Official RD Decision Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted!! (Likely Letter)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 Math, 790 Verbal, 770 Writing (2360)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Literature, 780 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.45 W
[</em>] Rank: 4%
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP test 5's, 2 AP test 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great...I talked about my passion for composing and playing the oboe
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very positive; anecdotal
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Reflection on my philosophy of learning...from what I gather (I didn't read any of my recs)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Composing, playing oboe...I guess
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California (currently), but I did go to boarding school in Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Private/Boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Received an Early Write letter from Williams....AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Finalist, some journalism awards, MUN President, President of Math Club, Vice President of NHS, Captain of Varsity Tennis team, oboist in State Symphony Orchestra, co-editor of school newspaper
General Comments: Congratulations! I'm really happy :)....</p>

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<p>I'll be the first to admit I got rejected. I think it was because I didn't visit and wasn't able to get an interview. The rejection letter was pretty harsh, but I am not going to complain too much because I've gotten in almost everywhere else I applied. Congrats to all who got in!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (770CR 720M 760W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790USH 770Chem 710M2C
[<em>] GPA:4.0uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/384
[<em>] Other stats: NMFinalist, AP 5s USH Chem CalcAB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] ECs: music (clarinet), tutoring, academic competition team leader, NHS Pres, Girls State
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

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<p>tchaik, where are you headed? I'm curious if we'll be at the same school.</p>

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<p>Whoops, I wasn't ED deferred...scratch that (copied it from another thread)</p>

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<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (800cr, 800w, 690m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US, 770spanish, 750 lit, 730math2
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.78
[<em>] Rank: 9/670
[</em>] Other stats: 5 5s on APs, 6 and 7 on IBs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: great. about indian dance.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): uhh...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Big Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Lots of leadership in JSA, MUN, girl scouts
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Ummm... SAT, gpa, and good ECs
[*] Other thoughts: I made a good resume?</p>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (710 CR, 770 M, 760 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 MATH IC, 700 US HISTORY, 670 MATH IIC
[<em>] GPA: 4.0000 UNWEIGHTED
[</em>] Rank: 1 out of 718
[li] Other stats: AP TESTS [5 on World History AP, 4 on History of Art AP, 4 on US History AP, 3 on English Language and Composition][/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: In my opinion, I wrote a really unique personal essay concerning my name and its cultural significance and symbolism--i.e., what it means to me, how it shaped my past, constructs my future. I talked about how I almost changed my name--pressured by western assimilation, and how realized that it would ultimately be erasing a piece of who I am. Another essay, I wrote about my first ride on a Ferris wheel in a run-down parking-lot carnival. I discussed how my views on the world and human-nature changed within that moment of glittering lights and </p>[/li]
<p>echoing laughter/circus music.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I had several teacher/community recommendations. One from my History of Art AP teacher, and one from my AP U.S. History. They both discussed my artistic/literary contribution coupled with intellectual discussion vigor. I also got a lot of extracurricular teachers such as my Literary Magazine/Club sponsor and my French teacher to contribute a letter. My employer also wrote one--highlighting my life at home.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I know my Counselor extensively. She's one of my personal heros; we have long after-school discussions from time to time. I've known her since ninth grade; although, my school has many, many students, I have always made time to talk to her. Her recommendation letter was superb--at least, in my opinion. She really highlighted a lot of my personality and character attributes while mentioning my passions and motivations as well.
[li] Hook (if any): No hook really. I'm not an underrepresented minority race, nor a legacy. I do not have great test scores, just passion, I guess. Passion for the arts and all things related. I'm the first in my family to go to college.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Houston, TX (Born in Saigon, Vietnam.)
[</em>] School Type: Public, 3500+, Not competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: [ul]
[li]I hope that everyone is coping well. I wish everyone else the best of luck with their decision letters. May tomorrow bring you sunshine and warm smiles![/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other Schools:[ul]
[li]Accepted: HARVARD, YALE, PENN, COLUMBIA, DARTMOUTH, CORNELL, BROWN, RICE, UT[/li][li]Rejected: --[/li][]Pending:* PRINCETON, STANFORD[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>SAT: 760 M 700 V 720 W
SAT IIs: 800 US Hist, 740 Math IIC</p>

<p>Essays: Great
Recs: Should be great
GPA: none- but I had 7 APs, 4 Honors, all As or A+s in highschool</p>

<p>Other:
2 Letters in Basketball (all-conference), 3 in Baseball, 1 in Golf
Senior VP of Beta Club, 3 years Student Council, Investment Club, over 75 hours community service at hospital, an Eagle Scout, I biked across the United States during a summer.</p>

<p>School: Private, 100 kids, North Carolina</p>

<p>Eat me Dartmouth, eat me.
I'll be riding a scholarship to UNC next year-blue heaven baby.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted !</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310(800M, 740V,770W)
[</em>] SAT IIs:770Chem, 770MathIIC, 750USHist
[<em>] GPA:94.5/100
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: AP European Hist 5; AP Chem 5; AP US Hist 4; AP Spanish Lang 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs:OK
[</em>] Counselor Rec:OK
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NYC
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Intended Major:Psych
[li] major strength/weakness: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
black belt and Instructor in Tae Kwon Do; 13 years of piano; Executive board of American Red Cross; lab intern at Columbia Univ Health center for cognitive neuroscience (report written)</p>

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<p>Rejected!!!!
I didn't even get waitlisted! Oh well! I am from Oregon and I was coming to visit the schools back there from April 8-15. I think we need to change our reservations because I just got rejected from Tufts and Dartmouth today! But its okay because Boston College was my dream school anyway! I am going to come look at Boston College, Boston University, and Providence College, its either one of those or going up to Washington for college. I was just excited that Dartmouth owned their own mountain for snowboarding! Well I hope you all have fun up there!! And I hope you guys are good rhymers because Dr. Seuss went to Dartmouth so you have high expectations to live up to! Yea and I know thats not a word...that's why I didn't get in!</p>

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<p>It seemed like Dartmouth really liked SAT Scores.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (CR 800, M 790, W 770)
[</em>] SAT IIs: IIC 780, M bio 740, USH 760
[<em>] GPA: A's and A-'s
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't calculate
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: dunno
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dunno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[<em>] Peer Rec: really good, my good friend wrote it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): ummm
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NYC
[</em>] School Type: competitive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Intended Major: bio, government, english all sound good
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I'm another white kid from NYC with high SAT scores but no major hooks. I guess it worked out.
[/ul]Other Factors: good interview, by a parent from my school, good peer rec, science research, community service</p>

<p>congratulations to all acceptees and good luck to everybody in this process, which will soon be over.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 (760M, 720CR, 720W)
[</em>] SAT IIs:720 (math i), 710 (math ii), 680 (bio... we'll ignore that one :P)
[<em>] GPA: not sure actually... weighted it's above 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/106
[<em>] Other stats: Nothing I can think of
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I was very happy with them, and I'm a picky writer.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I hope they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was wonderful
[<em>] Hook (if any): I feel terribly boring not being able to think of anything to put here.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochem (maybe... we'll see)
[li] major strength/weakness: I'm not an unbiased judge of these, so I won't comment.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision:Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>HOLY BANANAS!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Holy Bananas!</p>

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<p>Any chance I got accepted by mistake? I'm probably just being ulta-paranoid but I thought I had no chance at being admitted and I have the lowest accepted SAT score of anyone who posted here. Or is that just the CC effect? Yikes, it would stink to get a letter tomorrow that their system malfunctioned and I was supposed to get rejected!</p>

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<p>xgreenmachinex, I was waitlisted at Cornell as well... luckily I looked at the Dartmouth decision first so I didn't get too depressed beforehand haha</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 670 M 650 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: not to sure but they ranged from 670-700
[<em>] GPA:3.5
[</em>] Rank:28/208
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought it was great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I hope they where good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She is a wonderful person it couldent of been anything but great.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Low Income, Alaskan Native, First generation college student, from Alaska
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alaska
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Alaskan Native
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Intended Major: I put down Bio but not to sure atm
[li] major strength/weakness: I feel as though i overcame alot coming from a rural area of Alaska. Some of you may think my SAT scores are low but they are actually well above average for my school. Last summer i stayed at U.A.A for 6 weeks where I dissected human cadavers and job shadowed with doctors took college courses ect..[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think that is about it</p>

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<p>Josh, here you go. Congratulations</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 670 M 650 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: not to sure but they ranged from 670-700
[<em>] GPA:3.5
[</em>] Rank:28/208
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:
[ul][<em>] Essays: I thought it was great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I hope they where good.[<em>]
Counselor Rec: She is a wonderful person it couldent of been anything but great.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Low Income, Alaskan Native, First generation college student, from Alaska[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:
[ul][<em>] State or Country: Alaska
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Alaskan Native
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Intended Major: I put down Bio but not to sure atm
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I feel as though i overcame alot coming from a rural area of Alaska. Some of you may think my SAT scores are low but they are actually well above average for my school. Last summer i stayed at U.A.A for 6 weeks where I dissected human cadavers and job shadowed with doctors took college courses ect..
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

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<p>I was denied, but I got over it quickly, because I got into Brown. Meh, I guess I won't be skiing. Oh well, and congrats to those who got in!</p>