<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I: 770CR, 760M, 800W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790, 770, 750, 750
[</em>] ACT: Didn't Submit
[<em>] APs: Physics B, Env. Sci., Biology: All 5's
[</em>] IBs: No IB
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 97.05 UW
[</em>] Rank: 3/280
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
[<em>] Other stats: My school hasn't sent anybody to Yale in at least ten years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: physics research at national lab., jazz guitar, environmental activism, volunteering at hospital, my web sites
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/wk at my school district doing computer stuff
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): one was about my experience having foreign parents, and how that has helped me grow as a person. the other was about how I view New York City to be a spiritual escape for me, a la Walden Pond. Both were fairly original, I think, and pretty strong.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[li] Interview (feel and general location): I had an on-campus interview and an alumni interview at Starbucks. I didn't think either interview went that well. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Under-achieving public high school in blue-collar community
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Iranian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong dedication to a few EC's/No extremely impressive awards or accomplishments
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have a strong passion for science, and I think I let that shine through. Other than that, it's anybody's guess
[/ul] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: While I'm extremely excited and happy, I know that I am no more qualified than many people on this board who were not offered admission. As trite as this sounds, I know each and every one of you will find admission to the school of your dreams, and Yale will be nothing more than a distant memory. My sister was outright rejected from Yale EA 3 years ago, and was absolutely crushed. She is now having the absolute time of her life at Cornell, and she has told me that she wouldn't change a thing if she had the choice.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800CW, 760M, 720W (2280)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Lit, 770 US, 760 M2C
[<em>] GPA: 101.8 Weighted
[</em>] Rank: 2/206
[<em>] Other stats: Lots of leadership.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: One very good and polished, one mediocre but personal.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Havent read them but I have a great relationship with the two teachers, so I assume good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Havent read it, but, again, we get along famously.
[<em>] Hook (if any): TASP? Founder of AI Chapter?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Basque (Non-URM Hispanic)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I dont know! General Comments: Holy </em>*, Im freaking out. This is magnificent.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 800 V, 800 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 USH, 800 IIc, 780 physics
[</em>] ACT:-
[<em>] APs: Four 5s (USH, Junior English, Physics B, Calc BC)
[</em>] IBs:-
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.9 w, 4. 0 uw
[</em>] Rank:4/420-ish
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs (one is EnvSci, not well regarded but required for me), Honors Newspaper
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: not many
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Co-Ed-in-Chief of school paper, some club leadership, some recreational sports, nothing stellar
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Wrote for local paper
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): both were solid, I was told one was exceptionally good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: solid, I'm not sure how good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: impersonal but ok
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (if any): no hook
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: lower middle
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: no hook-worthy ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: good stats, interesting essay, ECs don't catch an adcom's eye, though.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to those who made it, I hope the rest of us have better luck (at Yale or elsewhere) in the spring.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?:NO
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 740 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 World History, 800 Literature, 790 Writing, 710 US History
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: 3 Music Theory, 5 World History, 5 US History
[<em>] IBs: 6 Physics SL
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.128w/3.98uw
[<em>] Rank: 2/706
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP/IB: Calculus BC, English Lit/Comp, Biology, Govt, Macroeconomics, Comparative Govt, Spanish, Theory of Knowledge and honors International Relations
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 24-25 ish
[</em>] Other stats: 100/100 in Prettiness
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Howard Dean Campaign, Ballroom Dance, Key Club, Young Democrats, Yearbook, Habitat for Humanity, and something else...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Medical Records Clerk Summer 2005
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): tsunami relief, Ramen noodles
[</em>] Teacher Recs: haven't read 'em
[<em>] Counselor Rec: haven't read it
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): on-campus was brilliant, alumni was horrid
[<em>] Hook (if any): year abroad in India
[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[</em>] State or Country: Indiana
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): pretty good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks: Hoosierness
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I dunno. I'm pretty.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No one can resists my prettiness.[/li][/list]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WOOHOO!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 780, 800M, 780W (2360)
SAT IIs: 760/760/780
GPA: 4.2 weighted (approximately, when put on a 4.0 scale) at a top boarding school
Rank: unkown, towards top of class</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Assume great
Counselor Rec: great</p>
<p>Oh well. If they don't want me, it's their loss
Probably didn't make it because there were other strong candidates from my school applying.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 all three
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 690 Math 2, 650 US History
[<em>] APs: 5's on Psych,Lit,Comparative Gov't. 4's on US Gov't,World History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98 unweighted, 4.63 weighted
[<em>] Rank: our school doesn't rank, but i'd guess one of top 3
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 AP's, 3 other academics, Band
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: no idea, probably not many
[</em>] Other stats: 300 community service hours
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Chief editor lit mag, VP of Model UN and Tri-M Honor Society, Marching Band Section Leader, Pit Orchestra first flute, Historian of Peace Club, Mock Trial, NHS, Quill and Scroll honor society, Ambassadors, MCYC piccolo, a few other things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none but i put an engineering program at UMCP for summer experiences
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): first one really good, second one lousy
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one EXCELLENT, one probably really good or excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): pretty good
[<em>] Awards: Wellesly book award, MD scholar semifinalist, Mark Curtis Humanities Award ($100), citizenship award, Jaguar Award (best marching band student selected by peers), merit scholar commended student, stuff like that
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Filipina
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: EC's, recs, one essay. Weaknesses: SAT scores, no hooks, second essay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I'm like most other applicants.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Here's to waiting!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Old: V: 800, M: 740 New: V: 800, M: 720, W: 720
[<em>] SAT IIs: Wr: 800, Lit: 780, MI: 770, USH: 780
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: World: 5, USH: 5, Physics B: 5, English Lang: 5
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4ish, UW, were on a 4.5 scale where a 4.5 is an A+ (94.5 and above)
[</em>] Rank: we dont rank but Im in the top two or three
[<em>] Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, Select Choir, Symphonic Band, Photography
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: band, choir, a cappella, school musical, masterminds, tennis, class officer, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): letter to myself about what to write (telling me to write about my love of books) and a supplementary one about how every activity Im involved has to do with me being a storyteller. I really liked them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, they all collaborated on it
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): B&N café, went really well.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school, 1400ish students, average SATs 500V 500M
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks: dont have one, really
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: essays, scores/transcript, passion for books and music
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: I sent in two poems and a supplementary rec from my voice teacher (a Yalie) who talked about my involvement in music and how Id fit in to Yale. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiseration, etc: Im still in shock. I was resigning myself to deferral. When the bulldog came up we just looked at it in confusion (even though I knew about it) and then it clicked and my mom screamed so loud she couldnt hear the music.</p>