<p>Level 3 - 2.86 UW, 3.61 W, 34 ACT</p>
<p>Accepted to:
Hendrix (w/ 20k, 14k merit)
New College of Florida (w/ 9k merit)
Rhodes (no package yet)</p>
<p>Still waiting:
Bard
Skidmore
Pitzer
Oberlin
American
UMass
Hampshire</p>
<p>Level 4 (3.3) But in my defense, I went to an extremely competitive International school where the Valedictorian (who is going to Cambrigde Uni, in the UK! So not too bad lol) had a 3.8
SAT: 1850 (horribleâŠ) ACT: 28 Iâm just a horrendous test taker. Always have been, always will be
I gotta say, I can write a pretty mean essay 
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<p>William and Mary </p>
<p>I know I was surprised as wellâŠand no, I do not have a lot of money lol</p>
<p>3.5 GPA, already got into William and Mary and Vanderbilt, waiting on a lot of schools.</p>
<p>Level 5 weighted and unweighted.</p>
<p>So far Accepted at Pitt, UCSB, Northeastern (16k merit), American (22k merit)</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Tulane</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear back from some more schools.</p>
<p>Although my gpa was in the hardest classes available at my school and I had a good SAT score (1510/2170) so take of that what you will.</p>
<p>Any level 4âs or less get into Scripps? 
Dream School!!! :D</p>
<p>Thanks for resurrecting this thread! I hope it will encourage more repentant underachievers to aim as high as they feel they should (ugh, within reason!), regardless of what CCâs hive mind and their counselors are telling them. Hereâs my contribution:</p>
<p>Level 4, admitted to Reed & Mount Holyoke, waitlisted at the University of Chicago (I think I would have had a better chance there if I were a domestic applicant; I applied for financial aid as an international).</p>
<p>Level 5 - Notre Dame, Fordham, University of Florida, other less selective schools.</p>
<p>I think what would be more helpful is for the people who got into these great schools at level 4 and 5 to post <em>why</em> they think they were able to get in. Still, cool to see so many actually did it.</p>
<p>3.5 UW, 2000 SAT, just a few APs. I got into: </p>
<p>University of Southern California
New York University
University of Miami
The New School (Jazz and Contemporary Music & Eugene Lang College)
Berklee College of Music
Virginia Commonwealth University</p>
<p>Rejected from none. Attending USC for popular music if I can convince my mom. My auditions and portfolio played a huge part in the admissions decisions of most of these schools, Iâm sure.</p>
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Right, okay. I got into Notre Dame, Fordham, UF, and a few others with a 3.63 GPA.</p>
<p>Notre Dame - ESSAYS. My best essays, three âshortâ (200 words?) essays plus the Common App one. My short ones did a great job showing who I was as a person and why I was a great fit for Notre Dame. My Common App one really outlined my drive to help the poor and why I had that drive.</p>
<p>Fordham - National Merit. They give NMSFs ranked top 10% full-tuition scholarships, so I figured I was going to get in anyway. My SAT was well above their 75th percentile.</p>
<p>UF - Instate, high SAT, NM, rigorous dual-enrollment course load, which they like.</p>
<p>I would also point out that while my GPA was ~3.6, I had a sharp upward trend, with Jr and Sr years being 3.9 or so. Fr and So years, though, were like 3.4 or so. Overall was 3.63-3.65, depending on when grades were sent (all got 3.63, Notre Dame got 3.65 for midyear).</p>
<p>applied with a 3.46 (a level 5) and got into Cornell</p>
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<p>Okay.</p>
<p>I feel my essays were my strongest point. All the schools I was accepted to (or, in UChiâs case, waitlisted at) required supplemental essays, and I think mine were pretty good. Nothing Iâd submit to The Paris Review, obviously, but I was actually surprised at how smooth my âWhy Reed?â essay was when I reread it a few weeks ago; it certainly hadnât been easy to write. My optional essay for UChicago was rad as well.</p>
<p>Vassar was the one school whose supplement I completed in great haste (it was a last-minute addition to my list) and I was rejected there. I would have rejected me tooâin hindsight, my essays must have reeked of sleep deprivation and bad judgment. So that kind of reinforces my belief that they were a very important part of my application.</p>
<p>Also, my test scores were solid (SAT 2350, Lit 800, French 720) and I submitted an art supplement, but I have no idea if anyone actually looked at it.</p>
<p>I had several things going against me, though; on top of being a poor international, I had quite a few Cs, a couple of Ds, one failing semester grade, and a plethora of Bs on my transcript. My UW GPA was 3.3, largely thanks to PE and Art.</p>
<p>Level 5 attending JHU.
Also accepted at NYU, Boston College, Boston University, American University, and George Washington University, waitlisted at Georgetown. Also Hispanic w/2230 SAT.</p>
<p>I wish I found this threat before I applied! I would have had a better self esteem when i was applyingâŠ</p>
<p>Level 4:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.28 UW, 1980 SAT (applied with a 3.22 I think)</p>
<p>Accepted: (assuming most schools are around 55k)
Colgate University (Almost full - 53k)
Carleton College (Almost full - 50k) (Probably attending)
Hamilton College (Almost full- 53k)
Bates College (Almost full - 53k)
Whitman College (Almost full - 50k)
Oxford College at Emory
St. Lawrence University (45k)
UC San Diego (All UCs half tuition or less)
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
UC Riverside
Cal Poly SLO
Humboldt State
CSU Long Beach</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Colby College
Colorado College
Connecticut College</p>
<p>Rejected: (Both were expected)
Bowdoin College
Emory University </p>
<p>My school deflates grades like crazy so many people with 3.5ish get into really great schools!</p>
<p>Level 5 (3.65): Wake Forest, Pepperdine, Miami (FL), U Florida, Florida State.</p>
<p>Level 4: 3.3 UW and 2080 SAT
Going to Vanderbilt University. Accepted at Boston University, McGill, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington, and Texas A&M. Waitlisted at NYU, Middlebury, and the University of Texas. Rejected at Wesleyan and Boston College.</p>
<p>I ended up doing way better than I thought I would⊠Definitely expected to get rejected at all of my waitlist schools, so that was a pleasant surprise. The Vanderbilt acceptance was a HUGE (and awesome!) shock as well. </p>
<p>If I had to pinpoint the reasons I got into Vandy, Iâd guess that it was probably a combination of being Hispanic/Asian, my essay about my dadâs DUI (which is honestly not very well written haha), and, of course, luck.</p>
<p>Level 5: 3.65 GPA and 2040 SAT
Accepted: NYU, Claremont Mckenna and Wesleyan University
Waitlisted: Boston College</p>
<p>Iâm matriculating to Wesleyan woot woot I really wasnât expecting to get accepted there, it was probably because of athletics, essays and RECS (cause I heard they take the weighting of teacher/counselor recs really heavily)</p>
<p>Level 5: Transfer Student from Cabrillo College
Accepted: UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, UC Davis, Sonoma State
Denied: Cal Poly and SDSU
Waiting On: Oregon State</p>
<p>Level 5, accepted ED to Washington University in St. Louis</p>
<p>Aside from some medical reasons for the slightly lower GPA, my CommonApp essay was really, really good (I still reread it every now and then), my recommendations were probably really good (my guidance counselor and I are BFFs, and the other two were from teachers who knew me really well and watched me grow in HS) and I made it extremely clear that WUSTL was my number one choice. Visited, interviewed on campus, contacted my reps, attempted to apply for merit scholarships but got denied (sighâŠ), and obviously applied ED.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone else! We did it!</p>
<p>Level 5 - UCD, UIUC, Case Western, and St. Johnâs (safety).</p>