<p>For those who got in, when's the pre-frosh weekend/ days? (this is hoping I get a nice fat envelope tomorrow!)</p>
<p>cathaychris, how did you get your acceptance already? Did it come in the mail? I didn't receive mine yet, but I am in Northern California.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>SAT: 2110
SAT II: Math 2C 760, Bio M 740, Chem 700, Lit 650
GPA: 4.0 wt
Rank: Top 5%
Other Tests: AP Chem 4, AP Bio 5, AP Calc 4, AP Psych 4
Essays: experience in Academic Decathlon
Teacher Recs: Great one from Ac Dec coach
Location: So Cal
High School Type: Small Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars: Ac Dec
Awards: High School Science Fair</p>
<p>Mudd was a reach for me anyway. got into UCLA and UCSD, rejected at UCB. Also rejected at Rice, and wait-listed at Hopkins. UCLA, here I come!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2030 (You better believe it! SATs aren't everything)
[</em>]SAT II: Math IIc: 800 Physics: 800
[<em>]GPA: 92.6% (Indian System, Not sure what that'd translate to)
[</em>]Rank: Top 3
[<em>]
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Different I guess. About "blurring the lines" between art science and engineering
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One was very positive. Other one was patchy.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty fantastic I think
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Reccomendations from my advisor professors in Math and Physics (From the Indian Instiute of Technology) which basically said I knew Math and Physics 2 years ahead of my time
[</em>]Interview: I live in India for god's sake!! hehe
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I guess the supplementary materials said what my test scores couldnt.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Madras India
[<em>]High School Type: Private, Tiny and Rubbish
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[li]Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Indian/Western Classical Violinst, Vocalist, Part time programmer/computer maintainence, Tennis, Sprinting, Photography, Network administration for a company and VoIP systems consulting
[</em>]Awards: Nationally ranked well up on a few occasions in Math/Physics/Science olympiads, Couple of National Quiz wins, Multiple track and field gold medalist, A couple of computer projects for a couple of companies, Some other stuff that I put there too lazy to remember
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: </p>[/li]
<p>If the SAT scores were everything there's not a chance in hell I would have gotten in. I'm pretty sure I will have the lowest SAT score of any admitted student this year (there is a weird reason as to why its so low but thats for later)</p>
<p>If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.[/ul]</p>
<p>"I have NO idea how I got in"</p>
<p>I'd guess it has something to do with the near perfect SAT and ACT scores and 4.0 GPA :)</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>^^^Could be! Could be!!</p>
<p>I got admitted twice with a 2080, 2030 isnt all that low, especially if you have a sink in writing which is not looked at as much as the other two sections. Though kudos for getting in as an international; thats very tough.</p>
<p>^^Thanky...My writing section was the dip but my Math section was only 700...Because...and this is good...I skipped one question but filled in the circle for that question number. So every single question till the end of the section was wrong I think. By the time I realised I couldnt change it.</p>
<p>
[quote]
If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.
[/quote]
I fervently second you here dhruv, and congratulations on your admission to this wonderful school.</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250, 800 Math, 700 CR, 750 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.9 weighted? Something like that.
[<em>]Rank: School doesn't rank, but somewhere in the top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on AP Calculus BC and Physics B. Also qualified for AIME, though I don't remember my exact score.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very proud of a few. Somewhat unsure about others. To be honest, I did end up having to rush through a couple.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Teachers say they wrote good things, liked me a lot in class, so I can't complain.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Also very good. According to her.
[</em>]Interview: Visited the campus and had a nice chat with the dean of admissions. I really liked the guy, he even sent me a nice email to congratulate me on my acceptance.[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New York (Long Island)
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Bunch of science/math stuff. Also play the cello. Does unicycling count?
[</em>]Awards: Nothing too prestigious. Placed well in local math tournaments, science competitions, etc.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: </p>[/li]
<p>I have to admit I was extremely worried and stressed before Harvey Mudd's decision came in, having been rejected by a handful of the schools I'd applied to. All I can say is I agree with dhruv entirely. If you're strong enough to consider Harvey Mudd, a few rejections should mean nothing; you'll no doubt end up successful wherever you go. Don't let admissions get you down for too long. When you're enjoying life and doing great things next year, you'll realize how pointless stressing over colleges really is.[/ul]</p>
<p>^^^I am not too sure if unicyclying counts for admissions but that is WAY cool...I am quite jealous of people who can Unicycle...everyone can skateboard :(</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 (800 Math, 770 Writing, 630 Verbal)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math, 700 Physics, 720 Bio, 660 US Hist
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.78 unweighted, 4.4 or so weighted?
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): All 4s, one 3, zero 5s
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I wrote them at 8:25 PM. The application was due at 9:00 PM. I don't know what I was talking about. I used old essays I wrote and made it stretch to kind of fit the topic, but they didn't really fit.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I'm assuming.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I'm assuming.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[<em>]Interview: None.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None.[/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Extremely Competitive Public (#1 in California, Top 15 in nation)
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: An insane amount. Theatre (technical direction - e.g. sound, lights), internship at Boeing company, Model United Nations, some website I run, Piano, Clarinet, school engineering club (school has no technology related classes)
[</em>]Awards: Nothing too prestigious.<br>
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: </p>[/li]
<p>All I can say is: this is interesting =[/ul]</p>
<p>Actually, unicycling is a long and revered tradition at Mudd. It would be a hook! :)</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1860 (560cr, 590w, 710m, SAT scores must not be everything =D haha )
[</em>]SAT II: 710 BioM, 740 Math IIC, 660 USHIST
[<em>]ACT: 28 (22 reading...lol, 24 writing...lol, 29 science, 34 math)
[</em>]GPA: 4.1ish?
[<em>]Rank: top5%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio-5, AP Calc AB-4, AP USHIST-3, AP Statistics-3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good I guess? part of it was about running marathons and being able to solve the 3x3x3,4x4x4, and 5x5x5 rubiks cubes and what these meant to me, sorta
[</em>]Teacher Recs: checked the tiny box that said i wouldn't read it, so i assume they were great if i was waitlisted with an 1860 SAT score
[<em>]Counselor Rec: again, did not read
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Interview: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none, or low income? first generation
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northern California
[</em>]High School Type: Public, can't really say how competitive it is..
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 3 yrs Cross Country (JV and V), 3 yr Key Club, 3 yr Varsity Tennis, 2 yr Chinese Orchestra (unique), 2 yr training for and running marathons, woo 26.2 miles! (2 total as of march 2008 and very time consuming)
[</em>]Awards: couple of engineering awards in county and state of CA, AP scholar w/ distinction
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I thought it was a rejection letter when i saw it, but then i wondered why it was semi-thick, haha, wheeeeeee waitlisted[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I feel dirty for posting my stats, but at least i didn't post any chance threads =D, haha</p>
<p>I'd love to hear comments ;D haha</p>
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<p>Location: Southern California High School Type: Extremely Competitive Public (#1 in California, Top 15 in nation)</p>
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<p>Whitney High, Cerritos? lol</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2240 (780 Math)
[</em>]SAT II: Math: 800 Chemistry:780 World History:760
[<em>]GPA: ~4.0 UW, `4.5 W (One b one semester, took hardest core classes available at all times)
[</em>]Rank:1/~300
[<em>]Other tests: AP World History: 5, AP European History: 3 (we only took world history, not a specific European history course), AP Chemistry: 5, AP American History:5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Two fairly good ones
[<em>]Teacher Recs: We don't get to see ours, but I think they were good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Same as above
[<em>]Interview: Yes, and I felt I made a good impression
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northern California
[<em>]High School Type:Catholic Private
[</em>]Ethnicity:White
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:-3 years of a youth and government program, involving weekly meetings and 3 weekend-long conferences, including a full mock legistature and court
-4 years of mathletes (potentially president this year)
- COSMOS month long UC based science camp (involved living in the dorms)
-4 years of band (3 years honors) (honestly not very good however)
-3 years of Big Brothers (mentoring program for a near-by underprivilaged elementary school)
[li]Awards:2 Science departmental awards, and 1 Math departmental award (departmental award meaning that I was named the top student of my class each year in that subject.)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>how exactly are people receiving their decisions? i havent recieved anything by mail or email so far and its nervewracking seeing everyone else get their decision already. im not an international applicant and i live in maryland if that helps.</p>
<p>Int'l applicants were emailed on Friday. Everyone else's decisions were mailed. The folks who posted decisions today are all in CA. For MD, I'd expect Monday or Tuesday. We feel your pain!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 [800 CR, 750 WR, 720 M]
[li]SAT II: 760 Math 2, 680 Chem, 640 Bio M[/li][</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]GPA: 3.28, unweighted. [See "Hook" for an explanation... The GPA didn't matter as much as the gradient, I think.]
[li]Rank: N/A[/li][</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Literature 4 [pending: AP Bio and AP Calc AB]
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Stellar; I had to with the GPA that I have.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Math teacher who had me this year and last year [calculus and pre-calculus, respectively]; history teacher who had me this year and sophomore year [Philosophy and 20th Century American History, respectively]
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Stellar, I imagine.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Demo CD with original and cover tunes.
[<em>]Interview: Yes, with Ms. Thyra Briggs over the phone.
[</em>]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): GPA gradient [pretty terrible grades freshman year and 1st semester sophomore year, pick up 2nd semester sophomore year, straight 4.0 junior and senior year]; quirky Muslim girl doing a substantial amount of interfaith youth leadership work with the ADL; research and community development work on arsenic contamination in the Ganges basin; accomplished musician; etc... My application, in general. Very thought out, just like the other 14. [/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: The Suburbs of Boston, MA
[</em>]High School Type: Public, large, one of the best in New England. Very rigorous.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Bengali American
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: See "Hook" [music: piano and voice, both classical and jazz- competitive since I was 8]. Also, theater, creative engineering work with Tufts University, feminist camp [teehee :)], youth group, and others- everything fits together, which I think was key.
[</em>]Awards: Nothing too crazy. :P
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Anything can happen; it's all about knowing who you are, what you want, and how the school you're applying to meshes with the such. Do your research and make connections with people who have a say in your decision. Knowing your stuff is imperative for top schools such as HMC.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Just wondering: did anyone else get a note from Ms. Briggs [or someone else] on his/her acceptance letter?</p>
<p>PS: I'm in MA, and I received my envelope in the mail today.</p>
<p>I got in (Hawaii), but I personally don't post stats. </p>
<p>I'm guessing people got a personalized note? My note was about a future statistics project on fantasy football (my common app essay).</p>