***Official Stanford University 2016 RD Results***

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (690/740/710/6).
[</em>] ACT: 34 (30/35/35/35/7).
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 WH, 790 USH, 750 Physics.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/170.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (5), HG (5), USH (5), USGov (5), EngLang (5), CompGov (4), PhysicsB (3), CalcAB (3).
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (4).
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ASB, IB Bio HL, IB English A1 HL, Economics/Theory of Knowledge, AP Calculus AB (highest class offered at school), IB History of the Americas HL, IB French SL.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Commended, and some small awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS President, Interact VP, ASB (Treasurer, VP, Member-at-Large), and some other small stuff.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor on-and-off.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Significant.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Not that much.
[</em>] Essays: Mediocre.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: I think it was good.
[</em>] Interview: No interview.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Small public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Slightly above 100k+.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m not that special, had mediocre ECs.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wasn’t that special.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected Harvard, Columbia. Waitlisted Chicago, Georgetown. Accepted UCI (Regents + CHP), USC (Presidential scholar), UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley (most likely will attend). </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Kind of disappointed, but ah well.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Phys
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Phys B (5), APUSH (5), AP Eng. Lang (5), AP Spanish Lang (5), AP Calc BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calc/differential equations, AP Eng. Lit, AP Biology, AP Macroecon/Govt Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Regional Finalist, Siemens Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (editor-in-chief), varsity tennis (captain 2 years, #2 singles), tournament tennis (ranked top 20 in Norcal for Boy’s 16s), research, speech and debate, piano (CM Panel Finalist with honors),
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid research internship, tennis coach
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Piano accompanist for a local choir, random things here and there
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY, tennis tournaments, Garcia MRSEC research, SIMR research
[</em>] Essays: The congratulations letter in the mail (handwritten…!) focused on my essays, so these were probably my strong point. 1) Vitality: Experience in a lab meeting when I said something I thought was true, because I had read it in a textbook - professor said that isn’t necessarily true, because no one can prove it. 2) Roommate: Compared first impressions of me to who I actually am. 3) What matters to you: Wrote about making my bed, honestly. It was about the process over the end result.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, I’m sure there were fine/great/insert adjective
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: Big shot professor at Stanford, emphasized that I was well rounded yet very passionate about research.
[</em>] Interview: None</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: medium-high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: research, essays, test scores, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: leadership
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s the whole package, I don’t think there’s any specific reason to pinpoint.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Duke, JHU BME, UCs. Rejected - Yale.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m leaning Stanford, if anyone’s wondering…</p>

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<p>Wow a surprising amount of acceptances. CC must be composed of quite the talented student body.</p>

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<p>***, why did this get bumped? I almost had a heart attack until I realized it was 2016 results… :p, lol.</p>

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<p>Is there a similar list of "Official Stanford University 2016 SCEA Results ?
thanks a lot !</p>

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<p>you seriously need to get a life.</p>

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<p>Anymore international/UK students to share?</p>