<p>There’s a couple of hours left, but whenever you get your decision, let’s all post it here, okay?
Best of luck to all!</p>
<p>I live in MA, and I got a letter today. Waitlisted. I hate waiting.</p>
<p>The letter says that about 500 people elect to stay on the waitlist each year, and the average over the last 10 years is 21 people accepted off the waitlist.</p>
<p>If I get in, you can have my spot! :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Copied and pasted from another thread…sorry if formatting is weird. “—” means removed for anonymity</p>
<p>Numbers and Numbers:</p>
<p>SAT M: 800
SAT V: 740
SAT W: 800
SAT C: 2340</p>
<p>SAT Math II: 770
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Literature: 720</p>
<p>Class Rank: ~1-2/35
Small, Private School: rarely sends anyone to Ivy’s / any good schools
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Geography: Midwest - Ohio
GPA U: 3.95 / 4.00
GPA W: 4.41 / 5.00
*No honors past 8th or 9th grade, hence low weighted GPA
Commonapp essay: About submitting a position paper to the Ohio Congress and receiving an offer of co-sponsorship of a bill
Activity essay: About my long-held interest in photography, an exhibition I have up, and the success of sales
Recs: Should be pretty great
AP U.S. History: 4
AP Literature: 4
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Statistics: 5</p>
<p>Senior Coursework:
AP Environmental Science
AP Composition
AP Government
AP Physics C - Mechanics
Linear Algebra / Differential Equations
Performance Ensemble Band</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>
<p>National Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12) <— SCIENCE COMPETITION
-No officers; Founding member; Regional medalist; State medalist</p>
<p>Environmental Club (11, 12) <— ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM CLUB
-Prepared position paper for Ohio legislature; Presented at International Conference; Founding Member</p>
<p>National Beta Club (9, 10, 11, 12) <— SERVICE CLUB
-Treasurer, President</p>
<p>Varsity Jazz Band (9, 10, 11, 12) <— HIGH SCHOOL’S JAZZ BAND
-First Trombone; Approx. 15 concerts/yr</p>
<p>International Thespian Society (9, 10, 11, 12) <— DRAMA SOCIETY
-Approx. 8 productions/yr; Sound and light design and operation, Honor Bar)</p>
<p>Mock Trial team (9, 10, 11, 12) <— MOOT COURT
-No officers; Founding member, Outstanding Attorney, Student of the year)</p>
<p>A bunch of other crap…</p>
<p>Awards and Distinctions:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
AIME Participant and School Winner
International Thespian Society Honor Bar Award (Highest level of distinction)
Front page article in — for photography exhibition
Completion of the Suzuki method of Piano Instruction
Ohio Mathematics League Certificate of Merit for Superior Achievement (9, 10)
— Scholar Award (9, 10, 11, 12; School-awarded merit-based $500 scholarship)
Bunch of Departmental Awards at School…</p>
<p>Science Olympiad awards:
TONS OF REGIONAL MEDALS
State Competition - 12th place team overall (11)
State Competition Personal Medals - 5th place Chemistry Lab (11)</p>
<p>Non-Scholastic Education:
Junior Statesmen of America Symposium, Columbus, OH
National Youth Leadership Forum on Law, Washington, D.C.
Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference, Washington, D.C.
— Environmental Conference, New York City, NY</p>
<p>Service Activities:
Peer tutor in: Algebra II, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics (Fall 2009)
Volunteer staff for Vacation Bible School, (Summers 2003-2009)
— Mission Trip, —, OH (Summer 2008)
Mission Trip, — School, Honduras, C.A. (October 2009)
Total volunteer hours throughout high school: 550</p>
<p>You live in Massachusetts? So do I. But I did not receive a letter in the mail today. Maybe only waitlisted applicants get a letter in the mail this early. Guess I got rejected then. Good thing to know I don’t have to wait 4 months for a waitlist decision.</p>
<p>So slpxx16 where in Massachusetts do you live? Western Mass?</p>
<p>did you get an email?
i didn’t get an email with my decision
and congrats!
is there any way to check to make sure my email is right in their database?
gah…i hope i didn’t screw up my account somehow…</p>
<p>JUST GOT MY EMAIL. ACCEPTED!!! oh thank you amherst, oh thank you!!! I can’t quite believe it yet :)</p>
<p>It was an email, and the decision was in the main body of the email, not a link.</p>
<p>I imagine their servers are just trying to crank out all 8,000 emails, I wouldn’t worry if you haven’t gotten an email yet. Last name begins with “C” = top of the pile</p>
<p>accepted…yay!!! post stats later. too happy to post stats now. n all the fuss about Financial Aid was uncalled for. I did not have that link and still got in.</p>
<p>Did they send the email in order of last name? Im at the exact end. Maybe they send out rejection letters in a second wave of emails. Congrats guys.</p>
<p>accepted!!!and I had the link! post stats later this is wicked wicked awesome good luck to all!!!</p>
<p>INTERNATIONAL, FA, ACCEPTED, WHOOPEEEEE!!!</p>
<p>caps</p>
<p>congrats everyone!!</p>
<p>I didn’t have the link for the record</p>
<p>What do your last names begin with?</p>
<p>Now I’m wondering if they sent all the acceptances first… followed by rejections … hmmmm lol</p>
<p>gah no letter and still no email</p>
<p>Wait-listed…</p>
<p>Guess us last ones are going to get rejected.</p>
<p>Accepted at 3:12pm EST. Last name H.</p>
<p>SAT II: Literature 680 Biology M 720 Math 2 700
ACT: 31
AP/IB taken/scores: AP Language-3 AP Biology-4
GPA weighted: 4.0
GPA unweighted: 4.58
Rank or % estimate: 3/318</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good if not great
Teacher Recs: Meh…Depends on if you look at the ones I submitted for QuestBridge or the ones for my other applications; all are good but only the QB ones are great
Counselor Rec: Non existent; our counselors don’t even hardly know us 
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Theatre, In The Know, some community service</p>