OFFICIAL Stanford 2017 SCEA Results Thread

Gallardo147 · December 15, 2012, 12:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (760 M, 720 CR, 710 W)
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 30 R, 34 S, 9 Essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 740 M II, 690 Chem, 680 Phys
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.30 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/674
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (3), Spanish Lang (5), Psychology (5), English Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC, Criminal Justice
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition, AP Scholar with Distinctions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research Internship (640 hours) (Paper will be published), Class Senator (11th-12th), Student Council (11th-12th), Track and Field (9th-11th), National Honor Society (10th-12th)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 160+ hrs
[] Essays: Common App-Immigration, Intellectual Vitality-My love for science and learning, Letter to your roommate-My work habits and rationale, What Matters-Safety, as a result of the violence in Juarez, only about 10 miles from where I live (All very personal and revealing)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st rec-Great letter, 2nd rec-did not see (probably good)
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see (probably a pretty decent letter)
[] Additional Rec: My internship mentor who is very well known wrote an amazing one
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Will apply
[] Intended Major: Electrical/Computer Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <50k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, 1st generation American
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays, My research internship, and the letters of recommendation I had, URM also helped
[] Weaknesses: SAT and Subject tests, GPA was okay
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated a lot of passion in my essays (they were the most important to my app IMO), I showed that I was willing to learn and work hard in my entire app[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m so excited to have been accepted at such an amazing university!! Congrats to all other accepted and to those rejected, you will go to amazing universities and be extremely successful!!

confused95 · December 15, 2012, 2:27pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 710, M 800, W 740 = 2250
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 720 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Calculus AB,BC, U.S. History, 4 Lang, 3 Spanish Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP gov, AP Comp sci A, AP Eng lit, JROTC, Advance Science ( Reseach class), and a prep class for class officers
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, 4th at California state science fair, 1st at silicon valley science fair, a whole bunch of other science fair awards, team awards from regional and international robotics competitions, and some JROTC awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a bunch of clubs ( robotics, JSA, an honors society for JROTC), VP of NHS, Cross-country for three years
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at a local pizza place for a couple of months
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at a local hospital for two years, a lot more hours from other clubs
[] Essays: Worked on them for a while and had a bunch of people read them, so I ended up really liking most of them.
Commonapp main: Wrote about my family and the struggles that we faced.
Commonapp short: wrote about robotics
intellectual vitality:wrote about teaching math and english to an immigrant who recently came from Africa
letter to roommate: talked about all the stuff that I would like to do at Stanford
What matters: talked about how I would use my degree to make an impact on my community.
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but i’m guessing they were pretty good because I’ve had both teacher for at least two years.
[] Counselor Rec: never read but probably average
[] Additional Rec: had one from my JROTC commander. It was pretty good, talked about my leadership.
[] Interview: didn’t get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: mechanical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA baby!!!
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: pretty big (500+ students in each class) but doesn’t do too well academically
[] Ethnicity: Indian (punjabi :D)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: pretty low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, good SAT math scores, diverse EC’s (especially JROTC and robotics)
[] Weaknesses: got a B in Calc and a bunch of A-'s junior year (not sure if Stanford cares about that though), didn’t take a whole lot of AP’s but that’s because school doesn’t offer that many, AP scores were ok
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was a combination of both my essays and my EC’s. Also, my EC’s were pretty diverse, from leadership to sports to academics. Test scores were pretty average so I don’t think those helped much. [/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone on their college app journey! All of you will get into great schools!!! It’s soooo stressful, but I’m just glad to be finally over with it. Although I’ll still wait for Berkeley decisions
SO FREAKEN EXCITED!!!

ginkgobiloba · December 15, 2012, 2:33pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 Math 800 Writing 740 Reading 11 Essay)
[] ACT:n/a
[] SAT II (if submitted): 730 USH 760 Math II 700 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesn’t do this… maybe top 20% though
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5) Honors Chemistry, Honors Physics
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Environmental Science, AP English, AP Calculus AB, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation. nothing else major, just scholar athlete and a random english award. Also some awards within my lacrosse league.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PHS Film Club, Yearbook (staff->section editor->editor-in-chief), Filmmaking, California State Summer School for the Arts Film Program, JV Lacrosse (Captain), Varsity Lacrosse, JV Football, JV Soccer, Obscure Sports Club
[] Job/Work Experience: worked 2 summers at my local recreation department. Basically just a summer camp type job.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Went on a trip to Tijuana, Mexico every spring break to build houses for impoverished families. Rebuilding Oakland Together- helped refurbish a house in a poor area of Oakland.
[] Essays: Common App essay was about independence, I really thought it was great, along with my counselor. Vitality Essay: my favorite one, about the magnificence of the universe. Roommate: Strong, about getting to know people. What matters: Strong, about having respect for myself. Could have come across as unoriginal.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, but both from teachers that I knew well. I did very well in their respective classes.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, but I knew him pretty well. Presumably a good rec.
[] Additional Rec: My family friend, he had a lot to say.
[] Interview: didn’t interview, probably should have.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[] Intended Major:Undeclared Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Very difficult public school, nationally recognized
[] Ethnicity: White, European descent
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100,000-150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Filmmaking, (or so I thought).
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong SAT I, Filmmaking made me unique, very strong common app and EC essays. Good supplements. Very good grades and heavy course load at a difficult school.
[] Weaknesses: The lack of buildings that my family donated to the school. No legacy. EC’s weren’t that impressive. I didn’t invent a robot or a time machine.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just another White kid with good grades and SAT. I guess there wasn’t enough to make me special. There were also 3 other kids from my school that applied early, all of them absolute all-stars.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

PaeP3nguin · December 15, 2012, 2:58pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 Reading/770 Math/800 Writing:12 Essay)(only sitting, took for NMSF)
[] ACT: 36 (36 English/34 Math/36 Reading/36 Science/10 Essay)(4th sitting, 2nd with writing, got 34s all of the other times. Perfectionist here :P)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II/770 Literature (I didn’t take a science one, did that hurt me?)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/750 (Our school ranks everyone with a 4.0 as #1, but with weighted, I think I would still be up there)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World History/5 Calculus BC/5 U.S. Government/5 English Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP Chemistry (I really like science :])
AP European History
College-Level Composition (our school equivalent of the AP Lang course, but not official AP)
Latin II (the only serious language at my school, the others just have parties all the time, I would have started earlier, but the school only offers Latin in the last 3 years and I couldn’t get in sophomore year)
Chamber Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
NMSF
AP Scholar w/Honor
National Forensics League Special Distinction (debate thing, not overly impressive, but I only did debate two years)
National Latin Exam Gold Medal
Attended state governor’s school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Violin, private lessons for 9 years, school orchestras for 7 (concertmaster 9th grade, wimpy, I know, got decent ratings at state solo competition)
Scholar Bowl [quiz bowl], 3rd place state team
Debate (bunch of trophies)
Model UN (couple of delegate recognitions, including best delegate at Washington University Model UN)
NHS (President, last year’s officers didn’t do **** and I tried my best to turn the organization around)
Robotics (Web Lead)
Science Olympiad
Science Knowledge Bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: Ticket seller at local amusement park over the summer, I hated it, but standing outside in the 100+ degree heat built character, I guess
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much, mostly through NHS, and there wasn’t room to put it on my app
[] Essays: Common App essay was hella good, about one of my favorite teachers and how she taught me to write well, Vitality essay was about growing up with books, boring, I guess, but well-written, Roommate essay was fun, talked about roaming campus and Nerf gun duels, What Matters to You essay was about 9th grade soccer, which I failed at, but learned a lot from, perhaps slightly off-topic, but well-written
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good, I didn’t get the chance to read them
[] Counselor Rec: I know my counselor really well and I imagine it would be good
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[] Intended Major: Computer Science, or something in the engineering field
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri!
[] School Type: Public school in a middle-class suburb, but with chronically under-achieving kids that screw around and don’t try. Average ACT score is 23.3 (sad), and 70% goes to the crappy state university with the rest dropping out or joining the military.
[] Ethnicity: Chinese (college admissions is the first time I’ve ever been ashamed to be Asian, and it hurts…), immigrant to U.S., permanent resident
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~130,000 (two working parents, one GIS manager, one software engineer)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): My hand, no not really, under-represented geographical area?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, essays, which I thought were good, and my teacher liked, lots of extracurriculars, stunning good looks (not really), personality, maybe?
[] Weaknesses: ORM, generic ECs, few leadership positions (my school doesn’t really offer many), few major awards (I honestly haven’t even heard of this Intel/Siemens/USABO/USAMO stuff before, no one at my school ever does that stuff)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unhooked, good, but not great applicant
[/ul]General Comments: Oh Stanford, how you wound me. Couldn’t even have offered me a deferral? I applied early to Stanford because I really, truly enjoy learning and I thought it was the right school for me. I didn’t really have too much guidance, as no one at my school is especially high achieving or does anything other than drugs. So little did I know, applying early to Stanford might actually be WORSE than applying regular. I tried, I tried.

lemniscate · December 15, 2012, 3:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 800 M, 800 W → 2310 (superscored, two sittings, 2090 first sitting, 2300 second sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math, 740 Physics (didn’t study for math/wish I had AP physics)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (should be 4.0 by Stanford calculation… one A- sophomore year, 2 B’s in HS credit classes in 8th grade).
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (but ~2/430 - would be ~1/430, but my school includes HS credit classes taken before HS as part of my GPA)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Government - 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math SL - 7, IB Chemistry SL - 4 (don’t think these were sent).
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP Statistics, IB Physics SL II, IB Biology HL II, Computer Science, IB English HL II, IB History HL II
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing all that special. AMC School Winner, Science Olympiad Medal, NMSC, Jefferson Scholarship Nomination
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (VP, 3 years), Puzzle Club (VP/Founder, 1 year), Math Honor Society (3 years), National Honor Society (2 years), Student Government (1 year), FBLA (2 years), Varsity Math Team (3 years), Science National Honor Society (1 year), Table Tennis (4 years, recreational).
[] Job/Work Experience: SEAP Internship (8 weeks, liquid crystal research, $3k stipend awarded)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Math Honor Society tutoring, 2 weeks volunteer at a laboratory (basically an unpaid internship/shadowing).
[] Essays: Probably too trivial what I talked about… common app essay about diversity (Indian food on an American holiday), intellectual vitality essay about DARPATech, roommate essay was me describing myself a bit/trying to be funny, what matters essay about happiness.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been at least decent. One from math teacher of three years, another from English teacher that gave an A to two people last year (I was one of them).
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, but says he writes good recommendations for all of his students.
[] Additional Rec: Letter from my SEAP mentor.
[] Interview: Was okay. My interviewer was a really nice lady.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 250k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: General grades, test scores, research internship
[] Weaknesses: Perhaps seemingly lacking any real involvement in extracurriculars (probably should have done a sport), essays probably could have been better (I’m terrible at choosing topics, don’t know what’s appealing).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just another white/asian STEM nerd with pretty high test scores and grades. I don’t really have any kind of hook. Also maybe because I dropped the IB Diploma. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
I really wanted to go to Stanford because I was hoping to go back to California (where I lived until I was 11) and because of their relatively strong engineering programs. My perception of Ivy League institutions and similar schools is that they are generally pretentious so I liked Stanford because it seemed a bit more relaxed. I thought of Stanford as this absolutely wonderful place, but perhaps I was being a bit idealistic. In the first place, it’s really far away from where I live, so traveling back and forth would be challenging. Plus, for me, paying some $59K/year ($34k/year more than UVA) might not have been worth the undergraduate prestige. That’s a lot of money. Anyway, kind of bummed, but what are you gonna do.

hollabackgurl · December 15, 2012, 5:11pm

Pick one:
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR - 760, Math - 720, Writing - 690 (Total: 2170)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II (if submitted):Literature - 650, Math I - 710, Math II - 650, US History - 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/123
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Psychology (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load:AP English, AP Calc AB, AP Italian, Writing 104 (through University of Rhode Island), Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Physics, Civics[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track and Field - attended National Championships (Captain), Varsity Tennis (Captain), } all division honors in both sports - 3 years, National Honor Society (Vice President), Class Vice President, Foreign Language Honor Society, Foreign Language Club (Vice President), Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse (Vice President), Students Against Destructive Decisions (Vice President), Leadership Council Member, attended National Student Leadership Conference - Engineering
[] Job/Work Experience: four years working at local ice cream shop
[] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Church Volunteer Work
[] Essays: CommonApp essay - about piano playing for 11 years, Intellectual Vitality - going green and my involvement in learning about the environment, Roommate - different format, took roommate on a tour of my side of our dorm, discussed fountain hopping and other Stanford traditions, What Matters - failure and how it leads to success → I thought they were all well written - up to interpretation I guess
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not allowed to read - from math and APUSH teachers
[] Counselor Rec: 8.5/10
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Rhode Island
[] School Type: Small public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Most test scores, grades, rank, great deal of extra curriculars and leadership in them
[] Weaknesses: No specific one passion in a specific area - did many activities and loved all of them - spread myself thin?, Average in all areas - nothing outstanding other than being ranked 33rd in the country for track
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just another white girl from the East Coast. Very few applicants accepted from RI, no hook
[/ul]General Comments:
I wish I could have been accepted - better things must await!

Eucliiris · December 15, 2012, 6:14pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (R:780 M:770 W:660)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II:780, Physic B:720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/801
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: AP Calculus, AP World History, AP Human Geography, 4’s: AP Physics B, AP Chemistry
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math 1502/1503 (Calculus 2, linear algebra, and calculus 3) at GA Tech, AP Physics C, AP Language, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Gave private violin lessons and tutored.
[] Essays: Not very hot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: No clue.
[] Counselor Rec: No clue.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went pretty well, I thought.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Low… I think?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Music- did a supplement
[] Weaknesses: Academics.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hmm… I am just sad.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:

bleach340 · December 15, 2012, 7:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math , 800 Writing, 800 Reading
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History, 800 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5), AP Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, ap physics, ap economics, health science, ap computer science, ap biology, theater arts, ap literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens semifinalist, national merit semifinalist, economics challenge national winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Economics club (president), Biomedical research
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Taught refugee kids all subjects,
[] Essays: Intellectual vitality- research, what matters- why like i economics, roommate- my best one i think! just a general letter but it was fun and witty
[] Teacher Recommendation: good but not amazing. a lot of amazing kids go to my school so i was certainly an excellent student but not the best in history
[] Counselor Rec: Good. She liked me.
[] Additional Rec: Mentor rec. Very good.
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomed/Aerospace/Economics/Computer Science? Still choosing a combo of the 4
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Top 40 Public High School
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle (150K+)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None! Btw I don’t think research is a ‘hook’
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ ] Strengths: My diversity! I didn’t mention this but I’m a very active Muslim leader who also demonstrated academic and intellectual vitality. I don’t think there’s been very many combos like that. Also my roommate essay and short answers showed my fun side I think.
[] Weaknesses: Not so amazing recs. My essays were coarse. I rewrote one the night it was due.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like I said my diversity.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
If you’re a senior about to apply, be yourself. If you’re a freshman, be different! Don’t be the kid who’s the president of 5 clubs with a 2400 Sat and 4.0 GPA. The last two aren’t bad but you really need to distinguish yourself. And you can. Everyone can. Even the white male from the 200K income family in the suburbs.

jahabe · December 15, 2012, 8:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[li] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Critical Reading; 800 Writing; 710 Math; Composite 2310[/li]
[li] ACT: 34 Math; 36 Science; 36 Reading; English 35[/li]
[li] SAT II (if submitted): 800 US History, 750 World History[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Lang (5), Lit (5), US (5), Calc BC (3/4–yikes!)[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Chinese, AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, Honors 20th Century History, Honors Sculpture, Honors Advanced Independent Studies[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Achievement Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, History Fair State Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Model UN; Local School Council Student Rep; Student Government Rep + Exec Board; mentor at local grammar school; tutored math at public schools; wrote for city-wide magazine; mentor for freshmen at my school; National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Spent a summer serving in a restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interned for politicians, volunteered in China with children of migrant workers
[] Essays: I felt good about them. I’m not sure if I could have been more honest.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see them, but I can only assume that they were great. I love both teachers, and they were excited to write the rec for me!
[] Counselor Rec: We know each other really well, I’m sure it was also great.
[] Additional Rec: Had a teacher write about research that I’m doing this year independently. He also talked about my role in Model UN because he also sponsors that.
[] Interview: Couldn’t make it to mine.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Selective enrollment public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, research, legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, scores, recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: I’m not great at math. I’m glad my AP Calc teacher wrote my rec for me, but I was afraid that my lack of math talent would keep me out.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: So excited! Still can’t believe it.

fyreshadowes · December 15, 2012, 9:00pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800, 800, 800 = 2400 (second sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 (Math II), 800 (English Literature), 790 (US History)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 (counting +'s and -'s), 4.0 (not counting +'s and -'s)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calculus (5), AB Calculus Subscore (5), AP English Literature & Composition (5), AP US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): My school doesn’t offer IB
[] Senior Year Course Load: Playwriting, Poetry, Photography, Concert Choir, AP Statistics, Japanese Culture and Communications (fourth year level), Mandarin Independent Study (sixth year level)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist (will likely be Finalist), National Council of Teachers of English Superior Writing Award (only four winners in my state), first place in All-School Writing Contest for two consecutive years, AP Scholar, National Society of High School Scholars[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations, Mock Trial, Varsity Fencing, Art & Literature Magazine (editor), Concert Choir, A Capella
[] Job/Work Experience: I work as a private tutor in math and writing for about five hours each week
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive member of the Youth Advisory Council for a nonprofit for the prevention of teenage substance abuse and suicide; I also volunteer on a local suicide hotline for three hours each week
[] Essays: all extremely well written; I want to be a novelist when I grow up, and my writing is my strongest skill
[] Teacher Recommendation: not allowed to read according to school rules, but my counselor said they were fantastic
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read either, should be fairly excellent
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: I thought it went well, but I’m not sure I managed to distinguish myself–I’m rather shy, and conversing with strangers is not my forte

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, couldn’t go to college otherwise
[] Intended Major: undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[] School Type: private Episcopalian school, top ranked in state
[] Ethnicity: 50% Asian, 50% white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~59k with one working parent and four siblings
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m only first-generation if you don’t count my non-custodial parent, an immigrant who attended college in another country; my main hooks would be my writing and low socioeconomic status

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, test scores, essays, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Asian, no four-year extracurricular involvement or serious sports, somewhat weak senior curriculum (not my fault, I had to fulfill credit requirements or I couldn’t graduate, and my school has a serious lack of AP classes)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think the biggest point against me was my ethnicity. As far as I know, Asian (even half-Asian) is the worst race to be in college admissions, even though my custodial parent (my parents are divorced) is white.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m very disappointed and somewhat hurt. I can’t think of any ways to improve my application between now and February; the only major disadvantage I have, my ethnicity, is something that I can’t change. I thought a 2400, excellent grades, decent extracurriculars, and unique essays would be enough to get admissions officers to overlook the color of my skin. Guess not. Another point: for the past five years at my school, 3 members of the senior class (70-80 students) have been admitted to Stanford each year. This year, no one was admitted through REA. Including me, two were deferred, and the other two rejected.

swimmer2345 · December 16, 2012, 12:36am

[ b]Decision: Accepted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Superscored 2210 (800 Cr/700 M/710 W) (Best Single Sitting: 2200 w/ 690 M)
[] ACT: not taken
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780 chem, 770 USH, 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/234
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History: 4, Calc BC 5 (5 AB subscore), APUSH: 5, Chem: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Gov, Honors Physics, AP Bio, Photography, AP English Lit & Comp, AP Stats, Community College Spanish 4, Community College Int. Spanish Conversation
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ISEF Special Award, ISEF finalist, 2nd Place CA State Science Fair, Overall Winner County Science Fair, Yale Science and Engineering Award, National Merit Commended
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Reasearch
Mock Trial (3 yrs, Captain)
Club Swimming (10 years)
Varsity Swimming (4 years)
JSA
More stuff too…
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years of a unique summer job at beach
[] Volunteer/Community service: none…
[] Essays: Good I think, I worked really hard on them. My best was probably what matters to you and why, I wrote about my family that was in the circus, hard work, and education
[] Teacher Recommendation: Talked specifically about the whole intellectual vitality thing I believe, so good.
[] Counselor Rec: general
[] Additional Rec: from the professor who mentored me, talked about my research. excellent!
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry, political science, international relations, math… NO CLUE
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Average public school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 95,000, about, I think
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research, 2nd gen…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, hardest possible course load, RESEARCH!!!, athletics? Essays? Maybe pretty cool that I’m trained in a lot of first aide stuff because of my job.
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, not any big hooks, not a ton of APs (not a ton offered though…)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put put my heart and soul into my application. I was very honest and really did my best to highlight my achievements in the context of my community and family. But honestly, I HAVE NO IDEA!!! So many people seemed to be rejected that were so awesome and clearly just as well or more well qualified. It just seems so…random.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
THIS IS CRAZY!!! Congratulations everyone! And best of luck! And I have no clue as to how I got accepted or how college admissions work…

studencik888 · December 16, 2012, 1:20am

Decision: Rejected
SAT I (breakdown): didnt take
ACT: 35 Composite (36M, 36, E, 33 R, 35 S)
SAT II (if submitted): 800 MII, 790 US History, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/592
AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (4), USH (5), Macro (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Literature, AP Physics B, AP Chem
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Carson Scholar, AP Scholar w/distinction, National Merit Semifinalist
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Worked at University of Chicago for the whole summer as a lab intern from 9-5 everyday. Studied gap junctions and connexins.
Volunteer/Community service:
Essays: Common App- My XC coachs influence on me
Roommate- talked about how he or she would learn some polish by overhearing me talk with my parents, described where Im from (IL) (7/10)
Vitality- Bridge building contest and what made me interested in engineering (7/10)
What matters- Polish heritage, told a funny anecdote from when I flew to Poland (10/10)
Teacher Recommendation:
English teacher: standard (6/10)
Math- didnt see
Counselor Rec: she barely knows me
Additional Rec: research mentor, it was excellent
Interview:none offered
Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
Intended Major: aerospace engineering
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I thought that the fact Im a first generation son of Polish immigrants who escaped communism helped, but I guess not. Trilingual didnt matter either apparently.
Strengths: dedicated to cross country and track, multicultural (Polish), research.
Weaknesses: maybe a couple of the recs. Couldve selected better topics for essays even though I originally thought they were good-had them looked at by English dept head (also my teacher) who has taught English for 40 yrs and he said they were excellent- not so sure now though.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk. Im honestly furious. I geared my whole high school experience around getting into Stanford. Dream shattered. Ill probably go to U of I now.
General Comments:Third valedictorian in a row rejected from Stanford from my school, they really hate us.

clairebear29 · December 16, 2012, 5:05am

Here is the deferred letter, so that everyone down the road can read it and prepare themselves… Maybe other people want to post rejection/acceptance letters?

December 14, 2012

[first middle last names]
Email: [address]
Stanford ID:########

Dear [first name],

After careful consideration and a thorough review of your candidacy, we have deferred your application to our Regular Decision review period. Our philosophy is to defer only a small percentage of Restrictive Early Action applicants, and thus you are part of a highly select group of students whose applications will be reviewed again.

The reasons for deferring a Restrictive Early Action application vary, but in most cases we want to reassess your candidacy in the broader context of our entire applicant pool, or we want to see your first term senior year grades. Although we cannot predict the likelihood of gaining admission, in each of the past four years approximately fifteen percent of deferred candidates have been admitted.

Between now and the end of February, we invite you to submit online an Optional Update Form. Let us know about any new honors, awards or significant personal accomplishments. Do not submit additional letters of recommendation. When first term grades are available, ask your school to submit an updated transcript with the Common Application Midyear Report Form. Include your Stanford ID number, located at the top of this letter, in all correspondence with the admission office.

We appreciate the thoughtfulness and hard work you put into your application and acknowledge your strong interest in Stanford as a Restrictive Early Action applicant. You will receive a final decision at the end of March, 2013.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

Richard H. Shaw
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

venice707 · December 16, 2012, 7:48am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2400 single sitting (10 essay)
[] ACT: 36 single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Bio, 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Spanish reading, 770 World History 
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank: School doesn’t do rank or percentile, but have highest GPA possible so maybe 1st or tied for 1st?
[] APs: Bio, World History, Chemistry, US History, Calculus AB and BC, English Language (all 5s, all kind of self-studied (school doesn’t offer AP classes but does offer classes that cover some of the same subject matter))
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, advanced math, advanced Spanish, English lit, advanced US history, orchestra, advanced speech/debate (honors where available; most rigorous course load possible at school) 
[] Major Awards: Not sure how “major” they are, but: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Cum Laude Paper Award district winner, AIME 2x, all-state math team (top 8 in state), top 10% in major national math competition, public forum debate awards (qualified for nationals 2x), National Spanish Exam gold medal 3x, poem selected for publication in annual anthology of high school student poetry, multiple school awards 
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Debate team 10-12 (co-captain 12); math team 9-12 (11 and 12 co-captain); JV soccer 9-11 (co-captain 11); varsity soccer 12; club soccer 9-12; JV tennis 9-11; orchestra 9-12 (section leader, first chair, 10-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 summers doing neuroscience research in university labs (unpaid intern); 3 summers as youth soccer referee (paid)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Member, teen community service org.; school tour guide; get-out-the-vote volunteer
[] Essays: I think they were well-written, but who knows? Common app was about a comic book character; roommate essay was about relationships and loyalty; others talked about neuroscience research, debate, community service
[] Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t see these but probably very good
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but probably very good
[] Additional Rec: Saw some excerpts from this (from research mentor) and it was very good
[] Interview: With very nice alum; seemed to go well.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Probably neuroscience, but will take lots of humanities classes, too
[] State: Flyover country
[] Country: USA
[] School Type: Private college prep
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~100K
[] Hooks: Summer neuroscience research, “lesser” legacy (1 parent went to Stanford grad school)
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, scores, recommendations, research experience, awards, possibly essays. Did a lot of ECs but did all pretty well, so not really sure if breadth of interests was a strength or weakness.
[] Weaknesses: Less community service than many kids; not sure if so many ECs was pro or con
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[/ul]General Comments: Feel very lucky to have been accepted when there are so many kids out there with similar grades, scores, and ECs who weren’t.

MamaTT · December 16, 2012, 9:24am

Good luck to you! You are an amazing student and will be successful in life irrespective of where you go to college. The sky is the limit, go get em for RD in other schools.

amy0827 · December 16, 2012, 10:14am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Physics 800 Chem 800 Math 800 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 8 exams
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:<a href=“Not%20going%20into%20too%20much%20detail%20for%20identity%20protection%20purposes”>list</a>
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sports, music, pretty focused
[] Job/Work Experience: Couple of internships I was really interested in
[] Volunteer/Community service: Led a volunteer program at my school
[] Essays: Have never worked harder on any piece of writing in my life bar maybe one research paper I wrote in high school. I wrote and rewrote and edited and showed to three or four trusted people and made sure every word conveyed exactly what it needed to. You really don’t have that much space even though some consider this supplement on the larger side, so make sure every sentence is really saying something.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t really know, probably pretty good.
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t have one
[] Interview: Didn’t have one, was freaking out that they didn’t contact me for one but twas ok
[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: MechE, Econ, physics, math?
[] State (if domestic applicant): Let’s just say northeast
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, a buncha other things I can’t really put up because they’re kind of unique (nothing having to do with connections or legacies or anything, just stuff I do that anybody could do if they wanted)
[] Weaknesses: No hook really
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I never hesitated to be a nontraditional high school student and follow multiple passions without choosing one or two big ones which everybody seems to think is the key. Well roundedness is chill too. Probably the essays played a big role too, looking back I think they conveyed a strong sense of intellectual curiosity and desire to use knowledge for a greater good…so work your butts off on those.
[/ul]General Comments: Could not be more excited. See y’all in CA hopefully!

stanford1717 · December 16, 2012, 2:06pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400, second try
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Biology, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 5 Chem, 5 Math, 5 Bio, 5 Computer science
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): taking English, Spanish SL this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Math, Advanced computer science, IB Spanish, IB Literature, AP Physics Bio in community college
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]USABO Semi-finalist
USNCO Honors
USACO silver division
USAPhO semi-finalist
AIME x 3
some minor essay competitions

[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Biology Team (Captain/founder), Computer science team(Captain), Math team, research, webmaster, Flute, All-State Band
[] Job/Work Experience: Does research go here too?
[] Volunteer/Community service: Working at a hospital every week - 2 hours/week i guess
[] Essays: Pretty good; wrote them all about the same topic aka what i want to do
my roommate essay was my favorite
[] Teacher Recommendation: Biology team coach, really good, math team coach, who also taught my freshman year stuff, was also really good (i’m just guessing that they’re pretty good; didn’t get a chance to read them)
[] Counselor Rec: He said i was very smart? I didn’t talk to him much, but he got a lot from what i wrote to him i guess
[] Additional Rec: School band person who i’ve been with for four years, should have been pretty good
[] Interview: Nope my region doesn’t get any ._.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: got half
[] Intended Major: Computer Science/Computational Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): tri-state
[] School Type: public magnet
[] Ethnicity: yellow like a banana
[] Gender: i have a stubbly chin
[] Income Bracket: <200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): NOPE. my research SUCKED (didn’t even get siemens semis)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Why do these go together? because i’m not sure at all what they were… i thought writing all of my essays about the same topic would be a bad thing but… i got in? and i thought asians had a disadvantage but… I got in? and my awards/extracurriculars are not that great… so yeah I honestly have no idea how or what or why but I’m just so thankful that they saw something that they liked in my essays I guess?
Oh also, No sports. Stanford didn’t care that much i guess
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ditto
[/ul]General Comments:
The process IS truly random. So many people at my school got rejected/deferred that i thought were definite admits…

stanfordboundkid · December 16, 2012, 3:03pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33 (35 English/ 33 Math/ 33 Reading/ 29 Science)
[] SAT II (if submitted):
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st Decile (most specific school will release)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All honors (highest caliber class school offers)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 Varsity Sports (captain in one), Model United Nations (chef de cabinet), Associated Student Body
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at a software company in the marketing department last year.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 800 community service hours, four state legislature awards for exceptional volunteer service among my grade level.
[] Essays: They were all really good but none of them were quirky or anything.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was really really good, the other I’m not sure about but I’m sure it was at least good.
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome. He told me I would get into any school I applied to with this rec. (obviously he was wrong though)
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Don’t offer in California.
[/ul]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Biology. (I think this may have hurt me)
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Charter
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~$175,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation.
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: First generation, recommendations, community service, lots of good extra curriculars (I didn’t write them all on here)
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, my school.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I thought I was an okay candidate but what really killed me (as our principal explained) is that Stanford blacklisted our school for a year. Last year, only one student was accepted (he was also accepted to Yale and MIT) but instead chose to go to ASU. (I don’t really understand it either.) What a school like STanford will do, is punish our school and administration for messing up their acceptance/attending rate by not accepting any students the following year. I’m not saying I would of gotten in otherwise but it definitely made my chances a lot worse. Or non-existent. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m okay with it! Definitely expected it (hoped for deferral though!) CONGRATS to everyone who did get in! Stanford is an awesome school and lucky to have all of you! Enjoy every second of it!

pitabread78 · December 16, 2012, 3:10pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didnt take
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II (if submitted): 690 US, 660 Math II (i suck at math)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/389
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology, US, World, Environmental, Chem, Englsih lang and I didnt send those scores
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics B, AP Micro/Macro, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc AB, Honors Spanish IV
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, I won a scholarship to go study in Korea that is given to literally one person in the nation…

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team (capitan, coaches award, top 20 in the state), Habitat for Humanity: Youth United (treasurer, we won the Build Louder award, which only one club in the country gets), Student Government (junior class president), Father’s table delivery service, Swam year round (literally 2, 2.5 hour practices a day, everyday but sunday), Spanish club, Spanish national honor society, national honor society
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for humanity: Youth united (we raise $65,000 dollars every year to build a house for a family in need), Father’s Table Delivery Service (started a service to bring leftover food from a local bakery to multiple churches in my city for them to give to impoverished people), Key club (used it as an organizational key to learn about volunteer opportunities)
[] Essays: Common App: wrote about meeting King Sejong the Great (if he were still around) and how his alphabet helped me teach myself Korean. Intellectual Vitality: wrote about teaching myself Korean and how I made my own experiment on how to learn a language without having to constantly compare it to your first and how I went to Korea to eliminate the intermediary, English, between my brain and Korean. Roommate: wrote about how my swim caps show different sides of my personality. What matters: wrote about doing the 30 hour famine and realizing how awful it is to be hungry, then started the delivery service to help feed homeless people
[] Teacher Recommendation: both my teachers really liked me, but i didnt read them
[] Counselor Rec: she loved me so i guess it was good
[] Additional Rec: read it and it was brilliant, it was from my high school swim coach
[] Interview: didnt get one. i think i wouldve gotten in with one though, not gonna lie

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: duh
[] Intended Major: International Relations? i dont remember what i put
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: big public
[] Ethnicity: pale af
[] Gender: XY
[] Income Bracket: 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I WISH[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was told my essays were really good, AP classes, rank, GPA, senior year course load
[] Weaknesses: white, male, ACT score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly, because i go to public school. My cousin got in and he goes to McCallie in Tennessee and boards there. He just gets whatever help he needs all the time because private schools can do that for you. He didnt wake up at 4:30 every morning for swim practice for years and still make straight As and then go build a couple houses for homeless people. no he didnt.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m bitter. Stanford was literally my dream school. No one from my school system has ever gotten into Stanford. We’ve got people at every Ivy, but NEVER STANFORD. I thought it was my time to break that trend but I guess not.

califia · December 16, 2012, 4:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): never took it
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II (if submitted): Spanish with Listening 800, Math II 780, Math I 760, Literature 730, Chem 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably in top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): got a 7 in anticipated chem SL last year, total overall predicted is 43
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 HLs, 2 SLs, 2 self-study languages, overall very rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Secretary-General), NHS (Secretary), Knowledge Bowl (Captain), Make-a-Wish Club (Founder), Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf Club, Debate, Habitat for Humanity, Student Council
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer School Teaching Assistance
[] Volunteer/Community service: Make-a-Wish, Habitat, lots in NHS
[] Essays: CommonApp essay 7/10, wrote about being a Third Culture Kid and family’s political history, and how that made me want to study politics; Intellectual Vitality 9/10, my favorite, wrote about meeting a Congressman with opposite views as mine and how that helped me grow; Roommate 8/10, a general letter about my quirks/interests/hopes at Stanford; What Matters 8/10, about my community and our potential in the world
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but probably pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: probably very good
[] Additional Rec: didn’t send
[] Interview: not available in my country
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: International Relations and Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): living in Chile
[] School Type: Private International
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic and White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Third Culture Kid, South American and European (interesting mix of nationalities)
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score, predicted IB score, showed passion, rec letters
[] Weaknesses: CommonApp essay,
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were interesting and unique, and my short answers showed my social side and who I was outside of academics. Took a few risks in the things I admitted but I think they payed off.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I come from a very good/prestigious International School in South American that is pretty well-known worldwide, also for our amazing college counselor and principal. I’ve shown a lot of passion for politics/international relations throughout high school and in my app. For those of you deferred/rejected, it may sting now but from reading this forum I know you are all amazing and unique people, and will have a lot of academic and personal success no matter where you end up! For everyone accepted, I can’t wait to meet you all next year! :)

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