**TUFTS RD Results Class of 2015**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>Post your decisions here :)</p>

<p>
[quote]
[noparse]
Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation 1:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation 2:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective[ul][<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp leader in Hungary (Sports Coord.) and Work
[<em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[</em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[<em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[</em>] Interview: Yes, great one over the phone![/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul][<em>] Applied for financial aid?: No
[</em>] Intended major: Undecided Engineering
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW! :smiley:
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-180k
[</em>] Hooks: Not applying for FA…?![/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul][<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: See hooks & interview
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In at Wesleyan, Carnegie Tech, Carleton, F&M, Bard and Boston U. Waitlisted by Colby. Rejected by Berkeley, Stanford and Northwestern. Waiting for Ivies + Amherst.[/ul]</p>

<p>General comments: Before Ivy decisions, I’m split between Tufts and Wesleyan!</p>

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<p>Oh my word that’s fantastic, please come to Tufts!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (Didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 780, 760, 790 (Didn’t send since I thought Tufts was score choice >.< doesn’t matter now XD)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do out of 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: See above
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, Research, Chorus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semi, NM Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sci Oly (Pres), Music Honor Society (Historian), FEA
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Research? Not sure what that counts as but I did a LOT of it! Also, I was a teachers assistant once a week for two years.
[</em>] Summer Activities: RESEARCH XDD Also CTY, some precollege things
[<em>] Essays: I POURED MY HEART AND SOUL INTO THOSE TUFTS ESSAYS!! Since it was my last app, I put all of my remaining effort (I was pretty burnt out though) into it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Great (Speculation… waived my right)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Pretty Good (Speculation… waived my right)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good - Great (Speculation… waived my right)
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: GREAT! Probably my best one, tied with Middlebury
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Pretty competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: High (Didn’t apply for FA)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ESSAYS (only for this school though, it took me a while to get the process down pat), Research, GPA, ACT
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not very many ECs, didn’t excel in most of them
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In a pool like this, I really think my essays helped. I think that means I’m screwed for the Ivies since I rushed my “lower” Ivy apps since my guidance office lied to me and said they needed to be submitted BEFORE winter break. The only ones I wrote over break were Harvard and Yale but I have no chance there :P.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - WUSTL, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Brandeis (Lerman-Neubaur Fellowship), Tulane (Honors Program + $25k/year)… Waitlisted - Northwestern[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those accepted, good luck to those waitlisted, and to those rejected, I’m SURE you were still an amazing applicant, but Tufts can only take so many (or so few >.<) people.</p>

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<p>Accepted ah im at a track meet i’ll tell you more later!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 reading 710 math 790 writing
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 780 french 780 US 710 lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.32
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (5), US (5), US gopo (5), comparative gopo (5), lang (5), french (4), currently taking lit, macro, micro, psych.
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: arts classes, calc, aps listed above, french, gym.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended student, AP scholar award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate, newspaper, literary magazine
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NA
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: very little, 10 hrs max. lol
[</em>] Summer Activities: traveling mostly
[<em>] Essays: for tufts, were very strong.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: read it - stellar rec.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: ditto.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ditto.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: went very well i think.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: umm not sure but we live very comfortably, ie no FA requested.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): french spoken fluently.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: language, liberal arts-oriented, academics in general
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs/sports
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays, interview went well and my stats are above the median range accepted.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: WL 3 schools, rejected at a few, and accepted at several so far. [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 35 (superscored 36)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.92/4.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 81
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lots
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 2 AP-equivalent
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): World ranked equestrian
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: A year at an equestrian facility
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Competing for the US
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read but I assume to be fantastic
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Hahaha. Very inexperienced interviewer who was nice nonetheless. We have a few organizations in common and wanted to major in the same thing.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (top 30 newsweek)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not eligible for financial aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Standardized test scores, GPA, EC
[<em>] Weaknesses: Volunteering?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My EC and academic record
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Vanderbilt (full merit scholarship), Boston University (full merit scholarship), UT Austin Plan 2 Honors (max merit scholarship), American University (max merit scholarship and Global Scholars Program), Waitlisted at Georgetown, waiting on Ivies[/li][/ul]General Comments: So exciting! I can’t wait to see Boston… I have some difficult choices ahead. It’s too bad Tufts doesn’t give merit aid, because the full scholarships give Vanderbilt and Boston U a leg up over Tufts :(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M 700 CR 680 M
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 760 Math II 750 Chem 740 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t have unweighted
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.95
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5) Bio (5) Chem (5) English Lang (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Stats, Honors Japan Seminar, AP Spanish, Jazz Band
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (President thing), MUN (head chair thing), Theater (Stage Manager for our big musical)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Bus Monitor (I watch over the little kids on the school bus, our school is K-12 and in the middle of nowhere)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Fundraising for Room to Read, NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: Various little unimpressive pay-to-play programs.
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was about how we determine truth in our lives and I used a play that I saw over the summer as my main inspiration. I loved this essay.
I thought my supplement really captured my personality. I was quite happy with it.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: AP Chem teacher.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Spanish teacher, he shared some of it with me and it was really heartfelt.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea what he wrote, but I assume it was good things?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Japan. but U.S citizen
[<em>] School Type: Private international
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I loved my essays, and I think my recs were really thoughtful
[<em>] Weaknesses: Maybe test scores? I’m not really sure. Underclassman GPA was not ideal.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was really honest and passionate in my writing and it was what they were looking for? But you can’t really know for sure.
[/ul]General Comments:
SO HAPPY!!! I love Tufts SO MUCH!!!
I’m not 100% sure that I’m going yet, I need to wait and see the rest of my choices, but I’m SO HAPPY THIS IS AWESOME!!!</p>

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<p>Mochahappiness! </p>

<p>Who has two thumbs and loved your recast of Ophelia as a secretary? </p>

<p>This guy.</p>

<p>I loooooooooooooooooved your essay on the blinding light of Magnesium. It was like watching a chemist being born. COME TO TUFTS!</p>

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<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted to the School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):580CR 680W 780m
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: 780MathIIC 700Chem 690Physics (Approx.)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish?
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.2 sth (AP=4.5, honors=4.3)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2-3 / 160ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Chem, Phys B, Calc BC)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Varsity Volleyball, International Club (VP), Computer Stuffs and Music
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A few volunteer stuffs
[</em>] Summer Activities: College Programs every summer
[<em>] Essays: I think they were the reason I got accepted! Chose the “What do you want to know” one and wrote a really creative and personal piece.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Bet they were awesome, didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: IDK
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Somewhere in southeast asia
[</em>] School Type: In US, private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: IDK
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, definitely, and maybe GPA?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores and ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays Essays Essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: JHU BME, UNC-Chapel Hill, Case Western Reserve, Purdue … Waitlisted: WashU, Vanderbilt … Rejected: Northwestern, CMU (CIT) … Pending: Penn, Dartmouth, Duke, UMich
[/ul]General Comments: Feels good to have been accepted. I love Boston area so I’d have to visit !!!</p>

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<p>lol first one to not be accepted?</p>

<p>i’ve been wait listed, posting stats in a few</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780M 710CR 770W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math2 800 Bio-M 730 Math1 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/100
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APCS (5), Calc (pending), Bio (pending), Stats (pending)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Stats, H Symphony, H Drama, Engineering, H Genocide, Teacher Assistant
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidents Award for Community Service (X2), STEM Certificate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model Congress Club (Treas/Pres), Film Club (Treas/Secr), Anime Club (Pres), Starcraft Team (Capt), NHS, Natl Spanish Soc., Yearbook, GSA
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Programmer @ Harvard, Camp Counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work @ inner-city youth centers (anti-STD/anti-Gang work), playing instruments at old peoples homes
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working, Europe
[<em>] Essays: Decent. Thought they were pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Not sure, can’t read. But was written by a Brown PhD student (my English teacher)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Physics teacher. I don’t know. Good, I assume.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea. He has 200+ students.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my Prof. @ Harvard. Amazing.
[</em>] Interview: Good. We laughed over chai.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200K+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC, income, SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses: Race, rank, income
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not good enough to stand out but too good to be flat out rejected. They pulled a WUSTL on me :expressionless:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Waitlist: WUSTL
Acc: CWRU, Brandeis, UMA Honors, RPI, WPI, Wisc
Rej: Rice, Chicago, CMU
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>LOL…I’m so excited to go to TUFTS next year. UMM, I dont have a lot of time to post stats. Black, Female, average test scores, 3.9 UW GPA, LOTS of EC’s, GREAT RECS, AMAZING ESSAYS…congrats to all, see you next year if I don’t go to Oberlin.</p>

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<p>Rejected. Dan’s words earlier really helped. I cried for a bit because it was my first rejection and top choice, but I’m okay. I have a great option at northeastern with a great scholarship, so I am definitely not doomed. :slight_smile: still waiting for my Harvard decision, but I never really had high hopes for that.
I hope you all have an amazing time as jumbos!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 M, 780 CR, 760 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Bio-M, 790 Chem, 790 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 ish overall (4.0 academic)
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Calc, AP English
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, Bausch & Lomb, Yale Book Award, other school-wide awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity volleyball, GSA President, NHS Officer, Research Assistant in neuroscience lab (paid), 500+ hours of community service, summer science programs </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Neuroscience lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home, see above
[<em>] Summer Activities:Lab, summer programs
[</em>] Essays:Good – about major medical ordeal
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: English teacher – didn’t read, but we’re very close so I’m sure it was great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: AP Bio teacher – probably good, but less personal than the English one
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Neuroscience lab mentor
[li] Interview: Alum interview off-campus… fine, but not spectacular</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends 10-20 students to Ivies and other top schools every year. A lot of kids apply/are admitted to Tufts; a couple of years ago, 6 from our school attended.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have strong academics, and interesting essays. Clear focus on science.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No rejections so far… accepted at Wesleyan, Wellesley, Vassar, Smith, Mt. Holyoke
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>I got waitlisted. Im disappointed about it, but at least it gives me Some chance to get in later. My girlfriends sister goes to Tufts and absolutely loves it. Boston is an amazing city and so I hope I get the chance to consider Tufts as one of my options.</p>

<p>SAT 2250 (740 cr 760 m 750 w)
SAT IIs 770 USH and 730 Lit
3.87 UW, 4.4 W GPAs
NMF , varsity and state qualified for swimming, tons of state and national level latin awards, Badger Boys State</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in.</p>

<p>Sent from my DROIDX using CC App</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (690cr,750m,770w
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests:790 us, 740 chem, 720 mathII)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9825
[<em>] Weighted GPA:4.6325
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/385
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s on chem, us, stat, and geo
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP classes, 8 AP exams (all AP)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl Captain (made states in 2010), NHS (prez), Varsity XC, indoor and outdoor track (varsity letters in all of them), two Jewish youth groups, frequent Torah reader at my temple, lots of other clubs, etc). Also, I’m in a special med program at my school and we have extra stuff like lecturers and such
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 summer at a grocery store
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: coached a youth rec league basketball team (2 years), volunteered at a hospital (1 summer), PANIM jewish youth group (we raised over $2500 for Haiti relief), PINK club, other smaller things, like NHS blood drive
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, volunteering, one summer at SEP @UVA
[<em>] Essays: 1)About being a triplet…very unique. 2) my tufts ones were AMAZING i loved them!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Waived right
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Waived right
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Loved it
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type: Urban Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: did not report :slight_smile:
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 180k i think…applied for finaid though since i’m a triplet and we need $$$ for us all
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Well roundedness, scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of nat’l level EC’s
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA echols, W&M Monroe, and rejected at JHU
[/ul]General Comments: I’m so excited!!!</p>

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<p>hoose One:
Decision: Accepted to Schools of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 total; 590 M, 770 CR, 710 W
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: U.S. History: 680, Eng. Lit: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish UW
[<em>] Weighted GPA: not sure
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP U.S. (5), A.P. Literature (3), A.P. Latin Vergil (4), A.P. Art History (haven’t taken exam yet), A.P. Stats (haven’t taken yet), A.P. Eng. Lang. (haven’t taken yet)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: A.P Art History, 3 English electives in each trimester: Creative Writing, The Short Story, Linguistics, A.P. Stats, Anatomy, Independent Study in Southern Gothic Literature, Chorus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, Brown Junior English Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative Writing Club leader, Co-editor of school’s creative writing magazine, 10 years of piano (including placing in competitions up to & including sophomore year), 4 years of school chorus, 2 years of mock trial, a few other school clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at Children’s Hospital, local Mission, both pretty infrequent, unfortunately, volunteer at 2011 Empire State Games
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: i’m guessing they were perceived to be pretty good; in my acceptance letter to Kenyon College, my common app essay was noted as a significant factor of acceptance; writing is also my strength, so although i wasn’t extremely pleased with my supplemental essays, they were probably better than i thought
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: English teacher/Independent Study advisor: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Latin teacher: very good, im assuming. didn’t read it
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not sure, but i have a great counselor, so probably great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: yes, alumni interview. i thought it wasn’t great but maybe it was better than i had assumed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[<em>] School Type: fairly competitive private
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: writing
[<em>] Weaknesses: for this school, SAT scores and probably community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA. I’m ecstatic I was accepted, but I have been preparing for a rejection for long, I’m sort of in shock. Still extremely grateful for the acceptance!!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Kenyon, Boston College, College of the Holy Cross: accepted. Colby, Hamilton, and Notre Dame: waitlisted; Middlebury: rejected[/li][/ul]General Comments: My college search has gone exceedingly well. I hope that anyone who was rejected, waitlisted, or is simply unsure of where to go finds the right fit. I’ve been completely bowled over by my acceptance to Tufts, so although I was 90% sure I would enroll in Kenyon, I now find myself unsure. I’m going to visit a friend at Tufts hopefully, and I’ll make my decision from there. Congratulations to all who were accepted!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! So many tears of joy.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: 770, 730
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5’s
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Five AP’s
[</em>] Major Awards: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): good amount of leadership and had minor national awards
[</em>] Essays: They were probably what got me in. My common app was iffy but my Tufts supplement really conveyed that this was the school I wanted to attend.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: didn’t see, i’m guessing it was great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: didn’t see, probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, but probably really good
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: standardized testing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really thought that Tufts was a perfect fit for me and I guess they saw that too.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m so excited. Congrats to everyone else!</p>