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Old 03-31-2009, 09:19 PM   #61
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Harvard '13
Posts: 675
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown):
  • ACT: 36
  • SAT II: 800MathII, 750 Chem, 720 USH
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.39 w (highest ever at school, except for valedectorian this year)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH and 5 Lang, taking 5 more APs this year
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, theology, music theory honors, and band
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Presidential Scholar candidate, huge Key club stuff
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): KEY CLUB(Pres, VP, Lt. Gov, chairman for huge projects that raised tons of money), Band, Peer Ministry, NHS, Rho Kappa, Mu ALpha Theta, SADD, Youth group, and a few more
  • Job/Work Experience: 12 hrs/week since junior year
  • Volunteer/Community service: over 900 (almost 9000 hehehe)
  • Summer Activities: Haiti Mission trip, work.... work. Boy's state. work
  • Essays: i thought they were pretty good
  • Teacher Recommendation: amazing
  • Counselor Rec: best student ever
  • Additional Rec: from boss. very short and to the point
  • Interview: i thought this went horribly
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): FL
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Catholic
  • Ethnicity: Mexican and white (halfy)
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: Upper middle
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
  • Strengths: act, uw gpa, urm
  • Weaknesses: sat IIs, no competitions and few awards outside of key club (didn't really apply to any...)
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: prob URM, which makes me feel guilty
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected by Yale, but accepted by MIT, BC, BU, UF, Fordham, Caltech, FSU, and Harvey Mudd
General Comments: congrats to those who got in. For those who didn't, I'm sure you will end up at another amazing place and will be even more amazing wherever you end up. Goodluck to all in making a decision.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:22 PM   #62
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bowdoin?JHU?
Posts: 312
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2240 = 730 Reading, 720 Math, 790 Writing
  • ACT: 35
  • SAT II: 750 US History, 740 Literature, 720 Biology
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don't know, 96%
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don't know, bottom of top decile
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Euro, 5 APUSH, 5 EngLang, 5 HumanGeo
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years of theater w/ 8 leads, All-State level singer, Select Choir (President), Music Honors Society (President), Male a cappella group (President), Literary Magazine (Editor), 2 years varsity tennis
  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service:Various singing and performing groups in the community for the sick and elderly.
  • Summer Activities:Study abroad and local theater productions
  • Essays: My counselor said my essays were the best he ever read. He had me send two extra essays to Harvard as creative writing.
  • Teacher Recommendation: I don't know, but guessing good
  • Counselor Rec:he liked me a lot, I'm guessing superb
  • Additional Rec: A music teacher, very good
  • Interview: He told me I had fantastic chances and that he was expecting good news for me. He told my friend the same thing last year and he got in. I don't know why he said that to me but it really got my hopes up.
Other
  • Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
  • Intended Major: History
  • State (if domestic applicant): NY
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: $200,000 +
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
  • Strengths: ACT, extracurricular activities, essays
  • Weaknesses: Grades, rank, location, no hook
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I guess I just don't jump out
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted U Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Kenyon, U Mich. Waitlisted Amherst, Carleton. Rejected Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Oxford
General Comments: The interview was what killed me. The fact he told me I had a fantastic chance and that he was expecting good news for me really hurts. He told my best friend the same thing last year and he was accepted. I know I was foolish to listen, but it was enticing and hard to pass up that hope.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:28 PM   #63
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 120
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): CR 640,590 (2nd time) , 630 (1st time), Math: 750, 670 (2nd time), 590 (1st time), Writing: 770,670(2nd Time), 600 (1st Time)
  • 2160 (JAN SAT), 1970 Superscored before, 1910 (2nd time), 1820 (1st time)
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: US HIST: 770, MII: 680, CHEM:720, BIO-E: 700
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 5.35/6.00
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/906 (SECONDARY SC REP), 1/816 (MID YEAR)
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 3 World History (IB STUDENT)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 SL Chemistry (TEACHER DIDNT TELL US ABOUT LABS) , 5 SL French
  • Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB & AP Classes + Decathalon
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP SCholar, Valedictorian, Optimist Award - Chemistry, and more
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 year), Newspaper (2 yrs), Decathalon (1 year)
  • Job/Work Experience: Research Volunteer w/ paper being published
  • Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Homes, Hospitals, local Research Foundation
  • Summer Activities: Swimming, Tabla (INDIAN DRUM), Tennis, Research
  • Essays: Excellent
  • Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
  • Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
  • Additional Rec: Research Foundation Coordinator, Piano Teacher
  • Interview: EXCELLENT!!!
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): TX
  • Country (if international applicant): USA
  • School Type: PUBLIC
  • Ethnicity: INDIAN AMERICAN
  • Gender: MALE
  • Income Bracket: above 250k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE maybe research + ecs?
Reflection
  • Strengths: ECs + research
  • Weaknesses:SAT!!!! (3rd time - JANUARY SAT), ORM
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT WAS A problem - couldn't compete well enough in that area
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected
    Rejected: Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern
    Waitlisted: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Upenn
    Accepted: UT Austin, Boston University
General Comments: Congratulations everyone that got accepted!!! If u were rejected like me - u are still a great candidate - even by applying u have proven that you are up in the best. As for me I will be off to UT Austin, I will wait on my 4 waitlists. sigh - more waiting - hopefully i will get in.....
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:28 PM   #64
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: AZ --> Pomona '13
Posts: 2,781
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
  • SAT II: 2400 + 780 (800 Literature, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math 2)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW for the 74 college credits I've taken (I'm home schooled)
  • Senior Year Course Load (College classes): Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, U.S. History, Honors Intro to Shakespeare, Honors Organic Chemistry I and II (with lab), World Politics
  • Senior Year Course Load (Home School): Western Literature, Philosophy, Government
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholar candidate (not really big unless I get Semifinalist or Scholar)
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strategy game design, website management; Violin and Youth Orchestra; Boy Scout Venture Crew (Eagle Scout); Varsity Swim Team
  • Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, Venture Crew, Eagle Project
  • Summer Activities: Rayado program, major trips w/ Venture Crew, otherwise nothing major
  • Essays: Wrote main common app on my work in the video game industry (risk). Second essay was about my swim team.
  • Teacher Recommendation: One stellar, one good (from college professors)
  • Counselor Rec: My dad wrote this (as I'm home schooled) and it was good in explaining my home school situation
  • Additional Rec: Had one written by my "boss" at the website I work for. He was an Oxford tutor and it was stellar.
  • Interview: None
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): AZ
  • School Type: Home School
  • Ethnicity: White (Caucasian)
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Below $60k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
  • Strengths: Test scores that validate my advanced college coursework, overall well-roundedness while having a very unique "edge" (video games)
  • Weaknesses: Video games are a risk, essays weren't brilliant
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea haha, glad to still be on the waitlist!
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Columbia, Duke, Pomona, Georgetown, USC. Waitlisted at Harvard and Princeton, and rejected from Yale.

General Comments: Very grateful to be given the waitlist!

Last edited by lolcats4; 03-31-2009 at 09:35 PM.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:35 PM   #65
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 180
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 790 M, 800 W)
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 760 US History, 790 Literature, 800 Math II
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted 4.6 (school doesn't calculate unweighted)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5), Lang & Comp (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP MEH
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a bunch of other state writing awards
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Literary Magazine (Layout Editor), Key Club (Co-President), piano lessons, tennis
  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local Hebrew school (teach children to read Hebrew, do activities with them)
  • Summer Activities: LBW (Wharton business program), Summer@Brown
  • Essays: one about value in interacting with other people, another about having confidence; both were good enough
  • Teacher Recommendation: both very good
  • Counselor Rec: very good
  • Additional Rec: school compiled a bunch of comments from my teachers, advisers, and peers and sent this in with my app
  • Interview: great
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): CT
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
  • Strengths: maybe having diverse interests (creative writing and economics)?
  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Wharton, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, LSE, JHU, NYU, Tufts, UChicago; waitlisted at Princeton, Brown, Columbia, and Stanford; rejected from Yale
General Comments: Good Luck!! For those of you who were accepted, congratulations!! I can't wait to meet you next year!! For those of you who were disappointed with your decision, hang in there, and I wish you all the best.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:46 PM   #66
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 122
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 M, 780 CR, 800 W)
  • ACT: NA
  • SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US Histroy, 800 Chemistry
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 900
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Eng Lang (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP German 4, AP Calculus BC, Orchestra, AP Eng Lit, AP Stats, AP Government, and AP Economics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    Siemens Competition Semifinalist
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Science and and Math UIL (President), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), amateur radio operator (hold highest class license), violin (orchestra and symphony)
  • Job/Work Experience: Kumon grader and tutor
  • Volunteer/Community service: Through boy scouts and NHS
  • Summer Activities: Organic chemistry research at the University of Texas at Austin, German Immersion program
  • Essays: one about being visually impaired and the other about science research
  • Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but they should have been very strong (Chemistry and US Histroy teachers)
  • Counselor Rec: Never read it
  • Additional Rec: professor who mentored me at UT wrote a supplemental rec
  • Interview: It seemed like an average interview (about 45 miniutes, we had a nice conversation)
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant):Texas
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Large public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: > 200,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
  • Strengths: Transcript, test scores, focused ECs
  • Weaknesses: Awards and ECs not as extensive as some
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like most accepted to Harvard, I worked hard and had a little bit of luck working for me when my application went to committee
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Yale, Swarthmore, Carleton, Grinnell, UT. Rejected: Princeton
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:08 PM   #67
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Princeton '13
Posts: 2,214
Decision: Rejected


Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
* ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S; 8 on essay)
* SAT II: 800 Math II and Chem; 740 Physics
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW (4.6 Weighted)
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank - Top 5%
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World Hist (4), Cal AB (5), Chem (5), Physics B (5)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, Honors Senior Thesis, AP Lang, AP Gov't
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):many state-wide trombone awards; National Merit Finalist; Pres. Scholar Candidate; AP Scholar with Distinction


Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Band Council President, Science and Engineering Club (VP), quiz bowl assistant captain, green club, band competitions
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Volunteer/Community service: 141 hours
* Summer Activities: Band camps
* Essays: Common app - about a band experience and how that impacted me; princeton supplement - my dad's impact on my life
* Teacher Recommendations: Evidently they were good (wasn't allowed to read them)
* Counselor Rec: Assuming it was good
* Additional Rec: None
* Interview: Yes


Other

* State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: $90,000 - $120,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none


Reflection

* Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Band Stuff
* Weaknesses: Not too many really huge awards like Intel or Siemens or USAMO
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Oh well, that's okay.


General Comments:Congratulations to everyone who got in. I got accepted to Princeton, so I think I'll be heading there next year.
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:10 PM   #68
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Texas --> Duke '13!
Posts: 2,847
^ Congrats on Princeton, PC!
I got rejected by all four: HYPS.
...but I'm happy for you
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:10 PM   #69
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Posts: 8
waitlisted -- on what looks to be a very long list.
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:12 PM   #70
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: my own world
Posts: 131
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): CR 690, MA 740, WR 710
  • ACT: did not take
  • SAT II: 720 Span/List (nonnative speaker), 710 Math II, 700 Bio
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 at time of app, 3.94 at midyear
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/~500
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), Stats (4), Eng. Lang (5), US Hist (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): not IB
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Enviro, voc. ensemble
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): int'l conference, National Spelling Bee (I guess?), All State Chorus but I doubt that matters...
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MAO, Quiz Bowl, Interact, etc.
  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hrs (Red Cross/Hosp/school)
  • Summer Activities: summer science training program at UF
  • Essays: good/great
  • Teacher Recommendation: one great, one good
  • Counselor Rec: good/great
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview: went well
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): FL
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: S. Asian
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: high
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
  • Strengths: well-rounded student
  • Weaknesses: didn't stand out?
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Davidson, WUSTL, Northwestern, rejected at Rice, accepted in state schools
General Comments: Oh well.
I will be fine attending UF for my first degree; I've learned my lessons about school/admissions/test-taking in general, and will most definitely be carrying them with me throughout my undergraduate years and when I apply for medical school. Plus, with Bright Futures and other aid, I have financial freedom that I would not have otherwise.
Congratulations to everyone who got in, and no matter where you go, I hope you have an amazing college experience!
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:19 PM   #71
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Waitlisted... Ugh.

Accepted: Princeton, U Penn, Duke, WUSTL, etc, etc, etc, etc
Rejected: Yale
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:38 PM   #72
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Location: Kolkata >>> Wharton '13
Posts: 356
wait listed..also at Columbia and Brown..got into Wharton..Chance an Indian please.!!
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:41 PM   #73
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Florida--> Harvard Class of 2013!
Posts: 113
Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 750 M, 800 W)
  • SAT II: US History (790), Literature (750), Math Lvl 2 (750)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/422
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus AB (4), Microeconomics (5). Will take: English Lit., Spanish Lang., Statistics, Psychology, European History, Macroeconomics.
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Statistics, Drama II, Economics Honors, Leadership Techniques.
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; Girls Nation
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth in Government (President, 5 statewide awards); Model UN (3 regional awards), Academic Team (Captain, state champion team), Student Council (Vice President), Principal's Advisory Committee (Executive Director, planned 3 leadership conferences)
  • Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at local history museum, assorted projects through National Honor Society/Spanish Honor Society
  • Summer Activities: Girls State and Girls Nation, travel, online classes
  • Essays: Horrible beyond words. I wrote them the night before the deadline, and hated them ever since.
  • Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, but I assume they were good.
  • Counselor Rec: GLOWING. She loves me!
  • Additional Rec: “Best in my career” kind of thing.
  • Interview: Pretty good—around 40 minutes long.
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): Florida
  • School Type: Public, mediocre
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: $100K
Reflection
  • Strengths: Extracurriculars and maybe SAT scores.
  • Weaknesses: Essays! Worst things I've ever written. I guess that proves that essays actually aren't a huge factor in the decision.
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A clear application theme. Everything—activities, essays, recommendations—related to my political interests.
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Princeton, Duke, Emory and University of Florida. Rejected at Yale, waitlisted at Georgetown.
General Comments: Good luck to everyone! You are all spectacular people and will be successful wherever you go to college.
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:52 PM   #74
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: MD --> Yale '13
Posts: 1,690
Decision: Accepted

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 720 M, 780 W
* SAT II: Literature (750); Biology-M (740); World History (760)
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/316
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (two of my 5's were self-studied)
* Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Musical Theatre, Wind Ensemble, Independent Research, AP Music Theory
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, National Achievement Semi, National AP Scholar, Maryland Distinguished Scholar

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Founder/President - Winners of National Chapter of the Month), FBLA State Officer, Young Democrats Club (Founder/President), Piano (I take lessons and do chamber music at a really prestigious conservatory), Band (flute and piano), Drama!!!, Baltimore Cappies Critics Team, School Chamber Music Society, A couple honors societies, County-Wide Student Government (Secretary)
* Job/Work Experience: Year-long internship in the FCC regulatory dept. of a REALLY big satellite firm in DC, Office Assistant at my dad's office, Tutoring Service (Founder/President)
* Volunteer/Community service: Appointed by County Executive to the Environmental Sustainability Board, Student Member of 2 other commissions confirmed by the County Council, Member of a lovely troupe of traveling kids that give presentations to parents on how they can better communicate with their teens (Elected Secretary), Teen Advisory Committee for my community, Participated in a fairly prestigious community service organization sponsored by my county, LOTS OF WORK GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT!
* Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Prestigious Music Camp (for piano)
* Essays: I'm a writer through and through
* Teacher Recommendation: N/A
* Counselor Rec: He said it was the best he's ever written
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: Lovely

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: hmmm... I forget
* Intended Major: English
* State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
* Country (if international applicant): hmmm
* School Type: Competitive Public
* Ethnicity: Black
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle Class!
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

* Strengths: Race, EXTREMELY INVOLVED (I do a bit more than I listed, but I feel like I've given you an accurate reflection with what I've provided), neat accomplishments!
* Weaknesses: Teacher recs, test scores
* Why you think you were accepted: i mean... what do you want from me?

General Comments: HOORAH! I didn't think I would get in.

Also got into: Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Berkeley, UCLA, USC
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:53 PM   #75
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (total) 770 M, 730 CR, 740 W
  • ACT: n/a
  • SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 790 US History
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/415
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, Honors English, AP Italian, AP Chemistry Intern, Select Choir and Jazz Ensemble
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Nat'l Association of Student Councils (Region Rep), Yearbook (Editor), World Language Club (Officer), Select Choir (Soprano Section Leader), Jazz Ensemble, NHS, Drama Club (Assistant Musical Director for Grease), and All State Choir
  • Job/Work Experience: Work for my school's athletic department, mainly I operate the scoreboard at basketball and volleyball games.
  • Volunteer/Community service: Literacy Program at local elementary school, tutoring Italian students, tutoring in everything else, and assisting children's activites (i.e. bingo, crafts) for town association
  • Summer Activities: Attended SLTP (Student Leadership Training Program) for three summers, NASC national conferences, and community service
  • Essays: My essay was a relatively short ancedote about my indecisiveness.
  • Teacher Recommendation: I submitted the teachers I knew the best. They wrote wonderful letters.
  • Counselor Rec: Had my principal write the letter, and it made me cry. He wrote the best letter of anyone.
  • Additional Rec: I submitted by chorus/piano teacher's letter.
  • Interview: My interviewer was amazing! I talked about how much I love learning, music, playing ping-pong, and being an intern in AP Chemistry.
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): RI
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: 100,000+
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
  • Strengths: EC's and my recommendations
  • Weaknesses: I probably sound like every other Harvard applicant.
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I tried to show that I am a normal person who can just balance a ton of stuff and still be successful. But I do have some crazy interests (ping-pong and baking cookies)
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Brown and the Honors Programs at BC and PC (full scholarship).
General Comments: Hope to see you all at Harvard!!!
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