Scripps College 2009 Decisions

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<p>This forum has been dead for over a week! But hopefully it will brighten up as well get decisions and aid offers! Hopefully they will be out this week...I'm fairly sure in the past they started to trickle in around this time (late March). It'd be nice if everyone posted their full stats profile along with their decision, since I'm sure next year's anxious applicants would be happy to see what happened the year before in full detail. Good luck ladies!</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ 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.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Called the admissions office. “They’ll be in the mail tomorrow.”</p>

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<p>Does that mean that we can call to ask our admission decisions on Wednesday? I remember from reading last year’s threads that applicants were allowed to call the day after they were sent – does that still apply this year?</p>

<p>Good luck, everyone! :D</p>

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<p>::gasp:: Thanks helen! Best of luck to everyone on this forum and all the other great girls/young women wanting to make Scripps their next home!</p>

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<p>I’ll post some info on my D to get things started:</p>

<p>Accepted EDI
ACT: 27
Unweighted GPA: 3.65/4.0
Rank: Top 20%</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Athletics: (Submitted an athletic supplement)
Golf - 4yrs - Numerous awards - Will golf on CMS team
Boys’ Wrestling - 3yrs - First female conference wrestling champion
Track - 4yrs - Pole vaulter
Girls’ Basketball - 1 yr</p>

<p>Music: (Submitted a music supplement)
Marching Band - 6yrs - Drumline Captain for 3 yrs (plays snare)
Also plays guitar and piano. </p>

<p>Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Work with church youth group including summer mission trips
Essay: Told the story of how she went out for the boys’ wrestling team as a freshman and ultimately won the conference championship in her weight class. Kind of read like a movie script.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec: Band director as part of music supplement</p>

<p>Interview: Yes - During Fall Preview Day (also visited during the summer and attended a local summer information session)</p>

<p>State: Illininois
School Type: Public; rural
Income Bracket: EFC $34,000 (with two in college)</p>

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<p>Good luck, everyone! I hope to be in your (collective) boat next, hopefully accepted.</p>

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<p>Did anyone call/get in yet?</p>

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<p>I didn’t call because I got home too late. But wait…does anyone know their hours? Maybe I could’ve called.</p>

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<p>I called because I’m going to St. Louis this weekend and not getting back until Sunday and I just had to know…:slight_smile: So I called at like 7:30 EST/4:30 PST and they said they’d get back to me, and they did at 9:00 EST/6:00 PST…so i’m guessing they don’t close until past 6??? Idk…but anyway, I got in with the JES scholarship!!! I’m so happy!!! I’ll post stats later.</p>

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<p>Congratulations!!!</p>

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<p>Congrats!</p>

<p>I wish I had called…</p>

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<p>I called and they took my name and number but haven’t called me back.</p>

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<p>Did anyone else get a call from scripps on Tuesday letting them know they were accepted?</p>

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<p>My daughter got her acceptance package regular mail yesterday. But we live in southern CA.</p>

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<p>Congratulations to all who have been accepted! That is such exciting news. </p>

<p>D doesn’t want to call but oh my goodness I can barely stand it! We are in Northern California and I think it will be there today. Yesterday D got there first and checked the mail…nothing but the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated so the tension is amped up a bit here.</p>

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<p>Rejected…over the phone. I was told the acceptance rate was 30%, though.</p>

<p>Sigh. I really loved Scripps.</p>

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<p>^Awww… that’s too bad. You were brave to call. My D would never have the guts. 30% has really dropped. I think it was 40 something % last year.</p>

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<p>history, fingers, toes and other parts are crossed!</p>

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<p>Called in- they got back to me in an hour!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240
[</em>] SAT II: French Lang- 740, Math I- 690, World History- 680.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t have a clue. Normally hovers around 4.1 (WEIGHTED)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang- 5, French Lit- 3, English Comp- 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc Honors, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP US History, Advanced Studio Art, Religion course and an honors history elective.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, various in-school awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin- 11 yrs. Speech & Debate- Pretty good record. State champion, few national wins. A lot of leadership/experience in current events stuff, attended conferences. I went on a year abroad my junior year to France with a pretty respected program.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 Summers on Organic Farm working 40 hour weeks.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Local Neighborhood Organization.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Working- but I’ve spent earlier summers at Debate camp, Concordia Language Villages Credit sessions.
[</em>] Essays: Eh. Never loved them. My Scripps one focused on my experience when I visited- a point I made since I came from MA- and how that alone distinguished everything I liked about Scripps.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One good… translation of a rec. from my french lit teacher…, the other … eh… he had only know me three m months.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Stellar
[<em>] Interview: Not my best, but I interview pretty well if I do say so myself.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts!
[<em>] School Type: Small… catholic… and so forth.
[</em>] Ethnicity: WHYTE.
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: EFC- 15k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Er… year abroad? Geographic? Please… new joke. No hooks here.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong scores, good ECs.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Weak math grades as of past two years. Not sure if it was my best interview. I didn’t have like hundreds of community service hours to report…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fit into the top 25% of the applicant pool, and I also went to visit.
[/ul]General Comments: BEST OF LUCK to everyone! So far, it looks like Scripps is my best option… I have been accepted to Lewis & Clark with scholarship though so it’s between those two. Will hear from CMC tonight- basically my first choice.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know when we receive the financial aid package?</p>

<p>This is my top school but also the most expensive! I’m VERY worried that my family won’t be able to afford it.</p>