<p>I’ve got a map going. Each day I track the location of people who have been accepted. I live in Chicago so it’s going to be a while…i’m so nervous.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who’s waiting on RD! :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1330/1600 1990/2400
[ *] ACT: Didn’t send (:
[ *] SAT II: 640 math 680 chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, Symph Orch, Gov/Econ</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Hip-Hop Dance Club), (Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra), (All State Orchestra), Ensemble Club, (Music Leader for Church)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Game Design w/Cafe Scientific
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: (Cafe Scientific), Hospital Volunteering, NHS(I feel like this doesn’t really count)
[ *] Summer Activities: Art, Photography, Dance, Exploring, anything fun!
[ *] Essays: I wrote about my own personal life in my essay. It was a little scary going into it, since I wrote about my abusive childhood and the depression I went through (and that could definitely go both ways). But I basically wrote about how I was able to grow strong and resilient through several self-transcendence stages in the course of my life.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think it was really strong. I never read it, but my teacher told me that I was one of her favorite pupils and wanted to write a rec for me … even though I did get a C that first semester in her class (AP Calc).
[ *] Counselor Rec: No idea…
[ *] Additional Rec: From a teacher that knew someone that knew me personally. She was the one that helped me through problems in life, etc. I read it, and it was very much more personal based than school, so that was nice.
[ *] Interview: Went well I believe. The interviewer told me that she liked me! I was just myself though, told her I wanted to ride dragons when I grew up as a joke. Haha… ha. 
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<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea
[ *] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k - 125k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, teacher recs, leadership material
[ *] Weaknesses: grades and test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ahh, I’d say the major reason was because of what I went through in life. I basically let the college know every inch of me possible, the way I thought, my philosophies, how I wanted to become a street musician when I grew up just so I can experience a whole new life. There were definitely some negative aspects that I let slide in there (my depression, my gaming addiction (har har League of Legends LOL)), but I nevertheless mentioned how they impacted me in way that pushed me to grow as strong as a tree! I have a strange perception on life, and I feel like that might have been what helped me… but really, who can really know for sure? (;
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I feel like there’s a lot more things that went into my application that I actually haven’t mentioned. so if you’re interested feel free to private message me. (: This was definitely either my 1st or 2nd choice college though, so I’m extremely happy that I was accepted.</p>
<p>Any ideas as to when Ohio might receive their letters? </p>
<p>And are they sending out all letters now?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>gallivanter, </p>
<p>Everyone should have a decision in their hands by April 1st. If you haven’t received your decision letter by that point you can always give the office a call!</p>
<p>I know that another large batch of admit / waitlist / deny letters will go out next week. Unfortunately the volume of regular decision letters is too large to send every single letter out at once. We are doing our best to send out decision letters as quickly as possible. Please hang tight until April 1st at the latest! </p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Tyler</p>
<p>TSocash, when will the 2012 application stats be revealed?
i.e. how many applications received, how many accepted, average stats of those accepted, etc.</p>
<p>Tyler,</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I was actually asking for my son, and now I can tell him not to wait by the mailbox. :)</p>
<p>Seriously though, he is very anxious, especially since I think Rochester is his first choice even ahead of Cornell. I just wish I had found this forum earlier. Thanks for all your posts here; very helpful and informative.</p>
<p>Nothing is a complete indicator of intelligence or capacity. Nobody even agrees on what those terms mean- so causation is pretty difficult to prove.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 writing, 760 reading, 660 math)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Spanish 670 Math I (ouch)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know off the top of my head, 97 point something out of 100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/140some
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Bio, Band, Probability and Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Music Theory, Visual Basic I-III</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A ton of instrumental music, including marching, concert, jazz, pit, county, and PMEA District and Regional Bands (Treasurer 11th/12th for concert band), Newspaper (Senior Editor-in-Chief), Student Council (Treasurer/Electric Sign Head Programmer/Powderpuff Co-chair), Quiz Bowl (Co-Captain), Gifted Program, Model UN, Junior Council Member on my local Borough Council, Spanish Club, 3 years of state science fair competitions, NHS, HOBY alumni
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None 
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 230 hours, a lot with my local library, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, local fire company and a couple other groups
[</em>] Summer Activities: A lot of music-related things, being outdoors, and going to amusement parks haha
[<em>] Essays: I think my essays were pretty good, I wrote my CommonApp one about my obsession with amusement park history which probably set me apart a little.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One of my teacher’s recommendations (APUSH teacher) was great, not sure about the other teacher (I didn’t see it) but I’m sure it was also great (AP English).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Guidance counselor’s recommendation was awesome.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went really well, we talked for a long time and she was really friendly and talkative and seemed passionate about the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Si
[</em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k - 125k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I think I really stressed how interested I was in research (unless they put a note about that in everyone’s acceptance letters) and showed how unique I was in my essays and whatnot
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades fluctuated a lot towards the end of my junior year
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not entirely sure, like I said I think they liked how interested I was in research and (this might not be accurate) but I feel like my interview really helped. It just went really well and it seemed like she had talked to the school about me a couple times afterwards.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m excited I got in, it’s not my first choice but it seems like an amazing school! I guess when the FA package comes in I’ll have a more accurate position on UofR haha.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):790 CR, 680 Maths, 610 Writing
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT II:780 Bio E, 680 Math II, 640 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.207
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP+ Research, AP+ Internship, AP Lit, AP Psych, Adv. Band, AP US Gov, AP Micro+Macro Econ, Internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Distinction</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Leadership 2 years, Drum Major this year), FRC Robotics (1 year executive board leadership, 2 year build team lead), Odyssey of the Mind (Team captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship in an aquatic chemical ecology lab at Georgia Tech
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours through school science summer camp teaching and Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Summer Activities: Drum Major Camp, teaching school science summer camps, band camp
[<em>] Essays: Solid. Had them read over a few times, talked a lot about how much diversity has come to mean to me at my school and how my experience as a drum major has shaped me along with my internship.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. Got a recommendation from the magnet director and my AP Lang teacher, both of them put a lot of time into it.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Solid. She was new this year so she didn’t really know me that well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t submit
[li] Interview: Nope. Too far away. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public. Part of a STEM/NCSSMT Magnet program
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/African American (Long story)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k-110K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Internship and Drum Major</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, Teacher Recs, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA is low.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In the letter they mentioned how my internship really stood out along with how much I talked about how much diversity has come to mean to me in that I want to go to somewhere that is both intellectually and culturally diverse. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Super excited, this is one of the top choices for me right now. Good luck! I’ve been stalking this forum for months, I figured I should probably put up my stats.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 640-reading 720-math 740-writing
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:720 math 690 bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only does weighted and it is 96/100
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):not available
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>i didn’t think i would be flat out rejected…</p>
<p>Pencilsandpens94 - How disappointing. I am so sorry. Hang in there.</p>
<p>What is deciding who has already heard? Is is alphabetical?</p>
<p>^^Nope, usually it’s pretty random with acceptances, rejections and waitlists all going out in each wave of mailings. Please don’t read anything into not hearing in the first/earlier wave of RD letters.</p>
<p>Any acceptances in cali?</p>
<p>I’m from Cali, but I haven’t heard any news yet. But I did randomly see someone from Cali post about their RD acceptance online, including a picture of the letter.</p>
<p>REALLLLLY. Oh man, I am nervous</p>
<p>Me too Ahhhhh!</p>
<p>What about international applicants?</p>
<p>Yea, do they send email to people living outside of the US?</p>