<p>OMFG I got in.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): W-650, M-710, CR-800, Total:2160
[<em>] SAT IIs: Phy-760, Chem-800, Math 2-800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: A Levels - 4 As
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] APs (including this year's): N/A
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 A level subjects
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I know of two others from my school but don't know what has happened with their decisions. Know at least one more great applicant from my country who is not from my school
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: a bunch...too lazy to list em
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: teaching assistant, intern
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were alright
[<em>] Teacher Recs: did not see em but i think they ought to be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea really
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): no interview
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): anti-hook - intl wanting aid
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bangladesh
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[<em>] Strengths: people that read my essays thought they were good
[</em>] Weaknesses: plenty...
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: for an international asking aid my stats, ECs were probably not up to par[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! Best of luck to everyone that has been waitlisted. Commiserations to my fellow rejectees. I am sure we will all be successful wherever we head out.</p>
<p>when u check the decision in your email, what is the subject of the email?<br>
My friend and I don't want to check our decisions on the internet--we're waiting for the mail.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR/800M/730W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC/780 Chem/760 Bio M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/6.467
[<em>] Rank:1/833
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's):European History, Statistics, Calculus AB, Biology, American History, Psychology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, Physics C, Macroeconomics, Environmental Science, Human Geography, English Literature and Composition, US Government and Politics, Art History
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, Honors Research I,II
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Siemens Semifinalist, Intel Semifinalist, ISEF, USABO, USNCO, Varsity Swimming MVP, National AP Scholar, lots of math awards (including one from University of Miami), Sunshine State Scholar, etc.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity swimming, cancer research, learn to swim community service, Mu Alpha Theta (President), Physics Club (president), NHS, Key Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Not amazing or revealing. Unique topic choice for common app personal statement, a bit of clichés on Stanford short answers.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Phenomenal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Phenomenal
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Israeli, Found a genetic predisposition which can successfully predict if cancer patients respond to therapy
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Strengths: Well rounded, shown commitment in all ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: I dont like English
..
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: If only I knew
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all those who were accepted!</p>
<p>And I was deferred...can't believe this!</p>
<p>Email received: 6:00 PM Central
Last name: L</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2240 (800M/720W/720CR) <em>one sitting</em>
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Biology M, 690 Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.415 (W), 3.9 something (UW)
[<em>] Rank: 6/1007 (3/1007 when I sent midyear)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Human Geography (5), US History (5), Music Theory (5), English Language (5), French Language (3)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:AP Biology, AP Computer Science AB, AP Calculus BC, AP French Language, AP English Literature, Orchestra
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: a lot
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Concertmaster for TMEA All-Region Orchestra (9th-11th grade), Concertmaster of Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (9th-12th grade), TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra member (9th-12th grade), Guest soloist with Plano Symphony/Brazos Valley Symphony/Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, 1st Place at ExxonMobil Texas State Science Fair, 1st Prize Outstanding Material Science Project from ASM International Foundation, 3rd Place Beal Bank/Toyota Regional Science Fair</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: Music/Orchestra, French Symposium, Science Fair, Political Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research intern at UT Southwestern Medical Center during summer</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (competitive, but not ridiculously amazing)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100-110K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: total shock[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Sent Fine Arts Supplement</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Received a likely letter from Stanford a month ago, but had a shadow of doubt on it being a mistake till now lol</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): CR-780, M-740, W-750, Total:2270
SAT IIs: US-700, Lit-750, Spanish-640
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8, 5.8
Rank: 24/800something
ACT: 32
APs (including this year's): 13
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: 6 aps
Number of Apps from Your School: quite a few?
Other stats (Awards, etc.): no listing for me
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: see above
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Essays (subject and responses):
Teacher Recs: assuming good
Counselor Rec: see above
Location/Person:
State or Country: Fl
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F</p>
<p>Hmmmm...</p>
<p>Nhsharvard, how did you get in with your standardized test scores?</p>
<p>ACT: 27 (E:29, M:29, other sections were weaker)
SAT: 1640 (V:520, M:630, W:490)</p>
<p>I guess this shows (to everyone out there), that TEST SCORES DO NOT matter as much as they are thought. boo.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nah
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 (CR) 750 (M) 800 (W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Lit, 770 U.S.
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, no weighting at my school
[<em>] Rank: 1/300
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 6 ish? School doesn't offer many.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Nope
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 8
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): A few. Too lazy to list.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Some
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were decent, but I guess not, haha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I don't even know anymore...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic?
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A for S
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: U.S. of A.
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban public, above average, I s'ppose
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Wasn't this already asked?
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores and well-roundedness?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Race
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: <em>sigh</em> I'm trying to suck it up and be glad for one of my best friends (URM) who got in with way, way lower stats. :/ Oh well. What can you do? I'm actually not as sad as I assumed I'd be. I did get accepted to three schools that I love, so I think I'll be fine. :) Sincere congratulations to all who were accepted. You must be truly extraordinary, and I hope you make the most of your years at Stanford.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800M, 720W, 680CR
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 720 Physics, ...
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9is uw, 4.87w
Rank: 1/427
ACT: --
APs (including this year's): 12
IBs (including this year's: Not Offered
Senior Yr Courseload: 6APs and orchestra
Number of Apps from Your School: Perhaps 5ish
Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Lots of academic clubs...vp of mu alpha theta, officer of key club, etc., etc.
Job/Work Experience: --
Essays (subject and responses): One of them, the letter to roommate was awesome... the main essay was on efficiency vs. emotion...pretty cool.
Teacher Recs: AMAZING. they should be, but i'm not positive
Counselor Rec: I didn't read it, but my counselor should like me.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): No interview
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): female going into engineering, good recs, idk
Location/Person:
State or Country: North Carolina
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 2500 students, one of best in NC
Ethnicity: pacific islander (filipino)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation in us? no hooks really
Strengths: Classes, grades, class rank, etc.
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: got lucky? good recs?
Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations!!!!! Really excited. I was definitely not expecting an acceptance.</p>
<p>icypineapple37 he got waitlisted.</p>
<p>wow seems like the action is over and we still have ALOT of people who havent received any notification yet!!!
if you are the next poster, please post the time you got the email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>This is an illogical statement. If you're saying the overall acceptance rate is .05 and the OOS acceptance rate is .05, you're assuming an independence that doesn't exist.</p>
<p>What kinds of people receive "likely letters" before decisions officially come out? I was under the impression that only athletes only get those, but some guy (who wasn't an athlete) just wrote he got one before being accepted today. What would make an applicant more likely to be accepted than others that a school would send a letter to them before everyone else even knows anything?</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2400
SAT IIs: 2400
GPA, Unweighted: 4.0
Rank: 1
APs (including this year's): Nat'l AP Scholar all 5s
Number of Apps from Your School: at least 10
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Siemens/Intel
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Sports and Research
Job/Work Experience: lots
Essays (subject and responses): happy and fun!
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Comments: Time to live up to my name.</p>
<p>** Accepted!!!! **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2340 - 770CR, 800M, 770W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2340 - 800 Math I, 800 Math II, 740 English Lit
[<em>] Grades: 10 A</em>s GCSE, 5 As A-Level
[<em>] Rank: 1/125 (informal)
[</em>] Leadership Positions: School council, newspaper, deputy head boy
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not overly pleased with them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hooks (if any): TASP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: England, US Citizen
[</em>] School Type: Competitive British State
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: This face. Have you seen this face?
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected?: Stats, TASP, this face
[li] General Comments: This is very, very exciting![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>@I<3School
Who are you talking to?</p>
<p>Well for everyone that got in-congrats :) If you decide to come here I'm sure you'll have a good time here. For those that didn't-trust me its not the end of the world. You will get into a good university and you'll have a blast there-I'm sure of it :)</p>
<p>Welcome '12 :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (M: 800 / CR: 790 / W: 800 / Essay: 12)
[<em>] SAT IIs: MIIC 800 / Literature 700
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 UW / 3.9 W
[<em>] Rank: DNR
[</em>] ACT: DNR
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Language, AP Calculus AB
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP US Government, Speech & Debate, Teacher Aide
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I'd imagine quite a few.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 15+ Speech and Debate Awards (including a State Championship Finalist as well as District, Regional Championships), NFL with Distinction, National Honor Roll, Athletic-Scholar Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Speech and Debate (President , 3 years); LGBT Activist as Orator and Writer; Amnesty International (Treasurer , 1 year); Junior Varsity Cross Country (2 years); 12+ Years involved in Fine Art; raised funds for Cancer Research; Photography, Web Design, took classes in Architecture (for fun); among other things.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A year working as an office clerk for C&T Japanese Engines International, Physics and SAT Tutor
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Gay, wrote about it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (</em>sigh<em>)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, that's really all I can say for sure
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: GPA, other than that, dunno.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: This was the one school I think I really wanted to get into. I've been waitlisted or rejected from UCLA, UCB, Northwestern, UChicago. Waiting for Columbia and Cornell. Right now, presumptive college is NYU.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 690 CR, 720 M, 800 W
* SAT II: 710 Chinese, 700 Biology E, 640 Math II, 650 Physics
* ACT: didn't take
* GPA: 5.35/6.00 W, 4.00 UW
* Rank: 4/497
* Other Tests: AP WHist 4, AP English III 5, AP French IV Language 2 (sick on test day), will be taking this year:
AP Physics C, English IV Lit, Macroeconomics, US Government, Calculus AB, Biology, French V Lit, AP CompSci A</p>
<p>Subjective
* Essays: one about how I came to love Physics, another about my different personalities; I'm a seasoned essayist so I'm fairly confident these were nice.
* Teacher Recs: extremely excellent - my Economics teacher positively loves me, my Biology teacher has been my science fair mentor for four years
* Counselor Rec: no idea, I didn't get to see, I don't think it was that good
* Supplementary Material: none at all</p>
<p>Personal
* Location: central Texas
* High School Type: public
* Ethnicity: Asian-American
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: 130k+
* Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Intel ISEF Finalist 2008, 1st-gen college
* Strengths: teacher recs, GPA, courseload
* Weaknesses: SAT, AP scores
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: low test scores, just didn't fit the mold :O</p>
<p>Other
* Extracurriculars: I run an international singing organization, dance, theatre, French club, NHS, Key Club, some other stuff I don't remember
* Awards: just the science fair ones:
- Behavioral & Social Sciences Regionals 2005 - 2nd place
- Behavioral & Social Sciences State 2005 - participant
- Microbiology Regionals 2006 - 1st place + Navy award of excellence
- Microbiology State 2006 - 3rd place
- Microbiology Regionals 2007 - 2nd place
- Microbiology State 2007 - honorable mention
- Behavioral & Social Sciences Regionals 2008 - 1st place, American Psychological Association award, Best of Fair
- thus, Intel ISEF Finalist 2008 =)
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
I actually wasn't really expecting admission to Stanford, to tell the truth. I didn't fully feel as if would fit in, and at the same time Stanford isn't high on my list. In fact, it was fourth, haha. I'm sincerely happy to know that my spot is taken by someone who truly wishes to attend Stanford. It's better that those who really wanted to be accepted were, instead of someone like me that would probably end up declining admission anyways. I'm definitely not bitter at all (actually I'm slightly happy that I got rejected so I wouldn't have to be making decisions and such) - because you know what, guys? I'll be at MIT this fall ;D</p>