**********The OFFICIAL and REAL Columbia RD 2013 Decisions Thread*************

<p>Decision & College: REJECTED SEAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 710, Lit 680, Physics 660
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 32
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s on BC Calc, English Lang, US Gov
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 3.9ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 10th percentile-ish out of 400
[</em>] Academic Awards: Nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, had plenty of people read and like
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Good
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Also good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Employer rec – quite good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I assume? It’s public school…
[</em>] Hook (if any): General artsiness with a bit of part-time jobbiness</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: Creative writing, theater, chorus, part time job making smoothies!![/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Vanilla-ness</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Columbia was a bit of a shot in the dark for me, like the rest of the Ivies. I was a big fan, but hey, it’s nothing personal. CONGRATS ACCEPTEES, best of luck waitlistees, and fellow rejectees, we’ll deal. :)</p>

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:660, M:660, W:710
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top ten
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,4,3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma, yet to take exams.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all IB classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots!
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: cashier
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots.
[<em>] Summer Activities: living
[</em>] Essays: omg… suppa good… what made the difference.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good, allegedly
[</em>] Counselor Rec: somewhat good
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: latino
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: dirt poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, 1st gen. suppa fly
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays, interest (applied ed, was deferred)
[<em>] Weaknesses: sat
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: interest, i applied ed
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!.. im suppa happy, i’ll most likely attend</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 730 800
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770 800 720 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap gov, ap calc, ap physics, ap language, history elective, english elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):commended merit scholar, hispanic merit scholar, some other big ones that I’d rather not say for privacy’s sake
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): captain of varsity team, a ***<em>load of others, too long to list
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: pretty decent
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, esp the personal statement
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but I expect good; they like me a lot
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic at best; she hates me
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview:AWESOME; he was the love of my life
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):nyc
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: extremely competitive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: latina <3
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM ftw, 1st generation american
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I think sats are pretty good for me; feeder school; latin major
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs are abundant, but some are generic
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths[/li][/ul]General Comments: got into my top two choices!! now I have to decide between columbia and penn cas</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070: 750M 680 R 640 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 740, 730, 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/1250
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,4,4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity basketball mainly, but a lot of other stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: two part-time jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: camp counselor 3 summers full-time
[</em>] Essays: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: fantastic
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <60000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, quasi-first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: dunno
[<em>] Weaknesses: SATs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a cool kid man
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.</p>

<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 710, R: 640, W: 790 = 2140
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 660, Math II: 670, US History: 560?
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four exams: 4 on each
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 College Class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): various national and state music awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): jazz related stuff, allstates etc, also president of a couple clubs at school
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: had a couple jobs, mostly as jazz musician
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: around 80 hours through music related (playing in groups)
[<em>] Summer Activities: relaxing, hanging otu with friends, going swimming haha
[</em>] Essays: good, i spent a good amount of time on them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no clue how it was
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/list][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 AZN
[<em>] Gender: Man
[</em>] Income Bracket: poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): attractive?
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: nothing
[<em>] Weaknesses: everything
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall strength in application, dedication to music showed through extracurriculars etc
[/ul]General Comments: coo;</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>SEAS
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 630 reading, 740 math, 680 writing
[ *] ACT:----
[ *] SAT II:650 physics, 680 math 1, 690 math 2, 800 physics, 660 US history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):back then top 1 percent, or number 7 or 9, out of 700 class.
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 sp, 4 us hist, 4 world hist, 3 environmental
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):----
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:ap physics C, calc AB, dual enrollment engineering classes, eng honors, ap gov/econ
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):cornell book award? oh and questbridge finalist.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):- environmental conservation, helping individuals become citizens, science honor society (lots of services, president), track junior year. (these were pretty big in my opinion)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:ballet studio secretary (mom), broker (dealing with trucks, getting shipments, not stocks)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:ECs.
[ *] Summer Activities: nanotechnology research
[ *] Essays: they expressed what i wanted to do in the future, in my opinion they were very well written. also how i wanted to go to columbia.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: how am i supposed to know? good?
[ *] Counselor Rec: she said she cried when she wrote my rec, so good
[ *] Additional Rec:—
[ *] Interview:none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:public, around 4 k students total, hispanics
[ *] Ethnicity:latino
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket:poor
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):urm, first generation, anything else?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:my community service and essays.
[ *] Weaknesses:scores, classes not as diverse as everybody else’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:because im an URM, really want to go to columbia, good essays? i dont want to boast.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! I am very glad I made it in. as you can see, i have way below-average sat scores, and i believe am very rusty with the classes. I hope i do well.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU’s Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: About 300 Hours From Various Clubs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good; Waivered Right
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
[li] Interview: Awful. Probably my worst interview out of the eight I had to do this year. My interviewer kept trying to harass me to tell her what my top choice college was and asked why I applied to Stanford SCEA and not Columbia ED. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A’s through high school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, Little Extracurriculars Outside of School, Interview
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure to be honest.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got rejected from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. I got waitlisted at Johns Hopkins. I got accepted at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU at St. Louis, Cornell, Duke, and Stanford.[/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted or waitlisted! **</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (SEAS)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (760 M, 680 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 710 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~700ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s on all of them so far
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP Classes, 1 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic Tournament Awards, Science competitions, School awards, AP Scholar, Hispanic Recognition Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Honor societies, tutoring,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot… mentoring, day care center for senior citizens
[<em>] Summer Activities: summer school
[</em>] Essays: i wrote about my experience in a new country which would later become my permanent home… it was a great essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: both stellar
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ehh… good?
[<em>] Additional Rec: no
[</em>] Interview: yes… went well but my interviewer was really old so he didn’t get everything
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, large, good school, not amazing though
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: MACHO
[</em>] Income Bracket: slightly over 60 K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[list]: YAY!!! Columbia just sealed the deal… last college i was waiting to hear back from. NOW I have to choose!!!
[</em>] Strengths: My passion
[<em>] Weaknesses: My scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I kind of expected it because of my minority status.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 - 730R, 780M, 760W (71 gram 12 essay)
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite - 35 Eng, 35 Sci, 35 Math, 30 Read, 32 Eng/Writ (9)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 math II, 770 chem, 780 phys, 790 korean w/ list, 117 on TOEFL iBT
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 100 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): world hist eng lang/comp physics b (5), us hist (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, calc bc, eng lit, comparative gov/pol, spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel semi national merit commended ap scholar w/ honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science olympiad, tae kwon do, newspaper, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: nursing home
[<em>] Summer Activities: research for intel
[</em>] Essays: alright
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good but prolly bland
[<em>] Additional Rec: they discouraged it but sent research mentor rec, good
[</em>] Interview: really formal guy but friendly talk, was nice (little awkward though lol)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): (moved from korea in 6th grade, applied international first then transferred later to us permanent resident)
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: korean
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$130k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: focus on mech. engineering, moving from 6th grade…
[<em>] Weaknesses: stats, essays (?)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied to engineering, my grades were prolly very crappy compared to other smart people
[/ul]General Comments: accepted to yale so dont really care, but i got waitlisted to harvard, mit, columbia, penn, cornell, johns hopkins, and cooper union, so im kind of wondering what i may have done wrong with my application(s) that caused so many waitlists… oh and rejected from princeton/stanford.</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ b]Decision: Accepted**</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2170: 730cr 720m 720w (69 grammar, 10 essay)
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT II:730 bio m, 690 ushis, 690 math
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 63/750
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis):Bio (4), USHIs (4), Calculus BC, Psychology, Chemistry
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Chemistry, Honors English, Advanced Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist
[/list]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): basketball, ping pong, interact, track
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: mcdonald’s
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: over 1,100 hours at cerebral palsy center and local hospital
[<em>]Summer Activities: visiting sudan
[</em>]Essays: story about trip to sudan
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: ok
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>]Additional Rec: hospital, ok
[</em>]Interview: boring as hell
[/list]Other[ list]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: big public school, over 3,00 students, pretty competitive but not too competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: Afro Arab (sudanese american)
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 130,000
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[</em>]Strengths: everything was solid but not stand out or strong
[<em>]Weaknesses: rank
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I dont know. i guess they liked me. i was rejected by harvard, princeton, yale, upenn and brown. i got into cornell and johns hpkins.
[/list]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>last year’s thread</p>

<p>yep, kinda freaking me out. The sats are so varied, hard to say who will get in, no? Maybe once they get to the end of the pile they close their eyes and point :). Guess I’ll just have to wait, Luck to any other 2014ers who look here too!</p>