Official Yale Class of 2014 RD Results Thread

motion12345 · April 2, 2010, 10:55am

Decision: Rejected

[ul]Objective:

<pre><code>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 760 M, 770 W E:10 (1450/2220)[/li][li] ACT: n/a[/li][li] SAT II: 720 Math 1, 710 US History, 670 Chemistry[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked but somewhere around top 10%[/li][li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B, U.S. Government and Politics, Economics (Macro/Micro), World History, Calculus AB, Statistics, Chemistry[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a[/li][li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Physics, Physics Honors, Art, Gym, English 12 Honors, Webpage Design, Java[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major…FBLA, Econ, and MUN awards[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (active member leadership thing), Student Government (Speaker of Freshmen Class), Attempted to Reform School District, Econ Club (Co-President), FBLA, TSA, Writer for School Newspaper, Poet for School Arts Magazine, NHS, Worker in School Shop, Rec Soccer/Basketball, Track, a few philosophy papers[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: Reffing[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for Presidential Campaign, Camp Counselor[/li][li] Summer Activities: Trips to Europe, Philosophy research[/li][li] Essays: Common App Essay was abstract and complex, optional essay was light-hearted and revealed a bunch of random facts about me, I liked them[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: mediocre I believe[/li][li] Counselor Rec: ditto[/li][li] Additional Rec: n/a[/li][li] Interview: It was alright.[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Other[ul]

<pre><code>[li] State (if domestic applicant): PA[/li][li] Country (if international applicant):[/li][li] School Type: Competitive Public (1700 Average SAT)[/li][li] Ethnicity: White[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Income Bracket: [/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

<pre><code>[li] Strengths: none[/li][li] Weaknesses: everything[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck.[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMich LSA Honors, BU, Pitt Honors, Penn State, Waitlisted: Wash U, Rejected: Yale, Duke, UChicago[/ul][/li]</code></pre>

General Comments: In the past weeks I’ve been rejected by UChicago and Duke. Today I got rejected by Harvard and Yale. Tomorrow, I take on the theory of strict egalitarianism; I take on Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative; I take on Aquinas’ argument from contingency; I take on the economic calculation problem; I attempt to use economic analysis to analyze the marginal social benefits of barriers to voter registration. If my failures have taught me anything, it’s that I need to work even harder; it’s that I need to challenge myself to limits I had not previously foreseen. Has all my work up until this point been pointless and flawed? Most likely. Will I ever be able to revolutionize the way the world viewed? It’s doubtful, but, after today, I’m determined more than ever. Up until this point in my life, I didn’t have any chips on my shoulder; now, I do. I was basically in tears for the first two hours after I saw my fate, but, now, I’m ready. I’m glad I didn’t get in because now, things are different; now, life moves in a different direction.

NJDS · April 2, 2010, 11:22am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (740 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800s in Math 2, Chem, USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in APUSH, Chem, English Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs essentially
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist-scholarship winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (state position), international affairs organization (I will leave unnamed but I serve on the student advisory council), national honor society, spanish honor society (club secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[] Volunteer/Community service: thousands of hours in meaningful projects
[] Summer Activities: Governors School 09, Stanford EPGY 08
[] Essays: Awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1. Amazing, 2. Great but not eloquent
[] Counselor Rec: Great considering the number of students
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: RD
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (500+ per class)
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75-100000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st Generation college
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Scores, Rank/Percentile, ECs
[] Weaknesses: A superior applicant got in from my school during EA. I am happy for her
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: “A superior applicant got in from my school during EA. I am happy for her :)”
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Stanford EA, Waitlisted at Princeton, Rejected at Harvard

tristan101 · April 2, 2010, 1:36pm

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800, 780, 750)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 800, 800, 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National youth symphony (1st chair), All-State orchestra (2nd chair), local youth orchestra (2nd chair), school orchestra (1st chair), International club 4 years (vice president and secretary), French club 4 years (vice president and marketer), operation smile club (co-founder), Student Council 3 years, National Honor Society 2 years, National French Honorary Society, freshman mentor, library volunteer, tutor
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours various
[] Summer Activities: Study abroad in France 7 wks, Study abroad in China 7 wks, Internship at Mayor’s office
[] Essays: I thought they were fairly good
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing, other was great
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: Amazing
[li] Interview: Pretty good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Central US
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: The kind where you get rejected
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, focus on passions in app, HS courseload, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: Bad AP scores, maybe not strong enough essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many good applicants, couldn’t compete with people from schools well-versed with Ivy admissions, prob was a lot less qualified than I thought haha
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: (Columbia, JHU, U Mich) Waitlisted: (Wash U, Duke, Brown, Penn CAS), Rejected: (HYPS)
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone! Admissions was tough this year; almost didn’t make it anywhere! Work hard and never give up. Good things will happen.

az1506 · April 2, 2010, 1:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 M, 730 CR, 720 W)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 2400 (800 M II, 800 Phy, 800 Chem)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): -
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top in the world in O Level Maths, Commonwealth essay writing, Best delegate multiple MUNs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN, Squash, Social Work, Writing, German as foreign language, Student Gov (Head Boy), Math Soc (President)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: CARE Internship
[] Summer Activities: Sports camp, internship, German course abroad
[] Essays: Okay I guess.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Math and English - Good.
[] Counselor Rec: Good.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Fine.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Yeah
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[] Intended major?: Econ
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Humble, social, multi-tasking.
[] Weaknesses: procastination at times!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments:

Congrats to all of you who made it! See you in September.

livorneo · April 2, 2010, 3:06pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 single sitting (M 800, CR 800, W 770)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio E 780, US History 800, Math 2 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Govt. (5), US History (5), Music Theory (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Music SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB TOK 2, IB English HL, IB Bio HL (double period), IB Chinese SL, IB History HL, AP BC Calculus, Wildlife Biology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International Brain Bee champion (neuroscience competition), National Merit Finalist, state Distinguished Scholar (finalist in Academics, semifinalist in Talent in the Arts), won/placed in several regional and national essay competitions 
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): violin for 10 years, youth orchestra, All-State orchestra (twice), Science Club (co-founder and president), National Chinese Honor Society (co-president), NHS, Archeology Club
[] Job/Work Experience: summer internship at the National Institute of Mental Health, summer internship at Boston University School of Medicine
[] Volunteer/Community service: 80-100ish hours, variety of activities
[] Summer Activities: internships, some traveling (went to Europe with my youth orchestra on a performance tour), academic camp (CTY)
[] Essays: one excellent (I’m a fan of horse racing which is pretty unusual, and I talked about how my approach to it reflects my personality and other areas of my life), one good (about the ways I’m a non-conformist, my thoughts on peer pressure, and how I act on my condemnation of stereotypes)
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but I assume they were very good at the least; I am close to both teachers, one of whom has had me all 4 years, and I know that both think very very highly of me
[] Counselor Rec: not well-written (not a native English speaker) and could have been more personal, but it was alright
[] Additional Rec: from head of the lab I worked in at BU, I’m sure it was good; also later (in late Jan., I think) sent an outstanding rec from the mentor I worked with on my independent bee research
[] Interview: pretty good, I think…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Yes
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended major?: Biology: Molecular/Cellular and Developmental
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public magnet (IB)
[] Ethnicity: multiracial
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, rank, and GPA; also won an international competition and showed commitment and leadership in multiple ECs
[] Weaknesses: not a lot of people have heard of the aforementioned international competition, unlike the Olympiads
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure, but I sure am happy!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, and Vassar; Rejected by Harvard and Stanford; Waitlisted by Tufts
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who was accepted :D

chinatown · April 2, 2010, 3:19pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 770, CR 800, W 790, Total 2360
[] SAT II: Bio 800, Math II 800, World History 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/750-ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, U.S. History 5, Bio 5, English Language 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: all weighted
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar candidate
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ecology Club (executive council member), AcDec (VP, President, and team member), NHS, ballet
[] Essays: thought they were pretty good
[] Teacher/Counselor Recommendation: didn’t read them, but I’d imagine they were good
[] Interview: Excellent, one of my best
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and test scores
[] Weaknesses: I’m Asian…and not amazing enough.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted @ UA Honors College, Rejected @ Harvard and Princeton, Waitlisted @ Brown[/ul]
**General Comments: **Really disappointed.

xrCalico23 · April 2, 2010, 7:16pm

Decision: Deferred –> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 760CR, 790W
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: MathII 800, Chem 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure how to convert to the 4.0 scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/550
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Chinese (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Physics C, Calc AB, Lit, electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some research awards, NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary magazine (editor-in-chief), French club (treasurer), French NHS (vp), music, art and photography, founder of a school club, other random clubs…
[] Job/Work Experience: a temporary research job
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at research lab, library, Freshmen mentor, tutoring, etc.
[] Summer Activities: volunteer, visit family, and science research
[] Essays: One I really liked, the other was okay
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but should be great. One of my teachers is also the literary magazine adviser so he knew me for all three years.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Never had one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: Yes
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Molecular Bio
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Awards and… under-represented school?
[] Weaknesses: everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t stand out in a sea of applicants who are just so super brilliant.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at MIT, Harvard, UChicago, Dartmouth, Rice, Cornell, Northwestern, University of Pittsburgh, University of IllinoisUC; Waitlisted at WUSLT; Rejected: Yale, Princeton[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted, and good luck to everyone who may be reading this thread next year!!

guitarplayer6516 · April 2, 2010, 8:15pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 800 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 750 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/52</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, USH 5, Lang and Comp 5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Bio, and Physics B. Other classes are honors. Toughest school offers</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major like USAMO or Intel. Won highest SAT score in county. Other things for piano. (Won a state wide competition for a scholarship, and placed in top 3 of a state wide competition twice.)</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Much involvement in piano, guitar, Cross country (captain), NHS (president), founded a guitar education club at school, initiated foundation of NEHS at school, yearbook graphics designer.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Teaching guitar/piano students. (14 students over 4 years)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Organize quarterly blood drives at church with Red Cross. (~500 total pints collected.) Christmas book drives with B&N. (~6000 books collected) Many other things with school.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Teaching, piano masterclass, running camp.</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they were good. Personal and showed thigns about me that I wanted them to see.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Sick nasty.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Done by notable pianist Walter Hautzig.</li>
<li>Interview: Great.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): GA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Private Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pakistani</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: ~$120,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Scores, essays, ec’s</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Took the SAT 4 times, maybe didnt focus enough on my passion.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UGA, Georgia Tech, Emory and Vanderbilt. Waitlisted at Duke, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Rejected at Columbia and Cornell.</li>
</ul>

General Comments: Great job everyone.

mifune · April 2, 2010, 9:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 CR 800 M 800 W - MC80 E11)
[li]**ACT: ** N/A [/li][li]**SAT II: ** 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology – M, 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Literature[/li][li]*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ** 4.26 (4.0 – A, 4.33 – A+) []**Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ** [list] []Previous School: 1 of 308 []Current School: 1 of 517 (unweighted) / 1 of 517 (weighted) [/ul][/li][li]**AP (place score in parenthesis): ** [ul] []English Language (5) []US History (5) []Chemistry (5) []Will Take: []English Literature []Calculus BC (AB Subscore) []Psychology []Spanish (Partially a self-study – joined class midyear) []Physics C: Mechanics (Partially a self-study, taking Physics B) []Physics C: E & M (Partially a self-study) []Biology (Independent Study) []Statistics (Independent Study) [/ul][/li][li]**IB (place score in parenthesis): ** N/A[/li][li]**Senior Year Course Load: ** [ul] []The subjects of the ungraded AP exams above including the following courses at the University of Minnesota: [list] []WRIT1301: University Writing -> Half-year (Fall) []BIOC3021: Biochemistry -> Half-year (Spring) []PsTL1135: Human Anatomy & Physiology -> Full-year []CHEM2301: Organic Chemistry (Summer 2010) [/ul][/list][/li][]**Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): <a href=“Nothing%20notable,%20really”>/b</a>[ul] [li] 2009 - AMC 12A: 126, AIME: 10 (USAMO qualifier, but did not participate) [] 2010 – AMC 12B: 120 (Too late for submission)[/ul] [/li][/list]Subjective:[ul]
[]**Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ** [list] [] Aikido (Japanese martial art; Associate instructor) [] Classical Piano (Performance) []Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (Water Conservation) [] Mathematics/AP Physics/AP Chemistry/Biology Tutor [] NHS (Peer Tutoring Supervisor) []Key Club []American Cancer Society [/ul] 
[]**Job/Work Experience: ** Landscape Construction (Summer), Freelance Writing on Social and Medical Issues
[li]**Volunteer/Community service: <a href=“None%20of%20this%20was%20explicitly%20stated%20on%20the%20application%20except%20for%20the%20overlap%20with%20ECs”>/b</a> [ul] []Peer Tutoring []Key Club/NHS Events []Working w/ young children in Aikido []American Cancer Society -> charity events []Approx. 725 hours of total service [/ul][/li][li]**Summer Activities: ** Travel, Self-Studying, Moving[/li][li]**Essays: ** Submitted a fair amount, including two additional essays: [ul] [] Common Application: Moving 21 times and attending 15 different schools and its effect on my academic and career ambitions []Supplement #1: My aspirations of pursuing a career in academic medicine and the benefits of integrating an interdisciplinary focus of the medical sciences in with an informed knowledge of contemporary societal issues []Supplement #2: Aikido and Classical Piano and the impact of their individual philosophies on my personal growth []Creative Writing Supplement: Satirical piece on resolving the recent economic crisis (In the style of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”) [/ul] []Teacher Recommendations: ** Waived right to view but each shared his with me: [ul] []#1: Chemistry Teacher: wrote of my academic performance/potential/work quality []#2: History Teacher: character/work ethic/work quality []#3: Peer Tutoring Advisor: experience in volunteering/character [list][]All very supportive and humbling [/ul] [/list][/li][li]**Counselor Rec: ** Did not view but I have a general idea: [ul] []#1: (11th grade counselor): Essentially a reiteration of my extracurricular activities []#2: (12th grade/new school counselor): She stated that she wrote of her initial positive impression of my character [/ul][/li][li]**Additional Rec: ** From a family friend – Ph.D. in English[/li][li]**Interview: ** Satisfactory; I met with the vice president of a local global sales and derivatives trade corporation for about forty-five minutes, thirty-five of which she spent expounding the virtues of Yale over those of Harvard, Princeton, and Pennsylvania. In retrospect, I wish I would have had a greater opportunity to actually speak.[/li]
[/list]Other[ul] []**Financial aid? ** Yes [li]**Intended Major: ** Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry or Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology []**State (if domestic applicant): ** MN (by way of MT and AZ and various other residences within the US and abroad) []**Country (if international applicant): **[/li][li]**School Type: ** [list] []9th: N/A (third-year senior) []10th-11th: two different mediocre public schools (located in MT & AZ) []12th: competitive public school, about 2500 students [/ul] []**Ethnicity: ** Did not state (Caucasian) []**Gender: ** Male[/li][li]**Income Bracket: ** ~40,000[/li][li]**Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ** Perhaps my constant reshuffling in geographical residence. My main application essay concerned this topic and it was a nice reflection of how I have personally benefitted from these experiences. Also, I am multilingual but that ties in with my extensive moving and seven years of experience abroad. Additionally, my income may contribute to socioeconomic diversity although it was never directly referenced in my application.[/li][/list]Reflection[ul]
[li]**Strengths: ** SAT I/II, Essays (all revealed different aspects of myself but each tied into my interests in medical science) [/li][li]**Weaknesses: ** Three years of high school, Lack of many substantial prestigious awards and extracurriculars, Only three APs prior to this school year, Passion in science/medicine but failed to substantiate this claim through extensive EC involvement or academic inquiry (no research, publishing, science supplement, et cetera), Not an overabundance of leadership due to my constant change in residence, No summer programs [*]**Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ** I have this suspicion that my level of success may be attributed to my unique background, worldly experiences, and respectable academic qualifications despite the lack of a constant social environment. [/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [list][/li][]Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago (EA) []Waitlisted: University of Pennsylvania []Rejected: N/A [/ul]

[/list]General Comments:

I extend my best regards to everyone who applied and offer my good wishes to those applying in the future. Regardless of everyone’s eventual college destination, I sincerely hope that you all will have fabulous undergraduate experiences! :)

elizinms · April 3, 2010, 12:18am

ACCEPTED

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):did not report

ACT:35
SAT II:800 Literature; 760 US History; 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.235
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):first in my class
AP (place score in parenthesis):5 AP English Lang; 5 AP US History; 4 AP Chemistry (only passing score in chemistry at my school)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Cal BC, AP English Lit, AP Macro econ, AP US Gov, Senior Project (senior thesis-like project with a community service product completed during the class and outside of school), Gifted Dramatic Criticism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMF, AP Scholar
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Government (Student Body Pres, Class Reporter), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (Pres, VP, Competition Team Captain), Teenage Republicans (Pres for two years, Representative), Jackson Symphony League Youth Volunteer Org (VP), Academic Quiz Bowl Team (Captain), Beta Club, National Honor Society, Singing competitions across the South–placed first at MS State Fair Talent competition(arguably most competitive talent competition in MS) and placed second at National Assoc. Teachers of Singing state conv in both classical and musical theatre, School musical (lead), Rankin County’s Junior Miss

Job/Work Experience:Mathematics Tutor
Volunteer/Community service:tutor at the Adolescent Offender Program, political volunteer, volunteer with Batson Children’s Hospital, Animal Rescue League, Jackson Symphony League, etc.
Summer Activities:Vanderbilt Summer Academy, Trent Lott Leadership Institute at University of Mississippi, Mississippi’s Junior Miss Competition
Essays:I thought they were good. About in middle school when I struggled with mean girls and another answering the question “Who Am I?”
Teacher Recommendation:(1) from math teacher who is AMAZING (like a consultant for TI and a presidential award winner and all) who loves me and I am sure wrote awesome things. (2) from an English teacher who wrote that I was by far the best student she has ever taught. I know bc she emailed me a copy before she sent it off…
Counselor Rec:Pretty generic. Basically rehashed my resume
Additional Rec:None
Interview:Went well. Very long
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):Mississippi

School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Prefer not to respond
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Wide variety of activities, Southern, Mississippi, Pageant competitor (uncommon in an applicant pool to a school like this i am sure)
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths:Well rounded, leadership, academics

Weaknesses:probably essays. just weren’t amazing. and i probably should’ve sent an arts supplement for singing but didn’t
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:See strengths
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt (Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship), and Ole Miss/the University of Mississippi
</code></pre>

papex · April 3, 2010, 3:10am

Decision: Deferred SCEA -> Accepted

**Objective: **

SAT I (breakdown): 2370 : 770CR 800M 800W
SAT II: 800Math2 800French 800BioE 780USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no rank
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Can speak six languages fluently

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MSauce · April 3, 2010, 1:30pm

DECISION: WAITLISTED

Objective:

<ul>
<li>**SAT I <a href=“breakdown”>/B</a>: 2330 (790 CR, 800 M, 740 W)</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (Don’t remember individuals, 10/12 on writing supplement)</li>
<li>SAT II: 700 Chem, 760 M2, 750 on the Critical Reading one (was it called English Comp?)</li>
<li>**Unweighted GPA<a href=“out%20of%204.0”>/B</a>: 4.0 (cannot exceed 4 at my school)
*** Rank<a href=“percentile%20if%20rank%20is%20unavailable”>/B</a>: Valedictorian
*** AP<a href=“place%20score%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>: Calc AB and BC 5’s
*** IB <a href=“place%20score%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>:</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Took every AP class at my small, rural school. AP’s are Calc AB, Calc BC, AP Stats, AP English, AP Chemistry, also a French Class at local Community College</li>
<li>**Major Awards<a href=“USAMO,%20Intel%20etc.”>/B</a>: National Merit Finalist (Semi-finalist at the time), U. S. Senate Page School Highest Honors, Academic All-Conference, Youth Rotarian, Various other local awards for little things.</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>**Extracurriculars<a href=“place%20leadership%20in%20parenthesis”>/B</a>: Big one for me is United States Senate Page (promoted to Floor Page) in Spring of '09. Also, Young Democrats (3-year Prez and Founder), Teen Court (3-year Prez), Member of two Jazz Bands for Alto Saxophone (1st Chair), Member of Show Choir, Varsity Football (Senior Squad Lifting Captain), Varsity Wrestling, Math Team, NHS and Key Club, Church Group.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: I put U. S. Senate Page here as well, as it was a salaried job. Also was a “Young Ambassador” for my City’s Chamber of Commerce.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Various things, organizing for Political Campaigns, working in Nursing Homes, Tutoring, “Volunteen” at a Hospital, no real focal point to this section.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Training for Athletics 3 days a week from 6-10 AM M-W-F. Hosting an exchange student from France, working as a Young Ambassador, seeing the world (I put it a different way when it was asked).</li>
<li>Essays: Wrote a great one about working back from crippling leg surgery in Middle School to start for my Football team as a Senior, and an average one about how important a role donuts play in recruitment to our Young Dems group</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: From Math Teacher at Senate Page School (they don’t let their students see their Recs, but they’re supposed to be fantastic), From French Teacher I had in a College Course I took.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great</li>
<li>Additional Rec: From my Senator</li>
<li>Interview: Fantastic, fantastic interview.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>**State<a href=“if%20domestic%20applicant”>/B</a>: Wisconsin</li>
<li>**Country<a href=“if%20international%20applicant”>/B</a>:</li>
<li>School Type: Small, rural public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: No need-based Financial Aid</li>
<li>**Hooks <a href=“URM,%20first%20generation%20college,%20etc.”>/B</a>: What is URM? Only hook is that I’m from a small town, I guess.</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: U. S. Senate Page (there are only 60 each year who work and attend school there), leadership, reasonably good scores on tests. Also, well-rounded.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: I don’t have a good school I’m coming from, My 2nd essay could have been better. Volunteering could have been better, but my schedule was pretty full.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
ED Helped a lot. I thought I was pretty well rounded with Athletics, Academics, and Leadership. Interview was fantastic.</li>
</ul>

*General Comments:
I applied to HYPSC and was waitlisted at Stanford and Harvard, and accepted to the other 3. I’m likely to go to Yale, but I’m visiting the three I was accepted to.

Stupefy · April 3, 2010, 1:54pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390: 800R, 790M, 800W
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 800 french, 800 lit, 790 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA 2-time national finalist, state champ
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (regional, chapter president, 2-time national finalist and state champion, 4-time regional champion), Mock trial (captain, lead attorney, 5-time best advocate award, district finalist x2), French club (president and founder), french national honor society (president), speech and debate team (district champion, state semifinalist), young democrats (treasurer), piano (classical, many competition awards)
[] Job/Work Experience: summer camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: American red cross
[] Summer Activities: FBLA, travel, work/volunteer
[] Essays: Fine. I’m a good writer but the subjects weren’t spectacular
[] Teacher Recommendation: I read one, and it was great, but I did not read the other and that may have been my “achilles heel” so to speak
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it, but he loves me
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Fantastic. 2+ hours, really connected
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: yes
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended major?: economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] School Type: public suburban
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN ■■■
[] Gender: female ■■■
[] Income Bracket: 250k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, GPA, ECs
[] Weaknesses: didn’t stand out? recs? essays?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because God hates me and because I’m Asian
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ready for this? rejected from harvard and yale. waitlisted at upenn wharton, duke, columbia, brown, and princeton. accepted to williams, georgetown SFS, and NYU stern
[/ul]General Comments: I’m depressed but I will get over it. 4 more years until we try again!

papex · April 3, 2010, 4:27pm

^I cannot believe this. I am sincerely and deeply sorry. However, I am sure there will be a spot for you from the waitlist

chair2 · April 3, 2010, 5:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (780cr / 770m / 800w / 12e)
[] SAT II: 800 mathII, 790 bio-e
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (8 semester B’s!)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4.
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, as always.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): see below.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): art (10x int’l/nat’l awards, 3x int’l/nat’l publications in books/magazines, 5x int’l/nat’l/local galleries, city-wide activities, and over a decade of independent study, lessons, classes, and workshops… submitted portfolio), culture club (president), service club (president), multicultural club (leader), social outreach program (president), yearbook (exec. editor), school summer program (director/recruiter), school board (elected official), research, and miscellaneous volunteering.
[] Job/Work Experience: a little bit here and there, but nothing major.
[] Volunteer/Community service: worked as a TA and volunteer instructor, but they weren’t anything crazy amazing.
[] Summer Activities: art, work, volunteering, research, traveling, and relaxing.
[] Essays: my commonapp was a narrative rooted in a studio experience in which I reflected on my experiences with self-hate and the definition of beauty in the Asian community, and how believing anything but those influences and drives me in my artistry, goals, and outlook in life. it was probably too soul-baring and maybe slightly cliched, but definitely one of the most honest and well-written pieces i’ve written in my life. this was submitted for SCEA so it wasn’t ironed out yet (1000+ words and a few typos). my yale supplement detailed a creative process behind some maniac-art that i do, picture included–it was pretty hilarious too.
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent, but probably not anything jaw-dropping to admissions officers.
[] Counselor Rec: fabulously done: i’m sure it came out lengthy, descriptive, lively, and stuffed to the brim with anecdotes. we get along great.
[] Additional Rec: excellent and descriptive.
[] Interview: not the best, simply because i was one of my first. we got along great though, but i didn’t feel star power streaming out from me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: hell yes!!
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended major?: art, but i wrote about double majoring in art + academics in why yale.
[] State (if domestic applicant): midwest
[] Country (if international applicant): usa
[] School Type: small, secular, suburban, competitive private.
[] Ethnicity: east asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs/leadership despite switching high schools,
[] Weaknesses: gpa–8 B’s, and on top of all that, i’m asian.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no one knows, but there was a painting of a bulldog in my art portfolio (my school called yale post-deferral and they said they really liked my artwork). i also sent three updates (one in novemeber, two after january) stressing that yale was absolute my first choice. my counselor wrote another letter and called twice. definitely, definitely, definitely demonstrated interest helped.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: yale, harvard, cornell, columbia, swarthmore, wesleyan, pomona, nyu, carnegie mellon, uiuc, wustl, uchicago
rejected: penn, brown, stanford, princeton
waitlisted: nowhere!
[/ul]General Comments: i CAN’T believe this… honestly, this is a dream come true. some words of advice: if you really want to go to yale, apply early: it gives you the chance to at least get deferred and demonstrate how committed you are. in terms of grades, you don’t need to be 3.9+ even if you’re an ORM (as shown here)-- just prove yourself in different aspects as a smart, interesting, passionate person, and you’re good. congratulations to everyone and condolences to those who received bad news. i’m sure we all have the power to take control of our college experience and be successful and happy. good luck!!! :)

MSauce · April 3, 2010, 5:23pm

Hey, Papex, if that was directed to me, I actually was copying and pasting from the Harvard thread and I forgot to change the part that said “waitlisted”! I guess I don’t see an “Edit” button so I don’t know how to Edit or Delete my post. But I was accepted EA, sorry for the misunderstandings guys my bad.

Stupefy · April 3, 2010, 5:59pm

I’m assuming this was directed to me ;)

Thanks for your sympathy. However, I’m not getting my hopes up for any of my waitlists, except maybe duke, which I’ve heard usually takes 100-200 off the waitlist of 1000.

ksarmand · April 3, 2010, 7:23pm

^Stupefy, that’s awful to experience. I’m sorrowful on your behalf. But YUCK FALE. They didn’t deserve an awesome individual like you, anyway. Go where to a school that accepted you, LOVE IT, and have a blast.

Perhaps we’ll meet up in grad school.

Whiteazn · April 3, 2010, 7:32pm

Deferred => Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 800, USH - 800, Bio - 770
[]GPA: 4.6
[]Rank: 1
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem, Micro, Macro, USH, Calc BC, Bio, Eng Lang: 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Very good, but not amazing.
[]Recs: Same as essays
[]Interview: Thought it was my best interview, smooth and I got to talk about everything I wanted to.
[]Supplementary Material: Research paper
[]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: See username
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team, etc
[]Awards: Siemens Finalist, NMS Finalist, Coca-Cola Scholarship Semifinalist, Samsung American Legion Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[]Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, MIT
[]Waitlisted: Brown
[]Rejected: Yale (deferred early), Stanford
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Unfortunate that I put the most effort into Yale, with some of the least result =p Makes the decision between Harvard and Yale easy ;][/ul]

chibistar6 · April 3, 2010, 9:53pm

Decision: Deferred > Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 single sitting - 790CR 800M 780W
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 780 Bio-M, 740 Lit, 750 Chem, 790 Math II, 720 Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Stats (5), French Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (7), French B-SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB + 2 APs + orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): various statewide awards for academics and music.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): without going into too much detail…lots of music ECs, equally strong in both piano and violin. statewide recognition in both. other misc leadership roles in school and community.
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: a decent amount.
[] Summer Activities: CTY, internships, volunteering
[] Essays: not stupendous, but pretty good.
[] Teacher Recommendations: great.
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read.
[] Additional Rec: from a piano teacher - not as good as I expected it to be, actually. I sent it to yale in february after being deferred.
[] Interview: went extremely well. I definitely made sure he knew that yale was by far my #1 choice.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Deferred SCEA?: yep.
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no.
[] Intended major?: Chem
[] Ethnicity: asian fmlfmlfml
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): asian = antihook
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: transcript, music stuff.
[] Weaknesses: too many SATs [both reasoning and subject tests], didn’t use score choice, average-ish essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not good enough for the ivy league, apparently
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Swarthmore, Hopkins, GW, Carnegie Mellon, UMD. waitlisted at Princeton and Duke. Rejected from Columbia and Yale
[/ul]General Comments: it’s gonna take me months to get over this, not even kidding. I’m still talking about yale 24/7 and then have to make myself realize that I got rejected. it’s been my dream school since middle school. I was hoping to make it into at least one ivy but it didn’t work out that way…probably going to attend Swat or Hopkins.

Ohh, and btw for future yale hopefuls: if yale’s your number one choice, only apply SCEA is you’re positive that you can put an AMAZING application together two months before the regular deadline. My SCEA app and essays were miles below what they became in the two months between SCEA and RD. Now that I think about it, the first draft of my yale supp essay - the one I ended up sending - was absolutely horrible compared to its subsequent revisions for princeton and columbia. If I’d applied RD, I’d have fewer regrets right now.

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