**The Official Harvard University 2013 Decisions Thread** - Page 2

Tromboneplayer91 · 03-31-2009, 06:07 PM

rejected, check my stats profile if you realllly want to see

hookem168 · 03-31-2009, 06:08 PM

Rejected. FML.

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH......unspeakable.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist....15th Nationally in NFL Oratory

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
Summer Activities: See "job" and "volunteer work"
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Same
Counselor Rec: Same
Additional Rec: Same
Interview: Same

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Private (tiny)
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.

General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I've been crying for 2 hours.

danr74 · 03-31-2009, 06:10 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 770 M: 730 CR: 780 W: 1500/2280
ACT:36
SAT II:790 Chem 780 Math II 760 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97/100 (school doesn't weight)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/230
AP (place score in parenthesis):5's on US, Euro, & Chem; 4 on Lang; Taking BC Calc, Lit, Spanish, Bio, Econ, & Physics C this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load:6 AP's, see above
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMF, Pres. Scholards candidate, National Chemistry Olympiad Finalist, Yale Book Award, bunch of other local & regional awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Treasurer), Varsity Club, Math League (Captain), varsity lacrosse
Job/Work Experience:Been working for 4 years as a cashier at a grocery store
Volunteer/Community service:400+ hours, mostly during an annual summer church mission trip
Summer Activities:church mission trip, medical research internship, summer college courses
Essays: pretty good i thought
Teacher Recommendation: 1 excellent- best student ever, etc. & 1 pretty good
Counselor Rec:Great, very specific, unlike the majority of the ones written at large highschools
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview:excellent

Other

State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):n/a
School Type:top 100 public school
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male
Income Bracket:low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope

Reflection

Strengths:good test scores, grades, ec's, and just generally a strong, well-rounded app
Weaknesses:no hook i guess
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:2000/29000=7%
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, BC honors; Waitlisted: JHU, WUSTL

General Comments: congrats acceptees

soccer318 · 03-31-2009, 06:15 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I: CR 720, M 720, W 690
ACT: 29
SAT II: US History 660, Math I 680, Math II 640
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5 student
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, National Merit commended, National Hispanic Scholar, Wells College 21 Century Leadership Award, Boys State Rep, John Hopkins University Scholarship to Vassar College, University of Albany High Achiever Student of Color award.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 20 credits at Community College, 16 credits at Bard College, 8 Credits at Vassar College
Leadership positions: Founder of Humanitarian Organization at High School, Captain of Soccer and Volleyball teams. Head referee for Community Soccer League
Sports: Varsity Soccer 4yr./Varsity Volleyball 1yr/ Varsity Basketball 1 yr/ JV Basketball 3 yr/ Varsity Baseball 1yr
Job/Work Experience: Worked since 10th grade 15 hrs/per week
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Many hours as volunteer in community,
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview: OK

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small public k-12
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: small school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Amherst, Williams and Middlebury

General Comments:

DwightEisenhower · 03-31-2009, 06:21 PM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 M, 800 W --> 2380
ACT: not taken
SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Bio, 730 Math I, 730 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/286
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC(5),Calc AB(5),Euro Hist(5), US Govt (5), English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
Senior Year Course Load: Independent study called Calculus 5, AP English Lit, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP US History, Ethics(1/2), Western Philosophy(1/2)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (President), Haven from Hunger program (Chairman), Chess Club (Vice President / Co-Founder), Youth Group Student Leader, tour guide stuff, freshman orientation stuff
Job/Work Experience: Dunkin' Donuts, summer camp counselor
Volunteer/Community service: church-related stuff, plus the aforementioned Haven from Hunger
Summer Activities: see job/work experience
Essays: they were okay i think, i wrote about how i used to be a superficial leader and i learned how to...not be a superficial leader.
Teacher Recommendation: positive?
Counselor Rec: didn't read it
Additional Rec: none
Interview: I had 2. the first one went well, the second one went very well.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Cath-lick
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i don't think i had any. maybe my income contributes to "socioeconomic diversity?" i dont even know if harvard considers income.

Reflection

Strengths: leadership positions. scores, being a cool guy
Weaknesses: no major awards, being a white male from Massachusetts applying to Harvard
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: divine providence and hard work in high school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at yale, tufts, BC, BU, amherst, dartmouth, georgetown.......waitlisted at brown and princeton

General Comments: Congrats to everyone, accepted or not. You will all find a sweet college.

skyraptor · 03-31-2009, 06:25 PM

auggh...got wait-listed for harvard...

I suppose that's better than being rejected...

jawsxcore · 03-31-2009, 06:27 PM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I: 800 M 800 CR 780 W
ACT: 35
SAT II: 790 Math II 790 US 770 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92ish
Rank: 3 out of like 320ish
AP: Euro (5) USH (4) Calc BC (5) Bio (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish AP, English AP, Psych AP, Gov AP, Newspaper, aCappella
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (Captain), Mock Trial (Outstanding Attorney) Model UN (Leadery person) Band (mutliple stuffs) Newspaper (Business Manager) StuCo (VPx2, Class pres x2), Psych Club (Sec), Drama (leads), Mock Election (Obama), Seminar for Scholars, student leaders, more but i cant think of all of them
Job/Work Experience: Staffer for Obama
Volunteer/Community service: NHS
Summer Activities: Obama, traveling, redoing room ,reading, waiting for the mail
Essays: about Hamlet and Obama i think
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: i don even know her
Additional Rec: none
Interview: REALLY good. I loved him

Other

State: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: grrl
Income Bracket: pretty much poor my mom, rich my dad
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none? live in a kind of poor section of IL

Reflection

Strengths: Like politcics, i think harvard thinks im poor
Weaknesses: grades 2nd semester jr year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see below

General Comments: I CANT BELIEVE I GOT IN. Rejected at Stanford and Columbia, Waitlisted Yale Princeton and Tulane (tulane?? lol) accepted honors Uva, USC, William and Mary

jiess · 03-31-2009, 06:28 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): M 770 CR 720 W 640
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math I 740 Lit 700 Bio-E 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma
Senior Year Course Load: ^ Gnarly
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Triple varsity athelete, tournament standings, team captain, junior team coach, 20 h/week training with ex-national coach, founded a club team; Piano, grade 9, regional awards, scholarship ; Accordion, grade 8; Visual art, subject awards, sent supp. letter, internship
Job/Work Experience: yes - used savings from three years to move out to train with said coach
Volunteer/Community service: lots of hours (Best Buddies, English tutoring, piano teacher, art festivals/music festivals - LOTS); founded a service organization targetting adolescent immigrants/volatile family dynamics with the national Center for Addiction and Mental Health + U of Toronto sociologist,
Summer Activities: Internship, training, painting
Essays: horrible
Teacher Recommendation: waived
Counselor Rec: waived
Additional Rec: (nice) peer recs sent to remedy my horrible essays
Interview: DISASTROUS. I just came out of a long-time sickness/hospital stay.

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Grade 9,10 - large, public, meh; Grade 11,12 - Private/competitive
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <100 000 Canadian... how much in US$?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 12 schools in 12 years, first-gen immigrant, tear-jerking life story. tear-jerking? tear-jerking.

Reflection

Strengths: ...
Weaknesses: see this post
Why you think you were rejected: the 29000 other applicants ;D
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected/wait-listed by every American school. I think it's my essays or the fact that my school's sent 10+ people to Ivies and I look like ***** compared to them.

General Comments: The fact that this process - these twelve years - not just the applications - is over feels... strange. That it should end with so many rejections is... I feel numb.

jiess · 03-31-2009, 06:29 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): M 770 CR 720 W 640
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math I 740 Lit 700 Bio-E 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma
Senior Year Course Load: ^ Gnarly
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Triple varsity athelete, tournament standings, team captain, junior team coach, 20 h/week training with ex-national coach, founded a club team; Piano, grade 9, regional awards, scholarship ; Accordion, grade 8; Visual art, subject awards, sent supp. letter, internship
Job/Work Experience: yes - used savings from three years to move out to train with said coach
Volunteer/Community service: lots of hours (Best Buddies, English tutoring, piano teacher, art festivals/music festivals - LOTS); founded a service organization targetting adolescent immigrants/volatile family dynamics with the national Center for Addiction and Mental Health + U of Toronto sociologist,
Summer Activities: Internship, training, painting
Essays: horrible
Teacher Recommendation: waived
Counselor Rec: waived
Additional Rec: (nice) peer recs sent to remedy my horrible essays
Interview: DISASTROUS. I just came out of a long-time sickness/hospital stay.

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Grade 9,10 - large, public, meh; Grade 11,12 - Private/competitive
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <100 000 Canadian... how much in US$?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 12 schools in 12 years, first-gen immigrant, tear-jerking life story. tear-jerking? tear-jerking.

Reflection

Strengths: ...
Weaknesses: see this post
Why you think you were rejected: It's not me. It's the 29000 other applicants.. =)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected/wait-listed by every American school. I think it's my essays or the fact that my school's sent 10+ people to Ivies and I look like ***** compared to them.

General Comments: It's over. Not just applications. Grade school. It's been 12 years guys - no matter if you're accepted/rejected/waitlisted, the fact that you applied to Harvard means you made damn good use of these 12 years. Congrats, all of you. We're the epic class of 2013.

Canadianftw · 03-31-2009, 06:30 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740
SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45
- Math HL: 7
- Physics HL: 7
- Chem HL: 7
- English HL: 7
- History SL: 7
- French SL: 6
- TOK/EE: 3
Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
- Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
- Top 1% in national chem contest
- 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion section leader)
- Piano: 9 years
- Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
- Track and Field/Cross Country teams (athlete/coach)
- Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
- School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
- Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours
Summer Activities:
- 2006: Teaching English in China
- 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
- 2008: Harvard SSP
Essays: not good enough apparently
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."
Additional Rec: awesome
Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.

Other

Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: none apparently
Weaknesses: everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere

General Comments: bleh

confused_vnese · 03-31-2009, 06:32 PM

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 780 M, 800 WR
ACT:
SAT II: 780 M2, 760 M1, 740 Ch, 730 Ph
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Counselor estimated top 2% i think
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: GCE A level candidate: Math Physics Chem History, English, History honors (prediction straight As)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None too spectacular. No sciency olympiads. 1 international writing award 1st prize, Singapore odyssey of the mind etc.

Subjective:

See my post in the Georgetown forum. For super-detailed, find my post in the Yale forum dated 16 Dec

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Got more than 90% but i've got better offers.
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
School Type: In Singapore - large public. Very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Combined total 8k per annum
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 4 years high school in Singapore on full scholarship and all the life experiences i got.

Reflection

Strengths: I think i have a certain level of maturity that may not seem obvious from the way i look, and is definitely not something many 18 year olds have. I have a rather well-rounded profile, with major awards in both sciences and social sciences. I know what i want and i do well at it. I also have a personality. I'm quite funny in person and i know how to make conversations.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Highlight the well-roundedness. My focus now is definitely on politics/history and english.
Weaknesses: I've heard that you need intl olympiad prizes for H and i only had one writing competition to my name. I don't think i'm anything spectacular though. Seriously.
Why you think you were accepted: I dont know! Its all a mystery My interviewer gave me a heads up tt ONE of the committee members was voting for me two weeks ago, that was pretty funny. He was an awesome person and his report for me was (in his own word) terrific.
Where else were you accepted: Princeton (likely), Yale (EA), Columbia (likely), Dartmouth (likely), Georgetown SFS. Those are all that i applied for during RD round, withdrew the rest after EA decision.

General Comments: I don't know! I'm really overwhelmed. I woke up at three AM (its 630 where i'm at) awaiting H's decision only. It was quite nerve wracking but ultimately very satisfying. Now its the time to decide!

silversuz1 · 03-31-2009, 06:46 PM

I accidently posted in the 2012 thread...

ACCEPTED!!! ACCEPTED!!! ACCEPTED!!! ACCEPTED!!!

Stats:
• SAT: CR: 730, M: 800, W: 760
• SAT II: Math II C: 800, Korean (with Listening): 800, Latin: 740 , Biology (M): 790, U.S. History: 760
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: UW: 4.0, W: 4.36
• Rank: 1/ 350
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP/IB [5]: U.S. History [5], Biology [5] (Self Study: Psychology and English Language, will take in May 2009)
• Senior Course Load: AP English Literature, Physics CP (Don't offer any other level), Orchestra, AP Micro-economics (semester), AP-Macroeconomics (semester), AP-Government (semester)
• College courses: Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Tennis I, Tennis II, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Latin I, Latin II, Latin III, Latin IV, Chemistry (101), Philosophy, Psychology, Physical Anthropology, Physics III (Total 65 Credit Units)

I'm taking Physics III and Latin IV right now, so I didn't send that info to Harvard…

Subjective
• Essays: I thought they were good. For Harvard, I sent an additional one about how I came to become interested in researching stem cells, one about how I came to learn violin by myself, and my second one about my experiences as a simultaneous translator and how it made me realize how thankful I was to my parents.
• Teacher Recs: One was really short (only one page), and the other was basically a list of all the things that were in my application already.
• Counselor Rec: Really really good. My counselor told them I was the best student he had ever seen in his whole 25 years of teaching and how I would be such a great addition to the school, and all that other good stuff about my sociability, etc.
• Supplement Information (Y/N): Y—an extra essay, as mentioned above, and a recommendation from a former Texan Representative to the House of Representatives (who was under consideration for Navy Secretary and is an alumnus of my high school).
• Interview: AMAZING.
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nobel Prize? lol not that far, but I am low income.

Personal
• Location: Ridgecrest (a small desert town near Death Valley)
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other
• Extracurricular: Simultaneous Translator [4]
Varsity Tennis (first singles) [2]
Key Club (secretary for two years) [4]
Church Orchest*ra (Concert Mistress for all four years) [4]
Master Pianist at Church [4]
Associated Student Body (Student Government Class Vice President) [1]
Orchestra [4]
Newswriting (News Editor for three years, Copy Editor one year) [4]

• Awards:
National Merit Finalist, Honor Roll (awarded by Key Club International), Who's Who Among High School Students, National Honor Society member, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (2007), California Interscholastic Federation Qualification Award in the sport of Tennis (2007,2008), Solo/Ensemble Festival Superior Rating (on violin), Gates Millennium Scholars Program Nominee, Gary Haugen Tournament 1st Place in Women's Singles, Girls State Nominee

Canadianftw · 03-31-2009, 06:46 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45
- Math HL: 7
- Physics HL: 7
- Chem HL: 7
- English HL: 7
- History SL: 7
- French SL: 6
- TOK/EE: 3
Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
- Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
- Top 1% in national chem contest
- 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
- Piano: 9 years
- Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
- Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
- Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
- School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
- Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours
Summer Activities:
- 2006: Teaching English in China
- 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
- 2008: Harvard SSP
Essays: not good enough apparently
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."
Additional Rec: awesome
Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.

Other

Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: none apparently
Weaknesses: everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere

General Comments: I've never felt so worthless

bicyclekick · 03-31-2009, 06:48 PM

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2200 CR: 710 M: 700 W: 790
ACT: 34
SAT II: USH: 790 Chem: 770 MathII: 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/190
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): various sports, community service, volunteering, etc.
Job/Work Experience: one
Volunteer/Community service: Mount Sinai Medical Center Volunteer, school stuff
Summer Activities: volunteering/sports
Essays: i thought they were good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: good
Interview: eh

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public noncompetitive
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: none lol
Weaknesses: EC's among other things
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: its harvard
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected by yale and brown, waitlisted at princeton, upenn, and columbia

General Comments:

llpitch · 03-31-2009, 06:49 PM

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (690CR, 780M, 710W, 10E)
ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
SAT II: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years.
Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat..not like that’s even a hook lol.

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
Weaknesses: SAT II'S! I submitted SAT2's to Harvard and Princeton, Waitlist and reject. I withheld from Stanford and Yale, accepted. Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics

General Comments: Congratz Class of 2013! I got into Yale and Stanford today (reject at Princeton my number 1 =[) so I doubt I'll be taking a spot on the waitlist.