<p>My boyfriend got waitlisted too. :/</p>
<p>Colby Admissions please answer. How does the wait list work? Are waitlisted applicants assigned a number and get admitted as accepts reject? If so, can you find out where you are on the list?</p>
<p>Can someone tell me… Why am I getting rejected from everywhere? </p>
<p>My stats :-</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1302747[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1302747</a></p>
<p>What does waitlist really mean? Can it be interpreted as being a strong applicant, but lack of money dissuades adcoms from offering you place in a class of N at X college?</p>
<p>Rejected. :(</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (740 710 730)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MathII 790 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus BC, IB History HL, IB Bio HL, Child Psychology, Honors Senior English, Strength training… yeah I’m lazy.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track Captain, 4th ranked shotput thrower in state. Hold some state and school records in olympic lifting. I play bass guitar and I draw. I play chess. Yoga. Stuff like that.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 130ish hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: My ECs plus lots of beach walks
[</em>] Essays: I don’t even remember writing my colby one… Didn’t pay much attention to colby honestly
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I’ve known her since 1st grade!
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one. No rep in my area
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Oregon
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, about 600 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < 10,000 /year. Yeah. it sucks.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT II, that’s about it.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Senior year course load, GPA, lack of anything incredible.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn’t show any interest at all.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Accepted to Hamilton with near full ride, and grinnell too. Rejected from carleton. Waitlisted at dickinson, wesleyan, and colby</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Career Goals - Politician, Major - Pol. Sci. or History</p>
<p>Grades - Class IX - A+, Class X - A+, Class XI - A+, Class XII - B+</p>
<p>SAT Score - 2030</p>
<p>Financial Aid required - Yes ( More than 95% )</p>
<p>ECs outside School</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Co-Founder of Two Registered and recognized NGOs ( One spread across major cities and the other in Northern Bengal ), First helps the poor people in their pursuit to gain education, Second helping the homeless and poor.</p></li>
<li><p>Writing two books which would be published in the coming month.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>ECs in School</p>
<p>President and founder of Student union of my school
President of student government
President and Founder of Youth Bank
President and founder of Eco Club
President and founder of school disciplinary committee
Founder of various extracurricular clubs for students
President, Founder, Speaker of Economics and Political club of my school
RWA President
Teacher of adult literacy campaign
Teacher ( Maths, Social Sciences and Painting ) for underprivileged kids
Chief Artist and group leader of our school’s art club ( won many painting competitions )</p>
<p>Awards -</p>
<p>Received award from Government of India for my successful participation in the literacy campaign.</p>
<p>Other awards mostly from School</p>
<p>Recommendations - Excellent ( Talking about my excellent leadership, administrative and organizing skills, love for people and potential as a future politician. )</p>
<p>Essay 1 - How a personal problem forced me to wander in the streets where I observe the plight of the put and hopeless.</p>
<p>Additional Information - Describing my books and awards.</p>
<p>Additional Essays ( Sent via email ) -</p>
<p>Essay 2 - A memorable trip to my native village where I discover my roots. ( Descendant of the first constitutional monarch of Bengal )</p>
<p>Essay 3 - My obsession with Adolf Hitler when I was child but how I grew up to understand that he was the epitome of evil.</p>
<p>Essay 4 - Capitalism a boon or a curse for an overpopulated nation like India.</p>
<p>((((((ANIRUDHA)))))) Something good will come for you. I know it.</p>
<p>My D got waitlisted. </p>
<p>SAT’s 2230
Top 4% of class
AP scholar with distinction
750 and 700 on SAT II’s
Won award of excellence for sculpture from our town</p>
<p>etc. etc.</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s all the same for everyone. It’s very competitive out there and I think a lot of schools seem to be accepting more applicants from the ED pool and early action pools which is leaving less spots for RD. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>^Thanks… I hope so…</p>
<p>waitlisted :S</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Not even worth mentioning <2000
[</em>] ACT: 31 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 (690), Spanish (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/197
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Language (5), Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will take French HL this year.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English, IB History of the Americas, IB Environmental Systems and Societies, IB Mathematics (Calc AB), IB French VI, Studio Photography, Journalism
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary Youth Leadership Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Club (Vice President, District Governor)
NHS
French HS
Student Senate
Play(ed) Varsity Football
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a Restaurant, then Retail
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Counselor at a Nature Camp for Elem. school
Coach Intramural Middle School Basketball
Counselor at Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Total, about 1000 hours in the past two years
[<em>] Other Activities:
Spent Junior Year abroad in Italy as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student
[</em>] Essays: About my experience in Italy, and discovering an interest in Philosophy. I’d say it was pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: From French teacher, really genuine, though almost childish (she used Comic Sans font).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: From English teacher, not bad.
[</em>] Interview: None</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Medium-sized Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, but White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $40k-$50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, parents did not graduate college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: High involvement, year abroad, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT, SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I seemed like an interesting person to have around campus.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Colorado College, Bowdoin; still waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to all others who were accepted. For those of you who got wait listed, I’m sure plenty of positions will open up. Yield is in the 30% range.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2200
ACT: 33 (35W, 34R, 33M, 31S, 11E)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lit (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, English, World Cultures, German, Physics
</code></pre>
<p>(my school is weird and doesn’t have AP classes so they don’t have to follow the AP guidelines)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, Colby Presidential Scholars Winner, Harvard Book Award, Rotary Club Youth Leadership Award, 1st Place Regional Science Fair (probably not major) </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer-4yrs (Captain), Basketball-4yrs (Captain), Lacrosse-4 yrs (Captain), Gay-Straight Alliance (Vice President), Junior Class President, Student Council Vice President, Peer Mediator, Science Fair and ROV team, Lead singer in a band!
Job/Work Experience: Lab Assistant, Camp Counselor, English Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: High school English tutor, Elementary school tutor, Peer Mediator
Summer Activities: Lacrosse, Work
Essays: Good!
Teacher Recommendation:Not sure! Hopefully good
Counselor Rec: Great!
Additional Rec: Basketball Coach: It was short but very helpful I think.
Interview: Went very well.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope!
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Grades, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: scores probably
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tried very hard in HS and showed a lot of interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Richmond, Oberlin, Bucknell, Umass (Honors). Waitlisted: Wesleyan, WashU.
</code></pre>
<p>Need to hear back from Brown, Penn, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Middlebury</p>
<p>General Comments: I am very excited! Congrats to all who were accepted. Everyone else will find their niche. Don’t fret! I was extremely bummed when I didn’t get into my top choice (WashU), but it all worked out in the end.</p>
<p>Wait Listed. Didn’t put much hope though! Now I have 6 WLs</p>
<p>Wow, it looks like Colby was really tough to get into this year!</p>
<p>Another Wait List, dejected, 3 WLs, 3 Rejects:(</p>
<p>got to run for 12th State Board Test in 2.5 hrs! Life sucks</p>
<p>Another rejected here, count me in. Colby is the first decision I found out… what a terrible way to start these tightly anxious days.</p>
<p>Another wait list for me, aha. My 4th wait list, and my last college to hear back from. Colby seemed really cool, and I was considering it, but I don’t think I could’ve handled the isolation. I don’t think I’m gonna be taking a spot on the wait list.
Congrats to the lucky ones!</p>
<p>Who was admitted and picked to go abroad?
I vvant to go to FRANCEEE or Spain :)</p>
<p>Accepted with full need :D</p>
<p>Waitlisted. =/ Pretty much my top college, too. Oh well. I don’t know if I’ll be staying on the waitlist or not. I’m sick of waiting, and I got accepted to Smith with nice aid so it looks like I’ll be going there.</p>