Official University of Chicago Class of 2015 RD Results

Dardyjoe · March 19, 2011, 1:48am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

[ul]
[] ACT: 36, 10 writing
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/293
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Pol (5), US GOV (4 self taught)
[] Senior Year Course Load: All APs (Chem, Calc BC, Stat, Physics C, Latin) and senior English (AP didn’t fit in schedule)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
national merit commendation
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soooo many. Student council (11th treasurer, 12 president), community service club (exec board), Jewish Community Teen Relations (group leader, steering committee), Jews and Muslims (award winning diversity program), Improv Theater Troupe, State Placing Ultimate Frisbee Club, Mainstage theater productions (award nominated performances)
[] Essays: CAUTIONARY TALE - my essays were quite good, or so I’ve been told by interviewers. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE MOSTLY ABOUT NEUROSCIENCE, a major not offered at uChicago. facepalm
[] Teacher Recommendation: both good. One is supposedly amazing
[] Counselor Rec: solid, I work in her office so were pretty close

[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] School Type: Highly competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: male
[] Income bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[li] other schools: Accepted: Vanderbilt (CV scholar), Umiami (Singer scholar), UVA (Jefferson Finalist, winners tba), UNC, CWRU, WUSTL, Brandeis, Mizzou. Waiting on Duke and Oberlin[/li]
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[ ] Strengths: ACT, Transcript, leadership/ECs, the EC combinations I have are unusual for a male applicant (so I’ve been told by interviewers)
[] Weaknesses: WHY THE F DID I WRITE ABOUT NEUROSCIENCE LOL.

[/ul]General Comments:
To their credit, it was clear enough to them that I loved neuroscience to the point that if I received an attractive offer from a school with a neuro dept, I would choose them over UofC, which has, in fact, become the case. I’m not complaining (I wouldn’t have gone anyway) but take this as a cautionary tale not to write about a major that a school doesn’t offer. It’s a big no-no.

eponine24601 · March 19, 2011, 2:06am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): –
[] ACT: 33 (34 superscore)
[] SAT II: –
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m Canadian. I had about a 96/100 average?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/200
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): –
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous! 9 year-long classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Other than singing competitions and DECA stuff, nothing…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Highlights: Provincial Exec of DECA Ontario (representing about 8000 students), High school DECA Exec VP, Student Council Secretary and Grade Rep, Editor/Founder of school literary magazine, lead in many musicals, classical voice lessons (9 years), various music lessons including cello, flute, piano, professional singing jobs
[] Job/Work Experience: I teach little kids how to sing, dance and act! I was also a camp counsellor and I work retail.
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours - Kids Help Phone Ambassador, other stuff I’m very passionate about
[] Summer Activities: Summer jobs, Boston Conservatory Vocal Program, CMU Pre-College Drama Program, DECA Business Leadership Camp
[] Essays: Creative! I love writing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I saw one…it was great. I never saw the other one, but apparently it was good enough.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was good, but I never saw it.
[] Additional Rec: From my DECA advisor - beaming!
[li] Interview: I think it went pretty well! I flew in during the snowstorm and it almost got cancelled. I was quite persistent, though, and I got one in the end.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Economics/Drama
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
[] Country (if international applicant): CANADA!
[] School Type: Private Religious
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: no financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My sister goes to UChicago, but I’m not sure if that’s a “hook”.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, essays, singing (I sent in a recording)
[] Weaknesses: ACT scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows. I did meet an admissions director when she visited my school and she definitely liked me, but she was not my area representative. She helped set up my interview at the campus, though, so I think this connection could have helped.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Full scholarship to the University of Toronto and “Major Renewable Scholarship” to McGill University.
[/ul]
General Comments: CH–Chicago! CH–Chicago! What’s CH for? METHANE!

vnair611 · March 19, 2011, 2:14am

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR/750 M/790 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 PHYS/800 CHEM/800 MATH2/800 USHIS/800 BIO
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/550
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP EURO/AP CHEM/AP PHYS B/AP ENGLANG/AP USHIST
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP BIO/ AP GOV/ AP BIO/ AP STATS/ AP CALC AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO (9th-12th), NMF, AcaDec State Awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: AcaDec (Captain, Numerous Regional & State Awards), Science Bowl (Captain, Pre-National 2nd Place), Tennis (JV/Varsity Regional Victories), Chinmayananda Hindu Service (International Philanthropic Travel), Computer Programming (Multiple Tutoring Projects, Development Team of a Pascal-Based Language), Mock Trial (Central CA Regional Champions, State Placement), Trumpet (Numerous Principal Chairs in Prestigious Orchestras and State Honor Bands, International Concert Tours w/ Concertos), Volunteer in Local Hospitals (Senior Volunteer w/ Hundreds of Hours in ICU and ER)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at an Electro-Physiology Clinic (Organizing Patient Medical Records, Operating Holter Monitors, & PHP Web Managing)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Discussed Above
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS Math & Science Camp UCSC, Philanthropic Trips to India & the 3rd World, NSLC Biomedical Ethics Program at U. of Maryland: College Park, Enrichment Travel to Europe [Germany, Italy]
[] Essays: Commonapp was fairly quirky above my brother and mother and constant migration that shaped my life. My supplement essay was SOOO much fun (“I am X”). I really messed around with it and tried my best. Apparently it paid off!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably fairly generic. One from AP Chemistry Teacher while the other was from my AcaDec coach. Both have known me most of my life which makes the fact that their recommendations were so bland just a TAD surprising (<= sense my sarcasm? =])
[] Counselor Rec: I love the guy. Amazing man. It was also a bit generic but still very flattering regarding he has only had limited contact with me.
[] Additional Rec: English Teacher from my school. My inspiration for my liberality and I’m sure it was highly flattering.
[li] Interview: N/A (but I wish I had one though! Would’ve been fun, no doubt!)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Fairly Competitive Public (2100+ w/ API of approximately low 800s)
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 300k+ (Thankfully I was lucky to have the financial opportunities to succeed)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No (in terms of racial/gender/sexual orientation-wise)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, Quirky Essays?
[] Weaknesses: Maybe a little convoluted in my application. It might seem as though I were a bit… arbitrary to some.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I matched the criteria for a U. Chicago student, whatever that is haha.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going: Accepted: UCLA, Berkeley, Duke (w/ likely), UCSD; Rejected: MIT; Waiting on: HYPS, Northwester, JHU, Brown, etc.
[/ul]
General Comments:
Do what you love and without the obsession compulsion for colleges! Helium is helium whether you’re in Harvard or UChicago or your local community college. It matters that you KNOW the material NOT where you learn it from.

yaaayy · March 19, 2011, 3:25am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR/800 M/800 W
[] ACT: –
[] SAT II: 800 Bio/790 Math II/ 780 Kor
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): –
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), U.S. Gov (5), Comparitive Gov (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Euro, AP English Lit, French IV, Orchestra, Tennis
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (President), Varsity Tennis, TAPP Club (Co-Founder, President), Church Band (Leader)
[] Essays: evidently not good enough
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Psychology (first choice), Econ (second choice)
[] State (if domestic applicant): OK
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Under 60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very personal essay, though that’s about it

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT
[] Weaknesses: Lack of awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Typical Asian characteristics
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul] Accepted to Michigan, waiting for HYP, Stanford, Brown, and Columbia
Top choice is Harvard, though my hopes are getting slimmer…

General Comments: I’m actually really disappointed… and this is my first post on CC, hello to everybody

rivvraff · March 19, 2011, 5:52am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 W, 790 CR, 740 M, 2280 total
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 760 Literature, 780 Math
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t have GPA.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/467
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): English HL (7), Math HL (6), Economics HL (7), Chemistry SL (7), Spanish Ab Initio (7), Visual Arts SL (6), Total 43 points.
[] Senior Year Course Load: School is entirely IB, but I took a pretty difficult subject combination.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Certificate of Distinction.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Created my own fashion line for a charity fashion show, Tennis club, Drama club
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at a local women’s boutique for 3 years during the holidays, Worked a full-time job as a Curriculum Planner and English Trainer at an education agency.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Very solid, with a focus on helping underprivileged children.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Really put alot of effort into it; It had alot of humour and really reflected my writing style, so no regrets.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Generic but good.
[] Counselor Rec: Good.
[] Additional Rec:-
[li] Interview: None.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[] Intended Major:Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Private, Very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: > 200, 000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: IB Score, Leadership positions.
[] Weaknesses: Average SAT score (for uchicago ;)), Essays probably didn’t “fit” what the school wanted.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:As above.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? LSE, UCL (in the UK), and UCLA.
[/ul]
General Comments: Kinda sucks cuz I really liked my essay, but since I would have chosen LSE over Uchicago, I’m not upset. All the best to everyone! :)

markie59 · March 19, 2011, 8:11am

Son
Waitlisted
ACT 34
GPA unweighted 4.0
Rank 1/70
EC’s many
Job-yes
reccs- humbling…

Do they decline anybody? Or is that what waitlisted really means?
I dont get it…but good luck to all~!

aarush · March 19, 2011, 11:24am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 lit, 800 US history, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05 weighted, don’t know otherwise
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%, don’t know rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Physics B, BC Calculus, English Lit, US History, Comp government (self-studied
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 classes & 3 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A couple really obscure/strange things and drama, creative writing
[] Job/Work Experience: one summer coaching, one summer at an iPhone app company,
[] Volunteer/Community service: just what is required to graduate my school
[] Summer Activities: summer writing programs, jobs, travel
[] Essays: common app was about writing, and for the supplement I did something really creative/weird about driving. A lot of people told me not to send it, but I guess it worked out…?
[] Teacher Recommendation: both should have been lovely
[] Counselor Rec: Also one of my teachers–he said it was wonderful.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: no idea
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: mixed, no URM
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: > 200 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Perhaps the weird extracurriculars?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: unusual application & essays
[] Weaknesses: I don’t really do the average things in an attempt to get into college…lots of clubs, lots of community service, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m guessing the essays and probably test scores/transcript.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? nowhere yet!
[/ul]
General Comments:

xitalianabella0x · March 19, 2011, 12:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (740 CR/680 M/680 W)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 740 M/580 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Env. Sci (5), World Hist. (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Commended[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of soccer, track, and lacrosse teams for three years. First-chair flute player. Actor in spring musical.
[] Job/Work Experience: Hostess at a seafood restaurant, cupcake decorator at two bakeries.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours at Johns Hopkins Hospital
[] Summer Activities: Intern at Hopkins, Programs at Brown and Wellesley, camp counselor
[] Essays: The solute/solvent one, and Why Chicago? I guess they were pretty decent.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome.
[] Counselor Rec: Also pretty good.
[] Interviewed: Yes. LOVED IT.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep, didn’t get any. haha.
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Ridiculously small, private, non-denominational
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Top recruit for track team[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My interview was awesome. After being deferred, I sent a really well-written letter of interest to the head of the admissions department.
[] Weaknesses: Thought my essays weren’t very good.
[] Why you think you were accepted: Being a recruit helped, but obviously UChicago isn’t a big sports school, so I had to make my interest very, very clear.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Drexel, Northeastern, waitlisted at McGill, waiting on a few others.
[/ul]
General Comments: I cried. haha. Congratulations to everyone.!

CranberryOrange · March 19, 2011, 12:07pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (superscored): 770M, 800CR, 800W. 2350 single sitting (750M)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 760 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s: French, English Lit, English Lang, Chemistry, US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest courses available (3 APs)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dartmouth Book Award[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (founder and president), Tech (stage manager, props, set design), Tour guide, Environmental work
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for a nonprofit caring for trees all last summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some, but not enough that’s concrete for my app.
[] Summer Activities: MMLA French language immersion, circus camp
[] Essays: College counselor told me they were actually the best he had read. He and my sister both told my my “Find x.” essay was my best one and was very Chicago-y.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know, I’m sure they were superb, having read comments from these teachers.
[] Counselor Rec: See above.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Was not offered.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Can’t remember–I probably put chemistry or CS.
[] State (if domestic applicant): DC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Sends many to top schools. Small, independent school.
[] Ethnicity: White, Jewish.
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Dunno, high.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: ECs, community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Weaknesses + showed no interest
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Nowhere yet…
[/ul]
General Comments: I didn’t really care that much since I sort of applied on a whim, but I think had I got in, I would have visited and I probably would have really liked it. Mostly I’m sad because it was my first college decision.

lullinatalk · March 19, 2011, 3:20pm

Totally just blew my post, dammit.

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (680R 800M 760W)
[] ACT: 34 (36E 35M 30R 33S)
[] SAT II: 780 Physics, 760 Chemistry, 750 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I only know weighted GPA, which is 4.29
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/121
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Physics B (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Physics C (both)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Does my literary magazine winning national awards count?

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Literary magazine (layout editor)
Student Leadership Committee (academic prefect in dorm)
Science Club (president)
Music Club (founder/president)
School radio station (=music club)
Junior State of America (chapter officer)
Band (lead flute)
Theatre tech (only person at school who knows how to turn the stage light on)
Yeabook
Debate Club
[] Job/Work Experience: If I work, I get deported, ****es.
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at daycare in South Korea, Boys & Girls Club, environmental awareness team. Adds up to 200 something hours
[] Summer Activities: no selective program, just that daycare volunteering and a non-selective camp
[] Essays:
Common App (7)
Why Chicago (6)
Required (8)
Optional (7)
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec: I didn’t even know I had one, I found out in February
[] Interview: Good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: NO (international student)
[] Intended Major: Economics and Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): High school is in GA
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: Private boarding
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <60,000, thanks recession.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I AM THE ANTI-HOOK[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Er… maybe rank and GPA?
[] Weaknesses: Extracurricular activities, being South Korean
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?: Georgia Tech, American, St. Andrews… Not looking too good so far
[/ul]
General Comments: I don’t think Chicago cares too much about the essay now, my friend who submitted his Princeton “tell us about someone who has influenced you” got in. Man I hate being South Korean and waiting.

DarkDwarf · March 19, 2011, 3:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300, 1510/1600
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 MII, 800 Phy, 770 Bio-E, 770 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2, but no official ranking
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Scholar w/ Dist. 7 APs at time of application, all 5s
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP European History, AP Statistics, Multivariable Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Finalist, a bunch of others - honestly, I can’t remember all of them

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Debate, Founder), (Science Olympiad, Founder), (Speech), (MUN), (Mock Trial), (Newspaper), (Literary Magazine), Tech Crew, can’t remember the rest
[] Volunteer/Community service: Founded organization creating debate programs in Middle Schools
[] Summer Activities: Harvard Institute for PF Debate, working on our debate program, volunteering to help kids learn computer skills
[] Essays: Common App: good, UC: Really out of the box
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both solid
[] Counselor Rec: Solid
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]

jmatt24 · March 19, 2011, 4:11pm

Rejected

32 ACT
4.2 W Gpa 4.0 uw

aedmic · March 19, 2011, 4:43pm

Decision: Deferred EA -> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 (math) 790 (reading) 700 (writing) 2160 (overall)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 (U.S. History) 740 (Chemistry) 670 (Math II)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15% (uw ranking)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (5) Stats (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov, AP bio, AP Calc AB, UW composition (a university of washington class offered in the high school), Physics, Web Design
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):1st place in a few local debate tournaments[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (president for 2 years), Key Club (officer), NHS (member)
[] Job/Work Experience:Worked at a grocery store for a year starting my sophomore year
[] Volunteer/Community service:Worked with Catholic Community Services for 2 years, currently completing internship with them, Key Club volunteering
[] Summer Activities:Taking classes at a local community college
[] Essays:Excellent and highly original
[] Teacher Recommendation:One was excellent and described the extreme amount of effort I’ve put in to leading debate, I assume the other was good
[] Counselor Rec:I assume good
[] Additional Rec:One from a volunteer coordinator I have been working with for 2 years telling how I’ve impacted some of the people I’ve worked with
[li] Interview:good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[] Intended Major:Sociology
[] State (if domestic applicant):Washington
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:essays, and I had been taking challenging classes at a local community college for a few years in addition to high school
[] Weaknesses:GPA could be higher
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Probably essays had a lot to do with it and all my involvement with debate.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Don’t know yet
[/ul]
General Comments: Overall I’m just super excited and thankful to have been accepted. I will most likely attend.

xjudokax · March 19, 2011, 6:10pm

Accepted

Stats:
SAT: Not sent.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
ACT: 35 (34 Eng, 36 Math, 36 Science, 32 Writing, 12 Essay)
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1 (of 1)
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 150 AMC 12, 150 AMC 10, 8 AIME, USAMO Qual x2
Subjective
Essays: Competitive. By no means bad, but I don’t imagine I got in because of them. Common App was about my research and what I get out of it (this description might not do it justice).
Teacher Recs: Very strong, they were from UC Professors.
Counselor Rec: N/A
Supplementary Material: Research paper that was published in a journal.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 110 college credits at UC, no financial aid. Anti-hooks: Jewish, and upper-middle class.
Personal
Location: CA
High School Type: Homeschooled, but full-time at local UC
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other
Extracurriculars: Research (three different projects), Judo, Tutoring university students in math, philanthropy fundraising, briefly ran a (small) finance venture, Russian
Awards: Misc. undergrad research awards, above awards, others…
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Work hard. Also accepted to MIT/Caltech/Berkeley so far. I’m honored.

komaromy31 · March 19, 2011, 8:55pm

Actually, I was waitlisted… just didn’t read past “The Admissions Committee has reviewed your application, and due to the large number of highly qualified applicants to the Class of 2015, we regret that we are unable to offer you admission at this time”. It would be awesome if a mod could fix my post.

Edit: Not like it matters, judging from the number of waitlists itt

collegegirl333 · March 19, 2011, 9:04pm

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (780 Math, 670 Writing, 660 Reading)
[ *] ACT: 29 (didn’t send it in…)
[ *] SAT II: 800 Spanish, 770 Math II, 650 Literature, 660 French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.812 Weighted: 6.112
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 96%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) AP CAL AB, (3) AP English Lang, (4) AP French, (5) AP Spanish
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, AP econ, AP english lit, AP environmental science, Art (required), Yearbook, Internship, AP Calculus BC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dartmouth Book Award, 4th Place Business Math (FBLA-District), Honorable Mention Model UN, AP Scholar, Teacher’s Choice for Math

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP, Secretary, and Sergeant of Arms of class of 2011, Secretary of Mu Alpha Theta (sponsor wrote rec), President of French Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society (sponsor wrote rec), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, Learning Mandarin, Fluent in French and Spanish, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Crew, Peer Mediator, Heritage Panelist, HIV/AIDS Educator, EESAC (Educational Excellence School Advisory Council) Representative
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Psychology Firm, Language tutor, Math tutor, Chiropractor’s Office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Teach Catechism in Church (4 years), Shake-A-Leg (children with disabilities), Teens for Jeans (collected over 500 jeans for Haiti), Had a Holocaust survivor speak to the class,
[ *] Summer Activities: Princeton JSA Summer (International Relations), Yale Quest Bridge Conference, Dual-Enrollment Courses (Psych, Mandarin, Acting, Nutrition-all As), Acting at the Actor’s Playhouse (main part in a play)
[ *] Essays: Really good! Were checked by Head of English department and she loved them!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 2 great recs!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[ *] Additional Rec: No
[ *] Interview: None

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Finance
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL see below
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Peru, living in US
[ *] School Type: Magnet, in top 60 schools in nation
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Low

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Math
[ *] Weaknesses: Science
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International that can’t pay–> Need-Aware
[ *] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[ /list] Accepted: UF, USC, UM, still need to hear from many more before making a decision
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] Congrats, I hate being international -___-

Swimfast27 · March 19, 2011, 9:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Reading 720 Math 800 Writing
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 730 Lit 740 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/42
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None offered
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry, Calculus, Spanish, 20th Century Ideas, English, Sinfonia Orchestra, Advanced Piano
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (various club level awards), Piano (Various state level awards), Violin (regional level awards), Senior Class President, Birdwatching, Quidditch
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Literacy tutoring, peer tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Spanish immersion, traveling
[] Essays: Common app: reflection on the effect of the natural world on me. Supplement: 2 types of people: people who follow the recipe, people who don’t.
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: decent, but not great[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: college prep performing arts
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 110k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, rank, essays?
[] Weaknesses: Lack of major awards and leadership positions
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid stats, good essays, and a lot of luck!
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Washington University in St. Louis, University of Arizona Honors College, Barrett Honors College at ASU
[/ul]
General Comments:

RonaldA · March 19, 2011, 9:35pm

Accepted…don’t have time really to fill out the rest. Congrats to everyone else who made it & if you’re waitlisted/denied it’s alright too, you’ll end up someplace that makes you exceedingly happy, you’ll see :)

love2study · March 19, 2011, 9:47pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 790- Physics, 800- Math II, 800- U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Physics B (5), Language and Composition (5), Statistics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none- not available at my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Modern World/ 19th and 20th History, Honors World Literature, AP BC Calc, AP Biology, Dual Credit Spanish IV, Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor, High Honor Roll, Illinois State Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (section leader), Science Olympiad (co-captain), National Honor Society (leaf raking group leader?), Spanish National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 summers at my parent’s small business (I worked hard- 40+ hrs/week, don’t judge), 1 summer at amusement park
[] Volunteer/Community service: mostly through the school/ National Honor Society; 3 leadership projects over 3 years: recycling program, food drive, self-defense seminar
[] Summer Activities: WORK WORK WORK
[] Essays: one bland about how my parent’s having their own small business affected me, one better about how I think the minds supersedes reality
[] Teacher Recommendation: one fabulous, said I was one of his top 5 students (credit to the teacher, he knew how to make me sound good), one okay (he liked me, but was too reserved in judgment to write a gushing rec)
[] Counselor Rec: dunno, but she’s super nice too- wow, I’m just realizing now how awesome my teachers at my school have been to me. I have to include that in my graduation speech…
[] Additional Rec: did not see (assume was good since it was from my SO coach and he’s a sweetheart)
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[] Intended Major: Psychology? (Aim to become Psychiatrist, so lots of biology too!)
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public; good honors program, pays teachers a ton, but not feeder
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~50k, but it fluctuates
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!!![/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I threw my passion into that second essay, and I think it really showed
[] Weaknesses: 1st essay, no awe-inspiring ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 2nd essay + God (sorry, but that’s the best way I can describe fate without sounding cocky, because it’s not a I’m so good thing)
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul] Loyola, Marquette, Waitlisted at WashU (I hate them for rejecting my best friend, so it’s good I wasn’t accepted), waiting to hear from Harvard/ Yale (yeah, I know I’ll be rejected, but this might make it OK)
General Comments: YOU ALL ROCK, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DECISION WAS. COLLEGE ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS DO NOT KNOW YOU. THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU. I PROMISE.

hmbeast · March 19, 2011, 9:53pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 760 English Lit, 690 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12th out of 365
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government and Politics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Lit, AP Statistics, AP Physics (my school has block scheduling, so I have a full AP courseload)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Editor at newspaper), (Executive director at one of three high school radio stations in Wisconsin), lead roles in drama productions, speech competition, academic bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: 20 hour/week job as a mattress mascot at a local mattress company (yes, I referenced this in my essay… how could I not?), official campaign intern for a presidential campaign, adjunct city council member.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Assisting with various theater productions, office work at school, local homeless shelter, free babysitting for poor parents
[] Summer Activities: Mostly working or participating in theater productions. Also practicing music, writing, so forth.
[] Essays: Common App essay was a pretty interesting look at the influence that Doctor Who has had on my life. UChicago one was what I thought was a very quirky essay about the necessity of truth. I followed lots of interesting tangents, referencing Kerplunk and having rocks thrown at me and how wearing a bicycle helmet actually makes you less safe… I liked it a lot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from a Northwestern alum that was beautiful. Another from a physics teacher that was nice but poorly-written.
[] Counselor Rec: It was very good.
[] Interview: It was with a lawyer who went to the same high school as I did and founded the same radio station that I’ve worked at. I thought it went really well; I taught him a few things he didn’t know about the situation in Egypt.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Political Science/English
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $80,000 - $100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Some high test scores, a good essay, a good interview
[] Weaknesses: Lack of a hook, no fantastic ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: When I visited UChicago last summer, I heard the dean of admissions say “You know, we could kill everyone in the incoming class of 2014 and replace them with people from the waiting list and no one would know the difference.” I think it’s partially just the luck of the draw. I was evidently qualified enough, but I didn’t pop out enough.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?: I got into UW Madison. Waiting to hear back from a myriad of other schools.
[/ul]
General Comments: I was pretty discouraged, but I guess I never really realized how selective UChicago is. Being waitlisted here makes me hopeful for Northwestern and NYU. And I still have a glimmer of hope that maybe an adcomm will love me for some reason at Columbia, Brown, or Harvard.

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