***Official Princeton University Class of 2021 Regular Decision Results ONLY***

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Haven’t seen a decisions thread for this with decisions coming out a month from now so here is the official thread for Princeton class of 2021 Regular Decision applicants. Princeton will announce their decisions online by March 31st with likely letters being posted earlier. Good luck to Everyone!

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[/b
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SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Number of other EA applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience:

[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**

Essays:

Teacher Recommendation #1:
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:
Art Supplement:

[ b]Other**

Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:
Where else did you apply?

[ b]Other Factors: **

[ b]General Comments & Advice:**

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (800 Math, 720 Reading/ Writing) (Only taken once, this year)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: Didn’t take any, planning on Math 1 and 2, Chem and Physics in May. I couldn’t take any because of the rule that you can’t take SAT and Subject tests on the same date.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 (But officially school doesn’t do GPA)
Weighted GPA: 4.47 (But officially school doesn’t do GPA)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400 (But officially school doesn’t rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): School schedules all at the end of the year, planning on taking Calc BC, Both Physics C, and Chem
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc and Vectors, AP Advanced Functions, Enriched Science, Computer Engineering, Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Enriched Canadian History, Intro to Computer Science, Computer Science, English, Philosophy, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Chem 1, AP Chem 2, AP English (All of these are the hardest level of course offered at my school save for regular english)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top Score on Expii Talent Search (featured on an article), 3rd place Ontario High-School Chess Championship (1st place team), COMC best in central ontario, CMO qualifier, 3rd place Math at Macmaster competition and top scores in other major Canadian math competitions

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club (Vice-President, Co-founder). Math Team (Captain, Founder). Quizbowl Team (Captain), Math Club (Teacher Assistant, Lecturer)
Job/Work Experience: [N/A]
Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t put any on my application.
Summer Activities: Self-taught latin, read works by famous philosophers/authors, learned higher physics and mathematics
Essays:
Both were very good 10/10 but I guess not enough.

Recommendations:

Teacher Recs- I couldn’t see the recommendations since I waived my FERPA but I am sure they are great.
Counselor Rec: Maybe rushed? I don’t think I gave enough time.
Additional Rec: From a close friend and team member for competitions, I was hoping he would add a “social aspect” to my application.

Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mathematics/Physics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Test Scores, Rank, Major Awards
Weaknesses: My age?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really don’t know.
What would you have done differently?: Applied early action, done Sat earlier so I could do the SAT II and submit it.
Where else did you apply?
Stanford and another school in Canada, it has a 10% acceptance rate so I hope that one will accept me.

General Comments:
I am disappointed but I guess there is always transfer right? Next year for sure I will apply to a bunch of top tier schools as a transfer student, I definitely should have applied for more US schools.

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (800 Math, 720 Reading/ Writing) (Only taken once, this year)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: Didn’t take any, planning on Math 1 and 2, Chem and Physics in May. I couldn’t take any because of the rule that you can’t take SAT and Subject tests on the same date.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 (But officially school doesn’t do GPA)
Weighted GPA: 4.47 (But officially school doesn’t do GPA)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400 (But officially school doesn’t rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): School schedules all at the end of the year, planning on taking Calc BC, Both Physics C, and Chem
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc and Vectors, AP Advanced Functions, Enriched Science, Computer Engineering, Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Enriched Canadian History, Intro to Computer Science, Computer Science, English, Philosophy, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Chem 1, AP Chem 2, AP English (All of these are the hardest level of course offered at my school save for regular english)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top Score on Expii Talent Search (featured on an article), 3rd place Ontario High-School Chess Championship (1st place team), COMC best in central ontario, CMO qualifier, 3rd place Math at Macmaster competition and top scores in other major Canadian math competitions

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club (Vice-President, Co-founder). Math Team (Captain, Founder). Quizbowl Team (Captain), Math Club (Teacher Assistant, Lecturer)
Job/Work Experience: [N/A]
Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t put any on my application.
Summer Activities: Self-taught latin, read works by famous philosophers/authors, learned higher physics and mathematics
Essays (details):
Both were 10/10 or at least I thought so.

Recommendations:

Teacher Recs- I couldn’t see the recommendations since I waived my FERPA but I am sure they are great.
Counselor Rec: Maybe rushed? I don’t think I gave enough time.
Additional Rec: From a close friend and team member for competitions, I was hoping he would add a “social aspect” to my application.

Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mathematics/Physics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): More of an anti-hook: I finished high school in 2 years.

Reflection

Strengths: Rank, Test Scores, Major Awards
Weaknesses: Age?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no idea.
What would you have done differently?: Applied early action, taken SAT earlier so I could do the subject tests.
Where else did you apply?
Stanford and a Canadian School with a 9% acceptance rate.

General Comments:
I am very disappointed. I guess there is always transfer. Next year I will apply to a bunch of top tier schools as a transfer student.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1560 (new SAT) 800 Math/760 Reading and Writing/18 Essay
ACT: never took
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 (800), Physics (770)
Weighted GPA: 4.3872
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/327
AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geo (5), WHAP (5), APUSH (4), Physics 1 (4), Calc BC (5), Psych (5), English Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 3 and Diff Eq at community college, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Govt, AP Macro, AP Comp Sci, Choir
Number of other EA/RD applicants in your school: 1 accepted EA, at least 1 other applied RD
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none?
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Finalist, Honor Roll

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Choir: 9 - 12, Soprano 2 section leader in my Varsity choir, choir council member, made All-State twice, Outstanding Soloist at state solo and ensemble.
Theatre: 9 - 12 (although less as I got older due to scheduling), did competitive One-Act contests as well as a lot of plays and musicals, acted and worked on tech crew (stage managing and sound)
Computer Science UIL: 12, worked on teams to solve problem sets
Also playing piano with the school band and cheerleading
Job/Work Experience: worked as a camp counselor at Girl Scout summer camps
Volunteer/Community Service: part of local teen arts council
Summer Experience: usually either visit family overseas or vacation with my family

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays:
Common App Essay: 9/10, about life lessons learned from knitting
Engineering Essay: 6/10, put it off for a while and ended up rushing
Princeton Supplement: 8/10, about gender inequality in STEM fields (“problems have more complex causes”)

Teacher Recommendation #1: computer science, very high (she loves me)
Teacher Recommendation #2: ap lang, probably high but he also writes a lot of letters
Counselor Rec: pretty high, she really likes me
Additional Info/Rec: voice teacher, 10/10
Interview: 8/10 went really well, interviewer and I spent a lot of the time just talking
Art Supplement: 8/10 submitted videos of me singing, same videos got the MIT choral director to contact my voice teacher about them

Other

Intended Major: Computer Science (BSE)
Date Submitted App: December 30th
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Texas
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): born in Israel?

Reflection

Strengths: good grades + music extracurriculars and STEM extracurriculars
Weaknesses: no real hooks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my personality and my love of learning was really able to show in my application.
What would you have done differently?: I wouldn’t have waited so long to finish!
Where else did you apply? Accepted at Rice and UT, rejected at MIT

General Comments & Advice:
I wasn’t even nervous waiting for results because I was so sure I would get rejected. Anything can happen!

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (750 M, 740 CR, 800 WR, 10 E) (old SAT)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Physics (780), Math II (750), Literature (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school doesn’t rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), English Lit (5), English Lang (5), Euro (5), Micro (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Mandarin, AP Macro, Honors English, Religion Course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF (?), several school-wide awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Highly ranked in several auditioned choirs (District, Regional, All-State, All-Easterns) (10-11)
Co-President of A Capella Group w/ 20+ members (12)
Theatre board (11-12), lead parts in most of school plays/musicals (9-12)
First team mock trial (10-12) Mock Trial board (12)
Founded a street performance club, we perform @ our local city to raise money for a musical education charity (12)
Job/Work Experience:
College-level internship at a startup translation company for two months (summer after 11)
Interned at local theatre as a camp counselor & in the box office (summer after 9)
Volunteer/Community service:
Club that I mentioned above
Planned & executed a music fundraiser for the aforementioned local theatre in my backyard- raised over $3,000
Summer Activities:
Studied abroad in China for 1 month, took classes in Chinese, lived with Chinese host family (summer after 10)
Did a program in Spain where we studied Spanish language, culture, history, architecture (this experience was more social than educational…)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 9/10. Cliche topic but spoken in my true voice. Brought many family members to tears. Pton Supp: 8/10. Decent, but not as personal as my common app

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: been watching me in musicals since 6th grade. Adores me, junior year history teacher. Mock trial coach too. 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: Junior year english teacher, didn’t know her too personally but she loved the work I put in to her class and writes super eloquently, loved my performances in the plays & still enthusiastically runs up to me in the hallway, 9/10
Counselor Rec: was one of the mentors on my trip to China, knows me really well, 10/10
Additional Rec: CEO of small business I interned at. I’ve read it, really excellent. Highlights drive/initiative/work ethic. 9.5/10
Interview: Went great! Alumnus of both my high school & Princeton. We talked a bunch about theatre. Lasted almost 2 hours!

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Econ
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): full pay?
Reflection

Strengths: Evident passion for music & theatre, with choir rankings/leadership/supplement to show for it. Essays were very genuine; I didn’t try to show off/be funny
Weaknesses: No passion demonstrated for my intended major (econ), English teacher rec, sat score?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated my passion for languages and music/theatre very well in my app, and kept up good grades for four years.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: deferred from Princeton EA but eventually accepted! Also accepted to UVa, Georgetown, Penn, & BC Honors. Rejected by Harvard. Wailisted by Northwestern & Vandy, but hey Princeton was my #1 all along sooooo….

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
ACT: 34 (33 English, 34 Math, 33 Reading, 34 Science, 36 Writing)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank: Top 5%, 10/300
AP: Psychology (4) World History (3) English Lang (4) US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 4, AP Calculus AB, AP Lit, Leadership, AP Government Politics, AP Environmental Studies
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Political Opinion essay published in Washington Times, Department awards in every subject, recognized by national NHS chapter for accrediting a local chapter, National Merit Scholar

Subjective:

  • Eagle Scout
  • Student Body (ASB) President
  • Student Body (ASB) Vice President
  • Class President
  • School School Site Council (SSC) President
  • President of 3 clubs and Founder of 2 (National Honor Society & Youth Democrats)
  • American Legion “Boy’s State” Congressional Delegate
  • YMCA Youth in Government
  • All-county & all-state debate team champions; speech & debate team captain
  • Rotary Leadership Council Alumni with honors in Community Outreach
  • HOBY World Leadership Alumni & Counselor
  • Varsity golf, varsity basketball

Job/Work Experience:

  • Intern at Congresswoman’s office
  • Manage Intern Department at my City Hall
  • Work at San Francisco HQ of the FBI in community development department

Volunteer/Community Service:

  • 700+ Hours of community service through working with Sheriff’s department on community development

Summer Activities:

  • Summer 2015 - Classes at local community college (PoliSci 210), work at Capital Building with Congress
  • Summer 2016 - Classes at local community college (PoliSci 310), Boys State, 2 week Harvard Pre-College Program (Intro to American Law)

Essays:

  • About impact made at Congresswoman’s office through a reflective story of working with her at The Capital in DC.

Teacher Recommendations:

  • Used my History & Math teachers. Have had both for 2 years, and both let me participate in the writing process for the letter.

Counselor Rec:

  • God mother, counselor since 6th grade, peer, it was a hands down 10/10 and nearly brought me to tears

Additional Rec:

  • An evaluation by the Harvard Professor who taught me over the summer (very well-written evaluation letter) and my Congresswoman that I work closely with.

Other:

My application definitely stresses my passion for government, what i have learned through it, and what I plan to do with it.

Financial Aid: Yes
Projected Concentration: Political Science
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+

General Comments & Advice:

Yale 2021!

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**Decision: Rejected **
White Male deferred from SCEA
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/710 on old, 800/800 on new
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): only took once each
ACT (breakdown): 35S/35E/35R/36M/22W (didn’t send)
ACT superscore (breakdown): only took once
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math 2, 730 US History, 710 Physics (didn’t send physics)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 by my own calculation, my school only reports my weighted
Weighted GPA: 4.56 as of end of junior year, higher now
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), Stats (5), USHist (5), Eng Lang (5), Physics 1 (5) World Hist (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): no
Senior Year Course Load: 7 classes, the max at my school, 5 APs, one fine art, 1 post-AP
Number of other applicants in your school: 1 that I know of, he got rejected
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Won some state-wide and local academic contests, NMSF

Extracurriculars: Lots with plenty of leadership but nothing THAT exceptional - I don’t feel like going into detail.
Essays: Good I think, definitely no typos or grammar errors since I proofread well and pretty good content.
Letter of Recommendation: One from my Physics teacher and one from an english teacher, should be super great.
Other apps: Princeton SCEA (D->R), Georgia Tech EA (A), Case Western RD (A), MIT RD ®, Harvard RD (W), UChicago RD (W) and Carnegie Mellon (W).

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1440 (720 M and E)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (36 E, 28 M, 32 R, 31 S)
SAT II (subject, score): Spanish 800, Biology E 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.46
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/107
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (3), English Lit (3), Spanish Culture (5), Art (3)
Senior Year Course Load: Economics, Government, AP English Language, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, Psychology, Intro to Human Biology (Dual Enrollment), Medical Terminology (DE), Chemistry (DE), Intro to Public Speaking (DE)
Number of other applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Scholastic Art and Writing Gold and Silver Keys
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Creative Communication Poetr

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Creative Writing Club-Treasurer (Formed this year)
Job/Work Experience: Algebra I Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: 500+ hours from Interact, tutoring and Catholic lector
Summer Experience: Catholic Lector, Dual Enrollment

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: 9/10

Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Info/Rec: No idea
Interview: 7/10

Other

Date Submitted App: Last day
U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
School Type: Small public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: F
Income Bracket Range: Less than 90k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM, first generation

Reflection

Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were waitlisted: Essays, major (French and Italian + Molecular Biology (Pre-med))
What would you have done differently? Emphasized my love of language
Where else did you apply?
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCSC, USC, Rice
Waitlisted: Princeton
Rejected: Stanford EA, Harvard, Yale, Yale NUS

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Honestly, I knew this was a long shot. In my heart I’m disappointed I didn’t get in but in my head the fact that I was waitlisted is more than I expected. I’d recommend getting to know the university well and really looking into what they’re looking for.

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**Decision: Deferred -> Rejected **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1510 (710 Verbal, 800 Math)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1510
ACT (breakdown): 35
ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math 2C, 800 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
Weighted GPA: 4.7/4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank or percentile
AP (place score in parentheses): 6 5’s and a 3, I think
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: MV Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Physics C, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, others
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): High School Swimming All American Consideration Award x 2
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMF, AP Scholar, School Awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Swimming
Job/Work Experience: Swimming
Volunteer/Community Service: NHS
Summer Experience: Swimming

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: Decent but pretty cheesy

Teacher Recommendation #1: Good
Teacher Recommendation #2: Good
Counselor Rec: Generic
Additional Info/Rec: None
Interview: She told me she didn’t really ‘click’ with the interviewer. He really represented the “WASP” vibe that Princeton is notorious for.
Art Supplement: Nope

Other

Date Submitted App: Before 11/1
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Midwest
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket Range: Upper Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Female in CS

Reflection

Strengths: Probably nothing, in comparison to the applicant pool
Weaknesses: Lack of impactful extracurriculars and almost no STEM participation
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 6.1% is low
What would you have done differently?: Maybe be a faster swimmer
Where else did you apply?
In chronological order:
Princeton (SCEA deferral, rejection)
UIUC CS (Accepted)
MIT (Accepted)
UChicago (Waitlisted)
CMU SCS (Accepted)

**Other Factors: **
Athletic support at MIT, Chicago, and CMU. No LOCI after the deferral.

General Comments & Advice:
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[ b]Objective:[/b
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SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1450
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): French 790, Literature 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t do them but around 3.9
Weighted GPA: Again, school doesn’t do but 4.2ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Number of other EA applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Grade 8 Music, several leadership roles throughout strongly related to my intended major, writing a book, recreational sport
Job/Work Experience: Shop customer assistant, voluntary teaching assistant
Volunteer/Community Service: Voluntary work in a school in my country as well as abroad
Summer Experience: Working, language immersion in France

[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**

Essays: I thought they were great…obviously not.

Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read
Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: Yes, I thought it went well
Art Supplement: N/A

[ b]Other**

Date Submitted App: On the deadline oops
U.S. State/Territory or Country: England
School Type: State but selective (top 25% ish)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 100-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths: Honestly? Not much. My whole application seems average at best
Weaknesses: SAT, essays maybe weren’t as good as I had hoped, nothing really stands out
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: International… My chances were always low, and there’s nothing on my application that makes me stand out at all.
What would you have done differently?:
Where else did you apply?

[ b]Other Factors: **

[ b]General Comments & Advice:**

Although I may have just been rejected everywhere I applied, I am still glad that I put the time and effort into applying abroad (despite the hefty hole in my bank account…). I’ve learnt so much more about the American education system and genuinly enjoyed quite a lot of revising for and taking the SAT, and I met such a variety of interesting people during my interviews. After the rollercoaster of applying, I’m off to a great uni in the UK and I very much hope to come out to America for my graduate degree.

Congratulations to everyone who was admitted, you really deserve it!

And sure, rejection hurts but try and take more from the journey than just the end result.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (first attempt)
ACT (breakdown): 34, did not send
SAT II: 800/800/800 Math2/Chem/Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5s, one 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Pretty rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing THAT major. National Merit Finalist, AIME, National AP Scholar, nothing else really worth mentioning.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis, piano, quiz bowl (captain), science bowl (captain) orchestra. Placed at state in tennis, a couple of major piano accomplishments, made nationals for science bowl.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: About 250 hours at hospital.
Summer Activities: Mostly relaxing. Playing a lot of tennis and video games. Also got most of my volunteering done over the summers.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I wouldn’t call myself a terrific writer, but I can get the job done… Common App was maybe a 7-8/10. The Princeton supplement was probably my best one of all. Give myself a 9/10. Might be the reason Princeton was the only Ivy I was accepted to hahaha. My other essays were relatively mediocre.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: History teacher, didn’t read. He thought really highly about me though, so I’d guess 9-10/10.
Teacher Rec #2: Physics teacher, also didn’t read. He’s had many more students far smarter than me, but I think I still stood out in my class. Plus he has a reputation for writing awesome recs. 8/10 probably.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t know her that well personally. Probably a 7/10?
Additional Rec:
Interview: Just a casual conversation really. I don’t think it had much of an effect.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: I put physics, but probably going to change.
State (if domestic applicant): One in the Midwest
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Less than $100k.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.

Reflection

Strengths: Stats and being well rounded I guess.
Weaknesses: No major strengths or extraordinary achievements.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats and being well rounded I guess.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Duke, Vanderbilt, Princeton
Rejected: MIT, UPenn, Yale
Waitlisted: Harvard, WashU

General Comments: Hope my results will help future applicants out! I think what I can take away from my results is that the top schools really are kind of a crapshoot once you have the stats. However, something encouraging I’ve noticed from observing other people’s results is that, in general if you’re a top notch candidate, you should get into AT LEAST one top 20 school. Still no guarantees though.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35C (36E 35M 35R 35S) 8/12 Essay
SAT II: Math II (800) Bio-E (760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/529
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (4) AP World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous, but I dropped hard classes to take choir and theatre lol
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Boys Nation Senator, Questbridge Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Chess Club (founder, President)
NHS (Officer)
Book Club (Officer)
SkillsUSA (Officer)
FBLA (Officer)
Concert Choir (Unofficial section leader, I helped restart the club and grow it from 7 members to 100 in 6 months.)
Choir also has sung at district banquets, and we went on tour in LA.
Lead role in school musical

Job/Work Experience: I work 20 hours a week with my Dad.
Volunteer/Community service: 10 hours a week at church, with various events.
Summer Activities: FBLA National Conference
Mission trip to Nicaragua
Boys State and Boys Nation

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Questbridge Essays -
8/10 - It compared my life to a wooden desk I’ve owned since I was little. I scribbled on it and wrote down my thoughts when I was going through bad times, and the desk became an extension of my personality.
6/10 - I wrote about how chess was an underappreciated art form. I went on to say I found people at school to create a club with.

Common App Essay - 7/10, it was about how I visited my Grandma before she passed from terminal breast cancer. She was playful and humorous even in her last moments, so I wrote about how she didn’t let her condition stop her from having fun with her grandchild for the last time.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: English teacher, pushed me to pursue politics. 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: Bio teacher, I was funny and over-excited in her class. I wasn’t the best student, but I got close to her as a person. 8/10
Counselor Rec: Generic, I got a new counselor starting junior year. 4/10
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: None.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): AZ
School Type: Large public, 2500 students total.
Ethnicity: Asian-American (South Korean Immigrant)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 35k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, poor (?)

Reflections:

Strengths: Test scores, ECs
Weaknesses: Dat GPA, holy balls I should’ve tried harder for all 4 years.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred? I just got lucky. Plain and simple, don’t read too much into your decisions because it can seemingly be random at times and they do not determine your worth as a person.

General Comments: I didn’t care at all about school in my freshman year, so my GPA took a beating. I started to wake up and realize that I didn’t want to go to my state school (no offense ASU!) and end up with a desk job, working 9 to 5 and not accomplishing more. I was entitled - I thought I was such a smart kid, and that I was destined to rule the world, cure cancer, marry Emma Watson. So I involved myself in a bunch of clubs that I didn’t care about, started studying for tests that I hated studying for, all in an attempt to pad my application. In my senior year, I took a look at myself and I didn’t know who I was. I was a phony, a hack, who did what he had to do to get to a place that he thought he had to get to. I embraced my quirks and my love for music during this past year, but I regret that it was too late. When I look back on my high school life, I realize that I wasted my time doing things that I didn’t like doing. I can’t think of more than 5 memorable experiences I had in my high school years. I just wish I had accepted myself earlier. Then I could say, “Oh I don’t regret high school. I had a ton of fun!”

Anyways, remember that admissions to top colleges are basically like drawing the lottery. I’m blessed to be accepted to these institutions. I just feel weird, knowing that they didn’t accept me, per se - they accepted a bluffed-up version of me.

Other College Decisions: Harvard (Accepted), Princeton (Accepted), Amherst (Accepted), Wesleyan (Accepted), USC (Accepted), Vanderbilt (Accepted), UChicago (WL), Dartmouth (WL), Northwestern (WL), Pomona (WL), University of Virginia (WL), MIT (Rejected), Columbia ED (Rejected), Brown (Rejected), Yale (Rejected), UPenn (Rejected)

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Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2370

SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): No superscore

ACT (breakdown): Did not take

SAT II (subject, score): Math II, 800; Chemistry, 800; Biology E, 800

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Weighted GPA: My school doesn’t do these

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): These either

AP (place score in parentheses): AP Computer Science (5), AP World (5), AP US (5), AP Stat (5), AP English Language and Composition (5)

IB (place score in parentheses): Nopity nope

Senior Year Course Load: This year I am also taking AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, and AP Physics C. I am also an AP Computer Science TA, but everything else I do is standard.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: None

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Regeneron STS Semifinalist, American Fine Arts Festival 5 time concert winner

Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Harvard Book Award, Bausch and Lomb Scholarship Award from Rochester, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, WESEF 3rd place engineering category, Cum Laude Society (Top 10%), World Languages Honors Society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Piano- I am a 5 time American Fine Arts Festival Competition winner and have A+ ratings on level 6 NYSSMA for 6 years
Trombone- I play in my high school’s jazz band as first chair and have A+ ratings on level 6 NYSSMA for 4 years
Academic Challenge- I am the captain of my school’s quizbowl/academic challenge team
Peer Tutor- I tutor a wide variety of subjects as part of my school’s peer tutoring club, from math to English. If I got paid for this, it would be a job/work experience, but as is, it is, alas, only a club
Math Club- I only joined last year but it’s a lot of fun and I wish I had joined sooner
Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society member
Computer Science TA- I am a teacher’s assistant for the AP Computer Science class, and I help teach material and hold office hours after school
Freshman Science Research Club- I am a curriculum module coordinator and mentor figure for freshmen looking to go into my school’s science research club

Job/Work Experience: None bc I am perpetually unemployed, haha

Volunteer/Community Service:
I make beaded crafts and origami cranes for the Arc of Westchester, a local organization that helps those born with developmental disabilities and their families. My crafts are sold to help fundraise for some of their programs.

Summer Experience:
I took summer courses at SUNY Albany for science research

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: Pretty good I think? My main thing is like humor so I wrote an essay comparing being a girl in engineering to accidentally walking into the boy’s bathroom. I think most of my essays followed this humor track although my academic integrity essay was kind of terrible (thanks word limit!)

Teacher Recommendation #1: I honestly have no clue
Teacher Recommendation #2: ^same
Counselor Rec: ^im pretty sure she forgot who i was lol
Additional Info/Rec: My piano teacher wrote this one, and she really loves me. I also asked my science research mentor to write me one.
Interview: No interview

Other

Date Submitted App: ?? i don’t remember?
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: No clue
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope

Reflection

Strengths: Humor and unique perspective, definitely a unique application if not a good one
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably Regeneron STS
What would you have done differently?: Applied EA? The wait was really killing me
Where else did you apply?:
Rejected: Stanford, UC Berkeley
Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd, Carnegie Mellon Computer Science (2nd Choice major)
Accepted: UIUC, UC San Diego, UCLA (with Likely), MIT, Caltech, Cornell (with Likely), Brown, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon Engineering (1st Choice Major)

Other Factors: I’m the first person from my school to get into Princeton for like… a while. There used to be a rumor that Princeton had “cursed” our school. Honestly, I think it was just that the rumor discouraged people from applying, but I’m pretty siked to have gotten in! I love tigers. I think they’re adorable.

General Comments & Advice: Be yourself I guess?

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@zeezeebee - ^^ Can’t get accepted AND rejected to UC Berkeley.

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@TiggerDad oh shoot you right, haha, rejected from UCB just forgot to move around my list

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Looks very unreal to get rejected to some of those schools with your stats!

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2390/2400 first take (800M 800CR 790W 8/12 essay)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Same as above
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36E 36M 35R 36S)
ACT superscore (breakdown): Same as above
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II and Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 99.5? We have a weird GPA system
Weighted GPA: 102.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400+
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Bio (5), AP Cal AB (5), AP Chem (5), AP Lang (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Physics 1, Economics/US Gov, upperclassman genetics course at local university
Number of other EA+RD applicants in your school: 1 other
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 3 time AIME qualifier, 3 time ISEF finalist, 2 time Biology Olympiad Semifinalist
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar nomination, State Science Bowl champion.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Research at local university about the central dogma of biology (4 years), Science Olympiad (3 years, Founder/President), Science Bowl (2 years, Founder/Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (4 years, President), piano for 10+ years
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer at nursing home over the summers and tutor students every morning.
Summer Experience: Nursing home (see above), interned at a Duke cancer biology lab, National Beta Convention

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays:
Common App 10/10 - Spent months on it, probably the best essay I’ve ever written. Wrote about my longstanding love for science and the many ways I have explored it through the years.

Supplemental: 6/10 - Pretty sure it was a very often used topic (tutoring) but I attempted to take a unique approach. Looking back, it lacked a personal feel reflected by the rest of the application.

Teacher Recommendation #1: 7.5/10 - my AP Lit teacher and Beta sponsor. She knew I was good in competitions and tried really hard in her class. Not sure how much experience she had writing LoRs.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 6/10 - my math teacher last year. I had one of the highest grades she ever had but I’m not sure if she knew me that well outside of grades and awards. I really didn’t talk to her that much so she never got to know my humor or my experiences. Likely generic
Counselor Rec: 9/10 - regularly got into touch with him and we talked a lot about college and everything I’ve done. Great guy who really thinks highly of me.
Additional Info/Rec: None
Interview: Probably my worst one: lasted less than half an hour and felt like I didn’t distinguish myself from the Asian male in STEM stereotype.
Art Supplement: None

Other

Date Submitted App: 12/12/16
U.S. State/Territory or Country: One in the South
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: $60000-80000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Unfortunately not

Reflection

Strengths: Stats, some reasonably impressive accomplishments, supposedly underrepresented region.
Weaknesses: Stereotypical Asian with STEM/piano accomplishments, no publications to show for them
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Potentially bland recs and essays
What would you have done differently?: Focused more on an essay that embodied the true me rather than trying to take a somewhat detached point-of-view
Where else did you apply? Stanford (accepted REA), Duke (accepted), MIT (waitlisted), UC Hicago (waitlisted), Harvard (rejected)

General Comments & Advice:

For people who haven’t applied yet, you still have time to get your stats up. This is also pretty cliché, but don’t do things just to look impressive to colleges. They’ll know if you truly love what you do. Outside of class, my advice would be to follow your passions and develop good relationships with your teachers. You don’t have be the best well-rounded student to get in.

During the admissions process, the essays are super important, making you not just competitive but COMPELLING. Demonstrate your interests and show them what drives you to get out of bed in the morning.

To everyone who did not get into the Class of 2021, best of luck for the future. No matter what your result, you are still the same person you were a day ago. It is what it is. Remember that in the end, it is you, not some admissions committee, who will ultimately determine your own worth. Wake up. Live your life. Show Princeton how much they missed out on.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

  • SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 750 CR+W, 20 Essay
  • ACT (breakdown): 36 Composite, 35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science,
  • SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chem, 760 Physics
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW, 4.61 W (scaling is subjective per school so don’t take this too seriously)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4th out of 230
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP World (5), AP US History (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Calc AB Subscore (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): None
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Physics 2, AP Biology, Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    • Academic awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship Program Letter of Commendation, Excellence in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences from the Society of Women Engineers (CT Section), Presidential Scholars Semifinalist.
    • Dance awards: Dance Teachers Club of CT Scholarship Winner (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015), DMA National Jr. Mr. Dance Most Talented Non-Finalist (2012), DMA Jr. Mr. Dance of CT (2012), Sophisticated Production’s Highest Scoring Solo (age 15 and under) (2013), DMA Teen Mr. Dance of CT (2014), DMA Tap Class Audition Scholarship 1st Place Recipient (2016), Numerous First Overall Solo and Group Awards (2010 – Present).

Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
    • Competitive Dancer (Senior Competition Captain) Tap: 10 Years, Ballet: 9 Years, Jazz: 9 Years, Hip-Hop: 7 Years, Contemporary/Modern: 7 Years
    • Nutcracker Ballet (I've played the role of Prince and Cavalier these past 3 years) (9, 10, 11, 12)
    • National Honor Society (Tutoring coordinator/tutor) (11, 12)
    • French Honor Society (Executive Officer) (10, 11, 12)
    • Seaperch (11, 12)
    • Math League (9, 10, 11, 12)
    • Varsity Tennis (4 singles, 3 doubles) (10, 11, 12)
    • Offered to produce music for small fashion lines
  • Job/Work Experience: None
  • Volunteer/Community service:
    • Assistant Dance Teacher Ages 9-14
    • Nutcracker Ballet Student Rehearsal Assistant
    • NHS Tutor, all subjects
    • Writing Center Tutor
    • Math Center Tutor
  • Summer Activities:
    • 4 Weeks of Dance Intensives/National Competitions
    • Helped build a dance studio/gym in my basement
    • Dance training
    • College Tours
    • Tennis
  • Essays (rating 1-10, details):
    • Common Application Essay Rating: 9?? I had my AP Lit teacher read it over, as well as a few friends. They all said it sounded really personal and unique while being memorable, but I couldn't judge myself accurately.
    • Princeton essay: Solid 9.5
  • Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
    • Teacher Rec #1: AP Calc/Multivariate/Linear Teacher, Math Team Coach
  • I assume it would be very good as he knows my intense schedule in and out of school, my work ethic, my sense of humor, and my sociability.
    • Teacher Rec #2: AP Chem Teacher Same as Rec 1, with the addition of my love and curiosity of the natural sciences plus my drive and independence in the classroom.
    • Counselor Rec: Unknown, but she used to attend my dance studio? So maybe that helped. This was also her first year, so personal details may have been rough.
  • Additional Rec: None.
  • Interview: Straight Fire.

Other:

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: None.
  • Intended Major: Physics
  • State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
  • Country (if international applicant): NA
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Upper middle class
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Male dancer?
  • Strengths: Test scores, extracurriculars, strong commitment to dance, national dance awards, rigorous course schedule, 3 independent studies in physics (shows initiative), interview was straight fire
  • Weaknesses: Supplement was shaky.
  • Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Dance major, test scores, strong essay, unique, really connected to my interviewer.

General Comments: Probably going to end up at Yale, Princeton, and Columbia.

Other schools you applied to and their decisions:
Accepted: Williams, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Muhlenburg, William and Mary, Duke (likely letter), Columbia (likely letter), Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Cornell, NYU, Wesleyan, Amherst

Waitlisted: Tufts, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford

Rejected: Harvard

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35S, 35E, 34M, 33R)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: school doesn’t weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/412
AP (place score in parentheses): Physics 1, Gov (both self-studies, didn’t report scores)
Senior Year Course Load: I had a funky schedule due to issues w my science credits so I’ll break it down by semester!
Semester 1: Sociology, AP German, AP Macro, DE English, Business Management 2, AP Calc AB, Internship
Semester 2: Organic Chemistry, DE Biology, American Gov, AP Macro, DE English, Business Management 2, AP Calc AB, Internship (yeah, extra class! It’s been fun)
Number of other applicants in your school: a kid applied REA (Rejected)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): in order of importance
DECA - State President for WY, former chapter president, won 11 first-places in three years at the state level, 7th at internationals twice.
WAC (Quiz Bowl) - Top-scoring student in state. Reigning state champion, state all-star, won every meet I’ve competed in.
Community Service - 100+ hours between three projects I care about.
Politics - Managed a candidate for the state legislature’s campaign (got a 21 year-old 25% of the vote against an incumbent, beat a candidate with 5x the funding), volunteered with a Congressional campaign, & Boys State
Job/Work Experience: Work 25 hours/week at local internship to pay expenses/gain experience, work another 10 hrs/week at restaurant during weekends to make extra money (35 at restaurant in the summer)
Summer Experience: Working!

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays:
Common App: 8/10. Talked about maturing in a single parent household in a very upbeat way. Showed to former AO’s and they liked it.
Optional Essay: 6/10. Discussed an ethical dilemma I faced and how I found out that I like tutoring my classmates. Very upbeat too, I felt confident. However, it wasn’t necessarily mind-blowing. Pretty run-of-the-mill.

Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10. Physics teacher from junior year. He talked about my leadership in the class, how intellectually curious I was, my character, etc. Best one I’ve seen!
Teacher Recommendation #2: 8/10. English teacher from last year. Knew me more personally and discussed my background, and my qualities as a person, as well as in the classroom.
Counselor Rec: 3/10. Provided no value to my app. I’m very self-read and taught with applications and plans, kids from my school typically don’t do much w/ elite schools so I ended up helping her more than she helped me.
Additional Info/Rec: Didn’t add one. Should’ve added my DECA advisor but hindsight is 20/20.
Interview: Didn’t get one!

Other

Date Submitted App: 12/23/2016
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Wyoming!
School Type: largest public school in the state
Ethnicity: White (reported)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: $45k/year
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): being from WY, basically first-gen.

Reflection

Strengths: EC’s (in terms of depth), rank
Weaknesses: Not the most rigorous schedule, EC’s (in terms of breadth)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no clue. :slight_smile:
What would you have done differently?: Taking harder classes as a sophomore, taken the SAT 2’s, maybe started a company
Where else did you apply? Yale (accepted), Harvard (rejected), Notre Dame (accepted), Michigan (accepted), GA Tech (accepted), Williams (waitlisted)

General Comments & Advice:
Take shots to make shots! I used the same essays for Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. And they went a couple of ways… haha. Never be afraid!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35C (35E, 36M, 36R, 32S, 8W)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.59 UW / 101.55 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3), Lang (4), World (4), Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, Anatomy & Physiology, Latin IV H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor, An award from a community college for my grades

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
JV Bowling - 9
Varsity Bowling 10-12 (Captain - 11-12)
General member of Miss Rep 11-12 & Amnesty International 9-10
Bowling leagues during sophomore year & summer after my sophomore year
Inducted into NHS 11th grade; active member this year
Black Youth Awareness Club (12) (Co-Founder & Treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at a hospital
Summer Activities: Camp on Diversity in summer 2016

Rate out of 10
Essays:
Common App: solid 10. Loved my essay and both my english teachers from junior & senior year thought it was really good
Teacher Recommendation:

  1. From my Pre-calc teacher. She loved le so 9/10
  2. From my honors bio teacher, she said it was easy to write so 8/10
    Counselor Rec: Probably generic af
    Additional Rec:
    Interview:

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black (Caribbean)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 95k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen (for 4 year college)

Reflection:

Strengths: Overall academics & essay
Weaknesses: apush test score
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Not to sound cocky but I feel like I am a strong applicant overall
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - Duke University, Morgan State University, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins University

General Comments: Do what you love and colleges will love it too :slight_smile: