<p>My D got her big white packet from F&M today...a very happy day!</p>
<p>My S got his acceptance today and he's been given a Presidential Scholarship for $12,000/year.
He's happy to be admitted and we're happy for the scholarship.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all so far! </p>
<p>Received my acceptance letter today, in Maryland.</p>
<p>D was accepted as a Dean's Scholar with $7000/year. :)</p>
<p>Accepted today with Dean's Scholarship! Boston area.
Best Wishes for those who are still waiting!</p>
<p>I am in MN, guess I will find out my fate 2morrow.</p>
<p>D got her acceptance letter today! We live in So Calif if that helps.</p>
<p>The best of luck to everyone still waiting!</p>
<p>**Decision: waitlisted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310
[</em>] SAT IIs: WorldHIst: 750, Math : 800, USHIs: 750; Physics: 750
[<em>] GPA: 4.16
[</em>] Rank: top 10
[<em>] Other stats: AP World History:5; AP Calculus BC: 5, AP CAl AB Sub: 5— those three are in 10th grade; AP PHysics C ( mech and E&M): 5&5; AP micro and Macro: 5&5; AP Stats: 5; AP US HIst: 5; AP Eng: 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Hook (if any): International??
/list]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: Vn living in DC
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vn
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: glad to get waitlisted… i thought i was gonna get rejected… i have been having so many rejections lately… cuz i think iam in the hardest pool imaginable
_ International, needs near full aid… only 3 or 5k contribution a year
_ i live in the states, so my ECs are compared to those stellar ones of US students. if i lived in VN my ECs would be considered awesome because there’s no one doing anything there . but in here, my ECs are nothing.
_ i have a twin… and they can’t award 50k a year a couple of twins… especially with economic downturn… i got waitlisted at Bryn Mawr, Franklin and Marshall, and Colby- which aren’t super hard schools… because my twin also applied there… but i got into Colgate and Oberlin with near full aid cuz my twin didn’t apply… we didnt factor the twin effect into the process.</p>
<p>DS got his and a nice $12000 scholarship, too!</p>
<p>Waitlisted F&M today…then ACCEPTED LEHIGH!!! WOW…miracles do happen.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!! President’s Scholarship</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: n/a</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720 US History, 640 Literature</li>
<li>ACT: 31 composite (31 M, 31 W, 34 R, 27 S)</li>
<li>GPA: 94.7/100</li>
<li>Rank: top 12% in a class of about 550</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essay: In my opinion, it was good. I showed it to some friends and parents and people thought it was very good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I am in a joint-enrollment program at the U. of West Georgia (The Advanced Academy of Georgia)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Georgia, United States</li>
<li>School Type: Public, Newsweek #279</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Eastern European/ white/ Jewish</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: LOTS of ECs-- mostly community service</p>
<p>Accepted! I’m kind of surprised, but really happy!</p>
<p>Wow. It’s nice to see scholarships do exist in F&M RD.</p>
<p>for S:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[</em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[</em>] Essays: doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: alleged to be very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[<em>] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
[/ul]Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: typical hard-working, well-rounded kid</p>
<p>What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences</p>
<p>Weaknesses: not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just a strong overall app</p>
<p>GENERAL COMMENTS: John Marshall Scholarship</p>