Official RD Decisions

ifallelsefails · March 28, 2009, 10:14am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 730 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 780 History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government & Politics (5), US History (5), European History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Music (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB History 2, IB English 2, AP BC Calculus, IB Spanish 6, IB Physics 2, Madrigals, RMBC Television Broadcasting
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-American Medley Relay for Women’s Swimming, National Merit Finalist, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, etc.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming since age 4 on 3 teams (Senior Captain, All-Amerian Medley, etc.), Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, SGA (Delegate and Executive Board Member)
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor, Swim Coach, Lab Assistant/SEAP Program Participant at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400 + hours of various activities, shadowed/assisted physicians at Sinai Hospital
[] Summer Activities: See above
[] Essays: Good and on varied topics
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them but I think that they were strong?
[] Counselor Rec: IDK, in a public school of my size it’s hard to get any sort of personal attention from your counselor
[] Additional Rec: I don’t remember if I included one
[li] Interview: It was one of the harder interviews because my interviewer actually wanted to hear hard facts from things that I was learning at school, but overall I think that it went well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: History and Pre-Med Requirements
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >200,000
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete

AvantTao · March 28, 2009, 10:36am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
700 Critical Reading
670 Math
630 Writing
Total: 2000
[] ACT: Did Not Take
[] SAT II:
750 US History
660 Math Level II
660 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/89
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Do Not Take
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, Art I, AP English Literature,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AFS Intercultural Ambassador[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Travel Club (Founder & President), Gay-Straight Alliance (Founder & President), Summer Search (Mentee)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community Service/Homestay with AFS in S. America
[] Summer Activities: Teton Science Schools - Field Natural History Porgram, AFS Community Service
[] Essays: I felt my Middlebury Comm. Essay was ok, but I really loved my Common App Essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Extremely Strong; Personal & Academic
[] Counselor Rec: Extremely Strong; Personal & Academic
[] Additional Rec: My mentor sent in a recommendation which was extremely strong
[li] Interview: I actually thought this went really bad. He asked me to talk about current events and I discussed Racial Politics in South America >.<[/li]
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, A LOT of it
[] Intended Major: Econ or International Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Charter
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese-Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low-Income (< 20,000)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation, part of first graduating class, gay, low-income[/li]
[/ul]Reflection

Strengths: I am a very unconventional applicant to Middlebury. I come from a low-income background and school, but have scores near or above the average for applicants. I took many comm. college classes.

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to focus on the fact that I would bring a lot of diversity to the campus. I am a gay, low-income, Asian, first-generation, student at a school where I will be the first graduating class and where I had to start and build up two clubs of my own. I don’t think a lot of other applicants could say that.

Weaknesses: Test Scores, Interview, Lack of APs

Why you think you were accepted: For the exact reason of the aspects I tried to focus on in my application. I am a unique student who has worked hard and taken advantage of all my resources effectively to rise out above poverty.

Where else were you accepted:
Bates - Accepted
Bowdoin - Accepted (Early Write)
Colby - Accepted (Early Write)
Haverford - Accepted
Kenyon - Accepted
Wesleyan - Accepted (Early Write)
UCSD - Accepted
Vassar (I’ll know today)
UCI - Rejected

tinuviel · March 28, 2009, 10:38am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 M 690 W 770
[] SAT II: French 800, World History 800, Bio E 790, Math IIC 620
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, Biology 5, APUSH 5, Latin Vergil 5, Lang + Comp 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 2 regular classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Classical League (co-president) National Science Honor Society (president), youth choir (head chorister), varsity swimming, varsity track
[] Volunteer/Community service: ESL tutoring, peer tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Royal School of Church Music intensive choir courses, sleep, international travel to visit family, more sleep
[] Essays: meh. I coul dhave done better, but I made teh mistake of waiting till the last minute
[] Teacher Recommendation: One of my teachers basically worships the ground I walk on, the other one was hopefully pretty good. My English teacher is an alum and said she’d send in another rec on my behalf
[] Counselor Rec: probably meh
[li] Interview: Interviewed, screwed up. I hate interviews :([/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Hell yeah!
[] Intended Major: good question
[] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[] School Type: small, private, co-ed
[] Ethnicity: mutt of northern European origins. First-generation American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: evidently not quite poor enough
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ummm… dual citizenship? Living in faraway Tennessee?

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: test scores, recs
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: not enough
[] Weaknesses: interview, lack of service ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a solid application but I didn’t have a good enough hook, I don’t think
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted Washington U St. Louis, accepted University of Chicago, Sewanee: University of the South, and UT Knoxvilel Honors College.

urbanslaughter · March 28, 2009, 11:15am

Modadunn in particular (and all the rest of you) Congratulations, I’ve been following your struggles with the whole admissions process for a while now and I’m really happy for you that it worked out!

For those of you who got waitlisted or rejected, stay strong. This is no indication of your value. It’s an indication of the high level of competition at a place like Midd. Besides, know that 12 months from now you’ll be somewhere wondering why you were ever upset about not being accepted at Midd. Good Luck!

Modadunn · March 28, 2009, 11:47am

thanks Urbanslaughter! It’s been a good two days so far. It really does get personal knowing so many of these posters for sure. So happy for many!

As for those rejected, waitlisted. No one knows how you feel… even those in the same boat because everyone’s thoughts about certain colleges are different. Still, know that there does seem to be a great deal of luck once you get past the numbers. And I still don’t claim to understand it in the least. But none of it diminishes anything you’ve accomplished and as a parent, I am here to say that for the majority of us, the only disappointment we feel is for how YOU are feeling. We might not say the right thing because we know how much you have invested of yourself into this process, but we just want to see you happy. Remember: This one moment in time does not define anyone… good or not-so-good.

atom_and_eve · March 28, 2009, 12:09pm

AvantTao – I am so happy that colleges were able to recognize how extremely hard you must have worked to achieve comparable test scores to people who attend private prep schools. Congratulation on all your acceptances, seeing how colleges were able to identify how smart and hardworking you are has given me hope that perhaps the college process is not as slanted towards those with high-incomes.

btw I enjoyed “hook: gay.” ha.

btownmontana · March 28, 2009, 12:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR / 770M / 800W (1570/2370)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 760 Lit, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/364
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 USH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Microecon, AP English (combined lit/lang), AP US Gov, Honors Physics (AP not available), German 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (waiting on scholarship), Presidential Scholar Candidate[/li]
[/ul] b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (Captain), Science Bowl (captain), Policy Debate
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Page Work in state legislature
[] Summer Activities: Debate Camps, JSA summer school @ Princeton
[] Essays: Good, incredible Midd supplement about Ben & Jerry’s as a J-term class
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Said I was best student she’d seen
[] Additional Rec: Harvard Professor
[li] Interview: really good, said she wanted to meet my parents, haha[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: economics/int’l relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: uncompetitive public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 140k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Midd Alum (mom), Midd Professor Emeritus (dad), time spent living abroad.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Family ties to Midd, Underrepresented state, strong test scores
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: time spent abroad, creating intellectual opportunities in high school
[] Weaknesses: uhh, white male econ?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strengths
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, Chicago and Boston College honors program

ballparkfranks1 · March 28, 2009, 2:07pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 total, I don’t care enough to look up the breakdown
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: ehh. Bad. I didn’t submit them. 690 in Spanish was one of them I think.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/157
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Three APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Prestigious Biological Lab Fellowship, Internships, etc.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Spanish Club (Founder and Prez), Swim Team, NHS (On regional and state board), Fall Musical, Community Musical
[] Job/Work Experience: Bagger @ Grocery Store
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Home
[] Summer Activities: Theatre Camp, Fellowship at Bio Lab, Camps
[] Essays: Good, about aquisition of Spanish language which I thought would go especially well for Middlebury, oh well though
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: From my mentor at the labs
[li] Interview: Pretty good. The woman scheduled it for a fast food restaurant that was extremely busy so it was hard to hear it… Plus she was a total sketchball.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Bio
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: < 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Science lab experience[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Science
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Science… and Spanish and French
[] Weaknesses: I don’t know… but apparently there was one
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test Scores
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bowdoin-Accepted, UMO-Accepted, Bates - Accepted, BC - Accepted, and then today waitlisted at Middlebury.

ballparkfranks1 · March 28, 2009, 2:13pm

wait wandii, how did you find out about amherst already? did you do ed?

UriZieL · March 28, 2009, 3:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1900
[] ACT: –
[] SAT II: –
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96.13
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. Lots of debate, Model UN and band awards. National Society of High School Scholars.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (captain), Model UN club (president), Tae-Kwon-Do (black belt), band, National Honor Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: –
[] Volunteer/Community service: Obama Organizing Fellow.
[] Summer Activities: National Student Leadership Conference: U.S. Policy & Politics.
[] Essays: Excellent, about my experience living in Washington, D.C. and how that instilled in me an interest in pursuing public service.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Additional Rec: –
[li] Interview: Good I think, my interviewer was very hard to read.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Political Science.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas.
[] Country (if international applicant): –
[] School Type: Private for two years, public for two years.
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: $180,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, extracurriculars, GPA, URM.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Interest in politics & public service.
[] Weaknesses: SAT score.
[] Why you think you were accepted: Great GPA, essay & extracurriculars. Being a URM helps.
[li] Where else were you accepted: Macalester, Grinnell, Trinity U. Waiting to hear back from Dartmouth & Amherst.[/li][/ul]

colinization · March 28, 2009, 4:31pm

Oh yeah; I mix those two up.

tarzan · March 28, 2009, 5:27pm

Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):CR 690, MATH 720, WRIT 710 
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: US HIST 740, MATH II 690, PHYSICS 670, LIT 610
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):? 4.77 out of 5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):English 5, Calc BC 4, US Hist 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (English, Psych, Physics B, German, Calc BC, Envi Sci)+Orchestra
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, Harvard Prize Book

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Cross country, German club, NHS) Swimming, Outdoor track, Indoor track, German exchange, Chinese exchange
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee, Editorial Assistant for a Harvard journal
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Community orchestra
[ *] Summer Activities: Cross country captains’ practice, physics courses, job
[ *] Essays:Great, used the word “incest” successfully
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: Went well

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian-Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: less than 100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Senior classworkload, great essays, great interview
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to be interesting and different, at my interview I demonstrated my interest for Middlebury
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores can always be higher
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, it’s a crapshoot afterall.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale- rejected, Brandeis, Umass Amherst- accepted. Middlebury is definitely my #1 for now!

telianathegreat · March 28, 2009, 5:33pm

[size=+2]**Decision: REJECTED **<a href=“F%20you,%20Middlebury.%20F%20you.”>/size</a>

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): M: 730, V: 770, W: 740
[] SAT IIs: French w/Listening: 780, Chem: 730, Bio M: 730
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs: Taking 3 APs this year (APs aren’t offered until senior year at my school)
[] IBs: n/a
[] GPA: Weighted: 4.58, Unweighted: 3.71
[] Rank: 18 out of 220
[] Award(s): Honor Roll; High Honor Roll; English, French, and Concert Choir Academic Achievement Awards; George Eastman Young Leaders Award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: French Club president, GSA president, Academic Decathlon captain, Executive Board Representative (student government), Chorale, Honors Concert Choir, A Cappella, Peer tutoring, Archery, Horseback Riding, various music lessons
[] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at a day camp in my area, Library book-shelver
[] Essays (subject and responses): ? They were good, I think. The Middlebury-specific one was just okay.
[] Teacher Recs: One of them was probably glowing and wonderful and the other was probably good.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably not fantastic because I don’t know him well.
[] Applied on: RD
[li] Hook (if any): None[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, very good (one of the best in the state)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ■■■
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted: Smith, McGill, Wellesley, Boston University (all of my perceived safeties and low matches), Waitlisted: Vassar, Wesleyan (my perceived matches), Rejected: Middlebury (and definitely Brown; they just haven’t put me out of my misery yet)

redandtheblack · March 28, 2009, 6:05pm

Saludos, Wandii. Congratulations on Middlebury, and good luck with Vassar and Brown. I hope you post on those two sites to let us know whether or not you got in!

CCD9 · March 28, 2009, 7:25pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math:660 CR: 670 W: 640
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: all in the 600’s
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my class has 13 people so they cant rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Religion, Culture, Ethics, English, Spanish, Calculus, Physics, Music Performance and Theory
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Capt. Varsity Soccer and Volleyball, Principal Cellist of two youth symphonies, School pres, treasurer, class rep…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Farmers Market
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Raised money to fund rural Indian schools…
[ *] Summer Activities: Middlebury Language Academy (Spanish), Month in spain, etc…
[ *] Essays: Extremely Unique
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didnt read, but assuming was excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:“”
[ *] Additional Rec: didnt have one
[ *] Interview: Great

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Middle Eastern Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ca
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: progressive, small private started by an indian philosopher
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): grew up on an organic farm in california

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: interesting background, my passions
[ *] Weaknesses: sats
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unique
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UC berkeley, Barnard, NYU, GWU, Lewis and Clark, UC davis, UCSB. Rejected: Bucknell

tk21769 · March 28, 2009, 7:36pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (high on math, low on writing)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB diploma program including IB multivariable Calculus, 2 IB Physics courses, IB Modern World History, IB World Literature, IB Advanced Woodworking (using scary industrial machines to make furniture), musical instrument lessons
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 99th percentile in national American Mathematics Competition exams; art-work exhibited in county-level show; HS merit scholarship winner (made boarding school feasible); National Merit commended; Hopkins “Center for Talented Youth” alum [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Counselor in youth drug/pregnancy/suicide center; dorm proctor; soccer and track prior to injuries
[] Job/Work Experience: youngest paid staff member in summer “outdoor bound” type program (responded well to a few crisis situations in the middle o’ nowhere)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community soup kitchen volunteer starting in middle school, “fresh air” camp guide to inner-city youth
[] Summer Activities: hiking the Appalachian Trail, canoing 
[] Essays: Described a J-Term seminar on sustainable building design
[] Teacher Recommendation: glowing
[] Counselor Rec: did not read
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Seemed to go well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Architecture or Environmental Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): mid-Atlantic
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: private boarding
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: middle/upper-middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: clear ambitions for career and life; balance of mathematical and artistic interests
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: tried to connect personal interests and career goals to specific Middlebury programs (maybe should have talked about “me” more); submitted art portfolio 
[] Weaknesses: low GPA (though it’s considered good for this HS); no varsity sports
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uh, check out the competition, Sherlock!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Colorado College and Macalester; waitlisted at Haverford; rejected by Wesleyan and Middlebury [/ul][/li]
Good luck everybody! Middlebury is SUCH a beautiful school. Had already concluded it was not quite the right “fit”, but of course a rejection still hurts. Gotta power down for “earth hour” now – bye!

hjnmom · March 28, 2009, 7:49pm

Modadunn:

Congratulations!!!

I was out of town since yesterday afternoon. I’ve been home all of 10 minutes and had to log in to see what has happened on the official decisions thread…esp. wondering about you and your son. It has to feel like a huge weight has been lifted off both of your shoulders.

Trying to remember if he has a definite first choice…Best wishes…and again, CONGRATULATIONS! :)

richmondb9 · March 28, 2009, 7:54pm

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 800 Math, 770 Writing
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 770 USHIST, 740 Biology
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ■■■
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Managing Editor), Theater, Model UN, Community Service, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work as a music teacher at synagogue
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Yes
[ *] Summer Activities: Counselor at the best camp in the world
[ *] Essays: About leadership/Boy Scouts
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I believe they’re required…
[ *] Counselor Rec: Also required…
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: With an alumni

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Government
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: My parents still won’t tell me
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No

[ *] Why you think you were waitlisted: Middlebury took a bunch of kids ED from my school. The college process is sick and random.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected? Accepted at Bowdoin and Wesleyan

Chlormel · March 30, 2009, 1:58am

Waitlisted!

Too lazy to post stats.

Modadunn · March 30, 2009, 9:13am

Thank so much hjnmom! He was so thrilled. (And a little shocked). The support here has been amazing and I’ll say it again, I would have gone insane without it. Thank you.

Truth is, the weight lifted on Friday when he heard from Colgate. That first “yes” is HUGE and as a clear “I’d love to go there” that his counselor also thought was a “probable” on his list, the heavy cloud lifted. I breathed for the first time in months! He is a very lucky boy. FINALLY!!

Best part? His old self starting melting through almost immediately!! I though the grumpy guy was a permanent fixture around here. (and after sat morning, he was almost giddy – ALMOST). Now I just hope senioritis doesn’t take over completely!!

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