<p>Hey Guys! Most other schools have these, So I figured we could start one for Richmond as well! It will give kids applying next year a good idea of what Richmond looks for. SWEET!</p>
<p>To make it work, remove the space after the first bracket. </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send in, but 740 Math 660CR 690 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Again, didn’t send in, but 760 Math 2, 650 Chem, 610 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Spanish Lang 4, APUSH 2 (ha)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB’s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Neurobiology, Calculus, AP English Literature, Cultural Anthropology, Effective Communication (English Seminar), AP Stat, Yearbook, Peer Mentoring and Leadership
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Staff (Editor in Chief past two years, Design Editor year before, won several awards) Speech and Debate (Speech Captain, Second in state two years in a row)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I work at an Art Gallery
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a local children’s garden and then work with the nurses in a local hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Chillaxin’ Brah.
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about how I can connect abstract ideas (talked about how my dewsign skills from yearbook help me make good cookies, I know it sounds weird), and then the supplement I wrote about my first time volunteering at the hospital.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Solid. My neuroteacher/speech coach wrote one and my yearbook adviser/anthro teacher wrote the second one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also Solid. He is the principal, so I had that extra bonus.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Parent Rec? I mean my mom wrote it. What mom doesn’t have nice things to say about her daughter?
[</em>] Interview: Well. I had three interviews with them, and they were all great. So that was nice haha
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but was not satisfied.
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemistry and Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado! Reppin the 3OH!3
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small Private, only about 400 kids
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. I’m tall?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: I had really good interviews and rex.
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I really wanted to show them that I am well rounded and insightful.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Def my GPA. And I didn’t have too many community service hours at the time I applied.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had great connections with everyone from admissions that I met with. I think it’s hard to turn someone down when like six of the admissions officers like you ha.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, CU Boulder, CSU, Butler. Rejected: Colorado College. Waiting to hear from Dartmouth and Duke</p>
<p>[][ color=green][]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] ACT:31
[ <em>] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
[] 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][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years varsity sport,
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:average amount
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:Excellent
[] Counselor Rec:Didn’t see but should have been very good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:W
[] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:Upper Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:No idea. The whole process is so subjective
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - University of Miami,Tulane, Stetson. Waitlisted - Wake Forest</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 620, M 680, W 670 (1970)
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish? Our school doesn’t do unweighted, otherwise 4.09
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/401
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), USH (3), Psych (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Lang, AP Lit, Chem, Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too major; AP Scholar & a couple local awards for athletics/grades
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PLENTY of focused ones
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: three jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot through different clubs and honor societies
[<em>] Summer Activities: work
[</em>] Essays: very good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: didn’t
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: computer science &/or English (although now I just want to do CS)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: rigor of courseload (all honors/AP when available)
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[</em>] Weaknesses: sophomore grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT scores/GPA not high enough.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Virginia Tech Engineering (accepted), Drexel (accepted w/ 16.5k annually), JMU (accepted), UVA (rejected)[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR 690 M 760 W
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 760 French 730 Lit 800 USHistory
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted is like 4.22
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USHist 5…haven’t taken the rest yet
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Lit, AP Pysch, AP Calc, AP World History, Environmental Science, Spanish III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many Model UN awards, sport teams awards, Fairfield Book Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Pres), Cheerleading (2 yr capt) French Honor Society (co-pres), Business Club (co-pres), Senior Class President (student council rep 9-11), Soccer (9-11), Politics Club (9-11), various community service clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part time summer job as busser summer before jr year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: With church/Key Club/local community service club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer camp, Oxbridge Academic Programs in Paris, summer job, NY Croquet Club
[<em>] Essays: Good–used common app essay of choice about cheerleading and how it impacted me. also wrote richmond supp. essay about how my summer job as a busser was challenging and put me in a way diff atmosphere.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2; one from 11th grade english teacher (saw this-it was amazing.), another from APUS Hist teacher, didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: sure it was fine
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: nopeee[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: Not qualifying for aid lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My sister went to Richmond[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: extracurricular leaderships and challenging courses
[</em>] Weaknesses: community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well rounded-individual who has a lot of passion for everything I do. Shows promise in involvement in academics and extracurriculars and makes most of academic opportunities.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Wake Forest, Bucknell, and Gettysburg. Waitlisted at Georgetown
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all! I didn’t get a likely letter or anything. Richmond was my safety and about 5 other kids from my school applied. I won’t be depositing there so hopefully the ones on waitlist will get in! I hope this was helpful :)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] SAT II:N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/40 (we dont officially rank though)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 college classes, AP calc, rest honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Golf state qualifier, NHS secretary, class treasurer, key club, international club, volunteer at a nursing home, the hospital and Big Brother Big Sisters, work at a country club, Ohio Model UN (council vice president for the entire program last year), 4 time tennis letterer (captain and winner of the coaches’ award), 2 time golf letterer, some other small stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Country club
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons
[<em>] Summer Activities: work and hang out
[</em>] Essays: great, made the supplement really personal about me having lived in richmond and how i left but am interested in coming back
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec: great
[</em>] Interview: did not have
[/ul]Other:[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Business
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH (so glad to be leaving)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type: Private (catholic)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: highest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely nothing Reflection:[list]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT is decent for Richmond, supplement essay
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: used the fact I used to live there to help me
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa, class offerings at my school are bad and I had no major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but I was good enough for a likely letter
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Wake, Richmond, Miami (OH) waitlisted- WUSTL, Vandy, William and Mary, rejected- Northwerstern, Boston College, UVA, waiting to hear from- Duke (legacy) emory and colgate
[li] General- I cant decide between this and wake forest[/li][list]</p>
<p>DD accepted. 33 ACT and 2200 SAT. 3.9 out of 4 unweighted gap. 4.3 out of 4.6 weighted. 6AP classes the rested accelerated. Lots of ECs. Accepted BC EA, GW, American honors, Pitt honors and full ride, BU, Binghamton. Wait listed UVA and William and Mary.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR 750 MA 750 WR
[ *] ACT: didn’t send
[ *] SAT II: 730 chem, 670 MathII (got sick during this, bleh)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3. no snide comments about this lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t officially rank, but ~30%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): CS A (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Euro, HCalc, HStat, HEnglish, HPhysics, Gym, HFilm
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Frosh bball, JV bball, 4 years fall AAU bball, 3 years spring AAU bball, summer calc class, dont remember other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 20ish hours per week every week since before soph year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: i worked, didn’t do… really any c.s. haha
[ *] Summer Activities: took Calc I during pre-senior summer at top 60 college
[ *] Essays: I thought they were decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to read
[ *] Counselor Rec: see above^
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[ *] Intended Major: Physics/Math or Biochem
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small-ish public (<1000 kids i think)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100,000 +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation off a technicality, although I don’t know if they counted it
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SATs, work, A- in Calc I
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: how i’m a very dedicated person and that I commit myself to things I undertake
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA and lack of cool ECs, nuff said. this killed me everywhere else
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs probs
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: rutgers; waitlisted: NYU, BU; rejected: William & Mary =( , Texas<br>
[/list]</p>
<p>Daughter Waitlisted-a surprise to us, expecting acceptance.
SATs
Math 640
CR 660
Writing 660
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Great internship in summer in political office
Other accepts: Mary Washington, Ursinus,
Waitlisted: Villanova, Washington & Lee
Rejected: William and Mary
essay good
rec letters good
summer jobs
awards in church leadership</p>
<p>D got waitlisted at UR and we are surprised. 31 ACT (33 in English and that was anticipated area of study), 3.6 GPA at rigorous private school (highest GPA by any student is 3.9), strong essay, lots of ECs, visited the school, and west coast. Accepted at Villanova, USC and Univ of Miami; rejected at BC. Hard to know what they were looking for. Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 710 chem, 680 math ii, 700 math i
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.51
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 on chem
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s, 1 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): really strong, lots of leadership positions in music ensembles
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: internship in DC for 6 weeks last summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mediocre, mostly civic performances
[<em>] Summer Activities: internship, working as sailing instructor
[</em>] Essays: really strong, one about music, one about sailing
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but my teacher is known to write really good letters
[</em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec: from my internship - really good (i got to write it myself)
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: polisci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): connecticut
[<em>] School Type: pretty good medium size public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: n/a
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy, my uncle went there
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC’s, letters, essays, ACT
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: music, definitely. i play trumpet and its clear thats my passion and even though i’m not majoring in it, it’s a big part of my life. music ensembles make up a majority of my EC’s as well
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to GW, Loyola MD, Northeastern. Rejected at USC and Notre Dame.
[/ul]</p>
