University of Chicago Class of 2019 Early Action Results ONLY

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 - M: 770, CR: 740, W: 800
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), AP Lang (5), Chem (3)
Senior Year Course Load: Highest possible classes, college math class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist. Can’t remember what else I posted on my Common App</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lot of music things, School President, Math, Academic Decathlon - too many more
Job/Work Experience: Freelance writing, Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: Refugee work, miscellaneous things
Summer Activities: Internship</p>

<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - 9
Untranslatable word -10
Why UChicago - 8
Favorites - 7 </p>

<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Not sure; I didn’t read them but I picked teachers I’ve had for several years and who often demonstrate that they enjoy having me as a student.
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays, legacy (although I like to think the acceptance was my own doing), regional counselor told me I was a great fit for the school and that he hoped I ended up there
Weaknesses: I didn’t cure a disease or set up a charity organization for underprivileged children or anything. I was very active in a number of clubs, and as a result gained leadership positions, but I only pursued things in which I had interest, not just things that would pad my résumé.</p>

102

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math - 800, CR - 780, Writing - 800 (superscored 2380)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit (750), Math II (800), Biology E (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we use a weird system, so i doubt this would help
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Econ Micro (5), Econ Macro (5), Language (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Calc III, Differential Equations, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP French, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Yearbook (4 years, editor-in-chief, photography-editor), FIRST Robotics (3 years, webmaster, student council), Church (since 7th grade, small group leader, worship leader, student ministry team), Student Council (3 years), Youth in Government, Piano, Tennis
Job/Work Experience: Tutor at local math acceleration program for 1.5 years; worked at Walgreens over the summer
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer camp in Philadelphia every year (50+ hours), volunteer at local hospital for two summers (50+ hours each summer), various volunteering through council and church, created and taught a class on business, economics, and finance over the summer at a local nonprofit
Summer Activities: vacation + everything listed above
Essays: Common App - 8, I liked it but it was very emotionally charged and kind of abstract; Chicago supplement - 8, tbh I barely spent any time on it, but it was pretty easy for me to write
Teacher Recommendations: decent, but probably not outstanding
Counselor Rec: again, decent but probably not outstanding
Additional Rec: from the volunteer coordinator at the place I created/taught a class for - probably good
Interview: loved it, thought it was my best one</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? nope
Projected Concentration: economics
State (if domestic applicant): in the mid-atlantic region
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive charter school - within top 10 in the nation
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: didn’t apply for finaid so…
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: maybe the class I created, since it showed initiative?
Weaknesses: being asian haha
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no idea - but maybe they saw that I’d be a good fit. I’m pretty quirky and the essays were easy for me to write, which I don’t think a lot of people can say haha
Where else you are applying or have already applied: MIT (deferred), Wharton (rejected); also applied/applying to Stanford, Berkeley, USC, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Duke
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: don’t overthink your essays. i slaved over my Wharton ones, only to get rejected; on the other hand, I did my Chicago ones in one day and submitted with minimal revision. the time you spend on your essays doesn’t correspond to quality imo. write them, get 2-3 people to read over them, revise, and as long as you’re happy with them, submit! and to those rejected - it’s the worst feeling, i know. after i got rejected from Wharton i doubted everything in the world - but then i got into chicago, and the guy that got into Wharton from my school got deferred from Chicago! so no matter what, don’t take a rejection too personally. good luck! :smile: </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
Composite: 2240 (Superscore), CR:760, M:720, W:760
ACT (breakdown): Composite 33 (English: 35, Math: 32, Reading: 36, Science: 28)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Literature, Math 2 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46/710
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calculus BC (5), AP Language and Comp (5), AP Psychology (5), AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP Biology (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Independent AP French Study, Calculus 3 Dual Enrollment, AP Literature, AP Art History, AP Statistics, AP Micro Economics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science, AP Government (We The People)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, We The People District Competition Unit 4 Award and District Winners, Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), Academic Bar, Academic Letter</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model United Nations (CO-Founder, President (11,12)), French Club (Treasurer (10), President (11)), Student Ambassador (12), NHS Member (10,11,12), STEM Rubiks Cube Club– Member(9,10,11,12), Mu Alpha Theta– Member (11,12), Intermediate Orchestra– Cello, 4th Chair (9,10), Extreme Couponing (9,10,11,12)- takes about 40 hours per week
Job/Work Experience: Rue 21 (Sales Associate, July 2014- December 2014), Salon Assistant (2005-July 2014)
Volunteer/Community Service: National Honor Society
Summer Activities: See work experience
Essays: Questbridge essay about family story was very personal. Questbridge supplemental essay was about procrastination and showed creativity and an indie sort of vibe about me. I mentioned my college collage wall in my room in the essay, so I later submitted an art supplement of that. Common App essay was about my love of nature and one of the few calm moments of belonging I have; it was very serene, and showed my ability to write. I picked the untranslatable word prompt for the main UChicago essay and used it to talk about my love of English and how my math based family has always teased me. In my why UChicago essay, I described the university as an organism and said why I loved each part.
Teacher Recommendations: My Calc BC/ Calc 3 teacher’s recs are always strong, so probably a 9/10. My Economic/ Government teacher loves me, so probably a 10/10, even though she didn’t know me so well at the time. My Lang teacher is a good writer and had written me a rec for another program I got accepted to, so the letter is was probably an 8 or 9 out of 10. My Psych/ World History teacher had me for two years and is an advisor for a club I run, so it was probably strong, since he knows my personality. I got to submit so many recs because I applied through the Questbridge program, so between the two applications, I had 5 recommender spots, plus my counselor.
Counselor Rec: This rec was AMAZING. She let me read it, and she said I was the best student she had ever worked with. She bragged about my accomplishments and said that I was in her office all the time and had such a great personality. In a school where the counselors usually don’t know their students, that really meant a lot. That rec was an 11/10.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Very short interview. The interviewer graduated 40 years ago, so we didn’t have much to talk about, but she said she always writes good letters about the people she interviews, but didn’t think that they even read what she writes.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes, and I ended up getting everything but my student contribution covered by UChicago grants through the Questbridge program I applied through.
Projected Concentration: Economics, English, Russian language, Medieval Studies
State (if domestic applicant): Nevada
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, magnet, large
Ethnicity: zero generation Lithuanian immigrant 
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$11,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Technically first generation college student since my mom’s degree didn’t transfer, raised by a single mother, dual citizenship with a country most people have never even heard of.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my essays and my general back story, my SAT test score was pretty strong and I had really high ACT English and reading sections
Weaknesses: My class rank was a little below top 5% and I had a 3.79 unweighted GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays and my personality
Where else you are applying or have already applied: had to withdraw all of my other applications since I was bound through Questbridge, so it doesn’t really matter</p>

<p>General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
I am so lucky to have gotten matched to the University of Chicago with a full ride. Questbridge is a truly wonderful program for low income students, and I encourage anyone that’s now a junior to apply for next years for the National College Match (plus, you find out if you got in December 1st). I’m ecstatic and can’t wait to see all of you in the fall. :smiley: </p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): ~2500
ACT (breakdown): 35 + 12 essay
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 2x 800 + 1x 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 uw
AP (place score in parentheses): I actually got 4 for everything but Biology. So don’t lose hope if your AP scores aren’t up there!
Senior Year Course Load: Very rigorous, but just taking what I want to.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I LOVED UChicago’s essay prompts so so much. <3 I wrote about what’s my pH so I can tie in my love for biochem.
Teacher Recommendations: They’re ok.
Interview: Amazing :slight_smile: My interviewer graduated from my HS. </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes. FA package is amazing.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I worked so hard on my essays.
Weaknesses: This sounds bad, but I was pretty confident? I knew I had a good shot so I just went with what I have. Probably just the fact that I had to navigate this process completely alone with no help.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to MIT and Caltech EA as well. I’m probably applying to a couple more schools.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I don’t really think I’ll end up going to UChicago but it is a great option to have. Work hard on your essays, they really, really matter. It made a huge difference for one of my friends who was also accepted. </p>

105

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800/780/760
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit (700), US History (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5) English Language (5) US History (5) World History (4) Microeconomics (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Latin, Latin Teacher, Literature, Calculus I, Calculus II, Chemistry, Human Geography, Orchestra, US and Comparative Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Intel ISEF Science Fair</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): English Honor Society, Science Honor Society (officer), Latin Club (triumvir), Poetry Club+Writing Club, NHS, Regional Orchestra, Quizbowl (captain, state championship), Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: I own a specialized business started freshman year that was the focus of two of my essays.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service: Tutoring English and Latin; student teacher for Latin; visit elementary and middle schools for science-related business</p>

<p>Summer Activities: orchestra, STEM camp counselor, business
Essays: Common App - 9 Chicago supplement - 10/10/7
Teacher Recommendations: 10/8
Counselor Rec: 6
Additional Rec: 9
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public high school in wealthy region
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: Grades (there’s a stray B in there from middle school!), courseload is very humanities heavy
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I believe that my business played a significant role in my decision, as well as the essays.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Virginia (early), Harvard, Dartmouth, William and Mary (regular)</p>

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<p>[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): not important. Message me if you really want to know.
ACT (breakdown): again doesn’t matter, just get around the range, essays matter so much more
SAT II (place score in parentheses): math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/150ish
AP (place score in parentheses): 4 Calc AB
IB (place score in parentheses): 6 MATH SL
Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB courses, diploma student
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Commended</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots. Debate (near top of state), Stuco 4 year VP, varsity basketball and crew, theatre numerous shows, ITS VP, math club president, big affinity to languages, I could go on and on. You get the idea, very involved. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: 500ish hours including a few big service trips</p>

<p>Summer Activities: a few big volunteer trips, wrote a holocaust novel, etc.</p>

<p>Essays: I had a lot of fun with these. Honestly I think chicago wants you to enjoy writing the essays. I was at the point that whether I got into chicago or not, I had so much fun writing these essays and applying that I owed a thank you to the school even if they had rejected me. </p>

<ul>
<li>why uchicago
— pretty textbook essay, wrote about my bedside table filled with items that show my interests and goals in life and how uchicago fulfills those. </li>
<li>interests
— wrote a dialogue/short scene of a play-type thing with my favorite authors and philosophers talking to me all as characters in the scene, like socratic questioning style, you get the picture. </li>
<li>long essay
— I did the why odd numbers one and really liked my essay. I wrote a fictional story about boy named Eric. If you’re interested, message me. Nothing special, not like the next Clifford or anything, just a fun short story. </li>
</ul>

<p>Teacher Recommendations: I read all of them. My bio2 teacher was also my Stuco advisor and she’s the coolest person ever. Her letter brought tears to my eyes it was so nice. My other letter was a history teacher who really liked me and is also affiliated with Stuco. Also really talked me up, really sweet lady and I think that came across in the letter. </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: honestly no idea. She’s new but very very good at her job. So it was probably very good. I know her really well and she’s really cool so she probably wrote me a nice letter</p>

<p>Additional Rec:
Interview:

  • super fun. No idea if it factored into my decision but she was a recent grad who was honestly one of the coolest people I’ve ever met. We drank coffee and chilled in a food court (and ambled around a bit) for three hours or so total just chatting. It was actually really fun and both of us were probably laughing more than talking. I may have asked more questions about the school than she asked me about me which is a good thing probably? If you ask questions make it something meaningful. I asked her about the schools feel, summarizing her experience as a student there in a sentence, etc. I mainly wanted to compare how she felt about her experience to people I knew who went to other colleges and see if that zeal was there. </p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?
Projected Concentration:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: essays and interview
Weaknesses: very run-o-the-mill applicant</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted because of essays and interview. My essays sort of put them on the spot, probably an edgy move but it was worth it I guess. Want more info on that message me. </p>

<p>Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted- Villanova BC Case western
Defer - michigan (sorry but lol)</p>

<p>General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

<p>GET OFF OF THIS SITE. ITS POISON. TAKE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON HERE AS A GRAIN OF SALT. DONT BE ONE OF THOSE SAT SCORE CRAZED STUDENTS THAT DOES EVERYTHING FOR COLLEGE! everything I did in high school was because I genuinely loved it. That kind of behavior pays off. SATs don’t matter. Just get close. Focus on the whole person. </p>

<p>Attending uchicago! Can’t wait!</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 800 M, 800 W (superscored)
ACT (breakdown): –
SAT II (place score in parentheses): math II (800), physics (800), chemistry (790), literature (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): –
AP (place score in parentheses): chinese (5), statistics (5), physics b (5), compsci a (5), chemistry (5), u.s. history (4), english language + comp (5), calculus bc (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): –
Senior Year Course Load: tutor, AP bio, AP literature, AP government/economics (1 semester each), AP spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): --</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): water polo (team captain, 3 year varsity), swimming (2 year varsity, going on 3rd), piano, multiple clubs (no leadership in any)
Job/Work Experience: 2 research internships over the summers before junior and senior year
Volunteer/Community Service: active member of key club
Summer Activities: research internships
Essays: pretty good though i don’t think they’re exceptional
Teacher Recommendations: should’ve been decently great
Counselor Rec: not very personal
Additional Rec: from my most recent research mentor
Interview: i was pretty nervous throughout and the interviewer commented on that, though he did say he liked my thinking process, how i demonstrated leadership potential and a wide range of activities</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? no
Projected Concentration: biological chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): --</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: research internships, essay
Weaknesses: no leadership
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: that one essay - i chose the “why are you here” prompt
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UPenn, MIT, Stanford, and others
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: have fun on the essay, don’t follow strict guidelines and just pick a prompt you’ll enjoy writing about</p>

108

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730CR, 800(12), 800MA
ACT (breakdown): /
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800CHEM, 800MA, 780PHY
TOEFL: full score
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not offer
AP (place score in parentheses): School does not offer AP
IB (place score in parentheses): School does not offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: Chinese, English, math, politics, history, geography (they are pretty hard… you know how Chinese people train their athletes? Same happens here in my school. lol)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): star of literature (1 of 3 nationally), BD YaleMUN, public policy debate national championship, Xinghai piano national contest first prize, China Daily Teens best student journalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):activism NGO cofounder; freelance writer (published novels when younger, but they were lame lol); president of literature and philosophy society; president of Hangzhou Student Activity Center; launched Anti-Firework protest by submitting a policy proposal to government and Westlake Annual City Firework Show no longer existed ever after; digital news website founder and editor in chief
Job/Work Experience: China Daily and Teens Newspaper hired columnist, marketing researcher at Alibaba Group
Volunteer/Community Service: None
Summer Activities: Columbia University Summer Program for high school students 2013; Yale Summer Session (earned 2 college credits and rec letters and all)
Essays: My PS was pretty good. Wrote about a cyber censorship experience and my reflection on rhetoric and reason, social change, regime types, cultural difference, epistemology and responsibility of media. I rushed my UChicago long supp in 5 hours and wrote a paper on the theory of love (self designed question). UChicago why was fine.
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read any of them, guess 9 regarding… quantity?
Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t read, but must be stella–history teacher knows me too well to write ordinary letters.
Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t read, but from an English teacher and I’m her teaching assistant
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she said it was stella
Additional Rec: my friend who’s a senior at UChicago; Yale journalism professor and government appointee; Yale poli phil professor (he is really an intellectual partner so he knows me well)</p>

<p>Interview: It was awesome and we kept in touch a lot. I did the interview on campus and that was when I fell in love with the school. I even wrote a long and indignant letter to her when I found CB delayed all Chinese students’ October SAT scores lol</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Projected Concentration: Poli Sci, Philosophy, Prep journalism
State (if domestic applicant): /
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: small public and Chinese
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1/8 North Korean blood…Is that a hook?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: main essay, ECs, summer experience, love for the school, probably a full score TOEFL and SAT essay?
Weaknesses: no AP, from China (it’s NOTHING ABOUT ETHNICITY, but objectively speaking competition is just excessively intense here)
Why you think you were accepted: I really loved the school.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Columbia (admitted)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: UChicago is a great school, but regretfully I can’t go because I was admitted to my ED Columbia. I used to pull up all nights to reflect on the “soul” of UChi, and I saw it a perfect institution that I would be exhilarated to attend. As I recall the most exciting part of the application was writing my UChicago Supplement 5 hours before deadline–I was unsatisfied with previous drafts (4 of them) and started all over on that self design prompt. Then I wrote an essay on the theory of love. On Christmas along with the offer I received a handwritten letter from the office saying they really enjoyed my “love theory” and wish to see me on campus. That was a really complex feeling when I read that letter. Anyways, I hope everyone who eventually choose to attend will have a wonderful four years there!! </p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 MAT 790 W 780 CR 670
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): CHEM:760 MAT 2-800 PHY 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t rank
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Physics,Chemistry,Economics,Mathematics and English.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis-national level player, Cricket-(school team vice captain) multiple winner of individual awards. MUN(under sec gen and director at school)-highest student position.Quiz team, debate.School play-set designer
•Job/Work Experience: About 100 hours with the content department of a travel website
•Volunteer/Community service: Lots.Stayed in rural locations with NGO for 10 days developing schools.
Created a sports league for underprivileged kids.Taught these kids math and english over 100 hours.
•Summer Activities:
•Essays: Why uchicago 9/10, common app 8/10, favorites 8/10, Odd Numbers 10/10 really loved this
•Teacher Recommendation: Not a clue
•Counselor Rec: Same
•Additional Rec: Employer’s is on its way
•Interview:None</p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid: No
•Major: Chemistry
•State (if domestic applicant):
•Country (if international applicant):India
•School Type: Private
•Ethnicity: Indian
•Gender: M
•Income Bracket:Very well off
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: My essays were good and I was really happy with my test scores.My social work with NGO was really impactful.
Weaknesses: School grades could be better.Critical reading in SAT as well.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: i was rejected ED at Columbia .Few others-Stanford,Hopkins,Mich,Mudd etc.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Was really devastated after result(clearly with my screen name).Perhaps better school grades could be an edge but they are good.I was predicted very high as well so am a little confused. Didn’t get to see any of my recos though sadly. Am wondering if ANYONE got rejected-have not seen a reject yet only deferred.</p>

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I’m wondering the same thing @RejectMaster. I was deferred as well, but have not seen ANY rejections, which tells me the deferral doesn’t mean much.

111

I read a post somewhere that noted approximately 10% accept, 55% defer, and 35% reject.

And maybe it’s just that people who were rejected don’t feel like posting anything here, because they’d be the first red in a sea of green and yellow.

112

haha makes sense @crtexxx

113

yep! And according to my school’s naviance, we did have some rejects from this year’s EA, as well as in previous years.

Also note that the deferral acceptance rate is around 10%, so hope’s definitely not lost

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Superscore 2380 (790R 790M 800W), single sitting 2350 (790R 760M 800W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 BioM, 800 World Hist, 790 Math2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/1194
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 4’s, 7 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Band, Debate, AP CS, AP English Lit, AP Music theory, AP Stat, AP Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ISEF Finalist, 4th place state science fair, 1st place state (extemp), 6th place state (oratory), Welch Summer Scholar, journal publication, Area Jazz band 4th chair sax, National AP Scholar, National Merit semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (captain), research, jazz band, track (varsity captain), physics club (president)
Summer Activities: research, Welch program
Essays: good
Recs: good

Other:

School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, grades, well-rounded, research and speech/debate awards
Weaknesses: over-represented ethnicity, gender, state
Where else I am applying: UChicago (Accepted!), MIT (deferred), CalTech (deferred), Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, UMich, UCB, USC, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB

115

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 31(one sitting) 32(superscore)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB, Calc BC, Euro, USH, USGov, Lang, 444554
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Economics, Orchestra, AP Stats, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Three Government jobs, Working to support fam. Orchestra, Debate, Swimming and Diving captain, working in family business on top of it all.
Job/Work Experience: Two years as a Lifeguard, two as parking attendant. saved 11 lives :slight_smile:
Volunteer/Community Service: 200ish hours through nhs, but nothing special
Summer Activities: jobs, classes, swim training etc
Essays: eh…
Teacher Recommendations: not sure…
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: AWESOME!!!

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Projected Concentration: Government/ polisci/ Public Policy study/ prelaw
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing Special. Tried to spin it so I had to work a ton, but not sure if it worked.

Reflection
Strengths: Good EC’s, pretty good tests, rec’s, interview
Weaknesses: Grades (a few B+),
Why you think you were deferred: not special, standard run of the mill candidate
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UMich, Michigan State, JHU, WUSTL, CWRU
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Hope I get in RD, Interviewed after being deferred, sent beg letter.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2050 (740 CR, 670 M, 650 W)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (32 E, 34 M, 36 R, 34 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chem (750), Lit (670), Physics (750), US History (760)
Unweighted High School GPA (out of 4.0): 3.60
College GPA (Dual-Enrolled at 4 Year Univ.): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parentheses): Comp Gov (5), Computer Science A (4), Lang (5), Human Geography (5), Macro (4), Micro (5), Physics B (5), Stats (5), US Gov (5), APUSH (5)
Senior Year Course Load (all at Kent State University):
Semester 1: Economics of Entrepreneurship (400/500 level), Calc 1, Major Modern Writers Brit/US, World Politics
Semester 2: Economics of Health Care (400/500 level), Great books to 1700s, Intro to Formal Logic, Politics of War (400 level), Science Experience (a research position in economics)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Debate Finalist(?)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Team VP/President and class TA), Youth Outreach Officer on three campaigns, Jewish Youth Group (All Chapter board positions, regional and hub positions), Tennis (JV Capt.), NHS, Cleveland Jewish News (Youth Editor), Tech Crew/Drama (VP), School Newspaper, Student Council (Class President, School Secretary, At-large Rep)
Job/Work Experience: Paralegal and Notary Public
Summer Activities: Job and debate camp
Essays: Had fun writing them (8.5/10)
Teacher Recommendations: Econ Prof wrote one, rest were also probably good
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec: very good
Interview: good

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Projected Concentration: Econ
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60,000-70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably too late, but I will be published in an economics journal next fall

Reflection
Strengths: ECs, fair test scores, college schedule could have helped, AP scores
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were deferred: Grades, probably.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Lots of places
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: RD here I come!

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when do decisions for EA deferrals come out?

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@skham360‌ Mid-march, when the RD decisions are released

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**Decision: Deferred **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (Reading 680, Math 720, Writing 670)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (English 36, Math 29, Reading 35, Science 29, Writing 36)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 (800), U.S. History (700), Physics (630)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.91 (Weighted is 4.35)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~25/401
AP (place score in parentheses): World History(4), U.S. History(5), BC Calculus(5)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 Dual Enrollment (Multi-Variable Calc), and Computer Math
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Multicultural Club (Vice President), Latin Honor Society, Amnesty International (Treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community Service: none other than through volunteer clubs like Key Club
Summer Activities:
Essays: I didn’t like them. They were very mediocre
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t see them but I’m sure they were great
Counselor Rec: I have no idea
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: never contacted for one…

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Biological Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: fairly large public school
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female applying to science??

Reflection
Strengths: Teacher recs, gpa?
Weaknesses: Essays, test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Definitely essays and avg. test scores
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Few Ivy leagues and in-state schools
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Still waiting to hear back from UChicago for regular decision but do not have my hopes up. Congrats to everyone who got in. Those still waiting/thinking about applying: No matter happens, college is what you make of it :smile: not what the “name brand” is. GOOD LUCK