<p>Nobody else has started one so I figured I'd start the Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread</p>
<p>Here's the basic format - you know what to do:
Try to include whether you plan on attending/what other schools you're interested in</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2360 (800 CR, 790 M, 770 W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 710 Chemistry, 740 US History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 15/425
Other stats: AP Chemistry (5), AP English Lang/Comp (5), AP US History (5)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Admittedly, I just threw one together at the last moment to make it in before Dec. 10. Overall pretty good, just not my best work
Teacher Recs: N/A at Rutgers
Counselor Rec: N/A at Rutgers
Hook (if any): N/A</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Rutgers is indeed a safety of mine, but a safety that I’d be pretty excited to attend regardless of what happens. Pretty excited.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2330 single-sitting → 760 CR, 770 M, 800 W, 11 essay
SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 800 US History
GPA: 3.85 UW, 5.28 W
Rank: top 10%, but school doesn’t rank
Other stats:
APs: US History (5), Lang Comp (5), World History (4)
Senior Year Courseload: AP Lit and Comp, Band, Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lang, AP Chem</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: eh…it was ok, but sort of cliche
Teacher Recs: didn’t need any 
Counselor Rec: didn’t need it
Hook (if any): Well, I have an interesting background, but I didn’t talk about it in my application</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Rutgers is the only school I applied to, so I will definitely go. Hoping for a good scholarship so I can save my parents some money :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1890 → 620 math, 610 CR, 660 Writing
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.0 W
Rank: Doesn’t rank
Other stats:
Ap Calculus and Ap Statistics plus many honors courses </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent, wrote about volunteer work
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Average
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Got into the Business School but am not sure where I’ll attend. Pretty excited too.</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 29
GPA: 3.88
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats: school doesn’t offer AP</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Writing is a forte. Teachers loved it.
Teacher Recs: They were not required.
Counselor Rec: Not required.
Hook (if any): Competitive high school; I’m classified as gifted.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Deep South
School Type: Public/Boarding School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Got into Arts and Sciences. Not sure if I will attend yet. Waiting on scholarship info.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2130- 680 CR 760 Math 690 Writing
ACT: 33 Composite
SAT IIs: 620 History 600 Math II 670 Lit
GPA: 3.7 UW 3.8 W
Rank: Top 15%
Other stats: 5 on US History, will be taking Psych and Micro and Macro Econ AP tests this yer</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Wrote it in about 30 minutes on December 1st
Teacher Recs: Not needed
Counselor Rec: Not needed
Hook (if any): N/A</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: In-state
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Got into the Business School and Arts and Sciences. I’m waiting to see if/what I get for scholarships because there are other schools I like more that may wind up being cheaper.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1850 (600CR,660M,590W)
SAT IIs: 70 Didnt send
GPA:3.53
Rank:top 15%
Other stats: 4 Macro, taking AP stat, AP french</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: average but heard that the essay is not so important for RU
Teacher Recs:N/A
Counselor Rec:N/A
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:in-state
School Type:public
Ethnicity:Asain
Gender: F</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments:College of Business- New Brunswick. This is my safety school but still glad to know that I was admitted in case if I need to save money and go to an in-state college</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: School of Arts & Science - School of Environmental & Biological
Geography Major in both colleges </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1640
SAT IIs:
GPA:3.33 UW 3.63 W
Rank: 15/95
Other stats: 9 APs</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I literally used my University of Florida essay, erased the UF part, and put in Rutgers. The essay was “well written” according to my peers and teachers.
Teacher Recs: I talked to an admissions rep, and they said they arent reviewed. However she said if there’s some academic struggle that needs to be address, then they MAY review your recommendations if they are directly sent to an admission’s counselor. I sent two hoping they would overshadow my SAT scores, I’m not sure whether they reviewed them or not.
Counselor Rec: Did not send
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Connecticut
School Type: Public Magnet Inner City/Suburban
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors: Prayer
General Comments: Every college wants geography majors :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1890 in one sitting. 670 reading, 600 math, 620 writing.
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.875 weighted
Rank: Top 50%.
Other stats: I’ve taken or am taking a decent number of APs. 5 completed, 6 more to finish.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: My opening was absolutely nutty, but other than that, I took the essay seriously. Didn’t bother getting it reviewed or anything like that, though. I was definitely pushing the deadlines.
Teacher Recs: None.
Counselor Rec: None.
Hook (if any): Decent extra-curriculars: Captain on debate team, two other leadership positions in other clubs, member of the social studies honor society, 150+ hours of community service, part-time job for over a year, etc etc.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors: First generation.
General Comments: Got into the Newark School of Criminal Justice. Waiting to hear back from NB Business and NB SAS.</p>
<p>Got accepted to School of Arts and Sciences . School of Engineering still in process</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1700 (super score) CR-500 M-690 W-510
ACT:24 (Maths 31)</p>
<p>SAT IIs: Didnt give</p>
<p>GPA:10th Board exam-93.2 %
12th Board Exam -81.67%</p>
<p>Rank: School does not rank
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Okayish , but thats subjective . My SAT score shows that English Language is not my Forte </p>
<p>Teacher Recs: 2 ( Physics and Computer Science )
Counselor Rec:NONE</p>
<p>Hook (if any): Decent Extra-curriculars , not much sports but lots of Maths and Science contests. Lots of volunteering at Blood donation drive , Medical Camps.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: India
School Type: Typical Indian school, Promotion based on Standard Board Exams
Ethnicity:Indian ( duh )
Gender:Male</p>
<p>Other Factors: Intended Major:- Computer Science ( SAS)
Electrical and Computer Engineering ( SOE) </p>
<p>General Comments: Very happy and excited. Hope I get accepted to SOE as well.</p>
<p>Accepted to SAS and SEBS. Majoring in microbio. </p>
<p>SAT: 570 math, 610 CR, 580 writing (1760 total) GPA weighted: fresh: 90.00 soph: 88.20 junior: 91.50 senior: who cares
ECs: marching band 4 yrs, VP junior yr, president senior yr and assistant drum major senior yr, environmental club 4 yrs, drumline fresh, soph, and senior yr, Spanish honor society, all south jersey band soph junior and senior yr, Olympic conference honors band junior yr, pit orchestra soph, junior and senior yrs.
AP bio this yr, avg about 3 hon classes a yr and Advanced honors chem my soph yr.
My essay was ok.
School doesnt rank.
I’m committing soon i love rutgers NB. <3</p>
<p>bumping</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1710 (620 m, 530 r, 560 w)
SAT IIs: didn’t take
GPA: 88.17 (about a 3.3)
Rank: 174 / 430
Other stats: Had a D in honors physics and a C- in honors algebra ii. This brought down my gpa a decent amount of points.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Wrote something that I believed was non-generic (wrote about how success can be found in issues such as poverty and I connected this with my family/relatives in the Philippines and my mom).
Teacher Recs: 1 decent one
Counselor Rec: 1 decent one</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: In-State (New Jersey)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino/Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
100+ volunteering hours w/ multiple positions at local hospital
Actual musician with experience in real concerts/shows (out-of-school)
3 year track athlete
1 year football athlete
Member of school’s first table tennis club (haha)
FBLA</p>
<p>General Comments: Accepted to school of arts & sciences and SEBS. Planning to major in mathematics and minor in business or computer science OR major in statistics/mathematics. I plan to become an actuary. The only thing that Rutgers is lacking for me, obviously, is an actuarial science major.</p>