<p>^ Thanks! Except we should probably take out everyone who didn’t pledge.</p>
<p>One of my best friends just got in. So happy for him!</p>
<p>Accepted! Stats later!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Will post stats later. Not too upset though. =)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>This thread makes me feel better. We’ll all get in somewhere great guys! Congrats to all those who were accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 770 M, 750 W (2230 total)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chemistry, 780 Math I, 800 Physics, 750 M Biology, 700 Literature, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), World History (5), Calculus BC and AB subscore (5), Psychology (5), Biology (5), Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Energy and Sustainability, AP Government and Politics, AP Physics C, Calculus III, Leadership Seminar, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Photo Editor), Yearbook (Treasurer and Student Life Editor), Math Team (Treasurer and VP), Volleyball (JV Captain), Math Tutoring Club (Leadership Council)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Program at local lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Two volunteering clubs, lots of volunteering at the zoo, a nursing home, Ronald McDonald House, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research, Volleyball camps, Leadership Program through my school, traveling
[</em>] Essays: I loved my Common App one (so funny and showed my personality so well!) but I half-assed my Yale essay since I was running out of time and didn’t really think that I would get into Yale anyways. It was pretty, but wasn’t specific and didn’t really show my personality.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was (probably) excellent and the other ok-ish.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: OK
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E, he asked me how I would improve the graduation rate in the city schools, etc.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Planning on it
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Snow White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (maybe being white from a school where about 90% of the applicants are Asians)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Whiteness (see above), girl going for engineering?
[<em>] Weaknesses: No instrument, didn’t do Science Olympiad, Masterminds, Student Government, not much leadership, didn’t really talk much in class, not enough humanities courses (wow, I am such a Negative Nancy)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Girl who wants to do engineering, pretty good grades and scores for a blonde girl
[/ul]General Comments: This wait is going to kill me, but my sincere congratulations to all who got in! To those who were rejected: at least you don’t have to wait another four months to learn your decision!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MATH 2 800 FRENCH 790 BIO M
[</em>] International style GPA whatup : 6.76 / 7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 44, 7 in French B SL (7th subject)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Actually the IB diploma</p>[/li]
<p>LAZY</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>It seems Yale was a little trigger happy with the deferral button this year.</p>
<p>^they are every year</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 700M, 790W (2290)
- ACT: Didn’t take
- SAT II: 800 World History, 790 Chem, 730 French w/out listening
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/~400
- AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), French Lang (5), Chemistry (5), Comp Gov. & Politics (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): French B SL (6), Chem SL (6)
- Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB History HL, We the People, IB Math HL, IB Theory of Knowledge
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NFL Nationals, We the People National Qualifier, NMSF, lots of state debate/forensics stuff</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech & Debate (Captain 12th), XC Skiing (Varsity, Captain 12), We the People (Unit Leader), Youth Court (Asst. Chief Judge 11, Chief Judge 12), NHS (VP 11), League of Women Voters (Moderated gubernatorial debate)
- Job/Work Experience: None
- Volunteer/Community service: Youth Court, NHS, some stuff with skiing
- Summer Activities: Cross training for skiing, studying French & Italian, history research
- Essays: Everything was over the word limit, wrote my Yale supplement about roller skiing, tried to play up Alaska-ness in short takes
- Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, apparently pretty good
- Counselor Rec: Very good, saw the National Merit version
- Additional Rec:N/A
- Interview: OK, thought I came off as a little too stereotypical, was basically a review of my ECs.</p>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: No
- Intended Major: Ethics, Politics, & Economics
- State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
- School Type: Public, big
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: High
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: ECs, geography, SAT IIs
- Weaknesses: GPA, rank, background
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My ECs were, I suppose, unique enough to get me to stand out in the Alaska pool, which seemed pretty small this year. I imagine that it was geography, though, which made the difference between an acceptance and deferral.</p>
<p>General Comments:
I’m thrilled, but I’ve yet to set foot in New Haven. On paper, Yale is my first choice, though I’ll be at Bulldog Days in order to actually make sure. I’ll probably still apply to Dartmouth, but think that I’m most likely a Yalie.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! Yale is a fantastic school and I hope you all come. And to deferred folks who truly love Yale, I was one of you, and I was accepted RD. There is hope!</p>
<p>Accepted!!! So happy!!</p>
<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]** ACT:** 35 (35,35,35,36)
[li]** SAT II: ** 800, 740 (math 2, us)[/li][li]** Weighted GPA:** 97.6/100 (nice upward trend)[/li][</em>] Rank: unranked (would be around 10/350)
[<em>] AP: AP English (5), AP US (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)
-Book award from Saint Michael’s College for Academics & Community Service.
-Non-Academic: All League Athlete for Varsity Bowling (top ten in League)
-Three Sportsmanship Awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li]Extracurriculars:[/li]-Varsity Bowling
-Youth Basketball Coach (community service)
-Debate Club (Two officer positions)
-Built homes on two trips to Nicaragua
-Ultimate Frisbee Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sports Camp Counselor all four summers
[<em>] Essays: Others enjoyed them. I felt my Why Yale short answer was sincere.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see (believe one was well-written and flattering; other one probably good, but standard)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[</em>] Interview: It went well, but I’m sure everyone they interview is impressive.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (really white)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[<em>]Strengths: Test scores (won’t stand out at Yale, however), Upward Trend
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, weaker grades Freshman year led to somewhat lower GPA
[li] Why you think you were deferred: It’s Yale. It’s tough to stand out from so many great applicants.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: This stings, but a lot less than I thought it would.</p>
<p>Anyway, congratulations to everyone who received good news tonight. I have no doubt that you all deserved it. Best of luck to everyone else.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>2170 SAT I, 35 ACT
SAT IIs: 740 Bio, 730 Chem, 780 Math II
4.0 UW GPA
National Merit Commended, Achievement Semi, some Latin awards
ECs: Strong, but not uniquely stellar.
Essays: Supplement was good, Common App was alright.
Interview: 2 1/2 hours.
Hooks: URM (AA)</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT score, GPA, course load
Weaknesses: Common App essay was a little vague.</p>
<p>Deferred. Stats later.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 740 Math 760 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 33 and 32
[<em>] SAT II: 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 or 7/467
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC/AB subscore (5), AP Physics (4), AP Lang (4), AP French (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, Spanish V, French VIII, Multivariable Calc (Calc III), Health, PE, AP Lit
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Captain), Debate Team (Captain), Taekwondo (10 years, black belt, assistant instructor), NHS, Spanish Honors Society, French Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor (12th)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Feed the Hungry, NHS, mission trips
[</em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School (Math and German)
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good but not great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic as far as I know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Wonderful-I know her very well
[</em>] Additional Rec: I think it would have been really good
[<em>] Interview: Great! Lasted twice as long as it was supposed to; we really hit it off
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Highest (150,000+)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflections
Strengths: hooks, ECs
Weaknesses: essays, scores and grades average
Why you think you were accepted: hooks, ashamedly, but I hope they liked me for other things too!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SAT 1: 2220
SAT 2: Chem=790 Math2=720
GPA(out of 4.0): 3.9</p>
<p>I’m a recruited athlete for swimming. Also received a likely letter.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] ACT: 35</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): World ranked equestrian
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Over a year at an equestrian facility
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Special needs school volunteering because my brother is special needs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Competing on the US Equestrian team
[<em>] Essays: Good, hard to evaluate one’s own writing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic, read them both
[li] Counselor Rec: Did not read but I assume to be fantastic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: Was with a doctor who right after reading my transcript declared I “didn’t seem to like math or science” even though I’ve taken the highest level math and science courses my school offers and made straight As… perplexing.[/li][ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[<em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas</p>
<p>[<em>] School Type: Competitive public ranked in the top 50 Newsweek
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC’s, test scores, transcript
[<em>] Weaknesses: Interview?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: To be completely honest, I’m not sure… Yale is very selective and just did not choose me. My friends, family and in particular teachers/counselors are completely shocked and I am deeply disappointed.
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those who got in. Now I have to find a way to concentrate for my AP Eng Lit and AP Enviro Sci finals tomorrow.</p>
<p>posting for my son (my first post but I have been reading your threads for a few weeks–it was very helpful and supportive so thanks!)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>objective:
SAT 2340 (math) 740 (verbal) 800 (writing) 800
ACT 35
SAT II Math 1c 760; math 2c 800; Chem 770; Spanish 800
AP tests World history-5; English lang-5; Chem-5; US history-5
GPA-weighted 4.38
national merit semi-finalist
strong focus on languages-Chinese and Spanish (spent past 2 summers in china-last summer did an internship there)
won numerous language awards </p>
<p>subjective:
essays–they were really super-many, many hours put into them
recommendations-I think they were good
Extra curic.
Student organization President
Varsity cross country
Chem club (team won regional Chem olympics)
Math club
Community Service-religious and community
Peer leader for past 4 years
tutors younger students in math and chinese
etc.</p>
<p>He is a very modest kid-very warm and genuine</p>
<p>Best of luck to all! You will all end up in the perfect school-the one that is really right for you!</p>