<p>D’Amore-McKim (International business/international affairs)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (800 M, 760 CR, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 US History, 760 Latin (if taken)
[<em>] GPA: 3.82 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A but I attend a very, very competitive magnet school
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both should be excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be great
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Virginia
[<em>] School Type: Large public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: Good essays, recs, test scores. Some grades weren’t so hot.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Honors? Yes
[</em>] Financial aid? 25K/year Dean’s
[*] Attending?[/ul] Who knows…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (760 CR, 800 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: not submitted
[<em>] GPA: 3.78 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 25%
[<em>] Other stats: APUSH 4, Lang and Comp 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about Frisbee
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Going to assume solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook: None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Top Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: SAT, solid extracurriculars; GPA and rank were my weak spots
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Honors? Yeah, and 22k merit
[</em>] Financial aid? None yet, CSS not received
[*] Attending? We’ll see[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2020 (not submitted)
[</em>] GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.25 W
[<em>] Rank: 51/480
[</em>] Other stats: I run practically every club at school; 6 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good; proofread by my English teacher. A funny spin on growing up in a multicultural family
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t read, but that teacher loves me!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but I assume fairly good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hispanic, NMSF, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AL
[</em>] School Type: top public
[<em>] Ethnicity: half Hispanic/half caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Major strengths/weaknesses:
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Honors? yup!
[<em>] Financial aid? hasn’t loaded yet- how do I open an .srv file?
[</em>] Attending? hell yeah, if I can sell my parents on it [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 (790 CR, 750 M, 800 W, 10 essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II (800), Literature (780), Chemistry (740)
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: 4/147
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote about my hair.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Freaking wonderful. Well, maybe. I dunno.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 7/10
[</em>] Hook (if any): First-generation.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Race: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: Strengths are grades, test scores, ECs, course rigor, teacher recommendations, essays. Weaknesses are ECs and awards.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Honors? Yes.
[<em>] Financial aid? Dean’s Scholarship, but I’m likely to be a National Merit Finalist so I’d probably get that scholarship instead.
[</em>] Attending? Probably not, but we’ll see.[/ul]</p>
<p>So far I’ve also been accepted to UIUC, Minnesota, and Case Western.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ACT:30 one sitting
[ *] GPA:4.9W
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: 11 APs
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: just the common app
[ *] Teacher Recs: yes, two teachers and one employer
[ *] Counselor Rec:yes, he loves me.<br>
[ *] Hook (if any): AP Scholar w Achievement, Cum Laude, National Honors
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: florida
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Major strengths/weaknesses: haven’t taken a precalc course
[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Honors? AP Scholar w distinction, national honors society, quill and scroll
[ *] Financial aid? none
[ *] Attending?[/list] will decide in April, go huskies?!</p>
<p>I’m envious of all you guys who got accepted :*(
Unfortunately, for me, I was defer…
Curious question, did anyone even get deny? I only see either accepted or deferred.</p>
<p>I was accepted to the honors college, but did not receive a scholarship. Is this possible? Or is it some sort of mistake? Probably work talking to admissions about</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 35
SAT IIs: (if taken) Didn’t submit, irrelevant.
GPA: 3.93 weighted
Rank: Class rank not released, don’t know it.
Essays: I thought it was very good.
Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good. They both like me.
Counselor Rec: Very good, we get along great.
Hook (if any):none
Location/Person:
State or Country: OH
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White/Middle-Eastern
Gender: Female
Major strengths/weaknesses: hard course loard
Honors? Yes
Financial aid? Full-Tuition (Scholars program)
Attending? Don’t know yet</p>
<p>SAT: Did not report…30ACT
SAT IIs: (if taken) Just took…don’t know score yet[ *]
GPA: 4.8 weighted
Rank:N/A as school does not rank
Other stats…
Subjective:
Essays:Yes, good, honest and clearly written by me (did not hire anyone. I think it sounded like me…average writing style but good content.
Teacher Recs: Yes, very good
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): URM, geographic diversity
Location/Person:SE area
Ethnicity: AA
Gender:F
Major strengths/weaknesses: Very well rounded with sports, music and academic achievements but weakness of ACT score
Honors? National Achievement Semi-Finalist, National Latin Exam Awards, National Music Awards, 2 Varsity Sports
Financial aid? Yes
Attending?Only if I make finalist and get that award with honors program. Then I will consider it seriously. But hoping for LAC.</p>
<p>[/list]Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080
[</em>] SAT IIs: (if taken) Math 1: 700 Math 2: 730 Chem: 650 (did not submit)
[<em>] ACT: 30 (33 M+E)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.432 weighted
[<em>] Rank: top 2%
[</em>] Other stats: AP Calc AB (5) Stat (4) World History (4) – AP Bio, US, US Gov, and French this year</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: (did you submit?) Common app essay was about donating my hair (several teachers said it was really good)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: (did you submit?) AP World History teacher, AP Calc AB teacher, and Honors Bio/Honors Anatomy Teacher -I only saw the Calc one but my counselor said that they were all excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it but I am one of my counselor’s top students and she always comments on my leadership qualities so I think it is probably decent
[</em>] Hook (if any): President’s Volunteer Service Award, HOBY, Leadership positions on the state level, good ECs, not much else interesting</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: Weakness would probably be my test scores. I would consider my ECs, GPA, course load, and essay to be my strengths (obviously not strong enough!)…To be honest I was pretty surprised because several people from my school with lower SAT scores and GPAs were accepted…some are suggesting Tufts Syndrome
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Honors? nahhhh I wasn’t even accepted
[<em>] Financial aid?
[</em>] Attending?[/ul]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1890 Superscored
[ *] SAT IIs: USH-670 Lit-660
[ *] GPA: 3.23
[ *] Rank:N/A
[ *] Other stats: 2 APs (US Gov- 5, USH- 4)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Not to great. I’m not a very strong writer, but I talked about how I had to transfer because of bullying and how it affected my grades.
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1 was really awesome. The other I’m not sure about.
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic
[ *] Hook (if any): bullied, had to transfer high schools
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Oregon
[ *] School Type: Private, Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Major strengths/weaknesses:
[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Honors: none
[ *] Financial aid: none
[ *] Attending?If they decide to take me. It’s my number one school by far</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140; Math: 680, Reading: 730, Writing: 730, Essay: 11
[</em>] SAT IIs:730 US History, 690 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 3.91
[</em>] Rank: 22/732
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Just my common app 10/10
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One from Spanish IV teacher/SHS advisor and literally my best friend; another from my AP Lang who brags about her letters so I assume it was good. Also sent rec letter from my choir director
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Bare minimum, generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: Public; highly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: Being an URM, my common app essay, teacher rec letters
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Honors? Yes!
[</em>] Financial aid? 12k scholarship but financial aid was laughable…
[li] Attending?[/ul] Depends upon the results of my other schools</p>[/li]
<p>Just wish I got more of a merit scholarship, but happy nonetheless!</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: New Mexico
[</em>] School Type: Parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Major strengths/weaknesses: rank for strength and ACT was my weakness if you could call it that, but I was still very pleased with my score and only took it once</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Honors YES
[</em>] Financial aid National Hispanic Scholarship $30,000
[*] Attending?[/ul] We Shall See!!! I’m very excited and will be visiting for the Computer science admitted students day on Feb 8th.</p>
<p>[li] Essays: pretty personal and good I suppose </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: I had 3 and I’m assuming they were good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was good, I love my counselor </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): Hispanic, female in CompSci</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:
[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State or Country: Texas</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: public magnet school (had to apply to get in)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major strengths/weaknesses: lots of APs, my essay drew on my resilience/independence…as for weaknesses, I didn’t think my ECs were impressive at all </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:
[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Honors? None</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Financial aid? Up to 150k (~46k for first year)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Attending? Almost sure that I will![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260 (750 M, 750 CR, 760 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t take
[<em>] GPA: 3.77 UW/4.3 W
[</em>] Rank: 36/330
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scores: 5s on Spanish Lang, English Lang, Macro, Euro, USH, 4 on Micro
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My common app was okay, nothing special
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My spanish teacher wrote me an incredible one saying I was one of the best she had ever seen
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I wrote most of it, so it was fine.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Maybe location? They don’t have many midwestern students.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Kansas
[<em>] School Type: Strong public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vanilla
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: Strengths: SAT/AP Scores, ECs? Weakness: grades (I have a C and several Bs from sophomore year)
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Honors? Yes!!
[</em>] Financial aid? Haven’t submitted my financial aid profile, but right now I have 18k/year in Dean’s
[*] Attending?[/ul] I really want to. As long as I make NMF (fingers crossed) I will. I need the extra money. The second I make it I will submit the deposit :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 (Didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 31 Science, 11 Essay)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 Literature, 680 U.S. History
[</em>] GPA: 3.75 unweighted, 4.13 weighted
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%, school doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: AP European History (5), AP U.S. History (5), AP Music Theory (4)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably relatively generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large rigorous public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Major strengths/weaknesses: Strengths= ACT score, essays, extracurriculars; Weaknesses= GPA, SAT II, community service </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Honors? Accepted into Honors Program!
[</em>] Financial aid? Dean’s Scholarship (16,000 per year)
[*] Attending? Not sure. This is one of the first schools I have heard back from.[/ul]</p>
[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent imo (did you submit?)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1. Really good (did you submit?)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Counselor loves me
[<em>] Hook (if any): AROTC scholarship winner. Hispanic from AZ?
[/ul]Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Arizona
[<em>] School Type: Regular public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/white
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Major strengths/weaknesses: strengths… E.C.s and arotc scholarship weaknesses… Gpa
[/ul][ b]Other:**
[ul]
[<em>] Honors? No
[</em>] Financial aid? Yes, 37,500 on top of full tuition scholarship!
[li] Attending?[/li][/ul] Heck yes. The only possible game changer could be an appointment to West Point</p>
[/ul]</p>