So, it’s about time for RD decisions to come out! Just over a week left now. Kindly post comments and discussion in the RD discussion thread, as this thread is for stats and decisions only!
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A (one sitting)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (top 10%)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC, Statistics, Spanish, English Lang and Comp, APUSH (all 5’s)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Chem, Economics, Linear Algebra Honors, Calculus III (college course)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, President’s Education Award (some school awards but nothing major really) [/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tennis (captain, lots of district recognition), Clarinet (All-state Band, local orchestra, school ensembles), Vocal Music (Chorale, section leader 12, honors choir group, honors a cappella group), Student Council (President, Treasurer), Scholastic Scrimmage (captain, won some regional competitions), Women’s Awareness (vice-president), freshmen mentor and student ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: summer SAT tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: blogger for online feminist website, volunteer tennis coach, summer volunteer at boys and girls club, worked in school’s communications office [/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: I don’t think I can rate these fairly haha…I thought this was okay, I wrote about Harry Potter and how the books have shaped me[/li][] EC Short Answer: I don’t remember this one? maybe that’s why i got waitlisted haha
[] Extended essay(which topic): I did the odd numbers one…compared the “plight” of odd numbers to feminism, kind of rambly and disorganized
[] Optional Essay: I wrote about different books, movies, YouTube channels, and TV shows that I like
[] Why Chicago: I used a passage from Gone With the Wind, which was maybe a little dramatic…I wrote why I liked the core curriculum, the scav, the environment…pretty standard
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: from my junior year English teacher, probably good, she likes me and writes good recommendations
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: from my statistics teacher and also my sophomore calc teacher had some input…should’ve been good
[] Counselor Rec: good, she knows me very well
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: alright, wasn’t spectacular, but I answered his questions okay…it was actually the parent of someone from my school
[] Art SUPPLEMENT: i uploaded some clarinet recordings to my account [/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/28/14
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: Female
[] INCOME Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, SAT I, lots of involvement in extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: activities were too typical, probably essays for this school
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not sure, I thought I’d be rejected after being deferred. Might come down to the fact that I wouldn’t fit very well there…hmm
[] What would you have done differently?: I would’ve edited my essays more. They could’ve been shorter and more focused. I also found a typo in the optional one, yikes. [/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I was deferred from EA, now waitlisted…I guess they really don’t know what to make of me haha. Congrats to all those accepted!
Waitlisted 
OOS
3.5 uw / 4.4w
2150 SAT
Posting for my D:
Waitlisted, after EA deferral
3.86uw/4.53w
34 ACT
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 superscore (highest sitting was 2130, highest CR 800, highest M 670)
[] SAT II: didn’t send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t do GPA (I’m from the UK)
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 A Levels - Spanish, History, English Lit predicted 3 As
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really! a few MINOR national comps based on the school system im in (for other girls schools) [/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Short film company, won 2 national awards, some acting stuff, internship in spain were my main ones. Also stuff like debate club, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon!!
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutored in a local Deaf community club[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: On internship in Spain (the growing up prompt). TBH it’s hard for me to judge how good any of these were - I don’t know anyone else applying to the US, and the essays are sooo different to UK ones. PM and I’d send any of them though, if you’re interested
[] EC Short Answer: I don’t remember doing this?
[] Extended essay(which topic): The language one ! Quite general, incorporated some stuff about my Welsh heritage (I used a saying rather than a word)
[] Optional Essay: This was my fave!! On all my favourite books that I keep on a specific shelf
[] Why Chicago: Kind of bland tbh (and I’m not just saying that)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher+Counselor Recommendations: Didn’t see any of these! I assume they were good because my teachers all like me and they didn’t have to write any other of these types of recs (we have shorter ones in the UK). Alternately, they could have been kind of bad, because they had no idea what they were doing.
[] Interview: Lovely! My shortest interview but it was nice
[] Art Supplement: Didn’t submit one! Ironic because most of my ECs were arts-y but I got really worried it wasn’t good enough and would damage any chance I had[/list] [ b]Other**[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Whatever was the deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): UK (England) but I’m a US citizen so that may have helped in some way
[] School Type: Private, small, girls
[] Ethnicity: Latina (half mexican, half english)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: umm approx $105,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM I guess? [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My ECs
[] Weaknesses: I genuinely thought nothing would really make me “shine” if that makes sense? My scores were pretty average, below average I’d say for admits
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted in the UK to Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, and Bristol . This is my first American decision!!
[li] What would you have done differently?: Revised more math stuff :’) [/ul][/list]Other Factors:[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m literally in shock come back to me in a weke and I might have something eloquent to say
Well, 0/3 now
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 Single Sitting (690CR/800Math/800WR)
ACT (breakdown):33 (32/36/32/31)
SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 770, Chinese: 790, Phys: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, estimate around 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/624 (Dropped because of advanced classes not counting as AP)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 different AP tests, including 6 5s.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 (Finished, Grade: 98), OChem, AP English, AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Bio,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RCM Level 9 Practical, National Merit Semifinalist, Destination Imagination 2nd Place, Regional, Sci Tech 3rd Place Regional Life Sciences
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Special Life Student Club (VP), Interact (Director of Tutoring, Webmaster), Piano (11 years) Saxophone (6 years), Church Sunday School Intern
Job/Work Experience:
UserFriendly Media Intern
BridgeWise Financial Services
True Companion Animal Hospital
Volunteer/Community service: 700-800 Hours, Raised $3000 for special needs awareness.
Summer Activities:
Essays: Chiago: heard it was very unique and interesting 9/100, CApp: 9.5/10
Teacher Recommendation: unsure, but I think they were pretty solid.
Counselor Rec: unsure
Additional Rec: unsure
Interview: 8/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Magnet
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Wealthy Chinese Male. Best Hook Ever
Reflection
Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Business Ideas, Work Experience, Research (Two research projects), including one which was based off the Fama French 5 Factor Model
Weaknesses: English
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Not really sure, but I think it might have been because of my English scores.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: nowhere yet, applying to a few more Ivies + Stanford
The most unique thing in your application: Research, entrepreneurial ideas
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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 E, 30 M, 35 R, 31 S)
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t tell us, but it’s probably 3.9+
[] Weighted GPA: 4.52
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/72
[] AP (place score in parentheses): I’ll graduate with 66 college credit hours.
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 dual credit classes, one regular mandatory class
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not really any. A few school and UIL awards.[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Junior Class Council (11-12, Transitional Adviser), Senior Class Council (12, President), NHS (11-12, VP), UIL Spelling & Vocabulary (9,10,12, Co-Captain, awards for this), Teen Court (9-12), Flute (9-12), Dance/Choreography (9-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Old Navy (10-12, Sales & Training Coach), Fusion Communications Corp. (11-12, Journalism/News Intern)
[] Volunteer/Community service: didn’t list[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: it was pretty good, but after a waitlist here and a deferral at Stanford, I’m doubting myself.
[] EC Short Answer: ?
[] Extended essay(which topic): I made my own. It was amazing and creative, one of the best things I have ever written. 10/10.
[] Optional Essay: It was very me, 7 or 8 out of 10
[] Why Chicago: It was ok. 7/10
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7 or 8/10
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: 8 or 9/10
[] Interview: N/A
[] Art Supplement: lol no[/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Idk December
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public charter
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: First gen, salutatorian, lots of leadership, no other apps from my school
[] Weaknesses: Testing, lack of awards maybe??
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I didn’t really show any interest at all, and I think they track that.
[] What would you have done differently?: Shown interest.[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I am really agitated about this, as I knew I would be, because it makes me feel like all of my other reaches are going to reject me and I’ll end up at UT (not a bad thing but it’s def not my top choice). I keep telling myself not to feel like this, but I think I know it’s just a passing thing; every school takes different kinds of people, and I guess I just wasn’t what they were looking for. I’m glad someone else got the spot, because they could have been dying to go here. Congrats to everyone who got in!
size=+2]Decision: Waitlisted[/size]
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 (34S, 33R, 34E, 33M)
SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math II (didn’t submit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95, school doesn’t weigh
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/235
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (APHG), 4 (AP Comp, APUSH), 3 (AP Bio, AP Chem)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats, Ceramics, Economics, AP Calc, AP Physics 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QB CPS, QB NCM Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (11 x Reserve Conference Champion, 2 x Captain, 2 x School Record Holder), Equestrian (Reserve World Champion, 3rd All-Around at World Show, National Direction of Association, Multiple State High Point Awards), National Honors Society, internship at Notre Dame in the Chemical Engineering department
Job/Work Experience: lifeguarding every summer
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours as an assistant swim coach for our middle school, and about 100+ hours for volunteer lifeguarding at community events
Summer Activities: working, competing in swimming and equestrian events
Teacher Rec #1: my AP Comp and AP Lit teacher - she cried when I got deferred from ND, I think she likes me a lot
Teacher Rec #2: my biochem teacher - she said she made me sound like a “rockstar”
Counselor Rec: probably really good - she really likes me
Additional Rec: n/a
Other:
State: Indiana
School Type: rural public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <30,000
Sorry if this doesn’t match 
I just copied it from another post
WAITLISTED
*] SAT I (breakdown): 2140
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II:780 Math 2 760 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 ( BC Got my only bplus in HS in AP lang comp last year ) A pluses in every math class ive ever taken and apluses in every science class ive ever taken in HS. all As in the rest as well. W: 5.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2.4 percent of class
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Us History 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Chem. Ap statistics, Ap calculus AB, AP Physics 1, English 4-1, Microeconomics.
Mid year senior grades: AP chem- A+, AP stats- A+ ,AP Calculus- A+, AP Physics- A+, English 4-1 A+. Gym A+
… A Plus in every single class bc i was worried about the b plus in AP lang
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National achievement scholarship finalist, National Spanish honor society
[ /list][ b]Subjective:*
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years of track( have asthma so made sure to state that), Red Cross club (co-chair), avid program (tutor), Young life club( founding member), National Spanish honor society, Robotics club (design team), greenhouse club ( take care of lizards, snakes, and turtles)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Student council volunteer( soup kitchens etc)
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: 9-10/10 - I wrote about writing my first ever book/short story and how the process of writing is empowering for me.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[ *] Counselor Rec:10/10
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:good
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket: 120-150K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, National achievement finalist (only 1300 in country)
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: GPA, Essay, good Extracurricular, I’m applying for engineering so my love for writing shows more dimensions of my personality, minority in Engineering
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT score and could use more ECs
Other schools: Likely letters from Duke and Cornell, Into purdue, SUNY buffalo, Rutgers. Deferred Early action at Harvard.
ayy lmao
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (CR790, M770, W800)
[] SAT II: Bio M (800), US History (790), Chem (780), Math 2 (760)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.55
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~4%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Euro History, Bio, APUSH, Lang, CS, Calc BC (all 5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: college classes (linear algebra, political science), AP Psych, Orchestra, AP Comp Sci
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: idk
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Started a youth organization for young composers, composed music for performance at a couple music festivals, music summer camp, membership at several orchestras (principal / asst. principal at all), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Did a paid internship doing work for JPL
[] Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, the aforementioned youth organization[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: 9/10, wrote about my history as a composer
[] EC Short Answer: What is this
[] Extended essay(which topic): French language, talked about music as a language, yeah - but didn’t really include any discussion of my extracurriculars, which I probably should have done (7/10)
[] Optional Essay:
[] Why Chicago: Talked about the work of composers that I admire that teach there, more or less - included some unconvincing BS about the school itself, but it was mostly about the teachers (6/10)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH teacher, she writes great letters and we know each other well (9/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: My English teacher, we’re great friends and I’m sure it was a good rec (8/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #3 (One of my teachers accidentally submitted it): CS teacher, I only knew him in senior year and we didn’t know each other all that well, was mainly intended for MIT (6/10)
[] Counselor Rec: She joined the staff just a few weeks before apps were due, so it was pretty bad (4/10)
[] Additional Rec: My composition teacher - his was great (10/10)
[] Interview: Forgot to sign up for one
[] Art Supplement: Everyone (including professional composers and faculty at some major universities) have told me it’s much better than most[/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/5
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~300,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Unusual major (composition)[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Very good as a composer, pretty good stats, passion
[] Weaknesses: Generally weak EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Definitely could’ve done more to play up my EC’s in my essays - and more than anything, I think the stars just didn’t align for UChicago this time around. It really does take luck to get into these schools, and for this particular university, I didn’t have it.
[] What would you have done differently?: Probably would’ve talked more about my EC’s, and if I really cared, then I would’ve visited, contacted faculty members, contacted alumni, and played the whole game properly.[/ul][/list]Other Factors: Meh
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I already got a likely letter from my first choice (Columbia), so I’ll be taking myself off the waitlist. Of course, congratulations to all those who were accepted and my condolences to everyone who was rejected / waitlisted - everyone is going to survive, and everyone is going to be happy with where they go to college. Everything is gonna be all right.
Will post momentarily on this comment…
[ b]Decision: Rejected**
Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800R, 720M, 770W (12 Essay) - 2290 Composite
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800R, 760M, 770W (12 Essay) - 2330 Composite
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 760 US History; 760 Math Level II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5); Chinese (5); Lang (5); Stats (5); Macroeconomics (5); Microeconomics (5); Calculus AB (5); Calculus BC; Comp Gov; Lit; Psych; World History
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Comparative Government, AP Literature, AP Psych, AP World History, Decision Analysis, Advanced Economics, Honor Choir
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 9
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Distinction, AP International Diploma, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Distinguished Community Service Award [/list] [ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
- Founder, Captain, and Head Coach of Select Off-Season Running Club (10-12)
- Co-President and Treasurer of Service Club dealing with disabled persons (9-12)
- Varsity Top 7 Cross Country Runner (10-12)
- Vice President of Executive Service Council - elected group of five students (10-11)
- Vice President of Audition Honor Choir (10-12)
- Varsity Top 3 Distance Runner for Track and Field (10-12)
- Varsity Travelling Vocal Team (10-12)
- Treasurer for Service Club helping housekeepers in school (9-12)
- Student Tutor in Math and Music + Volunteer Coach for Middle School XC and Track (11-12)
- Interned and Shadowed Business Development Manager for a coal barging company (11 summer)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[li] Common App Main: I was a deferred EA candidate so I was unable to rewrite my Common App Essay (6/10)[/li][] EC Short Answer:
[] Extended essay(which topic):
[] Optional Essay:
[] Why Chicago:
[] Other:[/list][ ] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[] Date Submitted App:
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: International Private School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection**[ list]
[] Strengths: Scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?: Apply Regular Decision [/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:**
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to all who got in! **
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
SAT I (breakdown):none
SAT I superscore (breakdown):none
ACT (breakdown):1st take: Composite 31(32 E, 32 M, 32 R, 27 S), 2nd take: Composite 31(35 E, 28 M, 29 R, 32S)
ACT superscore (breakdown):33
SAT II:800 Math II, 730 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9?? Not sure, my school does it on a 100 scale (95/100)
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/486
AP (place score in parentheses):no
IB (place score in parentheses):IB Math SL (7)
Senior Year Course Load:IB Math HL, Chem HL, English HL, History HL, French SL, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none lol
[ b]Subjective:**[
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Guitar/piano/cello basically all my life, I study Russian on my own time, I tutor… nothing great by cc standards
[ *] Job/Work Experience:None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Not much… maybe ~20 hrs
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):
[ *] Common App Main:9/10, basically just the story of my life. Growing up in a border town… very personal but optimistic. Maybe a little bit dramatic??
[ *] EC Short Answer:no
[ *] Extended essay(which topic):
[ *] Optional Essay: 8/10 Wrote about the pH one, said my personality would be like a slightly acidic buffer solution. I felt like a came across a little bit… strong on this one, lol. Didn’t think it was particularly well written, but I always think that about my writing.
[ *] Why Chicago: 7/10 Barely remember it tbh, was kind of generic but I put in a lot of personality.
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 from my Chem teacher, she loves me!!!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 from my English teacher, also loves me
[ *] Counselor Rec:Lmao I don’t even know her, really generic
[ *] Additional Rec:None
[ *] Interview:None!!! Didn’t even know we could interview haha
[ *] Art Supplement:no
[ b]Other**[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: The day of the deadline LOL
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public, low-performing
[ *] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket:~60k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, first gen, I speak Russian??
[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:Grades, rigor, hooks… personal essays with a playful voice. I don’t take myself so seriously.
[ *] Weaknesses:Test scores maybe, oh and EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:no idea i freaked out when i saw CONGRATULATIONS and i am still freaking out as I type this 2 hrs later
[ *] What would you have done differently?: Nothing
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:**
TO ANYONE reading this who feels so hopeless when they read through these threads… you’re not hopeless. I’ll be honest, I’m not really involved in school. I don’t really do clubs or any organized activities, but it’s not because I don’t care: I do what I’m passionate about. I love learning Russian and writing to penpals online; I love making music; I love writing. Be authentic. Don’t be another drone, and I hope you see great results. I did.
I also got a LL from Cornell and a Vision invite from Rice.
Waitlisted 
Double legacy, founder and/or president of two organizations I am extremely passionate about and some other fairly strong ECs/national awards, more proud of the 3 essays I sent them than any other essays I’ve written, 2350+ SAT and 800s on two subject tests. (To preserve my privacy, I won’t be providing any other details.)
Judging by the mixture of decisions/likely letters I’ve received thus far, my application is much more polarizing than I thought lmao.
Anyway, not sure what else I could have done; I was so excited too lol.
Ah well, congratulations to those accepted!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150: 740 CR, 720 W, 690 M (Did not submit)
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite: 36 R, 36 E, 32 M, 31 S (single sitting)
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 710 Literature
[] GPA: I had a bad GPA: 4.31 on a 5 scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Ranks are not released at my school.
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP US History, AP Latin, AP Physics B, and AP European History. Scored 4’s on all of them.
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, AP Environmental Science, and English IV.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar with Honor I guess[/li]
[/list] Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Had some really good EC’s. Conducted a research project for which I flew to Washington DC and interviewed numberous politicians on the effects of money on the political system. Also volunteered for a Super PAC with the goal of eliminating the influence of campaign contributions on electoral outcomes.
[] Volunteering: Tutored kids weekly for a local school.
Writing:[ list]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[li] Common App Main: On my time volunteering to help get money out of politics.[/li][] EC Short Answer:
[] Extended essay(which topic): For my quirky essay, I chose to write my own question. So I decided to answer a question regarding my philosophy on life. Wrote about a modified version of Epicureanism that I thought of while taking AP Latin. I think this essay played a big part in my acceptance.
[] Optional Essay:
[] Why Chicago: I don’t recall what I wrote. Probably nothing too great on this one.
[] Other:[/list][ ] Teacher Recommendation #1: Nothing special.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Definitely nothing special.
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: N/A
[] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other**[ list]
[] Date Submitted App:
[] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, all male.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/list] [ b]Reflection**[ list]
[] Strengths: My research paper, test scores, and quirky essay.
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My strengths listed above.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:** Not had such a mediocre GPA.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I initially applied EA and didn’t think I had any chance. I was basically forced by my dad to apply because he thought I could get in and I didn’t. Looks like he was right. So don’t get down on yourselves if you don’t believe you have a chance. Congrats to all who got in and best of luck to those who didn’t.
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260–>760 Math 770 Reading 730 Writing
[] ACT (breakdown): 35–>English (35), Math (36), Reading (34), Science (35)
[] ACT superscore: 36
[] SAT II: Lit (750), Math II (770), U.S. History (760)
[] SAT III: 55,600 (I mean, come on. How do you not accept that?)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Weighted GPA: 4.49
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP: US History (5), Physics (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (4), Language (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Sociology, AP Psych/Stats/Chem/Themes
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: A lot
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Pulitzer (not really) [/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of our school’s political/law club, I sing at local restaurants/have mini concerts every once in a while, I consume boxes of Goldfish incredibly fast, and I’m also on the volleyball team
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor for a few summers, worked at a cafe for one
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a local PADS shelter quite often
[] Essays:[list]
[] Common App Main: Strong. Wrote about where I’m perfectly content (at my law club) (8)
[] EC Short Answer: I don’t remember this one.
[] Extended essay(which topic): Came up with my own! It was really cool, in my opinion: I talked at length about sandwiches. (9)
[] Optional Essay: Just wrote about some of my favorite things (7)
[] Why Chicago: It was basically me pitching a movie idea to them…about me at UChicago (9.5)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendations: First one was from a teacher I’ve known all four years (he’s the main reason I’m interested in law), so I’m sure it was a great letter…second was from my Junior year English teacher, which was probably also strong
[] Counselor Rec: She’s nice, and I’m sure she wrote a great one.
[] Additional Rec: From my coach
[] Interview: Really fun! Definitely had a great rapport, he spilled a drink on me but it was all good 
[] Art Supplement: Me singing
Other[list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): X-ray vision
[] What would you have done differently?: Bribed them. Just kidding. I probably wouldn’t have done anything different.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: CONGRATS!!! Have fun, everyone who got in!! You’ll do well.
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Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800-800-780
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800-800-800
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 in everything
[] SAT II: math 2 780 lit 800 chem 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA: 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t do that
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: Calc BC, Spanish, Stats, English Lang, Euro, World, Music Theory. 4: Chem (long story)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Independent studies in AP Gov and AP Spanish Lit, AP English Lit, AP Physics C (taking mechanics, self studying EM), AP Bio, International Relations Honors, advanced art, calc 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)[/ul] NMF, presidential scholar candidate (idk if they knew that), IPPF, and AMC stuff (just lightweight, no USAMO) and an Avogadro win
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Rock music (played at Lollapalooza), cross country (3 year letter), women’s leadership club (founder, president), various music stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] a program with a local neighborhood house where we provide support and education for kids
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: being on the basketball team even though I was terrible and how it changed my life. 9/10
[] EC Short Answer: I forget
[] Extended essay(which topic): hands down THE best essay I have ever written. 10/10. What’s so odd about odd numbers? Used number theory (“weird” numbers), multiple mathematical jokes, and a John Lennon reference. I got inspired and wrote it in 20 mins while visiting uchicago.
[] Optional Essay: I can’t really rate my own taste haha, but there was a lot of Tennessee Williams on it.
[] Why Chicago: 7/10 decent. I wrote about how UChicago’s own embraced quirkiness made it the perfect place for my idiosyncrasies.
[] Other:[/ul][]
Teacher Recommendation #1: math teacher. I’m sure it was 10/10.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: history. I’ve taken one course, 2 summer courses and 2 independent studies with the guy. I’m sure it was good.
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it. Assuming the best
[] Additional Rec: my music teacher. I don’t know if my school sent it.
[] Interview: I never received a confirmation email from uchicago with the PIN on it; this all snowballed yesterday so in short I never had the opportunity to request an interview, just made my account, and was convinced I wouldn’t be accepted because I hadn’t demonstrated interest.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] nah
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/30
[] State (if domestic applicant): O-H-I-O
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small private all girls
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: didn’t apply for FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] not really unless NMF or perfect scores count
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: that one essay about odd numbers. I think that’s why I got in.
[] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, the whole demonstrated interest thing.
[] Why you think you were accepted: because the committee reviewed me right after lunch. Honestly the whole thing is so subjective.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] retaken SAT IIs
Other Factors: none
Other colleges accepted/rejected: Williams, Duke (likely). Deferred Princeton EA. Rejected Juilliard, Michigan School of Music. Accepted OSU and Mich.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): No SAT
[] ACT (breakdown): 31(E:26 M:35 R:29 S:34)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): I guess my english was +3
[] SAT II: Physics: 800 M2: 800 Bio: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I have no idea, but it is 4.95/5
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry), Math, Geometry, Literature, Language and narrative, English, Spanish. I guess that’s it.
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 12?
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ul] I don’t have anything international, but I have won a couple of humble science contests here in Turkey.
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Too long. Still, I played volleyball for 9 years, wrote on the school paper about physics, participated in a band and school theater… I’m too lazy to write them all, honestly.
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked for a retail shop for two summers and I went to Pitti Uomo menswear fairs in Italy with them.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] I worked for Cerebral Palsy kids, translated Khan Academy material to Turkish, I did peer mentoring for three years.[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[li] Common App Main: Busses, public transportation and how much I enjoyed interacting with people.[/li][] EC Short Answer: I organized a CERN trip at my school. It was a nice memory.
[] Extended essay(which topic): The ‘why are you here?’ one. It was nice, quite scientific though. I guess it was a nice reflection of the way I was thinking.
[] Optional Essay: Umm… I just recommended a couple of regular stuff I enjoyed.
[li] Why Chicago: Because FermiLab and physics department mainly.[/li]
Other:[list]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics. He really likes and knows me, but he never wanted me to leave the country.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Biology. She is a nice lady. I used to translate her lectures for whole class to understand.
[] Teacher Recommendation #3: Literature. We made lots of cookies and she is one of the nicest people!
[] Counselor Rec: I guess it was ok. We were not really that close.
[] Interview: Did not have one. Although, I have met an admissions officer. I guess that was nice.
[] Date Submitted App: Deadline
[] Country (if international applicant): Turkey
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Does it really matter?
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Maybe the fact that I am a girl who wants to study physics, yet has good relationship with people helped. [/li]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: My obsession with Physics and my extended essay, probably.
[] Weaknesses: ACT?
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I have absolutely no idea. I did not expect that.[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: This was quite a relief for me. For college, here in my country, we need to take a university entrance exams and it is something that we prepare for about 2 years. It is tomorrow. So, I will go take it just for fun. Congratz to the people who got in!