Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: Physics/Engineering Sciences</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750M, 670CR, 780W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 800 MathII, 790 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), U.S. (4), Lang (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: One of the Toughest possible
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching Band (drum major), Jazz band (section leader/ soloist), Percussion ensemble (drum captain), Spring Musical, Science Club, Chess Club, Community Future Problem Solving
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Math Internship with GSU professor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: At my chinese school. I volunteer as a basketball teacher, english teacher, event organizer
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer Science Program, Startalk, Internship, DMA, vacations.
[ *] Essays: I thought were really good. excellent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Really Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Really good
[ *] Additional Rec: Really good
[ *] Interview:Okay
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: ~150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc): First generation, published research paper, SSP?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, EC's
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores, G.P.A
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores, G.P.A
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I feel like shooting myself[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>[][][]Decision: Deferred[][][]</p>

<p>[]Objective:[][]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn't take
[] ACT: 35 (34,34,35,36)
[] SAT II: 770 US History (710 first time), 750 literature, 730 chem, 740 math i
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.92/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/197
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,4,4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, 3 college-level courses
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist, ap scholar
[][]Subjective:[][]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (co-captain), Academic Team, Ping pong club, senior show, model UN
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer working as a cashier
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at hospital, 100+ hours doing other stuff
[] Summer Activities: traveling, working
[] Essays: obviously not good
[] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[] Counselor Rec: idk
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: thought it went alright at the time
[][]Other[][]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian (chinese) <---antihook
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: financial aid unnecessary
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
[][]Reflection[][]
[] Strengths: unknown
[] Weaknesses: apparently all around
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: bad luck?
[][]General Comments:[] i'm so sorry to everyone who was deferred/rejected. it sucks. congrats to those who were accepted. YALE FAIL '13</p>

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<p>accepted....OMFREAKINGGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380- 800M, 800CR, 780W (essay 8, boy do I hate timed writing)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (essay 9)
[<em>] SAT II: Chinese w/ listening 800, Math II 800, Physics 800, bio (M) 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, top 10% (unofficial valedictorian)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): calc bc (5), calc ab subscore (5), lang and comp (5), euro history (5), physics c M&EM (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: multivariable calc, chem AP, lit AP, APUSH, experimental research and design, French 5AP, statistics, economics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I guess these weren’t really major but I’ll include them anyway. NJ Science League Biology I 3rd in state, team ranked 2nd in state; NJ Science League Physics I 3rd in state, team ranked 7th in state; NJ Science League Physics C 4th in state, teamed ranked 3rd
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): grade level council (class rep grades 9,10), all school council (treasurer grade 11, VP grade 12), action against hunger (treasurer grade 9, VP grades 10 and 11, president grade 12), school chapter REBEL (VP grade 10, county rep grade 11, senior advisor grade 12), county REBEL (county rep grades 10 and 11), state REBEL magazine (senior editor), jv tennis (co-captain), varsity ultimate (team manager), Peer leader
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor, babysitter
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: somerset medical center, lab assistant for science teachers, hundreds of hours for my student government stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: HSK scholarship camp in Beijing, French immersion program in nice for teenagers abroad (stayed with host family), intern at a company, NJ gov school for science
[<em>] Essays: I really put myself into them, as in I felt like I exhausted the depths of my introspection. I put some humor in the first one, talked about my ACL injury. And I talked about my goal to read a list of 1000 books in the second one.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: outstanding, I thought this was the strongest part of my application.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good, we talk every few days so she really knows me.
[</em>] Interview: on-campus with a girl who went to nj gov school for science too. I think I expressed my enthusiasm for yale; I sort of teared up during it. But it was only half an hour and I forgot to talk about a lot of my ECs, I only mentioned one, oops. Too nervous, I guess. All in all, I thought it was okay, not great but not terrible.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: about $200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: recs, essays, grades, independent research, independently studying French literature
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I/ACT essay scores, forgot to say a lot of things in the interview, no national awards, nothing that really stands out in the yale applicant pool
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have to admit, I thought I’d be accepted. Oh well, just way too many qualified applicants I guess. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck RDers and everyone who was deferred!!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: Engineering</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 770 M 790 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/451
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), Stat (5), US Gov (5) Comp Gov (5), Lit (5), Physics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: WG Principles of Engineering, AP Psych, AP Art History, AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Latin Lit
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
Activities:
Book Club, Mu Alpha Theta Recording Secretary (Math Honor Society), Robotics Team, Amnesty International Treasurer, Temple Senior Youth Organization, Latin Club Executive Board, National Honor Society, Artist’s Guild, Tae-Kwan-Do, Track Team, Cross Country</p>

<p>Awards:
Missouri Mathematics League (MOML) 2nd highest in school, American Scholastic Mathematics Association (ASMA) 3rd highest in school, Top Ten of Academic Class
Renaissance Student to Student Award, Scholar Artist
Scholar Athlete, Gateway Young Achiever, National Merit Semifinalist, Renaissance Gold Card (straight As), Perfect Score- National Latin Exam, AP Scholar with Distinction </p>

<p>Volunteering:
Temple Volunteering, Purim Carnival- Helping run various activities during a religious holiday, Hanukah Hugs- Making presents for needy children , Tutoring- Academic Assistance Center, Tutoring- Separate, outside tutoring
Mu Alpha Theta Math Tutoring, Teaching martial arts, Summer Reading Club Volunteer, Library Volunteer: RFID Tagging- Helping create a computerized system for self check-out, National Honor Society Volunteering[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Jewish? Black belt? Track team/cross country?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wish I knew[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>ZOMG! eating food FTW!</p>

<p>congrats :)</p>

<p>I hope I get to join you, come RD decision time ;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: Environmental Studies and Economics</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR 660 M 700 W
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II: -
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don't know
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/120
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 43 predicted
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL- English A1, Arabic B, Business, ITGS. SL- Environmental, Math
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Government (9, 10, 11, 12 president); Basketball (10, 11, 12); MUN (11, 12); ... can't think properly right now
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 summers at a bookstore
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: considerable amount
[</em>] Summer Activities: diff leadership progs and comm service
[<em>] Essays:so-and-so
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: the best
[<em>] Counselor Rec: the best
[</em>] Additional Rec: -
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: econ and env studies
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Bahrain
[</em>] School Type: private (?)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: don't know
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ...
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores.. and maybe my common app essay
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I still think it's the common app essay[/li][/ul]General Comments:* I can't help crying, but I feel okay-ish</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: biomedical engineering</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ ist]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (760 M 720 W 720 CR)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800 Physics: 800 Spanish: 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/485
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) U.S. History (5) Spanish (5) Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Gov, Concert Choir
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, AP Scholar
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country and Track, Choir, NHS, Tutoring
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Swim Instructor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much...tutoring, recycling
[<em>] Summer Activities: working, physical therapy, a leadership conference in D.C.
[</em>] Essays: ok, nothing spectacular
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: i'm not sure, i didn't read them, but i think they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: my counselor is new so i didn't know her very well, but i still think it would be pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: i thought it went well
[/ul]Other[ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[</em>] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: honesty i'm not totally sure...
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: grades i guess
[<em>] Weaknesses: no leadership, awards, or hooks
[</em>] Why you think you were deferred: i really don't know
[/ul]General Comments: I pretty much expected to get deferred, so I'm really not too disappointed. And congrats to everyone who was accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: Undecided</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M 720 CR 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math II 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/410
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Physics B Lab, AP Spanish Language, AP English Language, AP Calculus BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater all the way, Speech and Debate
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Dunkin Donuts (1.5 years total)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Improv Interest, teaches drama to middle school kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work
[</em>] Essays: Superb, went through eight drafts
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty damn good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Unbelievably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went well I think
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Native American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle - Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: IDK
[<em>] Weaknesses: IDK
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? But I'm excited that I wasn't rejected! =]
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>aceepted! details later. :]]]]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330: 750 CR, 800 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 790 US History, 790 Biology-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13 UW, 5.04 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 333
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 (All 5's): US History, Calc BC, Stats, Comp Sci AB, Physics B, Physics C-M, Physics C-E&M, Chemistry, Biology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Math 231- Linear Algebra, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Envi Sci, AP Human Geo, H-Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement NY Winner, 2008 U.S. Physics Team Quarterfinalist, National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar/AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm), Varsity XC and Track, FIRST Robotics, Newspaper, Math Team (AMC 10 and 12 School Champion), TSA (National Awards)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cornell Catering, Worked for Cornell Prof, Interned for Cornell Prof (Different One)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Led own Community Service Project, Flood Relief
[<em>] Summer Activities: Intern for Cornell Prof, Work for Cornell Prof, Trip to Philmont, etc.
[</em>] Essays: One about Philmont, the other about music.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: From Cornell Prof with whom I worked
[</em>] Interview: Excellent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics and Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends many to Cornell (lol), few to Ivies each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian :/
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Siemens Award?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Awards, Academics
[<em>] Weaknesses: Ethnicity, dunno
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many good applicants
[/ul]General Comments: I'm disappointed... but hopefully I'll get in RD. Congrats to all who got in!</p>

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<p>Seems like Yale had a bunch of unread apps, and just decided to move them all into the deferred pile :p</p>

<p>If you changed all the deferreds to rejects, it would look like the Stanford thread :/</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: undecided</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2320
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 740 740 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5s and 4s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 aps
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nmsf
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tennis, decathlon challenge
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 120 hrs
[ *] Summer Activities: tennis, volunteer, college courses
[ *] Essays: alright
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Additional Rec: good
[ *] Interview: good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): south TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: indian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: thats how it is</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED :x</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR (710), Math (740), Wr (800)
[</em>] ACT: Not submitted
[<em>] SAT II: Bio (710), Math II/Chem (Scores Not In Yet-Took it in Dec)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/195
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Bio (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP English Literature, AP Government, Band, AP Calculus AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Frederick Douglass And Susan B. Anthony AWard, AP Scholar with honors?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Jazz Band, Honors Ensemble, Orchestra, Tri-M: Music Honors Society, NHS, Habitat for Humanity (Treasurer), Mathletes, Knowledge Masters, Cross country, Winter Track, Spring Track
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a pool Store last summer, Worked at a Retail store 2 summer's ago, Tutoring Currently During the School year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Play for Nursing Home with Tri-M
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing special
[</em>] Essays: One was decent, other was really good - showed my voice well
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both i assume were good - one a lot better than the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Strong, she likes me for some reason.. weird
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Wasn't offered
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public - Semi-competitive but small..
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Average
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really: my uncle attended
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Music
[<em>] Weaknesses: Im stupid and didn't make a music supplement/didn't attend Boys state/dropped spanish/didn't take physics
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because im not yale material -_-
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to whoever gets in - seriously, you earned it. Nice -- for us that didnt: screw yale.</p>

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<p>Accepted. Zomfg.</p>

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<p>i was deferred...much to my chagrin</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Post stats later.</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh</p>

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

<p>[ *] Intended Major: intl relations</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 780m, 730w, 730r
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 740 math2, 720 us history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): first decile
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- calc ab, world history, english lang, 4-us history, calc bc, stats, 3- chemistry, music theory
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap - econ, english lit, ensci, gov, other - linear algebra, latin 1, orchestra/required gym, college enroll
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3x national qualifier in debate, yale science and engineering award, tons of science stuff, blah blah blah
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate (2yr capt), gay straight alliance (vp), science fairs, math club, mock trial
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none really.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 250 hrs+ carnegie science center, obama intern
[ *] Summer Activities: PA gov school for intl studies, yale junior statesmen of america, debate camp x2, volunteering
[ *] Essays: pretty kickass.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: no idea.
[ *] Counselor Rec:good?
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: terrible.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: aznnnn
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket: up there
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: outspoken, nontraditional essay
[ *] Weaknesses: terrible grades, sat, and most of all interview
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see last.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>*Decision: D-D-Deferred! *</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major:History</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310, 780CR 770M 760W
[</em>] ACT:none
[<em>] SAT II:800Bio-M, 750 US History, 730 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no ranking, but top 2-3% I think
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,4,4,5,5(calc ab subscore)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Eng. Lit, AP Human Geo, AP Microecon, AP 2D design, Honors Physics, Food Trends
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar? other than that, none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate (co-captain)
Mock Trial (Lawyer)
National Forensics League (Degree of Excellence)
Spanish Honor Society (President)
Philosophy club (Vice-president)
Community Orchestra (assistant Principal Viola)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:uh none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 550+ hours in State's Attorney's office, Marrow donor center, Church activities
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Prestigious debate camp held at a university
National Honors Convocation on law -- received scholarship to attend
Internship at State's Attorney's office
Various church missions
[<em>] Essays: supplement: one excruciatingly honest essay about Honesty (which I thought was pretty good), and common app essay: bleh/okay-ish
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one good, one excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:OUTSTANDING.
[</em>] Interview: so-so.
[/ul]Other [ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: history (too common? )
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S. of A
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under 75,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE! :)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong concentration in one area that I am passionate about.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Ehh common app essay, no hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: too many amazing applicants! :D[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I'm just glad that I didn't get rejected -- my school has a strong history of being rejected on EA. Congratulations to everyone who got in! You truly deserved it. To my fellow deferrees -- hopefully better luck in the RD round, eh?</p>