<p>Thrilled to be accepted from RI today, no financial aid though is going to make it unlikely I’ll enroll.</p>
<p>@achievingdream I am also from WA and I also have not received mine yet.</p>
<p>The mailbox is mute…</p>
<p>I’m from Ct too and still havent heard…do you think we’ll hear by tomorrow? I’m getting pretty anxious.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (660CR 700M 710W)
[</em>] ACT: Didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: 700 USH 760 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/495 (Top 10%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4) USH (4) Biology (4) Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Spanish, AP Stat, Physics, AP US GOV, AP Comparative Gov, AP Lit (7 AP total senior year)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club Soccer (6 years, 3 yrs captain)<br>
Track and Field (JV 10 and 11 grade, V 12th) XC (jv 2 yrs) Anchor Club (Co founder/treasurer 11th and 12th grade) Beta Club (Volunteer 10-12th grade) Tutor (4 yrs)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at my uncle’s company for experience on how to deal with finances and other manners dealing with money (Aspiring econ major)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hrs of volunteer work total
[<em>] Summer Activities: Club Soccer
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, everybody who read them thought they were really good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:didnt have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public, extremely competitive, typically sends 10 kids to Ivies, many more to great schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100000>
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:essays, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses:gpa, test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didnt really demonstrate interest (Although I really do want to go to Vandy) no visit, no interview
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UGA, GA Tech, Emory[/li][/ul]General Comments: Time to wait and see, congrats to all that got in :)</p>
<p>@achievingdream: I’m also in WA and I just got the letter yesterday.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (770 M, 800 CR, 780 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): Math II - 800, World History - 800, Chemistry - 790, US History - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9X
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 out of 350 weighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Physics C (5), World History (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Physics B (4), Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Physics C TA, AP Economics, Photography + Design, PE, AP US Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, some of the BS AP stuff</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (President), Knowledge Bowl (President), Chess Club (President), Chinese Language and Culture Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: 2 year unpaid internship with my state’s department of ecology(there was a paid option, I chose unpaid), Coach for the Lego Robotics club at a local elementary
Volunteer/Community service: 2 year unpaid internship with my state’s department of ecology(there was a paid option, I chose unpaid)
Essays: I like to tell myself that I’m a good a writer
Teacher Recommendation: One solid, two excellent
Counselor Rec: Meh, I’m pretty sure they use a template at my school, and I just got a new counselor this year
Additional Rec: Internship boss, it looked good
Interview: Local alumni</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public School (class of 350, 1300 total)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I wish.</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Essays, maybe recs
Weaknesses: All around average, weak on the EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a solid writer, okay stats.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UW (Seattle), WUSTL, CMU, UChicago, UCLA</p>
<p>General Comments: Well, not really sure what to say, since I applied here moreso as a safety. I used to take piano at Blair, if that counts for anything. Anyways, congrats to everyone else, and I’ll be sending in my declination ASAP to open up some more room for the waitlisted guys.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard anything from Jersey.</p>
<p>For those of you who were waitlisted, I know it’s tough to deal with … try not to take it personally. My D was accepted at Vandy, Tufts, and others, but she was waitlisted at Macalaster and Davidson … it’s just the way it goes. She graduated magna cum laude from Vandy last year, so it’s not like she wasn’t “good enough” for either of her waitlist schools. They just can’t accept all the great students who apply. Sometimes there is no figuring it out.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Excited!</p>
<p>Still nothing … UGH!!!</p>
<p>time to pick up the phone, remember it is central time there. best wishes…</p>
<p>why is it time to pick up the phone? They said to wait until thursday…</p>
<p>oh…wow…sorry you have to wait then.</p>
<p>still nothing here in Eastern PA…ugh…</p>
<p>Can somebody verify if all the letters- admitted, waitlisted and denied- were sent priority flat rate? or just admits…Thanks.</p>
<p>Well kids from my high school got acceptances and rejections on the same day but I still haven’t gotten anything…Western PA FYI</p>
<p>Just spoke to admissions. waitlists and rejections were in a #10 envelope, not priority,but she said that doesn’t mean anything. Applicant ( not parent) can call on Friday for decision if mail is still not received</p>
<p>thanks nursegigi…not very encouraging though…seems admits should arrive ahead of others…</p>
<p>Don’t see much chatter on the Blair school thread - any music students out there?</p>
<p>DENIED
Stats:
SAT: n/a
ACT: 33
GPA (Unweighted): 4.0
Rank: 1/226
Awards: NHS, AP Scholar, took all AP’s offered at my school with a 98 Average in all classes with most rigorous academic schedule possible, Valedictorian
ECs: State Champion, All State athlete Baseball
NHS
Ambassador
Amateur Body-builder and Powerlifter
Entrepreneur multiple businesses
Math Tutor
Community:50+ hours of community service</p>
<p>This is not supposed to be an ignorant post but honestly just curious and thought i had a chance to get accepted…but the sad reality is that ive been denied by every school ive heard back from so far (stanford, rice, vandy) is anyone else being rejected habitually? haha Are they looking for the typical highschool success story? like leader and presidents of the service clubs because I thought my EC’s were solid and unique- ( i Mean come on… how many meat heads do you know that are valedictorians? lol just kidding calm down). I’m starting to lose hope in getting into a good school, i had glowing letters of REC and i don’t know what my weaknesses are…not saying i don’t have any they just don’t jump out at me… Please anyone have any advice or are experiencing the same thing?</p>