<p>kmtt, you are absolutely right, and I see more examples of it all the time. First hand, my friend had higher test scores, class rank, gpa, etc. He never visited Lehigh. I did. I got in, he didn’t.</p>
<p>I will say though, admitting students based on a general application, and even if they made everyone take an interview, it’s still a crapshoot. You don’t know what kind of kid you have until they have been there for a semester or two.</p>
<p>still no decision.</p>
<p>Decisions for Regular Decision were released online Thursday, March 25. Letters were mailed on Friday, March 26.</p>
<p>Note: Decisions for students applying to the Accelerated Medical and Dental programs have not been completed. </p>
<p>The thing is i didn’t apply to the medical programs…
why do you think this is?</p>
<p>amraa, you better call Lehigh Admissions and tell them that you didn’t apply to the medical programs.</p>
<p>So excited!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
Act: 30
GPA: 4.5 weighted out of 5.0…from 1 of top 2 high schools in state. Very competitive.
Top 10% of class. Many extracurriculars with leadership in some. Great recs
from teachers and counselor. All honors, gifted and AP courses. Good luck
everyone for the rest of your schools!</p>
<p>yay accepted
act: 31
gpa 4.0 (boss haha)
7 ap’s total
rank: 11 outa 1,025
great essays, recs, ecs
visited over summer</p>
<p>i’m either gonna go here, pitt, or notre dame</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>1390/2130 sat
93% gpa</p>
<p>accepted to IDEAS!</p>
<p>SAT: 2140
10 AP’s total
GPA:95 weighted</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Major: engineering
3.6 weighted GPA (out of 5)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2210 (750 M, 750 W, 750 CR)
SAT II: 750 MII, 780 Chem, 710 Lit
Rank: school does not rank</p>
<p>honors/aps:
AP computer science sophomore year (no AP test)
Honors chem junior year
Ap literature and AP calculus AB senior year (test to be taken)</p>
<p>EC: National Merrit commended, National Honors Society, recreational sports (soccer), small amount of community service, music, Discus / shot-put in track, misc other stuff that shouldn’t make much of a difference at any university.
Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee, starting at age 11 (year earlier than most, father is a referee coordinator in my club). It’s more like being paid to do an extra-curricular activity than anything else though, as the enjoyment I get out of it outweighs any pay I get.</p>
<p>Essay: Common app essay written about my passions in tinkering while growing up. Lehigh essay showed large interest in the school, as well as my having done quite a bit of research about the school. Equity and community essay also pretty good (not sure what to judge it against though)
Great teacher and counselor recommendations.
Applied in Regular decision.</p>
<p>State: California
School: small, competitive public high-school with a very good reputation
Ethnicity: Mix (Japanese / Swiss American)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Visited Lehigh: Yes, info-session over summer. Also had informative interview with Majed Dergham.</p>
<p>Accepted at: University of California: Berkeley, Davis, Santa Cruz, Riverside, University of Puget Sound, University of the Pacific, Syracuse
Waitlisted: Tulane, University of California: Irvine (this caused me to raise an eyebrow… I got into Berkeley and not Irvine?)
Waiting on: Carnegie Mellon University
Rejected:Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</p>
<p>emailed the admissions about my situation…
i guess they don’t work on weekends, which means 2-3 whole days of hell.</p>
<p>Major: engineering (I suppose it helps I’m a girl for this major)
SAT: 2230
SAT II: 750 chem, 730 physics
GPA (uw): 3.77
Courses: (I know we all only really care about APs so I’ll only list them) chem (5), physics (5), this year: bio, calc ab and english lit. My school has a horribly unforgiving schedule for AP students that doesn’t really allow for more than 3 per year (I had to drop language my junior year to fit chem).
ECs: 2 varsity sports, captain of one of them (although i wouldn’t play either at lehigh), bit of community service (kind of meshed my interest in chemistry with my service), interned with a neurologist, head of chemistry club, play bass in a band - this sounds way more legitimate than I thought…
Essays: common app: kinda weird, about my brother; why lehigh? i talked about the involvement of the community; community/equity nonsense: I related it to a mosh pit…I guess they liked it</p>
<p>Waiting to hear from: Johns Hopkins + Carnegie Mellon
Waitlisted: Wash U. St. Louis + UChicago
Accepted: Emory</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! If you’re a junior and want advice, send me a message I’d be glad to talk to you :)</p>
<p>Congratulations to all those accepted! Now comes the decision to attend or not. Just remember your next 4 years will be the best 4 years in your life…period! Lehigh will offer you the same education as all the other elite schools but its the intangible that makes Lehigh so great. Choose wisely!</p>
<p>lol WaitingDad… the ‘best 4 years’ thing is so cliche haha</p>
<p>chemEng7, which schools are you leaning towards?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED! Although… I’ve never shown them any interests and my scores are pretty average:</p>
<p>SATs: 1940
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.91</p>
<p>@johnadams12
i got into cmu today but if i get into hopkins, i’ll go. if i get waitlisted or rejected there, i’ll accept a spot at either emory or lehigh and see what happens with my waitlist schools…</p>
<p>ChemEng7 and Rhomboid, congrats on ur acceptance!! My son was also accepted to Lehigh Engineering (MechE) and is now deciding between Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon (he was accepted as a Physics major and waitlisted for CIT). We will revisit both colleges to further confuse him -LOL!</p>
<p>Frazz, congratulations…</p>
<p>Never been to CM, but I heard its campus is not the prettiest…</p>
<p>chemEng7, from someone who has a BSChE, what a great alias you have…ha!</p>
<p>hopefully you will end up with your top choice, although the alternatives are also very good…</p>
<p>JohnAdams12 - will let you know how the CM campus is in 2 weeks! But first to revisit Lehigh!</p>
<p>JohnAdams12, I was just curious, are you going to be a freshman at Lehigh this year?</p>