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

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660M 690 CR 660 W 2010 C (did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 620 math 2 630 US History 660? Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH 4 Gov 4 Macro 4 Micro 3 Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very heavy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won Global Challenge Science Competition. 7 Science Olympiad State medals, including two gold medals. Coca Cola Semi Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots? Coca Cola Semi finalist says it all
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work a lot
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1200 hours a year, coke semi finalist
[</em>] Summer Activities: Always doing something productive
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 iffy, 1 excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: Very good (if it got there…)
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics and STS
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: homeschool
[</em>] Ethnicity: White but South African
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, homeschooling does help though</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, homeschooled, Spanish teacher rec
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores,
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue, couldn’t you guys just have accepted me? Haha. Congrats to those accepted![/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Now to apply EVERYWHERE.</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 730 cr, 800 m, 800 w
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: chem 780, math 800, ush 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): us 5, micro/macro5, calc bc 5, lang 5, ib chinese y1
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: stats, ib chinese y2, ap stats, ap lit, chem, phys b
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel x2, intel 2nd </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of research. debate. sci club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer research exp.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: yep.
[ *] Summer Activities: debate camp in soph
[ *] Essays: intel vitality - my thoughts when doing research / letter - lots of tv refs / why stanford - energy
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: econ/phys
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec: mentor
[ *] Interview:none</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Intended Major: chemE
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[ *] Country (if international applicant): china
[ *] School Type: private, small
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: n/a
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):n/a</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[ *] Strengths: don’t know
[ ] Weaknesses: don’t know…
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: omg
[/list][ b]General Comments:
oh dear God. Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (770CR, 800M, 760W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 800 physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (not including freshman year)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 290
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5’s and a 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, band, and a class at Johns Hopkins
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really? National merit semifinalist?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of music (including performing at charity benefit concerts), Mock Trial, Kung Fu for 11 years (with a black sash), NHS, Model UN, other clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kung Fu instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered 80 hrs at a hospital over the summer, but that’s it
[</em>] Summer Activities: neuroscience research at UCSD this summer
[<em>] Essays: Main essay was extremely unique (about a spontaneous musical I put on with some other students during lunch at school), supplement essays were fine, roommate essay was a little forced
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: I read the one from my English teacher and it was excellent. Didn’t read the other one but it was probably good and unique.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: meh probably fine
[</em>] Additional Rec: letter from the professor with whom I did neuroscience research this summer. didn’t read it, but I presume it was good (he’s a family friend :stuck_out_tongue: )
[li] Interview: went pretty well I thought</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: something neuroscience-related probably
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy from mom</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Uniqueness in main essay, SATs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lacking any major awards or recognition
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think there were a tremendous number of incredible applicants this year, and I just didn’t make the cut.[/li][/ul]General Comments: A good part of me expected to get in because of my essays, legacy, and scores, but I made certain to prepare myself for rejection. So I am surprisingly not that let down, and I have plenty of fabulous institutions to apply to now. I sincerely congratulate all those who will attend stanford next year :D</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Rejected/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Combined is 2360. CR: 790 Writing: 790 Math: 780
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry, Math 2, Literature: All 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6.5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
2010:
Chem: 5
Language: 5
Calculus AB: 5
Stats: 5
French: 3
2009:
US History: 5</p>

<p>[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Top orchestra, AP Psych, AP Bio, Health/Office Aid, AP Economics, AP Government, AP English IV (Literature), AP Calculus BC, taking all the AP exams associated with each class (Macro and Micro)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None by those major organizations</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]NHS
NFHS
Editor on school’s literary magazine (we interviewed some pretty prominent authors…years past included Elie Wiesel and Salman Rushdie, i’m not going to say who we interviewed last issue for privacy reasons. We’ve received national awards as well)
Four years of Orchestra (I’m a cellist), three in the top orchestra
Four years in Region Orchestra (it’s a pretty competitive region too)
Gold Rating at Texas State Solo-ensemble Contest (2009 and 2010)</p>

<p>[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: “Peer ambassador” for a dating abuse outreach program
Volunteer for a national dating abuse helpline (different organization, couple hundred hours, I have the most hours of any volunteer)
Volunteer at a law firm for women in need of legal representation
Volunteer at a local hospital (haha, lame)
Volunteer at an office connecting hospitals/hospices
[</em>] Essays: I thought my Common App showed my personality and my Why Stanford was my strongest “Why [this college]” essay that I wrote.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One teacher raved about me as one of her best; another told me she gave me a pretty personal rec, describing me as a great student, but not as good as the first one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor hasn’t known me for four years. But she really liked me. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public high school (I know of at least two others applying to Stanford REA)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Too high to feel pity for.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, volunteering
[</em>] Weaknesses: LEADERSHIP, clubs within school. :frowning:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I wasn’t a leader, I suppose?<br>[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was expecting this. This is a long shot for me. Now I just have to wait until March/April. ^^ Congrats to EVERYONE who was accepted, good luck to the deferred, and to the rejected, we’re just Stanford’s loss and another college’s gain. :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (660 CR, 670 M, 640 W)
• ACT:
• SAT II:
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
• Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): Not sure, I know that weighted I have a 93 over 100, weighted, but I don’t know what it is equal to over 5, I don’t really think it’s 4.65
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’m homeschooled this year
• AP (place score in parentheses):
• IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Self studying 5 complete A-levels (AS + A2) in one year
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Didn’t have the possibility of participating in anything.</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Piano since I was 4, Flute since I was 8, I’m writing a book, Swimming, Theatre, Debate, French Club, Tennis, Track.
• Job/Work Experience: Work translating documents and websites.
• Volunteer/Community service: Form part of an organization that does a bunch of different things all across Dubai.
• Summer Activities: Working, studying</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
• Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: About coming to Dubai, and how hard life was here for me and my family because of the crisis, and the different mentality. I’ve been told it was powerful and compelling. I think an 8 or 9
o EC Short Answer: About playing the piano. I really liked this one, maybe even a 10
o Intellectual Vitality: About Psychology and how much it always fascinated me even before I knew what psychology was, and what my fascination meant. An 8
o Roommate: I thought it was quite funny. I wrote about how unpredictable and complex I am and about how much I love reading. I’ve been told it was really good, worthy of a 10
o Why Stanford: Did three parts, the first about the campus, the second about the academic and the third about the student life. I struggled with this one, I wrote so many different versions, I would give it a 7 or 8.
o Other: Additional information, explained why I’m 15 but already graduating next year, and why I’ve been in 3 different schools since 9th grade. Even though it wasn’t really an essay, it showed a part of me that, I think, helped show some important traits. Also mentioned that I had to see a psychologist when I was younger because my school wanted to make me repeat since I was one year younger than everybody else and that the psychologist claimed that I was very smart and had a lot of imagination.
• Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher. Probably a 9 or 10. He really liked me.
• Teacher Recommendation #2: Math teachers. No idea how much. He also really liked me, but I don’t know how or what he wrote.
• Counselor Rec: Really good, and honest. But my mom wrote it so it was probably seen as biased. I read it, it was about how I was supposed to be a junior this year and was ready to be one but then out of the blue I became a senior and how many things I had to do and how little time, and how well I coped.
• Additional Rec: None.
• Interview: None.
• Art Supplement: None.</p>

<p>Other
• Date Submitted App: October 28
• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: Psychology
• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• School Type: Homeschooled
• Ethnicity: Berber
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: About $45000, single-parent, with no aid from the other
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: Strange life story, self studied 5 A levels in one year, apparently my age isn’t a strength but I think it helps, speak 5 languages, difficult background, lived in 3 countries, I’m Berber, my essays were really passionate…
• Weaknesses: ECs, awards, lack of opportunities, SAT, financial aid
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
• What would you have done differently?: If I had know I was going to go to college next year I would have done more ECs and sooner, and studied sooner for the SAT</p>

<p>General Comments: don’t really wanna check this now, so I’m gonna check it tomorrow to see if everything’s right. Sooooo disappointed!!! I really thought I was getting in… I also thought we were going to do another thread for this posts… I’m more disappointed than sad, wonder when the sadness is gonna kick in…, congrats who everybody who got in…</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing 800 CR 770 Math
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II 710 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unknown
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Comp Sci A (5), AP English Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Phys B, AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP French 5, Honors Engineering 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council Officer, Youth Group (President), French Club, This Week In Politics Club, Peer Leader, National Honor Society, Science National Honors Society, French National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in School Tech Dept Two Summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, University of Maryland Young Scholars Program
[<em>] Essays: Very Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good as well
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Rabbi who adores me.
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major:Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Grades, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maybe supplemental essay?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because its Stanford, and its a crapshoot.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (770M 710W 670CR)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level II-780 Chem-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/60
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):N/A but AS Level Math(A), Chemistry (A), Physics(A) and Geography(A). IGCSE 6A</em>s and 3As.
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 A-levels (Math, Chemistry and Physics)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2 CIE Outstanding Performance Awards (Best in Country), Presidential Award (Bronze and Silver), 2 Best Resolution Awards at EAMUN [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Head Boy, MUN (President), Newspaper(Editor-in-Chief), Prom Committee(Chair), House Captain, Chamber Choir, Lead role School Play, Student Council (President), Varsity Tennis, JV/V Rugby, UKMT Math Challenge(School Coordinator), Roundsquare Committee (Editor-in-Chief Magazine)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Various internships. Only reported one for a Pharmaceuticals firm as I was indicating a major in CHEMENG in my essays.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: KSPCA, Karen Hospital,
[</em>] Summer Activities: Program at the university of Nairobi. Non major [/ul] </p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: MUN and why I love, GC loved it, Showed my quirky side as well as my introspective one, 9[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Summer internship at University, 8
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Knot theory, topology: 85 ways to tie a tie, 7??
[</em>] Roommate: Family’s influence on me, 6
[<em>] Why Stanford: Insync with ideologies especially multidisciplinary + unique combination of interest all catered for. Maybe a 8
[</em>] Other: N/A[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chemistry Teacher, was top in the country for his Subject, We are really good friends. He told me it contained a lot of substantiated praise. 9
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Geography teacher, also top in the country in subject, was my junior varsity rugby coach as well hence adding an extra dimension. Wonderful with words, He knows me well. I expect this to be a very good rec. 9
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Had a large say in my being appointed head boy (like class president but now for the entire school) so I anticipate a glowing rec.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview:N/A
[</em>] Art Supplement: N/A [/list] </p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/31/2010
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Kenya
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black, African
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: idk
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black, African, Geographic diversity. [/ul] </p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, International Awards, Glowing recommendations, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, Financial aid as an international student, Course-load was manageable.
[<em>] Why you think you were deferred: International Applying for Aid?? Dunno…
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I am content. So Senioritis is definitely off the table. [/ul] </p>

<p>General Comments:
[Comment</a> on my decision!](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/995178-official-stanford-rea-2015-applicants-discussion-thread.html"]Comment”>*Official* Stanford REA 2015 Applicants' Discussion Thread - Stanford University - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (740M/790R/750W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Physics (800), Math II (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank: 7/319
[</em>] AP: 5s on: Physics C (both), Calc BC, Physics B, Calc AB, and English Lang
4s on: Spanish Lang, English Lit, US Gov&Pol
[<em>] IB: 6 on Chem SL, 5 on Math SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:[list]
[<em>]IB Spanish SL
[</em>]IB History of the Americas HL
[<em>]AP Chemistry
[</em>]IB Physics HL
[<em>]IB English HL
[</em>]IB TOK/Research V Honors
[<em>]Differential Equations/Matrix Theory (Dual Enrollment)[/ul]
[li] Major Awards:[/li]I’m not sure which are major/minor, so I’ll list them all: [ul]
[li]MIT InvenTeams Team Member 2010-2011[/li][</em>]Coca-Cola Scholars Semifinalist
[<em>]Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
[</em>]National Spanish Exam - Silver Medal
[<em>]Science Fair - 2nd in County + assorted auxiliary awards
[</em>]National AP Scholar
[<em>]NSHSS Member
[</em>]JETS/TEAMS Competition - 2nd in state, 14th in nation
[/ul]
[/list]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[list]
[li]Varsity Lacrosse (3 years)[/li][</em>]Academic society for minority students: club does community service events throughout the year, holds annual statewide conference with other chapters (4 years, President)[list]
[<em>]Math Brain Bowl Captain (tournament held at statewide summit mentioned above) (2 years, first place in state both years)[/ul]
[li]Mentoring/community service group for black males (4 years)[/li][</em>]MIT InvenTeams team (2 years)
[<em>]SECME - Engineering club (4 years, Trivia Bowl Captain)
[</em>]NHS (2 years)
[<em>]Mu Alpha Theta (2 years)
[</em>]Young Democrats (VP, President, 3 years)
[/list]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor (summer 08)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[ul]
[<em>]Camp Counselor (summer 08): 220
[</em>]Chruch mission trip (summer 09): 20
[<em>]Obama Campaign Intern (10): 20
[</em>]Academic Youth Group (9,10,11): 200
[<em>]Mentoring Group: 50
[</em>]Other Activities: 40
Total: About 560 hours logged
[/ul]
[<em>] Summer Activities:[ul]
[li]People to People Leadership Conference at Harvard - Summer 2008[/li][</em>]LeadAmerica Leadership/Robotics Conference at Olin - Summer 2009
[/ul]
[<em>] Essays: 8, I worked on them for a while and I’m an above-average writer, but I’ve seen better.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 9-10 for both of them (Junior year English teacher and Physics teacher for APB, APC and now IB HL), my teachers love/loved me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 10, my counselor also loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive public (sends about a dozen kids to top 20 schools each year, U.S. News Top 100, Newsweek Top 10)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black (Half African-American, Half Haitian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $180-200k/year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Pretty well-rounded, and I’m sure being black helped a lot.
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT score could’ve been better (January 2010 curve sucked), and I could’ve spent more time on the essays.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths above.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m really relieved, now I don’t have to work on any more applications.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore… 800m, 750cr, 720w
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 WH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): lang5, psych5, wh5, ush5, chem4
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP CalcBC, AP Euro, AP Econ/Gov, AP Bio, AP Lit, Printmaking</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: I rifle-shoot. It’s an Olympic sport. I have multiple national records as well as i’m on the national team. This summer i went to the World Championships in Munich and got first place so i’m now the Jr. World Champion
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: job at a my mom’s business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: i volunteer at my range teaching gun safety to boy scouts, army, rotc
[</em>] Summer Activities: all shooting
[<em>] Essays: ehh… idk. i think they were ok, nothing to get me rejected nor accepted
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i think they were awesome. One of my teacher’s really loved me.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CALIFORNIA
[</em>] School Type: Public. 800 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: white Jewish
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Hooks: Sister got a phd from stanford?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: shooting
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: definetly my shooting[/li][/ul]General Comments: i’m jumping up and down right now. to all those who didn’t get accepted, don’t worry. Our valedictorian last year was rejected at stanford ea but got accepted to harvard. go figure. STAY CALM</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (CR: 640, M: 750, W: 760 E12)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M: 710, Math 2: 720 (Spanish: Dec2010)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9?
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.9/5 (my school has 4.5=AP, 4=honors, so ~4.033/4.0)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/429
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), WHAP (4), AP Lang (4), AP Calc BC (5, AB: 5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys B, AP Bio, AP Spanish Lang, AP Studio, English Honors
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): barely anything- AP Scholar w/ Honor, mostly local awards (art, poetry contest) [/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Marching Band: 9-12, sax for 8yrs, soloist (10), saxophone sect. leader (11, 12)
Art Club: 9-12, jr officer (10), VP (11), Pres (12)
Tennis: 9-12, captain (12)
NHS: 10-12, VP (12)
Biology Club: 11-12, officer (12)
Math Team: 9-11
Asian American Female Youth Leadership Program: 11, 12
Asian American Club: 9-11, Secretary (10)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
The Broad Institute Semester Intern (gr 10)
The Broad Institute Summer Intern (gr 12)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Public library summer volunteer (40hr gr 9,10)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Algebra 2 Enrichment Program (skipped to precal in gr 10)
Summer Pre-college Art Program (gr 11)
Molecular Biology Enrichment Class (gr 11)
Research at the Broad (gr 12)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: my “birth”- not biological, but mental/ethical (9)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: on a bulletin board I started to outreach for programs outside of my high school (6 or 7)
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: on the mathematics/optics behind fashion (9)
[</em>] Roommate: on the various colors of success i’ve seen (7)
[<em>] Why Stanford: on how Stanford is my home(town)…, started off wacky and ended sincerely (8 or 9)
[</em>] Other: my instructors/counselor let me read them after they were submitted[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Instructor, known for 4 years; the most accurate/perfect description of myself I’ve ever read…I cried when I read it (10)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Spanish Instructor, known for 2 years; also good, yet not as personal as #1 (8)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: known for 3 years, extremely nice but a regurgitation of my ECs lol (8)
[</em>] Additional Rec: AA female youth leadership advisor (didn’t read, but she said she enjoyed writing it)
[<em>] Interview: wasn’t terrible/bad; ok
[</em>] Art Supplement: 4 paintings, 5 drawings, very traditional [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/15 7PM EST
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <40k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] first generation college, genetic research</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATS???
[</em>] Weaknesses: IDK
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: recommendations! being myself? I don’t know! I’m too excited to write a good response!!
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: idk my bff jill!
[/ul]General Comments:
You don’t need to have super power-house SAT scores to get into Stanford! :slight_smile: Just be yourself!
Congrats to all acceptees! To others, you’re still the wonderful and bright people that you are – the battle isn’t over! : ) GOOD LUCK!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite (33 English, 35 Math, 34 Reading, 36 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93/4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/460
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc, 4 AP US, 4 AP English Lang., 4 AP Stats, 4 AP World, 3 AP Biology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest year, 3 AP’s plus Diff Eq. at top 75 LAC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2007 Mathcounts National Qualifier? Idk anything else…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP - Junior Achievement Company, 4 years varsity Track, 2 years varsity football, 1 year cross country, Math Team, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer at Grocery Store
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Race Volunteering (Special Olympics, 5k’s, JDRF), NHS Volunteering, Football Youth Camp
[</em>] Summer Activities: Off-Season football, volunteering for football, Work
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good, very personal details, reviewed by my AP Lit teacher. My supplement was a little rushed though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One amazing rec by CA teacher, a good rec by science teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Idk, I assume it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public (around 2000 kids)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Father’s major illness? Otherwise none.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Grades/Course Load, Sports (unique for an Asian male IMO), Location…
[</em>] Weaknesses: Leadership EC’s, Ethnicity, supplement essays?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s Stanford, no biggie[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone else. I guess I’m a Trojan now? FIGHT ON!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 770W 800CR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/368
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Government(5), World History(5), Biology(5), Chemistry(5), US History(5), Language(5), Physics C: Mechanics(5), Calculus AB(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Physics E&M, AP Environmental, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Anatomy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Seimens Semifinalist, AP National Scholar, Some state Science Olympiad medals</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Debate (Captain), Math Honor Society (President), Honor Council (Chairman)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at VA, 250 in a lab
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteered mostly
[<em>] Essays: I had fun with them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Bio teacher: should be excellent. English teacher: should be very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno. I think it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: MAN
[</em>] Income Bracket: Mid?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, essays, test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Rank wasnt that great, short answers were pretty weak
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Seimens, essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: Just saved 15% on my insurance by switching to Geico</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing, 800 Math, 780 Critical Reading, 2380 total, taken once
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take.
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.42
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea. School doesn’t tell us.
[</em>] AP: AP Biology (5), AP European History (5)
[<em>] IB: Didn’t take.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Lit, and AP Spanish, Honors neuro, College Prep calculus, orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Semifinalist, Wellness Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 yrs. JV Soccer (captain junior year); 1 yr. varsity soccer; school newspaper (editor-in-chief); violin/orchestra/some pit orchestras; theatre tech; a bunch of inconsequential clubs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: HAH babysitting…
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Belmont Farmer’s Market booth, Neville Place assisted living home; multiple homeless shelters
[</em>] Summer Activities: MIT’s Junction program, MIT and Harvard HSSP, independent study in a hospital in India
[<em>] Essays: Everyone who read them thought they were clever and quirky. I don’t know; I guess they were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m not sure, but should be good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Went really well, got along very well with interviewer.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Biomedical engineering, or pre-med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive public (nationally ranked, #100 hahah)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian…
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Income Bracket: about $115,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT Is, essays, independent study
[</em>] Weaknesses: EVERYTHING - grades, EC
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know it’s a crazy competitive atmosphere anyways, and I’m not a standout competitor. I was just hoping that maybe they’d accidentally put my file in the accepted bin.
[/ul]General Comments: </em>* happens.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (superscore, 2 attempts, highest indiv. score 2330)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 790 Biology E, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, probably top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5), Lang. and Comp. (5), Calculus B/C (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Econ, Spanish 4, AP Environmental Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Eligible in Local Context (UCs)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Carnatic Instrumental Musician, 4 years of football (Scout Team Captain), Carnatic Vocal Musician
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered every weekend at local Hindu Temple and at South India Fine Arts (cultural organization)
[</em>] Summer Activities: FOOTBALL x100, India trips for my musical studies
[<em>] Essays: Main essay about how I sucked at football but was good at music; but what mattered was that I cared
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher’s was apparently amazing, never saw it. History teacher said she wrote glowing things.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never talked to my counselor, Principal wrote it; she knew OF me before she knew me, so I’m not sure how good it was.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Does a live musical audition count? If it does, it went well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided (scary choice there)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150-$200K (not sure here? dad doesn’t share financials =D)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Music’s gotta be the only hook here. Everything else is standard stuff. I guess playing music and playing football is something most people don’t pull off?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, weird combination of music and football, recs, essay was pretty good
[</em>] Weaknesses: Supplemental essays left something to be desired, can’t quantify my musical career as best as I would have liked, go to a school where my resume is the norm
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If I knew, I’d get rich selling that information =P. I honestly don’t know what they saw!![/li][/ul]General Comments: To those who got in: congratulations, I’m sure you are all exceptionally qualified and I look forward to seeing you guys in Palo Alto! To those who didn’t: remember that the process is a CRAPSHOOT and is in no way a reflection of your abilities. In the famous words of Lupe Fiasco: the show goes on. Heads and chins up, and go get’em!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 superscore
[ *] ACT: 34 composite
[ *] SAT II: 800 math 2, and another four were 700ish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/281
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats, World History, US History, Calc AB (5); Chem, French (4), Euro History (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics, ap computer science, ap gov, ap lit, etc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity lacrosse captain 4 years, classical piano 12 years, chinese school 12 years, cross country, basketball, tennis, student ambassador, video production
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at the zoo
[ *] Summer Activities: see above
[ *] Essays: I guess they weren’t good.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both teachers absolutely love me.
[ *] Counselor Rec:prettyy good, I’m assuming
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: nah</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: asian (chinese)
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): piano and video production art supplements</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: well-rounded, very unique personality
[ *] Weaknesses: asian
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: being Asian. should’ve put more time into the app.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Oh well. I guess I’ll go apply to hella schools now or something.</p>

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<p>^^ You’re the coolest accepted guy here in my eyes. My friends think I have an unhealthy obsession with Lupe Fiasco haha.</p>

<p>Did you really put scout team captain as a leadership role? That’s awesome, I wish I would have put some of those team “awards” down haha.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 – 750 CR / 800 M / 800 W (10 essay)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chem / 770 Bio M / 740 World History / 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/847
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s, 6 tests
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 1 Honors class, 1 performance group
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd place Nationals in Future Business Leaders of America</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (State officer, regional (region spans across 6 states) officer, various lower officer positions), vocal music, NHS (Vice president), Math Club (Founder and president), Beta Club (Founder and president), Key Club (officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid internship with senator since Summer 2009
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours with Key Club, 100+ hours with NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tried to write a novel, FBLA nationals, internship
[<em>] Essays: All three Stanford-specific essays were over word limit. They were okay except for the letter to roommate, which was excellent (but also 80 words over the 250 word limit :(). They portrayed me as unique, quirky, and curious.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing and glowing but kinda impersonal, the other was averagely positive but full of personality and anecdotes
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but impersonal
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends around 3-4 students to top schools each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Wealthy
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and GPA, quirky essays, good extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing that stands out, went over 250 word limit in essays every time
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t follow directions on supplement? Was boring? Had a bit too much fun on short answers? (I put <a href=“http://www.foodporndaily.com%5B/url%5D”>www.foodporndaily.com</a> as a website…)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Time to do other applications :(</p>

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

<p>**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (700 Math, 770 Reading, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 German, 720 Math II, 770 Literature
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[<em>] APs: (German 5, Spanish 5, APUSH 5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Stat, French II (no previous French), Men Writing Women? (300-level German Lit Class in German at local college), TA German II, Honors English
[li] Major Awards: Presidential Environmental Youth Awards (age 7), Winner national language competition, semifinalist a second time, selected as a NSLI-Y scholar.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: German Club, Spanish Club, Amigos de las Americas, nationally ranked crew team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: various under-the-table jobs, but I didn’t put those on my application.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer tutor (Spanish, German, Chemistry), Amigos de las Americas, volunteer at a homeless shelter (cooking and working with kids)
[</em>] Summer Activities: NSLI-Y Russian scholar, Amigos de las Americas
[<em>] Essays: Common App main:being tall/Amigos experience, CA extracurricular: crew carpool (showing leadership), intellectual vitality: introducing Israeli friend to Jewish friend,
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher (8-9), German teacher (I’ve had her 3 years, I TA for her, she comes over for dinner - I’d say a 10).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure what to say… I get birthday presents for her daughter, so I guess we’re fairly close.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Alum class of ‘66. We met at Starbucks and talked about Russia and how he didn’t go to Stanford for the right reasons, but he ended up loving it. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations, German
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public, fairly homogenous
[</em>] Ethnicity: Whiter than white.
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
[li] Hooks: Legacy (4th generation), sibling attends</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: language beast, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: junior year grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Junior year grades! I had a 4.0 or a 3.95 until then… but then I was on a club sports team for 30+ hours a week, with an exchange student to entertain as well. Not a stellar combination.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Hopefully I will be seeing you all in Pali next year. If not, well, maybe in Durham or DC or at one of the other squillion schools I am applying to. CONGRATS to all who applied, and congrats to everyone else as well - it took a lot of hard work to get this far. Don’t give up!</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (cr:750, m:800, w:790, essay:10)
[ *] ACT: 31 (doesn’t send)
[ *] SAT II: math level II:800, physics:800, U.S History:800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Cal BC, chem, bio, phys c, u.s history, ev, macroeconomics, psychology, all 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP english language, AP english literature, AP world history, AP Chemistry, Spanish ii, peer tutor, AP Microeconomics, AP U.S Government & politics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Intel ISEF, AP National Scholar</p>

<p>[ list][ b]Subjective:[ b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): scientific research, playing electronic keyboard, traditional Chinese painting, NHS, Mu alpha theta, Chemistry Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:some, but not impressive
[ *] Summer Activities: travel, research,
[ *] Essays: i think they are bad.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher one very good
[ *] Counselor Rec:I think it is bad now
[ *] Additional Rec: research mentor
[ *] Interview:None</p>

<p>[ list][ b]Other[ b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major:Biomedical Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):China
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:30k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ list][ b]Reflection[ b][ list]
[ <em>] Strengths: Some academic achievements, Intel ISEF
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores low among Asians, applied for financial aid as an international student, no leadership, no impressive community service and extracurriculars
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Not excellent enough to be accepted. Essays are not good. I should put more time into them. Applied for financial aid. I think Stanford wants to see whether they are better applicants during RD.</p>

<p>[list]General Comments: Good luck to those who are accepted.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320: 740CR 800M 780W
[</em>] ACT: 34: 36R 35M 35W 30S 8Essay
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/440
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (6), Spanish B SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB courseload + Calculus III at college
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (President gr. 12, Secretary Gr. 11), Tennis (4 years, Varsity 2 years), National Honor Society (Secretary of Points Gr. 12), Robotics Team (FTC Team Captain Gr. 12), Piano for 10+ years, Dance Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Old Navy, Piano Teacher, Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for life (Team Captain at 2010 event), Key club stuff, citywide volunteer program
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer Internship summer before Junior year
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I thought
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was good, one was standard
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: just okay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[</em>] School Type: average.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Female
[</em>] Gender: Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle ish.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and hard stats were good
[</em>] Weaknesses: Mediocre ECs, not a great interview
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing stood out to them.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Kinda sucks. A lot. Oh well. move on I guess. Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>