<p>Stats:
SAT: M 800; V 710
SAT IIs: 800/790/790/770/680
GPA: 97
Rank: 19/520
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: decent
Counselor Rec: no clue
Hook (if any): double legacy, a few science awards including semi-final national physics team, sent in a cello cd with very good music rec
State or Country: nj
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: m
major strength/weakness: lot's of sports and sciences, not so much volunteer or stuff like that </p>
<p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
probably the same reason I got rejected from every other good school I applied to?</p>
<p>Schools got into: Rutgers</p>
<p>Wow, i thought i had a pretty good shot at cornell...</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 700m/800v
[ *] SAT IIs: 680wr/700ic/720chem/800chinese
[ *] GPA:3.75
[ *] Rank:top 10% (school not rank)
[ *] Other stats: AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: ok I guess but I am not a good writer
[ *] Teacher Recs: decent because I am a good student though I'm not really close to my teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good, counselor likes me because I do the guidance website
[ *] Hook (if any): girl in engineering, summer university programming courses, volunteering in chinese community, fencing club?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:DE
[ *] School Type:Charter (Public?)
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength: Academics Weakness: EC's
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: girl in engineering 54% acceptance rate
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] none</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1390 (670m/720v)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730ic/660wr/630mbio
[<em>] GPA: 3.67uw/ 5.5w
[</em>] Rank: 3/57
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: all really good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: These were great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: this was really good. she just let me see a few days ago
[<em>] Hook (if any): African American
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: my academic record
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: because of my above average academics along with my expressed interests[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Nada....just really happy to get in</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1520 (720m, 800v)
SATII: 760, 750, 680
GPA: 91%
Rank: ?
Essays: Pretty good
Recs: ? Good, I think
Hook: Have written plays and planned to produce one (unfortunately it fell through a few weeks ago); participated in a lot of bands and school plays, plus two student exchanges
Country: Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
major strengths/weaknesses: on the one hand, good ECs and academics; on the other hand, am not very well rounded (hate math!).</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math IIC, 800 Writing, 770 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 4.68?
[</em>] Rank: 2/150+?
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on AP Bio, Calc BC, US History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Average to subpar
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid but not spectacular
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I'm a Chinese male.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: See above + extremely lackluster interview + never showed strong interest in Cornell + (list goes on)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>I remember asking someone to read over my Cornell interest essay, and she remarked that it sounded like I admired Cornell's architecture (no, literally, the architecture) more than I admired their classes. Yes, safe to say, that essay was promptly scrapped. But, coming from someone who wrote about Cornell's dazzling architecture, what can you expect in the essays I eventually submitted?</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: average</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: don't know</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: don't know</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none, just your average applicant: decent ECs, minor awards</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: Arizona
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian- Chinese
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: average in everything
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good test scores? because that's about the only place where i sort of stand out; otherwise, i'm normal</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia, Penn (Wharton)
Accepted: Georgetown, Cornell
Rejected: Yale
Waiting on: Princeton, Stanford</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790/700/700
[<em>] GPA: 4.6W
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank, but in top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, talked about my Irish dancing in one and a (then) current dispute with Chicago teachers union in another
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: parochial
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: well-rounded
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: [/li][/ul]Other Schools:** also accepted at University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Washington University, and Johns Hopkins. Waitlisted at Georgetown.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Engineering, even though I changed my mind about about applying so I didn't really apply... It's too late to submit Fin Aid stuff, right? I think that was one of the reasons I didn't end up applying</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC/790 phy/710/670/660 writing
[<em>] GPA: 3.96
[</em>] Rank: ~4% (no official rank)
[<em>] Other stats: Aps: 5/5/5/5/4/4/
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): not sure.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: Public very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: hardest courseload possible (11 APs), fairly well rounded, Good School ECs with 4 president terms, but no sports and lack of substantial awards and research.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see above[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1560 split (800m / 760v)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 790, 780
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/79
[<em>] Other stats: good APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: unique
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I doubt it.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: small private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I don't know.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1420
SAT IIs:Math IIc- 720 Writing- 680 Spanish- 780
GPA:4.85 W
Rank:2/195
Subjective:
Essays:ok, not my favorite
Teacher Recs: I think they were pretty good
Counselor Rec:ok...considering she had known me for about a month
Hook (if any):don't think so
Location/Person:
State or Country:FL (originally from Brazil)
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Latino - brazilian
Gender:Female
major strength/weakness: interview went really well
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:good question!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1440
[</em>] SAT IIs:770 760 690
[<em>] GPA:4.366
[</em>] Rank:11
[li] Other stats: national latin award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:common app ones were awesome, the cornell ones were halfas_sed
[</em>] Teacher Recs:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec:fabulous
[</em>] Hook (if any):no hook, im a middleclass white suburban girl, thats the untimate anti-hook</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person: [ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:?</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
great well rounded application, nothing uber spectacular, a few awards, sports, lots of music,</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1490 - 800v, 690m.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800wr, 780miic, 740 ushist
[<em>] GPA: 4 uw, 4.1 w
[</em>] Rank: My school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Eng Lang, AP US Hist from 11th grade. Taking 4 more APs this year. School offers about 25 AP courses.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Had been working on my primary essay for two years - so it was very well-edited.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was AMAZING (best student of career type) and two were excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was good but I didn't know my counselor that well
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not one particularly... I was really involved in a wide range of activities, including: captain/varsity for 100 member cross-country team, 125 member track team; managing editor of weekly school paper; written submissions editor for literary magazine. Also had leadership in Mackinac Island Governor's Honor Guard through Girl Scouts, which is a selective statewide activity. Have too many awards to list - some state-level but mostly random local ones.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Michigan, USA
[<em>] School Type: elite public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: No idea... I guess my weakness would be my SAT I scores
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: It was actually a surprise that I was accepted... I was expecting a waitlist offer
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]Also accepted to: Dartmouth, Vanderbilt (with scholarship), UMich (with scholarship), UVa
[<em>]Waiting to hear from Princeton - deferred ED
[</em>]I'll probably be going to Dartmouth, so hopefully one of you gets my spot![/ul]
-Kat</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1520 (780v, 740m)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770, 710, 670</li>
<li>GPA: 90ish out of 99</li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>Other stats: 5- U.S. History</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Decent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: don't know</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: don't know</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Leadership (student body pres.), work experience (mortgage company), SATI (1520)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: CT
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Chinese American
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: No extremely impressive hooks, SATIIs
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I thought I would at least be waitlisted.</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Columbia, Georgetown (McDonough), NYU (Stern)
Accepted: Penn (Wharton), Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), BC (Carroll Honors), UConn (Scholarship)
Rejected: Cornell, Yale</p>
<p>All I really care about is Penn! I'm ecstatic!</p>
<p>SAT: 1420
SAT IIs: 800 writing, 780 literature, 720 math 1
GPA: 4.4
Rank: 4/400</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: great
Teacher Recs: didnt see both, one was good, the other probably was too</p>
<p>Location
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
major strength/weakness: small, kind of crappy public school. My dad went to cornell. I also did a program there this summer and got an A in my class.
why you think you were accepted/rejected:??? : Legacy and because I'm smart enough. </p>
<p>other factors: Also accepted to U of FL and Emory. Rejected from Duke. I probably won't go to cornell, its just TOO D@MN COLD. University of FL class of '09!</p>
<p>SAT 1460
SAT II's 670/680/640
4.65 gpa
3/212
Great extra's
Great recc's
I dont think i showed enough interest Thats because i didnt start liking the school until after I had applied</p>
<p>Accepted to Wesleyan University, Haverford,Vassar,Tufts,Colgate
but still hoping for Cornell</p>