<p>got rejected! 2280 SAT, 800 SAT Math II, 800 Chemistry, over 100 community college units with 4.0 GPA. Lots of ECS and volunteering! C'est la vie! Good luck to all the rest of you!</p>
<p>damm deferred sigh</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2200 (750 Math 730 CR 720 Writing)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII 790 US History 750 Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: uhhh school does it weird: ~6.7 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 19/780
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Past: CS-AB: 5, WHAP: 5, APUSH: 4, Language and Comp: 4 This year: Calc BC, Macro/Micro Eco, US Gov
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc, Eco, NHS (Organizational Period), Cisco (Network Technologies), Computer Science 4
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Internship with congressman, Top 10 Computer Science State, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Government (3 years, President), NHS (President), Debate, Computer Science (4 years, President), President's Council (Founder)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Intern @ Hewlett Packard, Webdeveloper for a start-up
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):
Activity: About a research project at HP
Common app: About America's position in the world
Vitality: Love for debate</p>
<p>[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research (but everyone does that :)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Pubic, 3500
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Life goes on... Now to rush to finish regular decision. </p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in!</p>
<p>same got rejected 2210 SAT, 4.92 gpa, taken 12 AP tests + senior 7 APs</p>
<p>decision: rejected</p>
<p>seriously?!?! it seems like they didn't accept anyone</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760M, 730W, 670R (2160)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math I, 730 Math II, 720 World Hist, 740 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.38 W
[</em>] Rank: 3/273
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP Lang, 4 AP World, AP Bio, 5 AP Classes senior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Apparently not good enough? Ah well.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Read them, thought they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Read it, it was "OK"
[<em>] Hook (if any): Celtic/Irish fiddler, wonder if that influenced decision at all?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:
Life goes on, and so will my college applications. Back to work!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section):2320, 800 math, 760 writing, 760 verbal
[<em>] SAT IIs:Math II 800 Physics 800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:no gpa system
[<em>] Rank: none
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs (including this year's):
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: SL Physics 7 SL Econ 7 SL French HL Chem HL Math HL Eng
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:hardest possible
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just me
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.):[/li]2008 OAPT Physics Contest: 2nd place nationally
Achieved Gold Standard in the Galois Mathematics Contest
Champ Math Contest: Top Team and Highest Results Distinction
Peel Regional Science Fair: 3rd place
6th place overall in DECA Provincial Competition
2nd place in Multiple Choice Test in DECA Provincial Competition</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Investors of Tomorrow 10, 11, 12 President and co-founder
Math Club 9, 10, 11, 12
DECA 9, 10, 11 vice-pres
Student Activity Council: 9, 10, 11, 12
Athletic Council: 10, 11, 12 Media Head
Cross-Country Running Team 9, 10, 11, 12
Volunteer at ESL Summer Camp 11, 12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at kumon
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Meh, Personal statement and the roommate one was good, two others was meh
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good but nothing amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec:don't know, shud be good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Azn
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope
[<em>] Strengths:scores?
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays i guess
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:international applying for FA? stanford isnt need blind for international applicants[/li][/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to every1 else, I'm not too devastated, but i dont think it hit me yet</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 United States History; 800 Spanish w/ Listening
[<em>] GPA: 3.81/4.0
[</em>] Rank: 6/90
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar w/ Honor, Boys' State, EC's were really solid.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought the weakest was my Intellectual Vitality
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing; other was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Mexican
[/ul]Location/Person: Apple Valley, CA[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I probably got deferred because of GPA, maybe they didn't get my SAT IIs since they were from November.</p>
<p>You're kidding O.o I got rejected. I was almost expecting a deferral :(</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT I (by section): 2380 -- 800 CR, 800 M, 780 W
* SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Chinese, 740 French w/o listening
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.39 W
* Rank: Top 5%
* IBs (including this year's): HL Math 7, HL Physics 7, HL Chemistry 7, SL Econ 6+, SL English 6, SL French 6
* Senior Yr Courseload: Full IB
* Number of Apps from Your School: ~3 SCEA
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): Math Prize 2006-2008, French Prize 2006, Computer Science Prize 2007, Physics Prize 2008, AIME Qualifier 2006-2008 (2008 score: 5), assorted math contest prizes, assorted programming contest prizes, assorted chess tournament prizes</p>
<p>Subjective:
* ECs listed on app: Chess Club Head, Computer Club Head, Horizons Tutor Leader (tutor inner-city kids), Math Society Head, Wind Ensemble Principal Clarinet Cross-country, Piano.
* Job/Work Experience: Games Attendant at an amusement park
* Essays (subject and responses): half of them were very strong. roommate was weak, intellectual vitality was decent
* Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
* Counselor Rec: good
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): asian+international = fail</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: Canada
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, sends ~10 to top schools each year
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: Upper-middle
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
* Strengths: passion in computer science, dedication to my ECs, stats
* Weaknesses: nothing special
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I must suck.</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
totally ruined my winter break.</p>
<p>Rejected, 2320 SAT, (790M, 760CR, 770wr)</p>
<p>hahahahahahaha</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 800 780M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 790 Chemistry
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8UW, 4.7W
[<em>] Rank: top 10%, no rank
[</em>] ACT: 35, didn't send in though
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5's on BC Calc, Physics B, US History, Stats, Chem. This year Euro, Physics C, Spanish Lang, English Lit, Bio
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: mega </em><strong>ing rigorous
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just me i believe
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing huge, made USNCO
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Skiing, Tutoring, Community Service, Baseball, Soccer, Coaching
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Research for hopsital
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app about my impact at hospital over summer, vitality one on a particular discussion about economics, roommate one on how i have my teachers chicken sandwiches to thank them for writing my recs, why stanford one on why its the best place in the entire *</em></strong>ing world
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: amazing, i love this guy
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): did some pretty significant stuff at hospital
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: US
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends a few kids to good schools each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Man
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, recs, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: its gotta be the essays and the recs
[/ul]Other Factors:* I dont know but im so </em>*ing excited!</p>
<p>Congrats!!</p>
<p>Wow. Do we only have like two people accepted so far?!</p>
<p>Looks like a slaughter so far. Congrats, GimmeStanford!</p>
<p>I thought these emails were coming in on Monday the 15th. So imagine my surprise when I see a deferral in my Yahoo inbox...</p>
<p>Stats:
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 2400-- 800 CR, 800 M, 800 W
* SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Biology, 770 Chemistry
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW, 4.49 W
* Rank: 23/660ish
* AP Test Scores:
Calculus AB 5
English Language 5
Statistics 5
Chemistry 5
Biology 5
US History 5
World History 5
* Senior Yr Courseload: 7 AP courses
* Number of Apps from Your School: ~4 SCEA
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Science Olympiad State Gold Medalist, Commendations from California Senator Barbara Boxer and Elk Grove Mayor Gary Davis, AMC11 High Scorer</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Church youth group VP, Treasurer, Small Group Leader, Committee member/head; Science Olympiad President; NHS VP; Key Club; Mathletes Team Captain
</code></pre>
<p>I guess this goes to show that SAT and SAT II scores don't matter that much... heh</p>
<p>im in shock</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2400 800 Math/800 CR/800 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: Math IIc 800, Physics 800, Literature 760
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW weighted = ???
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] ACT: didn't take it
[ *] APs (including this year's): Microeconomics 5, Macroeconomics - taking this year
[ *] IBs (including this year's: French SL, English Sl, History SL, Physics HL, Math HL, Chem HL (total predicted ~40)
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: IB English SL, IB History SL, IB Physics HL, IB Math HL, IB Chem HL
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: ~5
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national honour rolls, high regional ranking on math, some business awards, some school awards, etc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: business club, debate, MUN, newspaper, interact, piano, etc
[ *] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): won't disclose subjects etc, I think my common app essay was mediocre~decent - it wasn't particularly memorable but was fairly solid, strong why stanford essay, roommate essay I have no idea how they would take it, strong intellectual vitality essay
[ *] Teacher Recs: good/excellent?
[ *] Counselor Rec: no clue
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): n/a
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: canada
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): n/a
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: m
[ *] Income Bracket: n/a
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: strong stats, fairly balanced
[ *] Weaknesses: essays weren't "oustanding", applied for financial aid as international, ec's were too scattered?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess fa was a factor since I was asking for alot, I think they might have thought I was lazy based on my high SATs but relatively lower IB scores
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] tired... honestly, no reaction anymore... moving on... more applications to do over the winter I guess]</p>
<p>on second thought... little annoyed I didn't at least get deferred :(</p>
<p>alright! we finally have a winner.</p>
<p>so what is that...like a 5% admission rate so far?</p>
<p>accepted! i'll post stats later</p>