Official Rd Results - Fall 2008

Colleges & Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>well.. i feel like starting it.. since we'll all know pretty soon.. here's the temp!</p>

<p>btw- get ride of the first space...</p>

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to which school/major*[/color][/size]
[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA (uw/w):
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ ] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:[/list][ b]Other Factors?*:</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments, status update dates**:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Economics Department!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1520/2180 (760M 760CR)
SAT IIs: 670 Math I (I think?), 700 Lit, 640 Physics
GPA (uw/w): dunno unweighted, my cumulative is a 5.9 out of a 7 point scale
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Probably stellar
Counselor Rec: Probably stellar
Hook: Basketball recruit, multifacted musician ([MySpace.com</a> - Danny Wrigley - GREAT FALLS, Virginia - Acoustic / Folk Rock / Pop - <a href=“http://www.myspace.com/dannywrigley[/url]”>www.myspace.com/dannywrigley](<a href=“http://www.myspace.com/dannywrigley]MySpace.com”>Danny Wrigley (dannywrigley) on Myspace)</a>)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: I live in Northern Virginia, school is in Hudson, OH.
School Type: Top private boarding (Western Reserve Academy)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Don’t think so</p>

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<p>heyy.how do u get ur decision so fast?</p>

4

<p>i really want to know ASAP, i hate waiting…</p>

5

<p>he is a basketball recruit</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to idk…forgot to ask</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:C:31 M:35 E:34 R:31 S:25
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math 2C:800 Physics: 690
[<em>] GPA (uw):3.25
[</em>] Rank:unranked
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:how am I supposed to know…
[<em>] Teacher Recs:I would guess good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good?
[<em>] Hook (if any):black engineer who likes Japanese culture?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type:Top Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Haitian
[li] Gender:Male[/ul]Other Factors?:my counselor use to be an admissions officer at CMU if that helps…</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments, status update dates:received phone call inviting me to diversity weekend thing on Tuesday…</p>

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<p>congrats guys, feel free to pm me if you have any questions or whatever.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1930
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math II: 640 Chemistry: 620
[<em>] GPA (w): 3.97
[</em>] Rank:38/512</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:…
[</em>] Teacher Recs:good i assume
[<em>] Counselor Rec:ditto
[</em>] Hook (if any):Black female interested in chemistry?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender:F[/ul]
General Comments, status update dates: got a phone call inviting me to diversity weekend : D</p>

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<p>did anyone get in to architecture yet?</p>

10

<p>When is diversity weekend, hoomanity? Are we allowed to go if we weren’t invited but still accepted (I’m pretty sure I will be since I applied for H&SS lol)</p>

11

<p>congrats you guys, i cant wait to find out!!</p>

12

<p>haahah ok i hate to sound completely sketchy danny but your music is amazing.. i have a ton of musician friends but im really just blown away</p>

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<p>i really have no idea about the diversity weekend, honestly i hadnt heard not a thing from carnegie until today’s phone call so i am truly taken by surprise, but i plan on finding out exactly when the diversity weekend is. oh and i totally agree with mascara, danny’s music is kickin’ haha.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted at SCS (1st choice)
Decision: Accepted to CIT (ECE) (2nd choice) and Tepper (3rd choice)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800CR / 800M / 730W = 2330 (one sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math2 / Physics / Chem = 800 / 800 / 800
[<em>] Predicted A-level Results: AAAA/H3: Dist/GP:A/PW:A
[</em>] Actual A-level Results: AAAB/H3: Dist/GP:A/PW:A (damn Chem)
[<em>] Other Stats/ECs: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html&lt;/a&gt;
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Mediocre, I am not much of a writer
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should be great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Large Public, sends slightly less 20 to HYPSM
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/ul][/li]Other Factors?: Not that I know of.</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates: I am surprised. I thought I would get rejected/deferred at Tepper and be accepted at SCS. Found out in “Where Am I in the Process?” updated I think just past noon here (or just past midnight Friday EST). Also was accepted to NYU/Stern and rejected by MIT. Congrats to those who got in and to those who are waitlisted or rejected, I’m sure you will be in the college of your dreams come this August/September.</p>

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<p>lol, frankchn’s stats are so high that SCS waitlested him…they’re prolly suffering from Tufts Syndrome…they probably think ur using CMU as a safetly lol</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to MCS/CIT</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 math 770 reading 780 writing
[</em>] ACT: not reported
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 - Math II, 790 - Chemistry, 800 - Physics
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.0/4.2
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 126
[</em>] Other stats: USNCO national exam, AIME for two years, AP National Scholar, National Merit Finalist, NYSML for two years,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, although the supplemental only delved into my academic interests, not my character
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one phenomenal, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public with a class size of 120, sends less than 10 kids a year to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Not reported
[</em>] Gender: M[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates: Good luck to everyone else, and to those who will go to CMU: have fun.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Accepted to CIT (First Choice)
[</em>] SAT I: 2230
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 (Math II), 730 (Bio)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.47 (W), 4.00 (UW)
[<em>] Rank: 4 of 710ish
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Five 5’s; Two 4’s; Seven more this year
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Lit, AP Econ (Micro and macro), AP Stats, Multivariable Calculus (College), Forensics, Work Experience
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Some awards… I don’t feel like listing them.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics, Science Olympiad, Forensics, Cycling, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Yes
[<em>] Essays: I wrote the essays
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No [/ul]</p>

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<p>hey, where are you guys getting your decisions from??? are they posted online???</p>

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<p>Yup. For some people.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to SCS/CIT/MCS
[ul][li]Matriculating to SCS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200: 770 math, 750 writing, 680 reading
[</em>] ACT: 33: 35 math, 34 science, 34 verbal, 30 socstudies
[<em>] SAT IIs: MathII C: 800, Physics: 790
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.6/3.9
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, at least I thought so. from the heart, what can I say?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Wash. DC
[</em>] School Type: private, all boy, very good
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian. yay stereotypes!
[</em>] Gender:male[/ul]Other factors?: very rigorous course load. took all the tech classes i could.</p>