Official RD Decisions!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1600
* SAT IIs: 790 writing, 790 physics, 770 math2c, 760 bio m, 760 french
* GPA: 100.something/100
* Rank: 1/876
* Other stats: 10 APs, 5s on the 4 taken so far; ECs: robotics team, hi-q, science club (cofouder), piano, school newspaper, bowling; several research projects and internships with gov't and universities, submitted a research paper
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: ok
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: good
* Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: PA
* School Type: largest in state, lower- to middle-middle class, ethnically diverse, pretty low SAT avg and % going to college, a lot of opportunities for those who seek them
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: waitlisted from MIT</p>

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<p>[size=+1][color=#CD6600]*Decision: Accepted *[ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 800m/720v
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 IIC/780 Wr/760 Chem
[ *] GPA: 3.8/4.0
[ *] Rank: top 20%
[ *] Other stats: None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: One Excellent, One Very Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably Pretty Good
[ *] Hook (if any): Lots of EC's, very well rounded
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New Jersey
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Accepted into MIT, Deferred EA Harvard</p>

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<p>Hm... it seems like just about everyone that has specified has had a better result from Caltech than from MIT. Maybe that's a good sign for me...</p>

<p>Hurry up, mail!</p>

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<p>Girls tend to do better with MIT than Caltech; boys tend to do better with Caltech than MIT. Go figure ;-)</p>

<p>Ben</p>

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<p>And let's not forget that people who weren't outright rejected are more likely to post on these threads, too!</p>

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<p>I hear you Feuler... HURRY MAIL! :) Good luck everyone! (MIT reject here ;))</p>

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<p>I am going to be the first MIT AND Caltech reject wee... lol</p>

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

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 800 790 780
GPA: 4.0
Rank: NR
Other stats: 6 5's on APs
Subjective:
Essays: Must have been good
Teacher Recs: I think very laudatory
Counselor Rec: Outstanding, as I'm very close with my counselor
Hook (if any): Location? SAT Score?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors/Comments: I've never been so honored in my life! Caltech, of all places, admitting me?!!! Who would have thought? I am going to give Caltech very serious consideration.</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 800V/760M; 800IIC/800Writ/780Chem
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.97 uw, N/A
[<em>]APs / other stats: Five 5's, Three 4's
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Science Olympiad[/li][</em>]Mock Trial
[<em>]Varsity Swimming
[</em>]Math Competitions
[<em>]Research Internships
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Weird
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[<em>]Interview: None
[</em>]Hook (if any): College courses, research internships
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Midwest
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Self-motivation/stereotypical
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Surprised
[/ul]
Any other comments: Deferred early for Caltech and MIT; accepted regular for both</p>

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<p>What kind of envelope do acceptances, waitlists and rejections come in? Is a 10x13 white envelope with what feels like a folder a good sign?</p>

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<p>REJECTED! Haha. In to MIT and rejected from CalTech....</p>

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<p>"Deferred early for Caltech and MIT; accepted regular for both"</p>

<p>That's exactly what happened to me back when I applied.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED. Oh ya baby. I love getting into my #1 choice. Congrats to all who got in, condolences to all who didn't, and for those in between, what can I say... good luck? Anyway, I hope I see a bunch of you guys down there next fall. Sweet!</p>

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<p><em>in a state of dazed awe</em> Wow. . .</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US Hist, 760 Bio, 760 World Hist, and a bunch of others
[<em>] GPA: 97.89 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: My school doesn't rank, but my guess is 3 or 4 out of 334
[<em>] AP Stuff:
AP European History, 05/2003, 5
AP Biology, 05/2004, 5
AP Chemistry, 05/2004, 5
AP Computer Science A, 05/2004, 5
AP American History, 05/2004, 5
AP English Language and Composition, 05/2004, 4
AP Calculus BC, 05/2005, N/A
AP Computer Science AB, 05/2005, N/A
AP Physics B, 05/2005, N/A
AP US Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP Comparative Government and Politics, 05/2005, N/A
AP English Literature, 05/2005, N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No idea, but I assume they must be godlike to get me in
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[<em>] Hook (if any): If I had a hook, it'd be research - I was a semifinalist in Siemens Westinghouse and Intel STS, amongst other things. I'm a president of 3 different clubs in my school, including National Honor Society. Also, I'm from New York, if that helped me any.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors: Deferred and rejected from MIT. . .not like it matters anymore :)</p>

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<p>I jacked this format from the MIT board (but it's pretty similar to what we've been using here).</p>

<p>**
Accepted
**</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1590/800/800/790
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.00 uw, 1/~400
[<em>]APs / other stats: 6 APs (Five 5’s, one 4), taking four more this year.
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]USAMO and MOSP Qualifier[/li][</em>]Numerous other math awards (see pr stats)
[<em>]Math Team President
[</em>]Physics club vice president
[<em>]Year-round club swimming (12 hours/week), also varsity all years on HS Team
[</em>]Clarinet in school orchestra and other groups; won city-wide solo contest
[<em>]Outdoor Education staff (requires first-aid training and application process)
[</em>]Gold Medals all years, National Latin Exam
[<em>]Sporadic involvement in Latin club, school newspaper, and Environmental club
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Rock solid.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One stellar, other very good (although one was from a 10th grade teacher)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>]Hook (if any): Interest and talent in math.
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): WA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Demonstrated aptitude / demonstrated achievement (i.e. research)
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I was getting pretty confident after getting into MIT, but I’m still amazed.[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: I have imagined this day for so long, and it is just surreal. College admission have always been this distant challenge, that everything led up to and where I would be lucky to get in just one school. But here I am, admitted to Stanford, MIT, and Caltech, rejected nowhere, and dumbfounded at what has happened in the past four years. I never thought the game would end, and certainly not like this. Wow.</p>

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<p>Actually, I'm a white guy, and I was accepted by MIT and waitlisted by Caltech. I guess I'm an exception.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Early)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530 (780 M/750 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Chem/800 MathIIc/770 MathIc/770 Phys/710 Lit/710 Writing (I think those are right)
[<em>] GPA: 5.7314/6.0000
[</em>] Rank: 5/525
[<em>] Other stats: AMC 10: 109.5/131.5(i think) AMC 12: 100/118, AIME: 2/2/1(again, not sure)
Various other math awards for top in school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: beats me, didn't spend much time on them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: who knows
[</em>] Counselor Rec: who knows
[<em>] Hook (if any): college classes: UPenn - Intro to Bio, Calc 2 (multi-var), Intro to Stat (2nd semester), Calc 4 (partial diff eqs, complex analysis), Intro to Microecon
Harvard - Linear Algebra & Diff EQs, Math of Symmetry, Audited Calculating Pi
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: rejected from MIT</p>

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<p>Hey feuler, are you Nathan Pflueger?</p>

<p>Anyways - I suppose... my chances to Caltech rest entirely on whether I can get into a summer program this summer. For now I'm not discouraged.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1490 (770M 720V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: IIc 800/Phys 800/Wr 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.4 uw (or around there)
[</em>] Rank: 2/124
[<em>] Other stats: Full IB candidate, including Further Math
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I felt pretty good about them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both were excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I make shareware for the Macintosh, plus I write a column for a programming magazine. Also, living in Europe? I dunno!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Brussels, Belgium (US citizen, though)
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half white/half Japanese
[li] Gender: Male[/li] [/ul]Other Factors: wt f?! This was the absolute last thing I expected! I got rejected from MIT! Anyway...w00t! Congrats to all acceptees.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 800 740
[li] GPA: 3.9 UW 4.7 W</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Okay... I finished them on the day of the Early Action deadline
[</em>] Teacher Recs: rockin'
[<em>] Counselor Rec: solid
[</em>] Hook (if any): research
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: fem
[/ul]Other Factors:
I'm just really excited because this is my first acceptance (not counting a few likely's)! Rejected MIT but who cares now?!?!?! :D</p>