<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 730 M 640 W 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature 750 Latin 530
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Euro 4 American 5
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.978
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: drama, presenting to parents/students/educators about internet safety
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 4 years at church
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): strongest part of application
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very strong, knew my teachers well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not read it, but my dad did and said it was good
[</em>] Applied on: December 28
[<em>] Hook (if any): traveled to England by myself to pursue an independent study
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private, all-girls, Catholic, grades 6-12, notoriously difficult
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
Portable Research Grant :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 710 R, 710 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 750 Physics (didn’t know Thermo at time)
[<em>] ACT: 33 w/out essay
[</em>] APs: Calc BC: 5 Soph year; Comp Sci. AB: 5 Junior year; Chem, Stat, Phys C this year
[<em>] IBs: Doing IB Diploma. 5s on World History SL (didn’t care too much) and Comp Sci. SL (IB just kills my favorite topics).
[</em>] GPA: 4.52 (4.75 w/out Freshmen year)
[<em>] Rank: 11% (5% w/out Freshmen year)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Club, Science Bowl, People to People trips, Frisbee, and Karate.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Honestly don’t remember
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows
[</em>] Applied on: RD?
[<em>] Hook (if any): IB Diploma I guess. Calc 3 as a Junior, Linear Algebra at CU Boulder and Complex Analysis independent study with Calc 3 teacher. Stuff.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CO
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, lots to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (but I’m really an egg)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: 10k/year from IB Diploma</p>
<p>SAT I : 640W, 700M, 730CR - from one sitting
SAT IIs: WH 680 , Math1 670
ACT:did not take
APs:not offered at my high school
IBs:not offered at my high school
GPA:3.73
Rank:top 15%- was a slacker until my junior year
Other stats: took two online college courses in Calculus and Biology
ECs listed on app: letters in 3 Varsity Sports , NHS, various others
Job/Work Experience:4 years
Teacher Recs:excellent
Counselor Rec:excellent
State or Country:NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): bad, poor rural school most go into
2 year colleges, menial work,or military
Ethnicity:C
Gender:M</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):650M 560CR 640 W 11 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t take
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t send in
[</em>] APs: (Calculus and Physics in progress)
[<em>] IBs: Not offered
[</em>] GPA: 3.536
[<em>] Rank: Top 30% Among boys
[</em>] Other stats: Lots of honors classes, 4 years of language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Most Improved JV Lacrosse, Lacrosse Captain, Environmental Club Founding member and current board member, Soup Kitchen Community service, Club Soccer, Rec BBall, Community Restoration Project in Costa Rica, Leadership Conferences.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Grocery Store Clerk
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Applied on: Dec 25th 2008
[<em>] Hook (if any):Well rounded?
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic, pretty competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
Accepted for Term Starting Jan 2010</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 770, M 730, W 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 760 , Chem 700
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: World History 4, Us History 5, Biology 5
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.66
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Amnesty International, Family Promise, Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about Tom Morello as an influential person. I thought it was pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: assumed good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: assumed good
[</em>] Applied on: December 31st
[<em>] Hook (if any): Study at University of Maryland, dedication to homeless shelter
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (Blue Ribbon, whatever that means), competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
I got a 10k Scholarship and the Portable Research Grant. I’m down to deciding between Rochester and McGill, i wish one stood out as a clear choice! I heard the pizza sucks here, maybe that’s gonna be the deciding factor.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 790, M 630, W 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature 790, US Hist 680
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: US Hist 3
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.855
[<em>] Rank: 8 of 204
[</em>] Other stats: 4 years of Spanish, lots of honors classes and several APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Spanish Club (4 years, officer position), A cappella choir, National Honor Society, community theatre, private piano lessons
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Busperson at a restaurant since July 2008
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about an experience I had in England
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Assuming that they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Assuming that it was good
[</em>] Applied on: mid-October
[<em>] Hook (if any): Interviewed, happened to run into one of the admissions officers on three separate occasions and he remembered me
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
Received $8k/year scholarship plus a very generous grant</p>
<p>haha I visited last Saturday and deliberately got pizza for lunch because I had heard of its suckiness…I actually enjoyed it. But idk people have different tastes</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 740 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: 10 AP Classes (5 during Sr. Year) - of the ones I’ve taken exams for – Human geo (3), world hist (4), chem (5), cal ab (5), physics b (5)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted; 4.6 weighted
[<em>] Rank: top 5% (school doesn’t rank); in running for Valedictorian/Salutatorian (will find out in early May)
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate, many state-wide trombone awards, all-state 1st band, AP Scholar with Distinction, NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Band, trombone, quiz bowl (assistant captain), band council president, science and engineering club vice president, volunteer work (141 hours)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app - about band experience and its impact on me; supplement short answers - really generic stuff, did them on the deadline day
[</em>] Teacher Recs: couldn’t read them, probably great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above (my counselor knows me really well, so her letter was probably the best one)
[</em>] Applied on: January 1
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Arkansas
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private: average GPA - 3.5, average ACT - 26
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: Happy I got in, but I won’t be going there. I applied as a backup plan, which wouldn’t have worked out anyway because Rochester kind of let me down in terms of how much aid I would receive. I was accepted to Princeton, so I’ll be going there this fall.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (math 800, cr 730, writing 790)
[</em>] SAT IIs: lit 740, us hist 720, math II 780
[<em>] APs: calc ab 5, stat 5, english lit 5, us hist 4
[</em>] GPA: 4.13
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 260ish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: captain of XC, varsity runner for track, interact club vp, news editor of school newspaper, quill and scroll, keyettes club president (because our school’s key club is sexist), mentor, national honor society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: part-time at my local library
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): my main common app one was about running. i don’t remember the other ones haha
[<em>] Teacher Recs: from my english and physics teachers, they liked me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: =)
[<em>] Hook (if any): i took ap calc as a freshman, and took more calc classes at a nearby college. i didn’t think it was that special, but the acceptance letter referenced that in my line of personalization.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: ct
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): craptastic public school =)
[</em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: i actually have a decent financial aid package, around $30,000 in grants/scholarships. and then all the rest was work/study and loans stuff.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 M, 760 CR, 770 W (2300 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
[<em>] ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[</em>] APs: Euro 3, USH 4, English Lit 4, French Lang 4, Music Theory 5 (5 Aural/4 Nonaural)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.89 unweighted
[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: School choir & jazz ensemble, church youth group, private piano/voice, theater/musical productions, community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Office intern during the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App was a synthesis of morality vs. artistry during a theater production I was in; others were generic and bland.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, but I chose teachers that like me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[</em>] Applied on: On a whim at the deadline
[<em>] Hook (if any): Religion? I don’t have any connection whatsoever…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very small, independent private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: Wilder Trustee Scholarship $15,000/year plus some other financial aid…however I don’t think I’ll be going because I don’t have time to visit (never even been to upstate New York)…my heart is set on either Univertsity of Washington or Vanderbilt (but I’m waiting to hear some waitlist news in May)…congrats to those admitted!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M 650 W 680 CR 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: BIO 720
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Calc, AP World, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Environmental
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.5 by midyear, 3.2 at beginning of senior
[<em>] Rank: None
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: XC, Track, Debate, Muslim Student Association, Coach of a running club, bunch of other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about running while fasting, no eating or drinking anything, for a month
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good, all 3 year teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She knew me, which is good for a 400 kid workload, but I dunno…
[</em>] Applied on: RD
[<em>] Hook (if any): Muslim, cousin went there
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:MD
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Not really ranked? Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: Demonstrated interest was a big thing I showed, may have been my tipping point for my app.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): CR 770 M 720 W 640
SAT IIs: Chem 710 Math II 740
ACT: n/a
APs: U.S hist 4 Eng lit 4 Eng lang 5 Calc AB 5 Spanish 2
IBs: Physics 3
GPA: 96.02/100 unweighted (doesnt do 4 point system)
Rank: 12/498
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: band, tennis
Job/Work Experience: shadowed doctors of various specialties
Essays (subject and responses): can’t remember
Teacher Recs: didnt read it but I assume good
Counselor Rec: same as above
Applied on: i think in november
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public and unranked, just regular?
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
Wilder Trustee</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2190 - CR 730 Math 800 Writing 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: Korean w/ listening: 790, Bio E: 750, Math 2: 760
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Microecon: 5, Macroecon: 5, US gov: 4, Comparative gov: 5, Bio: 5, taking Eng lit, stat, bc calc, and enviro this year
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.55
[<em>] Rank: Doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: orchestra (first cellist), music club (president), habitat for humanity, peer counselor, softball, badminton
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teacher assistant for hon/ap biology for two years, internship in summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): not great. i wrote my short responses on dec 29th
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Applied on: dec 31st
[<em>] Hook (if any): international, went to presidential classroom for scholars (got scholarship from high school)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: china
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private, international school…i think the school’s average sat score is 1900
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
i got 8k/year for some international merit scholarship that i did not apply for</p>
