Official Yale Class of 2016 RD Results Thread

flyingtomato · March 29, 2012, 8:53pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 1 sitting ( 800 math, 780 cr, 800 w)
(2210 and 2240 first 2 times)
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 physics b, 5 statistics, 5 ush
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP spanish, AP micro/macroecnomics, AP physics C e/m and mechanics, honors college english, AP Calculus BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, a bunch of randoms, brown book award, scholar athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): deca (president 12), mathletes (president 11 and 12), selective college math program, chinese language independent study, interact, spanish and national honor societies, msg varsity reporter, more small ones
[] Job/Work Experience: sleep-away camp counselor, staff assistant at SAT prep course
[] Volunteer/Community service: through clubs
[] Summer Activities: camp/camp counselor
[] Essays: good, could go either way. about being well-rounded and balance in social life and academics.
[] Teacher Recommendation: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Counselor Rec: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: good interview self-scheduled online on-campus, no regular interview

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Semi-Large Public (~1800 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+, no FA is all i know really
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, grades, very well rounded, recs?
[] Weaknesses: not extremely specialized, not exceptional in one particular area really for a hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows really
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dartmouth (LL), brown, duke, vanderbilt, UVA echols, michigan/ross preferred admit, NYU Stern, rejected yale and princeton, waitlisted Wharton, haven’t heard from Harvard (deferred EA)

[/ul]General Comments: excited for college

Calexico · March 29, 2012, 9:00pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Expected. I’m upset that it took 1.75 hours for the decision to appear though.

Admitted: Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, USC, Berkeley, Michigan, UConn
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, MIT
Waitlisted: Brown

dariceguy13 · March 29, 2012, 11:36pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (750 W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 780 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t calculate but 3.96 (1 B in PE, 1 B in calc 1)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send. Chem: 4, Calc and Bio: 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 1st Sem - Multivariable Calculus, Graphic Novels, History of Philosophy, Chamber Choir, Calculus-Based Physics: Mechanics, Organic Chemistry I, French III; 2nd Sem - Object-Oriented Programming, Film Studies, Calculus-Based Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, Organic Chemistry II, French III, Chamber Choir, Outdoor and Indoor Games
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Semifinalist, University of Toronto National Biology Scholar with Distinction (29th place)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Acapella, student newspaper, speech team, JETS, summer research, summer music volunteering project, scholastic bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Summer research, summer music volunteering project, summer hospital volunteering
[] Summer Activities: ^look here
[] Essays: Common app was pretty good, pretty funny, about my personal philosophy of honesty, why yale was about acapella, supp was about looking past first impressions through a story about my grandfather’s chinese instrument, the erhu
[] Teacher Recommendation: Science was probably really good, english was probably decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Decent or ok.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Pretty good. I think I showed my humor.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >400k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I was honest.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Stats
[] Weaknesses: Nothing really thaaat spectacular.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Got in just because they thought i was a good fit i guess. just look at everything above. Nothing that great.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UPenn, UIUC, and Dartmouth, Waitlisted at Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UChicago, Caltech, Rejected at MIT and Harvard, Still waiting for Stanford, but probably Yale bound!

[/ul]General Comments:
Honestly didn’t think I would get in, not because I don’t think I deserve it or anything (though not that I deserve it more than other applicants), just that I didn’t think my apps were that great and I didn’t have anything special. But I wrote with my voice and displayed my true self, and that’s how I got in!

jkreine · March 29, 2012, 11:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 790 US Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/200
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on 3 exams
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Congressional Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of two sports teams, student body president, four year class representative, Editor in Chief of my school’s political journal. My passion is increasing the number of women in politics, so have worked for the White House Project and Emily’s List
[] Job/Work Experience: See above
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: Interned for Nancy Pelosi, Interned for Barbara Boxer the other one
[] Essays: Superb
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Phenomenal [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Stanford (likely letter), Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD[/li]Rejected: Nowhere- wow!

[/ul]General Comments:
I’m going to Princeton!

StephanieH · March 30, 2012, 12:24am

Decision: Waitlisted

Blehhh.

tarakn12 · March 30, 2012, 12:29am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): I never took it soooo
[] ACT: 33 composite
[] SAT II: 640 in Literature and a 720 in US History. I do not believe I reported these.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 49
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): There are not AP classes at my school (too small :/)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Ditto for IB
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, Physics, Personal Finance, Sociology, Calculus, College English, Spanish IV, Agriculture Communications
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National FFA Band Member and nothing else, unless you want to count State placings in Radio Speaking, Band, and Science Olympiad.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Howard County Fair Queen (2011), Student Council (President, Junior Class Rep), NHS (VP), Junior Class President (2011), Math and Science Club (President), International Student Exchange (President), Drama and Speech (VP), Spanish Club, Falcon Club, Band (Section Leader and First Chair for 4 years), FFA, Academic Bowl (Captain), Track, and Cross Country. There are other minor things that I just cannot think of right at the moment.
[] Job/Work Experience: I lifeguard during the summer months and I work at Dairy Queen during the rest of the year.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I spent one summer Volunteering at the hospital, but I spend around an hour a day teaching my uncles to read and write English. (My parents are Afghani immigrants.)
[] Summer Activities: Life guarded, volunteered, became Fair Queen, and hung out with my friends.
[] Essays: Common App: I wrote about how I am the first woman in my family to receive any education ever. In it, I talk about how I want to show my people that women are just as capable as men. I also end it with a quote in transliteration form that my mother says in Pashto to me.
Additional Essay: My father is a translator for the US Military and I haven’t seen him for two years. He is coming home for graduation and in this essay, I talk about how I grew since he left and end with something about how I am scared to see how much we both have changed, but am excited to see him.
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were probably pretty good. One was from a teacher I have had since 2nd grade and the other was from my science teacher who is basically my actual friend friend.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty generic. He never really liked me too much.
[] Additional Rec: I never sent one.
[] Interview: I thought it was pretty bad. Like I accidently spit on her bad. I guess she wasn’t too upset though. :)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Rural Public School and VERRYY small. About 200 kids total.
[] Ethnicity: Afghani
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 200,000 ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Afghani, I speak Pashto fluently, and am the first woman to ever attend any schooling.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays and my extra curriculars
[] Weaknesses: My lack of AP classes and lack of SAT score. But I suppose that doesnt matter anymore.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was because of my ethnicity, my leadership skills, and the uniqueness of where I live. My town is very tiny and I am definitely breaking the norm by leaving the state, let alone applying here.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was also accepted into Mizzou and Harvard. I never applied anywhere else because Harvard was an SCEA acceptance.

[/ul]General Comments:

Sorry about any misspellings. I am typing this super fast.

I am really freaking happy right now!! Who would have thought this would be me? I live in such a small community, this is nuts. ::)))))

But on another note, no matter what happened, keep in mind one thing. You will do great things no matter what happens. You don’t need them, so show the world what your made of and work hard. I have full confidence that all of us will succeed no matter where we go to college.

ribalto · March 30, 2012, 12:35am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 33 (35 E, 34 M, 35 R, 29 S, 12 W)
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 of 116
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), USH (5), Psychology (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP CalcAB, AP Euro, AP EnvSci, Speech/Debate 4, Library Worker
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) Participant, State Champion in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) Debate, NMF, National Hispanic Scholar, NCTE Excellence in Writing Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech/Debate (Co-captain), Improv Comedy (Co-captain), Creative Writing, V Swimming (Co-captain), Wikipedia Worker, National Litmag (Editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: City Youth Council, Habitat for Humanity
[] Summer Activities: TASP! :), reading and writing, visiting family
[] Essays: CommonApp about improv comedy, Yale Supp about debate. I liked 'em.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): LA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public, non-charter
[] Ethnicity: Latino/Middle-Eastern
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Up-Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1/2-URM, TASP, Geography[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Hooks, Essays, ECs
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Class Rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. My stats might not have been high enough; it’s really just a crapshoot.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rice (Trustee Scholar), UNC, USC (Presidential Scholar), UMich, UMiami, LSU. Waitlisted: N/A. Rejected: Just Yale, although I’m hearing from Stanford tomorrow and not optimistic about that one, lol.

[/ul]General Comments: I am most likely going to Rice and very happy with how things turned out, in spite of this decision. Congratulations to everyone accepted; to people rejected like me, don’t lose any sleep over it tonight. It’s not a measure of anything significant, and you’re no less of a person because you didn’t get in. Just think of it this way: George W. Bush went to Yale, and Lula never went to college. We can probably agree on who turned out to be the better person between the two of them… :)

sauternety36 · March 30, 2012, 12:43am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800CR, 790M, 800W), one take
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96% (no 4.0 scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank, but 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc AB
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Maximum course load, took most difficult academic courses offered
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Canadian National Impact Microcredit Entrepreneurship Competition (National Scholarship Award/one of two winners), Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition (Silver Award), numerous school academic + volunteer awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started a foundation to provide microloans and donations for families in developing countries to start businesses by selling arts crafts (President, Founder, 2 years), Student Council Vice President (joined for 5 years), Junior Achievement Vice President of Sales and Marketing (student-initiated company), Model UN Club President (joined for 3 years), Varsity Badminton (3 years, silver at city champs)
[] Job/Work Experience: two business internships, summer job at an Exhibition for 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at senior home for 3 years (piano accompanist), administrative volunteer at a women’s organization (1.5 years), teen mentor for elementary school students (1 year),
[] Summer Activities: Internships, hosted a benefit concert and other fundraising activities for my foundation, volunteering, work
[] Essays: Common App was unique but a little risky (it was about my illiterate grandmother), Yale supplement was great (about my uncle and one of my ECs)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read any, but one of them was definitely awesome (my teacher ran over the word limit)
[] Counselor Rec: Read it, very flattering
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): (International)
[] Country (if international applicant):Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None at all![/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique ECs, strong stats, good essays, great recs
[] Weaknesses: Lack of APs (school didn’t offer many), Asian, International
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Yale, Penn (Wharton), Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, Bowdoin, Colgate, McGill
Waitlisted: Williams
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea - I really didn’t expect anything at all, especially from such a prestigious school, since I am ORM + International + never got an interview!

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all those who are accepted! I am still trying to decide between Yale and Wharton, which is super super super hard! Anyway, good luck to you all!

Caperi · March 30, 2012, 12:57am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 CR)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio, 700 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (otherwise DNR)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (school uses honors in lieu of AP)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (editor in chief), Robotics (captain), Diplomacy club (president), Mock Trial, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer lab research at UPenn
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, TA at local sunday school
[] Summer Activities: Above mentioned hospital volunteer, travel, above mentioned lab research
[] Essays: Outstanding
[] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[] Additional Rec: Solid
[li] Interview: Went decently well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Foreign born immigrant (but at age 2)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Teacher recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing really stands out I guess, which you need for HYP
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, WashU, PSU (Schreyer Honors), Pitt (Honors)
Waitlisted: Harvard, UChicago, CMU (CS)
Rejected: Princeton, Yale

[/ul]General Comments: Probably going to be attending UPenn, and I’ll take a shot at my #1 choice Harvard’s waitlist. Good luck to everyone!

susurrous · March 30, 2012, 1:04am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): First sitting–CR|800; M|710; W|750 (Essay|11); Second sitting – CR|790; M|790; W|730 (Essay|10) Superscored: 2340
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Math II|800; Chemistry|760; U.S. History|760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk our school does it weirdly.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/500 or so
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on all 10 APs: Human Geography, World History, Chemistry, Art History, Drawing Portfolio, English Lang & Comp, U.S. History, Calc AB, Stats, Psychology (self-studied)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit & Comp, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Gov/AP Microecon, AP Spanish V, PAP Physics, AP 2D Art Portfolio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2X winner at Art UIL-sort-of-thing only in TX (V.A.S.E) with $200 and $600 scholarships in 10th and 11th grade respectively; $2500 Young Masters Grant (only in TX) to study art each summer for three years; bunch of other state art awards; national merit finalist; won 2 national gold medals in Scholastics in 12th grade but did not put that on my app.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP in National Art Honor Society and Art Club; VP of Spanish Honor Society, NHS, Student Council, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: started tutoring refugee children in 12th grade, helped with autistic children for a while, various church jobs/volunteer hours. Not too much community service in my opinion, only around 100 hours.
[] Summer Activities: attended MICA pre-college 2010, took sophomore painting classes in 2011
[] Essays: ***ing terrible. lmao. Its what got me rejected, if i had to surmise.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I have no clue, but they should be good-ish. I’m rather aloof, so I was not buddies with them.
[] Counselor Rec: No reasons not be bad, but I don’t know her.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): S. Korea. Lived here 9 years, still international.
[] School Type: Middle-sized suburban public high school
[] Ethnicity: AZN
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook for being ORM![/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: art. grades/score.
[] Weaknesses: **TY, *ty essays. I was so burned out I ended up turning whatever in and wanted to kick myself so hard after a month or so. Not much extracurriculars either. They could probably see that I was a passive follower, not a leader.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above reasons.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted into dartmouth, waitlisted at columbia and princeton, re-jected from brown and yale. [/li]
[/ul]General Comments: It’s funny how un-disappointed I am. I dreamt about Yale since eighth grade. I thought I was going to cry for hours if I got rejected, but I hardly teared up when I saw it and felt okay instantly afterwards. I have a lot to say but I think getting rejected was for the best. I am going to shoot for Yale for my graduate school… getting rejected definitely gave me a goal to work towards to, and also brought my ego a notch down. I feel that I would’ve become intolerably haughty if I had been accepted. I believe all worked out to be the best. I can confidently say that I am content… well, 99.9% content. I’m secretly wishing Princeton will take me in. hehe.

ConnorDurkin · March 30, 2012, 1:15am

Decision: Deferred SEA–> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT:33
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/564
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB (5), US History (5), Bio (5), Literature (5), language (5), Euro (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load:PE, AP Government, Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, UW English 131
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, NROTC Scholarship @Yale
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Boy Scouts, Trombone, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed and more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Dicks Sporting goods (500 or so hours)
[] Volunteer/Community service:Boy Scouts (700 hours)
[] Summer Activities: Boy Scouts (Philmont etc.) Working a lot.
[] Essays: Best things I have ever written. I revised for about two months.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both really sincere and well written.
[] Counselor Rec: Didnt see.
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t have.
[li] Interview: I think it went well. Nothing super special.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large(ish) public, not competitive at all (first Yale acceptance ever!!!)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 130
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The essays and the NROTC scholarship.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores/non competitive high school.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted: WashU, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Tulane. Accepted: USC, UW, Duke, Wharton Rejected: Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Princeton.

[/ul]General Comments: I think the NROTC scholarship here really helped. These stats are really not detailed and do not do justice to my application but this is a testament to how much a creative/holistic application can really help. I AM SO EXCITED. Happiest moment of my life.

pazzazz10 · March 30, 2012, 1:23am

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (680 - M, 680 - CR, 760 - W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 680 - USH, 700 - BIO
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/693
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Biology, AB Calc, Psych, Lang, USH, World H, Art H
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP - Econ, Stat, ES, Lit, Gov, Euro
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Model UN (VP), Varsity Tennis (cap’n), Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign (founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Law firm, paralegal
[] Volunteer/Community service: teen pregnancy prevention campaign
[] Summer Activities: debate camp, internships
[] Essays: why yale was written in phrases (loving yale because… sipping oolong at a master tea…etc), supp was about struggle with identity as Muslim and Bengali
[] Teacher Recommendation: AB Calc (I think it was excellent), Lang/MUN Supervisor (very excellent)
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec: partner at law firm
[] Interview: I thought it went very poorly! The women grilled me with questions, a few of which I was unprepared to answer.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, suburban, public
[] Ethnicity: Bangladesh
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Overall character (recs + essays)
[] Weaknesses: TESTS
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am very surprised I was wait listed, since Yale had an 93 rejection rate and I was the lucky one of the 1001 the committee decided to vote to keep!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Georgetown SFS, UVA Echols, Wellesley, Emory, Northwestern (rejection), Duke (waitlist), Columbia (haven’t heard back yet)

karaokemachine · March 30, 2012, 1:28am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[] Essays: Why I want to be a doctor.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: My interviewer was really nice. Great interview.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[] Weaknesses: I’m too typical?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC
Waitlisted: Rice, UChicago, Cornell, U Penn
Rejected: Stanford EA, Brown, Johns Hopkins

[/ul]General Comments:
MIT 2016 <3

filomatiche · March 30, 2012, 1:56am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (710 CR, 780 M, 780 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 780, Literature 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/547
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), World History (4), United States History (4), English Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics B, AP Biology, French Level III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President), Speech and Debate (Treasurer), UIL Math/Computer Science, self learning two languages, self learning guitar, work with middle school students/the town under district leadership program
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Medical/dental clinic with a lot of patients who didn’t speak English, hospital, tutoring (including some foreign language stuff and English to ESL/immigrant students)
[] Summer Activities: See volunteer/community service.
[] Essays: Passable/good?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent. From my physics teacher and psychology teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: Really great! He knows me and my story pretty well and his letter reflected that.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Didn’t have one.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Counselor rec, ECs, female interested in computer science as a major, essays?
[] Weaknesses: Asian interested in STEM without any outstanding STEM ECs/awards, awards, and when compared to others who are qualified I’m honestly pretty average!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like I said, pretty average amongst those who are above average.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Penn (likely), Tulane EA, UT Dallas, UPitt. Waitlisted Brown. Waiting on Harvard but fully expecting a rejection.

[/ul]General Comments: I am so excited for the upcoming year and am glad I went with the strategy of only applying to schools I love. It makes every acceptance feel absolutely great, though it does leave one a bit undecided. After some thought though, I’m hoping to join the Penn Class of 2016 if it all works out. I wish all y’all the best!

rosiesteinbach · March 30, 2012, 2:13am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800CR/730M/730W)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: Horrible! 650-ish on Physics and Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4th weighted, 1st unweighted
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), Human Geography (5), AP Calculus AB
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: I applied a year early. My junior year course load is AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Stats, English 11, English 12, Economics, Governments, Spanish 3, Metals 1, Advanced Art, Health 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NSPA Design of the Year 2010[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Many years of theater, fencing, cross country, track, journalism, some other stuff I can’t remember…
[] Job/Work Experience: IT internship/employment at primate research institution, co-founder of LLC (newspaper)
[] Volunteer/Community service: GLBT advocacy, AIDS fundraising and advocacy, a few other things I also can’t remember…?
[] Summer Activities: That internship at the research center, musical theater
[] Essays: The legal fiasco I went through in my freshman year with the student newspaper that led to several policy changes, an independent newspaper and a new school principal
[] Teacher Recommendation: Calculus recommendation was good, I’m sure, but I had to use my freshman English teacher because my sophomore year teacher and I have a mutual hate-hate relationship haha
[] Counselor Rec: Really good, since she knows me from several other programs
[] Additional Rec: My journalism teacher wrote an awesome one
[li] Interview: Fine, but the lady was really stressed out and didn’t seem to be very optimistic about life in general, so it was a little bit strange[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public (2000 students, 50% Hispanic, 65% low income)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$60,000 (zero haha)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Reasonably intelligent, like 100% of the rest of the applicants
[] Weaknesses: I’m missing a senior year of classwork, I don’t exactly stand out
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely I would have been rejected after a fourth year of high school as well, but definitely not having those extra six AP classes or so didn’t help me
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Harvard, Dartmouth, U Penn, U of Southern California, U of San Francisco, U of Oregon
Waitlisted: Brown, Pitzer
Rejected: Pomona, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, MIT
Still waiting to hear from Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd and Stanford

[/ul]General Comments:
I would LOVE to go to USC and work with their prosthetics professor Fingers crossed for financial aid! Harvard is my plan B haha.

ermsypermsy · March 30, 2012, 2:25am

Decision: Deferred to Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320: M/W 800, 720 CR
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/155 last time I checked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), Chem (5), Psych (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5), Mus. Theory (5), Bio (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics II, French IV, AP Lit, AP Gov last semester, online AP Macro, dual-enrolled college calculus I and II
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Urrr… I’m a NMF? Nothing “major.”
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (ww captain, band captain), piano, oboe, youth group, NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much…
[] Summer Activities: Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (oboe), various music camps
[] Essays: Commonapp one about living in Mexico, Yale one about myself in a playlist of 8 songs. I felt good about it, but whatever… Had a blast with the short answers.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I love them! I think they love me, too…
[] Counselor Rec: No clue
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[] Interview: I had two; the on-campus one was okay, but my alumni one was amazing and we ended up talking about MarioKart and pizza

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: “Fairly well off?” no idea
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Unfortunately, none.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I felt great about my essays.
[] Weaknesses: Not very impressive ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because there were a TON of people applying. There were probably a few that were not as qualified as me, thousands around the same, and thousands more more qualified. I thought I’d be upset, but I’m really doing okay… see below for why
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Carleton, Lawrence, Macalester, Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, U. Rochester, Wellesley. Waitlisted at Haverford. Rejected from two different music schools, because I fail at auditioning. And I am among the terrified who await Stanford tomorrow.

[/ul]General Comments: I love you guys it was fun chatting with some of you last night. For my fellow rejects, I know it might be hard now, but we’ll be okay. I know we will. Yes, I loved Yale. But I am happy to be accepted at so many liberal arts schools, and I know that the current 2016 Yalies deserve their acceptances. I’m not upset about my rejection because I know just how incredible you guys are, and I sincerely mean it when I say congratulations. You won the lottery!
However… for the waitlisted: your life stinks, dudes. They are torturing you. But hey! You’re better off than the other 26,000 of us…
To the rejected deferred SCEAers… kinda wish I’d been turned down in December, a little.

cattiee · March 30, 2012, 3:33am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (CR 700, WR 710, M 690)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 710 Literature, 660 French with Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none (all my courses are AP-level, I think)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: History, Mathematics, French, English, Dutch, Latin, Art, Economics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer, vice president and secretary for student government, (copy) editor for the school newspaper, piano (won several small competitions).
[] Job/Work Experience: waitress and I work at a bookstore.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I organized a charity event at my school.
[] Summer Activities: sailing.
[] Essays: I thought they were great (writing is my strong point)
[] Teacher Recommendation: great, it made me blush
[] Counselor Rec: probably a bit generic.
[] Additional Rec: Great!
[li] Interview: went very well, it made me love Yale even more (which is why this rejection is that much harder)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): Netherlands
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150000 +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): mmm… none, I guess.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, teacher recommendation.
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I didn’t stand out, I wasn’t special enough.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from every place; I guess I’ll just study in the Netherlands then, where every university would be open for me ;)

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted!

dontmindme · March 30, 2012, 3:45am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 CR, 700 W & M)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 770 Lit, 690 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/289
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4, 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Student Body President), Debate + awards up to regional level (President), Marching Band (Head Section Leader), Concert Band + awards up to state level (1st Chair)[/li]
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Typical homeless shelter fare
[] Summer Activities: Nothing significant here either
[] Essays: I haven’t looked at them since submission…just did and I teared up. Common app about defining myself, additional essay was biographical, short responses showed my fun, quirky side
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them. I expect they were good
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see either, but she loves me.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Crappy public
[] Ethnicity: AA
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: low D:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, immigrant, is quadrilingual a word?, skilled in five instruments[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique personality, focused ECs & devotion/talent to each of them, and leadership: I pretty much run my school -.-
[] Weaknesses: Why Yale…That was a disaster lol.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs+Numbers could’ve been anyone; but I think I made myself very memorable.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: LSU Honors, Early write Swarthmore, Williams
Rejected: nowhere. I applied to four schools lol. :)

[/ul]General Comments:
I am so honored! I checked on two different computers to make sure it wasn’t a mistake lol. You really don’t have to do everything or be the “perfect” applicant to get in. I took a risk deciding to completely be myself instead of trying to be what I thought Yale was looking for and it paid off! I’m still waiting for it to sink in, but I’m amazed at the breadth and depth of fellow applicants! Yale was right - everyone is so amazing. Congrats to everyone that applied! Even those that were rejected are going to fantastic places.

gdkf5 · March 30, 2012, 9:47am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Chem, 780 Math II, 780 USH, 770 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), Euro (5), English Lang & Comp (5), USH (5), French (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Lit & Comp, AP Econ, AP Calc BC, Advanced French Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, USA Biology Olympiad (semi-finalist), Bausch + Lomb Medal, and several other school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (varsity since 10th grade), swim team, tutor co-chair of NHS, Chem Club, Chem 4 Kids, news editor/staff-writer for school newspaper, art classes, Russian language/literature lessons, member of Jewish Student Union, USY (board member of synagogues USY)
[] Job/Work Experience: Assistant gymnastics coach at the CTRGA (12th grade), JCC day care counselor (12th grade)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer rhythmic gymnastics coach since 8th grade (rhythmic gymnast until 8th grade), summer volunteer at local hospital (~60 hrs), volunteer tutor
[] Summer Activities: Camps until sophomore year, Genesis at Brandeis summer program junior year, volunteering at hospital summer before senior year
[] Essays: I thought my common app was well-written and creative; I really loved my Yale supplement, although my short takes weren’t amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didnt see either, but both should be good; one from my English teacher and one from chem teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Should be quite good
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: My best interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (first generation American)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~180,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, course load
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably just didnt stand out enough among a really strong and interesting applicant pool
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected Harvard, Princeton; Waitlisted Yale, Penn, Columbia, Hopkins; Accepted Cornell, Tufts, Brandeis, University of Rochester, UConn Honors[/li][/ul]

WhaleWhale · March 30, 2012, 10:11am

I went from deferred to rejected (my stats are on the SCEA thread)… probably because I sent my update letter 2 weeks ago. It probably didn’t help that I completely disregarded the correct procedure to write the update letter on their website…

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