<p>Sorry for the lateness.
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2260, 790 CR, 770 W, 700 Math
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 710 Math II, 760 U.S. History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s, one 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APs: econ, english, physics B, spanish 6, calc BC, and statistics; band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP); various county wide/state wide ensembles on flute (section leader); theater; quiz bowl; writing; crochet; learning guitar
[ *] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: NHS
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: I think they were good, maybe to cutesy/funny?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ ] Additional Rec: very good (2nd teacher)
[ ] Interview: good I think?
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
[ *] Intended Major: Math
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, rank, extracurriculars maybe?
[ ] Weaknesses: no steady job or internship, don’t have a hook or stand out much
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: There were better EA applicants- they stood out more, perhaps.
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I’m really hoping for a RD acceptance!</p>
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<p>Thank you, EM</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 M, 800 W, 730 CR)</p>
<p>[ *] SAT II: 740 Biology M, 790 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 770 US History</p>
<p>[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>
<p>[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/685</p>
<p>[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang&Comp (5)</p>
<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, BC Calculus, AP English Lit&Comp, Orchestra, AP French IV, AP Biology, AP Macro, AP Gov’t</p>
<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 10th in National French Test, top 4 at Regional French Contests</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of swimming and cello. Sectionals in swimming and top orchestra at Houston Youth Symphony</p>
<p>[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Recycling, NHS Tutoring, </p>
<p>[ *] Summer Activities: lots of swimming</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: CommonApp one was about how all the theories of specializing in one trade to insure economic success conflicts with other theories of the importance of diversification. Yale Personal Statement was about how I helped a friend deal with grief of a significant other.</p>
<p>[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but I hope they would be good. I was a top student in both of my teachers’ classes but was also kind of a goofball, so that could go both ways.</p>
<p>[ *] Counselor Rec: Counselor seems sort of clueless, so hopefully this wasn’t bad.</p>
<p>[ *] Interview: I thought it went okay; first interview. The man interviewing me seemed somewhat impressed that I have to swim at 5:30 every morning and that I had time to cook stuff with friends every now and then, and have a girlfriend.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope</p>
<p>[ *] Intended Major: Biochemistry</p>
<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):TX </p>
<p>[ *] School Type: Public, somewhat competitive but LOL TEXAS.</p>
<p>[ *] Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ *] Income Bracket: High enough that I feel guilty and don’t want to say.</p>
<p>[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: Being a well-rounded person instead of an overly anal kid who obsesses with school and whatnot</p>
<p>[ *] Weaknesses: Jack of all trades, but master of none, I guess. I didn’t have any amazing academic awards or do research over the summer or anything like that. I just do my homework, fry chicken with bros, swim, play cello, and play Skyrim.</p>
<p>[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Nothing that really stands out.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:**
I used to be worried about decisions like you, until I took a Skyrim in the knee. Honestly, I’ve already sent everything out, and worrying about them won’t increase my chances, so I may as well forget they exist.</p>
<p>Rachout.
To me you are amazing and very much fits among those accepted. I have a feeling you’ll hear the better news (of being accepted to Yale RD). I know that’s just me but I do sincerely hope that comes true for you.
Cheers.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Won’t be posting stats until April, at least.</p>
<p>sorry it’s so late. i love these threads - makes you realize how many wonderful people are out there - one setback doesn’t mean you’re not just as good as everyone else!
Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 Math 780 Writing 770
[</em>] SAT II: Lit 750, Math II 720, US History 740, Chinese 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, WGPA 4.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% - not official, school doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5 Chinese, US Govt, US and World History, Music Theory, Lang, 4 - Envir. Science
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, foundations of tech (required), AP Chem double pd (w/ lab), AP Lit, honors orchestra, AP Spanish lang
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM commended, a bunch of music awards, only 1 national scholarship, few national chinese awards for academics and community service[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (VP), Dance club (VP), Spanish Honor Society (Treasurer), Math & Science & National Honor Society, Piano, Flute, Chinese, Church
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Solo flutist at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theater, freelance Piano accompanist
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: summer camp counselor, English teacher in rural taiwan, Library of Congress research & management, Human resources volunteer, small stuff like local library assistant, day care assistant, etc, about 1000 community service hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: went to taiwan to teach as listed above, mostly comm. service
[<em>] Essays: on taiwan teaching exp. (almost everyone in the program wrote about it - helping ‘disadvantaged’ kids), love of piano/ want to be a musician
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: don’t know, good but probably not stellar as teachers know me well but not personally
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very nice, probably more specific than teacher recs
[</em>] Interview: not catastrophic but probably brushed off as mediocre, focused too much on only a couple of ECAs
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: music, double major in chinese
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 80-10K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: academics - but everyone has those
[</em>] Weaknesses: ethnicity - heard horror stories about reverse discrimination against asians, no hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: see weaknesses; nothing “special” ethnicity, or work/comm. service-wise, didn’t found a philanthropic organization (nothing against those, but i’m not an assertive leader-type)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats and good luck no matter what the decision was! everyone who takes the time to go through these will go far in life. 
follow your dreams and don’t take no for an answer.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Will post stats in April</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): did not take
[</em>] ACT: 33 (English + Reading 34, Math 29, Science 33)
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish 730, Bio M 710 (did not study -.-), Bio E 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, but that’s not first two years of HS (went to Czech HS, average something like 1.3 with 1 being the best, around 14 subjects each semester, all three sciences for at least six years in MS+HS combined 8 year program)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking, but would probably be top 5%
[</em>] AP: did not take
[<em>] IB: Predicted scores: English A1 HL (6), Spanish B HL (7), History SL (6-7), Biology HL (7), Math SL (6), Chemistry HL (7); full IB prediction: 42-3
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB above (plus, uhm, “IT as a profession” and “Vocal workshop” to satisfy school credits since I wasn’t there before junior year)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of debate - 2 world’s championships (11th best ESL speaker), 2nd place at Europeans (+16th best speaker), good results at other major international tournaments (Youth Forum, Heart of Europe, IPPF), nationals winner (+ somewhat debate coach, youngest accredited adjudicator in the Czech Republic); Prague Student Summit nation-wide conference (4th year, 6 months every year) 2xMUN (best delegation award), 2x Model NATO (best delegate award); piano (9 years); choir/solo singing (6/2 years); horseback riding (5 years); biology club (founder+leader); Student council (6 years, previous school, so…); work in genetic lab; school magazine…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: not quite -.- (English tutoring, but nothing big)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: archeology + conservation at a castle, arts and crafts camp assistant, microfinance club with school-wide fundraising, treeplanting trips (founder and organizer)
[<em>] Summer Activities: the above (plus a lot of debate)
[</em>] Essays: 1st on how being a Czech influences me (my counselor was like “meeeh…but there’s so much more to you! you should rewrite this for your other colleges”); Yale essay on being a rebel of a sort (going against everyone to get scholarship for IB at international school etc.); “Why Yale” and short takes: um, I enjoyed them and thought they were rather good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see either; Math (he likes me and I’m one of the best in class) + Bio (did Extended Essay in biology, so that was 3 month experiment + quite some writing; also got book award, so it was probably good .) )
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, but probably good since we talk a lot and she’s really experienced
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: didn’t get one (Central Europe -.-)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: for sure, but I also have outside scholarship that will cover almost half every year
[</em>] Intended Major: Double major - Biology (molecular genetics) + International studies/politics
[<em>] Country: Czech Republic
[</em>] School Type: MS + 1st + 2nd year of HS - Czech public school, one of best in country; junior+senior year - small international with IB, private (95% scholarship)
[<em>] Ethnicity: very Slavic ,)
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: cca 45k USD (quite above average here, but less than Ivy fees .D)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope…or…helping post-communist countries?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: dedication, “yaliness” and drive coming through, good academics (IB), debate+MUN, okay scores (given I’m as far from native speaker as one could be), recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores compared to everyone else .P lack of work experience, not too much volunteering, some would say my essays weren’t that amazing…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: oh my. I may probably be a good match mindset-wise and 2400 does not make or break the deal… but I feel bad about regional quota probably playing a role…[/li] [/ul]General Comments: This is really hard to believe and I’m really excited about all of it (I’m madly bluebooking, going through all the extracurriculars and everything Yale has to offer). Good luck to all deferred and RD!</p>
<p>Sorry to see some great students rejected or deferred from your preferred school. Excellent things will happen for you in the long run so keep the faith that merit is rewarded in life. I can’t understand how subtle the subjective decision is made. I hope the deferred make it in RD. good luck</p>
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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 750, M 740, W 720<br>
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:800 Math 2, 800 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t give us a gpa.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macroecon (5) Microecon (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ISC Science Stream (Physics, Chemistry, Math) with English and Economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several national awards for debate and Model UN, including HMUN China. Several state-level awards for theatre as actor and director.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (4 years) (Junior and senior year - director, writer) Debate (3 years) (Junior and senior year - Principal speaker), Model UN (4 years)( Sophomore year - director of GA in home MUN) I spent much time participating in these 3 activities. i have also received remuneration on two occasions for voicing a character in a national tv series and for serving as Asst. Director for 3 productions with a local theater company.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: mentioned above.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: tutored at a school for underprivileged children every saturday since junior year.
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: I think i made my big error here. rectified it for RD. common app essay was on evaluating how i have changed over the past year in terms of what i give value to in my life. it wasn’t written with the kind of specificity it may have required - thus probably coming across as blah. my supplement was very good! it was about going on school trips for national debates and model UNs and learning alot from my friends and teachers. i was very happy with it!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both of them were very good. one from my debate coordinator - who has also incidentally taught me geography from 7th grade to 10th grade. she really likes me so i trust it wud have gone well. the second from my chemistry teacher who told me he highlighted my interest in science and the arts.
[ *] Counselor Rec: slightly generic. though she did tell me that she wrote about how i arranged the finances for HMUN china, which was the first ever international competition that our school had participated in.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: went well. I told him about the plays that i had written and my favorite characters from them. i’d rate it between above average and outstanding.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type: Private, sends about 3-4 kids to ivies every year.
[ *] Ethnicity:asian
[ *] Gender:m
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): both my parents didnt go to college, though my brother did: Penn '10
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: extracurriculars. I think i really showed my passion for theatre as well as the initiative i have taken outside the classroom and outside school activities too! Kind of bummed out about not getting to explore the brilliant opportunities at yale in terms of theatre! 
recommendations i think.
i think my supplements (short answers and essay) may have been strengths.
[ ] Weaknesses: academics are okay-ish. my common app essay may have screwed me over.
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i honestly didnt expect a rejection. i thought a deferral at worst, so this is kind of a shock! but it’s okay, life moves on. ive never been into the whole HYP hype - but Yale was special. their theatre, film and english depts. are insane! woud have loved to be a part of it!
[ /list][ b]General Comments: fingers crossed for Pomona ed 2! to all applicants who have been deferred, don’t worry, look forward to march with hope. to acceptees - CHERISH WHAT YOU HAVE. to my fellow rejectees, think of this as a boost to working harder once you reach whichever college you do! </p>
<p>:S now back to studying for my ISC. yay.</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2170
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770 USH, 800 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych, Lang, Calc, German, all 5s.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Committed to my math activities.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work at McDonald’s.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 532 hours at homeless shelter.
[ *] Summer Activities: Golf.
[ *] Essays: REALLY good.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think both were fantastic.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Bad.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: Solid.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[ *] Intended Major: Economics.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Female.
[ ] Income Bracket: Irrelevant.
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think so…
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: I really shined in my essays.
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Can’t wait to be a Yalie!!!</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED
Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): CR 790 Math 720 Writing 710/ ACT 35
• SAT II: BIO 780, Math II 800, US History 800, Chem 790
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6, WGPA 4.1
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
• AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5 US History, English Lang,
• Senior Year Course Load: Calc, AP Chem double pd (w/ lab), AP French, English honors, advanced video, Nueroscience double period (w/lab)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM finalist, a bunch of music awards, only 1 national scholarship, few national chinese awards for academics and community service
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Karate black belt and self-defense instructor, Football - varsity 3 yrs., Literary Magazine (Editor), Humor magazine (Editor), Service Club (Leader), School Plays (6 so far)
• Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/ babysitter/yard work
• Volunteer/Community service: over 1000 community service hours
• Summer Activities: went to France but mostly work and comm. service
• Essays: on French trip experience and love of neuroscience/ pretty good
• Teacher Recommendation: don’t know, but probably good
• Counselor Rec: very nice, probably more specific than teacher recs
• Interview: went well
Other• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: neuroscience and English lit
• State (if domestic applicant): MO
• School Type: private
• Ethnicity: Asian & White
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: 80-90K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection• Strengths: test scores - but everyone has those
• Weaknesses: g.p.a.
• Why you think you were deferred: see weaknesses; nothing “special” ethnicity
General Comments: Congratulations and good luck to all of us! Whether we got in or not is less important to how we were shaped along the journey. Corny, yes. But I do believe it.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, Biology E, Physics B
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/168
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, Comp, Calc BC, Spanish, Psychology, Biology, Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macro/Micro, AP Chemistry, Multivariable Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track (captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NAACP
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours in a soup kitchen
[<em>] Summer Activities: R&R
[</em>] Essays: I think they were okay, but I’m not sure.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great. Read both.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ok. I’ve never talked to her before.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: STEM
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, parents HS dropouts.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good scores, GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: Bad essays, no leadership, no extracurriculars, no awards.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Lack of extracurriculars?
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>SCEA Results closed for the Class of 2016.</p>