OFFICIAL Stanford University RD Decisions - Class of 2013

ab2013 · March 30, 2009, 1:45am

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Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

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ab2013 · March 30, 2009, 1:47am

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geckolord · March 31, 2009, 4:40pm

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Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]
General Comments:

blu_g8orade · March 31, 2009, 6:31pm

rejected. i’m not really disappointed at all, though. i got into Duke, Penn, and Columbia … about to check Cornell.

goodbye Stanford forum, i really have no reason to post in here anymore.

imgoing2college · March 31, 2009, 5:38pm

Dear Emilie,

It is with regret that I write to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission to the freshman class at Stanford University.

UCSB HERE I COME!!

Buh bye Stan forum! And congrats to all who got in!

llpitch · March 31, 2009, 6:43pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t report: 2180 (690 CR, 780 M, 710 W w/ 10E)
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
[] SAT II: Didn’t report: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
[] Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years. 
[] Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat…not like that’s even a hook lol.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratz Class of 2013 =] I also got into Yale today. Waitlisted at Harvard and Rejected at Princeton =[

coolziller2 · March 31, 2009, 5:52pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send (CR: 750 M:720 W:800)
[] ACT: 35 (all 35 subs except a 33 on science)
[] SAT II: didn’t submit (math: 720 us history: 750)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (5), psych (5), eng lang (5) us (5) stats (5) chem (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: hardest as could
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] national merit finalist, ap scholar with distintion[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 varsity sports for 4 years, various clubs, sr rep and 2x mentor for school’s honor program
[] Job/Work Experience: hostess over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 + hours, long term committments
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: i thought they were creative
[] Teacher Recommendation: nice, detailed
[] Counselor Rec: super sweet
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview:[/ul] n/a[/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] first generation[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, gpa, first generation, funny essays
[] Weaknesses: just wasn’t meant to be
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]
General Comments: waitlisted at brown, overall better than i thought. congrats everyone!

rentastrawberry · March 31, 2009, 6:54pm

Decision: Rejected

…oh the little masochist i am.

Senior0991 · March 31, 2009, 5:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35 (36 math and english, 35 science, 33 reading, 11 writing)
[] SAT II: 800-math, 800-chem II, 780-US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (?-school doesn’t rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chem, Calc BC, English Language, US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Physics C, econ, english literature, MV Calc/Linear Algebra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity golf, science olympiad, math tutor (in school + private), scholastic bowl, radio host
[] Job/Work Experience: tutor, ebay seller
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer golf coach during the summer
[] Summer Activities: lots of golf, one engineering program at UofT
[] Essays: dece, since I applied early (deferred) they def. could have been better
[] Teacher Recommendation: never read, I assume solid
[] Counselor Rec: she has like 200 students to write for, so probably ultra-generic
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: very large, competitive public (20-30 to very top schools each year)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: legacy, test scores, athletic prowess
[] Weaknesses: grades, awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I won’t lie, the fact that my dad went to Stanford def. got me in (although he never donated much). I think the fact that I’m going into engineering and have straight As in all my school’s top math and science classes helped, too. Also, my Why Stanford essay was basically a play off the “day in the life” theme. It demonstrated just how much I knew about the school and how much I wanted to go there. 
[/ul]General Comments: WOW. OMG. WOW. Complete shock. I lost almost all hope after being deferred SCEA, and I was really down today after rejection at Princeton and waitlist at Cornell (moreso Cornell, I thought I was almost a shoo-in). I saw the email and was shocked. Still can’t fully believe my acceptance- my grades were by no means good.

churchill1990 · March 31, 2009, 7:00pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
[]SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
[]ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[]GPA: 3.89 unweighted
[li]Rank: School doesn’t rank[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Essays: Overall excellent. I thought they were the highlight of my application - Common App was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in, and my first two short answers were very reflective of my personality. My Why Stanford?, however, was a major fail.
[]Teacher Rec: Didn’t read, but I chose teachers that like me
[]Counselor Rec: Same as above
[]Hook (if any): Double legacy (father and grandmother)
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[]State or Country: WA
[]School Type: Very small independent private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music audition possibly
[]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Even though I’m a legacy (father and grandmother), I’ve never been to Stanford’s campus…consequently my Why Stanford? was somewhat lacking. I’m shocked I was waitlisted and not rejected!![/ul]

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Hopefully I get off this waitlist :P

blackjack18 · March 31, 2009, 6:06pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (660M, 720CR, 690W)
[] ACT: 32C
[] SAT II: USH: 760, Lit: 760, Math2C: 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’m assuming top 4% at the very least
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4), USH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Lit, AVID, Student Leadership (ASB), Int’l Relations/AP Comp Politics, BC Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB VP, Mock Trial, tutoring
[] Job/Work Experience: Starbucks barista for almost 2 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: local center for Democrats within my county
[] Summer Activities: workworkwork
[] Essays: Meh. Should’ve used my UC one.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Solid
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, thanks AVID.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Very competitive public; one of the best (if not the best in California
[] Ethnicity: Filipina
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: under 100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): immigrant. but i didn’t talk about this much. Dangit.[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personality/Passion. Extracurriculars, maybe
[] Weaknesses: Math test scores (I honestly tried to bring em up. Kept getting 660). CA Essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I spent all of two days working on all 9 of my private apps. Rushed through the 31st because I wanted to party it up.[/ul]**General Comments: **At least I wasn’t rejected right? …Right?

Modulation · March 31, 2009, 6:07pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 730
[] SAT Math: 800
[] SAT Writing: 750 (79MC 8E)
[] SAT Total: 2280
[] SAT II: Math II-800, US history-750, BioE-750
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC/AB (5/5), Env. Sci (4), Biology (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Music Theory (5), Comparative Gov (5), Stats (5)
[] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 7% of 780
[li] Academic Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, a few regional science awards, nothing prestigious…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Important ECs: Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster), MN Music Listening Contest (Founder and Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Senior Service Project (Officer), Young Democrats (Secretary of State)
[] Job/Work Experience: Usher at Orchestra Hall, Violin teacher, Cashier/Server at Sbarro in the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Um, basically I organized a few fundraisers for orchestra and about 100 hours “everywhere”
[] Essays: Decent, commonapp about fixing my violin. Supplements were amazing.
[] Teacher Rec #1: Decent
[] Teacher Rec #2: Decent
[] Additional Rec: Orchestra Teacher of three years
[] Counselor Rec: Knows me very well in a huge class
[li] Hook (if any): None[/li]
[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: Minnesota
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[li] Legacy Yes/No: Nope[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
ASK STANFORD.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Blah.

schee410 · March 31, 2009, 6:09pm

Decision: Rejected (no surprise there)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 CR 770 W 740 M)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 790 Chem 740 Math II 680 WH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/160
[] AP: 5 Chem 4 USH 4 WH (Eng Lit & Calc AB this year)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro Econ/US Govt, Choir, AP Calc AB, Physics 12 H, AP Comp Sci, Philosophy of Man H, AP Eng
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, APS, AMC10
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Link Crew, CSF (treasurer), Math Club, Recycling Club (cofounder/treasurer), football, track, AcaDeca, other things
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 150 odd hours
[] Summer Activities: normal stuff, no research blah blah blah
[] Essays: i was content with them. obviously that’s not enough.
[] Teacher Recommendation: loved me
[] Counselor Rec: liked me[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: math, science
[] Weaknesses: essays, applying to colleges
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: it’s a conspiracy
[/ul]General Comments: ah well. rice university it is.

rawritskim · March 31, 2009, 6:11pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):overall-2280; CR-800, M-770, W-710
[] ACT:N/A
[] SAT II: BioM-780, USHistory-770, MathII-720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/around 350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: heavy, 5 APs (calc bc, american government, physics b, spanish language, literature&composition
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor, High School Music Diploma for piano, CM Advanced level for piano[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross (president), Leadership Club (vp), Vietnamese Club (secretary), Varsity tennis, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation
[] Job/Work Experience: Piano teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: Senior retirement home, Saturday Bible School Teacher Assistant
[] Summer Activities: Summer School, vacation, leadership camps
[] Essays: on why i wanted to be a cardiologist
[] Teacher Recommendation: no clue. good enough apparently. one was from my calculus teacher, and the other from my bio teacher. both loved me (:
[] Counselor Rec: no clue
[] Additional Rec: nothing
[] Interview: Stanford had interviews??
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: around 70-80K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and rank
[] Weaknesses: SAT, ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my admissions officer had a good day when he happened to come across my application.
[/ul]**General Comments:
** completely ecstatic right now. congrats to all the acceptees!!

scribbler91 · March 31, 2009, 6:12pm

Flat out rejected. Kind of ****ed/upset (it was my first choice)
Oh well. I’m going to Wharton.

hookem168 · March 31, 2009, 6:16pm

Rejected. ■■■.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH…unspeakable.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist…15th Nationally in NFL Oratory
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
[] Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
[] Summer Activities: See “job” and “volunteer work”
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Same
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Additional Rec: Same
[] Interview: Same
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private (tiny)
[] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
[] Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.
[/ul]General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I’ve been crying for 2 hours.

llpitch, congrats, man. You deserve it :)

P.S. This post was actually made at 6:16…not sure how I got bumped back an hour in time…

ngolsh314 · March 31, 2009, 7:16pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): R-750 M-760 W-750
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Chem-780 Lit-740 Math-760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-8 ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/119
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5) Calc(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: [Ind.] AP Phys C both parts, [Ind.] AP Comp Sci AB, AP US Hist, AP Lit, Deutsch IV, College-level Organic Chemistry
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bot Scouts of America Eagle Scout, Marching Band(treasurer), Concert Band, Top Jazz Band, Piano, Guitar, Violin, Persussion, Mandolin, Interact, Yearbook(business manager), Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Head A/V Technician, HS Musical, Jr/Sr Class Play
[] Random: Made a hologram for fun. Built a 7 foot tall medieval siege engine for fun. Made a high end headphone amplifier for fun. All were done starting with little or no knowledge of the subject beforehand.
[] Job/Work Experience: YMCA/Community Pool Lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life, Eagle Project, 'bout 150 hours with Scouts
[] Summer Activities: Calculus II, PSU, Grade- A; Comp Sci 101, PSU, Grade-A,
[] Essays: Ridiculous good. Best essay I’ve ever written. Ambitious rhetoric and tasteful humor in one neat package.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Wrote about how while grades weren’t that important to me, my motivation and personal ambition were the best he’s ever seen in his career.
[] Counselor Rec: Good, just wants to be able to say “heh heh i got a kid in *fill in good school”
[] Additional Rec: nope.
[] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: Computer Engineering, Robotics focus
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): Lycoming
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Iranian and Western European, put down Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Rather not say. Not anything ridiculous, just not sharing that info.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Made all my own opportunities.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Motivation, optimism, worldview, and drive, coming from a unique kid in a backwoods redneck right-wing-nutjob ultraconservative small Pennsylvania town.
[] Weaknesses: Class rank, grades.
[] Why you think you were accepted: Motivation, optimism, worldview, drive to affect humanity in a meaningful way
[/ul]General Comments: “Early Approval” is the *****, man. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/649732-official-stanford-early-approval-letter-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/649732-official-stanford-early-approval-letter-thread.html</a>

Good luck to everyone else!!!

stealingsunshine · March 31, 2009, 7:16pm

Decision: (deferred first, then…) Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 760, CR 700, W 730 [2190]
[li] ACT:[/li][] SAT II: Math II 780, Chinese 770, Bio M 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 5, US History 5, German 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, newspaper, art, AP English Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): music, art classes, Chinese school, member of National German Honor Society, newspaper editor, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: summer internship at a biochemical company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[] Summer Activities: symphony tour, attending my grandparents’ funerals in a different country, internship, etc.
[] Essays: really liked them
[] Teacher Recommendation: the one I read was decent, didn’t see the other one
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor has changed about three times in the last fours years, so she couldn’t have said anything really new/interesting about me.
[] Additional Rec: none. But also sent in both an art and a music supplement.
[li] Interview: [/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: very competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Art dedication/awards, interest in Biology, German?
[] Weaknesses: SATs, GPA, average-ness
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably because of my weaknesses, and senior grades didn’t help at all [/ul][/li]
**General Comments: **disappointed, especially after the wait after being deferred; also rejected from Princeton (not at all surprised) and Brown (probably my top choice), waitlisted at Pomona; I guess I’ll be heading off to UCLA (kind of glad that i can save my parents some money).
Congratulations to everyone who got in!

_skyblue · March 31, 2009, 7:22pm

Decision: Rejected

o well, that was expected
my essays were really bad cuz i did them at the last minute.

Sea_Legs · March 31, 2009, 7:29pm

Decision: Waitlisted! Heck yes.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (730 CR, 730 M, 640W)
[] ACT: 34 (35E, 30M, 36R, 34S, 31E/W)
[] SAT II: 760 Chem, 660 M1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0? I guess, my school does this weird.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/238
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Eng Lang (3), USHist (3), CalcAB, Gov and Pol, Bio, Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Span 5, AP Gov, Eco Adv, Phys Adv, AppMus, Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Nat’l Merit Commended,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of Band (Drum Major, Drum Captain, Lieutenant), 4 years of Spanish Club (President, Vice President, Reporter x2), 3 years Drama Club, 2 years International Thespian Society (Secretary), 1.5 Years Cross-Country, 2 years Student Council, 2 years National Honor Society, 2 years UIL Science (Captain…hahah)… and then some more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Blockbuster for 9 months, Church Pianist for over a year.
[] Volunteer/Community service:Hurricane clean-up (and a lot of it), UMARMY, United Methodist Committee on Relief, various other stuff. I can’t remember how many hours.
[] Summer Activities: Junior Statesman of America Summer School at Stanford, Drum Major Camp, Shakespeare Camp, Summer Band, Marching Percussion Camp
[] Essays: I really liked them…
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read.
[] Counselor Rec: awesomely personal.
[] Additional Rec: from my boss.
[] Interview: didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Crappy Public (very rarely sends grads to top universities)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100Kish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen, multiple-murricane devastated area?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT/SATII/ACT/everything
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: suh-weeeet! totally expected rejection.

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