The Official Harvard University 2013 Decisions Thread

superswankypants · March 31, 2009, 11:52pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800CR 800W 710M
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II:790 Lit 760 Math II 750 BioM
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/289
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):7 SL Math
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB diploma candidate
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOBY Leadership Award in 10th grade, other local community awards for photography, creative writing and academics but nothing on a national level
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):XCountry & Track, Newspaper (Editor), NHS (President), Student Government (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Self employed (lawn service, youth mentor)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice (20 hours/month) and Community Restorative Justice Program (3 hours/month)
[] Summer Activities: Nothing special
[] Essays: Considering how marginal my ECs are, they must have helped
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, I never saw it
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: not very exciting
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):Colorado
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$130,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: not sure… essays? teacher recs?
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good question. Who knows these things?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Colgate Waitlisted: Princeton, Swarthmore[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

pianista · March 31, 2009, 11:58pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 760W, 12E
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II C, 780 Chemistry, 760 Biology-M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CS AB, AP Euro, AP Phys C, AP French, Business Law, Public Speaking, Phys Ed, Differential Equations, Discrete Math
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): heh. not major but: National AP Scholar, NMF, Scholastic Gold Keys, Princeton Book Award, Bausch and Lomb, AIME Qualifier, Other Piano/Math/Writing awards[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (awards), Music Club (president), School Music Stuff (orchestra, choir accompanist, lobby pianist for events), Math/Science Teams (awards), Math Research, Math Independent Study, Creative Writing (awards), Literary Magazine (2x editor-in-chief), Board of Education (2x student representative), Student Council (former class president), Interact (executive), JSA (chapter vp, state assembly rep), Presidential Campaign Volunteer, Tennis (varsity letter)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Chinese Teacher to Adopted Children (4hrs/wk since I can remember I love the kiddies), Interact Stuff
[] Summer Activities: Summer Science Program, Governor School for the Sciences, Writing Camps, Piano Camps, A lot of travel (I forget if I mentioned this on the app)
[] Essays: One about a summer program, another relating two of my main interests; both are very well written, but nothing spectacular;
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Should be decent.
[] Additional Rec: Piano teacher’s, sent with music supplement.
[li] Interview: Horrible. All she asked me about were my grades and standardized test scores [/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Strong Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-triangled and generally well-rounded.
[] Weaknesses: Well-rounded upper class Asian female with no amazing awards/hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: shrugs :)[/ul][/li]
General Comments:
I got into Yale SCEA and Princeton today, so I’m really happy with the results. I do believe I will be staying on the waitlist though. :)

gonzaemi · April 1, 2009, 12:25am

Rejected. But I will probably end up in some Harvard classes anyway (cross-register from MIT). See you guys then! :)

Alaska2013 · April 1, 2009, 12:32am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 W, 720 M (2300)
[] ACT:33
[] SAT II: Bio-680, Lit-690, Math-700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/110
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP biology, AP calc, AP Government, AP Lit, Advanced Spanish, Alaska Studies (required). (4 APs is all my school offers)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Science Award, Future Problem Solving State Winner 4 times and finalist at international competition. cant think of others too upset
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government(4 years plus school board representative) Varsity swimming, soccer, and track. NHS, Future Problem Solving, All State Choir
[] Job/Work Experience: Marketing Manager for a tourist mall, Singer for a Jazz Company (sang at Sarah Palins Inaugural Ball)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Old Folks home, hospital, literally hundreds of hours for the Obama Campaign.
[] Summer Activities: Music Camps
[] Essays:Original, about growing up in alaska, other about racism from crazy conservatives in rural Alaska who hate Obama.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Really Good
[] Counselor Rec: didnt know her to well
[] Interview: Awesome! he gave me a summer job but i gues not awesome enough for harvard
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Small public school, not competetive (sends maybe one kid per five years to an ivy)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:75,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Alaska?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT 1s, Interview
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, lack of awards (not much to win up here in Alaska)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: the same reason as the 28000 other rejected applicants, any of us could have made it just didnt have a good enough hook.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected: Brown and Amherst. Waitlisted: Dartmouth and Bowdoin and Williams. Accepted: University of Chicago, Vassar, Smith, Boston College, Loyola, Villanova.
[/ul]General Comments: I didnt get into my top 4 (Amherst Brown Dartmouth Harvard), so Im trying to decide between Vassar, Chicago, and BC with the Honors Program. Anyone have feedback as to a choice between those options? and as for Harvard, oh well, Ill just try again for grad school.

2013Harvard · April 1, 2009, 12:34am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 M, 680 CR, 700 W
[] ACT: not reported
[] SAT II: 700 Math 2, 660 US History (I think), 540 World History >.<
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/388
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (4), Lang (4), US History (3), World History (3), Bio (2)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, Honors Band, Leadership, DECA, AP GOV. COMP.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Flute awards… school record holder for the 100m, 200m, and relays. MVP for track for sophomore and junior year. Selected for All-State (2008) and All-Northwest (2009). <— not sure if that goes under awards… OHHH and state champ in the 400m for track and field.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim, Girls Basketball (2 years), Varsity Track and Field (4 years, Captain for 2 years), Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra, Marching Band, Drum Major senior year, Band Council, rank leader, Senior class historian, National Honor Society… if that counts.
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at a marketing company as an intern.
[] Volunteer/Community service: stuff here and there… I have the Knight Valor though which is an award at my school for over 100 hours. 
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering at my church for VBS, Summer track team for Nationals, Working.
[] Essays: Uh common app essay was how I failed my first written test… additional essay was about flute playing and balancing my time with school and EC.
[] Teacher Recommendation: not allowed to see them… but im sure they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: im sure it was good…
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: had it at Harvard during my official visit with an admissions officer. thought it went well! [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public. about 1600 total. about 388 seniors.
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: …lets just say financial aid for the win!
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): …[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: recruited athlete.
[] Weaknesses: test scores…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: again, recruited athlete.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to University of Washington. (Only applied to 2 schools)

[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! HARVARD CLASS OF 2013!!! WOOOHH

sonjanicky29 · April 1, 2009, 12:36am

I was waitlisted. Seriously, people who get into like two other ivies, take your name off the waitlist. Give those of us who only applied to one or two ivies a chance here lol!

4th_house · April 1, 2009, 12:38am

for S:

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[] Essays: Doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Alleged to be very good
[] Counselor Rec: see above
[] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[] Interview: Very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Published in two peer-reviewed academic journals[/li][/ul]Reflection

Strengths: Typical hard-working, well-rounded kid

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences

Weaknesses: Not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches

Why you think you were waitlisted: The competition is obviously the toughest. Best wishes to all!

eaad · April 1, 2009, 12:55am

rejected! too tired to post stats

trominos · April 1, 2009, 1:01am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 M, 770 CR, 710 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, Physics; 790 Chemistry, US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85-ish? Dunno unweighted, I’m sure it wasn’t much lower than that.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top quintile or something. (My school only does quintiles.)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Calc BC, Physics B – 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO x3, Blue MOP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Soccer; Choir, Selective Singing Group
[] Job/Work Experience: Bio Internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] Summer Activities: Math Camps, Internship, Travel
[] Essays: I thought that they were really good–I don’t think they could’ve been much better–but it’s hard to judge my own work.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I *think these were spectacular. They may have implied that I don’t work hard enough on schoolwork, but I doubt it.
[] Counselor Rec: Decent.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: My best interview by far. It certainly didn’t keep me out.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I know some other extremely qualified/overqualified people (with no red flags, to my knowledge) were also waitlisted/rejected; maybe Harvard’s doing something weird with admissions this year.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at YPSM.[/ul]

Amadeuic · April 1, 2009, 1:14am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 780 M, 770 W (1540/2310)
[] SAT II: 750 Latin, 730 Math II, 730 World History, 720 Math I, average to bad on a few others
[] Weighted GPA: 97/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Literature and Composition, Latin Virgil, Physics B.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Basically the unscored AP exams above.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMSQT Commended Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medals (3), some statewide Latin competition prizes, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Classical Culture Society (Treasurer x2, President), New Jersey Junior Classical League (Central Registrar), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Literary Magazine (Assistant Editor in Chief, Editor in Chief), Mock Trial (Witness x2), Students Against Destructive Decisions
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, making lunches for poor, pancake breakfast for blind, setting up for local art shows and carnivals, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Film Camp, Summer Rowing Program, NYLF on Medicine, Honors Pre-Calculus Class
[] Essays: CommonApp showed source of intellectual interest, Harvard Supplement was about Mountains Beyond Mountains
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been great.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably bad, actually. I don’t think she knew me very well and probably wrote the wrong information.
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[] Intended Major: Classics
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] School Type: Private, ~215 in graduating class, gets about a dozen kids to top twenty universities each year
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not sure, specifically. But no FA.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Classics? Maybe?

Reflection
Strengths: SAT’s, EC’s, Essays

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Center it around passion for many things, brought it all back to Classics, etc.

Weaknesses: SAT II’s

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not a valedictorian OR guidance counselor things.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Brown University (attending), University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, Colby College, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame (Honors Program), University of Michigan; Waitlisted- Duke University, Cornell University, Williams College; Rejected- Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania.

Mustafah78 · April 1, 2009, 1:14am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 720 W, 720 M
[] SAT II: 740 French, 750 Literature, 760 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/180 (class rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One non-exclusive, national-level award for academics; Gold Award in national concert band competition, three times.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School concert band, pit band, and jazz ensemble; community wind symphony; volunteering at a foster home; tutoring; tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: 25-30 hours/week at a communications company
[] Volunteer/Community service: More than 1500 hours
[] Summer Activities: Work, independent study, reading, road trips, pick-up tennis and basketball, one leadership conference in the United States.
[] Essays: Very passionate and personal, a story of my upbringing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best they have ever written.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[] Additional Rec: from a Ph.D. student at American University
[] Interview: Phone interview; went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public; performs slightly below provincial average.
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lowest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first-generation college student, low-income, interesting story.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, volunteer work, music ECs, great essay and teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: Not a lot of traditional “leadership” positions
[] Why you think you were accepted: You tell me.
[] Where else were you accepted: Princeton, Amherst, Columbia, Georgetown SFS
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m genuinely happy for everyone who got accepted. Be proud! Thank God! And I can’t feel sorry those of you who didn’t get accepted, because you all have great opportunities lined up!

omgitsover9000 · April 1, 2009, 1:40am

Decision:Waitlisted

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2360 (770V 800CR 790W)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Bio-M 790 Chem</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>GPA: 4.74 W, 4.00 UW</li>
<li>Rank: top 1%</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 126.5, AMC 12: 108; Aime: 4,5, respectively. APs: Bio, chem, gov, comp pol, 5’s</li>
<li>Essays: Pretty good, could have been better.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Should be ok</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: Published paper + another one that i submitted to contests (also in process of publication tho)</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</li>
<li>Location: Midwest</li>
<li>High School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: Y</li>
<li>Extracurriculars: Chess (top 40 in nation), research (several papers submitted/published in peer-reviewed journals)-worked for 3 summers in same lab, 20 hrs a week part time during school year, some other stuff… Journals that I have submitted to/published: Organic Letters, Cancer Science, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Science</li>
<li>Awards: Siemens semifinalist, intel science search semifinalist, National merit finalist, AP scholar with honor, some other awards that i don’t recall.</li>
</ul>

Accepted: Caltech, MIT, Northwestern HPME, WashU(full scholarship), Duke, Stanford, Yale
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, UPenn.

noname55 · April 1, 2009, 6:12am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 790Math 750Writing (2340)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 2370 (math II, chem, us history)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): all fives
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: challenging
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): honor societies, key club,
[] Job/Work Experience: worked since i was 14
[] Volunteer/Community service: a lot from key club
[] Summer Activities: working
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: bad
[/ul]Other[list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation[/li]
harvard!!!

Dare7to7Dream · April 1, 2009, 7:41am

rejected… well… guess that’s it for now!
I will come back for grad school… hang on there Harvard! HAHAHA!

Charmelody · April 1, 2009, 8:35am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2370 (800 R, 800 W, 770 M)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II-C, 800 Biology E, 740 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank: 1/365
[] AP: Biology (5), English Language (5), United States History (5), European History (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Calculus AB (4), Statistics (4), Music Theory (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Newspaper, Teacher Aide
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Commended Scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award, 2nd in Texas in UIL Academics for Current Issues and Events
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: [/li] Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
Young Democrats (President)
World Affairs Council (President)
UIL Academics (Team Captain, Current Events, Spelling and Vocabulary, Social Studies, Informative Speaking, Editorial Writing, and Headline Writing )
Violin (Youth Orchestra, all region, all area)
Girl Scouts (Senior, Gold Award)
Teen Court (Lead prosecutor, founding member)

[] Job/Work Experience: Taking care of my younger, disabled sibling
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Girl Scouts, Teen Court, Highway cleanups, raising money for AIDS research, library volunteer. About 1000 hours +.
[] Summer Activities: Girls State, caretaking, sleeping, studying for self-study AP exams.
[] Essays: My essays were very strong. I wrote about how my sister is the formative person in my life and how I liked Peter the Great because he was a jack-of-all-trades, master of Russia. XD
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were very flattering. I cannot thank them enough.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: Phenomenal. We got along really, really well. =D
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: TX
[] Country: US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Not State (White)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 100,000 - 120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My stats and extracurricular list, which is hefty.
[] Weaknesses: White, female, no hook.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The interview might’ve tipped it. It went the best out of all of them.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Rice, and Pomona. Rejected at Stanford.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted/waitlisted!

WaitingForGodot · April 1, 2009, 9:56am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (760 CR 790 Math 800 Writing)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 760 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): very close to 4.0 (two B+'s, rest A’s, too lazy to calculate right now)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Physics C (Mech. and E&M), US History (5’s on all)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Lang, Complex Analysis/Differential Equations, Geosystems, a few other non standard CS and math classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC12 115, AIME 8, USAMO 10, 10th Place Priceton U. Math Comp., Physics Olympiad Quarterfinalist (semifinalist this year, though that was too late for apps), Siemens Competition Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, Research Science Institute 08
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Physics Team, Computer Team, Young Democrats
[] Job/Work Experience: mentorship last summer through RSI
[] Volunteer/Community service: A few things with math team
[] Summer Activities: RSI
[] Essays: My English teacher said they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One I’m positive is really good, the other should also be good unless my teacher lied to my face when I asked him if I’d get a good rec (asked him whether it’d be good or not before requesting the rec)
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: From RSI, should have been excellent
[] Interview: I thought it went really well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: public magnet
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 100-150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): RSI, Siemens, Intel, USAMO?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: stats/awards
[] Weaknesses: service/leadership, race/gender
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UVA, Rejected: MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Duke. The last two or three weeks have been absolutely terrible. [/ul]

ZFanatic · April 1, 2009, 1:07pm

Rejected.

32 ACT
2070 SAT
3.61 uwgpa (probably what did it. Most of my Bs were in Aps)
Native American

Good ECs, research, doctor shadowing, NHS, StuCo secretary, and a couple others.
Worked part time all through high school.

I’m pretty certain it was my GPA. Oh well. I’m going to Cornell or McGill, so I’ll be happy at either school.

celiaz2009 · April 1, 2009, 2:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (760 CR 800 Math 790 Writing)

SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Physics, 800 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/270
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, US History, Chemistry, Statistics (5’s on all)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, World History, Chamber Orchestra, French 7-8
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Qualified for AIME for three years; AP Scholar with Honor;National Merit Finalist; Prudential Spirit of Community Award state runner up
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club Awards and Captain, lots of local and state level Key Club positions, initiated several local volunteer projects, Science Olympiad, Academic Challenge–4th in State, Chamber Orchestra and other piano awards

Job/Work Experience: Office assistant at a company
Volunteer/Community service: Tons
Summer Activities: Conventions, travels, volunteering
Essays: One about an international convention speech, one about love for piano
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing…both made me cry
Counselor Rec: awesome
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went quite well
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MI

School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: stats/awards well rounded

Weaknesses: service/leadership, race/gender
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m speechless
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Caltech, UPenn, Columbia, Notre Dame, Michigan
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cman74 · April 1, 2009, 2:27pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR 750 M 790 WR
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 790 Math II 800 Physics 740 LIt
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/317
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s: World, Euro, and U.S. History, Spanish. 4: English Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Physics B, English Lit, U.S. Gov, Macro/Micro Econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist? AP Scholar w/distinction? not really…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science NHS (Prez) NHS (VP) Jazz Band, Debate, Mu Alpha Theta
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, charity/Daycare
[] Summer Activities: More charity/daycare
[] Essays: gewd
[] Teacher Recommendation: gewd, they were my favorite teachers so we had a good time in class
[] Counselor Rec: no idea. I’ve talked to him like twice. ever.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I made him laugh a lot lol. I was really sleep deprived at the time, though and forgot he was from my hometown though he mentioned it at the beginning of the interview. Apparently he didn’t mind lol
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: all-male Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Cuban)
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: >200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM with good grades/scores
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:grades, scores, personality?
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know. I think they made a mistake
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Miami, University of Florida, Georgia Tech, Georgetown ,UChicago, Brown, Columbia, Penn, and Yale. Waitlisted at Princeton. REJECTED BY MIT (boo)[/li][/ul]General Comments: this better not be a cruel april fools’ joke…

lunar_years · April 1, 2009, 5:44pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 V, 750 M, 800 W 12 essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/520
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History, World History
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, Yearbook Production
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State academic bowls, regional writing awards, publishing poems and essays
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (copy editor), academic bowl (MVP), service club (secretary), math club (secretary), lit mag (editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: None. I did get paid for some freelance writing stuff, lol.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public library, local schools and parks
[] Summer Activities: Local newspaper internship, TASP
[] Essays: Common App essay: Stream-of-consciousness narrative with embedded song lyrics, about calling Beijing Christmas morning to talk to my relatives. Stylistically good, but pretty typical subject matter. Supplement essay: Dear god, it was terrible. Rhetorically overblown allegory about being a third-culture kid. Full of typos and tense issues. I don’t know why I didn’t just resend the nice one I gave Yale, lol.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good?
[] Counselor Rec: Good, but generic.
[] Interview: Very short, but I felt like we connected well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] School Type: Large suburban public.
[] Ethnicity: East Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP, maybe geography.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: TASP. No major failings.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing really stands out.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s got to be the economy. Any other year, I’d have been axed outright.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UChicago (EA), Yale (with likely), Cornell, Brown, UT Austin, TAMU. Waitlisted Columbia, Stanford. Rejected: MIT.
[/ul]General Comments: Haha, I’m actually totally honored to be waitlisted. Good luck!

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