<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): C: 2030, (680 R, 640 M, 700 W) (I thought this was terrible)
[</em>] ACT: 35, (36 R, 35 E, 34 M, 33 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 640 in Math II, 680 in Literature; didn’t send either
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does GPAs on a 100-point scale. I have a 96. I’ve only made maybe one or two B’s and I’ve taken all honors/AP, so I guess around a 4.0 (?)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Non-ranking school
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), English Language and Composition (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit. & Comp., Advanced Economics, AP Government, + electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student of the Week in my city’s newspaper
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Student Council (4 consecutive elections; currently Secretary), Business Club (Secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: One summer at Chili’s
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: >100 hours at one local charity, 70 at a hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Partying
[</em>] Essays: Decent. Not my best work, but pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. My counselor told me it was one of the best recommendations she had ever seen.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Presumably pretty good, my counselor loves me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Haven’t applied yet
[<em>] Intended Major: Finance
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): 'Murica
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[list]
[<em>] Strengths: I don’t know. I’ve taken more than 20 honors classes.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Bad freshman year grades, terrible SAT score</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1920- CR: 610, Math: 640, WR: 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.46
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (w/o taking the class/studying): 3, APUSH: 4, AP Lit (w/o taking class/studying): 3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stats, Level 1 Physics, Spanish 4, Brit Lit, Conflict in the Modern World,
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New England Press Association, Kinely Award for Yearbook Excellence, and some other stuff</p>
<p>[/list]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (EIC this year, Sports Editor last year), Online mag (EIC this year, Assistant EIC 11 +10), Yearbook (Editor of different sections this and 11), Class Council, NHS,
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tour Guide at State House, Peer Tutor, Volunteer for soccer program w/ special needs kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tour Guide, Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute (Medill Cherubs)
[</em>] Essays: My freshman year Spanish teacher and how she basically was bullied by my classmates
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I waived my right to see it, but my newspaper adviser/journalism teacher and Spanish teacher like me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Waived my right to see it, but she likes me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Medill Cherub instructor highlighted how I grew as a journalist and that I would be a good fit for TCU
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Not yet-we don’t hear until march, right?
[<em>] Intended Major: Journalism
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public, 2000 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: none of your business
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Cousin and cousin’s husband went to TCU and are active alumni, grandfather died (idk that would be a hook, but it justified why my grades went down junior year)
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Legacy, from unrepresented state, strong ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: okay grades/SATs, B- in pre calc
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m very passionate about journalism and it showed through my app. Also, the legacy thing helped.
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: MY ECs-i.e. how devoted I am to them</p>
<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“My%20daughter”>/size</a> Stats:[ul]
• ACT: 29
• SAT II: none reported
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/700
• AP (place score in parenthesis): none
• IB (place score in parenthesis): diploma candidate
• Senior Year Course Load: IB HL- Eng, HOA, Chem, Theatre, Spanish V, SL-Math, Orchestra, Economics
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (Officer), Ballet, Destination Imagination
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: about 400 hours
• Summer Activities: ballet programs, engineering camps
• Essays: made me cry
• Teacher Recommendation: probably great
• Counselor Rec: form letter with some add-ons, misunderstandings from not knowing daughter
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: none, but an AMAZING Optional Page
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: hopefully soon
• Intended Major: Ballet/Engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): Texas
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Large, Public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: <60,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
Strengths: visited the school a lot, showed lots of interest, optional page very personal
Weaknesses: test score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unique, creative, well-rounded
The most unique thing in your application: Diversity of interest, yet in depth
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 650 Math: 680 Writing: 700 Cumulative: 2030
[</em>] ACT:32
[<em>] SAT II: Literature 650 Math 1 680 Math 2 660, I did not send these
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Diploma Candidate, Will take in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 IB Classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): George Washington University Book Award
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Blog, Softball, Cross Country, Mu Alpha Theta (President), Model United Nations (Chapter Founder and President), National Honor Society (Community Service Coordinator)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Three mission trips to Haiti, do special needs work on a daily basis. Estimating around 500-600 hours for my time in high school.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Last summer I served on work crew at LLYC
[</em>] Essays: Talked about one of my interactions with a girl in Haiti and how that shaped who I am.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math, Science, and Spanish
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She likes me!
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Not sure yet
[<em>] Intended Major: Anthropology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[</em>] School Type: Small private IB school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Personal trauma in Freshman year, discussed briefly. [/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, grades, diverse resume, visited campus, freedom of expression page.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Was not able to attend the interview I was offered.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: For my freedom of expression page I had my friends, family, teachers, and coaches describe me in one word. I then made a collage of all these words.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2060. 660 cr, 740 m 660 w
[ *] ACT:n/a
[ *] SAT II:n/a
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.83
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):25/686
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):didn’t report
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP english, AP bio, AP econ, AP stats, varsity tennis, AP environmental science, front office aide
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, HOSA, Latin Club, tennis captain
[ *] Job/Work Experience: fastfood restaurant cashier
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:250+ hours
[ *] Summer Activities: ran a kids tennis camp two summers in a row
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec:awesome
[ *] Additional Rec:awesome
[ *] Interview:n/a
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: idk yet
[ *] Intended Major:biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):tx
[ *] Country (if international applicant):usa
[ *] School Type:public hs
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket:75k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:essays/recs
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT sorta, GPA sorta, possibly lack of leadership but idk because of team captain/work
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT/GPA/Rank
[ *] The most unique thing in your application: my essays for sure</p>
<p>[34] ACT:
[730 US History] SAT II:
[3.91] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[homeschooled/ na] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[5 AP Stats 5 AP Government 4 AP Chemistry] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[AP Economics, AP Calculus, AP Physics, Spanish 2301 and 2302 at cc, ENG 1301, 1302 at cc] Senior Year Course Load:
[National Merit Commended, AP Scholar] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
:
[Mainly church work and mission trips] Volunteer/Community service:
[Leadership camp] Summer Activities:
[Yes, but not that great. He is a math/science guy] Essays:
[ Spanish teacher at cc gave him a glowing rec] Teacher Recommendation:
[Letter by me ( mom) that I think was quite good and unusual] Counselor Rec:</p>
<p>[ Don’t know yet] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?:
[Computer Science] Intended Major:
[TX] State (if domestic applicant):</p>
<p>[homeschool] School Type:
[white] Ethnicity:
male] Gender:
[High] Income Bracket:</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted
(My daughter)
Stats:
ACT: 33
SAT II: none reported
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/789
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Eng Lit, AP Physics, Journalism, AP Calc, Choir,
Economics, Government<br>
School Paper Editor<br>
Major Awards : National Hispanic ScholarSubjectives:
Extracurriculars (Pianist/composer/ published)<br>
Equestrian Athlete Competes ; Nationally/Internationally
NHS
NSHSS
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Dog Rescue & Adoptions: Just World Ambassador
Summer Activities: Competing ( riding )
Essays: Personal and heartwarming and honest
Teacher Recommendation: All were wonderful
Counselor Rec: Forms and personal letters
Additional Rec: Trainers
Interview: none so far. Have Official visit with Coach/ Admissions in jan.
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large, Public
Ethnicity: white/ Hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 200K +
Hooks: Merit Scholar, NCAA Recruit
Reflection
Strengths: visited the school ,
Weaknesses: No SAT, lack of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well-rounded, interesting, high achiever, goal orientated
The most unique thing in your application: Most definately the true honesty of the essay</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT: 32, (35 R, 35 E, 29 M, 28 S)
SAT II: 740 Math I, 600 Math II, 600 US History (didn’t send official scores but had on resume and Common App)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), US History (3), Lang and Comp (4)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, 5 Dual enrollement classes + electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA State Champion and International Finalist (Top 20)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (State and Chapter Officer), FCA, Senior Leadership Club (all leadership), NHS, School television production class, many, many more
Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs since Summer 2012
Volunteer/Community service: About 400 hours culmulative
Summer Activities: Tennis
Essays: My overall CommonApp essay was FANTASTIC! I love it so much!
Teacher Recommendation: Good, not absolutely amazing but good
Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT! He told me he was going to write me “one hell of a letter of rec”
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Don’t know yet
Intended Major: Journalism
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$175,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Can’t think of any hooks, but being my first acceptance, I’m thrilled!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):n/a
*] ACT:33
[</em>] SAT II: n/a
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4, AP Bio 4, AP Lit 4, WHAP 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Psych, Lang, Government; Calculus; German 4; Molecular Genetics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of community service ones, honors roll, honors society, scholarship federation, church awards, etc
[/list][ b]Subjectives:**[ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (ASB 4 years), nanny, math tutor, equestrian[/li][ *] Job/Work Experience: private nanny
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, church and blind children
[ *] Summer Activities: private nanny
[ *] Essays: Weak, about my congenital knee problems that led me to leadership
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: freshman science & 4 year german
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: n/a
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: dont know yet
[ *] Intended Major: Business
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): State
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private Christian College Prep
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, just really smart.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Scores, ECs, reccomendations,
[ *] Weaknesses: essay
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my ACT score
[ *] The most unique thing in your application: nothing, I am quite generic</p>
<p>SAT: 770 Writing, 680 Math, 650 Reading
ACT: 32
SAT II: 680 Math II, 660 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP Art History, Physiology, Teacher Aide
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Junior Academic Merit Award</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government, Soccer, Coached youth soccer team, Nordstrom Fashion Board
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my local hospital, Coach youth soccer team
Summer Activities: volunteering
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: Written by my honors spanish teacher who loves me
Counselor Rec: Very good relationship with my counselor
Additional Rec: Letter from the person in charge of the volunteer program at the hospital
Interview: none</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Don’t know yet!
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type: large public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc): working at the hospital (since my major is nursing), and coaching the youth soccer team</p>
<p>Strengths: Test scores, volunteer work
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed that I was a very well-rounded applicant with good grades and test scores but still had fun in high school!
The most unique thing in your application: My freedom of expression page</p>
<p>[ n/a] SAT I (breakdown):
[ 29] ACT:
[ n/a] SAT II:
[ 4.0] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ 16%] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ n/a] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov. AP Econ. AP Lit. College Trig. College Algebra HOnors Physics</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240, (800 Math, 770 CR, 670 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Ten tests eight 5s and two 4s.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Physics C, Band, Lit&Comp, AP CompSci, Jazz Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Department of Education Presidential Scholar Semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, AP National Scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Section Leader and first chair), Jazz Band, DOE Science Bowl (President and Captain), Science Olympiad, NEHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church A/V Operator and altar server (started in 3rd grade, still do one of the two every week), Science Bowl Volunteer, Bioparks Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Bioparks Volunteer (40 hrs/wk)
[</em>] Essays: Not too shabby
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Closed letters, from my Physics/CompSci teacher, my band director, and my Calculus teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Closed letter
[<em>] Additional Rec: Church HR director, Positive
[</em>] Interview: Two, one with my admissions representative in my hometown and the other for the Chancellor’s Scholarship
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Received Merit Scholarship? If so how much?: Yes, Chancellor’s Scholarship
[<em>] Intended Major: Physics/Mathematics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Academic and music awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: No job history, no sports, and weak SAT and ACT essay scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe I look fairly good as both just numbers and holistically.
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: Nationally competitive in academics (top 580) and marching music (top 125). Especially since the academics considered EVERY student that took the SAT, ACT, and/or PSAT.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decisions have been mailed on a rolling basis; I believe the first decisions were sent in December and the final round of decisions should be out within the next two weeks.</p>