<p>Just got my conditional acceptance letter in the mail today. In the envelope was a view book and a single sheet of paper. </p>
<p>It said that I was offered a conditional acceptance. My acceptance will be formal once I take a high school level physics course, earning a B or better.</p>
<p>@ jabrown
If you’re not enrolled in a h.s. physics course now (senior year) when will you take it? Or can you take an equivalent online course?</p>
<p>I was a little confused at that as well. I guess summer school is a possibility, as is an online course. Or possibly self studying for one of the AP Physics. </p>
<p>I’m not even going to hassle with it though. I had only applied to RPI in case I decided to pursue engineering come decision time. Well decision time is approaching, and I am still against engineering.</p>
<p>Decision: RD Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I: 2100
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Bio 740, Chem 710
AP Exam: World History:5, Chemistry: 3
IB Exams: Anthropology:7, Math:6
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of 287
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish, AP Calculus, IB English, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honors Society (National, Science, Math, Spanish), Vassar College Book Award
Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A bunch of things, fairly good
Essays: I’ve been told they’re really good.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Most likely a cookie cutter recommendation
Additional Rec:
Interview: It went alright, but the interviewer had her laptop out the whole time.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>Reflection:
Scholarship of 30K a year, so not bad.</p>
<p>@quimikor…hoping for scholarship no info so far…did u get ur acceptance and scholarship in the same letter?</p>
<p>Posting for D</p>
<p>Decision: RD Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I: 1980
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Bio M 740, math 2 710
AP Exams: Human Geo:4, Chemistry: 4,Bio 5, Language : 3, USHistory :3, Calc:4
IB Exams:Chem:5
Weighted GPA (out of 4.7?): 4.56
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19 out of 783
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish, IB/AP Calculus HL, IB English HL, IB History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honors Society (National, Science, Math, Spanish), High Honor Dean’s List , Made the Regional Orchestra all 4 years of HS playing the violin.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A bunch of things: local Mayoral youth commission member, bunch of volunteering and fundraisers- fairly good
Essays: been told they’re really good.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: good recommendation
Additional Rec:
Interview: NO
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State : AZ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>Reflection:waiting for scholarship info, don’t think I will qualify for any need based aid :(</p>
<p>Accepted but may not be going coz it’s too expensive. I am an international student so no financial aid:(</p>
<p>I received notification of my acceptance the other day, but I have yet to receive financial aid info. However, I only just submitted my CSS Profile and I recently received an email from RPI asking me to submit it ASAP. Now I’m just waiting to see what aid I get and I’m hoping I didn’t hurt myself by submitting the profile later than maybe I should have.</p>
<p>got $25000 in scholarships making it too expensive , but i would figure i would copy and paste this because CC was so helpful to me!</p>
<p>Decision: accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
SAT I superscore (breakdown): M 800, W 800, R 740
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: M1: 750, M2:720, Physics:690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), AP US (4), UMASS Lowell: College Writing 1:A, Calculus 1: A
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, H english
Number of other applicants in your school: 3 (all waitlisted)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Rensellear Medal, Rotary Award, Half Marathon Record, sportsmanship essay published by the MIAA</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): V Outdoor Track (varsity 6 years (middle school) 3 time captain), V Indoor Track (varsity 4 years, 2 time captain), V Field Hockey (varsity 4 years, 1 time captain), CCD teacher, student rep to school committee, about 7 clubs (with leadership in most), science Olympiads (pres), academic decathlon (pres)
Job/Work Experience: Yup! I cut fruit and babysit
Volunteer/Community service:
Relay for life, CCD teacher, camp counselor, youth track coach</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: awesome! I wrote about glue! (but really, it was a good essay)
EC Short Answer: took like maybe 2 minutes
Teacher Recommendation #1: awesome!
Teacher Recommendation #2: praising, but probably pretty generic
Counselor Rec: awesome! But also probably generic
Additional Rec: praising, but what REALLY GENERIC
Art Supplement:
Research Supplement:</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 1/3
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: average public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SATs, Extra Curriculars
Weaknesses: SAT 2s, teacher recs, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
SATs, ECs
Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted at WPI and UMass Commonwealth, waitisted MIT
What would you have done differently?:
asked my track coach for a recommendation instead of my joke of a physics teacher </p>
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I think the key lies in recommendations. Instead of trying to impress the ACs by getting people with doctorates to write about you, try to ask people who genuinely care about you (like an athletic coach)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>SAT: 760r, 780m, 650w, 2190 Total
SAT2: 800 Math 2, 710 Phys, 750 World history
IB: Mandarin -6
GPA: 3.4 (UW)
Senior year workload: IB Phys HL, IB Math HL, IB Hist of Americas HL, IB Senior English HL, IB Anthro SL, IB Chinese year 5 SL, IB ToK
Awards: Nothing big</p>
<p>ECs: President of Music and Asian Club, Treasurer of Math Club, Science Bowl, Volunteer at library+homeless shelter, robo club, 2 instruments, art
Essays: good
Recs: good
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income: Upper middle
Hooks: not really any</p>
<p>probably won’t go, didn’t notice the terrible M-F ratio until after I applied lol</p>
<p>the ratio isn’t that bad haha, people stay in their rooms a lot so the ratio actually seems like 60-40</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/($10,700 Leadership Award/year)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading-670, Math-730, Writing-610 (1400/2010)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math II-750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.28
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP American History
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, Honors European History, CP1 English, Honors Theology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): All-State Clarinet, Concert Band, Indoor Track, Varsity Golf team, Math Peer tutoring, Billiards Club Champion, Ambassadors Club.
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours. Also raised over $1300 for Make-A-Wish through fundraising events.
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Ok
Additional Rec: No
Interview: No</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): RI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Competitive Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Recommendations
Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ???
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stonehill College ($12,000 per year), Clemson University ($10,000 per year), St. Anselm’s ($13,000 per year w/ Honors Invite), University of RI ($2,000 per year), University of Miami, Virginia Tech, wait-listed at Washington University in St. Louis, and rejected at Colby. Still have to hear from Davidson, Colby, and Furman.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/ $37,595 in awards and grants</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading-670, Math-770, Writing-690 (1440/2130)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Math-800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.20
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t report it.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 9th grade: AP Physics C Mechanics (5), AP Calculus BC (5), 10th grade: AP Statistics (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP European History (5), 11th grade: AP US history (5), AP Microeconomics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP United States Government/Politics, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, Mandarin Chinese 5/6, English 7/8, Academic Decathlon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC10 School Winner and AIME Participant, TEAMS competition first place in Southern California, Academic Decathlon— 11th grade: 3rd in Los Angeles County, 3 gold medals with a perfect score in Math; 14th in California, a gold medal in Science (physics)/12th grade: 1st in Los Angeles County, 6 gold medals with another perfect score in math; 5th in California, 5 gold medals with a perfect score in Science, $250 from County Engineers Association of California for having the highest combined score in Math and Science, $320 Coaches’ Award for being the highest scorer in my competitive division.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (Founder/President), Academic Decathlon
Job/Work Experience: working at my mother’s restaurant, tutoring for classical guitar
Volunteer/Community service: taught middle school kids and peer tutored for many hours in 11th grade, but didn’t list them on my app
Essays: magnificent
Teacher Recommendation: amazing ones from my physics teacher and Chinese teacher
Counselor Rec: knew her since middle school; probably nice
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Fluency in Korean and Russian</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Awards/Extracurriculars and Recommendations
Weaknesses: Numerous Cs including my math/science courses, a failed course
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They gambled on my fitness to the college life.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Reed College (waitlisted), College of William & Mary (waitlisted)</p>
<p>'cepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>ACT: Math 34, English 33, Science 32, Reading 31
SAT II: Math II 790, Physics 800
AP Exam: World History 4, US History 4, English Language 5, Physics C 5 on both
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): dont know exactly, very near 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% but not reported
Senior Year Course Load: intro cs, AP lit, calc bc, AP gov, AP eco
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FRC, math club, some other minor things
Essays: Meh, i reminisce and it could have been better
Teacher Recommendation: dunno, assuming decent
Counselor Rec: see above</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: undeclared, but I’m leaning towards applied math
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: fairly good public school
Ethnicity: white (jewish eastern european descent)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: around 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): bilingual, first gen american</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Grades
Weaknesses: Lack of strong ECs, dont have particularly great writing ability
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to urochester, wpi, rit; waitlisted at cwru, stevens; rejected from hmc</p>
<p>Accepted to RPI, Lehigh, TCNJ, Binghamton
Rejected from Bucknell
Waitlisted at Lafayette</p>
<p>I applied undeclared engineering at every school and I’m a white Jewish girl from Northern New Jersey. I needed a lot of financial aid and RPI gave me a significant amount but I could use a little more.
SAT: 740 Math, 590 Reading, 650 Writing, 10 Essay
ACT: 34 Math, 35 English, 30 Science, 25 Writing
GPA: 4.038 weighted
Rank: top 15% but didn’t submit (I go to a very competitive public school)
EC’s: 2 years varsity cross country (senior leader), 3 years winter track (2 JV, 1 varsity; captain), 3 years spring track (1 JV, 2 varsity; possible captain this spring), National Honor Society, Girls Learn International
Work Experience: frozen yogurt store for 7 months, math tutoring, babysitting, counselor at a local recreation camp
Essay: pretty good
Recs: 1 is definitely amazing, the other 2 are pretty good</p>
<p>Accepted for GSAS
GPA: 3.5 uw
SAT: 1920 superscored (M-570, CR-650, W-700)
ACT: 26 (didn’t send)
Rank: n/a
ECs: Editor-in-Chief of school paper, VP of Video Club, Drama Club, NHS, Spanish NHS, tutoring in Algebra
Sr. Yr. Courseload: AP Calc, Physics, Spanish 4, Gov/Econ, College Writing, Theology, Photography
Essay: strong
Recs: didn’t see them, but most likely great</p>
<p>Strengths: courseload (in a challenging college prep school), ECs, essay, portfolio
Weaknesses: GPA, SATs
Why you think you were accepted: I still am not wholly sure, to be honest.</p>
<p>Hi Cal1231,</p>
<p>DS also got into GSAS. We will be attending admitted students day on Saturday and wanted to hear if you know anything about the dynamics within the department. I keep hearing about a boot camp atmosphere in engineering. Do you know if it is the same in GSAS? Thx</p>
<p>Hi MQD,
My son got accepted to CS … But after attending accepted students day, just requested a change to GSAS and was accepted into that program. They say its easier to have a double major into CS vs the other way around because many classes full up with GSAS majors. The only thing he does not already have s lot of programming background because of our small high school with limited course availability.</p>
<p>Hi catrin17 and MQD
My son also accepted into GSAS, and we attended accepted students day. Excellent presentation - the profs worked so well together, and seemd very excited about their concentrations and the developing program (the first majors graduate in May), their research projects, their recent prizes and trips with student teams. Just a great vibe from them. RPI offers so much flexibility in programs and dual majors, minors etc. It seems you can combine just about anything. The students in the next room who talked about the major did not say boot camp - it seemed like they were having a blast - hard work but energizing.</p>