<p>****ing rejected enough said</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250: 760 CR, 760 Math, 730 Writing 9 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Molecular Biology, 740 Ecological Biology, 710 US History, 640 Spanish
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted::4.8 Cumulative: 4.4 Freshman and Sophomore Year, 5.0 Junior Year. 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 5s on AP Biology, AP Spanish Language, and AP English Language. 4s on AP US and AP Euro. This year: AP Physics Mechanics, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature
[<em>] Rank:5 out of class of 712
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest Possible
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:Around 6 or 7. None got in.
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Associated Student Body Vice President, School Site Council Vice President, House of Representatives President, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Swim, Junior Olympian Swimming, Certificate of Merit Level Advanced Violin, Southern California Honors String Orchestra First Violin, Academic Decathlon, Science Olympiad, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation.
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Essays:Went to a special essay workshop with a phD essay counselor. Rewrote multiple versions and drafts of each.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:The best I've read, and I read all of my friends who were applying to Stanford as well. I felt they reflected my best qualities.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:We are on a first name basis. I am one of his favorite students.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country:Orange County, Southern California
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian, Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Male
[ b]Other Factors:** First generation immigrant.
General Comments: Spent so much time on this. Poured my heart and soul into the application. That's life, though. Time to move on. To all those who got in: Congratulations and make the most of it! Those those who were rejected like me: even in rejection, I am in exceptional company and humbled that there are people with much more impressive statistics who still didn't get in.</p>
<p>I'm new at this because I don't usually hang out on forums, but my son got his Stanford rejection email and although I am certainly not naive about the somewhat arbitrary nature of college apps, I have to say I am still somewhat shocked. I'll try to list his credentials as others have. I'm not even sure why I'm doing this, but I just want to get his "stuff" out there as another example of a great student/person who was rejected by Stanford. It was his dream to go there . . .</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2390 800CR 800M 790W
SAT IIs: 800 Math Level II, 800 Physics, 790 Literature
ACT: 36 composite score
GPA: 4.6
Rank: 3/462
Other stats: 5's on all ap's he's taken (sorry, don't know all the details), national merit scholar semifinalist, top scores on ib tests taken with more to come
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were really good (I do a lot of writing myself and I proofed them)
Teacher Recs: should have been really good--he knew them well
Counselor Rec: also should have been excellent--she once raved about him to me on the phone when I called to ask her a question</p>
<p>State or Country: Texas
School Type: public IB School (he is doing certificate)
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Other Factors: very good athlete and musician
General Comments: In spite of nearly perfect scores, my son is not a robot. He holds several leadership positions, including being head drum major of a 200 member band, captain of his wrestling team (for which he lettered all 4 years in high school and competed at the state level), and president of the honors math club plus too many other ec's to mention here.</p>
<p>I know I'm his mom and biased, but I just don't get it.</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760M, 760CR, 770W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 World History
[<em>] GPA: 4.43 W, 3.94 UW
[</em>] Rank: school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: heavy senior year courseload, 5's for all AP exams (9)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: unsure
[<em>] Teacher Recs: not sure, possibly good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not sure, possibly good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California (San Diego)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>To whoever mentioned the Jewish comment, that isn't the case. I'm half-Jewish, with an obviously Jewish name, and it got me nothing.</p>
<p>Baelor, I didn't mean to say that the accepted kids were not amazing, because they are. What I was trying to say was that apart from about 2-3 acceptances, none of the acceptances really separated themselves from the pack on paper. This "pack" looks absurdly good on paper. I do realize that "on paper" isn't everything, and I guess that's the moral of the story for Stanford SCEA, but it's still surreal seeing so many 2350+'s/national academic awards rejected.</p>
<p>To cdkmom,</p>
<p>Your son will get into many good schools. </p>
<p>The whole admission thing is a crapshot that is only what I can say. It is not necessrily a bad thing for the rejected kids to receive this result. Good luck !!</p>
<p>**23.9%<a href="21">/b</a>
**22.7%<a href="20">/b</a>
**53.4%<a href="47">/b</a>
(Total: 88)</p>
<p>don't guarantee that I did not miss some or double-counted some who posted twice
Accepted people may be more likely to post than rejected ones.</p>
<p>Do you guys think HYPM are going to be like Stanford this year?</p>
<p>If applications are up significantly at HYP this year, expect the bloodbath to continue.</p>
<p>wow. this forum made me start tearing up. i feel so bad for you guys. that + all the really nice yale people....i only hope class of 2010 CC'ers will also be just as supportive in the process</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>South Asian-American
Public High School in SE Michigan
GPA: 4.0 UW, ~4.8 W
Rank: 1 out of 420 (Valedictorian)
SAT: 2270 (perfect Writing Score)
(Planning to retake SAT, expected score 2350+)
ACT: 32 (Superscored ~34)</p>
<p>ECs:
Founded 2 prominent local organizations
Civil Action League (supports volunteers, registered hundreds of people to vote, planning townhall for political candidates)
HS Business Club (supports young entrepreneurs)</p>
<p>Independent Research (wrote research journal, submitting to major peer-reviewed publications, work with Karmanos Cancer Research Institute)</p>
<p>Captain of Quiz Bowl (County/Regional champs, competed at States for first time, Top 10 at States)
President of NHS
Vice President of Student Council (helped raise $10,000+)
Health Occupations Students of America Vice President/Business Chairman (helped restart this club at my high school, competed in Regional and State Competitions, won 6 gold medals in Pathophysiology and Medical Bowl, Top 10 at States, founded Leukemia and Lymphoma Walk for the Cure)</p>
<p>Volunteer Service:
1000+ Hours over high school career
100+ Hours Local Hospital (shadowing and patient care)
250+ Hours Sikh Society of Michigan (Camp Counselor, Sikh Political Awareness Campaign, local religious events, etc.)
50+ Hours Red Cross Blood Drives
200+ Hours Canned Food Drives
etc.</p>
<p>Work:
Built own software applications, started company (work 40+ hours a week)
Some innovations patent-pending
Seeking VC funding</p>
<p>Awards:
President's Award
Michigan Merit Scholar
Science Student of the Year (prestigious award at my school)
AP Scholar with Honor
numerous other distinctions</p>
<p>Holy **** this thread has me scared ****less for the Washington University in St. Louis ED decisions that come out Monday. This just shows you stats aren't even close to enough to get admittance into top schools anymore, but I already knew that anyway.</p>
<p>Good luck and congratulations to all of you who have been accepted! But, no offense, all of you were extremely lucky. I don't see hardly any difference between those who were rejected/deferred and those accepted. Of course I didn't read your apps, but you guys are all so amazing I doubt any one of you is more qualified than the other. To the deferrals/rejectees, I know you're probably tired of hearing this, but it's not the end of the world. There are thousands of universities that will gladly take you and I'm sure you'll end up somewhere you are happy!</p>
<p>Now, I need to start praying for acceptance at WashU come Monday. The ED pool at WashU may not be as competitive as SCEA Stanford, but this thread has not been encouraging for me at all. I'm a mediocre applicant at best with a 32 ACT and top 1% of class lol. Good luck everyone and wish me well with WashU!</p>
<p>Stanford has a slightly different admissions philosophy that Washington University. I would think the latter emphasizes stats more, because it moves them up in the ranking, which they have shown they care about.</p>
<p>Well, now you know why. Stanford can easily change that if they want to.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (CR: 800 M: 700 W: 790)
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist: 800 Chem: 770
[<em>] GPA: UW:3.77 W: 4.31
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:I thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One From English Teacher/ Newspaper leader and another from Chem Teacher, both good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bay Area, CA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Nicaraguan
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]*Other Factors: President of Debate, Managing Editor For Newspaper, Unity Council *
*General Comments: SO HAPPY! Sorry for the people who got rejected/deferred, but honestly my acceptance seems like a fluke, so don't worry *</p>
<p>Decision: accepted(!!!)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210: 770M, 720CR, 720W
SAT IIs: 780M1, 650M2, 740Lit, 730Chem, 690Spanish
GPA: 4.0
Rank: top tenth
Other stats: 5s on all AP tests(calc ab, chem, lang, spanish), except a 4 on world history, 4 more APs this year
Subjective:
Essays: thoughtful, quirky, and wellwritten. Good, i guess
Teacher Recs: probably pretty stellar
Counselor Rec: who knows?
Hook (if any): native american/hispanic, coming from GA
Location/Person:
State or Country: georgia
School Type: public, good reputation
Ethnicity: white, native american, spanish
Gender: chica
Other Factors: early decision, national merit scholar semifinalist, part time job as a waitress
General Comments: wow, i couldnt believe it when i heard about all the rejections, i feel really lucky, and basically ecstatic!</p>
<p>Oh, holy molly crap!!! </p>
<p>I didn't realize how lucky I was until I saw this... massacre.</p>
<p>Looking back at old admissions threads, what most surprises me is the quality of students, relative to other years, that have been flatly rejected. Its like a bunch of >2300, 12+ AP students have just crawled out of the woodwork and then been cut down by Stanford's uber-discriminating admissions. I mean, the HP EA freeze was in effect last year too. Did Stanford's pool last year convince it that so many supergenii could just be dismissed out of hand? A lot people have been rejected, and so they aren't in for RD. Will there really be a large enough number of great students in that cycle to make up for those turned down in EA, especially as HP will then be part of the game? It's just empty speculation, but it seems like Stanford might be shooting itself in the foot.</p>
<p>Hi- this is my first post. I am still somewhat in shock. The number of super qualified people who didn't get in is truly frightening and makes me feel not a little undeserving. Anyway, maybe we will eventually come up with what they were looking for that caused this massacre. </p>
<p>Decision: accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 700M, 800CR, 750W
* SAT IIs: 730 BIO 740 Math 1
* GPA: 4.6 unweighted
* Rank: 1/100
* Other stats: 5 ap us, taking ap euro, ap bio, ap calc, and ap english lit.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: worked long and hard. wrote the common app essay about hunting, traveling in nepal and china, and my interest in biology. Supplement essays were very short, one about FIRST robotics, the other just proclaiming Stanford's almightyness.
* Teacher Recs: My Bio teacher is somewhat infatuated, my AP US teacher fits me into some sort of Social Darwinism theory of his.
* Counselor Rec: Who knows
* Hook (if any): Deer hunting, orchid collecting, traveling...quirky person? (must have filled some quota) I wrote it on diversity; I also talked about my step mom from nepal.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Middle of Nowhere, Vermont
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: People think Vt is a foreign country? Maybe they thought I had conservative viewpoints to balance the liberal homogeneity? (flaming liberal here, sorry)
General Comments: I truly can't understand why I got in instead of, well, most of you.</p>