Official RD Decisions

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 total 680 CR 620 M 610 W
[</em>] ACT: 30 34E, 31M, 30R, 25S
[<em>] SAT II: 670 Chem, 640 American, 620 Lit (Suck at tests… guess it doesn’t always matter :slight_smile: )
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97 UW so probably 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/155
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): LANG (3), American (4), European (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Don’t even know what these are haha
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP CALC, AP CHEM, AP LIT, College Spanish, Govt./Eco
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Clarkson Leadership, Some AP thing but it is the lowest award you can get haha, a bunch of others I think… don’t remember, NHS?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Four years varsity XC, Two years of varsity indoor (played basketball before), Two years Varsity baseball ( had to do track this year cause of bum shoulder), One year track, Traveling baseball, AAU basketball, YMCA basketball, sing in a band, (started a charity and run it on my own… raise money to help build schools in Uganda… $2000 in one year) tons of tutoring, blah blah blah, GF :slight_smile:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I help a woman up the road keep her property together, dishwasher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Have my own charity, takes up most of my time
[</em>] Summer Activities: OAK RIDGE DOE Program last year, band, charity, etc…
[<em>] Essays: All were pretty darned good if I got in :slight_smile:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Most likely awesome
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: The guy loved me, it was worth it :)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: OH yea
[</em>] Intended Major: Film stuff
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Terrible rural public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than 20K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): basically first generation, low income, charity</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, grades
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My charity and overcoming really low income
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only they know
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Vassar and Northwestern, Waiting on the ivies and a few more, waitlisted at Chicago, Colby, WUSTL, Wesleyan, Oberlin, Brandeis, Swarthmore, and BOwdoin… I am the jerk that applied everywhere :slight_smile: but it was worth it fo sho</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):
660 – Critical Reading
700 – Math
710 – Writing

  • ACT: 28
  • SAT II:
    750 – Spanish Reading and Listening
    710 – Math 2
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.832
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd decile out of 400
  • AP: APUSH(5), Spanish 4AP(4)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, Ap AB Calculus, AP English Lit, Spanish 5AP, Econ, Auto 2, Science Research Project Honors
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidents Volunteer Service Award three times (gold level twice)
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
</code></pre>

<p>Varsity Track and field since 7th grade
Varsity XC since 7th
Gay-Straight Alliance 10-12 (President 11, 12)
Best Buddies 10-12 (Treasurer 11, 12)
Invisible Children 12(new club, VP)
Amigos-10-12. vol twice and on training staff and board (lots of work)
* Job/Work Experience: sales associate
* Volunteer/Community service: 900+ hours
* Summer Activities: Amigos
* Essays: I really took a lot of time to write my essays and really enjoyed doing them. I thought they were good.
* Teacher Recommendation: I am hoping they were good.
* Counselor Rec: I think that they were good
* Additional Rec: VP of amigos board
* Interview: Thought it went really well</p>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: YES!

  • Intended Major: International relations
  • State (if domestic applicant): Ca
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: medium Public
  • Ethnicity: multiracial
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: above $100,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>[ b]Reflection**[ list][<em>] Strengths: Being a good writer[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I just opened up and told my story. [<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores… [</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:no idea. [li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Williams College – Rejected
Middlebury College – Accepted
UC Berkeley- Accepted
UCSD-Accepted
UCLA-Rejected
others that I haven’t heard from….</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (M: 720 CR: 730 W: 740)
[</em>] SAT II: US History: 710 Math II: 720 Spanish: 690
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank : 60/450
[<em>] AP: World History (5) US History (5) Physics B (3) Spanish (5) English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: band, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Human Geo, AP Calculus AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society, Lamp of Knowledge Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GREAN Club (VP), Academic Coaches (Secretary/Logo Designer), Key Club, Show Band (Squad Leader), Spanish Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none at time of application
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, CCFA volunteer (organizing 5K)
[</em>] Summer Activities: none :frowning:
[<em>] Essays: Common App one about experiences w/ chronic illness, Midd one about the ecofriendly attitude of the place where I live and how it’s fueled my desire to go into Envi Studies
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 good, 1 so-so, but both positive
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great! explained HUGE drop in GPA soph yr
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went well. I made sure I told my interviewer Midd was my first choice.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Environmental Studies
[<em>] State: WA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): evidently I have none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, test scores
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: creativity and environmental focus
[<em>] Weaknesses: gpa, class rank, maybe one of my recommendations
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I DON’T KNOW…
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: notre dame, western WA, Green Mountain. Rejected: Amherst, Yale</p>

<p>i got in as a feb! i cant believe it! i just got the mail today and didnt even bother checking online</p>

<p>WOW… how in the world did you not check online decisions? Have you been trapped under a rock? :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math (800) Reading (800) Writing (730)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take it
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry (790) Biology M (770) Math II (780)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure, my school does weighted and I don’t really feel like calculating it right now.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/295 (top 11%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5) Chemisty (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro/Micro Economics, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP French, Research in Molecular Biology, Photography/Creative Writing
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist, French Honor Society, received awards/recognition in Science League and FBLA</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Honor Society (Secretary), Interact Club (Former Activities Director), Key Club, First Aid Squad member, Golf Team member, Science League member, FBLA member, wrote for school paper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Middle School Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club, Key Club, First Aid Squad, volunteer at local elementary school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Took EMT-B certification course, attended Cornell Summer College
[<em>] Essays: Wrote about attending a funeral; I thought it was strong and was proud of it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got them from two teachers in whose classes I did very well (English and Chemistry), and with whom I have good relationships.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor and I have a solid relationship; I visit her pretty often. She said she wrote a glowing recommendation.
[</em>] Interview: Had a good conversation with my interviewer, and we shared a mutual interest in psychiatry (she was a psychiatrist or social worker, I don’t remember exactly). Overall I thought it went very well.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Considering Biology or Psychology, but going Undecided. Considering minors in Literature and French
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public, Medium Size (Class of 295, ~1200 students total)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean heritage, parents are immigrants, but was born in US
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Was 200K+, but dad recently quit job to self-employ so now ~90K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation American, but both parents did attend prestigious universities in Korea.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Had a great interview, presume recommendations were also excellent, and was proud of both the essays that I submitted. I assume that these as well as my strong SAT scores helped make up for my mediocre GPA and class rank, as well as the fact that I really pulled up my grades junior year after less than exemplary freshman and sophomore years.
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I was very honest in my essays and interview; I’m naturally a very thoughtful and introspective person, and I think I got this part of myself across in both parts of my application. Also, tried to get across that I’m a person with very varied interests, and that a liberal arts school would best suit me.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Weak GPA and Class Rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recommendations, Interview, and Essays primarily.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Wash U. in St. Louis, Boston College, NYU, Rutgers Waitlisted: Northwestern Rejected: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>hahaha modadunn, i just figured it was hopeless and i prefer to have my heart ripped out via usps. the shock that befell at the mailbox today was crazy!</p>

<p>for S:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[</em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[</em>] Essays: Doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Alleged to be very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[<em>] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None of the “classics”
[/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Typical hard-working, well-rounded kid</p>

<p>What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences</p>

<p>Weaknesses: Not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just a strong overall app</p>

<p>GENERAL COMMENTS: Received early write. VERY nice personalized comments from the Dean of Admissions.</p>

<p>accepted
sat 2070
gpa 4.039
rank 1/83
extracurriculars
speech and debate
community service 1000 hours plus
guitarist for rock band and church
sporadic sports programs
musicals and show choir</p>

<p>intended focus:polysci/prelaw</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2110
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 590 literature, 720 spanish, 770 math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (3), Calculus AB (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 1 IB/AP, 1 AP, 3 IB
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Select choir (tenor section leader), Senior Choir (Founding Member), Theater (Producer & Actor), School Newspaper (Copy Editor/Staff Writer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Busser at local restaurant for 1.5 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society (Service Chair), Tutoring Spanish-Speaking 1st & 2nd graders, Teaching English as a Second Language to adult immigrants
[ *] Summer Activities: 3-week trip to Guatemala for spanish study and service
[ *] Essays: Good I think
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent
[ *] Additional Rec: –
[ *] Interview: Yes, it went really well</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[ *] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: <100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, interview, supplemental essay, community service
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Interest in being a “global citizen” with an “international perspective”
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores, extracurriculars
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: “global perspective”
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: Accepted, Honors Program
Lewis & Clark: Accepted, Dean’s Scholarship
University of Michigan: ???
Yale: Rejected
Stanford: Rejected
Harvard: ???
University of Pennsylvania: Waitlisted
Dartmouth: Waitlisted
Brown: Rejected
Wesleyan U: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 590 literature, 720 spanish, 770 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (3), Calculus AB (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 1 IB/AP, 1 AP, 3 IB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Select choir (tenor section leader), Senior Choir (Founding Member), Theater (Producer & Actor), School Newspaper (Copy Editor/Staff Writer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Busser at local restaurant for 1.5 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society (Service Chair), Tutoring Spanish-Speaking 1st & 2nd graders, Teaching English as a Second Language to adult immigrants
[</em>] Summer Activities: 3-week trip to Guatemala for spanish study and service
[<em>] Essays: Good I think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: –
[li] Interview: Yes, it went really well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, interview, supplemental essay, community service
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Interest in being a “global citizen” with an “international perspective”
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: “global perspective”
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: Accepted, Honors Program
Lewis & Clark: Accepted, Dean’s Scholarship
University of Michigan: ???
Yale: Rejected
Stanford: Rejected
Harvard: ???
University of Pennsylvania: Waitlisted
Dartmouth: Waitlisted
Brown: Rejected
Wesleyan U: Waitlisted</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Numbers</p>

<p>SAT: 2220 (M 720, CR 730, W 770)
ACT: 33 (S 27, R 33, M 33, W 36)
AP: United States History (5)
GPA (non-weighted): 3.9
Rank: 6th percentile</p>

<p>Application</p>

<p>Essay
I felt really good about my common application essay, and my Middlebury supplement.</p>

<p>Recommendations
Well, I know that at least one teacher was authentic in scope and stylistic character, though I fear the other teacher and my counselor wrote the standard, generic recommendations that do little to impress.</p>

<p>Interview
I did not have an interview with this or any college.</p>

<p>Personal Information</p>

<p>Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
School Type: Public, suburban/urban mix
Gender/Ethnicity: Male/Caucasian
Legacy: None whatsoever. My parents went to technical school and the my mom got her bachelor’s degree going to school part-time
Athlete: I jog, but I don’t participate in school-related activities.
Extra-Curricular Activities: Head of Political Awareness Club, competitor on Math Team and Social Studies Academic Team
Other Factors: I do no volunteering, but I do have a part-time job as an usher at the local movie theater. I am a National Merit Finalist.
Other Colleges: I qualified for fee waivers, so I applied to eleven schools. I was accepted at Amherst, Middlebury, Pomona, Reed, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin and Weslyan. I was rejected by Bowdoin, Stanford and Yale, and waitlisted at Swarthmore.</p>

<p>I posted this in another thread, but thought it applied here as well. </p>

<p>I wanted to let everyone who was rejected or waitlisted know that I just learned that none of the four applicants I interviewed as an alumni interviewer were admitted. Each one of them was certainly qualified and I was shocked that at least two of them were not admitted. Apparently, even with a slight decline in applicants, the quality of Midd applicants keeps going up and admission just gets more competitive.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR-770, M-720, W-740
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-760, US Hist-780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82 UW; 4.58 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/364
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio-4, US Hist-5, Euro-5, Chem-4, Lit-4, Lang-5, Calc AB-4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics B, AP Gov/AP Econ, College English.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (#1 singles, Captain), Varsity Hockey (Captain), NHS (VP), Environmental Club (Co-President), Young Dems (Co-President), Yearbook.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at local grocery store.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Hospital, Obama Campaign, Canvassing, Phone Banking, Mentored a freshman & an elementary student.
[</em>] Summer Activities: None.
[<em>] Essays: I think they were pretty okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Seemed generic even though the teachers knew me very well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent, she’s only known me for 2 years.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-rounded, Extra-curriculars, Essays.
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to be as honest as possible, tried not to make myself seem conceited.
[<em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, recs.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly I don’t know.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Colgate, Macalester, Carleton, Pomona, Colby, and Oberlin. Waitlisted at Wesleyan, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, & Amherst. Rejected at Williams.</p>

<p>Urban… didn’t you once say that those you’d interviewed in the past had been admitted? If so, that is a fairly large swing. However, when you look at kids accepted at Midd, rejected at Williams, accepted Dartmouth, rejected swarthmore… well, there’s obviously some finer points we dont have a clue as to how they play into the mix. And I will say it again, my son is certainly qualified, but I also think he may have landed on the reader’s desk on a day when the sun was shining.</p>

<p>At the same time, to say that there is a tad of magic once you have the numbers, this is not to take any accomplishment away from those accepted. But you know what? S was rejected from three schools (one being Dartmouth) but the other two with a reputation of being a little large and impersonal, despite academics. He was well within their numbers, but I think just in reading his application they probably could feel he might not be the best fit for them, which would be accurate in my view.</p>

<p>Modadunn, actually in the past my PREDICTIONS had been 100%. The people I felt should be admitted were in admitted, the people I felt should be waitlisted were waitlisted, the people I felt should be denied were denied. I was genuinely shocked by at least two of the decisions this time around. </p>

<p>Things are definitely changing as far as college admissions go. all admitted students should consider themselves very lucky - no matter how qualified you are.</p>

<p>Middlebury has seems to be unique in their admissions process. I have stats much lower, but then again they acknowledged that I come from a low income family, work extra, I am heavily involved in school, etc. Looking at some of these people’s stats I’m surprised that I was accepted.</p>

<p>It is clear you are more than your numbers. And I would say that about everyone. Think about adcoms: How unbelievably boring would a job be that you just looked at the numbers and said yes or no. And while reading all the applications must be a killer, how rewarding to witness those whom you believed in succeed!!! I read on another thread however that in the grand scheme… getting in has now becomes the easy part.</p>

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<p>You wouldn’t need adcoms if that’s all they did! You could get a few data entry clerks at $12/hour punch in the numbers, and a computer could spit it out.</p>

<p>Doesn’t matter if you’re making 12 an hour or 120,000 a year… it would still be boring as can be.</p>