@hzhao2004 To sum it up. Yes Hispanic played a very big factor for me, but I’m sure my objective and subjective pulled me through. I didn’t give my Asian background, but that doesn’t mean I won’t continue without it. Asian culture is part of my identity.
Thanks a lot. Your credentials are impeccable, regardless of your racial background.
@Karnier, doesn’t it suck that all the URM’s with your kind of stats would get admitted immediately? Being asian sucks :((( (at least for admissions)
Your dad changed from Indian to Hispanic since you posted your thread about being Indian?
Hi you guys, here are my stats from a different thread in case it will help anyone in the future:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280
ACT:34/36 and 11 essay
SAT II: Lit (720), US History (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
UC GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9%
YES- Sac State, UCR, UCSC, UCI( top choice), Lewis and Clark, Ithaca, Muhlenberg, UOP, CSULB, SDSU
WAITLIST- UCD, UCSB, Chapman, Vandy( to those who read my thread, I didn’t say I was wait listed at the time since some people at my school figured out that I started the thread and I didn’t want my peers finding out).
REJECTIONS- Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, Purdue, Macalester, Dickinson, UCLA, UCB, USC, Stanford, NYU, Brandeis U, Boston U, Northeastern
Got off the wait list at: Vandy ( no fin aid, so I can’t afford to attend 
), UCD
Decision: UCI
Accepted: Mount Holyoke, Simmons, NYU
Waitlisted: Bryn Mawr
Rejected: Barnard, Vassar, Wellesley, UTexas at Austin (but then offered admission at another one of their campuses)
Accepted: Rice, W&M, Santa Clara, Eckerd, UC Santa Cruz, URichmond
Waitlisted: Pomona
Rejected: UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, Brown
Attending: Rice University! Go Owls!
Accepted: Rice, UC Berkeley (CL&S), Carnegie Mellon (MCS), Georgia Tech, Case Western Reserve, University of Arizona Honors College
Waitlist: UChicago (ultimately rejected), Harvey Mudd, Pomona, Cornell (CAS)
Rejected: Harvard, MIT, Brown, Columbia, Princeton (SCEA deferred->denied), Stanford, Yale
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 CR, 790 M, 720 W)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 E, 36 M, 36 R, 35 S, 9 essay)
SAT II: 800 Math 2; 800 Chemistry; 780 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.0 if you count only core classes)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/595 (top 3%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chemistry, 5 U.S. History, 5 Literature
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Mandarin, Astrophysics Honors, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Performed violin for Alzheimer’s residents for 7 years; Speech and Debate (Public Forum + Impromptu); Science Bowl; Violin (including 2 regional symphony orchestras)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Violin for Alzheimer’s residents
Summer Activities: Speech and Debate camp, read poetry, chillax
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I can’t really rate these, and I feel like the topics were extremely hit-or-miss depending on the admission officer (maybe I’m wrong, idk).
Teacher Rec #1: AP Chemistry
Teacher Rec #2: AP US History
Counselor Rec: What am I supposed to put here?
MY ADVICE TO FUTURE APPLICANTS–BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Research and choose colleges based on fit rather than prestige/ranking…happiness is the most important thing!
- Toss US News rankings into the garbage bin.
- SHOW INTEREST!!! Really research the schools you’re applying to and don’t underestimate the importance of the “Why [insert college here]” essay. I think my efforts in extensively researching my colleges paid off in the admissions process. Request interviews whenever possible.
- Visit colleges you’re accepted to before committing and try to stay overnight (if possible), and definitely visit any colleges you’re applying early to (especially ED).
- Start on your essays in July/August. Make sure they’re proofread and you get comments from teachers, but don’t let anyone whitewash it too much.
accepted: Dartmouth, U of Penn, U of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Cornell, Brown, U of Oregon, Columbia, Stanford, and Harvard
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Duke, Vanderbilt, Bowdoin, Arizona State University (i applied to asu as a joke), Princeton, U of Washington
I’m sorry that minorities get an advantage!!
I am a full blooded Native American, First Generation, Related to the First Native American to get a PhD. in history, low income family, speak three languages (native language, english, and Spanish), bassoon, clarinet, and trumpet player, and first in my tribe to go to a top college.
–Guess what? My tribe is paying me to go to college and will pay my tuition and everything…
@MattEve Congrats on those acceptances. Which one did you accept?
Accepted: Brown, UChicago, Amherst, UMich, Vassar, Emory, Boston College, UIUC, a couple other safeties
Waitlisted: Carleton
Rejected: Northwestern, Pomona
@plsacceptme101 Which one did you accept?
Accepted to the University of Wisconsin (dream school), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and rejected from none. For any upcoming high school seniors: if you don’t have the budget to apply to tens of schools, don’t. Apply to a few safeties, matches, and whatever school you consider to be your reach or dream school. I wanted to apply to a lot of schools (Indiana, Hawaii, Ole Miss, and other random schools) but after seeing how much it would cost me I decided to be a little more rational. If you don’t see yourself at a school, don’t pay the money to apply there, especially if the fee is upwards of $100. Good luck! Don’t ease off the gas after you apply to schools, if you are waitlisted anywhere they will want to see first semester grades, and slacking off will do anything but help your chances.
@massmom2015 I just got off the waitlist for Brown so I am deciding between Brown and UChicago
plsacceptme101 That’s Great! They are both great schools as well, maybe it will open a spot for my d she would be so happy if she received an offer from BC! Good luck and Congrats!
plsacceptme101 Which school at BC did you apply to?, my d applied to CAS.
British guy here (but american PR). Rejected from all 8 Ivy Leagues and Stanford, Northwestern, Duke. Accepted to UCL and Warwick (England). SAT 2210, top 10-5% of class. Was very upset I didn’t get in but am taking a gap year to apply to some non reach schools.
Accepted: Dartmouth (likely), WM (1693 Scholarship), Johns Hopkins (Bloomberg Scholarship), Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Fordham (Honors+Semifinalist Scholarship), GaTech, UGA (Charter Scholarship)
Waitlisted: WashU, GWU (lol)
Rejected: Yale (deferred->denied), Columbia
Accepted: Barnard, Oberlin (John Stern Science Scholarship), Reed, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke (21st Century Scholarship), Northeastern (Dean’s Scholarship), Skidmore (Porter Scholarship), SUNY Binghamton (Scholars), SUNY Stony Brook (Presidential Scholarship)
Waitlisted: Wesleyan, Columbia
Rejected: Brown (Deferred ED -> Rejected), Tufts, Middlebury
I’m very excited to be attending Barnard!!
UPDATED: Transfer option offered by Cornell today for CALS fall of 2016.