<p>Congrats to those accepted from the Dartmouth Board! We’re all secretly (and some of us not-so-secretly) jealous of you.</p>
<p>We even have a popular student organization dedicated to the love of Yale.
Don’t believe me? Watch: [YouTube</a> - Dartmouth Loves Yale](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQP738hnPY]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQP738hnPY)</p>
<p>You guys are incredibly lucky.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 2300, 770 CR, 750 M, 780 W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: U.S.: 760 Math 2: 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/260
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):U.S. History (5), English Language (4), Bio (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and a religion course as required by school, hardest possible (actually harder than possible, school only allows students to take 3 per year, i had to fight)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):not really
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout, band that has been extraordinarily successful, speech and debate, varsity volleyball, NHS (pres), few others nothing huge
Job/Work Experience:summers, plus referee of kids football during fall
Volunteer/Community service:>150 hours
Summer Activities:work, once went to europe, but nothing much
Essays:absolutely fantastic
Teacher Recommendation: probably very good but average or below in the yale pool
Counselor Rec:superb, maybe a little above average even in the yale pool
Additional Rec:
Interview:not so great
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:>100,00 and <150000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:essays
[ *] Weaknesses:interview
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because interviews are clearly meaningless and i did a good job getting my voice through in both essays
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Washington and Lee (w/ Johnson scholarship): accepted; Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth: waitlist; no denials
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] other acceptees, congrats! pm me if u want nd ur going to the accepted weekend</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>then…</p>
<p>Rejected!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2400 (M: 800 CR: 800 W: 800 Essay: 10)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II:
[list]
[li]Math Level 2 800 (1st time 790)[/li] [</em>]Chemistry 780 (1st time 720)
[<em>]U.S. History 770
[</em>]Biology M 760
[<em>]World History 740
[/ul]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98[/li][</em>] Rank: 7/550?
[<em>] AP:
[ul]
[li]World History (4)[/li] [</em>]Chemistry (5)
[<em>]Calculus AB (5)
[</em>]Biology (5)
[<em>]U.S. History (4)
[/ul]
[li] IB: N/A[/li][</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[ul]
[<em>]Forensics Workshop (Debate)
[</em>]AP (U.S.)Government-Macroeconomics
[<em>]AP Calculus BC
[</em>]AP English Literature
[<em>]Leadership A/B (ASB)
[</em>]AP Physics
[<em>]AP Music Theory
[/ul]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalish, AP Scholar with Distinction, ABigSmall’s Seal of Destruction[/li][/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place weird comments in parenthesis): Violoncello (Grade 3 to present), Debate (does that count?), Orchestra (1st, 2nd, 3rd chairs at different times of course), KIWIN’S (used to be Website/Tech Chair, now I’m Projects Coordinator), other stuff that are more weak (like I did Newspaper Production for 1 year and took self-studied courses on Applied Wikipedia & Blog Reading, Introduction to Counting Ceiling Dots, Advanced Rice Eating)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I put down orchestra, as we recently became free from the school and are our own entity, but I’m not seeing any direct money. It goes to our summer trip. I also tutor a local youngster in the ways of edumahcation!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: KIWIN’S, tutoring for NHS, church things
[<em>] Summer Activities: Just this past summer I did student research at a research lab for over 200 hours and went to Arizona with my church for short-term summer missions. The summer before I went with my orchestra to play in Ireland and toured the UK. The summer before that I… Boy Scouts camp?
[</em>] Essays: Best writing I’ve done (but that’s not saying that much)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: Research mentor, but I was not allowed to read it
[</em>] Interview: A little awkward at first, but it smoothed out in the end.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Fo shizzle my nizzle (yes)
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State: California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): —
[<em>] School Type: Earthquake-resistant (around 2,300 students, public)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$40k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m an Asian American from sunny California with good grades and scores!-oh wait… (none :D)
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores and grades. Maybe the essays, maybe my recs.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Leadership, extracurriculars, nothing really outstanding.
[</em>] Why you think you were rejected: You ever see pictures of Earth at night? I’m one of those flashlights that try to shine some light into the night sky, in the midst of giant metropolitan lightscapes.
[/ul]General Comments: A little miffed but hey, what can I say? Okay, I can say a lot, but that’s beside the point. My heart goes out to you guys.</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2330
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 m2 760 bio 710 french
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): barely top 10
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5544
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs one research class and regular economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): siemens competition semifinalist, ISEF finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): church youth group (pres) french club (pres) track (captain) violin
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: dominican republic mission trip
[<em>] Summer Activities: volunteering and research
[</em>] Essays: sincere
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great and ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Additional Rec: ok
[</em>] Interview: great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: duh
[</em>] Intended Major: french
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50-100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): siemens semi, First generation, weird major
[/ul][ b]Reflection** [ul]
[</em>] Strengths: very well rounded
[<em>] Weaknesses: grades, inconsistency, bad midyear report
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dunno but im very happy
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got waitlisted at harvard princeton upenn columbia dartmouth. Accepted at northwestern[/li][/ul]General Comments: Im so excited considering that around 750 students were chosen for the waitlist. Hoepfully everyone chooses harvard. to God be the glory.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050: 730 Math 680 Reading 640 Writing 10 Essay
[</em>] ACT: 33 10 Essay
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math 750 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit/Comp, AP French, AP Calc BC, business, Orchestra, Jazz, publications
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Newspaper (editor in chief)
Global Exchange (president)
Student tutoring (board member)
FBLA
Chinese Club
French Club
Jazz piano (4 years)
Classical piano (11 years)
Self-taught guitar (2 years)
Badminton team (1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed tutor, cashier, babysitting-not much
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked as a music theory tutor
[</em>] Summer Activities: Usually summre school
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I would say. Common app about my family’s oppression under the communist rule and how I view my opportunities in America. Second essay about the importance of journalism in my life.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure-I waived my rights- probably not amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Decent. an hour and a half. We talked about general stuff: my favorite books, why yale, school activities. He gave me tips about succeeded at Yale. I was probably given a score of 5-7. Not terrible, but not exceptional.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public- large
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My drive and potential to succeed. Showing dedication in passion in many areas.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not one thing that was particularly amazing. I was pretty good at a lot of things, but not a genius, not a concert pianist, not a business tycoon.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, waitlisted probably because my grades weren’t high enough and waitlisted because I continued to improve in high school?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in! I’m so happy for you and you’ll have so much fun and learn so much among the best students and faculty in the world. I hope I’ll be joining you. </p>
<hr>
<p>^ one of the yale political science teachers is former a former president of mexico who screwed mexico into debt… I wonder why he’s at Yale, we hate that man here in Mexico.</p>
<p>hope u learn how to “best screw ur country into debt”</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.</p>
<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2130 - 700 W/740 CR/690 M (ouchhh)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 M-II, 760 US History, 690 Literature (ouch again…)
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/76
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APES (5), APLang (4), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP - Music, Lit, Euro, Bio, Stats, 2 Honors - Span 3 and 4
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, a few local music awards, a few writing ones.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club (President), Newspaper (Editor), LitMag (Editor & Consultant), Go Green (Coordinator), tutoring (founder & president), piano, choir (Student Director & Accompanist), lots of volunteer work… other stuff.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: restaurant work
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: lots and lots. Most devoted to weekly elementary tutoring.
[</em>]Summer Activities: mortgage internship last summer, work and planning activities with friends 2 summers before
[<em>]Essays: Strange one for CommonApp. A heartfelt, though perhaps overly melodramatic supplement. Botched-up short responses. Kicked myself for them.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Good. Both know me very well: are advisors for Newspaper and LitMag as well as my previous English and US History teachers. I’m almost like a co-worker to them. Except one teacher misspelled my name…
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No idea. Good, I hope. She’s completely new and quite clueless, but she’s nice and wants the best for me.
[</em>]Additional Rec: none… I took it seriously when they said they didn’t require more than asked for…
[li]Interview: Went very well! The lady was a chamber musician-turned-financier who was really delightful to chat with. =) If nothing, I enjoyed getting to know such an awesome person. I’m easily impressed. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>]School Type: trashy public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: 70k-85k
[</em>]Hooks: none?</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: My transcript is not bad, the interview went well (if that counted at all), and I worked hard in all of high school…
[</em>]Weaknesses: The fact 24,000+ people applied in this whacked-up year. My CommonApp essay is a little kooky (honest though)… ECs are generic, but they’re what I love, so what can I do? Maybe SAT was lower than a lot of folks on CC, but it went down when I retook so I moved on with my life.
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There is an insane number of applicants who are severely well-qualified for Yale. Just looking on these forums, I realize that and am lucky to have had the chance to even THINK about applying. [/li]Surprise waitlists from Harvard and Princeton though… I didn’t screw up the application for them like I did for Yale. Ah well…</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I LOVE UNC! It has been an interesting few months. I didn’t consider any Ivies until about last October, so it was all a shot in the dark. Now we know! </p>
<p>Best wishes to everyone! You deserve all the good things that will come to you.</p>
<p>i will do this my way next time.</p>
<p>dunno how to use this site still</p>
<p>so much for an intelligent girl</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790M, 730CR, 650W
[</em>] ACT: N/a
[<em>] SAT II: 630 Bio, 700 MathII, 670 US hist.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none taken
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: PreCalc, AP EnglishLit, Anatomy, French III, Yearbook, Ap Macro econ, AP Us govt
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Certificate of Merit in mathematics (from Nigeria)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (President/Founder) of Global CItizens Club, Library Club (VP, Publicist), Ambassadors club, Mayor’s Youth Council Member, International CLub member, …
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (250 hrs), LIbrary volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Hospital Volunteer, Library VOlunteer
[</em>] Essays: I thought both were good, but oh well
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one good, one i don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: ok, but not great.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[</em>] Intended Major: biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <75000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT …
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, and something else i don’t know
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cuz there were better people, duh
[/ul]General Comments: I really liked yale, but i’ll probably be at uchicago</p>
<p>Dartmoose that video was hilarious!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 math, 730 cr, 790 writing)
[</em>] SAT II: 720 us hist, 740 eng lit, 780 math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 260ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): calc ab (5), statistics (5), eng lit (5), us hist (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap spanish, ap environmental science, ap english language, journalism 2, global studies
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): yale book award, governor’s scholar semifinalist, rensselaer medalist, george eastman leadership award, national merit scholar commended student, ct scholar athlete award, scc all-academic team award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity xc all 4 years (captain), varsity track 3 years, school newspaper (editor), quill and scroll, keyettes club (president), interact (vice president), national honor society (treasurer), spanish nhs, student government (junior class secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: working part-time at my local library
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mostly things through keyettes and interact, also mentoring, volunteering at a nursing home during the summer
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were good, and my english teacher from junior year thought they were good, so who knows
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i thought they were really well-written. idk how they’d compare to anyone else’s?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: sociology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: i thought i had good scores and grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: i’m not an olympiad. i never cured cancer lol idk. maybe my high school isn’t impressive enough? like, we don’t have a lot of ap classes offered here
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well i was deferred first, so i suppose was in the ballpark, but i guess my grades could have been better
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted at vassar, brown, and georgetown
[/ul]General Comments:
eh, it’s not a big deal. can’t say i didn’t see this one coming.</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Numbers</p>
<p>SAT: 2220 (M 720, CR 730, W 770)
ACT: 33 (S 27, R 33, M 33, W 36)
AP: United States History (5)
GPA (non-weighted): 3.9
Rank: 6th percentile</p>
<p>Application</p>
<p>Essay
I felt really good about my common application essay, and my Yale optional essay.</p>
<p>Recommendations
Well, I know that at least one teacher was authentic in scope and stylistic character, though I fear the other teacher and my counselor wrote the standard, generic recommendations that do little to impress.</p>
<p>Interview
I sort of “refused” to have a Yale interview. I was too timid. And look what happened…</p>
<p>Personal Information</p>
<p>Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
School Type: Public, suburban/urban mix
Gender/Ethnicity: Male/Caucasian
Legacy: None whatsoever. My parents went to technical school and the my mom got her bachelors degree going to school part-time
Athlete: I jog, but I dont participate in school-related activities.
Extra-Curricular Activities: Head of Political Awareness Club, competitor on Math Team and Social Studies Academic Team
Other Factors: I do no volunteering, but I do have a part-time job as an usher at the local movie theater. I am a National Merit Finalist.
Other Colleges: I qualified for fee waivers, so I applied to eleven schools. I was accepted at Amherst, Middlebury, Pomona, Reed, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin and Weslyan. I was rejected by Bowdoin, Stanford and Yale, and waitlisted at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):800 CR, 730 M, 710 W (2230)
ACT: not taken
SAT II: 750 US History, 730 Math I, 670 Spanish (not a native speaker)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500+
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5) Us history (5) taking five more this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, valedictorian, Bank of American lab science honoree . . .
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (chief editor), Youth Commission (chairperson), Youth with a Purpose (vice pres), musical theater (lead roles), dance, show choir
Job/Work Experience: worked as medical records assistant for two summers, piano teacher year-round
Volunteer/Community service: won President’s Volunteer Award- 200+ hours a year, food bank, toy bank, city events, tutoring
Summer Activities: choir tour to Europe
Essays: good?
Teacher Recommendation: both very outstanding
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Additional Rec:
Interview: great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle-high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: passion for extracurriculars, recs, interview
Weaknesses: test scores, ethnicity
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at USC, Emory, Boston College, Baylor, Fordham/ rejected at Harvard
General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Forgot to post lol.
Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 MATH: 780 W: 710
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M: 710 Chem: 710 Math2: 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% decile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all AP 5 equivalents
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:hardest possible
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school honours, national chess awards etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of chess leadership stuff, capoeira, school leadership stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: biotech over summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: biotech and community service through interact
[<em>] Summer Activities: biotech and went abroad to represent the country in chess
[</em>] Essays: apparently quite good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was pretty good, the other was excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[</em>] Interview:n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
[</em>] Intended Major: molecular, cellular and developmental bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):caribbean country
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: black
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <60000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Academics and I guess not a lot of girls play chess?
[<em>] Weaknesses: umm…idk. I probably didn’t have as many extra-curriculars as others, but I was very devoted to the ones I was in.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure honestly, but I’m quite happy!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell, Columbia, JHU, UChicago, USF and TCNJ. No rejections or waitlists.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who got in! To those on waitlist, hold out you never know what can happen! And to those who got rejected, I’m sure there are wondeful things ahead in your futures! Do not despair!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2210
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science research, community service, many other major involvements with leadership roles
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: pretty good in science, unique background, all-roundedness
<p>General Comments: Looking forward to meeting you amazing people at New Haven! For waitlistees - don’t despair, you will have something great going for you! For rejectees - don’t despair either, you might have better luck somewhere else.</p>
<p>** Decision: WAIT-LISTED**</p>
<p>Female, African American, Currently a Senior at a Public High School</p>
<p>SAT I- 1440/1600 800CR/640M
SAT II- 660 English Lit, 660 World, 670 USH </p>
<p>Top 3% of Class, Rank 17 out of 511
3.85 unweighted, 5.45 weighted
Editor-in-Chief of School Newspaper
Historian of National Honor Society
Captain of Tennis Team
Officer of Best Buddies Club
Member of Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society)
Member of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
Member of Colorguard Squad/ Marching Band</p>
<p>AP World History- 4, AP US History- 4, AP Psychology- 4, AP Lang. Comp- 4, AP Lit- Taking AP Environmental Science- Taking, AP Micro/Macroeconomics- Taking, AP Calculus BC- Taking
Total of 9 AP courses during high school</p>
<p>Did 100 hr. internship last summer with local newspaper, Was recommended from the internship to a non-profit organization and became press release writer for The Dream Factory of Florida</p>
<p>National Achievement Scholarship Competition Semi-Finalist (Applying and will find out of Finalist Status in March) AP Scholar with Honor, Academic Letter, Varsity Tennis Letter</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 590 M, 750 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 730 U.S. History, 680 Literature, 650 Spanish w/ Listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school only weights gpa so… around 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH - 4, Spanish - 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, Honors Physics, Honors Philosophy, Theology IV, PE II
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist (got a $2500 scholarship)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Secretary of Pro-Life Club, School literary magazine, Set construction and painting crew, Academic Team, National Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Counselor at elementary school day camp, Volunteer at International Festival of Arts & Ideas
[<em>] Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassador Program (2006), Yale Daily News Summer Journalism Program (2007), Georgetown International Relations Program (2008)
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was the most honest piece of writing I’ve ever written. I talked about the my struggle of being Ghanaian-American in Ghana. my Yale supplement was really fun to write. i talked about cutting of my hair so i could become natural
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great; I have a really good relationship with my teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great; my counselor knows me well
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: I did an on-campus interview with a current Yale senior. We talked about Harry Potter so, by my standards, i think it went well lol
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science/International Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: all-girls, Catholic high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: black (Ghanaian-American)
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle-class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays, possibly recs (didn’t see)
[<em>] Weaknesses: test scores, ecs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I guess they overlooked the test scores and looked at me as a person and liked what they saw.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Penn, Duke, Swarthmore, Tufts, Georgetown, George Washington, American, Fordham, UConn. rejected/waitlisted nowhere[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I really really really was not expecting to get accepted. I never allowed myself to dream of getting accepted to such a prestigious school because of the incredible competition. That’s why the Yale acceptance came as the biggest surprise and shock and every other emotion you could think of. When I logged into the site to access my decision, expecting a rejection, I was pretty calm because I had just found out that I got into UPenn, which had been my first choice. When a blue screen came up with a picture of a bulldog, congratulating and welcoming me to the Class of 2013, with the Yale fight song playing in the background, I ran downstairs to tell my mother, and started crying. I bawled like a baby for a good 30 minutes. I was shocked and overwhelmed – I still am, but fortunately, I’ve stopped crying lol.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 710 / M: 650 / W: 730 (Total: 2090)
[</em>] SAT II: Literature: 680 / Mathematics Level 2: 600 / French with Listening: 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Pending (predicted score: 37 out of 42)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma (Spanish A1 HL, English A2 HL, History of the Americas HL, French AB Initio SL, Biology SL, Mathematics SL)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Highest GPA Award, Model UN prizes throughout my high school years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations Club (President), Student Tutoring Program (Founder), Student Body Council (Secretary), Tennis Club, French Club, Investment Club, Guitar, CIS Accreditation Student Representative
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Diplomatic Women’s Association, Interact (Rotary Club), Model UN delves itself into many community service activities
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cultural/volunteer trips to El Salvador (in addition to visiting my maternal family)
[</em>] Essays: Excellent; Common App: about an influential person, Yale Supp: very creative, interesting and unique
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Short, concise, and above all, very personal and informative; both teachers read them to me once I got my decision
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I think; I was able to establish a solid relationship with my counselor, so she put some extra effort into my rec
[li] Interview: My best interview, much more similar to a very interesting 1-hour long conversation. Interviewer seemed very pleased</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Ethics, Politics and Economics/English
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unless being an international student counts as one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays/Recs/Interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs I/SATs II
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: My SATs are not as high as one would like them to be, but my Common App and Supp essays kicked ass, seriously. I am not well-rounded as a student, so I positioned myself as a leader: Model UN, Student Council, while making emphasis on my tutoring ventures. I am positive that my interview secured my spot in Yale.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Harvard, Princeton / Waitlisted: Wharton (UPenn) / Accepted: Yale (duh), NYU, Bentley, Boston U, American (last three were safeties)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I still cannot believe I’m a Yalie. I have already accepted their offer of admissions, and I am still on cloud nine. I am in awe, mind-boggled. It took me 10 full seconds to process the chanting bulldog in my screen, so I could later scream at the top of my lungs: “Mom, I got into Yale!” It was definitely one of the best moments of my life. Bulldog Days are coming up, and I can’t wait to meet everybody. I am extremely eager to experience the next 4 years of my life. Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU’s Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: About 300 Hours From Various Clubs
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good; Waivered Right
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
[</em>] Interview: It was kind of awkward truthfully. My interviewer basically talked about how he hated this one math class he took because the teacher made everyone use the textbook he wrote. It was definitely the weirdest interview I’ve been in.[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A’s through high school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT, Little Extracurriculars Outside of School
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale is just crazy hard to get into.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got rejected from Harvard and MIT. I got waitlisted at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. I got accepted at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU at St. Louis, Cornell, Duke, and Stanford.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>**General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted or waitlisted! **</p>