Official Trinity College Class of 2014 RD Notification Thread

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<p>I never thought I would be starting one of these threads but this is the third I have done so here we go.</p>

<p>Here's the template:</p>

<p>Quote:
remove spaces in each box, otherwise it will not work as seen in other threads</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: REJECTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Applied on:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): took ACT instead
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History, 650 Literature, 640 Math Lv. 1
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: US History- 5, Macroeconomics- 4, English Language & Composition- 4
[<em>] GPA: 85/100
[</em>] Rank: does not rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: founded summer program at Middle School, founded quiz bowl team, founded political discussion group, business manager/staff writer of school newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: catering company staffer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote Common App essay on my strained relationship with family and books; wrote supplement on Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom”
[</em>] Teacher Recs: both amazing, one from homeroom teacher/3 year Spanish teacher; other from European History/US History teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Applied on: regular decision
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800cr, 680w, 550m
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 720 US History
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs: English Lit senior year (UConn ECE)
[<em>] IBs: no
[</em>] GPA: 3.2UW, 3.4W
[<em>] Rank: 55/192
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Literary magazine editor, drama, ER volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Little - dogwalker and oddjobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Fairly good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Fantastic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[</em>] Applied on: RD
[<em>] Hook (if any): Know several professors in my major, but didn’t ask them to support my application…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:Connecticut
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Smallish public school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: </p>

<p>I’ve added several new EC’s since my application - I’m a founding member of the school’s improv team, for example. I MIGHT also contact the professors that I know, but honestly I might feel awkward doing it, and I’m not sure if I could pay for this school anyway.</p>

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<p>Submitted for my son (who isn’t the type to post his own stats): </p>

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 cr / 640 m / 690 w
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 30 overall / 33 v (calculator died during math - ~26)
[</em>] APs: english 5 / calculus 4 / U.S. history 5
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 w / ~3.9 uw
[<em>] Rank: 5 of ~300
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Theater, theater and more theater
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: scooping ice cream
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): chose the ethics option
[</em>] Teacher Recs: waived right to see, but the one I saw was pretty glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, assume v good
[</em>] Applied on: late Dec.
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large urban, lots of AP classes, great theater program, graduation rate < 75%
[</em>] Ethnicity: w
[li] Gender: m[/li][/ul]We are just thrilled - congrats to all! Waiting to see if he is accepted into the Interarts program, which sounds perfect for him (aspiring screenwriter)</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:**[ul][<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 770 CR: 700 W: 780 (2250 Total) [</em>] SAT IIs: Chem: 760; World: 760; US: 720[<em>] APs: 5,5,4,4[</em>] UM-GPA: UW: 95; W: 101[li] Rank: Doesn’t rank. Top 10%[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Editor of the newspaper for 2 years, 2 years varsity tennis, captain of JV tennis, founder of fencing club, ranked tennis player, numerous other clubs
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a tennis place for 4 years
Essays (subject and responses): really quirky and interesting common app essay.
Teacher Recs: didn’t read them but they both love me.
Counselor Rec: didn’t read but she told me I was, “one of the best students she’s ever had the pleasure of knowing”
Hook (if any): none
**Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. 298 total class
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: That was an incredibly personalized acceptance letter. Are merit scholarships sent separately?</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>sat:
640 math
640 critical reading
700 writing</p>

<p>No AP classes
Orchestra all four years</p>

<p>Grades: all A’s except for math
Pre Calc
Anatomy
Honors German Four
Creative Writing
African and Chinese History
Senior English</p>

<p>Varsity Cross Country 1 year
Scholastic Art prize honoree</p>

<p>School: Private Boarding School
Hometown: Maine
Interview: Very Good! Loved the interveiwer. Even wrote me a letter!</p>

<p>not sure how i got in… but not complaining either!
other colleges:
Colgate: wl
Furman: accept
Fordham: accept
Conn College: wl
UVM: accept
St. Lawrence: accept
Gettysburg: accept
Frankling and Marshall: wl
Dickingson: wl
Colby: denied :frowning: top choice too…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>These are my son’s stats (he is never on cc):</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2130: 690 verbal; 760 math; 680 writing
ACT: 32
SAT II:750 USH; 690 Math 2
Unweighted GPA: 3.46
Weighted GPA: 4.02
Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 11
Rank: school does not rank
AP:AP Stats, 4; AP USH, 4</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:AP English, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP English, Honors Japanese 4, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, many hours of community service; participation in 2-3 school clubs; many hours backpacking & mountain climbing – probably the most extreme in the school context
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: hundreds of hours per year
Summer Activities: Study abroad two years in a row, including a summer in Japan funded by merit scholarship
Essays (subjects and opinions): Strong
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing, given the gpa
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: Eagle scout advisor, very strong
Interview: none</p>

<p>State: CA
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Hooks: none, unless a school is interested in a high-school senior who has summited more than a dozen peaks over 13,000 feet?</p>

<p>Location: CA
School: Large high-powered public in Silicon Valley, very socio-economically and ethnically diverse student body</p>

<p>Strengths: Persistence in Japanese, study abroad (2 summers); leadership in community service; mountain climbing
Weaknesses: Unweighted gpa; second-sibling syndrome (older sister a physics major at MIT)</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted Willamette University with a very large merit scholarship; UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Boston University/
Waitlisted Grinnell College and Emory University (but offered a place at Emory’s Oxford College/
Rejected Whitman (ED1), rejected Middlebury (ED2). </p>

<p>My son has never visited Trinity, nor did he have the chance to interview, so he’ll be there in April to check it out. Loved the personalized letter; that was a great touch.</p>

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<p>i got waitlisted, i took my name off the list though! don’t care, got into BU which is where i really wanna go. i heard that they have problems with gangs and campus security! have fun to those who are accepted and be safe!</p>

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<p>^ Congratulations on BU! But be advised that Boston is also an urban city with everything that implies. My daughter’s at MIT now and there are monthly reports of theft, break-ins on both that campus and at BU.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats
SAT I (by section): 620 CR, 630 MATH, 730 WRITING (did not submit)
SAT II: Spanish w/ listenting 740
ACT: 30
APs: AP Spanish Language 5 (junior year), AP US History 3 (junior year), AP United States Government (senior year), AP Psychology (senior year)
GPA: 3.3 UW, 3.70 W
Rank: School doesn’t rank
ECs listed on app: Founder/president of an ESL tutoring program for custodians, president of Spanish Club, editor for the school newspaper, yearbook photographer, president of a student support group, studied abroad in Spain during the summer of my junior year, worked at a summer school for young Spanish speaking children the summer of my freshman year</p>

<p>Subjective
Job/Work Experience: Only if occasional babysitting counts…
Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay on my fascination with language and how it facilitates communication, Supplement essay on potential Hartford community immersion
Teacher Recs: 2 (one is outstanding and written by a close mentor/Spanish teacher, the other is written by my AP Government teacher and is at best mediocre)
Counselor Rec: 1 (I am confident this was an effective recommendation)
Applied on: Regular Decision
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Boarding preparatory school; nationall regarded
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Probable Spanish major. I have never visited Trinity but am definitely considering it as a possible destination for next year. Could any current students feed me a few insider details/honest opinions of the school? Additionally, to all the prospective students who have visited campus: could you fill me in on your first impressions/the vibe you felt during your visit?</p>