<p>I got my deferral letter today, and I was just wondering what kind of stats others that didn't get accepted have. Also please feel free to vent your frustrations- it still hasn't really hit me yet. Lastly, where else are you applying regular?</p>
<p>Okay, here are mine...
GPA: 4.0 UW
APs: Taken Calc AB 5, US History 5, Physics B 4
Taking Chem., Calc BC, Spanish, English Lit.
(small school offers only like 9 APs total)
ACT: 36 composite
SAT: 760 V, 750 M
SAT II: Writing 800, Math 2C, US History 770
National Merit SF (228)
Tennis- High school Varsity 3 years- 1st team all league- also on Club team
ASB-9,11,12 ASB Vice Pres my senior year
Work experience: international work with environmental publishing co.
Essays: what I thought were very good, but maybe not....?
Recs: thought they were excellent</p>
<p>Applying to: HYP, Duke, Columbia, GTown, Amherst, Pepperdine, U of Wash.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW
APs: Taken Calc AB 5, taking Euro
Physics 197/198/200/201/476, Calc 2, Linear Algebra, Composition at university
(small school offers only 4 APs)
ACT: 33 composite
SAT II: Writing 790, Math 2C 750, Physics 770
1st in Physics, Comp Sci, 2nd in math, Top in Engineering Category, etc. type awards at regional level, a little state
Wind Symphony, Brass Choir, Pep band, Jazz band, marching band- 4 years, All state band, district orchestra
Science club, scholastic bowl, math team
Physics tutor
Work experience: none
Essays: excerpts-</p>
<p>The memories I will take with me were forged on a far less impressive site; theyre memories of the quirky moments in a late night practice when it was so dark the drum major was forced to conduct with a flashlight. Theyre memories of the laughter at the silly behavior rampant at eight oclock on a Saturday morning. Theyre the memories of our practice field, with its withering grass, numerous potholes and crooked podium. Theyre memories that dont need pictures to live on. </p>
<p>It is hard for me to describe in words the beauty of Vaughn Williams, the power of Beethoven, or the sorrow of Stravinsky. There in lies the magnificence of music. In one moment it induces a tear to trickle down your face, and in the next it inspires you to lift a sword and charge into battle. And so I find myself lucky to recreate the works of masters through my horn. In doing so, if I can add a little of my self to the music, if I can reveal myself in it, I am successful in my undertaking. Music truly transcends the boundaries of language and diplomacy; it comes from the heart and lifts the mind. The opportunity to participate in such a magnificent thing humbles me.</p>
<p>Recs: good/excellent</p>
<p>Rejected. Can someone help me get into MIT? I really don't want to end of at U of I. Haha, what can I do to not end up at U of I? /sigh</p>
<p>Mher.. Deferred
Gpa: 4.0 UW, 4.3 W
SAT: 730 M, 710 V
SAT II: 730 MI, 710 Writing, 670 MII, 620 Lit
APs: Chem 3, Hist 3, Lit 4
Senipr Schedule: Jazz Band, Humanities, AP Eng Lang, AP Psych, AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lang, Econ/Govt. Independent study
ECs: Very Active. Interact Pres/Dest. Gov, Symphony, Tennis, Eagle Scout, etc. (don't feel like listing all of it)
Awards: Not amazing, but I had enough to fill the list
Essays: Verging on very good
Recs: One amazing, one excellent</p>
<p>Applying to: Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Georgetown, Duke, and Northwestern</p>
<p>It's a bit of a bummer, I thought I had a pretty good shot. Crappy crapshoot.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.38 W
APs: Lang/Comp 5, US History 5, Psychology 5
going to take Calculus BC, Lit/Comp, French
ACT: 35 composite
SAT: 1600
SAT II: Writing 800, Literature 800, French w/ Listening 720, Math IIC 710
National Merit Semifinalist (232)
Science Olympiad (vice president, medals)
National Honor Society
Orchestra
Volunteer with Audubon Society (around 100 hrs a year)
Essays: I thought mine were good too
Recs: dunno, I didn't see them, but my teachers definitely like me</p>
<p>Appling to: Harvard, Pton, Northwestern, Claremont Mckenna, UNL (accepted)</p>
<p>Holy Crap-
SCEA at Stanford is loaded...
All of you guys have great stats (nice test scores BTW Zeller)
I guess we can hope for the best...
boy, that sounds cheesy and depressing</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 W
APs: Bio 5, 4 other APs, 4 this year
SAT: 1570
SAT II: Writing 730, Literature 780, Math IIC 760
National Merit Semifinalist
Started Cultural Group
Newspaper and Magazine Editor
Tennis throughout highschool
Mentoring, Discovery Leader</p>
<p>Essays: played the background card (guess that didnt work)
Recs: Amazing</p>
<p>Applying to: Emory, Columbia, BC, BU, Duke, USC, Harvard, Cornell, Penn, Northwestern, UGA</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW (I think...)
APs: Taken US History and Lang/Comp, this year I'm taking Spanish, Calc BC, US Gov't, and Lit/Comp
SAT: 700 V, 780 M
SAT II: Writing 740, Math 2C 770, US History 730
National Merit SF (218)
Tennis- High school Varsity 3 years- team was in State semis, likely to be captain this spring
Varsity Cross-Country for 3 years- Captain this year
Quiz Bowl (Captain since 10th grade)
Jazz Band
Work experience: internship at investment firm last summer
Essays: Thought they were good
Recs: thought they were excellent</p>
<p>Deferred... better luck in April
Applying also to Yale, Chicago, Brown, Penn, Swarthmore, BC, Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, and Barrett Honors @ Arizona St.</p>
<p>I'm reading this thread right now to lower my expectations regarding my own letter (which is coming tomorrow.. I hope..). You guys all sound like excellent applicants, and I'd suggest that you don't let one bump in the road slow ya down!</p>
<p>720v,760m
800mathiic,790biom,720writing,730chemistry
3.94uw gpa
ECs - President of Key Club, ASB Treasurer, APIC team leader, youth and government chair/speaker, piano, young musicians program at UC Berkeley
Class schedule - 7/8 APs and 2 college classes by the end of senior year ( multivariable calculus , linear algebra at uc berkeley)
recs - good, my teachers were a bit shocked i got deferred
essays - i thought they were decent.
background - first generation college student, immigrant, blue-collar</p>
<p>Also applying to : Harvard,Yale,Princeton,MIT,Columbia,UC Berkeley, UCLA</p>
<p>Rani- if I got deferred and our stats are so similar then why do you expect a rejection? Keep your hopes up! Admissions are such a crapshoot that you never know what will happen.</p>
<p>wow i must say, you guys are awsome. I haven't recieved my letter yet, but its not looking very good...I really am trying to realize that addmissions are such a crapshoot, that kids who deserve to be admitted aren't always (just look at this thread if you dont believe that) Thank you so much! I feel more reassured, now i just want to know-even if im rejected (which is likely to be the case) its not the end of hte world. Cool, now im going to go finish my MIT app</p>
<p>wow samwise, your writing exerpts sound awesome! I think that your essays AND the 790 in Writing SATII will certainly give you an advantage in MIT admissions.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.6364 W
Ranked: 1/657
APs: Biology (5), Euro (5), US History (5), Lang (4), Chem (3), Latin Vergil (3)
In Progress: Environmental, Lit, Calc AB, Govt.
SAT: 720 V, 660 M
SAT II: Writing 630, Math 2C 630, US History 710
Tennis- High school Varsity 3 years- League Champions, 2nd Round finish in Southern California (very competitive)
Newspaper - writer and pager editor for 3 years
ASB - senior and junior secretary
Work experience: summer tennis instructor and assistant to bodyboarding co.
Recs: one teacher has written letters for everyone accepted to stanford from my school for the past few years.
Essays: thought were good and honest</p>
<p>Deferred
I feel that I am no where up to bar with you other applicants who were deferred. I am really weak in standardize tests. I feel rejection coming in April.</p>