Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 790 Math, 800 Verbal, 780 Writing (2370)
* ACT: NA
* SAT II: 800 physics, 800 Math II-C, 800 US History, 780 biology, 780 chemistry
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96? No idea.
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/303
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science AB (5), US History (5), Microeconomics (5, self-study), Macroeconomics (5, self-study)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
* Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP US Government and Politics, AP Spanish, AP English Literature/Composition, AP Physics, AP Statistics, gym
* Major Awards: Academic Decathlon first and second in region + lots of other awards, Columbia book award, NHS, National Merit Semifinalist, New Jersey Science League top 10% (three years), County Math League first in group. (Cross-country player of the year after application submitted.)
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: SADD (president), GSA (treasurer), cross-country (varsity), winter track, spring track, politics club, earth club, community service club, quiz bowl, science league, state and county math leagues, flute choir, recycling club.
* Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
* Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer, recycling through school, community service club activities.
* Summer Activities: I think all I mentioned was taking calculus BC and volunteering at my local library.
* Essays: Common app philosophically oriented, supplement about running before school. Both unorthodox but perhaps both designed to avoid the fact that my life is not particularly interesting.
* Teacher Recommendation: One said I was among the best students he’d ever taught, not sure about the other.
* Counselor Rec: When she was holding it in front of me I sort of saw something about “boundless intellect,” but since I wasn’t supposed to read it I didn’t try to see more :P
* Interview: On campus, over summer. Don’t really remember or know how it went but I don’t think it was great or awful.
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
* Intended Major: Physics, international relations, or philosophy. (Now exclusively physics.)
* State: NJ
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: ~$100k
* Hooks: None? My sister has cancer but I didn’t use it.
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Standardized testing.
* Weaknesses: Sloppy sophomore year – ended up with a B+ in chem and spent two years in college prep English.
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too dull to let in, too smart to reject.
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<p>General comments: I still have hope for RD, since I’m getting much better grades, might wind up valedictorian, and will point out that I intend to move into physics... I heard Yale is looking for science people, and being a girl should help there.</p>

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<p>
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wow, after looking over all these posts, I'm surprised at how similar the stats/ECs are between the accepted and the deferred. i thought those accepted would stand out more (don't get me wrong! many of those accepted are simply stellar!). Guess the essays matter more than I originally believed....

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<p>Yeah that's what you need to take away from all this. However, calculations have made in this thread, and there are some differences in scores between accepted and deferred. Certainly more than there was with Stanford. But yeah, you need the total package it seems like.</p>

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<p>wow you guys are beasts!
i'm feeling intimidated applying RD.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1370/2050 (CR: 760, M: 610, W: 680) <- Math=FAIL!
[</em>] ACT:30 but not reported
[<em>] SAT II: US History: 800, Literature: 730, Biology: 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably a 3.7-3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), English Language (5), US History (5), World History (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest possible
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nonexistent....National Merist SF though
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quizbowl, Varsity Basketball, Science Club/Science Olympiad, French Club (President), Student Government (Class President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 70+ hours at lighthouse for the blind
[</em>] Summer Activities: worked at a glassfactory but didn't mention it
[<em>] Essays: common app essay not great, supplement essays pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: waived my right to read 'em
[<em>] Counselor Rec:see above
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: something liberal artsy
[</em>] School Type: religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: umm upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM,
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: subject tests, ethnicity, recommendations i'm hoping...
[</em>] Weaknesses: math score!!! essays probably
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Quite frankly, I'm just not stellar. Competitve enough to apply yes, but to accept? No. Compared to the general population yes - I'm awesome. But compared to the Yale applicant pool? No way man.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was honestly expecting a rejection so just the fact that I got deferred from freaking Yale is good news for my other apps...I probably will get rejected come April but I'm okay with that. I totally slacked off in high school - I probably don't deserve it as much as others anyway. Congratulations to those who made it - better look with the rest to those who didn't....and a mix of those last two to those who were deferred.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 690 M, 720 CR, 800 W
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 670 Math II, 720 English
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 92
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), Calc BC (5), Gov't (3), Lang and Comp (5), Physics C (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, International Thespian Society (secretary), National French Honor Society (secretary), SGA (public relations), volleyball, theater
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brother Big Sister
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteer at a kid's camp, hiking trips
[ *] Essays: first one supposedly "made the hair stand up on my lit teacher's arms" and second was OK
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see them
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't see them
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: he said it went "very, very well"
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: geology and geophysics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: middle-ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: good first essay, legacy, a lot of extracurriculars and school awards
[ *] Weaknesses: second essay was not so hot, scores could've been better
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses...maybe I was just a little too much like all of the other applicants
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1550/2230 (CR: 800, M: 750, W: 690)

  • SAT II: Chem: 720, Literature: 690, Math II: 680
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • IB: Predicted 44/45
  • Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest possible
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (School President), Model United Nations (President of International Court of Justice at THIMUN-Singapore IV, Secretary-General at inaugural session of MUNOFS), school musical FAME, choir, Singapore National Youth Orchestra [9th grade.. had to quit because of schedule conflicts =(]
* Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
* Volunteer/Community service: In total 100+ hours.
* Summer Activities: Visiting relatives in Taiwan, visiting friends in the US, visiting universities in New England.
* Essays: mediocre essays, I think.
* Teacher Recommendation: Waived my right to read them, but I'm good friends with both my teachers and they've taught me the past three years so I'm betting they were pretty good. =)
* Counselor Rec: See above.
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: .. I thought it didn't go that well. =S
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
* Intended Major: Political Science/Int. Relations
* School Type: Independent, International School.
* Ethnicity: Asian =(
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: Upper middle.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A =(
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Recommendations, Extra curriculars.
* Weaknesses: SAT IIs and essays. =(
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT IIs and essays. I'm pretty mediocre in comparison to many of the people who applied to Yale, so..
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<p>I swear to God this thread makes me depressed. Every time I read it I feel like I should go to community college or something. :( Screw the admissions officers</p>

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<p>Yeah, there really is negligible difference between stats of the deferred and the accepted.</p>

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<p>procrastinator_x: Haha, that's pretty much my summer activites, visiting relatives in Taiwan.</p>

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<p>sigh... the joys of being asian :(</p>

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<p>In case anyone was comparing stats or anything, I uh... this is really embarrassing... I just noticed that I forgot to include with my application all of the EC's that didn't fit on the common app. I think sports, Academic Decathlon, SADD, and library volunteering were all I mentioned.</p>

<p>It's a wonder I even got deferred... sigh....</p>

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<p>... You should've been accepted no doubt</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 740-740-740</li>
<li>ACT: 35 - sent this one.</li>
<li>SAT II: didn't send in.</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/406</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Gov (5), Lang (4)</li>
<li>IB: not available at my school</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP Psych, Mentoring/Acting 2, Photo 2/Sociology</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Semi-finalist, Michigan Tech Society of Women Engineers</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance, Plays, Musical, NHS (Blood Drive Co-chair), Student Council, working as an assistant dance teacher</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Michigan Attorney General's Office Intern</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: through NHS</li>
<li>Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassadors one summer, one summer see work</li>
<li>Essays: my English teacher really liked my supplement, I wrote about a friend who helped me understand and celebrate diversity; my common app was about how assistant teaching dance has shaped me. I put a lot into the essays.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: very positive</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: She told me she wrote a very good rec.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: I didn't get one. I think b/c I sent in final application last minute.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.</li>
<li>Intended Major: Latin American Studies and Sociology</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White and part Native American</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Upper middle.</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A </li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Essays, unique summer/work experience, unique interest in career described in "why you want to go to Yale" - Latin American immigration advocacy/policymaking</li>
<li>Weaknesses: extracurriculars weren't intense like others</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths + being enrolled in Native American tribe. </li>
</ul>

<p>I'm interested to see what you guys think: how much does ethnicity play a factor?</p>

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<p>I think being a URM (underrepresented minority) definitely helps... although you definitely could have gotten in without that benefit.</p>

<p>Light Airen, that's good to hear, although there are lots and lots of people who should've gotten in :(.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR: 800, M: 740, W: 800)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II: 800, Bio: 800, U.S. History: 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn't rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), APUSH (5), AB Calc (5), Bio (5), English Lang. (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: strong
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): something relating to history, but it came in too late for the app.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): history, (Debate Captain), 10 years violin, not much else
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: interned at a political office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: none worth reporting
[<em>] Summer Activities: went to a CTY camp, tutored debate at summer, my internship
[</em>] Essays: one was about history and another was about writing fantasy
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was terrible (copy-paste format), one idk
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably standard, since our school has 2000+ students
[<em>] Interview: standard
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Intended Major: History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public, well-regarded
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): thought it might be interest in history
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, to be blunt
[</em>] Weaknesses: teacher rec., extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn't stand out in any way[/li][/ul]General Comments: It's a warning to me. Not that bummed, since Yale wasn't something that would kill me if I didn't get in.</p>

<p>The history thing is bigger on the app. than it is appears here.</p>

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<p>Woeyir, u have stellar SAT, SAT-2s, Grades, 10 years of Violin and a History bent - I dont know what else you could have done to get accepted. You said there are 2000 students in your school - does that mean you have 2000 seniors in the class of 2009? Even though your school does not rank, what do you think your rank is - top 10%, 20%? Somebody like yourself who gets a 800 in Bio, US Hist and Math-2 is already out there in the top 1% of the student population I feel. Dont be bummed at all - you should be proud of yourself.</p>

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<p>I agree with sinusrhythm, Woeyir. You may be one of the unlucky ones who may have been rejected by Yale, but will get multiple acceptances from other top schools come April!</p>

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<p>Um, that's Harvard. LOL.</p>

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<p>no there is a boot at yale. i actually was just there yesterday and rubbed it myself.</p>

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<p>@noitaraperp: how'd you not know about the toe! gotta touch the toe! (even if Yalies allegedly pee on it at night, their pee probably adds extra luck to it anyhow ;))</p>