| Accepted: Duke, Vanderbilt, Washington and Lee (Full tuition), Tulane (Half Ride), UDelaware (Full Ride), UMaryland(Prez Scholarship 8k/yr)
Waitlisted: Harvard
Rejected: Yale(deferred SCEA), Darmouth, Penn
Prospective Major: Politics/Economics/History?
School Type: Competitive suburban public
Race/Gender: White male
SAT: 2220 (750r/720m/750w(12))
GPA: 3.9ish UW, 5.1ish W (AP=5.5) (Took 11 AP Classes)
Rank: 5/281
ECs:
Student Body President
Varsity Swim Captain
Young Republicans Founder/President
Capatain - Academic Bowl/Math League/Science Olympiad, etc.
Eagle Scout
Lots of volunteering for GOP (RNC in NYC, etc.)
Awards:
National Science Olympiad, Commended National Merit, Math League Medalist, Science Olympiad Gold Medalist, etc.
Essay: About how I took an idea I had and helped overturn a crappy program in the high schools in my state
Ivies are overrated. Plus, if you are conservative, don't let them know. Telling my Dartmouth interviewer that I intended to work on The Dartmouth Review certainly didn't help my cause, nor did my activism impress my Yale interviewer - a clerk for a Dem. appointed judge.
Look beyond the name brand schools and you will find a true fit. And, if your stats are good enough for an Ivy, etc., then find scholarships. Undergrad isn't worth going into debt.
I'm going to W&L for free. I would have turned down the Ivies for this anyway. |