<p>Decisions (according to some of you) were received today. Please post your results in more detail in this thread, even if you’ve already told us of the decision in another thread. Please do not post until you get your decisions.</p>
<p>This is not a discussion thread. Please only post results. Many thanks.</p>
<p>Use the format below, delete spaces between the brackets when you post to get the right formatting. </p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Awards, etc.:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] ECs:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>((Forgive the title: I meant ED, not EA))</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted[/+1</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2020
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology M (740), US History (750)
[<em>] GPA: 3.72
[</em>] Rank: 233/737
[<em>] Other stats: ACT (32)
[</em>] Awards, etc.: Top 50 Finalist at NFL Nationals (Policy Debate), 3rd Place 5-A State Debate Championship (Policy Division), Sterling Scholar Finalist</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 10
[</em>] ECs: 10
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No Idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No Idea
[li] Hook (if any): Determined Utah debater</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Utah
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
[*] LDS?</p>
<p>Let the formatting error at my top be a lesson to new posts</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (M: 800 CR: 750 W: 730)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 780 Chem: 700 Physics: 720 (did not send)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: N/A, top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: AP Calc BC/AB - 5, AP Chem - 5, AP Physics C - 5, AP English Lit & Comp - 5
[<em>] Awards, etc.: NMSQT 1st round, Rensselaer Medal Recipient; Literary Criticism, Math, Chemistry and Foreign Language Prizes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My “Why Swarthmore” essay was about 340 words, common app ~450
[<em>] ECs: Varsity XC, Squash and Tennis, Volunteer work @ local shelter/animal hospital, 8 year clarinet player/instructor, School newspaper editor
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[</em>] Hook (if any): Female prospective engineer, first generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Private College Prep
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Missed the deadline for an ED candidate interview, so I was very concerned it would hurt me when coupled with my math/science inclination.</p>
<p>Decision: ** Accepted ED
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (combined); 800 W, 800 CR, 640 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 French, 760 US History, 770 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.25 out of 4.5
[</em>] Rank: Top 5 percent of 89 students
[<em>] Other stats: AP Euro 5, AP US 5, AP Lit and Comp 5
[</em>] Awards, etc.: UPenn Book Award, Cum Laude, Dean’s List, AP Scholar, National Art Honors Society, National French Honors Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Common: 8-9? (499 w); Activities: 7; Swat: 8 (538 w)
[</em>] ECs: Advanced Ballet dancer and modern dancer, volunteers at a museum/cultural center, two paid one day a week jobs at temple and at dance studio, created and runs an art review blog
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No idea. I think they were good enough…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also no idea.<br>
[<em>] Hook (if any): Mom, dad, aunt and uncle are all alumni.
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[</em>] State or Country: CA, USA
[<em>] School Type: Independent Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/list]Other Factors: Dancer. Met with Sharon Friedler, she liked me. Good interview with student and with representative (I was the only student to show up to the meeting)
General Comments:</p>
<p>^^I fail at formatting…sorry, guys! :)</p>
<p>No problem on the formatting - we got the underlying information. Your error was not taking out the space between the left bracket and the word “list”. First time I filled one of those I went through the ‘preview post’ button about six times before I got all the spaces out next to the brackets.</p>
<p>Oh… Congratulations! And it looks like your family is already set with sweatshirts, t-shirts and the like. That should offset some of the tuition costs. 8)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (770 Math, 750 CR, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Bio M, 800 Chinese, 770 US History, 770 Lit, 790 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 Weighted
[</em>] Rank: 2nd quintile (but almost in top 20%)
[<em>] Other stats: AP Lit 5, AP Lang 5, AP Stats 5, AP Chinese 5, AP USH 5, going to take AP Bio, AP CS, AP Physics C, AP Econ, AP Calc BC
[</em>] Awards, etc.: National Merit (233), Aspirations in Computing Award runner-up
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: my common app was about how reading has helped me become resourceful and learn about the outside world. I’m really proud of my why swat essay. I focused on Swat’s amazing discourse of ideas, and inclusiveness of the community.
[</em>] ECs: I was a wandering explorer, in and out of a bunch of clubs throughout high school. I ditched stuff when members became power-hungry for leadership positions or the activity got boring. So a lot of random stuff. To be honest I left most of my school activities off the application, since stuff like Model UN and French club seemed boring. If anyone wants my resume/activities list, PM me.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Biology and English teacher, I hope they were good since I used to talk a lot with them about random observations about social behavior.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I hope it was pretty awesome, though she thinks I’m outgoing yet socially awkward 
[<em>] Hook (if any): science/math person who’s also into development economics, immigrant from Japan
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**Other Factors: **
**General Comments: I think I really showed my curiosity and intellectual passion in my essays. I was worried because my grades weren’t that good (even mix of A’s and B’s) and I didn’t have any leadership positions, so I was happily surprised when Swat accepted me! **</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted! **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100: CR 730 M 630 W 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 1: 670 Lit: 800 French with listening: 610
[<em>] GPA: 3.99
[</em>] Rank: 1
[<em>] Other stats: No AP classes available in school, only “honors credit” for exceptional, I have almost all “honors credit” on all classes
[</em>] Awards, etc.: Voted studies hardest by school, National merit Commended student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Main: 10, Why swat: 8
[</em>] ECs: cello - ten years, teach seven students. 2nd degree black belt and instructor at a Tae Kwon Do dojang, lots of work and travel
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10
[li] Hook (if any): Waldorf school lifer, 12 years baby! Talked to linguistics professor, visited campus 3 times[/li][/ul]Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Massachusetts</p>
<p>School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>