<p>^^aww, good luck!! being waitlisted <em>sucks</em> ... but at least you've got hope!</p>
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Waitlisted
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<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>]SAT:1890 (710 CR, 710 W, 470 M)
[</em>]SAT II: 690 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 28
[</em>]GPA: 3.68
[<em>]Rank: 221/950
[</em>]Other Tests: AP U.S. History (4), AP Euro History (4), AP Psych (4), AP Eng Lit (4)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Strong.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't see.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook: None
[</em>]Location: Indiana
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: FEMALE, ahahahaha
[</em>]Extracurriculars: National Honors Society, Student Advocates of Gender Equality, Speech Team, Writers/Readers/Artists/Performers (just the basics)
[*]Awards: Hoosier Girls State, NCTE, Project eXcel.....don't want to go into anymore...is there really a point? ;)</p>
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Accepted!
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2210 (CR 800, M 650, W 760)
[</em>]SAT II: 750 US History, 730 Bio
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.2 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 42/300
[</em>]Other Tests: AP Euro 4, AP US Hist 5, AP Bio 5, AP Comp 4</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One was fantastic, the other I didn't read
[li]Counselor Rec: Questionable, my counselor is new</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: West Chester, PA
[</em>]High School Type: Mid-Size Public, ~2000 students
[<em>]Ethnicity: Japanese-American
[</em>]Gender: Female.
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: yes, and waiting anxiously to hear</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[*]Extracurriculars &Awards: Official Selection (Documentary) in several regional film festivals, Producer of School TV Station, Editor-In-Chief of School Paper, Producer of County-Wide Student News Broadcast, Director and Founder of the 2008 West Chester Student Film Festival, Film Society President, NHS Secretary, Environmental Club Secretary, ASIA Club Vice-President, Model UN Club Member, Interned at Philadelphia area Film Festivals, Interned at local daily newspaper, Interned at local AM talk radio station. Other things, probably, but I can't remember.</p>
<p>I was rejected
SAT: 2250
Top 10%
Everything else I thought was ok..</p>
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Waitlisted
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2160
[</em>]SAT II:US History-780 Literature-800
[<em>]GPA:3.95
[</em>]Rank:school doesn't rank
[<em>]Other Tests: AP US History-5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I thought they were great, so did my AP English teacher and my guidance counselor...
[<em>]Teacher Recs: the one i read was strong, i trust the other was as well, since that teacher never has anything bad to say about me
[</em>]Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook: I wish...maybe then i wouldn't be on the waitlist [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Upstate suburban NY
[</em>]High School Type: VERY small private
[<em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>]Gender: obviously female
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Tons of theater, including several lead roles and an internship w/ director, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Softball, Mock Trial, NHS, Community Service
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Commended Student, Honor Roll,
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ahhh! Waitlist=Hell![/ul]</p>
<p>YAY YAY YAY!!!!!</p>
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Accepted
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:720 CR, 680 W, 670 M
[</em>]SAT II: 720 Math I, 620 Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA:3.6 UW, 3.8 W
[<em>]Rank:top 25%
[</em>]Other Tests: 4 on IB Physics- Full IB diploma candidate
[/ul][ b]Subjective**[list]
[<em>]Essays:well checked and hopefully well written. About music as a part of my life.
[</em>]Teacher Recs:my teachers don't really love me but they like me
[<em>]Counselor Rec: don't even know her
[</em>]Supplementary Material: resume, newspaper article about my organization of a post-V-tech massacre anti-gun student protest, rec from an anthropologist I'm an intern for who's a women's college alumn, ummmm some other things I can't remember
[<em>]Hook: involvement in AMIGOS (one month in a village of 150 people in rural mexico organizing community projects and teaching classes on health and the environment), Organization of a protest against easy access to guns in light of the V-tech massacre
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Location:Arlington, VA
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid:yes but not getting any
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: band, debate team, others previously mentioned
[</em>]Awards:NHS nom, Posse scholarship finalist (Grinnell), can't remember what other bs I put in this category
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Bragging- I didn't see it coming. I've gotten my fair share of rejections already and from schools I thought I would get into. Advice/Commiseration- Just take it all in stride because you will win some and lose some. It sucks to be waitlisted but you'll be happy wherever you end up. [/li][ /list]</p>
<p>Ugh let me try that again!</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:well checked and hopefully well written. About music as a part of my life.
[</em>]Teacher Recs:my teachers don't really love me but they like me
[<em>]Counselor Rec: don't even know her
[</em>]Supplementary Material: resume, newspaper article about my organization of a post-V-tech massacre anti-gun student protest, rec from an anthropologist I'm an intern for who's a women's college alumn, ummmm some other things I can't remember
[<em>]Hook: involvement in AMIGOS (one month in a village of 150 people in rural mexico organizing community projects and teaching classes on health and the environment), Organization of a protest against easy access to guns in light of the V-tech massacre
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Arlington, VA
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid:yes but not getting any
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: band, debate team, others previously mentioned
[</em>]Awards:NHS nom, Posse scholarship finalist (Grinnell), can't remember what other bs I put in this category
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Bragging- I didn't see it coming. I've gotten my fair share of rejections already and from schools I thought I would get into. Advice/Commiseration- Just take it all in stride because you will win some and lose some. It sucks to be waitlisted but you'll be happy wherever you end up. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>JESUS!!! I am floored!! How the hell did I get in with such amazing competition? I just wanted to say that even waitlisted people have amazing resumes and that admission must really be one hell of a crapshoot!</p>
<p>Daughter Accepted
770/710/690
4.08-top 10%
applied for FA (find out next week)
yadda yadda
she is very excited</p>
<p>"JESUS!!! I am floored!! How the hell did I get in with such amazing competition? I just wanted to say that even waitlisted people have amazing resumes and that admission must really be one hell of a crapshoot!"</p>
<p>Not a crapshoot at all. Smith has made it very clear that they have heavily de-emphasized test scores as 1) they could have find no relationship between them and academic success once there, and 2) mitigated against the college's history commitment to economic diversity. So take out the test scores, and imagine the college trying to do exactly what they say they are trying to do, choose students who are "Heady, nervy, and intellectually exciting", and find there is no crapshoot at all.</p>
<p>D was accepted!!! Very Excited!!!! YEA. Congrats and Good Luck to All!</p>
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Accepted
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1860
[</em>]SAT II: 700 Spanish
[<em>]ACT:30
[</em>]GPA: 3.89
[<em>]Rank: 22/575
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) AP Psychology- 4
currently taking AP Physics, AP Eng Lang, AP Span
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: worked extremely hard to perfect it
[</em>]Teacher Recs: was not able to read them, but they must've been great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn't see it but i bet she wrote about my extracurriculars
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook: started a community service club at my school, moved to the US when I was 12
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Southern California
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian/pacific islander
[<em>]Gender: female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[li]Extracurriculars: treasurer of comm. service club that had a 100% increase in membership this year, founder of another comm. service club, writer for school paper, steering[/li][ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
you must go on an interview! I think that really gave me a leg up!
Smith is my first choice school and I was ecstatic when I got accepted. I just need to look over the fin. aid to determine whether I will be attending or not.</p>
<p>I was also accepted to Mount Holyoke with a free plane ticket to visit. I like Smith better but it seems like Mount Holyoke will give me a better financial aid package.</p>
<p>Accepted. D is from Michigan. Interested in hearing more about the academic workload and campus social life. Thanks.</p>
<p>Accepted
w/STRIDE </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Math IIC; 720 US History
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.6 W
[<em>]Rank: top 5%
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)= APs (four 5s / two 4s / currently taking three); IB Diploma candidate (6 IB courses) </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good? I tried to be as sincere as possible.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good/great; one of them was from a Smith alumna (my AP Bio teacher)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[li]Hook: nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female (obviously haha)
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: EIC of school paper; president of service club; yearbook copy editor; decathlon; intern at local paper; NHS officer
[</em>]Awards: some school and county ones (decathlon); AP Scholar w/ Distinction; Natl Merit Commended
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: [/li]Congrats to everyone who was accepted! =D[/ul]</p>
<p>Sister accepted, engineering scholarship. Smith, however, is not her first choice - she was accepted EA to a school in December that she very much wants to go to. I don't know her stats.</p>
<p>i got waitlisted as well. i was wondering if its due in part to the fact that i did not write anything "smith specific"- just my common app essay. oh well, once i get my other offers i will probably take my name off. i dont think smith was necessarily the right fit for me. congrats to everyone!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of you!
If Smith turns out to be your choice, I hope you have an amazing experience there.
My daughter is graduating this spring and has had such wonderful opportunities. She credits her success in grad school acceptances to her amazing professors and particularly her major advisor. They truly go beyond the call of duty!
I wish you all the best wherever you choose to attend college.</p>
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Accepted Fall ED
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1850
[</em>]SAT II: didn't take
[<em>]ACT: didn't take
[</em>]GPA: 4.15 now; 3.8 cumulative
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) AP French Lang, AP English Lang, AP US History, AP French Lit, and this year I'll add AP English Lit and AP Calculus AB to the list.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I spoke about my unconventional lifestyle -- I have no hometown and have moved every three years all my life and have lived in three continents.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from my Honors English 9 / AP English 11 teacher; Another from my French (AP lang/lit) teacher / soccer coach. I'm definitely confident they were great.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was good.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: nothing
[<em>]Hook: I move often, like I just said. So I've seen the world and know exactly what I want and how to attain it. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Germany
[<em>]High School Type: Dodds (department of defense)
[</em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Female, of course
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Golf 9-12 (captain); Soccer 9-12 (captain 11 and 12); Basketball 12; Key Club (president); National Honor Society 10-12; Paris Trip 9-12 (group leader 10, trip captain 11 and 12)
[</em>]Awards: 9th place in Europe for golf 10 and 11, 5th place in Europe for golf 12; Coach's Award for Basketball; and some academic awards.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: If you are 100% sure you want to go to Smith, apply ED. The acceptance rate is nearly 30% higher since it is self-selecting. And if you don't get in through ED I think you could re-apply through regular. Also, an interview I think would help, but I never had one. Do try, though. Yay Smith '12!![/ul]</p>
<p>yea, i got wait listed too</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2140
SAT II: 800 Math IIC; 690 biology e; 580 world history [lawl]; 650 chem - yea, i did my sat2's last minute
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.3 UW / 3.6 W
Rank: 50%
Other Tests: ap calc bc 5; ap stats 4, ap bio 4, ap physics 4 </p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: clever extended math metaphor about integrating the four areas (circles) to encompass my world (sphere). get it? its a calculus joke :P
Teacher Recs: pretty good. my junior eng teacher who teaches ap eng [her name is mrs. smith lawl] and my ap calc teacher who is also my math team mentor
Counselor Rec: eh....generic at best
Supplementary Material: none
Hook: nope</p>
<p>Personal
Location: Southern California
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: yes</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: founder of decathalon team, math team/club capt/pres(respectively), all forms of debate( not including policy), golf team captain
Awards: alot of debate awards - mostly league with several state awards, state ranked in math, qualed for state champs in golf, AP Scholar w/ honor; Natl Merit Commended
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: i guess the only reason why i could think of that i have horrrrrriiibbbllleeee gpa - total of 7 c's and 1 d..mostly all during my sophomore year :T bad times. mostly a's after that</p>
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Accepted!!
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<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[li]SAT: V: 560 M: 620 W: 630</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT II: MathI: 600, Bio E: 590 </p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT: 24</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA: 3.7/4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank: school doesn't rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Other Tests: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Essays: great :) </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Teacher Recs: AWESOME. One of them was a Smith alumna</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Counselor Rec: she loves me :D</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material: sent in a progress report from a program I take called SPREP at Columbia University</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook: well, I'm Guyanese. Also a rec from my teacher who is a grad</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Location: Richmond Hill, Queens, New York :D</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type: NYC Specialized High School, performing arts (yeah it's LaGuardia :P)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Ethnicity: Guyanese!</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Gender: well er..Smithie lol</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Applied for Financial Aid: certainly</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars: lots of service credit at school, play piano and violin, Columbia SPREP, Cornell HPREP</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards: uh, perfect attendance award?</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm glad I got in. I guess my essays/ short answers were great. Congrats to all those who were accepted :)</p>