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That’s weird. I had a kid interview me. He was a senior at Swat. He didn’t say anything about whether or not I was a good fit but he asked me REALLY random questions. Like how I define intelligence and why.</p>
<p>Where was your first choice allgood?</p>
<p>You must have had some killer essay or a hook if you got in with below average stats. Not to say you aren’t qualified but your essays must have been much better than okay!</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 Math I/II, 760 Italian
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 101.551
[<em>]Rank: 1/402
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Plenty of APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Loved
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Only saw one of two but thought it was great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Extra recommendation from science research mentor
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Long Island, NY
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Class President (four years), Model UN Secretary-General (officer for three years, in club for four), Literary Magazine Senior Editor (two years, in club for three), Latin Club Founder and President (three years), Pep Band, Curriculum Committee, Junior Angler, CPR Training, etc.
[</em>]Awards: NMSF, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, French Award, etc.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR 800 M 740 W 720 T = 2260, superscored T = 2310
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 680 Phy 680 Lit 760/740 (don’t remember)
[<em>]GPA: Don’t know, we don’t have GPAs here
[</em>]Rank: don’t know about last 2 years of HS but for 1st 2 years I was no.3 (top 5%)
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Full IB Diploma 42/45</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good but not AMAZING. But of course I am not a good judge of my own essays.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Haven’t seen but I think they must be good because my teachers really like me
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen but again I think it must be pretty good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: No
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):No
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: India/Hong Kong
[<em>]High School Type: International
[</em>]Ethnicity: South Asian
[li]Gender: F[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Indian classical music for 4 years, community service for about 200 hours min, helping out in a younger year classroom in my school; MUN for 3 years - won and participated in regional level conferences, was Head of World Press once; participated in a local charity hike for 2 years, one of the heads of publicity senior year etc. nothing spectacular
[</em>]Awards: A couple of school level awards, one MUN award (see above)
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I can’t believe I got in!! I’m still in shock, especially since they already accepted someone from my school ED.
[/ul]</em>template from class of 2014 thread =D</p>
<p>[size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 1940 (M: 720, R: 600, W: 620)
[ *]SAT II: Latin 650, Math 1 720, Math 2 800, Chem 710 and 750, Bio M 690
[ *]ACT: didn’t take
[ *]GPA: 3.9 (4.32 weighted)
[ *]Rank: School doesn’t rank, but most definitely in the top 10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), French Language (2), (To take: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Calculus BC, Environmental Science, Statistics)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:Great!
[ *]Teacher Recs: I assume they were really good
[ *]Counselor Rec: I assume it was really good…
[ *]Supplementary Material: Nothing
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):First Generation [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: MA
[ *]High School Type: Public Exam School
[ *]Ethnicity:White
[ *]Gender:Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:student director of a saturday tutoring program at my high school, over 900 (so close to 1000 tho) hours of in-school volunteering over the past 6 years (my school starts in grade 7), Chorus for 4 years, piano for 6 years
[ *]Awards: National Honor Society, in-school awards
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? I think that the fact I didn’t have an interview (missed the deadline) really screwed me over. If you really like Swarthmore, definitely get one! Although I like the school, I doubt I would have gone if I had gotten in because I am a hardcore science student and I really want to do a lot of research in college, and I don’t think that Swarthmore had necessarily the right resources that I wanted in a college. It’s better that they rejected me than accept me and take a seat away from someone else. Congrats to those who got in! [ /list]</p>
<p>Did Swat admit any internationals requiring aid this year?</p>
<p>10char10char</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2260=700CR+800M+760WR
[ *]SAT II:2270=770CHEM+800MATH+800PHY
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:92average for all four years
[ *]Rank:10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):took amc 4 consecutive years and all into aime (scored around 8? couldnt check score in china)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:ps was good(i wrote about my “history” with materials science, from a small boy in my dad’s lab to later on, repeating experiments from science articles to finally originating my own research and seeing it published…reflected my understanding of science and originality/creativeness)
[ *]Teacher Recs:normal
[ *]Counselor Rec:normal (at least i thought they were)
[ *]Supplementary Material:sent in a paper published on Materials Science and Engineering A/self-introduction booklet (i also brought one of those to the interview and i think it played a more vital there than in the actual admission process)
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:beijing, china
[ *]High School Type:public high school with 4000 students
[ *]Ethnicity:chinese
[ *]Gender:male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N no i didnt apply for aid[ /list]
[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:research project lasting around one year (on pure titanium)/science camps/competitions/school chinese warchess club co-founder
[ *]Awards:none too outstanding
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>
<p>still waiting for amhersts decision to decide where im heading!!and its not coming on time</p>
<p>Putturani, did you apply for financial aid? I’m from Hong Kong too. I keep getting this UPS delivery notice 'cause my family is never home in the day. Ugh… I just want to know the decision!</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:**[ list]
[<em>]SAT: CR 800, M 750, W 800
[</em>]SAT II: Lit 790, Math II 800, Spanish 600
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: unweighted 3.83, weighted 4.46
[<em>]Rank: I’m not really sure, but top 3%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc AB 5, Calc BC 5, Lang 5, Biology 4, Stat 4, AP Euro 4, this year I’m taking APUSH, Chem, Lit, Gov, Econ, Psych, and Dual enrollment Calc 3</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: This sounds braggy, but my essays were insanely good. I’m a fair writer, and they were probably the best I’ve written.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, one was amazing and the other was probably pretty good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Amazing.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[list]
[<em>]Location: Florida
[</em>]High School Type: Large public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: female
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
/list]Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mu alpha Theta (prez, v-prez), in club for 6 years
Band (section leader, property manager)
Cross Country
Mission with inner-city kids
church leadership position
A couple other things I can’t remember right now because I’m frustrated.
[<em>]Awards: A lot of math awards, including a national first place from Mu Alpha Theta. Spanish award, an English recognition, National Merit winner (got the winning notice in the mail with my Swarthmore letter)
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
I most definitely do NOT feel like bragging, but it would be great if I knew what I could have improved. If anyone can tell me, I’ll be eternally grateful. I’m freaking out though, because all of my other schools I’m waiting on are more selective than Swat, and this feels like a very bad sign.</p>
<p>Just got the proverbial fat envelope in Chicago! </p>
<p>Quick stats are 35 ACT, 3.86 GPA, high course rigor, good ECs with some unique experiences in writing and activism, a notable summer program, creative writing supplement and apparently good recommendations. White female from suburban public.</p>
<p>For those who were accepted - was it a big envelope (8 1/2 by 11) or “wedding invitation” sized envelope?</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: Cr: 750 M: 770 W: 720 (one sitting)
[ *]SAT II: Biology: 790 Math II: 740 US History: 750
[ *]GPA: 3.96
[ *]Rank: 29/340
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Bio: 5 Euro: 4 US: 4 Psych: 5 Composition: 5
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Not a great topic, but good writing
[ *]Teacher Recs: Awesome… my AP bio teacher wrote a great one
[ *]Counselor Rec: only so-so, I’ve only known her for 2 months
[ *]Supplementary Material: N/A
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Oregon
[ *]High School Type: Large metro
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Boy
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Student government, Choir, Community service club, School musicals, summer research internships
[ *]Awards: National merit finalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I hated the whole process. I did so much research for two years, and by the time I had to apply I was burt out.</p>
<p>Gonna complete the form later but…Waitlisted. Kinda strange after 8 acceptances… Oh well… I GOT INTO VASSAR!!</p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC App</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 lit, 800 US history, 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05 weighted, don’t know otherwise
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%, don’t know rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Physics B, BC Calculus, English Lit, US History, Comp government (self-studied)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 classes & 3 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A couple really obscure/strange things and drama, creative writing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: one summer coaching, one summer at an iPhone app company,
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: just what is required to graduate my school
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer writing programs, jobs, travel
[<em>] Essays: common app was about writing a novel, and the Why Swarthmore? was about the beauty of the arboretum campus.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both should have been lovely
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also one of my teachers–he said it was wonderful.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: So much fun! My guy was a lawyer and he was really interesting and recommended lots of books to me. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: no idea
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: mixed, no URM
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: > 200 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Perhaps the weird extracurriculars?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: unusual application & essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: I don’t really do the average things in an attempt to get into college…lots of clubs, lots of community service, etc.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above, not enough clubs, service, etc etc.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to UChicago, Wesleyan, UCSD, UCLA, and Cal, waitlisted at WashU. Still waiting on Ivies (although chances seem a lot slimmer now), Stanford, Duke, etc.
[/ul]
General Comments: Pretty sad to get waitlisted, simply because I had such a great time with the interview. That said, Swarthmore is very small and I was worried about that, so maybe it’s for the best. Chicago is a lot bigger which might be more fun for me anyway.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2380 800-780-800 (12) Single Sitting
[</em>] ACT: 35 Once
[<em>] SAT II: 800-800-780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96-3.97
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] AP: School does not offer AP
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very challenging
[</em>] Major Awards: Nothing National, NMF, AIME, Some regional awards
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Financial Aid: Yes
[</em>] Teacher Rec 1: Did not see
[<em>] Teacher Rec 2: Did not see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[<em>] Campus Visit: Yes
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: Extremely Competitive (60+ % are NMF or NM Commended)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: Middle Class[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: No national level Recognition
[<em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: I have no idea!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Accepted: U Chicago (EA), Georgetown (EA), Rice, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Carleton, Middlebury Waitlisted: MIT (EA Deferred), Wash U, Swarthmore Rejected: none so far[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to those who got accepted! Swarthmore was one of my favorite colleges. Nobody ever went to Swarthmore from my HS</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (740 CR, 760 M, 750 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 770 USH, 730 Lit
[<em>]ACT: Did not submit
[</em>]GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on US, 4 on Micro, Macro, USGov + Politics
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought it was pretty good, not amazing
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Assuming pretty good, didn’t read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, assuming run-of-the-mill
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Wisconsin
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive public high school
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y (won’t receive any though)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Swim team (state qualifier), Junior State of America, Certamen, Latin Club
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Many Latin awards at the state and national level (including being captain of the 2nd place advanced certamen quiz bowl team at the national competition), Bronze Medal of the Congressional Award, Badger Boys State Supreme Court Justice
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Kinda disappointed I didn’t get in. I haven’t fared so well with the LACs I’ve applied to, which is a little disheartening. Congratulations to everyone who got in.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Accepted: UW Madison Honors Program, University of Rochester (with Deans Scholarship), Colgate University, Washington University in St. Louis
Waitlisted: Claremont McKenna College, Swarthmore College
Rejected: Pomona College</p>
<p>Rejected here. But it came with a Georgetown Acceptance and great financial aid, so I am fine :)</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted!</p>
<p>@FlaDad: big envelope.</p>