OFFICIAL Stanford University REA Decisions - Class of 2015 : Hamba Harambee Knaves XD

<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I guess it just about time. Please post your decisions in the format below. I suggest filling in all the info before the decision to make it an easy ctrl + c / ctrl +v job in the end. Also, refrain from posting anything other that your decision here. Use the <em>Official</em> Stanford REA 2015 Applicants' Discussion Thread (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/995178-official-stanford-rea-2015-applicants-discussion-thread-213.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/995178-official-stanford-rea-2015-applicants-discussion-thread-213.html&lt;/a&gt;) to discus anything pertaining to your decision or anything concerning the release date/time. </p>

<p>Good luck guys!! If our conversations are anything to go by, I think the Class of 2015 is going to be awesome!</p>

<p>Hamba Harambee Knaves!!!</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] 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.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] </p>

<p>Remember to remove the spaces.</p>

<p>Also wulfran is adorbs. :) (Haha! Yes, I did that just to spite you! :))</p>

<p>Notes for this thread for walk-in knaves: remember that Stanford…</p>

<p>…will only see your grades for sophomore and junior years, for REA.</p>

<p>…superscores on the SAT, so that’s the score you should give! (I don’t know about the ACT, though.)</p>

<p>And @kimathi: OH YOU KNAVE, DO NOT EVEN</p>

<p>though they probably ask for a progress report from Senior year!!</p>

<p>Stanford doesn’t count your freshman grades? Damn…my GPA just went down…</p>

<p>Tell me about it… :(</p>

<p>^^my GPA just went up</p>

<p>This is not the thread to discuss anything on. Stop.</p>

<p>My goodness, calm down. They’re not doing any harm.</p>

<p>This thread is for stats and decisions only. When future generations of college applicants want information on what kind of students got into Stanford, they don’t wanna read a bunch of worthless discussion. That can be saved for our other thread. That being said, no more post are necessary until decision day.</p>

<p>I agree with you. The other thread is most definitely worthless.</p>

<p>Oh, dear trackstar. You just opened this thread up for discussion. Excuse me if you didn’t quite understand the meaning of my post. By worthless, I meant posts not of worth to future applicants. However, your post certainly had different implications. Our thread most CERTAINLY is not worthless. In fact, this thread had facilitated some what I expect to be lifelong friendships, depending on admittance. I have plenty of others who agree with me. So, trackstar, ■■■■.</p>

<p>^ like 10char</p>

<p>^ +1 to what courtney said
■■■■, trackstar1124</p>

<p>I agree with courtney. but i do think we should start a new decisions thread because this one is messy</p>

<p>^The mods will probably clean it up.</p>

<p>I can’t possibly wait or think anymore. I can’t focus on anything cause all I think about is Stanford. Let’s hope they release on Friday so anxiety is released. AH!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 730CR 750W - 2250 total (took once)
[</em>] ACT: 36 reading, 36 english, 34 math, 35 science - 35 composite (took once)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 physics, 800 Math II, 780 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/102 (not officially, school doesn’t rank, but yeah)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), US History (5), French Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): no
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP - Computer Science A, Physics C: Mechanics, Calculus BC, English Literature, European History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): idk if these are “major” but… Rennselaer Medal, NMSF</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): theater 4 years (lead roles … is that leadership?), speech and debate (captain in 11th grade), cappies (head cappie), quiz bowl (founding member and captain), Community Service Leadership Board (chairman), Cross Country, various other clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Rays of Light - I volunteer with special needs kids first Friday night of every month so their parents can get a night off once a month. 4.5 hours/month. Plus various other one-time things. And 120 hours one summer at my summer camp
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer camp, engineering camp, theater camp, computer science primer, tutored elementary kids
[<em>] Essays: I think they were awesome but who knows…
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read but probably stellar, both teachers adore me and think I’m a genius
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[</em>] Additional Rec: no
[li] Interview: no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, and int’l student (bad combination, stanny’s not need blind for int’ls…)
[</em>] Intended Major: engineering… i dont remember which specifically
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): texas but canadian citizen
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): canada
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~80k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, test scores sort of, essays?
[</em>] Weaknesses: pretty average ecs, int’l student, UNHOOKED
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unhooked international student applying for financial aid.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I saw this coming so I’m not too disappointed. In fact, the “Rejection” template was the only one I filled out because I knew I would be rejected. Haha I’m OK though, there’s so many other good schools out there… Stanford is awesome but I’ll be happy somewhere else too!! :)</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR=800, M=770, W=790(essay=9)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II=800, Chem=770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Chem (5), Spanish (5), Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs(Psych, Calc, Physics, Econ), Newspaper, Independent Study, Generic English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (president), Student Body Council (Treasurer), Math Club (Officer), Design Club (no positions)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 2 Summers in India involved in HIV/AIDS awareness, spent 100+ hours each time, organized workshops for high schoolers in public schools in India
[</em>] Summer Activities: The volunteering mentioned above, number theory course at Cal Poly, moving between NJ and Singapore
[<em>] Essays: 1 on reverse culture shock, 1 on volunteer experience, specific Stanford essays were: intellectual vitality (about my passion for math), why Stanford (current student I know, atmosphere there, visit to campus), Roommate (generic)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: SOLID, from my Lang teacher and, unconventionally, a business/entrepreneurship teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent at least
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Irrelevant
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective Portion, international exposure, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure. It took a lot out of me though.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
Decision:Rejected</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] 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.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (600M/680W/710CR)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 1850
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 36</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: >100 hours
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: >500 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: community service + gaming championship
[<em>] Essays: Very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dont know
[</em>] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview: good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: History
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Russia
[</em>] School Type: IB Co-ed
[<em>] Ethnicity: Jewish/Russian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000$
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): uncle works there.</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, interview, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores, counselor and me always hated each other
[li] Why you think you were rejected: Never expected anything else, so im guessing my scores.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted.</p>