<pre><code>* State or Country:
* School Type:
* Ethnicity:
* Gender:
* major strength/weakness:
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
* Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting?
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<ul>
<li>SAT: 1560</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760, 750, 740</li>
<li>GPA: 3.915</li>
<li>Rank: n/a out of about 130</li>
<li>Other stats: 6 aps (4 5s, 2 4s) with 5 more tests in may</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: lot of people really liked it</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: one amazing, one ok</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): maybe excelling at the student-athlete business (xc, indoor/outdoor track)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: pennsylvania</li>
<li>School Type: private prep school, all guys</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: personality wise? hmm outgoingness/humor and putting a lot of time into what i like, weakness is liking too many things</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i think did a good job handling school, running, and a social life all with a good amount of success</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting?: definitely going</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: none that i can think of, a lot of talking to the coach, dont think i was recruited though</p>
<p>my first post! hooray! but... do we have to give all of those scary stats? i dont really like waving my sat scores around and stuff.</p>
<p>but anyway, i'm from long island, ny, go to public school, i'm female... ummm... i got my early write letter in the mail while i was upstate at a science competition and my mom opened it for me over the phone and there was much screaming on my part in a VERY echoey lobby of a military academy building, haha, whoops!</p>
<p>i'm really into music -- i play violin and viola -- and i also really like debate, philosophy, badminton (4 years varsity level, whoo!) and, erm, music? haha. anyway, i have no idea why they like me, but i'm glad they do, and williams keeps on movin up on my list as i get more and more waitlists and such, haha.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1410--720V/690M
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History--750, Writing--690, Literature--620
[<em>] GPA: 3.6UW/4.8W
[</em>] Rank: 28/437
[<em>] Other stats: APs: one 5, four 4s, one 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Awesome.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very Good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, irrelevant--he's only known me for a few months.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Forensics state champion; politically active
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Medium Public (1900+ students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: Bad math grades. Damn you Calculus!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Good, personal essays.
[/ul]Other Factors: Went to TASP</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good, english teachers liked it a lot</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: i think very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: good scores / white middle class female :)</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: improved 1st semester sr grades, showed interest </li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? prob admitted students overnight preview</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: I was deferred in the ED round</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1360/IIC 750/MBio 740/Writing 720/29
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.95 uw, 4.33 w, 3/251
[<em>]APs / other stats: Calc BC(3); US History(4); Bio(5)
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]RSI@MIT[/li][</em>]NIH Individual Grant recipient
[<em>]Stanford CCIS
[</em>]JSHS Regional Finalist
[<em>]National Merit Commended Student
[</em>]AP Scholar
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Williams admission officer wrote: "Few students have the self-awareness and confidence to do what you've done; and, fewer still, to articulate life experience as you did;" MIT educational counselor said very-well crafted and clearly very well-thought out; a wonderful, very moving essay, which reveals a great deal about your growth as a person.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: the top student of my entire career, Hes the type of student every teacher wishes they have in their classroom
[<em>]Counselor Rec: best one written in her career, Youd be crazy not to take him
[</em>]Hook (if any): immigrant (1994); poor, uneducated, but hardworking family on government subsidies (income: 15K); held a job for 3 yrs in high school to pay for tuition; gay; went to Williams Multicultural Weekend in October; completed three different research projects but never bothered to enter them into S/W or INTEL; researched with Harvard Medical School scientists and collaborated with postdocts.[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Vietnamese Male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: research, leadership roles; SAT score was horrible.
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I was accepted because I went to RSI[/ul] Any other comments: Sorry for taking someone else's spot.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1440 (750V, 690M)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 670IC/680Wr/720BioE</li>
<li>GPA: Cumulative 3.87</li>
<li>Rank: Top 5%</li>
<li>Other stats: IB History SL (7), also IB Diploma Student </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I don't really know... </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very good too? :)</li>
<li>Hook (if any): </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Bangkok, Thailand (Int'l here)</li>
<li>School Type: International School with Catholic affiliation</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Not so spectacular SATII scores.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: All-rounder. Sports, debate, and an intense passion for scuba diving.</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? I would LOVE to go, waiting on financial aid package.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1570</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Writing--790, US History--690, Math IIC--650</li>
<li>GPA: 4.1 W, 3.3 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 24/254</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Psychology (5), AP US History (4), AP World History (4), AP English Language (4)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good I think.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: One amazing, one pretty good.<br></li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very good.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: SAT I/GPA</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Probably because I was a qualified URM.<br></li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? I very well might go. I'm going to the diversity weekend and the regular acceptance thing next week.<br></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good i think</li>
<li>Teacher Recs:shoudl have been good, one very very great, other good, didn't see them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:see above</li>
<li>Hook (if any): music? maybe</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country:CA</li>
<li>School Type:Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White</li>
<li>Gender:Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: GPA</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: luck</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? probably will not be going....instead to dartmouth, so here is a stop for you waitlisted people</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Great</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: I can't be sure... but given the outcome they must have been good:)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Ditto.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Nothing much I'd think.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Singapore</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Drive/over-ambition</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: thank God:)</li>
<li>Likely to go? HELL YEAH!!!</li>
</ul>
<p>i'm undergoing military service now so i'll only be able to enrol in fall 2006. military service is mandatory for all singaporean males... ah well i'll tell you more when we meet in williamstown:)</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: very good, so i heard. i was mostly satisfied</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: should have been very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably very good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): philosophy major/political and debating interest</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: private, competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: scores were high, grades not quite as good as they should have been, white middle class male</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: showed great interest. let them understand why i fit there.</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? it's looking likely. i will either go to the overnight or the day-long program, i think.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Georgia</li>
<li>School Type: Private, very competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: not sure</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: not sure</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? Likely to go...going to Previews 4/11 and 4/12</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good, but not amazing.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Amazing.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I have no clue.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Asian male for complit, speak four languages ... is that a hook? :P</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NH, considered int'l from Korea</li>
<li>School Type: private prep</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Very high level course work in several languages and literatures, for which a more balanced course load was sacrificed (i.e. no math/science after 11th grade).</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: It must have been the language thing, or testing, since I really don't see any other reason.</li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? Quite. I may go for the preview day on the 18th, if I can get a ride.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1270 (680v590m)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 730/700/610</li>
<li>GPA: 3.8 uw</li>
<li>Rank: 36/590 (lol, my class size has been shrinking each year... used to be over 730....) </li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CT</li>
<li>School Type: mediocre public high school. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: the SATs were the weakness</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because of my different background. </li>
<li>Likely to go? If so, when are u visiting? OH YEA!!! the 18th.
Other Factors:</li>
</ul>