<p>Hello everyone! Here is a thread for those who applied for a spot in Swarthmore's Class of 2018 regular decision. Decisions should be coming out in less than a month! How are you guys feeling?</p>
<p>I’m nervous. Do you know what date the decisions are released, and if they are mailed or posted online?</p>
<p>decisions are mailed by Apri 1st, and yeah let the nervousness begin</p>
<p>Last year I recall they were very close to April 1… maybe arrived a day or two before that? </p>
<p>Does anyone know if international students are notified by email instead?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure international students are emailed.</p>
<p>This waiting…I can’t take it.</p>
<p>It is terrible isn’t it?</p>
<p>does Swarthmore has an early notification program like Williams and Amherst?</p>
<p>They do. I think their early writes usually come out around this time. Probably some time this week. It would be awesome to get one, but I don’t want to be too hopeful…</p>
<p>The Swarthmore admissions twitter retweeted tweets from a couple people who said they were just accepted. So I think it’s safe to say that early writes have been sent out. </p>
<p>I got one yesterday, but I don’t know how many were sent out. I also live about 45 minutes from Swat, so I could have been one of the first ones to get a letter. Keep checking your mailbox, but if it does not work out, I hope you get in in late March! The letter was postmarked March 10.</p>
<p>RARARARARARARARARARA. People are getting Early Writes from Swarthmore omg. I love that school so much. </p>
<p>@KeDIX1414 Congrats! You must be so happy! Is Swat a top choice of yours?</p>
<p>Swat is in my top 3! I hope that everyone on this thread who loves Swat gets in!</p>
<p>Ahhhh I got the acceptance mail today!!! I love Swat so much <3</p>
<p>Has anyone down South received anything yet? </p>
<p>Just received an acceptance!!! SWAT2018!!!</p>
<p>HEY! I was just accepted too aaaah! Let’s start posting all our info, so just copy and paste this template:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
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.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150
ACT: 34
SAT II: 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t submit
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP English, AP Latin, Music & Society, Physics, Advanced Photography, 2 college classes related to my major
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Boys’ State (?)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vice Chairman of Governor Patrick’s Statewide Youth Council, President of Mock Trial, President of Varsity Show Choir, co-wrote an amendment to an LGBTQ youth homelessness bill
Job/Work Experience: Raagini (Indian restaurant), Smolak Farms
Volunteer/Community service: PALS tutoring (tutoring really bright middle schoolers from Lawrence, MA, with the hopes of getting them to private high school)
Summer Activities: interning for the Governor of MA (staying very politically active hah), some volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9, my CommonApp was about meeting a transgendered homeless man in the basement of a Church and the amendment I co-wrote
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8 ish? not sure
Teacher Rec #1: English- very good
Teacher Rec #2: AP Calc - probably generic
Counselor Rec: Definitely amazing, she liked me a lot (esp since she was the Mock Trial advisor!)
Additional Rec: From the Director of the Office of Community Affairs at the Gov’s office, definitely good
Interview: didn’t have one</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my extracurriculars - lots of leadership, lots of determination
Weaknesses: I thought my test scores & GPA were pretty low for Swat standars! Considering that no one from my school had gotten in since 2012 I was pretty surprised
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, leadership
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Cornell ED, Accepted Umass Amherst Honors, Northeastern Honors, University of Rochester</p>
<p>I’m SHOCKED and so excited!!! #Swat2018!</p>