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03-31-2009, 07:51 PM
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#46 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey-->MIT '13
Posts: 199
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Waitlisted by Harvard, I'll post stats later.
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03-31-2009, 08:08 PM
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#47 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 10
| Decision: Accepted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 Math 760 W 800 Composite 2360
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: World History 770 Biology M 800 Math II 790
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of c. 515
- AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (4), English Lang (5), Biology (5), Psychology (5), Calc AB (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC AP, English Lit AP, Physics B AP, Chem AP, Gov/Econ
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Finalist, AP Scholar, Various Debate/MUN Awards, Science Olympiad Bronze and Silver Medals
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (President and Vice President), Science Bowl (President and Vice President), KEY Club (Vice President and Secretary), Environmental Action Club (Vice President), California Scholarship Federation (Social Chair), French Club (Non-French Rep), NHS, Teen Support Group
- Job/Work Experience: Tutor (Both Private and Corporate) 2006-Present, Market Forecasting Intern Summer 2008
- Volunteer/Community service: KEY Club, Hospital Volunteer, Library Volunteer
- Summer Activities: Intern, Community College Classes
- Essays: Okay to Good. Did not spend enough time on them.
- Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, I love my teachers.
- Counselor Rec: Good to Excellent
- Additional Rec:
- Interview: Could have gone better, but my interviewer was great.
Other- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Large Mid-Tier Public
- Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Middle in CA, High in the rest of the nation
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope...so sad, but my kids will now
Reflection- Strengths: Leadership, extracurriculars, recs,
- Weaknesses: Sports, essays, interview
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rolled the right number on a 10 sided die.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Yale, Princeton, Stanford; Accepted: UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, UCs.
General Comments: Good luck to everyone who applies in the future. To everyone who got in, congratulations. To those of you who weren't as lucky, I am sure you have great opportunities that suit you better. You will succeed no matter what. Just because one school turned you away does not mean you are any worse than the other applicants. You have successes and victories no one else can even come close to.
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03-31-2009, 08:08 PM
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#48 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 176
| Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown):720M, 720R, 710W
- ACT:34
- SAT II:750MI, 730MII, 760USH
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):salutatorian
- AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (5)
- Senior Year Course Load:AP Euro, AP Physics, AP CalcBC, AP Eng, AP Art, AP Econ
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):VP of NHS
- Job/Work Experience:camp counselor
- Volunteer/Community service: president of a community service club at school
- Essays: very well written
- Teacher Recommendation: great
- Counselor Rec: great
- Interview: none
Other- State (if domestic applicant):NJ
- School Type: competitive public school
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender:male
- Income Bracket: $200000
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection- Why you think you were waitlisted: no idea but im very grateful
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:waitlisted at penn
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General Comments: Good Luck and praying that some of you accepted peeps miraculously decide that Harvard is not for you! haha like that will ever happen
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03-31-2009, 08:20 PM
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#50 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 53
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Rejected. Epic fail.
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03-31-2009, 08:22 PM
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#51 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 103
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I don't feel like doing them all. I can't believe I got in. Decision: Accepted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): M: 760, CR: 770, W: 760; 1530/2290
- SAT II: French: 800, Math I: 730, Biology: 780, Chemistry: 790
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not too many to be honest due to special circumstances.
- Job/Work Experience: Been working with little kids since I was 16.
- Essays: Probably what got me into every college to which I applied.
- Teacher Recommendation: Very very strong.
- Counselor Rec: Hopefully strong? I'm guessing it was good.
Other[list][*] School Type: Large public[*] Ethnicity: Caucasian[*] Gender: Female[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation.
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03-31-2009, 08:36 PM
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#52 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: LA--> UCLA '13
Posts: 312
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waitlisted.
fml.
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03-31-2009, 08:45 PM
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#53 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 28
| Decision: Waitlisted
i guess it's all for the best, though. now i don't have to feel bad about choosing yale =P
congrats to those who were accepted, and best of luck to everyone else!
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03-31-2009, 08:47 PM
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#54 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 104
| Decision: Rejected
I posted everything else in the Brown forum, where I was also rejected. Oh well, these are my only 2 rejections, so I suppose i didn't do too badly. Off to Wesleyan! (or Mac....Or Berkeley....)
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03-31-2009, 08:48 PM
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#55 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NY --> MIT '13
Posts: 71
| Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800M, 780CR, 710W)
- ACT: n/a
- SAT II: 800 math 2, 780 physics, 760 chem
- GPA: 108.6w, 98uw (out of 100)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/416
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics B, Euro, APUSH = 5; AP English Lang. = 4
- IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
- Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP's (chem, comp. sci. a, calc. bc, english lit., comparative gov't), 3 other classes
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, but a few minor (national merit commended, AP scholar with honor, a few small competition honorable mentions)
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Job/Work Experience: none at time of applying
- Volunteer/Community service: key club, volunteer at church/library
- Summer Activities: WTP-ME at MIT
- Essays: honest, creative
- Teacher Recommendation: good
- Counselor Rec: good
- Additional Rec: great, from WTP coordinator
- Interview: none
Other- State (if domestic applicant): NY
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: upper-middle class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted!
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03-31-2009, 08:57 PM
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#56 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 298
| Decision: Accepted!?!?!? Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 760,770,770
- SAT II: 800,800,790,790
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4, 4
- IB (place score in parenthesis): n.a.
- Senior Year Course Load: Very heavy
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sport, instrument, theater, 4-10 years each, + school involvement
- Job/Work Experience: Hardcore summer internship
- Volunteer/Community service: Some
- Summer Activities: Internship, vacation
- Essays: I'm not a natural writer but they came out very well, spent winter break in my room writing and rewriting.
- Teacher Recommendation: Great
- Counselor Rec: Great
- Additional Rec: Great (2 of em)
- Interview: My best one
Other- School Type: Big, public
- Ethnicity: White?
- Gender: M
- Income Bracket: Low
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection- Strengths: EC's, test scores, recs
- Weaknesses: GPA, no major awards
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can't believe I got in. Harvard? Wow.
General Comments:
I am humbled, very surprised, and ecstatic.
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03-31-2009, 08:58 PM
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#57 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
| Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): M - 780, W - 760, CR - 710
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: Bio M - 740, French w/ Listening - 730, Math II - 710
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95/100
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd out of 274
- AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), Bio (TBA), Chem (TBA), Physics (TBA)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, Advanced Functions, Calculus, English, Writer's Craft, Art
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None whatsoever.
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head of Peer Tutoring, piano, swimming, kickboxing, Chinese school etc.
- Job/Work Experience: Harvey's (4 months), Wal-Mart (6 months)
- Volunteer/Community service: Only about 50 hours, spread around Food Cupboard, Public Library, and Teacher's Assistant
- Summer Activities: ...Visited China?
- Essays: Sentimental crap about grandma's death, which I feel very guilty writing about.
- Teacher Recommendation: Biology teacher and Math teacher; both love me very much.
- Counselor Rec: She had no idea what "Ivy League Schools" were.
- Additional Rec: nope
- Interview: Went very well; interviewer was extremely nice.
Other- State (if domestic applicant):
- Country (if international applicant): Canada
- School Type: Public; moves around in the city's Top 5
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: Er...100k?
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish.
Reflection- Strengths: ...Decent marks?
- Weaknesses: Everything. ^__^
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cuz I phail compared to all the other crazy kids who applied.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell; Rejected: Columbia, Yale
General Comments:
I'm actually REALLY surprised I got wait-listed instead of being flat-out rejected. I know wait-list doesn't give me a good chance but it's a morale booster, haha.
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03-31-2009, 09:01 PM
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#58 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 18
| Decision: Rejected Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): CR 660, M 630, W 720
- SAT II: Math I 640, US History 690, Chinese 790, Literature 650
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 UW/4.1W
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/485
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Chinese (5), US History (4), Language and Composition (4)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science AB, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Literature and Composition
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar With Honor
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Secretary), Computer Science Club, Engineering Team, School Orchestra, Book Club, Interact Community Service Club
- Job/Work Experience: N/A
- Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer tutoring in Chinese and other volunteer work through clubs
- Summer Activities: volunteer tutoring, research program at state university
- Essays: good
- Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
- Counselor Rec: decent
- Interview: very good
Other- State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
- School Type: inner-city public school
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: $50,000 - $60,000
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
Reflection- Strengths: involvement in a variety of ECs
- Weaknesses: low GPA and SAT scores, no major awards, nothing outstanding
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn't stand out against a pool of amazing applicants.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tufts, Fordham, Boston University; Waitlisted: Amherst; Rejected: Dartmouth, Columbia
General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted!!!
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03-31-2009, 09:07 PM
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#59 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,555
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Posting for daughter. Decision: ACCEPTED Stats:- SAT I (by section): 710 M, 680 R, 690 W (ACT is better)
- SAT IIs: Bio-780, Chem-720, Math II-790, Math I-740
- ACT: C 35: E 34, M 36, R 36, S 33 (superscore 35), essay 9
- APs: Biology (5), Chem (4) (at the time only 2 permitted)
- Senior Year Courseload: AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP English, AP Spanish, Honors Statistics, Honors Civics & Government, Biotechnology, Psychology, Concert/Marching Band, Stage Band
- IBs: none
- GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW, 6.26/8.0 W (Highest possible)
- Rank: 1/184
- Other stats: No major awards but some very selective awards within my high school
Subjective:- ECs listed on app:
Marching Band (Assistant Drum Major ’07-‘08, Drum Major ’08-‘09); alto saxophone
Concert Band; Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Stage Band; Alto Saxophone
Dance; Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Ballet (7 hours/week); 15 years
NHS (president) – ’08-‘09
Alpine Skiing - 12 year training, ski coach ’08-‘09
Recreational & Tournament Saltwater Fishing – 10 years - Job/Work Experience: Sears Hardware: cashier – summer ‘08, Ski Coach – winter ’08-‘09
- Essays (subject and responses): Applied using common ap not the RPI application. Essay about my encounter with a mako shark while saltwater fishing and how it lead to my interest in the biotechnical/biomedical sciences.
- Teacher Recs: If the teachers expressed in writing what they stated orally, they should have been fantastic. One was head of the science dept who in 2008 awarded me top student across the sciences; AP Bio, AP Chem, Honors Physics, and Anatomy/Physiology. The other was my American lit teacher who emphasized not only for academics but contributions in the classroom. Both were demanding teachers whose respect was earned.
- Counselor Rec: Assuming writing abilities, it should be excellent. This is based upon conversations w/ counselor and knowledge of outside input from additional teachers that was given to him to use. This occurred not only at the time of transcript submission but he submitted an additional rec w/ additional input with the midyear report.
- Supplemental Information: none
- Applied on: 12/1
- Interview: 1 alumni, called for 2nd AdCom, then on the spot third
- Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:- State or Country: MA
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
- Ethnicity: caucasian
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: Won’t get financial aid
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03-31-2009, 09:14 PM
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#60 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 4,507
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For my daughter: Decision: Waitlisted Stats:- SAT: 2210 - math 750, reading 730, writing 730
- SAT IIs: US history 710, math2 730, Chem 710
- ACT: 34
- GPA: 4.00 uw, 4.89 weighted
- Rank: 1 of 700
- Other stats:4 APs (5,5,3,3)
Subjective:- Essays: common app essay - I thought they were solid
- Teacher Recs: didn't see it; presume they were good
- Counselor Rec: didnt see it; presume it was good
- extracurriculars: Tons of music: Band - leadership:President, Section Captain 3 years, Principal French Horn 3 years, All State and All-SoCal talent awards, Orchestra, Jazz Band Pianist. Science Research Summer Program: COSMOS at UC Irvine - Neuroscience. Quiz Bowl Team - Captain and club president. Church community service.
Location/Person:- State or Country: Southern Calif.
- School Type: large mediocre public school
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Intended Major: Neuroscience
- major strength/weakness:Generally strong/Subject tests and 2 APs little low
Other Factors: Sibling legacy but not parents
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