*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 34
SAT II: 770 USH, 710 Bio, 710 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Art History (4), Biology (4), Chinese(4), French (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimmer (State qualifier), NHS (President), Photography Club (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: Marketing position at firm during the school year, swim coach
Volunteer/Community service: Humane Society, library
Summer Activities: Interned at the Red Cross, worked at firm, interned at research lab
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec: Amazing, from employer
Interview: None
Supplementary Material: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Major: Olin Business
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, some ECs, highly ranked high school
Weaknesses: Asian, weak first semester senior year grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Weaker grades, nothing too special about ECs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: U of Michigan, UCSB, UCI</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:

  • SAT: 2230 (800 CR 710 M 720 W 10 essay)
  • SAT II: 790 World History, 730 Math 2
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/150
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): IB student… no results yet. Did take the ap world exam and got a 5
  • Senior Year Course Load: IB French ab initio, IB chem HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL, IB econ
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation if that counts?</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Editor in chief of Literary Magazine
    Founder of MUN
    Some volunteer work (not a lot)
    Tour guide</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Butcher and lifeguard</li>
<li>Essays: Kinda weird/experimental. Stream of consciousness narration about being donating blood, being gay and rejection. Either hit or miss.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: English teacher (my bff) 11/10 and chem teacher (7/10) good but probably slightly generic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: 9/10 we are close</li>
<li>Interview: on campus with an admissions officer…Jessica? She was very nice and it all went well :slight_smile: they sent me a personalized postcard after which I thought was nice</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: No
  • Intended Major: Sociology
  • State (if domestic applicant): NY
  • School Type: Public for 2 Years international for 2 years
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: do not need FA
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 0. wealthy white male.</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths:all the subjective portions
  • Weaknesses: my grades, generic extracurriculars?, good but not great sats (especial math and writing)
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe they liked my essay?
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to McGill and WashU so far. Waiting on like 17 of the nations top colleges. Phew
    General Comments: To all those accepted…congrats…who knows, maybe we will see each other next year. To those not so lucky, I am seeing tons of students way more qualified than me not getting in. I got lucky, but if you didn’t get so lucky this round keep your heads up! Just wait a few weeks and I bet you’ll get accepted somewhere great. Who knows, if a schmuck like me can get in to WashU anything can happen!</p>
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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800CR, 750M, 760W E:11)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 770 USH, 750 M2, 750 French
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77 (upward trend since sophomore year)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
AP (place score in parentheses): European History (5), American History (5), Chemistry (5), Art History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP AB Calc, AP Physics B, Economics, Independent Study in Economics & Public Policy, Independent Study in Financial Markets
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Le Grand Concours Certificat d’Honneur</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): History Bowl (Team Captain, national top 32), History Bee (national top 60), Quizbowl (national top 50 team), Youth in Government (Supreme Court Justice), Chemistry Club (founding VP), Investment club (Fundraising officer, speaker), Model UN Security Council, Varsity Swimming, Crew, Mock Trial (Co-Captain), Science Fiction Film Club (treasurer), Student Council (treasurer).
Job/Work Experience: Interned at an economic policy think tank, headed by a major conservative economist, between my junior and senior years as a research intern, working on multiple projects and co-authoring a couple papers.
Volunteer/Community Service: Some, but not significant
Summer Activities: Travel/Internships
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendations: Very good
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: Good
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single-parent family</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: My school traditionally has an excellent record with Wash U, full-pay
Weaknesses: Lack of demonstrated interest, lower-than-ideal GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lack of Demonstrated interest, mostly, though the lack of extra essays didn’t help.</p>

<p>Other Schools:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted :D</p>

<p>Objective:

  • ACT: 36, writing 8
  • SAT II: didn’t seng
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.994
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/165
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): taking my AP classes right now
  • Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Spanish 4, Digital Graphics (required), Great Books, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, American Government (required), Research, Concert Band, Concert Choir
    **note: I go to a rural school, so only 3 APs are available and you pretty much have to be a senior to take them
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    5 summers of backpacking (longest trip was 6 weeks in Alaska)
    11 years of piano
    7 years of oboe
    youth orchestra
    band
    woodwind quintet
    choir (section leader)
    women’s ensemble
    drama club
    Knowledge Bowl
    NHS
    hospital volunteer
    playing music at senior homes, etc.</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: pretty good, maybe not my best</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations: probably great, especially from my calculus teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I don’t have too much confidence in my counselor… 7 or 8/10?</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: biology?
  • State (if domestic applicant): MN
  • School Type: rural public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: on the edge of needing financial aid
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not sure… maybe being a high-performing student from a low-performing rural MN school made me stand out.</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: 36 ACT, good GPA, tons of involvement in music, good teacher recs
  • Weaknesses: possibly my essay
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong academics & extracurriculars, from a rural school
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: still waiting on everyone else; applied to several Ivy League schools as well as LACs on the East Coast</p>
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<p>I got in! I also just got a likely letter for UPenn so I’m so so happy! 2380 SAT! :)</p>

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<p>Would you guys be interested if I started an FB group?</p>

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<p>Accepted!
SAT: 2300 (770 Math, 790 Writing, 740 CRE)
Awesome essay. Really showed my worldview </p>

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<p>CRANBERRY HULLO</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M:710 W:790 R;730
[</em>] ACT:32 (superscore)
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):35/434
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Lang(4) US History(5) World History(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP literature, AP French, AP Calculus BC, Academic Decathlon, Independent Study and Mentorship, Business Information Management (you’re run of the mill state mandated course)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar (meh), NM Commended, National Achievement Finalist[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):: Assistant researcher at the University of Texas at Dallas, Independent Study and Mentorship (currently developing surgical device, mentored by general surgeon, interviewed surgical professionals including the former Dean of a notable medical school), Junior World Affairs Council (Founder/President), Orchestra, Orchestra Historian, Academic Decathlon (gold in music, silver in language and literature)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Public library, Red Cross, Local Hospital, sporadic school events, a community art center in CO
[</em>] Summer Activities:Engineering camp, independent research in nanomaterials
[<em>] Essays: 7/10, though I sent my CA out to some CC members and they found it well written and captivating. About my horrible driving skills.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:One thinks I’m brilliant, the other “very bright”. They’re probably well written
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It was probably good (as are most recommendations…?) I’m just another one of 434 high school seniors, haha
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]<br>
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:U.S.
[</em>] Ethnicity: black
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): black[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul][<em>] Strengths:Test scores (for an AA…), EC’s, URM status, quirky CA essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA…for sure
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:Texas A&M, Miss State, U Alabama, Ohio State, U Minn- twin cities, University of Texas at Dallas, U Houston (Most with full rides/ generous scholarships), ASU Barett’s honors college,Wellesley, Vanderbilt. Waiting on other reach’s[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
I’m a bit bummed but I figured that I’d be rejected. Good luck to everyone else!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800) Chemistry (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/401
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Chem (5), AP Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Stats, College Psychology course, Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top Female Scientist of my school
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (treasurer 2 years), NHS (co-president), not much else
Job/Work Experience: Paid Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered at a shelter for abused women
Summer Activities: working at summer camp and took a class in bioinformatics
Essays: Pretty good, wrote about my experiences volunteering at a shelter but I’m an awful writer
Teacher Recommendations: Both amazing
Counselor Rec: Pretty good but I have a big school
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went well, the guy was super nice and we talked a lot about food :slight_smile:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None really
Reflection
Strengths: science heavy, good scores
Weaknesses: no awards and crappy extra curriculars, nothing super impressive
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no clue I’m in shock
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Washington, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, Pomona, Tufts, Northwestern, MIT, Dartmouth, Brown</p>

<p>TO EVERYONE FREAKING OUT WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THESE THREADS: Calm down. I freaked out at all these award winners and internships but it’s just not worth it. Last year I just gave up and focused on what made me happy and I guess it showed. I had all odds against me (suburban white girl) and yet somehow things turned out great. Don’t just be impressive on paper because clearly that didn’t work for everyone. Be someone you can be proud of in ten years. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 (9 writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Bio M, 700 US History, 690 Bio M (sent none)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank (but 6ish/650)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5), Macro (4), Stats (5), Bio (5), US History (5), Eng Lang (3) (Didn’t report Eng)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, French 5 (schedule conflict), AP Comp Sci, Symphony Orchestra, AP Physics B, BC Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Illinois State Scholar, not much
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (most awards in schools history, Executive Board), Golf (#1 player and Capt), Lacrosse (Capt), sci oly (some medals), other stuff
Volunteer/Community service: Not much, mission trips
Summer Activities: play golf and work
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: I would assume its awesome
Counselor Rec: I kinda wrote it
Additional Rec: None
Interview:None
Supplementary Material: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): FA candidate
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Woman in engineering
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, grades, i think my essay and probs my recs
Weaknesses: didn’t send SAT IIs, applied to a very selective major (bioengineering), no interest, no hooks, not many awards, ACT could have been higher
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Illinois, Marquette
Waitlisted: WashU
Rejected: Nowhere yet but I was deferred from Brown
Applied to: Penn, Cornell, Northwestern</p>

<p>Maybe I’m too arrogant but I thought I would get in lol. Well if I’m not very invested in the school, how I expect them to be invested in me? Congrats to those who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.7 (out of 4.0)
Good essay, good extracurriculars: community service, religious group, mind-blowing, paid summer internship at the Met during the summer, Spanish programs for the past 2 summers
State: NY
School type: private
No interview
2 teacher recs and a rec from my supervisor from the internship
Intended major: art history</p>

<p>Best of luck to everyone on the waitlist, and congrats to everyone who got accepted :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

  • ACT: 36 (superscored)
  • SAT II: did not send
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% in class of 500+
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 5s in math/science
    *IB: N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, music, and various other classes
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national, just pretty typical school/regional stuff</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Lots of music, NHS, volunteering, etc. Very typical.</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Short-term summer jobs</li>
<li>Essays: Common App 7/10 Good but not stellar</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Science and language arts teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I have no idea, probably very generic but positive</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: Engineering
  • State (if domestic applicant): MN
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: Upper middle
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent, female in engineering</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Scores, grades, recs, music
  • Weaknesses: No AP English, could have taken more APs, from Midwest, needed FA
    *Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to state flagship with generous scholarship. Applying to other peer institutions of WashU.</p>

<p>General Comments: WashU gets a ton of qualified applicants and can afford to waitlist a bunch to get a class they want. Good luck to everyone else, and I hope my post helps. They were my top choice and I visited but I guess I didn’t have what they were looking for.</p>

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<p>Accepted!
College of Arts and Sciences
*ACT: 35
*Unweighted GPA: 4.0
*Rank: 4/169
*Course load: very challenging (2 AP, 25 hours dual credit total)
*Essay: good, not great
*Recommendations: don’t know, but must have been convincing
*ECs: band, theatre, scholar bowl, newspaper, mock trial, school ambassador, honor societies, etc. A couple of part time jobs. 100 hours community service work (required by school). Summer programs: state-sponsored academic camp sophomore year, Boys State junior year.
*No interview.
*Major: undecided
*State: MO
*School: private, Catholic, nationally recognized but not super-elite
*Ethnicity: White
*Gender: Male
*Income: parents are divorced but ~$120000 total</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:

  • SAT: 2100
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: Math II (780), Math 1 (760), Chem (690)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.34 (W); 3.86 (UW)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Chem (4), Chinese (4), English Lang (4)
    *IB: N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Finalist in Coca Cola Scholars Program, Semifinalist in Coca-Cola Scholars Program, Nu Delta Alpha National Dance Honors Society, Coca Cola Community College Academic Team Bronze Scholar, Nominated to All-USA Academic Team, 2013 All-PA Academic Team, Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar, Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society, Dean’s List (around 3 times)
    Silver Key and Honorable Mention (2) in Scholastic Writing Awards, Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week Scholarship recipient, Discus Awards Honorable Mention, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Essay Contest Winner, Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest Winner, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Scholarship Recipient, GirlGov Seminar, CMU SUCCEED Program scholarship recipient</p>

<p>*Common Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, High Honor Student, National Honors Society</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Dance Team (founder and president, 11), Yearbook (Head Clubs and Activities editor, 10, 11, 12), SADD Club (president, 9-12), Multicultural Club (treasurer, 12), Student Ambassador (10-12), Marching Band (Keyboard Player, 10-11), Keystones Math Tutor (11), Fox Shop (Booth Manager, 11-12), Phi Theta Kappa Chapter (Vice President of Scholarship, 10-12), Student Ambassador (11-12), Dance Club (11-12), Nu Delta Alpha (12), Newspaper (11-12)</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Kumon Tutor</li>
<li>Essays: Common App - ok</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: olin business school
  • State (if domestic applicant): PA
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: Upper middle
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dual enrolled student; will have Associates Degree in Math and Science this year (sorry, i kind of combined both my community college awards and activities with my high school ones - didn’t feel like separating)</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: none that i could tell
  • Weaknesses: standardized tests, gpa, activities, awards
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: rejected from upenn, notre dame - does anywhere else really matter?</p>

<p>General Comments: i accept my rejection. honestly, i’ve learned to get over rejection quite quickly over the past couple of months. maybe it’s because getting 3 straight rejection letters has taught me to be more accepting of bad news. oh well… hopefully there’s at least one school out there who will see my potential</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>CAS (Chem) </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send.
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36M, 34S, 34E, 34R, 12 essay)
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 (Math II), 740 (Chemistry)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0. Weighted: 4.59
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (4), U.S. Gov (self study 4), English Language (self study 4), Spanish Lang (4), Biology (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 Honors, and 1 elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, some other more local awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of National Honor Society, President of Tutoring Club, President of Cultural Club, Founder/President of Technology Club, Work at consulting firm, research at university lab and published abstracts, section leader of section in band, tennis team, and a lot more.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I have had 3 jobs. 1 or 2 pretty unique ones.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Listed above.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research internships, work, volunteering, and intern at NPR.
[</em>] Essays: Common app essay: 9.5.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: 10. AP science teacher: 9.5.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably better than any other recs she wrote, so in relation to other applicants from my school, probably 10. But, since it’s a public school, the rec probably doesn’t compare to some of the ones that private school counselors write.
[<em>] Additional Rec: from research mentor, he doesn’t really know how to write a rec, but besides that: 10.
[</em>] Interview: Went very well, we had a great conversation and she was nice: 9.5.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Financial Aid: Yes
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: below 50k.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, ACT, extracurriculars, Common app essay.
[</em>] Weaknesses: AP scores, awards.</p>

<p>[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: [/li]Accepted: UC Berkeley, Columbia (likely)
Deferred: Harvard
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Make sure you show interest. I did so by going out of my way to do an interview, and clicking on the links in their e-mails, so make sure you are active in someway. </p>

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<p>@farenheit1064 , Hang in there! College isn’t where you go, it’s what you make of it. Obsession over admissions is silly (and sites like these are pointless, to be honest. I don’t know why I’m on here.) You’re clearly an applicant qualified for this school as your scores and awards demonstrate, but it can be the luck of the draw. It might suck but if you’re a happy person, you’ll probably be happy at whichever school sees your potential.</p>

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<p>I got wait listed…
@magnificent6
How did you find out you were admitted to UC Berkeley? The admissions decisions aren’t released until March 27th, or did you receive a likely or special notice from them as well?</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:

  • SAT: 2340 superscored (1540 M + CR)
  • SAT II: 800 Math 2 and Bio Micro
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): does not rank
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): mostly 5’s some 4’s
  • Senior Year Course Load: heavy
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
    Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    piano, swimming, beta, nothing real
  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Essays: Common App 7/10 teachers thought it was good but who knows
  • Teacher Recommendation: US History and Comp Sci
  • Counselor Rec: Probably OK
    no interview</p>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: Computer Science
  • State (if domestic applicant): SC
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: middle-upper
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sat??? interest in computer science</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Weaknesses: no real competition, EC’s, leadershit. -> IM ASIAN. <-
    *Where else you are applying or have already applied: other places</p>

<p>General Comments:
Had Grades and SAT scores superior to their average. Oh well **** 'em. If they want to accept dumb kids that’s their decision. The only reason I applied was because they had no supplemental essay anyways. And, St. Louis is the most dangerous city according to US News, the same company that ranks colleges. Congratz to all the smart kids that got in legitly and good luck to the kids that got in because of race or other stuff. If you got waitlisted, you better stick and move because “waitlist” is basically a euphemism for rejected. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/12”>http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

  • SAT: 1980 (didn’t send)
  • ACT: 31 (highest composite), 32 superscored
  • SAT II: Ew, we don’t need to talk about those
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/116ish
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Language (3), US History (2), Chemistry (1) – didn’t send any of them (my counselor had to explain that the first year AP was offered at my school was my junior year… our teachers didn’t know how to teach it and that’s why my scores sucked)
    *IB: N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, AP Government, AP Lit, Physics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really
  • Common Awards: None of those, either </p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Key Club (President, senior year; Vice President, sophomore year), Yearbook (Editor, Photographer), local Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, Student Leadership Team, church pianist, blogger for Huffington Post Teen
  • Job/Work Experience: Church pianist
  • Essays: Common App 10/10, one of the best essays I’ve ever written
  • Teacher Recommendation: the first one was perfect, the second one would’ve been pretty grand if you didn’t have the perfect first one to compare it to
  • Counselor Rec: fabulous
  • Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: English
  • State (if domestic applicant): AL
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: $100,000 ish
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): really hard working student who has done the best he can from a ■■■■ school</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: my writing is pretty grand, my recommendations were good
  • Weaknesses: standardized tests, lack of actual decent stuff to get involved in at my high school
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: Tulane University, Sewanee, Auburn University; Still waiting: Columbia, Penn, Brown, Macalester, Wesleyan, Wake Forest, a few others</p>

<p>General Comments: I think that I would’ve had a better chance if there were more essay supplements. That’s what I’m holding onto for the other schools I applied to. I’m okay with the decision, but I would’ve liked a confidence boost to get me through the rest of the decision season.</p>