SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E, 770 US History, 770 Literature, 750 French, 740 Latin
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Latin (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (5), French (5), Environmental Science (5), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5), US Gov (5), Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP French Literature, AP Comp Gov, Linear Algebra, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Art History, Post-AP Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various Olympiad/AMC/AIME awards, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, various scholarships, leadership awards, volunteer awards, etc.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (1st Singles 4 years, team captain 3 years), Varsity Boys Lacrosse (4 years, captain 2 years), Varsity Boys Soccer (4 years, co-captain 2 years), US Senate Page Program, Varsity Debate (4 years, qualified to Tournament of Champions twice, NFL Nationals three times, CFL Nationals 4 times), Mock Trial captain, Literary Magazine contributor and assistant editor, Violinist (local youth orchestra)
Job/Work Experience: Interned at state governor’s office for 2 summers, Interned at an attorney’s office, Worked at local ice cream store for four years
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local nursing home since I was 9, reading to them, bringing my pet dog, taking care of them, playing music for them, talking to them, etc.
Summer Activities: Debate camp, volunteering, interning, reading, working, etc.
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
Counselor Rec: Best in career.
Additional Rec: From state governor, wonderful comments.
Interview: Good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
SAT I (breakdown): 2360: CR (760), Math (800), Writing (800)
ACT: 35 (didn't report)
SAT II: MathII (800), US History (790), Bio E (770), Spanish (770), Lit (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Human Geography (5), Biology (5), Statistics (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), European History (5), US History (4), and two others not reported.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Discrete Math, AP English Lit, AP Comparative GoPo, AP Art History, AP Spanish, AP US GoPo, AP Enviro, Spanish Conversation, 2 Portuguese classes at my local university.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Three national awards in Spanish (two of them were pretty major), National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, a couple of state awards in Envirothon.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SHH (officer), Envirothon, Young Democrats (Secretary), Newspaper (managing editor), Math Team, Beta Club, Portuguese Club
Job/Work Experience: babysitting for my flight instructor neighbor to bribe her into giving me free lessons... but I don't think I mentioned that!
Volunteer/Community service: mentoring Hispanic elementary school student, Spanish tutoring for high school students.
Summer Activities: nothing substantial, mostly just took the time to explore things that I didn't get a chance to during the school year such as gardening, crew, and flying.
Essays: I didn't really like it... but whatever, I got in!!!
Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read, but I guess they were good (one of them was from a sophomore year teacher though).
Counselor Rec: Didn't read either, but my school has 2000 students and three VERY stressed counselors (I've talked to her about 3 times in 4 years...), so I don't know detailed it was. I'm assuming that she just rewrote our resumes into letter format.
Additional Rec: I got one (supposedly really good) from my Portuguese professor but only ended up submitting it to UChicago (I thought that it was too late for Dartmouth). I was really kicking myself afterwards for not submitting it though.
Interview: Really well! By far my favorite interview. My interviewer actually didn't show up the first time (she had the flu and completely forgot about our appointment!) but she was super nice and even offered to drive me home afterwards (I was totally reading too much into it ).
Other
State (if domestic applicant): KY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 110,000 (37K in aid... whee!!!)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) Nothing
Reflection
Strengths: I guess maybe my course load, SAT, and awards were a strong point, but there were so many amazing candidates that nothing really stands out.
Weaknesses: My GPA is horrible for a Dartmouth applicant. I received 8 Bs and 1 C (the C being in my junior year as well!) and my essay wasn't great enough to make up for it. Also, some of you may remember my borderline hysterical post about my peer review being sent 2 months late... overall I would call myself a pretty shaky applicant.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue! I'm still in shock. I guess my admissions officer was feeling generous that day.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UChicago, University of Virginia, American, and 2 in-state schools. Rejected at Cornell.
General Comments:
I definitely wasn't expecting this! My GPA was low, my essay was mediocre, and my peer rec was 2 months late (plus I'm an Asian female). For future applicants: you never know what will happen, so why not apply? You have nothing to lose--except for a hugely expensive application fee --and absolutely everything to gain. Good luck to all!
I am incredibly, incredibly lucky to be able to choose between so many amazing schools. Dartmotuh vs. UChicago vs. UVa will really tug at my heart.
[*] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 710w, 720cr, 770m
[*] ACT: 34
[*] SAT II: 680 chem, 680 ush, 750 math
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (1 LOL) US History (4) Chemistry (4) English Lang (5)
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load: -AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, independently studying AP French w/ my French teacher, and Guitar
-French at a Community college, and a theater arts class
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, DAR Good Citizen, Outstanding Attorney, Outstanding Opener, Best Orator, Above and Beyond, Principal's List, Dance awards
[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-President of Junior Statesmen of America (10, 11, 12)
-President of my school's dance team (10, 11, 12) (we perform at all school fundraisers, rallys, games, etc because we don't have cheerleaders haha)
- Junior and Senior Class President (11, 12)
- Helped found Model United Nations (11, 12)
- Competitive Dancer (since age 8, rehearse >25 hrs/week
- Mock Trial - Prosecution attorney
- Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
- National Honors Society (10, 11, 12)
- Photo editor of yearbook (11) - it's a class not a club, that's why there's only one year
- Link Crew leader (10, 11, 12)
Volunteer/Community service:
- Asked by my school to tutor after school twice a week (11, 12)
- As a member of Key Club and NHS we do additional service hours for Second harvest, adopt a family, beach clean ups, etc (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Work twice a week at animal services clinic (i socialize the animals and introduce them to potential adoptees) (11, 12)
Summer Activities:
- After attending first nationally accredited summer camp in US for 7 years, I have participated in the Leadership Training Program for the past 3 summers
- Junior Statesmen of America summer school where I studied Honors Int'l Relations and Congressional debate @ Georgetown
- Junior Lifeguards (Captain)
- Regularly compete at Dance nationals in Vegas, and attend weeklong dance intensives in LA
Essays: I liked them
Teacher Recommendation: Should have been good
Counselor Rec: Should have been good
Additional Rec:
Interview: none
Other
Intended Major(s): International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Uncompetitive Public High School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income bracket (if applicable): Well off
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): haha none
Reflection
Strengths: grades, extra curriculars, dance
Weaknesses: sat II, AP exams
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because it's Dartmouth
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Confirmed spot on waitlist hopefully something opens up!
SAT I (breakdown): 790 Math, 780 Verbal, 760 Writing (9 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 World History, 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 appx (Weighted appx 4.6)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 0-10th percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (4), World (5), Euro (5), Macro (5), Micro (5), Calc AB (5), English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Comparative, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitor on It's Academic (longest running quiz show in America!) as well as a local TV show, QuizMaster Challenge; Team Captain for QuizBowl competitions. Volunteer historian for Europa Barbarorum II; team leader for EB: Novus Ordo Mundi.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours; I volunteered at the local elementary school chess club for many years, have gotten 150 hours on volunteer trips.
Summer Activities: Various community service trips overseas, which I enjoyed immensely. Plan to take classes at GW this summer.
Essays: At least I liked the essay I wrote; it was about something I care deeply about and have devoted a lot of my time to (probably ended up costing my several GPA points along the line).
Teacher Recommendation: No idea. I'm hoping they were good.
Counselor Rec: See teacher recs. It's all meaningless now, though.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Went well, I think.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Reflection
Strengths: Test Scores, Essay (at least I like to think so), Interview, Legacy status
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Freshman/Sophomore year GPA, somewhat lack of initiative
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm a legacy and met and spoke with Dean Laskaris personally. I also have strong standardized testing scores, and have kept a 4.0 GPA through 2nd semester junior year (5 APs) and 1st semester Senior Year (all APs).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UNC; Waitlisted: UChicago, Johns Hopkins; Rejected: Northwestern, Penn, Duke, Yale, Princeton. Waiting for places I expect rejections from, and for Berkeley and Michigan, where I think I have a shot.
General Comments: I wish I had tried harder in my past, but at least I'm in and I'm both incredibly happy and insanely relieved. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted, it seems I'm going to have some amazing classmates. I look forward to meeting you at Dimensions.
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (650 Math, 770 Reading, 760 Writing)
ACT:
SAT II: 760 (French), 800 (Literature)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school didn't have an official rank, but I was considered one of the top students
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: the heaviest available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): classicaly trained singer and pianist, drama for over 8 years, writing (a few thing published nationally), senior class president and valedictorian, book club (founder and president)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: I created and run two local charities that gained national media attention, voluntary work for Oxfam for over 8 years
Summer Activities:
Essays: okay, I thought; they showed my passion and enthusiasm.
Teacher Recommendation: very good, but it was the first time they wrote anything of the sort - so a bit unusual
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec:
Interview: good, I thought.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Belgium
School Type: private Catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: very low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, 22 instead of 18 (long term illness), I graduated despite being ill and hospitalised for most of my senior year
Reflection
Strengths: genuine enthusiasm?
Weaknesses: everything else, I guess. Age, SAT score, essays.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know - a combination of the above, probably.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at UChicago, Harvard and Brown. No offers.
General Comments: I really don't know what to do next. I expected I wouldn't be good enough, but oh boy does it suck. Congratulations to everyone who got in - I'm deadly jealous, but I'm sure you all deserved it!
SAT II (if submitted): 730 Chem, 760 Math I, 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/375
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), Government (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Lab for AP Bio, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, Chamber Choir, Computer Literacy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Significant involvement in school theatre productions, International Thespian Society (President), selective school Chamber Choir (Soprano Section Leader), church choir, Tri-M Music Honor Society (Historian), Invisible Children Club (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Science Bowl, Young Democrats Club, Class Council
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an equine therapy program for the disabled over the summer, actress/assistant director in years of VBS programs at local church
Essays: Common app was on my differing strong interests in the concreteness of math/science and the spontaneity of theatre… balance of perspective, fixed and fluid outlook, yadda yadda yadda. I really struggled with this essay, probably writing a good 20 versions on different topics, and while I was somewhat pleased with the final result, it’s surely nothing spectacular.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Never read, but it’s his first year, so.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Not the best. Pretty standard.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Odd first gen situation – my mother didn’t go to college and my father is absent (and consequently not shown on commonapp)
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, scores to a certain extent, potentially my first gen situation
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many strong applicants
in the pool.
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA (Echols), Williams (early write), Emory, Wesleyan, UPitt, Washington College (MD); waitlisted at Princeton, Dartmouth, WUSTL; rejected from Johns Hopkins, Duke, Harvard, Penn; waiting on Middlebury.
General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted!
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US (5), Lang (5), Chem, Lit, Psych, Gov
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Lit, Applied Calc, Ecclesiology (religion requirement), Design Exploration
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The usual... 4 years of swimming, 2 of polo, student council, newspaper, yearbook, a few clubs that I was a member of for a while, NHS/CSF
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Not much... reading at my church, Science Olympiad coach
Summer Activities: Lol none, swimming.
Essays: My common app one was probably a 9/10, I personally really liked it. It was about being Australian and Japanese and seeing the world differently. Sounds cliche, but it's a little better than the description haha. And my friend wrote a really good peer rec for me.
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing, according to my LMU interviewers.
Counselor Rec: I have no idea, but he likes me.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: It went well, she was really nice!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Small, parochial
Ethnicity: Japanese/Australian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad went here?
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, definitely. Good GPA and decent scores.
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and community service.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause nobody can ever predict admissions decisions!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Cornell, University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, University of San Diego, University of the Pacific. Waitlisted at Dartmouth. Rejected at Pomona.
General Comments: Waitlisted just like my dad hehe (:
wow seeing everyone's scores makes me wonder why I was even accepted. Honestly you guys all sound amazing and really smart. This is just really strange but college is so competitive these days. You will all do great wherever you go! I guess since Williams page isn't working I'll post real quick!
SAT1: 2120 M 760 R 670 W 690
SAT2: 790 Math 2, 680 Physics, 620 French
GPA: 4.28/4.33... unsure of unweighted
Rank: 4/176
Extracurriculars: Tennis, Track, Soccer, Nordic, Alpine, Snowboarding, Piano, Art, Math team, Quiz Bowl team
Volunteer: Paddle Power for Suicide Prevention, various church charity functions, Work at the Local non-profit Art Gallery teaching children's classes,
Essays and Recs: supposedly really good
interview: i think it went well
Financial aid: applied
other acceptances: McGill, Vassar, University of Richmond, Skidmore, UVM
deferred and then rejected at Princeton
I think I may have gotten in because I went to St. Paul's over the summer and had really good grades there, plus I've won awards for my artwork and sent in an arts supplement. Oh and also I go to a high school near Dartmouth and I've taken art classes there. Oh I'm a legacy, too, but I didn't write that on the application.
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
ACT: 36 single sitting
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas HL, AP Statistics, IB LA 12 HL, IB Biology 2 HL, IB Biochemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish 5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, US Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Winner (96th percentile), FBLA Nationals Qualifier
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: FBLA (President 2010-present, Secretary 2008-10, District Secretary 2010-present), Video Broadcast (President 2010-11), National Honor Society (Secretary), LINK Leader (2010-present), Youth Symphony (Principal Flutist 2008-10), etc.
Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children's Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
Essays: Family members's medical condition and what it means to be normal
Teacher Recommendation: I'm assuming they're good! We aren't allowed to read them, but I love both the teachers who have written me recommendations and have done well in their classes.
Counselor Rec: Not sure - probably decent, but our school has 2000 students, so...
Additional Rec: Peer supplement was by a good friend who was President of FBLA before me. I also asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
Interview: It was my first interview, so I was pretty nervous, but I thought it went well. There were two interviewers; both were friendly and we had a good conversation about my interests. In retrospect, I wish I didn't bring my resume - the conversation could have flowed better without it - but I learned a lot more about the school (even though I'd visited last summer) and felt that I was able to convey my future goals and interest in Dartmouth successfully.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 130k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
Weaknesses: could have taken more AP exams/SAT Subjects, got a few Bs my junior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I felt that my essay was very personal and unique to me, but who knows really - I'm really grateful since Dartmouth was one of my favorite schools.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at WashU (full-tuition), Rice (merit scholarships), UVA, Cornell (likely); Waitlisted at Northwestern, Hopkins, Brown (PLME), Columbia, Duke; Rejected at Princeton, Yale, Penn (LSM Vagelos), Stanford (EA); Waiting for Harvard, Amherst, and Williams
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and to future applicants who are reading this - do the best you can with everything, but know that there is also a certain degree of randomness to the process. Good luck!
SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, grades
Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
What would you have done differently?: Nothing
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Received a likely letter in early February, so all my Dartmouth admission excitement was expended 1.5 months ago. Still obviously very happy that I was admitted though. Will strongly consider attending, along with Penn and Chicago.
Admitted: Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, USC, Berkeley, Michigan, UConn
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, MIT
Waitlisted: Brown
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 1 sitting ( 800 math, 780 cr, 800 w)
(2210 and 2240 first 2 times)
ACT: none
SAT II: 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): valedictorian
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 physics b, 5 statistics, 5 ush
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP spanish, AP micro/macroecnomics, AP physics C e/m and mechanics, honors college english, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, a bunch of randoms, brown book award, scholar athlete
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): deca (president 12), mathletes (president 11 and 12), selective college math program, chinese language independent study, interact, spanish and national honor societies, msg varsity reporter, more small ones
Job/Work Experience: sleep-away camp counselor, staff assistant at SAT prep course
Volunteer/Community service: through clubs
Summer Activities: camp/camp counselor
Essays: good, could go either way. about being well-rounded and balance in social life and academics.
Teacher Recommendation: very good (didnt read, told)
Counselor Rec: very good (didnt read, told)
Additional Rec: None
Interview: good, after LL
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Semi-Large Public (~1800 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000+, no FA is all i know really
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: scores, grades, very well rounded, recs?
Weaknesses: not extremely specialized, not exceptional in one particular area really for a hook
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows really, valedictorian maybe
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dartmouth (LL), brown, duke, vanderbilt, UVA echols, michigan/ross preferred admit, NYU Stern, rejected yale and princeton, waitlisted Wharton, haven't heard from Harvard (deferred EA)
* SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (R:770, W:750, M:750)
* ACT: did not take
* SAT II: Chem: 710, USHistory: 750
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank, but i think 25ish/310
* AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 5, AP Lang: 5, AP World Hist.: 5, AP Bio: 4
* IB (place score in parenthesis):
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Art history, Theology (required), AP Literature, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Envi-Sci
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit, Honors Society, and some other stuff
Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess coach, fluent in italian, Tae Kwon Do (student of the year 2009,'10,'11 at my studio, 2nd degree black), varsity lacrosse captain for two years, marine biology research at a local aquarium (presented findings to professors at UCLA, UC Berk, USC, Tufts, Princeton, and some other schools), RNAi genetics research, piano (9 years, submitted music supplement), guitar (6 years), church usher and teen leader for confirmation classes, founder of the current events club and pre-med clubs at school.. and some other stuff but im not in the mood to try to remember
* Job/Work Experience: summer camp counselor since 8th grade
* Volunteer/Community service: 1250 hours of community service, i got the presidential service award
* Summer Activities:
* Essays: I thought they were good, guess not
* Teacher Recommendation: they were my favorite teachers, one of them told me I am one of his brightest students he's had in years so I assume the recs were good
* Counselor Rec: counselors at my school dont really get to know us, but i assume it was okay
* Additional Rec: none
* Interview: the guy wasn't polite at all.. not the best interview
Other
* State (if domestic applicant): CA
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: private, catholic (jesuit)
* Ethnicity: puerto rican
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: 40K-60K
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation
Reflection
* Strengths: sat's are average, i guess URM and first generation is good, activities i thought was pretty good and unique
* Weaknesses: i dont know
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not unique enough? not quite sure other than the fact that its dartmouth. i guess i didnt deserve it.
* Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted: brown yale, rejected: duke, accepted: BC (full ride), USC (full ride), Villanova (full ride).
Im also still waiting on Georgetown
General Comments: congrats to everyone who got in. its quite the accomplishment and you should be proud! to my fellow rejectees, dont fret, im sure we will all end up somewhere good.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (as much as my school goes up to)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Language & Comp (5), US History (5), Euro History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest available (5 APs, science research, etc)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big but a bunch of regional/state/small national awards for debate, science research, latin, and academic-related things
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, dance, science research (don't want to add too much more b/c this already has enough personal information)
Job/Work Experience: tutoring, worked in a lab doing research this summer
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of a very unique type of volunteering/community service (again don't want to get into too many details, but if future applicants want to know more, feel free to PM me)
Summer Activities: camp, spanish immersion program, did research in lab this summer
Essays: main Common App essay was very risky but was just so me. EC Common App essay was kind of creative, but it's like 150 words allowed so nothing all that brilliant
Teacher Recommendation: math teacher and latin teacher. i'm guessing they were fine but nothing over the top
Counselor Rec: I think it was good, she seems to like me. she sent in something additional 2 weeks ago after she found out something about me she hadn't known and insisted I pass the information on to my top choice
Additional Rec: debate coach. again, i'm guessing fine but nothing incredible
Interview: Went incredibly! I have since seen my interviewer around town and he always said that he was rooting for me.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: competitive public (lol such a typical CC thing to say, I know)
Ethnicity: white/half middle eastern
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class (don't want to disclose any more than that)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
Reflection
Strengths: very strong in languages, SAT, unique ECs that I didn't feel comfortable posting here
Weaknesses: white female from new york with no hooks
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: today was my lucky day?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don't feel comfortable posting all of my results publicly. you can see some of them in my posting history. PM me if you would like to know actual results.
General Comments: I'm ecstatic! As I mentioned when I posted quick stats earlier, I cried. Super happy. Hope to see some of you on campus next year! Congrats to everyone admitted! Good luck to waitlisted kids! And sorry denied applicants; hope you have an amazing college experience at whatever great school you end up at!
SAT II: 750 Literature, 790 Math II, 800 French, 800 Chinese with Listening, 790 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): 555554444
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of internationally recognized proficiency certificates in Mandarin, French, Spanish, and German, AMC 12 School Winner, National History Day State Finalist, several piano and writing awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Foreign language, piano, volunteering, Writing/Journalism Club, newspaper, Math Club peer tutor
Volunteer/Community service: ~700 hours
Summer Activities: Traveling, reading, math/astronomy courses at Cambridge University
Essays: Hopefully well-written
Teacher Recommendation: Strong
Counselor Rec: Strong
Peer Rec: Informative/possibly quirky - we've been best friends since 6th grade
Additional Rec: Glowing; got to read it personally
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): Canadian citizen
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, multilingualism, international experience, subjective factors (?)
Weaknesses: GPA, subjective factors (?)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: McGill. Waitlisted: Duke. Rejected: Yale, Brown, Penn, Columbia. Waiting: Harvard, Stanford, Amherst.
General Comments: Sorry this is so brief. I honestly don't remember much from what I wrote in my original app anymore so there might have been more to it than what I mentioned here.
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