Official RD Decisions

squaregirl · 03-26-2009, 08:26 PM

Hey, so we're not all clogging up the other thread, I figure everyone should post their decisions! (And maybe stats, since I know some other girls applying to next year's class would appreciate it.) I'll dig mine up in a sec; I was accepted!

Congrats, everybody!

anechkakith · 03-26-2009, 08:47 PM

Waitlisted
I'm basically copying the rest from the Smith thread, so a lot of people here probably seen it.
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
GPA - Unweighted: 3.58
SAT I Math: 680
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 800
ACT: 32
I sent all of these test scores in.
SAT II Literature: 750
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 680
ECs: I've been very dedicated to choir and voice since ~5th grade. I've been in one college opera and was a very active member of my school's FIRST robotics team last year.

Essay: I wrote about my battles with depression/mental illness and how I hope to study philosophy and cognitive neuroscience to teach/help others and hopefully reduce societal stigma of mental illness.

Other: I've only taken 2 APs and 1 honors language course, but that's because I will have only completed by junior year. I'm technically going to be a high school dropout, and will skip my senior year and instead go to college.

I won't be pursuing the waitlist because I ended up preferring Smith over Bryn Mawr when I visited. Good luck to all the future Mawrters =)

englishivy · 03-26-2009, 09:20 PM

Accepted!

High School: public
High School Type: 9-12, 300 students, very small town. sends students mostly to in state schools (not private).
GPA - Unweighted: Don't know. really! I stopped bothering.
ACT (my weak point):
comp 28
eng 34
math 24
reading 30
science 24
also got a 4 on AP US History

ECs: I ran a teen art gallery, national honor society, student government, yearbook, literary magazine, varsity field hockey, varsity tennis, etc etc. lots of leadership positions

Essay: Compared the meaning of one of my favorite paintings to my journey of coming to terms with my religion in a very rural and homogeneous community

Other: not a lot of opportunities at my school, but I really put myself out there and accomplished a lot. too much to mention, sorry i'm not help at this stats thing.

Also: I've been accepted to Mount Holyoke, Sarah Lawrence, Simmons (safety). I got waitlisted at Bates.

Claire1016 · 03-26-2009, 09:33 PM

ACCEPTED

High School: Public
Type: Sends very few students to top schools
GPA- 3.9 UW 4.3 W
SAT- CR-720, W-720, M-650
EC's- President of the Young Democrat's Club, Vice President of Diversity Club, Lit Mag, Newspaper Staff, Varsity tennis, more..

I interviewed at Bryn Mawr and I thought it went extremely well. I also live in PA, which may have helped.

I am elated. According to the FA they gave me, I can absolutely afford it. As of now, it is my first choice, but I'm waiting on Barnard, Bates, and Holy Cross. Mt. Holyoke also gave me a nice amount of money.

squaregirl · 03-26-2009, 09:55 PM

ACCEPTED!

High School: Public in Texas, but, all things considered, a good school
Ethnicity: White/Jewish
GPA (UW): 3.67
Course Load: I'm full IB Diploma (as well as AP; at my school, every IB class means you get to take the AP exam for it as well; fun times); my schedule isn't very diverse due to IB requirements (prior to Diploma I did IBMYP as well), but I've taken six years of French, two of Spanish, and have been involved in both orchestra and newspaper for a l-o-n-g time (heh)
SAT (M:CR:W): 2080 (630:750:700)
SAT IIs: Took over 5; they ranged but were around 700+, for the most part
ACT: 29 (ARGH. I blame the math section!)
APs: 5 Psychology, 5 English Lang, 5 USH (+ taking 4-5 more this year)
IB: 5 Psych SL, taking 3 HLs (French, English, History) this year and 2 SLs (Math, Biology)
ECs: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (was previously Photo Editor, photographer, and staff writer), 3rd chair violin in orchestra, President of a science club whose name I can't give you because its unique to my school (=P), Historian of both Orchestra and French Club, and I'm in a few other clubs as well

Outside of school I'm a freelance photographer and I do a lot of work shooting concerts. I also volunteer at my local Mexican American Cultural Arts Center (I'm 100% white, but I like the Center a lot) and the rest of my time I allocate to political campaigns. I gave up half my junior year to campaign for Hillary Clinton, and I don't regret that decision one bit, regardless of the outcome. In all, I'm a fairly mediocre applicant numbers-wise. :P

Also accepted to: Smith, Mount Holyoke, Acadia University.

Noooowwww I get to wait for my other schools. Oy. :|

jiess · 03-26-2009, 10:00 PM

Waitlisted.

High School: Private/competitive (senior + junior), Public/meh (fresh + soph)
High School Type: good Canadian school
Ethnicity: Chinese-born Chinese who grew up in China.
GPA - Unweighted: 92/100 (3.68), full IB diploma
Rank: 10 ish
ACT: N/A
SAT: 1490/2130

ECs:
triple varsity athelete (senior team captain, junior team coach, regional standings), piano/accordion (grade 8 diploma for both, scholarship winner, tons of awards), visual art fanatic (internship with a local artist, subject awards, did not send portfolio but sent a mind-boggling art teacher rec., level 7 IB HL Visual Art - extremely rare..), tons of community service (Best Buddies, peer tutoring, art and music festival volunteering, started a project with the national Center for Addiction and Mental Health and a U of T professor and researcher), founded a club/intramural team at school, Math Club, Science Enrichment, Roundtable, oh I published in a national newspaper, ... yeah that's it.
Essay: discussed tough upbringing (....), hit-or-miss type. sigh.
Other: ex-director of admissions for Canada, an alum, is a librarian at my school, made a call for me. guess it didn't help that much.

Colgate took me as an AMS. But not Bryn Mawr?

.......
Edit: Does anyone know if Bryn Mawr is need-blind for internationals?

squaregirl · 03-26-2009, 10:08 PM

@jiess - I'm honestly shocked you were waitlisted; your stats are really good! (Better than mine, imo.) However, if FA is a factor, that could be it. (I'm SO grateful for need-blind schools; I wouldn't get in anywhere otherwise.) I heard Wellesley isn't need-blind for internationals (I could be wrong, but that's what I've been told), so it's fully possible Bryn might not be.

jiess · 03-26-2009, 10:16 PM

Dear squaregirl,

I love you, and thank you. I'm happy you got into Bryn Mawr, it's such an awesome school. (20 minutes from Philly? 70% of rooms are singles!? 8:1 student-faculty ratio!?.. champion badminton team????? I could go on, I really, really liked Bryn Mawr. Sigh.)

Wellesley is indeed need-aware. I still remember reading somewhere the acceptance rate for internationals seeking aid is something like 10%! @#)($*(#.. Oh well. It's a tough year. Congrats to you!

squaregirl · 03-26-2009, 10:37 PM

Aww, thanks!

Best of luck with your other schools! I'm sure you'll be accepted to amazing ones with your stats.

firefly16842 · 03-26-2009, 10:51 PM

ACCEPTED!

High School: Public in Alabama, sends quite a few to selective colleges
Ethnicity: White
GPA (UW): Dunno. Weighted it's around 4.03ish?
Course Load: 2 APs last year (AP Euro-4, AP EngLang-4), 3 this year. In addition to the core classes (4 years of each, 5 history courses) I have 4 years of Spanish and 4 years of Wind Ensemble (flute).
SAT (M:CR:W): 2170 (730:760:680)
SAT IIs: Lit (760), Math II (abysmal. I forgot the exact number, but it was LOW.)
ACT: Didn't submit, but 30
ECs: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (First time in over fifteen years that we've had only one Ed in Chief. Last year was Co-Ed in Chief, and that was my second year on the staff), Flute Section Leader (piccolo during marching season

), member of NHS, Spanish HS, Music HS, UN USA, and Habitat for Humanity, and a NM Finalist.

Even though I'm a dual citizen (Mexico), I'm ridiculously white. My Common Ap essay was about staying in the tiny, rural town that we used to live in, comparing the poverty of that town to the U.S..

Also accepted to: Tulane (Honors), University of Alabama Honors (full-ride and whatnot).

I cannot believe that some of you guys got waitlisted...

Hunting4Hapiness · 03-26-2009, 10:56 PM

Waitlisted.

Honestly, I'm surprised and happy.

White and Jewish, go to a public high school.
GPA - Weighted: 3.7
SAT I – 1130 (Ya, I kind of suck at math. My highest score was writing, and I’m pursuing a career in English/Journalism, so I hoped that would be taken into consideration.)
SAT II Literature: 680
SAT II American History: 680
ECs: I go to a half-day arts school along with my regular high school where I take classes in theater and creative writing. I'm also in the drama club at my high school. I'm the secretary of my Temple Youth Group, and I've done some community service through that, nothing specific enough to have a million hours, just like raising money through car washes and helping in elderly care facilities. Hmmm what else... I work at the hebrew school in my synagogue teaching little kids how to read hebrew. I've been a camp counselor, and I'm also in NHS.

Essay: I wrote about my father, mostly. He passed away from cancer when I was six, so I talked about how it taught me to seize the moment because things can disappear before you even have the chance to really get to know someone. I tried to be really creative with it, I used the ocean as a metaphor for my life which sounds really cheesy but actually worked really well in the essay. I think the essay is a large part of what helped me, because it was probably the strongest part of my application. Even though the topic was sad, I had fun writing it!

Other: I did an interview with Bryn Mawr in October. I didn't think it went amazingly well (it was slightly awkward... and my shoe broke on the way out.. haha oops) but it wasn't terrible either. Guess it was a good experience to have. Also, along with my application, I sent a sample of some of my poetry (since I want to study writing). I think that may have helped to demonstrate my creative side.

FA is a huge factor for me. I don't think BMC is needs-blind. Bummer. I’m gonna go for the waitlist though… who knows, things could happen.

Hanna · 03-26-2009, 11:16 PM

Congratulations, everyone. Pres. McAuliffe spoke at an alumnae event in Chicago tonight and told us about your videos!

chicazouzou · 03-27-2009, 12:57 AM

I'm waitlisted too!!!
Does anyone know how many waitlists this year?
and how many percent usually get accepted from the list?

beccarules · 03-27-2009, 05:34 AM

High School: Math and Science School (basically a public boarding school)
GPA: 3.98
AP Courses: AP AB Calculus (plus assorted advanced courses)
ACT: 33
SAT: dismal
SAT II Math II: 650
SAT II Literature: 680
ECs: Just basic school related clubs and community service.

I also had a pretty solid common app essay and my recs were good. I put as much effort as I could into the essays.

Ollie · 03-27-2009, 11:00 AM

Hi..
I'm in Indian student studying in the IB program in New Delhi. I applied to a whole range of schools both in the US and the UK. ( Brown, Yale, Wash.U., UMichigan, UCLA, UCB, Middlebury, Vassar, Pomona, UMass and Bryn Mawr)
I wasn't too keen about going to Bryn Mawr.. The place seems really interesting and liberal, but I haven't heard so much about it, and I'm really apprehensive about being in an all girls schools. This doesn't mean I'm a party animal who needs to be around boys all the time, it's just that I've always been in a co-ed school and most of my best friends are boys!

I just got my acceptance from Bryn Mawr today ( I loved the little Video!!)... could someone just tell me more about what the place is like... including classes, social life, quality of living etc.?

Btw. I've applied for a major in English with a possible minor in fine art if that helps.