Official Stanford 2010 RD Decisions Thread

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: nop
* SAT I (by section): 2120
* SAT IIs: 730-bio 690-M

* ACT: na
* APs: 2 5's, 2 3's, 1 4
* IBs: N/A
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.28W, 3.93UW
* Rank:11/500ish
* Senior Yr Courseload: ehhhh
* Number of Apps from Your School: a lot..
* Other stats: ..
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: piano..viola.. guitar.. volunteer clubs
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Essays (subject and responses): risky..
* Teacher Recs: Good
* Counselor Rec: Generic
* Interview (feel and general location): Stanford doesn't offer any
* Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: ca
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Income Bracket: high
* Gender: f
* Hooks: None
* Strengths/Weaknesses: Weak SAT II scores and really.. mm.. conservative essays?
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See above.
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: awh. its ok.. berkeley!!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2400
SAT IIs: 800 MII, 800 Chem, 770 US Hist
GPA: 5.1 weighted (my school is weird), 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 3/ about 420
Other stats: APs: 5 on english language, chemistry, us history, calculus AB, environmental science. 4 on spanish</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: nothing extraordinary- but solid i thought
Teacher Recs: one described her letter for me as "killer"
Counselor Rec: from my principal... probably nothing special
Hook (if any): </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Officer YMCA Youth & Govt., District School Board member, ASB, Math Contests, 100+ per year comm. service- tons of summer programs (Boys' State, Columbia Summer School)
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Wish i knew
Other thoughts: Slightly disappointed... Stanford's loss though :)</p>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED!!! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Bioilogy
[<em>] GPA: 4.5 W, 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: Around 5/600
[<em>] Other stats: Numbers? No other great numbers. Decent scores on AMC 12 and AIME throughout the years.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: In my opinion, pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I took single variable calculus when I was in 8th grade through EPGY. I've been continuing my advanced studies through EPGY. I attended PROMYS 2004. I did research at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab for 6 weeks last summer.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: very very prestigious public
[</em>] Ethnicity: half korean, half jewish
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President, treasurer of Math and Science Club. Math contests, science competitions, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I have NO IDEA! I think maybe my essays or research got me in.
[</em>] Other thoughts: WOOT. See everyone for admit week!</p>

24

<p>Decision:rejected</p>

25

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>OMG THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE...I'M JUST INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE A PART OF SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP OF STUDENTS...I GOT MY COLUMBIA PACKAGE TODAY BUT I'M NOT EVEN READING IT...STANFORD 2010!!!</p>

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<p>[size=+1]Decision: ACCEPTED<a href="this%20is%20stanford%20board%20anyway%20-%20go%20red...and%20the%20other%20stanford%20color...whatever%20it%20is!">/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 670 Writing, 690 Math, 800 Critical Reading
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 Literature, 800 Chemistry, 770 World History
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs: Chemistry 5, Physics C Mechanics 4, World History 5, Statistics 5, Euro History 5, World History 5, US History 5
[</em>] IBs: n/a
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.63 W/3.97 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/526
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 APs (Eng Lit, Span Lang, Bio) and 2 PE classes and 2 CC classes (Econ 2 and Health 1)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 7-8
[<em>] Other stats: Legacy (dad went to grad school there)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Church, Debate for CC, Library Volunteer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): roommate letter was about getting to know people and Trader Joe's, intellectual interest was about the fact that the US army that freed the concentration camps in WWII was segregated and about US torture policies in Gitmo and Europe and such, long essay was about summer church trip to Poland and cultural misunderstandings/lingustics/ depending on others/mingling and extracurricular essay was about debate and how obsessed with it I am
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 from my Brit Lit teacher last year who I wrote one awesome essay for and kinda liked me, and 1 from my AP Chem teacher last year, whose class I worked my butt off for
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she said she enjoyed writing my rec even tho she doesn't now me that well
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): n/a
[</em>] Hook (if any): maybe membership on national college debate team and one national debate award
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA, the OC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very good public school (well in a good district)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Income Bracket: ehhhh, this one takes a lot of explanation so not going to answer
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: national debate award?
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: legacy and valedictorian and unique EC/I didn't even take the stupid Math IIC (as you can see, I suck at math, especially in standardized tests) and I thought my essays were the WORST for any application i sent out
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I HAVE NO IDEA! no seriously, after I was rejected from both H and Y (the schools that I thought I wrote the best application essays for) yesterday I lost all hope for S, but I guess the Lord wanted me there...
[/ul]
Other Factors:legacy? **
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:The Lord or fate or whatever you believe in will get you where you need to go. I didn't get into HY because He didn't think I should go there, and that I would be miserable there. One year from now, this will all be gone and won't matter. Though it may not seem like it, where ever you end up will be the place where you need to be.
<br>
I almost quit this application even though it was my childhood dream (my dad was alumni, hence he influenced me, but last year I started hating on S...) and I was very much in love with Y, but I guess this is the way things are supposed to be...</p>

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<p>Decision: __<strong><em>WAITLISTED</em></strong>_</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 750 Math2, 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: NA
[li] Other stats: </p>[/li]
<p>International and National </p>

<p>2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana
finalist - to compete in May</p>

<p>2006 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, in Albuquerque, NM
finalist - held in May</p>

<p>2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Phoenix, Arizona<br>
Best of Category $5,000 Award in the area of Microbiology 11
(recognized in Science News magazine); Viral Genome Analysis<br>
First Place $3,000 Award in Microbiology 11
MIT named a minor planet after me in recognition of Microbiology research 12
Indiana University Award for Outstanding Project 11<br>
Oregon State University Award for Outstanding Project 11
University of Sciences in Philadelphia Award for Outstanding Project 11</p>

<p>2005 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, San Diego, CA
First Presenter ($1,500 scholarship from Virginia; Quantitative Human
Genome Analysis 11</p>

<p>2005-2006 Intel Science Talent Search<br>
National Semifinalist $1,000 Award (recognized in the Washington Post);
Bacterial Identification Software 12</p>

<p>2005-2006 Siemens Westinghouse Competition<br>
Semifinalist (recognized in USA Today); Bacterial Identification Software 12</p>

<p>2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Portland, Oregon
Finalist; Quantitative Human Genome Analysis 10</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Distinction 12
National Merit Winner 12</p>

<p>State </p>

<p>2005 Virginia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Harrisonburg, VA
First Place across all categories 11</p>

<p>2005 Virginia Science Olympiad State Finals
Silver Medal in the Remote Sensing category 11
Silver Medal in the Dynamic Planet category 11</p>

<p>2005 Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair, Richmond, Virginia
First Place in the Microbiology Category 11
United States Army Grand Prize 11
Virginia Biotechnology Association First Place Award 11
Naval Science Award 11</p>

<p>2004 Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair, Richmond, Virginia
Certificate of Excellence in Chemistry from The Chemical Society of 10
Washington</p>

<p>Regional </p>

<p>2005 Fairfax County Science and Engineering Fair
Grand Prize 11
Virginia Dental Association Talent Award 11</p>

<p>2004 Fairfax County Science and Engineering Fair
Grand Prize 10
Virginia Dental Association 2004 Regional Science Fair Grand Award 10
Patent and Trademark Office First Place Award in Biochemistry 10</p>

<p>Northern Virginia Envirothon Competition
First Place in the Soils category 11
Third Place in the Aquatics category 11</p>

<p>High School </p>

<p>First Place at the Madison High School Science Fair 9,10,11
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in AP Biology 11
(awarded to the top 2 AP Biology students at Madison High School)
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in the 2004-2005 Fairfax 11
County Math League (awarded to the top 2 performers of Madison
High School)
Madison Science Award 11
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Award for Leadership and 11
Innovation in Math and Science
George Washington University Medal for Excellence in Mathematics 11
and Science
Madison High School Outstanding Scientist Award 10
First Place Award in Madison High School Spanish Speaking Contest 9</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<pre><code> Activity Position Held Year (9,10,11,12)
</code></pre>

<p>Genetics Research Independent Researcher 9,10,11,12
Fossil Research Independent Researcher; recovered 9,10,11,12
thousands of marine fossils, donated<br>
specimens to the Calvert Marine Museum,
participated in digs with the VA
Museum of Natural History
Environmental Club President 10,11,12<br>
Science Olympiad Team President, Specialist on the A Team 11,12
(ranked #2 in VA)<br>
Student Government Executive Board 12
Envirothon Team Vice President, Specialist in Aquatics 11,12
on the A Team<br>
VA Biotechnology Assoc. Honorary Member 11,12
Howard Hughes Medical 1 of 2 Madison High School Representatives 11
Institute Lectures on Science<br>
Spanish Club Member 9
Music Violinist, Advanced Orchestra (9) 9,10,11,12
Sports Tennis player (recreational) 9,10,11,12</p>

<p>Community Service</p>

<p>Position Held Hours Committed Year (9,10,11,12)
Volunteer webmaster 5 hrs./week 11,12
Childcare provider for disabled children 5 hrs./2 months 9,10,11,12
Runner in the Relay for Life 30hrs./year 10</p>

<p>Work Experience</p>

<p>Volunteer computer programmer: Worked for geneticist Dr. Michael Coble of the
National Institute for Standards and Technology; Completed alpha version of Java
program to analyze input mitochondrial DNA sequences. June 2004 to present.</p>

<p>United Way Co-Webmaster: Designed, developed, and maintained informational web site for Habersham County United Way, Georgia. September 2004 to present. </p>

<p>Cashier, host, fountain worker: Friendly's Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant in Oakton, Virginia. June-October 2003.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Kind of weak after getting into Harvard early - took big risks
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Science
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Listed above - 2 presidencies, 1 VP, SGA
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: essays
[*] Other thoughts: I wasn't really considering them recently. I'm going to Harvard. But it's still pretty weak of them not to accept me.</p>

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<p>"But it's still pretty weak of them not to accept me." ^</p>

<p>wow, youre so modest</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M-790, CR-690, W-740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC-800, Chem-800, US History-710
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.6w, 3.96uw
[<em>] Rank: 12/712
[</em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Chem, AP US History, 4 on AP Euro History, 3 on AP Spanish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: must have been good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: probably very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good - counselor said she put a lot of effort into it
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Captain of Mock Trial Team (won County Championship and competed in State), Web Page/Video Tech in ASB, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader), Council Leader for PTSA, NHS, CSF, CSP, lots of community service
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I was deferred SCEA, but that was before I sent them the news that I won the County Championship for Mock Trial, so I think that might have influenced the decision
[*] Other thoughts: I am just so happy right now!</p>

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<p>Does anybody have information on this years admission statistics for Stanford (% accepted, # of applicants, etc.)</p>

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<p>*Decision: Denied * :( :(</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 760 M, 770 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 750 US History, 700 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, school doesn't weight
[</em>] Rank: 1/385 **
[li] *Other stats: * 5 on AP US History, 5 on AP French Language, [/li]4 on AP English Lit. My school only offers 9 AP classes total, 6 of which I will have taken by the time I graduate.
National Merit Finalist
4th place at state History Day
Finalist at DECA International Competition
5th at DECA state competition
AP Scholar
Several piano and art awards
3-year Varsity letter award winner + coach's award (not listed, of course, under academic awards)
[li] ** Senior year courseload: *[/li]Honors English (University of Washington curriculum)
AP Calculus AB (highest math course offered)
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
Newspaper Production
Contemporary World Problems
[li] * Number of apps from my school: ** Around 10 - my school has a consistently good relationship with Stanford.[/li][li] ** Prospective majors listed on app: ** Economics[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ** Essays: I liked them, but apparently they didn't fit their tastes.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: ** Both should have been raves.[/li][li] *Counselor Rec: * I didn't read it, but it was probably pretty unexceptional and standard. Each counselor has hundreds of students to take care of and probably up to 100 senior college recs to write. I know him pretty well, though, and he should have good things to say about me.[/li][li] *ECs listed on app: *[/li]Piano (10 years)
Varsity Swimming (3 years)
French Club President and VP
DECA Treasurer
School Newspaper copy editor and reporter
Volunteering at local library
Progressive Youth of America (political awareness group)
[li] ** Work Experience: ** Casting internship for a cirque production company that usually takes only college interns.[/li][li] ** Hook (if any): ** None apparently[/li][/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] ** State or Country: Washington[/li][li] School Type: Large suburban public, 1800+[/li][li] Ethnicity: Chinese[/li][li] Gender: ** Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** Strong test scores and academic record and courseload all through high school. Weaknesses could be not enough sparkle and leadership in ECs, few high-level awards. And probably my essays did not stand out enough.
General Comments: Congrats to those admitted, and for those who didn't get in, prestige isn't all that matters and I'm sure you'll be
happy wherever you end up! Besides, wouldn't you rather go to a school that truly appreciates and values you for who you are?
Remember, :D ** Individuals determine destinies, not institutes. ** :D
It's been quite a ride, and I've enjoyed it with all of you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2200 (790 M, 700 CR, 710 W)
SAT IIs: 740 MII, 710 Chem
GPA: 4.55 weighted, not dure about unweigted
Rank: 20 out of 495
Other stats: APs: 5 calculus AB 4 on US History</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: they weren't great. I used a recycled one that didnt really fit
Teacher Recs: these were really good
Counselor Rec: im not sure, but probably pretty generic
Hook (if any): nothing</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Pretty weak here, but a good amount of community service, a few clubs, and tennis team. Lots of Work experience.
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I didn't put enough time into the application.
Other Thoughts: I'm really not bummed at all. Congrats to all those who got in, but I was set on Northwestern before I found out from Stanford. It might sound crazy but i prefer Chicago's weather.</p>

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<p>Hey SuperDimer, i am in the exact same boat as you: I have to choose between Computer Science at MIT or Stanford.
both have pros/cons : MIT is nice and hands on/hard core science, while Stanfords got the weather and close to home more and more chill atmospher. Are you going to the admit weekends for both? I will probably go to both then decide! :)
It is very surprising some people got rejected with good stats.
So its all based on Essay/letters of rec/Context... almost everyone has the grades/SAT!</p>

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<p>Go to Stanford! Not that it really matters, but Stanford's CS department has been the top in the country for... how long? (Granted MIT has a pretty damn good department too) I'm sure there are tons of especially great job opportunities coming from Stanford. Stanford also has happy students who really love their life at college. Like EVERYONE at Stanford loves it. So with just as great academic departments plus happy students... how is that a hard decision? :) Congrats!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted.</p>

<p>I don't really feel like posting my stats; they're not fantastic or anything.<br>
But I did have really great essays, a wonderful teacher recommendation, and I auditioned for them (theatre) which I think helped.</p>

<p>Honestly, I'm so thrilled to be on the waitlist. It's a huge accomplishment for me, so it's a good place to be.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone.
To the other waitlisted applicants... and now, we wait.</p>

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<p>I have a similar problem to you guys. Except I have to choose between Stanford and Oxford. Oxford with all its prestige and alumni, glorious architecture and beauty, and its amazing list of alumni. But then I want to go to Stanford because I'm not really sure what I want to do (at Oxford I have to do engineering) and because it seems like so much fun. What to do what to do</p>

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<p>I think that if you really aren't sure you want to do engineering it could potentially be a problem to go to a college where you are locked in to an engineering program. Prestige and alumni are bad reasons to pick one college over another. If you feel like Oxford is a better match for your personality and your interests go with it. I can promise you that if you go to Stanford you won't regret it :)</p>

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<p>I haven't gotten a letter yet...</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (740W 750V 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720Lit 750IIC 780BioM
[<em>] GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: GCSE- 8A</em>s 1A 1B, Predicted A-level- 5As</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): ?
[li] Applied early? Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: London, UK
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black (African)
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: erm.. well i tried, well done to all those that got in. Off to Princeton I am.</p>

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<p>I got in!! Now I have to decide between USC and Stanford!!</p>