<p>bStats: /b list
* SAT:2360 (800W, 790M, 770V)
* SAT IIs:Physics:800, math IIC:800, Lit:760
* GPA:97.1
* Rank:1/100ish
* Other stats:
/lis bSubjective: /b list
* Essays:decent
* Teacher Recs:good?
* Counselor Rec:good, maybe?
* Hook (if any):umm, test scores? NY state high school quick chess champion?
/list bLocation/Person: /b list
* State or Country:New York
* School Type:public, crappy
* Ethnicity:white
* Gender:male
/list bOther Factors: /bumm...
bGeneral Comments: /bcool!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500+710
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 US Hist, 790 Math IIC, 740 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.0uw, 5.26w
[</em>] Rank: 1/155
[<em>] Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, Lots of IB and AP tests, already got 7 on psych IB, three 5's on APs, three 4's on APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: my pride and joy. i wrote a short story for the long one about "destroying a question with an answer" and i don't know i thought it was REALLY good, REALLY creative and REALLY showed a lot about me, my books/music one was okay and my why uchi one was really good too i thought. everyone who read them was impressed
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i didnt see one, the other one wasn't that great (very short)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent, i don't know her that well
[<em>] Hook (if any): first gen?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Carolina
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: whitey
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:** decent EC, also had an extra rec from my employer (worked at the library for 6 months) General Comments: YAAAAAY Now I can wear my UChi hoodie with even more pride</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!
Stats:
*SAT: 2050 (620M, 720CR, 710W)
*SAT II's: 790 USHistory, 660 MathII
*GPA: 3.9
*Rank: Top 10%
*Other Stats: None that I included on app</p>
<p>Subjective:
*Essays: Hmm, not sure about that one.<br>
*Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I think
*Councelor Rec: I don't know her very well.
*Hook: I don't know.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State of Country: Texas
*School Type: Public
*Ethnicity: One of the URM's
*Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: I do a lot of theatre, and I did an internship. Hmm, I don't know. I didn't really evaluate my chances beforehand.
General Comments: Wow, this is like a dream come true! Now, I hope I get some finaid....</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1410 (2060)
* SAT IIs: 740 IC, 680 Math IIC, 670 Lit
* GPA: n/a
* Rank: n/a but top 10% probably
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: One essay was about eating White Castle hamburgers and one was about Tucker Max (very risky)
* Teacher Recs: Excellent- they had to overcome the suspension/expulsion from previous school
* Counselor Rec: same
* Hook (if any): athletic recruit, legacy
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas (school in NJ)
* School Type: private boarding
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2390
SAT IIs: 800, 800
GPA: 3.4 UW</p>
<p>Subjective: The two shorter essays were really revealing and quirky and the main essay discussed an intellectual passion of mine in a very political way.
Teacher recs: English one was solid, math was very good
Counselor rec; solid, she doesn't really know me
Hook: Nationally ranked pianist</p>
<p>Location:
State:Texas
School type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other comments: Have 11 5s and 2 4s on AP tests, NMSQT SMF and many noted piano concerts. Really miffed about the decision, but I'm going to send them four or five supplemental essays on literature and art history I've written this year, along with mid year grades and another piano CD.</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
SAT: no-send
SAT II: no-send
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.9
Rank:5/704
Other stats: US History - 5
[/list]Subjective:[ list]
Essays: I thought they were good
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): Did their Summer Program
[/list]Location/Person:[ list]
State or Country: IL
School Type: Pub.
Ethnicity: As white as can be.
Gender: Female
[/list][ b]Other Factors:** My dad did their GSB program, and one of my recommendations was from my teacher at the Summer Program General Comments: This makes me so happy. You have no clue. This was my top choice.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800V 700M writing is not being counted
SAT IIs: 770 Lit, 690 US
GPA: 3.3 UW <----- Painful, very painful (but with a strong upward trend (2.7, 3.0, 4.0)
Rank: N/A thank god... it would not b</p>
<p>Subjective: Good. weird, i liked them.
Teacher recs: US History very good, English very good, math solid
Counselor rec; good
Hook: I love the school? A lot.</p>
<p>Location:
State:Va
School type: Public
Ethnicity: get grouped white
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other comments: Not surprised. With a GPA like that how could i be? Will get a piano rec. Maybe a rec from one of my students' parents. Call like a mad woman. Answer another prompt? More writing. Mid year grades ......... what else?</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2140, 740 m, 680v, 720 w</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 680 iic, 660 phyz</li>
<li>GPA: 3.8 UW</li>
<li>Rank: no ranking, around top 20%</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: ehhh, coulda been better</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: didnt read. send in supp from piano teacher that was really good tho</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: did not read</li>
<li>Hook (if any): </li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (770 Verbal, 710 Math, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math IIc, 640 Lit, 600 Physics (bad day)
[<em>] GPA: not sure, but ~4.15uw and 4.3w
[</em>] Rank: again, not sure, but ~2 or 3 / 49
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP CalcAB, 3 Lit, 3 Physics, 3 U.S. History (taken as Soph)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Writing is my strong point, so I consider my essays excellent.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very, very strong.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but nothing incredible.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Good amount of EC's, leadership roles, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York, USA
[<em>] School Type: Private (small, non-parochial)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul] General Comments: God, that envelope was a thing of beauty. I was so happy opening it, it just made the rest of my (and my parents') day.</p>
<p>Oh and guys, if you're trying to make your post pretty, just remove the one SPACE after the brackets, before the words. No need to remove the actual brackets.</p>
<p>Can you say irritating? It wasn't in the mail today!!! I hate living in Podunk; this is why they need to e-mail like Harvard (not that I applied early to Harvard...)</p>
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: One was a rec that my teacher gives to everyone; the other one was okay.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Average I'm guessing</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Hook (if any): A few hundred service hours...
[/ul] ** Location/Person: ** [ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Chicago 'burbs
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul] ** Other Factors: **
I'm involved in a million things, but I'm not a stand-out in any of them...
** General Comments: **
I'm glad to get in, and I don't have a first-choice yet...So it's going to be a tough decision if/when I get more acceptance letters in a few months.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (800CR/760M/800W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 chem, 780 bio-m
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.4 w
[</em>] Rank: 1/~400
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: not amazingly written, but i had a lot of fun with the long essay. none were ridiculously creative.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one stellar, one average.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good from what he's told me.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: indiana...yeah....
[<em>] School Type: decent public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: did an on-campus interview in nov., which i didn't think was my best. General Comments: nothing like seeing that thick envelope in the mail!! best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:
SATS 760 math 670 verbal 720 writing
SAT 2's, I didn't turn in any.
GPA- 4.61 on my schools 5 scale, but i've taken classes like anatomy 1 and 2 which weren't offered in honors or AP, which hurts my gpa and rank. But i'm 22 in my class of 800ish. From the numbers its a 3.8+ on a four scale, as i have a 93% average.</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: They were good, i loved my main essay. I think my why chicago essay could have been better.
Recs were good, ex currics were good.
Ex currics included various academic programs, volunteer firefighting, other leadership positions.</p>
<p>Location/Person</p>
<p>Male Asian Indian, been in US for less than 5 years. In Public School in PA.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone for RD, i'll be waiting and working hard for regular decision.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2250 (720m 770v 780m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770jpn ... I forgot - two more low-700s
[<em>] GPA: 3.86/4.14
[</em>] Rank: n/a (probably top 10% but not top 2%)
[<em>] Other stats: AP Eng 5 - AP Psych 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Serious, thought out... I liked it. "unsticky mind"
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One good, one okay I think, another from a part-time tech related employer
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think he likes me, but I don't have much of an impression.
[<em>] Hook (if any): drilled in the liberal arts/life of mind thing on interview, which went well (true) - sent in a good photography portfolio
[/ul] Location/Person: [ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Francisco, CA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Admission Academic Public (I think magnet, although we don't use the term)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White like bread
[li] Gender: Male... like bread...[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I didn't think the folder was ALL that cool. I am jazzed though, and am glad that the last four days of heart palpitations are over.</p>