Official Yale Class of 2014 RD Results Thread

spiritualwitch · April 1, 2010, 11:43pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats are found elsewhere if anyone cares to know though why you would I have no idea.

CONGRATS to those accepted and have a good life as I will probably never remotely speak to any of you again.

081392 · April 1, 2010, 11:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150, 750 W, 720 M, 680 CR
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 720 Chemistry, 690 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/355
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 Chem SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP German, IB English HL, Honors Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): human rights club (founder and president), nhs (secretary/treasurer), level 10 gymnast
[] Job/Work Experience: gymnastics coach, electrician’s assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: summer hospital volunteering, various activities for human rights club
[] Summer Activities: gymnastics, working, volunteering, travelling
[] Essays: one was very personal (about family addiction), one was on gymnastics
[] Teacher Recommendation: average
[] Counselor Rec: average
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: N/A
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended major?: cognitive science
[] State (if domestic applicant): ID
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, gpa, state, essays
[] Weaknesses: sat, recommendations
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I made my application as personal as possible, especially in my short answers. Also, I think I am just lucky, because it is somewhat of a random shot. Either way, I am happier than I thought I ever could be!!!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: columbia, berkeley, nyu, wake forest, uc san diego. waitlisted: brown and dartmouth. rejected: harvard
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone!!!

rushandcrush · April 1, 2010, 11:56pm

After being deferred SCEA…

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800 Math, 780 Reading, 700 Writing
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 French with Listening, 780 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (Its really more like a 95-96%)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/620ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), World History (5), Stat (5), Calc AB (5) Chem (5), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Enviro (5), Studio Art (4), Physics (4), Euro (skipped), English Lang (skipped), French Lang (5), Micro (skipped), Macro (skipped), Psych (5), English Lit (currently taking), French Lit (currently taking), Art History (currently taking, will definitely skip)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French Lit, Linear Algebra (college), AP Art History, Mole Bio (college), Chem (college).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Did well at Intel, never really got past AIME. Won essay contests, MVP awards for sports, published science research etc.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis - 2nd singles freshman year, and continued as 1st singles throughout high school. Named MVP, Captain, won state awards, etc. (I think I may have been recruited but I didn’t want to pursue tennis in college at the D1 level). Class President all four years. Editor in Chief of award-winning school literary magazine for 2 years. Established school Hispanic club, president and founder.
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at NYC science labs for four years and had work published professionally. Interned at the New Yorker for a month (I have a family friend :P)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: Internships
[] Essays: No Idea. I liked them!
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but they like me!
[li] Counselor Rec: No idea, but he likes me! :P[/li]
[li] Interview: It went well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Legacy to Princeton and Tufts.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, my personality, and my hooks.
[] Weaknesses: Not exactly sure, but no ones perfect.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Barnard, Johns Hopkins BME. Waitlisted: Tufts [/li][/ul]

christiansoldier · April 2, 2010, 12:17am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800/800/800/12)
Retaken from 2380 (800/800/780/10)
[] ACT: 35 twice (36/35/36/33/11 and 35/36/34/36/12)
[] SAT II: Physics 800, Biology E 800, Chemistry 800 (Retaken from 790), US History 800, World History 800, Math II 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/760
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, Chemistry 5, European History (Independent Study) 5, Human Geography (Independent Study) 5, US History 5, Art History 5, English Language and Composition 5, Calculus AB 5, Physics B 5, Biology 5, Psychology 5, US Government (Independent Study) 5, Environmental Science (Independent Study) 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics (Online), AP English Literature, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics, Academic Competitions
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President, Conservative Party Chairman x2, Chief Justice, Director of Moderating, Regional Senator, Best Speaker x8), Moot Court (Best Speaker x4, Most Valuable Team Member x2, Competition Winner, Competition Second Place), Academic Decathlon (Co-President, a couple dozen medals, came 2nd in county last year and 3rd in the nation this year), Mathletes (1st in County Individual Math, CML High Score in County), Model UN (Head Delegate, Outstanding Delegate x2), Science Olympiad (2nd in county, 3rd in state, individual medals in both), Lion’s Speech Contest (Regional Winner)
[] Job/Work Experience: Appeals Analyst for CA State Personnel Board
[] Volunteer/Community service: CA Department of Fair Housing and Employment Intern, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign Volunteer
[] Summer Activities: JSA Stanford Summer School, EPGY Online, Montezuma Leadership Summit, Community College, Work (Appeals Analyst)
[] Essays: A decent one about how my compulsive essay revisions show more about me than my essay, and another one about my desire to quantify social sciences to make them more useful and credible
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my English teacher/Moot Court Coach, one from my Psych teacher who I’m pretty close with
[] Counselor Rec: Probably businesslike
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t send one
[] Interview: She offered me a summer job
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Yes
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: History
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large suburban semi-competitive public
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, Academic competitions, petty leadership
[] Weaknesses: The retakes, the essays (I learned my lesson on my essays between Yale EA and my RD applications)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. They’re just not interested.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard and Yale, Waitlisted at MIT, Accepted at UC Davis, UCLA, Rice, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Princeton
[/ul]General Comments: Hopefully they didn’t see that giant fit I threw on facebook after I got deferred EA.

TheAscendancy · April 2, 2010, 12:21am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 750 M, 790 W (2340)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio-M (780), Math II (800), Physics (800), US History (800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 / 700 something
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): HUG (5), Bio (5), WHAP (5), Eng Lang (5), Art Drawing (5), Physics B (5), Macro (5), Pysch (5), APUSH (5), taking 9 more senior year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 9 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Don’t really feel like typing these, I lead some clubs, organized some projects, interned for some people, etc. etc. (a lot of my activities centered around art)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[] Summer Activities: see above
[] Essays: Wrote about art, I felt it was a decent essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: No clue
[] Counselor Rec: No clue
[] Additional Rec: one from my art teacher, not sure how good it was
[li] Interview: loved my interviewer, was such an awesome guy, thought it went pretty well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Nope, just RD’d
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended major?: Not sure
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, sometimes sends a few grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: ORM
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Too much for financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Art, maybe essays? I dunno, I don’t feel like I had too many strengths
[] Weaknesses: ORM, lack of strong EC’s awards

[/ul]General Comments:
Debating between Yale and Stanford now. Congrats to everyone who got in, and my sincerest apologies to all the heartbreaks =/

Millancad · April 2, 2010, 12:24am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li]SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 700 M, 800 W = 2300[/li][li]ACT: 30, not submitted[/li][li]SAT II: 770 World Hist, 760 English, 760 Math II[/li][li]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83[/li][li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12th as of MYR, 13th as of app[/li][li]AP (place score in parenthesis): US hist (4), Calc BC (4, AB subscore 5), Art History (5), English Language (4, the embarrassment of my life), Human Geography (5)[/li][li]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li][li]Senior Year Course Load: AP World Hist, AP Phys C, AP Chem, AP English, Chamber Orch. During first semester, took “Calc 4 and Analyt Geom” (MVC) and French Composition and Conversation, the former at local university, the latter at one of its constituent community colleges[/li][li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet, community service, Academic Quiz Team, Math Team, Piano, Viola [/li][li]Job/Work Experience: Tutor at my school. “specially selected” by alumni foundation[/li][li]Volunteer/Community service: tutoring 2nd graders, hosting yard sales, coordinating meetings with diff organizations, finding places to donate too. I’m one of the more involved members of the community service club.[/li][li]Summer Activities: Junior Summer = Internship with the Breakthrough Collaborative, a pretty selective program where one is a teacher, Senior summer = Women in Engineering @ UDayton (since I got rejected from RSI, MITES, and TASP. All three)[/li][li]Essays: Over time, I’ve grown to hate my ComApp essay. To anyone who read it, I feel it would be obvious that I chose too grand of a topic, but it does showcase some of my skills. I liked my optional essay, even if it was copypasta.[/li][li]Teacher Recommendation: Saw one, it was amazing, incredibly personal and eloquently written. I assume the other was good. The teachers I asked are both crazy smart. WashU and Northwestern grads.[/li][li]Counselor Rec: Counselor has only been here for this year, but I made a point of getting to know him very well. I was a fave of the previous counselor, so I became one of his as well. Was probs good.[/li][li]Additional Rec: None[/li][li]Interview: I thought it was okay, not the best. My interviewer was nice, but we didn’t really connect. He was also pretty speedy. I mean, the interview lasted about an hour, I think, but he seemed very efficient or something.[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Didn’t apply
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Linguistics
[]State (if domestic applicant): What’s round on the sides and high in the middle? Ohio!
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Public, but one must test in, everyone has above 108.5 IQ
[]Ethnicity: Black
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: $180,00+
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

<pre><code>[li]Strengths: I’m a pretty good writer?[/li][li]Weaknesses: Maybe ECs? Especially in the summer.[/li][li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall app was pretty not dece?[/li][li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]</code></pre>

Accepted = Swarthmore, Dartmouth, MIT, UChicago, Georgetown, Cambridge (Murray Edwards College), other UK colleges that people here probs don’t care about and to which I somewhat randomly applied.
Waitlisted = Yale
Rejected = Nowhere
Pooled = Cambridge, Christ’s College

[/ul]General Comments: Not Yay.

phosphorlyescenc · April 2, 2010, 12:32am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290: 800 CR, 760 M, 730 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 770 Chem, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), English Lang & Comp (5), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Available. 3 APs, 2 College Courses 2nd sem (1 college course 1st sem)
Took college bio courses for the past 2 yrs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Finalist Sophomore yr, USABO Silver Junior yr, Some in-state bio awards, Some debate/ forensics awards
[] GRE: Bio 880 (Top 3%)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 10,11,12 (Captain 11,12), Forensics 10,11,12 (Captain 12), Math Team 10,11 (Captain 10,11), Sci Oly 10.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring college students in into college bio, 12.
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Horticulture Genetics lab, Online courses
[] Essays: Well-Written
[] Teacher Recommendation: glowing
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Debate/Forensics team coach. Glowing
[] Interview: TERRIBLE. The interviewer’s eyes seemed to glaze over when I started talking about anything related to Biology, Debate, or Forensics. Was an English major, graduated recently. Interview dragged on for an hour and a half, when it should have been over in 30 minutes. He kept trying to ask the “killer question”. Ended interview with “Well, it’s clear that our interests are vastly different”. Hands down worst interview I ever had. (My other Ivy & MIT interviews went fairly well) IF YOU LIVE IN THE MADISON AREA, BEWARE OF THIS GUY!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public, average quality
[] Ethnicity: White, Russian (Bilingual)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 150K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very advanced bio student (USABO, College courses, tutoring college, GRE score)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Very in depth knowledge/specialization in one field, strong involvement in Debate & Forensics
[] Weaknesses: No Sports, Work experience, little volunteer work. Numbers are decent, but not stellar. Bad interview.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bad interview? I honestly don’t see any other reasons.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
A: Princeton, JHU, MIT, Caltech, UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley, UW Madison
R: Harvard, Yale
[/ul]General Comments:
I have no idea why I was accepted at Princeton but rejected at Harvard and Yale. But Princeton was my first choice anyway, so it’s all good.

314159 · April 2, 2010, 12:54am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 700 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), swimming, tutoring (director of program), published writing
[] Job/Work Experience: bioengineering research, magazine internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive service leader for school, service leader for a local night shelter
[] Summer Activities: math/business programs at penn and princeton
[] Essays: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: really good i think
[] Additional Rec: excellent
[] Interview: really good, pretty long
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: top private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: bad freshman grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UVa, Michigan, Georgia Tech; waitlisted to Princeton and Dartmouth; rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Penn[/ul] [/li]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted!

SoylentGreen12 · April 2, 2010, 1:06am

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800 R; 700 M; 800 W
[] SAT II:800 World Hist., 780 American Hist.; 760 Bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Psyche; 5 Bio; 5 APUSH; 4 English; 4 World Hist.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Moderate, 4 AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Natnl. Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, some others
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Crew(captain), Amnesty Intntl., Internship at local university 
[] Essays:Quite good
[] Teacher Recommendation:A godsend. I heard on the counselor grape vine that they could have made the difference between deferral and acceptance.
[] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[] Additional Rec:University Professor: Excellent
[] Interview: Didn’t have one…made the acceptance more shocking
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] School Type: Independent
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rower, URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[/ul]General Comments: I was very surprised to see my screen turn blue…especially after being deffered from Dartmouth over Christmas break. I’m tempted to send them a picture of myself wearing a Yale shirt. Excessive?

insomniac159 · April 2, 2010, 1:27am

Decision: Deferred, Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 M, 670 CR, 780 W (super-score)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 730 Bio M, 590 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.2 weighted at time)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/452
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), English Lang (4), Bio (3), BC Calc (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics, Economics, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, Multivariate Calc/Differential Equations, AP French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pre-Med Club (President), National Honors Society, Self-Research
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time nanny
[] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hospital (~400 hours)
[] Summer Activities: Lots of travel, worked as a research assistant at UC - Denver
[] Essays: Really amazing, I thought. And definitely creative. They really conveyed my character.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing!
[] Counselor Rec: Never read it, but great I would assume.
[] Additional Rec: Letter from the professor whose research I assisted in. It was also really good.
[] Interview: Not so hot. It wasn’t bad, really, but it just wasn’t as phenomenal as I’ve heard other people describe theirs.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100-120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My academic history, recommendations, and essays were all excellent. I definitely conveyed a passion for medicine and science in general.
[] Weaknesses: I could have done so many more extra-curiculars, and my test scores weren’t exactly excellent.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The competition was incredible this year, and while I feel that I was a strong applicant, there were just so many people even stronger than me. I bet I could have made it ten years ago.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at CO School of Mines, CU - Boulder, U of Chicago, NYU, and UC - Berkeley. Waitlisted at Johns Hopkins. Rejected at Yale and Princeton.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I guess I’m satisfied with my college results. It’s so great that all of this stress is finally over with. My college options are definitely amazing (though I’m not sure if they’re affordable), so I’m happy. All of you admits just blow me away! CONGRATULATIONS! Enjoy it!

ksarmand · April 2, 2010, 2:21am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (800-CR; 710-M; 760-W)[/li][li] ACT: did not take[/li][li] SAT II: 800 USH; 700 Math II; 790 Literature[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.6% UW; 101.1% W[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/255[/li][li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science, U.S. History, English Language and Composition, World History –>5[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li][li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Biology, AP U.S. Government and Politics[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hm. National Achievement Scholar?? Nat’l Merit Commended?? Otaku of the Year?? and AP Scholar with Honor definitely clinched it, yo. [/ul][/li]</code></pre>

Subjective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Fair (silver medalist; president of Math Club); Mathlete (I suck lol); Model U.N. (committee chair; some Best/Distinguished Delegate awards at the beastier conferences on the East coast); Mock Trial (captain & president; ranked 4th in county from being dead last 3 years ago); Varsity Track & XC (captain; some medals at the more competitive invitationals & such); School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief, winner of a few major awards); Pit Orchestra section leader (violin); Lotsa awards for Piano w/ some at national level (>15 awards total); and a few more things that would only attract lulz here :)[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at summer camp for high-achieving students (in Harlem); side business of repairing headphones (I only mentioned this in the interview, dunno if it counted.)[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service:ESL teacher; Sunday School teacher[/li][li] Summer Activities: reading??? (and work)[/li][li] Essays: Common App essay was my finest work. Supplemental essay was a tearful, overwrought diary entry from when I was 14. But hey, I guess it worked.[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.[/li][li] Counselor Rec: three lines. -_-[/li][li] Additional Rec: N/A[/li][li] Interview: Horrible. Her eyeliner was put on badly, and it was a source of much distraction.[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]

Other:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] State (if domestic applicant): New York[/li][li] Country (if international applicant): I’m still a Haitian citizen, but was considered domestic.[/li][li] School Type: Public[/li][li] Ethnicity: Haitian[/li][li] Gender:Female[/li][li] Income Bracket: $140,000+ (but single parent who pays full sticker price for bro’s tuition, which is around $18,000; some pretty heavy-duty mortgages; supports approx. 12 relatives in Haiti => the money is stretched quite thin)[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM; immigrant (??)[/ul][/li]</code></pre>

Reflection:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] Strengths: I don’t know. I was so sure I would be flat-out rejected. There are so many amazing people here, and the fact that the admissions committee was gracious enough to offer me a spot on the WL (which I will be refusing) tickles me pink. ;)[/li][li] Weaknesses: Refer to everything I wrote above. And maybe the 25,000+ applicants had something to do with it, too?[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They’re building a class. And I guess I didn’t have what they were looking for. It doesn’t hurt that my interview sucked for them, too. The competition was brutal, too. My SAT Math II probably did me in. [/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was also accepted at: Princeton, Columbia (University Scholar), University of Chicago, Macaulay Honors College @ Hunter, St. Johns University (Honors), Hampton, Howard, Georgetown SFS, and American University Honors. No rejections. :D[/ul][/li]</code></pre>

General Comments: Good Luck!! Don’t give up. Ever. People looked at me pityingly when I told them where I was applying, but it worked out in the end. Even if you spaz in the few days before and rack up >300 posts in 3 days because you’re terrified (like I was), soldier on. If you don’t go to Yale (I won’t), you’ll undoubtedly get to go somewhere else that’s just as good. God has a plan for you, and it’ll be fulfilled wherever you go.
On a side note, I was set on attending Macaulay Honors this fall. Now I’m hopelessly confused.

Bilguun · April 2, 2010, 2:24am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 790 M: 760 W:750 12E)
[] SAT II: Math II 800, World History 730, Literature 700
[] TOEFL: 113/120
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): On the top, probably
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty intense; about 20 subjects
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Medals from National English Olympiad, National Russian Olympiad, and Standardized Mathematics Olympiad; Golden Key Best student award; about 15 other medals from various competitions; scholarship to study at a local bilingual school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Team captain in “Global Debates” international competition, member on the national team for World Schools Debating Championships 2010, translating Harry Potter GoF, founded school French Club, creating and maintaining websites
[] Job/Work Experience: Translating, Editing
[] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Youth, environmental cleanups
[] Summer Activities: Youth Leadership Summit, NY; reading (a lot?)
[] Essays: 1. About translating Harry Potter to Mongolian 2. Spending childhood in a developed foreign country, racial discrimination and consequent love for my own country despite its many (many!) problems
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read only one and thought it was excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read,
[] Additional Rec: -
[] Interview: Done very late (late March), over Skype with an admission officer, went extremely well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): Mongolia
[] School Type: Private, very small
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: very low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not exactly a hook, but pentalinguality
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I given my circumstances, well-roundedness, interview
[] Weaknesses: SAT II(?)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hmmm…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Harvard (LL), Princeton, Stanford, Columbia (John Jay Scholar and an LL), Dartmouth, U Chicago, Hamilton, Amherst, Pomona
Waitlisted: Grinnel, Reed, Penn
Rejected: -
[/ul]General Comments: I’m in a happy conundrum! Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted!

ayeeeconnie · April 2, 2010, 2:34am

Decision: Accepted!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 [M: 800, W: 790, R: 740]
[li] ACT: didn’t report; 32[/li][] SAT II: 660 BioE, 690 US History, 790 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 uw, 4.4 w
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/550ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Calc AB, English Language [5,5,5], Bio [3], Enviro Sci [4]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a[/li][] Senior Year Course Load: anatomy, APs : Government, Econ, English Lit, Stats, Music Theory
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none really. AP Scholar with distinction. piano competitions, Certificate of merit levels
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): interact [secretary], csf [junior year VP, now president], Badminton [varsity co captain], piano [performing]
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutoring, Kumon Tutoring Center
[] Volunteer/Community service: San martin retirement home & El toro youth center [300 hours about]
[] Summer Activities: community college classes, working for parents
[] Essays: common App: about selling flowers on thanksgiving with my parents; supplement: i wrote about the person who gave me my first piano. they were well written essays.
[] Teacher Recommendation: good, good; i never got to read them. they were not spectacular by any means
[] Counselor Rec: very very good. she really liked me
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: average. didnt find it very out of the ordinary
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: no
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended major?: poli sci
[] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 60k-70k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, parents are flower growers, immigrants for parents
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i’m going to say GPA, SAT I’s and maybe essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, no major ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got lucky! I was a fish that could barely get into the pool of overqualified applicants, and i’m so so happy i got in
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton
Waitlisted: harvard, U penn
Rejected: Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

YES YES YES. Yale is my dream school.

trf1021 · April 2, 2010, 2:35am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 660CR 720M 680W </li>
<li>ACT: 34E 34M 27R 33S</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Physics, 710 Math II, 710 USH</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): USH-5, Chem-3, Physics B-4, Stats-4, Will take Physics C, Calc BC, Bio, English Lang., Macro.</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Not Offered</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc BC, AP English Lang., Advanced Video Production, Band</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope. AP Scholar with Honor?</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Unique stuff. I do a lot of music and film ECs that I spend a lot of time on. Leadership positions in 4 clubs. Co-founded a club.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Summer and sometimes during the year.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: A lot through my ECs.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Reading more than most people read in their lifetime. Working. Learning Calculus (was going to take multivariable through EPGY, but decided not to)</li>
<li>Essays: Commonapp was amazing. Supplement stuff was also amazing.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 3 Amazing</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Awesome</li>
<li>Additional Rec: From a music teacher I’ve known since 6th grade.</li>
<li>Interview: Didn’t have one.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY </li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): </li>
<li>School Type: Average public. Usually sends one or two to an ivy every year. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope. ORM.</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Definitely my essay. </li>
<li>Weaknesses: I suck at standardized testing. </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Boston U, RPI, Northeastern. Waitlisted at Columbia, Carnegie Mellon. Rejected everywhere else- MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Penn, Cornell. </li>
</ul>

General Comments: I would be upset, but I am way too happy to have a spot on the waitlist at Columbia. Congratulations everyone! You all genuinely deserve it and good luck next year! Also, if you know anyone who got into Columbia, TELL THEM NOT TO GO! :)

jjchoco827 · April 2, 2010, 3:00am

Decision: Accepted

Note: I’m an international student (Canadian).

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 W, 770 M, 750 CR)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chinese, 720 Bio M (horrible I know)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0? (We operate on a % scale and don’t weight our subjects - I had a 99.75% average out of 100%)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/320-ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer them
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer them[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP-Enriched Calculus, AP-Enriched Biology, AP-Enriched Chemistry, AP-Enriched Physics, AP-Enriched English, World History, Mathematics of Data Management (“AP-Enriched” courses here at my school teaches the same material as AP courses but aren’t recognized as official AP courses)[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A LOT of national Canadian mathematics awards and qualified for USAMO; got first place in the Fryer contest and a bunch of medals and certificates for a lot of other major contests. Plus got 2nd at the provincial science fair and won some other science awards. The list is long, but none of them are super super prestigious. Oh, and I was also named as a Loran Honors Semi-Finalist (the Loran award is this super prestigious leadership/community service scholarship in Canada worth about $80k) and also won a bunch of major scholarships to several Canadian universities that I applied (i.e. Chancellor’s Scholarship (worth $36k) from Queens, Rene Descartes Scholarship (worth $18k) from U of Waterloo, $12k from McGill, etc.), but I’m not sure those helped as I got them AFTER I submitted my application. I did send an update, seeing as the criteria for selecting winners for those scholarships include passion, maturity, intellectual curiosity, creativity, etc, which are all qualities that Yale is looking for.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LOTS of math clubs/activities/leagues/teams (was Team Captain and Club Leader for every club that had one), some science clubs/teams (again, was Team Captain for teams that had one), and a creative writing group. I’ve stuck with all my ECs for my full high school career, plus some random clubs here and there (i.e. chess club for 2 years, art club for 1 year, etc).[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: worked 4 years at a restaurant (10-15 hours/week) including extra hours in the summers, worked 6 years as a tutor and babysitter, and done a bunch of miscellaneous jobs for some extra cash (i.e. grass cutting, snow shoveling, etc.). Earned about $20k during my 4 years of high school (not sure if this showed that I can manage my time well, is independent, or did nothing at all.)[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours. Did about 100 hours at the hospital, 30 hours at a senior home, 80 hours tutoring, 40 hours at a soccer camp, 50 hours at a library, and 20 some odd hours volunteering for various one day events.[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: attended a national math camp (I think it was pretty prestigious and selective) in the summer of Gr 9, went back to China to visit family and helped with rebuilding for the Si Chuang Earthquake in the summer of Gr 10, then stayed home, took summer school online, and looked after my rehabilitating cousin in the summer of Gr 11. Oh, and I volunteered extensively during all my summers.[/li]
[li] Essays: My common application one was pretty original - or at the very least, abnormal. It was long (over 2 pages) and written in third person about my experience writing to a soldier I never met on the other side of the world. I wrote it in story format and tried to “show and not tell”. My supplemental essay was about my experience immigrating to Canada from China. This one I tried to stick to the traditional format and was, in my opinion, pretty flat and boring.[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good/excellent. I asked my math teacher of 4 years and my English teacher of 2 years to write them. I never actually saw the recommendations, but I was the top student in both their classes, so I’d imagine that they were pretty good if not super.[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Fairly good. My old counselor just retired and I’ve only known my new counselor for 2 months, so I doubt her rec contained anything personal. But I did tell her (in great detail) about my accomplishments so I think she wrote an okay/good rec.[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: I got one from one of my volunteer supervisors at the senior home, but since it was supplemental I’m not sure Yale actually received it. The rec itself was simply splendid and offered a really personal insight as opposed to the more technical rec written by my teachers.[/li]
[li] Interview: wasn’t offered one [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Deferred SCEA?: didn’t apply SCEA
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Mathematics (Actuarial Science) or some sort of Life Sciences (for pre-med)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Not domestic
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada!
[] School Type: Public (about 1200 students)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Parents: $100k, myself: $5000-ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: consistent passion for mathematics (shown through ECs, awards, recs, etc.), creative if slightly unconventional common app essay, hardworking nature
[] Weaknesses: is an international applicant of Chinese ethnicity, bad SAT Bio M score, no super outstanding hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted: Honestly, I have no idea.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
US Schools: Harvard - Accepted!, MIT - Rejected, Princeton - Rejected, Stanford - Rejected, Cornell - Rejected
Canadian Schools: Queens - Accepted with $36000 scholarship, McGill - Accepted with $12000 scholarship, Waterloo - Accepted with $18000 scholarship

[/ul]General Comments: I am sooo happy right now I can’t even express it in words. After being rejected by MIT -> Stanford -> Princeton -> Cornell I had no hopes whatsoever of getting into Yale (or Harvard). I figured that if I even got rejected from Cornell (which admits roughly twice as many applicants as Yale) there is absolutely NO WAY that I had ANY chance for Yale. Imagine my surprise when I saw the big “Congratulations” and heard the bulldog song. My jaw literally dropped and I had tears in my eyes. Yale, here I comeeeeee!

P.S. Any other Canadian accepts here?

hello712 · April 2, 2010, 3:09am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (Math: 770 CR: 770 WR: 770)
[] ACT: 34 (didnt submit)
[] SAT II: Math IIC: 800 Chemistry: 760 Literature: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3) AP Literature (4) AP Language (5) AP Statistics (5) AP Chemistry (5) AP Calculus AB (5) AP Spanish (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense courseload
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I won’t go into details, there are many in depth things with these: classical piano (won multiple statewide competitions, etc…), cell (am in highest orchestra in state), Destination Imagination (been to global competition since 7th grade) (DI Leadership Award), Gold Scout Gold Award Recipient, School Newspaper (Editor in Chief), Varisty Volleyball (Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: Study Abroad in Cuernavaca Mexico, Northwestern School of Music for a month
[] Essays: They were really good, I worked pretty hard on them!
[] Teacher Recommendation: I know this was very very good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Additional Rec: Pretty good
[li] Interview: Went really well! [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: No
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended major?: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: my scores, my upward trend in grades and rigorous courseload, my teacher recs, my music/extra curriculars were strong
[] Weaknesses: not very high GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am really well-rounded and had good teacher recs
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Stanford, Yale, Duke, UChicago, Northwestern, Columbia, UPenn, Tufts, Johns Hopkins
Waitlisted: Princeton, MIT
Denied: Harvard

[/ul]General Comments: SO EXCITED!!!

bluewatermelon · April 2, 2010, 3:09am

Decision: Deferred–>Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555544433
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Editor in Chief, Science Bowl, MAO Club, JV Volleyball
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital.
[] Summer Activities: Chilling out
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Okay
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public competitive
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: sat
[] Weaknesses: ec’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: other kids at my school were just too good.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at princeton and wharton. rejected at harvard and stanford.[/li][/ul]General Comments: lots of other people from my school were accepted. i didn’t even get a waitlist. this hurts so, so much. i would have picked yale over princeton, harvard, wharton, etc…

davidyko · April 2, 2010, 3:31am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 800 Math 720/8 W</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 World History, 800 Math II, 790 Lit, 800 Chinese</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 (until junior year)</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%? maybe</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC - 5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: N/A</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier 2008, various piano competitions.</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of piano. Quit high school halfway through junior year to study music in Germany and Austria. Other than that, not much. </li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Close to none.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Teaching basic music education at elementary schools, etc. Usually music related.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Master classes, piano camps, etc. in Europe.</li>
<li>Essays: Written in three days. Sure, they were okay, but I didn’t think they were great.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: No idea. Probably okay.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: See above.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: Went okay. Nothing special.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): California, originally.</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Independent</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Quite high.</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing at all.</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Actually, I have no idea why I got in. Maybe they liked my music supplement CD?</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT I, I guess.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably piano. And sheer luck.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Harvard, Columbia, and Juilliard. Haven’t heard from New England Conservatory. Didn’t apply anywhere else.</li>
</ul>

General Comments: Not sure how I got in, but sure as hell not complaining.

0melina0 · April 2, 2010, 4:09am

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):580 CR 690 M 710 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:700 French 650 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 1%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 3 HL / 3 SL/ TOK
[] Senior Year Course Load:?
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):some
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):debate above all
[] Job/Work Experience: teaching in summer
[] Volunteer/Community service:a lottt
[] Summer Activities:a few
[] Essays:i liked them
[] Teacher Recommendation:don’t know
[] Counselor Rec:don’t know
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:the first one…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?:no
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[] Intended major?:
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):somewhere in south america
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:hispanic
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i really don’t know (just extracurriculars?)
[] Weaknesses:SAT!!! my english level?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I really don’t know what they have seen in me
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected in all of the others
[/ul]General Comments: I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!!

ihope92 · April 2, 2010, 9:21am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): didnt send

ACT: 31
SAT II: didnt send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 5s, 2 4s, 1 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: alllll aps and honors…
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with honor, some school awards, honor roll
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tons of leadership, peer leader, community service, clubs, music groups

Job/Work Experience: internship
Volunteer/Community service: spent summer in rwanda
Summer Activities: mostly just travel, i had an internship for one
Essays: one about my family traditions, one about being in rwanda
Teacher Recommendation: didnt read
Counselor Rec: didnt read
Additional Rec: from a guy i worked with at yale and from my mom who works at yale
Interview: really good
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Deferred SCEA?: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended major?: economics
State (if domestic applicant): CT/NH
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type: public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: top 1%
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): everybody in my family has gone to yale
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: legacy, essays

Weaknesses: act
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i mean it was honestly probably thanks to my family haha but hey ill take it
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i was accepted to my safeties and two schools i loved, waitlisted at an ivy of the south, rejected from a ton.
</code></pre>

General Comments: Congrats!!!

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