2, 2010, 12:02am

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290: 800 CR, 760 M, 730 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 770 Chem, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), English Lang & Comp (5), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Available. 3 APs, 2 College Courses 2nd sem (1 college course 1st sem)
Took college bio courses for the past 2 yrs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Finalist Sophomore yr, USABO Silver Junior yr, Some in-state bio awards, Some debate/ forensics awards
[] GRE: Bio 880 (Top 3%)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 10,11,12 (Captain 11,12), Forensics 10,11,12 (Captain 12), Math Team 10,11 (Captain 10,11), Sci Oly 10.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring college students in into college bio, 12.
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Horticulture Genetics lab, Online courses
[] Essays: Well-Written
[] Teacher Recommendation: glowing
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Debate/Forensics team coach. Glowing
[] Interview: Decent (only 20 min or so)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public, average quality
[] Ethnicity: White, Russian (Bilingual)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 150K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very advanced bio student (USABO, College courses, tutoring college, GRE score)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Very in depth knowledge/specialization in one field, string involvement in Debate & Forensics
[] Weaknesses: No Sports, Work experience, little volunteer work. Numbers are decent, but not stellar
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong Biology concentration - I definitly stand out in a sea of future bio majors
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
A: JHU, MIT, Caltech, UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley, UW Madison
R: Harvard, Yale
[/ul]General Comments:
I have no idea why I was accepted at Princeton but rejected at Harvard and Yale. But Princeton was my first choice anyway, so it’s all good.

stridegumisbest · April 2, 2010, 12:21am

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: CR-790 M-760 W-800
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: IIC: 800, Bio(E): 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 555554
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Stats, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Gov, Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): jack kent cooke young scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano, tennis, cello, quiz bowl
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital, music at retirement homes 
[] Summer Activities: lots of summer programs (Oxbridge, cty, etc)
[] Essays: decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: one glowing, one ok
[] Counselor Rec: glowing
[] Additional Rec: piano teacher, ehh ok
[] Interview: great! We really hit it off well!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <40000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, overall well-roundness?
[] Weaknesses: essays (mb?), GPA?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard, Yale and Penn. Accepted at Dartmouth (likely), Cornell, Amherst, Duke, UCI, UCLA, UC Berkeley. Waitlisted at Stanford and JHU. [/li][/ul]General Comments: SOO EXCITED FOR PRINCETON!!

christiansoldier · April 2, 2010, 12:26am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800/800/800/12)
Retaken from 2380 (800/800/780/10)
[] ACT: 35 twice (36/35/36/33/11 and 35/36/34/36/12)
[] SAT II: Physics 800, Biology E 800, Chemistry 800 (Retaken from 790), US History 800, World History 800, Math II 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/760
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, Chemistry 5, European History (Independent Study) 5, Human Geography (Independent Study) 5, US History 5, Art History 5, English Language and Composition 5, Calculus AB 5, Physics B 5, Biology 5, Psychology 5, US Government (Independent Study) 5, Environmental Science (Independent Study) 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics (Online), AP English Literature, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics, Academic Competitions
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President, Conservative Party Chairman x2, Chief Justice, Director of Moderating, Regional Senator, Best Speaker x8), Moot Court (Best Speaker x4, Most Valuable Team Member x2, Competition Winner, Competition Second Place), Academic Decathlon (Co-President, a couple dozen medals, came 2nd in county last year and 3rd in the nation this year), Mathletes (1st in County Individual Math, CML High Score in County), Model UN (Head Delegate, Outstanding Delegate x2), Science Olympiad (2nd in county, 3rd in state, individual medals in both), Lion’s Speech Contest (Regional Winner)
[] Job/Work Experience: Appeals Analyst for CA State Personnel Board
[] Volunteer/Community service: CA Department of Fair Housing and Employment Intern, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign Volunteer
[] Summer Activities: JSA Stanford Summer School, EPGY Online, Montezuma Leadership Summit, Community College, Work (Appeals Analyst)
[] Essays: One about the depression I drove myself into by constantly benchmarking myself against history’s geniuses, the other about why I love Moot Court
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my composition teacher, one from my Psych teacher who I’m pretty close to.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably businesslike
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t send one
[] Interview: It seemed like it was pretty much to inform me about Princeton, but I had already heard most of it from when I went to visit.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large suburban semi-competitive public
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, Academic competitions, petty leadership
[] Weaknesses: Probably the retakes
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m competitive and ambitious and I think they appreciated that.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard and Yale, Waitlisted at MIT, Accepted at UC Davis, UCLA, Rice, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Princeton[/li][/ul]General Comments: This is my school right here.

edwarddeveloper · April 2, 2010, 12:33am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (sorry I forgot the breakdown :P)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 2380
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank, but probably top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: GCE A Levels: Economics, Math, Chemistry, Biology, Game Theory, General Paper, Higher Chinese, Project Work
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): The Prime Minister’s Book Prize (Bilingualism) etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Magazine (Editor), National Affairs Council (Founding Member), MUN etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: National Service (Army) xD
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays: Unusual! (Hit or miss)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Employer
[] Interview: Thought it went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays were a miss, I think. And I’m a reapplicant (got waitlisted last year).
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Yale; Accepted: Oxford (UK)[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Grats to all who got in!

carruth · April 2, 2010, 12:44am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 760 M, 760 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 720 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.2 (my school calls A+ a 4.3)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Physics B (5), Spanish Language (5), US History (4), English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: English 12, AP Biology, AP Art History, Advanced Calculus, Spanish 6 Literature, Rock Band (music performance), Footsteps of Francis (religious studies elective)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): cross country (2 yrs JV Captain), lacrosse (2 yrs JV Captain), science team (1 yr Captain, team won state), Honor Council (elected representative), Chapel Advisory Board (elected representative), playing in a band (not the one through the class listed above)
[] Job/Work Experience: zip
[] Volunteer/Community service: trip to Peru building adobe bathrooms in a village in the mountains, trip to New Orleans rebuilding a flooded house
[] Summer Activities: Peru trip mentioned above, language immersion trip to Spain, music and lacrosse all the time
[] Essays: pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: They both love me and can write well. One of them ran the science team I captained, so brownie points there. The other one loves my music.
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Very good. We talked a good deal about Jorge Luis Borges, which is always fun
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private, Episcopalian
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: dude
[] Income Bracket: mid-upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): meh, none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: the ridiculous amount of stuff I participate in, while maintaining high averages in a rough course load. Well-rounded by hitting academics along with music, athletics, and service
[] Weaknesses: My academics aren’t at the level where Princeton admissions would call me a genius, and no one from my school has been accepted before
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, a lot of luck. Also, I feel that their supplement helped me let them really know what kind of person I am.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, and UVA. Rejected Harvard, Columbia, Duke, MIT, CalTech[/li][/ul]General Comments: Cranked the techno after reading my decision. Danced for 5 minutes before I told anyone the news

314159 · April 2, 2010, 12:52am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 700 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), swimming, tutoring (director of program), published writing
[] Job/Work Experience: bioengineering research, magazine internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive service leader for school, service leader for a local night shelter
[] Summer Activities: math/business programs at penn and princeton
[] Essays: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: really good i think
[] Additional Rec: excellent
[] Interview: good
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: top private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: bad freshman grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UVa, Michigan, Georgia Tech; waitlisted to Dartmouth; rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Penn[/ul] [/li]General Comments: Princeton was my dream school, so I’m really upset Congrats to everyone who got accepted though!

ayeeeconnie · April 2, 2010, 1:03am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 [M: 800, R: 740, W: 790]
[li] ACT: did not report. 32 [M: 33, S: 33, R: 32, W: 30, Essay:9] I know this score was horrible; hence the non report.[/li][] SAT II: Biology E: 660, Math II: 790, US History: 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 unweighted, 4.3 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/525ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History [5], Calculus AB [5], English Language [5], Biology [3], Environmental Science [4]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a[/li][] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Literature, AP Music Theory, Anatomy and Physiology, Calculus BC, Multivariable Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really. AP scholar with distinction? piano competitions, Certificate of Merit levels for piano
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club [secretary], CSF [vp junior, president senior], Badminton [cocaptain], piano [performing]
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutoring, Kumon Tutoring Center
[] Volunteer/Community service: El Toro Youth Center & San Martin Retirement Home [300 hours]
[] Summer Activities: community college classes, family nursery work
[] Essays: Common app-about selling flowers on thanksgiving, Supplement: about the lady who gifted me a piano, which started my interest for it. They were very heartfelt essays
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see either one. I’m going to assume they were okay.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good; she knew me really well
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: VERY good. the interviewer thought i was wonderful.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60k-70k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, immigrants for parents, flower nursery background, little town, veryy mediocre public school that cannot remember the last person who got admitted to an ivy league school
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I’s, interview, essays maybe?
[] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, lack of awards, mediocre school
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got lucky. Well, I’m one of those who made it into the pool, and I guess I was the lucky fish
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, Yale University
Waitlisted: Harvard, University of Pennsylvania
Rejected: Stanford University
[/ul]General Comments:

HAPPY!

112358 · April 2, 2010, 1:10am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT II: 2400 MathII/Physics/Latin
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none offered
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: honors courses, most rigorous available
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity basketball, varsity cross country, violin / youth orchestra, Church stuff, leadership in a couple clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: three summers
[] Volunteer/Community service: little
[] Summer Activities: work
[] Essays: worked hard on them
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read; one probably good, other average
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: sent, but didn’t read
[] Interview: so-so
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] School Type: charter
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, grades
[] Weaknesses: volunteer work, gaps in ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted ND, WUStL, UNC, and safeties; rejected Stanford.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m disappointed after getting into neither of my reaches, and I’m not sure what else I could have done. I now respect those who were accepted all the more – congrats. At the same time, I refuse to let college admissions impact my happiness. Life goes on. :)

insomniac159 · April 2, 2010, 1:24am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 M, 670 CR, 780 W (super-score)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 730 Bio M, 590 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.2 weighted at time)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/452
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), English Lang (4), Bio (3), BC Calc (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics, Economics, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, Multivariate Calc/Differential Equations, AP French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pre-Med Club (President), National Honors Society, Self-Research
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time nanny
[] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hospital (~400 hours)
[] Summer Activities: Lots of travel, worked as a research assistant at UC - Denver
[] Essays: Really amazing, I thought. And definitely creative. They really conveyed my character.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing!
[] Counselor Rec: Never read it, but great I would assume.
[] Additional Rec: Letter from the professor whose research I assisted in. It was also really good.
[] Interview: Not so hot. It wasn’t bad, really, but it just wasn’t as phenomenal as I’ve heard other people describe theirs.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100-120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My academic history, recommendations, and essays were all excellent. I definitely conveyed a passion for medicine and science in general.
[] Weaknesses: I could have done so many more extra-curiculars, and my test scores weren’t exactly excellent.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The competition was incredible this year, and while I feel that I was a strong applicant, there were just so many people even stronger than me. I bet I could have made it ten years ago.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at CO School of Mines, CU - Boulder, U of Chicago, NYU, and UC - Berkeley. Waitlisted at Johns Hopkins. Rejected at Yale and Princeton.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I guess I’m satisfied with my college results. It’s so great that all of this stress is finally over with. My college options are definitely amazing (though I’m not sure if they’re affordable), so I’m happy. All of you admits just blow me away! CONGRATULATIONS! Enjoy it!

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