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<p>rejected</p>
<p>Got waitlisted;(…how many are waitlisted at Trinity?</p>
<p>How many of you applied for aid and what is your SAT?</p>
<p>I applied for 40,000+ FA as an int’l and got waitlisted hahaha
SAT 2330 (CR+M=1540)</p>
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<p>try harder</p>
<p>Don’t discount yourself too early. My son got accepted last year with considerably less stellar stats.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 30 with a 31 superscore
SAT II: none
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, Spanish Level 5, Applications of US Law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): jokes</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Interact Club (President), Junior Statesmen (JSA) (President and Co-founder), National Honors Society (secretary), JV Tennis (captain for the past 2 years), Varsity indoor track, student government, Best Buddies
Job/Work Experience: Interned at the Committee on Public Counsel Services office between Junior and senior year and have worked as a hostess for almost two years
Volunteer/Community service: Some, mostly unimportant</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Common App Main: About why I decided to get my license/how close I came to failure. Pretty good. 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #1: Worked with this teacher all summer on essays, very good relationship 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Could have been really good, could have been okay. 7/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Interview: Alumni, thought it went very well, interviewer was 2+ hours late (brownie points maybe?)
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents= immigrants </p>
<p>Reflection
Other places applied to/Decisions: Accepted 6/6 American, Bentley, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, Brandeis waiting for Bowdoin (REACH), GWU, and Connecticut College </p>
<p>Rejected :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (800CR 670M 770W, E: 9)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as original breakdown
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Literature, 720 US History, 730 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does not do 4.0 GPAs. Mine is approximately 5.2 out of 6.
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Literature (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP French, various English electives, various history electives. At my school, only AP levels and beyond are offered senior year.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really. Regional awards for the most part.[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Newspaper (editor), dorm proctor, V Softball, head of historical society youth branch.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a horse racing track.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Historical soiety, tutoring, teaching piano, raising money for cancer research. [/ul] </p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8/10, about an abandoned school and how it influenced my love of history.[/li][</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 8/10, I loved his class and was really enthusiastic.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7/10, didn’t love me, but I trust him to assess my work fairly.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 7/10? No idea?
[</em>] Additional Rec: 10/10 from my town’s mayor.
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: November 4th.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] School Type: Top 10 US prep school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 200k?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really… Born abroad?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I fit neatly into the package of “history lover,” I’m a very strong writer, and my grades got better as I got older.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, no major awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my school has a good reputation with universities. Plus I showed what I was passionate about in my application!
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Gotten more involved sooner.[/ul]
- [li]Other schools: Accepted at Wellesley and Trinity. Waiting on 13 others.
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: It’s nice that I was admitted! No idea if I’ll attend or not. Congrats to those accepted!</p>
<p>@hannah9501 It seemed like you’re Korean from past posts… I think I saw you on GoHackers forum? I’m pretty sure you’ll get into other schools you applied. Keep your chin up.</p>
<p>[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I: N/A
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: Math II 770 , USH 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 (Don’t know the exact one after mid-year report. Excluding freshmen yaer, very close to 4.0)
[ *] Weighted GPA: N/A
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A School (private boarding) doesn’t offer AP classes for its "progressive’ philosohy. Instead, they offer electives at college level. (So there’s no Weighted GPA, either)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All the hardest classes possible
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really. Published twice, and one was on better-known magazine<br>
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): singing (take private lesson, in choir and musical theatre), in a student leadership position, mt. biking, ballet, head of LGBT group at school for two years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at one of the biggest hospitals in New York City for summer. Not interested in medical field, but it paid well.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: taught needy students (mostly Chinese Americans and Latinos) 6 hours a week for a year, until I moved to countryside
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[ *] Common App Main: 8-9/10. I had an unusal life circumstance. I focused additional Common App essay on my passion in lit and social science.<br>
[ *] Other:[/ul][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: 8-9/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7-8/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good. She might think I’m a little bit badge and mark driven, but my teachers know that’s not the case, at all.<br>
[ *] Additional Rec: From my attorney and teacher from last school (inner-city/urban public high in nyc)
[ *] Interview: didn’t do it
[ *] Art Supplement: N/A
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Not gonna be specific, but New England
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public → Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean American
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Needed full financial aid. I haven’t figured it out what I’m gonna get
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): independent student
[ ] Strengths: Essay, Score (for Trinity)
[ ] Weaknesses: asking for too much Financial Aid
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Well, now I know I’m gonna end up somewhere. This is more comforting than I thought. Trinity was my safety, so I didn’t think I’d be delighted this much. Fingers crossed for 27th and April 1st! People who have gotten rejected or waitlisted, don’t be so depressed. There are so many good schools out there, and rejection from Trinity doesn’t mean that you’re not a good applicant. G’luck all!</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: none
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.04
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (3) English Comp (4) Human Geo (4) WHAP (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Gov’t, Statistics, AP Euro, AP Comp. Gov’t, Medical Microbiology, AP Bio, AP Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quiz bowl (3 years, President, attended nationals twice), Mentoring group (1 year, founding member), UIL Social Studies (1 year), other small commitments
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Summer camp, various small tasks for my school</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Common App Main: About how I used to define myself by the people around me and how I overcame that 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #1: Known this teacher for 5 years, he’s like a father to me 10/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Known for 4 years, very close and friendly relationship 8/10
Counselor Rec: 2/10 – My counselor is a recent immigrant from Turkey, so his English is less than spectacular and he opted to not get an English teacher to review his letter (without my knowledge). I’m willing to forgive the gratuitous mistakes, but I can’t help but wonder if colleges will.
Interview: None
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Public charter
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>
<p>Other places applied/decision: Accepted to University of Texas, Texas A&M and Rhodes. Waiting on Brown, Vassar, Pitzer, Oberlin and Reed</p>
<p>Wait listed but I’m okay with it bc my scores are really low and I need financial aid </p>
<p>Waitlisted International student with 2210 SAT, 111 Toefl, and financial aid need!</p>
<p>Rejected International with 35 ACT , Perfect Grades and a high financial need.
Guess i should stop expecting any good outcomes :-< </p>
<p>@malikh95, same outcome as yours.
2300 SAT, 111 toefl, int’l with extremely high financial needs. Rejected.</p>
<p>@bbff1234 either it was because of our essay, our need or maybe they thought that we considered trinity a safety so to protect their yield. Who knows. I’m just lost!</p>
<p>DD was accepted. I can’t remember all of her scores. She had amazing LORs, very interesting ECs and GPA UW-3.92. Lots of rigor with her classes. All 4 years…</p>
<p>For those of you that were rejected or WL’d, you will land where you are supposed to!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32-Reading 29, English 32, Math 33, Science 33
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 760 Math 2, 680 Physics,
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not calc-so, approx 3.76
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): None school is not an AP type school very few APs
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calc, AVD Physics, Honors Stat, English, Arts Elective
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Newspaper-sports writer, House Council, V Hockey, V Golf (Captain),
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a CC as a caddie.
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring math, chess w/out borders-teaching chess and philanthropy.</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 8/10, data analytics.
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10, my 11th grade English-worked super hard to get my grade to a B+.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10, US History-solid A after having a B in soph year.
Counselor Rec: 8/10? No idea?
Additional Rec: None
Interview: N/A
Art Supplement:
Other
Date Submitted App: December 23.
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Top 20 US prep school boarding
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: around 200k?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really…</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: I’m pretty even academically even though I am stronger in Math and Science, and though grades were always strong there was an upward trend to all As senior year.
Weaknesses: Test scores, no major awards.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my school has a good reputation with universities.
What would you have done differently?: studied more??
Other schools: Accepted at Trinity (received Summit Scholarship), UMich, WashUSTL, UChicago-waitL, Waiting on 14 others.</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: It’s nice that I was admitted! No idea if I’ll attend or not. Congrats to those accepted!</p>