<p>Deferred. :P</p>
<p>Deferred :(</p>
<p>Accepted. I’m kind of losing my mind over here.
Best of luck to the rest of you mates.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who has been accepted, and to those who weren’t- don’t be discouraged, there is an even greater college out there suitable to your needs.</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone and congratulations, your consistent endeavors will finally pay off. :)</p>
<p>deferred. i dont even want to put my stats up right now…</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (one sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math Level II, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Physics B (5), English Language & Composition (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Adv Functions, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Comp Sci, AP English, French, International Law, AP Calculus
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Webmaster, Secretary), Mock Trials (co-President), Engineering Club (VP), Debate, Newspaper (Writer, Tech), Biology Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Swimming Instructor/Lifeguard, Web developer, private tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Asst. instructor, school prefect, peer mediator
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering, campus visits
[<em>] Essays: I felt they were strong. Not as polished as I would have liked.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see one; other was slightly above average.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strong, but had to be faxed in because Yale may have lost the mailed copy.
[</em>] Interview: not offered.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada.
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian. Enough said.
[</em>] Gender: Male. ^
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats, academics, extracurriculars, counselor rec.
[</em>] Weaknesses: no school rank or GPA, supplemental essay not particularly targeted to Yale
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: possibly teacher recs, one of which I didn’t see; the other was rewritten (?) for my RD apps.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I can’t say this came as a shock. I’d better start on those RD essays.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 750 CR 790 W (2nd time) 2340
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Math II 770 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chem
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, English, Adv. Physics, Chorus, Bioethics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cooking, Chorus (Diresctor’s Assistant), a Capella, Musicals, Water Polo, Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief), Spanish Club (President), Language and Service Trip, some other smaller things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 months as a bus boy in tenth grade
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: very little: 1/hr a week in the math center
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cooking Classes, 9th grade – Language Immersion to Spain, 11th grade – service/cultural trip to Oceania
[</em>] Essays: My writing isn’t revolutionary, but I think I wrote heartfelt essays.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both should be great (didn’t read)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: should also be good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From chorus director – should be great
[</em>] Interview: On campus went well. We got along and had a great conversation.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, School, Recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, awards,
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: So selective, nothing outstanding on my app
[/ul]General Comments: The wait will suck, but good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770 CR, 680 M, 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 Eng, 35 Math, 34 W, 33 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 700 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calc AB (5), English Lit (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs (most rigorous possible)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Legion, NFL Nationals, OHSSL States, National Merit Semifinalist, some minor awards/scholarships</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech Team (Co-Captain), Academic Team (Co-captain), FCA (Leader), principal’s advisory team, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, youth group leadership
Also—I moved in the middle of hs, so I had some different EC’s from my old school.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None =(
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Sunshine International Camp (China), Mexico, local stuff with my church, volunteered in special education department at my school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Rigorous church internship, summer missions trips
[<em>] Essays: Very, very good. I worked on both essays for over a month.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent—I skipped two levels of Spanish and my Spanish teacher had an amazing recommendation letter.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Saw an unfinished version, was very good and spoke highly of character traits, determination, etc.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: On-campus was awful (I was nervous and rambled, and I didn’t support my statements well), Alumni interview was fantastic (interviewer said that he thought I would be a perfect fit at Yale)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science/International Studies double major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): O-H-I-O
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: I’m still applying for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: National awards, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Class rank, asian, on campus interview, lack of work experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Could be anything.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to all those accepted! I’m happy to have not been rejected, but it’s going to be a looong wait until March 31.</p>
<p>Deferred…</p>
<p>Deferred :</p>
<p>Jesus, what does Yale want? Why is everybody with phenomenal profiles being deferred?</p>
<p>Wow, a lot of deferrals…</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 1st try: 740CR, 700M, 800W. 2nd try: 730CR, 740M, 770W. 3rd try: 760CR, 800M, 800W. I don’t think it really matters but I’ve gotten a 10 or 11 on the essay on all three tries.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: Not sent.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, USH - 770</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Um…my school does it out of a 100 so its 96/100 unweighted.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank officially. Unofficially I have the highest GPA (out of ~200 in my class) as of the beginning of Senior year.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics - 5, USH - 5, English Language - 5, Physics B (self-study) - 5, US Gov. & Politics (self-study) - 5 </p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): None</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Civics (graduation requirement), AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Enviro, AP Spanish, AP Bio</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t think this counts but…National Merit Semifinalist and AP Scholar with Distiction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Govt. (a ton of positions over the years), Yale Phhysics Olympics, Statistics Club, and theres a few more…I don’t want to list too many details. Students at my school could probably already recognize me by this post. But nothing THAT impressive though. No research/curing of cancer.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: None…though I wish I could get a job almost as much as I was wishing for an acceptance yesterday.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Scoiety, Math Peer Tutoring at my school in like 10th grade.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: Discussions on “Human Rights Too” at Yale</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: 1st was about an experience I had while traveling abroad when I was like 10, other was about me discovering my love for physics through a hands on lab done in preparation for the Yale Physics Olympics</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them…But hopefully good?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Never read…But hopefully good as well.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec: No Additional Rec sent.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: Went well imo. I had an interview with a Federal Judge and I personally want to be a lawyer. We talked a bit about my intrests, law, politics, and the like. Seemed more like a casual conversasion and was rather fun. The highlight of the application process imo, I really liked it even if I end up getting rejected.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: [sarcasm]Nope. On my spare time I genetically engineered a plant that grows about 55k/year as its leaves.[/sarcasm] In reality, yes.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Intended Major: Physics (on application)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): CT (I live in the same county Yale is in lol)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Small, rural-ish, public…Maybe sends one or so to an Ivy every three years. (Though three years ago we had an amazing year and sent three to Ivies, but I’d say that is definitely the exception, and not the rule.)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Did not disclose on application. But I did put that my parents and I were born in India and my first essay was on my vacation there so it wouldn’t take a genius to figure out I’m Asian.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket: I’d need at least some fin aid to go there.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ROFL. I’m pretty sure that I have absolutely NO hooks. Other than, you know, being me!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths: SATs, GPA, I thought the essays were decent, and my ECs may have helped a bit though I doubt very much.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: I’d say not standing out among the huge pool of students.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ^^See weaknesses.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I did most of this report the night before decisions so some of it might sound wierd. Was praying not to be deferred…really wanted closure. Guess I’ll have to wait till April 1st now sadly :(. Good luck everyone! And remember it doesn’t matter where you go as long as you enjoy where you go and make the most of the opportunities given to you in life!</p>
<p>deferred…i want to die</p>
<p>Irishtraveler, I feel obliged to say that this is the best place on earth
WELL DONE, 2015!!! see you at Bulldog Days!</p>
<p>Jesus, what does Yale want? So many of you have such awesome profiles and are getting deferred.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>STATS LATER</p>
<p>Deferred…</p>
<p>Deferred.
Stats later, if I feel up to it :</p>
<p>Bummer: rejected.</p>