Rensselaer Class of 2017 Results ED II

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<p>Results for the class of 2017 ed II</p>

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<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Number of other ED applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience:
Teacher Recommendation #1:
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, etc...):</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
740/710/620/8 - 2070 total
**SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): **
740/710/620/8 - 2070 total
ACT (breakdown):
30 English, 29 Math, 25 Reading, 36 Science, 30 Comp.
ACT superscore (breakdown):
took once
SAT II (subject, score):
Math 1 - 790, Chemistry - 770
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:
3.54/3.63
Rank:
35/329
AP/IB:
5 - Lang, 4 - US History, 4 - Euro
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics, AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Govt, Advanced Engineering, Select Mixed Choir
Number of other ED applicants in your school:
Zero
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
AP Scholar, President’s Volunteer award (Bronze)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Robotics, 9th, graphics designer
Chess team, 11-12th, second board
Mock Trial team, 11-12th grade, lawyer/witness
Job/Work Experience:
none
Volunteer/Community Service:
565 total hours (science museum, summer camps, missions trips)
Summer Experience:
Annual leadership camps through my school: Directing position
Teacher Recommendation #1:
Rec. from my Leadership teacher, I read it and it was superb. Her recommendations are used as models for other teachers at my school. She talked about my growth throughout the 3 years she has known me
Teacher Recommendation #2:
none
Counselor Rec:
I have known my current counselor since 2nd grade or so, she is a family friend, so I’m sure it was good.
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:
none</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App:
December 12, 2012
U.S. State/Territory or Country:
Virginia
School Type:
Suburban, only accredited school in my city, Magnet school for STEM
Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male
Income Bracket Range:
90-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation, etc…):
First generation college student, in an engineering program at my school</p>

<p>**Reflection
Strengths: **
SAT II scores, my personal statement (explanation of a D i got in 10th grade)
**Weaknesses: **
GPA/Class rank
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to Penn State and Bridgewater
What would you have done differently?:
Waived my right to access the rec letter, but it didn’t seem to have that much of an effect</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Denied the RPI medal</p>

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<p>By “denied the rpi medal” do you mean that they offered it to you and you refused, or you just didn’t get it?</p>

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<p>I applied for it and they denied me.</p>

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<p>Usually your high school has to recommend you for the medal in your junior year. I didn’t think you could apply for it.</p>

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<p>Yes, I was recommended by my counselor and I was denied by RPI.</p>

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<p>Oh wow, I didn’t think they did that. Did you ever find out why they denied it?</p>

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<p>MY counselor received an email that said “This student was denied because he may very well not be accepted into RPI”. I was really discouraged after that, but I showed them , I guess. I think it was because of my non-spectactular math grades that I carried over from middle school.</p>

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<p>I don’t blame you for being discouraged that sounds so nasty. Did they have your ACT scores by then because a 30 is a good score? Or if your math grades are low that may have affected them. Well I wonder if a student has lower ACT score but high math scores how that would affect them.
Congratulations - at least you are in now.
Another thought - would they do that because of your family’s good income? Nawwww they wouldn’t say you might not be accepted if it was financial related…</p>

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<p>I know this thread is old, but for all people still looking at it, the RPI Medalist requires the recipient to be in the top 10% of his or her class. 35/329 is worse than top 10% (by 3 spots so that seems close enough to me) …</p>

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<p>Anyone wanna update this? :P</p>

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<p>Maybe it would be better if you posted a new thread with your specific questions, you will probably get more responses.</p>

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<p>True, thanks Runs!
I sent you a PM, actually. :P</p>