STATS ONLY-USC Official Decisions- Fall 2008

<p>omg...wth, everyone's stats is STILL so high lol</p>

<p>Don't worry my stats aren't that high; however, I do live in SoCal.</p>

<p>Applied by Scholarship deadline.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!</p>

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: nhsharvard
Gender: M
Location: California
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.516
Class Rank: Valedictorian
Class Size: 448</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 27
SAT II U.S. History: 720
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 640</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Attended Princeton Humanities and Arts Symposium in September 2007.</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Debate Club, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Honor Band, Nature Club, CSF, APUSH Club, GATE, Boys State, NSHSS, Young Legislators</p>

<p>Leadership positions: School Site Council Member, ASB Sophomore Class Treasurer, CSF Honorary Officer</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Library, 2 years, 1hr a school day; Registrar's Office (1 hour/day), Teacher's Office(21 hours), Conference(7 hours), Tutoring (2 days/wk)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: 9th grade: 3 Band awards, Renaissance program award 11th place, honor band award
10th grade: 5 band Awards, Renaissance program award 2nd place, honor band award
11th grade: band awards, Renaissance program 1st place, honor band award
College Summer programs: Concurrent Enrollment(at Fall), Bridge, ACE Program(Spring and Fall)</p>

<p>Essays: Ok, but I could have done better. They were about how I have been involved in school. </p>

<p>Recommendation: Personal, and very good.</p>

<p>Race: Filipino (born in US)</p>

<p>Thanks, you give me hope.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1960 (690CR/640M/630W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: 720 History, 650 Lit, 500 French
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.88/4.40
[<em>] Rank: 18 of 662
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: normal
[</em>] Teacher Recs: normal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: normal
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments:</p>

<p>My ECs: editor of yearbook, Model United Nations, president of mentoring program, varsity tennis player, 200+ hours of comm. service.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted, Thornton</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1970 (700 math, 640 writing, 630 crit reading)
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.8 uw
[<em>] Rank: 15/193
[</em>] Other stats: 4's in AP Bio and APUSH, 3's in AP World History, AP Lang, AP Chemistry
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I made my essays really personal, and I was actually pleased with how I wrote it.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn't read my teacher's rec, but I'm assuming it's good since we we're like BFFs.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): President of Interact and CSF, In Tri-M music society, crap load of community service, lots and lots of music awards
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: public/magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Korean
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: Good audition and interview
General Comments: I NEED $$$$$$$$$$$$</p>

<p>Yes, Thank You!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (received 3/15)
Music Industry BS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100 (M-650, W-710, CR-740)
ACT: 31
SAT IIs: none
GPA (uw/w): 3.82/don't know weighted on a 4.0 scale, but a 97.4
Rank: we don't rank
Other stats: AP Tests: English Language 5, US History 4</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: rockin'
Teacher Recs: got my primary one from my bio/chem teacher who called me "the most precocious child she'd ever met," was my role model for the quick takes, and is proclaimed as the best college rec writer in the school; thus, it was awesome. got a secondary one from Thornton from my very accomplished voice teacher, which was amazing as well
Counselor Rec: didn't have one
Hook (if any): varsity volleyball 3 years, captain 2 years, went to state this year, very active in theater and voice- nominated for a Betty Lynn Buckley Award, competing at the National Thespian Festival this summer in the Solo Musical category, 150+ community service hours, wrote emails to regular admissions and Thornton admissions explaining that i really do want to go there and that upon admissions i would definitely come
Location/Person:
State or Country: TEXAS
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors/Hook?: umm i have red hair? does that count?
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to which school/major</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

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<p>[li] SAT IIs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA (uw/w):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State or Country:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments, status update dates:</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted to LAS *</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2160
[</em>] ACT:na
[<em>] SAT IIs:na
[</em>] GPA (uw/w):3.9/4.1
[<em>] Rank:na
[</em>] Other stats:3 sport athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Pretty sure they got me in
[</em>] Teacher Recs:solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec:horrible
[</em>] Hook (if any): my interview went great
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Arizona
[</em>] School Type:private
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates: stoked to be in.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to LAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2210
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] SAT IIs:710 Math II, 740 US, 680 Chem
[</em>] GPA (uw/w):3.74/4.32
[<em>] Rank:20/499
[</em>] Other stats: :)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: dunno, i like em
[</em>] Teacher Recs:never saw em
[<em>] Counselor Rec:ditto
[</em>] Hook (if any):not really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:IL
[</em>] School Type:public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:F[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2310 (800 M, 740 CR, 770 W)
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 790 Chinese, 710 Bio
[ *] GPA: 3.87 uw, 4.24 w
[ *] Rank: top 5%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: above average, but not amazing
[ *] Teacher Recs: never saw them, but i have a feeling they aren't that great
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: F
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b] alumni?
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] er... I'm getting 1/4 tuition, so pretty please I suppose.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Marshall</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080 (R:630 M:720 W:730)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math2c:740 Korean:800 Chem:630
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): uw)3.95 w)4.34
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: 7 APs by graduation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Donated $4,000 to cancer patients with band CD income. Lots of ECs in music and sports, club president, community services...etc
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments: International student living in CA</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted to Thornton/ Music Industry</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2260
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs:780/760
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.7/ 4.2
[<em>] Rank:
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 10/10
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 10/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec:8/10
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Anneberg</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800,730,700,670
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.0 / 4.7
[<em>] Rank: 1 / 688
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Recs: Ok
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Marshall</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math2, 530 French, 680 Chem, 560 BioE
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.161/4.3 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: 2nd decile
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent, nothing spectacular
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 should be great, 1 decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be great
[</em>] Hook (if any): sister currently attends?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates:
Got in to USC but rejected from UCSD? IDK how that happened.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: n/a
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT IIs: none
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.92
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but in the top 10%.
[</em>] Other stats: Only a few honors classes, school didn't offer AP or IB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I personally think this was the strongest part of my application.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them, but I imagine they were pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not great, but not bad.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I took a gap year this year to travel to different parts of the world. I'm also a pretty good photographer and I've won awards for my photos. I sent a few photos as a supplement.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] School Type: Tiny private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]
Other Factors?: </p>

<p>General Comments, status update dates: I honestly didn't think I would get in because I had no SAT IIs, AP course, low ACT, but I guess they liked me anyway. Maybe my gap year helped me stand out? I have no idea.</p>

<p>not gonna post my stats, but I came here to give hope to those who got an SAT score in the 1800's. it's possible! i am living proof!</p>

<p>Mr Tubbz also got 1800s, he was invited for Trustee/Presidential scholarship interview.</p>

<p>the08er ----- what was your SAT score? i am in 1800's too! im dying to be admitted</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Marshall</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1480/2200
* ACT:
* SAT IIs: math 1 670 bio 620 (I know theyre fantastic
* GPA (uw/w): 99.982 w
* Rank: 8/594
* Other stats: All honors/AP classes for 4 years
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Great
* Teacher Recs: Great
* Counselor Rec: Great
* Hook (if any): Lots of ECs sports service. President of Future Business Leaders of America
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments: I really hope I get a good aid package cause I really wanna go here!</p>