bluewhitebulldog

Hey, from my name you should know where I got into
Lucky shot.

Go Ivies!

eagerdad

My daughter was accepted ED but deferred PLME; she has been accepted PLME and is very excited. Stats were posted on the ED thread.

Yazeed

Are you from AIS in EGYPT? if you are, I'm MSE next door, and I'm waitlisted. Are you definitely going to enroll?

Arch3r25

Stats:

• SAT Reading: 760
• SAT Math: 770
• SAT Writing: 800
• SAT Total: 2330
• SAT II: 800 Physics 800 Math 2 760 US History 750 Chemistry
• TOEFL (if applicable): Nay
• ACT (if applicable): Nay
• AP/IB taken/scores: This year: AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Euro Hist, AP English Lang, AP English Lit. Last year: AP French Lang (5), AP US History (5), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4)
• GPA weighted (if applicable): 103.3 -- 4.0
• GPA unweighted: 96.2 -- 3.91
• Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1 out of 770
• Academic Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate, AP Scholar with Distinction, Xerox Award, Junior Achievement Titan Business Competition State Champ, Tri-State Math League Top 3 Award
  

Subjective:

• Essays: I like my essays a lot. Main commonapp one about professional wrestling, another about family heritage, and a third about my research interests and where I want to take them.
• Teacher Rec #1: I didn't read it. I assume it was good.
• Teacher Rec #2: I didn't read it. I assume it was good.
• Additional Rec: Two research mentor recommendation letters from MIT Nuclear Engineering and Harvard SEAS professors. The MIT one was phenomenal. I didn't read the Harvard one.
• Counselor Rec: I didn't read it. I assume it was crappy. I go to a massive school, and I barely know her, although we are on really friendly terms and I provided her with ample material for any sort of rec letter.
• Hook (if any): Research is most definitely my hook.
  

Location:

• State or Country: New Hampshire
• School Type: Private (Realistically, it's public though)
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Legacy: Wustl, Harvard Legacy
• Recruited Yes/No: Nay....I wish. Anyone wanna hook me up with a ping pong coach? :P
• Important ECs: Microfluidics summer research internship @ Harvard SEAS, Nuclear Engineering summer research internship @ MIT, Hospital Volunteer, Varsity Math Team Captain, Solo & Orchestral Violin, Granite State Challenge/Quiz Bowl Team, and Greater Manchester Red Cross. On resume: Obama for America volunteer, Community Alliance for Teen Safety Youth Board, and local State rep candidate's campaign manager.
• Work experience: Freelance PHP Programmer/Website developer
  

Other Factors: A sweltering degree of awesomeness? I sent in my research abstracts, two mentor recs, a resume, presidential scholars candidate update, etc. Loads of supplementary material for them to judge. I have also self-taught myself around 7 programming languages and am fluent in French, proficient in German.

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Waitlisted by Harvard & Accepted by Yale, Princeton, MIT, UPenn, Dartmouth, UChicago, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, BU, and WPI.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to everybody in college! Any future applicants reading this, feel free to PM me or email me with any questions or for advice.

misskang

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]

well i was deferred, then accepted. into the Brown-RISD program!! WOOHOO

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): Math: 780 Writing: 770 Reading: 730
[ *] SAT IIs: MAth2c: 800 Lit: 700
[ *] ACT: didn take
[ *] APs: well im taking bio spanish apush
[ *] IBs:same as aps taking math, english art all higher level. tests in may
[ *] GPA: 3.99/4.3
[ *] Rank: no ranking
[ *] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): nah
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: NHS, NAHS, Student Council, Prom coordinator, Art club, tons of service learning(i lived in india) including a club i made myself which is art+service learning, odissi(classical indian dance), jazz band (bass), jazz choir(alto), church choir & orchestra(violin), youth club president, speak hindi/arabic conversation level, MUN (two conferences), Debate team, spanish club, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: tutored math, internship @ LGelectronics
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): basically they were all about integrating cultures in an international environment. one was about how koreans eat dogs (i'm korean) and i integrated that topic with reading "things fall apart" by chinua achebe. i think the boldness and radicality matched brown's personality
[ *] Teacher Recs: fabulous
[ *] Counselor Rec: fabulous.
[ *] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): Art(i sent them my portfolio and they loved it), living abroad (india, egypt)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Cairo, Egypt
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private school? well my school (cairo american college) is kinda well known in the international pool.
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean (asian. im not uscitizen)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[ /b]

misskang

hey i live in egypt too. CAC

2013

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section):2270: 760-CR; 780-W; 730-M
• SAT IIs: 780-US History; 720-Math I; 730-Math II
• ACT:N/A
• APs: US History (5); Macroeconomics (4); English Lit (4); English Lang (4); Taking AB Calculus and Euro
• IBs:No opportunity to take any
• GPA:Not sure, I think around 3.8 UW (I would have no idea weighted)
• Rank:School doesn't rank

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Head of Community Service Club, Head of Young Dems, Photo-Editor/Writer for Yearbook and Newspaper, JV Baseball (9-10), Varsity Golf (11-12; captain)
• Job/Work Experience: Senate Page, Senate Intern, Worked at a pharmacy for 2 years
• Essays (subject and responses): One was about my large family, one was about my Advanced US class
• Teacher Recs: Wasn't able to read them, but I'm sure they were good. Both teachers know me very well not just from class but from activities outside of class and have taught me for many years
• Counselor Rec: Couldn't read it, but I get along nicely with her
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):

Location/Person:

• State or Country: New York
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small, Private, Sends about half of grads to Ivy or Ivy caliber schools
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Got deferred ED

Iggi

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 660 ReadingLOL 800 Math 780 Writing
• SAT IIs: 800s on Math II, Physics and French, 750 Chem
• APs: 5/5 BC Calc, 5 French
• GPA: 96.4
• Rank: N/A
• Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): Last Year: AMC 12 127.5, AIME 8, USAMO 7 - Made it this year too AMC 12 124.5, AIME 9

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Math Team, Ping Pong
• Job/Work Experience: Nope
• Essays (subject and responses): Not the best. I wrote about playing Cap the Flag at a summer program, and about tutoring some kid, while exploring my own philosophies on learning.
• Teacher Recs: Should've been awesome. I rocked both of their classes.
• Counselor Rec: No idea.
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): USAMO

Location/Person:

• State or Country: NY
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Hyper-Competitive, but not really Ivy Feeder
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Woot!

Alyaa

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CR-660, Math-680, Writing-700
• SAT IIs: none
• ACT: 31
• APs: no
• IBs: nice predicteds
• GPA: don't know but good
• Rank: 2/107
• Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): -

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Student Council, MUN, Basketball, Soccer, School play, Autism Campaign, Carnival Committee
• Job/Work Experience: Two summers at a bookstore
• Essays (subject and responses): Common app essay was something about an experience that reshaped the way I view life; Required supplement essay was something about a school trip that has influenced me; Optional supplement essay was something about becoming President (of SC that is)
• Teacher Recs: One was really good, the other was s***
• Counselor Rec: Okay
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): I don't know, none?

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Bahrain
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Maybe below, below average
• Ethnicity: Arab/Middle Eastern
• Gender: Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: yay 2013

tkpim

Decision: WAITLISTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CR 630 M 710 W 640
• SAT IIs: Bio E 670 Math 2 640
• ACT: 28
• APs: Eng Lang&Comp (3), Biology (4), Chem, Calc AB, Eng Lit&Comp, Euro History
• IBs:
• GPA: cum.:4.12 term: 4.5
• Rank: 1/321
• Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: a lot...
• Job/Work Experience: summer job
• Essays (subject and responses): were ok. now that I read them I believe I could have written better ones
• Teacher Recs: very good, really personal
• Counselor Rec: good but could've been better
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):

Location/Person:

• State or Country: HI
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
• Ethnicity: multi
• Gender: F

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm happy that I was considered to be a part of Brown and have accepted to stay on the waitlist. Thinking positively!

sunshowers23

I know I'm a bit late with this... but I figure I should out it up for next years applicants:

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2280 (800CR 720MT 760WR)
• SAT IIs: 770 World History; 760 French; 740 Math II
• ACT: 34
• APs: English Language(5); US History(5); French(3); took 4 this year, and I should get 5's on all of them..
• IBs: n/a
• GPA: 99/100
• Rank: Salutatorian out of a class of 108
• Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Creator/Editor-in-Chief of a fashion magazine at my school, tons of theatre, leader of a community outreach program, a bunch of other things
• Job/Work Experience: 3 years as a lifeguard
• Essays (subject and responses): Subjects were an artistic/philisophical view on light pollution and an essay on The Sound and the Fury.
• Teacher Recs: excellent. I have a great reputation with both teachers. I also received the top awards for their subject at graduation.
• Counselor Rec: Also excellent.
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): none

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Upstate NY
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small private
• Ethnicity: white, but I think people exaggerate the importance of race on decisions.
• Gender: female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can basically trace my rejection to my interview. The interview was only 20 minutes long. She basically recited all of the questions that Brown gives interviews as a guide. She was a complete idiot who was uncomfortable with making actual conversation.

Admittedly, I was late to the interview. I made the stupid mistake of forgetting to re-check the time in the e-mail, and thought it was a half hour later than it actually was. I hit myself on the head multiple times for that one, but that shouldn't have been a reason to reject me. If only this woman had been intelligent, and not a dull dimwit who doesn't know ***** about college or students or what makes a good candidate for a school...

I was rejected from both Ivy League schools I applied to. I was accepted into some very prestigious schools, but they wouldn't give us any financial aid. My family's income is in that weird middle-class realm that's too well-off to get financial aid but too poor to actually afford college. Only the Ivy Leagues really have programs that give money to this kind of income. On top of that, other colleges included my parents retirement savings along with their calculations. If I had gone to one of those schools, my parents would have to put off their retirement.

Now I'm going to Fordham University on a full scholarship in the Honors Program. I've become fed up with the American University system. I have decided that I'm going to go to graduate school in a foreign country, where tuition is only a few thousand dollars a year. In the end, this will give me an advantage over any Ivy League undergrads, because I'll have a better life experience and education than any of them, all at a lower price. If there are any other rejected applicants reading this, I suggest you do the same.
If the system rejects you, reject the system and find a better way to achieve what you want.

Seeme25

No PaJason, the reason he was accepted was because he was creative. He was himself on the application. i'm guessing (90% sure) of the Asians and Whites with 1500 SATS in your school were boring, mechanic beings. Brown, among other top schools, not only look for grades, they look for promise in someone who they think will do something useful with their education. Creativity demonstrates an ability to think outside the box and take risks. That's what they want

~If one were to take out the use of URM hooks from admissions decisions to top colleges, everyone's chances will only go up .5% ...blatant affirmative action was big in the past, but now you will often find that the blacks and minorities who do get in, are just as qualified as any white, asian, or indian applicant.