*Official University of Chicago Class of 2015 RD Results*

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800R 690M 760W = 2250 (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: horrible so didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Sitting in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Maths HL, IB History (Asia) HL, IB Economics HL, IB French A2 SL, IB English A1 SL, IB Chemistry SL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rugby (12 years club, 4 years school, national team this year (not mentioned but will update) (Captain at school/ MVP at club etc.)
Club tennis (4 years)
Club golf (4 years)
Model @ several fashion shows (charity)
MUN,
Student council (worked with French G’ment) (3 years)
Varsity X-country (1 year)
JV Basketball (1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None :S
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: approx. 250 hrs (through CAS as well)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session (Economics 252 and English 212)
[li] Essays:[/li]Commonapp: “Odd”, “great”, “eccentric”. Interior monologue of an incident on a bus.
Extended Essay (Op. 5): About the morality of interviews at universities (probably why I didnt get one)
Q1: Pretty average/general, but well expressed
Q2: About Ulysses by James Joyce and my trials and tribulations with it</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: (waived rights) Honest, presumably good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: (waived rights) Likely very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: English professor at Yale, didn’t see but probably quite good.
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided (but either IR, Economics or History)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT (born and maintain a residence)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong (lived for 16 years)
[<em>] School Type: Private, extremely small, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Experiences living abroad?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT (save maths), essays, additional recommendation
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maths across the board (5 in IB HL Maths, 690), aspects of my transcript (GCSE’s were good though)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Transcript (took a very very hard courseload even within the IB and paid for it, plus I was a bit lazy :P)
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
In at: University College London (UCL), St. Andrews (UK)
Rejected at: Oxford (Jesus) (UK), LSE (UK), Pucking UFenn (ED)
[/ul]
General Comments:
Better than a rejection I s’pose, but I have been lazy all my life and feel that had I truly applied myself things would probably have turned out differently :/. Is there any data/info available for this year’s waitlist?</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 770 Reading, 730 Writing (2270)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 750 Math II, 720 U.S. History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.78 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/Valedictorian
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History 5, English Language 5, European History 5, Calculus AB 5, Spanish Language 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: A.P: Calcuclus BC, Statistics, Physics B, Biology, Chemistry, English Literature (toughest possible)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, A.P. Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball (captain), Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Basketball, Chess Club, Red Cross Club, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, Academic Booster Club (founder/president/… many other roles).
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Clerical work and and physical labor at a ranch. Both about 10 hours per week.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds pf hours in conjunction with the local Kiwanis Club, Homeless Education Liaison Program (Director), other miscellaneous (hardly notable) stuff.
[ *] Summer Activities: Boys’ State, West Point Summer Leaders’ Seminar, Traveling
[ *] Essays: Risky, probably what prevented me from getting in.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Terrible, I don’t think she knows who I am
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Economics (probably hurt my chances)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] School Type: Somewhat small but competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: <60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: G.P.A./Rank, extracurriculars are very focused and have a common thread. The Academic Booster Club has done some pretty amazing things, so I thought that would carry me.
[ *] Weaknesses: Mediocre test scores, not too many leadership positions
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows, I was deferred then waitlisted and I’m angry about it.
[ *] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? I got accepted at Georgetown (Early Action) and Swarthmore (with a likely letter/early write). I’m still waiting on the Ivies.
[ /list]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’m a little irritated that I didn’t get in, but not too surprised. Chicago was probably my 6th or 7th choice and I’m sure the Adcoms could tell. That said, I guess I’m glad I didn’t take any ones spot who really wants to go there. Also, all you waitlisters will be happy to know I’m gonna take my name off the list as soon as possible. Good luck to everyone as the college admissions process comes to a close, and I just hope this doesn’t mean more of these are to come from Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, and UPenn.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32 (35e, 29m, 34r, 28s, 8 on the essay)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 when app was submitted, 3.93 after 1st semester
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/312 (12% ish)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma, took 5 each year, tested SL in Spanish B (6) and Psychology (4) in May 2010.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL (Calculus), IB English HL, Teachers Assistant - English (1st sem.)/Government (2nd sem.), IB Biology 3-4 HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, Adv. Journalism, International Studies Center, Economics (online)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing national, but some nice local stuff (e.g. rotary student of the month)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (Editor-in-Chief), Theatre (13 plays by end of high school including acting, teching, writing, and directing), Drama Club (VP), Outdoor School (Student Leader/counselor 3x), Teen Council at library (since 4th grade)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Operation Purple Camp for two summers, server at a food cart for a little bit during sophomore year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Music in the Schools - nonprofit that raises money for public school music programs (President 2yrs), PDX Pop Now! - supports local music
[</em>] Essays: Common app was about Music in the Schools and working on being a leader; UChic extended essay was two types of people - those who belong in Portland and those who don’t (you can read it on the Post Your Essay thread); Why UChic was pretty standard, but with good reasons; I wrote about Harry Potter being a major piece of my childhood for the one about favorite books (my mom thinks it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: The one I saw was really nice and the other said really nice things to my mom at conferences, so I’m sure she wrote a great one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it but my principal did and told me it was great.
[li] Interview: The worst of the six I did - it was like 20 minutes and he barely asked me any questions and told me UChic has 2000 undergrad…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Public, urban, 1400+ students
[<em>] Ethnicity: did not report
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing besides extracurriculars.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, difficulty of courses taken, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, two Bs during 2nd semester junior year (one was from a .25 credit course taken outside of school hours) in addition to two from frosh year
[<em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: Because of the huge increase in applications, which featured many students interested in the humanities
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to Willamette EA (safety), waitlisted at WashU
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (M: 750, CR: 770, W: 790)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish (800) & US History (780)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 139
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Philosophy, Advanced French, UCONN English, AP Physics, Digital Imaging, UCONN Calculus, Honors Humanities
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NHS, French NHS, National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended, CT Association of Schools Governor’s Award </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club President, Varsity Tennis, High School Bowl, Newspaper Editor, Political Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Library Aide / Sales Associate
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing major
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, Travel (with Family)
[<em>] Essays: Common App Essay (9) - my best one; not awesome but written well, albeit a trite subject of diversity
Find X (7): It was alright; algebra and pirates. Just made it humorous because I thought they would like that.
Why Chicago (6): Generic, and a typo
Favorite Things: Varied, I guess, lol
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Have to assume they were great. French teacher’s was excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me so I’m sure awesome.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Marketing (other intendedes were Literature and French so maybe they liked the variety)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Venezuelan (Dual-Citizenship)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $50,000-$60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. I’m sure this was a big deal, although I don’t really think it should be. Can’t complain though.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT Scores, URM, some essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Other essays, lack of community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM and I think I write decently enough. Not too many kids from New England either in the class profile. That was probably big too.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Got accepted into Cornell, McGill, UCONN, Brandeis, and UVM. Waiting on Stanford.
[/ul]
General Comments: UChicago and Cornell are pretty equal in my mind. Can’t wait to visit them!
Also, WOWW at all the Waitlisted. Good luck and surprised there are so many. Maybe they want a bit of extra time to review applications or something, but there seems to be a disproportionately large amount of Waitlisters.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360
[</em>] ACT: Did not take.
[<em>] SAT II: 770, 800, 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5s; one 4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + 1 regular class. No sciences.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major major but I’ve won a ton of writing contests.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly creative writing and math stuff, with three leadership positions.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Stuff at school–tutoring, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Was this even in the application? Anyway, Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, community service in 3rd World, vacation…
[<em>] Essays: Probably–no, definitely–the best part of my application. Incredibly personal (note that by this I don’t mean soul-divulging, but rather they could REALLY only have been written by me), really related to the whole ethos of UChicago. I think they could see how much I love the school.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t seen them, though of course I’d assume they’re pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor is in charge of 500 students. When I told her I got a likely letter from Columbia, she congratulated me and informed me that it meant I had “a good chance” of getting in. She didn’t seem to realize its significance as far as other college admissions decisions go, either. That being said, she seemed to like me–so, not very personal, but generically nice/good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Did not submit.
[<em>] Interview: My interviewer left me a voicemail–which I did not check until THREE WEEKS later. So, yeah, that was kinda a major f</em>**-up moment for me… But the interview itself went pretty well, and I guess no one minded! :D</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Why does this even matter? But yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Don’t remember. Something humanities.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Jewish. AKA white.
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Fairly high.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: The essays. For sure. I have pretty nice stats, too. But I think mostly they could just tell I’d be a really excellent fit.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Interview? Perhaps counselor’s rec, though I doubt they held that against me.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Once again, my essays really displayed my passion for and excitement about the school.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
Accepted: Columbia (likely), Williams (early write), USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSD. Waiting on HYPS, Amherst, Pomona, Scripps (might get merit $$$) and some other schools I don’t really care about at this point. I honestly have no idea how I’m gonna make this decision, but I’m glad to have so many choices.
[/ul]
General Comments: If you really feel like you’d be a great fit at UChicago, your essays should reflect that–be quirky, be expressive, be yourself (cliche, I know, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad advice), be UChicago. I had my father look over all my other essays for grammatical errors, issues with content/phrasing, etc. He read my UChicago essays but we both agreed I shouldn’t change them. I had a fair number of purposeful run-ons (only do this if you KNOW what you’re doing; writing’s sort of my thing) and they were pretty stylistically unique. But definitively they were in MY voice.</p>

<p>For those waitlisted: I really hope you get in off the waitlist! But even if you don’t, I’m sure you’ll have many excellent options/choices, and wind up happy no matter where you go. Same goes for people rejected. One of my best friends was waitlisted and another were rejected. I have the utmost respect for them and think they are both really smart, talented individuals. And they had pretty damn good apps too. Sometimes adcoms make mistakes. They’re men, not gods. Just remember that. And good luck! :)</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: stanford
[<em>] Essays: awesome for all essays
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one awesome, one average.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: didn’t read
[ *] Interview: awesome</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: psychology (maybe hurt chances?)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: no financial aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: transcript, extracurriculars, essays, interview…basically everything was awesome except for test score.
[</em>] Weaknesses: f**<em>ing 31 :frowning: if any future applicants are reading this, if you have time, go study for your act/sat. i think it can help a lot.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test score. i didn’t read details of those who posted on cc, but it looks like everyone with the 2300+ got accepted and those below didn’t :frowning:
i’m not sure i was a “100% fit” at uchicago; i think other schools i applied to probably fit me better, but i just really wanted to be accepted to such a prestigious school. i was so certain i would be accepted, but 2 people from my school were accepted ea, so maybe that’s why.
[li] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?[/li][/list]
General Comments: pretty sad but hoping/praying/dying for better news in the coming weeks!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 – 750 CR / 800 M / 800 W (10 essay)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chem / 770 Bio M / 740 World History / 740 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/847
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s, 6 tests
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 1 Honors class, 1 performance group (second semester I had to take PE for credits to graduate)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd place Nationals in Future Business Leaders of America</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (State officer, regional (region spans across 6 states) officer, various lower officer positions), vocal music, NHS (Vice president), Math Club (Founder and president), Beta Club (Founder and president
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid internship with state senator since Summer 2009
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours with Key Club, 100+ hours with NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tried to write a novel.
[<em>] Essays: Commonapp essay was very personal and well-written, about communism/government indoctrination of political philosophies. The Why UChicago and Find X essays were very rushed and sloppy. I wrote the first about wanting a rigorous yet not-too-serious college experience, and the second about secrets.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was glowing but impersonal, the other was positive but full of personality and anecdotes
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but impersonal
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends around 3-4 students to top schools each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Wealthy
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and GPA, well-rounded, excellent common-app essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing that stands out, supplemental essays are sloppy
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Guess they saw something in me! I know I’m very well-rounded and I’m strong both academically and extracurricular-ly, so they might’ve liked that.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’M SO HAPPY! MY FIRST PRIVATE-COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE :smiley: Now, no matter what happens on 3-30, I know I’m set :)</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36/35/34/30)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 math2, 750 ush, 720 physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/4/4/4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess, MUN (went to MUNUC a couple times), some music stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Ran school store for the last 2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Went to Guatemala last summer, built stuff, volunteered for local congressman’s reelection
[</em>] Summer Activities: Chess, classes, see above
[<em>] Essays: Probably subpar by Chicago’s standards. I wrote them fairly straightforwardly and didn’t spend too much time.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both 9+/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fairly specific I guess
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Thought it went really well but I guess they don’t consider that much</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Math/physics/something
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[</em>] School Type: tiny, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, commonapp essay maybe
[</em>] Weaknesses: supplement essays, no real demonstrated interest
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: interest, essays
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted: CWRU, UMBC. Rejected: MIT
[/ul]
General Comments: Lame. I really like the school. A second rejection this week hurts. I have 3 bullets left: Tufts, Columbia (deferred ED) and Stanford (pipe dream). Otherwise, CWRU with 20k merit.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770CR, 680M, (770W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Lit, 740 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/359 (shared)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), US History (5), Language & Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Politics & Gov, AP Macroeconomics, Orchestra, one semester of Anatomy and one semester of Creative Writing
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Minor awards…AP Scholar, local and school awards, etc</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (President and Concertmaster), Chamber Orchestra (Co-Founder), Competitive Speaking (9th-10th), Link Crew (11th), Honor Society, Calculus Club (12th)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Agency represented model (worked for clients such as Nordstrom, Amazon, Neiman Marcus, local designers, etc), Tutor at Kumon Learning Center
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at Neighborhood House Association Tutoring Center (once a week), Founder of MISC (Musicians In Support against Cancer) Benefit Concert – raised over $2000 for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work and volunteering
[<em>] Essays: Personal Statement was probably my strongest. It discussed my dad’s mental illness and used the metaphor of the seasons of the river in my backyard…it’s difficult to explain, but it was really honest and I wrote what I knew. I’m really proud of it. My Chicago essay was decent. I used the two types of people prompt and wrote about fiddlers and violinists. I discussed my experiences in fiddling and classical music and how I’ve sort of merged the styles together and become a better musician as a result. It was written frankly and concisely (and was neither quirky nor profound), but it was insightful I think on the influence music has had on me. Why Chicago was stereotypical, but once again I didn’t go all “quirky” – except for the intro – I was honest as to why I really felt Chicago was a good fit. I wrote a list of my top 10 most influential books (including The Giver, Stellaluna – yes a picture book, HP, Fahrenheit 451, etc)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other
[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science and English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Multi-ethnic (Taiwanese, German)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000 (barely)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: CR score on SAT, GPA, work experience, personal statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math score on SAT, extracurriculars, other essays, lack of interview/hook
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, no idea! I am shocked because I didn’t think Chicago would love my essays or my math score on the SAT. However, I guess staying true to my writing style & myself paid off.<br>
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? UCLA, UW, deferred to Columbia…definitely trying to go to Chicago if I don’t get into Columbia or Penn, and I’m torn on what I would do if I got into Barnard.
[/ul]
General Comments: I had to check my decision THREE separate times AND print it out before I truly believed it.</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II - 800, Bio E - 740
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: Biology (3), Enviro (4), Language (4), Psychology (5), Calc AB (5), Stats (5), American Gov (5)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.91/4
[</em>] Rank: 13/653
[<em>] Senior Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP USH, AP Literature, AP Physics, AP Micro/Macro Economics, French V
[</em>] Major Awards: Nothing big, just some piano and math/science competitions. Nothing outside of the state level</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs: French Club (2 years), Varsity Tennis (4 years), Piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteered at a biomedical lab for two summers and received an internship the third summer. Got two papers published.
[<em>] Essays: Decent, could have been better
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One of them was awesome and the other I didn’t get to see, but I had a great relationship with that teacher a trust that she wrote it well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: At our school we get a new counselor every year so she didn’t know me that well =/
[</em>] Additional Rec: Had my mentor from my volunteer/internship write one and it was most likely excellent
[li] Interview: I thought it was one of my best interviews. The interviewer was really geeky like me so everything went great and accidentally ended up talking for almost two hours</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Very very large public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and grades were good and I took almost every AP class at my school. Having a varsity sport likely helped as well, but my biggest thing was probably my lab experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs in general were fairly weak and I only had two subject tests
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: I think the biggest thing may have been my subject tests, and possibly my lack of strong ECs[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in. Good luck to everyone waitlisted. Hope you get into another great school for those rejected. I’m just glad the process is over, to be honest.</p>

<p>

Winnnnnnnnnn.</p>

<p>[color=orange]Decision: Waitlisted /color]</p>

<p>Objective: list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800; M: 770; W: 710
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Bio (M): 780; Japanese: 750; Chemistry: 800; Maths (II): 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):I don’t know (My high school is in Australia)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure… top 10%?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Maths HL: 7; Bio HL: 7; Chem HL: 7; English SL: 6; History SL: 6; Japanese SL: 7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: above
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):I don’t really have any… unless you count minor awards like distinctions/high distinctions in national maths/science competitions or National Merit Commended. I don’t think these small awards have anything to do with the acceptance.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sound/Lighting Management, Flute, Choir, Fencing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I sang in a Christmas choir one summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: St John’s Ambulance, School Library and school archives
[</em>] Summer Activities: Umm… work shadowing at a research centre, researching for my EE, summer course on human evolution and a few minor activities that I cannot remember off the top of my head
[li] Essays: My common app essay is about my experiences in Australia and Hong Kong and how those experiences influenced my Identity[/li]My Why Chicago essay was rather generic and standard- I talked about how I want to learn for the sake of learning (which is true, but I think many UChicago applicants would put down similar things)
My supplementary essay was about how I think there are two types of people in the world: us and “the other”, and how I gradually realized it isn’t that appropriate to put people into two different groups. The content was good… but I realized afterward that because I submitted everything in a hurry, there were some typos and grammar mistakes that I over-looked…</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be quite good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t really know her that well…
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: It was quite positive. I think I connected quite well with the interviewer</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Australia, but I am an US citizen.
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: <60000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m not sure whether I have any. My SATI and SATII scores are quite good but that’s probably common within the applicant pool. I guess my background is pretty unique
[</em>] Weaknesses: No significant leadership positions or awards, the grammar mistakes and typos in my supplementary essay (I am quite angry at myself!)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Other than the above reasons, I guess fit probably played a large role for a college like UChiacgo Perhaps the adcoms didn’t fill I am the “right” type of person for UChicago
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? It’s kind of funny because my decisions have been coming to me in a weird sort of pattern… I was wait-listed by WashU after being accepted by URochester, and wait-listed by UChiacgo after being accepted by MIT. If this pattern continues, I hope my Stanford decision will come next. xD I am still waiting for 11 more colleges… (applied to 15 in total)
[/ul]
General Comments:
Congratulations to all those who are accepted! And to those who are rejected/wait-listed, I’m sure you will all end up at a great place next year!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (660 Reading) (800 Math) (700 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 32 or 33. I forget.
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Biology (M) 730 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5) U.S. History (5) European History (5) Calculus AB/BC (5/5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psyhcology, AP Chemistry, AP Government/Economy, Honors Marine Biology, Honor English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mmmmmm nope. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club, Science Club, Science National Honor Society, A project to deliver self-sustained clean water to Haiti, Teen Court, Children’s Museum coordinator, National Honor Society, A book drive to African schools. Those are what comes to mind.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Ha! I wish. I need money
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See Above Extracurriculars
[</em>] Summer Activities: Everything above except the clubs.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. The main one was heavily based on satire and comical cynicism with random instances of violence. As for the “Why Chiacago?” one, I just honestly disclosed why I would like Chicago, though I did mention the bitter cold being a drawback. Jeez, I hate the cold.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great. Both of them were amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: Noop.
[li] Interview: Noop.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Molecular Biology/Genetics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Flo Rida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Jinx
[<em>] Gender: Opposite of Chansey
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50k-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t believe being a URM was a hook, though it may have been considered.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays, Recs, Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores, not exactly a leader in the clubs, though an active member
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ummmm…they liked my application whether it be only the ethnicity aspect or what I had done?
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul]
General Comments: @#$% YEAH!!! :DDDDDDDDDD I am pretty darn happy.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2310 (800 M 740 CR 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 6/630
[</em>] AP:
[<em>] IB: Math SL (7), Physics SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB with an extra science course
[li] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad (president, State qual), Speech and debate (State qual), Boy Scouts (Eagle scout), Golf (All-League), Water Polo (All-League goalie)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Not much, just school stuff
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: After school tutoring, boy scout stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boy scout jamborees, Water Polo
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good, I really liked my “find X” one
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great from both
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Only known through records
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Fun! </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] Country: USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, IB school, low-income area
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Higher
[li] Hooks: Not really, just did my best!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: All around good stats and stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing super extraordinary
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays and stats
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul]
General Comments: Do your best class of 2016! I believe in all of you!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120: 800 CR, 640 M, 680 W
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/50
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lit (4), AP US History (3), AP Art History (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: College: Calculus III, General Physics I, Walking, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, American Lit I, Financial Accounting, Intro to Sociology; HS: Honors Philosophy, Honors English IV </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):State Education Policy Position, State Superintendent Appointee-11, 12; Other State Education Policy Position, State Board of Education Appointee-10, 11; State Rep/Consultant, Int’l Education Projects w/ NASA, et al.-10, 12; City Official/VP, 08-09 Parliamentarian; City Youth Council-Member 9-12; Attorney, Teen Court–10, 11, 12; Scrabble: High Score 552, >4,300 Games Played–9-12; Secretary/Treasurer//State Qualifier, Bowling League–11, 12; Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do; 1st in Division at State Comp.–9, 10; Math Tutor (College Employee)–11, 12; Founding Captain, Science Olympiad Team–9;Church Youth–9-12; Varsity Golf–9
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Negative
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good
[</em>] Interview: Requested, but no one in area</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Public Policy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): In the South
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: Low</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything else?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Poor grades, not smart enough
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Public Safety
[/ul]
General Comments: =/</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: Did not send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (4.6 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400+
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP’s and Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CEO of mid-west region for a non-profit national business organization for hs students, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief/Copy-Editor, Business Academy PR Chairperson, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Academic Decathlon, Captain of teams, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Student reporter for a major newspaper/magazine and several other teen publications. Internships at several business and government institutions
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camp, 2 internships, and journalism camp
[<em>] Essays: Common App, Find “X,” and Why Chicago? essays were EXCELLENT
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Standard
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t send one
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: English (possibly changing to History or Econ)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Transcript, EC’s, and ESSAYS
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Transcript and EC’s, but my essays made the bulk of my whole application.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Too many too list.
[/ul]
General Comments: It’s all about the essays!</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 M, 800 CR, 740 W) (the 1600 was in one sitting)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 34</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 750 Math II, 740 US History </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking, but top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5) US History (5) Calc BC (4) Chem (3, don’t think I put it on there)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Humanities, AP Latin, AP Physics, Honors Calc III/Honors DIffEqu (at U of M), Hebrew, a Community Volunteering Hour</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some National Latin Exam awards, MI Math competition awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Policy Debate (Captain/Novice Coach), Upper JV/Varsity Alt Tennis, Newspaper (Ass. News Editor) Literary Mag (Editor) Piano, Dance</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: None</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: A legit Community Service Club that fund-raises and volunteers (VP), volunteer teen counselor at a day camp</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Summer Activities:Debate camp, Med Sciences Lab Internship, Tennis, Travel, Volunteering
[</em>] Essays: Well, I wrote the supplement day of, but I had been thinking it through for months so I guess it came out okay. It was really rough around the edges, but one of my rents glanced at it, and actually found it kind of interesting. My commonapp was more polished, but far less interesting.My Why Chicago essay was one of the few I liked, personal, flattering to them, but true.</p>

<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see either, but my Calc teacher wrote one, and he’s someone who really believes in his students, and liked me, so it was probably pretty good. My English teacher wrote the other, and he gets asked to write tons each year, but I felt like I’d really shown my best side in that class and he knew me well, so I think it was good. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Well I’d only known my counselor for about a year, but she really tried to get to know me so I’m guessing it turned out well.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: I know it doesn’t count for anything, but I had one and while I didn’t learn much about UChic (she had graduated in like '70) it went really well. We talked a ton and she got to know me better than the interviewers in some of my required interviews.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (and was a bit disappointed)
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:90,000ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):My brother worked there, but I doubt that counted for anything</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays</p>

<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really like UChic, and I think I’d be a good fit for what I saw there, and I tried to show that. I’m psyched to be accepted :slight_smile: My essays weren’t that strong generally I thought, but for their supp I tried to just write something that was interesting to me in the hopes they’d like it too, which I guess worked. I also come from a large public high school that carries a lot of cred with colleges regarding its educational standards, so that helped.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? I’ve applied to a bunch but this is the first I’ve heard from. Guess I"ll wait and see.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]General Comments: Glad I’m in :slight_smile: This process seriously sucked, and I procrastinated hugely (which I would not recommend) but this is great. Still, I’ve had hugely qualified amazing friends waitlisted here/rejected other places. Its a really fickle process. Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Accepted!
Too lazy to do full stats but:
2320 SAT (1520/1600, 740 Math, 780 Reading) One sitting
SAT Subjects: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 780 World History
AP Scores: World History, U.S. History, English Language and Comp, Chemistry, Russian - all 5s
Senior Year Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP US Government, AP Psychology, College Business BA10
GPA: 105.52 (weighted), 99.5 (unweighted) through high school
Rank: Unranked, but 2/209 (public magnet, top high school in country)
JSA Chapter President/National Position, a few political campaigns, a lot of band stuff in and outside of school (alto saxophone player), a couple hundred volunteer hours in various engagements, a few leadership positions and other ECs
Also received two As in college courses in Chemistry and Political Science at a local college</p>

<p>Pumped!!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 800 CR 770 W (2370) superscored
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History 730 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 English Language, 5 US History, 5 World History, 4 Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s and one college math course.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Generic music/volunteering/newspaper EC’s. I devoted a good amount of time to them and had leadership positions (not major though) in a few.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hrs
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Good but not outstanding in my opinion. I even sent in a new Chicago extended essay in early February since I wasn’t satisfied with my original, hastily written one. They were very sweet about it and put the entirely new essay into my file!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, probably good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: I didn’t request one by the deadline.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Humanities; language
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000-120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Standardized test scores and GPA. My essays were generally good but honestly I don’t think they pushed me over the edge.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Very normal EC’s, no interview, never visited.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. SAT score maybe. Perhaps the admissions officer connected with my essays. I feel that my decision could have gone either way.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to a few safeties; haven’t heard back from the rest. Needless to say, I’m incredibly relieved and excited.
[/ul]
General Comments:
Congratulations to all who were accepted! To those waitlisted or rejected, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel! I was rejected from Columbia ED and felt pretty awful about it, but now I feel that it might have been better for me. And even if you don’t get the result that you want, college admissions is really, really subjective. Some of it is definitely based on luck; the process is oftentimes unfair and unpredictable. You’re still who you were yesterday despite the decision. Don’t let random admissions people change how you see yourself. If you ever need someone to talk to feel free to message me. :slight_smile: I say this because my best friends supported me when I was at my lowest point this year, and it was immensely helpful.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:2050
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/125
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP English Lit (4), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Spanish Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):none at my school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Stats, Gov, AP Chem, ROP, AP Eng Lit, Anatomy and Physiology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, CSF,…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Spanish club (treasurer/president), interact club, CSF (treasurer), hiking group…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:city organized events with interact club
[<em>] Summer Activities:Community college and Upward Bound
[</em>] Essays:good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:fine
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:Went great!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[</em>] Intended Major:anthropology/psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity:hispanic
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Income Bracket:about $17,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation college student</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:tried to take a rigorous course load that wasn’t recommended for students at my school, while taking college classes
[</em>] Weaknesses:not that much community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:better applicants, poor?
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul]
accepted:
UCLA
Wesleyan
UC Davis
so far…
General Comments:
I feel really horrible right now…this is my top school. Wonder what Brown will decide…</p>