Official Yale Class of 2015 RD Results Thread

oceanix · March 31, 2011, 10:59pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190: 800M 750 CR 640 W
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT Subject Tests: N/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33 (my school weighs AP 1.0, doesn’t weigh Honors courses)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/245
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Bio, Lit, Comp, Calc AB, Phys; 2 on APUSH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s (2 online; I’ve pretty much taken all of the AP’s at my school besides World History and Art), Spanish 3, Choir, Debate, Mythology/SciFi (I’d already taken the most advanced English courses offered and alternatives were too expensive), Basic Law
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ecology Club (President), Debate (LD Captain), Choir (EM Choir President), Interact Club (Community Chairperson), Youth Advisory Committee (Co-Chairperson), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Patrol Leader), Order of the Arrow (Lodge Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mainly through EC’s
[] Summer Activities: Nothing exciting
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[list]
[li] Common App Main Essay: About my family, 9/10[/li][] EC Short Answer: About this random experience on a choir trip, 6/10
[] Why Yale?: Pretty cookie cutter answer (didn’t realize that at the time)
[] Short Takes: Pretty unique. I thought they were great.
[] Additional Essay:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation 1: Didn’t read, but a later rec from him was amazing[/li][] Teacher Recommendation 2: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Awful. It was over the phone. He told me a bit about Yale, then I asked him questions for 20 minutes, then he said something like “Well, before we go, what do you want to tell me that the Admissions Office might want to know?” I stumbled for a bit (I felt like all of my answers were already in my app), then emailed him answer afterward (he told me to do so). After my Pomona interview, the lady said something along the lines of “I think you’re an intelligent, hard-working, compassionate young man who’ll be a great fit at Pomona and I’ll tell the Admissions Office that.” After my Yale interview, we were both left wishing something more had been said.
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): ID
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, EC’s, One of my Rec’s
[] Weaknesses: Interview, Supplemental Essay, Did I mention that interview yet?
[] Why you think you were rejected: See weaknesses.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Idaho State University, Case Western, Knox, College of Idaho, Pomona. Almost certainly going to Pomona.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was actually a lot happier after getting rejected. I was already leaning toward Pomona if I did get into Yale, and this made it so that I won’t ever really have to look back and wonder what might’ve been. Super-psyched about Pomona.

asdfqwerty765 · March 31, 2011, 11:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (R: 800 M:780 W:800)
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 800 US History, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.715
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/440 for my application (it dropped second semester due to my choosing to take band classes =/)
[] AP: 5s in Calc BC, Chemistry, Biology, US History, World History, Psychology, Statistics, Music Theory, and English Language, 4 in French
[] Senior Year Course Load: Post AP Scientific Research, Post AP Internship, AP Physics C, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Lit, Band, French 6
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Not sure.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Nothing unique. National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar with Distinction, Presidential Scholars, will be coauthored in a paper that will be submitted to journals[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Helping Hands (Co founder, president, winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award), Leadership Club (founder of tutoring service for math and science, co VP, Tutoring Coordinator), French Club (president), National Honors Society (president), Flute (number of state and regional awards), Refugee Outreach (hundreds of hours, advocate, and fundraised a trip to Burma to teach English and music at a school)
[] Job/Work Experience: Three research internships
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Perhaps my main strength? Some of my best moments (and countless hours) in high school were from organizing service events for my clubs. [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: My trip to Burma as an English and music teacher [/ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Wonderful and personal.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: I didn’t get to read this one, but I’m assuming the same
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Great interview, but nothing exceptional.
[] Art Supplement:N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember.
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public (in the Magnet program)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None, other than QuestBridge? [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores
[] Weaknesses: No standout awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Hard work and God’s grace
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Also accepted to Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth (likely), Cornell (likely), Rice (Trustee Scholar), Johns Hopkins (Bloomberg Scholar), UChicago, Northwestern. [/ul]

[/list]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:I am so grateful for this opportunity! To those who are perusing this thread as a prospective student, best of luck in the admissions process! It may be daunting, but work hard and I know you will end up exactly where you need to be. **

Amhara · March 31, 2011, 11:43pm

WELCOME CLASS OF 2015!

Now comes the SLIGHTLY less painful wait to actually enroll at Yale :D

bobleman300 · March 31, 2011, 11:45pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 35 Comp 36 M 35 R 34 E 34 S 12 Essay
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II 730 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (highest rank given)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc 5 Lang and Comp 5 USH 4 Physics C Mech
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, AP Physics E&M, AP Psych, AP Latin
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None… Other awards: Young Leader Scholarship, Student of the Month from multiple regional organizations, School Student Achiever Award, NMF, EC awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council (Student Body President 12, Class President 9-11)
Football (Varsity Captain 12, JV Captain 10,11, Most Dedicated Award Winner x2)
Academic Competition Team (Varsity Captain 11,12 All County All Star 11, Club President)
FBLA (Vice President, National Qualifier, 2 Top 10 State places, 3 Top 2 Regional places, other awards at States and Regionals)
Newspaper (2x Editor, Editorial Writer)
JCL (2x officer)
Student Curriculum Council (Board of selected students to work with curriculum supervisor to discuss possible changes to district curriculum)
Saxophone (8 years)
Choir
Musical (1 year cast, 1 year pit orchestra)
Track and Field
Squash
Model UN
NHS

[] Job/Work Experience: Intern for US Senate Campaign, worked in press office
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours. Co-founder of a local environmental cleanup organization that has since become state sponsored.
[] Summer Activities: FOOTBALL all summer. Internship and travel.
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[list]
[] Common App Main Essay: Pretty good essay, lighthearted and showed my involvement/love for my school.
[] EC Short Answer: About football, nothing spectacular.
[] Why Yale?: List format, VERY specific. Mentioned favorite parts of my visit, professor’s research papers I’ve read, unique courses that interest me
[] Short Takes: Answered all of them off the top of my head so they’re very “me” but not well thought out. Half of them were just puns as answers.
[] Additional Essay: Risky… very risky essay. I sent a list of “100 Beliefs” statements instead of an essay. They were in pairs of “I believe in _” “I don’t believe in ___” most of them were funny and laid back but still had symbolism.[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation 1: Did not read.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation 2: Did not read.
[] Counselor Rec: Superb, talks about my extreme involvement with my school as well as my academic achievements, personality, and the community’s view of me (all with specific examples).
[] Additional Rec: Did not send.
[] Interview: With our state representative. Went well even though he happens to be of the opposite party of the congressman/senate candidate I interned for. He says I was the most impressive applicant he’s interviewed (only interviewed for one year prior though).
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian, that’s still a minority right? haha
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not financial aid qualifying
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I can curl my tongue? None otherwise.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, Breadth of EC’s plus awards/leadership in most of them, Recs
[] Weaknesses:Essays were risky/didnt show enough intellectual vitality, no major awards, no standout ec, no hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong breadth in EC’s, test scores got my foot in the door, recs probably helped the cause. (all reasons as to why i wasn’t rejected). It’s a crapshoot (why I wasn’t accepted).
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: DUKE, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UNC honors, Umichigan, Pitt Full Tuition. Waitlisted: Upenn Georgetown. Rejected: Stanford EA and Northwestern
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everybody that got in, Yale is an amazing school! Beat harvard! To everyone else, you’re all gonna do great things any where you go. Class of 2011/2015 will be taking this world by storm. I guarantee it!

chehk · April 1, 2011, 3:04am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 800R 690M 760W (Single-sitting)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math2, 610 French (■■■)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will sit in May
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Economics HL, IB Maths HL, IB History (Asia) HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB French A2 Sl, IB English A1 SL and TOK.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rugby 12 years, 4 years at school, national this year (not mentioned), (captain at school, MVP at club)
Club tennis (4 years)
Club golf (4 years)
Model at several fashion shows (charity)
MUN
Student council (interaction with French G’ment) (3 years)
Varsity X-country (1 year)
JV Basketball (1 year)
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: Approx. 250 hours (including CAS)
[] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session (Economics 252 and English 212)
[] Essays: Commonapp: 8, pretty risky interior monologue, Yale Supp.: 10, about how I have failed to learn Mandarin despite living in Asia and how this has shaped my outlook.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but will have been honest and quite good
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but will have ben very good
[] Additional Rec: From an English Professor at Yale, didn’t see but I did well in his class (Seminar), where I was the only non-Yale student, and he seemed to like me quite a lot.
[] Interview: Decent, friend of my father’s actually but I didn’t feel as if it went as well as some of the others; I did forget the last line of the book I actually studied at Yale, which might not have impressed too much :S.
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[] School Type: Private, small, competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: SAT1 (bar maths), experiences abroad, potentially essays
[] Weaknesses: Aspects of transcript, SAT2, maybe in the international pool
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT2 and transcript
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: NYU (Stern BPE), UConn (Honours), UCL (UK) and St. Andrews (UK)
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Penn CAS (ED), Dartmouth and Cornell

[/ul]General Comments:
Saw it coming… However, to those who gained admission, I had a phenomenal time at YSS and at Yale in general, you might think it is amazing etc. but I have experienced it and the students, the town, the academics, the culture all combine to make an incredible place. P.S. Davenport > all other colleges.

spazman21 · April 1, 2011, 11:39am

Someone tell me… how the **** did Silverturtle get rejected?

FallenAngel9 · April 1, 2011, 8:10pm

Decision: Rejected :'[

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send any of these)
[] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went really well, one of my best ones.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country: United States
[] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because it’s Yale, and I didn’t stand out among the crowd. I did my best, though, so no looking back.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Dartmouth, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard and Princeton.

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected here (my dream school) but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.

LondonGentleman · April 2, 2011, 12:20am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR: 790, M: 750, W: 780
[] ACT: 31… Yeah, they saw it
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Spanish Reading, 700 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 126
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang & Comp (5), World History (5), US History (4), Chemistry (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit and Comp, Student Aide :p, AP Physics B
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing “Major,” but I did place 3rd in Essay and 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking in the State Literary Competition
[] Minor Awards: Bausch & Lomb Honarary Science Award, DAR Good Citizen Award, STAR Student, National Merit Commended, and numerous scholar athlete awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:
Football (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) JV (9th, 10th) Varsity (11th, 12th)
Varsity Track & Field (10th, 11th) 8th in Region Discuss (11th)
Philanthropy Club (11th, 12th) Founder and President 30+ members; Raised $1100 for Haiti Earthquake Relief and various food supplies for the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
National Beta Club (10th, 11th, 12th) President (12th)
Math Team (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (12th) Individually placed in the top 10 of about 100 competitors all 4 years of competing.
National Honor Society (10th, 11th, 12th) Treasurer (12th)
Key Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Vice President (12th)
Academic Quiz Bowl (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (10th, 11th, 12th)
Savannah Engineering Academy (11th)
Science Seminar (11th) Met bimonthly at various sites across the city for lectures and science oriented activities (constructing underwater robots, rockets, web sites, etc.)

[] Job/Work Experience: Summer lifeguarding, neighborhood lawn service, private math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs total, 32 of which were at a local hospital
[] Summer Activities: Football, lifeguarding, ENJOYING LIFE
[] Essays: Well written. First about the fundraiser I organized in response to the Haiti Earthquake. Second about my mother’s influence on my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, it was very complimentary.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[] Interview: It went smoothly. Nothing spectacular, no 3 hour conversation about our mutual love of Jorge Luis Borges or anything of the sort
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA, baby!
[] School Type: Christian Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well rounded in all areas but…
[] Weaknesses: not STAND OUT in any.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of a unique flair. Lots of talented, deserving applicants.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
[/ul]General Comments: I gave the application process my best effort, and I am content with my results.

Candywrapper · April 2, 2011, 3:22pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2270 composite - 700M, 770CR, 800W (single-sitting)
[]SAT II: 750 French w/ Listening, 750 English Literature
[]Unweighted Cumulative GPA (out of 4.0): ~93%
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400 (unweighted)
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[]Major Awards: A few national writing ones
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Country: Canada!
[]School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: Female
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: Essays, recommendations
[]Weaknesses: Math and science skills :S
[]ACCEPTED: Yale
[]WAIT-LISTED: Columbia
[/ul]
To Future Applicants: I don’t want to post all of my stats, but this website has really helped me to get an idea of the calibre of applicants/acceptees to these schools, so if anybody has specific questions regarding my application, PM me and I would love to answer them.

In my opinion, the best piece of advice I can offer is a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “This above all: to thine own self be true.” I never did any extracurriculars that I disliked. If I hadn’t been accepted to Yale, I would still be able to look back at my high school years with no regrets. Live life on your own terms. A school does not define you.

By the way, don’t limit yourself on what you write in your essays. Let your voice shine through. My supplementary essay was on the art of daydreaming, and someone who read it actually said to me, “I’m not sure an Ivy League school wants a daydreamer.” I submitted it anyways. :)

And remember: be passionate.

sheppard314 · April 2, 2011, 3:39pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: not taken
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Chem 800 Math 750 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Weighted GPA: 4.38
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% (yes I know)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Chem, 4 APCS
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroecon, AP US Govt, Money and Banking, Honours Physics, Chem Lab Asst.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two State Championships for website development, 2nd place national award for website development
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Chapter Exec. VP, Dir. of Tech, National Regional Dir. Social Media), WebDev Club (President, Managing Director), French Honour Society (Business Manager), my own registered non-profit organisation (President), my own web development firm (Exec. Director), Stanford human-comp interface research, tech startup intern (at two different companies), Interact member of the year
[] Job/Work Experience: Tech startup intern (two diff startup companies), a registered non-profit and my own web dev firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interact for a year, octagon for a year, my own 501c3 developing web apps for schools
[] Summer Activities: HCI Research, see extracirriculars
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[list]
[li] Common App Main Essay: About how I developed into a better leader from being a tech guy[/li][] EC Short Answer: Wrote about how I do website dev as a form of community service
[] Why Yale?: Opportunities to meet major people from around the world and work in the CS department’s labs
[] Short Takes:
[] Additional Essay:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation 1: Chem teachers of 3 years (loves me)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation 2: French teacher of 3 years (loves me)
[] Counselor Rec: Asst. Principal of the school that I work with every year to pick classes
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Excellent, person connected really well with me (she did tech startup consulting and graduated in EE)
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200K+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: A lot of things
[] Weaknesses: I’m male, Asian (applying to CS), and there were about 30 people all the same or better than me also applying from my school including 4 intel talent search semifinalists
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dartmouth acceptance, Harvard and Cornell waitlist. Accepted to UC Berkeley, LA and SD, UW-Seattle
[/ul]General Comments:

dreamingbig245 · April 2, 2011, 7:43pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070
[] ACT:
[] SAT Subject Tests: US History 720, Math IIC 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[] Weighted GPA: 4.36
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/634
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), Psychology (4), Lang (3), US History(3), Environmental Science (3) taking Lit, Calc AB, Euro, and Biology this year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP Biology, Honors Gov/Econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student of the month at school X3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): African-American culture club (Founder and President, 4 years), Boy Scouts (Star and librarian), trumpet for 8 years, Key Club historian, NHS secretary, 50 hours of hospital volunteering.
[] Job/Work Experience: My dad owns a real estate business and I occasionally help the secretary for fun.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hours
[] Summer Activities: Private SAT tutoring, Duke TIP
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions)
[] Common App Main Essay: About the difficulty of being a wealthy African-American and the polarization I faced from both wealthy whites and poorer African-Americans.
[] EC Short Answer: About how I came to love trumpet.
[] Why Yale?: About how I loved the campus and the rougher surrounding city
[] Short Takes: Truthful but generic
[] Additional Essay: About the deliciousness of black forest cake when compared to others.
[] Teacher Recommendation 1: From my AP Human Geography teacher who really likes me. Good.
[] Teacher Recommendation 2: Cultural studies teacher who says I am one of her favorites.
[] Counselor Rec: Bought him a lot of presents throughout the years, so he wrote me a really good one.
[] Additional Rec: From my trumpet teacher. Very good.
[] Interview: We met in a Starbucks. I thought it went really well; we had some good laughs.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, mildly competitive
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, ECs, service hours
[] Weaknesses: Race and income
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really think I had what they were looking for for the class of '16. Just hard work! Keep at it and you’ll go far!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tufts and Boston College. Rejected UChicago, Northwestern, Duke, UCLA. Not sure why.
[/ul]General Comments:
Woohoo! So happy! Not all that surprised given my outstanding resume, but I was still ecstatic. Hope to see all of the accepted! For all of the rejected, just work hard in the future and maybe you can go to Yale for grad school.

UT84321 · April 2, 2011, 7:49pm

I think you would fit in wonderfully at Harvard.

entomom · April 2, 2011, 10:34pm

For future applicants, I will state that I doubt the truthfulness of dreamingbig245 based on being a first time poster with obviously questionable stats and other information.

TQSMNTASP · April 2, 2011, 11:30pm

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Wrong class. I do commend your use of a double preposition however.

sour_lemon_1k · April 3, 2011, 7:20pm

Decision: Deferred -> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (1 sitting), 770 math and 790 CR
[] ACT:
[] SAT Subject Tests: 760 Bio, 800 math II, 800 chem, 720 world history
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 93 or something…got an 89 in high school
[] Weighted GPA: ~96 (we do 100pt scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% i think
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Bio, Calc BC, USAP, WHAP, English Lang - 5; Psych, Physics C, Chinese - 4; Stats, US Gov, Comp Gov (not yet taken)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: English IV H (2 semester-long seminars), MVC, Diffeq, Organic Chem, Adv Studio Art, AP Gov (US/Comp), AP Stats
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): East Asian Club (Co-pres), Literary Mag (EIC), Art Club (Co-pres), Science/Math club (Pres), Comm Service (Officer)
[] Job/Work Experience: lol…none unless you count that time that i set up a little booth at an expo and made like 200 bucks
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~700 hours (450 at hospital, 250 at school)
[] Summer Activities: welch (summer research program) and a local research program
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions): [list]
[li] Common App Main Essay: personal statement about my time at the expo (above) and how I was failing to attract people until I discovered that people like to be drawn a certain way[/li][] EC Short Answer: about my time researching on a college campus and how frustrating it could be
[] Why Yale?: b/c of its interdisciplinary programs/education (i specifically mentioned the interdisciplinary style found in their art mag)
[] Short Takes: i don’t remember them…they were casual and i don’t think they play a big part of the app
[] Additional Essay: extra essay about how an asian parent i know sucks at letting her child decide her own future (i value academic freedom). I personally feel that this one was weak and undoubtedly the reason why i got deferred initially.[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation 1: from my chem/orgo teacher…i think we’re good w/ each other[/li][] Teacher Recommendation 2: from my hist teacher…i never talked in his class…lol. but he’s nice
[] Counselor Rec: prob really good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: awkward…it was my first one. decent, at best.
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small 130/grade private, sends 10% of people every year to HYP
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: upper middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…but i submitted an art portfolio. i think it lacked a general sense of creativity tho (read: not very good)…because i’m still discovering my inner eye
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, ECs (leadership), unique essays?
[] Weaknesses: grades kinda, recs, 1 essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A fluke, no doubt. Luck was on my side. 
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harv, Prince, Stan, Upenn, waitlisted at Williams, accepted at Northwestern, WashU, Vandy, Rice, UT, and A&M
[/ul]General Comments:
lol, never imagined that i would post…but i can’t help but empathize with all the juniors that are lurking on these threads.

Hagroofna · April 3, 2011, 7:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math, 770 Reading, 740 Writing (2290)
[] ACT: None
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/142
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all 11th grade) AP European History (5), AP US (5), AP Language (5), AP Chem (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (Head Captain, Best Attorney Award, Sectional Finalists), Premier Soccer (State Cup Champion, Regional Semi-Finalist, National Semi-Finalist), Varsity Field Hockey (MVP for 2 years, County All-Stars, Head Captain), Math Team (Captain, Section Champions, Qualified for States), National Honor Society (Treasurer, Chairman of Review Book Drive), Islamic Association Youth Group (President), Art (Best Artist Award, Works chosen for Gallery), School Newspaper (Most popular column, humor)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Soccer Instructor for kids with developmental disorders, SAT and pre-calculus Tutor, School Store (President for 3 years)
[] Summer Activities: Vassar Summer Institute for the Gifted, Art program, Bard Summer Scholars (Creative Writing and Poetry), UMD (Computer Programming)
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):
[] Common App Main Essay: About different, conflictual personality traits.
[] EC Short Answer: About transforming my school store and increasing profits.
[] Why Yale?: Talked about my visit. The majors and the classes I wanted to take. The general atmosphere.
[] Short Takes: Answered honestly. Probably generic.
[] Additional Essay: About leaving a nationally ranked soccer team for moral reasons (pretty good).
[] Teacher Recommendation 1: Didn’t read.

[li] Teacher Recommendation 2: Didn’t read, but I assume it was excellent.[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read. Probs decent.[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: None.[/li]
[li] Interview: DIDN’T GET ONE![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Small, public
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani-Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Submitted a fictional creative writing supplement analyzing the perspective of a Schizophrenic.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded, great leadership, AP scores
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, no national awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Leadership and well-rounded interests. Most importantly, LUCK!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Yale, Amherst, Tufts, Northeastern (Full-ride), Bowdoin (Faculty Scholar), Wesleyan, SUNY Geneseo
Waitlisted: Columbia, Williams
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, MIT
[/ul]General Comments: Ivy league acceptances this year were totally random, but thankfully, Yale, my number one, accepted me.

sour_lemon_1k · April 3, 2011, 7:34pm

@hagroofna the same thing happened to meeeee

Hagroofna · April 3, 2011, 7:48pm

@sourlemon1k: I stopped trying to make sense of it. I’m just ecstatic that I got into Yale! So, I guess I’ll see you at BDD.

iScore · April 3, 2011, 11:40pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 730/730/710 (2170)
[] SAT II: 740 (Math II) 740 (Math I) 730 (Biology) US History (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 390
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5); Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Biology SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB (6), AP (1), Self-study (2)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge; National Public Speaking (9th); President’s Volunteer Service Award; 12-time State Champion (TSA events); Boys State Lt. Gov.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Technology Student Association (State Treasurer/Chapter President); Math Team (Founder/Captain); NHS (Prez); SADD (VP); Beta (Advisor); ES (Prez); Science Olympiad; Model UN; Environmental (VP); SGA (President of Senate)
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 500 hours since 9th grade
[] Summer Activities: Intern at Real Estate (3 years) GA Governor’s Honor Program; GA Boy State; TSA Nationals
[] Essays: I wrote about eating crab legs. (It was funny and metaphorical)
[] Teacher Recommendation: I knew both teachers (English/Math) personally. They gave me the rec letters after I was accepted (I cried when I read them).
[] Counselor Rec: I knew her for four years (didn’t see)
[] Interview: No interviewers in my area.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Less than 20K
[] Hooks: First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My goal in high school was to pursue what I loved not what what would look good on my college app.
[] Weaknesses: No sports?
[] Why you think you were accepted: I was lucky!
[li] Where else were you accepted: Harvard, Brown, Amherst, Wesleyan, Reed, Haverford, Emory, Oxford.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Miracles do happen!

plsletmeblucky · April 4, 2011, 10:01pm

Choose One:
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 single sitting (780 cr, 760 math, 750 writing, 9 essay)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: 750 math 2, 710 literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.21
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/458
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on chem, lang and comp, psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: wind ensemble, spanish 5 advanced conversation, ap lit and comp, ap physics c, ap bio, ap calc bc, modern european history
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): eagle scout
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): wind ensemble (top band, audition only, euphonium), jazz band (top band, audition only, trombone), boy scouts (8 leadership roles, best was senior patrol leader–elected in troop of 100+), boy scout leadership camp summer staff member (senior patrol leader this year-pretty competitive, head senior patrol leader-overall in charge of program for whole counsel, in charge of 72 youth staff), tennis, national honor society, volunteering (360 hours)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: helping on eagle scout projects and random stuff for NHS; also the summer camp staff was technically volunteer
[] Summer Activities: summer camp staff, other camping (I really emphasized that as a part of my app, talked about 200+ nights with my bsa troop, thought that was a unique stat-guess not)
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):[list]talked about backpacking the chilkoot trail from alaska to canada and the people I met
[] Common App Main Essay: talked about summer camp staff experience
[] EC Short Answer: back to back band classes each morning and the different music types
[] Why Yale?: thought it was pretty good, maybe the norm though (housing system)
[] Short Takes: solid, not stellar
[] Additional Essay:[/ul]this was the chilkoot trail one
[] Teacher Recommendation 1: never saw it, i assume decent
[] Teacher Recommendation 2: the guy loves me, it was very good
[] Counselor Rec: big public school, so pretty generic, called me a renaissance man (used the same words on a rec for several friends lolz)
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: went quite well; did it back in november (deferred ea), we talked a lot and I had a lot of material because of my visits (attended The Game last year)
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket: pretty high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy: sibling, grandparent, great-grandparent, great uncle, great-great grandparent, great-great-great grandparent
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i thought all the boy scout leadership and camping stuff was unique and cool material, but evidently it did absolutely nothing for me. I also thought the legacy might give me enough of a boost
[] Weaknesses: class rank (honestly, only the top 2 in my class had significant success applying anywhere)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because i suck
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected harvard, brown; waitlisted washu, uchicago; accepted case western reserve, wake forest, university of colorado
[/ul]General Comments: this has been my dream for years. It meant soooo much to me because I had visited my sister here a few times and loved it. I intended to major in biochem, and they have a great program. I have been destroyed by this process. I have entered a deeper slump of depression than I thought possible. Also, the 2 waitlists didn’t help my mood; I am not satisfied with where I got in. This rejection made me the first member of my family in about 5 generations (I think) to apply and get rejected because my father did not apply…I know legacy shouldn’t buy you a spot but imagine that burden combined with the usual depression of rejection. I literally dreamed way too big (obviously), and now I thoroughly hate my life :(

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