mboretz93, you say you applied for selective scholarships, but your stats are too low for you to have received a selective scholarship application. IU sends the selective scholarship application to admitted students who have certain minimum gpa and standardized test scores.
If money is an issue, make sure you apply to less expensive schools in your state. IU gives very little to out of state students other than pell grants, if you qualify, and federal loans and work study.
Applied at the beginning of January, my status when I log in says something like if you haven't done so already please send your transcript to IU. I called and they said they had received it mid January and would "let me know" within a few weeks. I'm afraid I'm already way behind the 8 ball now
Stats:
SAT: 1910 (620 M, 610 CR, 680 W)
SAT II: Math LVII 760, Chinese 789, bio 560, chem 640
GPA: 2.3 didnt count my AP classes
Rank: forgot but bad,, attended to a hard school top 100 in the us
Essays: One on personal statement explain my bad GPA, one on why I love IU.
also sent a 3 page long resume
Teacher Recs: two (Physics and history). All very good.
Counselor Rec: maybe good? shes lazy i think she just write one for kids similar to me
Hook (if any): Out-of-stater
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Stats:
SAT: 1780
SAT IIs: Bio 650 US history 740
ACT: 26
GPA: 92.9
Rank: 2nd decile
Other stats: 6 APs taken in total (world history, us history, language & comp, biology, euro history, enviro)
Subjective:
Essays (optional): Really good
Hook (if any): OOS
Extracurricular Activities: lots of community service, yearbook
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Other Factors: Applied by Sept, heard back two weeks later
General Comments: It was exciting because it was the first college I heard back from but I'm not going to be attending.
Stats:
SAT: 2010
SAT IIs: Bio 720
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.9
Rank: Does not rank
Other stats: 4 APs (Calc AB, US History, AP Biology, AP Language and Composition)
Subjective:
Essays (optional): none
Hook (if any): Indiana native living overseas
Extracurricular Activities: Many
Location/Person:
State or Country: International
School Type: Private
Gender: male
General comments: I will not be attending, although it was my first acceptance.
Other Factors: Early Apply. General Comments: Both my brothers go to IU. It was also the only college I applied to. I love it to much to go anywhere else.
Subjective:
Essays: 3
Teacher Recs: 2 from my band director and from
Counselor Rec: N/A
Hook (if any): Captain of a drillteam and went to many competitions and the hollywood christmas parade and hosted many charities.
EC's: Dance, Band, GSA, Leadership
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mixed: African American and Caucasion
Gender: Female
AP/IB classes: no, going to take it, but they had no clue
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): biology club
Job/Work Experience: market stall for a few days
Volunteer/Community service: little
Summer Activities: no
Essays: the best thing about IUB is that it requires no essay!!
Teacher Recs: good, with details; English teacher(also class teacher), Chemistry teacher, Biology teacher(also bio club supervisor)
Counselor Rec: same with TR
EC highlights: This is where I’m weak at, I don’t have many ecs and the ones I have are really not that unique. Some leadership, but nothing big
[*] Interview: no Other[list][*] State or Country: China, intl student[*] School Type: Public[*] Ethnicity: Asian[*] Gender: Male
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: SAT, I think nearly all who got ED offers has SAT>2200
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: poor SAT, I think only >2200 stands a chance
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
ad:USC BC BU UIUC IUB St.john’s U; rej: NU Cornell Brown; wl: Umich[*]General Comments [/b] i've always had pleasant talks over the phone with the ad counselors, they were very nice to me. thanks!
