<p>Decision: Waitlisted - CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1320/2000
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All college courses</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:<75,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades/ Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They have a good reputation with my school but I think because I didn’t show much interest i was simply waitlisted. Plus this year seemed pretty effing competitive
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Swarthmore, Bing, University of Rochester, Denison University
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, Dickinson
Rejected: , UPENN</p>
<p>College process was a roller coaster of emotions I am already set on Swarthmore so everything now is pretty much “oh thats nice” Congrats to everyone!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Wow. This thread is making me feel like I don’t stand a chance. I’m applying as a transfer, though, so it’s a bit of a different game.</p>
<ul>
<li>The Gracken</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Arts and Science) </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (700 CR, 760 M, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology-M - 790, Math Level II - 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/325
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), English Language (5), Environmental Science (4), Psychology (5), United States History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science A, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, Pharmacy Technician (certification course)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Ventures Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Computer Science Club, Health Occupations Students of America, National Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Participated in a summer hospital volunteering program.
[<em>] Essays: Fairly good. I wrote about a person who influenced me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Likely good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Likely good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience / Molecular Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, 4A (Roughly 1800 students), Moderately competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60,000 - $79,999
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t show much interest, Nothing in my app stood out
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think being a URM helped me a lot given my extracurricular activities are fairly generic.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I actually found out about my acceptance back in February after receiving an invitation to attend the MOSAIC event. I am definitely looking to attend Vanderbilt university mostly in part because of the generous financial aid package - no loans - that I was offered. Plus, Vanderbilt has the academic and social environments I am looking for. Go 'Dores!</p>
<p>It’s April 4th and I still haven’t gotten any notice from Vanderbilt… Do they only snail mail it to us?</p>
<p>You should have received a letter by now. I suggest calling the admissions office.</p>
<p>denied RD</p>
<p>GPA 3.9
RAnk 5 of 129
ACT 23
SAT: December 3,2011
SAT Test Reading
460
Math
450
Writing
480
Out of State, from public school in Louisiana
EC’s: track, basketball, softball
Four years volunteer work and community service at battered women’s shelter
Active in church
Good teacher and counselor recommendations</p>
<p>Essay on standardized test anxiety </p>
<p>Accepted into Johns Hopkins, Baylor, University of Miami, Xavier (Ohio), Spelman, and Rutgers.</p>
<p>***…how did bballgirllamber got accepted???</p>
<p>It freaks me out! It is not possible :O!
What did you do to get in???</p>
<p>Ahh…sorry my bad She got rejected…</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to School Of Engineering for Biomedical Engineering[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):Physics-800, Math-800, Chem-780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75 (4.45/4 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 2%?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem(5),physics c(5/5), calc bc(5/5), us gov(5), us history(3),english lang(5),comp sci(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Ap english lit, ap enviro science, ap bio, ap micro/macro econ, spanish 3, Calc III
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nothing major highest is 3rd place regionals for JETS Junior Engineering something or another (I dont remember the whole title)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): random comunity service (church, food pantry), NHS, math team, science related clubs, etc… nothing special 
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Toddler Sports instructor, soccer reffree, camp counselor ← all for park district
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: stated above random stuff nothing special
[ *] Essays: I think my common app essay were decent again nothing extremely special
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: These should be good, I believe my teachers liked me a bit
[ *] Counselor Rec: ehh, I talked to my counselor but we never really bonded
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes; got a boatload
[ *] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Chicago, IL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public (one of the top ones in the nation tho)
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 70-100k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):nothing really. first gen college in the USA?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ACT scores, course load, maybe teacher recs?
[ *] Weaknesses: no research, nothing spectacular in ECs, poor grades (alot of Bs, 1 C) in Junior/senior years
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was kind of surprised that I was accepted into Vandy, I was thinking I was going to be rejected since I had nothing special. I guess they saw I just messed up a portion of HS but I was still strong in Science/Math which I wanted to get accepted into.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] UChicago-W(had a really good essay for the abstract question), WashU-R,Northwestern-R, Case Western-A, Saint Louis-A,UIC-A, UIUC-A (Bioengineering), Benedictine-A. I got a very good financial aid package. So much so that it was the cheapest option even commuting to Benedictine (a university 2 miles away from home) would be more expensive. coupled with the fact that Vandy is a great school I am going :)</p>