RD 2023 Colorado College

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Decisions come out Wednesday MST! Time to start a thread.

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Decision: Denied:
SAT/ACT: 33
GPA: around a 3.6-3.7/4 unweighted
IB/AP: IB Biology HL, IB Psychology HL, IB Geography HL, IB English Literature A SL, IB Spanish B SL, IB Math SL
I was deferred and didn’t really expect a rejection but it’s fine !

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@alinazagitova same here. I got deferred EA. I’m a full IB student

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I got waitlisted! Kinda stings but I’ve already gotten some acceptances so it’s not so bad as a denial. Guess I’ll post my stats to help some others out:

ACT: 32
GPA: 3.97 unweighted / 4.5 weighted
2 years of full concurrent enrollment at UC Denver
I was hoping for an acceptance but ya know, it is how it is.

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daughter accepted RD into the Fall Away program, after deferred EA. You two IB students will get into some amazing places. at this level of selectivity, there is a randomness aspect.

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waitlisted :frowning:
sat: 1510 gpa: 3.7

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@giraldi bro I’m dying with all the IB deadlines right now considering my EE is a mess and it’s due friday but it’s fine at least I have a rejection to top it all off

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waitlisted :confused: SAT 1500 GPA 3.9

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Waitlisted
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.6 Unweighter, lots of APs

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Waitlisted

  • 29 ACT
  • 4.4 GPA
  • Three Sport athlete
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Waitlisted

  • 1470 SAT
  • 3.5 GPA UW
    -URM and First Gen
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Accepted!
SAT 1510
GPA 4.07

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Waitlisted
ACT → 32
GPA → 4.21 W
Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Accepted some how
ACT 31
GPA 3.97 UW
Graduating a year early from high school, and lots of EC’s and 4 Sports.
7 AP’s

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Accepted
ACT 35
UW GPA 3.86
W GPA 4.45
8 APs, 5s in all (except for the 4 from US)
Presidential Scholarship
Applied RD (no deferral)

I think what got me in was definately my relationship with my admissions officer. I flew out to see campus and hit it off w/ him when we met – if you can develop a friendship with your officer, even via email, it can make a huge difference!

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@craZZprocess Same with my daughter!

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Accepted: 3.74 W GPA (Freshman: 3.41, Sophmore: 3.44, Junior: 4.05, Senior 1S: 4.31)

35 ACT, 790 Math II, 740 USH

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Accepted (RD, International student)

SAT: 1480 (superscore) → 1460 is my highest composite score
GPA: 3.83 (My school does GPA out of 4.3)
9 APs over Junior and Senior year (School doesn’t allow sophomores to take APs)

ECs:

  • Two varsity sports (one of which I captain)
  • Leader of service club that teaches orphaned schoolchildren about badminton
  • Spent summer 2018 in Ladakh, India. Spent one week at a local school, helping dentists and optometrists check on the schoolchildren’s teeth and eyes.
  • Leader of service club that raises money for the same school in Ladakh.
  • Additional service trips around Jakarta

No interview.

Not really sure how I got in compared to some of the people that were waitlisted/ denied. However, I do think that my essays were extremely solid. My block-plan essay was about creating a research paper on Indonesian eco-tourism, using a location in Sumatra as a case study.

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a bit more info:
800 Math 2, 800 US History
many AP’s, significant upward trend w GPA every year…Senior 1st sem 4.44
3 varsity sports
from NE but strong ties to Colorado, camp and leadership programs every summer
strong work experience in NYC finance
Nationally certified EMT

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Accepted 4.0UW/4.5W SAT 1540