The Official RD Smith Class of 2011

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<p>*Decision: Accepted! * </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (800CR 710M 800W)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 English Lit., 760 US History, 680 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP European History (5), AP Physics B (2), AP English Language (5), AP US History (5), AP Calculus AB (4), and this year AP Statistics, US Government, Macroeconomics, and English Literature
[<em>] GPA weighted: 3.8ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.4ish
[li] Rank or % estimate: 82/633 - top 12% (pulled up to top 10% w/ midyear report card)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: "
[</em>] Hook (if any): Strong interest and proficiency in journalism/writing, published works</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Editor-in-chief of school's paper and literary magazine, officer in JSA, staff writer for teen magazine, published in several papers and anthologies, creative writing summer program, tour guide for museum, work for state assemblyman, violinist in orchestra, finalist in National Vocabulary Championship</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Nope.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm so happy to have gotten in! Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted, and best of luck to those still continuing in their college search.</p>

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<p>when is open house?</p>

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<p>as prev. posted ACCEPTED!!!!!! CONGRATS LADIES ...stats to follow</p>

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<p>Congrats to all those who were accepted (and it seems like an impressive number)!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted!! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 700 CR 620 W 600 M
[</em>] SAT II: 680 Literature, 460 French (My French class is more on comprehension than on grammar, hence the icky score. I just didn't care.)
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP US History-5 AP Lang and Comp- 4
[<em>] GPA weighted: 3.99
[</em>] GPA unweighted: Don't know
[li] Rank or % estimate: 19/310</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Decent.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I hope it was good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): French heritage, from Maine, All-State singer, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, prominent actress at high school</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: Maine.
[</em>] School Type: Public. Most kids go to state schools. Not really a magnet.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No.
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No.
[li] Important ECs: Drama club (8 plays total. 3 this year.) Editor in chief of school newspaper. Speech and Debate. National Honor Society. Academic Decathlon. Mentoring. Anime club. Poetry club. </p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:** My interviewer really liked me. I sent in as much supplementary material as I could, including a copy of my school's newspaper. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Smith obviously seems to care about more than perfect grades and SAT scores. Yay. Congratulations to everyone accepted. Best of luck (and plenty of patience!) to those looking for schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted :(</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100 (780 CR, 710 W, 610 M)
[</em>] SAT II: Lit 760, World History 700, Math I 680
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: I'm taking my first APs this year.
[</em>] GPA weighted: My school doesn't rank.
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.978
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 10% of 244</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: The original draft of my first essay -- it wasn't remarkable, but writing is my strength.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One mediocre, one pretty solid.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I guess I didn't really have one. </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: RI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Theatre (acting, directing, costuming, community theatre intern, secretary of high school org.), Model UN, Diversity Club, various choral things, NHS, GSA, writer for school newspaper, dance, work experience.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Well, I'm an orphan asking for almost full tuition in fin aid. If there's an anti-hook, the money could be it. But this is really my own fault. Smith was one of the first schools (of 18) in my application process and because it was one of the few I sent in online, I don't think I put enough effort into really checking over my app materials. I guess it's not so awful, though. I'm just going to have to work at proving my worth and hope they accept me in a few months.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all of you ladies. Dedicate a quesadilla to me at Bueno y Sano. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: accepted</p>

<p>Stats
SAT:640 CR, 680 M, 640 W
SAT II: 650/710 Math II, 730 math I, 560 U.S. History, 580 Spanish
ACT: didn't take it
AP/IB taken/scores: 3 in APUSH
GPA weighted: 3.9
GPA unweighted: 3.5
Rank or % estimate: Top 10%</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays:excellent
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): none </p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Connecticut
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:female
Legacy Yes/No:no
Recruited Yes/No:no
Important ECs: trumpet/clarinet/tenor sax in both band and jazz ensemble, pit orchestra, NHS, president of asian culture club, and ~300 hours of tutoring and community service</p>

<p>Other Factors: none</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to everyone!</p>

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<p>I don't have a decision apparently.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 650V, 720M, 700W
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 690 Literature, 610 US History
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4 AP US Gov't, 7 IB Math Studies SL, 5 IB Physics SL
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.16
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.76
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/~350 (>4.0 GPA = #1)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I really liked them. I wrote the supplement the day it was due (almost forgot!)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should've been awesome. Both knew me for all four years and loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Eh...she's knew and still learning how to do her job. Who knows!
[</em>] Hook (if any): Ummm...my ECs? Not sure...</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Top Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female...duh
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: School Newspaper for 4 years (Editor-in-Chief: 11,12; Lifestyles Ed: 10), Marching Band/Color Guard for 3 years (Captain:12), Varsity/JV/Freshman Girls Basketball Scorekeeper/Manager for 4 years, Greater Washington Youth Philanthropy Initiative for 2 years, and various other programs and honors</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Not sure...I visited?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everybody!!! Excited I'm accepted...haven't decided whether I'll go or not. Hoping my friend gets in; she couldn't log in with her PIN today and was freaking out. Fingers crossed!</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>SAT:1780
GPA:3.7
Rank or % estimate: School Doesn't Rank</p>

<p>State or Country:Maryland
School Type: Private, all women.
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: duh
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Senior Class Pres.</p>

<p>So happy! Waiting from the big schools though.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100 - 770cr, 630m, 700w
[</em>] SAT II: 710 chem, 640 mathII
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4/English LangComp, 4/Chem, Physics B, English Lit, French Lang, Calculus AB
[<em>] GPA weighted: I think it's at a 3.9 now, end of junior year it was a 3.944
[</em>] GPA unweighted:
[li] Rank or % estimate: we don't rank at our school (or at least they don't tell us what our rank is haha)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I related a past memory to my present character
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good if not great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, my counselor knows me quite well
[</em>] Hook (if any): Umm, not really sure. I'm trilingual, my first language having been Spanish (and I take French, which could show them that I did not take the easy route). First generation, participated in competitions, I basically put myself out there a lot and have always been very motivated and passionate about learning. I also think my interview went really well, and paired up with my recommendations, it must have put me under a good light.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Public (pretty competitive)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: President of Multicultural Club (might not seem like much but we've done quite a bit), community service, Peruvian folkloric dance group</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
See 'Hook'</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to everyone!! I only posted this stats thing because I know there are some kids not yet involved in the college process who would like to know more about the accepted population. I don't know if my stats seem beyond the ordinary or below it or what, but please do not think that having any kind of combination of the above automatically guarantees you into anywhere. I honestly didn't think my stats would get me into Williams or Smith...and I still don't think that is what gained my acceptance. I think they saw my personality and my inherent motivation, and they knew I'd take advantage of the great opportunities they provide their students. So think about that, and not so much about GPA's, SAT and AP scores. In the end, when they strip all of that away, what is left is you.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT II: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 25
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: English Language & Composition , US History , English Literature & Composition...my school is tiny and doesn't offer very many APs (and I stayed away from the math and science ones, lol!)
[<em>] GPA weighted: N/A
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.5
[li] Rank or % estimate: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think they were very good. Writing is my strong point.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I'm guessing that one of my recommendations was excellent and the other one was plain good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably glowing. My counselor seems to think highly of me and has a family member at Smith.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Writer who works to make a change in my region through writing and my passion for diversity work and urban studies. </p>

<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: I created my own magazine. I'm also involved in my school literary magazine, I do various cultural and diversity activities/activism, and I dance recreationally.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Yaaaaay! I wish there was a party smiley (and I wish my last two decisions came yesterday as well).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted STRIDE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 630M/740V/770W
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish: 680, US History 720, Lit 650
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH 5, Psychology 5
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.02
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.82
[li] Rank or % estimate: 10/470</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were decent, but nothing amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fairly vague, but pretty good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none really</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: I play the French horn, have made the All-State band, Girl Scout for 13 years, lots of church stuff</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congrats to everyone! Good luck wherever you decide to go. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted STRIDE</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 790M/750V/720W
* SAT II: Math IIC: 800, US History 790, Lit 650
* ACT: N/A
* AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH 5, Calculus AB 5
* GPA weighted: N/A
* GPA unweighted: 4.16 (out of 4.33)
* Rank or % estimate: 2/223
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I'm not the best writer, but I spent a lot of time on them-the topic for the common app essay was pretty unique
* Teacher Recs: One very good, one decent
* Counselor Rec: Pretty Solid
* Hook (if any): none really
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: VT
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: female
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Important ECs: Debate Co-Captain, Student Council VP, Math League Captain, Varsity Softball, Peer Tutoring (most for 4 years)
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Good luck everyone! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 (740 V, 610 M, 710 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 740 Lit, 720 US History, 560 Japanese, 590 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP World (4), AP Chem (1), AP Lang (4), AP Art History (4), AP US History (5), AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Literature, AP Japanese, AP Government.
[<em>] GPA weighted: ~3.6
[</em>] GPA unweighted: ~3.4
[li] Rank or % estimate: We don't rank, but I'm probably top 20th percentile...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably awesome!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor sucks and probably doesn't even know who I am, so probably not so awesome.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Asian Indian (though I bet they get a lot of applicants who are, so maybe not). Experience at Russian Governor's School. Lots of art extracurriculars. </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public, but in Fairfax County -- one of the hardest school systems in the U.S.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian.
[</em>] Gender: Female... duh ;]
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No.
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No.
[li] Important ECs: A lot of art extracurrics (three times at Institute for the Arts, Art Honor Society, art classes, and I'm an Art History major), went to Russian Governor's School. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I'm awesome. Also, I've been in the GSA for four years, and had the word 'faghag' in my commonapp essay (good GLBT relations!)... as well as mentioned Charlotte York from Sex and the City in my Smith short answers. so maybe they confused my temporary insanity with quirkiness? </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: To those who are rejected... cheer up!!! I've been rejected by Brown AND William & Mary, and was deferred by UMich. College admissions are completely random and you'll definitely find a college you love later on!</p>

<p>To everyone else: hopefully I'll be seeing you this fall! </p>

<p>Also, looking at the stats on this thread, I cannot BELIEVE I got into Smith. My GPA and SATs are pretty awful compared to everyone else's! :x</p>

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<p>i wish we could see finaid award online</p>

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<p>Congratulations ladies!! Looks like the class of 2011 is off to a fine start!</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone who got in! I got in ED, and I hope that at least some of you will choose to attend Smith:)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED :-)</p>

<p>Stats:
* SAT: 610V, 640M, 710W
* ACT: 29E, 26M, 29R, 32S, 29 Composite
* AP/IB taken/scores: AP World, AP English Lang, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Statistics, AP Gov't </p>

<p>SL:
* GPA weighted: Not sure! :P
* GPA unweighted: 3.67
* Rank or % estimate: Eh, competitive HS.. I think I am in top 15%/600</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Donut shop, finding out Dad was in Secret Service via his death certificate, related it to blogging, ended with donut shop. Really!
* Teacher Recs: I read both, one was from English teacher of two years (Fabulous!) and another from my French/Yearbook advisor (Really good, knew me all four years)
* Counselor Rec: Haven't read it and probably never will, but I'm assuming good as well
* Hook (if any): Only female Editor-in-Chief (of Yearbook) at school.. two boys from Newspaper and two co-EICs in yearbook</p>

<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: California
* School Type: Competitive Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Given!
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Important ECs: EIC/Design Editor of yearbook, ASB Secretary, Club starter/President, Tree Amigo (I plant trees), Started Evinformer.com (Which is very much idle right now)</p>

<p>Other Factors: Had a two-hour long interview and had my half-sister do my Parent recommendation after it was okay'd</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm excited! What is everyone's AIM or e-mail? We should talk! Still waiting on Wellesley, Berkeley and UCLA though.. it's killing me.</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted with Zollomon and STRIDE
sweet</p>