OFFICIAL University of Maryland Class of 2019 DECISIONS Thread

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Decision: Accepted Scholars

Planned major: Astronomy and Physics

Objective:

ACT: 32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Senior Year Course Load:
Linear Algebra, Physics C AP, Gov AP, Chem AP, English 12 AP
Major Awards:
Delegate to AAAS Conference from PJAS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PJAS, PRSEF, Choir, Piano, Rowing (coxswain)
Job/Work Experience: McDonalds…
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours over 4 years of high school
Summer Activities: internships, camps, etc.
Essays: 1
Teacher Recommendation: 2- astronomy teacher, english 11 AP teacher
Counselor Rec: 1
Additional Rec: 1- english teacher
Interview: none

Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Public
Gender: F

I HAD THE HOUSING APPLICATION. But, then again, there were people who got accepted who didn’t

General Comments:
Never thought I would get in and was incredibly happy to hear good news. In retrospect, I’m a female entering a highly male STEM major, which probably had an effect to some degree. Can’t wait! Class of 2020, don’t give up, you never know what might happen.

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which usc? i like your positive attitude though :slight_smile: i hope you dont feel too down today. <3

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Decision: Accepted Honors

Planned major: Chemical Engineering

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 760 CR 760 Math
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 770 math 1 800 math 2 760 chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% of 1500 students[/li]
[/list]
Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Volunteered at hospital, as counselor at summer camp, as tour guide and museum and shadowed a surgeon[/li]
[] Essays: pretty good i think
[] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[*] Counselor Rec: good

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Decision: Accepted

Planned major: Computer Science

Objective:
[ *] SAT I N/A
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I do the IB no clue.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 35

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Plenty of that shit
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: No
[ *] Summer Activities: Two summers yes
[ *] Essays: great shit
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good stuff
[ *] Counselor Rec: oh yeah
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: noppe

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): UK
[ *] School Type: International School
[ *] Ethnicity: American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :wink:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: everything
[ *] Weaknesses: nothing
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Look at me
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMBC, Bard, Northeastern. Rejected from Barnard

[ /list]
General Comments: Had the housing link

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Decision: Accepted Honors**

Planned major: Mathematics (Actuarial Science track)

Had the housing agreement

Objective:
ACT: C: 33. E: 33, M: 35, R: 31(from different test), S: 35
SAT II: Did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not report
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP English, Psych/hon, Econ/hon, Physics/hon, other electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout Badge, Coaches Award from football team, a bunch of school given awards in different subjects

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (eagle scout), varsity football, varsity baseball, BBYO (jewish youth group), Schools for Africa club, Have taken electric guitar lessons for years (have recorded many songs), Fantasy football commissioner, rec basketball for town league
Job/Work Experience: Work at a local college dining hall as a food runner
Volunteer/Community service: Lots through Boy Scouts including a big service project I did with a local adult literacy organization, Internship with a Umass Judaic studies professor over the summer (wrote an additional rec)
Summer Activities: Internship listed above, worked at dining hall as well
Essays: Fine, did not spend much time on it (8/10)
Teacher Recommendation: AP Euro teacher: 9/10(very smart, great writer), Calc teacher: 9/10 (read it, excellent rec)
Counselor Rec: 7/10, doesn’t know me too well and english is her 2nd language. I sort of told her what to focus on.
Additional Rec: Umass judiac studies professor
Interview: N/A

Other
State: MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium Size Public (~1000 students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: ACT score, GPA, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: OOS?, No APs reported
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Highly qualified for Maryland
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected Duke (ED), Deferred Michigan (EA), Deferred UVA (EA), Accepted UMass honors college, also waiting on Penn, Cornell, NW, Harvard, Washington & Lee, and WUSTL in the RD round

General Comments:
Excited to have Maryland Honors College as a great backup choice.

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Decision: Accepted Honors

[size=+1]Planned major: Finance/Business

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown out of 1600):1560
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 weighted/ weighted = 4.72
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but near the top
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 AP exams taken, I think, mostly 5’s and a couple 4’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Mirco and Macro Econ, Dual enroll math (Multilvar Calc and Diff Equ), AP Eng Lit, Philosophy,AP Psychology, Newspaper, PE
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist (waiting on Finalist notification)

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special. Varsity cross country and track, honor societies.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Paid tutor during school year.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: coaching kids’ basketball 2 seasons, tutoring.
[ *] Summer Activities:Paid summer internship at computer science company. Worked part-time at department store.
[ *] Essays: Well-written, I think
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Read recc from AP Eng Lit teacher/Newspaper advisor and it was very good. Recc from AP Calc teacher was probably good, too.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): in-state
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: decent public high school, sends a lot kids to UMD
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:upper middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none :slight_smile:

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths:GPA and SAT, reccs
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong GPA, SAT and reccs
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Northeastern, Ohio State, Pitt, Miami U, UCF

[ /list]
General Comments: Congratulations to all admitted and good luck to everyone.

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Decision: Accepted to Engineering with Honors

[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1540 - 750 CR - 790 M

SAT II: 3 800’s (Math II, Chem, US History)

Rank: Top 5%. Straight A’s since 9th grade.

AP: Chem 5 , Calc AB 5 , Calc BC 5 (AB subscore 5), US History 5 , World History 4, English Lang 5 , Comp Sci 5,

State: in-state.

Essays: Pretty good. I wrote about how much I like satire, and why. It was a funny essay that really said a lot about me.

Activities: Lots of STEM stuff.

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Decision: Accepted majoring in biological sciences in the college of computer science, math, and natural sciences

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600):
[ *] ACT: 32 (33 E, 29 M, 30 R, 35 S, 8 W)
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4), US History (5), Environmental Science (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP French, Creative Writing, Honors Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list]
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Varsity Tennis (Co-captain 11th), Decorating Committee
[ *] Job/Work Experience: (not on application)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer with adults with developmental disabilities every Sunday
[ *] Summer Activities:Internship shadowing an internal medicine physician, environmental science internship
[ *] Essays: 8/10 (cut down my common app essay, but very personal)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec:pretty good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small, private prep school (about half our class applies to UMD)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: test scores, gpa
[ *] Weaknesses:should have put a little more effort into supplements
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:stats
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Loyola MD (accepted), Mount St. Mary’s (accepted), Washington College (accepted), U of Pitt (accepted) --> still waiting to hear from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, Gettysburg, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Vanderbilt, Juniata,

[ /list]
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone accepted! I’m excited to see what the fall has in store.

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Accepted to UMD college scholars program from PA
ACT: 30 (33-E, 32-R,28-M,28-S)
GPA: 3.97 UW (5 AP’s and all honors but math)
Intended major: Politics and Government
Hook: Dad’s a legacy
EC’s: 8 leadership positions, solid volunteer hours
Great teacher rec’s and counselor Rec
Took a solid amount of time on the application
Comments: Extremely happy to have been accepted out of state. Was recently rejected from top two schools (Boston College and UVA). After a stressful early action process, I have emerged successful finally!!! Other option are Trinity college regular decision and UVM honors

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[size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted Honors[ /b][ /size]

[size=+1]Planned major: Government and Politics; College of Behavioral and Social Science

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): CR: 720 M: 700
[ *] ACT: 31 Composite, did awful on the math section for some reason :frowning:
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t Send, but 660 on Latin!
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; Weighted 4.51
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/400ish
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Completed AP US (4), AP Stat (4), AP World (5), AP ENV. SCI (4), AP Lang (4); Currently taking Lit, Gov, HU GEO, and Latin!
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: The 4 APs above and a graduation requirement about Finance.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Letter of Comm.

[ /list]
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Soccer Team 3 years (JV Captain), Travel Soccer Team 3 years (Captain all 3), National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, A few other small clubs.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 Summer Jobs, I work a lot!
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I independently fundraiser for 3 charities!
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: 8/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10, A teacher I’ve had for 4 years!
[ *] Counselor Rec: read it, it was about average but still kinda generic 7/10
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, Bland
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 200,000 k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation, but my family is very successful. They are so excited!

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths:GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: Test Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They like me :slight_smile:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into UGA (honors hopeful), Differed from UVA (hoping to get in RD :smile: ) . Waiting for Wake, BC, and Richmond!

[ /list]
General Comments: Congrats to the admitted!! Keep your head up if you were rejected, everything happens for a reason and I’m sure you’re and amazing student and person. A rejection does NOT speak on your worth!!

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Decision: Accepted (SCHOLARS)

Planned major: Undecided (Letters and Sciences)

Objective:
[ *] SAT I 1960/2400
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leader of club
[ ] Job/Work Experience: Plenty of that
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Yes
[ *] Summer Activities: Yes
[ *] Essays: Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: N/A

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[ *] School Type: Highly rated public school
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Make
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Diversity essay
[ *] Weaknesses: Gpa possibly, lack of AP courses
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Delaware, Massachusetts, Penn State

[ /list]
General Comments: Had the housing link

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Decision: Rejected

Planned major: Undecided

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): N/A
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II:N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 71 of 421
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 1 English Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club 4 years (President) Local Choir 10 years, Local Theatre
[] Job/Work Experience: 1 year barista, work at school
[] Volunteer/Community service: Performance related stuff, environment cleaning
[] Summer Activities: Summer camp mostly, 1 college credit
[] Essays: Good!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read one which was very strong
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[ /list]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Native American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Lower
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: ACT score? essay?
[] Weaknesses: GPA for sure
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not 100% sure…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - University of Alabama and University of Tampa, deferred at Tulane

[/list]
General Comments: NO HOUSING APP

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): didn’t submit
[] ACT:28
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):13/256
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World, human geo, lit&comp, US, Calc AB, Physics, Gov’t&Politics, Psychology
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Calc, AP Gov, AP Psyc, AP Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): leadership positions, captain of variety soccer since 8th grade
[] Job/Work Experience: summer job, referee
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ house community service
[] Summer Activities: community service, work

[/list]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Medium Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 300,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: grade trends, GPA, difficulty of classes
[] Weaknesses: test scores

[ /list]
General Comments: I applied far after the priority deadline, happy to hear back so soon anyway!

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never done this format before, so i apologize in advance for any errors.

[]Decision: Accepted Honors[]

Biological sciences (hopefully ILS honors program) with specifics in neuroscience minor in mathematics:

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1390
[ *] ACT: 32, 11 essay
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72 (only did bad freshmen year, straight A’s upwards trend)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, but most rigorous schedule indicated by counselor
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): NSL(3), APUSH (5), World (3), Bio (4), Pysch (4), Lang (5), AB Calc (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap stat, ap bc calc, ap chem, ap lit, hon anatomy, internship
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major

[ /list]
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): creator/pres of pre-med club, national honors society, national science honors society, national medical honors society, captain of relay for life, lacrosse, swim, student leadership club, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: waiter/cashier/phone
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at hospital (100+ hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: hospital
[ *] Essays: pretty great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: amazing
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: mediocre public school in amazing schooling district
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: low income
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income? but not underprivileged

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: course rigor, focus on intended major (pre-med track), teacher/counselor recommendations, essays/short responses, in state, upwards trend in GPA?, well-rounded
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, test scores, ethnicity, no real hooks
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i’m still in awe that i was invited to honors. UMD was always my safety/top choice, but i was very unsure about honors. from what i’d heard they place a lot of emphasis on people who excel in at least one area, either gpa or test scores, and i was mediocre in both. very grateful!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted - UMBC honors, u of pitt honors, colorado college, northeastern u, college of wooster. deferred - UVA and UMich. rejected - johns hopkins

[ /list]
General Comments: i had the housing glitch

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Decision: Accepted Scholars

]Planned major: Political Science

Objective:
[ *] SAT I 700(M) + 590 ®
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, 5.0 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/223
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):9 AP classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOBY, Eagle Scout,

[ /list]
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Boy Scouts, Venturing Crew, President of Robotics Club (all 4 years Robotics), National Honor Society, National Council Club, Intern at Democratic Headquarters.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work at supermarket for past year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering with Boy Scouts and local Help Center
[ *] Summer Activities: Intern at Democratic Office
[ *] Essays: Pretty decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 3 recommendations (didn’t see them)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good but didn’t see it
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[ *] School Type: Magnet High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:>100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Strong grades,
[ *] Weaknesses: prob my essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Due to my class grades and well rounded student
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Ohio State, N.C. State, Appalachian State, Awaiting Chapel Hill, rejected UVA.

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone!!

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Decision: Accepted and invited into CIVICUS L&L program

Planned major: Biological Sciences

  • Objective:
    [] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): N/A
    [    ] ACT: 29
    [] SAT II: N/A
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5 percentile
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, English IV, Phys. Ed., Spanish IV, Anatomy & Physiology, Environmental Science, Health
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
  • Subjective:
    [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biomedical Club, Chem Club, Yearbook Club (editor-in-chief & sports editor), Healthcare Occupations Students of America, Project UNIFY, National Society of High School Scholars, National Honors Society, Foreign Language Club, Young People’s Division at my church (recording secretary), usher at my church, field hockey, track & field, basketball (manager), soccer
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Part-time at Five Below
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Ronald McDonald House (175 hours), Food Bank of DE (20 hours), Feeding homeless (10 hours), Basket Brigade of DE (8 hours), Habitat for Humanity ReStore (80 hours)
    [    ] Summer Activities: 2 summer programs (Carleton Liberal Arts Experience & Summer Honors Institute @ LIU)
    [] Essays: Superior
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: Top Notch (AP Bio Teacher)
    [] Counselor Rec: Top Notch
    [    ] Additional Rec: Top Notch (Advisor/teacher from previous school)
  • Interview: None
  • Other
    [] State (if domestic applicant): Delaware
    [    ] Country (if international applicant):
    [] School Type: Public (12th grade), Private (9-11th grade)
    [    ] Ethnicity: Identify as African-American, but I am Jamaican & Indian
    [] Gender: Female
    [    ] Income Bracket: Upper/Middle
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college on my father’s side
  • Reflection
    [] Strengths: My essay
    [    ] Weaknesses: GPA
    [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really tried to let the admissions counselors know who I was through my essay. I am extremely diverse, so I took the essay question and ran with it.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Temple University and still waiting to hear back from University of Delaware

General Comments: Applying early decision was a HUGE help!

I did see my housing agreement link, btw.

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

[size=+1]Planned major: Aerospace Engineering [ /size]

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1410 - (790M, 620CR)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list]
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of students Council (Sports Prefect), Athlete of the year (2013 and 2014), Soccer team (Captain) State and district level, Taught yoga to gymnastics club, Taught yoga in a village school, maintain instagram page for yoga.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Interned at KTM and Kawasaki as apprentice mechanic to service sports bikes.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ Hours
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Pretty unique in my opinion
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: NA

[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: >200,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses: High School Performance, Other than Maths, SAT score could’ve been better.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because of the well-roundedness of my application?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UMich Ann Arbor, CU-Boulder, Texas A&M || Deferred - GTech.

[ /list]
General Comments: Will Probably end up at UMich, super excited. Congrats to everyone !

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(Doing this for my daughter)
Accepted: Scholars
Planned major: Gender Studies

Objective:
SAT I 2300
SAT II: Lit 760, US History 750 (or vice versa)
Unweighted GPA 3.75
Rank: 7%
9 AP’s: 4 (5’s) 1 (4)

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks: none

Reflection
Strengths: Standardized testing, unique extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT and AP scores.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Tulane, Rhodes
Rejected: None yet :wink:

Wondering what kind of system has to be in place to sort 26,000 apps. (wonder this about all large schools) Guessing it all just came down to SAT/GPA. How could they possibly sort through course rigor, rec letters, etc?

Good luck all!

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Decision: Accepted Freshman Connection (Spring Admit)

Planned major: Communications

Objective:
[]SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1330 (CR: 600, Math: 730)
[]SAT I (breakdown out of 2400): 1990 (CR: 600, Math: 730, Writing: 660)
[]SAT II:
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unsure. My weighted GPA is a 3.49
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank for percentile available
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (3)
[]Senior Year Course Load: calculus, physics, communications (semester), Senior English seminar (semester), accelerated psychology (semester), accelerated middle east (semester), chorus and orchestra, accelerated digital video production (semester), accelerated sports and entertainment marketing (semester)
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

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Subjective:
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): United Synagogue Youth (chapter membership/programing vice president, regional general board), Jewish cultural club, drama club (secretary), key club (bake sale committee head), school broadcast studio
[]Essays: excellent
[]Teacher Recommendation: solid
[]Counselor Rec: solid

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Other
[]State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[]School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Gender: Female

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Reflection
[]Strengths: classes and clubs relating to make major, strong SAT scores
[]Weaknesses: GPA well below the school’s average
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my strengths, and although my GPA was below the school’s average, I didn’t get rejected since my school is extremely competitive and highly ranked. I was probably accepted for the spring semester, though, partially because of my GPA, the other part that I applied to an LEP major after the Early Action Deadline.
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers, University of Delaware. Deferred: Tulane

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]Decision: Accepted Freshman Connection (Spring Admit)

]Planned major Communications

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600):1130/1600, 1720/2400
[ *] ACT: 25
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] weighted GPA 4.43
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):64/597
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):US History 4,Eng Lit 3 plan to take Spanish and Eng. Lang and Comp.

[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Duel enrollment college psych1 and psych 2, 2 AP and 2Honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Spanish Honor Society, Reg Honor Society

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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):JV cross country, Track all 4 years, Captain reley for life team 3 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: working 9 hours per week for past 3 years at a public library
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor for disabled children 1 hour per week for past 3 years
[ *] Summer Activities: Attended one week college program in Communications and Media
[ *] Essays:strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: never read
[ *] Counselor Rec:never read
[ *] Additional Rec :Recommendation from the head of a special academics program that I was enrolled in throughout HS
[ *] Interview :none. Attended Maryland overnight stay in the fall

Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public/ large school
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Grades and rigor of coursework
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT and ACT grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades and enrollment in college summer program, degree of interst in Maryland
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers University, Penn State University Park, James Madison, Towson University and University of Rhode Island. Waiting to hear from Syracuse (Newhouse Program) and University of Connecticut Storrs

General Comments: First choice school. So happy to be accepted!!
I did see the housing link

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