Official Yale SCEA Decisions- Class of OHLEVEN ('11)

<p>OH SNAP YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!!</p>

<p>Being on this forum for a couple of months, I have noticed that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU is amazing, and that in the end, all of you guys will get into a great college. Always remember that this decision does not define your capabilities in any way. Remember: December 15, 2006- 5:00pm(ish).</p>

<p>This is my 1000th post. My 1001th post will be my decision, just coz I'm cool.</p>

<p>Please use the following format. REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACES BETWEEN THE BRACKETS (ex. The space should be deleted between the bracket and s in [ size=+2], etc.) ALSO REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACE BETWEEN [ *]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>(to just see how it will look like:
Decision: Accepted OR
Decision: Deferred OR
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Please try and keep this thread for decisions only, and let's try and minimize the amount of clutter. We should use the SCEA board to discuss.</p>

<p>I hope all of you guys have an amazing winter break! The decisions are only one day away! </p>

<p>-stupak</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
[size=+2]Decision: Rejected<a href="will%20just%20erase%20two%20when%20decisions%20arrive">/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nein
[</em>] SAT I (by section): R 800 W 740 M 780
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math 2C 750>>800 / US History 720 / Chemistry 730 / Literature 760
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.85 UW
[<em>] Rank: NA Top Tier.
[</em>] ACT: NA
[li] APs (including this year's):<br>[/li]US/ World/ European History 5/5/5
US/ Comparative Govt and Pol. 5/4
Micro/ Macro Econ. 5/5
Psych/ Eng Lit/ Calculus 5/4/5</p>

<p>[<em>] IBs (including this year's):
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:<br>
Eng Lit, Eng Comp, Govt and Pol, German RC, Econ
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 SCEA
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Absolutely nothing.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ECs listed on app: [/li]UNESCO of ##### HS-Vice-president
Congressman ###-Research Intern
People Club-President
National Bar Association-Assistant Clerk </p>

<h3>Rehab Center-Volunteer Teacher</h3>

<p>Clarinet and Skiing... some awards with Ski. none with Clarinet (I suck)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Growing up/ My dreams
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Promised to be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Promised to be good
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My essays are quite nice (despite their generic titles) my UNESCO activities were prolific.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Korea, North (just kidding... Republic of Korea)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
Regionally prestigious (Seoul)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Quite high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA (unless Koreans are UR? Definitely not)
[<em>] Strengths: Clear direction in application. Good writing.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No awards. Low GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I made the accepted blue.</p>

<p>"OH SNAP YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!!</p>

<p>Being on this forum for a couple of months, I have noticed that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU is amazing, and that in the end, all of you guys will get into a great college. Always remember that this decision does not define your capabilities in any way. Remember: December 15, 2006- 5:00pm(ish).</p>

<p>This is my 1000th post. My 1001th post will be my decision, just coz I'm cool."</p>

<p>Lol...wow...we have really gone crazy in these last few days haven't we?</p>

<p>Just an aside--I think that we, as future leaders of tomorrow, need to take some initiative about nomenclature here... 'ohlevel' isn't gonna cut it. 20-eleven, now--there's an idea. We didn't go around in 1996 calling it 'nineteen hundred and ninety-six" after all, did we?"</p>

<p>Ohleven isn't that bad, though.</p>

<p>I don't know, that seems kind of cluttered. There's always One-One, I guess, but I'm not the most creative person in the world.</p>

<p>Good luck from the Williams board!</p>

<p>ditto grace. We're desperately trying to stick it out till williams SNAILMAILS decisions. Good luck</p>

<p>Good luck! I will be applying to Yale RD if I don't get into ED Brown PLME (which I will find out in exactly 1 hour)</p>

<p>Good luck from current students. I look forward to meeting you all.</p>

<p>decision are up!!!!</p>

<p>never mind - sorry- they must have been testing it no access now</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope.
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M(800)/CR(710)/W(690) = 2200
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math 2 (800) / Chemistry (720) / Literature (680) = 2200
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.28 / 3.976
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 70
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Statistics (4), World History (4), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5), English Literature (?), Psychology (?), Calculus BC (?)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Public Speaking / Music Theory, Human Anatomy-Physiology, AP Calculus BC, Religious Studies - Peer Facilitator / Great Stories, Physics, AP English Literature, AP Psychology
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me for SCEA, one other for Regular.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing, really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Class Executive Office President (Junior Yr), Church Youth Ministry President (Sophomore Yr), NHS President (Senior), All-for-Jesus Community Service Group Leader, Doctor's Student Assistant at a local clinic, Volleyball Sports Player
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutored math and science
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Conference at UCLA (Fairly good, a bit generic.) and my competitive nature (Again, it was okay, not mindblowing.)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven't read, but one from my AP Chem teacher and one from my AP World History teacher (who was my faculty advisor during my term as class prez)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Haven't read, but I think it was okay. He was also a faculty advisor for me during my term.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At her home, which was practically a mansion! It lasted nearly two hours. Pretty good conversation.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing really, except the fact that I'm a TCK and an MK.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Korea
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average, I believe. No graduates have ever gone to an Ivy school yet, so... (although several have been accepted at Standford, etc)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $20-30k annual
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Erm. I believe I answered this above. Pretty much nothing.
[<em>] Strengths: Ahh. Leadership. Organization. Reliability.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing quite outstanding, really, the lack of which is a weakness.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No clue.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Bah. Good luck to everyone else.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred OR</p>

<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 W, 800 CR, 760 M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 790 Biology E, 780 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.57 W, 4.0 UW
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP US History - 5, AP Biology - 5, AP Latin Literature - 5
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP American Govt, AP English, AP Economics, AP Chemistry, AP Latin Vergil, Concert Chorus
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Honors with Distinction, AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, MENC All-USA Musician (named one of the top 100 musicians in the country), National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society, 3xGold/Summa cum Laude on National Latin Exam
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Indian classical music, Student Advisory Board/Student Council, Holmdel Theatre Guild (drama), NJ All-State, NJ All-Shore Chorus, Yearbook, Mock Trials, JV Discus and Sprinting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Carnatic Music Association of N America
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was about Indian classical music and my development, and the other was about revising our student government constitution, and how we learned about the politics of compromise with administrators, the Board of Education, and the founding administrators of our school.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent. I've had the same Latin teacher since eighth grade. The other one was my Honors Chem teacher, who loved (to pick on) me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. I know my counselor personally, because he's the director of our theater program, so I see him every day after school.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): On-campus interview went okay... didn't have a great feeling afterwards.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I performed classical music on the national television channel of India and have recorded a full-length studio album.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: damn...</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 770 Math, 690CR, 660W
[<em>] SAT IIs:770 Bio-E, 750 Math IIC, 690 USH
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.52W
[<em>] Rank:5/700
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs (including this year's): WH-5, USH-5, Lit-4, This year: Macro/Micro, U.S./Comp. Govt., Calc BC, Lang, Psych
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 AP's, 1 honors, 1 normal
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just me
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 2006 AAA Travel Challenge State Champion, band awards, swimming awards, other scholarship awards, nothing amazing...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Swimming (team captain), NHS (president), FCA (captain), Club swimming (25 hours/week), SGA (parade co-chair), Band (section leader) This is the are I really thought would help me, I have a lot of leadership and small awards with these, but none are spectacular
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Babysitting
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were okay, can't really say
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don't know
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 20% of kids attend 4 year institution
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: EC's, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT's
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Nothing too spectacular, I was hoping to be fast enough to get recruited, but wasn't[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really did expect this. Everyone at my school thought I was a shoo-in, but they obviously didn't see last year's results. I'm going to try to not let this get to me, my SAT scores from Dec. should be higher so maybe I can get in RD. I'm just glad that I did at least get deferred, this means with athletic recruit I have a good shot at getting into Dartmouth RD. Good luck to everyone just now checking!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (800 CR, 780 Math, 740 Writing)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Chinese (790) Math IIC (790) Biology M (780) Chemistry (780) Biology E (720)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.78 UW 4.20 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 8 total. 5/5/5/5/4/4 on the ones i have taken
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: most rigorous
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): a few of the usual ones, national merit semifinalist, ap scholar with distinction, etc.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>too depressed to list the other stuff...</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
damn...i wanted a deferral. =(
probably rejected because of weak GPA or someone else from my school got in. i knew the other 2 applicants both had very impressive apps.
well GL everyone else!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 700M, 710W, 720R
[<em>] SAT IIs: 750Lit, 720Lat, 700M2
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted only: 3.9
[<em>] Rank: Not sure, I think top 10%
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Latin Lit (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (4), European History (3), English Comp (4), American Gov. (?), Statistics (?), English Lit (?)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Academic classes = Calc-based Physics, AP Stat, AP Gov, AP LA
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 3 Gold Medals in the NLE, 9th place in the state in the WSOSB (Washington State Ocean Sciences Bowl)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Flute, Singing, Drama Club (acting and directing), Volunteering at the Aquarium, Marine Science Team, Rec. League Basketball
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nannying all summer, babysitting off and on
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One hard to explain... about how I got over my fear that learning music theory would make my songwriting process to lifeless and theoretical and how that taught me to cross the line between the creative and theoretical and how now I want to do it with science and go from the theoretical to the creative and into research. The other one was about when my dad was really sick last year and had heart surgery and we didn't know if he would make it and how I dealt with it and grew from it. I thought they were really well-written and the best part of my application.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was ridiculously good, I was amazed when I read it. The other still very very positive but not as detailed as the first one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Just got a new counselor so he doesn't know me well. He had some grammatical errors in it, but it was very positive and said accurate things about me.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): It was a little weird because my interviewer never asked me to basic questions (ex: "Why do you want to go to Yale?") but we got along well and talked for a long time.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Seattle, Washington
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whte
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Mid-range
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Teacher Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, class rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because almost everyone was deferred, my test scores aren't that hot and well, Yale is really random anyway, so you can never really know.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm upset because I really wanted to get in, but I'm glad that I at least got deferred, not rejected. I really, really, really hope that my friend who also applied early gets in, because Yale is 100% perfect for her and she is amazing. So, as long as she gets in, I think I'll be fine for a while. I just hope hope hope hope I have good news come April.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2380 (800 M 800 R 780 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 Biology 800 Math IIC 800 Spanish
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 90.1 UW, 96ish W
[<em>] Rank: 15ish/75
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Calc BC: 5, AP Music Theory: 5, AP US History: 5, AP Biology: 5
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most Rigorous
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 6
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Lots of math awards, National merit, plenty of other stuff.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: I compose music. I also run a big pile of clubs.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NIH studying T-Lymphocyte regulation and stuff
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think very good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good, by really smart teachers. They're both
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, small school so she can write individual stuff.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Wealthy lawyer type guy, at his house, I did just fine.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research and Musical composition both pretty good.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Live in Maryland, School in DC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very elite prep school. About eight of the 70 kids in my grade have a 2300+.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 5x Legacy
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Legacy, ECs, Recs, maybe essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades (2% lower than what Yale likes to take, especially a bad sophomore year).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See strengths[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I don't think my experience is the norm for most of you guys. I ace standardized tests, but not my classes. (Although to be fair, I'm at a school with crazy grade deflation, where the average HYP kid gets about a 92 UW.) Then I've got the legacy, which isn't the norm.</p>

<p>Good luck to all of you, and congratulations to those who got accepted. All of you are great kids.</p>

<p>ADMITTED!!!!</p>

<p>BEST FEELING EVER!!!</p>

<p>For others admitted: Could you reach the Class of 2011 homepage or Bulldog Days registration site? It won't let me and I'm worried...</p>

<p>No, I can't reach either of those things. They just don't have everything set up yet.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M:650 V:650 W:580, Essay 10; M:670, V:620, W:610, Essay 12
[<em>] SAT IIs: 700 US History, 720 BioE, 670 Spanish
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank: Top 25% (I think), we don't officially rank
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Euro (sophomore year, 3), US (junior year, 4), Stat, Spanish and Gov (senior year)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Spanish, College English, College PSCI class.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, SCEA, a bunch regular
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing really note worthy
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Moot Court, Varsity Soccer, lots of theater, internship at theater program, school show
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Personal Statement was very creative, not your average college essay. Supplement was a narrative w/ lots of imagery about a summer experience.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great, I guess
[</em>] Counselor Rec: who knows
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): average
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I'm Asian and I don't plan to do Math, Science, or Business.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York City
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Highly Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Average, middle, run of the mill<br>
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen to complete college
[<em>] Strengths: I want to essay my essays, my courseload and my extracurriculars given that I'm someone of my ethnicity.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores.<br>
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Test scores & intended major.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I'm hot. LMAO.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Over 60% of the applicants get deferred. I don't feel special.</p>