<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (single sitting): CR:660 W:790 M:780 (2230)
[</em>] SAT I (superscore): CR:780 W:790 M:780 (2350)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II:780 Biology M:740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not have a GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School has no rank, guessing top 5%
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): I’m going to be taking my exams in May 2013
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Biology HL (my extra HL subject), IB Physics HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Business and Management SL, IB English Literature SL, IB Dutch B SL
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cricket, 5+ years
International youth cricketer
U16 cricket team national runners-up (Captain)
Best player of the club award Soccer, 10+ years
Few regional championships (Captain)
Voted best player of the team Piano, 4 years DMR (Mix between school board and student council, only 2 student representatives) (elected) 2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: IB, so mandatory 300+ hours, including 14 day trip to Argentina w/ fundraising
[</em>] Summer Activities: Extended Essay. Did mine on the physics of a trebuchet. I self taught myself Lagrangian mechanics and the Mathematica programming language to create a realistic model, and then did over 400 trials with a real miniature trebuchet to prove my hypothesis. Took up a lot of time, but it was one of the best things I have done. Gone on a few tours with the youth national team, and did a lot of training for my cricket. Oh yeah, and I had to study for my SAT’s!
[<em>] Essays: 6/10, maybe 7/10? Honestly, they were not that good. Other
[li] Country (if international applicant): The Netherlands[/li][</em>] School Type: semi-private?
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: No idea. Dad is currently unemployed, but he will find a job soon. I’m gonna guess anywhere between 80,000 and 100,000.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International Youth Athlete? Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, Athletics, Extended Essay, Hard course-load
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I guess maybe because I am an international student?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: For now: TU Delft, Glasgow, Surrey, Strathclyde we will have to wait till April 1st for the rest! UIUC BABY!!! I’M PUMPED. Good luck to everyone who got in, sorry to everyone who got rejected, and for those who are waitlisted, I feel your pain. I still got to hear from a few schools, but I always go around with this in mind. If somebody with a 3.4 GPA got into Stanford, so anything is possible.
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<p>My son was accepted to bioengineering also. His SAT I scores were CR-660, WR 730, M 720. Weighted GPA -3.95. He’s been doing research at a National Laboratory for the past two summers which colleges seemed very interested in.</p>
<p>Currently the bioengineering Department is not accredited , but in the process of applying.</p>
<p>Accepted to Aerospace Engineering(Alternate Major).
Indian but American citizen and did apply for Fin.Aid…Anyone knows when they send out the Aid packages??</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Media - Advertising)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1900 (did not submit)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.46
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/720
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Psychology (5), English Language and Composition (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Honors Creative Writing, Honors Economics, Honors Journalism Seminar, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Reporter at teen publication of the Chicago Tribune
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: Good. Didn’t put much time into them, but writing comes naturally for me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great, written by my journalism adviser who I’ve known for four years.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, she’s a former journalist and has a close bond with me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black/Mexican
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 75K with just mom’s salary, 100K+ with dad and stepmom’s.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black and Mexican female, immigrant father, high ACT, and dedication to an award-winning extracurricular.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, hooks.
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of many extracurriculars.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: My background and stats are exactly what UIUC tends to look for.
[li] Where else were you accepted: Loyola University Chicago, University of Missouri - Columbia. Waiting on Northwestern, Barnard College, NYU, USC, and Columbia.[/li][/ul]General Comments:[ul] This is my safety school, so if I don’t get into Northwestern, USC, or Columbia, I’ll be going here. I have already gotten 18K in scholarships. 15K James Scholars, 3K College of Media Scholarship.[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 R, 780 M, 650 W, 2190 total
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 World History, 710 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 in Mandarin SL, testing in 5 more this year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Physics HL, IB history of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mandarin 9-10, IB Anthropology SL, IB TOK
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Asian Club (president), Music Club (President), Math Club (Treasurer), Science Bowl (Organizer), Robotics, Stats, MUN, Play 2 instruments, art
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Architecture/Engineering Mentorship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library+Homeless Shelter
[<em>] Summer Activities: Astronomy research
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 200K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a Reflection
[li] Strengths: Test scores, extra curriculars?[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good balance of interests I suppose
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far accepted into OSU, Purdue, Rensselear. Waitlisted at Georgia Tech. Still a bunch more of decisions to come though General Comments:
My GPA is pretty low, but I got in, can’t complain lol
Will probably attend unless I get into CMU/Cornell/UCLA or Berkeley (doubt it though, my GPA sucks, but I can hope)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering - Undeclared)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 superscored
780 Math, 800 CR, 750 Writing
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 700 Bio, 750 WH, 750 U.S History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
Weighted GPA: Unknown
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (4), AP WH (5), AP Chem (4), AP U.S History (5), AP Macroecon (4), AP Microecon (5)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Human Geography, AP French, Honors Debate, English, Computer Animation Major Awards
(USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd place chess nationals, 3rd place Chess nationals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess, Economics, History
Job/Work Experience: Chess tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching in India
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): U.S
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: six figures
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
Strengths: SAT
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays for sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCSD, UMass Amherst, UMinnesota Waitlisted: WashU, Georgia Tech Rejected: Cornell, UChicago, Claremont Mckenna
Comments: No way I can pay for it. They gave me all loans :(</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2270 M: 760 R: 740 W: 770
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.11
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile
Senior Year Course Load: IB Mandarin B HL; IB Physics HL; IB History HL; IB Economics HL; IB English Lit HL; AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Founder and president of a club to address migrant worker issues; Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship
Job/Work Experience:internship as part of PSGE
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Country (if international applicant): US citizen
School Type: international
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores, class rank, GPA, teacher recs, and essay
General Comments:
Accepted: Tulane (EA); Illinois(EA); Villanova (EA); UCSB; UCLA; USC (EA); Notre Dame (EA); Northwestern (RD); Vanderbilt (ED)
Wait listed: none
Rejected: none</p>
<p>Very fortunate to have these results. Congratulations to all 2013 grads no matter where you attend college!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/510
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), BC (5), AP Lang (4), taking 6 more this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Gov, Calculus 3, AP Physics B, AP Stats
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football (Senior Leader), Varsity Track, BPA (3 time national qualifier, many awards), DECA (national qualifier), Math Team (Oralist/Captain, 4 time state qualifier), NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours College Accounting TA, 150 hours Algebra II TA, 100 hours Hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Mediocre
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: solid
[<em>] Additional Rec: very strong
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive, large, public. Typically sends 10-15 students to UIUC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none Reflection
[li] Strengths: GPA, course rigor, SAT subject tests, ECs[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: my essays/ACT score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a good applicant?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Mich, Indiana, UCLA. Waitlisted by UVA. Rejected by Northwestern. General Comments:</p>
