<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 1430/2140
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.3/3.7
[<em>] Rank: 20/330
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: All Honors and AP, Toughest Courseload
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Villanova Essay: Decent, wrote about overcoming an ACL tear
[<em>] Common App Essay: Excellent, very unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): Y, I think good but I haven't seen them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be very good
[</em>] Major EC's: Varsity baseball, track, cross country, started weekly sports talk show, 400+ hours volunteering at sports camps, fundraisers, YMCA, etc.
[<em>] Work Experience: Basketball referee and baseball umpire since 2002
[</em>] Hook (if any): None, if white middle class isn't a hook
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry or Biology
[</em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): N
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: Notre Dame, BC, UVA, Holy Cross, Richmond, Wake Forest
[</em>] Attending (Y/N): If I get accepted to the dentistry affiliation with UPenn
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2330 (800wr/800cr/730m)
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.7, 3.93
[<em>] Rank: in the top three/60
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: 6 - 5 on ap bio, 5 on ap us, taking ap calc ab, ap lit, ap spanish, and ap chem this year</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Villanova Essay: good
[</em>] Common App Essay: creative
[<em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): N
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Major EC's: capt. model un, capt. v. softball, 3 choirs, classical piano, math team
[</em>] Work Experience: part time job since july 2006
[<em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: tiny catholic all-girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Intended Major: nursing
[<em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): Y
[</em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: UPenn, BC, Georgetown
[li] Attending (Y/N): not sure yet[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 1490 + 630 (I don't think they look at writing, do they?)
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.08 / 3.75
[<em>] Rank: 14 out of ~470
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: 9 AP's including this year... I am one AP class away from my hardest possible class schedule.
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Villanova Essay: ok, but no one read mine.
[<em>] Common App Essay: descent
[</em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): No
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not bad
[</em>] Major EC's: Orchestra, Youth Group (secretary+president), volunteer at hosiptal, tennis, key club, etc... too lazy to list all haha
[<em>] Work Experience: math private tutor, cello teacher, gig
[</em>] Hook (if any): Not really... idk if awards / activities in cello helped (I doubt it because it's not my major)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - S.Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: biology or biochemistry
[</em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): No. I have 690/800... darn.
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: UPenn, Rice, UIUC, USC, Cal, UCLA, Case, Marquette, Purdue, etc.
[</em>] Attending (Y/N): depends on program / scholarship / other school results
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.2/3.75
[<em>] Rank: no ranking
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: 10 ap credits from high school (6 this year)
[<em>] Other stats: spanish student of the year, writing published in newspaper as well as poetry anthologies.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Villanova Essay: very good, very long (1200 words)
[<em>] Common App Essay: well, my villanova essay was my common app essay. so i just did a quick 700 words about my experience a volunteer (good, not exceptional)
[</em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): yes, didnt read them, im sure they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read, im sure it was good?
[</em>] Major EC's: hospital volunteer, sunday school teacher, editor of newspaper, varsity lacrosse, varsity basketball, volunteer camp counselor
[<em>] Work Experience: 2 jobs at one time, hostess and bakery clerk
[</em>] Hook (if any): I organized a book drive at my school and throughout my community.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: long island, ny
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: biology
[</em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): apparently not?
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: bc/georgetown (deferred at both)
[</em>] Attending (Y/N):yes!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 1380/31
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 3.91/???
[<em>] Rank: Top 75/400 est.
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): No.
[</em>] Major EC's: Boy Scouts, EMT, etc.
[<em>] Work Experience: A lot.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided.
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: Vanderbilt, Miami
[</em>] Attending (Y/N): Not sure.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): w:4.16 uw:3.8?
[<em>] Rank: 29/403
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: 4 ap's this year, 6 total
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Villanova Essay: worked hard on it, so i hope it turned out as a good essay!
[<em>] Common App Essay: worked hard on this too... did the free choice topic
[</em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): yes, one from english teacher and 4 year xc coach, the other from the school newspaper advisor
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see it
[</em>] Major EC's: 4 yrs xc and captain senior year, 4 yrs school newspaper and editor-in-chief senior year
[<em>] Work Experience: summer camp counselor, 2 years
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: sociology
[</em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): nope
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: providence college, u. notre dame, u.dayton
[</em>] Attending (Y/N): most likely! =)
[/ul]</p>
<p>i got accepted into the villanova school of business</p>
<p>SAT: 1410- 780 math, 630 critical reading</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8, but wit sum regular or regents courses thrown in there</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Indian-South Asian American... is there alot of indian ppl at villanova? or any diversity at all ckuz ive heard they lack in that dept. and thats pretty big for me comin from ny</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2230
[</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.77/3.7
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%?
[</em>] Course load/Total AP's/IB's: no APs, but toughest courseload possible
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Villanova Essay: i thought it was pretty good
[<em>] Common App Essay: also pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs (Y/N): Y, but didnt read either of them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: somewhat generic
[</em>] Major EC's: Varsity Soccer, Student Council, Spanish Honor Society, Class Council, several others
[<em>] Work Experience: Held two part time jobs
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Finance
[</em>] Presidential Scholarship Candidate (Y/N): N
[<em>] Other schools to which you have applied to: Northwestern, Georgetown, BC, Vanderbilt, WashU, Lehigh, TCNJ, Marist, Loyola College in MD
[</em>] Attending (Y/N): very possibly!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred from Arts
Stats:
SAT/ACT:2240 (750 CR, 690 M, 800 W)
GPA (w/uw):approx 93.1/100
Rank:approx 60/405 - low
Course load/Total AP's/IB's:hardest possible course load at my school-6 aps this year, 2last year
Other stats:
Subjective:
Villanova Essay: i thought amazing, as did the two teachers i asked to proofread it
Common App Essay: very creative, though possibly could have been improved
Teacher Recs (Y/N): only saw 1, but it was glowing
Counselor Rec: very good, basically how i am one of the most well-rounded students in school, etc.
Major EC's: 3 yrs varsity soccer and 5 yrs club soccer w/highly ranked club team, pres. and co-founder of mock trial, interact club, pres. of french honor society, member of academic decathlon, social studies honor society
Work Experience:english tutor, youth soccer coach, ice cream parlor
Hook (if any): i guess scores, possibly soccer and strong essays
Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ
School Type:fairly competitive public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male</p>
<p>Comments: I am utterly shocked-i apologize for the arrogance, but i thought i was a shoe-in at villanova, and quite frankly, after seeing some of the other applicants that got in, i have not changed these thoughts. I have completely lost all faith in the college selection process, and must seriously rethink my other schools now. I acknowledge that my gpa and rank were low, but i do not think that they should have adversely affected me this much (particularly since my scores were well above their median). but alas, i digress. good luck and congrats to all who were accpeted</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred from Sciences (Chemistry)
Stats:
SAT/ACT:1500/2220 (730 CR, 770 M, 720 W)
GPA (w/uw):3.52
Rank: no idea
Course load/Total AP's/IB's:very hard course load, almost all honors and AP
Other stats: SAT 2 Math IIC 800 Chem 770 AP US 740
AP Chem-5 AP US-4 National Merit Semi-Finalist
Subjective:
Villanova Essay: thought it was good, could fix it up
Common App Essay: thought it was good, could fix it up
Teacher Recs (Y/N): no idea
Counselor Rec: no idea
Major EC's: 4 yrs Cross Country and Track, Academic Competition Team, Math Club, Class Vice President, Symphonic Band, Mock Trial
Hook (if any): scores
Location/Person:
State or Country:PA
School Type:fairly competitive public
Ethnicity:asian
Gender:male</p>
<p>Wow, I feel lucky that I got in after seeing abgunner and kyao deferred with those stats (especially kyao, because I applied same major). I seriously rushed my villanova essay, and I didn't even get rec from a teacher. Well, I am sure you guys will get accepted at regular decision... good luck and congrats to other people who were accepted!</p>