Official RD Acceptance Thread - class of 2012

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M 700, CR 770, W 800
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770, 740, 660
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.5 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: NO RANK
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): A LOT
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Full IB-Diploma Candidate
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All AP/IB 7 classes
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Al ot 10+
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: President of 3 clubs, captain of varsity tennis team, captain of academic decathlon
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I duno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I duno
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths:SAT, EC
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>I DONT CARE. I GOT INTO JOHNS HOPKINS. !!!!! YES!</p>

<p>kcb452, are you definitely going to MIT this fall?
EDIT: actually, looking at your stats, are you Kayla? ;D</p>

<p>What do you mean aa on steroids? My test scores were terrible and I am white but was still waitlisted. No offense, but don't try to pass off any personal shortcomings onto aa.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 740 M, 720 W, 710 CR
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 - US History, 800 - Math 2, 760 - Bio M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1 W, 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but I know I'm top 8
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): US History (5), Stat (5), English Lang (4), German, Bio, US Gov, Calc BC
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP German, AP US Government, English 12, Sculpture/Ceramics, Guidance Assistant
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5-10?
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, Outstanding Student awards (school-wide) in Geometry, Alg 2 Hnrs, Precalc Hnrs, and AP Stat, AP Scholar,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Swimming, Kumon, tutoring at Kumon Center, interning at political firm, german honor society, volunteering for outreach swim program
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring at Kumon Center
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Could have been much better
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent I suppose
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing stands out
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very good public (#37 in nation), 1 into Stanford last year
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half Asian, Half German Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: above $200,000
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, commitment in ECs, SAT IIs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not amazing essays, not too many ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Nothing really stood out too much, essays weren't amazing
[/ul]Other Factors: Brother is there for engineering PhD</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone!</p>

<p>Rejected : (</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 790R 780M 800W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2C 800 Phys 800 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.8W, 3.9UW
[<em>] Rank: Top 1% / 519
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): European History-5 Calc BC-5 Compsci A-5 Compsci AB-5 Chemistry-5 US History-5 English Language-4 French Language-3 + 6 more this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Phys SL (6) French SL (5) + 4 HL this year
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 AP/IB Classes, Physics and Linear Algebra/Differential Equations at nearby university
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot I think
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing major
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Research, ARML, Math Club, Religious Activities
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were good, but I guess I still ended up a dime a dozen -_-
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Above average I think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been very good
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very good public school, we had like 10 to Stanford last year, this year only 3 :/
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (@#$@)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90k-100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Academics
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn't have anything that could distinguish me out of the 25k kids that applied....
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Wasn't very happy with the rejection. But now I know I will end up at Caltech, so it's all good. Congrats to all that got accepted. </p>

<p>Tip for people who want to go to Stanford: spend your 4 years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are AMAZING. Also, start writing your essay during summer before senior year, and stress "intellectual vitality" in each essay. Cause grades and scores don't get you into Stanford :P</p>

<p>It doesn't seem like you had any leadership or community service?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT I (by section):na
[<em>] SAT IIs:na
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.0 uw
[<em>] Rank:1/53
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] APs (including this year's):not offered at high school
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:na
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:not too bad....I do a lot of tutoring this year instead of class.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1 (me)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Varsity Baseball, Class Pres, Beta Club Pres, minor involvement in a few other clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:held part-time job since age 15
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):probably what got me accepted...about coming from a rural community in AL and wanting to rise above expectations
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 amazing one and 1 was ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: well....no comment
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):na
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):na
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: AL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):small public (I will be only student attending a 4-year college in the fall)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:~50k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Geographic diversity? and 1st gen college
[</em>] Strengths: essays, gpa, class rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: ACT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no idea...it's a crapshoot</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone accepted!!!</p>

<p>
[quote]
spend your 4 years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are AMAZING.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>What qualifies as "amazing"? I didn't spend my four years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are "amazing," but just ones that showed a passion for a specific subject.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted OR</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 800 790(CR)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio 800 Math IIC 800 Chem 800 Physics 800 Korean 800 Japanese
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.89 UW 4.57 W
[<em>] Rank: 1%
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP Biology, Physics C (Both), English Lit, Spanish, Japanese, Comp Sci AB, MacroEcon, US Govt, European History, US History Studio Art(Photography)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Six of above + graduate level computer science and recently finished Linear Algebra.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: like 50
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): USAMO three years.. first place in Math at Beach.. some AP award that I didn't bother putting.. Gold medal in computer science state competition... highest point ever.. (record)... not much more..</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Computer Science, Web Development Club. Co-President of Math Club. Developed a search engine algorithm and sold it for $3000.. a improved version is being used right now in some websites (nothing too big though.. still received a few awards) Wrote a book on website development that sold decently well.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: developed programs for many companies and made $10k+
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about living in Panama for several years and meeting different people..
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read but presumably good. I don't really try too hard in school.. which I'll definately need to improve upon.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She loves me and I love her!!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Didn't do one.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 100 Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 450K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: I guess I pursued my passion throughout high school and made money..
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian Male..
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know.. luck and I guess I worked hard in some respects.. but I am shocked.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Well.. I didn't really expect this much since my focus wasn't clear. I honestly don't want to major in computer science because I'm really bored with it now after many years. I'm actually more tired than bored. I don't know what to major in....trouble..yes..</p>

<p>wow...troy?</p>

<p>your application is incredible. congrats at getting in.</p>

<p>rejected..</p>

<p>This admitted class looks very impressive. Everyone admitted "deserves" to be admitted, and some rejected probably did too. Please don't claim AA... that just sounds like excuse making.</p>

<p>And it definitely didn't hurt not knowing how to spell definitely correctly.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>(was SCEA Deferred)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope!
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M 730, CR 760, W, 800 (Combined: 2290)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Biology 780, Math IIC 760, Literature 730, World History 650
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't release rankings, I'd be about 12/200 though
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Calc BC
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): A1 English HL, Mandarin B HL, Economics HL, History HL, Biology SL, Music SL
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:The toughest in the school. Bar none.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nat'l Merit Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: first cellist for Symphony Orchestra, founding member of school's Forensics Team, Section Editor for school paper, jayvee basketball, lead singer for a student rock band, Chair for a Habitat for Humanity committee
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay wrote about friendships and how schoolwork clashes with it (this one was brilliant, everybody I showed it to was greatly moved); Roommate essay was about my experience with my first journalism assignment and how that ties in with my curiosity by nature; Intellectual essay was about my sister's struggles with her amputated leg and how that has led me to question religion; Why Stanford was an allegory using Queen and Freddie Mercury that worked quite well I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 3 rec's, all brilliant. Might have been overkill for three, but Stanford counted Econ and History as Social Studies and I really wanted both of my teachers to write. So I added my English teacher as well, for that "second subject."
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should've been great, she knows my family and my sister very well, me not as much but still quite well
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none!
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): and here is where I fail.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Beijing
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, exclusive, academically intense school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: umm...top. lol. No financial aid needed for me.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): again, fail.
[<em>] Strengths: Writing. Look, I hate to toot my own horn, but my essays I think were really amazing.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of hook. I'm just a regular guy, I think... I don't have some of the outstanding book-being-published, cured-cancer qualities that a lot of the acceptances had.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See weakness.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted OR waitlisted. You are the 15%, the top in the world as far as the Class of 2012 goes. I hope you guys have a blast at Palo Alto... As for me, I've gotten into Northwestern, Claremont McKenna, and Swarthmore so far, and waitlisted at Amherst. Still waiting on the 31st of March, which is pretty much doomsday (UPenn, Tufts, Columbia). Best of luck to everyone.</p>

<p>Didn't get a chance to post stats earlier, so here goes:</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[</em>]SAT I (by section): Taken in December for the first time, so not sent
[<em>]SAT IIs: Math II 800, US History 780, also 750 on Lit but Stanford didn’t see that one
[</em>]ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 M, 34 R, 36 S, 11 Essay)
[<em>]APs: 5 on Calc AB, Stats, and US History. 4 on Art Studio. This year: Calc BC, Macro Econ, Micro Econ, Japanese, Physics C, English Lit, English Lang, US Govt.
[</em>]IBs: Nada
[<em>]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW = 4.0, weighted unknown
[</em>]Rank: 1/330 (weighted rank)
[<em>]Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs
[</em>]Number of Apps from Your School: About half a dozen RD, 3 admitted SCEA</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]ECs listed on app: Captain of Debate Team (several tournament medals/awards), Editor-in-Chief of Literary Magazine, Chairman of City Youth Council, local teen activism groups (Youth Actions Council and Teen Advisory Board), President of volunteer club, Cello (principal cellist in school orchestra, lessons, pit orchestras for musicals), Art (featured in local galleries, shows, sent in slides of artwork as supplement)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Internship for US Congressman, Staff writer for international children’s magazine, Counselor at Summer Camp
Essays (subject and responses): I was pleased with the common app essays...the Stanford ones were...meh
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One from my Junior year English Teacher - I have no idea what she wrote, but I did well in the class. The other was from my Junior year Calc teacher, and his letter was glowing.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I was pleased with it. She included quotes about me from my city’s mayor and the teacher of a Saturday class I’m in.
[li]Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc ): TASP </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Oregon
[</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Well-reputed public, sends 1 to Staford every year this year, 3 were accepted SCEA
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>]Income Bracket: The ‘no financial aid’ bracket
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Strengths/Weaknesses: See above
[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Fate? Well, my heart wasn't really in this one. There were so many people who wanted this more than I did, so Stanford did the right thing. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! Stanford is a wonderful school and is lucky to have you :) As for me? I won't be accepting a spot on the wait list, so good luck to all of you still trying for a 'yes'! Don't give up!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 720 Critical Reading, 730 Writing (10 Essay)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 750 Biology-M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4, 3.8
[<em>] Rank: Unranked
[</em>] APs: 5 Biology, 5 Calculus BC, 5 Chemistry, 5 Music Theory, 5 Physics B, 5 Physics C: Mechanics
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Statistics, Government/Economics, Linear Algebra (Fall), Differential Equations (Spring), Number Theory (Spring)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 20+
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist, USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist, AIME Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs: MEC (Robotics Club) President/Founder, Math Club President, Performing Arts (Choir, Dance, Piano)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant, Graphic Designer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Main essay was about my family situation, "intellectual vitality" was about my passions with science, "roommate" was about my eccentricities, and "why Stanford" brought together many reasons that showed thorough research of the school.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: AP Biology (wrote about my initiative in registering my school for the USA Biology Olympiad for the first time, and also about my scientific mindset), AP Calculus BC (wrote about my problem-solving and my tendency to ask excessive questions)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I drop by to talk to my counselor very often and she knows me very well, so I believe her rec was extremely personal.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Summer Science Program, Ojai '07
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Decent public school with an emphasis on athletics; sends about 1-2 to Stanford every year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Below $75,000 a year for a 6 person family
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Science / Fine Arts
[<em>] Weaknesses: Several B's and C's in my freshman / sophomore years.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I spent my entire winter break writing the Stanford essays, and I think they were the best ones I wrote.
[/ul]Other Factors: My mom passed away from lung cancer when I was in middle school; my dad re-married and caused me to change school districts after my freshman year of high-school.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: If I can send out one message with this post, it's that it IS possible for a non-minority (read: Asian male) to be accepted.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section):2190: CR 780 M 690 W 720
* SAT IIs: Literature 800 US History 750 Math IIC 720 Physics 720
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: unsure...average is 95ish
* Rank: school doesn't rank, but HIGHLY competitive
* APs (including this year's): European History, US History, US Government, Comp Government, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, English Language, English Literature, AB Calculus
* Number of Apps from Your School: so many
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Questbridge Finalist, New York Times Scholarship Finalist, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: co-captain/member of fencing team, violin/orchestra (10 years), newspaper staff, honor society committee, latin dance, JSA, after-school law program, model UN, study abroad program to Spain, summer Law class in DC
* Job/Work Experience: tutor
* Essays (subject and responses): Main essay was about self-discovery in Spain, I.V. was about my love of law and history throughout my life, R. was about my experiences with the culture in NYC and my passion for exploration, and W.S. was basically a culmination of why an interdisciplinary approach was right for me.
* Teacher Recs: one definitely amazing, one unsure but most likely good
* Counselor Rec: extremely good
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NYC
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, very high status
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: below $40,000 a year
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): mother died of cancer, father is unemployed, well-roundedness with a definite and constant focus on law/history
* Strengths: extremely well-rounded, crazy amount of ECs, good writing skills, very good essays (after at least one straight month of working on them...i'm a bit perfectionist about writing)
* Weaknesses: (math) SAT scores, not much work experience
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i made it very clear that stanford was my top choice, that i wasn't afraid to leave the east coast and move all the way to california, that i was very dedicated to one area (social sciences and law) yet i enjoyed broadening my horizons, and hopefully, my essays/rest of the application.</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I feel so lucky. I'm not positive i'll end up going, but it has been my dream school for all these years, so i am on cloud nine right now.
I wish that the amazing candidates who didn't make it, could have. :(
I reread the email a million times. and had my friend pinch me twice. LOL.</p>

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take it
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: MathII 800 Chem 800 USH 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): <10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full-time courses at UMN
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS commended, USAMO, Student of the Year, Etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President)
Concert Choir (President), All-State Choir, Boys State, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Math Team, Etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as an assistant at a pharmacy, Was a English instructor at a University Language Center.<br>
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Helping international students in the community, Student council related community services, and etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: EC related activities mostly
[</em>] Essays: I spent a long time… I guess it was okay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: ‘One of the best in my career of teaching’
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview: Great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public - Competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Mid class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, Well Rounded, Recommendations?
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Ranking
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores probably helped. I think all the aspects of the application built up together to help me getting an acceptance.
[/ul]</p>

<p>I am so EXCITED!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210 (800W, 720 CR, 690 M)
SAT IIs: 750 Am History, 740 Bio, 690 Math II
APs: World History 4, Am History 4, Bio 5, Art History 5
GPA: 4.86w
Rank: unknown
Other stats: Senior year courses - AP Eng, AP Stats, AP Gov/Econ, Honors Physics</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recs: Strong
Counselor Rec: don't know</p>

<p>Hook (if any):
-active in school community (ASB 4 years; Varsity Volleyball/Soccer/Lacrosse)
-part-time work 15 hr/wk
-volunteer at local animal shelter - 4 years
-summer 2007 intern at OC Rgister
-summer 2006 language program in France</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Why I think I was rejected: Looks like there were alot of better candidates out there!</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:This was my only rejection - and yes, I am disappointed. At the same time, I have UCLA, USC and CMC to chose from....and would be happy to attend any of them. Congrats to all those who were accepted.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7/4.3 weighted
Class Rank: Top 25%
State: NJ
SAT: 1880/2400
ACT: 28</p>

<p>I have no idea how I got in</p>