<p>Stats:
SAT: 2360
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800; Bio:780; US Hist: 720
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.92w/3.97uw, 4/500
APs / other stats: Taken 6. Will take 5 more this year.
Major awards/ECs:
National Merit Finalist
AP Scholar Distinction
Piano- International Performances
Academic Challenge- President (National awards)
German Club- President
Math Team- President</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Could have done better- last minute
Teacher Recs: They were good
Counselor Rec: No Idea. Probably something standard, because she is assigned like 200 kids
Interview: Could not have gone worse.
Hook (if any): Nothing really
Personal:
Location (State or Country): NY
Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
Major strength/weakness: Wasn't expecting much.
Any other comments: Congrats to those who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260
[</em>]ACT: 35
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:790; MathIIC:800 Bio: 800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 0
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5?s on 8 AP?s
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Siemens AP Award[/li][</em>]Intel STS Finalist
[<em>]National Merit Finalist
[</em>]pretty typical extracurrics, math science teams, a few leadership positions
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: one was good, one was so-so I think but not bad
[</em>]Teacher Recs: i never saw them
[<em>]Counselor Rec: i have no idea
[</em>]Interview: it was okay
[<em>]Hook (if any):
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): USA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: i was afraid i wouldn?t be able to differentiate myself from the other hordes of similar applicants..
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: i'm really happy ..![/li][/ul] Any other comments: No comments.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230
[</em>]ACT: 35
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math 2:800; French L:800; Physics:760
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.82 uw, 60/650
[<em>]APs / other stats: IB Full Diploma Candidate, 2 APs so far with 5s, 4 more coming up
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]National Merit Finalist?[/li][</em>]Junior Honor Guard (one of 16 in school)
[<em>]French Camp Bronze Medalist (100 top students attend from all over county, I was first sophomore ever to win a medal)
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not very good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Both should be great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>]Interview: Was average at best
[</em>]Hook (if any): Math/science student with strong interest in languages ? Cogsci?
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Varied interests / Not enough concentration in math and science
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Prolly got rejected ?cause I didn?t try hard enough on the app?
[/ul] Any other comments: Good luck to all else!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:750; Math 2: 800; literature: 750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 1/175
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]RSI
[</em>]Intel Finalist
[<em>]other science fair stuff; president of fbla
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: they were ok. not great
[<em>]Teacher Recs: they were ok
[</em>]Counselor Rec: ok (sorry if i'm starting to sound redundant)
[<em>]Interview: FANTASTIC!!!
[</em>]Hook (if any): i can seduce dudley herschbach (hahaha- jk). RSI probably helped
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): somewhere over the rainbow
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: ?
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: wow. i'm really happy!!!!
[/ul] Any other comments: Good luck to everyone else :D!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math II:800; Chem:800; Bio E: 780, Phys: 770, Lit: 770
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 93% ISC syllabus, 3-4-5 in 70
[<em>]APs / other stats: Ref: Stats profile
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]House Captain[/li][</em>]Quiz Captain
[<em>]International Debate, Quiz, Essay-writing
[</em>]Fundraising, et al.
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>]Interview: moderate
[<em>]Hook (if any):
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): India
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Indian male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: twin, International, from India
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I suppose I expected it, given how hard it is to get into, I'm still applying grad school![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: NA
[</em>]ACT: 30
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:760; Chem:760; Maths:750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: Top 10%
[li]APs / other stats: A-levels [/li][/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Founder and President-We The[/li]People(<a href="http://wethepeopleindia.wordpress.com)-%5B/url%5D">http://wethepeopleindia.wordpress.com)-</a> 3 years 1500 hrs
Founded this organization to spread awareness about Right to Information Act (RTI). Currently has volunteers In 7 states if India who help people in drafting RTI applications. We also routinely organize campaign in nearby villages and various school and colleges.
RTI Stories</p>
<p>[li]Member-Amnesty International India- 3 years- 500 hrs[/li]Amnesty International has almost no presence in India. I try to spread awareness about it and also alert media and government in case of Human Right abuses. Also trying to start chapter of AI in my state: Not successful till date because low no of AI members.</p>
<p>[li]Research on Computer Vision Grade 12[/li]Developed a practical algorithm to detect motion from live feeds. Project was selected in the National level IRIS Fair (affiliate fair of ISEF), although wasn't able to attend as had December ACT on the same date.</p>
<p>[li]Started a Tech Start-up ?Macrosoft? 4 years and 1500$[/li]I started this company with a friend. I was in charge of programming and he was of marketing the products. Software made by us are being used by Government of Rajasthan besides many law firms and small sized companies.</p>
<p>[li]Published few articles in Local papers[/li]Sent as Supplemental material.</p>
<p>[li]Research on Human Computer Interaction[/li]Developed software to recognize 4 emotions from a Human voice. Projected selected for National level Intel Fair(affiliate fair of ISEF)</p>
<p>plaintext copypasted from the harvard deferral thread</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 800 V, 800 W, 790 M
* SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
* ACT
* GPA: 3.95 unweighted
* Rank: school doesn't rank, but i'm pretty sure i'm in the top three or four out of 91
* Other stats: seven AP's, all 5's
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: i thought they were good
* Teacher Recs: how should i know? but i was good friends with the teachers i chose
* Counselor Rec: i don't know, but my counselor seemed to like me
* Hook (if any): US Physics Team member, district champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, editor of school newspaper, winner of a bunch of local math contests, good AMC/AIME scores, physics research et al
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: OH
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity: asian/middle eastern
* Gender: male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strong stats/ec's. i thought my essays represented me well.
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: physics team probably
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300
[</em>]ACT: none
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Chem:770; Maths:800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.93 uw
[li]APs / other stats: 4 5s, 2 4s[/li][/ul] Any other comments: My application wasn't that good. I expected it.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math II:790 Bio:720 US history: 710
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.94 W, 1/300
[<em>]APs/ other stats: I took some of them and stuff.
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Pilot?s license[/li][</em>]Drama
[<em>]Academic decathlon and more
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: They were about flying and interning at an MIT lab
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty chill
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Fine
[<em>]Interview: I had a good time.
[</em>]Hook (if any): Licensed pilot, interning at MIT for two summers.
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): MA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Incredibly good looking. :-P Just kidding.
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Wooh party!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Chem:760; Math II:790; Lit:740; USH: 710
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.9uw, 5.0w, in the top 6 of 495
[<em>]APs / other stats: AP Chem: 5; AP CS AB: 4; AP BC Calc, 4; AP USH: 5
[/ul] Major awards:
[ul]
[li]NMF[/li][</em>]NHS
[<em>]AMC/AIME
[</em>]Brown Book Award
[/ul] ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]Varsity Swimming
[</em>]Founder/Pres of Chemistry Club
[<em>]Model UN
[</em>]Academic Games
[<em>]Mathletes
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: decent
[<em>]Teacher Recs: one made my mom cry, the other was very nice
[</em>]Counselor Rec: don't know
[<em>]Interview: was scary!! my interviewer was in his 80s and had trouble breathing and i thought he was going to die.
[</em>]Hook (if any): I met with the swim coach? I'm not a very good swimmer though.
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): PA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: white female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: dunno
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
[/ul] Any other comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in! See you in April.</p>