<p>Okay, so my overall average is that competitive, but high enough for a chance at most of the competitive universities I heard. I do have a few things that stand out, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough. Any unexpected acceptance success story here?</p>
<p>Almost everyone you find on here thinks his or her acceptance was unexpected. Even those with serious hooks always have doubts.</p>
<p>Check out the "Official Regular Results Review Roster"
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=46384%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=46384</a></p>
<p>Judge for yourself which acceptances were "unexpected"</p>
<p>I suppose mine was unexpected, considering how shocked (and amazingly happy I was) to see the big envelope.</p>
<p>I was 1530/800/790/790 ranked #2/490, okay EC's (lots of activism & debate: JSA, voter reg., debate team, various clubs), my essays seem kind of cheesy and cliched now, but my rec's were good.</p>
<p>mine was SO unexpected...
1420/780/720/680, no rankings in our school, alright activities (debate, peace conferences, yearbook stuff, global concerns) but no awards etc. was just a normal good student that was pretyt involved</p>
<p>^but r u from cali</p>
<p>mine was definitely unexpected as well. after rejections from HYP (yale was my first choice... so i was totally bummed out), i REALLY didn't expect to get into stanford.</p>
<p>here's part of what i wrote in the official results thread:</p>
<p>Your thoughts on your decision: AHHHHH! WLEKRJLAKWRJLVJAKWR! I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT IN! someone punch me in the face, please!
Any other comments: I was rejected from HYP... so i thought i didn't even stand a chance. i guess stanford likes well-rounded asian girls(?) haha, i really don't know.</p>
<p>BTW, is it an advantage or disadvantage if I am applying from NYC?</p>
<p>I would think so. NYC and Long Island are such competitive areas for admission since so many kids apply. This year I have heard of many many applicants around me in my school and nearby who were rejected from all the top schools. These regions are 2 of the toughest if not the toughest in the United States. I have heard that from Yale and Stanford admissions officers when I went to their admit weekends.</p>
<p>the witzness - no i'm am international student (from singapore)</p>