Official Stanford REA Decisions Class of 2016

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<p>With decisions coming out in the next week or two, I thought it would be appropriate to create this thread. We all know how helpful it was for us to look at previous years decisions, so please help give back to the CC community!</p>

<p>This thread is purely for decisions, so please direct comments to:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1207603-official-stanford-scea-2016-applicants-discussion-thread.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1207603-official-stanford-scea-2016-applicants-discussion-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Just copy/paste and fill in your data (remember to remove spaces!)</p>

<p>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]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] 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.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Common App Main:
[ *] EC Short Answer:
[ *] "Profile" questions:
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay:
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay:
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /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, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! This thread made me nervous beyond belief!!</p>

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<p>what salsapenguin said ^</p>

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<p>Quick bump to get it on the first page because EA results come out at 3 PM today.</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump! :d</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Stop bumping the thread. It’s not for discussion.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 - 800W, 770CR, 640M (much higher now, but not in time to send)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Lit: 710, Bio: 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), Lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Euro, AP Calc AB, English 165, Lit 252, Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Arts awards, Selected to speak at a TED conference, Amazing Kid’s Amazing Kid of the Month, regional photography awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the School Newspaper, Varsity/Regionally ranked Equestrian
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Founded my own photography business, freelance photography for a modeling agency, writer/photographer for a number of equestrian magazines, intern for The Stanford Daily, etc.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Founder and President of a nonprofit organization that uses the profits from my photography/jobs to support an orphanage, volunteered for the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford (150 hours), ambassador ton an equestrian charity foundation
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interned for The Stanford Daily, fundraised for my nonprofit, lots of photography stuff, volunteered for Ronald McDonald, took AP Macro/AP Gov/English 100, uhh etc.
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Common App Main: In my closet I keep this secret photo album containing the most meaningful pictures I’ve taken. I “opened” the album for the reader and used the images within to describe my photographic journey and how I’ve used this passion to change others.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Despite my grander EC’s, I decided to focus on a poignant moment I experienced volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House.
[</em>] “Profile” questions: A balance serious and lighthearted, intellectual and recreational
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I described an interview I conducted for the school paper in which my interviewee, a physics teacher, taught me to defy labels like saying “I’m an English person” and that by finding my loves in the subjects with which I struggle, both will become more rewarding. Then I detailed a photo shoot of mine in which I used something I learned in Trig to solve a lighting issue and came to appreciate math.
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: I used my photography equipment backpack and its contents as analogies to my character.
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: I took a moment from when I was standing backstage at the TED conference and used that to detail why mattering matters to me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, though my teachers adored me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but my counselor has in the past deemed me to be the best student to emerge from my school.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Brought me to tears.
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Nothing to pity
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, also submitted a highly skilled art supplement</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: English related scores, Essays, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math/Bio scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academically, I was not the best applicant. [/li][/ul]General Comments: :frowning: oh well. Now to perfect my Brown Application. Congrats to everyone who got in–you have truly earned it. And to the rest of us, well…I’m not too worried. We’re all pretty fantastic, and I’m confident we’ll end up somewhere good.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 superscore (800m 770w 740 cr)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 800mII 800 physics 740 world history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):14/~550
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Physics C, Comp Sci AB, World History, Language, all 5s.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most intense
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of Bike Club, FIRST Robotics, Research internship, Boy Scout
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400 hours at the zoo, and another 100 in Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research internship
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Common App Main: 7
[<em>] EC Short Answer: 7
[</em>] “Profile” questions: Depends… Not sure how to quantify this.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: 7
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: 7
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: 7 (I thought all of my essays were fairly good, but they just highlighted my academic achievements and didn’t show myself)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No clue, but the teachers I asked love me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t send one
[li] Interview: N/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were the weak link.[/li][/ul]**General Comments: **GRRR time to work on apps again ><</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II:chem-770, bio-760, math2-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a (school doesn’t “do” AP, we’ve replaced it with “AT”-- we don’t take the AP tests.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous courseload available: all AT’s except for spanish. bc calc, english lit, chem, studio art, and macroeconomnics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PSAT natl merit commendation? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): fencing- nationally ranked, got recruited by the team, many natl medals, travel around alot, etc. and same thing with debate ('cept i wasn’t recruited for that!!)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Clerk at the town’s local bakery for the last 2 years. Internship at the Animal Hospital for the last 2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hours at Costa Rica one summer
[</em>] Summer Activities:internship at vet, nationals for fencing and debate, job at bakery, studied abroad in UCLA and Oxford.
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Common App Main: about how i’m an “oxymoron” 10/10 ← most awesome essay of my life
[<em>] EC Short Answer: about debate 9.5/10
[</em>] “Profile” questions: i wrote down what i actually liked to do, in contrast to what i thought they would like… idk, seemed to work out!! :slight_smile:
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: about sudoku 7/10
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: i was very funny, very chill, 9/10
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: wrote about my dog :slight_smile: hehe 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: verrry good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:i think it was OK… don’t think the guy really likes me, but i’ve contributed a lot so…
[li] Interview:N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[</em>] School Type: Public- very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[*] Income Bracket: 100K +</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 math: 780 Writting: 750
[ *] ACT: didnt take
[ *] SAT II: Math II: 780 Bio m: 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/222
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):bio-5 calc ab-5 apes-5 whap-3 apush-3 eng lang-3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:ap chem, ap spanish, ap spanish lit, ap calc bc, honors english, theology, and organic chemistry
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national achievement</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 sport varsity athlete for 3 years, nat honor society, math honor society, cultural club vp, community service project
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours
hospital work, summer camp counselor, tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:unique and genuine
[ *] Common App Main: wrote about an inside joke
[ *] EC Short Answer: wrote about working with kids at summer camp
[ *] “Profile” questions:
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: wrote about my love for learning
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: just kinda described myself
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: sports - dedication and teamwork
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:great
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:no</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private religious
[ *] Ethnicity: african american
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket:average
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:academically qualified+managed to convey a genuine tone through most essays
[ *] Weaknesses: scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays showed a combination of goofy/silly + nerdy/intellectual
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800CR/790M/750W-79MC 8E)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800MathII/790Physics/750USH/750Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No clue, top 5% though I think
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4USH/4Span.Lang/5CalcBC/5Eng.Lang+Comp.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
Multivariable Calc/AP Eng. Lit+Comp/AP Spanish Lit/AT Physics/Indep.Study Art/Symphonic Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, NMSC SemiFinalist, some AP award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts(Asst. Senior Patrol Leader), Varsity Swimming (Captain), Orchestra (Section leader in 10th grade lol), Tech/computer forum moderator, web designer/illustrator of my own webcomic
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding last summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: All the stuff we do in Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp, work, swimming
[<em>] Essays: Pretty OK
[</em>] Common App Main: About my unique hobby as a graphing calculator enthusiast
[<em>] EC Short Answer: About camping
[</em>] “Profile” questions: Pretty chill. I mentioned FoodPornDaily LOL
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: About tau=2pi
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: About card games
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: About backpacking experience in the Rockies
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One pretty solid (AP lang), one OK (Calc BC)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (NOOOOO)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Nothing to pity.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Solid academics, and rather unique essay topics I think. Oh and scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian male. Lol. No 4th year history. A couple B’s.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they just didn’t think I was a fit.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Eh. Not much to say. I wish I had had an interview, I could’ve talked much more about a ton of stuff I couldn’t put into the application.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800C/780M/800W (2380, one sitting)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2 / 800 Chemistry / 800 Lit. All taken once
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 13/13 5’s, 6 more tests in senior year. 1 AP class freshman year (Calc), then 2, then 4, then 4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 honors, and 1 required regular class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. NMSF (and probably Finalist), AIME 2x, National AP scholar, CSF, NHS</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): No major awards. Committed, diverse + passionate. Some clubs with a leadership position.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at software company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much, around 80-85 hours total
[</em>] Summer Activities: COSMOS, Internship, Travel
[<em>] Essays: 9.5/10 overall. This is not just my opinion but everyone who read it, and I showed them to a lot of people. I guess it wasn’t enough.
[</em>] Common App Main: 10
[<em>] EC Short Answer: 8
[</em>] “Profile” questions: 10? I don’t know how one would judge this
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: 8
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: 10
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: 10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Estimate: 1 very good, 1 generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Estimate: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: I think I put mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Other: No disciplinary problems or anything unusual</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, coursework, essays, possibly some of my recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs (lack of major awards), 1 rec possibly
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs, High-income Asian male from CA, one rec might have been poor although I didn’t read</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
There are a lot of things I would have done differently, although probably not for the application itself. For one, I wish I had known before high school that ECs were more important than academics past a point. Maybe I should have applied somewhere else early even though Stanford is my first choice. I’m not ashamed of being committed to academics, and I put everything into my application, so I guess Stanford doesn’t think I’m the right fit (I’m not sure why, but whatever.) It would have been less disappointing if I hadn’t spent as much time as I did on my Stanford essays.
I am disappointed that I didn’t get deferred or accepted but I’m not going to let it ruin my day. Good luck to everyone.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):NA
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 790 Chem, 780 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/829
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP-5 APUSH-5 AP Stats- 5 AP HUG- 4 AP Chem- 5 AP Euro- 5 AP English Lang-5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Art History, Independent Study and Mentorship, AP French Lang, AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Siemens Semifinalist, Texas Girls State, US Academic Achievement Scholarship</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (TOC bid in Extemp, LD Captain, Extemp captain, secretary), Key Club (co founder and President), Team HBV (Vice President and Treasurer), Independent Study (did research on historical figures), National Society of High School Scholars Ambassador, National English Society President, French Club VP
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:2 year research internship in addition to working on some small research projects.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club stuff, Team HBV Stuff, I also worked with some Stanford nonprofits
[</em>] Summer Activities: research at UTMB, Girls State, debate camp
[<em>] Essays: See below
[</em>] Common App Main: I wrote about overcoming mental illness (depression) because of perfectionst standards I created because I didn’t fit in, and how that motivated me to fight for mental illness. Bit risky, but it paid off :slight_smile:
[<em>] EC Short Answer: I wrote about debate and how I had to overcome difficulties of being from a small team.
[</em>] “Profile” questions: was myself :slight_smile:
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I wrote about stem cells and the research I had done.
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: I wrote about getting up halfway in the morning to write down my crazy ideas… don’t ask :slight_smile:
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay:I wrote about working in Team HBV, and how my dad being a Hepatitis B researcher motivated me to do this work.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I asked my AP Stats and AP Euro teacher… should have been good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t know my counselor too well. Should be standard.
[</em>] Additional Rec: got my research mentor to write me one :slight_smile: Should have been pretty good.
[li] Interview: was not offered one (did not have one in my area)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Mais oui :slight_smile:
[</em>] Intended Major:Uh… Public/Global Health or Neuroscience. Considering Internatinal Relations and Women’s and Gender Studies aussi :slight_smile:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): NA
[<em>] School Type:PUBLIC
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian and proud baby
[<em>] Gender: chick
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,0000-90,0000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my older bro goes to Stanford. Also, lots of work with Stanford non-profits and did some research for a Stanford professor (not like medical research. Like literally looking up articles). </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:academics, extracurriculars (kind of), and solid passion
[</em>] Weaknesses: not too many national awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly think it was because of my brother. [/li][/ul]**General Comments: SO HAPPY. PM if you have any questions :slight_smile: Also, don’t trust CC. Too many trolls lulz. **</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2040
[ *] ACT: 29 (I made a conscious decision to test once unprepped—smart or not, it was a stand I took
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97/4.47 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% but school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: all core, most honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just local/community/school, mostly sports</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): multi-year bball and soccer captain, own company
[ *] Job/Work Experience: labor, own company
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: lots, varied
[ *] Summer Activities: work, camps, sports, classes
[ *] Essays: good I think
[ *] Common App Main: good
[ *] EC Short Answer: weak
[ *] “Profile” questions: good
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay:very good
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: good
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very good—great actually
[ *] Counselor Rec: good – this is the one question I have—was it GREAT?
[ *] Additional Rec: great
[ *] Interview: great, loved me</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: music
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Idaho/Mass (divorce)
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: no FA
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): the music hook was unique, vague legacy</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: music hook, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores, counselor rec?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores</p>

<p>Comments: I am going to proceed as if rejected—I think the deferral is only a courtesy because of my vague legacy.</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/204
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: lots of APs and hard stuff
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (VP), Academic Bowl (Capt), Latin Club (Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at a camp
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[</em>] Summer Activities: filming
[<em>] Essays: they were good
[</em>] Common App Main: it was awesome
[<em>] EC Short Answer: awesome
[</em>] “Profile” questions: awesome
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay:
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay:
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both freaking awesome
[<em>] Counselor Rec: freaking awesome
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: N/A
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: lower-middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: awesome
[</em>] Weaknesses: no great hooks?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: awesome[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty swell. Don’t sweat it if you didn’t get in though, there are a lot of swell places.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>[/list]Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2190 (M 720 R 720 W 250)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 7.0 IB Scale (about 3.9ish on the 4.0 scale)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer any
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB examinations scheduled this May;)
IB English HL
IB Physics HL
IB History HL
IB Visual Art SL
IB Math SL
IB German Ab Initio
Theory of Knowledge
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: full IBDP course, listed above
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none:P</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Editor-in-Chief student newspaper/MUN delegate/ambassador (THIMUN, RRMUN),Correspondent for student magazine,Varsity Tennis,Tennis Club, Student Library Advisory
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: service hours for the library. not a lot:P
[</em>] Summer Activities: German lessons
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Common App Main: about a significant event. i wrote it like a prose passage, a short story type. it wasn’t too witty or lighthearted. maybe it was a bit cheesy. i don’t know… i just got my rejection letter like 15 minutes ago so a bit insecure about all parts of my application right now;) 9/10
[<em>] EC Short Answer: wrote on landing the editor-in-chief position at the paper
[</em>] “Profile” questions: in the first one for listing the books and music etc i didn’t write in two lines, doubt it had much significance though. was lighthearted with it. i have a hunch the grammar was a bit off but don’t want to look at the supplement now…
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: wrote about a Theory of Knowledge type issue. limitations and restrictions on language. was pretty serious about it but straightforward 8/10
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: light and friendly. wrote about my habits and etc 7/10
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: wrote about food, this was a second version and came naturally 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: should’ve been good but one teacher has very high standards, i dont know what she wrote about me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be okay. i don’t expect anything spectacular though
[</em>] Additional Rec: didn’t send
[li] Interview: nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations, Cultural Studies, Linguistics (interests)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Nationality Korean, living in Europe
[<em>] School Type: private international school, English speaking
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (and proud to be.)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: meh. 140+? euros and dollars…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
i thought my essays were pretty good, i love to write. but at the moment i’m being harsh with myself. maybe i’ll come back later after i’ve COMPLETELY gotten over the decisions and try to be objective about it…
[</em>] Weaknesses:
SAT scores, no particular awards or summer activity, no internships, no research projects…:frowning:
[li] Why you think you were rejected: [/li]What a weird question. Cause they thought i wasn’t motivated enough? My grades from my public school back home were pretty grim. I jumped tremendously after moving to my current school. But my thought when the applications went out was that the huge increase would make me interesting. Guess it didn’t… overrated myself or something Lol I DONT KNOW. </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Im still slightly emotional, and so im going to blab on - it was really, really awful for about 3-5 minutes. But i think i’m pretty much over it now just i have all this complaining to get done. Will probably call my bf after this and get it all out instead of pouring out my insecurities here on CC;)
but that article from the Dean helped. i think it’s better to carefully read the whole rejection letter.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math 2, 770 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked (probably top 5% of 770)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus with Linear Algebra, Spanish 4, AP Computer Science, Honors Essay Writing, Survey of Western Humanities, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, Advanced Chemistry. Everything was AP/Weighted.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US National Chemistry Olympiad Honors - Top 150 Nationally, USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist - Top 500 Nationally, AIME Qualifier in Junior Year, Chemistry State Champion in a State Science competition, National Merit Semi-Finalist.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl (Captain), ICTM Math Team, NSML Math Team, WYSE Science Team, Local orchestra, JETS Engineering Team, Kung Fu student.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (~200 hours), School Academic Tutor (~100 hours).
[</em>] Summer Activities: Dancing, traveling, summer courses, etc.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were genuine and really showed me.
[</em>] Common App Main: Best essay I’ve written.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Not as good as my common app main.
[</em>] “Profile” questions: Honest answers.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Wrote about eating a cookie and how that stimulated me to think more about my brain. It was quirky and funny.
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Wrote about my passion for dancing like Michael Jackson. Loved this essay.
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: Wrote about an experience that got me really interested in Green Chemistry. Not as good as the other two supplement essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but probably pretty good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150,000-200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong science theme in my application and an interesting personality (see my first two supplement essay descriptions)
[</em>] Weaknesses: My third supplement essay and not having enough leadership.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not having a hook.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I sort of am okay with it after getting rejected from Clark Scholars last year and other summer internships. I realize how tough it is now to actually gain acceptance into one of these great universities, so now I’m just going to keep on moving forward with my other applications.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): [2300] Math: 800 Reading: 760 Writing: 740 (Essay 8)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Biology: 750 Math II: 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% or maybe 20%?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): CompSci (4) USH (4) Music Theory (5) Biology (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APEcon Micro/Macro, AP English Lit, AP Stat, AP Chem, APC Mech/E&M, AP BC Calc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
NCWIT (Computing) Award Winner, AIME qualifier (Missed USAMO by 20 points…so still a lot)</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics (Captain), FBLA (VP), Technology Club (Prez), Speech & Debate, SciOly, Math Club, Piano (Lvl. 10)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher, Web Designer, Mechanic
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Camp Counselor & Other Small things (200 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: Research at Stanford, Longboarding Business (Built & Sold)
[ *] Essays: Awesome. I believe they really showed who I was & I’m a good writer when it’s not analytical
[ *] Common App Main: Food & Family
[ *] EC Short Answer: Robotics
[ *] “Profile” questions: Eccentric
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Entrepreneurship
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: Wandering through cities
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: Research
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome/Alright? (didn’t see this one)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Who knows.
[ *] Additional Rec: Boss, different take on everything
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: CS or ChemE
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: High
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: solid student
[ *] Weaknesses: I definitely had some horrible grades junior year. I probably should have explained them in my essays, as there were unusual circumstances, but I couldn’t find the right place for it. </p>

<p>[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Grades not perfect (in comparison to everyone else at my school)
Not as interesting (typical Asian/Engineering/piano type of activities)</p>