<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:
[</em>]SAT II:
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA:3.91
[<em>]Rank:N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Math SL (6), Spanish SL (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: common app was great, why Swat was decent
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good I think
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Same
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:WA
[<em>]High School Type: suburban public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yup[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:Play pro, volunteering at a local theatre, editorial board for our school opinion magazine, hosting foreign exchange students, working at a local italian restaurant, IB world student conference
[</em>]Awards: nothing important
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: /list] I’ve been accepted to 7 schools and waitlisted at 2. No rejections yet!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (800 R 770 M 790 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Chem, 760 Math 2, 770 US History, 780 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 36 (rounds up from a 35.5)
[</em>]GPA: 3.63
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP USH, 5 AP Lit</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good, wrote my common app about my ethnicity (Iranian) and identity.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: English teacher’s rec was really good, Math teacher’s was good too.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, probably okay/generic.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Supplementary letter of recommendation from my debate team coach.
[li]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CT
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Iranian (considered “white” on app)
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Debate Team (Captain for two years, first place at state finals); Freethinkers’ Club (co-founder and co-president); Science Research; Piano; Junior Engineering and Technology Society (JETS); School Newspaper (writer); Tae Kwon Do (dropped senior year)
[</em>]Awards: Numerous debate awards, first place finishes at tournaments, best speaker in the state in 2010. Mu Alpha Theta Award for research project, Science Horizons (regional science fair) finalist.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wasn’t too invested in Swarthmore, so I’m not too down. Plus, they admitted around 4 people from my school already, 2 ED, so they’re restricted by class sides. I got into WashU earlier in March, and I’d probably attend St. Louis over Swarthmore, so the rejection doesn’t affect me too much. (not to say Swarthmore isn’t a fantastic school!) Good luck to everyone else! [/ul]</p>
<p>i never completed the full template so here goes. hopefully future applicants will find these as helpful as i did (really, one of the best resources available for roughly determining your competitiveness)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 M, 800 R, 770 Wr w/ 8 Essay
[</em>]SAT II: 800 M2, 770 USH, 730 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 35 comp, honestly don’t remember the breakdown except that my essay sucked
[</em>]GPA: 96.66 (clearly out of 100), weighted
[<em>]Rank: 16/126
[</em>]Course Rigor (i imagine this is an important criterion for Swarthmore especially): hardest course load possible plus a skipped year of math w/ Calc II and Linear Algebra at LAC this year
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on AP Physics B, Calc AB, Euro, and US History.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Common App fairly good, Swarthmore supplement was definitely lacking, a bit generic.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: probably pleasant but generic
[<em>]Supplementary Material: a CD of Cello Performance and a CD of my electronic music, constructed entirely from samples…honestly might’ve been what got me in, i can’t imagine any other way
[</em>]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: upstate New York
[</em>]High School Type: small uncompetitive low-ranked public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Ballet, music, VP of MUN, Lit Mag Staff Member, tutoring refugees, music radio show
[<em>]Awards: None other than National Merit and AP Scholar
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: i was honestly completely stunned at my acceptance. swarthmore was the college i was most certain i would be rejected from. naturally i was thrilled when i saw the big letter and i think i scared away the mailman permanently because i started jumping up and down crazily and yelling unintelligibly. it’s going to be a difficult decision. at this point it’s uchicago vs. swarthmore…we’ll see what happens this week[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2270 (740 R 740 M 790 W)
SAT II: 770 Chem, 790 Math 2, 780 Bio
ACT: 35
GPA: UW: 4.0, W: 4.4ish?
Rank: about 5/500
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 6 IB Chem
Subjective
Essays: okay
Teacher Recs: don’t know
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Supplementary Material: supplementary rec’s from piano teacher and research mentor, research paper
Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): QuestBridge?
Personal
Location: OR
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Other
Extracurriculars: piano, volunteering, sports, MUN, founder and president of environmental club, Mu Alpha Theta, NHS
Awards: QuestBridge Finalist, National Merit Commended
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m not too bummed. This will actually make my decision a lot easier to make in the next month. Swarthmore is a wonderful school, and congrats to everyone who was admitted:)</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 800/740/800 –>2340 [ One Sitting]
[ *]SAT II: Lit: 750 Math2: 750 UShist: 780
[ *]ACT: nope
[ *]GPA: 4.1 [4.8 scale]
[ *]Rank: 46/209
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Excellent
[ *]Teacher Recs: Excellenter
[ *]Counselor Rec: Excellentest
[ *]Supplementary Material: nope
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Tejas
[ *]High School Type: Extremely competitive
[ *]Ethnicity: WHITE
[ *]Gender MALE
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl, Latin Club, Youth and Government, Boy Scouts
[ *]Awards: YES
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]
I didn’t go into a whole lot of detail on my extracurriculars because what I have done in a few of them are uniquely identifying on a national level.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: 1/495
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were great. Guess not…
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Additional recommendation from bank in which I interned and research paper.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Pakistan
[<em>]High School Type: Private, very competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem, Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage, Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
[</em>]Awards: CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Oh well, I guess I just wasn’t what they were looking for. There are much more deserving people out there. Congratulations to those who got accepted![/ul]</p>
<p>^^^^ did you get this by e-mail or regular mail. I’m an international student as well i want to know if they are snail mailing all decisions or just acceptances.</p>
<p>AxelNofz thanks. D was denied. Fortunately, she also received a big envelope from Notre Dame the same day and will hear from Brown tomorrow. Those were her top 3 schools (she never got around to ranking them - a good idea IMO). She was a bit surprised as she was a DiscoSwat participant and felt she had a really good interview. </p>
<p>Congratulations to all accepted; best wishes to the rest. Keep in mind that there are no limits to the number of places where one can learn and thrive.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340: 800 CR, 760 M, 780 WR
[</em>]SAT II: High 700s in Lit and Math II
[<em>]ACT: 34 composite
[</em>]GPA: 3.8 something
[<em>]Rank: Not great. Top 25%?
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4s and 5s on some APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: My common app essays were great; my Swarthmore essay was mediocre.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Amazing.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Very good.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Music. Certainly beneficial to my application. Included a superb rec from my guitar teacher.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: WA
[<em>]High School Type: Big, good public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yeah.[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Play in elite jazz band, head of some clubs, etc.
[</em>]Awards: NMF, NLE gold
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I honestly didn’t want to go here, so I really don’t mind. My parents wanted me to apply, so I did. I’m into Pomona, so it’s all good.</p>
<p>b]Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 770, M: 700, W: 770)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (English: 34, Math: 34, Reading: 36, Science: 33), Superscore: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 730 Math Lv. 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/505
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Government (5), BC Calculus (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, A Physics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, A French 5, Chamber Orchestra (highest orchestra)/Advanced Viola Study
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois Premier Boys State, IMEA District IX Honors Orchestra, National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chamber Orchestra/Viola (section leader for 3 years), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), D</p>
<p>waitlisted, which is totally fine bc i was accepted to my absolute first choice (haverford). it would have been really tough if the opposite decisions had come in. i am so, so absolutely off the charts happy. :-)</p>
<p>and since swat, haverford, and bryn mawr are tri-co, i think i’ll get all the swat i’d like anyway.</p>
<p>as my name says…it’s all-good.</p>
<p>i hope everyone has a great college experience wherever they choose to attend and i know that we’ll all meet up in a few years to change the world.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m an international student from the UK and I just got accepted via email!! </p>
<p>This is the first reply I’ve had from a college in the US and I was just wondering, is it common practice to send a notification of thanks to my interviewers? I’d really like to let them know and say thank you for any contribution they had to my application…</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to Swat! Did you send a thank you note following your interview? That’s what I had my kids do immediately following their interviews, and a good number of students do that. If you never formally thanked your interviewer after your interview, it would be a nice gesture to do that now.</p>
<p>Manners is a good thing. These folks work pretty darn hard. D is mailing thank you notes to all the school admission offices in which she was accepted (& even the one’s she was waitlisted/rejected). Simply good Karma all around.</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (event captain 11,12) with many awards on local circuit, Enviro club (co pres, 12) MUN (co-pres, 12). Mock Trial (VP, 12)
Job/Work Experience: Modest
Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hrs in fair trade retail store
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<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>
<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: Starting HS Star Wars club and selling Darth Vader Toast
o EC Short Answer: Being involved in youth Shakespeare in the community
o Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK
Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
Counselor Rec: IDK
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Pleasant enough, nothing special
Art Supplement: None
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: Near deadline
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Lackluster public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $125k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Geography, TASP
Weaknesses: No sports, only modest volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont-McKenna, Dartmouth (likely), Grinnell, Kenyon, Macalester, Pomona, Princeton, Stanford, U of Alabama, Whitman, and Williams. Rejected Harvard. Deferred Yale SCEA, then rejected.
What would you have done differently?:
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
These are my son’s stats, posted to inform future year applicants, just as past years’ have benefited us. Even though he got into top flight national universities, the LAC fit that Swat offers was a better match for him.</p>
