The Official class of 2011 RA Decisions Thread

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<p>The Official Regular Decisions Thread</p>

<p>To post your decision:</p>

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<p>[noparse]**
Accepted/Rejected/Waitlisted
**[/noparse]</p>

<p>[noparse]Domestic/International[/noparse]</p>

<p>[noparse]Stats:[/noparse]
[noparse][ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]SAT: 2100[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]ACT: 30[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:800; Chem:800; Maths:800[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.99 uw, 1/250[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]APs / other stats: whatever[/noparse]
[noparse][/ul][/noparse]
[noparse]Major awards/ECs:[/noparse]
[noparse][ul][/noparse]
[noparse][li]RSI[/noparse][/li][noparse][</em>]IPhO Gold medal[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]keep adding more[/noparse]
[noparse][/ul][/noparse]
[noparse]Subjective:[/noparse]
[noparse][ul][/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Essays: Pretty good[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Teacher Recs: One great, other fantastic[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Counselor Rec: Fine[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Interview: Was excellent![/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Hook (if any): I was the first man to orbit the sun[/noparse]
[noparse][/ul][/noparse]
[noparse]Personal:[/noparse]
[noparse][ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Location (State or Country): NJ[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Major strength/weakness: My 250lb weight[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I was accepted because I'm handsome[/noparse]
[noparse][/ul][/noparse]
[noparse]Any other comments: No comments.
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<p>Help us help the Class of 2011 applicants!
If you have your decision, POST IT!
If you don't have an ID on CollegeConfidential, please get one and post your decision!</p>

<p>Thank You!!
Abhi
Ganpati Bappa Morya</p>

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<p>Color Codes</p>

<p>Blue -Accepted
Red - Rejected
Green - Waitlisted</p>

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<p>well technically, since the earth orbits the sun, and we're all on it, the first person to orbit the sun isn't really that big a deal</p>

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<p>Really! I thought Sun orbits earth:p</p>

<p>Copied it from from last to last year's thread, so i am not responsible for the goof-ups:)</p>

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<p>Again, I get the letter in the mail before the online decision.</p>

<p>Waitlisted.</p>

<p>I know I am MIT caliber, but the temptation to go to MIT is gone. Olin, here I come!</p>

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<p>sorry mathwiz, but that's the right attitude to have. Good luck at Oberlin.</p>

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<p>rbanerjee..it's not oberlin. it's olin! one of the best eng. school in nation, or at least in a few year.</p>

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<p>ummm... Olin, not Oberlin.</p>

<p>Actually, I'm kinda glad I was waitlisted. If I had gotten in, I would have seriously considered going to Olin anyway. Being waitlisted is kind of like a nudge in the right direction.</p>

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<p>mathwiz,
Don't forget the price at Olin - free tuition!!!!!</p>

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<p>That's not what grabbed my attention.</p>

<p>Olin has ~70 kids per class (and no grad school), which translates into so many opportunities. Classes are ~15 people. Endowment per student is $1.5 million. Olin faculty were taken from places like MIT, Stanford, Harvard (probably 95% from one of those three). And I mean from the MIT, Stanford, and Harvard faculty, not classes. You actually do hands-on stuff in classes, something I haven't seen anywhere else. Dude, they have oscilloscopes at the desks for each student in every class! Olin is just that cool.</p>

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<p>Oh NO...... if someone with the screen name "mathwiz" who has already been accepted at Olin was waitlisted.... I am really not feeling too good about my chances!!!!!</p>

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<p>**
Waitlisted
**
*Domestic *</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (740V/770M/760W)
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:800; Chem:800; Maths:800
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 5.3/6.0=> Top 10% (Cum Laude)
[</em>]APs / other stats: Chem, BC, Mech, EM, all 5’s, Comp AB this year
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]HMMT Top Ten
[</em>]MAML Top 20
[<em>]ACSL 2nd place
[</em>]Other trival things
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One good, other fantastic
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I think pretty good
[</em>]Interview: Pretty good, had to tell me that my dad was waiting to pick me up
[<em>]Hook (if any): My hook is that I have no hook. Probably only applicant with that hook.
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): MA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male (Middle eastern actually)
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: idk, good prep school?
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I was waitlisted because of Tufts syndrome... :-P[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Makes the decision to go to Olin a bit easier.</p>

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<p>did you get your letter already?</p>

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<p>yes i did</p>

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<p>dude my bad, i don't know why I thought oberlin was the same as olin. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I kind of find it amusing that while Early Action is meant to give kids their decisions sooner, here I am 5 months after submitting my app, still waiting.</p>

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<p>hey but if you get in off the waitlist you can say you got in the real way!</p>

<p>(EA -> deferred ->waitlisted -> accepted)</p>

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<p>so letters for domestic applicants were probably mailed out on the 15th itself.</p>

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<p>How do you guys know how good your recs were? Did the teachers show you them? I hope my are good, but I never saw them.</p>

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<p>our teachers let us see them if they wanted (not if we did), my counselor showed me her rec the other day actually, and it was really good, i think for most people though you have to rely on your teacher to do a good job. but hey you cant take back the recs now, right? so dont worry about it, just put on your seatbelt and get ready to click that button!</p>