Official RD Decision Thread

<p>Well, it looks like some people have been accepted already, so let's get this party started!!!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[ *] Other thoughts:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted Lincoln Center</p>

<p>Stats</p>

<p>SAT: 750v/550m/690v -> 1300 old/1990 new
SAT IIs: 770 Lit and 780 US History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Location/Person</p>

<p>State or Country: Long Island, NY
School Type: Catholic school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Decision: accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: --
[</em>] SAT IIs: --
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] GPA: 3.5 uw
[<em>] Rank: 23%
[</em>] Other stats: Upward GPA, definitely
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I LOVED my essay. It was about how much I hated science classes in the past but how one physics project changed my entire outlook on the discipline. It was very true and surprisingly fun to write. I compared myself to Victor Frankenstein.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was great, one was good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty basic
[</em>] Hook (if any): Honestly, I'm thinking it might be geographical ... I dunno if they get a lot of people from IL going there....
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Lots of leadership on yearbook, newspaper, senior class council, NHS, and a few others
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Luck?
[li] Other thoughts: After receiving two waitlist notifications today... I needed this. I'm 99% sure RH is where my deposit is going.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I got in!!</p>

<p>YAY, tabla!!! I'm so happy for you!</p>

<p>Come on, guys... If there ever was a time to brag, this is it!</p>

<p>Only three with decisions so far? O_o</p>

<p>yaya for table!</p>

<p>is anyone going to the preview thing for accepted students at RH on april 23? i'll be there!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Got my acceptance yesterday, along with my acceptance to Sarah Lawrence and NYU this weekend. It's not looking too good for Fordham (unless I get a load of money), seeing as it was my backup to NYU, and because SLC gave me oodles of money. </p>

<p>ACT: 28
SAT: 1970
GPA: 4.0
Awesome essay
Good/great LOC's</p>

<p>S Accepted Fordham LC
[ *] SAT: 1490 (old) 2210 (new)
[ *] SAT IIs: US History 650; Eng Lit 730</p>

<p>[ *] GPA: 3.43 (uw); 4.03 (w)
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats: 7 APs, so far four 4s, one 3 (Spanish Lang)</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: outstanding
[ *] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[ *] Hook (if any): award winning cartoonist; U.S. Congressional Intern</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars: lots; newspaper features editor; class president (Soph); student gov. rep school and countywide; It's Academic, Mock Trial, above mentioned U.S. congressional intern
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: solid overall record, lower GPA result of not great performance in advanced math...he tried</p>

<p>S Accepted Fordham LC
[ *] SAT: 1370 old 2030 new
[ *] SAT IIs: Chem 650 Math I 670 US History 680</p>

<p>[ *] GPA: top 10%
[ *] Essays: Liked 'em
[ *] Teacher Recs: Said they were good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: Long Island, New York
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars: Robotics club, track, awards and stuff</p>

<p>Accepted Fordham LC
[ *] SAT: 1340 (old) 2040 (new)
[ *] SAT IIs: US History 530; Eng Lit 710; Math 1 530</p>

<p>[ *] GPA: 3.456 overall (includes a terrible soph yr gpa) but it is over 4.0 this year
[ *] Rank: top 25%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recs: really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[ *] Hook (if any): a distant connection to a former president of fordham</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars: lots; but the best are female wrestler, founder of volunteer organization for kids in the bronx, and involved a traveling children's theater troupe for many years
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: i'm most definitely one of a kind :)</p>

<p>I was accepted to LC, and I don't have a decision yet, but, someone asked me to post my stats, so... </p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 650 Verbal, 700 Math, 710 Writing
SAT IIs: 650 Math II, 680 Lit, 700 US History
GPA: 3.8 uw, 4.2 w</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Mahopac, NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: lit mag editor, youth choir, had jobs for the past year, political awareness club, french national honor society, four years of community theatre
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ...because I'm awesome? ^.~ No, I don't know. I have the stats, so, why shouldn't I be?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted LC</p>

<p>Stats
[ *] SAT:2100 (1380)
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 700 World Hist.
[ *] GPA: 3.3 UW
Subjective:
[ *] Essays: I thought they were pretty personal
[ *] Teacher Recs: Average
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent; personal
[ *] Hook (if any): Upward trend
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type:Highly competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
Other Factors:
[ *] Extracurriculars: Average to below average
[ *] Why I think I was accepted: probably SATs, 5.0 W GPA senior year so far.</p>

<p>Do you think that i might receive any merit aid?</p>