Official Yale Class of 2015 SCEA Results Thread

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81

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800M, 790 CR, 800 W (12E))
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/520
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, Bio 5, USH 5, World History 5, Macro 5, Micro 5, Calc BC 5 (AB subscore: 5), English Lang: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Eng Lit, AP Gov & Pol, MV Calc, AP Psych
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really, AP National Scholar, National Merit SF, decent AMC/AIME scores
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Captain), Math Club (Pres), DECA (Pres), MUN (Pres), Varsity Swimming (Capt) and some other insignificant things.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at an Abercrombie store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of stuff with NHS, habitat for humanity
[<em>] Summer Activities: Worked, volunteered, chilled
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations/Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $180,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, transcript
[<em>] Weaknesses: Race, location, maybe rank?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because it’s Yale SCEA.
[/ul]General Comments:
Now the wait is till April…</p>

82

<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800M / 680 CR / 800 W
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800 Chem/ 800 Math II/ 790 Phys/ 640 World History/ 740 World History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.964
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc BC, 5 AP Chemistry, 5 AP Statistics, 4 World History
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking IB History HL this year in May
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP+ Topics in Advanced Mathematics, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, IB History of Americas HL, Senior Experience (a Wednesday internship), Math team III, math team II, Honors World Lit 2, Honors Spanish 5, Orchestra, String Ensemble
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ILO alternate, USAMOx2, Qualified for USNCO, AMC10 national winner, qualified for 2011 Junior Olympics (Men’s Foil U20)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Church, Math Team/Self Study, Fencing, Music (Violin/Viola/Piano)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Instrumental ensemble for a church, BCA Math Camp teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 3 one-week church missions during the summer, helping out at school math competition
[ *] Summer Activities: 3 one-week church missions during the summer, AwesomeMath summer program, fencing camps, travel to Beijing
[ *] Essays: Common App - About how everyone is equal because luck is the determinant of success. Supplement: About the one time I had to disagree with my parents (A morality vs worldy gain argument)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher :a week late, didn’t get to read; Lit teacher: on time, didn’t get to read.<br>
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think he likes me… ?
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: NONE XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Mathematics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Bergen County Academies
[ *] Ethnicity: Male
[ *] Gender: Asian (Chinese)
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Heavy math / fencing
[ *] Weaknesses: low CR score (680) (less than school average), no interview, asian male
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Good luck everyone![ /b]</p>

83

<p>deferred… :(</p>

84

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 790 R, 780 CR (best individual of 2 sittings = 2370SS)
[ *] SAT II: Physics - 800, Maths II - 800, Eng Lit - 790
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): International, so not available.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/81
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): International, but in our exams was top 50 in South Africa, top 1% for 4 subjects, top 5% for the other 3
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Maths, advanced maths, Eng, French, Biology, Physics/Chemistry, History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Again, South African, but 2nd in SA for science quiz, top 100 maths olympiad (2 years running) 20th english olympiad
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Solo piano (ABRSM grade 8 classical, and a bit of jazz), concert wind band (trombone), cricket, hockey (field - astro), squash (school captain, provincial and national), toastmasters, various science quizzes
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Currently ski instructor in Austria, and networking research done and published
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 2 months teaching computers in Uganda
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Tell a pretty awesome story that showed me in a really good light imo
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good I assume (must thank them) :slight_smile:
[ *] Counselor Rec: ditto
[ *] Additional Rec: from the man whom I did the research for - V V awesome (saw it)
[ *] Interview: 10 dec, with someone from admissions.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Will do
[ *] Intended Major: Comp Sci/Physics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): South Africa
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Low, low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Good scores, great “story” imo
[ *] Weaknesses: 2nd time applying to college
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Tipping point may have been the published research
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Looking at the stats of people deferred, NONE of you are in any way worse than me. You will ALL get somewhere great. And, if like me you do &^%& up incredibly (as I said, second time round at this…) it will work out in the end if you just keep working. You are all incredible people and I hope to hear great stories in RD, be it Yale or elsewhere.</p>

85

<p>Get the format right, guys. It’s hurting my eyes. :(</p>

86

<p>…</p>

87

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):M/CR/W 740/750/750
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: MII:780 Spanish:770 French:800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no GPA (but somewhere between an A/A+ (no Bs))
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ton rank (but my CG said top 10%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (French program so no APs offered) American Literature, World History 2, Senior Mathermatics, Biology/Geology, Physics/Chemistry, Advanced Physics/Chemistry, Geography, Senior Philosophy, German, Spanish, Manual Arts, PE (all courses all year long)
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): um… French stuff: concours g</p>

88

<p>Deferred
2320 SAT
1 great SAT II, 1 meh
4.000
White female</p>

<h1>2/800</h1>

<p>Nat’l Merit Semi
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Avg EC
No Fin aid</p>

89

<p>Hey everyone,
Such a nerve-wracking day! Good luck to all those deferred, congratulations to those already accepted, and best wishes to everyone else.</p>

90

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>**Objective: **[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 – CR 750, Math 700 :(, Writing 770 – Essay 12
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Bio E 780, French 780, Math II 730 :frowning:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.18/100 uw. I think that’s like a 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~270
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), Bio (5), Physics B (4), Lit (5), US (5), French (5 – first ever from my school :))
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): my school is phasing it in next year
[li] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous – AP Chem, College Accounting, AP German, AP Calc AB, AP Gov & Politics, Honors Chamber Orchestra (concert mistress), AP Lang[/li][</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Coca Cola Scholars Semifinalist, AATF National French Contest: ranked top 3 in county all 3x (even skipping a level), top ten nationally 2x – “Medaille d’Or” winner for so many wins, 3rd in poetry contest; AATG National German Contest: top 10% in nation & ranked somewhere in county despite starting in 10th grade and skipping levels; won 2 medals in county math research paper contests; University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Science Honor Award
[/ul]**Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NSLI-Y, GAPP German Exchange, French Club & Honor Society (El Presidente), German Club & Honor Society, History Club, Fall Drama, Pit Orchestra (section leader), Leadership Workshop, Tri-M music honor society, select strings (treasurer/concert mistress)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tacking horses at barn where I ride/giving pony rides, taking care of neighbor’s horses & alpacas while she was away – birthed baby alpaca, milked the momma, saved baby’s life. Oh and mowing lawns and shoveling snow and stuff.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: helped pick up litter in a Russian historical park; assistant in therapeutic riding lessons for disabled people including working at the Special Olympics; 2 pit orchestras at local college (67 hours each); stuff at local library – tutoring, reading help for small children; played w/ select strings at local fundraiser for a super-awesome charity; concession stand at local wrestling tournament.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Cold Spring Harbor Lab summer program (5th-9th grade); CTY 3 yrs (Crypto, French Immersion, Latin); NSLI-Y Russia Summer (full scholarship from the state dept. to live with a Russian host family for 7 weeks and take intensive Russian language courses (& cultural/historical activities & excursions)).
[<em>] Essays: pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. One about one night in Russia that I sat up waiting for my host-mother to come home. Basically I used a billion details to make the most boring moment of an interesting situation epic. Including drunks singing lady gaga. It happened. Oh and my supplement essay was basically a rant about how much I love words and grammar.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 f<em>ing AMAZING. 1 pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it, but she loves me so it must have been good!
[<em>] Interview: 1 on-campus was good, but a little awkward b/c there were 2 people and I’m bad with eye-contact anyway! 1 alumnus that I though went really well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Bien sur!
[<em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: pasty-faced Irish girl.
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: legacy, pretty consistent with my French/language stuff (including national awards), essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: when they threw the non-rejected apps in the air, mine landed face-down.</p>

91

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (CR 730 Math 800 WR 790) single sitting
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 800 Chem 800 French 780
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t have unweighted… almost straight A’s?
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma (3HL, 3SL)</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: engineering
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): somewhere in Europe…
[</em>] School Type: International school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian… sigh
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: uh…
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s, ethnicity, other stuff
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: well, I sorta deserved it…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats everyone who got in! I still love Yale very much…
I can’t believe they deferred soooo many people!</p>

92

<p>Deferred. Was kind of expecting it so I’m not killing myself about it. Does anybody know the acceptance rate after deferral? </p>

<p>Congrats to acceptees! You guys are awesome.</p>

93

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (Math: 760, Critical Reading: 790, Writing: 770)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Biology (E): 800, Chemistry: 760, Math Level 2: 730, U.S. History: 700.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know how to unweight mine.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory: 5, English Language & Comp: 4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP, 1 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music (wrote and recorded an album; I play piano, guitar, bass, alto sax, and I sing), Light & Sound Club (President), The Review (my school’s literary and artistic magazine: Managing Editor), acting in school plays, pit orchestra for musicals, local MUN, THIMUN.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Intern at neuroscience research lab for a month this past summer.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Intern ^ and spent the summer before doing a college program at Stanford.
[</em>] Essays: Good narrative and informative, but supplement wasn’t too directed at just Yale.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they were good…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good - sent by my music theory teacher
[</em>] Interview: Very good, he said I would be a great addition to Yale.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: 6-year, private, college prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I guess nothing to do now but wait… and finish my RD apps…</p>

94

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1st : 2230 (CR 710 MA 790 WR 730), 2nd : 2300 (CR 750 MA 800 WR 750)
[</em>] SAT II: French 800 Math2 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): complicated system… moved schools as well.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Was 1st in 11th grade out of 45 people hehe…
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):40/42, 42/45 predicted
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB (3 Higher and 3 Standard levels)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Didn’t fill out forms yet though…
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Applying from somewhere in Europe. Not my home country though. International from Asia.
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (meh…)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE. ORM and international actually…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT2’s?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Being Asian, complete lack of EC’s, mediocre to below average essays, horrible gpa in 9th and 10th grade. Overall not even close to Yale’s standards.
[/ul]General Comments: This was 100% expected but I guess a small part of me was looking for a miracle when I clicked the link. It seems that Yale deferred too many applicants and denied so few, and I’m not expecting to get in during the RD round. Was shocked to see Silverturtle deferred but he’ll probably get in RD. Gotta start my RD essays… Didn’t work on ANYTHING yet. planning on writing one college essay each day during the winter break. Oh well…</p>

95

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 800 M, 770 WR)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of 700
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Statistics, Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics B, Computer Science A, European History, Chemistry (all 5’s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP English Lit and Comp, Advanced Calculus, AP Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Rubik’s Cube (Co-founded a school club that lasted about 5 weeks lol and I practice every day), Intramural Soccer, Varsity Track, JV Cross Country (I suck at running long distances), American Computer Science League (Went to international competition but finished in last place haha), Skiing, Science Olympiad (President - did some cool stuff), Orchestra (President - did some cool stuff), Research Intern at local company (didn’t like it that much though)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Some cool projects, some cliche hospital volunteering that I now regret, Soccer coaching
[<em>] Summer Activities: Self studying and testing out of Trig Honors and Physics Honors, Rubik’s Cube, Teaching myself how to play ukulele, Soccer, 6-week computer science oriented summer program
[</em>] Essays: I edited them to the point where I began to hate them.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good hopefully - they should be pretty unique if anything though
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea - I think my counselor thinks I’m an idiot
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Pretty good but could have been better
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics and Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large average Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Idk
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Can’t say
[<em>] Weaknesses: Can’t say
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: It’s Yale and my profile is kind of typical Asian.
[/ul]General Comments: I expected deferral so life goes on…except now I have to wait 4 months. Congrats to those who got in!</p>

96

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (2110) CR: 640, M: 690, WR:780 (11 essay), Dec. testing- scores N.A
[</em>] ACT: nada
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): International curriculum. No GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/250
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): nada
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nada
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (CBSE)Physics, Chemistry, Math(calc), Economics(micro+macro), English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): sport nationals?
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Table Tennis (Captain State+ Varsity team)- state, nationals, Interact Club (Vice President)- loooootsa stuff, Bharatanatyam dance (11 years), Editorial Board (Co- Editor) Debate, Drama.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Table Tennis Coaching camp in summer (I was coach)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching underpriveledged kids (11, 12)
[<em>] Summer Activities: TT Coaching camp, intensive training in TT, studying
[</em>] Essays: Okay, so I had thought my essays were pathetic! My CommonApp was 1000+ words much above Yale’s limit and my supplement was 497. My supp was decent: nothing great/ awesome imo, but my CommonApp when I looked at it after submission seemed to just ramble on and on without direction. I’m surprised they actually chose yto defer me after looking at that pathetic piece of work.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From Coach-- Mindblowing! :smiley: I think this is a huge in my getting in.
[</em>] Interview: None. :confused:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, qualified for full aid by large margin.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): int’l
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): INDIA!
[<em>] School Type: Public, but I ticked Private by mistake, so I dunno
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None I think.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Table tennis, Bharatanatyam…maybe okay commonapp and supp essay…
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test (Reasoning) scores-- I can remedy that now whith Dec scores which should be cool, Common App essay( I think this caught their attention for being different yet not well executed. Maybe I was still able to convey what I wanted them to know but I could have done it in a much better way. So, CA= bad. It had a very different story nonetheless.)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have absolutely no clue! After that essay of mine I was expecting outright rejection.[/li][/ul]General Comments: It’s a nice surprise :slight_smile: Congo to those who got in!</p>

97

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): R-720 W-740 M-620
[</em>] SAT II: US History- 760 Lit-720
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 UW 4.2 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4) US History (4) English (5) AB Calculus (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Anatomy, AP German, AP Art, AP Govt, AP English, AP Calculus BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor? Won a video contest. Nothing major.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (president) SCA (vice president) GSA (vice president) Academic Challenge, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, German National Honor Society (president)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard (55 hours a week)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Touth Representative on Arts’ Commission
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer Institute for the Arts
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were excellent. Very revealing and honest- and funny…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was definitely glowing. Idk about other. It was submitted 2 weeks after Nov 1
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Idk, he’s kind of a jerk.
[<em>] Interview: Alright. Not great. Basically a 3-D, interactive version of my paper application.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: international relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): va
[<em>] School Type: public, low-income, not competitive. no student has been accepted at an ivy in 12 years.
[</em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays really reflected my personality. have a lot of extracurricular and leadership experience. URM.
[<em>] Weaknesses: pretty much everything else. GPA is not that high, nor SAT scores. my school is not that competitive. no major awards at all.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Yale’s admissions committee attempts to give final decisions to as many students as possible so that they will be able to work with their guidance counselors and families to focus full attention on other applications?
[/ul]General Comments:
I didn’t think I would be this disappointed, considering my application was a longshot in the first place. But just seeing all of the deferrals makes me feel like crap. I regret so many things from high school and I think if I had started trying earlier, I could have made it.</p>

98

<p>I didn’t apply SCEA, but one of my best friends was just rejected. I’m so surprised - I didn’t expect her to be accepted, but she was flat out rejected with great grades, 2350 SAT, etc. This is a rough cycle. :(</p>

99

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00/ Weighted: I need to calculate it, but something like 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/ ~400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), as my school only offers one AP junior year.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP English, AP US Gov./ Pol., Legal Issues, AP Calculus AB (online course), AP Chemistry (online course). (I’ve taken ALL the possible core courses at my school, so I was left with Food and Nutrition and Theatre 1 to fill my other spots.)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The usual gamut of honor societies, Mu Alpha Theta (VP), Scholar Bowl (Founder), Science Club (VP), FBLA (VP), Creative Writing Club (Treasurer), Scholar Bowl (Founder), school ambassador, several others I’m sure I’ve forgotten to list.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Working for my parent’s lawn care service.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A ridiculous amount at my church, the usual that comes with being in Key Club/ service clubs, founded an arts and crafts program at a local school for the mentally impaired, lots of free tutoring, various others.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Classes at a local community college (10), summer honors program with classes at a local university (11), laziness (9).
[<em>] Essays: Common App. was mediocre, I loved my Yale essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Sparkling, saw both.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but students never get to know the counselor. So it was probably very generic, but well intended. This is her first year at my school.
[</em>] Interview: Sadly, no.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[</em>] School Type: Public, size ~1600
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$70,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: None really.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Mediocrity, no major awards.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Eh, it’s Yale. I did expect this, however. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everybody! It’s time to go eat delicious ethnic food. And bemoan the fact that unless I am accepted in March, I am confined to my local public school (University of Alabama).</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 800 750 (2300)
[</em>] SAT II: 4<em>800, 1</em>780 (science, math, language)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-2%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): zzz
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous, APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of a club, captain of varsity sport, pretty involved… within the school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: caterer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: major fundraiser for Haiti earthquake, various others
[</em>] Summer Activities: college class
[<em>] Essays: meh. no bad or good enough to make a decision
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT. would’ve been the reason i get in
[<em>] Counselor Rec: alright
[</em>] Additional Rec: strong, from professor…buttttt from harvard :confused:
[li] Interview: ok i guess</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: pretty obscure
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): too far i suppose
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asn
[</em>] Gender: f
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: recs, they were indeed very strong
[</em>] Weaknesses: everything else… sats, took too many times, yale has no score-choice
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: now that i’ve written everything out, i can see why i wasn’t accepted[/li][/ul]General Comments: best of luck to all!! maybe instead of showers, april will bring sunshine</p>