RIT 2018 Decision Thread

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<p>I didn't see this thread up here yet, so here we go!</p>

<p>NOTE: PLEASE ONLY POST RESULTS USING THE GIVEN FORMAT SO THAT THIS THREAD CAN SERVE AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR FUTURE APPLICANTS.
Here's the template!</p>

<p>Don't forget to remove spaces from the first of each tag!</p>

<p>[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color]
[ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color]
[ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:**[ list]
[ *]</p>

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<p>I’ll start, I guess.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (760 CR, 740 M, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: Did not send
[<em>] SAT II: Did not send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not report
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not report
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None taken (not available at my school)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics, AP calc BC, AP stats, AP English, Ancient Greek I, winter elective: Logic and Set Theory
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless National Honor Society or the Wellesley Book Award count</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary magazine (managing editor), mock trial (captain, lead attorney, social media), GSA (vice-president), high school admissions tour guide, math team, FIRST Tech Challenge (co-secretary), school musicals and dramas (stage manager), disciplinary committee (class of 2014 representative), piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Stage manager at repertory theatre company, sales associate at Brookstone, AP Chemistry tutor, nanny
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Head of book department at charity thrift shop, provided writing and citation tutoring to student who had plagiarized
[</em>] Summer Activities: WPI Frontiers (physics), stage managing
[<em>] Essays: very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: very good
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private, college prep, non-religious, day, co-ed
[</em>] Ethnicity: Did not report (Greek-American)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, girl applying to science major at a tech school…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: physics (the program to which I applied) was my worst class…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Strengths/hooks
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted WPI early action, University of Rochester priority review</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*] I’m probably not going to end up going here as I kind of just decided I want to be an English major (don’t ask), but best of luck to those waiting for a decision and congrats to those who’ve been accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT: 31
SAT II: 730 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83/4.0; 5.3/5.0 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% (exactly)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Lang & Comp (5), Gov (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Micro, Graphic Design, Music Technology, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No academic awards other than 4 honor societies, League Champion for Boys Open Recreational Tennis League, District winner/participant for Illinois Music Educators Association (Violin)
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars: JV Tennis (#3, #1 Singles) Fresh/Soph, Varsity tennis (#3 Junior, #1/2 Senior), Key Club (Treasurer), Math Tutor (4 hours a week), Tennis Instructor (Volunteer over the Summer), Outstanding Violinist (Sinfonia First Violin), Bowling League, Piano
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Math Tutor, Tennis Volunteer
Summer Activities: Carnegie Mellon Game Design Program for 6 weeks, Tennis Instructor Volunteer, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Essays: Common App one was excellent
Teacher Recommendation: One outstanding rec from English teacher who recognized that English was his weakness and admired him for taking a Summer program to improve his skills and then jump into AP Lang & Comp where he got an A both semesters and a 5 on the AP test
Counselor Rec: Very good, she knows him very well
Additional Rec: Very good
Interview: None
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): NA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Mom is self employed so fluctuates between middle and upper income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Profound hearing loss in right ear (main topic for his Common App essay).
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: ACT was 31 but could have been better, not many leadership positions
Why you think you were accepted: Sent a one-page portfolio with links to some game music and games he created (don’t know if they actually looked at it); Just an overall well-balanced candidate
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted WPI early action, DePaul (will decline), Drexel (will decline)
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<pre><code>The College decision will all come down to FA and whether USC’s IMGD or USC Viterbi CS (Games) program accepts him. If either USC program accepts him, as long as the FA is “decent”, that will be his choice.
</code></pre>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (750 Math, 680 CR, 730 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.71
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/360
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Physics B (5), Calculus AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, College-Prep English, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Managing Personal Finance (1st semester), Astrobiology (2nd semester)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band (clarinet section leader), winter color guard (captain), stage crew
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: only what I’ve done through NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[<em>] Essays: not exceptional, but fair
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: strong, I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: strong
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[ list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 2 income family
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, female in engineering probably</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: essay and no ECs outside of school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: balancing time consuming ECs with heavy math/science courseload, also female in engineering
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UConn and RPI</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*]I have no clue whether I’ll be attending, as I haven’t visited the school yet and my financial aid isn’t exactly where I need it to be.</p>