***Official Stanford 2013 SCEA Decisions****

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141

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (800R, 800M, 720W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 800, Physics 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: Top 1% </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good... maybe too truthful
[</em>] Teacher Recs: awesome.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably really good
[</em>] Hook (if any): only unhooks...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Many extracurriculars and contest awards, applied for fin aid
General Comments: I think it's the financial aid + international + Asian combo... I'm not that shocked nor disappointed because I knew it would be really hard to get in.</p>

142

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (800 CR, 770 M, 680 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Literature, 780 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 (College GPA)
[</em>] Rank: N/A...homeschooled</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App and Roommate were great, Intellectual was good, Why was ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both from college professors, one from honors English teacher who loved me and the other from my Chem professor who went to Stanford. I was ranked one in the chemistry class.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My dad wrote this, he didn't show me but I know it was excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): I am homeschooled...I don't think this is a hook but it's different
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AZ
[</em>] School Type: Home School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
General Comments: Congratulations to those who made it in! For use rejectees, let's do ourselves proud again (not everyone gets the honor of SCEA rejection!), good luck to us! :)</p>

143

<p>gksrnrdls I feel for you :(
I'm asian too, from canada, applied for fa... results: :(</p>

144

<p>Not to be a major pain, but if you post on CC, you cannot complain about having to see people who are accepted. Haha, it's CC. CC's collective stats are (typically) at the... upper end of the spectrum.</p>

<p>This is coming from a reject, by the way. (Page 8 of this thread).</p>

145

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>I am so excited. I had no idea we would find out this early. I'll post the rest of my stats later, but here is a quick preview:</p>

<p>SAT: 2190 (single-sitting)
No subject tests
GPA: 4.3 (weighted)</p>

<p>I am sorry for those who were rejected. Congrats to all else who got accepted! I look forward to getting to know you all. I am going to go out with my friends. I still haven't told my two best friends.</p>

146

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00 Unweighted; 5.21 Weighted (6-Point Scale)
[<em>] Rank: 2/496
[</em>] ACT: 34; 36 Superscored
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP US History (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP English Language (5), AP US Government (5), AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Computer Science AB, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Comparative Government
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Computer Science AB, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Comparative Government
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: About 5
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, Key Club, Math Team, GH Ambassador
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at NC State University
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): OK...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I think they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): --
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): SSP</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First High School Graduate in Family from America
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Academics, Summer Work
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really have no clue.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I would much rather prefer a straight out rejection or acceptance than a deferral... Four more months of waiting... Nooooo!</p>

<p>Good job to everyone that got in!</p>

147

<p>I love you all. I want to cry just reading this forum and I never cry (I'm a dude). Holy <em>#</em># Howd this happen? Wow...</p>

148

<p>I cried, too! It's understood. I'm a girl, though, but I'm not sure if that makes any difference. LOL</p>

149

<p>Decision: Accepted
]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800m 800cr 770w 10e
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760USH 720MII
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3w, 3.8ish?uw
[<em>] Rank: top 3%
[</em>] ACT: <SAT
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 US, 5 Stats, 5 English, 4 Physics
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, H English, others
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: apparently a few, which is incredibly unusual, people almost never get in
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit/Achievement Semi, Some community service and leadership awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: President of Service Club, Founded a Culture Club, Created a reading program for kids, quite a few others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I liked my main one, I invested a lot of effort into it. My supplemental were dece I think, they definitely contributed different pieces of who I am
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I only glanced, but they were very very strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: also very strong
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Il
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average school, Average ACT is 22, sends 30%-40% of grads to 4 year schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[<em>] Strengths: Very high test scores, ECs demonstrated passion, TASPer, and Black Male didn’t hurt
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa is only standard strong, very little national recognition or super unique factors
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Luck+my entire profile built on itself because I did what I was passionate about+TASP[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congratulations to everybody who got accepted. And good luck to the many that will end up at other excellent schools. I honestly have to say, that I owe 50% of this to the support and knowledge of everybody on CC. I’m still in shock but there’s so much more to say. I’m so proud and humbled at the same time.</p>

150

<p>Hey, another Yale applicant here. All of us over at the Yale board are in complete shock over this. So many of you totally deserved to get in. We're just preparing ourselves for the same come Monday. So all of you amazing people who got rejected or deferred have my sympathies. You'll definitely get in someplace awesome, although I can only imagine what you're going through right now. I guess I'll know what it feels like on Monday. Good luck with the rest of your apps. And congratulations to the few who got in!</p>

<p>Now we know why they say 2009 is the hardest year...</p>

<p><3 [love from the Yale SCEA crew]</p>

151

<p>Eh rejected. Too lazy to posts stats. >_< Oh well.</p>

152

<p>honestly, after thinking this through and laughing maniacally for awhile, I have to say that I'm almost relieved I got rejected... being deferred I think would have been a grueling experience for me... at least now I can concentrate on my other apps.</p>

<p>GL to everyone who was deferred and grats to those who got in... I guess there's always transfer apps next year if I still really want to go to Stanford haha.</p>

<p>See you all on the other boards on cc!</p>

153

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 math 780 verbal 760 writing (2340)
[<em>] SAT IIs:800 math2 790 physics 800 us history
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: uw- 3.85
[<em>] Rank: na
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5's on English Comp, Spanish Lang, Calc AB, US History, and Euro (6 more this year)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 AP's
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 SCEA
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):Random stuff
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: denied b/c who knows who stanford was looking for[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It sucks, but the worst part is all of the apps that I have left to write................
Congrats to those who got accepted. Sorry that this is incomplete, i just dont feel like filling it out right now</p>

154

<p>DECISION: DEFERRED</p>

<p>STATS: </p>

<p>2200 SAT
690 Math 2, 690 History, </p>

<p>Professional Opera Singer,
Triple Varsity Athlete (Captain of all 3)
Trilingual
Mexican/Iranian</p>

<hr>

<p>I was saying my prayers, just about to go to sleep, thanking god for everything I have and asking for an acceptance when my phone vibrated. I turned it on, and the first line destroyed me, a deferral is worse then a rejection...</p>

<p>Dear Darius, </p>

<p>After thorough evaluation of your candidacy, we have chosen to defer your application for further consideration in our Regular Decision process. We greatly appreciate the thought and effort that you put into your application and acknowledge your strong interest in Stanford University. You are among a small group whose applications will be re-evaluated during Regular Decision. Notification of final decisions will be sent in early April 2009.</p>

<p>The reasons for deferring a final decision vary, but in many cases we want to see first semester, senior-year grades or want to have the opportunity to review a candidate in the context of the entire applicant pool. It is nearly impossible for us to predict the chances of gaining admission; however, in each of the past three years, approximately ten percent of deferred candidates have subsequently been admitted during the Regular Decision process. While we hope your interest in Stanford continues, we advise you to pursue other college alternatives as well.</p>

<p>Between now and April, we recommend that you continue to strive for the highest level of academic attainment and keep us up-to-date on your progress. Please ask your school to submit the Mid-Year School Report (which can be accessed from the Common Application website) and updated transcript to our office as soon as your first-term grades are available. We also invite you to submit an electronic Optional Update Form (located here) to keep us apprised of any of your new activities, achievements, or new test scores that you may have received. We ask, however, that you refrain from submitting additional recommendation letters. Be sure to include your Stanford ID number (located at the top of this letter) on any correspondence that you have with our office. </p>

<p>With best wishes,</p>

<p>Richard H. Shaw
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid</p>

155

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math 800 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 4.0UW, 4.73W
[</em>] Rank: do not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:i liked them
[<em>] Teacher Recs:awesome apparently
[</em>] Counselor Rec:she doesn't know me at all
[<em>] Hook (if any):well-rounded?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:CA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>

<p>I <3 you Stanford.</p>

<p>CLASS OF 2013!!!!</p>

156

<p>Wow. This is crazy. My heart goes out for those of you who got rejected; some of you seem to have AMAZING qualities and I don't understand it.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 790M, 790W, 750CR, 9 essay (2330 total)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 710 Biology E, 730 Chemistry, 780 Math 2
[</em>] GPA: 3.27 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): we're only allowed to take three AP courses a year in junior and senior year at my school, but so far I've taken AP Chemistry (5), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4), AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, and AP Computer Science AB.
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Computer Science AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, US Legal History, English 12, Film Studies
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Production Manager for school newspaper, Varsity Tennis since 10th grade, Vice President of Asian Culture Club, Managing Editor of Asian Culture Publication, community service in China for three years, did research in a lab at CUNY over the summer, Co-President of TEAMS preparation club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: taught tennis over the summer.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common Application essay was pretty generic, which may have been a problem. Could have been better. The intellectual vitality one was about creating a website for my school paper, the roommate one ended up being about music, and Why Stanford? was pretty detailed and well-written.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I can't read them, so I don't know. I think they're pretty good though.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she likes me, so it should be good.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): went pretty well, imo.
[</em>] Hook: Legacy, but being Chinese is an anti-hook.
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY, USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, last year 30% got into Ivy Leagues or equivalent
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[</em>] Hooks: Legacy
[<em>] Strengths: SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT 2's, GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Well, my GPA is terrible, but I'm a legacy, so I guess they were reluctant to reject me.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Great job to everyone who got accepted! I can't believe I have to wait another several months to find out. Gotta get started on my other apps now...</p>

157

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2080 (720 M, 690 R, 670 W)
[</em>]SATIIs: 770 Math II, 690 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 36 R, 29 S)
[</em>]GPA: 4.05
[<em>]Rank: 28
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good... or so I thought. Wrote about winning an international competition.
[<em>]TeacherRecs: Fantastic. Even had an extra one from a Cornell professor.
[</em>]CounselorRec: Average.
[<em>]Hook(ifany):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]StateorCountry: Virginia
[<em>]SchoolType: Public, in IB magnet program
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian :(:(
[li]Gender: Male :([/li][/ul]OtherFactors:
GeneralComments:
Congrats to everyone who has gotten in! I didn't really think I'd make it in anyways, but I did have hope the past few weeks... life moves on.</p>

158

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] SAT: 800 Math 710 Writing 680 Reading (superscore)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2 790 Physics 760 Chemistry
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: N/A (1%)
[</em>] Other stats: NMSF, AMC 12 state winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: scintillating
[<em>] Counselor Rec: awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mississippi
[</em>] School Type: Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I thought my scores were high enough for Stanford? Maybe not, it might not have even been that. Or perhaps my SAT was too low. Or maybe I wouldn't fit into Stanford as well as they would like, but who knows.
General Comments: Sucks, but oh well. There are other schools out there that I can still get accepted into, and it's all God's plan. He clearly has something for me other than Stanford in my future so I'm not too sad.</p>

159

<p>wow, so many qualified Asians were rejected...def a big anti-hook for stanford.</p>

<p>I was totally blown away when I saw all the decisions here...defs look more brutal than Brown, Cornell, and other school's.</p>

<p>I'm pretty nervous for MIT and uchicago's EA decisions this monday.lol.</p>

160

<p>[ size=+1][ color=yellow][ b]Decision: DEFFERED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Deffered ^^ in case i ****ed that html up</p>

<p>SOrry this is from a chance me thread I made. I don't wanna use the format =/</p>

<p>Korean Guy</p>

<p>GPA: 4.58, 3.95 unweighted. I got into ELC (top 4%)
ACT composite: 34
SAT I: 2090 ^^yea huge difference ><
Math II: 800
CHem Sat II: 770
US history SAT II: 760
AP World: 5
AP Calc BC: 5
AP us: 4
AP Chem 4</p>

<ul>
<li>Piano player for 12 years, have won competitions, passed panel (highest merit level test) with honors, sent in a cd</li>
<li>Am an artist, no significant awards though, just a school department award. Sent in a dvd of my flash animations and a quick slideshow of my artwork.</li>
<li>Played tennis JV freshman sophomore year but switched to Water polo and swimming in Junior year. varsity Letter Top scholar athlete award in polo senior year, probably going to letter in swim too</li>
<li>Board member (project manager) for Key club 3 years.</li>
<li>GOod at computer graphics. Made flyers, posters, t shirt designs for stuff.</li>
<li>Treasurer for Junior volunteers at hospital, where i have volunteered 150 hours</li>
<li>Flash animations recieved online award, and school film festival award</li>
<li>Volunteer at church as teachers assistant for religious education class, lector, usher, and play in the orchestra.</li>
<li>Played in our schools top orchestra as a violist for 4 years. Might tryout for regional orchestra this year.</li>
<li>Have tutored math as volunteering and as job. have 4 students.</li>
<li>taught piano to student before.</li>
</ul>

<p>...</p>

<p>...</p>

<p>So what now?</p>

<p>Well I have it going good for me in grades so far. All A's for grades right now, and I am expecting that they will stay that way till 1st semester's end. This might be a great plus since I might get an A in AP lit, when one of my only B's on transcript was for English in junior year. Plus it shows that I am getting straight A's even with a ridiculous courseload, not doing senioritis, and that I am still doing it while spending lots of energy on sports.</p>

<p>I will tell them about my Varsity Water Polo Top Scholar athlete award (which im pretty sure ill get), acceptance into a large SoCal orchestra (if I get in), my working on a piano concerto to play as a solo for school orchestra, school orchestra carnegie hall trip, and intentions to keep on swimming. Also I will express new interest in teaching student's math. How I have helped them a lot, and have used it for myself in enjoying math.</p>

<p>IONO sounds like a good plan to me. GL with those who got rejected, and my condolences to those who were rejected. Really. My brilliant friend just called about getting rejected and I felt really bad for him =[</p>