Official Yale 2013 RD Results Thread

invisiblecity · March 31, 2009, 11:04pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR-730, M-720, W-670
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math 1-690, Lit-670, Bio E-680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Eng. Lang. (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit., AP Calc AB, AP World History, AP Gov, Physics Honors, AP Chem, Executive Internship
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended or whatever its called, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (president), Students Working Against Tobacco (president, in charge of entire county), National English Honor Society, cant remember what else
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for my parents my whole life
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice, NHS, Key Club stuff, others
[] Summer Activities: Went to Europe before Sophomore year, working for parents, Hospice work
[] Essays: One good, one OK
[] Teacher Recommendation: All great, I think
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Archaeology
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, small
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Minority (can that be a strength?), TONS of community service
[] Weaknesses: Scores. Scores. Scores. Oh, and awards.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Stanford, Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, and UF; Waitlisted at Harvard and Brown
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores not high enough?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Oh well Stanford, here I come! Or Duke.

kayabertz · March 31, 2009, 11:16pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 750 M, 800 W)
[] SAT II: US History (790), Literature (750), Math Lvl 2 (750)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/422
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus AB (4), Microeconomics (5). Will take: English Lit., Spanish Lang., Statistics, Psychology, European History, Macroeconomics.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Statistics, Drama II, Economics Honors, Leadership Techniques.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; Girls Nation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth in Government (President, 5 statewide awards); Model UN (3 regional awards), Academic Team (Captain, state champion team), Student Council (Vice President), Principal’s Advisory Committee (Executive Director, planned 3 leadership conferences)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at local history museum, assorted projects through National Honor Society/Spanish Honor Society
[] Summer Activities: Girls State and Girls Nation, travel, online classes
[] Essays: Horrible beyond words. I wrote them the night before the deadline, and have hated them ever since.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, but I assume they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: GLOWING. She loves me!
[] Additional Rec: Best in my career kind of thing.
[] Interview: Did not have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Public, mediocre
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $100K
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars and maybe SAT scores.
[] Weaknesses: Essays! Worst things I’ve ever written.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I sent in the application 2 days late. And I didn’t write the Why Yale essay. I guess the adcom guessed that I wasn’t passionate about Yale (which is true, frankly).
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Emory and University of Florida. Waitlisted at Georgetown.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m not upset at all, because I got into Harvard and Princeton! Good luck to everyone! You are all spectacular people and will be successful wherever you go to college.

southeasttitan · March 31, 2009, 11:17pm

Hey thanks Dbate! Your research sounds amazing, though I don’t really understand it, ahah. Hope to see you in New Haven in September!!!

DreamingOutLoud · March 31, 2009, 11:19pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR (710) M (720) W (730) Total: (2160)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: I ca’t remember exactly… Lit (720) U.S. History (680) Math (660)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Only two Ap’s available in my school but As in all of classes at a local Community College
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest that my school offers and 2 college classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, 2 Book Awards, a few Local Awards, Student of the Month/Year, Volunteering Awards, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of my Volunteering club, Library Organization, Religious Club, Soccer, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internships at an Art Center
[] Volunteer/Community service: I did 400 hours for the first three years. I’ve definiately passes 100 for Senior Year but I’m not exactly sure.
[] Summer Activities: CTY
[] Essays: The first was about me volunteering in another country and falling in love with my host family. The second was about me struggling to find my niche or some sort of talent and finally discovering that in volunteering.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My history teacher had written an amazing one the year before for a summer program so I know it was awesome. The second was probably good too.
[] Counselor Rec: Small school so she knows all the students and can write great recs.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: It was the least nerveracking interview I’ve ever had. We spent about an hour talking about things we had in common, politics, our city, Yale, etc.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. More than a 48,000 scholarship from Yale.
[] Intended Major: I went in undecided.
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: parochial
[] Ethnicity: African American/ Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Hopefully it showed that I can get really “passionate” about clubs and organizations that I’m involved in. I learn to sleep, eat, and breathe them, not running them perfectly but trying my best.
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my SAT 2’s. I spent a lot of time studying for them but something huge came up and I only had about 3 hours of sleep.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My strengths above but most of all luck. I thought for certain that I’d get denied. This whole process taught me to have a little more faith in my self.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into all of my schools (12) Cornell, UPenn, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, etc[/li][/ul]General Comments:

Dbate · March 31, 2009, 11:19pm

Are you going to Bull Dog Days? We should find someway to identify the CCers.

lolcats4 · March 31, 2009, 11:30pm

I will indeed be taking the waitlist spots; I want to keep my options open :)

I’m sorry you didn’t get into any of the big four But you’ve got Duke!!

Happycamper9 · March 31, 2009, 11:38pm

Decision: Accepted (After being deferred)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 = 710 Reading, 800 Math, 800 Writing
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 730 US History, 800 math IIc
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):5 APUSH, 5 AB Calc (currently taking AP Psych, AP Stats, and AP Enviro)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs above, English 12 (AP level), Shakespeare Lit, and Ceramics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Shakespeare contest
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years of theater (got leads, directing and was a cast leader), a cappella group, organized a cabaret for charity, philosophy club, various theater and film programs, guitar, piano and singing performances,
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Food Kitchens and teaching disabled children theater classes
Summer Activities: traveling to India, various acting jobs
Essays: funny, cute essay about a show I was in
Teacher Recommendation: One english, one science both teachers are close to me
Counselor Rec: I think it was pretty strong
Additional Rec: Acting Teacher
Interview: I had one with a senior and one with an alumnus
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Theater/Psych
State (if domestic applicant): DC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy from father
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, extracurricular, recs
Weaknesses: Grades, classes
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am a leader and very hard working and ambitious
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Northwestern, Wash U, Hamilton, Wesleyan, Vassar, NYU, Skidmore, Fordham. Rejected: Brown
General Comments: I was shocked, especially after being deferred.

littleathiest · April 1, 2009, 12:14am

This is posted for my sister…

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M-750, V-690, W-770, E-12 (2210)
[] ACT: M-36, R-34, W-34, S-36 (35)
[] SAT II: Math I-750, Math II-770, Biology E-680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ~60, however, her school doesn’t formally rank its students, so this didn’t show up on her application.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), BC Calculus (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), European History, Physics C, English Literature, Spanish Literature, Statistics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: European History, Physics C, English Literature, Spanish Literature, Statistics, Multivariable Calculus, Independent Study in Organic Chemistry (second semester), Health (second semester, Clay
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society, National Merit Finalist, Rensselaer Medal, Bausch & Lomb Award[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity field hockey 9-12 (captain 12), school newspaper 9-12 (opinions editor 11, managing editor 12), regional orchestra 11-12 (first chair flute 12), school jazz band 9-12, school musical pit band 9-12, math team 9-12, Model UN 9-10
[] Job/Work Experience: summer school math tutor 12, biofuel research intern 11
[] Volunteer/Community service: library bookstore volunteer 10, senior home performer 9-12, tutor 10-12
[] Summer Activities: summer school math tutor 12, biofuel research intern 11, library bookstore volunteer 10
[] Essays: I read them all and thought they were fair to excellent. Her common application on her interests in music and chemistry was very good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: should have both been excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: should have been good, but a little vague.
[] Additional Rec: none, to my knowledge
[li] Interview: pretty bad. The interviewer hadn’t done an interview in ten years and apparently talked about himself the entire time. He was also quite conservative, which didn’t work to well with my very liberal sister.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no.
[] Intended Major: chemistry & music
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: small private. The last student from her school to go to Yale graduated in 2004.
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: with her resume, stats, and abilities, she definitely gave herself a shot.
[] Weaknesses: she had no “big thing” she did that showed that she was particularly brilliant in chemistry and/or music.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The lack of a “big thing” as well as her background and demographics.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Johns Hopkins, Rensselaer, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Brandeis. Waitlisted at the University of Pennsylvania. Rejected at MIT, Swarthmore, Yale, Princeton, and the Peabody Institute.

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! Best of luck to everyone who did not!

lunar_years · April 1, 2009, 12:17am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 V, 750 M, 800 W 12 essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/520
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History, World History
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, Yearbook Production
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State academic bowls, regional writing awards, publishing poems and essays
[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (copy editor), academic bowl (MVP), service club (secretary), math club (secretary), lit mag (editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: None. I did get paid for some freelance writing stuff, lol.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public library, local schools and parks
[] Summer Activities: Local newspaper internship, TASP
[] Essays: Very “literary.”
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good?
[] Counselor Rec: Good, but generic?
[] Interview: Decent. We had some interests in common but didn’t really click personality-wise. I reeled off way too many random facts about Yale because I was so nervous-excited. I think I might have accidentally implied that I’m a Maoist sympathizer or something.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: History of Science and Medicine
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] School Type: Large suburban public
[] Ethnicity: East Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Middle class to upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Possibly TASP and geography.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays (stylistically), geography, TASP.
[] Weaknesses: Ethnicity.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I actually got a likely, which I thought was really weird and still think is unwarranted. My regional rep said she liked my essays?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Brown, Cornell, University of Chicago, UT Austin, TAMU. Waitlisted Columbia, Harvard, Stanford. Rejected MIT.
[/ul]

skagirl_az · April 1, 2009, 12:22am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (780 M, 730 CR, 780 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780, 760, 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/455
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), Eng Lang (3), US Hist (2), Calc BC (5)… did not test but took the course in Physics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Eng Lit, AP US Govt/Microeconomics, Spanish III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (vice president), Mu Alpha Theta (president), wildlife club (historian), drama club, varsity tennis (4 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: worked as a tutor during junior year. ~12 hrs/week
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered 200+ hours with the local YMCA, 100 + hours with arizona’s Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY), and 100+ hours in local municipal events
[] Summer Activities: ambassador (soph year) at HOBY, staff assistant (all volunteer hours, junior year) at HOBY
[] Essays: honestly i dont remember what i wrote about
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: was not called for one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): arizona
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large/public
[] Ethnicity: asian (indian)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: not sure for this year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: also rejected at princeton and stanford.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

4th_house · April 1, 2009, 12:32am

for S:

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[] Essays: Doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Alleged to be very good
[] Counselor Rec: see above
[] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[] Interview: NEVER GOT ONE!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Published in two peer-reviewed academic journals[/li][/ul]Reflection

Strengths: Typical hard-working, well-rounded kid

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences

Weaknesses: Not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches

Why you think you were waitlisted: Top 10 public HS, yet Yale has not taken any of our students over the past decade, although every other top college in the nation has.

roggle6292 · April 1, 2009, 1:16am

Deferred

then…

Accepted!

Good luck to all of your as you take the next steps into the future! We’re all amazing and I can’t wait to see wher you all end up!

Amadeuic · April 1, 2009, 1:22am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 780 M, 770 W (1540/2310)
[] SAT II: 750 Latin, 730 Math II, 730 World History, 720 Math I, average to bad on a few others
[] Weighted GPA: 97/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Literature and Composition, Latin Virgil, Physics B.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Basically the unscored AP exams above.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMSQT Commended Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medals (3), some statewide Latin competition prizes, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Classical Culture Society (Treasurer x2, President), New Jersey Junior Classical League (Central Registrar), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Literary Magazine (Assistant Editor in Chief, Editor in Chief), Mock Trial (Witness x2), Students Against Destructive Decisions
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, making lunches for poor, pancake breakfast for blind, setting up for local art shows and carnivals, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Film Camp, Summer Rowing Program, NYLF on Medicine, Honors Pre-Calculus Class
[] Essays: CommonApp showed source of intellectual interest, Yale Supplement was about my interest in foreign cinema
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been great.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably bad, actually. I don’t think she knew me very well and probably wrote the wrong information.
[li] Interview: No.[/li]
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
Intended Major: Classics
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Private, ~215 in graduating class, gets about a dozen kids to top twenty universities each year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not sure, specifically. But no FA.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Classics? Maybe?

Reflection
Strengths: SAT’s, EC’s, Essays

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Center it around passion for many things, brought it all back to Classics, etc.

Weaknesses: SAT II’s

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not valedictorian, guidance counselor things.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Brown University (attending), University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, Colby College, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame (Honors Program), University of Michigan; Waitlisted- Duke University, Cornell University, Williams College; Rejected- Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania.

omgitsover9000 · April 1, 2009, 1:39am

Decision:Accepted

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2360 (770V 800CR 790W)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Bio-M 790 Chem</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>GPA: 4.74 W, 4.00 UW</li>
<li>Rank: top 1%</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 126.5, AMC 12: 108; Aime: 4,5, respectively. APs: Bio, chem, gov, comp pol, 5’s</li>
<li>Essays: Pretty good, could have been better.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Should be ok</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: Published paper + another one that i submitted to contests (also in process of publication tho)</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</li>
<li>Location: Midwest</li>
<li>High School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: Y</li>
<li>Extracurriculars: Chess (top 40 in nation), research (several papers submitted/published in peer-reviewed journals)-worked for 3 summers in same lab, 20 hrs a week part time during school year, some other stuff… Journals that I have submitted to/published: Organic Letters, Cancer Science, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Science</li>
<li>Awards: Siemens semifinalist, intel science search semifinalist, National merit finalist, AP scholar with honor, some other awards that i don’t recall.</li>
</ul>

Accepted: Caltech, MIT, Northwestern HPME, WashU(full scholarship), Duke, Stanford
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, UPenn.

cgye · April 1, 2009, 8:18am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Math II: 790 U.S. History: 790 Bio E: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/150
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calc this year (only one offered)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Pres. Scholar nominee, Some essay contests and speaking contests, Eagle Scout[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): STUC Pres, Chess Club Pres, Quiz Bowl Captain, Yearbook Editor, NHS Treasurer, Theater, Golf Team, Sailing
[] Job/Work Experience: This coming summer (offered job with county government)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Service hours over every summer, Boys state, U.S. Institute of peace essay winners forum, Notre Dame Global Issues Seminar
[] Summer Activities: Service hours, Eagle scout project
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Very Good
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, Catholic, doesn’t send kids out of state
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 250 k +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): made a website on energy and natural resource allocation as concerned with land use[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: leadership, website
[] Weaknesses: no AP’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: wow![/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats and consolations to all!

Charmelody · April 1, 2009, 8:37am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2370 (800 R, 800 W, 770 M)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II-C, 800 Biology E, 740 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank: 1/365
[] AP: Biology (5), English Language (5), United States History (5), European History (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Calculus AB (4), Statistics (4), Music Theory (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Newspaper, Teacher Aide
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Commended Scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award, 2nd in Texas in UIL Academics for Current Issues and Events
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: [/li] Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
Young Democrats (President)
World Affairs Council (President)
UIL Academics (Team Captain, Current Events, Spelling and Vocabulary, Social Studies, Informative Speaking, Editorial Writing, and Headline Writing )
Violin (Youth Orchestra, all region, all area)
Girl Scouts (Senior, Gold Award)
Teen Court (Lead prosecutor, founding member)

[] Job/Work Experience: Taking care of my younger, disabled sibling
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Girl Scouts, Teen Court, Highway cleanups, raising money for AIDS research, library volunteer. About 1000 hours +.
[] Summer Activities: Girls State, caretaking, sleeping, studying for self-study AP exams.
[] Essays: My essays were very strong. I wrote about how my sister is the formative person in my life and how I liked Peter the Great because he was a jack-of-all-trades, master of Russia. XD
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were very flattering. I cannot thank them enough.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: Phenomenal. We got along really, really well. =D
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: TX
[] Country: US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Not State (White)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 100,000 - 120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My stats and extracurricular list, which is hefty.
[] Weaknesses: White, female, no hook.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The interview might’ve tipped it. It went the best out of all of them.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Rice, and Pomona. Rejected at Stanford.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted/waitlisted! Sorry for those who weren’t… This year was a crapshoot…

red_red_sox · April 1, 2009, 11:45am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math; 710 Reading; 750 Writing
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math Level II 780; History 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/125
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5); Literature (3); History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calculus, Journalism, AP Political Science, Honors English, AP Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Captain); Student Environmental Group (Treasurer); Varsity Soccer; Varsity Outdoor Track; Debate Club
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring in math two days a week, March of Dimes Volunteer
[] Essays: My common application essay was exceptional, but my Yale essay was not very good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Extremely good, but who that applies to Yale has bad teacher recommendations?
[] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: My on-campus interview was okay, but I certainly could have done better. My alumni interview was exceptional though.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] School Type: Private School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: [60,000-80,000]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m a white person from Maine, just joking, probably not.[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, SATs are average
[] Weaknesses: Community Service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is Yale, and the regular decision acceptance rate was 5.4%. Furthermore, I am white, and my parents went to college.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Bryant University, Bucknell University, Colorado College, Wake Forest, Colby College. Waitlisted: Carleton College. Rejected: Williams College[/li][/ul]General Comments: This sucks…

mistofthekane · April 1, 2009, 2:34pm

Congrats to all prospective Yale Class of 2013 kids from an SCEAer!

asdf10101 · April 1, 2009, 4:10pm

REJECTED (from a deferred applicant :/)

nothinbutnet247 · April 1, 2009, 4:42pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (750 CR; 680 M; 730 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US History 760; Chemistry 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, but 4.3 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/143
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (self study) 3; Chemistry (self study) 3; US History 5; English Language 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 3 Honors- the most rigorous possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (founder/editor), NHS (pres), mock trial, 2 varsity sports as a freshman, a few other small clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 years at a community produce store/bakery/garden center and I am using the money to contribute to my high school tuition
[] Volunteer/Community service: extensive service projects focused on helping children with physical and mental disabilities and/or illnesses
[] Summer Activities: 2 engineering camps (one as a freshman, one as a junior), volunteering, work
[] Essays: one about solving my own medical mystery and one about a traumatic event I had as a child. I worked really hard on them and that they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: both excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec: I wrote a research paper for a yale professor and he wrote me a great rec, even saying that my paper was better than all of the papers in his class at yale
[] Interview: I though it went really well. I had a lot in common with the interviewer. Her daughter even had the same name as me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: decent catholic school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy, ‘women in engineering’ ?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: volunteering & recs/self study and engineering programs
[] Weaknesses: test scores aren’t incredible
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? This process is absolutely crazy. I’m not complaining, though.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to brown and boston college, waitlisted at bowdoin, rejected from dartmouth and amherst[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone that got accepted! For those who got bad news, remember that everyone ends up where they were meant to be. Best of luck next year!

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