<p>It looks like decisions are coming out, so I guess we could use one of these. Next post will be the stats outline</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2030
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish W/ Listening: 630, Literature: 700, U.S. History: 700
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 96.900
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: 5 on APUSH.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Innovative and original, but kind of off-beat.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One stellar, one good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Minority (Hispanic, Native American, and Africa American)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York.
[</em>] School Type: Private high school, very competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American, and African American.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: Strong dedication to a cause (veganism). Weaknesses: Dropped a class my junior year of high school because of mono (was out for over a month). Lots of absences and lates on my transcript (over 20 each a year). Not part of the honor society.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think originality/my interests stood out.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm crossing my fingers for a good financial aid package! I'd never dreamed of getting into Williams though, but I'm so excited!</p>
<p>accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: three 800s
[<em>] ACT: didnt take it
[</em>] GPA: 4.6 weighted
[<em>] Rank:4/316
[</em>] Other stats: five 5's on APs, couple of awards in ec's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: meh
[</em>] Teacher Recs: i'm hoping they were good, didnt actually get to see them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): i can think of some anti-hooks, but no hooks.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:nj
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: S-ec's & grades. W-very*high financial need. (i know need isnt supposed to rlly affect decisions, but seriously if the college is gonna have trouble supporting u its prbly going to have at least some effect)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: lol b/c they can always turn me down later by not giving me enough fin aid. therefore they dont have to hurt my feelings now. (jk...maybe). cuz i had a lotta awards+stuff
[/ul]Other Factors:*
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: re: fin aid, i have a feeling they're going to act like some of my other colleges & hesitate on giving me an offer.</p>
<p>Has anyone in Illinois received their admission yet?</p>
<p>How can you say grades were a weakness when you were number 4 out of 316? That's a kinda sick attitude if you ask me.</p>
<p>It was listed as a strength, not a weakness.</p>
<p>^^ thanks for pointing that out</p>
<p>Oh my fault, I am sorry for jumping on you like that.</p>
<p>lol its alright. the "s" & the "w" arent that noticeable, but i didnt feel like overdoing the whole bold&colon thing</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/430
[</em>] Other stats: AP Chem 5, AP U.S. History 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP Physics B 4, AP English Lang 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked it a lot.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be awesome (didn't see)
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: long-run commitment to extracurriculars, competitive awards, hardcore academics (senior year at state university, summer program at MIT), sent in scientific research abstract as supplement, peer rec
[/ul]</p>
<p>Applied RD, received early write/acceptance.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, with the finaid offer that came in the mail today, I'm not sure if it's still feasible :(</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Congrats tennisgirl!
It seems you've been very successful !</p>
<p>I was accepted yesterday; I'm surprised that there aren't more posts about acceptances - why is that?</p>
<p>there werent many who got decision yesterday..</p>
<p>I didn't get anything yet, I'm on LI.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I: 1890
[</em>]SAT IIs: Spanish 750, Math I and Bio E/M: 640
[<em>]ACT: 29
[</em>]GPA: w 3.9
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other stats: ap span lang 5, apush 4, ap eng lit 3, Questbridge Finalist, Breakthrough/Summerbridge teacher
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't see them, but i would guess strong
[<em>]Counselor Rec: strong
[</em>]Hook (if any): minority, ec's, qb finalist (weirdly i was asked by the schoo l to apply)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: OH
[</em>]School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: african-american
[</em>]Gender: male
[li]Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: (w) solid scores, not very strong tho, high financial aid, (s) minority, ec's[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I got my acceptance letter today. Haven't heard about financial aid yet.</p>
<p>Will they send out emails over the weekend?
Congrats mitcheru528, we have the same SAT score :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2210 (800M/700V/710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 800, Physics 770, Biology-E 770
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] GPA: 4.56 W
[<em>] Rank: 4/250
[</em>] Other stats: AP Calc BC, Physics B, Stat, Bio - 5, AP US History - 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: Though I wasn't involved in many extracurriculars, it was because I was deeply involved in the few that I cared about - Class President, Cross Country (Captain), Wrestling (Captain). In addition I regularly volunteered at Gifts of Love and spent a month volunteering in Mongolia during this past summer. I don't have many significant awards but I won states for wrestling my sophomore year and I'm a distinguished AP scholar.
Weaknesses: I don't have any big awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:I have no idea... Lack of big awards?
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: The thin letter really came as a shock to me. I'm not mad or sad or anything because I don't really want to go to Williams but I'm kinda confused as to why I got rejected and I'm afraid of my decisions from Ivies if I got rejected here... Any ideas why?</p>
<p>no idea...you seem like a pretty strong applicant. the asian part probably hurt you.</p>
<p>good luck on monday!</p>
<p>^^ i agree w/ the thing about being asian hurting u. also, u said u had no big awards--does that mean u had other smaller awards? (u only mentioned 2..)</p>