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<p>Interesting that in 139 posts, you’ve never once mentioned applying to or getting accepted to Middlebury. Curious indeed.</p>
<p>Accepted with Benton and tons of grant money. Totally shocked.
Stats:
SAT1: 670cr 710m 720w 1 sitting
SAT2: 740lit 750math1
Home educated for all 18 years with classes at community college junior/senior year.
3.94 High school and 3.97 College GPAs both unweighted
TONS of music ECs, concert master, orchestra, bands, lots of benefit shows, etc. The dean’s handwritten notes were about the music.
Other Volunteer/EC . Don’t want to list them all right now- very good, but not up to par with many of the people on this forum
2 Amazing and 1 good letter of req.
Essay was the best thing I’ve written in my life. Totally “me.” Subject was about music. Supplement essay was about astronomy program.</p>
<p>WELL DONE!</p>
<p>Accepted from Miami Florida!
3.52 GPA
720 Math, 710 CR, 690 Writing
Hispanic varsity soccer and tennis player. Could not be happier!!!</p>
<p>Should I be worried lol? I’m in Minnesota and I have not received anything while people in Florida and CA are getting their letters. </p>
<p>Accepted but financial Rejection. This kind of hurts. Especially with the hand-written note. But I’ll attend elsewhere because we simply can’t afford 52k a year.
So one spot is becoming free again! </p>
<p>This year will be a huge year for waitlists I think. Way too many people applying to way too many colleges. -> yield rates go down and more people get accepted off waitlists.</p>
<p>**Accepted RD ** </p>
<p>Objective
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (CR, M, W): 780CR, 770M, 690W
[</em>]ACT (breakdown): 29 The ganjah was strong that day.
[<em>]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 750 Lit 700 M
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5/3.6
Majorly screwed up my sophomore year and got an F in a course.
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): 4445
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A School is ghetto.
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Calc, AP Psych, AP Bio, Francais 4, Body Conditioning, Senior Project Workshop.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar. Others not worth mentioning. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Pacific Asian Affairs Council, Math Team, Homecoming Court? Swimming/Diving, Water Polo, Leo Club, Key Club. Weird eclectic stuff. Leadership positions in a few.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: I’ve been volunteering at a nursing home since sophomore year. 20-30 hours per week. I do the nasty things no one wants to do. Yeah. You’re probably imagining what I do. Also volunteer at the library.
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: Mentioned above.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Eating. Sleeping. Sports. Reading.
[<em>]Essays: Common App essay was the place one. I wrote about climbing the Banyan Tree in my backyard. May or may not have mentioned faceplanting, “I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD,” and throwing sticks at my sister. Colgate essay was weird as well.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: Excellent. Psych teacher mentioned that my first person write up about being hit by a car scarred him for life. Exactly what I intended?
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good. We’re snarky and bitter together. Gave her cookies for Christmas.
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview: None. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other
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[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): HI
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): Born in Japan, but Chinese.
[<em>]School Type: Really low public.
[</em>]Ethnicity: (super tan) Chinese Female.
[<em>]Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Crazy.
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<p>Reflection
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[<em>]Strengths: Standardized test scores. Amen to Colgate for not looking at writing scores. Course load. Extracurriculars. Tree essays?
[</em>]Weaknesses: Super crappy (are we allowed swear on CC?) Freshman and Sophomore grades. ACT scores.
[<em>]Why you think you received your decision: No idea really. I do love them though 
They’re giving me an obscene amount of money. 51k a year.
[</em>]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted at Case Western, Kenyon, BS/MD program at University of Hawaii. Waitlisted at a whole slew of places.
[list]</p>
<p>General comments/advice/hindsight:</p>
<p>Accepted as an Alumni memorial scholar.
4.0 unweighted gpa, 4.77 weighted
35 ACT
great recs, etc. </p>
<p>For all those who were accepted, did the message on your portal change? </p>
<p>Am I to assume that if my portal still says “The Colgate Office of Admission appreciates the contact we have had with you through your college search…” that I will be rejected/waitlisted? I live in California and have not gotten any mail. </p>
<p>Accepted.
3.9 UW GPA, 4.3W
2160 SAT (1510/1600)
Strong ECs, Essay, Recs </p>
<p>@lastonefastone Hilarious stats post, lol. And @sincerelyms I’m in California too, mail has yet to come. My heart drops to my stomach when I check the mailbox. :o</p>
<p>And @lastonefastone my school is ghetto also, but actually in the ghetto–well I guess I could say that. And relatively poor, the median income of our student body is probably around 29,000.</p>
<p>Rejected, oh the sadness.</p>
<p>I feel your pain lol. Waitlisted</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR740 M800 W800) Essay: 11 (Superscored)</p>
<p>ACT: 36 (E36, M36, E36, S35) Writing: 11 (Superscored)</p>
<p>SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Chem, 790 Biology M, 800 Korean with Listening, 730 Literature, 730 US History, 710 Physics</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (WITHOUT Out-of-country grades… WITH Out-of-country grades from MIDDLE SCHOOL 3.8-ish)</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unweighted, with out-of-country grades, top decile or so</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language 5, Biology 4, Chemistry 4, Physics C 3, Calc AB 5, US History 4, Econ 3, Euro History 5, etc. (can’t think of the rest; most of these are self-studied)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: Math HL IB, AP Government, AP English Lit, Spanish 3H, ROP Emergency Medical Services, Advanced Orchestra, AP Chemistry</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (PSAT 230), awards in Dragonboat competition and essay competition, etc. (National Merit Finalist btw).</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vice President at Science/Teaching club and Korean club, Music Coordinator, MVP @ KAPA, NHS, California Student Federation, Varsity in Debate, Student Bridge Association, other Science/Math clubs, etc.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: 2 internships at local university (Cal Poly) (relatively recent, had to update colleges)
Volunteer/Community service: Played music at local senior home, hosted meetings, taught kids in neighborhood music, etc</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Dragonboating, summer classes</p>
<p>Essays: Fresh. I revised them so many times. Friends/counselors read them and thought they were really good.
Teacher Recommendation: IDK
Counselor Rec: IDK
Additional Rec: NONE.
Interview: NONE.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low enough I receive gov’t assistance. EFC = 0.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing (overrepresented race from an overrepresented state), except for the fact that I live with my grandmother and brother in a cramped apartment complex. My Korean grades were explained and I had to go through hell to catch up with my classmates because I was placed in regular courses Freshman year (they counted my middle school Korean courses towards my GPA but they decided that I couldn’t use them as prerequistes. Oh well)</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Stats. Self-studied most AP’s, good scores on SAT II’s, SAT, and ACT.
Weaknesses: GPA with my out-of-country grades. I put like 2, 3 paragraphs explaining it but I don’t think colleges quite got the message.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCR, Northeastern, Boston University, etc. Waitlisted at Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Emory, Tulane, Case Western. Rejected at (get ready for this) Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Duke, Amherst, JHU, Northwestern, Rice, Tufts, UChicago, Vandy, WUSTL.</p>
<p>Sucks for you colgate I’m going to Vassar so bye 
I got my result today too… Thought I was going to get accepted but surprisingly I got a waitlist so whatever. #bye</p>
<p>Accepted!!! 2040 SAT. Won’t be going though 
glad to give my spot on someone on the waitlist. you are all so deserving</p>
<p>waitlisted - will probably accept waitlist - accpeted to Bates, Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, ConnColl and Bard. Trying to decide which one of those is my best option. Glad I have some great options.</p>
<p>I got wait listed. Any tips on letting them know how interested I am?</p>
<p>Accepted!
4.2 W GPA
1980/29
shocked I got in </p>
<p>My Daughter has been Accepted and Will Attend.
4.2 W GPA
2160 SAT
National Hispanic Scholar
All region Choir
Needs/Recieved Major Financial Aid
Thank God for Colgate!</p>