*OFFICIAL* Yale 2010 RD Thread

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<p>This is the real decisions thread. Pass the word along to disregard the other one. Only 90 minutes more waiting people. Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Copy and paste this into your post, and remove all spaces between the brackets.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Senior Yr. Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] School Profile:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel and general location):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Optional Essay Submitted?
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks:
[ *] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>Please don’t post until decisions have been released!</p>

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<p>I just got my t-shirt and sticker in the mail: no e-mail yet.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yeah, I think
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR - 750; M - 690; W - 770
[<em>] SAT IIs: Spanish - 800; English Lit - 790; U.S. History - 720
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] APs: Spanish Lang - 5; U.S. History - 5; English Lang - 5; Calc AB - 1 (new teacher last year, everyone at my school got a 1)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.65, 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/528
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Statistics AP
A Cappella Choir
Microconomics AP/Government AP
Yearbook 2
Showtime Choir
English IV AP
Psychology 1st semester/Mythology Honors 2nd semester
Debate Honors
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Choir President, Speech & Debate Captain, Academic Decathlon Captain, Jr. Historians Secretary, NHS Secretary, Yearbook Asst. Editor, Mu Alpha Theta Vice-President
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked a summer for a translation service company and co-authored 12 books, 3 work-books, and CDs and DVDs for an ESL program for Spanish-speaking adults
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Mmmm, my little brother. Kinda typical, I know. Generally good response.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Two excellent ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty great
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): My Yale interview was horrible. I suppose she gave me good enough reviews.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hispanic female? Born in Mexico, single mom.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 3000 students, hispanic dominated, medium-low stats
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican/Costa Rican
[</em>] Income Bracket: Under 40k
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Mmmm, lots of leadership positions and involved in community service/my math scores. They're probably just because of circumstance (didn't have a calculator the day of the SAT and was too stupid to study for the Calc AB test)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no clue, but whatever the reason, I love them for it!![/li][/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to everyone! I hope you all end up at the best school for you, whether it be Yale or not.</p>

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<p>Congratulations Divanny!!!!</p>

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<p>congrats! yeah latinos!</p>

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<p>yeah, well i definetly got rejected. Not a surprise at all because my stats sucked. You can check my previous posts to see my stats. it is in ther somewhere.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2280 (750V, 790M, 740W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 750, 680
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: Calc AB, 4, not submitted for review; this year English Lit, Calc BC, U.S. History, Env. Science
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 UW, school does not weight
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Env. Science, AP U.S. History, Spanish 4, Wellness (gym), Seminar
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[</em>] School Profile: Private boarding, size 135, senior class size 35, avg. Senior GPA - 3.5, avg. SAT ~600 each section, AP's offered: 7, all other classes considered honors-level
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council, Teen Court, Honor Council, Student Ambassador, Technology Assistant, Technical Theater, Quiz Bowl, Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Stock Market Simulation Team, Boy Scouts
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Baseball Umpire, USSF nationally certified soccer referee, library volunteer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app "topic of your choice" detailing a class experience and its impact on me
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 2, both stellar
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Phone interview, think it went okay but not excellent
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted? No
[<em>] State or Country: Wisconsin
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Private boarding, college preparatory, competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Geography? (northwoods of Wisconsin) Other than that, a lot of things working against me.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: Solid test scores, good recs. Weaknesses: less than perfect transcript, only 5 APs.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Transcript not solid enough.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>Waitlisted.</p>

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<p>Decision:REJECTIONPWNED!!111</p>

<p>[ul]Academic:[/ul]SAT I (by section): 760 M, 760 V, 750 W
SAT IIs: 770 Math IC, 660 Biology
ACT: N/A
APs:Calculus
IBs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 91.5
Rank (if available): Top 10%
Other stats:
[ul]Non-Academic:[/ul]
ECs listed on app: volunteer @ physician, homeless shelter, hockey 4 years, some crap blahhh
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays : i dont know.
Reccs: good i hope?
Interview: not much happened
[ul]Location/Person:[/ul]
Optional Essay Submitted? no?
School Type: vocational
Ethnicity (optional): other
Hooks: none
Strengths/Weaknesses: got suspended from school.</p>

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<p>whaaaa :((((((((((
It said on my horoscope that I would get wonderful news today and that I would be so excited and happy.<br>
I had my hopes up so much.. ;((((</p>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690, 670, 610
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: None
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw
[<em>] Rank: 1/183
[</em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: Honors English, Business Management, Honors Spanish III, Honors Anatomy, Honors Sociology, Choir, Honors Calculus, Honors Adv. Debate
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[</em>] School Profile: Rural, poor, small
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, Competitive Showchoir, Band, Student Government, NHS, Church activities
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: minimal and seasonal
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Cliche ambition (dry, but well-written)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing, personal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Abysmal. My counselor made up another verb tense in a sentence.
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Forced, dry, informative; in an office
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted? Yes, about a week ago. It was about art being selfless and wanting nothing in return.
[<em>] State or Country: Missouri, USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Public, Very Average
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60-75k
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: National Debate awards, church dedication, and unapologetic ambition
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I took the SAT once, bombed it, and forgot that I sent the scores to Yale. My ACT was good, but not perfect. I think that I really got to know my regional admissions rep and that helped me a lot.<br>
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My application said the right things, in the right place, at the right time.
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It's nice to have the stress off my shoulders. Other than a few state schools, Yale was my only dream school. I'm glad I got in and I'm sure that everyone will end up in the right place when this craziness is over. Thanks for befriending me on here. Good luck in the future. :)</p>

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<p>hillier - what do you mean SAT II: N/A ?</p>

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<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 v, 760 m (1530 composite)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 writing, 780 math IIc, 760 US history
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: 5s on: Micro, macro, English lang, US History
4s on: Bio, Latin: Vergil
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 92 uw
[<em>] Rank: dnr
[</em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: super duper hard!
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: sheesh - lots
[</em>] School Profile: private, very competitive
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Editor-in-chief of nationally award-winning school newspaper, President of drama club (in 12 shows since freshman year), varsity rock climbing (6 letters and season MVP last year), member of regional runner-up Fed Challenge team, president of Improv comedy club, senior editor of Lit mag, editor-in-chief of film mag
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at professional theater building sets, managed a team of 15 at a small newspaper as circulation and classified ads manager this past summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app free response: very good about my love for improv comedy and general acting; what else essay: excellent about a fellowship I won to Brazil to study the economics of the developing country
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Guessing, but one excellent (from school's headmaster, who only wrote for two kids) and one very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she claimed it was "phenomenal"
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): guy's office, quite good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted? yeah - see above
[<em>] State or Country: DC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: don't know stats, but very good
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks: none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: meh
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: lots of good apps. and I'm white.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Not a huge deal - Princeton remains my #1. And to be honest, not so excited about the idea of going to a school that admits terrorists.</p>

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<p>Rejected....too depressed to put up stats. It was worth a shot, and maybe it's for the best. It just sucks after all that waiting. Ig uess I'll be sending in my deposit to Wellesley instead, something I can't feel excited about right now. Tomorrow will be a better day.</p>

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<p>meh. rejected. if you feel like looking up my stats, look through the ea deferrals. Damn. I guess I'll just have to work my ass off and apply to yale's law school. probably a better idea anyways....</p>

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<p>rejected. totally depressed.</p>

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<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 2140 M-740 R-730 W-670[/li][li] SAT IIs: USHistory-740 Chemistry-770 MathIIC-680[/li][li] GPA: **3.98[/li][li] **Rank: **9/229[/li][li] **ACT: **31 [/li][li] **Other stats: Took 5 APs up to this point, 4 on four of them, 3 on one. This may have looked bad... was totally expecting at least 5's on three of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Risky... I did them entirely on my own so maybe some errors, but people have told me they were "good" risks.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: Probably Excellent - my teachers love me and one says I'm one of the brightest he's ever taught = good sign for rec[/li][li] Counselor Rec: Probably very good -- I hope she mentioned I have the hardest schedule in senior class... would be rank 1 with weighted ;o[/li][li] Hook (if any): Very involved in church, leading everything - serving in National Presbyterian General Assembly this summer as Youth Delegate.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: Oregon[/li][li] School Type: Public[/li][li] Ethnicity: Korean[/li][li]** Gender:** Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Senior class president, senate president, tennis captain, model UN president, praise leader, bible study leader, Presby. GA delegate, newspaper editor, bowling team, tutor, NHS, soccer, ... yeah...
General Comments: Meh... my test scores could be better -- I was scoring 800's on practice Math SATI's and IIC's but couldn't pull it on test day. Oh well. Also took the ACT with 2 hours of prep total... could have easily pulled that to a 33-34, I think. Oh well. I expected it.</p>

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<p>uh...how do we find out</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I: 2340: Old: 750V/790M, New: 690V/780M/800W
* SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 770 US History, 740 Physics
* ACT: 35
* GPA: 4.6
* AP: 5 calculus AB, 5 us history, 5 physics B, (4-5 more to go)
* Rank: 1/121
* Other stats: Class President, National Merit Semifinalist, HFAI candidate, AP scholar, math team captain, scholars bowl captain, math awards, perfect score national latin exam, Governor's school, NHS, MAO, some poetry awards...other nerd awards.
* Jobs: Ice cream store manager (20-25 hrs/week), Math Tutor-3-5 hrs/week
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty light, lots of personality. One was about how I went from hating poetry to being in creative writing, other was about a church service in Guatemala. I also sent in some poetry.
* Teacher Recs:Really really really good.
* Counselor Rec: Really really really good.
* Hook (if any): um...I scoop ice cream for overweight children.
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: AL
* School Type: Private (christian)
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Good interview?
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not really sure. I'm really happy though.
</code></pre>

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<p>I forgot my password and the "I forgot my password" page won't work. Asgfhshjajk</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 790V/790M/770W (2350, 1580, 10 Essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 USH, 800 MATH2, 730 CHEM
[<em>] ACT: 35 (36 Reading, 35 Math, 35 Science, 34 English, 32 Essay)
[</em>] GPA: 4.47 weighted / 4.0 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/264 at time of application, now 1/241
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, "5"s on AP Chem, Calc AB, Calc BC, English Language, and US History
[li] # of apps from your school: just me</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was about a letter to the editor, didn't do a supplement
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was incredible, the other was probably solid though I didn't see it
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good because I have been the office aid in her office for 2 years so she knows me EXTREMELY well
[</em>] Important ECs: Student Council, Model UN, Math Club, Academic Team State Championship, officers in all, etc..</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oklahoma
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths were definitely scores and grades in terms of consistency, weakness was probably my interview
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Couldn't say but again probably the interview
[li] Is Yale your #1 choice?: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Thankfully I found out I got into Harvard before I went to Yale's website so it didn't bother me being waitlisted! Best of luck to you all.</p>