Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

trabia-wind · December 15, 2008, 6:32pm

Decision: Accepted

[ul][li] Intended Major: intl relations/biology[/ul][/li]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 12e (1 sitting)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 physics, math 2, chinese, french, biology.. 790 japanese
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.73
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk, percentile is 1-5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - euro, physics b, calc bc, biology, english lang, micro.. 4 - us history
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: orchestra, calc iii + linear alg, ap chem, ap gov comp, ap eng lit, ap french lang, ap stats
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO semifinalist, natl council of english teachers achievement award.. national merit lol, bunch of math team + acadec stuff + other stuff[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math team, ARML (another math team) - won a lot of stuff from those, academic decathlon, webdesign + photoshop, learning languages.. i took japanese at a community college and self-studied it, always been really curious about languages
[] Job/Work Experience: nanotech internship.. good $$$, selective part of fellowship program thing
[] Volunteer/Community service: teach english to old chinese ppl, nhs, key club
[] Summer Activities: teaching english in china, the nanotech thing..
[] Essays: one about teaching in china, optional one about creative stuff (photoshop + writing)
[] Teacher Recommendation: math (really good and straightforward, i read it) and english (probably pretty good) teachers..
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good i guess, tho i don't really know her
[] Additional Rec: nanotech mentor
[li] Interview: pretty good, the guy spent a lot of time convincing me that yale > harvard lol[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yessir~
[] Intended Major: intl relations/bio, but really undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): illinois
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: chinese!! x)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: focused on my "curiosity"/language learning things..
[] Weaknesses: no sports or a lot of leadership i guess besides the teaching stuff
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my sat scores... jk[/li][/ul]General Comments: i am sooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!! ;_;

Peytoncline · December 15, 2008, 6:33pm

Decision: Deferred

[li] Intended Major: Chemistry[/li]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W (9 essay)
[] ACT: 35 C -- 36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S (8 Essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 740 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (3); World History (4), Chem (5), Physics B (5), Calculus AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Gov't, AP Language, Honors Senior Thesis
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-State Band; Superior Rating, Solo Work.. and some others, but i'm mad, so i'm not going to list them..
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz band (lead trombonist), Marching Band (section leader), Quiz Bowl, President - Band Council, Vice Pres. - Science and Engineering Club, etc..
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 141 Hours of volunteering
[] Summer Activities: Band Camps, Honor Band trip to Hawaii, volunteering, swim team
[] Essays: common app - a band experience and how it led me to take honors senior thesis (we write a 60 page paper in this class); yale - essay about my dad and his impact on me
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chem
[] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas (Little Rock)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 75K - 100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really, i guess
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, ACT/SAT scores, SAT IIs, all-state band stuff
[] Weaknesses: maybe i could have had a couple more ECs and leadership stuff
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: don't know, guess i'm just missing something... also no one from my school has ever been accepted to Yale; even a guy with perfect SATs and ACTs a few years back was rejected (he went to Harvard and is now at Harvard Med School)
[/ul]General Comments: well, i guess april is next...

randomnerdz · December 15, 2008, 6:34pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800; Total: 2340
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: MathII: 770; U.S. History: 760; Literature: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/561
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international poetry and humanities awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Community Service Club (President)
Model Organization of American States (President)
Student Council (Student Body Executive)
Business Professionals of America
UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
Varsity Orchestra (Event Coordinator)
Interfaith Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
[] Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
[] Essays: EC: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact;
CommonApp: My beard -- and how it's taught me that no stereotype can constrain me;
Yale Supplement: My empathy with strangers (creative piece)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st- Should have been excellent. He said he felt like he never taught me anything because I already knew it.
2nd- Pleasant, but I don't think he's a good writer...
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[] Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I'm one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
[] Interview: On Campus-Exciting. I think he was impressed that I had arranged meetings with profs/department heads on my visit and that I had conducted individual research in Psychology.
Supplementary Material: I submitted a Graphic Design Portfolio (I manage my own website) and 3 of my poems
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Women's , Gender, & Sexuality Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays were very, very creative. I'm positive that they show an unadulterated portrayal of who I am. I'm also quite weird (I guess you could say unique) I have a lot of eclectic tastes and have done a lot of human rights work in high school.
[] Weaknesses: You tell me?
[] Why you think you were deferred: I have no idea...perhaps because it's Yale and the applicant pool is so strong.
[/ul]General Comments: Majorly bummed :(. Yale was definitely my first choice. I'm not sure what else I could have done differently. This sucks.

mtyalefan · December 15, 2008, 6:34pm

Decision: Deferred

Intended Major: Economics

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800W 800R 770M)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Literature, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/343
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): No program@school
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic team (captain), Policy debate, science bowl (captain), downhill skiing
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Summer Activities: Policy debate camps, national academic team tournaments, Junior Statesmen of America summer school
[] Essays: I thought they were great, as did peers, parents, and teachers
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 incredible (top 1%) 2 great (top 5%)
[] Counselor Rec: best-student-in-career type recommendation
[] Additional Rec: rec from Harvard professor
[] Interview: a little nervous, but very friendly, overall good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, very non-competitive
[] Ethnicity: whiter than snow
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 120k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): underrepresented state, lived abroad
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores/GPA not bad, State very underrepresented, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: weak course load (even though hardest at school), lack community service, lack of major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that got in. I'm disappointed, but there's always the fall.

Veritas_dk · December 15, 2008, 6:34pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1970 - 690CR, 650M, 630W
[] SAT II: Math II 700, Literature 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/455
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Gap year
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time jobs at two insurance companies. Freelancing as voice actor.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[] Summer Activities: Yale Summer School 2008, GYLC 2007
[] Essays: Quite good one about father as a role model
[] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[] Counselor Rec: Best student ever
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Country (if international applicant): Denmark
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Work experience, underrepresented country
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, definitely..
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores probably. Wanted to compare me with other internationals from RD round.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Wasn't as huge surprise, but a bit disappointed anyways. Congratulations to all you guys who were accepted!

milessmiles · December 15, 2008, 6:35pm

accepted baby. stats later

Placidia · December 15, 2008, 6:35pm

Deferred. Looks like so many people got that.

Stats in a bit. It's all typed up....but I gotta go eat!

Ephemeral2 · December 15, 2008, 6:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 M, 770 CR, 750 WR)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II 770 Physics 730 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of 700
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), English Language (5), Euro History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):Physics SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hard. Full IB.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional, State, and national yearbook/journalism awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of journalism and yearbook. Editor-in-chief of 3 publications. Cross country and track runner.
[] Job/Work Experience: Held jobs since 10th grade
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just to fulfill IB requirements
[] Summer Activities: Camp counselor; journalism competitions and awards
[] Essays: Amazing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Don't really know her.. at all
[] Additional Rec: Amazing, from yearbook rep who said I was the best she's ever seen
[] Interview: Boring
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Idk
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Giant public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely the essays. and that I showed so much true passion for journalism.
[] Weaknesses: I didn't think I showed an outstanding reason to accept me, but obviously they found something.. And i'm glad they did.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays.
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all.

Ceetie_Bee · December 15, 2008, 6:36pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
** SAT I (breakdown):** 2060: Math 660, Reading 700, Writing 700
** ACT:** 31
** SAT II:** Japanese 650, US History 710, Literature 690
** Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):** 3.69
** Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):** 31/319
** AP (place score in parenthesis):** US History (5), Statistics, US Government, English, Biology
** Senior Year Course Load:** AP Biology, AP English, Wind Ensemble, AP Statistics, Japanese 4, AP US Government, Advanced Constitutional Law/Japanese Departmental Assistant, Early Release
** Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):** National Merit Commended Scholar, US Rowing Honor Roll -- Honorable Mention

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Clarinet since 6th grade (2008-2009 section leader), Japanese Club (Activities Director 2007-2008), community rowing team (coxswain), pep band (basketball and football), pit orchestra (2008-2009 "The Wizard of Oz"), etc.
** Volunteer/Community service:** FreeGeek -- volunteer computer builder
** Summer Activities:** Summer crew practices, Concordia Language Villages 4-week Japanese immersion camp (Summer 2006, 2007)
** Essays:** 1. Being the only girl on the men's crew team/why I stick with it, 2. My love for languages
** Teacher Recommendation:** Junior English teacher, Japanese teacher -- both have known me since freshman year
** Counselor Rec:** My regular school counselor who has known me well since I started high school.
** Additional Rec:** Crew coach, known me since sophomore year.
** Interview:** Went okay; it was my first interview and the interviewer was obviously new to the process as well.

[/ul]Other[ul]
** Applied for Financial Aid?:** Yes
** Intended Major:** Japanese
** State (if domestic applicant):** Oregon
** School Type:** Public
** Ethnicity:** White
** Gender:** Female
** Income Bracket:** No idea...
** Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):** Great-uncle was 20-year faculty member, good number of relatives went to Yale. (However they are fairly distantly related to me.)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
** Strengths:** Japanese, crew
** Weaknesses:** Grades (I got a C in math sophomore year), scores (they're much lower than most of the people here at CC), too cool for New Haven, etc.
** Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:** I was hoping to get athletic support and be potentially recruited. That didn't end up working out, so I was pretty much expecting to be rejected. Fortunately I'm already in at another good school, so if my other apps don't work out I'll be perfectly happy closer to home.

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

southeasttitan · December 15, 2008, 6:37pm

Decision: Deferred

[li] Intended Major: Literature[/li]
[ul]Objective:[list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (620 M, 780 R, 780 W)
[] SAT II: 780 Literature, 780 Math
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Spanish (self study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Davidson Fellow for Literature, Scholastic Art and Writing Award, NMSF

[list]Subjective:[/ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Award-winning newspaper editor, soccer captain,
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at Head Start (translating)
[] Essays: Probably strongest part.
[] Teacher Recommendation: All best in my career.
[li] Counselor Rec: Same.[/li]
[/list]Other[ list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] School Type: Inner-city public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Would have thought the Davidson Fellowship would have been a major hook, but...

[ul]Reflection[/ul]
[] Strengths: Davidson Fellowship, writing
[] Weaknesses: Math score
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. I thought I would get in, to be honest. Just goes to show.

tarzan · December 15, 2008, 6:37pm

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

[Undecided] Intended Major:

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[690 CR, 720 MATH, 710 WRIT] SAT I (breakdown):
[34] ACT:
[US HIST 740, MATH II 690, LIT 610] SAT II:
[4.0] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[2] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[5 Eng Comp, 4 Calc AB, 4 US Hist] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[None] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[6 APs, orchestra] Senior Year Course Load:
[Commended National Merit, Superintendent's] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[(Cross country), swimming, spring track, (NHS), (German club), wrote for local paper] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[Refereed soccer, assistant for Harvard Papers in Botany] Job/Work Experience:
[Community orchestra] Volunteer/Community service:
[cross country, physics remedial course, job] Summer Activities:
[okay I guess] Essays:
[okay I guess] Teacher Recommendation:
[okay I guess] Counselor Rec:
[none] Additional Rec:
[thought it went well] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[MA] State (if domestic applicant):
[Public] School Type:
[multi] Ethnicity:
[M] Gender:
[middle class] Income Bracket:
[none] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[?] Strengths:
[?] Weaknesses:
[Yale doesn't give a **** about me. That's cool, whatever. Congrats to everyone who got in though, you guys are amazing! Please go to Yale and live my dream for me. For all those thinking of applying, go for it. My stats aren't that impressive, but you never know what can happen ehh] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

Disneyguy · December 15, 2008, 6:38pm

Decision: Accepted!!!!

[li] Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies[/li]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M, 790 W, 800 CR
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 780 Bio M, 710 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5), Will take: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will take: IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB European History HL, IB French SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB European History HL, IB French SL
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major. Harvard Book Award, some singing awards, NMSF.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Voice, Violin, Theater, Volunteer Running (leadership throughout, too excited to go into details)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital/Music Academy Work
[] Summer Activities: Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
[] Essays: Good, apparently
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don't know.
[] Counselor Rec: Don't know.
[] Additional Rec: Didn't send
[] Interview: Didn't get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Tests, grades, extracurricular commitment, essays
[] Weaknesses: Nothing too stand-outy about me.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wrote a pretty good essay if I do say so myself.
[/ul]General Comments: I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT.

themexicanmonkey · December 15, 2008, 6:41pm

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

[ *] Intended Major: Undecided

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: 780 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 MathII, 730 French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65, weighted dunno
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A my school doesn't rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Advanced Music Theory (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Heavyish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano for like 11 years, varsity XC, captain of JV tennis, writer for the school comedy newspaper, photography, head of young democrats club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Past two summers worked at a burger place
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ahahaha none.......ooops
[ *] Summer Activities: again.....drawin a blank here
[ *] Essays: Common app essay was BEASTLY, everything else was decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: awesome
[ *] Additional Rec: from my piano teacher, awesome
[ *] Interview: decent
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: highish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essay, SATs, Legacy
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA maybe, lack of extracurricularz

mc1600 · December 15, 2008, 6:41pm

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Decision: Accepted

[li] Intended Major: listed Undecided (and i truly am)[/li]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 720 M, 770 W (2280 superscore)
[] ACT: 33 (didnt submit)
[] SAT II: 800 US history, 780, Math II, 770 Biology M, 700 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 5 Biology, 5 US history
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: took as many AP classes as possible, plus my band and newspaper electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): winner of national writing contest, national merit semifinalist, some state writing/journalism awards, all-state band, lots of cross-country awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Chief), Track and Cross-country (captain, MVP), Student Council (President), Band (Principal player), National Honor Society (President of state convention)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: piano player for church, tutoring
[] Summer Activities: journalism workshop - won several awards, summer enrichment program
[] Essays: I didn't think they were that great, but maybe they were!
[] Teacher Recommendation: could be a little more specific, but they were glowing
[] Counselor Rec: didnt see
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: went well, talked more about himself than me, but i guess he was fairly impressed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): rural
[] School Type: definitely not the best
[] Ethnicity: Asian (I can't believe it!)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: lower middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none, I don't know how this is possible
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, extracurriculars, maybe essays?
[] Weaknesses: I'm well-rounded, but not really stellar in any one thing, I was worried I might come off as "passion-less"
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: possibly the essays, they were from a really unique perspective, but I was a little shaky on the execution.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all accepted! To those who weren't, don't give up! I remember my dad was so obsessed over this whole college thing, I finally told him that college was only 4 years of my life compared to the 70+ years ahead of me. Keep polishing your essays and never lose sight of what's important.

Smile614 · December 15, 2008, 6:42pm

WOW lots of deferred people...
I thought they were going to defer less people this year?

Peytoncline--I'm sorry you got deferred! Good luck in the RD round though!! I was really rooting for ya (really wanted to see a fellow Arkansan get in!!)

2-iron · December 15, 2008, 6:43pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 M, 790 W (2390)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (barely!)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist 5, Eng Lang 5, Calc AB 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Three AP's, rest is honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf, limited community service, FBLA, school newspaper, organized a fundraiser
[] Job/Work Experience: Caddy (lots of hours, since freshman year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Very limited
[] Summer Activities: See work experience
[] Essays: AMAZING...my strength
[] Teacher Recommendation: I'm sure they were good
[] Counselor Rec: Lousy
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: SAT's, strong interest in environmental economics, crazy good essays
[]Weaknesses: Straight B's freshman year, no hooks, limited EC's (I'm very lazy)
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I'm slightly less than perfect

I'm living proof that reformed slackers at least have a chance. Good luck to all.

alamode · December 15, 2008, 6:43pm

Pick one:

Decision: Rejected
[ul]
[li] Intended Major: history[/ul][/li]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 730 M, 730 W)
[] SAT II: 720 US, 680 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): first decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), US (5), Stats (5), Macro (4), Micro (4), Lang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art Hist, AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Gov
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD, several regional, state 1st and 2nd places and one 11th place Nationals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (editor in chief), art classes, NHD, literary magazine, NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: work at library
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at historical society and art museum
[] Summer Activities: art classes at FIT
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Interview: good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: indian
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, obvs
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs: state/national placement in history contest, editor in chief of newspaper
[] Weaknesses: hm. maybe my essays/recs weren't good enough? good but not stellar SATS
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows[/li][/ul]General Comments:
congrats to everyone who got in!

kROCK91 · December 15, 2008, 6:44pm

Deferred. I'll post stats later, but I will say I thought my main essay was a little weak.

figment42 · December 15, 2008, 6:46pm

Wow it looks like CC has done really well so far! Not anything like Stanford thank goodness

inconspicuous.s.n · December 15, 2008, 6:46pm

yay for eating food!

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