<p>Posting for daughter - DANIC10 - DEFERRED</p>
<p>Hey, did anyone with art as their intended major post in this thread yet? I haven’t checked mine yet since I’m waiting for my mom to get home, but I wanted to know if any other artists have had any luck.</p>
<p>Oh and good luck everyone! And congrats to everyone who was accepted. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 30
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.095
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Eng. Lit., Hon. Physics, Hon. Calc., Yearbook (As Editor In Chief), Hon. Forensic Science, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bowling, NHS, Student Council, Prom Committee, Yearbook (Editor-In-Chief)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Retirement Homes, Maternity Ward in Hospital every week
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: Influential Person (Immigrant Story) (Common App), Hospital Volunteering (Supplement) - how I want to be a neonatologist and social worker because of it
Teacher Recommendation: Yearbook Advisor and Prom Committee Advisor (took their classes for 2 years each)
Counselor Rec: The Best
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Absolutely Perfect</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Afrian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-middle class/ lower-upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essay, recs, yearbook leadership
Weaknesses: ACT, AP score
Why you think you were deferred: I barely qualify to get in and I may not fit in</p>
<p>General Comments:
I was expecting either a miracle exceptance or else a rejection, not a deferral. At this point I will probably be attending University of Vermont instead, Yale lost me, even if I get in later, it’s going to be a hard sell to lure me back in.</p>
<p>Pixargirl:
Nikkor got accepted. He/she was into photography, I think.
I got deferred. I listed visual art as a major I was interested in.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750/740/760 (2250)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II and 770 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do rankings
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Advisor (I have my own advisement for freshman and function as a second counselor for them), Mock Trial (Captain), Yearbook (EIC), Satirical Publication (Editor), SNL-style school comedy show that airs every other week (Editor, Writer, Actor), Chess Team (placed highly at nationals, Captain), NHS (VP), President’s Ambassador (Officer), Latin Certamen (Captain), Latin Club (Officer), Symphonic Band (1st Chair)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two-year unpaid internship at an executive search firm and a one-year paid internship at a Fortune 500 company
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours tutoring at local grade schools and being a camp counselor at academic summer camps and a sports camp for the developmentally challenged
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internships, book club, soccer, yearbook, senior advisor, traveling
[</em>] Essays: My English teacher thought that my Yale essay should be submitted to the New Yorker, and my Common App essay was great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never seen
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never seen
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Went well, the guy gave me his card and told me to call him sometime just to talk
[/ul][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private, Catholic school with a 30.1 ACT average, 6 perfect ACT’s, and 21 NMSF’s
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC’s, essays, grades.
[<em>] Weaknesses: No hook at all.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don’t know why I was deferred, but at least I still have a shot in the RD round.
[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone, whether rejected, deferred, or accepted; I know that you all will end up someplace great.</p>
<p>… it seems like almost no one that applied SCEA plays annnnnyyyy sports (besides the recruited athletes)</p>
<p>call me old school, but i feel like the admissions officers probably frown a bit at the lack of sports participation in borderline applicants. freakin get outside every once in a while you guys… lol</p>
<p>I’ve played sports for all 4 years, and I’m not a recruit.</p>
<p>But you did say “almost,” so nvm.</p>
<p>@gahsicles: Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Deferred. Post stats later. </p>
<p>BTW, congrats to all accepted students, you truly earned it. Deferred, I’ll see you at camp Yale (fingers crossed). Rejected students, remember these two things:</p>
<ol>
<li>“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:11</li>
<li>You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.
The philosopher Jagger</li>
</ol>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR 740 M 760 W) – did not submit
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35 E 36 R 35 M 35 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 US History, 750 Lit - did not submit, took after deadline
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/~800
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats, World History, Lang & Comp, Spanish Lang – 5, APUSH – 4<br>
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band, drumline, AP Calc AB/BC, AP English 4, AP Bio, AP Macroeconomics, AP Comp Gov & Pol
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One national essay contest, NMSF, and AP Scholar with Distinction (but I didn’t mention this because I figured everyone applying to Yale was…)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of drumline-related stuff, and captain in my senior year; pit orchestra, full orchestra, jazz band, piano stuff, composition, basically a ton of music. NHS (president), Scouts, EHS, WorldQuest, UIL Social Studies and Ready Writing… some other random stuff I can’t remember atm
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none D:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots through Scouts and NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: Drumline drumline drumline. Trips abroad. Scout stuff. But mostly drumline.
[<em>] Essays: Common App – about how Kerouac’s On the Road and my study of jazz improvisation helped shape my worldview. Supplement – about an intimidating performing experience that showed me how much I love being outside my comfort zone. I was really proud of my essays at the time, but I don’t know now… 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read. One was probably amazing; one might’ve been amazing but could have been eh.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I know her a bit, but she has like 150 students and doesn’t know me very well. Haven’t read it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t get one.
[</em>] Other: I sent in supplementary materials - two marimba solos and an ensemble composition.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Applied as undecided. Mistake?
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Really competitive public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pasty white
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hahahaha… ha
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, essays, essays. Also, I’m nationally recognized on a weird instrument.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Pretty scattered ECs, not a lot of leadership or community service, few major awards, no clear focus with what I want to do with my life
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was a strong applicant number-wise, so they didn’t reject me. I think. Maybe? Whatever.</p>[/li]
<p>Also, I had some updates about a national music competition that I did really well at, among other things, that I sent in right after Thanksgiving; however, I didn’t get a confirmation email until yesterday. It’s possible that the updates could have pushed it over the edge, but who knows? argh
[/ul]General Comments:
I’ve gotten over my initial disappointment. Getting accepted early without having saved the world or been hooked was a stretch from the beginning. Hopefully I’ll get lucky in April… four months from now…</p>
<p>Accepted! Stats to come; sorry for the delay.</p>
<p>I was Deferred </p>
<p>SAT:2260
GPA (UW): 3.7
AP’s: Spanish Lit (5), Spanish Language (4), Biology (5), US history (3… didn’t report)
SAT2: US History (750), Bio (740)</p>
<p>Awards: National Merit Semi Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold 2008, 2010, Silver 2009, Writers Prize (as a freshman), All-District (lacrosse) 2010, AP Honors Scholar </p>
<p>ECs: 2 sport varsity athlete, class president, peer leader, church leadership team, founder of a non-profit that focuses on HIV in the Dominican Republic</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone :)</p>
<p>For my son, with his approval</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Bio, 740 US Hist, 780 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/370 (Val)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 by end of JR yr, 555554, and 4 more in senior year (school only offers 12)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 more APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (event captain, 11,12), state champion, TOC bid, won a number of tournaments; Co-founder of community youth Shakespeare program; MUN (Co-president); Enviro Club (President), Mock Trial (Co-President) Piano, 10 years; participated in state-level concerto competitions, Interact, NHS, Gay-Straight Alliance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: data entry for educational testing company (9,10)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church Youth Group, service at a local business that markets fair trade products
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camp, summer research program at local university, TASP
[<em>] Essays: Seemed solid; they took a lot of time
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Unknown due to waiver
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unknown due to waiver
[</em>] Additional Rec: NA
[li] Interview: Seemed pleasant, not particularly hard hitting; nothing special.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Intl relations/polic sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): UT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: MYOB
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good scores, geography
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not breathtaking
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: As good as stats as anybody, but nothing stands out among the amazing SCEA applicants.
[/ul]General Comments:
Its tough out there folks.</p>
<p>Ohhh and 250 plus service hours</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 800 W, 770 M)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 USH, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/190
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 on Physics SL, 5 on Psych SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A bunch of APs and IBs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Um. Not too much here. Forensics national tournaments, Youth in Government national awards, regional/state research awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics (Captain), Youth in Government (President, high state position), co-founded Junior Forensics (for middle schools) in the state, NHS (President), Physics Club (President), Tennis, SC All-State Math Team, Research
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None really. Spent a summer as a research assistant at local university, but that’s it.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor regularly through Physics Club, various NHS things as well. Didn’t put any of this on my app though.
[</em>] Summer Activities: NFL Nationals, CONA, summer research internship, forensics camp
[<em>] Essays: Good, I guess? They really emphasized my multi-cultural background/interest in diversity. In retrospect, I felt like they overlapped too much and discussed the same parts of my personality. I really liked my Why Yale.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From my research mentor.
[<em>] Interview: It was pretty good. Kinda awkward, but mainly because it was my first one ever.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeppers
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics/EPE maybe
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hahahaha.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, multi-culturalism? No clue.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Very spread out interests, Asian
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Luck of the draw.
[/ul]General Comments:
This is seriously a dream come true. There are a lot of deferred and rejected applicants out there with fantastic credentials. You guys *will</em> get in somewhere good.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2350 (single-sitting)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take.
[<em>] SAT II: 800, 800, 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW: 3.96 W: 4.65-ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but at least top 4%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (self-studied), 5, 5, 5, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, Economics, Health
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, several regional and national writing awards/honorable mentions
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Co-Captain), Math Enrichment Program, Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial, intra-HS Honor Society (really hard to get into).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, helping at school library, ushering at plays, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Prestigious writing programs; taught English to foreigners; catching up on TV!
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay could definitely only be written by me. Very creative and flows really nicely. Supplemental essay also pretty unique/creative. I think my essays were one of the highlights of my app, though Why Yale was perhaps rather generic.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived rights. I’d assume pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t really know me but enthusiastic and wanted me to get in.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: Eh. Decent, not extraordinary.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>]Intended Major: Undecided.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Huge, very competitive and well-regarded public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Writing awards, essays, SATs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of other strong ECs? Nothing really stood out I guess.
[</em>] Why you think you were deferred: Like I said, I guess nothing stood out. It’s frustrating not knowing whether I was like in the top 10% of deferred applicants or closer to the bottom. Did I just miss getting accepted, or was I barely taken out of the reject pile? I told my mom I sorta wished they deferred fewer kids, but, as she responded, and as is true–of course I wouldn’t feel that way if they DID defer fewer and I were rejected![/ul]
General Comments:
My friend was rejected and it was sort of awkward. She was crying… When I saw Silverturtle got deferred I actually was like “Silverturtle–no way!” out loud. (I really don’t mean to make you feel bad silverturtle; it’s just that you’ve done so much for the CC community, are very intelligent and articulate, and I’m sure would enrich Yale.) After seeing how many amazing applicants were deferred and rejected, I don’t feel so bad. I’m sure we’ll ALL end up somewhere amazing for us, and a year from now, at our new schools, we’ll be having a great time–whether we’re at Yale or not. I wish everyone luck in the rest of their admissions process and congratulations to the accepted students! I told my aunt I wasn’t devastated about it at all, and she said, “Good, you shouldn’t be. Now you just have to do more apps, right?” I responded, “Yeah–that’s the devastating part!!!”</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200: 760 CR, 670 M, 770 W
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Lit, 670 Math II, 620 Chem (I don’t want to talk about it)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/430ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), Lang/Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit/Comp, Speech & Debate, AP Spanish IV, AP Calculus AB, AP US Gov, Current World Issues, AP Psych, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years XC (3 letters), National Honor Society (Secretary both years), Church, Medical Explorers (VP), Respect Team, Link Crew, Senior Class Treasurer, Hi-Q (Secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: very few hours Ushering at a local performing arts center in my freshman year… so basically nothing
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 130 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer Counselor at Music Camp for elementary school kids, various other volunteering… nothing really exciting, unfortunately.
[</em>] Essays: My personal statement was pretty average. However, I thought both of my actual essays were good-- I poured my heart and soul into the supplement essay. Why Yale was probably a little cheesy.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: both of my Junior year AP teachers, both of whom I had a great relationship with; haven’t seen either
[</em>] Counselor Rec: haven’t seen fully
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, not competitive at all; my test scores are probably top 5 in my graduating class and I was one of two NMS Commended students; less than half of our class goes to college.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I thought saying I was of Hispanic origin because I’m 1/16 Mexican would be a tad dishonest.
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Income Bracket: about 80k.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope, unless a pretty rural location that is probably underrepresented counts at all… which I doubt it does.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, hopefully recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: my school’s BS graduation requirement classes that sucked up my transcript, test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: It’s obvious looking at everyone’s stats that I wouldn’t be accepted; what I’m wondering is why I was even deferred… I think it’s pretty miraculous, and while obviously it wasn’t my first-choice outcome, I’m happy.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations, future Yalies! And seriously, I feel disgustingly inadequate reading about all of your awesomeness. As for me, I hope that my drastically more rigorous senior course load will work in my favor in this next round, but really I’m just ready to try to put it all out of my mind for a few months (not that I’ll succeed!). Also, please don’t laugh at my pathetic stats :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290: CR720 M800 W770
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math2 800, Physics 780, World History 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/536
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Music Theory (5), Physics–self studied–(5), US History (5), World History (4), English Lang&Comp (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full schedule, 5 AP classes including multivariable calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd place at Intel ISEF (I used fractals as a method for music analysis), winner of a military band concerto competition, all-state musician, other local/regional awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (treasurer, president, class representative), Jazz Ensemble (president), Science Olympiad, Math Team (secretary), National Honor Society, community orchestra, two community wind ensembles, USY youth group,
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: through Interact Club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boston University Tanglewood Institute wind ensemble and workshop, National High School Music Institute (Northwestern), two-week Hebrew language immersion program
[<em>] Essays: I really liked my commonapp essay. I talked about my passion for both math and music. My supplement essay was pretty good, but not as unique.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 good, 1 GREAT
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I assume it was good. I didn’t read it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Music and Applied Math
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] School Type: Average public school (approx. 2200 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 Hispanic, 1/2 White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, legacy (mother and sister attended)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, awards in both music and science, great teacher rec
[</em>] Weaknesses: Supplement essay, SAT critical reading score,
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Showed my passion for pursuing studies in both math and music.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow, this is surreal.</p>
<p>Where alse are the deferred applying now? Seems like a huge % were deferred (and discouraged)</p>
<p>@redzerb: I play ice hockey.</p>