Official Princeton University Class of 2017 RD Results

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<p>Official Princeton University Class of 2017 RD Results</p>

<p>Copy and paste the following template, fill in your stats, and let everyone know how it went! Good luck!</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Trinity College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Pratt School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
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.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Intended Major(s):
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income bracket (if applicable):
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Darn it. I screwed up the template. >.<</p>

<p>Modfix?</p>

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<p>Just copy and paste :slight_smile:

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 35
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):36
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): US 800, Math II 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.7
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top .5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): a slew of 5s
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 1
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):NMF, AP w/ Distinction, some state level suff in my ecs[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): soccer, political club, honor societies, some leadership
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: paltry
[</em>] Summer Activites: nothing notable
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 6[/li][</em>] Supplement Essay:8
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 7
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: great
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: just before Christmas
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: avg public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats and recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ecs and essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just nothing special
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UChicago (EA with 10k merit), Depaul (presidential), and UIUC (business honors); WL at Brown; Rejected at Penn, Princeton, and Columbia(ed)[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice:So excited for UChicago.</p>

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<p>College: Princeton</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 740 M, 750 W)
ACT: 32 (didn’t send because why?)
SAT II: 770 US History (picked because this was only course I’d finished by then)
740 English Lit (picked just so my critreading score could overrule it)
Weighted GPA: 4.76
UW GPA: 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/417
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Economics (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics SL, IB English HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Biology HL, IB Psychology SL, Theory of Knowledge Honors, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Finalist, Social Studies Keystone Award (school), Scottish Rite JROTC thing, various medals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NJROTC (9-11), Chief Editor of Unit Newsletter (10-11), Academic Team (9-11), Commander of that Team (10-11), Orienteering Team Member (11), Public Affairs Officer (10-11), LGBT Activist (10), Track and Field (Letter, State qualified) (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: McDonalds Crew Member (11-12) (30 hours a week, more during summer), EconChallenge Team (12, got to state, goin further!), gave a talk at a conference on the Science of Human Value (12), other stuff?
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities in name of NJROTC unit, about 20 hours per school year
Summer Activities: Mostly work at McDonalds and spending time with family
Essays: One essay about my passion for psychology and being homosexual with antagonistic parents, another about my activism in NJROTC to get gay couples permitted at the annual Unit Military Ball, another about my efforts to win my parents’ love back again. All homocentric. All very good.
Teacher Recommendation: I feel somewhat confident that they were good.
Counselor Rec: Pretty confident it was good
Additional Rec: Got another teacher who I really loved in 10th grade and really loved me.
Interview: No interview. My life was pretty hectic that month.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public with 1 national merit every so often (moi)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m not sure. I get free lunch at school.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (African American)
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores (for an AA…), URM status, well-written essays (writing is my ‘thing’), Activism, Overcoming hardship (I’m poor, and my parents basically just tolerate me, at best), recs (I made it my mission in life to get everyone who would one day write for me to love me a lot and basically succeeded)
Weaknesses: Not too many ECs, no show of academic interests in my ECs, Class rank, — basically everything except my strengths
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m pretty well-qualified, I’m black, and my essays were killer
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Yale, Dartmouth…likelied into Vandy, Cornell, in at OSU, in at Duke (BN Duke Scholarship Finalist)
General Comments: Same as Duke. Crazy crazy crazy. I don’t deserve this, I definitely don’t deserve this scholarship. This whole process is arbitrary and stupid and unfair I’m sorry. >.<</p>

<p>I was pining for Yale, but this will do. Yale will rue the day it spurned my love!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2220 (800CR, 700M, 720W)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36R, 36E, 32M, 35S)
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 780 Lit, 750 ML2, 660 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/585
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: Human Geo. 4: Environmental Science, APLANG, APUSH 3: Euro
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP - Calc AB, Microecon, Lit, Physics C, US Gov, Psychology
[<em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2-3
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMS Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction[/ul] </p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Mu Alpha Theta (Co President), Student Council, Church Youth Group (student leader), Math Team, NHS, blahblahblah
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 0
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Many hundreds of hours.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Past two summers: Missions trips to Curacao. This past summer, I went to an aviation/aerospace camp (fun stuff - flew a plane) and was a counselor for a church youth camp.
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 9: Writing about experiences on a missions trip, what I saw there, applying it to my own life.[/li][</em>] Supplement Essay: Don’t remember, don’t want to go back and look…
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Calculus, assuming like an 8, in charge of math team which I’ve done for the past three years, my teacher this year. Loves me.[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: English, assuming a 7ish. Student council person. Second year being taught by her.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Written by the head of the guidance department, but she’s not even my counselor. Doesn’t really matter either way, my counselor would be pretty bad too.
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul] None
[<em>] Interview: Amaaazing! The lady made me feel completely relaxed and wanting to go to Princeton. She was able to draw me out of my shell and made me feel like myself…
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] None</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Last day possible, bruh
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: SC
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: ~$100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Legacy (both parents, sister)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, volunteering, standardized test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Recommendations
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They wanted me :smiley:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Clemson, Vanderbilt. Rejected from Yale.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice: #Princeton2017!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2150 (720CR 750M 680W 8 Essay)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2220 (720CR, 750M, 750W 9 Essay)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): -
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):-
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 790 US History, 670 Physics, 640 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96ish
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.322
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/183
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Euro, APUSH, Calc AB, 4s on Physics B and Lit
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): -
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP World History, Dual Enrollment English, Spanish 3, Art II
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nothing
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction, Honor Roll, National Merit Commended[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Academic Team Captain, Engineering Internship, Cappies Lead Critic, Musical, GSA Vice President
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Summer Art Camps for Kids for 5 years, BETA, NHS, Obama for America Campaign
[</em>] Summer Activites: College tours, taking care of grandma
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):
[</em>] Common App Essay: My common app essay was very good, 9/10,
[<em>] Supplement Essay: on my idol, Julie Andrews. 7.5/10
[</em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay: Engineering Essay 7/10 [/ul]
[<em>] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): [ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: From my Calc Teacher - we have different political views but I doubt he tried to sabotage me[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: From my VP/AP Euro teacher - probably pretty generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She loved me.
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: EA Interview, I was very nervous but I think it went well.
[</em>] Art Supplement:Submitted one, yes. [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Early Action, November 1
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Virginia
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: 70k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interesting/well rounded person? Unusual passions? Heck I don’t care why they liked me.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, maybe not enough ECs?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am in shock. I really am.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Macalester and Bryn Mawr, Waitlisted by Carnegie Mellon, Rejected by Yale and Columbia [/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments & Advice: When I visited campus I knew Princeton was the school for me. Getting waitlisted by Carnegie hurt, and my aid from Macalester and Bryn Mawr wasn’t that doable… I was able to get onto my Columbia and Yale decisions right away but Princeton took some time to load… life is funny like that. **</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 M, 750 Cr, 730W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 2400 (Math II, Chem, World)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5’s (Chem, US, World, Macro, Micro) 2 4’s (Comp Sci, lang)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist, Intel ISEF 4th place twice. Smaller stuff:national merit commended, ap scholar with distinction, rensselaer medalist.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scientific research, TSA (prez), Science Olympiad (prez), MUN, newspaper, random honors societies, and other stuff.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours at various places.
Summer Activities: Gov school and research at top 25 USN institution.
Essays: Put a lot of time into them, hard to self evaluate though.
Teacher Recommendation: Chem and econ teachers - knew me outside of school, should be good.
Counselor Rec: large public, generic prob
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Pretty good - laid back and informative.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): Canada. Canadian citizen living in the US.
School Type: Large public (2500ish)
Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
Gender: XY
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: GPA, big awards, SAT IIs, ECs, essays?
Weaknesses: SAT I, essays?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough competition.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
</code></pre>

<p>Accept: CV scholar to Vanderbilt (full ride), W&L full ride, UNC, W&M, some smaller ones.
Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Wash U, Duke, Emory.
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Rice.
Waiting: Stanford, Amherst.</p>

<p>General Comments: Unless I get lucky tomorrow, I’ll prob end up at Vanderbilt with a full ride! Overall, I am kinda disappointed with results. I thought with STS and ISEF, I’d at least get into one ivy. It is what it is though. Life goes on.</p>

<p>Note to future applicants: It’s tough. There’s a ridiculous amount of applicants and very few spots. You REALLY need to have good essays to stand out. Work on them like no other - you won’t regret it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred -> Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2220 (700/800/720)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 750 Math II, 760 World History, 740 Chem.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Quasi-4.0. My school’s system doesn’t work with GPAs.
[<em>] Weighted GPA: Doesn’t do these either.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/120
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - 3 higher classes, 3 standards, and Theory of Knowledge
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):NHS, International Award Bronze through Gold[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Wind Ensemble – 1st Saxophone (8 years), Jazz Band (4 years), Orchestra (2 years), Varsity Swim Team (8 years), History Club (2 years), International Award (4 years), Lifeguarding (1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Math tutoring (2 years), Babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Delaware River Canoe Safety Patrol (130 hours, 5 years), local Zoo volunteer (150 hours, 2 years), Great Japan East Earthquake and Tsunami Relief worker (200 hours, 1 year)
[</em>] Summer Activites: Pursuing a pilot’s license (3 years), and a couple college courses here and there
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details): One was notably bad, but the other I liked and thought was okay
[</em>] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): Supposedly glowing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Kept reminding me how good it was
[</em>] Interview: It went okay. Some awkward moments where I’d misunderstood a question. I felt a little intimidated, being in a NYC firm.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Last day, heh
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Some interesting ECs, a decent high school career
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Is and IIs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t have too many distinguishing awards or leadership roles, so that might have been a factor.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UChi, JHU, Cornell, and William and Mary. Denied from Columbia, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, and Yale.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice: </p>

<p>If there’s anything I could emphasize, it’s that this whole process is unpredictable. In some of the other threads, there were kids with 2400 SATs, 4.0 GPAs and great ECs that were still not making the cut. At this point in time, and probably far into the future, an Ivy League application is something to never count as a guarantee. Be open, don’t listen so much to the names - but give it your best effort.</p>

<p>I’m not too disappointed over the decision, though it remained my first choice. Congratulations to all of those who made it in. As a united class of 2017, regardless of what college, let’s make our mark.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (740 CR 780 M 740 W)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 US History, 770 Chemistry, 770 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93.93/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t send ranks, but 5/53
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial, Founder of weekly school newsletter, Teacher’s assistant at local Hebrew School, Varsity Tennis, JV Baseball
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Take calls at suicide hotline, Lead a weekly soup kitchen, Coordinate teen programming at synagogue.
Summer Activities: Camp counselor</p>

<p>Essays:
Teacher Recommendations: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Reflection
Strengths: SAT IIs, ECs
Weaknesses: Essays weren’t amazing. No crazy thing to make me stand out
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Any of a million reasons. Legacy probably played a factor.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Princeton, Brandeis. Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, WashU. Rejected: Penn (deferred from ED), Yale, Northwestern</p>

<p>Comments: I’m so happy to have been accepted to Princeton, and I’ll almost definitely be going! Congrats to everyone who got in, and for those who didn’t, I’m sure you’ll do amazing wherever you end up.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800M 730 CR 800W 10 Essay (1 sitting)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800M 730 CR 800W 10 Essay (1 sitting)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): Math L2 800, Chemistry 800, Biology-M 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.834
[<em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (5) Chemistry (5) Statistics (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, IB History of the Americas II HL
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 20+
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AIME qualifier, Siemens Semifinalist, Presidential Volunteer Service Award Gold Level
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, school NHS
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Lymphoma Research (11, 12) Research intern/assistant, various papers published/in progress, President/founder of non-profit associated school club (10, 11, 12), Columbia SHP, Statistics research, Math Team, State science comp-school team, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital Volunteering 3 yrs, Student-founded NGO volunteer work, various overseas volunteer work, totals around 1000+hrs
[</em>] Summer Activites: Lymphoma research, Statistics research
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 9-10 one of my overseas volunteering experiences (long) and some facts about my research (short)[/li][</em>] Supplement Essay: 9-10 about an influential person
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Biology 8-9 Advanced Biology teacher[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Math 10 Math teacher in 10th and 12th grade (Linear Alg.)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 8-9 pretty good, i would say
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: so-so. went decent, but i felt tense unlike my other ones
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: December 31st
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Magnet Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: rather not say
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Volunteering, research publications, <b>Siemens</b>, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: definitely gpa
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: uh…a balanced candidate?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rice, CWRU, UPitt, GWU, Rutgers(bleh), still waiting for some. waitlisted Cornell. rejected Columbia, Northwestern, Harvard [/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments & Advice: I’m a very happy kid right now. :smiley: Personally I tried to be very honest in my essays, I think that helped me a lot
**</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800CR, 760M, 790W; took it once)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 USH, 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.24W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), USH (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics, English, American Gov/Econ, two choir classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): choir (section leader, council treasurer), photography (sell stock photos online), dance, lifting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: some math tutoring, farmer’s market
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ER volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: not much
[<em>] Essays: I loved my CA essay; supp wasn’t great. I never really wanted to go to Pton, so I didn’t try very hard, lol.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he’s new, so probably generic, but positive
[</em>] Interview: I want to say it was horrendous, but it probably wasn’t quite as bad as I remember
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: medium sized public, not very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, GPA, probably recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UCLA, URochester, Boston College, Dartmouth
WL - Harvard, Columbia, Brown, UChicago, Northwestern, Barnard
Rejected - BU, Yale, Penn
[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to all those who were accepted! You guys rock. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/740/800/12 (2300)
[</em>] SAT II (subject, score): 780 Bio-M, 780 Math II, 780 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (as of first semester senior year)
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.23
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), Statistics (5), Chinese (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Econ, Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Nope
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Nothing really worth noting[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Biology internships, high-level music ensembles
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Music-related
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internships, music festival, visiting relatives
[</em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[<em>] Common App Essay: I liked it a lot (and so did two of my teachers who read it). Wrote about music (a specific symphony) and its impact on me.
[</em>] Supplement Essay: Also liked this one - reused it for a few of my college supplements. Wrote about my ethnicity and how it has shaped the way I live.
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay: N/A[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math - didn’t read.[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Chem - didn’t read.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea… didn’t read either.
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec: I mailed a research paper that I wrote from a summer program. [/ul]
[<em>] Interview: HAHA this didn’t go well at all. I literally couldn’t relate to my interviewer in any way and she spent over half the interview asking me why I wanted to go to Princeton and quizzing me on my Princeton knowledge. I guess it didn’t really matter.
[</em>] Art Supplement: I sent a music recording that was a lot shorter than the length they wanted… lol. YOLO or should I say YOLOLOLOL [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember, but I submitted before I heard back from my early action school on 12/14.
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mixed
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: Enough to get aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays, ECs? Honestly, admissions is so competitive, I don’t know what helped me stand out.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of any major awards or really any awards at all
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They must have liked what they saw.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Stanford (REA), Princeton, Yale, UCB/UCLA/UCD/UCSD. Rejected at MIT, USC.[/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments & Advice: Done with all of my college decisions! It has definitely been a wild ride, but I’m thankful for everything. Most of all, though, I feel really lucky and blessed. I’m still a firm believer in that it doesn’t matter where you go, but what you make of the school once you’re there. Don’t worry! Everything will work out – just put in the effort and be the best version of yourself that you can (as cliche as it sounds). **</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2230 (680/800/750/10)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): same
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 33
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): same
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): US History (760) Math II (670) Physics (750)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5) US Gov (5) AP Spanish (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Micro/Macro Econ
AP English Lit
AP Physics C (mech and e/m)
Stats (dual enrollment)
Calculus 2 (dual enrollment, like BC)
Art V
Senior Mentorship (at an architecture firm)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Scholastics Regional Gold Key (2) National Silver Medal and American Visions Medal
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Art Club (president) National Art Honor Society (president) Italian Club (president) Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Chipotle Summer Job
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Lots of service through art honor society, Relay for Life fundraising and event, 140+ hours
[</em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[<em>] Common App Essay: Value of vision, blind in one eye (8.5/10)
[</em>] Supplement Essay: Guitar teacher influence on me (6/10)
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay: Engineering and architecture combo (8/10) [/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher, had her for two years. Ph.D from UPenn, hopefully good but didn’t read[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Italian teacher for 2 years, liked me, hopefully good but didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue, probably standard
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: Fairly good
[</em>] Art Supplement: Painting portfolio, really well put-together [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Dec. 31
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet for gifted kids
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: originality and art supp
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores weren’t the highest, essays could have been better
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know that I wasn’t up to par when I did this app, just didn’t work enough on essays to offset test scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Stanford, UVA, VT, UMiami, UT Austin, Cal Poly, rejected at Cornell and Cooper Union[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice:
I’m into Stanford!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown):2230 CR 760, M 770, W 700
ACT:33
SAT II:Chem 770, Math 2 760, US Hist 740, Lit 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 W: 4.92 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/670
AP (AP LIT 5, AP CALC 5, AP ART HIST 5, AP CHEM 4):
IB ():
Senior Year Course Load:AP/IB English, IB Theory of Knowledge/IB Gov, Honors Physics, AP Psych, AP/IB Biology, AP Calculus B/C, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Semi-Finalist Coca Cola
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Eagle Scout, ASB School Board Representative, CA Boys State, MUN Under Secretary Crisis, MUN Deputy General, Treasurer of Habit for Humanity club,
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:Boy Scouts, Habit for Humanity
Summer Activities:HHMI Biological Research Intern, Intern at UCI Neuroscience Lab, NYLF Forum on Medicine at UCLA
Essays:Good, not great
Teacher Recommendation:Great
Counselor Rec:Great
Additional Rec:Great
Interview: It went really well!
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths:Not your typical valedictorian! Very involved in school, sports and ASB.
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCI, Case Western, USC, Johns Hopkins. Waitlisted: Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth. Still waiting on Stanford.
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: S has been accepted to a lot of great schools. Disappointed he was waitlisted at all the Ivies. Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>Posted for son (Amphear)
Decision: Denied. </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (780 M, 780 CR, 750 W)
APs: all 5s - I can’t remember all the tests he took - included APUSH, Bio.
Weighted GPA: 99.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%. #4 in class (200 something students)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, College English, AP Calculus, Church History (required) Participation in Government, AP Psych
Major Awards: National Merit finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track, some community service at school, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None.
Summer Activities: none last year. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, summer before junior year.
Essays: thought they were very good, and sincere. Family members (not me) strongly urged him to write about how having a mother with a disability made him want to become a doctor, but he did not want to write that because it’s not really the reason he wants to be a doctor. Also, he feels it’s not really all that tragic or different to have a mother who uses a wheelchair so did not want to write about that. I think he was right to not write a fake essay. He wWrote about relationship with his best friend instead.
Teacher Recommendation: At least one of them was really great (math teacher)
Counselor Rec: Good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Thought it went well, although she almost forgot about the appointment!</p>

<p>Other
Intended Major(s): Math, premed.
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White/Korean
Gender: Male
Income bracket (if applicable): less than 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>Reflection: Was his first choice and he got deferred for early action. Had visited the campus and really felt like it was the school for him. I’m sure he would have done well. He’s got the scores but nothing to make his application stand out (and no hooks). It was disappointing as well to not get into Duke, Brown, or Dartmouth. But he’s feeling okay and is pleased with the acceptances he has so far, and in the next 4 years hopes to have the experiences and take advantage of opportunities that will make him a more outstanding medical school applicant than an undergrad applicant. And relieved that the waiting for acceptances is almost over.
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, rigorous curriculum.
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were denied: Test scores and grades, probably my essays and recommendations.
Where else were you accepted/rejected: Rejected: Duke, Brown, Dartmouth. Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, Emory (both with good FA). Still waiting on University of Rochester and College of Wooster. </p>

<p>Congratulations to all who got in, and best wishes for everyone. no matter which college you end up attending.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred>Rejected </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (700M 700CR 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 36 S, 8 essay)
SAT II: U.S. History 770, Physics 750, Math IIC 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.333
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/643
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Calc AB, Physics B, USH, Lang/Comp – all 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, Philosophy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Statistics, AP U.S. Government, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, county science fair 2nd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (assistant editor), newspaper (news editor), film production, CSF (historian), county science fair (2nd place 2012), French Club (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer math tutor, city library assistant
[</em>] Summer Activities: city library assistant
[<em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Probably 7-8 out of 10.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Calc AB/Stats teacher, 8-9
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Lit teacher, generic, 5
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic, so I don’t know.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Psych/Gov teacher, 10
[</em>] Interview: an hour, not much, didn’t click[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public of ~3000 kids
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m typical.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UC Berkeley (regents candidate but did not get the scholarship), UCLA, UCSD regents, UC Davis regents
Rejected to Yale.
Waitlisted at Harvard.
Stanford tomorrow.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/780/8 one sitting
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 800x5 in Bio M, Chem, Math 2, Latin, US
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Macro (5), Micro (5), Stats (5), Chem (5), USH (5), Lang (5), Physics B - self-studied (5), Euro (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov (US/Comp), AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Latin, AP Psych, AP Studio, Health/elective (health is required)
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Overall ~14
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] National AP Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medal (4), National Latin Exam Book Award, 2013 Presidential Scholar Candidate, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key/Hon. Mention</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): MUN (4yrs, Co-President), Quiz Bowl (4yrs, Co-President 2yrs, top ranked senior scorer in league), Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant (3yrs), Interact Club (4yrs, VP for Fundraising 2yrs), Math League (4yrs, 2x All-Star), Math Contest Club (1yr, Founder - asked by teacher, prepare students for AMC), Great Books Club (1yr, Reorganizer - modified club structure to attract more members), New Student Mentor (1yr, inaugural year team member), Piano (12yrs), Ballet/Pointe (11yrs)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: 220+ hrs
[</em>] Summer Activites: Biology lab internship for 2 summers - neuroscience and breast cancer research, 300+ hrs
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 9.5/10 - unique topic and handled well IMO[/li] [</em>] Supplement Essay: 8/10 - culture
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li] [li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Precalc - assumed 10[/li] [</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Latin - assumed 9-10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: assumed 10
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: Fantastic :slight_smile: My interviewer was really sweet and easy to talk to, and she seemed very impressed by me.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] Yep - piano.</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 12/31
[</em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket Range: 250K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] None</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-rounded candidate, excellent grades with difficult course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: Honestly, I thought some of my supplement responses were a bit weak, but I guess they were good enough :slight_smile:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I fit the general bill, and my school also has a very good relationship with Princeton (at least 3 admitted/yr) so I think I benefitted from name recognition too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted to Yale, JHU, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD (Regents), Smith (Zollman). Waitlisted Columbia, Penn, Brown. Rejected Harvard, MIT, Stanford REA.</p>

<p>General Comments & Advice: I’m so excited!!! I’ll have a hard time deciding between Princeton and Yale, but I’m going to college =D I’m somewhat surprised by the waitlists to Columbia, Penn, and Brown, but whatever. Congrats to everyone who got in, and see you at Princeton Preview!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2170 - 800 M 700 R 670 W
ACT: 34 - 35 m, 35 r,
SAT II: 750 apush, 800 math2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/800
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4’s on apush, chem. and Lit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 8 AP classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year V swimmer, team captain, Student council, few others
Job/Work Experience: worked all through school and full time summers as lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: not much except for what I needed for NHS and Student council
Summer Activities: worked a full time job every year
Essays: OK
Teacher Recommendation: 2 stellar, 1 OK
Counselor Rec: stellar
Additional Rec: Great
Interview:we were from very different backgrounds - ugh
Other
Intended Major(s): Econ
State (if domestic applicant): IN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: complete mix
Gender: F
Income bracket (if applicable): less tha 55K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection This was my #! school - glad I had other better offers
Strengths: test scores
Weaknesses: maybe a rec letter, my essays? dunno
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: you tell me…I am not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted WUSTL and Harvard and safeties of IU and Purude
General Comments: What a crapshoot! Do not put your eggs in one basket. Did not expect to get admit to Harvard. Makes this rejection easy to deal with…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 750CR 750M 800W
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 US History, 700 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/290
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Computer Science with Java (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (5), AP Chemistry (4) - Currently taking AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Modern European History, AP English Literature
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, Calc BC, AP MEH, AP Spanish, Astronomy, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Physics, Gym/Health
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program, NMSQT Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Chess Team (Captain), Academic Quiz Bowl Team (Captain), Debate Team (Captain), Tennis Team, National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society (Spanish)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years of volunteering to teach chess to children, random stuff with National Honor Society
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Pretty solid I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went very, very poorly</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Rural-ish public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Pretty Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen, Low income maybe</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I, Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Rank maybe I dunno
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My app could have been stronger, maybe should have applied early
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Cornell, Yale, Stevens, WPI, etc; Waitlisted - Carnegie Mellon (School of Comp Sci), Princeton; Rejected - Brown, MIT</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’ll probably take the spot on the list but my hopes aren’t too high haha, congrats everyone!</p>