<p>Accepted (Psychology major), in-state</p>
<p>SAT I: 2320 only sitting (800 CR, 760 math and writing)
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.0+ W
Rank: Top 5%
Course Rigor: 10 APs by end of high school
Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar With Distinction
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bunch of art stuff, national level</p>
<p>I probably won’t go to UIUC (I really don’t care for Greek life/sports/big state school culture), but it’s nice to know I got accepted somewhere.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted(Liberal Arts and Sciences)</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science and Anthropology
SAT I: R:710 W:700 M: 670
ACT: 28
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Chemistry Program @ UPenn, Temple University Music Program, Anthropology class at University of Pennsylvania
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Presidential Community Service Award
Essays: Super strong
State: Pennsylvania
Country: US
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Agender (male on application, agender on additional info)
Income Bracket: 100,00-130,000
Hooks: None!</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Arts and humanities background
Weaknesses: Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong personality and ambition?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Will find out about UPenn monday</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**
I might not end up here, but if I don’t get accepted to Penn or MIT or NYU, then I’ll be here!</p>
<p>Accepted to Electrical Engineering </p>
<p>International Student from Canada
3.85 GPA
2100 SAT (730M, 680W, 690R)</p>
<p>EC: a couple of volunteering positions inside/outside of school</p>
<p>Fairly good essay which I think helped me.</p>
<p>I got in!!!</p>
<p>Deferred - engineering gpa 3.873 SAT 2190</p>
<p>Got in: Aeronautics!!!</p>
<p>Accepted- Biochemistry
gpa:3.9
ACT: 20
Awesome essays
SOOOOOOOO surprised. my gpa and essays saved me big time</p>
<p>Not sure how I got in to engineering with my comparatively low GPA… I mean my high school is extremely competitive, but I am sure the high school’s of most posters are as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Business (Denied from Computer Science)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36 M 34 W 30 R 34 S)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No knowledge of it, my W is 4.08
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 82/395
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Eng/Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, Multi Calc, Newspaper III, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Web EIC), Bowling Team (Captain), National Honor Society (VP), Key Club, Speech and Debate, School Mascot, Class Secretary
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Rec League Basketball Coach 9-12
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Both rushed
[/ul]Other
Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s, Test Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Class Rank, Essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Class Rank
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None so far
General Comments: Not satisfied
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 750 W (10 essay), 690 R (2240)
[</em>] ACT: 36 M, 30 S, 33 E (8 essay), 28 R (32) did not send
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school doesn’t rank
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Engineering Design, Constitutional Law, Religious Fundamentalism, Instrumental Music, Poetry, French Culture and Communication
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2013 Davidson Fellow, 2013 Google Science Fair Regional Finalist, 2012 Stockholm Junior Water Prize National Winner, 2012 ISWEEEP Gold Medalist, 2012 West Point Bridge Design Contest Semifinalist, 2011 Stockholm Junior Water Prize National Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Research (since 6th grade), Science Bowl (Team Captain), Tutoring, Cross Country, Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Math and Science Tutor, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Exhibit Intern
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Physics and chemistry demonstrations for elementary school students, tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Math and engineering college courses at local university, science research, Art of Problem Solving courses
[li] Essays: First essay I wrote about why I love electrical engineering, talked about my science research experience. Second essay I wrote about tutoring underprivileged students.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[*] Gender: M</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering- Aerospace)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscored Math: 730 Reading: 750 Writing: 770
[</em>] ACT: 32 (34 Math, 35 Writing, 27 reading)
[<em>] SAT II: I dont think they matter
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Out of 100. 89.27 weighted gpa
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None but i guess im around 50%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Chemistry, 5 WHAP, USAP, Spanish
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):no
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty difficult, 3 APs, 1 honors, and one semi-blowoff
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Shell Eco-Marathon, Model UN, Hispanic Cultural Group at school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lol i really need to get a job
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: SAT Instructor, service trip to foreign country, multiple different projects that my school told me about (ex helping out elementary school)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Traveled a lot, camps at Duke, Yale, and Harvard.
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good. Talked about my growth through high school. Cliche, I know.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Physics and English. I dont remember if this school required them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good i guess
[</em>] Interview: Q&A with admissions rep in starbucks, nbd
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[</em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineer
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Latino
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT, essays
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my growth through high school, how adaptable i am to different environments, what turned me on to physics
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculars.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Latino engineer that goes to a good private school. Also essays and scores.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Houston, Texas A&M</p>[/li]
<p>Good luck to everyone in their future college app decisions!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering - Computer Engineering)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1860 - M:650, CR:590, W:620
[ *] ACT: Composite: 31 - M:35, S:30, R:31, E:29
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 27/711 (3.79%)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP English
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BIG internship (40 hrs/week for 5 weeks), Volleyball (Captain), Key Club (Webmaster), Asian Studies Club (President), Math League winner, science league, knights of Pythagoras, relay for life gold team, robotics, tutoring in knights and independent
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at VinaKom Communications
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Tutoring
[ ] Summer Activities: Intership at VinaKom Communications
[ ] Essays: Well
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Mathematics, anything computer related
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT CR
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Accepted to biochemistry
international student
SAT 2110 (CR 630 M 800 W 680)
GPA 93/100
Math2 780 Chem 750
Average ECs, some awards
no APs offered in my school
Great essays!! I wrote about my research, very unique experience</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Business)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2190 (CR660, M800, W730)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.56/6.0, weighed
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Honors Spanish 3, US History, and some electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):High honor roll and honor roll, AP scholar with honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (head stage manager), JV Lacrosse, Choir, math team, Student technician, peer counsellor, some community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a travel agency for 2 weeks
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:went to Peru for a week for community service, some community service club on campus
[</em>] Summer Activities: study for the SATs?
[<em>] Essays: Fine I guess…
[/ul]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): go to school in CT[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant): from China
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: idk, didn’t apply for financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…
Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: grades and test score
[</em>] Weaknesses: from China (where tons of people apply…)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because I’m qualified?? I really didn’t think that much
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from Wellesley ED
General Comments: I’m pretty upset now cuz I didn’t get into my first choice… Well at least I have somewhere to go! And College of Business is really well ranked and prestigious too. :)</p>
<p>[size=+2**Decision: Accepted (ENGINEERING—Materials Science and Engineering)**[/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[ *] ACT: 35 composite 34 english 33 math 36 reading 35 science
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Above AP Modern World Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP BC Calc, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir, VP, head of a capella group, crew, track indoor and outdoor MVP
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Marketing Internship, Hospital Internship
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[ ] Summer Activities: Spanish Community Service Trips, Internships
[ ] Essays: They were solid, except the last one which was bad and rushed
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: didn’t list
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Took 12 APs in high school
[ *] Weaknesses: Transferred schools twice, one midyear of junior year
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 C 31M, 34 S, 33 E, (8 essay)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk prob 3.6 or so
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school doesn’t rank
Class Load: 7 aps and lots of honors course- AP Human Geo(5),APUSH(5), Econ(4,3), Chem(4), Psych(5), AP Lang(4)
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs(gov, physics c, calc ab, english lit, spanish, comp sci)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): really committed to soccer(prob could have played in college)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, habitat for humanity
Summer Activities: Habitat for humanity
Essays: First essay I wrote about why I love engineering, talked about how popular science magazine led me to explore engineering. Second essay I wrote about my favorite type of music(indie pop) and what that says about my character
Other[li]- applied to umich, purdue(accepted), osu, michigan tech(accepted) Im OOS from michigan [/li]YAYYAYAY
Now just patiently waiting for umich -_-</p>
<p>Anyone know about scholarship info? Do we have to apply separately?</p>
<p>Here is the info for my D:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering: Chemical Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR720, M800, W710)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.993
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not ranked
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Phy C, AP Calc BC, Humanity Literiture (Adv), Humanity Art History (Adv), Web Design, Symphony Orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP scholar, Outstanding piano soloist of MI, NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer interns, private tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Music camp and summer intern
[<em>] Essays: Above average
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not disclosed
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: music talent and academic achievement
[li] Weaknesses: lack of sport, average EC.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): MATH:800 CR:710 WRITING:680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Senior Year Course Load: AP’S AND HONORS</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVES</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST ROBOTICS (TREASURER), STUDENT GOVERNMENT (TREASURER), EAGLE SCOUT
Job/Work Experience: INTERNSHIP IN ME SCHOOL (NOT UIUC)
Summer Activities: LOTS OF TRAVEL
Essays: NOT BAD</p>
<p>OTHER</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
Ethnicity: WHITE
Gender: MALE
Income Bracket: UPPER MIDDLE CLASS
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE</p>
<p>Strengths: EAGLE SCOUT, SAT SCORE
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: PENDING</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>