OFFICIAL Stanford 2017 SCEA Results Thread

Adodie · December 5, 2012, 1:05am

With decisions coming out in (perhaps) the next few days, here is a thread for the results of SCEA applicants. I personally feel that the some of the most informational and rewarding parts of College Confidential are the result threads, so please consider posting your results and your stats to help future applicants determine where they fit in within the applicant pool. Please also take note that this is not discussion thread -- it is appreciated if you can leave this thread mostly clean until you are actually notified of your results.

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Thanks, may the force be with you, and best of luck!

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Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

nygiants27 · December 6, 2012, 11:33pm

eeeeep. holy ****ttt it’s so weird that we’re going to be filling these out…I still remember being a teeny little freshman and reading everyone else’s results

haginrainbow · December 10, 2012, 10:01pm

bump de bump bump

haginrainbow · December 13, 2012, 9:57pm

ba ba ba bamp bump. DECISIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

stressedasian152 · December 14, 2012, 6:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 writing)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1, but not official
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 (Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M, Micro, Macro, APUSH, English Language, Statistics, all 5s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc3/LinAlg, AP Euro, Band, AP Environmental, AP Psych, AP English Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, top 5 Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, HSHSP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Olympiad (4 years, 1 year VP, 2 years President)
Marching Band (a competitive top flight band, 4 years, 1 year section leader)
Fed Challenge (2 years, State Champions last year, Captain this year)
Chem Club (2 years, President this year)
NHS (2 years… I chaired an event if that helps but I lost the election)
Symphonic Orchestra (3 years… I’m a horn player if that would help but I doubt Stanford cares even if horn players aren’t the most common thing out there)
Also had things like Model UN (just this year), Future Problem Solvers (3 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
[] Essays: Best essays I’ve ever written; Personal Statement for Common App was just about a drive I do daily between schools and I reflected myself in that; Vitality was the idea that “The more doors you knock on, the more will open”; What Matters was about my personal style (clothes) but I used that as a lens to focus on what really mattered to me - individuality
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very very strong - one was physics teacher for 2 years (I smashed his record for the final exam) and Science Olympiad coach, other was Fed Team coach and econ teacher - personally read it, over 800 words
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec: additional rec of marching instructor
[] Interview: ??
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Econ or Electrical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: USAMO and essays for sure
[] Weaknesses: Work and Volunteer
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays. And USAMO and objectives helped, I’m sure.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

Holocene · December 14, 2012, 6:17pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 35 (36, 36, 36, 31 science, 12 essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 USH, 750 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, weighted ~4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, probably top 1-2 %
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5, Psych 5, Bio 4, Lang 5, Stat 3 (LOL)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Lit, H. Span 4, Gov/Econ, Teaching Assistant
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Congressional Award Gold Medal, some small things (AP scholar w/ something, NMSF, Volunteer of the Year in my town).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science club (secretary), largest volunteer organization in my town (treasurer), paid intern at a natural science database (significant commitment, published 4 times)
[] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor at a company (10 hrs/week), designed curriculum/taught piano lessons (5 hrs/week)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Director of volunteer/community outreach at a local hospital, implemented several successful programs and increased volunteer volume.
[] Summers: After 9: Science-y summer program; After 10: organic chem research (through a selective program); After 11: Immunology research (SIMR).
[] Essays:
** Commonapp: ** About my first time doing research, but from more of a philosophical/personal growth perspective than about the science itself. AP Lit teacher loved it.
** EC essay: ** SIMR research
** Intellectual vitality: ** How my internship at the database influenced my research interests
** Roommate: ** Talked about how sound is my most important sense, took my roommate through the important sounds of my life. A bit cheesy, ended with “I hope I can be a friend to you – someone who not only listens but also really hears.” Cheese factor to the max but I liked it.
** What matters: ** Time. How I have to make the most of it. Talked about my work at the hospital/social programs I implemented a bit, too.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Bio teacher – phenomenal, I read it. Talked about my self-motivation and also my charisma/wit/dry humor heh. Junior English/AP Lit – idk, should have been really good, though.
[] Counselor Rec: Big school, so it probably just rehashed my resume. Probably good but nothing special.
[] Additional Rec: Professor at Stanford whose lab I conducted research in.
[] Interview: Not offered in my area
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology and Anthropology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, competitive
[] Ethnicity: White/Hispanic – checked both
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URMish, Double legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: hooks, grades, scores, unique/involved ECs, research, female in science
[] Weaknesses: Consistently lowish science scores despite intending a science major – 31 science ACT, 750 bio, 4 AP Bio.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I pursued my passions in depth and got very, very lucky. I’m sure legacy helped.
[/ul]General Comments: I’ve dreamed about this for so long. I can’t believe this. Hope to see you kids in Palo Alto!

aznerd · December 14, 2012, 6:20pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (CR 630, M 800, W 610)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Physics 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), US (4), BC (5), Lit (2 lol)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Language, Symphonic Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad, Baseball, Marching Band, Kendo, Johns Hopkins CTY, Math Club, Engineering Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cofounded a company and later turned it into a volunteer group
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Volunteer group mentioned above
[] Essays: Meh… unique, but felt unfinished because of the character limit
[] Teacher Recommendation: Presumably good
[] Counselor Rec: Presumably good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Geographic location
[] Weaknesses: Low SAT, could’ve been better essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT, Asian[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Time to finish my other applications…

MLJS2013 · December 14, 2012, 6:28pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 superscored (780 CR, 790 Math, 800 Writing)
[] ACT: 35.25 (36 M, 35 R, 35 E, 35 S, 12 Essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted):800 Math 2, 770 Bio M, 740 Chem (780 Physics and 770 Chem, for November Testing, not submitted)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96 (Weighted 4.14)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Comparative Government (5), Chinese (5), Microeconomics (5, self-studied), Macroeconomics (4, self-studied), Chemistry (5, self-studied), Statistics (5, self-studied), Psychology (5, self-studied)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP Literature, etc.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None notable.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Club (Founder and President), Video News Club (Writer-in-Chief and co-Director), 1st chair Trumpet in Concert Band, Jazz Band Soloist, participated in AMIS International Band Festival 2012 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Varsity Soccer (9th-12th), Chapel Band Guitarist/Vocalist
[] Job/Work Experience: SAT Tutoring 4 times a week
[] Volunteer/Community service: iMBC Volunteer Program (20 hours), Hospital Volunteer (80 hours)
[] Essays: 9/10 - extracurricular short answer, 8/10 - common app essay, 8/10 supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8/10 Both should be decent, but one teacher is VERY honest (I wasn’t the most responsible student :()
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10, decently personal, but wasn’t too close with her.
[] Additional Rec:None
[] Interview:None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[] Intended Major:Pre-Med or Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 100,000+ (no FA)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Objective scores
[] Weaknesses: no notable awards or EC’s, careless essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Was expecting it.

clairebear29 · December 14, 2012, 6:30pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800CR, 800M, 790W)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry, 800 Math 2, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chemistry (5), English Lang (5), Macro (5), Micro (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP US Gov, AP Enviro Sci (Ind. St.), AP Psych (Ind. St.), Vector Calculus (comm. College)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended, National Honor Society, some regional science fair awards
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics (Mechanical lead), Varsity Tennis (Captain), Church outreach (Coordinator), Job at research lab, ISEF, FLL (coach), outdoor school (counselor)
[] Job/Work Experience: job at research lab for state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Church volunteer stuff, therapeutic horse center volunteer
[] Essays: pretty good, I thought. 19238473289 people read them and most liked them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 and 8/10… didn’t read either
[] Counselor Rec: 9.5/10… didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 from boss at lab
[] Interview: pretty good, he talked more than I did (seriously)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (1000ish students) (1 other kid, legacy and #2 in the class, applied REA)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 120k (ish)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT
[] Weaknesses: I kind of did everything and, although I did it all very well, I have heard that filling up the extra-curricular list can make you look uncommitted…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my mom said that they may want to see my senior year grades since I’m doing to much/taking so many classes. I’m not sure if I agree with this, but it’s a thought[/li][/ul]General Comments: a little bit mad, but I’m glad it’s not a rejection… I don’t know if I can wait until March! but the email said that ~15% of deferred are accepted.

haginrainbow · December 14, 2012, 6:46pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (760 R/750 M/700 W)
[] SAT II (if submitted): Physics- 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Senior Year Course Load: As required (Small private school)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMST, 4th place DI Globals, IHSSA All-State
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Really passionate stuff, will continue.
[] Job/Work Experience: Really fun stuff, started a business, web consulting, etc.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Meditation for world peace, smaller projects, and most awesomely, a networking application (that admissions never created an account on according to my database)
[] Essays: My soul. My love.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Really, really great.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic.
[] Additional Rec: Superb. Really, really fantastic.
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): IA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Small, Alternative Private
[] Ethnicity: None
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Unique background
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Passion, love, uniqueness
[] Weaknesses: Unorthodox schooling/education trajectory. Living in a small town (Less opportunity, had to create own activity)?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/rejected: Unusual schooling. Unusual application. I’m probably a little too different from the mainstream, even for Stanford. My head really does reside in an oscillation between a continuos streaming consciousness, as an unrecognizable form to most people (at least based on my understanding of “most people’s” experience) and a state of human regularity.[/li]
Also, obviously the numbers make it a bit of a crap shoot, such that anything that could be viewed as a weakness is often used as an excuse to toss an application. This is perhaps the biggest weakness in the process, but I hope my rejection is not an error, and that there was a body of students who will bring greater happiness to the world that have been admitted. In some ways it is a relief, to know so many promising individuals exist that will save humanity from destruction and carry us to greater bliss. Takes some weight off my shoulders, indeed. I just hope nature hasn’t been violated today. Well… it appears it has: [Police:</a> 20 children among 26 victims of Connecticut school shooting - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/us/connecticut-school-shooting/index.html]Police:”>http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/us/connecticut-school-shooting/index.html) . I am not one to call prophecies or interpret omens. I hope there is no relationship.
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations admittees! You have a serious responsibility to use the concentration of resources and vitality in a synergistic and enlightened manner to expand blissful consciousness throughout this membrane of awareness! Good luck, and I still look forward to collaborating with many of you in the future!

Iatrox · December 14, 2012, 6:49pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800M/800CR/800WR(80/11) 1st sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 770 Physics, 730 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.83 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/356
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3), Gov (3), Chem (5), Physics:Mech (4), Calc AB (5), WH (4), Calc BC (5), Physics E&M (5), Lang (5), Micro (5), Macro (5). Screw history.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Diff Eq GT, Bio AP, Orch GT, French V AP, Eng: Lit AP, Anatomy, Comp Sci 1H
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Attended ARML 3 years, National Merit Semis, National AP Scholar, random state medals for Scioly, Participation in AIME 2 years, 1st place team at State Scioly -> National Scioly[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Event Captain -> Engi Cpt -> VP Engi -> President), Math Team, All-state Violinist, Chemathon, Varsity + Club Ice Hockey, Art, French Club, French NHS, MD Tech HS, Tri-M Music HS, Science NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor for Peer2Peer Tutors, Intern at Xcision Medical Systems (Ultrasound Imaging, QA Phantom Design and Prototype)
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Tutoring through school program, Florence Bain Senior Center quartet playing, volunteer for orchestra (Not a lot of Volunteer hours in general)
[] Essays: Roommate ok, What matters ok, Intellectual Vitality good, Common App little less than ok, Common App Activities good. I find it really hard to judge these objectively
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from Calc BC and DiffEq teacher, should be good, other from English teacher known for writing excellent recs, pretty good relationship. Nothing too crazy
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably not amazing, not a very close relationship
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Good, very easygoing and light, but probably unimportant

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering (General, unsure of specific)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (sigh)
[] Gender: Male (sighhhh.)
[] Income Bracket: <20,000 for past years
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None :/[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good SAT Is, solid # of APs, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Standard Asian Male. No Outstanding ECs, no hooks and didnt get anything significant out of my research and internships. Very little volunteer work.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Looked too one-dimensional, bad ecs. Asian male.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Wish I had managed to get a good research project out of my internships, competed in Science Fairs, etc. So hard to escape the Asian Stereotype when I love math and science so much, but I definitely am not a study-all-day kind of person. I wish I couldve done a better job showing that Im well-rounded and unique.

coffeeandtea · December 14, 2012, 6:53pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 best single sitting (800CR/740M/800W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 chemistry, 780 math II, 720 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (with counted +’s and -’s), 3.97 ignoring +/- (4.0’s are EXTREMELY rare at my school. I’ve heard of 2.) Lower grades in 9th which Stanford ignores.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Calc BC (5), APUSH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Differential Equations (fall), Multivariable Calculus (Spring), AP Physics C (Mechanics and E&M), Honors Biology, Honors Spanish 4, Japanese II, AP Lang, Building a 3D Printer, Introduction to Engineering
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP Scholar, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended… nothing huge. My school does not give out awards.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental intern for an international organization (9th-12th, founded a “Youth Advisory Board”, etc, etc), Environmental Club (founder), School Newspaper (Web editor), Huffington Post Blogger, Student Admissions Committee, Teach Science to middle school students once a week, Peer Tutoring (Chair), and more. They are all very specific to my school and I don’t want to publicize them.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship, see above.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching science, see above. Other very community specific work.
[] Summer Activities: Extra online courses, interning, intensive Spanish in Barcelona
[] Essays: I think they were great. I don’t know how to comment on them.
[] Common App Main: Connecting music and the internet and why I want to study computer science.
[] EC Short Answer: About my internship.
[] “Profile” questions: Truthful, but I also think very Stanford-y.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: My counselor absolutely loved it. I am probably more proud of this essay than anything else I’ve written.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Very personable, a bit funny, very me.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: It truly speaks about my passion and I think it was very original.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My Calc/Number Theory/Diff EQ/Multivariable teacher wrote what I am sure is an excellent recommendation (plus he is known as the best writer in the school). My Lang teacher also wrote one, and I’m pretty sure it was also very good.
[] Counselor Rec: She really likes me.
[] Additional Rec: My boss at my internship. I’ve known her for a long time and she loves me like a daugher.
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Private
[] Ethnicity: 50% Cuban, 50% white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, semi-first generation (dad dropped out of high school, mom went to college when I was little)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, unique EC’s, environmental work, math courses, my intellectual vitality essay.
[] Weaknesses: GPA, no big awards.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly can’t process this enough to say.[/li][/ul]General Comments: OH MY GOD. I can’t even believe this. Congratulations to all of the other admittees, and as for everyone else, I know you will all end up somewhere fantastic! It was great getting to know all of you, and I just. I can’t even handle this. lr;agjka;jeklra;jrfkawj Pinch me please.

iman123194 · December 14, 2012, 6:53pm

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (790 M, 710 W, 710 CR)
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II (if submitted): 710 on all three (Math II, US History, Physics)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, US History, Physics C Mechanics, English Lang (school only allows APs starting Junior year)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc/Linear Algebra, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Bio, Spanish 4, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Madrigal Ensemble
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lots of major awards for classical voice
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout, competing Baritone soloist, trombone, theater, lots of musical groups
[] Job/Work Experience: none besides some tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Really extensive Eagle Scout project at my former elementary school
[] Essays: I was very happy with them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been stellar.
[] Counselor Rec: She likes me, but I go to a big school.
[] Additional Rec: Very Very good. It was the principal of the elementary school where my project was.
[] Interview: I live in CA, so no interview.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Applied Math or Physics or something
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA, Los Angeles in particular
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Very large public high school (3200+ kids total)
[] Ethnicity: white, Jewish
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none, maybe music?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: music, Eagle Scout, etc
[] Weaknesses: 2 **
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had good and unique ECs, but no hook.[/li][/ul]General Comments: At least I wasn’t rejected. The dream is still alive, it’s just postponed…

eaglesfandan · December 14, 2012, 7:16pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 math, 740 reading and writing)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 (US and WH) 770 (Math II)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unweighted 3.93 Weighted ~ 4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (World History, Both Englishes, US history) 5 on all of them
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Government and Politics, AP Euro, B.C Calc, English, Honors Spanish 5, AP Macro,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Received a research grant from one of the economists on Obama’s council of economic advisers to research the European Debt Crisis (Paper hasn’t been published yet), UPENN Young Scholars Program, other than that not much other than an award at NAIMUN my junior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Obama Campaign (Field Organizer in my district of 5000 voters) Model UN (President Senior Year), on the Debate Team, Finance Club (Founder and President), Young Democrats (Vice President), World Affairs Council (Officer in our chapter), Took a class at Penn over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: I guess you could count working on the Obama campaign as I was a non-paid organizer
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a local consulting firm for the past two summers as a paid financial intern, 40 hours a week summer going into my junior year, 25 hours a week last summer
[] Essays: Main Essay was on working for the Obama campaign, Intellectual Vitality was about how my parents had fled from Iran and how that influenced my interest in politics, and what matters to me was about the virtues of being an economic and political liberal
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both weren’t so good, one was from my history teacher last year and another was from my lacrosse coach who taught me Bio sophomore year
[] Counselor Rec: Best part of my application, was from the Head of School
[] Additional Rec: Was from the CEO of the consulting firm I worked at
[] Interview: Went really well, my interviewer emailed me back the next day saying she was expecting to see me on campus next year for her reunion
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Econ/Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private/Episcopalian
[] Ethnicity: Middle-Eastern
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Top
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Did research over the summer in my intended field of study, Already have a couple college credits and A’s from taking classes at Penn over the summer, Parents are political refugees

[/ul]Reflection[list]

[li] Strengths: Heavily invested in my passions of Economics and Political Science, was one of the only high schoolers who were field organizers for the campaign (most were college graduates), Good AP scores, heaviest course load my school provides, solid GPA and subject test scores[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: Unfortunately I was suspended for editing one of my friend’s papers Junior year, but it was a light offense and was not considered plagiarism by my school and my counselor explained it well in his letter and called Stanford to explain it, very weak SAT scores and I took them 3 times[/li]
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 6100 kids applied early, I don’t think Stanford wanted to take the risk of letting a kid with a disciplinary history, no matter what it was for, in. East Coast kids don’t tend to fair well either. Disappointed, but there are 5000 kids feeling the same way.

Archive · December 14, 2012, 7:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: 35, 36 superscore
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A, Chemistry, Calculus AB, English Lang, US History, Statistics, 5 on all of them
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP English 12, AP Govt Econ, AP Calculus BC, Lifeguarding, Fundamentals of Information Techonology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President and Founder), Robotics Club (Vice President and President), NHS, Blood Drive worker, Speech and Debate
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at ClaimTrak as a programmer, writing communications software for hospitals, work at Chucklefish studios as a programmer on games
[] Volunteer/Community service: four years of volunteering for my local library (Vice President of the teen volunteer group)
[] Essays: I spent a long time on them, and I think they were quite strong.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Two very smart teachers, one of which writes some of the best rec letters I’ve seen. Both like me.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably very generic, I barely knew her.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I know of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Excellent scores, good ECs for my major largely because of the two jobs
[] Weaknesses: No hooks, probably mediocre counselor rec
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had good scores, good ecs for my major, and good essays[/li][/ul]General Comments:

redchair · December 14, 2012, 7:27pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 790 M, 730 W, 10 Essay)
[] ACT: 34 (33 E, 32 M, 35 R, 34 S, 9 essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 790, Bio E 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (technically 3.99 cause I got 1 A- 1 semester in 8th grade, but I heard Stanford doesn’t count grades below freshman or sophomore year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 / 1092
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s, Biology (self-studied), Macroecon, US Gov, APUSH, CompSci, Lang, Calc AB, Psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Chem, Physics Honors, Radio, Concert Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Semifinals in NFL Speech and Debate Nationals (don’t want to be too specific in my event and award lol)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (4 years, section leader senior year), Concert Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, other misc band things
Speech and Debate (2 years, placed nationally)
Key Club, NHS (secretary), week of summer at MIT for MOSTEC (MITs Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community), National Achievement Semifinalist
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Honestly not that much outside of Key Club, like a few hours per month
[] Essays:
I haven’t looked at my essays since I submitted them to Stanford, and looking back now I think they’re a lot worse than I thought at the time lol.
Intellectual Vitality: How I stumbled upon programming due to an offhanded remark by an English teacher. It was pretty solid.
Roommate: Generic. I liked it, and it showed some qualities of myself, but it wasn’t anything extraordinary.
What matters to you: Voting and politics. This was probably my favorite one to write.
Commonapp EC: About marching band, pretty solid.
Commonapp: About how my local library has shaped how I grew up. This might be the best written one, but it was definitely the most difficult for me to write. It took me forever to phrase things how I wanted to.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read either, so idk.
[] Counselor Rec: Extremely heartfelt. Even though I go to a huge school, my counselor knows me well, and it was good.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics or Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public (3000+ kids)
[] Ethnicity: Black, first generation African-American
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 80k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades and test scores, URM, essays maybe
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, focus (couldn’t focus application on either my involvement in speech/debate and politics, or band, so it seems awkward)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m sure a lot of things had a part of it, but reading past results threads I see a ton of people, including URMs, with better scores/academics/ECs than me who got rejected, so I really dunno lol[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m so excited!

Vorpals · December 14, 2012, 7:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (760 CR, 710 M, 720 W/11 Essay)
[] ACT: 34 (32 English, 34 Math, 34 Reading, 36 Science, 31 English/Writing w/ 11 Essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Chemistry, 750 Math II, 760 US History, 740 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, but I am in the running for valedictorian if that helps
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (4), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Euro (5). I am going to take Spanish Language, CS, Macro/Micro, English Lit, and Calculus AB in the spring.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: History of the Motion Picture/AP Microeconomics, AP Spanish Language, Physics Honors (lol), AP Macroeconomics/Humanities (required class at our school), AP Computer Science A, English 12 AP Literature and Composition, AP Calculus AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Hispanic Recognition Program, President’s Community Service Award, lots of debate related awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate (Director of LD 11th grade, Debate Team Captain 12th grade and currently), SWAT: Student Welcome and Transition Team, Mu Alpha Theta (Secretary/Treasurer as of now), Honor Council, Pre-Med club (Club representative in 10th grade), Spanish National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Debate coaching/teaching/judging, random environmental cleanups and fundraisers, volunteering at my hospital’s pharmacy, writing tutor
[] Essays: Pretty good I thought. I started them in August and edited until October, and had about 5 different people read them. I wrote about how I used debate to get over my speech impediment (lisp/general unclarity) and improve as a person. PM me if you want more details.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 and 8/10. The 10 was from my debate coach and AP Euro teacher, the latter was from my pre-calculus teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: I never read it and have no idea because my counselor is impossible to read as nice of a lady she is.
[] Additional Rec: See Teacher Recs
[] Interview: I live in Orlando, so I wasn’t offered one.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: ChemE, Symbolic Systems, or Math
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto-Rican and Spanish)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, debate, GPA, essays
[] Weaknesses: Breadth of ECs, SAT/ACT compared to what I’ve been seeing in this thread and others,
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I poured my heart and mind into my essays honestly. The stats could have gone either way. [/li]
[/ul]General Comments: So excited right now! I’m thankful for my friends and family who have supported me along the way, and even CollegeConfidential for lighting my interest in Stanford in the first place! Congrats to everyone accepted and good luck to everyone in the rest of their college searches!

Susek1024 · December 14, 2012, 7:44pm

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): Bio-m 800, chem 750, math II 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[ *] Rank : 1/208
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB, Chemistry, Statistics, Biology (all 5), APUSH (4)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc BC, AP Physics C: mechanics,AP English, two blow offs, independent Study AP CHem research
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP SCholar with Distinction
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars :Cross Country (11/12 senior captain, 2 varsity letters ), Track (11/12 junior year most improved seinor captain, 2 varsity letters), winter Track Club (12, captain), JV Baseball (9/10)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:NHS (President)
[ *] Essays: Common app and intelectual vitality essays great, I Didn’t spend much time on the other two.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:They were very good recommendations. My math teacher’s was boring though.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it but i had her as an english teacher and she said she tried her best
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Chemical or Biomedical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MIchigan
[ *] School Type: Public, nothing special
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 75,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation Polish immigrant. My parents went to college in Poland though
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Academics, background, 2 essays
[ *] Weaknesses:awards, extracurriculars (especially prior to 11th grade), 2 other essays
[ *] Why you think you were rejected: Extracurriculars and i didn’t sound interesting enough in my essays
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

nikke81395 · December 14, 2012, 8:16pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR 740 M 680 W
[] ACT: 30 (Lets not talk about the ACT lol)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780 US History 750 Bio 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/560
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(5), Bio(5), World History(5), Human Geo(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, ASB, AP Chem, AP Gov, Musical Theatre
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist, Voice of Democracy State Finalist, Carnegie Mellon SAMS Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): IMPACT SD Mentoring Club(Founder, President), ASB(Vice President), Student Council(Prom Chair), Cheerleading(Captain), Musical Theatre(Lead in two musicals) the list goes on…
[] Job/Work Experience: Travel Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mentoring Club I started
[] Essays: Common App was really cool it was about how my name defines me
Intelectual Vitality- Talked about how I proved the definition of a limit one random day after my calc teacher decided not to teach it to us
Roommate: Was my favorite! I used my pandora stations to describe my personality
What Matters to me: Making a difference/the future
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good:)
[] Counselor Rec: Also good:)
[] Additional Rec: Didnt have one
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Math and Poli Sci double major
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public School
[] Ethnicity: White, Black, and Native American
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, I had a transcript from a Calc class I took at Carnegie Mellon and I got an A.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses: Possibly SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because my application was very well rounded.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I AM SOOOOO EXCITED!!!

tauneutrino · December 14, 2012, 8:21pm

**Decision: Deferred[ /b]

Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 ( 800 CR, 790 M, 750 W)[/li][ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 (Chem, US, Math II)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/454
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 ( Chem, Bio, CS A, US, Euro,
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics C, Calc BC, Spanish Lang AP, Econ
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO “Honors”, NM semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band, science olympiad
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor
[ *] Essays: Common App (9) Roommate ( 7) Vitality (8), Matters ( 7),
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 1 super good, 1 good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: chem
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): “lesser” legacy ( one parent grad school)
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays, test scores, grades
[ *] Weaknesses: EC
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably just want to see how the RD applicant pool is and compare me. Maybe legacy helped idk.
[/ul] b]General Comments:**

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