<p>hmmm... I live overseas but I haven't gotten an email yet..</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul][<em>]SAT: 2210, 760/720/730 RMW (math score was a fluke)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 World History, 700 Bio E
[<em>]ACT: 35/35/35/36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>]Rank: top 1%
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: They evidently liked my common app essay, as I got a handwritten note about it on my acceptance letter...I think they were pretty good, nothing fantastic
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Really good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably decent
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Athletic form (swimmer)
[</em>]Interview: Not really very good actually...I didn't really prepare very well, probably came off as pretty awkward
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): recruited swimmer, I talked to the coach a few times
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Sacramento
[<em>]High School Type: Catholic
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: nothing special
[<em>]Awards: lot of smaller ones, NMSF
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good essays and recs can get you there, I guess.[/ul]</p>
<p>so bummed right now, waitlisted >.<</p>
<p>any advice on what to do in the next month in order to increase my chances of being accepted? (HMC was my #1 and I seriously can't see myself going anywhere else, any advice is welcome)</p>
<p>I still havent got my acceptance package!! :( and today is Sunday so I wont get it today either!</p>
<p>Unfair! You guys have a nice thick envelope and I have an email. Anywho any of you guys want to tell me whats in the package?</p>
<p>I am international student and so far I haven't received anything yet? Does it mean they just forget about me?</p>
<p>I'm intl and haven't received anything yet either.. T_T</p>
<p>my god how many intels.
btw even i am intel and haven't heard from them
one thing for sure : this year intel admission is going to be hyper competitive</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2020 - 650 CR, 780 Math, 590 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 740 Chem
[<em>]GPA: 3.96 UW
[</em>]Rank: 8/842
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Math SL - 7, IB Chem SL - 5, AP Gov - 3, AP Eng Lit - 3, AP Psych - 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: People who have read them said they were good.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: I'm assuming they were good.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I'm also assuming it was good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Interview: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Florida
[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Chi, and some other basic honor societies.
[<em>]Awards: 2 trophies in some regional Mu Alpha Theta competition & school award for best math student every year since 9th grade.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Goes to show that test scores aren't everything when it comes to college admissions. Hell, I got waitlisted at MIT too. Congrats to everyone that got in and hopefully we waitlisted people will get in in May![/ul]</p>
<p>[size=+1]Accepted<a href="ED">/size</a></p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2110
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (Math 2C), 720 (Phys)
[<em>]GPA: 3.68 UW, 4.16 W
[</em>]Rank: Smething like 60/500
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Calc AB
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Common essay was about trends in LD debate; supplemental essay was about copyright law & alternatives to registration formalities. Definitely one of the stronger areas of my app.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: presumably good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: probably a bit impersonal -- I barely know my counselor
[<em>]Supplementary Material: worked URLs pointing to web dev/programming projects into my essays; also sent athletic supplement
[</em>]Interview: went fairly well
[<em>]Hook: programming/web design work, LD debate accomplishments, essays (see above), big course load[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northern CA
[<em>]High School Type: Public; moderately competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: White/European
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Lots of programming/web design work, LD debate (very actively), administrative work on en-Wikipedia, independent philosophy studies, school newspaper (webmaster/tech editor/writer), cross country, track, boy scouts, marching band, some work experience w/ technical consultant
[<em>]Awards: NFL All-American Award, NFL Degree of Superior Distinction, a long list of LD debate accomplishments, [Local HS] Service Award, Nat. Merit Commended, CSF
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Guess it was a combination of impressive tech work, unique/relevant essays, and good luck that did it for me. My grades were rather mediocre overall, but stronger in the "important" areas. It definitely wasn't my class rank or SATs![/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>reason: Level 3 unicycle</p>
<p>extracurricular: ACT 34, MATH II-800, US-780, Chem-740</p>
<p>still nothing from HMC.........
i have sent them like 6 or 7 emails..they didn't answer any...
THEY TOTALLY FORGET ME........</p>
<p>You're a level 3 unicyclist, grashapa1? That is very exciting. I think I used to be able to get that far. That's quite an accomplishment.</p>
<p>Wow, it's good to see unicyclists applying. If anyone is coming to ASP, PM me and maybe we could do a ride.</p>
<p>S was accepted. More later. Did anyone get a letter about the Mudd Merit Award in their package (the $10K)? Wondering if that means he didn't get it or if it is coming with FA...</p>
<p>10 characters</p>
<p>CountingDown, I got a little notification that said I got the merit award in my acceptance packet. If there's nothing in the FA packet I'd call them up.</p>
<p>A little bit of good news for you waitlisted people - I won't be attending. I really really do like Mudd, but I ultimately like another school better. Best of luck guys/gals!</p>
<p> Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (800 W, 760 M, 710 CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.97
[<em>]Rank: 5/550ish
[</em>]AP Tests: Human Geo (5), Calc BC (5), Calc AB (5), Chemistry (5),
[<em>]This Years APs/APs I didn't test for: US History, Statistics, Lit and Comp, Physics, German
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Much better than what I submitted to my other schools. All I can say is, be creative and try not to repeat your stats ... I think that my boring essays killed me at MIT.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: My Chemistry teacher is probably world renowned for writing amazing recommendations. My other one was decent too, though I didn't see the final product.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: No idea. Should have been decent though.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: eh?
[</em>]Interview: None.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Haha, No. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Colorado
[<em>]High School Type: Public. Amazing, talented community, but sends only about 2/550 to Ivies every year. Someone went to Mudd last year, but I don't really know him.
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 4 Year Varsity Swimming, Church Youth Group (no leadership though), 2 Years of Volunteering at local science center, 2 Years in MESA/Math Competitions Club, 1 Year Drumline /Spirit Band
[<em>]Awards:National Merit Semifinalist, Colorado School of Mines Medal of Achievement in Math and Science, School Chemistry recognition award
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Very surprised that I got in after being rejected by MIT. I guess it goes to show that essays can make a big difference! (My MIT one was written in one night...to all you juniors out there, don't do that! Even if you always do that for your english class, it doesn't work on college apps. Even engineering schools put a lot of weight on the essays, and a good essay needs some serious time. In other news, I officially have no idea where I'm going now. I have 1/2 tuition scholarships at 3 schools, and then there's Harvey Mudd and UVA which are both awesome, but haven't offered a whole lot yet (I did get the Merit Award, but that still leaves me at 40K, which is much too much!)[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (800 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2 800, Chemistry 800, Physics 800
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.82/5.00
[<em>]Rank: school does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 - 133.5, AIME - 11, AP: Statistics, Chemistry, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus BC, Music Theory, Physics C: M, Physics C: E&M, Computer Science AB, Physics B - 5
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:
Main essay: wrote about how I value agreement and sympathy. Most people who read it liked it and I feel I gave my best.
Supplemental essay: Wrote about my favorite food, which is a Korean variation of fried chicken. I had fun while writing it and people generally liked it as well.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from my English teacher from 10th/11th grade, and one from my math teacher from 10th/11th/12th grade. Both teachers really liked me knew me well, so I'm pretty sure the recs were great.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not sure, but my counselor knew about me well enough for me to assume that the rec was good enough.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Music supplement mainly consisting of some music I'd composed as a hobby during my time in high school.
[<em>]Interview: None
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None that I can really think of... [/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: South Korea
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Korean (international student)
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Some that I emphasized were a math camp I attended last summer and a music listening club I founded in 11th grade. There are more, but I can't manage the tenacity to organize and list them all right now, sorry. :(
[</em>]Awards: Among a bunch, I emphasized a bronze medal from the Korean Mathematical Olympiad... to be honest, that isn't as impressive as it sounds.
[<em>]Advice?: Just be yourself. Don't let college admissions constrict you and enjoy high school life! It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
[</em>]Bragging: Got in with FA! :D[/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
(but I don't feel like writing all of my Stats...you can probably look em up)</p>
<p>basics...
SAT: 2200 (800M 680CR 720W)
SATIIs: 800M2 720Physics
Class rank: 1 of 427
GPA: 3.91ish uw
ECs: a lot of clubs...academic-related; state-funded math and science program, etc.</p>
<p>Congrats everyone! Still deciding between here, cooper union, stanford, duke, and cornell.</p>
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Accepted
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Chem: 730, USH: 760, Bio: 760
[<em>]GPA: 3.5 UW
[</em>]Rank: somewhere in the top 15%, perhaps top 10%
[<em>]Other Tests: AMC 105, AIME 4, 5s on 4 APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: they were about geeky science
[<em>]Teacher Recs: must've been good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: don't have one
[<em>]Supplementary Material: nope
[</em>]Hook: no clue [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: MA
[</em>]High School Type: large public
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: F
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: varsity track captain and science team captain
[<em>]Awards: small ones
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I screamed when I got it. My first choice for sure.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 (770 CR, 710 M, 780 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math IIC, 780 Chemistry, 800 World History
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.92/4.00
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP World, English Lang, Comp Sci A, Macroeconomics, Gov./Pol., 4 on Chemistry
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Mediocre
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Supplementary Recommendation from a grad student
[<em>]Interview: None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Missouri
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, History Day, Research
[<em>]Awards: Many Science Olympiad awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>