Official Yale 2013 RD Results Thread

bicyclekick · March 31, 2009, 6:49pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2200 CR: 710 M: 700 W: 790

ACT: 34
SAT II: USH: 790 Chem: 770 MathII: 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/190
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): various sports, community service, volunteering, etc.

Job/Work Experience: one
Volunteer/Community service: Mount Sinai Medical Center Volunteer, school stuff
Summer Activities: volunteering/sports
Essays: i thought they were good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: good
Interview: eh
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Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NJ

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public noncompetitive
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
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Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: none lol

Weaknesses: EC’s among other things
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: its yale
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected by harvard and brown, waitlisted at princeton, upenn, and columbia
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General Comments:

Me_pomegranate · March 31, 2009, 5:49pm

Rejected

Stats:
SAT Reading: 710
SAT Math: 720
SAT Writing: 650
SAT Total: 2080
SAT II: BioM-800, MathI-720, USH-650
TOEFL (if applicable):
ACT (if applicable):31
AP/IB taken/scores: Bio5, USH4
GPA weighted (if applicable): 99.92
GPA unweighted:97.9
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 2/124
Academic Awards: George eastman young leaders award (fairly minor), NHS, a couple of "student of the month"s
Extra Curricular Activities: TONS of soccer - Varsity since freshman, Premier since 10 yr old - marching band, concert band 1st-chair bass clarinet, chess team co-captain, scholastic bowl, ski-club

Subjective:
Essays: 1 VERY unique about me, basically an argument through metaphor (see my name); 1 deep/serious about the death of two of my friends
Teacher Rec #1: better than anyone elses no doubt- this man is a genius
Teacher Rec #2: good
Additional Rec: yes- it was ok
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): NOPE

Location:
State or Country: USA
School Type: i guess we are a decent public, but i think we are crappy
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: NO
Recruited Yes/No: no

Strengths: Interview, passionate ECs, Essays, 1st teacher Rec, GPA, Class Rank
Weaknessess: Test scores, Community Service

Comments: i really thought i had a chance, but i guess my scores are just too low because i just don’t know what else i could have done besides get them up

nice job to those accepted

southeasttitan · March 31, 2009, 6:53pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780 CR, 620 M, 780 W)
[] SAT II: 780 Lit, 750 M, 650 CR
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4, USH 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 courses at Macalester College, AP Calc, AP Human Geography, independent projects in English, Newspaper
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2008 Davidson Fellow for Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Award-winning newspaper, Editor-in-Chief
Varsity soccer (not recruited)
State-ranked Quiz Bowl team
[] Job/Work Experience: Loft Literary Center teen council
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, Head Start literacy program
[] Summer Activities: Soccer, volunteering, writing
[] Essays: I’m a writer, so probably my strongest suit. Wrote about my favorite passage from my book and my dog.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best in my career, etc.
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Dull and nondescript, but good, I guess.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Literature
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] School Type: Inner-city public
[] Ethnicity: White. I know, what?
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $40,000/year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Davidson Fellowship?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Davidson Fellowship, essays, being from the city.
[] Weaknesses: Math!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Harvard, Northwestern, Macalester College, waitlisted Princeton, WashU, Boston College (lawl), denied Brwon
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** ***??? I can’t believe this!!!

hannaban · March 31, 2009, 6:59pm

rejected at Princeton, waitlisted at Columbia, and at Yale…

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (Math 750, CR 690, Writing 770 essay 10)
[] ACT: NOPE
[] SAT II:Math IIC 800, Physics 720, Japanese 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/522
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc BC, AP Euro, and Japanese; 4s on US History and English; 3 in French Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NOPE
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Ceramics, AP Macroeconomics, AP French Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International Japanese calligraphy awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth and Government, Japanese Calligraphy, Japanese tea ceremony, Lax (not this year tho), Japanese American Citizens League
[] Job/Work Experience: receptionist at accountancy firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: started tutoring program for English learners, Japanese tea and calligraphy demonstrations, fundraisers for what I’m in, volunteer orchestra, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Intern at bone marrow donor program
[] Essays: about how I messed up BIG TIME in front of the grand tea master during a demonstration, but how the experience changed me (for the better, duh!)
[] Teacher Recommendation: no clue
[] Counselor Rec: best buddies
[] Additional Rec: one of my original recommenders (my calc teacher) rewrote one and sent it in.
[] Interview:pretty cool man. unemployed though
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES and I hope I get some because Wellesley gave me $0 :((
[] Intended Major:electrical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity:Japanese, so asian I guess. Unless my parents are secretly from somewhere else (heeheeeheeeeeee)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:197,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: hmm I really tried my best, and although I had a lot of trouble with the supplement essay, I made it through!
[] Weaknesses: I initially wrote a different essay for my supplement, but realized after I pressed “submit” that this wasn’t what I REALLY wanted to write, and so I rewrote it and sent it to the admissions office. So I may have seemed like a mess.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They god a firm grasp of who I am (through my app)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at Princeton, Stanford (SCEA); waitlisted at Columbia Fu; accepted at USC, Georgetown, and Wellesley (plus the UCs)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Try your best in high school.

Right after I saw the blue screen, I screamed at the top of my lungs and clicked “next” before even finishing the song. WHY CAN I BE SO DUMB SOMETIMES?

scribbler91 · March 31, 2009, 6:05pm

Rejected…
Oh well, I’m going to Wharton I guess.

prateek92 · March 31, 2009, 6:06pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2070 M 750 CR 660 W 660
[] SAT IIs: 2350 M1 790 M2 800 Phy 760
[] ACT: NA
[] GPA: NA
[] Rank: Top 5%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: good I guess?
[] Teacher Recs: top notch
[] Counselor Rec: awesome
[] Hook (if any): Antihook- International, Asian
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: Weakness- sat scores, too many asians,
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: nothing special :/[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None

hookem168 · March 31, 2009, 6:06pm

Rejected. ■■■.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH…unspeakable.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist…15th Nationally in NFL Oratory
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
[] Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
[] Summer Activities: See “job” and “volunteer work”
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Same
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Additional Rec: Same
[] Interview: Same
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private (tiny)
[] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
[] Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.
[/ul]General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I’ve been crying for 2 hours.

Midaji · March 31, 2009, 7:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 740 CR, 720 WR
[] ACT: 34 (did not send in, only listed on app)
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 790 Math II, 800 Chinese with Listening, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/850 (large public school)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Computer Science, World History, Psychology, BC Calc; 4s in English Comp, US History, Spanish Lang.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics (Macro + Micro), AP Gov, AP Chem, AP English Lit., Art
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Science Olympiad medals, Euro Challenge semi-finalist, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction/Honor (forgot which)
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (group leader–>co-captain), Key Club (secretary–> President), Euro-Challenge, Fed Challenge
[] Job/Work Experience: cashier
[] Volunteer/Community service: Through Key Club
[] Summer Activities: Work for family; Key Club
[] Essays: Good, about personal/family obstacle, additional about my rejection from Stanford
[] Teacher Recommendation: one was great, one didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none; I sent mine at the last minute
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public; mildly competitive: about 10 each year to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Nice, sort of emotional essays? Focused on personal circumstances instead about my accomplishments
[] Weaknesses: No major awards, sports, legacies, etc. All in all a regular applicant
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard, Wesleyan, Rochester, SUNY, BC, Lehigh; waitlisted by Duke, Wash U; rejected by Stanford SCEA[/li][/ul]General Comments: The whole process is INSANELY random. You can’t try to make sense out of the process. Personally, I was really paranoid, because my financial aid forms were really really late, and HYP didn’t request them AT ALL. So I figured I was ignored, but it all came out great. Interviews also apparently don’t matter much; didn’t have one for Yale. Don’t look too far deeply into things, just relax. And if you get rejected or waitlisted by a school, it does NOT forebode your results about your reaches. Even the most insignificant things you do could be very appealing to an admissions officer; just show yourself in many dimensions. All in all, I think I’m a normal candidate who got lucky.

prateek92 · March 31, 2009, 6:07pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2070 M 750 CR 660 W 660
[] SAT IIs: 2350 M1 790 M2 800 Phy 760
[] ACT: NA
[] GPA: NA
[] Rank: Top 5%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: good I guess?
[] Teacher Recs: top notch
[] Counselor Rec: awesome
[] Hook (if any): Antihook- International, Asian
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: Weakness- sat scores, too many asians,
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: nothing special :/[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None

TD-Dude · March 31, 2009, 6:20pm

Dudes!

Congrats to all of you that got accepted! In the coming weeks, you’ll probably be getting into a bunch of other colleges as well, but as a current Yale student myself, I can tell you that Yale has been pretty much the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I mean, of course, the classes and professors and facilities are really great, but what I think really sets Yale apart from any other university is how happy and nice the student body is. I still can’t believe it, but I have yet to meet anyone at Yale that I would classify as a “jerk.” It’s great, you come to Yale not sure what to expect, but then you look around and everybody is just… normal! Well, of course, everyone is pretty interested in their academic stuff and most people have one or two things that they’re really passionate about, but you would be hard pressed to try to fit people into some sort of “Yale” stereotype. So yeah, I strongly encourage you guys to all come up on Bulldog Days and check it out. Even if you get into… that other school, think really hard about turning down Yale. Personally, I was accepted by Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Brown PLME and chose to come to Yale because I think it’s the best school in the nation for undergrads (and I’m mostly sane!), so yeah… it’s a tough decision because there are a lot of great schools out there, but I think Yale is absolutely one-of-a-kind.

AND the residential college system is amazing. If you get to choose which college you’re in, definitely go for TIMOTHY DWIGHT!!! Ashe! You can get a feel for what student life is like at Yale by checking out the Timothy Dwight Blog: [Timothy</a> Dwight](<a href=“http://timothydwight.blogspot.com%5DTimothy”>http://timothydwight.blogspot.com) -leave us a comment to let us know you’re coming! We expect to see all you guys on Bulldog Days!

Congrats dudes, and rock on!

findis · March 31, 2009, 6:22pm

[size=+2]Decision: Rejected<a href=“after%20being%20deferred”>/size</a>

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR-790M-780W (2370)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800’s on physics, math II-C, US history, 780’s on bio, chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (tie), two in EA round
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on US History, Computer Science A, Microeconomics (self-study), Macroeconomics (self-study)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro (A), AP English Lit (A), AP Spanish (A-), AP US Gov (A), AP Stats (A+), AP Physics C (A+). BC Calc through CTY over summer (A).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but NJ Science League: 1st in area every year. Bergen County Math League: 1st in group. Academic Decathlon: First and second in region, awards in almost everything. National Merit winner, AP Scholar with Honor.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Cross-country (with award given to one senior a year), winter track, spring track, GSA (treasurer), SADD (president), NHS, Earth club, politics club, quiz bowl. Bible quizzing team - significant time commitment. Some extracurricular involvement in music.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local library, picking up recyclables, community service club.
[] Summer Activities: Summer school tennis, cross-country camp, calculus BC through CTY.
[] Essays: Good?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know about one. Other very positive, “best student ever taught,” etc.
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know.
[] Additional Rec: Sent after deferral – awesome.
[] Interview: On-campus over summer. I think this did me in. My sister had been diagnosed with cancer, I had barely slept the entire summer, and I was a complete mess, and I didn’t bother explaining any of this.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: EA: Undecided. RD: Physics.
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Good public.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~100k, but significant costs due to sister’s illness.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Standardized testing.
[] Weaknesses: Interview. Plus they want to see personality, and I don’t think my essays or “unfocused” EC’s convey that.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred then rejected. See strengths and weaknesses.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: MIT, UVa, Brandeis.
Waitlisted: Princeton, Stanford.
[/ul]General Comments: I probably should’ve applied RD, because I would’ve been able to write quality essays and do a good interview.

I’m glad I got deferred, though, because MIT became my first choice while I was researching schools, and now I’m going there!

HaroldLovesMaude · March 31, 2009, 6:23pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 640 W, 640 M
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 720 Lit, 640 Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/363
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 US History, 4 English Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English, Medieval European History (at the university concurrent enrollment), Religious Studies (concurrent), French (concurrent)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim team captain and water polo team captain, Young Democrats, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/Swim Instructor 40 hrs/wk in the summer, part-time job at a retail store during the school year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Various things related to the swim team, church stuff, and library book sales
[] Summer Activities: Work, swim practices, and travel.
[] Essays: My common app essay was good, the other was a little weak and probably cliche.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other good.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, he knew me very well.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: I thought it went well…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: History
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, and being from Oklahoma, I thought my lower tests scores would be okay.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, obviously.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I expected it. My scores are low, and my essays weren’t great enough to stand out.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at McGill, NYU, Rochester, BC, William and Mary. Waitlisted at Cornell. Rejected at Dartmouth.[/li][/ul]**General Comments:**I’m moving on! I’m sure I’ll be happy wherever I end up. I really did love Yale, though.

cherry62 · March 31, 2009, 6:25pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 750, R 650, W 690, T 2090
[] ACT: M 35, R 33, W 33, S 28, C 32
[] SAT II: Math II Level C 800, Chemistry 730, US History 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 when app was sent
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/367 at time
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Calculus BC (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP European History, AP Spanish V, AP English Literature, Leadership III, Library Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Match Finalist, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Wellesley College Book Award, Outstanding AP US History, Computer Apps II, English II Student of Year, Best All Around (Senior Superlative :D), Homecoming Court - 2nd runner up (does that count?) AP Scholar with Honors, Junior Marshal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Executive Board (secretary) Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President, VP in 11th), National Honor Society (Secretary) Interact Club (Secretary/VP), Spanish Club, Key Club, Piano (12 years), Charlotte Chinese School, Culinary Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Hostess at Japanese restaurant (summer), crewmember at Penn Station East Coast Subs (8 months)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer, Sunrise Assisted Living volunteer, various activities = over 75 hours of community service
[] Summer Activities: Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp
[] Essays: ehhhhhhh.
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent, i think
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: definitely my worst, cause it was my first
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: undecided, but probably Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: less than $40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, top female at large public school that is highly recognized academically within NC, Questbridge College Match Finalist got me some good stuff
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, activities, leadership, community service
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. Looking at everyone else, I don’t really know how they did this…but I do think I have some good qualities, guess I don’t measure up.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Duke, MIT, and UNC Chapel Hill, Waitlisted at Stanford, Rejected by Princeton[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! Maybe I’ll see you? (Dude, being waitlisted kind of sucks but is kinda awesome at the same time…haha I don’t feel bad about being waitlisted and I’ve got my eyes on Duke and MIT now :D)

haikumarukuchan · March 31, 2009, 7:28pm

Wow

you yale people

saxophonegirl · March 31, 2009, 6:37pm

Is it just me or do I see more and more 4.0s getting rejected? I’m too scared to check right now…I’ve had numerous disappointments with colleges this past week (rejected at Georgetown and Northwestern) and I’m not quite ready to find out that I’ve been rejected at Yale too.

churchill1990 · March 31, 2009, 7:40pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
[]SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
[]ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[]GPA: 3.89 unweighted
[]Rank: School doesn’t rank[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[]Essays: Overall excellent. I thought it was the highlight of my application - Common App was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in, Supplement described my passion for French and an experience I had while studying abroad
[]Teacher Rec: Didn’t read, but I chose teachers that like me
[]Counselor Rec: Same as above
[]Hook (if any): Deferred SCEA[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[]State or Country: WA
[]School Type: Very small independent private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music supplement possibly
[li]why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Just didn’t work out I guess [/ul][/li]
General Comments: I was super exicted to be deferred SCEA, even though I knew my chances would be slim…congrats to all accepted!!

randomnerdz · March 31, 2009, 6:49pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800 (12E)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Lit: 740, US History: 760, Math II: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/570
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international writing (poetry) awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extra Curriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Community Service Club (President)
Model Organization of American States (President)
Student Council (Student Body Executive)
Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Business Professionals of America
UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
Varsity Orchestra
Interfaith Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
[] Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
[] Essays: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact; My beard – and how it’s taught me that no stereotype can constrain me; My empathy with strangers (creative piece)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st- It was good. Not as good as it should have been.
2nd- It was positive, but my teacher obviously didn’t edit it. It was replete with grammar and factual mistakes.
[] Counselor Rec: Wonderful
[] Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I’m one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
[] Interview: On Campus-Exciting. I think he was impressed that I had arranged meetings with profs/department heads on my visit and that I had conducted individual research in Psychology.
Off Campus- We talked for like 2.5 hours in a coffee station. She had just graduated, I’m not sure she knew what she was doing.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:My essays were very, very creative. I spent a lot of time on them. I am ridiculously active in my school. I dream big. I write poetry pretty well, I suppose.
[] Weaknesses: Teacher Recommendations, Ethnicity…
[] Why you think you were rejected: I was deferred early and now this. Yale just hates me, I suppose…even though I CLEARLY expressed my love for it.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Amherst, Williams, Grinnell, Tufts, UT; Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Brown; Rejected: Harvard, Yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t get too emotionally attached to schools. Rejection stings.

Canadianftw · March 31, 2009, 6:51pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
[li] SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45[/li][list]
[li] Math HL: 7[/li][] Physics HL: 7
[] Chem HL: 7
[] English HL: 7
[] History SL: 7
[] French SL: 6
[] TOK/EE: 3
[/ul]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][ul]
[] Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
[] Top 1% in national chem contest
[] 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold
[/ul]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[list]
[] School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
[] Piano: 9 years
[] Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
[] Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
[] Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
[] School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
[] Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours[/li][li] Summer Activities:[/li][ul]
[] 2006: Teaching English in China
[] 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
[] 2008: Harvard SSP
[/ul]
[li] Essays: not good enough apparently[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: good[/li][li] Counselor Rec: “I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career.”[/li][li] Additional Rec: awesome[/li][li] Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.[/li][/list]Other[ul]
[li] Country (if international applicant): Canada[/li][li] School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country[/li][li] Ethnicity: Asian[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Income Bracket: middle class[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: none apparently[/li][li] Weaknesses: everything[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ve never felt so worthless

Light_Airen · March 31, 2009, 7:59pm

wow… that’s unfortunate.

but from your grades it’s obvious you’re a bright person! Good luck in the future!

driveon · March 31, 2009, 7:02pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): CR 800, M 630, W 780
[] ACT:35
[] SAT II: Lit 760, US History 770, French 520
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP: US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: American Gov’t, AP French IV, AP Biology, Independent Study (History/Government/Law/Sociology), AP English, AP Calculus, Psychology, school’s required religion classes (Catholic school)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, regional/statewide stuff
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (co-captain), Speech Team (president), Journalism Club/newspaper (president/former Chief Editor), Informed Youth (co-chair)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor, Waitress
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Teen Advisory Council at local library, Habitat for Humanity, Rape & Abuse Crisis Center
[ *] Summer Activities: writing, volunteering, working, hiking/camping
[ *] Essays: pretty solid–they might have been what helped the most
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: okay–my French and Accelerated Pre-Cal teachers (who are married, coincidentally) wrote mine, and they were decent but nothing special.
[ *] Counselor Rec: okay
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: good
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: in a big way
[] Intended Major: Anthropology
[] State (if domestic applicant): mid-Missouri
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: around $100,000 (both parents working)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: writing, leadership, volunteer experience
[] Weaknesses: lower GPA, no outside-of-school camps or research, fewer class opportunities (small, rural school)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ll let you know once I figure it out!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted EA to Stanford, accepted Columbia
[/ul]General Comments: is flailing

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