***RPI 2016 RD Results***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: Chemistry
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: Math II 700, Chemistry 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68, 4.5/5.0 (weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry 5, Spanish Language, 4, BC Calculus 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, Physics, Orchestra
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended Scholar Award for PSAT
[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pit Orchestra, Marching band, School orchestra, Science Bowl Team (President), Indian Student’s Association (VP), National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, English Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a hospital, internship at a research laboratory
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the Johns Hopkin’s hospital for a summer</p>

<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): out of state
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ ] Gender: Female
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): what motivates me!
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, essay, recommendations, job/work experience, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores :frowning:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay was very unique and my extracurriculars showed that I was passionate for many things
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]Financial Aid (If posted): [ list]
[ *] Scholarships/Amount: none</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone!</p>

42

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR, 760 M, 760 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math II - 770, Chem - 780, U.S. History - 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/530
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5, Chem: 5, U.S. History: 5, Enviro: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Comp Sci, AP Eng. Lang, AP Italian
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team (Captain), Marching/Concert Band (Drum Major), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Various other tutoring/mentoring programs…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: lol, I don’t know. Maybe my essays? Good AP scores?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Weak critical reading score, maybe not enough academic rigor Junior year…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lala, dunno!
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected by MIT and Stanford - SCOFF![/ul]</p>

43

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 reading, 740 math, 740 writing
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Biology M, 740 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Took: World History, Spanish Language, Computer Science, US History, Biology, Physics B, Statistics, English Language, Psychology.
Currently taking: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, BC Calculus, Chemistry, English Literature, European History.
I’d give my scores but I honestly don’t remember them all. I passed every exam, but only got a couple 5s. Mostly 4s, some 3s.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Euro, Research(aka study hall). Took 2 dual enrollment classes first semester, microbiology and programming logic. Currently taking one dual enrollment class, C# Programming
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Play piano and flute… That’s about it.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Math tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer camp volunteer at science museum for 2 years, about 100 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being a female?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Took a lot of APs, my SATs are good
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a particularly high GPA, downward trend in grades(but upward trend in difficulty of course load, so not sure if that counts), rushed essay, lack of ECs… And I never sent in a midyear report, but I guess that didn’t disqualify me.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dunno.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Georgia Tech, UC San Diego, University of Central Florida. Still waiting on UCLA, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, UChicago, Vassar, and USC. I was deferred ED from Harvey Mudd.[/ul]</p>

<p>Very happy and excited. Not 100% sure that I am attending but it’s a very high choice. I plan to major or double major in computer science and/or math.</p>

44

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>Major: Architecture</p>

45

<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted**</p>

46

<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
Waitlisted</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M-790 CR-640 WR-670
[ *] ACT:31 M-35 Sci-35 Wr-30 Re-28
[ *] SAT II: M2-700 Phys-640
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):none available
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Calc AB-5
Calc BC-5
Physics B-3
Physics C M-4
Physics C EM-2
Chem-2
Lang-3
USH-3
LIT-pending
Micro-pending
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:high rigor, even taking multi-variable calc this year
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP scholar w/honor, NHS, amc 10 school winner (93rd HS in US)
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Drummer (section leader/co-instructor) for Marching and Concert Band since 8th grade
Paid AV intern at my school (freshman year to start of jr year)
Lacrosse (freshman->jv (soph and jr))
Ski Club (skiing since i was 3)
Physics Club (Mentor-3 years)
Quiz Bowl (Sr Year)</p>

<p>[ ] Job/Work Experience:
Assistant Researcher at a college physics lab (this year)
Job at Staples (4 months)-quit
[ ] Volunteer/Community service:
KLIKA - international disability caretaker (past 3 summers)
[ /list][ b]Other[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):duel citizen, poland
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ ] Gender:male
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):research experience, high math
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths:course load, ec, sat/act
[ *] Weaknesses:gpa, jr year grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:junior year grades</p>

47

<p>Decision: Accepted
Undecided engineering, but leaning towards ECE.</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR 780 M 800 W
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 720 Physics 710 M II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/322
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), US History (5), Language & Comp. (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Euro History, AP Lit. & Comp., all else negligible
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years cross country (captain senior year) 4 years indoor track, 4 years outdoor track
[ ] Job/Work Experience:
[ ] Volunteer/Community service:
[ /list][ b]Other[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ ] Gender: Male
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, class rank, SAT scores, academic rigor
[ *] Weaknesses: No volunteer work / Major awards / ECs relating to engineering / Internships or research
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic strength and some leadership in being a captain of my cross country team.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]Financial Aid (If posted): [ list] Accepted: Northeastern (Honors Program, 20k/Year), WPI (20k/Year), UConn (Honors Program, Full tuition scholarship) Waitlisted: CMU, Tufts, Cornell, Lehigh (lol Lehigh syndrome) Rejected: MIT, Columbia
[ *] Scholarships/Amount: Leadership Scholarship 24K/Year</p>