<p>congrats wrathofgod64 and to everyone :)</p>
<p>waitlisted ... </p>
<p>3.98 UW
610 CR / 760 M / 690 W
800 IIC / 800 Chinese / 800 Chem / 780 US / 710 BioE</p>
<p>*Decision:Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2230 (720M 740CR 770W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 2c, 730 physics, 650 spanish
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] APs: ap euro 4, ap english comp 4, psych 5, us hist 5
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: uw 3.98 w 4.5
[<em>] Rank: 8/390
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ap spanish 5, ap calc bc, ap english, ap bio, ap chem, ap physics, ap gov
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: idk, maybe 4 or 5
[</em>] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: varsity soccer, pres nhs & shs, pres/founder young democrats, stugo committee chair, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty strong
[</em>] Teacher Recs: strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very strong
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): very relaxed and went well
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? nope
[</em>] State or Country: ks
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: little above avg
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Hooks: nothing that stands out
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: ehh[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>just rejected..
expected, but I really loved their program.. oh well... there's always grad school.
stats, for those who are interested: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1961517&posted=1#post1961517%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1961517&posted=1#post1961517</a>
:sigh: this crazy world of college admissions..</p>
<p>I Got In!!!!!</p>
<p>Rejected. :( :(</p>
<p>DECISION: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li> SAT I (by section): 2100</li>
<li> SAT IIs: ??? Never Checked</li>
<li> ACT: Never took</li>
<li> APs: School doesn't offer</li>
<li> IBs: " "</li>
<li> GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0</li>
<li> Rank: 1/150</li>
<li> Senior Yr Courseload: It's all kinda disshelved. I won't explain.</li>
<li> Number of Apps from Your School: 1, mine</li>
<li> Other stats: I think I got my first B of my high school career in Physics last quarter.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li> ECs listed on app: Lots of conservation work, research with NIH, Arabic language study, internship w/ local non-profit. Nothing typical, but nothing outstanding either.</li>
<li> Job/Work Experience: No job.</li>
<li> Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about how I've been a product of my environment. </li>
<li> Teacher Recs: As good as anyone's elses</li>
<li> Counselor Rec: Really good considering I met her for the first time the day I asked her to write it.</li>
<li> Interview (feel and general location): At a Starbucks inside a Safeway. The guy was really nice; I think I could of been more impressive. </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li> Optional Essay Submitted: Yes. It was about how I grew up in an apartment, but always wanted a house.</li>
<li> State or Country: The good part of Washington state</li>
<li> School Type, Average Stats of School: I kinda overdramatized how bad it was else where on CC, but in reality it's just a school like any other.</li>
<li> Ethnicity: African American/Asian</li>
<li> Income Bracket: Rather low, but I live pretty well. </li>
<li> Gender: Female</li>
<li> Hooks: URM maybe</li>
<li> Strengths/Weaknesses: URM valedictorian, rather unusual ECs/Sub-par test scores</li>
<li> Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I pulled the wrong card. At this level admission is like the lottery. It's useless to try to rationalize why you got what you got. Especially since you can't change it.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was 99% per cent sure that I was going to be rejected, so waitlisted ain't too bad. I felt bad for about 5 minutes, but I'm over it now. I didn't want Yale no where near as much as some other people on this board, so I'd be an ass to complain about being waitlisted when so many other people got rejected. Honestly, I had some reservations about attending anyway, something about Yale never felt quite right. Right after I checked my Yale decision, I checked Brown and I got in.
YAY!!! So I think I'm gonna go make some friends on the Brown board.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Accepted: State U (Honors), Harvard (SCEA), Emory (Emory Scholars), Rochester, BU, Columbia
Waitlisted: Wash U
Rejected: Penn, Yale</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 770 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Physics, 800 Latin
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: All 5's= Calculus BC, Latin: Vergil, European History, Art History, Physics C, Latin Literature, U.S. History, Chemistry
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.77 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/89
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hard stuff!
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ~10
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 Years Latin Honor Society; Vice-President 1 Year, President 2 Years
4 Years Girls Varsity Soccer; Captain 1 Year
4 Years Girls Varsity Tennis; Captain 2 Years
3 Years National Honor Society; President for 2 Years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at MIT
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Reflective, very good...?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Low-key, friendly, we still keep in touch!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? Yes
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks: Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Who knows...
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Valedictorian, National AP Scholar, Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist, Captain of two varsity sports[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Accepted SCEA Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Penn, Yale!!! This is so unbelievable!!!! Congratulations to everyone!!! :) :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 790
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00/4.63
[<em>] Rank: 1/390
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, Student Government, Science Olympiad, FBLA, a few others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: some
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): decent, I think
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? Yeah, I submitted a short one
[</em>] State or Country: Overland Park, KS
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Pretty competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:Congrats to everyone admitted, you are all a truly deserving bunch.</p>
<p>S. Rejected. 2270 boards (800w, 780v, 690m). 92 avg - top 25% very competitive private school, MANY APs, Good ECs including sports, great art credentials and others, father a very active Yale Alum.</p>
<p>*Decision: Rejected XD.. *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):790 m 750 v 720 w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 IIC 780 bio-m 740 lit 720 spanish reading
[<em>] ACT:35
[</em>] APs:none
[<em>] IBs:none
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:3.78/4.05
[<em>] Rank:lowest of 10%
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:"most rigorous" it said..though thats not really true XDXD
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dunno =/
[</em>] Other stats: nada
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: art, flute, work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: a bit
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): drew it x)..
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one good, one ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very average i think
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I DIDNT GET ONE >___O;;;;
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted?: yep
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School:public, it's average...top 10% of california but pretty bad i think..
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: rich lol
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>] Hooks:art
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:low gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:GPA!![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: totally expected this so don't mind..i already have a tough decision ahead of me
lol i think this decision REALLY didnt hurt after i got the email saying "i'm sorry we cannot interview you, there are too many applicants"
ah well xD.</p>
<p>CONGRATS EVERYONE!!</p>
<p>I would do the format, but I'm trying to get homework done...so...yes, I got rejected! But congrats to those who got in!!! ^_^</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (800 Writing, 770 Math, 750 Critical Reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Chemistry, 740 Math 1, 740 U.S. History
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5s on World History, U.S. History, Calculus AB, and English Language, 4 on Chemistry, and taking Microeconomics, Statistics, English Literature, and Music Theory in the spring
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 102.2 weighted, school doesn't calculate unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 490
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Music Theory, Physics, Directed Study where I teach myself how to play the violin, Journalism/School Newspaper
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4 others.....two were deferred EA and rejected RD, one was rejected RD, and the other can't get to the website yet
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, University of Pennsylvania book award, Georgia Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Distinction and AP Diploma, Georgia Girls State representative and Senator runner-up, Governors Honors Program nominee in English, Math, Science, and Spanish, Outstanding Student Awards in AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. History, AP English, Honors Spanish 3, Honors Spanish 2, Honors Chemistry, and Honors 10th grade Literature, Semifinalist in the 2004 Anthem national essay contest, State winner for Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 at the AATSP-GA Spanish Composition Contest, Superior ratings at the Metro Foreign Language forums and Foreign Language Association of Georgia spoken language contests, lots of other awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Monthly newspaper columnist for the Atlanta Catholic newspaper, editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, vice president of Students ACT (Achieve, Contribute, Transcend), Flute player for concert band, wind ensemble, full symphony orchestra, pit orchestra for school musicals, and flute ensemble, leader of church youth group, nursing home volunteer, lector, Eucharistic minister, Sunday school teacher, and Vacation Bible School leader at church, Academic Bowl member, physics tutor, student director for the Macbeth school play, NHS, SNHS, Beta, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting 10 hrs/week, worked at Media Play (35 hrs/week) and AMC Theater (15 hrs/week) this summer, currently work at Publix 15 hrs/week
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Writing is my strength so I thought they were very good. My main common app essay was about cutting my hair for Locks of Love and my optional essay was about the importance of communication.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Superb.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, although a bit short.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I had my interview at the State Capitol in downtown Atlanta.....went very well.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? yes
[</em>] State or Country: Georgia
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: competitive, most National Merit finalists in the state, over 99% of student body goes to college
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Income Bracket: over 200K
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: none
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: well-rounded with strong credentials.....nothing incredibly unique to push me over the edge
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don't believe my rejection is a reflection of me....there will simply too many strong candidates that were more unique than I was.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I've already been accepted to my first choice school (Notre Dame) as well as received generous scholarship offers from Emory and Vanderbilt, and then I'm still waiting on Princeton. Although Yale was not my first choice, and I'm not crushed that I didn't get in, I congratulate everyone who did!!</p>
<p>Rejected from Harvard, my number one choice.</p>
<p>Then found out I was accepted to Yale, and the world was bright again.</p>
<p>Accepted. What.</p>
<p>Decision: Reeeee-jected!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2230
* SAT IIs: 790 USH, 700 CHEM
* GPA: 4.255
* Rank: Top 10%
* Other stats: ED Deffered
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Neato
* Teacher Recs: Awesomeo
* Counselor Rec: Coolio
* Hook (if any): Yearbookie/Teacher
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: South Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Hahah copied this from another thread, I just have to change the decision on each one. Peace easy and congrats to those who are in!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 V, 780 M, 800 W (collective)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 770 Bio E, 650 French Reading
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 US Gov, 5 Psych, 5 Comp. Gov, 5 B/C Calc, 5 Eng. Lang, 5 US History, 5 AB subscore (Calc)
[<em>] IBs: 7 French SL, 5 Art SL
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.52 (junior year), 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 2/363
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All IBs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 including me, obviously
[</em>] Other stats: ....</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Relay for Life, MHS, NHS, French HS, museum volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Zero!
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): English (yes, that really was the 'subject') and I talked about dressing up as Hamlet! It was fun.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Stellar; my English teacher writes well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: OK I suppose.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I thought it was a little stiff, but I guess it wasn't...interviewer's home. </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted?: Yep
[</em>] State or Country: VA, USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: public, about 65% black, has IB program (5% black...by their choice) and we're supposedly #62 in the nation based on how many tests we take. Yep.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Income Bracket: 80-100K
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks: None whatsoever that I can think of.
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: English/social skills? And math. I guess I don't have horrible social skills after all. That's good to know.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have no idea. Truly. Must have been they liked my grades AND my essay and I fit what they wanted at that particular moment...(see "funny stuff" at the end)[/li][/ul]Other Factors: ........
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: When I first saw the blue screen, I was shocked...started screaming and laughing like a maniac...then got on tonight and saw that I'd been wait-listed at Brown and Harvard, whose letter was ironically placed into my "junk mail" folder. That was when I started laughing like a maniac for the second time. I was very glad I had opened Yale's first, and am very glad that, after careful review, I am not just using this way to deal with any pain--I actually do find these circumstances funny!</p>
<p>Good, that whittles down my choices. I needed that :)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2290 (730 Verbal, 760 Math, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC-790 Literature (Crap, I really can't remember)-750 U.S. History-690
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: Uh, this is where it gets sad. Last year, took US History and Calc. AB and got 4's on both. This year, taking Macro, Micro, Psych, and US Gov (all online). To be fair, my school only offers the two that I took last year.
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2/4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/19
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Second Semester-Advanced Art, Chemistry, AP Psych, AP Macro. From a community college-American Lit., English Comp. 2, and Sociology
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Umm, 1.
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Trained/Showed horses, Volleyball (captain and honorable mention all-conference this year, not recruited), FFA, NHS, Class President Jr. Year, Spanish Club, 4-H, Club Volleyball, Quiz Bowl, Studio Art (not a club, just a hobby; I sent a portfolio)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Menial work in retail for about 1.5 years, but I quit this past summer so I wasn't employed when I applied.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about training my first horse and what I learned from it, etc. Nobody really read except my sister, who liked it. I liked it a lot too, I think it's some of my best work.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I only read one of them, and it was really good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: It was very complimentary, but it was kinda short and impersonal.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I didn't have an alumni interview. I interviewed at Yale over the summer, I didn't feel like I connected with the woman at all, it was kinda stiff.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? No
[</em>] State or Country: Iowa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: Public, K-12 with only about 80 kids in the high school. It's in a rural area, mostly low income, no honors courses or anything, besides a couple AP's. I think I'm the first to ever apply or be accepted to an Ivy League school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: Well, the horse training thing is unusual, don't know if it's a hook. I'm from an area that's not too highly represented. Also, I did a summer college thing in architecture (my major) last year; I got A's in both classes and I think it maybe showed commitment to my interests...I dunno.
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: I really don't know, I guess just the things listed in 'hooks' Weaknesses: Low subject test scores (APs and SAT IIs), Weaker courseload compared to many
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don't know, I like to think it's because my true genius just leapt off the page.[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Congrats to all, including those that didn't get in. If you are good enough to apply to Yale, you're going to get into SOMEONE's first choice. I found out that I was waitlisted at Harvard earlier today, and I was absolutely crushed..it was my dream school. But then I found out that Yale's decisions came out today, and when I heard that little bulldog song...well, a lot of that weight was lifted. :) Moral of the story, it's all gonna work out and you're gonna go somewhere great...and I am easily amused by songs with barking in them.</p>
<p>Decision: Access Denied</p>
<p>Stat's take too long, and let's be honest, most of us just read the heading anyway. </p>
<p>I copied this from a former poster...
Accepted: Princeton, Duke, WashU, Emory, Richmond, Colby, Washington and Lee, William and Mary
Dubya-listed: Brown
Rejected: Yale (boo hiss)
Pending: Middlebury</p>
<p>Ravenna, I'm in your same boat. And additionally, laughed when I read about you laughing. Admissions is so unpredictable anymore.</p>