Actual Results Thread for African Americans

[superlax09]

I got into Swarthmore College early decision so I am officially done!

Stats:

• SAT: N/A
• SAT IIs: Lit 760
• ACT: 31
• GPA: School does not calculate because we have grade deflation
• Rank: School does not rank
• Ap Courses: School has no APs
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• Essays: Amazing
• Teacher Recs: Really really good (One of my teachers was so proud of it, she gave me a copy)
• Counselor Rec: Prob good enough
• Hook (if any): URM and interested in international relations and computer science. Also Varsity athlete in lacrosse.

Location/Person:

• State or Country: NYC
• School Type: Super competitive private school
• Gender: Female
• major strength/weakness: Strength: ECs as well as english, history and comp-sci. Weakness: math
• why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred where you were: I did community service in Africa twice and I also am a two sport captain and head of the African Awareness club at my school. They also wanted me to play on the varsity lacrosse team at Swat. I think also being a URM and a girl interested in computer science helped.
• significant awards/recognitions: National Achievement Semi-finalist, Best Delegate - Model U.N., Best Delegate - Model Congress, Best Student in Medical Science (summer program)
• summer activities: Traveled to Africa for two summers, JHU-CTY (Spanish Immersion), Program at Oxford University in Oxford, England, lacrosse

[DreamingOutLoud]

"Foolish, what average stats? The students on CC who apply to top schools all have about the same stats. Those stats just tend to be high and therefore seem above average, but it is average on CC."

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like Foolish was saying that some of the people in this thread have excellent stats and he hopes that some people with more average SATs and GPAs will begin to post their results once they find out where they're going in April

[Simply.Saol]

My stats aren't quite as impressive as some others but nonetheless, I got into Wharton ED at Penn :].

Stats:
*SAT: 2090
*SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 640 Math II
*ACT: n/a
*GPA: unweighted about a 3.9
*Rank: 8/433
*AP Courses: Eng Lang (3), USH (4), Micro (4), USGov (3)
Senior Year: Calc AB, Eng Lit, Latin Lit, Psych
*Other stats: Girl's State Delegate, Joseph R. Biden Youth Leader, AP Scholar with Honor

Subjective:
*Extracirriculars: Girls JV and Varsity Basketball 3 years (JV Captain), Yearbook (Editor), National Honor Society (President), Blue-Gold Club, Business Professionals of America, Student Leadership Council (collection of all club leaders)
*Job/Work Experience: a few months as a Toyota Dealership Hostess, laid off for budget cuts
*Volunteer/Community Service: mainly a lot of school functions, Dave Reynolds Memorial Lacrosse Festival
*Summer Activities: Girl's State, Hostess job
*Essays: loved them myself and English teacher thought they were a great reflection of my personality (pretty sure these essays REALLY helped my application-i.e. SAT scores)
*Teacher Recs: 1 excellent (had her four years), 1 above-average (had her two years but she loves me)
*Counselor Rec: average (our school shifted all the counselors this year so I got a new one but she explained all that in the rec)
*Hook (if any): URM, first generation college

Other
*Applied for financial aid: yuppp
*Intended major: Finance with a minor in. . .maybe legal studies?
*State or Country: DE
*School Type: Public
*Gender: Female
*Ethnicity: Black, Filipino
*Income Bracket: middle class

Reflection
*Honestly, with just my numerical stats, I don't think I would have gotten into Penn, my SAT and SAT II are both reeeeally low for Wharton. I'm pretty sure that it was my recs and essays that really helped me (and my hooks). But I put a lot into my essays to make them really unique and reflective of me (I wrote about my unusual name and how it represents my identity. . .I thought it was cute :]).

Got into my first choice so I'm just waiting out the rest of senior year. Good luck to everyone!

[Dbate]

Congratulations, do you intend to pursue Corporate Law? If so you might want to look into the submatriculation program that Wharton has with Penn's law school. It allows you to finish a BS+JD in only 6 years, so it saves you about 70K in law school tuition, and gets you into one of the top 10 law programs in the entire nation.
I wish I could just ride out senior year, but the rest of us have to wait until the 31st.

[Simply.Saol]

Thanks, Dbate. And I'm not entirely sure about corporate law. I've looked into it some and it definitely interests me but I don't entirely want to pigeon-hole myself into something in case I find out that my interests lay completely somewhere else. But I'll definitely look into that so at least if I do decide to pursue it, I have some knowledge about the program.

And yeah, couldn't imagine the waiting but good luck with HYP.

[Dbate]

Oh if you get a JD you don't have to only work in corporate law. Mitt romney got a JD/MBA (which with an undergrad wharton degree would be tantamount to a BS/JD in your case) and he went to work in consulting for Bain and Co. So you can work in government, law firms, public interest, corporate management, or corporate law. A law degree has more options than just pure law, keep that in mind if you do decide that law is a way to go. Have a great time in Phily , too bad cheese stakes SUCK!!!!

[Chi-town23_33]

Simply.Saol

All I have to say is welcome to Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania. I'll probably bump into you at some point lol. Get ready, because you will enjoy it. I know I am.

[superwoman]

Oh my goodness, I have no chance of getting into my dream school. My scores are no where near anyones on this post. Every part of my application is great except for standardized tests. I wish I had the awareness of how important the PSATS would be before I took them...it would be a miracle if I get into Brown University. I'm going to cry! : (........Congrats to everybody! Hopefully I get in somewhere I like..

[tayemcl]

Where were you accepted: Carolina, UNC Charlotte, UNC Wilmington, App State U, Deferred from Davidson ED2 (will find out late March); waiting to hear from Duke...
Did you get any scholarships/ Honors program: App State (full ride);Scholarship from my fathers employer for books, waiting on others

[b]Stats:[ /b][ list][*] SAT I: 1700 [*] ACT: 26[*] GPA: 4.0 UW; 4.67 W[*] Rank: 1 of 35[*] Ap Courses: are not offered at my school[*] Other stats: [/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list][*] Essays: Not the best...but okay[*] Teacher Recs: One excellent one, one okay one.[*] Counselor Rec: pretty good[*] Hook (if any): Math major and on pre-optometry track
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NC, USA
[ *] School Type: Public (application and interview required)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths-gpa and recs; Weaknesses-obviously my SAT1 and ACT
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: Accepted at safeties bc of my GPA, Deferred from Davidson bc of my SAT and ACT scores and bc there were a lot of great scores this year.
[ *] significant awards/recongitions: NHS, Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, Silver in the Know your Community Contest, Honor Roll
[ *] summer activities: Part-time job, tutor at homeless shelter
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
*My school doesn't offer AP courses but we can take dual-enrollment courses. I was finished with my hs req my junior year.
* This years course load
1. Anatomy and Physiology HN
2. Calculus 1 and 2 (both at college)
3. Leadership Development
4. Gen Psy and Abnormal Psy (both at college)
5. Expository Writing (college)
6. Art Appreciation (college, in order to get the art scholar on my diploma)

[tayemcl]

i thought i deleted the spaces lol i screwed that up, try your best to make it out!

[tayemcl]

Didn't make this clear but i have only applied for the app stat scholarship; haven't heard back yet...

[superwoman]

for all of you who got like 30+ on the ACT; did you heavily prepare? or did you just go into the room with confidence and banged it out (lol)?

p.s. I'm taking the ACT next weekend. Been practicing and doing practice exams for almost a month & a half, but I'm still not sure if I can get at least a 30. Just want to know any suggestions or tips anyone would like to give me?

Thanks!

[Chi-town23_33]

Well, to answer your question, I was one of those people who went in and just banged it out. But this will not work for everyone. Still, whether one goes in with preparation or not, I feel the biggest factor determining success on the ACT or SAT is self-confidence which produces a sense of calm about taking the exam. When you are relaxed you are going to reason through things better and move at a good pace (which is extremely important for the ACT). So, my advice to you would be to prep some more, have a good rest the night before and walk in the testing room cool, calm and collected. You will do fine.

[superwoman]

Thanks Chi-town23_23! That helped alot. Thanks again!

[Dbate]

I definitely spent like a month studying for the test. I used Barron's which is ridiculously harder than the actual ACT and on the practice test for barron's I got a 25. Luckily the real ACT was alot easier and so I was really chill when doing it bc it was a lot easier than what I was used to and i ended up getting a 34.

But the most important thing is to be self-confident and move at your own pace.


I bet there are some more minorities on CC, come on ppl post it will be beneficial to the future AA CCers to see the stats of other minorities and where they were accepted so they can compare themselves.