Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: undecided</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math- 800, Critical Reading- 770, Writing- 780
[</em>] SAT II: World History- 770, US History- 770, Math II- 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/316
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang- 5, Calc AB-5, US History- 5, World History- 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Studio Art, AP Calc BC, AP French, band, and computer programming
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, NJ Governor's School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Major- 11, 12, Clarinet Section Leader- 12), various music ensembles for clarinet including North jersey area band, Debate (captain- 11, 12), NHS (secretary- 12), NAHS (treasurer 11, 12), Tri-M (secretary 12), World language honor society, science league, math league, newspaper club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: above mentioned honor societies, Senior Girl Scou,t received bronze adn silver award, currently working towards my gold award
[<em>] Summer Activities: New Jersey Governor's School for the sciences after junior year, online precalc/ trig course from Johns Hopkins University after sophomore year, marching band all four summers
[</em>] Essays: I liked them at the time but i think my common app one was too cliched. It was about overcoming a failure in music. The other about my experiences as an artist i liked a lot better.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty sure they were good, but you never know.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing.
[<em>] Additional Rec: didn't send them, probably will now
[</em>] Interview: I had two of them one on campus and one off. Didn't go badly persay, but in both cases I had trouble connecting with the interviewers.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public suburban
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none what so ever
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: leadership, scores, probably my recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: community service, interview
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were thousands of people who applied and I'm sure we all were smart well qualified people. But you can accept a certian number of smart well qualified people. And i wasn't in that number.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[INt. Relation + Poli Sci] Intended Major:</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[R: 800 M: 790 W: 770] SAT I (breakdown):
[nope] ACT:
[US Hist: 800 Lit: 740] SAT II:
[4.0 uw 4.75 w] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[none] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[3 5s one 4] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[no] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[tons of aps]Senior Year Course Load:
[none] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[student gov (pres./cloass officer, track/xc (state rankings) spanish club officer/co-prez other stuff] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
student gov
[internship at georgetown/lifeguarding etc.] Job/Work Experience:
[barack obama campaign habitat for humanity] Volunteer/Community service:
[activites?] Summer Activities:
[who knows - good i guess] Essays:
[not sure] Teacher Recommendation:
[assumedly good] Counselor Rec:
[from student gov sponsor] Additional Rec:
[none] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[Y] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[VA] State (if domestic applicant):
[public] School Type:
[soy de cuba] Ethnicity:
[M] Gender:
[URM I guess] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[not sure] Strengths:
[SAT IIs] Weaknesses:
[who knows] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] so excited</p>

63

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: English/Theater</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading (740), Math (800), Writing (760), Total: 2300
[</em>] SAT II: Literature (800), World History (770), Math II (720)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (Weighted = 4.3)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. History (5), Calculus BC (5/AB Subscore 5), English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Vocal Ensemble, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Physics, AP Statistics, Intermediate Dance, Online Economics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, Honor Roll (all four years), AP Scholar With Honor, E.I. Moore Award (faculty-wide vote for favorite student of the grade level), Leader of council that received "Best Youth Group in Orange County" award, MACYs Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Human Relations Council (Co-President), Animal Rights Club (Co-President), Student Leadership Team (Representative), National Honors Society (Project Leader), Theater (roles in four mainstage shows and three student productions), Drama Council (Vice-President of Publicity), Madrigals Vocal Ensemble (Tenor Section Leader), Orange County Cappies
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I listed several several service learning and leadership-building seminars that I attended and hosted, and the principle groups that I lead are community service-based
[</em>] Summer Activities: None to speak of
[<em>] Essays: One about theater, one about Human Relations Council, one about all of my idiosyncracies and my refusal to be pigeonholed
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great from one for sure, the other was positive for sure, but I'm not sure how glowing it was since he was kind of a dry teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec: One from my community service coordinator/club supervisor, probably the most outstanding recommendation of them all
[li] Interview: I wasn't contacted</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: $100,000 +</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Very committed to extra-curriculars (depth, not breadth), and they reinforced a theme of excelling equally in the performing arts and in student leadership. I loved my essays as well.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a jaw-dropping GPA, some students at my schools have taken a few more APs.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I felt like I was a very competitive applicant but not someone that they were going to absolutely flip out over. Fingers crossed for RD![/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Intended Major: Applied Mathematics and English</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 760W, 12E
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II C, 780 Chemistry, 760 Biology-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%/ 275
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CS AB, AP Euro, AP Phys C, AP French, Business Law, Public Speaking, Phys Ed, Differential Equations, Discrete Math
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, NMSF, Scholastic Gold Keys, Princeton Book Award, Bausch and Lomb, AIME Qualifier, Other Piano/Math/Writing awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (awards), Music Club (president), School Music Stuff (orchestra, choir accompanist, lobby pianist for events), Math/Science Teams (awards), Math Research, Math Independent Study, Creative Writing (awards), Literary Magazine (2x editor-in-chief), Board of Education (2x student representative), Student Council (former class president), Interact (executive), JSA (chapter vp, state assembly rep), Presidential Campaign Volunteer, Tennis (varsity letter)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Chinese Teacher to Adopted Children (4hrs/wk since I can remember:) I love the kiddies), Interact Stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer Science Program, Governor School for the Sciences, Writing Camps, Piano Camps, A lot of travel (I forget if I mentioned this on the app)
[<em>] Essays: One about a summer program, another relating two of my main interests; both are very well written, but nothing spectacular; short answers are mediocre;
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be decent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Piano teacher's, sent with music supplement.
[li] Interview: Good. We had a lot of similar interests, but I rambled on and on about nothing.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Applied Mathematics and English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Top 15 publics in state.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-triangled and generally well-rounded. A nice fit: Yale is looking for science/engineering kids and I fit the artistic mold quite nicely as well
[</em>] Weaknesses: Well-rounded upper class Asian female with no amazing awards/hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths :) [/li][/ul]General Comments: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! To those deferred and rejected: you guys are amazng. You've kept me sane these past two months, and each and everyone one of you deserves an amazing school. I'm confident that every one of you will end up at a school that you deserve :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>[li] Intended Major: Architecture</p>[/li]
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 580 740 710
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 780 BIO/E 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 4HL 2SL, 7 7 7 6 7 7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interior design/landscape/graphic design
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: I think they were awful after I read it 2 days back
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One good and one not so good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He does not really know me
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: It went well for me
[/ul][ b]Other*[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Nothing
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, I know I deserve to be rejected because I am nothing compared to many other excellent applicants in here[/li][/list]General Comments:* Congrats to those who got in :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740, M: 740, W: 700 8 essay (2180, but 2210 superscored)
[</em>] ACT: took saturday
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 790, Bio M: 740, French Listening: 680, World History: 600 (LOL)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7% ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), US History (5), French Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Yearbook, AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Lit & Social Justice
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, some piano and wushu awards, a dinky math award for school in freshman year
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (K-12), lots of time commitment, passed state program (MTAC) and honors for another advanced programs; Wushu (2-12), assistant coach, leadership team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Assistant Instructor (10-12)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: congressional campaign for several weeks before election, various volunteer jobs for the city and library (usually events with kids) throughout high school and basically helped whenever help was needed
[<em>] Summer Activities: none, just work and all other ECs
[</em>] Essays: good?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: dunno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[<em>] Additional Rec: concise
[</em>] Interview: okay
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: pretty good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian but I didn’t check any boxes
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs? Nothing?
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha I think it’s kind of obvious…
[/ul]General Comments:* bummed.</p>

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<p>Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, congrats to those who were deferred (as far as I'm concerned it's still a big deal), and to those who were rejected keep the dreams alive ^_^</p>

68

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn't take
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 710, Math II 700, Biology M 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/175
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Philosophy SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics HL, IB Enlish A1 HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Chemistry HL, IB History HL, Theory of Knowledge, World Religions, Honors Physics, Art II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Figure skating (lots of figure skating), High school figure skating team (founder, captain 4 yrs), JV tennis (captain 2yrs), bassoon (state solo and ensemble 3 yrs), student government (rep to school board), in our school musical twice...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: skating coach
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a buch of random stuff, also went on a service trip to Mississippi
[</em>] Summer Activities: skating, tennis...
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good - talked about my love of music and connected it to skating and personal expression
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was awesome, the other I never got to read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I had no clue how it went, but he e-mailed me and said he would give me a "very strong recommendation"</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: I don't qualify for any aid...
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I know of...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics are really strong, I have some leaderships roles, I am in our inaugral class of IB at our school
[</em>] Weaknesses: I never thought I was a stand-out applicant. My SAT II's are good, not great, and compared to some of you guys (I don't know how you do it) I don't do that much extracurricularly
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue. I really think this whole thing is kind of like the lottery. There are so many of you that are so qualified and what ever you do, don't let this get your hopes down. I really never dreamed this would happen![/li]General Comments: Good Luck! Y'all have been so supportive of me and everyone else through this stressful time. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers and I will keep you in mine :)</p>

<p>P.S. Sorry I couldn't format this thing correctly :D</p>

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<p>Does anyone know about Princessbell? I'm really hoping she got in.</p>

70

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 composite, 2370 single (800 math)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 780 USH, 770 Chem, 770 Chinese, 730 Biology-M
[<em>] Weighted GPA (out of 100.0): 99.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unreported but 5/320
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5, US History 5, Music Theory 5, Chinese 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): all-state choir, student concil, math league captain
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: a little
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: not too much
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: meh
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: really good apparently
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: ok
[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: social sciences
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Strengths: scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: no major hooks
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nothing standout
[/list][ b]General Comments: i'm strangely relieved. **</p>

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<p>^^ princessbell, from what I remember, was deferred. =[</p>

72

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 Math, 800 Writing- 10 Essay)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 (800), Literature (800), US History (800), Chemistry (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/540, since my school counts 8th grade.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Environmental Science (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Chemistry, Academic Decathlon, Debate.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 11-12 (Varsity PF Captain 12, Treasurer 12), Academic Decathlon 11-12 (Co-captain 12), Model United Nations 11-12 (Treasurer 12), Vietnamese Culture Club 11-12 (Vice President 12), Science Fiction Club 9-12 (Officer 11, VP/secretary 12)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked on a house with my dad for one summer.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing listed.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Aforementioned house, AcaDec summer school, reading like crazy.
[</em>] Essays: Common App was excellent, supplement was pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One form letter, one awesome.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Went well, I think.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Piece of </em>* public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican/Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: One of my recs, one of my essays, near-perfect scores, URM.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn't get anything going until junior year, no volunteering.
[li] Why you think you were rejected: Weaknesses listed above.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted; you're all great people and I know you'll have amazing lives. Everyone who got deferred, don't give up hope, and you'll have great lives too. Actually, all of us will have great lives.</p>

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<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): M: 800; CR: 760; W: 760 (12 essay); Total: 2320
* ACT: Didn't submit
* SAT II: MathII: 800; Chemistry 800; Physics 800
* GPA: 3.97 unweighted; 4.65 weighted
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, at least top 4 percent (ELC)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in physics b, bio, stats, chem, calc ab, 4 in us history, world history, 3 in eng lang (ewww)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): none
* Senior Year Course Load: ap studio art, ap physics c, ap eng lit, ap gov/ap econ, work exp, linear algebra
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some random science stuff. science oly state, science fair, etc. nothing too outstanding
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
</code></pre>

<p>Swimming
Key Club
Science Olympiad
Biomed internship
Science Fair
SC Youth Symphony
Speech and Debate
* Job/Work Experience: Work at a tutoring center
* Volunteer/Community service: at Scripps Memorial Hospital
* Summer Activities: Work, Volunteering
* Essays: Liked them alot...one about grandfather and his influence, other about flying model airplanes
* Teacher Recommendation: They should have been good
* Counselor Rec: Should be good
* Additional Rec: None
* Interview: Alumni interview- went well; pretty long
Supplementary Material: none
Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: can't remember
* Intended Major: physics
* State (if domestic applicant): california
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Large Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: 100,000 +
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: i really liked my essays
* Weaknesses: guess my academics and ecs were pretty average
* Why you think you were rejected: my school had alot of ppl apply to yale...?
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: not the happiest in the world, but not suicidal. congrats to those who got in...there are alot of you guys (and alot of deferrals)</p>

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<p>Oh man, TheWerg, I was pulling for ya dude. Ah well, fellow rejectees unite XD</p>

75

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 R, 800 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio-Eco
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5) US History (5) Biology (5) English Language (5) Latin: Vergil (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, Newspaper, Band, AP Economics, AP World Literature
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (editor-in-chief), Concert Band (principal chair), Orchestra (principal chair), Marching Band (section leader), Robotics Team (reporter, mascot, build team member), Latin Club (secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Physics Tutor, performer in woodwind quintet at Macy's
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (120+)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Women's Technology Program at MIT, All-State Orchestra (2007), All-State Band (2008), wilderness trips, marching band camp
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about things that meant a lot to me, and I think my voice carried fairly well
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I knew both teachers very well, and one says that I was the best student she ever had
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very very sweet lady
[<em>] Additional Rec: Teachers at WTP
[</em>] Interview: I think it went pretty well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle-class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, grades, teacher recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: Never went above and beyond what was offered at my school
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea!!! I wasn't expecting it at all! I'm over the moon!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Wow....some of those rejected have amazing statistics...but then again, an applicant isn't just statistics.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 720 M, 710 CR, 750 W (2180)
* SAT II: 740 Math II, 690 USH
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 408 (unweighted)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Spanish B SL (6) (I'm taking all my tests this year)
* Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, AP Calculus BC, IB Physics, IB History, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Art
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don't even know what USAMO and Intel are, to be honest...
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity XC and track all 4 years (captain jr and sr years)
* Job/Work Experience: Employee at Heart and Sole Running Shoe Store, Parking Coordinator at local summer fair
* Volunteer/Community service: Member of Teen Health Crew at CASA Teen Clinic, Redwood Empire Bike Rodeo, random running events
* Summer Activities: travels, Youth Business Week summer camp, Cornell Science Camp, HSU xc camp, working and volunteering
* Essays: hard to say...
* Teacher Recommendation: good!
* Counselor Rec: really good!
* Additional Rec: Didn't send
* Interview: Didn't get one
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
* Intended Major: Environmental Science, Biology... (nutrition)
* State (if domestic applicant): CA
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: medium sized public
* Ethnicity: mixed heritage
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: Upper
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: athlete thing, gpa
* Weaknesses: test scores!
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know!
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Haha yeah, stupid boot!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 math 670 reading 650 writing 7 essay
[</em>] ACT: 36 math 35 writing 33 science 31 reading 7 essay
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math 2 770 physics 670 spanish/listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.938
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/600 raw 14/600 weighted
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL visual arts 3, HL history/english/physics, SL math/spanish
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: see IB tests^
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lol no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 1 varsity sport 1 club sport every year
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer internship a year ago
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: didn't list any
[<em>] Summer Activities: none
[</em>] Essays: author's opinion doesn't really mean anything; wrote about my passions in an art class and in track&field
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: it went alright
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm brilliant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: good grades in classes that are as rigorous as possible, demostrated commitment to academics and athletics
[<em>] Weaknesses: few extracurriculars/leadership, not a 4.0
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not a superstar
[/ul]General Comments: lol not like I expected anything else</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

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<p>oh hot damn, so many deferred...</p>

<p>this is like the Stanford Thread if you change 95% of the 'DEFERRED' to 'REJECTED', lol</p>