<p>i was 18 in my class, out of 120.</p>
<p>*Decision:Accepted!!!! So, excited I drove up to find my admin officer! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):1850; 640V; 640M; 570W
[</em>] SAT IIs:640(bio), 570(Math iic)
[<em>] ACT:27
[</em>] APs: Bio(5)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:5.5W;4.0
[</em>] Rank:1/122
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Not extream only two APs and the rest honors but I take alot of courses outside of school.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:3
[li] Other stats:4.0 from local community college taking courses since freshman year. Also, studied at three other colleges including Oxford, on scholarship.(Not a transfer student) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Three Varsity sports since 9th grade, Captin of two, all public in one. President of three school clubs. PSTV (local tv station) reporter. Have interviewed top gov. officials. Insane list of other activities, Basically no sleep.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):Amazing! I worked on it for about 3 months. It talked about my struggle to recieve an education, while pulling myself out of the ghettos of Phildelphia. Also, I snuck in an essay in which I wrote about my experience with a person whom had trecher collins and how that inflenced me to aspire to become a surgeon. It was 5 pages but got me in none the less.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Very Good not fantastic or anything but I have strong relationships with my teachers and it showed in their recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Amazing! I made it my mission in 9th grade to talk to my counsler at least once a day. We have an extreamly strong realtionship which def. came out in her rec. </p>
<p>[<em>] Interview (feel and general location):It was at my school and I wound up driving her home!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted?Yes see above^
[<em>] State or Country:PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School:Public; Magnet school
[<em>] Ethnicity:African-American
[</em>] Income Bracket:Lets just say, "Government Cheese has become my greatest friend."
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Hooks:Im from the projects, don't see to many of those in the pile do ya?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:I have had to struggle through alot esp. to recieve my education. Colleges could easily see this in my essays, ect. They know im going to work hard and will stop at nothing to make the most of my college experience.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:I had some very well known people throw in some recs. and make phone calls on my behalf, including senators and Congressmen that i have interviewed in the past.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Overly excited I love Princeton, but Im utterly confused as where I want to go still! Im considering Princeton, Brown w/ PLME, Yale, Dartmouth, WakeForest, Hopkins(ride), WashU(ride),Cornell, still waiting to hear from UChi, and I wish the best of luck to everyone and know that you will do well wherever you wind up...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 US, 740 Bio, 720 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.4w
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, though I know I'm probably not top 3. Top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: High Honor Roll, NHS, National Merit Commended, NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read them, but should be good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Interview: At Borders. He said I sounded like a Princeton student :)
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm not sure. Young Musicians Award for piano (played at Carnegie), master class for violin, some state awards for creative writing & graphic design.
[<em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: pretty competitive public hs
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: DECA Nationals, Science League, editor of newspaper, violin soloist for Voices, competitive piano, accompanist for choir and church, People to People Student Ambassador to Europe, and weekly community service for 3 years.
General Comments: I was surprised because I don't have many leadership positions and am not a legacy. Got rejected from Yale. My Princeton supplement I thought was very strong, however - spent a lot of time on those short essays! (: It was my 1st choice, so I'm going!!</p>
<p>Congratulations everyone who made it!!</p>
<p>Son was waitlisted at Princeton today - disappointed, but got into many great schools with lots of $, so can't really complain at all. I think he will stay on the waitlist though and hope and pray :). Congrats to all of you who got in and sympathy to the rest!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600 old, 2390 new (800 math, 800 vbl, 790 writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 writing, 780 math IIC, 750 physics, 790 literature
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.72 w
[</em>] Rank: n/a but unofficially 10
[li] Other stats: NMF; APs: BC Calc (5), Physics B (5), U.S. Hist (5), currently taking 2. Grade of A in university Vector Calculus course.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I guess. picked a dangerous topic but I guess it worked.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good, I got to read some. one outstanding, one lukewarm, one unknown
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): ummmm female engineer? classical guitarist/vocalist, I sent in a CD
[li] Applied early? nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: Large public (about 2600, 700 in my class)
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Well, all my ECs were music-related but there were a ton of them. like a lot. I also founded and serve as president of our chapter of the Tri-M music honors society, which is a music/community service club. and I've been to all-state choir 3 times and all east choir as well. had a newspaper route for 6 years, went to PA governor's school for the arts for guitar, probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting right now</p>
<p>General Comments:
wow, I really thought I wouldn't get in because my ECs were so onesided. but I'm excited. don't know if I can afford it even with the great fin. aid, but we'll see. the only other Ivy I applied to was Cornell and I got in there but again with the $$ thing, I have 2 full rides from state schools with good honors programs that will be hard to turn down. oh yeah, and it came by snail mail yesterday, and I live in central PA. Congrats to everyone who got in . . . for those who didn't, just the fact that you care enough to post here speaks volumes about the type of person you are and how much you care about college and your future. any school would be lucky to have you!</p>
<p>My school doesn't rank at all (the school is vehemently aganist it), yet I still got accepted.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (800 M 790 V 800 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: MathII:790 Phys: 790 Bio: 790
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: Stats, English Lit, Bio, Euro, US History all 5s
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 4.52 UW ~3.9
[</em>] Rank: 4/700ish
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Hardest
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 maybe?
[<em>] Other stats: National merit, USABO finalist (top 20 in Nation)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity cross country, all state violinist, lots of Science Olympiad stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location):
[</em>] Hook (if any): USA Biology olympiad national finalist maybe (although it obviously didnt work out that way)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100 000 ish
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure, but apparently stanford, harvard, princeton and MIT all had good reasons.
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: C'est la vie</p>
<p>Accepted! Rejected! Waitlisted! Z-Listed!</p>
<p>I won't know till my bloody mail gets to my bloody country in the middle of bloody nowhere! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>White female from Minnesota
GPA: 3.91
SATI: 2320 (800CR, 760M, 760W)
SATIIs: 800 IIC, 710 USH, 750 Bio M
APs: Calc AB 5, USH 5, Euro 5
ACT: 34
Awards: some school stuff, National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, some science awards
ECs: drama/stage tech (2 letters), news editor for school paper, co-captain for math league/quiz bowl teams, and service (teaching chinese to 2nd grade students)
Recs: AWESOME
Interview: good
Essays: some good, some bad
Hook: none</p>
<p>man. sure helps to be black when applying to kickass schools. i know that sounds wrong, but it is outrageous how much easier it is</p>
<p>who from canada has already found out?</p>
<p>I know typing on College Confidential isn't indicative of intelligence, but I'm not going to lie-- it made me giggle when someone who got accepted to Princeton misspelled "extreme."</p>
<p>The misuse of "burgeon" particularly got me ... it's not just a misspelling. Seriously, burgeon DOESN'T mean beacon ... but English isn't everyone's area of expertise.</p>
<p>jjjjj: you're right, it is wrong.</p>
<p>scorcher999 - I cant believe YOU were rejected! That pretty much kills it for people like me.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 UW 4.5 W
[</em>] Rank: 5/600
[<em>] Other stats: Decent scores on AMC and AIME throughout the years. 2 time semifinalist for USAPhO and 1st time semifinalist for USABO
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): I took single variable calculus when I was in 8th grade through EPGY. I've been continuing my advanced studies through EPGY. I attended PROMYS 2004. I did research at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab for 6 weeks last summer.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Prestigious public
[</em>] Ethnicity: korean/jewish
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President, treasurer of Math and Science Club. Math contests, science competitions, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Maybe my second semester grades? They're quite shameful. Also, my interviewer sucked.
[</em>] Other thoughts: This is weird. I spent the most time on my Princeton application, and the least time on Stanford and Harvard. Yet I got in. I included my research abstracts/papers, an extra essay, an extra recommendation from my research mentor at MIT, and an extra recommendation from an alumni I've known for a long time.</p>
<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/760
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/~20
[<em>] Other stats: Lots of math and physics past calc BC and physics C, lots of other college classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Sparkling
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Nope!
[</em>] Applied early? Nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TN
[</em>] School Type: Small parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: ECs were decent but typical.
General Comments: I'm not ashamed of getting put on the waitlist by Princeton. They do resort to it fairly often. Getting rejected is certainly no shame either after looking at the incredible accomplishments of some of those who did get rejected. Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Wow.
I feel really inadequate compared to everyone here, and now wonder how I was accepted at all.</p>
<p>i cant believe they waitlisted someone with a 2400</p>
<p>They reject and waitlist people with 2400s all the time, and even with decent standardized test scores, I don't stand up to a lot of the people who were rejected.</p>