Official Stanford University 2016 RD Results

AvidStudent · March 17, 2012, 7:10pm

Copy, paste, and good luck!

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[noparse]
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[li] SAT I (breakdown):[/li]
[li] ACT:[/li]
[li] SAT II:[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]
[li] Essays:[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]
[li] Additional Rec:[/li]
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[li] State (if domestic applicant):[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type:[/li]
[li] Ethnicity:[/li]
[li] Gender:[/li]
[li] Income Bracket:[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[li] Strengths:[/li]
[li] Weaknesses:[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

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energize · March 30, 2012, 6:15pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2360 (790 CR/800 M/770 W)
[]SAT II: 800x3 Math 2, Physics, Chem, 780 US Hist, 770 Bio M
[]GPA: 3.91 UW (Bs in 10th grade chem, 11th grade English, AP English, AP Japanese)
[]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 9% according to UCs
[]AMC: 93 AMC 12, 102 AMC 10
[]AP: Calc BC, Chem, CS A, Lang, Music, Phy B, Phy C (both), Psych, Stats, US Hist (all 5 except Music and E&M). Planned: Bio, Lit, Japanese, Econ (both), E&M retake.
[/ul]

Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Decent
[]Teacher Recs: probably decent
[]Counselor Rec: probably decent
[]Supplementary Material: Research mentor rec
[li]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A[/li][/ul]

Personal[ul]
[]Location: California
[]High School Type: Very competitive public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Math/science competitions - USAMTS, JETS-TEAMS (now TSA-TEAMS) varsity captain, FIRST Tech Challenge, etc. Astrophysics research. Admin of school web portal and wiki. Co-president of Computer Science Club. Piano. AwesomeMath Summer Program. CTY.
[]Awards: NACLO Invitational qualifier, USAMTS Honorable Mention, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: Scores
[]Weaknesses: Everything else
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Application was OK, not great
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accept: CMU (SCS), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UIUC, UCSD, UC Irvine, Cal Poly
Watlist: Caltech, Cornell, Harvey Mudd
Reject: MIT
[/ul]

General Comments: Oh well. It was worth a shot. Good luck to everyone!

Nihility · March 30, 2012, 6:23pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710/670/800 (2180)
[] ACT: N/a
[] SAT II: N/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/19[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fantastic
[] Job/Work Experience: Started own online business (hook?)
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[] Interview: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Tiny Private
[] Ethnicity: White (chances went out the window)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Guess not, other than online business

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Counselor Rec, EC’s, Location
[] Weaknesses: SAT, Ethnicity, Class Rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s Stanford…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: USC, Brandeis, Emory, Urochester.
Rejected: Davidson College

[/ul]General Comments: When the email came, my heart raced, but I never really seriously considered Stanford an option. It was a nice dream while it lasted though. Good luck to all of you who will matriculate in the Fall! I may not be too far away at USC!

moonman676 · March 30, 2012, 6:23pm

Rejected. Stats are elsewhere.

Other results:
Accepted- Williams, Swarthmore, U. Rochester, Hamilton
Waitlist- MIT, Columbia, Brown, Pomona, Duke
Rejected - CMC, Yale

ajenn3 · March 30, 2012, 6:34pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (low, I know)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 680 USHistory, 680 French (also low)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/301, top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Will graduate with 13 APs; 4s on all tests except one 3 and one 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, one college course

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity lacrosse, VP of Club Operation Smile, class office
[] Job/Work Experience: paid work part-time
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive director of a major fundraiser
[] Summer Activities: just work.
[] Essays: didn’t work as hard on them as I probably should have.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t think they were amazing.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, highly ranked public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my dad went to Stanford for grad school.

[/ul]General Comments: Stanford was my last one - I’ve now been accepted to 10 (including UCBerkeley, USC, Santa Clara, Oxy, UW, and other small liberal arts schools) and wait listed here. I will probably attend Willamette for financial reasons.

Does anyone know your chances of being accepted after being wait listed? I’m still holding onto hope!
Good luck to everyone!!

Purpender · March 30, 2012, 6:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 780 M: 760 W: 700 E: 10) (across 2 sittings)
[] ACT: 34 (R: 36 M: 35 W: 32 S: 34) (one sitting)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP / Most Rigorous (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics, Band VI
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than National AP Scholar / School awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, 2 years), Clarinet, Piano, Composition (submitted Arts Supplement), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (Leadership Board past two years), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Odyssey of the Mind (8 years, world finals three times).
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours, hospital, church, etc. small things
[] Summer Activities: FSU Summer Band Camp, volunteering, stuff for school Band
[] Essays: Common App 9/10, my Stanford Essays were the best ones I wrote BY FAR… I was so happy and pleased with what I wrote!! I feel like Stanford gave me a way to communicate my passions in a way that other schools didn’t. this is unreal.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One of them I read and it was stellar quote: “The best thing I’ve ever written about a student in 26 years of teaching,” the other one I didn’t read but the teacher really likes me
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good (large public school), counselor barely knows me
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Not Contacted
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 120k-140k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geographical location, maybe?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Sat I Scores,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays & composition supplement!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, Duke (Likely Letter), Emory, Stanford
Rejected: Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Brown
[/ul]

General Comments:
AHHHHHHHHH! I was at my friend’s house and I got the decision on my phone and was expecting a rejection. Chills went up my spine and I ran home!!! I can’t believe I got rejected from HYP and got into Stanford. It was definitely my essays. This is insane! Not sure where I will matriculate but it’s going to be very very hard to turn down Stanford!

314159265 · March 30, 2012, 6:56pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (first & only sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 780 US History, 780 Physics, 740 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 13 exams
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None whatsoever
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial, Music, Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Violin Teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at school, Church Choir Musician
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Thought they reflected me well. I actually thought my Stanford essays were my best.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been good too
[li] Additional Rec: Was good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Large Public (almost 3000 kids)
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic Numbers, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Lack of major awards, No real EC’s or summer activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays weren’t well-received enough, probably.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC (Southern California), Pomona College, Harvey Mudd, Princeton, Yale, Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech.

Waitlist: Harvard & Claremont McKenna

Reject: Stanford & Caltech

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all that were accepted!

pinkcoconut · March 30, 2012, 7:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 M: 720, CR: 760, WR: 760
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: World History: 800, Math II: 760, Biology: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/100
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), English Lit (5), Spanish Lang (5), Human Geography (5). Statistics, US History, US Government and Psychology are all pending.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Stats, US History, US Gov and Psych (all honors towards AP). Anatomy and Physiology - Honors. Shakespeare/The 20th Century American Novel (each a one semester course). Journalism. Spanish VI - Honors. Photography. Senior Seminar.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just a few local awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): chool newspaper (features writer), Gay Straight Alliance (secretary), Human Rights Action (founder), political debate club (vice-president), Christian Union (president), community service development (coordinator) and volleyball.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, peer to peer etc). I have received the President’s Volunteer Service Award at bronze and silver levels. Girl Scouts (Gold Award).
[] Summer Activities: Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans
[] Essays: Was really pleased with them. Had excellent feedback.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great. Highlights were that one said his classroom will be a poorer place when I’m gone, the other that I was a “delight” to teach as I was always inquisitive and eager to absorb knowledge.
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: One excellent rec from a manager I work with in my volunteering, I wanted a rec from someone who knew me outside of school.
[li] Interview: No[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, highly selective, non-denominational private in NorCal
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy - my mom attended undergrad and postgrad[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recs and scores
[] Weaknesses: ECs are mainly non-academic
[] Why you think you were accepted: Strength of essays and recs
[] Where else were you accepted: Accepted: USC, UCLA, Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, Chicago, Duke, Rice, SMU, U of Pacific (safety). Rejected: Yale

[/ul]General Comments: Eek! It’s between Stanford, Columbia and USC now. I’d say Stanford and USC are the front-runners, as I think I’d rather stay in Cali. Out of Stanford and USC, well Stanford just has the edge, but I’m not willing to say no to USC yet. Decisions, decisions.

Confucian · March 30, 2012, 7:34pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 USH, 800 WH, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/218 ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (5), USH (5), Chem (4), English Lang (4), Latin Vergil (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Religion classes, AP Politics, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, H Bio, H Visual Basic, H Western Civ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Comcast Leaders & Achievers, Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude/Gold Medal (3x), a few other local writing awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 9th-12th grade (captain), Envirothon 10-12 (captain), school service society 9-12 (VP), NHS 10-12 (VP); The first 3 are the ones I have dedicated myself to in school over the years, it would take a while to describe the things I do in each of them.
[] Job/Work Experience: none, applied for some jobs, didn’t get them >.<
[] Volunteer/Community service: worked with a non-profit in New Orleans rebuilding houses, volunteer at food pantry, tutor at local middle school, volunteer for local state representative, and the school service society could be considered community service (we run monthly schoolwide food drives that go to the aforementioned food pantry)
[] Summer Activities: volunteering at food pantry, camp CIT, etc.
[] Essays: Common App was a little abstract, fairly personal, not sure how admissions officers would’ve responded to it; I thought my Stanford essays were fairly good and distinctive, although I had to significantly condense and cut good essays to fit them within the Stanford character limit, which may have been an issue.
[] Teacher Recommendation: don’t know, didn’t ask for or read, but I have very good relationships with the teachers I asked
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know, didn’t ask for or read
[] Additional Rec: Envirothon coach, it would’ve been very good
[li] Interview: didn’t get one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese-American)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: just barely don’t qualify for FA, but applied for FA anyways lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: objective stats, essays I thought? but guess not
[] Weaknesses: none in particular, overall solid app, but I had nothing that really stood out or anything in particular
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: couldn’t say to be honest, I guess Stanford just didn’t like my app
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Harvard accept, UPenn (Wharton) accept, Dartmouth likely letter/accept, Swarthmore early write acceptance, Northwestern accept, Duke accept, UChicago waitlist, Yale reject, Williams waitlist

[/ul]General Comments:

Disappointing, I thought I had a decent shot at getting in, thought that my essays highlighted who I was and my interests well, but you can never be too sure about these things, especially with a college as competitive as Stanford. However, my school has pretty much never sent anyone to Stanford before, and actually one of my good friends just got in RD, so it’s still pretty great. Overall, still quite pleased with how things went. Good luck in your college careers everyone!

FlyingCrepes · March 30, 2012, 7:35pm

Decision: Deferred---->Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 CR:760 M:690 (LOL) W:720
[] ACT:34 M:32 W:34 CR:34 S:35
[] SAT II: MII:650 (The shame of my app.) Chem:690 Bio:750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/661
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), AP Human Geography (4), AP Lang (5), AP Chem (4), AP Biology (5), AP Physics C: Mech (3) xD, AP Calculus AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB SL Biology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL History, IB HL English, IB HL Chemistry, IB SL Math, IB SL German, AP Statistics, IB Theory of Knowledge
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl’s State, Outstanding USA Water Polo Academic All-American, Second in State for the AATG Exam (American Association of Teachers of German), Gold Level/National Winner for the AATG Exam for 3 years (when app was submitted), Top Ten: Events and Team for Regional and State Science Olympiad, AP with Distinction, Thespian Honor Society, and other little things.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming 4 years (Captain), Varsity Water Polo 4 years (Captain), Organized and founded a youth leadership conference my senior year (Director of Finances), Science Olympiad 2 years (Treasurer), German Club (Secretary, Treasurer, President), Drama Club (Thespian)
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100~ hours, but I don’t think I even reported these…
[] Summer Activities:Court ordered 6 weeks with my dad every summer, Girl’s State, and working on my Science Olympiad helicopter
[] Essays: Since this was my first application they were still in their somewhat rough stage as compared to my December application. Maybe a 7/10 for the main. Roommate essay was really enjoyable, though so a 8/10.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My Chem teacher/ SO coach probably did a really nice one, if not outstanding. 7/10 My ToK/History teacher’s recommendation was probably last minute. 5/10
[] Counselor Rec: Generic. Read a version of it for a scholarship and it was a regurgitation of my resume. 3/10
[] Additional Rec: President of Marketing of Planet Smoothie in our area. Short, sweet, and to the point. 6/10
[] Interview: None.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:IB Public
[] Ethnicity:White (Middle Eastern)/Pacific Islander (Indonesian)
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket: $40,000~
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):The least wanted URM, lol. EA Deferred.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:EC, Leadership, Passion. Passion, Passion, Passion!
[] Weaknesses:Test Score, especially in math as an Engineering major.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was a little silly in my application. It was completely me.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Stanford (!), Cornell, Rice, UF, and Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Penn
Rejected: MIT, Columbia, Yale, Princeton (LOL Ivy day)

[/ul]General Comments:
I gave up after my rejections yesterday. I didn’t think I even had the slightest chance anymore. I know Stanford is special because it TRULY looked for and saw the passion that I tried to convey in all my applications. Or it is simply the one that thought I would fit, I’m not sure. Either way, I was myself and that was the most important thing. Congrats to everyone else that was accepted! Everyone else, good luck where ever you go. It’s about who you are and what you do, not where you go.

xplosneer · March 30, 2012, 7:40pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (710/800/700)
[] ACT: 36 (36R/34M w/o calculator/36W/36S)
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 U.S. History, 800 Math IIC
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/523(2nd highest 4-year band rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) AP Physics (5) Calculus AB (5) AP U.S. History (4) Euro History (4) English Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:5 AP’s and Band, self studying Physics C Mech. to make it 6. AP Government, Literature, Calc BC, Enivironmental(schedule locked me out of Chemistry), and Music Theory
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band(President x2), Cross Country(injuries written about in essays), Track, Physics Guild, Environmental Club, Tri-M Music leadership (Treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:Enough relating to band and sports to pass but not that much long-term.
[] Summer Activities: Running, building a pinball machine, band camp organizing and setup.
[] Essays: I actually thought I wrote my best essays for Stanford, especially for intellectual vitality.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 great, 1 unsure(didn’t see)
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 2 Uncles went for the same major, I know I got a recommendation from the live audition on tenor saxophone.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths:GPA, Grades, Hours for EC’s[/li]Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[] Weaknesses: Lack of return on investment for EC’s, some within and some way out of my control.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:At 6.6% I’m not surprised but very saddened. Guess my essays weren’t quite enough somehow, or something random they didn’t want. EC accomplishments should’ve been better. Too bad I get injured easy and cannot control changing band teachers every year.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Cal Poly SLO Engineering, Regents to UC Davis and UCSB both. [/li]Rejected: Berkeley

[/ul]**General Comments: Just goes to show that perfect grades and perfect scores do not guarantee you will get where you want. **

lolToasty · March 30, 2012, 7:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): First: 2060 (CR690, M660, W710, E 11) Second: 2230 (CR710, M790, W730, E 10)
[] ACT: First: 32 (E29/M30/R33/S36/E10) Second: 34 (E36/M33/R36/S31/E11)
[] SAT II: 720 Math I, 710 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0. 104.218 weighted on 100 pt scale.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/262
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 3 (10th grade)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): All being taken in May
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, IB Eng A1 HL, IB Bio SL, IB Span B HL, IB Math SL, IB ToK, IB HoA HL, IB Music SL, IB Mentoring, Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar and National Merit Commended (first in my school in A WHILE). Gates Finalist. Being cool.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Drumline and all percussion endeavors in the Band (also going to state for a snare solo and was second chair percussion in my district honor band)), (Mu Alpha Theta Founder and President), History Club, Model UN, NHS, Interact Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Some with family business
[] Volunteer/Community service: 935 hours of CAS in IB
[] Summer Activities: Duke TiP from 2007 - 2010, Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) in 2011, Dartmouth Bound in 2011
[] Essays: Loved the first one. About my father and unique circumstances. Very bold and emotional in my eyes. Other essays were all strong imo, but I definitely preferred some over others.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see them, but my bio teacher felt bad when I got deferred from Yale because she said she was too strict on my common one. I dunno how that’ll go…
[] Counselor Rec: No clue in the slightest.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology: Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] School Type: Inner-city Public in an underfunded and “Academically Unacceptable” (according to TEA) campus
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic, roots from Mexico
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Under the cutoff for full aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First in a TRUE college (Dad dropped out and mom has a license but not a degree)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Writing, scores relative to location, doing as much as I can in my school, summer programs.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of EC and leadership positions
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
[] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:

Accepted: Columbia (likely), Cornell (early writeish), Dartmouth (likely), Williams (early write), Bowdoin (early write), Amherst (early write), Stanford, MIT, UPenn, Rice, UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara (Honors), UC Santa Cruz (Honors), Northwestern, Boston U (Honors), Hofstra (Honors), UTexas, Texas A&M, Fordham (likely), Simpson, St. Johns, Iowa State, Drexel, Houston Baptist, three local private schools, 3 non-flagship state schools, community college (lol)
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Brown, WUSTL
Rejected: Yale (deferred SCEA)

[/ul]**General Comments: **
It was a fun (kidding) journey. Everyone here is excellent and should not let what school they didn’t get into get them down. We’re all amazing and will bloom where we are planted. I am honored to be among you all.

teriyarki · March 30, 2012, 7:47pm

YES!!!
Decision: Accepted!!!

So excited!

stanford78 · March 30, 2012, 7:54pm

Wow loltoasty - did you have to take out a loan to apply to all of those schools and send them your scores?

9help9 · March 30, 2012, 7:57pm

S2 Accepted!

AllThingsGo · March 30, 2012, 8:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/368
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Systems and Societies (6), (All the rest will be taken in May. My predicted grades are 7’s. 7’s on IA and stuff) IB English HL, IB Spanish SL, IB History HL, IB Art HL, IB Math Studies SL, IB ToK
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB ToK II, IB English, Chamber Orchestra, IB Spanish IV, IB History, IB Art, IB Math Studies, Personal Finance, Web Design
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hamilton Award Winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Speech and Debate (Varsity for four years, State Champion, National Qualifier), two-year class president, 4-year section leader in orchestra/jazz band, MUN (many awards at state level for two years), lots of theatre, published artist
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at a local grocery store
[] Volunteer/Community service:A lot. I don’t really know where to start. Upwards of 600 service hours over past three years. I founded a few service organizations and regularly initiate service projects for myself and other students as a director of our school’s Social Entrepreneurship club
[] Summer Activities: Summit Debate speech camp
[] Essays: I edited them for many, many months. I think my short answers and essays were a very strong part of my application
[] Teacher Recommendation: The Kenyon letter I got specifically said they were “glowing,” so those probably helped
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[] Additional Rec: N/a
[] Interview: N/a

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, around 1,500, only IB school in the state
[] Ethnicity: Half hispanic/white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60000-70000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, underrepresented location[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I worked really hard on my essays, showed a lot of passion, was sincere in my dedication, and took most rigorous academic opportunities available
[] Weaknesses: Test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The strengths of my app I posted above. Also, I think I was pretty funny in my roommate essay.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Grinnell, Carleton, Kenyon, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Williams. Wait listed at Harvard.

[/ul]General Comments: I am so shocked, excited, and overwhelmed to be welcomed to such a wonderful community. I never, ever imagined this was an actual possibility. Felt like it was so far out of my league. Through the process I learned that if you are passionate about what you do, it really will be appreciated and recognized. It’s not just a number game, like I had expected. It’s like that quotation that “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” Good luck to all of those still waiting and congratulations to Stanford’s class of 2016!

RuTZeR · March 30, 2012, 8:36pm

Decision: Waitlisted

JockingMay · March 30, 2012, 8:54pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 (Math) 690 (CR) 800 (Writing) - 2230
[] SAT II: 800 - Math II, 800 - Physics, 800 - Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): - School doesn’t do GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): - School doesn’t rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Nope. A levels
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): See above.
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 A levels (as opposed to the usual 4 for my year). Pretty heavy load. Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Further Math. And GPR which is a Pre university subject only offered to a few students in the batch.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Distinctions in various international math contests.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Acted in the school play every year, dabbled in debates but was never exceptionally good, Secretary of school’s Math Society, Biology in charge of the Einstein Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Taught at a girls school (co-ordinator), volunteer work at a shelter for the disabled, part of a project that raised seed funding of $1000 to rebuild a girl’s school that had been washed away by floods, member of Interact Rotary, miscellaneous work for Rotary charities.
[] Summer Activities: Summer course at Oxford Tutorial College.
[] Essays: Probably the only reason I got in. I LOVED my essays, and worked really hard on them. I poured my heart and soul into them, and my common app and ‘intellectual vitality’ ones were tackled uniquely (in my opinion at least).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good. One from the headmistress, one from a teacher who knows me really well and has taught me for four years. Didn’t see them though, so I’m not completely sure.
[] Counselor Rec: I assume it was good, didn’t see it.
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Up there…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First female going abroad for college.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays. Grades were decent too.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars. And I’m not a prefect. (In a class of 240, where 40 are prefects)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays. Can’t think of another reason.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT. I got offers from Cambridge, Imperial, UCL and Warwick, but I’m not sure how relevant that is here.

[/ul]General Comments: I’m in utter shock. Its 6am here and I haven’t had any sleep. SO unbelievably excited!

tridpq · March 30, 2012, 11:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 2400 (800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but I think my counselor put my rank as “1/900”.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: A Level maximum load (General Paper, Project Work, Economics, Math, Chemistry, Physics)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 in national math olympiad, top in national programming competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science and Math Council (Deputy President), High school YMCA (IT Director), Multimedia Club (President), Tech Council, Guitar Ensemble, Math Club.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours of Community Service
[] Summer Activities: Nothing much
[] Essays: I liked my Common App essay, though my counselor said it’s “decent”. As for Stanford supplement essays, I didn’t think they were very strong. I spent about 3 days writing / adapting all those 3 essays.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to read, but I think one was very good and one so so.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. She loves me.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent last 4 years of high school in Singapore)
[] School Type: Public / Independent
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: below $10,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stats & grade.
[] Weaknesses: Cookie-cutter Asian, asking for full Financial Aid.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I managed to show how I have grown as a person.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, Williams.
Waitlisted: Yale, MIT, Columbia, Amherst, UChicago
Rejected: Harvard, Penn (Wharton)
[/ul]
General Comments: This came as a complete surprise, since I applied for full aid. I thought I might as well give it a shot, and I’m glad I did.

mariano54 · March 31, 2012, 12:20am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (760M 760W 720CR)
[] ACT:not taken
[] SAT II: 800 Math 790 Spanish 780 Bio 720 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 27/960
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Physics B- 5 Physics C- 5,5 Stats- 5 EnglishLang- 5 CalcABBC- 5,5 Bilogy- 5, Computer Science A- 5 
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP government, AP economics, AP spanish, AP psychology, Honors Englush
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some MAO (math) state and national awards, NHPR, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math club, Science club, Robotics, Rocketry
[] Job/Work Experience: some math tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: basic stuff
[] Summer Activities: Visiting Argentina
[] Essays: strong essays I believe
[] Teacher Recommendation:Very good recs
[] Counselor Rec: Listed some of my awards, but it was very good in general
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (huge)
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 200k +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:AP scores, many math awards, strong ECs, URM
[] Weaknesses: sat couldve been higher, essays coudlve used some more polish
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they liked me.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Yale, MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, GT, UM, UF Waitlist: Harvard, CMU

[/ul]General Comments:

GRATS to everyone that got in!! and if you didn’t, well you’re probably an amazing applicant… but these admissions are getting so much harder and you never know if you will get in. Anyways, everyone ends up loving their college anyways, so u will be fine!!

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