<p>Waitlisted. I’m not too disappointed because I’m an international asking for aid which makes it nearly impossible to get accepted to selective need-aware schools, so I didn’t get my hopes up. I’ll post my stats later.</p>
<p>My son was rejected.</p>
<p>Basic stats:</p>
<p>SATI - 2240/2400, 1440/1600
ACT - 32 (didn’t send)
SATII - 800 Lit. and 720 US History
AP Scholar with all “5s” on 5 different AP exams (the usual ones)
Senior year load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Gov., French 5, Orchestra, IB Lit.
GPA - 95.00/100
Rank - 41/347</p>
<p>ECs/academic honors: Orchestra/cello, BSA (Senior Patrol Leader), a couple of academic clubs, NHS, Tri-M Music honor society, French Honor Society, National Merit commended student, part-time job (16 hours per week)</p>
<p>Have no idea about teacher or guidance counselor recs since he waived his right to read them. His english teacher said he wrote a “glowing” one.</p>
<p>He’s a strong writer so I (as his completely unbiased mother :)), thinks he answered the questions well.</p>
<p>We’re from Upstate NY and he’s in public high school. Caucasian and solidly middle class.</p>
<p>He applied to and was accepted at 6 other schools. Williams was definitel his “reach.” He is now deciding between Union and Hillsdale. This has certainly been an interesting process. My sympathy to those who didn’t get in and really, really wanted to and congrats to those who did!</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>College and Program: American Studies or Anthropology
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: 750 (Lit), 650 (math), 610 (Spanish, didn’t send)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 - 3.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World (5), Spanish (4), US (4), Comp (5), Physics (3), Calc (2, not on Common App no space), Us Gov, Comparative Gov, Environmental Science
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
1st Semester: Non Credit Seminar, H Japanese III, AP Us Gov, AP Environmental Science, H Philosophy in Literature, Academic Decathlon
2nd Semester: H Creative Writing, H Japanese III, AP Comparative Gov, AP Environmental Science, Senior Experience (editing a novel I wrote), Academic Decathlon
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uh… Acadec medals, 2nd place at nationals for acadec,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Day Care Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Community College Courses, Volleyball Camp
[</em>] Essays: Personal Statement about writing, activities about acadec, window essay about trains (well, public transit but still)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Medium-Large Public Magnet, well ranked
[<em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): 50,000 - 75,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): URM, wrote a novel,
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good writing
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low(ish) GPA (Curse you math!!!), Low SAT IIs (I didn’t study because I didn’t think I needed them… until october rolled around…)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: I have no. freaking. clue.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Tulane, Wellesley, Vassar, Macalester, University of Alabama, Marquette, Clark. Waiting on Yale (haha, no)
[/ul]General Comments: I had been in touch with the office, because I had to call and explain my schedule change to EVERYONE, I also talked to an admissions rep at my school, and I was accepted for the fly-in but couldn’t attend due to scheduling conflicts so I guess my interest payed off! Good luck, to everyone on the waitlist, and for the less-fortunate of us I hope you go somewhere you love. Everyone else… congrats!</p>
<p>Waitlisted and too sleepy to bother typing it all out. I’m already in at my 1st choice (Northwestern), along with UVA and William and Mary as a Monroe, so I don’t mind.</p>
<p>** Decision: Rejected**
College and Program: Computer Science
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2150 - 710CR, 720M, 720W
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: Physics 660, MathII - 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered by my school
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered by my school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hard
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Scholarships Winner, National Olympiads
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Pretty strong and varied EC’s. too lazy to list them all, cause there is much.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Journalist & Translator for teen TV program at National TV. Blogger for several organizations.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Clean Ups. Food and Clothes for refugees
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer Camps
[</em>] Essays: Essays were good if not great. Well, I think so 
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers love me, so I think they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Had to be awesome
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any): CV, a whole big list of very varied activities
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):n/a
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Georgia
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): $11k per year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): don’t actually know.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Application, recommendations, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: subject scores, financial aid because of being international
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Probably because of my essays or application and maybe because I required a full FA
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Bowdoin. Rejected - Macalester, Colby, Colgate
[/ul]General Comments: Dunno :D</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>**College and Program:**WILLIAMS</p>
<p>** Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35, 34, 33, 32)
[<em>] SAT II: 770, 720 (Math 2, Lit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I do A levels, but pretty much 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available : 4 A levels + EPQ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Deputy Head Girl, continuous role in Student Government, Theatre (Actor/ Musical Director / Director), Choirs - Been on four studio recorded CDs, Awards for creative writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Young Leader’s Program in community, cabin leader on numerous camps, lead worship at church, run church camps for younger children in holidays
[<em>] Summer Activities: went to Oxford on a summer school to study geography
[</em>] Essays: really not that great…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really great (1st student to the US in my school so they went all out)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, amazing.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[<em>] Supplementary Material(if any): none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): ENGLAND
[</em>] School Type: Catholic grammar
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): low, applied for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m British?? …
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academic performance in school, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays, international needing full aid
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: miracles happen…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Duke
Waitlisted: Middlebury, Carleton
Rejected: Bard</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m made up especially after being waitlisted at other LACs, bring on tomorrow and good luck everyone wherever you go!!!</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>College and Program: - found out through the early writes program</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):superscore of 2 sittings: 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 760 Spanish, 770 Chemistry, 780 Biology, 790 US History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do GPAs, but I’ve got As and A pluses.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): Probably #1 out of 100?
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chemistry (4) <-secret shame. US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:maxed out on APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Literary magazine (editor), Newspaper (editor), Peer tutoring program (mentor)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:taught citizenship classes to immigrants, tutored local kids, volunteered at hospital <-people, don’t do this.
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY! and interned with a doctor.
[<em>] Essays:Have it on good authority that my essay was personal, touching, well-written etc…
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Counselor who read them said they were great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec:I’m assuming pretty good!
[</em>] Interview:LOL, Williams was my first interview experience. I was very awkward, so I have repressed the experience from my memory.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[</em>] School Type:Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA):uhhh, too high for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.):I don’t think I had any…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Grades, ranking, recs, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses:weak ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: No clue - if I knew the secret formula to getting into great schools, I would be a college advisor raking in the thousands!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected:Harvard, Columbia, Swarthmore waitlisted. Princeton, Yale rejected. U Chicago, U Penn, Dartmouth, Wash U, Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt accepted. Waiting on Stanford (though I’m almost certain I will be rejected cuz, hello, Asian on the east coast with no hook!).
[/ul]General Comments: I’m deciding between U Chicago and Williams at the moment. Congrats to everyone who got in! And to those who didn’t, really, the admission process is no reflection on you as a person. Colleges reject individuals who are perfectly capable of doing the work there - it’s really random! So, let the chips fall where they may, and don’t feel worse for reaching for the stars. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t report
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry (800); Literature (780); U.S. History (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.2 (?)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/466
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Psych (5), Eng. Lang. (5), U.S. History (5), Stats (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 2 or 3, I think
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Secretary), Academic Challenge, some others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job for three years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Library, Habitat, nothing special really; not that many hours either[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Four fragmented anecdotes about my life, on the weirder end of the spectrum[/li][</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[</em> ] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Good
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40-45
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]QB Finalist, maybe geographyReflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Solid academics, maybe debate
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteering, maybe singular focus on debate in extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: QB, maybe essays, maybe geography
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Princeton '17!</p>
<p>** Decision:
Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 740M, 790W (superscore)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 760 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
5s- US History, US GoPo, Macroeconomics, English Lang., European History (self study), Comparative Gov’t (self study)
4s- World History, Psych (self studies)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Environmental, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit., AP Latin, AP Human Geography, Photography Skills, Gym/Health
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Commended PSAT Scholar, National Latin Exam silver medal
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Schools small service club (Vice President), Latin Honor Society (Vice President), Academic Team (Captain), 3 years of JV Bowling, FBLA (Treasurer; cancelled this year), NHS, student member on this school committee to improve school performance
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon (3 years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hindu rights group volunteer (50ish hours), Hindu Youth Group (200ish hours), head teacher for afterschool program chess class (50ish hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Hugh OBrian Youth Leadership Seminar NJ (10th), Boys State (11th), Ivy Scholars at Yale (11th), internship at a prestigious publication (11th)
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp was memorable, albeit somewhat facetious at times (7/10); Williams supplement I honestly though couldve been better, but it conveyed my point and my academic interests well enough (7/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good, Id hope
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Copy/paste LoR with my stats/generic ECs
[<em>] Additional Rec: my boss from my internship (likely very strong)
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Run-of-the-mill public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $120k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Beautiful hair?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My internship (had my own article published), self-studying APs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, mid-term senior grades (ended up with a B- and B+ for calc/physics)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Literally no idea. Im guessing a combination of my extracurriculars and my test scores (which, I would hope, make up for my otherwise lackluster grades)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Williams, Dartmouth, U.Va, NYU, Rutgers Hon. College
Waitlists: Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Duke, Cornell, UPenn, Middlebury, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Johns Hopkins
Rejected: UChicago, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Northwestern
Stilling waiting on: Georgetown, NYU, UMich, Wesleyan
[/ul]
General Comments:
Did not expect this, at all. Really, really elated! Its now Williams vs. Dartmouth for me!</p>
<p>Decision:
Accepted</p>
<p>College and Program: International Studies
Objective:
ACT: 32
SAT II: 740 (Lit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 35th out of 311+
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Comp (5), Micro Ec (5), Psych (5)
Senior Year Course Load:
1st Semester: Dual Enrollment Anthropology and US History, Psych, School Newspaper
2nd Semester: Dual Enrollment English Comp, PE, Advanced Algebra, Honors US Goverment, Honors Macro Economics
Major Awards: YoungArts winner in Short Stories
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper (editor), science club (co-founder), Key Club, NHS, NEHS
Job/Work Experience: Wedding Photographer
Volunteer/Community service: Day Care Volunteer, Key Club, vet. assistant
Summer Activities: Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, volunteer work
Essays: Personal Statement about writing, one about volunteer work
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Yep, Good
Additional Rec: English teacher, Spanish teacher, creative writing mentor
Interview: N/A
Supplementary Material(if any): N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium-small public high school, well ranked
Ethnicity: African-American/caucasion
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): 20, 000-49,000
Hooks: first gen. college student, YoungArts winner, volunteer work
Reflection**
Strengths: Good at writing, social work
Weaknesses: terrible at math (didn’t send SAT II math scores), lack of leadership positions
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: On my letter (which got sent to me early), they said they loved my personal statement essay, so I’m guessing that’s it.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted-Amherst, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Sewanee. Waitlisted-Brown and Vanderbilt</p>
Decision: Accepted
Accepted
[ b]College and Program:[ /b] Chemistry
Objective:[ list]
[* ] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[* ] ACT: 33
[* ] SAT II: 1570 superscored
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 4.1 unweighted, our school doesn’t calculate cumulative unweighted
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): school does not rank. Top 2%
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis): fives on Chem, US History, and AP Psych.
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[* ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Economics, Honors Political Science, Honors Spanish V, Honors Shakespeare, Creative Writing
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): University of Rochester Bausch + Lomb Award for Science, AP scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): School newspaper (editor), Varsity Tennis team, National honor Society, National Math Honor Society, National Spanish honor society, Breast cancer awareness Club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: mostly tutoring in the community, volunteering at tennis camps, helping out at my elementary school’s functions, and raising money with clubs.
Summer Activities: Tennis summer camp, counselor at a farm day camp.
Essays: I wrote about choosing whether or not to get a psychic reading.
Teacher Recommendation: opted not to read them.
Counselor Rec: ^^
Additional Rec:
Interview: none
Supplementary Material(if any):
[ /list][ b]Other**
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): < $30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): First generation college student, also I was accepted into the Windows on Williams program over the summer
[ /list][ b]Reflection**
Strengths: I took a lot of interesting courses in high school (archaeology, architecture, other quirky things), standardized test scores.
Weaknesses: extracurricular a
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Possibly the quirky classes I took and the large variation of my interests and activities.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: just some safeties so far
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**
Today?
Sorry wrong thread
Just realized I entered my testing in wrong:
Sat I: 1570 superscored
Sat II: Chem(790) Math II(800) US History(760)
Accepted!
Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 750 CR+W, 20 Essay
- ACT (breakdown): 36 Composite, 35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science, 11/12 Essay
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chem, 760 Physics
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW, 4.61 W (scaling is subjective per school so don’t take this too seriously)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4th out of 230
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP World (5), AP US History (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Calc AB Subscore (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): None
- Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Physics 2, AP Biology, Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
- Academic awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship Program Letter of Commendation, Excellence in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences from the Society of Women Engineers (CT Section), Presidential Scholars Semifinalist.
- Dance awards: Dance Teachers Club of CT Scholarship Winner (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015), DMA National Jr. Mr. Dance Most Talented Non-Finalist (2012), DMA Jr. Mr. Dance of CT (2012), Sophisticated Production’s Highest Scoring Solo (age 15 and under) (2013), DMA Teen Mr. Dance of CT (2014), DMA Tap Class Audition Scholarship 1st Place Recipient (2016), Numerous First Overall Solo and Group Awards (2010 – Present).
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Competitive Dancer (Senior Competition Captain) [Tap: 10 Years, Ballet: 9 Years, Jazz: 9 Years, Hip-Hop: 7 Years, Contemporary/Modern: 7 Years]
- Nutcracker Ballet (I’ve played the role of Prince and Cavalier these past 3 years)
- National Honor Society (Tutoring coordinator/tutor)
- French Honor Society (Executive Officer)
- Seaperch
- Math League
- Varsity Tennis (4 singles, 3 doubles)
- Offered to produce music for small fashion lines
- Job/Work Experience: None
- Volunteer/Community service:
- Assistant Dance Teacher Ages 9-14
- Nutcracker Ballet Student Rehearsal Assistant
- NHS Tutor, all subjects
- Writing Center Tutor
- Math Center Tutor
- Summer Activities:
- 4 Weeks of Dance Intensives/National Competitions
- Helped build a dance studio/gym in my basement
- Dance training
- College Tours
- Tennis
- Essays (rating 1-10, details):
- Common Application Essay Rating: 9??
- Williams Essay Rating: 10
- Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
- Teacher Rec #1: AP Calc/Multivariate/Linear Teacher, Math Team Coach
- I assume it would be very good as he knows my intense schedule in and out of school, my work ethic, my sense of humor, and my sociability.
- Teacher Rec #2: AP Chem Teacher Same as Rec 1, with the addition of my love and curiosity of the natural sciences plus my drive and independence in the classroom.
- Counselor Rec: Unknown, but she used to attend my dance studio? So maybe that helped. This was also her first year, so personal details may have been rough.
- Additional Rec: None.
- Interview: None.
Other:
- Applied for Financial Aid?: None.
- Intended Major: Astrophysics
- State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
- Country (if international applicant): NA
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: IDK
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Male dancer?
- Strengths: Test scores, extracurriculars, strong commitment to dance, national dance awards, rigorous course schedule, 3 independent studies in physics (shows initiative)
- Weaknesses: Didn't interview.
- Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Dance major, test scores, strong essay, unique
General Comments: None.
Other schools you applied to and their decisions:
- Accepted: Swarthmore, Middlebury, Columbia (likely letter), William and Mary, Muhlenberg
- Waiting: Duke, Stanford, Tufts, Wesleyan, NYU, Amherst, Brown, Cornell, UPenn, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton
.
Decision: Accepted
College/Program: Econ/History/Polisci
Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 800 MA, 790 WR
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 MA, 790 WR
[] SAT II: 800 US History, Math II; 790 World History, Chinese; 780 Biology M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.16/5.3 (roughly 96.5% average)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranks; estimated top 2%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: Calc BC, Chem, US History, World History, Statistics, Lang and Comp, Physics C: Mechanics; 4: Biology; 3: French
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP Classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]: National Merit Finalist
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cofounder of a club to help students study, 400+ hours at a hospital, 200+ hours volunteering with local church, job as assistant property manager in local town, volunteer at Chinese school as a teacher’s aide
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[li] Common App Main: Wrote about how keeping ants changed my worldview[/li][] Essay: Wrote about E.O.Wilson and perservering despite challenges; basically copy-pasted from Swarthmore
[] Teacher Recs: Both were fine I think; from Stat and Physics teachers
[] Counselor Rec: Fine I assume
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Not offered
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] School Type: Large suburban public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/list] [ b]Reflection**[ list]
[] Strengths: Grades, test scores
[] Weaknesses: EC’s, essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I hear Williams places a high emphasis on grades, and my school generally only has 5-10 applicants to Williams each year; I assume I was just one of the strongest applicants from my school.
[] Other accept/defer/waitlist/reject: SCEA Princeton deferred; EDII UChicago waitlist; RD Swarthmore accept; RD Cornell likely letter + Tanner Dean’s Scholar; Penn State Schreyers + UPitt accept
Decision:
Rejected
College and Program: Economics
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[] ACT: 33C (34E, 33M, 35R, 29S)
[] SAT II: USH 720 Math II 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): NA
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 3, USH 5, Bio 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP (MacroEcon, Calc AB, Lit, Comp Sci Principles, Physics 1, and Gov)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sports Awards, school academic awards, really generic stuff[/li][ /list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in
parenthesis): Var Soccer, D1 club soccer, soccer ref, soccer coach, tutoring, and investment club pres
Job/Work Experience: summer camp counselor
Volunteer/Community service: stuff i dont really remember
Summer Activities: camp counseling
Essays: Common App was pretty darn good
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good I assume according to rumors given I cant see them
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Supplementary Material(if any):
[/ul]Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Persian (white)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket(specify if applied for
FA): prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): first generation and Wow applicant I guess
[ /list][ b]Reflection
Strengths: Playing soccer at highest level possible (besides academy), ACT, WOW
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II, supplement
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: honestly just did not put any effort into supplement and my GPA/ACT are below average for this school.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: USC,UCLA,UCSB,UCSD,Indiana,Boston College,UMich Rejected: UPenn(ED), Williams
[ /list][ b]General Comments:** all in all not that sad because I do not think I would fit in well at a school like this, looking for the large state school type. Amazing school though and congrats to all accepted, pretty sure you are all incredibly smart. Good luck!