Official RD Thread for Syracuse University Class of 2014

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **
**Major: PRE-DENTISTRY **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC - 780
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: ???
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Dunno…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno…
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Crappy
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: $40,000/year Scholarship. $47,500 in total aid with loans. Not attending. Wesleyan University offering $54,500/year scholarship without any loans.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Communications</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 25
[</em>] GPA: 3.2
[<em>] Rank: my school doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Major: Poli sci/ Journalism [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2050/2400
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.75 unweighted
[ *] Rank: unknown
[ *] Other stats:
School paper reporter for two years, editor this year. Drama- acting or costuming for over 10 plays, Drama Club PR junior year, Historian SR year, Secretary for Environmental Club, Schools for Schools club, Honor society, Varsity Tennis, Choir President (9th grade) and Honor choir member, etc. </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: I think pretty good, I only saw one
[ *] Counselor Rec: Most likely very good
[ *] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Washington state
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] 13,500 in awards/aid (chancellor’s scholarship, loans, etc.)</p>

<p>For my son:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: College of Human Ecology (not one of his choices)
Stats:
SAT: 2080
SAT IIs: non submitted
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.4 (after 7th semester grades)
Rank: top 40%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recs: Strong
Counselor Rec: Not sure
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person: midwest
State or Country:
School Type: Public, competitive
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: Leadership position in highly competitive marching band
General Comments:</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Major: CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1720 (M630 CR:560 W:530)
SAT IIs: Math2-610 Lit-580
ACT: 27 (M:31 E:28 S:26 R:24)
GPA: 3.14uw/~3.6w
Rank: 193/344</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good-according to friends & teachers(elementary, hs and college english teachers)
Teacher Recs: good as far as I know but I never saw them
Counselor Rec: same as teachers
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Washington
School Type: public- VERY competative
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Major: Graphic Design at Newhouse[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2110
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 660 Math II
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] GPA: 4.3+
[ *] Rank: 3/272
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Massachusetts
[ *] School Type: Public- Somewhat Competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] I do a million ECs, I was the captain of the volleyball team, 1st chair oboe, I’m a Gold Award Girl Scout, I intern for the local paper and am both the Computer and Photography Editor for my school paper.
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’ll be attending unless I get in off the waitlist of Northwestern.</p>

<p>**Decision: Acepted **
Major: Information Technology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M:540 CR: 400 W: 400
[</em>] SAT IIs: None
[<em>] ACT: 24
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank:15/88
[</em>] Other stats: Great Extracuricular Activites; National Honor Society, Student Government Organization, Technology Club; Community Service, Jobs</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments:
Good Luck to all. May not be attending because of the little aid I was offered. (Though I got a nice 15k scholarhsip)</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Major: Newhouse: undeclared[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: superscore: 2040 (writing: 720 CR: 630 math: 690)
[ *] SAT IIs: US history: 690 Math IIC: 750
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.9
[ *] Rank: top 50% -_- my school is extremely competitive
[ *] Other stats: VP of Amnesty International and thousand cranes club, played violin in numerous orchestras, won many piano/violin awards, piano concerto, choir accompanist, over 300 community service hours.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: i like to think they were good :slight_smile: wrote about how teamwork is applicable in all facets of my life.
[ *] Teacher Recs: average
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (if any): ?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: california
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] i never knew newhouse was that competitive until i went to the admitted students day and heard that there were around 350 spots from 4000 applicants. congrats guys!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Newhouse, Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 1750 (i actually forgot the score… something like that)
SAT IIs: 670 - Lit, 670 - US History, World History - 600 something
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.9
Rank: 11/415
Other stats: always involved in the school community. Peer Leader - mentored students for the past two years dealing with a variety of topics. Monitored for teachers during lunch every year. Worked in the school library. Tutored in both science and history. Travelled to Europe for 3 weeks with People to People last summer. Did several community service projects. The director of Lubin House seemed impressed with that.</p>

<p>Essays: I thought mine was pretty good, and got super good feedback from the teachers who read/edited it.
Teacher Recs: spectacular, one was short but good (a college professor wrote that one).
Counselor Rec: Awesome. she couldn’t stop writing, it came out to almost two pages.
Hook (if any): i had an interview with the director of Lubin House which went really well. I go to a vocational school (Fashion Industries) and balanced major classes and core/AP classes for four years.</p>

<p>State or Country: NYC
School Type: Public/Vocational
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: i was totally shocked i got in, especially because i had no prior communications experience. i got my acceptance in mid-March, and heard back from BU two weeks later and didnt get in, which also shocked me. i figured SU would be the one place i wouldnt get in haha.
General Comments: will be attending :slight_smile: i visited on friday and fell in love. SU 2014 !</p>

<p>Decision: Enrolled</p>

<p>Major: Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: 1790</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Didn’t take any</p>

<p>ACT: Didn’t take it</p>

<p>GPA: 84.5% out of 100%</p>

<p>Rank: Unsure
Other stats: Was in the fencing team, worked freshman to senior year. Go to an art school, so I submitted an art supplement.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: 2 recs, one from my freshman year math teacher, and one rom my junior year english teacher. I waived my right and wasn’t apply to see them, but they most have been good. </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: 1 counselor rec, i think it wasn’t good, my counselor didn’t know me well and probably guessed.</p>

<p>Hook (if any): Schools try to get more women into engineering, so I guess thats a hook, since I have more chances then guys. I’m also hispanic, so I guess as a hispanic female, I had more chances! </p>

<p>State or Country: New York City</p>

<p>School Type: Public/ Vocational (The Fame School)</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments: Syracuse was a reach school for me. When i got in I was shocked! I got into the SSS program so they really helped me financially.</p>