Decision: Accepted Storrs ACES
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
[ *] ACT: 27
[ *] SAT II: did not submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[ *] Weighted GPA: 3.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 96/261
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): did not take any until senior year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro and Micro economics, honors English, college accounting 1 honors, rest are regular classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lacrosse all four years and multiple club teams (Captain for 2015 season)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard and retail sales associate
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer lacrosse coach
[ *] Personal Statement:
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: finance, but was not accepted to school of business
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $200K-$250K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): don’t really have any
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: probably my essay and letters of recommendation
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments on decision:
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: maybe
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
•ACT: C 31 ( E: 34 M: 35 R: 26 S: 30 E/W: 33 (10 Essay))
•SAT II: Chemistry: 680, Math I: 750 (Did not submit)
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
•Weighted GPA: 4.2
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/214
•ELC?: N/A
•AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3); English Language & Composition (4); Statistics (4); U.S. Government & Politics (4); U.S. History (4)
•IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
•Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calculus BC/UCONN ECE Calculus I & II
AP English Literature & Composition/UCONN ECE English Seminar through Literature
AP Physics C Mechanics
AP Psychology
Earth Science Honors
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (Treasurer/President), Math Team (Captain), Student Government Class of 2015 (Treasurer), NHS (Treasurer), United Way (Board of Directors), Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee, Technology Steering Committee, Strategic Planning Committee
•Job/Work Experience: N/A
•Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours volunteering through the YMCA, my church, as an intern to the superintendent, and tutoring
Other
•Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
•Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
•State (if domestic applicant): CT
•Country (if international applicant): US
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: ~130k-150k
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy (grandfather, father, & brother)
Reflection:
•Strengths: GPA, extensive involvement in school/town community
•Weaknesses: Didn’t do much pertaining to engineering
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: in-state with above-average test scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCONN
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Cornell ED
Waiting on: Case Western, Georgia Tech, Michigan (Deferred EA), Northwestern, RPI, Vanderbilt, & WashU
General Comments on decision: So relieved that I finally received my first acceptance!!!
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no): Most likely. Though it’s not my top choice, I was accepted into the Honors Program with the Presidential Scholarship, which makes UCONN hard to pass up. Hopefully I can get enough money from another option so I can attend that school, but either way, I really happy with the results. Congrats to all!!
accepted
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[ *] SAT I (breakdown): like 2260; did not submit
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: some, around mid/high 700s; did not submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t calculate
[ *] Weighted GPA: n/a
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): only took two; 4 and 5
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: English, Calc bc, Bio, history, Spanish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): eh a few
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): some
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: none
[ *] Personal Statement: I submitted an early draft that wasn’t that good, so meh
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Income Bracket: eh
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: grades
[ *] Weaknesses: few ecs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: academics
General Comments on decision: this has been my first college acceptance
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: maybe
super lazy but got in with 4.0 UW and 25 act, lots of extracurricular and 15k per year scholarship
How do you find out about what scholarships you got?
@metalmonk28 In the mail, on your acceptance letter.
Oh I haven’t received my acceptance letter in the mail yet but thanks!
Decision: Accepted Honors College
• ACT: Composite 33 (English 35, Reading 34, Math 31, Science 33)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
• Weighted GPA: 4.6
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29 out of 352
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, Honors Literature, Honors Spanish IV, Honors Physiology, Pre-calculus
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle rank Boy Scout; Church Youth Group
• Job/Work Experience: Part-time job as lifeguard
• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: undecided
• State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
• Gender: male
• Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: Maybe
Decision: Accepted in Honors
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 800 Critical Reading 750 Math 730 Writing
ACT: Never Took
SAT II: 780 Bio M 750 Math II 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ELC?: I don’t know what this is
AP (place score in parenthesis):
5 for AP Chem, AP Lang, APUSH, and Calc AB
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Lit
UCONN ECE Physics
Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar With Honors, First Place in Health and Medicine at a Science Fair
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(Tutoring Group Founder and President), Tennis, Interact Club, Student Council, Ecology Club, NHS;
Job/Work Experience: Research at Yale working on Lung cancer, Internship at Shanghai in AstraZeneca Biology Department working on drug development for kidney disease
Volunteer/Community service: 40 Hours at Yale-New Haven Hospital over the Summer, some church stuff, soup kitchen stuff, tutoring
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100-200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research at Yale throughout the school year, independent project, put in a lot of time, the commitment showed
Reflection
Strengths: Course Load, Tests, Essay, Research
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good test scores, low GPA salvaged by tough course load and my professors recommendation letter helped, research.
General Comments on decision: Happy to get into the safety
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: Decent chance, they offered me a good amount of money.
Decision: Accepted into Honors
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[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 760-CR ; 740-Math ; 690-Writing
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: Math 2-770 ; Chemistry-740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.54
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/117
[ *] ELC?: idk
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry-4 ; English Language-5 (my school doesn’t have much to offer)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Economics, Honors Gov, AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Calc, Religion
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Club, Book Club, (city orchestra; second violin section leader. I quit though).
[ *] Job/Work Experience: online art commissions if that counts.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: took care of kids ranging from 3 to 10. Taught Sunday school at Church. Pianist for Church.
[ *] Personal Statement: Wrote about how video games helped me to overcome real life shyness
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Went to a catholic highschool.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: ~180k before tax
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I think my English teacher wrote a very good recommendation?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: none
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT score, I slacked off during junior year, lack of extracurriculars
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My class rank and my CA essay.
General Comments on decision:
Will you attend(yes, maybe, no)?: maybe. They’ve given me a pretty nice scholarship.
Decision: Accepted
ACT: 26 superscored
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.3
Weighted GPA: 3.76
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit and Comp, Human Biology, Forensic Chemistry, Italian 3 Accelerate, US History 2 Accelerated, Pre Algebra A
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano for 12 years, Recieved black belt in tae kwon do, graduated from greek school (went for 7 years), Tennis for 7 years, BELIEV Club, Action Against Hunger Club
Job/Work Experience: Internship over summer 2014 at Global Advisors on Smoke Free Policy Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Food Bank for 3 years over 100 hours
Personal Statement: Very good recommendation letters
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Strengths: Good Essay
Weaknesses: Rather low standardized test scores
I also had a very good essay, essays count for a lot and if they are strong enough they can balance out any or all of your weaknesses
Oh and I am also most likely attending, 90% sure
Congrats!
Did all acceptance and/or rejection letters already get sent out or are there still others waiting?
They said until May 1st.
Thanks. That’s the only one left on our list that we haven’t heard from.
^^ That’s probably April 1st, not May 1st.
May 1st is the deadline for telling colleges that you are going to attend.