Official Yale Class of 2017 SCEA Results Thread

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 (Crit) 780 (Math) 780 (Writing)- one sitting
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC/AB Subscore (5/5), Comp Sci (5),
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: * indicates Magnet level courses, FY indicates full year (two semester)
AP Macroeconomics
AP Comparative Government (FY)
AP English Literature (FY)
Biochemistry*
Computer Graphics*
Senior Research Project B *
Intro. To Physical Chemistry *
Analytical Chemistry*
Advanced Geometry *
Sports Statistics*
Silver Chips Online (FY)
Gym (FY)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar something, Hon. Mention in international essay competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth and Government (committee chair), JV (captain) and Varsity Girls Volleyball, Research Special Volunteer, Summer Paid Research Internship, Science National Honors Society, Silver Chips Online (Art Editor), Envirothon, Piano, Art Lessons,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid Research Internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Research Special Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Paid Research Internship
[</em>] Essays: Good, one about a classmate who got sick the night before our state competition and compared myself to a mama duck, one about how art lets me relax, written kind of in a format of a painting
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good/Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: We have around 700 students, so probably good, but not exceptional
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Good?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Molecular/Cellular and Developmental Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Some of my awards, essays, internships, SAT score
[<em>] Weaknesses: SATII Biology score, GPA, Asian/Female, nothing exceptional, short answers could have been better, no hook
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was probably not an extremely standout applicant in the crowd of applicants, and my SATII Bio score wasn’t great for an aspiring biological field major.
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and for us deferred and rejected: let’s keep our heads held high and keep working hard! :relaxed:</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (760 CR, 750 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 780 Bio-E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.15 (My school has A’s=4 and A+s=4.33)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/361
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 5, Statistics 5, Calc AB 5, US History 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not IB
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Lang/Comp, AP Macroecon, Collegeprep Accounting (AP Weighted in my school), Concert Choir
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None besides National Merit/AP Scholar…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Concert Choir 4 Years. Many first place awards at competitions (President, Accompanist)
Quiz Bowl Team 3 Years. Many semifinal finishes (Captain)
Math Team 3 Years (Co-Captain)
National Honor Society 2 Years (Vice-President)
Youth Leadership Council 4 Years (Township youth group for volunteering) (President)
Track and Field, Cross Country 4 Years (Varsity)
Pit Band, Jazz Band 4 Years (1st Chair Tenor Saxophone, Piano Accompanist for Musicals)
Book Club (Founder and President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship-esque thingy at Lincoln Center where I work with a group of students to plan events for teens to get them interested in classical music.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 misc hours from park cleanups volunteering etc. Spent this summer in Taiwan teaching low-income elementary schoolers English.
[<em>] Summer Activities: B+ in a Biochemistry course at Rutgers summer of sophomore year. One of my classmates went on to win a IBO gold medal this year! And volunteering in Taiwan this summer.
[</em>] Essays: Common App was on the English language and my relationship with it. English teacher said it was one of the best college essays shes read. Friends loved it [9/10]
Yale Supplement was on Hipsters and my identity as a hipster. Unique… I think [9/10]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Lang/English Teacher: Phenomenal. Counselor said it was the best recommendation she has ever read. [10/10]
Calculus AB Teacher: Said I was the most motivated student she has ever seen. Great [8/10]
[li] Counselor Rec: Talked about how I stood out of all the other students she has had and how she believes I will make a difference in the world. [9/10][/li][li] Additional Rec: None[/li][</em>] Interview: Went on for an hour and a half. Interviewer told me he would write a positive recommendation.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Humanities/Liberal Arts
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays. Leadership Positions. ECs. Teacher’s Rec.
[<em>] Weaknesses: School has never had a Yalie before. Low scores (for Yale).
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: SAT scores. No outstanding awards.
[/ul]General Comments: Still hopeful. Hopefully I can stand out in the RD round.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CW 610 M 740 W700 (2050)
[</em>] ACT: didint send
[<em>] SAT II:710 Chemistry 730 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4) Biology (5) World History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Cal, IB Econ, IB Arabic, American Gov.</p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor, first place debate winner in international tournament, </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):MUN (President) NHS (President) THIMUN Qatar (Deputy President of GA) A-CET (President and founder of club) so much more but i am too lazy to write it all out
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at a Chemical Engineering Lab
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: too many to list
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interned at a Chemical Engineering Lab
[<em>] Essays: AMAZING! I really thought my essays showed who I was, one was about wearing a Hijab and how it effected me when I competed in debate tournaments, and the other was about how I am from a small village in Egypt and like now living in Qatar and being rich I want to pursue education not only for my self but also for my family back home
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING!!! My counselr said that one of my teachers wrote me the best recommendation he has every seen a teacher write for a student she literaly wrote in her rec “colleges should be fighting for this student”
[<em>] Counselor Rec: AMAZING!! He said I was the only student he had ever written 2 pages for in the rec…and we are reallly really close so that helped too
[</em>] Additional Rec: Professor I interned for at Texas A&M
[<em>] Interview:NONE
[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
[<em>] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):Qatar
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Egyptian (Middle Eastern)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150000<
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Arabic Muslim girl, my teacher says its rare that people like me apply to top schools
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays and Recommendations and Extracurriculars, they really saw that even though I didnt have the best scores, I was going to change the world one day and that I was going to do something amazing one day
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores and Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They saw that I really had passion for all my extracurriculars, and my essays really really reflected me, my character really shined in the whole application! [/li][/ul]General Comments:
I remember being so so so scared to even check because I was 100% sure it was a rejection. But when I saw it I screamed so loud I woke up everyone in my house!!! even my baby sister :stuck_out_tongue: honestly anything could happen, I thought everything was going against me and that there was no way. But I still remember when I was applying and I said to myself was I dont care what anyone says I am going to be myself throughout the whole application and now reading over my application I feel like I did that so well. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE!! and I CANT WAIT TO MEET EVERYONE IN THE FALL!!! :slight_smile: I am like 99% sure I am going to Yale!!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2050 (Didn’t Send)
[</em>] ACT:33 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 720 Physics, 710 World History, 700 Chinese (Didn’t Send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1st
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Macroeconomics (5) Euro (5) Physics B (5) Stats (5) World History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mech and E&M, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, Chinese 4, Honors Orchestra, Honors Humanities
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):4th @ INTEL ISEF, NSLI-Y, NASA SLI
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Council (VP), Chinese Club (Pres), Symphony, Science Olympiad, Cross Country, Science Research, Debate…there’s more but I don’t want to be excessive.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:9th and 10th-Caddy, 11th-Restaurant Work,12-Music Teacher
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach computer classes, misc. volunteer work.
[<em>] Summer Activities:NSLI-Y
[</em>] Essays:Common App was about science. Yale Supplement was about my heritage and Chinese language. I thought my Common App essay was much stronger than my supplement. Both essays were good, but not amazing in my opinion.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One showed it to me and it was great! She wrote some things that were probably some of the best compliments I have ever received. I never saw the other one, but it must have been good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Not sure, but he said he put a lot of time into it.
[<em>] Additional Rec: I submitted an abstract of my research. Not sure if it helped or not (or even if Yale received it).
[</em>] Interview: Great! The person said I was a good fit for Yale. I felt like he did most of the talking to be honest…
[/ul][ b]Other
[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:Cognitive Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Midwest
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Medium Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian+European
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing?
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Academic rigor, unique background (very international), well rounded?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea! I guess they saw something in me :smiley:
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** My best advice is PLEASE don’t do things just for your “resume”. I soon realized that once I did the things I liked to do (not just “resume padders”), I was more successful and happier. Just find something that you LOVE and keep on doing it. It can be particle physics or knitting, but never give up! You will receive much more satisfaction in life if you don’t devote your time to trying to impress admissions officers. </p>

<p>Also, I’m really excited for this opportunity! Maybe I’ll see some other admits in New Haven next year :smiley: To those that were deferred, don’t lose hope (some deferred DO get accepted during RD)! As for those rejected, college admissions is an extremely subjective process. You are MUCH more than you can express on your application and I’m sure all of you will eventually end up somewhere great where you will THRIVE!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800CR, 700M, 720W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36R, 36E, 32M, 35S)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Literature, 750 ML2, 660 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.985
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/560ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: Human Geo. 4: Environmental Science, APLANG, APUSH 3: Euro
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP - Calc AB, Microecon, Lit, Physics C, US Gov, Psychology
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (Co President), Student Council, Church Youth Group (student leader), Math Team, NHS, blahblahblah
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 0
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Many hundreds of hours.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Past two summers: Missions trips to Curacao. This past summer, I went to an aviation/aerospace camp (fun stuff - flew a plane) and was a counselor for a church youth camp.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were really strong. One talked about my experiences in Curacao and opportunity vs potential, the other was about how my homeschool experience has helped me through public high school.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: English + Calculus teachers. I’ve known both for two or three years, so hopefully they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Written by the head of the guidance department, but she’s not even my counselor. Doesn’t really matter either way, my counselor would be pretty bad too.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[<em>] Interview: TERRIBLE. Met at a posh members-only club, had to dress up in suit and tie. He was co/72, really fit a ‘good ol boy’ stereotype. We didn’t connect at all.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[<em>] School Type: Very large, not very competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, standardized test scores (well, at least the ACT)
[<em>] Weaknesses: counselor recommendations, interview.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Honestly, there’s nothing I feel that I can point to and blame…
[/ul]General Comments: princeton 2017?</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 cr 740, m 750, w 700
ACT: did not take
SAT II: math1 750, ushistory 740, chem 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
AP: 5 english language, 5 us history, 3 chemistry
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP physics b, AP calc bc, AP psych, AP gov, AP english lit, honors latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar, sliver medalist national latin exam, 2nd highest score in state CT state latin exam, harvard book prize
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: varsity soccer, captain of indoor track, outdoor track, NHS vice president, latin club, captain of physics team, boys’ state delegate
Job/Work Experience: babysit principal’s kids
Volunteer/Community service: my local parish, United Way Youth Board of WestCentral CT, InterAct Club
Summer Activities: boys’ state, babysitting
Essays: very revealing of my personality. would say 9/10 and 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: both very well…one more creative than other, 10/10 and 7/10
Counselor Rec: did not read, should be good
Additional Rec: did not read, should be good (additional teacher)
Interview: interviewer said he’d write highest recommendation
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: medium sized public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: just about $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really a hook but my aunt is president of the bristol CT yale club
Reflection
Strengths:class rank and GPA, essays, well rounded
Weaknesses: SATs, lack of any extremely special talent/EC
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ECs didn’t stand out enough? SAT too low? doesn’t really matter
General Comments:I’m happy with the deferral. The fact that I’m even being considered further is an accomplishment in itself I guess. Good luck to everyone else who got deferred and congrats to those who were accepted! Hope to see you all next year.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2280 (790 math, 740 CR, 750 Writing)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:800 chem, 790 math 2, 770 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.9 out of 100 (not sure if that’s weighted or not)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 US History, 4 Chem
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Gov, AP Physics C, College French II, AP Lit, AP European History, AP Calc BC, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-State and Area All-State for cello, I guess
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (10 years private lessons, accompanist for school choir, piano teacher for young kids, attended a lot of summer music academies), cello (All-state, principal in college orchestra and in chamber orchestra, pit orchestra, lots of summer camps), clarinet (section leader, biggest marching band in NYS), African Dance, Yoga, Buddhist religious services, Math Tutor, Math team (president), sit on a city committee dealing with environmental issues, MUN (director of finance)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned for city’s Environmental Educators at city Parks and rec dept, lab assistant at school, peer tutoring, and piano teacher
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:nah b
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lots of music camps, mostly in new york, one in france
[</em>] Essays: My common app one was about my first african dance class, and my supplement was about being a buddhist and doing my first silent meditation retreat.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, I assume they were both good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I helped him write it lol. Said everything it needed to say!
[<em>] Additional Rec: The Abbott of the Buddhist Monastery I attend wrote me it. I read it, very unique and really spoke to who I am as a person.
[</em>] Interview: There were some great parts and then there were also some terrible parts. Probably didn’t have much of an effect on my decision.
[/ul][ b]Other
[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yep
[</em>] Intended Major:Environmental Science or Engineering, not sure
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Femaleee
[</em>] Income Bracket:>60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):idk, zen buddhist?
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: interesting ECs, subject test scores & transcript
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores weren’t amazing, no major awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really want to change the world, and make a positive impact on the environment. Also, I think I’m somewhat unique in being a practicing Buddhist and doing stuff like African Dance
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**
I actually can’t even believe it. I was SO convinced I was going to get deferred. I can’t believe I’m actually doing one of these stats thingys now!
To everyone deferred/ rejected: You’re still awesome! You can make a positive impact in this world no matter what school you go to, so don’t short sight yourself! Believe in yourself! It’s the only way you’re going to get where you want to in life, by having confidence in who you are.
To everyone accepted: This is so unreal! Can’t wait to see you at Bulldog Days and live with you on the old campus in the fall!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR, 720 M, 780 W)
• ACT: None
• SAT II: 800 World History, 780 Lit
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500ish (but my school doesn’t report rank)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory (5), World History (5), Statistics(5), ABCalc(5), English Lang (5), Art History (5), Japanese (5),
• IB (place score in parenthesis): None
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Compsci, AP Bio, AP US Gov, AP Comp Gov, AP Lit, (post-AP) Japanese 5, (post-AP) Art History Independent Study
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art History Club (Treasurer), lots of music-related stuff… orchestras, chamber groups, performances.
•Experience: I run an art gallery and do freelance music gigs. I have a lot of performing experience.
• Volunteer/Community service: Performing in church
• Summer Activities: Various prestigious summer music festivals/programs. Took last summer off.
• Essays: Common app one was very strong and creative, supplement essay may have sounded slightly pretentious or slightly rough around the edges (wrote it in a day or two). Common app short essay on extracirriculars was pretty terrible, if I’m frank.
• Teacher Recommendation: One was definitely very strong (Japanese teacher) and the other was probably pretty good (AP Lang teacher)
• Counselor Rec: She seems to like me, so probably pretty strong.
• Additional Rec: Cello teacher submitted one for me. Didn’t see exactly what he wrote, but he’s always been quite generous (read: highly praising) with recs.
• Interview: Didn’t have one </p>

<p>Other
• State (if domestic applicant): VA
• School Type: Large Public, got a record number of kids into Ivies ED/EA this year
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: Enough not to qualify for need-based…
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Musician(?)- I’ve had a lesson with the cello teacher at Yale and he seemed to like me</p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: Submitted two arts supplements– overly liberal artsy
• Weaknesses: Not very many school-related extracirriculars or awards.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In addition to having relatively strong stats, I have a strong passion in one area (music), which probably put me over the top. I think that I also communicated strengths in areas outside of my passion (My application was obviously very music-heavy but also mentioned art, literature, language, and history)
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Music school auditions coming up in the spring!</p>

<p>General Comments: To future applicants reading over decision threads… find something you love. Pursue it. Find a few other things you enjoy that complement your interest and make you a genuinely interesting person. Be quirky, be interesting, be original.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[ *] ACT: 30 (got 31 first time, didn’t send)
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):-
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):-
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 3, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Psychology, English
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lol
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball (captain), Basketball, Soccer, Class officer (treasurer), FBLA, Student Council, Forensics, Spanish Club, Letterman’s Club (treasurer), Ski club, National Honors Society, Prom Committee
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 years in food service, 1 (and counting) as movie projectionist
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church involvement–counseling camp, altar serving, SLT, etc
[ *] Summer Activities: work, Christian camps
[ *] Essays: Common app: on my grandma & how she influenced me. amazing story, spent a lot of time on it. Yale Supplement: on hosting a foreign exchange student last year–challenges & benefits, etc
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, would assume they were good!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: Local. Went very well! I was very much just myself.
[ /list][ b]Other
[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: For sure
[ *] Intended Major: English
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Wisconsin
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: >$65,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, lots of extra-curriculars & work & service, recs
[ ] Weaknesses: Test scores, lack of strong leadership/awards, nothing musical/artistic/spectacular
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: A little too average, I think.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
Congrats to everyone accepted! To everyone who was deferred/rejected: you applied to YALE and got this close. You shouldn’t feel bad at all. I know I don’t!</p>

<p>Mman5247</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400, superscored from two sittings
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II, 730 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/5
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): United States Senate Youth Program (two students from each state are selected each year by State Board of Education); National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Director of school choir, Voice Student, Piano Student, Varsity Soccer Team (captain for two years), Yearbook (editor-in-chief for two years), Drama club, Cross-country running team (3K state champion)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Works 16-20 hours per week at Outback Steakhouse; paid to sing with local opera company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 400 hours on application in various functions
[</em>] Essays: Counselor said they were the best she’s seen in her twenty years of counseling.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One great, other unknown
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Stellar. Tear-jerking, in fact.
[<em>] Interview: It was really good; we ended up in conversation for well over the one hour he said the interview would take. I connected a lot with the interviewer over our common interests in philosophy, physics, and music. He also noted my apparent passion for Yale.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Philosophy
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[<em>] School Type: Small, K-12 parochial school (80 students total)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]Reflection[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Strengths: Great essays, good SAT I scores, good interview, a couple nice awards, a near-perfect transcript, at least two really good recommendations, evidence of musical accomplishments (I listed several musical competitions I’d won)</p></li>
<li><p>Weaknesses: SAT II scores</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly don’t know why I was deferred. All of the different pieces of my application were quite strong, I thought. I guess I never knew how brutal Ivy League admissions could be.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (700 R, 790 M, 730 W; didn’t send)
ACT: 34 (35 W, 35 M, 34 R, 32 S)
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/430
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Stats (5), AP Bio (5), APUSH (5), APES (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Honors European Dictators, Honors Latin V, Honors Physics, Astronomy, (Highest level courses offered=AP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, VJAS Honorable Mention, School Awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
4 Years French Club (Secretary)
3 Years Baking Club (President)
2 Years Robotics (PR Lead)
12 Years Violin (3 years in RSYO; co-principal second violin in RSYO, concert master in school orchestra)
BETA
NHS
Math Honor Society
French Honor Society
All A Honor Roll for 4 years
2 years Medical Club
3 years Keyettes</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
3 Years at Kumon (tutoring)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at MCV, Henrico Public Hospital, library, and Children’s Museum</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Pre-College Course at Brown, Virginia’s Girl State </p>

<p>Essays: Really personal; common app about my eating disorder, others about my relationship with my parents being an immigrant. Edited a lot by several english teachers, my friends, etc. Had one grammar mistake in it though. </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: I’m pretty sure both teachers like me a lot…both are known to write really good recs</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Probably really good; she likes me a lot and she’s an amazing counselor </p>

<p>Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Interview: Wasn’t offered one</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: BME, which may have screwed me over
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (may have also screwed me over)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades, Scores, probs recs, did a lot of ECs, a lot of APS
Weaknesses: Awards, none of my ECs were extraordinary (pretty generic), no legacy, no interview (i feel like it might’ve helped)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was expecting deferral because I don’t think anything other than my extremely personal essay (which because it was kinda risky they might not have all loved), made me really stand out. I was just as qualified as everyone else but I didn’t have the one thing that made me really special.
General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who made it! Yale is an awesome school but it is not the only school. In fact, I’m pretty sure it accepted the least percentage of early applicants out of all the Ivies this year. To all those deferred/rejected, I understand your pain and agony. We have to wait even more now but we’ll end up where we’re supposed to go. Even if it’s not Yale</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (730 CR, 760 M, 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 32 M, 36 R, 33 S, 8 W) - sent late accidentally, not sure if admissions received it.
[<em>] SAT II: USH 770, Chem 740, Physics 740 (didn’t submit others)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do 4.0 scale but I have a 97.2 out of 100.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US, 5 Physics, 5 Euro, 4 Chem, 4 Calc AB
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP French, AP Calc BC, Honors Sociology/Phychology (doesn’t have higher level but is notoriously a hard class), Chamber Choir, IS Physics C / Exploration thing, Acting II .5 / Health .5
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, school awards, all state chorus 4 years, all state jazz 2 years, All Eastern Honors Chorus 2013. I can’t think of others right now.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of drama club voted by peers, president of chamber choir, highly intensive musical in fall (leads 12, 11), highly intensive one act in winter (leads, 12,11), rowing in spring (varsity), VEX Robotics team (went to Worlds last year, head programmer / main communicator with other teams), Model UN 4 years, Voice Lessons 4 years, started a club that discusses ideas and current issues, Boy Singers of Maine 5 years (8th grade doesn’t count I guess), Jazz Band 1st Alto, Junior Vice President of class, Freshman President, School Band 9, 10 (no time in schedule for 11, 12), French Club, Global Action Coalition
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: summers at community theater camp (musical director two summers ago),
[<em>] Summer Activities: barbershop camp, boy singers of maine camp, aforementioned theater camp.
[</em>] Essays: great but probably the same level as other applicants’.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: fantastic from two really quirky cool teachers. I haven’t seen them because of my waived right to view but both probably talked about my passion, sense of humor, multidimensionality, etc.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: also fantastic: the counselor is great and I know her very well; I run all my essays by her (I don’t have extra college counselor)
[<em>] Additional Rec: unsolicited letter from Physics teacher, probably amazing as well.
[</em>] Interview: great; I hung out with the alumni person for an hour and really hit it off.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: chemical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White European
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$115,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: recommendations, I thought I presented a thread of continuity throughout
[<em>] Weaknesses: I don’t know. I could have taken more APs, I could have worked harder at SATs, etc. I think I should’ve had something really cool and unique about me but whatever.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: there are so many applicants and there’s always something more I could have done. They just weren’t looking for me this time around.
[/ul]General Comments: congrats, good luck and my condolences to respective candidates. Hope to get into a nice college, even if Yale rejects me in the spring. See you around.</p>

<p>Decision: </p>

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 740 M, 750 W)
ACT: 32
SAT II: None
Weighted GPA: 4.76
UW GPA: 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/417
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Economics (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics SL, IB English HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Biology HL, IB Psychology SL, Theory of Knowledge Honors, Government (online), Physics Honors (online)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Social Studies Keystone Award (school), Scottish Rite JROTC thing, various medals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NJROTC (9-11), Chief Editor of Unit Newsletter (10-11), Academic Team (9-11), Commander of that Team (10-11), Orienteering Team Member (11), Public Affairs Officer (10-11), LGBT Activist (10), Track and Field (Letter, State qualified) (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: McDonalds Crew Member (11-12) (nearly 25 hours a week, more during summer)
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities in name of NJROTC unit, about 20 hours per school year
Summer Activities: Mostly work at McDonalds and spending time with family
Essays: One essay about my passion for psychology and being homosexual with antagonistic parents, another about my activism in NJROTC to get gay couples permitted at the annual Unit Military Ball, another about a specific assistant professor and my interest in his work as the reason I applied to Yale instead of some other school
Teacher Recommendation: I feel somewhat confident that they were good.
Counselor Rec: I’m guessing that it was good
Additional Rec: Got another teacher who I really loved in 10th grade and really loved me.
Interview: it was slightly better than okay.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public with 1 national merit every so often (moi)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m not sure. I get free lunch at school.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (African American)
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores (for an AA…), URM status, well-written essays (writing is my ‘thing’), Activism
Weaknesses: Not too many ECs, no show of academic interests in my ECs, Class rank, — basically everything except my strengths
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I should’ve taken subject tests sooner. My grades are not as strong as they could be. None of my ECs are yaleworthy. I didn’t present myself in the right way. My essays were all about an academic interest (psychology) that nothing in the rest of my application demonstrated interest in. In future applications, I plan to take a different approach that might make me a bit more marketable.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tis SCEA, dude.
General Comments: I do hurt inside a bit. But I’ll get over it. There is still very much left to do. Once I get through the grief.</p>

<p>too much hype…</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 single sitting (760 M/ 750 CR/ 640 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 730 US History, 760 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/335
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Euro, Bio, Eng Lang, Enviro, and US History, 4 on chem
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: typical
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School paper editor-in-chief, science research, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid research assistant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: lacking
[</em>] Summer Activities: research, lethargy
[<em>] Essays: subjective
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: likely generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: good enough
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250K+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: no glaring weaknesses
[<em>] Weaknesses: no glaring strengths
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’m really not surprised at all. I still don’t expect to get in RD, but I guess I’ll see at that time.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1st sitting 2320 (720M), 2nd sitting 2360 (760M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 780 MII, 780 Latin
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Lang (5), US (4), World (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: more rigorous than school offers (4 APs + online AP Calc BC)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best in school type awards (eg Princeton Book Award, won school essay contest placing 1st of about 400 upperclassmen, Baush and Lomb Honorary Science Award), Quill and Scroll International Honor Society, name published for perfect score on National Latin Exam, NHS?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Newspaper (Co Editor-in-chief)
Literary Magazine (Editor-in-chief)
NHS (president, linked club to Donate Life FL, which will create service opportunities and spread awareness)
Piano (12+ years, awards only at regional competitions, but I’ve always enjoyed it more as a hobby)
Writing for publication (Won an editor’s choice type of award for a poem I had published)
Latin Club (No leadership but first and second place finishes at regional competitions yearly)
Others which are important, but these are the major ones
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~300 hours, scattered work as a tutor for NHS (~80 hours), at a cancer center in the area (~150 hours), and other organizations
[</em>] Essays: Common app was poetic (“best essay in my 30 years of reading college apps” type response from many people). Yale supplement also very strong.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: “best in career”
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she really wanted me to get in
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Not sure what to think of it. I thought it went really well and that we bonded; he told me at the end of the interview that he would write a very strong report
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: English/Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: No research done, international involvement, national positions held within clubs, or prestigious writing awards; I didn’t really distinguish myself very much
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think Yale wanted to see me do more with my writing. I will be entering some writing into the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (one of the most prestigious writing competitions nationally), so we’ll see how it goes *fingers crossed</em>
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all accepted! I can’t help but feel excited for you guys somehow, even though I wasn’t put in the same pile. To all those deferred like me, keep trying. There is still light at the end of the tunnel :P</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (second time, one sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 770, Physics 750, U.S. History 750, Biology E 740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.13/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/302</p>

<p>[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, US History, Chinese (challenge), Physics B, Macro, Psychology, Language, Calc BC, Music Theory, Euro (all 5s, except 4 on Psych)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Gov, AP Statistics, AP French, AP Physics C, AP Literature, Orchestra, Advanced Journalism
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Concertmaster of NY All-State Orchestra, National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, National French Exam 1st place in region (so, nothing really major)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief),
Science Olympiad (Captain), Model UN (President), Orchestra (Concertmaster and Treasurer), Masterminds (Captain), Math Club (Vice President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Learn to Swim Instructor, Violin Teacher (3 students)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Youth Volunteer group (~30 hours/year)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Castleman Quartet Program, Multivariable Calculus at local university, Driver’s Ed, travel to China, internship with financial advisor</p>

<p>[<em>] Essays: CommonApp was a generic topic (maturing throughout high school), but written well 8/10; Yale Supplement was a metaphor about my calluses 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were solid, one amazing, and one above average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably conventional, but I did get to know her better than other students (public school with 300 kids/counselor ratio)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: First one, so probably could have been better, but connected well with female interviewer</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[</em>] Intended Major: Math/Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public (~1200 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, but was strong in violin (sent music supplement)</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Pretty good music supplement, good SAT score, very well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Too well-rounded (?), no major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Well-rounded, presented myself well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Can’t wait to meet all of you amazing people at Bulldog Days! I am shocked that I got in, was expecting a deferral. Congratulations and good luck to everyone on this thread!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): <2000
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35,34,33,32, 10 on essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Lit, 770 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I take British A Levels, but my scores would equate to a 4.0
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Level English Literature, A Level Mathematics, A Level History, A Level Geography, Extra classes in Drama and Performing Arts (no grade awarded)
[</em>] Major Awards: I’ve had some poetry published and won some maths awards, but nothing major (but then, there’s not as much of that in the UK)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 choirs, Deputy Head Girl, Drama (Director, Assistant Musical Director, Leading Roles), Writer’s Club (mentoring younger pupils, writing for school paper), Duke of Edinburgh Award, Music leader at my church, Running a Humanities Club for younger pupils, Student Council, Oboe (Grade 7 ABRSM and principal oboe in school orchestra)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None spefically stated on the application
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Young Leader’s Scheme- a scheme which involves volunteering in a local youth project once a week, cabin leader on camps
[</em>] Summer Activities: Last summer, I was selected on to two summer schools, one at Oxford and funnily enough, one which was based at Yale…
[<em>] Essays: I think they were good, but they weren’t massively ‘out there’ screaming PICK ME
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both good, both the teachers really like me, but pretty generic - no examples etc.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty amazing, not gonna lie…
[</em>] Interview: poor, so poor… couldn’t even answer Why Yale? properly, I was really nervous and was my first interview. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Global Affairs
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): England
[<em>] School Type: Religious, smallish, state school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White British
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$45,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, extra curriculars, counselor rec,
[</em>] Weaknesses: I was too generic, no real personality came through in my application, interviews, scores maybe
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not eye-grabbing enough, too generic</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Well done to all admitted!! Some of my friends were and I am so happy for them. Obviously a bit gutted, but am now motivated to really stand out at my other schools… attempting some risky supplement choices… Maybe, I’ll get in RD, but honestly, being deferred has made me realise that there is just much more to life than Yale, and that some schools would really actually love to have me, so to focus on them! :)</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (730 CR, 800 M, 770 W, 10 Essay) (2nd sitting)
[</em>] ACT: self reported 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 750 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/427
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, US History, Calc AB, English Lang (all 5’s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Statistics, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State champion in swimming, NMSC Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, 1st place in county for integrated science Merck Day competition,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain), Class Council (Sgt. at arms), National Honor Society (President), Academic Team (VP), Z Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job at the beach
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: team captain for walk for lupus, volunteer at local hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School, working, volunteering at the hospital
[</em>] Essays: Common app essay was decent; it had the overcoming obstacles theme from a childhood experience. It was definitely creative and unique, though the message could’ve been cliche. The supplement was about my love of baking and its connection to chemistry. My engineering supplement was about engineering…yeah.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them. One of them should be pretty amazing (the teacher is known for great recommendations, and she liked me). The other was probably generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Nothing special, the conselors have so many students that it couldn’t have been too personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: My interviewer was great and really friendly. He said he’d try to put in a good word for me, but he understood that the application process is super competitive anyway.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, about 2000 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >80000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): woman engineer
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Being a woman going into engineering helps, and my interest in chemistry was evident throughout my application
[<em>] Weaknesses: My common app essay might not have been strong enough, and I don’t have any real hooks
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’m the average Yale applicant. i have leadership, good scores, and decent essays. However, nothing makes me stand out from the pack. I’m interested in science, but I never won any science fairs or research awards. I’m just another smart but not brilliant girl.
[/ul]General Comments: To everyone deferred or rejected: I feel your pain. However, I know that I’m still talented and I will get in to a good college; it just probably won’t be Yale. My advice to future applicants is to find your passion and pursue it and start something great. To all those accepted: CONGRATs! I’m so jealous! You’re definitely going places.</p>