<p>Exactly. So I’m sure there’s confounding variables. But nonetheless, I’m still impressed with a 57% acceptance rate coming from CC.</p>
<p>It is still higher than the usual CC acceptance rate. Still, it seems like a number of people who pledged did not post their stats. Oh well.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected 
</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):740CR/740M/790W (2270 + Single Sitting)
- ACT:
- SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Chem, 710 Literature
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) Chem (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (7) Chem SL (7)
- Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma-- Math HL, English HL, History HL, Physics HL, TOK, Spanish SL
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Baseball captain, 3 year varsity letter, Club president, did an Amnesty International internship, blah blah blah
- Job/Work Experience:
- Volunteer/Community service:
- Summer Activities:Baseball and interning
- Essays: Really effing good
- Teacher Recommendation: They told me I was going to get in
- Counselor Rec: Told me I was going to get in
- Additional Rec:
- Interview: N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): WA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (this is what killed me)
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Did a lot of cool stuff that I had fun with
- Weaknesses: Melanin deficiency
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: White
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: “Well the sun don’t shine on the same dog’s ass every day.” --Catfish Hunter, MLB Hall of Famer</p>
<p>where is there a group for acceptees? fb?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown):CR: 740 M: 700 W:800
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 700 Math II, 760 Literature, 680 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not reported, but in the top 18% or so
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), Calc AB (5), US Hist (4), European History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, French 5, Honors Research Seminar on 20th century America, Dance III, AP Calc BC, AP 2D Design, Honors English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Scholar (PSAT), National Honors Society, AP Scholar with Honor, Numerous graphic design awards
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater (President of Thespian Society), Improv (Manager of team), Graphic Design (President of National Art Honors Society, numerous awards), Debate (league tournament winner, nothing huge but showed success), Singing, Some miscellaneous
Job/Work Experience: Several summers years working with kids, professional acting, internship with product development company
Volunteer/Community service:Working with kids
Summer Activities: Working, improv camp
Essays: See below
Common App Main: I wrote about how improv has brought be out of my shell and helped me become a leader, particularly one experience at camp
EC Short Answer: Theater, not exciting at all
“Profile” questions: Very honest, but I was aware they’d be judging me
Intellectual Vitality Essay:One of the best things I’ve ever written. About a pair of “purple” pants that others thought were blue. trust me, it worked.
Letter to Roommate Essay: I wrote as if we’d been living together several months and said how much I’d miss all this fun stuff we did together
What matters to you and why? Essay: Pretty awful. About how everyone deserves the chance to be happy. Content was fine, but not imaginative like my other essays.
Teacher Recommendation: Rec from history teacher was probably wonderful, and rec from calc teacher was probably pretty good
Counselor Rec:My counselor really liked me, I bet it was great
Additional Rec: From my boss from the summer, was probably unique
Interview: Didn’t have one
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Theater (I want to double major but they didn’t know that)
State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant): NA
School Type: Very small private
Ethnicity:White as elmer’s glue
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 90,000-120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rocked out my live drama audition
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths:Extra-curriculars, leadership, certain essays
Weaknesses: Grades, certain scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Drama audition. My grades are fine, but not good enough to get me into Stanford alone. I spent well over 50 hours working on my two two-minute monologues, and I’ve been acting (professionally and for fun) all my life. I bet I got recommended by the theater department and the admissions committee said “Sure, you can have her, her application is pretty solid.”
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Admission to top universities like Stanford is such a crap shoot for anyone, so don’t go into it thinking you’re a shoe-in or a lost cause. Put your best foot forward and show them why they WANT YOU, not just why you want to go there. Good luck!!</p>
<p>agh I may as well give up now… I’ll never get in :(</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 superscore (800W, 770M, 670R)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36E, 35M, 32R, 31S, 10W)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5, 5 AB subscore), Eng Lang & Comp (5), Euro (4), Chem (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Spanish, Brit Lit, US History, other minor courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, eCybermission National Science Fair winner of NW region in Application of Math, Science, and Technology</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics (state champ 9, state runner up 10, district champ 9-11, conf champ 9-11), Academic Decathlon (state champ in math/econ 11, district champ in math 11, district runner up in econ 11), NHS, Math Club, Golf, Tennis
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: local hospital volunteer - not very big part of my resume
[<em>] Summer Activities: medical research during past summer at Creighton Med School on prion disease
[</em>] Essays: decent, although I really liked my supplemental essays
[<em>] Common App Main: how learning to solve Rubik’s Cube affected me (8/10)
[</em>] EC Short Answer: forensics (7/10)
[<em>] “Profile” questions: responded honestly
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: about my research (6 or 7/10)
[<em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: about parts of my life (8/10)
[</em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: about overcoming my fears (9/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: assume they were pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: human bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores were decent, good GPA, ec’s were my best part
[</em>] Weaknesses: being Asian, no X factor, not enough volunteering?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nothing outstanding[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m ok. I wasn’t expecting much and I made sure I wouldn’t get emotionally attached or anything. But congrats to those who got in!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800CR/720 M/760 W (single sitting); 2340 super-scored
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Math 2, 730 Bio M, 720 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 (it changed to 3 after I submitted my application, grr)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all 5) Bio, Calc AB, World History, English Lang, Stats, US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Lit, Concert Band, year 2 of a healthcare academy program at my school, AP Chinese at an off-campus Chinese school
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, NHS, CSF, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): academic league (captain 9th, 11th, and 12th), concert band percussionist, marching band percussionist (captain 10th), piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: private piano teacher, pipa / Chinese lute performing
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at the local library
[</em>] Summer Activities: performed pipa at the county fair, took classes at local community college, visited China and the East coast with my family
[<em>] Essays: See below
[</em>] Common App Main: I am a year or two younger than the average freshman applicant, and I wrote about how I didn’t let that stop me from gaining opportunities
[<em>] EC Short Answer: I elaborated more on my pipa performing experience
[</em>] “Profile” questions: I was honest, though it took me a while to figure out what my favorites were, haha
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I wrote about how a debate assignment we had in chemistry helped me become more open-minded to different points of view
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Fun, I told a cute story and talked about my love of reading
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: Learning… haha, I didn’t like this essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one teacher’s was amazing, the other’s I didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I dunno
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A (I wish they gave interviews in their own state! -.- I love interviews!)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I would have, yes
[</em>] Intended Major: biology, pre-med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese -.-
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Below 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: most of my academics, my pipa / Chinese lute performance experience & music activities in general
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m an ORM, I didn’t do many healthcare-related activities, my SAT IIs weren’t that good
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The weaknesses</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m pretty sad, Stanford was my first choice… Oh well, I guess. Time to wait for my other colleges. Congratulations to everyone who is / gets accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 Math, 700 CR, 680 Writing (Took it only once)
[</em>] ACT: NONE
[<em>] SAT II: NONE
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/224
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 2, AP ENG: 2,
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Comp SCI SL: 6, IB Music Theory: 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP music theory, AP macroeconomics, AP literature, AP psychology, Physics Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, AP French, Pre-Calculus Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society acceptance certificate, National beta Club acceptance certificate, mu alpha theta acceptance letter. I have really done anything that was major.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I did all of these throughout my freshmen to senior year. I look back at my high school year and realized that I spent too much on my extracurricular activities. It was really difficult to manage my studying/social time/activities.</p>[/li]
<p>Junior Varsity Cheerleader (male member) senior year.
Varsity Football Captain: freshmen to senior year. Captain junior to senior year.
Varsity Basketball Co-Captain: freshmen to senior year. Co-Captain junior to senior year.
Varsity Baseball: Member freshment to senior year
Cross Country: Sophomore Year.
Fellowship christian athletes: senior year (member)
Newspaper Club (member)
Student Government: (President of senior class)
GO Green: Member
Debate Club: President/Vice president my sophomore year.
Chorus: Member
Interact: Member
Young Democrats Club: Member (1 year)
Young Republicans Club: Member (1 year)
French Honor Society: Member (1 year)
Spanish Honor Society: Member (2 years)
Drama Club: Member
Teacher Cadet Club: Member (You had to take the class junior year before you got accepted into this club)</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Outback Steakhouse, freshman year to senior year. I am considered a shift leader, but not manager position since I can only come three days a week during school year.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Habitat for humanity.
30 hours community service.
I didn’t really do much about community service.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Worked the whole summer while surfing on my days off. The summer was when I took breaks from everything about school and focused on myself.
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Common App Main: I wrote about how my family influenced me.
[</em>] EC Short Answer: Pretty much wrote about my cheerleading experience.
[<em>] “Profile” questions: I just listed stuff about me.
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: I wrote about space and aliens.
[<em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: I made it fun and interesting.
[</em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: I wrote about how everything matters to me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from my sophomore teacher, junior teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I gave it to my counselor to fill it out.
[<em>] Additional Rec: NONE
[</em>] Interview: NONE</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Public. Non-Competitive I don’t what you are asking.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Prefer not say.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I didn’t include anything really.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades/SAT Scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. It was a reach school. :)[/li][/ul]**General Comments:
My story:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1271390-accepted-stanford.html#post13710406[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1271390-accepted-stanford.html#post13710406</a>
**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 Reading, 750 Math, 770 Writing (Took it 3 times, 1850 the first time)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 760 US History, 740 German
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): German <a href=“5”>self-study</a>, APUSH (5), European History <a href=“4”>self-study</a>, English Lit (4), Biology <a href=“3”>self-study</a>
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Govt, AP Chem, AP English Lang, AP Calc AB, Hon. Econ, Spanish 3 (also taking the AP test), Bible 12, Choir; also self studying AP US Govt
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Awards from the Austrian Economics Center (essay competition)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
student government (president 11th)
class president (11, 12)
class vice president (10)
school basketball (10, 11 (captain), 12)
school volleyball (11-12)
club basketball (9-12)
yearbook (copy editor 12)
praise band (12)
ACSI European Honor Choir (10-12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
ran the kids program at a bilingual church (9-10)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
spent every spring break at a care home in Romania
summer after junior year - intern as a kindergarden teacher for impoverished kids in the Dominican Republic
Volunteer at the UN in Vienna (at a charity Bazaar)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
NSLC International Diplomacy (got college credit from American University)
traveling to China, Italy and in Austria
[<em>] Essays: good - I think that’s the main thing that got me in
[</em>] Common App Main: personal statement on my world and how it shaped me - growing up in Austria and going to different schools; also included my passion for fighting injustice
[<em>] EC Short Answer: playing basketball even though I’m short
[</em>] “Profile” questions: I was totally myself. some weird things, some probably common
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: math as a universal language - my experience in two different school systems
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: talked about my last roommate
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: justice and fighting human trafficking
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good, I knew the teachers really well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: written by the principle haha! my mom’s the counselor so she couldn’t write it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: stanford business school grad who I interned with over the summer
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: HumBio
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Austria (but I’m a US citizen)
[</em>] School Type: private christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Cacausian
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:
Passion! I make sure it showed in my essays.
Also I had good ecs and volunteer work.
I worked really hard in high school and self studied an additional AP each year
[</em>] Weaknesses: three B’s! Sophomore year - two in Hon Algebra II and one in Hon Biology
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays. They really showed who I am</p>
<p>Little confused - how could you be a cheerleader and captain for football and basketball in your senior year?</p>
<p>I was a JV cheerleader for basketball. I ONLY cheered at JV games, which was why I could be a cheerleader/basketball player. The cheerleading coach said that I didn’t have the experience to be in Varsity cheerleading.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M, 740 CR, 670 W
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math I, 770 Math II, 730 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 39
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calculus AB, 3 Physics B
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro Sci, Photo 1, AP Lit, Physical Therapy 1, AP Stats, Government
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Masonic Lodge Outstanding Student Award</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity rower at national level (recruited), Eagle Scout, Piano, Guitar, Lutheran Youth Group, Skiing
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Lawn Mowing Service for 3 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 400+ hours including Eagle Scout Project and required hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveling to all corners of the country and Europe
[ *] Essays: Probably the best essays I’ve written, spent hours and hours on them
[ *] Common App Main: Taking a 2k test on the erg and reaching my goals
[ *] EC Short Answer: How rowing has impacted my life
[ *] “Profile” questions: Honest
[ *] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Engineering my own projects (hoovercraft, light transmitted sound etc)
[ *] Letter to Roommate Essay: Wrote about a very adventurous hike I went on
[ *] What matters to you and why? Essay: How the outdoors needs to be preserved.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good, my two favorite teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Additional Rec: Perfect
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type: Public 4A
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited rower</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays for sure
[ *] Weaknesses: would have liked to have a little better SAT score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Being recruited and my essays
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Dream School!</p>
<p>Sort of writing this now because I was too frustrated to before.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330: (740 CR/790 Math/800 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (took it cold turkey to see how I would do, not important)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 760 Physics / 730 US
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 (2 B’s first semester of hs, none since)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc AB, AP Eng Lang, World History; 4s on
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, one College Math Course, and journalism.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, some journalism ones.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years Journalism w/ a lot of random leadership stuff, 4 years xc/track, 2 years with diff. robotics programs; NHS etc. blah blah
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at competitive research program
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS etc. internship was volunteer as well
[</em>] Summer Activities: Basic summer stuff + internship + running w/ team.
[<em>] Essays: ?
[</em>] Common App Main: personal, i thought it was good
[<em>] EC Short Answer: concrete, basic
[</em>] “Profile” questions: idk
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: idk, thought it was good
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: tried to show personality, either they didn’t like me or i failed to do that
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: probably my weakest, why i didn’t get in maybe?<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk do these actually say anything about the person?
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: i would have
[</em>] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian/European
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: complicated (parents seperated etc.)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i guess i didn’t have any, well-rounded but no major hooks</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good test scores, GPA, well-rounded, passionate person about school, great LORs;
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing that made me stand out, and no legacy / URM status.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am a good all-around student/community member, but I guess I didn’t have anything that made me stand out.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Everyone was telling me how I should get in and then after how I should have gotten in, and that I’m the perfect applicant because I have the grades but I’m self-driven and sociable. I sort of disagree with the perception that I’m a special applicant because I think all the applicants are awesome people, but I feel like the decision process is so arbitrary and when it comes down to it, unless you have some super hook or insane essay, it’s just a crapshoot. I know that I’m self-driven and will succeed elsewhere. I don’t think they made a mistake, I just feel like I was a victim of the process so to speak - my biggest strengths in being a personable and cooperative person couldn’t really be highlighted by the application. Condolences to my fellow rejectees, good luck to all RD and future applicants, and congratulations to those that got in.</p>
<p>could someone please post a picture of the package and letter received? accepted or not.</p>
<p>You only receive a package if accepted. If rejected you get some email saying sorry and that it’s not the end of the world. Fitting, I know.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 something? (not too sure, sent scores directly after being released).<br>
[</em>] SAT II: 740 Math II, 690 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: complicated because of scheduling problems. I’m in four classes I didn’t sign up for and only 2 APs and one honors (though I signed up for much more rigor)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major/national, just small local ones.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): co-principal player in my state’s top youth symphony, principal player in another youth symphony, first degree black belt, and 4 years varsity chess. In my school’s top concert band (section leader), top jazz band (section leader), and marching band (section leader). Class representative in BSA, 4 years of All-State/All-NW honor groups. Music district solo competition winner, district ensemble winner etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teach chess, ref soccer, and teach music
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: worked on a project to make many schools in my state “green schools”, volunteered at soup kitchens and other such places, played in several community music groups (band/orchestra) which donate profits to charity.<br>
[</em>] Summer Activities: community music groups for charity, music auditions/competitions, and extra classes for school.<br>
[<em>] Essays: Maybe not the best written, but some good concepts.<br>
[</em>] Common App Main: Liked it when I wrote it, but read it again recently and hated it. Wrote about how I had to give up my career dream but found a whole new world as a result.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Wrote about my music, honestly thought it was pretty generic.<br>
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Wrote about chess and the thrill of endless possibilites and finding a challenging opponent.<br>
[<em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Didn’t like it that much. I wrote about some quirks of mine but I still felt it wasn’t that great.
[</em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: My best essay by far (they mentioned it in my acceptance). Wrote about how after my career dreams were crushed I realized that we have a higher purpose in life, and what I decided my purpose is.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good I’m guessing, I never saw them.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good? She seems to like me
[<em>] Additional Rec: Music rec from my high school music teacher. Very good, I’d say.
[</em>] Interview: Not offered?</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] Intended Major: think I put econ possibly with a double major in music.<br>
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: it’s complicated
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): music? I sent in a recording, had a resume, and all that jazz (no pun intended). </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extra-curriculars definitely, and a few good essays maybe.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: Academics. My SAT scores weren’t great, and I’m not happy with my gpa either.<br>
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted probably because of my music (I sent in a recording)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone whose been accepted to a school! To all those who haven’t (or who were rejected from Stanford/other schools) don’t lose hope. You’ll all be just fine and find a school that is great for you.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (780CR 740M 700W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II 700 USH 680 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/398
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Chem, Calc BC, APUSH, 4 in Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, APES, AP Bio, AP Stats, Photo 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bank of America Student Leader</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), Cancer Awareness Club (President/Founder), CSF (VP), 4 years of varsity badminton
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Silicon Valley Education Foundation (06/2011-08/2011) about 280 hours
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Probably about 150 hours total.
So far, I have worked at a community center with autistic children for about 80 hours, volunteered at a museum for about 50 hours, and organized my own book drive and fundraiser to supply a library in Africa (20 hrs).
[</em>] Summer Activities: See work experience
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good.
[</em>] Common App Main: Excellent
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Decent
[</em>] “Profile” questions: Idk
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality Essay: Good
[</em>] Letter to Roommate Essay: Good
[<em>] What matters to you and why? Essay: Very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 was pretty lame, the other I did not read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Idk
[</em>] Additional Rec: Fairly good
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, rank, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II, Teacher Recs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Geographic competition is crazy! I’m from the Bay Area. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to those waiting for RD</p>
<p>Dang,then I DONT THINK I WILL GET IN</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2290 (CR 770, Math 800, Writing 720)
[ *]SAT II: US Hist 790, Math II 800, Chem 800, Bio M 800
[ *]GPA: 3.9ish
[ *]Rank: 5/450ish
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem, US Hist, Calc AB, Stat, Compsci A, Bio: All 5’s</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Common app: 8/10, Supplements: 6 or 7 out of 10. They were mostly cut and paste, but maybe I’m being modest
[ *]Teacher Recs: Should be great, didn’t really get to see them.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Should be excellent, I’m probably one of her favorite students.
[ *]Supplementary Material: Didn’t send any
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None. Antihook: Asian male with no exceptional EC’s going into engineering :’(</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: PA
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Nothing special. Orchestra, Mock Trials, Electric Car Club, Intern at a chem lab for 4 years (my strongest one probably. Sent in a pretty good recommendation from that)
[ *]Awards: Distinguished AP scholar, National merit finalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]Congrats to all those who got in!! </p>
<p>Where else: Accepted to cornell, upenn, rice, and psu schreyers.
waitlisted at dartmouth and duke, rejected from stanford and MIT.
going to cornell!</p>