Official Stanford REA Decisions Class of 2016

Plasticbag80 · December 9, 2011, 8:27pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 760 Math 720 Wr
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT II:800 Math II 740 Physics 730 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s: BC, APES, Euro, APUSH, physics, Lang, Spanish. 4’s: Chem
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s, hardest at school
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National AP Scholar…

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not the best, mediocrre I’d say but I’m a modest person
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Own my business, tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Free tutor to disadvantaged families among clubs and other stuff
[ *] Summer Activities: Tennis…
[ *] Essays: above Par
[ *] Common App Main: Okay-ish
[ *] EC Short Answer: Above Par
[ *] “Profile” questions: Some thought put in
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Mediocre
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: Good
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay:Not as good as my letter
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Okay
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think this helped a lot. Good Rec
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:Y
[ *] Intended Major: Microbio
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Surburban 2200 students
[ *] Ethnicity:Mexican
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket:>70,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic Baby

aussietechie · December 9, 2011, 8:32pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2340, only sitting (790W, 790M, 760CR)
[ *] ACT: na
[ *] SAT II: 800math2 800 physics only sitting
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95? (not sure, international. all 90-100% from year 10-12, but 2 classes that weren’t in year 9)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): na
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): na
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: kinda light, but i did do a uni enhancement course
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): None for all of these really, even sports, other than work on my own internet projects.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: ehhh… okay. A friend I met in the US who was an admissions counsellor at Yale looked over them, but I did leave them to the last week and a half.
[ *] Common App Main: pretty good
[ *] EC Short Answer: not too bad
[ *] “Profile” questions: ? what to say?
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay:
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay:
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Additional Rec: great
[ *] Interview:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Symbolic systems
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Australia
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: passion
[ *] Weaknesses: volunteering, sport, traditional hardcore courseload
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
They could tell I was legitimately passionate I suppose as I started work on my own business/internet startup stuff around year 8/9, well before I even considered going to the US (which happened late in year 11)

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Jazy48 · December 9, 2011, 8:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (CR: 720 M: 740 W: 730)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II: 750, US History: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41 of 500+
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not that great haha. Three 3’s and a 5 in US Government.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, Newspaper, AP Stat, Art III, AP Calc, Pre-AP Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just NMS Semifinalist, really. A few district and regional level things (Writing, art contests, etc.)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Club (Treasurer, President), Debate, NHS, Rotary Interact, Newspaper, Mock Trial (Attorney)
[] Job/Work Experience: None, got an app on hold though haha
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 700 hours at a local Art Museum, and a bunch from Interact, NHS, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering, did Harvard Summer School, got A’s in the classes I did there.
[] Essays:
[] Common App Main: Fictional character one. I wrote about Charlie from Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and how I’d met my best friend. I liked it and my teachers really did, too.
[] EC Short Answer: Wrote about volunteer experience, working with kids a lot and how I saw this massive level of passion in them for every single thing they did. Pretty good.
[] “Profile” questions: Typical stuff. Websites: nme.com, nytimes.com, howstuffworks.com, cracked.com, etc. Historical event was watch Michaelangelo sculpt David or see Hendrix at the Monterey Festival haha.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Wrote about a kid I used to draw superheroes with at after school care when I was like 5. I liked it a lot. It was mostly about how much work and passion we’d put into each of our little doodles, and how I want to have that same passion for whatever it is I end up doing.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Really fun essay, liked it a bunch. Basically just stuff we’d do together, hang out and stuff.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Essentially, that people need to RELAX haha. Just that so many people get worked up over things that, in the long run, really don’t matter. I liked it a lot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Got my two favorite teachers, English and Art, pretty sure they were awesome.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty sure it was okay, I think she likes me, but I doubt she knows me all too well.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] Intended Major: I applied as Econ, but I hope to change to Computer Science.
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100-150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely the essays. And probably the teacher recs.
[] Weaknesses: Not the best class rank, not a bunch of rewards, scores kinda middle of the road.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not too sure hahaha[/li][/ul]General Comments: Just really excited! Too all you kids who are afraid to apply because your scores aren’t exactly “top-notch,” just do it! You never know! Congrats to all my soon-to-be classmates and good luck to all you regular decision-ers!

a94wang · December 9, 2011, 8:58pm

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): SAT 2380 Math 800 CR 780 Writing 800
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770 Chinese 800 Chemistry 800 Math II 790 Bio M
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 240
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP World 5 AP Calc BC
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 IB Math 6 IB Spanish
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Physics SL, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Math Team with a lot of individual wins at regional level, Interact, Student Council, Class Council, NHS, Club soccer (captain, won national tournaments)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours in hospital
[ *] Summer Activities: hospital volunteering; soccer
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Common App Main: good
[ *] EC Short Answer: good
[ *] “Profile” questions:
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: pretty good
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: okay
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: okay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: premed
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[ *] Country (if international applicant): us
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian (of course…)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: > 200,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Academics
[ *] Weaknesses: EC
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing great on national level I guess.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

CardinalChick16 · December 9, 2011, 9:45pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (one and only sitting; Math: 800; Writing: 780; CR 650)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math IC; 800 Math IIC; 800 French w/ Listening; 690 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; weighted: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/81
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French language (5); Calc BC (4; AB subscore: 5); Computer Science (4); US History (4); Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Multivariable Calculus; AP Physics; AP Chemistry; AP European History; Regular Lit; mandatory Ethics class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude, Research Training Award, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, National Merit Commended Scholar[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts, Health Club, Piano, Model UN
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years in a reputed lab doing clinical studies
[] Volunteer/Community service: assisted war veterans; assistant at a school for autistic children; peer tutor
[] Summer Activities: College Course; Internship in Lab
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: awesome
[] Counselor Rec: im guessing it was good…
[] Additional Rec: very good
[li] Interview: thought it went well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Bio-engineering
[] School Type: Private, competitive
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high enough to not meet requirements for financial aid…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): noneeeeeeeee[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: experience in what I want to major in; grades; rigor of curriculum
[] Weaknesses: co-curriculars; CR score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dont know[/li][/ul]General Comments: wah

vannaj · December 9, 2011, 10:10pm

First and foremost, I want to say everyone on this website is incredible and should be proud of themselves…I know all of you will find success.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1980- 600M, 680CR, 700W
[] SAT II: US History 660, Lit 620
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/113
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10th grade - AP Lang (3) AP World (4) 11th grade - AP Lit (4) AP US His (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs/Calculus/College Course at a well-recognized university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)/Honors: Wellesley Book Award, USSYP Delegate[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Class Officer for all four years – President for 3. 2) Model UN – I’m pretty much the team captain, I have a ton of responsibility but we haven’t voted yet. 3) I’m in a selective college prep program 4) National Honor Society 5) I’m the only student on a committee with teachers, staff, administration, and parents that makes school-wide decisions
[] Job/Work Experience: I was the first high school student to intern at a local network news station, I interned at a local newspaper, and I also interned for a university’s Masters journalism program
[] Volunteer/Community service: 140 hours serving food to the homeless, habitat for humanity, and HOBY. I volunteer as a Reading tutor for elementary school students.
[] Summer Activities: The past 2 summers I have traveled abroad with 2 great programs, taken classes at the local university (and got As), plus interned …spent time with my family too =)
[] Essays: I put my heart and soul into them
[] Common App Main: I wrote about my first trip abroad with my Model UN team: how we got crushed because of the caliber of international teams, my experience visiting people in townships, and how the trip as a whole shifted my perspective and made me want to pursue international relations. I really loved it.
[] EC Short Answer: About my role as class president. I gave examples of how our class officers work to overcome challenges, build spirit, and get everyone involved.
[] Additional Information: I did not hold back on this – I wrote about how my mom has sacrificed since my parent’s divorce and how other circumstances made life at home very stressful, yet I maintained my high GPA. Plus I wrote about how I’m interested in learning new things as opposed to many in my neighborhood who are just stagnant.
[] “Profile” questions: I loved answering these =D I was genuine in each and every one – I didn’t try to “impress” anyone
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I wrote about my experience in my program’s Spanish class while abroad in which I had to analyze a controversial article (it was about a journalist’s sexual comments) in Spanish then express my opinion – I tied it to the world as a whole
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: I loved this essay =) I wrote about how I usually have a close bond with my roommates, and that I would cook and bake for her – which led to my community service background with cooking for homeless shelters and later how food plays a huge role in my mother’s side of the family.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Relationships with my family, friends, and class; opportunities; and I can’t remember the third thing. I was very open and honest about how my mother had sacrificed for my benefit.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I know both were fabulous.
[] Counselor Rec: She personalized it for me – I know it was great
[li] Additional Rec: My asst. principal asked if she could do it =) It was great[/li][ *] Interview: My interviewer and I truly clicked…she was like me in the future lol. After our amazing (and really chill) interview, she said she’d “write a glowing report.”

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): DC
[] School Type: Top public
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: > 100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My leadership within my school, GPA, essays, recommendations, interview.
[] Weaknesses: My SAT Score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My application was really cohesive considering the activities/internships/classes I’ve taken and my intended major. I spent a lot of time on my essays and they were a true reflection of who I am. I think my recommendations and interview backed that up. [/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Okay, I’m not the superstitious type, but something “lucky” happened when I visited the campus over the summer: A bird pooped on my face and arm (it was SO NASTY lol) and someone said it was good luck (it wasn’t the first time I heard it). 99.99999% sure this didn’t affect the decision — but I think it’s funny =)

There are 5 parts (or 6 if you count the interview) to this application process and Stanford looks holistically for what they want in a class. To all the people applying, don’t “chance” yourself or put yourself down. Instead, put some time and effort into your app and make sure it reflects who you are and all the hard work you’ve done.

Finally, I am truly honored to be a part of Stanford 2016 and I am beyond ready to learn from and with the world’s greatest.

haverchuck · December 9, 2011, 10:14pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 w, 770 cr, 780 m; 2300 highest single sitting
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 spanish, 800 world history, 740 math II, 740 bio-e
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/750
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): physics c - mechanics (5), calc bc (5), spanish (5), world history (5), european history (5), biology (5), human geography (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc II & III (@gatech), AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, AP English Lang, AP Environmental Science, internship
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Achievement Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): national spanish honor society (president), habitat for humanity (co-president), mu alpha theta, national honor society, senior/junior cabinet
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours, more detailed list in additional info document
[] Summer Activities: from my profile questions: HOBY, self-studying catalan, volunteering, tutoring native spanish speakers in english, reading & relaxing lol
[] Essays:
[] Common App Main: horribly mediocre. i hated it
[] EC Short Answer: decent
[] “Profile” questions: i was really honest and fun
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: really good
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: great, really fun
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: my favorite, also great
[] Teacher Recommendation: from Spanish & Econ teachers. both love me a lot and i’m sure they had wonderful things to say about me
[] Counselor Rec: not sure how good this was. my school is huge, so my counselor doesn’t know me too well…
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: on the interests section i put (in order): international relations; economics; area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: black
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 60,000-70,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, rank, course rigor, supplement
[] Weaknesses: ECs, common app essay
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my application was fun and honest, and i demonstrated my passions well. also urm lol[/li][/ul]General Comments: i’m so shocked! congratulations to all who were accepted, and to those who were rejected, i’m positive that you’ll all go to great places!

thecube · December 9, 2011, 10:27pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 800, CR 800, W 800, first sitting
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Biology M 800, Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%, was #2 but school doesn’t officially rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Calc BC, Eng. Language & Composition, US History, Biology, Chemistry, all 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B (school doesn’t offer C), AP US Gov., AP Macroeconomics, AP Stats, AP Literature and Composition, T.A./Peer Tutor (LOL my counselor said I’d never get in with this)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
Intel ISEF 2nd Grand Award
National JSHS 1st Place
Single-author research paper published
Scholastic Nat’l Art and Writing - 2 Gold Medals

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Last 1.5 years I lived for my research XD Taught myself how to design/code computer simulations and slaved away at a problem in computational imaging from home. Somewhat ironically, I’ve also edited for an international high school literary journal for 3 years (currently Co-EIC), and transformed a lot of the ways we run things. Yep, those two things are basically my whole life.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: Research, research, and more research, by which I mostly mean spending weeks debugging single convoluted simulations XD Good times. And editing through last-minute swamps of 1000+ literature submissions, finishing editorial commentary, putting together final cuts, polishing the publication versions, figuring out layout designs, etc…It’s horrific but I love it XD Also took linear algebra at a local university sophomore summer.
[] Essays: I thought they were okay-ish when I submitted. Obviously, every time after Nov. 1 that I read them, they sounded worse and worse XD So idk.
[] Common App Main: On how my research converted me from a mathematics purist into a believer in computational science. Not terribly original, but hey, you write what you know.
[] EC Short Answer: Editorial work.
[] “Profile” questions: Most significant challenge - Discernment in the floods of information offered by the digital age, particularly being conscious of the ridiculous growth of pseudoscience. Favorite events - Mine were totally weird, because TBH I don’t really get out that often XD Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first-ever sea-dragon eggs, and the de Young Museum’s “Balenciaga” exhibit. Historical moment - How Larry Page dreamt up and coded the PageRank algorithm. Five words - expressive, keen-eyed, exploratory, insatiable, idea-guzzling Kitschy as hell, but I guess they worked.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: On wavelet transforms and multiresolution analysis, the most brilliant signal processing concepts ever devised XD An ISEF judge told me about them and I used them in my research.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: About how my brother and I are polar opposites and still the best partners-in-crime ever.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: How I notice subtleties and that’s basically all you need to love your world. Tossed in some poetry and a bunch of weird obscure scientific observations XD It sounds super cheesy but I think it was actually my favorite one.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Definitely not bad, but I don’t think smashing brilliant or anything for either of them.
[] Counselor Rec: Ditto.
[] Additional Rec: From the managing editor of the journal I edit for, who’s a novelist. Didn’t read it, but it’s the one rec I would bet was ridiculously amazing lol
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): NorCal’s where it’s at.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, about 1800 kids
[] Ethnicity: Asian and proud of it.
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research and editing? Idk, those were basically the only things my whole application talked about XD Test scores, I guess.
[] Weaknesses: Prolly teacher recs. Again, not bad, but aside from the additional rec I really wouldn’t think they were fantastic.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No freaking idea. I was in the library when I found out and screamed XD[/li][/ul] General Comments: Oh myyyyy Goooooood. So happy and so thankful, it’s been my dream school since forever Don’t think it’s totally sunk in yet. I’ll prolly wake up tomorrow screaming. Three people from my school have gotten in so far, so we’re having a rocking year for admissions already XD

hksmoothie · December 9, 2011, 10:53pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):M 740 CR 760 W 780= 2280
[] ACT
[] SAT II:Lit 710 Span 740 Math II 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc BC=5 Span=4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:Adv Physics,Uni classes: calc 3, Eng, graduate level Span
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various language and piano[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):piano, foreign language, interpreting
[] Job/Work Experience: interpreting, tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service:see above
[] Summer Activities:study abroad in China
[] Essays:good
[] Common App Main:all right
[] EC Short Answer:good
[] “Profile” questions:I was honest
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay:good
[] Letter to Roommate Essay:very honest, casual
[] What matters to you and why? Essay:good
[] Teacher Recommendation:awesome, they knew me well
[] Counselor Rec:as above
[] Additional Rec:as above
[li] Interview:NA[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Y
[] Intended Major:undecided–maybe foreign lang + comp sci
[] State (if domestic applicant):NV
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:white
[] Gender: boy
[] Income Bracket: 130-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: several university courses (school doesn’t offer AP) in Spanish, Chinese, and math
[] Weaknesses: leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:probably good rec letters and essays, a lot of uni classes[/li][/ul]General Comments:
idk lol :)

qazplz5 · December 9, 2011, 10:56pm

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (760CR, 750M, 740W)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 800 Biology M, 770 Chemistry, 750 MathII, 760 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Literature: 5, AP Chemistry: 5, AP Latin Vergil: 5, AP Biology: 5, AP Statistics: 5, AP Calculus BC: 5, AP Physics C: Mechanics: 5, AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism: 5, AP US History: 5, AP English Language: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Primarily post-AP science/math electives (Combinatorics, Astrophysics, Immunology, Complex Systems, Polymer Chemistry, etc.)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st at Science Bowl Regionals, National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd at Singapore Inernational Science Challenge, 2nd at NC Student Academy of Science, National AP Scholar

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track & Field (pole-vaulting), Science Bowl (president/co-captain), Ballroom dance club (founder/president), Orchestra/Violin
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Physics TA
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 70 hrs as camp counselor
[ *] Summer Activities: summer courses, Summer Science Program, Frontiers of Science Institute, summer league swim team
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Common App Main: very good
[ *] EC Short Answer: solid
[ *] “Profile” questions: good
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: very good
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: ok
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: hard to say
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good (I think)
[ *] Counselor Rec: not sure
[ *] Additional Rec: very good
[ *] Interview: I thought that it went very well

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: undecided/mathematics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): nc
[ *] Country (if international applicant): us
[ *] School Type: public magnet residential
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: > 200,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: course load, diversity of interests/activities
[ *] Weaknesses: leadership, EC
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was in a rush to complete my application and I later found a couple of typos in my essays. i can’t really speak for the quality of my recommendations, so those may have played a role
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

hischoolstudent · December 9, 2011, 11:30pm

Rejected.

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Sorry, I’m too disappointed to fill out the above formatting, so I just copied my chance thread. Congrats to everyone who made it.

Reflections:
Strengths: Grades, Scores, EC’s, Essays
Weaknesses: Not really sure, sigh. No hook. No national awards. I guess I wasn’t a good fit.

HeavenFox · December 9, 2011, 11:32pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 800 M 730 W, only one
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Phy, 790 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a, approx. 97.5/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/1700
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Calc BC, Physics C M, E&M, Chemistry, Stats, CS, Bio, USH, Macro & Micro eco, US Gov, Comp Gov (12 total, self study)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: regular classes (school offers no AP or whatsoever)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Computer Olympiad National Bronze Medal, Innovation Contest 1st in Province, Young Scientists Semi-finalist, honored student of the province[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founder of a translation club and its website, co-founder of IPBChina.com, winter internship at computer company, a lot of research projects, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor
[] Summer Activities: summer at Stanford, Computer Olympiad training
[] Essays: think they’re pretty good
[] Common App Main: About Silicon Valley
[] EC Short Answer: How I co-founded IPBChina.com
[] “Profile” questions: answers were quite creative & emotional
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: a fun anecdote
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: pretty interesting, showed other sides of me.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: wrote about IT industry of China
[] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] Additional Rec: professor from local university
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: CS
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: large public (best in province)
[] Ethnicity: asian (apparently)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: enough for no FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: APs
[] Weaknesses: int’l, possibly Asian nerd stereotype (though I tried to explain I’m not)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well, it’s just a stochastic process.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to all. Asians never stand a chance, as an article published just days ago.

mangosashimi · December 9, 2011, 11:33pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150. 760/700/690-math/cr/writing
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Math 2: 780, Chemistry: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0-
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) US History (3) Calc AB (5) Chemistry (5) English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, mu alpha theta, spanish honor society, national honor society, bunch of random small stuff that don’t really matter imo.
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 + hours, hospital, youth group, various school clubs
[] Summer Activities: class at local collge and volunteering at hospital
[] Essays: good
[] Common App Main: good, could have bene better
[] EC Short Answer: Good, talked about hospital volunteering
[] “Profile” questions: Good, i feel like these revealed a lot about me.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Talked about skipping a math class, probably the weakest out of my three essays
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Told some random facts about myself, about languages i wanted to learn, how i wanted to learn how to cook. Then i talked more the importance of music to me.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Talked about a hobby of mine, aquariums. Probably my best essay of the three.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read either recs but i know that the teachers i chose write amazing recs.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was pretty good, he knew me well enough i believe.
[] Additional Rec: I got an additional rec from the Program Coordinator i helped with at the hospital over the summer and i’m sure it was good.
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Bioengineering probably
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Independent (class size of ~120)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, sister is currently attending [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I feel like my essays were my major strength. They revealed a lot about me and my personality besides my academics.
[] Weaknesses: Definitely in leadership/extracurriculars. I knew i lacked in those areas quite a bit compared to other applicants.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I would like to say it’s because the admissions people liked the personality i was able to portray in my essays, but i’m sure being first gen and having my sister attend there currently helped a lot. [/li] [/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone applying to Stanford !

integralhero · December 9, 2011, 11:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 800math/800writing/750 CR
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 780 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/1048
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s: Chemistry, Calculus B/C (+A/B subscore), Statistics, Language and Composition, US History, Physics (B)
4s: Environmental Science (self-studied), Computer Science A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none (school doesn’t offer)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Two hours of Honors Third Year Computer Science, AP Spanish Language, AP Biology, AP Literature and Composition, AP Economics, AP Gov
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar (They also sent me the AP scholar w/ Distinction for some reason), nothing else besides AIME qualifier one year (but I didn’t write that anywhere on the app)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computer Science Club (Founder and President), Robotics Club (Vice President), Humanitarian Work, Marching Band (Two national championships), Played in concert and jazz bands too (trumpet and piano, respectively), Ecology Club (Treasurer), Tutor at my school for various teachers for all 4 years (a LOT of time).
[] Job/Work Experience: Lawrence Berkeley Lab Internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: Several hundred hours of tutoring Calculus, and other Math. This year I’m tutoring kids in Spanish in various subjects. Also worked in school’s book room.
[] Summer Activities: Did ATDP one year. Fixed computers to raise money for a humanitarian organization close to me the year before that. Lawrence Berkeley Lab internship this past summer, along with the opening of an iPhone app development company.
[] Essays:
[] Common App Main: Fantastic. The best essay I’ve ever written. It connected an experience I had once with what happened to my dad (sorry, kind of personal, can’t give specifics). 10/10
[] EC Short Answer: Just wrote about my internship. It was okay, but I did manage to write a bit about what I gained from the experience in addition to what I did. 9/10
[] “Profile” questions: Funny and witty. I answered “What is the biggest problem in the world today?” with “Ignorance, but I don’t know why.”
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Fantastic anecdote about something I created (engineering-related). Great essay with lots of personality. 10/10
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Titled it to a specific person. The writing itself was very warm and engaging. I really talked about my interests, but also made myself seem like a rather open person. 10/10
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: A general account of how “time” has slipped from my hands over the years. Very moving and emotional. 10/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st: My Calculus B/C teacher my sophomore year. I’ve tutored for him for 3 years and he’s really seen me grow up (he’s very eloquent; it seemed like he wrote a great letter). 2nd: My AP Lang teacher loved me. I was the only person to get A’s both semester (although that’s not too important). She said I was her best students (or one of her best in 20 years). Great lady.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic (I didn’t read it though). My counselor is a fantastic person and can’t stop raving about me to every person she meets.
[] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to submit a letter about me. He was a fantastic teacher during my internship and I’m sure wrote a great letter.
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Non-competitive public (Has over 4000 students total, 1k per class, but only sends about 3-10 to top schools)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Lack of MAJOR awards, No Sports?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays showed a lot of character and personality. I really put a lot of heart and work into them![/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m absolutely ecstatic. I don’t think I’ll be applying to any other schools. Stanford was absolutely my number 1 choice.

honestly · December 10, 2011, 12:06am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 Math, 700 Critical, 670 Writing
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 710 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does out of 100: 91.66
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), World History (4), Statistics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Latin, AP Calc AB, Nutritional Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, applied to intel.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor&Outdoor track all four years. cross country 3 years (Co-Captain); Irish Dancer; independent research at Columbia University for three years in Developmental Psychobiology; raised $18,000 to go to Madrid with church group for World Youth Day
[] Job/Work Experience: saturday job as a TA
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at church school
[] Summer Activities: Research&Job mentioned above.
[] Essays: pretty darn good.
[] Common App Main: wrote about how when i first turned on my video camera it was in french, but instead of changing it back to english I taught myself french
[] EC Short Answer: wrote about research
[] “Profile” questions: preettty good and definitely unique.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: said how when i went to spain i tried a fanta and it tasted so good because they put real sugar, and i wrote about how that spurred a thought process: why do they put real sugar, what do producers think, etc.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: wrote about how there were three things I would bring with me that i would never part with, and why.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: wrote about seeing people through equal eyes, not judging because of past problems in my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: i’m guessing they were good, no real idea though.
[] Counselor Rec: she likes me
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: actually not that good, probably a 7 out of 10.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeup
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: considered the 2nd best high school in new york city.
[] Ethnicity: Half hispanic, half white.
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i’m guessing i was a combo package. i’m dominican but i think i also have alot of good ecs :)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculurs
[] Weaknesses: gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: race and ecs and essays.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

callmesarahhh · December 10, 2011, 12:54am

Decision: Deferred

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2030. 660 M, 620 CR, 750 W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 710 spanish w/ listening, 670 us hist
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish (4.31 W)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% (#2 in class)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang & Comp (5), US Hist (4), Evironmental Sci (4), Spanish (4), soph year–Euro (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Psych, H Physics, Religion, stagecraft
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Mu Alpha Theta, California Scholarship Fed, NHS. Nothing huge[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
VP of NHS,
Retreat leader two years in a row (kind of a big deal at my school),
10th grade Campus Minister,
Amnesty Intl,
Christian Action Movement,
Business Club,
Dance- company in school and classes outside of school
[] Job/Work Experience: Receptionist in spanish speaking community for a summer, private middle school tutor in math and spanish.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Student tutor at local underpriviledged elementary school, volunteered in a bakery in Mexico for 2 summers.
[] Summer Activities: see above
[] Essays: Decent. Supplement essays were better than my main essay I think.
[] Common App Main:Talked about moving from an underpriviledged city to one of the most affluent cities in socal and how I handled the change. Included details about my family and how I am the first one to succeed academically.
[] EC Short Answer: Talked about the cultural immersion at my job and how I used the obstacles to see my weaknesses.
[] “Profile” questions: ?
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Good. Detailed short essay about being a child and not knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up and then how my step dad and economics taught me to love business.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Good. I really used this to show my silly side and humor. Talked about sharing a room with a step sister before and the perks of that. Also wrote about my love for music, sharing tastes, loud music, randomly dancing in my room, and little warnings like that. Mentioned my love for traveling/exploring new places/making new friends.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Talked extensively about my desire to travel and use the wisdom from diversity as my main learing source and goal/motive in life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 was written by a genius english teacher so I’m pretty sure that one was pretty amazing. Another one was written by a teacher that I have a pretty close realtionship with but she didnt know my life story and/or my hooks so I think it was decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Eh, no idea
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t have one.
[li] Interview: No interviews in CA :/[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Economics/Pre-business
[] State (if domestic applicant): Caliiiii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, all girls
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: just under 200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic? Unique family history but that’s all.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Supplement essays, W GPA, class ranking, recs I suppose
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, Common App essay- I had to fax them an updated copy of my essay because the one I sent wasn’t the right version (my computer failed to save correctly) and it included a racial slur that I needed to get out. I sincerely apologized in the fax though, so I guess they partially looked over my mistake)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Deferred- they probably want to look at my grades some more, since my test scores were kinda low. Also, I’m pretty sure my essay mishap made some reviewers unsure about me
[/ul]General Comments: I expected a flatout rejection so I guess I got lucky!
Now to wait on Cal and UPenn, my next top choices!

layerd210 · December 10, 2011, 2:06am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 770 writing, 730 CR
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 800 US History, 780 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/736
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Euro, 5 APUSH, 5 AB Calc, 5 MacroEcon, 4 Microecon
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 Chem, 6 Econ
[] Senior Year Course Load: Theory of Knowledge IB, History HL IB, Math IB HL, Physics Honors, Journalism class, English 4 HL IB, Spanish 4 IB/AP,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SemiFinalist, J8 World Summit USA Top Ten Finalist, FBLA Nationals 2nd place public speaking, Published in the Wall Street Journal, Multiple journalism awards in yearbook, HOBY delegate (chosen to be regional rep for World HOBY)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CEO of 501(c)3 nonprofit, Founder of a newspaper, Yearbook Editor in Chief, Model UN President, FBLA Vice President, National Honor Society, Relay for Life Publicity Department, #1 Doubles Tennis team
[] Job/Work Experience: Microphilanthropy firm intern, Senate intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutored underprivileged children at local elementary school, City Youth Commission Chairperson
[] Summer Activities: Northwestern journalism residency (cherubs), internships, taking courses, yearbook camp
[] Essays: Pretty good. I’m a writer, so I suppose they were good.
[] Common App Main: Starting my own newspaper/ civic government.
[] EC Short Answer: Speech helping me overcome past insecurities.
[] “Profile” questions: Good and quirky. Talked about my music tastes and love for sports. Very happy with these.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Economics’ application to philanthropy. Liked this one, as I want to pursue this as a career.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: Made fun of myself. Go Nicki Minaj!
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Journalism-related. Very personal to all the people I have met as a journalist.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Strong. My history teacher always says how I’m one of the best students he’s ever had, and my English teacher likes me enough I guess haha
[] Counselor Rec: Strong, have a good relationship with him although he has 350 students.
[] Additional Rec: Very strong, he let me read it (from my newspaper editor from an outside publication). Known him since freshman year and wrote about my compassion as a writer.
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Economics, English
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I really showed my passion and accomplishments in journalism and zoned in on it. It really is my great passion, and it shined in my essays.
[] Weaknesses: I knew Stanford looked for that “special” quality in students, and I really didn’t feel like I was that special. It’s that “Stanford” quality everyone strives for, and I certainly felt like my essays weren’t special enough.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA. I really thought I was going to get a rejection. I was balling in the car because I thought I got rejected. I refused to open the email for 10 minutes haha. Not my shining moment. :’) [/li][/ul]General Comments: Never give up! I thought I HAD NO CHANCE AT STANFORD. I considered not applying, as I know a lot of amazing people who were rejected, but I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s been my dream school since the 3rd grade. My greatest piece of advice is zone in on something you truly love (not something an adcom would love) and let that thing shine! I refused to wear my Stanford sweatshirt for the past four months. I’m wearing it again right now though haha. GO CARDINALS <3

salsapenguin · December 10, 2011, 2:22am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 780M, 800W (2320)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math II(750), Chemistry (790), Biology M(760)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of 385
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), Lang. and Composition (5), US History (4).
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit and Comp, German IV, AP Physics B, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Government, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, Calc II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction. Really no big academic awards.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Jump Rope (Captain 3 years, 6th in world, 2nd in nation, performed on David Letterman and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade), 9 years Piano, Math and Science Quiz Bowl (Captain), NHS (Senior Representative), International Club, Self-Study French and Italian
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teach a Jump Rope Club, Volunteer at Science Museum, Tutor Kids in Biology and AP Chemistry.
[] Summer Activities: Attend Jump Rope Competitions (Worlds and Nationals, 35 national gold medals, 5 world medals)
[] Essays:
[] Common App Main: (7/10) About my coach and influence of her. I liked the writing style, but I think it lacked some concrete facts.
[] EC Short Answer: (8/10) International Club and how I love other cultures and languages. Quirky and funny and random.
[] “Profile” questions: (10/10) I really liked these! I answered them uniquely and didn’t just make lists. Quirky, different, pug-loving! haha
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: (9/10) Comparing language to a marionette doll and how I began fascinated once I discovered the “strings” behind language. Creative and I really liked it.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: (9/10) More blunt writing, so showed a different style. About how I use to lay blankets on the floor when I was little and how chaos and order dominates my life. I really liked my ending line.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: (8/10) Using beginning lines from the stanza’s of a poem and comparing them to my life and how I crave diversity and how jump rope acted as the catalyst for this. Either love or hate type thing…I guess they loved it. haha
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read either. Teacher 1 (9/10) super exuberant and showed my personality. Teacher 2 (9/10) showed my passion for learning and desire to achieve.
[] Counselor Rec: (9/10) She really likes me!! And understand my passion for linguistics.
[] Additional Rec: (8/10) From coach of my team. Tied in well with my essay!
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Linguistics and Neurobiology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 120,00+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): only one would be jumprope (if that counts as one?)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, grades, and leadership, SAT???
[] Weaknesses: Few essays could have been better (common app essay), lowish SAT II Math (especially if you look at the percentile), no interview, a white male (at least not asian).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Jump rope definitely helped set me apart while my SAT and grades demonstrated I would succeed academically. As well, had quite a few leadership positions[/li][/ul]General Comments: To be honest, I’m overjoyed about this!!! Stanford has always been my dream!!! But it’s more emotional to me to actually have this honor or having Stanford accept me. I mean, I’ve worked hard and tried my best, but to be placed with some of the best students in the country…nay, the world, is just sooo astounding! Out of all the applicants, somehow I stood out, and I am just so humbled to even have them consider me an applicant. For those not admitted, to simply apply takes so much dedication and perseverance. All of you will get into the schools you are meant to go to, and all of you will have your dreams come true, Stanford or not!

Enjoy life!!!

dapotatoman · December 10, 2011, 2:57am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown):CR: 780, W: 760, M: 690 (2230) - Single Sitting[/li]
[li] ACT: N/A[/li]
[li] SAT II: USH: 780, Lit: 700[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None available, but definitely highest GPA in class[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all self studied, school doesn’t offer APs) Stats (5), US History (5), and English Lang (5)[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Possible[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None except National Merit Commended and AP scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I am VP of my school, Prez of Amnest International, Community Service Leadership Team, Nordic Skier, XC team captain and 19th in state, Tennis player and district champion, knowledge bowl team member.
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked two jobs this past summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer regularly and spend a month in Africa with a human rights group.
[] Summer Activities: I volunteered one summer. Last summer, I worked and attended Boy’s State and JSA Georgetown. I also held two jobs and trained for nordic skiing.
[] Essays: Overall, decent I would say.
[] Common App Main: One of the best essays I have written. It was about my love of military history.
[] EC Short Answer: About nordic skiing, decent.
[] “Profile” questions: Decent.
[] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Mehhhh.
[] Letter to Roommate Essay: I felt it showed my personality well.
[] What matters to you and why? Essay: Again, mehhhh.
[] Teacher Recommendation: These were probably very good, at least I would imagine they were.
[] Counselor Rec: I know my GC very well, so I imagine that it was good!
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:nope
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Tiny private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Legacy, Scores, Recs, Common App main essay
[] Weaknesses: Essays, GPA, no awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think legacy definitely helped. I also think I was a very unique applicant, truly. [/li][/ul]General Comments: SO EXCITED. I WILL FOR SURE BE ATTENDING!!! CONGRATS TO ALL OTHERS ADMITTED AND TO THOSE OTHERS REJECTED OR DEFERRED, YOU WILL ALL END UP SOMEWHERE ELSE AMAZING!!!

book_annelida · December 10, 2011, 3:33am

Decision: Accepted!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800M, 790W, 740CR)
[] SAT II: 750 Bio M, 730 Spanish, 730 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~top 5th percentile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (4), Spanish Lang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Chem AP, English Lit AP, Microecon AP, US Gov AP, Multivariable Calc, Spanish Lit AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Co-Author of a published scientific paper, Leadership award from my state’s legislature, JHU Talent Search State Award, GS Gold Award Approved[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of a non-profit organization (CEO, Founder), Sailing (Varsity Captain), Science Bowl (Co-Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Researcher at a university lab
[] Volunteer/Community service: Non-profit work whenever I can
[] Summer Activities: ~50 hours a week in the lab (I basically mix stuff) and doing whatever else comes to mind
[] Essays: Original and sincere–CA essay was about an epiphany I had before I lost a sailing championship; EC essay was about my non-profit; Supp essays were about kimchi, conversations, inspiration, Prof. Randy Pausch and my many quirks.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 11th grade Calc and English teachers… should’ve been really wonderful and personal (but waived rights to see 'em).
[] Counselor Rec: About my growth and personality… again, really wonderful and personal (but waived rights to see).
[] Additional Rec: From my research mentor/co-author–really great.

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: HumBio
[] State (if domestic applicant): Californi-ay
[] School Type: large, competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese + Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): /zip/zero/nada/[/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: interests, quirkiness and personality
[] Weaknesses: No extremely prestigious awards, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I do what I love and I put so much effort into my application to show this.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
As I write this sentence, I have no idea whether I’ve been denied/deferred/accepted, but what’s more important, I think, is not measuring self-worth by a single admissions decision. We all have so many years ahead of us, and wherever we go, it’s our choice to take advantage of whatever’s in store… Cliche, I know, but there’s a reason why people keep repeating it.

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Okay, now that I know I’m in, I’ll say this: Be genuine–be yourself, and let your interests take you anywhere. I wish only the best for you guys in the Anywhere Classes of 2016 and on!

Sincerely, book_annelida

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