Official Yale Class of 2014 SCEA Results Thread

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>WOOOOO!!</p>

<p>I missed the singing bulldog, sadly. My mom checked the page when I was napping…<_<
Anyone have a link to a clip of it? (the singing bulldog I mean lol)</p>

<p>deferred… too devastated for stats right now</p>

<p>Deffered, will post stats later.</p>

<p>How are you guys getting your decisions…everything is still normal for me…</p>

<p>deferred…</p>

<p>but, congrats to those who were accepted… deferral feels a lot like rejection, in case you were wondering</p>

<p>sorry, so excited i cant even type.</p>

<p>Deferred stats later</p>

<p>onewayonly there is a link on the top on the acceptance letter that says “replay welcome”</p>

<p>my son was accepted. we are all very happy. congratulations to all accepted students. For the rest I have no doubt you will attend equally good schools and some of you Yale through regular decision – so my best wishes</p>

<p>deffered
rejection sounds a whole lot better for me rn</p>

<p>deferred stats later</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 superscore (750 CR, 750 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio-E, 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus BC (5), Computer Science AB (5), U.S. History (5), Environmental Science (5), Physics C Mech (5), Physics C E&M (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Government, AP Statistics, AP Russian, AP English Lit, Senior Science Research, History semester electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO semifinalist (2x), National Merit semifinalist, other stuff.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-chief of school publication, Boy Scouts (Life), MUN, Science Bowl team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Coxswain for rowing club
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Obama Inauguration, hospital auxiliary
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship at a research lab, Summer@Brown
[</em>] Essays: Not my best, but not my worst.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t really know my counselor that well, probably good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: Decent, won’t swing it one way or the other.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology of some stripe
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Highly competitive.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mixed race.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle income bracket.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sibling attended Yale.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT II
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT, not quite a standout applicant
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all those who were accepted. Really tough year for admissions. The rest of us will eventually find our way to where we want to be.</p>

<p>Im in texas, no reply yet</p>

<p>Deferred :/</p>

<p>thansk kvmpk :)</p>

<p><em>goes to watch bulldog</em></p>

<p>I’ll post stats later…</p>

<p> Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390: 800R, 790M, 800W
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 lit, 800 french, 790 mathII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/354
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA 2-time national finalist and 2-time state champion
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (region president, chapter president), mock trial (captain), french club (president and founder), french national honor society (president), speech and debate team (district champion), young democrats (treasurer), piano, student council (class president), school newspaper writer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer camp counselor at a camp for disabled children, American red cross volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: music camp, travel, volunteering, FBLA
[<em>] Essays: alright
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably fine, but then again I was deferred so…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I would say pretty good
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went really really well. we talked for 2+ hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: political science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN ■■■
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 250K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, sigh
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores, GPA/rank, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ETHNICITY, perhaps essay or recs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because I’m asian and college admissions are a crapshoot[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m bummed but not as bummed as I thought I’d be. you never know with these things. best of luck everyone!</p>

<p>is it an email or do we have to check it?</p>

<p>Accepted. Overseas international from China, though, so not in the same pool as you guys. Post stats later.</p>

<p>deferred ■■■</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 700M 710 W
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: 720 US History 730 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory (5) Calc AB (5) Physics B (5) US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Bio, Stats, Calc BC, English Lit; Non-AP: Chinese I, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some music competitions, Bausch&Lomb, Williams Book Award, National Achievement</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ <em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Various local, regional and national orchestral programs w/ leadership positions, Private violin lessons, String Quartet, Science Olympiad, Swim team (captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, for-hire string quartet, violin lessons
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Violin lessons to underprivileged kids, music performance group at local nursing homes, worked in public relationships for a non-profit organization dedicated to helping prevent violent crime
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer music programs (generally on full scholarship), lifeguarding
[<em>] Essays: I liked them? One about my community service work at the nursing home, the other about the lesson I learned from quitting figure skating.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Positive
[</em>] Additional Rec: Kinda wish I would have sent one from my music teacher…
[li] Interview: I thought it went well. Her son was also a swimmer, so we had some common ground.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Music and Bio
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] School Type: Decent public
[<em>] Ethnicity: AA
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: –
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, music?</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Music, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admissions is far too complicated to try to speculate.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>