Actual Results Thread for African Americans

[SingDanceRunLife]

ACCEPTED: D'Youville College

[Columbia'13]

Where did you get accepted: Columbia (will attend), Cal Poly so far
Did you get any scholarships/Honors: Half Scholarship to Columbia

Stats:
SAT:2060
SAT IIs: Math II 610, Lit 660
ACT:n/a
GPA:3.6/3.8
Rank:80/360
Other stats: National Achievement
Subjective:
Essays: Strongest part of application
Teacher Recs: Good; both English teachers, so good writers
Counselor Rec: Superintendent of District
Hook (if any): Ballet, essays
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: public
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: great writer, pretty good scores, unusual EC

why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I nailed the interview, wrote really good answer to short/long essay questions, and didn't give up after I broke my ankle and couldn't dance anymore
awards: National achievement
Other Factors: college classes, internship at magazine, scholarships to every ballet summer program attended

[arig913]

Where did you get accepted: Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Trinity U, UT-Austin, Texas A&M, University of Houston, Houston Baptist, UT-San Antonio
Did you get any scholarships/Honors: SMU ($15000 per year; Honors), TCU ($13000 per year; Honors), Trinity ($64000).

Stats:

* SAT I (breakdown): 620 CR, 540 M, 670 W
* SAT II: n/a
* ACT: 29
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/171
* AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language (3), AP US History (3),
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, DC Physics w/Engineering, AP Gov/Eco, AP/DC English Comp/Literature
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (president), Class Secretary, Academic Decathlon, Yearbook Club (editor), Dramatic Society, Principal's Advisory Committee (recording secretary), San Antonio Youth Commission.
* Job/Work Experience: Interned at local law office sophomore year, and worked for city's energy company junior year.
* Volunteer/Community service: P.A.L.S. Peer Mediation
* Summer Activities: McCombs Future Executive Academy 2007 (UT-Austin); internships.
* Essays: about my grandmother...she's a character.!
* Teacher Recommendation: great for teachers i've only had senior year...!
* Counselor Rec: general; but i'm one of the only students my counselor actually likes, lol.
* Additional Rec: One of the community liasons at school wrote one...it was outstanding, i'm so planning on framing it one day.!
* Interview: had one with SMU & i personally thought it went terribly...guess not.

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: you bet.
* Intended Major: Accounting/Finance
* State (if domestic applicant): TX
* School Type: public inner city high school
* Ethnicity: Black
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: under 40k
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

* Strengths: rank, ACT scores, extra-currics, essays, recs
* Weaknesses: SAT scores
* Why you think you were accepted: top 10% rule for Texas publics, african-american, underrepresented high school, ACT scores

[Dbate]

Update for mine, I recently got 16K a year in scholarship for the University of Texas, which is great bc it costs about 20K a year to attend in state. Yep, GOD is good!!!!!!!!!

[23hevfalub23]

Accepted: GA Tech
Waiting to Hear: HYP (March 31st 5:00 P.M.) and Duke

Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: 760 Math I, 720 Math II, 550 Chem
ACT: 30 (28 S, 35 M, 34, E, 24 R)
GPA: 4.0, 98.3% unweighted
Rank: 2 (highest ranked AA in school's history, gifted valedictorian)
Ap Courses: HGeo, WH, BC, Lang, Stat, Macro, USGov, PhysB
Other stats: ??

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Class President (9, 10, 12)
Student Government- VP (11, 12)
Spanish NHS- VP (11, 12)
Beta Club- President (10, 11, 12)
Yearbook- Editor (12)

Essays: Got good ratings from reviewers lol
Teacher Recs: Both I think are really good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good too
Hook (if any):URM, legacy at Harvard, Male from GA
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type: public
Gender: M
major strength/weakness: hooks

why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: no rejections yet... hoping for 3/5...

significant awards/recongitions: AP Scholar w/Distinction, AMC School Winner, etc.
summer activities: working

[superwoman]

23hevfalub23- will you marry me? please! Lmao, just joking. hahaha, but your stats are great! I'm not suprised you got in to GA Tech = I

p.s. How's GA like? I've never been and I'm strongly considering Spelman! I live in Boston and I hate the cold . I heard GA's weather is pretty nice
Also, which school do you like the most? And what would you major in? (sorry if I'm asking too much, just curious

[obiCello]

Accepted: Rutgers, Texas A&M(Didn't actually apply to the latter
Waiting to Hear: HYP (March 31st 5:00 P.M.), Brown,UPenn, Duke, Georgetown, UChicago, Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Tufts

Stats:
SAT: 2110(700 CR,670M,740 W)
SAT IIs: 650 Math I, 700 Bio M, 800 World History
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.7 weighted, 3.45 unweighted
Rank: unknown, but probably top 20%
AP Courses: USGov(11),Macroeconomics(11),Physics B(11), European History(11),Lit and Composition(12),Spanish Language(12),Biology(12),US History(12),BC Calc(12)
Other stats: Diagnosed with ADHD in 10th grade

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Orchestra(cellist),co-principal (9, 10)principal(11, 12)
Track and Field: four year varsity competitor, school record in Triple Jump(11th grade, outdoors)
Forensics: (international extemporaneous speaking( NJ states 5th place),Harvard Octafinalist(10th,11th,top 48 at largest debate tournament anywhere, district finalist in IX, and Congress
Academic League: raised team to third in county in 11th grade, led team to 1st in county in 12th grade, league high scorer

Essays: my english teacher liked it,and my english teachers have generally liked my writing alot( hope I haven't jinxed it)
Teacher Recs: pretty confident about two, not too sure about a third one.
Counselor Rec: not too sure
Hook (if any):URM,decently high-achieving LD student , Black Male, son of immigrants(?), education major(?)
Location/Person: NJ
State or Country:NJ
School Type: public
Gender: M
major strength/weakness: Black Male w/ decent marks(better than average SATS), decently high-achieving LD student, inconsistent grades
Volunteer/Community service: Music Therapist at local veteran's hospital, student instructor and tutor in Music and other subjects

why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were: no rejections yet... hoping for at least 9 out of 13...

significant awards/recongitions:
National Merit Commended Student(210 PSATS(65R65M,80W)),
National Achievement Finalist,
AP Scholar w/Honor,
Governor's School of Arts nominee,
Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Award in the Arts
MVP of Symphony Orchestra(11th)

summer activities: researcher for Tufts New England Medical Center, co-designer of series of educational guidlines for Mass General Hospital

[superwoman]

obiCello- Would you like to marry me too lmao? Just joking. I'm curious though, how'd youg get to research at Tufts New England Medical Center, I live like 20 minutes from there..is there a special program for high school students? (just curious, if you don't want to tell me its okay )

[obiCello]

superwoman, i'd be happy to tell you. My sibling is a Med student at Tufts, so they helped me get a part in their project.
BTW, why would you want to marry me? My stats are....meh right?

[superwoman]

Ooo, aww, that's nice of them. Haha, that and a combination of excellence lol, orchestra(?)/national achievement, that's a pretty unique profile you got there

p.s. I'm looking for an intelligent/gifted husband. You would qualify very nicely lmao.

[undachiva]

Acepted to johns hopkins ED
[ *] SAT:2010 m:700 cr:710 w 600
[ *] SAT IIs:na
[ *] ACT:na
[ *] GPA:3.74 uw
[ *] Rank:top 5 %
[ *] Ap Courses:bio, lang, physics, calculus, US history
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: one was very good the other kinda average didnt even get someone to read it
[ *] Teacher Recs:really good personal
[ *] Counselor Rec:generic and rushed
[ *] Hook (if any): um yeah, were all URM!

[ *] State or Country:virginia
[ *] School Type: public huge
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness:essays and good extracuriculars sports, internships, debate etc/maybe test score
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered where you were:my essay i think showed a lot of pasion for my intended major
[ *] significant awards/recongitions:
[ *] summer activities:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]

[superwoman]

congrats undachiva! im dying to know my decisions but none until the 31st...ugh!

[Jcancollegebound]

That's really good undachiva! JHU is my dream school! But I wont hear anything until April 1...

[Dbate]

"p.s. I'm looking for an intelligent/gifted husband. You would qualify very nicely lmao."

I realize you are probably joking, but if a girl ever told me this I would be sure to walk in the other direction.....fast!

[Shrinkrap]

obiCello

stats are....meh right?

Better than meh.

I'm curious...what did the dx of ADHD change for you? Did your grades improve, and if so why? Fewer missing assignments, better test scores, less disruptive behavior or what?