OFFICIAL University of Chicago EA Decisions - Class of 2013

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81

<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 790CR, 750M, 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Biology - M, 760 - Literature, 780 - Math 2
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: AP Euro (4) AP Physics B (4), APUSH (5), AP Calc BC (4), AP English Language (5), AP Biology (5), AP Spanish Language (5), Current: AP Statistics C, AP Art - Drawing, AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP Themes in World Literature
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA:3.8something UW, 4.6 W
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: NCTE finalist, National Merit Semifinalist, some sort of AP scholar (can't remember off the top of my head)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: nothing special, volunteering at a hospital, NHS, committee head for banner-making thing for school (advertising events, charities, etc), debate (9-10), GSA (9-10), piano for 14 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer work at my mom's job since 2003
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): "Powers of Ten," thought it was really good but probably depressing. Wrote the optional one on synesthesia (colors in music and why I like the music I like) and I thought the "why Chicago" one was cute, at least.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one should have been amazing, the other probably good. never saw them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, probably generic
[</em>] Applied on: October... 28th?
[<em>] Hook (if any): immigrant, first generation, sort of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive public, 4500 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (Russian)
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I dunno. Disappointed, obviously, but life goes on. Now I just have to pull my grades up. My lack of decent ECs probably killed me, so I should do something about that too. maybe i'll send in an art supplement. Anyway, congratulations to all who got accepted.</p>

82

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700 M, 740 CR, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Literature, 750 US History
[<em>] APs: 5 English Lang, 4 English Lit, 4 US History, 3 European History. Taking AP Calculus AB this year, plus independent Latin Lit. Four courses through a local LAC and one summer course at UChicago.
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.85/4.0 (unweighted)
[</em>] Rank: 13/~250
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: cross country, newspaper staff, violin player, frosh adviser, baseball manager, erstwhile swimmer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):
1) Why Chicago? – typical gushing
2) Influential book, poem, etc. – wrote about Walter Wangerin Jr.’s The Book of the Dun Cow and what I admire in children’s literature
3) I wrote my own prompt: </p>

<p>**Prior to 1983, the Roman Catholic Church included two lawyers in its canonization process: one called the advocatus dei--God’s advocate, and one called the advocatus diaboli--the Devil’s advocate. The advocatus dei’s job was the defend the prospective saint’s canonization, citing the saint’s good works and dedication to God. The advocatus diaboli opposed this lawyer and argued against the canonization, discrediting the saint’s holiness, seeking out flaws in the saint’s character, and bringing to light every reason the saint should not be a saint.</p>

<p>You stand for admission to the University of Chicago. Your teachers’ recommendations, school record, interview, earlier essays, and unwavering love for the university are your advocatus dei. Now provide the other side of the story. Be your own Devil’s advocate.**</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recs: haven’t seen them. Good, but probably fairly generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very solid
[<em>] Applied on: September 24
[</em>] Hook (if any): My essay. I hoped that guts would be appealing.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): suburban public school. About 60% go to college or tech school. Our average SAT is 1450 (all three sections).
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
<em>Sigh</em> Well, that’s it, folks. Congrats to those who got in.</p>

83

<p>I should also add that I took a huge risk on my major essay (accepted).</p>

<p>The first two I really tried to express myself and especially to the type of community that Chicago was, and I felt like I really imbued a sense of passion in them.</p>

<p>I didn't even write my major essay in essay form at all.</p>

84

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 total; 800 CR, 750 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 770 Math 2, 800 US History
[<em>] APs: 5's World History, Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History
[</em>] Rank: 1/500-ish
[<em>] Other stats: NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Yearbook, academic competitions, Mu Alpha Theta, Lit Mag, Key Club, TASP, creative writing
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App main: calling my Beijing relatives on Christmas morning (with embedded song lyrics-- it's complicated. :P); Why Chicago: walking around the campus the day after the end of TASP in the rain; Extended Essay: rant-eulogy thing about Mao Zedong
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Presumably good. She doesn't really know me, except as the only minority among the NMSF's. :P
[</em>] Hook (if any): Is TASP a hook? Probably not...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average suburban public school. Very few Chicago applicants.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yayness! Good luck to deferrees.</p>

85

<p>Haha thanks. :D My attempts at hip-hop jargon are pretty sad.</p>

86

<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 (chem), 790, 690 (US History)
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: 5 Biology, 4 APUSH, 4 AP Lang
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.2 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Young Democrats Club, EMT, Clarinet for 7 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about how I saved a man's life on my first shift
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Did not read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Applied on: Nov. 1st
[<em>] Hook (if any): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: Japanese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm okay with it, I applied ED to Pomona and got in so... SUCK ON THAT</p>

87

<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 770 M, 710 W, 2280 total
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History, 540 Japanese (shouldn't have attempted this . . .)
[<em>] GPA: I'm homeschooled. For my self-study courses, my parents gave me grades (all A's). I also took a LOT of college classes and got all A's in those.
[</em>] Rank: 1 out of 1 . . .
[<em>] Other stats: Tons of math competitions. 130.5 AMC 12, 9 AIME, 11 USAMO, tiebreakers at ARML, first tier Mandelbrot, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Mostly math stuff - I was heavily involved with my homeschoolers' math club, did a lot of extracurricular math. I listed a few interests as well, like politics and reading.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Relatively minor work study with coach of math club.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App was about overcoming obstacles in organizing a team for a math tournament - pretty good but not original. Chicago was about living the question - very original but sort of a mishmash of stuff. Why Chicago was pretty bad.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Math club coach - excellent. College professor (philosophy) - should be good. Canada/USA Mathcamp instructor - should be excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My parents . . . typical parent stuff, I doubt they took this too seriously.
[<em>] Applied on: 3 minutes before EA deadline.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Homeschooled? I don't know how this affects things.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Homeschooled
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Nice! I also got into Caltech, still waiting on MIT. But I prefer Chicago at this point because I also like philosophy, and I think they're stronger in that area.</p>

88

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690 CR 800M 760W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 8002C 800Chem 710BioM
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 Calc AB, 5 Chem, 5 US Hist, 4 Language
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 95%
[<em>] Rank: top 3 out of about 110 (2nd highest GPA)
[</em>] Other stats: 5'8" 170lbs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: ugh so many. fencing, film club (pres), chess club (vice pres), a bunch of school publications, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at FDA
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): amazing. i was told by my counselor that i should consider a major in english
[</em>] Teacher Recs: really good i assume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really good i assume
[</em>] Applied on: Common App
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): sends alot of georgetown. a few to ivies. pretty you get into a good school if you work hard and have good stats
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Was excied to get in, but I got into Penn on Friday ED so I mean it didnt really matter to me. I wish Penn were EA so I could choose between the two schools (both are amazing) but when I applied ED to Penn I knew what I was getting into. I'm still happy that I got in.</p>

89

<p>OK I suck and can't be bothered to properly format it but here are my stats from my Columbia deferral lol</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT:2280 (760 per section)
SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 720 US History :/
GPA: weighted, after 1st marking period of senior year, 4.0017 :/ I don't want to know what it is unweighted...
Rank: my school doesn't officially rank but I'd assume top 15% if not top 10%? I was top 5% before senior year happened lol.
AP Scores:
Calc AB - 4
Stats - 5
Calc BC - 4, AB Subscore 5
Enviro Sci - 5
US History - 4 :/
APs currently taking: Latin Language, Gov, Econ (micro+macro), will take English Lit AP but not taking the class (long story lol)
Subjective:
Essays: I really liked it and 2 of my friends who are crazy good at English liked it (and helped me edit it), so I think it's pretty good...I wrote about feminism and libertarianism =D
Teacher Recs: I think both were awesome, I signed the waiver so that I can't see them, but the one from my Latin teacher (whom I've had for 4 years and is teaching me AP Latin right now; I want to major in Classics) was apparently so amazing that my counselor almost cried when she was describing how amazing it was to me, and my AP US teacher (also my Mock Trial coach of 4 years, so she obviously knows me very well) is reputed to write amazing recs.
Counselor Rec: Again, I haven't seen it, but I think it's very good, because she knows me pretty well and loves me and she apparently writes amazing recs, especially for people she knows.
Extracurriculars:
Mock Trial (4 years, a ridiculous amount of time per year)
Model UN (3 years, very little time per year lol)
Tennis (JV #1 Freshman year, Varsity 1st Doubles Sophomore year, out Junior year because of an injury D:, 1/2 as much time as Mock Trial)
Math League (Freshman year, back when I didn't suck at math lol)
Volunteer hours: composite of over 300 hours at 2 places (local hospital+museum)
Other
Location/Person:
School Type: Charter, ranked pretty high by USNAWR (Omg, will they start ranking middle schools next? Elementary schools? Daycares?), AP program
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

90

<p>[fontsize=5][fontcolor=green]Decision: Accepted[/font]</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I: 2090 (I took it again and got a higher score, but this was the score they judged me on)
* SAT IIs:700 on lit, 650 on Chem, 660 on Math I
* ACT: 31
* APs: 4 on English lit, US History, and European History. 3's on World History and English language. 5 on AP Geography.
* IBs: 6/7 on IB Calculus
* GPA: 6.208 weighted; 3.875 unweighted
* Rank: Top one percent out of 749
* Other stats: I'm a total G.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: President and Founder of the Science Honors Society; Four year member of Mu Alpha Theta (made team for strong mathematical abilities); Tutored learning disabled students in AP classes (they are passing); Attended a Youth Leaders Conference, and out of all the attendees, stood out so much that I have been called back to give a keynote speech this spring; Member of a Student Representative School club that drafts legislation that affects students and promotes environmental activism; I've played piano for ten years; I'm on the staff of a highly selective school literary and arts magazine that wins awards nation wide.
* Job/Work Experience: Volunteered as a counselor in Training at a summer camp two summers in a row for 200+ hours.
* Essays (subject and responses): significant experience- I wrote about how learning Rondo Alla Turca by Mozart shaped my philosophy on learning music. Chicago essay- I did a combination of the prompts to do this weird philosophical piece on my thoughts of the universe.
* Teacher Recs: no clue
* Counselor Rec: great; she takes pride in them.
* Applied on:
* Hook (if any): URM, Questbridge finalist; extracurriculars;
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Florida
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
* Ethnicity: Hispanic
* Gender: female
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: zomg. ._.'</p>

91

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 690 M 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History 800, French 800, Biology 790, Math IIC 620
[<em>] APs: World History 5, APUSH 5, Latin Vergil 5, Eng Lang Comp 5, Biology 5
[</em>] GPA: 4.7
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, National Honor Society, National Science, History, French, Latin, and English Honor Societies, Academic All-Star for general scholarship (award given out by my city's newspaper to a kid in the region per week)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Piano, organ, heavily involved in choir, Latin club, Wordsmith writing club, engineering club, varsity swimming, drawing/creative writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Did the zoom in/out essay on my experience at a weeklong choir course at Washington National Cathedral.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: yes, two, from my history and calculus teachers, I didn't see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I hope he sent one out, but I never know...
[<em>] Applied on: Nov. 1
[</em>] Hook (if any):I sent in a children's book I wrote and illustrated for my senior independent study. Maybe that helped?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private independent school, average SAT 1700 maybe, nowhere close to the intensity of east coast private schools- basically a place for all the rich kids to escape the public schools (I'm not rich, I went there for the AP track- the public school I was zoned for is crappy)
[<em>] Ethnicity: an international kind of white (first generation American, Dutch and Canadian parents)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * I'm so happy! This was my reach school! Congrats to everyone else who got in, and to all who got deferred- may you get a kinder reader the second time round!</p>

92

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 640 CR, 780 W (11 E)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 MathII, 770 US History
[<em>] ACT: 33 (33 E, 30 M, 34 R, 36 S, 10 E)
[</em>] APs: 5 English Lang, 5 US History, 5 Macroecon
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 103.3077 on 100 scale
[<em>] Rank: 1/76 in magnet program, 3/700 overall in school
[</em>] Other stats: National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics, LD Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Student Advisory Committee to Superintendent, NHS, Physics & Calc Club...really good leadership
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeper and office assistant at accounting office
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Live the Question Essay- I really liked how it came out; Common App essay- decent; Why Chicago- not as good as "live the question" but still okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): maybe LEAD at Wharton?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (Magnet program within larger school), school as a whole has an average SAT of around 1350 on 2400 scale...magnet specific stats are much higher but not calculated
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican American)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone accepted!!! I think my heart rate is still borderline on having a heart attack. Best of luck to everyone who applied!</p>

93

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* ACT: 32, retaking them
* SAT I (by section): 2080 total; 620 CR, 750 M, 710 W
* SAT IIs: gay
* APs: 8; 5 AP spanish, 4 AP us, 4 AP chem
* Rank: top 5%
* Other stats: , • Repertoire award for public speaking in Model UN
</code></pre>

<p>• Won state finals and a $1500 scholarship in oratory from Optimist International contest
• National Honor Society
• Commended National Merit Scholar
• Rensselaer Medal Award for Math and Science
• Bausch & Lomb science award for outstanding achievement in math and science
• Regional Program for excellence
• Volunteer of the month at St. Elizabeth Hospital
• AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
• Model UN-president (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
• Amnesty International (9, 10, 11, 12)
• Math Olympiad (9, 10, 11, 12)
• Envirothon (Environmental Competition; 9, 10 president-we got to states, 11, 12)
• Environmental Club (10th-secretary, 11th-vice president, 12th); helped start the recycling program
• Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12)
• Peer Mediation (11, 12)
• Class President (9th grade)
• Student Council Vice President (12th grade)
• International club (11, 12)
• Forensics (11, 12)
• Also have a job at Charlie’s Pizza for about 9-10 hours/week</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience:
• 100+ hours of volunteer work at St. Elizabeth Hospital (volunteered in a pathology lab, on the cardiac floor helping patients’ families, and in the gift shop)
• Various small volunteering projects, such as bellringing for the salvation army, tutoring peers through the Whitesboro student tutoring service
• Raised over $1500 through fundraising by selling home-made pins for the tsunami in Asia
• Through the regional program of excellence, I’m now doing a volunteer internship at Faxton- St. Luke’s regional cancer center (72+ hours)</p>

<p>Sports:
JV tennis (9th grade)
Varsity Tennis (10th, 11th, 12th)</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (subject and responses): Common App main: I thought they were pretty damn good, and dramatic, it was about sticking up for myself and learning to be assertive in life after dealing with personal issues Extended Essay:I forgot which topic, it was the quote one. I talked about how I live in a craphole town (except in better terminology), and how I'm different from my peers in that I don't get "sucked in" to the black hole I like to call my town. I also tied in how I needed to experience Chicago and live my life to the fullest
* Teacher Recs: The ****
* Counselor Rec: Wicked Sexy
* Hook (if any): First Generation college student, Overrepresented minority? (actually, that probably made it worse), 1st to take all APs in my school and accelerate myself w/independent study
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Upstate New York, Cowtown, Nowhere (interchangeable)
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average suburban public school. Rarely sends people to top colleges, 360 students in my senior class, I'm the only one applying to Chitown from my school
* Ethnicity: Indiannnnnnn
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: This just sucks major butt. I fo sho thought I was gonna get into this place, since I've done a lot and have been recognized in my community. I thought I had great essays/teacher recs and everything, and I can't help but wonder what the reasoning was behind my decision. I guess I'm disappointed because I have to wait until April, and I'm nervous because I actually thought this school would be my safety-so how am I going to fare with these other colleges if I can't even get in here? Gahh. I think I'll eat my sorrows away.</p>

<p>If anyone wants to talk about their decision and just sulk like a baby, its totally ok, message me.</p>

94

<p>pinkfire- why retake your exams? I got lower scores than you (except for SAT, just got a tad bit higher) and I got in.</p>

<p>I'm not saying I'm better (I have no idea how I got in lol), but maybe you need to put a little more you in the app? Not just test score, but find a way to send a supplement, or improve your essay? </p>

<p>There is hope. After all, you weren't flat out rejected.</p>

95

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 730 M 780 W 650
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 710 Physics 670 Latin 610
[<em>] ACT: 32 but didn't send
[</em>] GPA: 91.49
[li] Rank: Doesn't rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: pres young republicans, capt debate team, accomplished mock trial guy, model un
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: waiter
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: amazing probably why i got in
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: us
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): extremely competitive private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: its paid off</p>

96

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[br]
SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 730 W, 720 M[br]
[li] SAT IIs: none[br][/li][li] ACT: none[br][/li][ *] APs: APUSH (5), AP English (5)[br]
[li] IBs:[br][/li][li] GPA: 4.35 W[br][/li][li] Rank: 10/510ish[br][/li][li] Other stats: National Merit Finalist[br][/li][/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list][br]
[li] ECs listed on app: violin (co-concertmistress soph year), babysitting, track& field, pres of math club[br][/li][li] Job/Work Experience: babysitting[br][/li][li] Essays (subject and responses): one essay about my trip to Yellowstone National Park and how observing the regeneration of lodgepole pine after the 1988 fire changed the way I looked at seemingly "destructive" events[/li][br][br]
one essay about the relationship between my father and I[br]
[li] Teacher Recs: one by APUSH teacher (VERY good), one by calc teacher (good)[br][/li][li] Counselor Rec: Good; really nice lady[br][/li][li] Applied on: idk?[br][/li][li] Hook (if any): antihook: Asian female[br][/li][ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list][br]
[li] State or Country: Kansas, USA[br][/li][li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): mediocre, white suburban public school[br][/li][li] Ethnicity: Chinese[br][/li][li] Gender: Female[br][/li][/list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: [br]</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone! Hey, if you didn't get in, there are plenty of other schools out there! And you're all great applicants with great qualities that any school would love to have. :)</p>

97

<p>Thanks for the moral support lightbright haha. I used to love lightbright when I was a kid. Awesome stuff. Anyways, yeah I guess I could put a little more "me" in the app, but I feel so clueless to this entire process. I honestly thought my essays and everything went in so flawlessly, but apparently there's things I need to improve on. I'll take suggestions =]</p>

98

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: 5 - Eng Lang., US History, 3 - Spanish
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 5.26
[<em>] Rank: 9/521
[</em>] Other stats:</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Speech and Debate, Secretary of HOSA, Secretary of JSA, Mu Alpha Theta, National Spanish Honor Society, Film Club Selection Committee, 13 years piano, nothing too interesting.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Question 1 - wrote about self-discovery and Alice Ayres from Closer; Why Chicago - must've been decent; Favourite _____ - Bollywood Cheese and Common App essay - attempting to win a cultural war (Paris Hilton and milking cows were involved)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: English: should be amazing :); Science: relatively decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Semi-personal - he knows me relatively better than other people
[</em>] Applied on: Common App.
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation?
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Half Malaysian and Half Northern Pakistani
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am...in such disbelief. Congratulations to all who got accepted and <em>crosses fingers</em> for all those deferred</p>

99

<p>deferred...
33ACT/2180SAT</p>

100

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 CR 760 M 780 W (2270 Total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History (790) Math I (730) Chemistry (720) US History (680)
[<em>] APs: 5 on World History, AP Environmental Science. 4 on US Government, English Language. 3 on Studio Drawing
[</em>] GPA: 3.67
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist, bunch of other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, JSA, Student government, art, bunch of honor societies, other stuff.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Custom topic, wrote on my interest in mineralogy and metal music.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Came from teachers who really like me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be OK, I guess?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 550 students per grade, 1900 SAT Average
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I'm not bitter. I'll probably send an EDII app to Vandy.</p>