Official Yale Class of 2014 RD Results Thread

entomom · March 30, 2010, 3:54pm

Almost there, Decision Day 2010! I will open this thread just before April 1 Eastern time.

Please use the template and keep your comments to a minimum so that the thread doesn't get too long, that way it will be of more help to future applicants. A thread for comments about admissions decisions is located here:

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The Template:

Choose One:[noparse]
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[li] SAT I (breakdown):[/li]
[li] ACT:[/li]
[li] SAT II:[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]
[li] Essays:[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]
[li] Additional Rec:[/li]
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[li] Deferred SCEA?:[/li]
[li] Applied for Financial Aid?:[/li]
[li] Intended major?:[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant):[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type:[/li]
[li] Ethnicity:[/li]
[li] Gender:[/li]
[li] Income Bracket:[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[li] Strengths:[/li]
[li] Weaknesses:[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

Very best of luck to all!

An0maly · April 1, 2010, 9:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 R, 800 M, 770 W) superscored
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 Physics, 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 out of 115
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5’s, Two 4’s.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Taking 10 AP exams this year.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar/NMF, but that’s it [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (founder/pres), Science NHS (pres),
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs summer program
[] Summer Activities: summer program, volunteering
[] Essays: I thought common app was terrific and yale supplement was pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: saw them, excellent
[] Counselor Rec: saw, excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: didn’t have one :([/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: No
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public/Charter
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores
[] Weaknesses: no national level ec’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA, but I am very happy. This is terrific!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Georgia Tech
Waitlist: Cornell, WashU
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT

[/ul]General Comments: I’m going for sure. Can’t wait to meet the rest of you guys!!!

teenage_cliche · April 1, 2010, 9:23pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (770 M, 740 CR, 730 W)
[] SAT II: 760 Chem, 740 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang (3), Psych (4), USH (5), AB Calc (pending)
[] Senior Year Course Load: pretty difficult and unique to my school
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some national creative writing awards, a state-wide French award, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: choir, theatre, student government, literary magazine, LGBT support and activism, swim team
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting and tutoring ESL students
[] Volunteer/Community service: working with young children, mostly during the summers
[] Summer Activities: academic camp, work
[] Teacher Recommendation: one excellent, one good
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] Interview: awful, lol. My interviewer and I had literally nothing in common.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: nah, RD applicant
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended major?: Women’s/Gender Studies, Psych
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] School Type: highly selective public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: too high for aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really a hook, but immigrant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, general well-roundedness
[] Weaknesses: not enough passion for one thing, didn’t really show interest in Yale
[/ul]General Comments: I don’t care at all, Yale was just to please my parents and I’m going to my top choice school. For those who really cared, though - we’re all great regardless of what two people in New Haven think!

wittywonka · April 1, 2010, 10:19pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR / 710 M / 780 WR (superscored)
[]ACT: 33
[]SAT II: 800 Japanese w/ listening , 800 Math II , 770 Chemistry
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.75
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~Top 15% (not reported)
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Literature (4), US History (4)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[]Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, 1 self-study AP
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Year-long study abroad in Osaka, Japan; Judo black belt; Year-long host brother to Japanese exchange student; Coordinator for ESL program; Musical theater; Honor council
[]Job/Work Experience: n/a
[]Volunteer/Community service: Extensive church-based mission work (too much to list)
[]Summer Activities: Mission work / travel
[]Essays: Pretty good
[]Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[]Counselor Rec: Very, very good
[]Additional Rec: Very good
[]Interview: Pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Deferred SCEA?: No
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[]Intended major?: Biology
[]State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
[]Country (if international applicant): n/a
[]School Type: private
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male
[]Income Bracket: $100,000+
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Haha
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: Japanese exchange program
[]Weaknesses: Extracurriculars? Who knows.
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I felt like the fact that I studied abroad for a year would make up for the fact that I didn’t have stellar extracurriculars. It’s hard to look like you have a sustained committment to an activity if you don’t have a chance to participate in it your entire sophomore year. But maybe Yale wanted more…
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA, UNC, Washington U in St. Louis, and Emory; Denied from Brown and Princeton; Waitlisted at Georgetown[/ul]

Undine · April 1, 2010, 10:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 760WR, 710M (superscore)
[] SAT II: 800 Literature, 800 Latin, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), Latin: Vergil (5), Calculus AB (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: English XII, Psychology Elective, Latin V, French V Adv, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, Ancient Greek I, Theater IV Theatrical Production
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National creative writing (non-fiction) award, regional creative writing award, regional playwriting award, many in-school academic awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Writing (national creative writing award - $5000 prize, playwriting award, scholarships/grants to attend Young Writers Workshop), Writing Workshop (Founder & co-head, $2000 grant for start-up), Theater (roles in five shows, senior year independent study in theatrical production–I also love comedic monologues and scenes, which a Theater rec attested to), French Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief, produces anthology of articles, essays, creative writing in French each year), Student Government (Junior Class President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Page at local library (9/07 - present)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at the Writing Center at my school, counselor at Creative Writing Summer Camp for kids
[] Summer Activities: Young Writers Workshop (08 and 09), Film Program (08), Volunteer counselor at Creative Writing Summer Camp for kids (09)
[] Essays: Fascination with words, reading Ayn Rand in rural Austria
[] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding (French & English)
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding (She’s a wonderful person!)
[] Additional Rec: Outstanding (My mentor in writing and my theater teacher)
[] Interview: Good! Nice long talk.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Nope! Although I applied through Questbridge and ranked Princeton above Yale–and I wonder if I might have gotten in then.
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Literature
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private, single-sex
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Writing, hilarity, thought
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I really like ideas and books and stuff like that.
[] Weaknesses: Little by the way of community service or sports?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Sincerity.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admitted to Princeton (Dec. 1 through Questbridge), Swarthmore (Early Write)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Got a likely letter! It was like a childhood Christmas on steroids.

yodastreet · April 1, 2010, 10:22pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2400

ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 US History, 640 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/254
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc AB, 5 USH, 4 Physics B, 4 English Lang
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Chem (regular), Office User Specialist, etc. Most rigorous at school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Honor, NMSF. Nothing really
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Reviver/President of French Club, Student Council Rep, PR Officer for FCCLA, Knowledge Bowl (team had better finish than almost any other year ever, but didn’t qualify for state ), math tutoring, NHS

Job/Work Experience: None, other than helping my dad with furniture delivery and things (not paid).
Volunteer/Community service: Family-themed event nights at local elementary school, a couple annual mock car crashes, sporadic translation services for Korean residents
Summer Activities: Nothing college-oriented, ha.
Essays: Common App was excellent and I was very proud of it. Yale Supplement was pretty good as well.
Teacher Recommendation: Read one of the two. All kind of good stuff, but a little generic.
Counselor Rec: Glowing, from what I hear.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Probably my best one. Involved a long discussion about social issues in the U.S. and Korea and parallels between them.
</code></pre>

Other
* Deferred SCEA?: RD only
* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
* Intended major?: Economics
* State (if domestic applicant): WA, but…
* Country (if international applicant): …considered international from South Korea (non-citizen).
* School Type: Medium-sized public, not all that great
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: Qualify for full aid.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen college, QuestBridge finalist (=low-income)

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: Numbers (except Physics score), pretty well-rounded, interesting essay.

Weaknesses: Not exceptionally exceptional, international from Korea (asked for full aid as well, though it’s Yale so…)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Simply not exceptional enough to pick among all the talent in the pool? Haha, I have no idea.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected HYP, Penn, Columbia, Williams, and UChicago; waitlisted Dartmouth and Carleton; accepted UWashington and UPortland (safeties).
</code></pre>

General Comments: Congrats to all accepted students, I’m sure you were all truly deserving of it. Maybe I’ll try again with graduate school!

ggarcia2014 · April 1, 2010, 10:44pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 = 690 M, 740 CR, 700 W, 10E
[] ACT: 31C = 30 E, 31 M, 31 S, 32 R, 9E
[] SAT II: 790 US Hist, 800 Spanish, 670 Math 2, 630 English Lit (oops)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5 Weighted (I calculated a 3.78 UW)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/79
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP US Hist, AP Spanish Lang 4 AP English Lang, World Hist, Euro Hist
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + Yearbook + Independent Research (class)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction (various UIL, debate, latin, school awrds)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball, Speech and Debate (Secretary), Spanish National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Principal and Superintendents Committee, Model UN, Latin Club, UIL Academics
[] Job/Work Experience: Assistant/Photographer to Wedding Photographer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Elem. Tutoring, HS fish camp, UIL judging
[] Summer Activities: above + UH Engineering camp (MESET), Changing the Face of Math and Science (Rice profs camp, did it twice), Yearbook Camp
[] Essays: Mediocre
[] Teacher Recommendation: Ok
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: Good
[] Interview: Weak, I was awed by my interviewers intellect and I wasnt able to share much about myself
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: NA
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Undeclared
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Top 100 Public, Small
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic: Mexican
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Approx 75k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: -
[] Weaknesses: Everything
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not up to the caliber of school that is Yale
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted everywhere else: University of Houston, Texas A&M, University of Texas @ Austin, Rice, Pomona, Amherst, Boston College, Tufts, Georgetown, Dartmouth
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who got in! and for those who didnt like me we will end up at another top school where we belong. Currently deciding between Georgetown SFS, Dartmouth, and Amherst. Ill be at Yale for grad school in four years. :P

evertheoptimist · April 1, 2010, 10:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR:800 M:680 W:800)
[] SAT II: Lit: 710 Chem: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Calc, Japanese 7/8, choir
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): drama, 4 choirs
[] Job/Work Experience: retail, two years
[] Volunteer/Community service: State Youth Council, NHS, Link Crew
[] Summer Activities: Lab work at a local community college, Boys State
[] Essays: I liked them Common app was really personal, while the others were more lighthearted.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were nice, but very different. One talked more about my personality, attitude, and interactions with people, while the other talked about my academic achievements.
[] Counselor Rec: Really sweet. Placed my achievements in the context of my school and talked about my work ethic.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] School Type: public
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: $50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Stanford, University of Chicago[/ul][/li]General Comments: This is so incredible! Congrats to all!

Anonymous93 · April 1, 2010, 10:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800MII, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 10 APS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc): USAMO, USABO, NFL Nationals, Intel, Siemens, National Merit Semifinalist (at the time).
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), NHS (President), Student Council (President), Class President, Tennis (Captain), Beta Chi Pi (President), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Key Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Building homes in Louisiana, nursing home work, hospital work, teaching English, Big Brother/Big Sisters, Circle of Concern.
Summer Activities: Research, Girls State, math camps, FUN (??)
**Essays: **
Teacher Recommendation: Probably excellent. Actually, definitely excellent, seeing as how I got in.
Counselor Rec: Ditto.
Additional Rec: Research mentor.
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Good public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
Reflection
Strengths: Major awards/stats
Weaknesses: Essays (didn’t spend as much time as I should have)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who really knows? Do what you love.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stanford (rejected), Duke (waitlisted), accepted to Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Williams, Amherst, Oxford, Emory, Vanderbilt, UChicago, WashU, Northwestern, Georgetown, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Cal Tech, MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Oxford, Tufts, Boston University.
General Comments: Good Luck!! The moral of my story is to not apply to a lot of colleges because Stanford didn’t accept you in the EA round. Though apparently a lot of people did this. Also, don’t get down because you got rejected by Stanford and waitlisted by Duke. The Ivies might still like you!

aniram518 · April 1, 2010, 10:59pm

Decision: Deferred to…

** Accepted!!!**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): did not send
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: did not send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.3/100 (my school doesn’t do 4.0)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (3); AP Lang & Comp (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Bio (college and AP credit), Spanish 4 (college credit), Psychology/Health( 1st semester/2nd semester), AP Calc (AB), AP Eng Lit, Theology 12 (haha I go to a Catholic school, only one semester), EMT-Basic course (college credit, training to be an EMT-B)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2006 National ExploraVision Awards 1st place winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cheerleading (fall & winter 10, 11, 12), Varsity Spring Track (11, 12), Youth Court Facts Attorney, Circle of Friends volunteer, Senior Class Council Rep, among others that I listed in my resume
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting, working at my mom’s office
[] Volunteer/Community service: some are already in my ECs but also Adopt a Highway, lots of stuff for NHS and Key Club as well as a bunch of charity events for cheerleading
[] Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassador and National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, MIss Teen of NY (2nd runner up), Empire Girls’ State Delegate
[] Essays: Common App essay was about my heritage (I’m Nigerian) and how it’s affected my views. Supplement one was about fall on my face during the pageant lol
[] Teacher Recommendation: don’t know. But I asked one of the teachers for a rec last year for MITES and my guidance counselor read it and said it was “lovely”
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: alright. it was my first one so yea…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: yes. haha that’s ok though!
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yepp
[] Intended major?: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY baby!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: around 100,000- 120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m unique and have done a range of things
[] Weaknesses: scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God. and because I sent them a letter stating that they are my only choice haha
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: University of Rochester, Washington University in St. Louis, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, Cornell University, Brown University
Waitlisted at: Princeton (whatever I didn’t even want to apply there) and Stanford (too far anyways, I would have only gone as a last resort)
I haven’t heard beck from Harvard yet but I don’t care. I LOVE YALE!
[/ul]General Comments:
AGJKHJPOHJJHW AHHHHHH!!!

187 · April 1, 2010, 10:59pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[]Major: Physics/Mathematics
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800[/li][li] **SAT II: **800 (Math Level 2), 790 (Physics), 750 (Chemistry)[/li][li] **Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): **3.98/4.0[/li][li] **Weighted GPA: **4.7 (highest attainable)[/li][li] **Rank: **Top 1% [/li][] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 APs, 11 APs this year, 16 total.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP US Government & Politics, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country (JV Captain, Varsity Runner), Track & Field (JV Captain, Varsity Runner), Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader, 9 years), Music (9 years playing Piano, Flute, Guitar, and Recorder), Martial Arts (Assistant Taekwondo Instructor, Black Belt, Referee), Self-studying Math (finished Multivariable, Linear Algebra, Topology, Differential Equations)
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: More than 300 hours.
[] Summer Activities: Klein Bottle project, Eagle Scout project, Self-studying Mathematics courses.[/ul]

Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): 9[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8; Experience in Vietnam, etc.[/li][] EC Short Answer: 8. If I can recall, it was on my Eagle Scout project.
[] Other(s): 9. Sent in a supplement regarding a Klein Bottle that I made using foam board and 172 slices of washers. Took a little over 4 months to make using toplogy and parametric integration with vectors. [/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: 9. Phenomenal.[/li][] Counselor Rec: 7. Normal to excellent.
[li] Interview: 7. Great interviews for HYP. Nothing that stands out though.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/27
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lower Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] **Strengths: **SAT score, GPA, Rank, Course Load, decent ECs.
[li] Weaknesses: No major hooks. Typical Asian science-influenced applicant.[/li][] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Above.
[li] What would you have done differently?: I would have used score choice to hide my first score although it would make a negligible difference. I think I should have focused more on the mathematical and musical aspects of my life and intermeshed those two together because I believe I shine really well especially in those two areas of concentration. I shouldn’t have focused on my Boy Scouts as much.[/ul][/li]
**General Comments: ** Accepted in Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley (Regents), UCLA, UCSD, UCI, Princeton, UPenn. Rejected in MIT, Harvard. Wait-listed Yale.

bugsliberty · April 1, 2010, 11:02pm

Accepted!! Wow!!! SO Happy and Excited!

EnAll · April 1, 2010, 11:02pm

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 700 M, 780 W
[] SAT IIs: 800 USH; 790 Math 2; 730 WH; 730 Lit; 590 German (Didn’t send this one)
[] ACT: 33 (32M, 32E, 34R, 33S)
[] APs: Didn’t take
[] IBs: Didn’t take
[] GPA: 98.33 (98.83 mid-year)
[] Rank: 10 of 405
[] Other stats: Honor Roll; AATG Glow Honor Roll; National Honor Society
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Social Studies Club (Secretary), Economic Club (President), German Club (Co-President), Computer Technology Club (Founding Member, Co-President), Church Lector
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App: Levity- a humorous look at my levity, or lack thereof; Chicago: Liar- an absurd piece on lying and liars; Chicago Optional: Door-Stoppers- an expression of my love for door-stoppers; Yale: Ambition-an essay on my vaulting ambition; GT SFS- The War on Truth- an essay decrying internet censorship
[] Teacher Recs: Don’t Know
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[] Applied on: 12/13
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NY
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Elite Private Catholic School; sends several students a year to Ivys, usually 1-3 a year to HYP
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Reflection

[] Strengths: GPA, Scores, Leadership
[] Weaknesses: Lack of Community Service, no major awards, perhaps a little too well-rounded
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Relatively ‘average’ for Yale

**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all who were accepted. **

Nike_T · April 1, 2010, 11:03pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2350 800M 760CR 790 W (superscore)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:800 Physics, 800 math II, 770 chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/420
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Gov, Chem, Physics, Bio, Euro, US History, Lit, Lang, Calc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Calc, Engineering Principles, Spanish IV, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none whatsoever
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Swimming Captain, Tennis Captain, Marching band, piano for 11 years, after school choir, some other random clubs
[] Job/Work Experience:2 summers of 160 hours of camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service:not much
[] Summer Activities:work, no special camps or anything
[] Essays:ok
[] Teacher Recommendation:pretty good I think
[] Counselor Rec:Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?:No
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[] Intended major?:Biomed Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Test scores
[] Weaknesses:not enough focus on my ec’s and essay, I suck at writing haha
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Cornell, UCONN. Rejected: MIT, Yale, Princeton, Brown
[/ul]**General Comments:**Good Job everyone that got accepted. I know you deserve it.

vulpix · April 1, 2010, 11:16pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 R 800 M 790 W) single sitting
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US History 780 Literature 770 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Literature (5), English Language (5), Chinese (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, 1 Honors class
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not “major”, but National AP Scholar and National Merit Semi-Finalist… although I’m pretty sure that’s par for the course when it comes to Yale!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Three local youth orchestras (concertmaster, assistant concertmaster), school orchestra (assistant concertmaster, played in Carnegie Hall), National Honor Society (treasurer, secretary), Environmental Club, Key Club, ballet, Chinese school
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at ChinaHRD (online HR company) in Beijing
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer work at local library, also through my Chinese school
[] Summer Activities: I travel a lot with my family (China every summer, also Europe, Japan, India); Marrowstone Music Festival (two-week intensive music camp)
[] Essays: I thought they were strong.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see them, but I would assume they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: I also did not see it.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: I thought it went very well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: No.
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended major?: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Mid-size public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Numbers (test scores and transcript), essays
[] Weaknesses: Lack of outstanding community service, no hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know it was incredibly competitive this year, and I guess I don’t really mind being waitlisted. I think a lot of those tough admissions choices really come down to luck at the end.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Duke, Rice, UW Honors; waitlisted U Chicago and Cornell; rejected Dartmouth, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford (SCEA)

Still waiting to hear from Harvard since they haven’t sent me an email yet.

[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! You all deserved it so much, and I am very happy for you.

sb1492 · April 1, 2010, 11:22pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 750M, 710W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 740BiologyM, 700USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Psychology (5), USH (4), Human Geography (4), English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Bio, AP Lit, Forensics, Internship
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Achievement Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (president, treasurer), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), NHS, Research after school, Track
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:20 hours a week tutoring at inner-city youth center since 9th grade (2000+ hours), Church nursery (only about 2 hours a week)
[] Summer Activities: Research at local university, NIH STEP-UP program (another research program)
[] Essays: One about my environment and how it shapes. Extra essay about my research program and the lessons it taught me
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Included detail information about the poverty of our school, lack of resources, and how I had to self-study for most AP exams even though I had a teacher
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: No.
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Inner-city public
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars (tutoring and research which I was heavily involved in)
[] Weaknesses: Not a lot of leadership skills
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I will not even attempt to figure that out
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: : Accepted at UF, UMiami, Williams (Tyng), Amherst (early write), Columbia (likely), Dartmouth (likely), Princeton, Harvard. Was not waitlisted or rejected.[/ul]

SophieGermain · April 1, 2010, 11:25pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (770CR/ 760M/ 680W)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Biology E (I think…), 750 English Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on all four tests
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: hardest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SciOly (team captain and proctored/wrote tests at junior high competitions), Marching band, clarinet choir, French Club, Recreational soccer
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: none that I put down
Summer Activities: reading?
Essays: first about overcoming an eating disorder 9th-11th grade; second about a book
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
Counselor Rec: nice, but forgettable
Additional Rec:
Interview: Mediocre. It was about two weeks before the interview that I began to realize I wasn’t wild about attending Yale (nothing against the school- just not a good fit for me personally)
Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: scores, first essay
Weaknesses: second essay, lack of leadership positions or volunteer work, interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of leadership positions or stand-out ECs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UNC/UVa (CSS)/UWSeattle (Honors)/SUNY-ESF (Honors); wait-listed at Brown; rejected at Harvard/Yale

General Comments: Congratulations everybody! It’s finally over, and I’m sure you’ll all go on to do great things. I realized several months ago that I wasn’t a good fit for Yale anyway, but you never know. Brown’s going to hear from me tomorrow (so grateful to be on the wait-list), and even if I never hear anything from them… UW here I come! It’s going to be great next year no matter what. Wow. Rejection has never felt so great. I guess to next year’s applicants, my best advice if you’re reading this would be to find wonderful safeties like I did (and also to stop comparing yourself to other people on this thread!!). Don’t fall in love with reaches. And don’t be afraid to apply anywhere; even if you get rejected it is definitely not the end of the world.

Once again, congratulations and best of luck everyone!

Pictor · April 1, 2010, 11:28pm

ACCEPTED! ! ! superhappy! :)

issy3bella · April 1, 2010, 11:32pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: Reading 800, Math 770, Writing 750
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Lit 800, Spanish 690 (idk if I reported)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank: 2 / ~330
[] AP: Lit (5), Lang (5), Calc BC (3 = fail), Comp. Sci. A (5)
[] IB: our school is IB but no test results yet
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3660 English at college nearby, AP Stats, Organic/Biochemistry, AP CS AB, Discrete Math, IB French V, IB Spanish IV, AP Psych, Research Team (credit)
[] Major Awards: … *shrug NMF, USACO All-Stars 2009
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: research @ Pfizer (2010) and Stryker (2009), forensics (states), debate (congress), varsity tennis, student senate, school newspaper staff
[] Job/Work Experience: grader / teacher’s assistant (2 years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: > 400 hours, STAR award from local asso.
[] Summer Activities: workin’, HHMI Med camp @ K College, EIM @ Ohio State
[] Essays: pretty terrible, I only enjoy writing fiction… the Common App one was about The Shawshank Redemption
[] Teacher Recommendation: one great, one questionable
[] Counselor Rec: probably good, I’ve known her since elem
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: terrible… I suck at eye contact, it makes me blink rapidly :]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: no
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended major?: undecided
[] State: MI
[] School Type: dual-enrolled (public ~350 per grade, magnet ~65 per grade)
[] Ethnicity: asian (chinese)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >$200,000 (dunno why we applied for FA)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!!! WOOO!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: … I set high standards for myself
[] Weaknesses: … I’m lazy
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea :]
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Duke, Vanderbilt, USC (SoCal), UMich; Rejected Stanford (early… I cried)
[/ul]General Comments: I thought I was going to get rejected, so this was a nice surprise… congrats to everyone who did get in :] Yale’s awesome

soccer_girl4life · April 1, 2010, 11:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2220 M:730 W: 750 CR: 740
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math IIC: 740 French: 710 USH: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/800
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language(5), Calculus AB(5), World History(4), APUSH(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Stats, AP Biology, AP Macro, AP English Lit, US Gov’t, Girls Varsity Soccer Fall/Spring
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Merit Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls Soccer (jv captain), NHS, Junior State of America, French Club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours
[] Essays: my best supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: didn’t have one

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience!
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): urm, first generation[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: unique essays + urm didn’t hurt
[] Weaknesses: ecs i guess
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wish i myself knew
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Harvard, WUSTL, Duke, JHU, Bowdoin, University of Texas at Austin, Rice
Waitlisted: Princeton

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all accepted!

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