OFFICIAL Stanford 2017 SCEA Results Thread

whitenumbers · December 16, 2012, 5:11pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (CR: 730, M: 800, W: 780) (All 2nd sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800 / Chemistry 760 / Chinese 800 / Biology M 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.975
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/519 Weighted, 10/519 Unweighted
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Chemistry (4), Biology (5), Physics B (4), Calculus BC (5, AB subscore: 5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Wind Ensemble, AP Computer Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 4 years (Clarinet Section Leader), Piano (like any other Asian…), 3 years in 2 Volunteer Clubs in school (Treasurer for both this year), 3 years in Tri-M Music Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid research assistant at a university research center during the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of stuff for church (Praise team, VBS…), organization that gives out books to underprivileged kids, 2 aforementioned volunteer clubs, about 200 hours total
[] Essays: Common App Main: 6, wrote about piano
Intellectual Vitality: 7, wrote about why biology appealed to me so much, especially after I got to see it being used in the lab during my short research stint.
Letter to roommate: 7, wrote about squirrel-watching.
What matters to me: 8, wrote about how my childhood and the optimism and wonder at life I had then mattered to me. 
[] Teacher Recommendation: Got them from 2 of my favorite teachers, they should be relatively decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Typical public school counselor who doesn’t really know the kids, probably decent as well?
[] Additional Rec: Got one from the head of a small organization I volunteer with, only one I got to read, and I thought it was pretty good.
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): California!
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Noncompetitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >$200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None. D:
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic courseload?
[] Weaknesses: I’m Asian… and relatively stereotypical at that.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t stand out too much, no major awards[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m totally okay with my rejection, actually. Taking it way better than I thought I would, because I’ve always been on the fence between Stanford and UCLA as my dream schools, and after getting rejected, I realized that UCLA probably has a much better fit for me than Stanford does. I’m glad the admissions officers were able to realize I wouldn’t fit in at Stanford before I realized it. [:
That being said, congratulations to everyone who got accepted! I’m sure you all will have a wonderful time at Stanford, and I’m truly happy for everyone who got in.
To those who were deferred, good luck! Three months will be over before you know it.
And to those rejected like me, please don’t be too upset about it. I’m sure all of you will find a college where you can happily pursue your dreams. After all, everyone says college is what YOU make of it, right?

AeryGold · December 16, 2012, 6:15pm

Deferred

Objective:

[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 superscore (750 W 710 R 690 M)[/li][ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, W 4.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/579
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English (5) Psych (5) World His. (4) Art History (5) USH (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
BC Calc, AP Euro History, AP Eng Lit, AP Macro, AP Government, Film History, Newspaper, Band, Speech(LOLOLOL)
This schedule ^ was as rigorous as I could take if I wanted to stay in Newspaper and Band. My junior year course load was much more rigorous.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, Nation Merit Commended, State-wide Rotary Student of the Year (twice, consecutively), a lot of music awards

Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Social groups in every school in my district for kids w/ and w/o disabilities (Cofounder, President), NHS (Officer), tons of community service with Special Olympics, Down Syndrome Association, and local organizations that serve the disability community, Newspaper (Section Editor, Co Editor-in-Chief), Marching Band (Section leader), Wind Ensemble (1st chair), Chamber Music, Adult community orchestra, Girl Scout
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Special Ed summer school for two years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 1500+ hours
[ *] Essays: I was really happy with all of my essays and overall, I think they were pretty unique. However, my common app one was pretty generic
Com App EC: talked about my time volunteering internationally via Girl Scouts
Com App Essay: This one is okay…not terribly unique
Intellectual vitality essay: Transcendentalism
Roommate: Meditation, obsession with Harry Potter
What matters: my nerves
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: they were very generic
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably very generic
[ *] Additional Rec: Fantastic.
[ *] Interview: n/a

Other:

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep.
[ *] Intended Major: Human Development/Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 120k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, double legacy

Reflection:

[ *] Strengths: My hooks. I think my ECs/community service was pretty unique (the disability stuff). Two of the three supplement essays were awesome!
[ *] Weaknesses: My SAT score. Eep. My common app essay definitely didn’t distinguish me.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Erm. I suppose because I was competing with tremendously talented peers + my SAT score?

General Comments:
It’s disappointing to be deferred, guys. It really is. But I’m going to work my ass off in the next couple of months. I’ve already gotten a few new awards, joined academic UIL, qualified for All-State Band, signed up for the ACT/Math subject tests and my grades are very strong this year. Especially since Stanford only deferred 572 applicants, I know that I’m a qualified contender. Guys. I’M SO CLOSE (so are you other deferred applicants)!! I’m definitely not going to let this opportunity get away from me. I plan on being in Palo Alto in the fall.

This entire process seems crazy to me. I was scrolling through the thread and reading all of the stats of the rejected. I just can’t fathom why some of them were rejected while I was let through to the next round. There has to be some element of randomness to all of this. Maybe. Meh. I don’t know.

Congrats, again, to those who were admitted. Good luck to the rest of us!

Mrinal2207 · December 17, 2012, 4:59am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 36 Composite
[] SAT II (if submitted): Maths IIC:800, Physics:800, Chemistry:800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/324
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Cal AB. AP Mech. AP Chem. AP Gov. AP Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NTSE Scholar (Selective Scholarship); RMO State Rank 2( one of the toughest maths exams in country); Times Of India: Student of the Year ( Leading Newspaper); Table Tennis:State Champion
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Table Tennis national sports meet- silver medal. State champianships: gold medal. Interschool champianships: winner. State table tennis team captain. School TT team captain. Selected for Youth leader program in 11th. Science Conference at IIT Delhi, gave speech on New Technologies and Youth Participation, Represented my school.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at an engineering firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Organized water harvesting awareness with help of Municipal Co., Tutored children for 2 yrs, Organized Green clean campaign; recognized by CM of State, Spread awareness about polio
[] Essays: Pretty good, I think
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome !
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Aeronautics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India( Moved to NY )
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 300k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT scores
[] Weaknesses: ECs maybe ?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck ![/li][/ul]General Comments:

AKShockwave · December 17, 2012, 8:21pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 Superscore (790 M, 800 W, 660 CR)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 730 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/420
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chemistry (5) Language and Composition (4) Microeconomics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, US Government, AP Computer Science, AP Calc AB, Art, AP Physics B
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Android Application Development, Software Development Internship, Church Youth Group
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Small amount with church
[] Essays: Common App Main was awesome, Intellectual Vitality was awesome (9.5/10 for each), What Matters was really good (8.5/10), Roommate was pretty good (8/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Got one from one of my favorite teachers, who also went to Stanford, it was awesome. My other one was okay.
[] Counselor Rec: Really good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: around 140K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses: Not very many good extracurriculars, GPA was kind of weak but that was just because of freshman year
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know, probably my lack of ECs, nothing really stood out. Or I just got unlucky.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Meh, kind of disappointed but at this point I’m over it and have moved on to other colleges (just hope I’m accepted to them, at least).

bairenkanbudong · December 18, 2012, 7:01am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math (800) Bio (800) Chinese (800) Korean (800) Spanish (800) French (800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5) Bio (5) Chem (5) Physics B (5) Physics C (5) Stat (5) Music Theory (5) French (5) Chinese (5) English Lang (5) English Lit (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO 4th, Intel 12th, USACO 17th, Siemens, 7th, USABO 9th, USAPhO 7th, etc etc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (President) Spanish Club (President) Chinese Culture Club (Vice President) Korean Culture Club (Vice President) Latino Club (Co - VP) Free Tibet Club (Co - VP) Save the Children Club (Co - VP)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local hospital 15 hrs / week
[] Essays: Wrote about living in ghetto for 8 years and fighting racial discrimination and gang violence and poverty.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Interviewer said she would try her best to get me in.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Ethnic Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): Califiornia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket: Lowest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: Everything
[] Weaknesses: Nothing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Superior intellect[/li][/list]General Comments:

Oscarlany · December 18, 2012, 3:45pm

^ the most “shoo-in” application I’ve ever seen

PWang2017 · December 18, 2012, 5:47pm

^ Only if OP isn’t trolling, which is certainly a possibility.

kellybkk · December 18, 2012, 5:55pm

^^Yeah, the whole black thing makes me suspicious, as I have never known – or heard of – any black person doing “Korean Culture”. All the incredibly useless Vice Presidencies are also a tip off.

stressedasian152 · December 18, 2012, 8:13pm

Lol. He’s trolling. Totally.

Hint: There has not been a black USAMO winner in the last four years.

Thursday8 · December 18, 2012, 8:50pm

also, Stanford doesn’t do interviews, right?

p4rty0 · December 18, 2012, 9:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 35/35/35/35/34/9 (Comp/English/Math/Reading/Science/Writing)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 740 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (4), AP Calculus AB (4), AP English Lang. (4), AP World History (4), AP US History (3), AP Government (5), AP English Lit. (4), AP Physics B (4), AP Spanish Lang. (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Research Strategies in Contemporary Issues, College Survival Skills, Advisement/Facilities Lab, Principles of Marketing, Existentialist Literature, Music Appreciation, Finite Math for Business, History of Science. The first 6 are through a local program that allows high school students to attend school at the local community college, Math is through nearby university, HoS is through Stanford’s Online High School
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (Treasurer junior year, current president), California Scholarship Federation (President junior year), Academic Decathlon (Won a few medals here and there, nothing spectacular), Classical Piano (achieved highest level of MTAC recognition, longtime participant of local group concert, invited to play at numerous local functions, participated and placed in multiple state-level competitions, submitted solid arts supplement), Boys’ State delegate, Class president
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Play piano at local hospital, lots of odd-jobs via club activities, spearheaded multiple international projects including medical mission to Peru this past summer (elaborated on this in my short answer)
[] Essays: All very good/excellent. Common App (My world travels and the new perspective on life they have brought me), Intellectual Vitality (Harnessing technology to help underserved/undeveloped regions of the world), Roommate (Work hard, play hard, discussed hobbies and interests), What Matters (Self-improvement)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, strong relationship since freshman year
[] Additional Rec: Previous school counselor and longtime advisor for school’s Interact club, excellent
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[] Intended Major: Unsure of specific major, Pre-med!
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public supplemented by online private school and local university
[] Ethnicity: Filipino (Asian)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Highest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I have attended Stanford’s online high school since the seventh grade (to supplement my normal schooling). That being said, the other people I know from this school who applied with me didn’t get in…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: One of their own, strong test scores and GPA, application bound together by underlying theme of service (esp. as a pre-med applicant)
[] Weaknesses: Community service not the strongest in terms of hours, class rank devalued by weak public school, Bio M score lackluster for pre-med major, Asian, no major “obstacles to overcome”
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I broke the barriers of coming from an underachieving area with relatively little to offer, strong application overall, unifying theme, arts supplement[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Application showcased my leadership, and thoroughly explained and reinforced my selection of major. Dream come true!

Oscarlany · December 18, 2012, 9:46pm

Haha that’s what I was suspecting…now I feel like an idiot

PWang2017 · December 18, 2012, 10:24pm

@Thursday8

Stanford does offer interviews for applicants from California (or in his case, Califiornia LOL).

bleach340 · December 18, 2012, 10:36pm

His strength is “superior intellect” LOLOL

Tony1337 · December 19, 2012, 3:40am

Additionally, there is no such thing as 4th place at USAMO or 12th place at Intel. OK, maybe you can figure out by the scores that you’re 4th on USAMO. But if you’re an Intel finalist and only that, it means you’re 11-40th place. You don’t get to find out which specific place you are.

xmp2012 · December 19, 2012, 6:55pm

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M 780 R 800W (2380 Superscore)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chem, Math, Bio E, Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 (4.5 W)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), APUSH(4), Spanish Lang (4), English Language Composition (3), European History (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Gov/Macroecon, Guitar, Chemical lab technician, English 12 CP
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Semifinalist, NHRP Scholar with distinctions, National AP Scholar with distinctions
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot with leadership in almost each one. I even went to nationals for table tennis and I founded 2 local programs as well as one club. Im too depressed to write it all out. I even had a research internship at a cancer diagnostics startup where I wrote part of a clinical analysis.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: NA
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: food bank work and homeless sandwich program founder, worked at a museum for an entire summer operating telescopes
[ *] Essays: Pretty awesome!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: This has to be what killed me. My humanities teachers hate me so I took two science rec letters which is not seen as favorable.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Okay considering my high school is huge
[ *] Additional Rec: Research mentor wrote an amazing letter
[ *] Interview: NA
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering/ computational biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ca
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Hugeeeee competitive public school with one other person that got in
[ *] Ethnicity: Latino
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, research
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: heavy AP courseload, 10th eleventh grades really good, SAT, extracurriculars, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: rec letters, freshman grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Shouldve chosen a humanities Rec letter. The other guy from my school that got in had lower SAT higher GPA and less important extracurriculars (he just had one varsity sport and some math/science clubs), he had good essays like mine, he had a physics rec like me, he was not a minority student, he just had a humanities rec letter (only reason I can see why he got in and not me).

textangel · December 22, 2012, 7:54pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 750 Math 800 Wr 770
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2 800; Chem 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unknown
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 (Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Phys B, Phys C E, Phys C M, APUSH, AP US Gov)
[] Senior Year Course Load: full
[] Major Awards: USAMO, Nat Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (and concert band), Robotics, Cross Country, Tutoring (Robots, Math, English), Volunteering
[] Job/Work Experience: School jobs, youth conservation corps
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Helping out local robotics team, school fair, raising money for an impoverished community
[] Essays: pretty good; Common App (What I learned in my ancestral hometown, simple life), Intellectual Vitality (the magic of molecular biology), Roommate (discussion of cultures, discussed hobbies and interests), What Matters (serving the needy)
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology OR Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): HI
[] School Type: Private college prep
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75K-100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: see below
[] Weaknesses: Hm…
[] Why you think you were accepted: USAMO helped. Strong math/science+ willingness to explore new activities+ service. Essays helped.[/ul]

winterfell3 · December 28, 2012, 1:11am

Decision: Admitted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270; CR 800; M 710; W 760
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 740 Literature, 770 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (3), Lang (5), Gov (5), Physics C Mechanics (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C E&M, AP Stat, AP Psych, AP US, AP Lit, Painting
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Semifinalist, National AP Scholar with distinctions

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council President, Percussion, Debate, Electioneering, Science Olympiad
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: Camp Counselor, Museum helper
[] Essays: Good. Common App: Electioneering for a school tax hike, EC: Percussion, Intellectual Vitality: Building an instrument, Roommate: everything random/awesome about me
[] Teacher Recommendation: Used english and ss teachers. Didnt see either, both assured me they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: Again, never saw, but he told me it was really good
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: NA

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (relatively small)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none im aware of[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Solid scores, solid essays, good leadership in many ECs, recs (I assume)
[] Weaknesses: White middle class, not a whole lot of special stuff going on
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Certainly a bit of luck, i hope percussion helped some, the leadership and essays probably helped as well.[/li][/ul]

lotus4050 · January 2, 2013, 2:56pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 33/35/35/33/29/10 (Comp/English/Math/Reading/Science/Writing)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Math II, 720 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Lang Comp (5), Biology (4), European History (4), Art History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Government, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National History Day
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (VP in 11th grade, Historian in 10th grade, now Scholarship and Awards Coordinator in 12th grade, chairman of lots of events), Junior LA County Fair Board, Art and Architecture Club (VP), Math and Science Scholar for Physiology Department - research at a local college with a professor
[] Job/Work Experience: Student teacher for Algebra I over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Organizer of Shoes That Fit shoe and sock drive - worked with other kids from neighboring communities to collect shoes and socks for Shoes That Fit, an organization that gives these shoes and socks to children in need
[] Essays: Common App (the time I went to a political protest, connected with my culture there), intellectual vitality (why I take so many AP classes), roommate (love of Bollywood movies, Korean dramas - how much I love other cultures), what matters (writing a blog about connecting economics to teenagers)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both should have been great - one teacher is known for writing great recs. The other teacher’s class last year was the hardest class of my life. I’ve never worked harder for a class than I did in his.
[] Counselor Rec: Based off the packet seniors at our school fill out for the counselor recs
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes.
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I thought my ACT was, but now that I’m seeing all these amazing 35’s, I’m not so sure xD Definitely my essays. I spent part of August and all of September writing, re-writing, and editing them.
[] Weaknesses: SAT subject tests… I was too lazy to re-take them.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I was so prepared for rejection before opening that e-mail! Stanford gets such great applicants and lots of qualified students are turned away.

Bleakmystery · January 15, 2013, 9:57am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 800 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Lit, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I have all A’s throughout high school (i.e highest grade available) so that’s approximately a 4.0 I guess. I’m an international student so there are different standards.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A. No ranking.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Um I have many international writing and debate awards, which were quite competitive.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The usual, Editor-in-chief of school magazine, President of Photography club, National Debate Team etc etc.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 750+ hours.
[] Essays: I liked them. My teacher did too. Not that great but they did show my personality very well.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding.
[] Counselor Rec: I can’t say.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: English
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Nepal
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Nepali
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: I applied for aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I don’t really know…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, Grades, Recommendations.
[] Weaknesses: ECs weren’t that amazing. I mean I didn’t write a book or anything.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it really showed in my application that I made the best use of the resources available to me. It doesn’t matter if you don’t shine in the application pool - just be the best you can be. That’s all.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I know I’m a bit late lol but yahh.

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