<p>or perhaps he offered sumthing to the university that isnt a loophole...jeeze</p>
<p>ya apologies i suppose. i just despise affirmative action (i dont even know if he/she IS an URM).</p>
<p>lol, i like affirmative action, but i think that person wasnt a URM</p>
<p>haha well.... i dunno, "handskillz" just sounds like an african american name to me (that was probably a very non-politically correct statement, but you know what i mean).</p>
<p>oh, i didnt see that, hmm, well he could be a URM then, or maybe hes just trying to be cool haha</p>
<p>blk
class rank: top 7%
good sat 2's
good ap's
EXCELLENT AWARDS
EXCELLENT ESSAYS
EXCELLENT RECS
lol ii love aa
and handskillz referring to "boxing"
and sports yes my bad aboutg the no sports</p>
<p>you make AA look awful.</p>
<p>Let's skip the not so wonderful tangent and put this thread back on track.</p>
<p>My DS:</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (M720 CR790 W730)
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist 730, Math 1 720, Chem 700
[<em>] GPA: 3.5 UW
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: NM Commended Student, AP Scholar
[</em>] EC's: National Ocean Science Bowl team finished second nationally. Varsity tennis. Peer tutoring. Paid tutoring.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: fine
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ??
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: who knows there's no rhyme or reason to any of this
[li] going to attend? probably not[/li][/ul]Other Factors: didn't visit</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2030
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.6 UW
Rank: school doesn't rank
Other stats: NYLC attendee, some other stuff I can't remember. Mostly menial.
EC's: Varsity Baseball 4 years, Yearbook Editor, Student Council President.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:One was smashing, the other was mediocre
Teacher Recs: Never read them ...
Counselor Rec: Never read it either ....
Hook (if any): I'm 14% Cherokee!!!! But I didn't list it ...
Location/Person:Houston
State or Country: Texas
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: Weakness: Class selection- I only had 2 AP's.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think my essays got me in
going to attend? definately</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1990 690W/610M/690V
[</em>]SAT IIs: Don't remember
[<em>]GPA: 3.85 UW 4.3 W
[</em>]Rank: 32/564
[<em>]Other stats: 6 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good
[<em>]Teacher Recs:Great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>]Hook (if any): I'm very politically active
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: MD
[<em>]School Type: Competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]major strength/weakness: ECs strong, ok SATs
[<em>]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: SATs were okay, internship in Speaker's Office of MD House of Delegates helped
[</em>] going to attend? Not sure, depends on financial aid from Wake and Emory
[/ul]Other Factors: ECs: Internship under Speaker Michael E. Busch for 2006 House session, President and founder of Young Democrats Club, Mock Trial, President of JSA, lots of community service</p>