Official Yale Class of 2018 RD Results Thread

hellsbells8 · March 28, 2014, 4:57pm

**Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[] ACT: 34 composite- 36, 36, 36, 27 (science); then I took it again and got 34 on science but 33, 34, and 36 on the other three
[] SAT II: 760 lit, 730 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure- in top 5
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang & APUSH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Lit, Anatomy H (no AP offered), required religion and art
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist, various school and local awards, National Latin Exam maxima cum laude [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor, school newspaper
Writer and editor, international health and wellness website
Executive editor, international student-run literary magazine
Writer and school coordinator, young writers program within one of the largest international non-profit organizations
Published author
Senior officer, NEHS school chapter
Founder and editor, NEHS peer writing workshops
Co-founder and treasurer, one of the most successful service clubs at school
Self-study Spanish and Italian
Various sports
[] Job/Work Experience: medical assistant and babysitter- both for 4 years, commissioned artist
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 400 hours
[] Summer Activities: not much- just work, writing, and travel mostly
[] Essays: really good, my common app essay is being published in the new edition of the book about writing college essays and the international lit mag I edit
[] Teacher Recommendation: waived right, but probably fantastic
[] Counselor Rec: “
[] Additional Rec: incredible, from one of the founders of Free the Children
[] Interview: didn’t get one
[] Supplementary Material: none [/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private, Catholic, single-sex
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 500,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: unique extracurriculars, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: no major awards/hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Dartmouth, USC (Trustee scholar), UT Plan II & business honors, Rejected: Brown
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**General Comments: ** Is this real life? So excited.

nutellalatte · March 29, 2014, 12:18am

Decision: Rejected
Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: 35 (34 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S, 10 W)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Lit, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do unweighted, but around a 3.94?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around top 4% but we don’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Lit (5), USH (5, self-studied)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Human Geography, AP Spanish Language, College English, Graphics 2 (elective and favorite class)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Scholastic Silver Key, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science award… nothing too “major” haha [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty normal- tutoring, volunteering, clubs. Nothing too special.
[] Job/Work Experience: none aaah
[] Volunteer/Community service: Maybe like 100 hours?
[] Summer Activities: I took a three week course at the University of Chicago last year (?)
[] Essays: I liked mine, I don’t regret them. My common app was about languages, and my supplement was about losing weight the summer before junior year. Both of them are really important to my identity as a person and I actually really love to write, but I guess it just wasn’t what Yale needed.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: didn’t qualify for financial aid…anywhere
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: EC’s are pretty minimal
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EC’s, subjective stats as a whole, not a super interesting or dynamic person (?)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Stanford SCEA, University of Michigan EA, Berkeley, UCLA, UNC-Chapel Hill, Boston University, Rutgers. Waitlisted at UChicago. Rejected by Yale and Harvard.[/ul]
General Comments: Yale was the impossible dream for me, but I’ve wanted to go to college in California since I was twelve. After applying SCEA to Stanford I feared it was a mistake but I know now that it was absolutely not. I still love Yale and will probably apply for grad school, and I wish nothing less than the best for all the applicants in this crazy bloodbath that was 2014 college admissions.

briton · March 29, 2014, 12:18am

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 SS from 2 sittings (750 CR 690 M 760 W)

ACT:30 [not sent]

SAT II: 780 Literature & 760 French with Listening

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A BRITISH APPLICANT - All A*s GCSE & A2 predictions.

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None, but probably one of the joint #1 based on exam results

Senior Year Course Load: English Literature, French, History, Latin A-levels.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver in Intermediate UK Maths Challenge, World Challenge Leadership Award, LAMDA Bronze medal, and then some school awards/music grades - really nothing big!

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Panel member for national museum youth forum; Theatre - local/regional/national productions; Music: Orchestral - soloist and ensemble; Founded/ran 2 international culture clubs at school; Co-leader of school Book Club for younger students; Chinese and Japanese language classes on weekends/evenings; Editorial writer for online blog aimed at students; 2 years of club gymnastics; 1 year rowing crew for School VIII

Job/Work Experience: 2 years of paid work in local retailers, 10-12 hours per week.

Volunteer/Community service: Weekly commitments as senior librarian at school library, 2 hrs/week for the past 4 years

Summer Activities: Cambridge University essay competition; National theatre residential course of rehearsals and productions in London; Travelling with family; Internship at marketing firm; Work experience at local bookstore.

Essays: Common App fine I think, at least I liked it(!!!), but supplement essays a bit rough, as an SCEA applicant this was my first US college application of them all so really had no idea what I was doing! After deferral I wrote in an update to my application, and used the space to express again why I thought Yale was the best place for me. I think that probably saved me after being deferred in the end!

Teacher Recommendation: Latin and History teachers - both showed to me and I felt they were pretty much ideal!!! I honestly even found them touching - both teachers have known me since I was at least 14

Counselor Rec: I used my head of year as a counselor since we don’t really have them in British schools! She also used to teach me Latin. She wouldn’t let me see the reference itself, but the teacher has known me for 7 years, and she led an world challenge expedition that I took part in through school - I think she could write pretty well about me from these experiences

Additional Rec: None

Interview: Felt it went well! Got on well with my interviewer although I’m not sure how much of a role it would have played in my decision

Other:

Country (if international applicant): United Kingdom

School Type: State (public to Americans) & selective

Ethnicity: White

Gender: M

Income Bracket: Applying for financial aid

Hooks: None

Reflection:
Strengths: I mean I think my ECs and academics were pretty ordinary, but still very solid so I suppose that helped; Possibly being an international applicant helped for geographical diversity? And I think my deferral letter added a lot to my app which helped convince them after initial deferral in SCEA round!

Weaknesses: I felt my Math SAT component was low but apparently it didn’t hold me back!!! Also the supplement essays could have been significantly better

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I honestly could not say, and the fact that this is just one of a lot of acceptances baffles me all the more ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted Harvard, Columbia (likely letter and then John Jay Scholarship), Stanford and Duke; Waitlisted Dartmouth and UPenn; Rejected Princeton, Brown and Amherst

General Comments: DONT BE AFRAID INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS. I AM NOTHING REMARKABLE BUT I GOT ACCEPTED TO MORE PLACES THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED. YOU GOT THIS.

kyarra · March 29, 2014, 4:04am

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 M 760 CR 750 W

ACT: n/a

SAT II: 800 Bio M 800 Math II 740 Lit 680 Spanish

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a

AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Euro, US, Calc AB, Bio, 4 on Spa Lang and Lit

IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Senior Year Course Load: APs: Eng Lit, Physics B, Stats; Adv Topics in Mathematics, Scientific Research, Treble Choir

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Winner
AP Scholar with Distinction
Pacific Chorale Youth Honor Choir
School Awards in Spanish and English

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Publications (EIC), Honor Committee, a cappella chamber ensemble, Student Ambassadors,

Job/Work Experience: Intern at Stem Cell Research Center, Extern at trauma center

Volunteer/Community service: Rebuilt the library at local elementary school

Summer Activities: see job/work experience

Essays: examined happiness and gratitude through my family life

Teacher Recommendation: both 10/10

Counselor Rec: 10/10

Additional Rec: Arts, 10/10

Interview: 9-9.5/10

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: Private

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): White

Hispanic (Y/N): N

Gender: F

Income Bracket: High

Hooks: Woman in science, very good writer and interviewer, well-rounded

Reflection:
Strengths: Academic record, ECs

Weaknesses: Mmm, nothing particularly sticks out. Wasn’t expecting to get in but not because I think I wasn’t qualified.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: After meeting all the other admits, I feel like I belong in this community.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: nowhere important! (Northwestern, Pomona, Kenyon, Wash. U, Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin admit, Williams, UChicago, Columbia wait list, Harvard, Stanford reject)

General Comments:

guccigirl · March 29, 2014, 4:10am

Decision: Accepted!

I hope this helps someone!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):2350 (800 M, 750 CR, 800 Writing 10 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 US History, 790 Physics
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.08 (unweighted much lower)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank (but I’m around 10/100)
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc, US History, Physics, English Lang, French (All 5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 in IB History
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Economics HL, IB Chemistry, IB English HL, IB French Literature, TOK, Band/Jazz Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Scholar Semifinalist, AIME qualifier, National Jazz Music Awards (but with my school’s jazz band not by myself), All State/Region Jazz Bands

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Lots of Music- Jazz Band competes at very high level nationally (Lead Trombone)
Newspaper (Middle School Managing Editor and Humor Editor)
Asian Diversity Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Alot of volunteerism in teaching
Summer Activities: Volunteering in China, YFU Summer Germany, Rutgers Jazz Institute
Essays: (If you want to read them PM me)
Common App - 7.5/10 (I liked it, and also didn’t like it… but most people said it was good)
Supplements - 6/10 (I didn’t think they were that good]
Teacher Recommendation: Never read, but probably really good!
Counselor Rec: New counselor who I didn’t know long, but we bonded quickly so hopefully it was good!
Additional Rec: Sent in one from where I volunteered, and also another teacher
Interview: Wasn’t offered one

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Asian
Hispanic (Y/N):N
Gender:
Income Bracket: Above Average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing
Others Accepted from school: 3

Reflection

Strengths: Passion, Good Essays, Test Scores, Music, Unusual EC’s (volunteerism/teaching)/ Leadership, Very humorous tone to the application
Weaknesses: GPA, lack of major leadership positions, no huge awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, Music, Community Service. But to be honest, I never expected Yale…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UChicago, Dartmouth, Stanford, Princeton
Waitlisted: Columbia, Harvard
Rejected: UPenn Wharton (From deferral), MIT

General Comments:
I hate to be cliche, but future applicants: don’t ever give up! People told me I couldn’t get in to any HYPSM school. My parents, some friends, and worst of all myself. But here I am…
The odds were stacked against me: Asian…low GPA (compared to others from school)…sparse leadership positions…other great applicants from my school. But I just worked with what I had, put it all I had on the line, tried my hardest, and it paid off.

ahqb8ghs · March 29, 2014, 5:17am

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 super (800M, 800CR, 720W)

ACT:

SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Phy

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (but sophomore junior and senior are about 3.97, severe upward trajectory)

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on BC, US, Econs, Govs

IB (place score in parenthesis):

Senior Year Course Load: AP: Chem, Physics C, Stats, English Lit, Comp Sci (Independent), Honors Latin, Multivariable Calc

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf, President of Finance Club, President of Latin Club, some tutoring

Job/Work Experience: Worked since 14: first caddying, later worked in golf ops at a local country club, then worked as an intern at an energy consulting firm in Mexico City over the summer

Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, the internship?

Summer Activities: Working, golf tournaments between 14-16 years old

Essays: Common App was solid, supplements were ok but could have been much better. My topic was good though when discussing how I overcame a lifethreatening illness and emergency surgery beginning of my senior year to maintain excellent grades and manage everything

Teacher Recommendation: Both were definitely excellent

Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was great, commented on

Additional Rec:

Interview: Great, we hit it off pretty well, it definitely didn’t hurt me

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CT

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: Public, Competitive (9 got into Harvard, 4 Yale, 2 Princeton, 3 MIT, etc.)

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Mexican-American

Hispanic (Y/N): Y

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: 150,000-200,000

Hooks: Hispanic

Reflection:
Strengths: Scores, Upward Trajectory, Rigorous Course Load, Why am I Using Random Caps, race, perhaps my genuine passion for learning coming through?

Weaknesses: low gpa (due to freshman year of high school)

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I have no idea, last school I would predict to accept me

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted: Uchicago, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Columbia SEAS (prescott davis scholar), Cornell, Michigan Engineering Rejected: Berkeley Engineering, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, MIT, Stanford

General Comments: I have only learned to expect absolutely nothing from the application process. Yale is the last school I expected to get into it (Princeton was my first choice) and I never thought I would be a good fit for it. I never showed interest (whereas I did at Princeton), and it’s basically more selective than Princeton, but they still wanted me! It all beats me, but I’m more than happy with the cards that I have been dealt. Choose the school you genuinely want to go to and apply there early, don’t try to find a school you think will accept you because frankly you can’t predict and so, you never know, you might just get into your Yale.

IBtracklete366 · March 29, 2014, 5:33am

[size=4]Decision: DENIED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 610, CR 720, W 710 (2050)

ACT: E 35, M 30, S 33, R 33, W 8 (33)

SAT II: M II 600 (ew), US 730, Bio-M 700

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6, I think?

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%

AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 5, Bio 4, English Lang 3, US 4

IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Physics 3… I haven’t taken the rest yet.

Senior Year Course Load: All IB

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship Program Outstanding Participant, All-American (T&F), AP Scholar (w/Honor), Certificat de Reussite

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): AFJROTC (flight commander last year as C/2nd Lt., Personnel officer this year as C/Capt.) and varsity track and field (might be team captain this year)—both for all for years

Job/Work Experience: N/A

Volunteer/Community service: All through JROTC

Summer Activities: Track

Essays: Eh, I thought my supplements for Yale were the strongest out of all of my supplements, but guess Yale didn’t like them, haha. My CA essay was alright, nothing spectacular. I thought it was very me though, considering the fact that I had originally wrote it as a letter to a friends then reshaped it as an essay.

Teacher Recommendation: One was very good (or so he said—I never actually read it) and the other was probably quite generic.

Counselor Rec: No doubt generic as my school is enormous so I hardly get any interaction with her.

Additional Rec: N/A

Interview: N/A

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: Public

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): AA/Asian

Hispanic (Y/N): Nope

Gender: F

Income Bracket: less than 100,000

Hooks: URM, but otherwise nothing.

Reflection:
Strengths: ACT score and dedication to ECs (guess that didn’t impress them though.)

Weaknesses: GPA, SAT/SAT II, low number of ECs, etc.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I wasn’t what they were looking for. Oh well.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, CSUSM, NAU
Waitlisted: nowhere
Denied: Harvard, Brown, Penn, UCLA, UC Berkeley…

General Comments: I’ll be attending UCSD in the fall, so despite the huge disappointments (particularly in regards to Cal), I’m excited. After all, college is what I make of it! And undergrad doesn’t matter as much when you plan on going to grad/professional school anyways (or so I’ve heard)! Congratulations to all those accepted! You definitely deserved it! To those rejected/waitlisted, don’t sweat it too much—you’ll end up where you’re supposed to be and you WILL be successful! ;)

HinduPowers · March 29, 2014, 5:39am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (730CR 770M 730 W)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Chemistry 720 Biology E 750 US History 780 Math II 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10-15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), European History (5), Human Geography (5), Statistics (5), Biology (5), Psychology (4), Environmental Science (4), Chemistry (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP US Government/ AP Macroeconomics, AP Comp Sci, Music History, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationals in Public Forum Debate, NFL All-State Top 10 (TN) - Outstanding Distinction, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (JV Captain (11), Varsity Captain (12)), Model United Nations (ICJ Justice (11), President of the International Court of Justice (12)), Youth in Government (Supreme Court Justice), Ultimate Frisbee, 12 years of guitar, 4 years of self-taught piano
Job/Work Experience: 7 week internship at a law firm
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours as a public library volunteer Freshman and Sophomore year
Summer Activities: Tennessee Governor’s School for International Studies at the University of Memphis, Boys State, American Legion Boys Nation
Essays: Not great
Teacher Recommendation: Physics teach (10/10) and Gov teach (10/10)
Counselor Rec:Gifted counselor (11/10)
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large pretty competitive public
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Asian (indian)
Hispanic (Y/N): Nope
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Essays, Recs, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Marquette, Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan, Vanderbilt (CV Scholar & College Scholar), Stanford
Waitlisted: UChicago, Dartmouth, WashU, Harvard
Rejected: Northwestern, Brown, Columbia, UPenn, Yale, Princeton, Duke

General Comments: Just can’t believe it. This was my best app, but man I never expected to get into my top school and not get into so many others.

porico · March 29, 2014, 8:09pm

Regular Decision

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800M 760R 730W)
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math, 670 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/350 (Insanely competitive school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): B/C Calc (5), Spanish (4),
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Chem, AP History, Hon English, Networking
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ultimate Frisbee, Tech service club (President), Gaming club
Job/Work Experience: Intern at networking company in summer
Volunteer/Community service: Tech service club
Summer Activities: Ultimate Frisbee league, working one summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Unknown
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: Probably
Additional Rec:
Interview: Good

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public, national recognition
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $400K plus
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Scores, Grades
Weaknesses: No standout extracurriculars, essays could be better, not enough APs Junior year and before
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Little demonstrated interest, No visit
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted NC State, UNC, Tufts. Rejected: Princeton, Yale, Duke. Waitlist: Vanderbilt Note: written by father, father’s opinions about reasons

elmofrench · March 29, 2014, 10:40pm

[size=4]Decision: DENIED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didnt send

ACT: 31

SAT II: didnt send

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/80

AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (4), APUSH (3)

IB (place score in parenthesis):

Senior Year Course Load: Had to move senior year, but took hardest curriculum including concurrent enrollment

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State, national, international art awards?

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Head Chairman), NHS (VP), BPA, FCCLA, STUCO, Art Club (Project Coordinator), Spanish club

Job/Work Experience: Pet caretaker for 3 months?

Volunteer/Community service: Probably around 400-500 hours total.

Summer Activities: Community/church service activities

Essays: Com app i thought was unique, showed my human side and way of interpreting things, supplement was more technical on how I want to use my passion for art

Teacher Recommendation: Probably amazing

Counselor Rec: Only knew her for a year, so I do not know

Additional Rec: NA

Interview: Went very well

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): OK

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: Public

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Native American/White

Hispanic (Y/N): N

Gender: F

Income Bracket: 150-180k

Hooks: bilingual, multiracial? idk

Reflection:
Strengths: EC’s, Community service, GPA, essays?

Weaknesses: ACT scores

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I dont know, but I’m really bummed. Yale was my first choice, and I got either accepted or waitlisted to all the others I applied to. I’m assuming maybe I didn’t show enough of my drive and personality? Unfortunately I will never know…

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted to Dartmouth (via LL), Pepperdine, Westmont, TCU, SMU, waitlisted at Wheaton and Scripps

General Comments: Be who you are and pursue what you love. Since there is no guarantee that you will get into any extremely competitive school I’d say just aim high but don’t set your aspirations in stone directly on a certain college. Work hard, have fun, and show who you are in your essays. The rest will take care of itself. Congrats to those accepted!

boiledeggs · March 30, 2014, 2:08am

Decision: Deferred to Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 750 M 790 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math 1 800 Math 2 790 Chemistry 750 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (unofficially top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- Chemistry; Physics B; Calculus BC; Language 4- US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus |AP Computer Science|AP Biology|AP Government|AP Macroeconomics|AP Literature|Journalism|Personal Finance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF|state/national science awards|AP Scholar w/ distinction|volunteering awards|state math awards etc
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Managing and volunteering a community service program | School Varsity Soccer | Club Soccer (Captain)| Science Research | Math Team | Communications club (President)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Mentored and coached soccer to low income kids (700-800 + hours)
Summer Activities: internships, swimming, reading, research, soccer etc
Essays: Worked hard on them.
Teacher Recommendation: AP Physics Teacher and AP Lang teacher recs were prolly great (I’m sure they were both very strong as I knew them for multiple years)
Counselor Rec: most likely strong
Additional Rec: additional LoR from my research mentor
Interview: went well
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Middle Eastern
Gender: M
Income Bracket: lower middle class
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: good objective stats & essays & LoR’s
Weaknesses: dunno
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
General Comments: I only made an account to help future applicants so here I go… If you plan on applying to these schools, make sure you work on your personal statements and college specific essays carefully. Unless you have extremely impressive awards that’ll make colleges want you (eg Intel STS Finalist status), you need to show why you fit in and belong at the school you are applying to. Admissions rates have plunged into the single digits (below 5% for some schools). Adcoms have to make some tough decisions. Good luck to all!

Tanboyrunfast · March 30, 2014, 4:23pm

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 + 2210, superscored 2290 (750 M, 740 V, 800 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 US Hist, 690 Lit (sent, but obviously not top 2 so I don’t know if they looked at it)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Just under 4, 3.98 or something. But my one B was an 89. But there were also two 89s on my mid year. I have an unweighted average of 95, and a weighted average of 102.5. (My school is very tough.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A - My school doesn’t send (but I know that I’m only just in the top 20%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US HIst (5), AP Lang (5), Physics B (4), Art History (3) (taking AP Lit, AP BC, AP French, AP Econ, AP Gov, and AP Euro)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP BC, Honors Diff EQ, AP French, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Euro, Honors Orch, Honors Adv. Biotech.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, some kind of AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Track and Field (Captain), Orchestra - double bass for twelve years (Section Leader), lots of other clubs and whatnot
Job/Work Experience: Book shelver at a university library
Volunteer/Community service: Private lesson teacher, lots of stints with the NHS, gardening
Summer Activities: Interlochen (six week arts intensive) in 2012, BU RISE (research internship) in 2013.
Essays: Why Yale was 100 words of why I wanted to go, I named a lot of stuff (mainly things that really pertained to me, making it seem like a great fit). The questions were all funny or earnest. And my 500 word essay of choice was about how I’d gone to Montessori schools all my life through 9th grade – which was why I was driven to apply to Yale.
Teacher Recommendation: They must’ve been amazing! An admissions dean at another school wrote on my letter how engaged I was in class and what a positive impact I had on my school.
Counselor Rec: I love her! I know she wrote that I would’ve been a top student at my school if I had been a student freshmen year.
Additional Rec: Didn’t submit, though I had several.
Interview: It went really well!

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Top national public magnet
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): White
Hispanic (Y/N): N
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150,000, applied for FA because my brother is also in college

Hooks: Double bass player? Interesting story? I have no idea!

Reflection: I though I had no chance at all at Yale! Usually they only take people from the very top of the class at my school, but this year I guess they branched out some. After getting denied from Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn, I was ready to be denied by both Columbia and Yale, but then I got the congratulations message from Columbia. After 10 minutes of screaming, I finally checked Yale and saw their congratulations message. It was insane.

Make clear how high the school is on your list by your essays. I worked so hard on the essays for Stanford, Columbia, and Yale – they were insightful and wonderful, etc. I didn’t think my admissions essay would even be read after they saw my grades, but I was wrong.

Also try to meet your admissions officer! When she visited my school, I made an attempt to make a connection, and I think that stood out when she was reading my application.

Strengths: Academics aren’t my main focus, I’m a really interesting person as well. At my school this year, we saw the top students get rejected from all these schools because they don’t really do anything except academics. My SAT Score was in range. I’ve also showed a lot of dedication to my activities (i.e. double bass for 12 years) and I said I wanted to continue them in college.

Weaknesses: Grades. This was one of the first years my school was unranked, so I’m sure they knew where I was in the class. SAT IIs. APs.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I have no idea. But I know I’m incredibly lucky.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Williams, Amherst, Pomona, Haverford, Davidson, and Emory
Waitlisted: Bowdoin, Wash U, and Claremont McKenna
Denied: UChicago (Deferred), Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn

General Comments: I have no idea where I’m going next fall! My top three choices were Columbia, Yale, and Stanford, and I was accepted to all three! This process has been completely insane and this was not the end results I expected at all. I’m going to have an incredibly tough decision ahead of me – while I was recruited by my D3 schools for sports, I would have to walk on to compete at a D1, and I don’t know if any of the three schools will take me.

Don’t be afraid to dream!

Nihilus · March 30, 2014, 10:42pm

[color=yellow]Decision: Waitlisted[/color=yellow]
Objective:

[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[]ACT (breakdown): 36 (36E 36M 35R 36S)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Physics
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5s: Calc BC, Chem, Psychology, APUS, Micro,
4: Macro
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, Politics Elective
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar Candidate[/li][/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Huffington Post Teen blogger, Online political website (Editor-in-Chief, Quiz Bowl (Founder, President), Model Congress (Head Delegate), Science Olympiad, MUN
[]Job/Work Experience: Academic Tutor
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Library shelving
[]Summer Activities: SAAST engineering camp, politics camp, cultural camp
[]Essays: Good 8-9/10
[]Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see
[]Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview: good[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: South Asian
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 150-200k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. (Wrote and published a book in 7th grade)[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Scores, varied ECs, HuffPost/published author, scores
[]Weaknesses: Competitive applicant pool
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ^^^
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: UChicago (with likely), NYU Stern, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon SCS, UMich, UCLA, Rutgers, Georgia Tech
Rejected: MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Penn
Waitlisted: Yale, Columbia, Caltech, Dartmouth
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:[/li][/ul]

sarajbs · March 31, 2014, 10:16pm

Decision: Rejected
Objective:

SAT I: 2210
SAT II: 4 ranging from 770-800
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Rank: N/A
AP: English Language 5, APUSH 5, Chemistry 4 (self-studied)
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s and Intro Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Forensics, Student Government, School Gazette
Volunteer/Community service: Film, community service, etc
Summer Activities: Film, community service, travel with service group
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Probably good
Counselor Rec: Probably very good
Interview: Great
Other:
State: CA
School Type: Small public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: None
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, subject test scores
Weaknesses: Math SAT, lack of distinctive extracurricular achievement
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Pomona, Vassar, Hamilton, Grinnell, Willamette, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz. Rejected at Brown, Swarthmore, Amherst, and UCLA.
Congratulations to all!

akashaka · April 1, 2014, 1:13am

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: didn’t send
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[]ACT: 34 (M: 36, S: 34, E: 33, R: 32, Essay: 8)
[]GPA: 3.98 UW
[]Rank: 12/325 UW, 29/325 W (transferred from another school which messed these up)
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: Calculus BC (5) (AB Subscore: 5), Chemistry (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), Physics C E&M (5), Statistics (4), US History (4)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:

Common App – About my brother and what he means to me
Work Experience – Summer Research Internship
Additional – About my experiences at a boarding school in India
[]Teacher Recs:
Physics Teacher - AMAZING, she showed it to me and I couldn’t have asked for a better one - talked about my passion for helping other students
Social Studies (Civics, Psychology and US Government) Teacher - Probably pretty good, she knew me and liked me
Research Mentor – Probably very good, we’ve worked together for 2 years and it’s been great
PGSS Director – Saw it, was pretty good
[]Counselor Rec: IDK, probably all right.
[]Interview: With a weird old Greek professor, was interesting, not terrible, not great
[]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None, really
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: PA
[]High School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: 1/2 White, 1/2 Indian (Asian)
[]Gender: XY
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics Team Captain, Science Bowl Co-captain, Improv Club, Varsity Frisbee, Science Olympiad, Volunteering as teaching assistant at museum summer camps, debate, piano
[]Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, Accepted to Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Sciences, Science Olympiad Regional Champion, RIT Computing Medal
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Eh whatevs, got into Princeton and Cornell. WL at Harvard. I don’t even like Yale that much (would’ve gone to Cornell over it).
[/ul]

knights1027 · April 1, 2014, 7:09pm

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 Math. 780 Writing, 730 English)

ACT: 35, super-scored 36 (didn’t send)

SAT II: Math II - 800, Chemistry - 760

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Rank: Tied for 1st

AP:

Chem (5)
U.S. History (5)
English Lit and Comp (5)
Econ Macro (5)
Econ Micro (5)
Calc BC (5)
Physics C Mech (5)
Physics C E&M (5)
Bio (hopefully a 5 this year)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football (Captain), Tennis, Math Team, Robotics (FIRST 2011 World Champions), Cricket Club (though I’m not Indian, long story), very social and obtained stellar teacher recs, programming club, Boy Scouts, Band, etc.

Job/Work Experience: Golf Caddy, and I have my own electronic repair / modding business

Volunteer/Community service: a ton of stuff

Summer Activities: football camp

Interview: Went exceedingly well, did a lot of research on Yale and its academics, activities I’d be into, etc.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): IL

School Type: Public

Race: White

Hispanic (Y/N): N

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: Very Low

Hooks: Exceedingly personable engineering student, and a Captain on the football team who outranks many narrow-minded academics

Reflection:
Strengths: Researched Yale for interview, awesome interview,

Weaknesses: Submitted the app at 1 am the day it was due

Where else were you accepted: Northwestern, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, UChicago

General Comments: Awesome!! I got into Yale!!

juliwang · April 3, 2014, 3:05pm

[size=4]Decision: DENIED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770M, 730R, 720W, 8 Essay
ACT: 34 ACT 10 Essay
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 APs, all 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 3 senior electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Winner, AP scholar, NMF

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (Captain), Science Fair, Math Team (Captain), Service Club (President)

were the ones I had most involvement in.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours at Retirement Home
Summer Activities: Recreational Soccer, College Classes, Governor’s Program
Essays: Very very good. Common app talked about my experiences with poverty and education. Yale-specific talked about the

collaborative and intellectual environment.
Teacher Recommendation: One was pretty good, another I did not know very well but liked me, another was impeccable.
Counselor Rec: New counselor. Didn’t know her. Decent.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: I had a great time, very laid back, made him laugh, he joked that it would be a tragedy if I didn’t get in. Oops lol.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Southern USA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Rural Public
Race(s): Chinese
Hispanic (Y/N): N
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 40-60k
Hooks: Low-income, Rural school

Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, SAT II, GPA.
Weaknesses: ECs, Engineering + Inexperience, Race (?)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I think I had a good application. I didn’t expect to be rejected straightforward, but it’s probably just because of the strength of the appplicant pool. Also, Yale’s engineering department is small, so I suppose it might’ve been more competitive?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted-Princeton, Caltech, Cornell, Columbia. Waitlisted-Brown, WUSTL, Rice, Chicago. Rejected-Harvard, Yale, Stanford.

General Comments: Good luck to future applicants and congrats to the C/O 2018!

kinzavorp · April 7, 2014, 6:05pm

[size=4]Decision: DENIED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Not Taken.

ACT: 35 Composite - 34 English - 33 Math - 36 Reading - 36 Science

SAT II: 720 Math 1 - 680 Physics

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91

Weighted GPA: 4.09

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%

AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calculus BC (5 AB Subscore) - 5 US History - 5 US Government

IB (place score in parenthesis): School Does Not Offer.

Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 3 - Calculus Based Physics - AP Chemistry - AP Language and Composition - Senior Design - Robotics

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit Scholar - AP Scholar - Leadership and Academic All Star

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Class President and Student Body President) - School Spirit Shop (Founder and Manager) - Soccer (4 Year Varsity Player, Captain Senior Year) - Basketball (2 Time JV Captain) - Track

Job/Work Experience: None.

Volunteer/Community service: Local Foodbank, 3 Years, Warehouse Assistant - Botanic Gardens, 6 years, Construction Projects

Summer Activities: Not much here. This was probably a weakness.

Essays: It’s hard to judge these accurately. I thought they were good and true to who I am, but it’s impossible to know they were up to snuff.

Teacher Recommendation:
Calculus/Physics Teacher: I took a risk with this one. He had only known me for a little over three months, but he was an incredibly smart guy with an amazing story. He wrote his LOR about me teaching third graders about the different kinds of waves and how we use those waves in sonar and radar. Overall, 8/10.
Latin Teacher/Leadership Mentor: This one was probably fairly generic. He’s a smart, motivated guy, but I’m not sure about his writing style or ability. 7/10.

Counselor Rec: Outstanding. I was one of the only students from my school applying to this level of school, so I was sure to meet with my counselor numerous times. She knew me exceedingly well as we had worked together on a number of projects and presentations. 10/10.

Interview: A miscommunication on location meant that things started off a little late, awkward, and hurried, but after about ten minutes, things went well. The conversation wasn’t all that intellectual or outstanding, but it was smooth, comfortable, and enjoyable. He wrote well about me, but I’m sure it was nothing beyond the usual.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado

Country (if international applicant): USA

School Type: Small Charter

Race: White

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: Apparently too much for any financial aid…

Hooks: Geography? But other than that, none to speak of.

Reflection:
Strengths: ACT, Letters of Rec (I think), Leadership, School Involvement

Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Essays, Interview was nothing special, Summers weren’t spent doing the “right” things

Why you think you were denied: I guess I didn’t have that one special/different/unusual think that could’ve put my application over the edge. I was very well rounded, and this isn’t exactly what a school like Yale is looking for. I also began preparing fairly late so this could have shown through.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado at Boulder, and the United States Military Academy at West Point
Denied: Princeton University, Harvard College, and Duke University

General Comments:

Venezolano · April 10, 2014, 1:26pm

[color=green][size=4]Decision: Accepted[/color=green][/size=4]

Objective:
ACT: 35 (36 Reading, 36 English, 34 Science, 32 Math)
SAT I: 740 CR, 680 M, 640 W (6 essay) = 2060 (froze up on the essay and only wrote 2 paragraphs so that was pretty bad haha)
SAT II: 800 Biology E, 780 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 18/447
AP (score in parenthesis): Biology (5), World History (5), Calculus AB/BC (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Psychology (5)

Senior Year Course Load: Georgia Tech Calculus II, Georgia Tech Calculus III, AP Economics (micro & macro), AP Lit, Scientific Internship & Research, Advanced Band, Honors Gov.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best in Category and 1st Honors at the 2013 Georgia Science and Engineering Fair, research accepted for publication in the Harvard Journal of Emerging Investigators, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude Gold Medal, Honor Band, National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Captain, Center Snare), Varsity Tennis (Co-captain), Lab Research at Emory University’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Magnet Advisory Board Member.

Job/Work Experience: Unpaid, but worked ~150 hours in a neurology research lab and ~240 hours in a cancer research lab at Emory.

Volunteer/Community service: Earned a Community Service Letter, service trips to Costa Rica and to the Pemon Indian tribes near the Venezuelan Amazon, Learning Links Tutor, ESOL Mentor, Leadership Club and Helping Hands Club volunteer.

Summer Activities: Accepted into the Winship Cancer Institute Summer Scholars Research Program at Emory University, went on service trips, UGA Latino Leadership Summer Program, National Student Leadership Conference, marching band camp.

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9. I think my common app essay was very strong, and I think my supplements were very solid as well.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: (10) I was his top student and he said he wrote me a “glowing” rec.
Teacher Rec #2: (9) Also said she wrote me a great rec.
Counselor Rec: (9) I think it was pretty good my counselor knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: (9) Got a rec from the doctor whose lab I worked in over the summer at Emory. I think it was a pretty good rec he was very impressed with my work and initiative.
Interview: Interview went very well, talked about my accomplishments, had a very fun discussion about Duke, I made her laugh so that didn’t hurt haha.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Magnet Public High School
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: Academic accomplishments and extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Lack of big leadership roles.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I received a Likely Letter in January and was invited with about 100 other Likely Letter students to Yale Engineering and Science Weekend (YES-Weekend) , so I think that my accomplishments in science were a really big pull for Yale. I think I also just had a pretty solid application overall with my scores, academics, extracurriculars, and awards.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted early to Stanford, Harvard regular decision, and Duke. Accepted to Georgia Tech and UGA Honors early as well.

General Comments: I was absolutely impressed and enthralled by Yale’s campus and community when I visited YES-Weekend; they really threw everything they could at us to entice us to go to Yale and it worked reeeeeally well. I’m very drawn in by the great community feel that Yale has, and I love the residential college system. Plus I find that Yale is really trying to ramp up its sciences and is very willing to allocate plenty of money and resources for undergrads in science and engineering. I was totally set on Stanford before getting the Likely from Yale, but after YES-Weekend, I find it much harder to make a final decision because they are very different universities, but both offer so many great opportunities. Can’t wait to go to Bulldog Days and meet all the other admits too!

MSNL46 · April 10, 2014, 3:57pm

[size=4]Decision: ACCEPTED[/size=4]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A

ACT: 35 Math, 35 English, 36 Science, 36 Reading

SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 720 History, 720 Literature

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/255

AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Jazz Band, Differential Equations (dual enrollment), 20th Century European Diplomacy (dual enrollment), Abstract Algebra (dual enrollment), Linear Algebra (dual enrollment), Discrete Mathematics (dual enrollment), College Physics (dual enrollment). All dual enrollment through PSEO on Miami University’s main campus.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (captain), Track and Field, Academic Challenge, NHS.

Job/Work Experience: N/A

Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer assistant coach for MathCounts, volunteer assistant coach for middle school track, tutored in upper-level science and math through Calculus III.

Summer Activities: Church camp, a NOLS (national outdoor leadership school) 30 day leadership expedition in WY.

Essays: Good, but not outstanding. Common app was about the NOLS experience.

Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, one was from my Calculus III professor.

Counselor Rec: Good

Additional Rec: N/A

Interview: I thought that the interview went pretty well, and that I was able to fully explain the coursework that I’ve completed at Miami University through dual enrollment.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): OH

Country (if international applicant): USA

School Type: Public

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): White

Hispanic (Y/N): No

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: Upper middle class.

Hooks: I’ve done 49 hours of PSEO classes, including 300 and 400 level math courses at Miami University, and have done very well in them.

Reflection:
Strengths: Relatively strong extracurriculars, outstanding test scores and coursework through PSEO.

Weaknesses: Weak community service.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: The only exceptional thing I had was the NOLS experience and the coursework I’ve done at Miami. I’ve done intro chem and physics there, but I’ve gotten really in depth with the math, finishing up the Calculus sequence, Diffe Q, Linear Algebra, and am taking Abstract Algebra (there are grad students in the class).

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted: Several state schools, UMichigan, Northwestern, Rose-Hulman. Waitlisted: Caltech. Denied: Princeton, UChicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins.

General Comments: None.

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