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03-21-2008, 04:40 PM
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#16 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 0
Posts: 11
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[ *]SAT: 2070
[ *]SAT II: 640 History, 680 Math IIC
[ *]ACT: 28
[ *]GPA:3.34 (uw)
[ *]Rank:N/A
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
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[ *]Essays:I think It was ok. It was about a trip to a village in China where I was born.
[ *]Teacher Recs: Good
[ *]Counselor Rec: Good
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) I sent a CD of me singing, but it was more just for the enjoyment of it.
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list] Soccer
[ *]Location:New Jersey
[ *]High School Type: Privite
[ *]Ethnicity:Asian
[ *]Gender Female
[ *]Extracurriculars: Soccer (Varsity and club), Acapella, Jazz Rock, Winter Musical, Softball, Dinner Theater
[ *]Awards: MVP, 2nd team all league (Soccer), English Department award | 
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03-21-2008, 04:44 PM
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#17 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Threads: 0
Posts: 2
| accepted :)
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[ *]SAT: 2060 (CR 690/Math 640/Writing 710)
[ *]SAT II: 710 Lit
[ *]ACT: 29
[ *]GPA: 4.3/5.0
[ *]Rank: around #60 out of 400
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
AP English Language - 5, AP US History - 4
[ *]Essays: good i think?
[ *]Teacher Recs: the ones i read were strong
[ *]Counselor Rec: i have no idea
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) I sent in a voice CD of 3 classical songs and one theatre song
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: MA
[ *]High School Type: large, competitive, public
[ *]Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *]Gender female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[ *]Extracurriculars: Spring musical, fall play, honors a cappella choir (section leader), MA All state choir, excelsior literary magazine, president of young democrats, DREAM team, voice lessons, community service, church choir
[ *]Awards: service awards, music awards
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: good luck!!! | |
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03-21-2008, 04:50 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: N. California
Threads: 39
Posts: 1,783
| D accepted. Apathy.... WOW on that SAT. WOW on all of it. WOW all of you, and congratulations. | |
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03-21-2008, 05:04 PM
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#19 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Threads: 14
Posts: 125
| i was accepted! | |
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03-21-2008, 05:15 PM
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#20 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Female
Threads: 1
Posts: 14
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Waitlisted
Stats:- SAT:
- SAT II:
- ACT:31
- GPA: 3.75W, 3.6ish UW
- Rank: 18/172 --> this is about 11%
- Other Tests: (AP) Biology, US History, Psych, English Comp, English Lit
Subjective- Essays: Pretty good.
- Teacher Recs: not allowed to see
- Counselor Rec: not allowed to see
- Supplementary Material:
- Hook:
Personal- Location: Vermont
- High School Type: umm Independent
- Ethnicity: whitee
- Gender: female, duh
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Other- Extracurriculars: Varsity Basketball, Varsity Lacrosse, NHS, Student Council, Astronomy Club (president), Senior Leader/Freshman Mentor, Community Service
- Awards: Headmasters Award, Honors roll
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
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03-21-2008, 06:49 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Upstate NY Gender: Female
Threads: 9
Posts: 172
| ^^aww, good luck!! being waitlisted *sucks* ... but at least you've got hope! | |
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03-21-2008, 08:06 PM
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#22 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Threads: 5
Posts: 26
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[ /size] Stats:[list][*]SAT:1890 (710 CR, 710 W, 470 M)[*]SAT II: 690 Lit[*]ACT: 28[*]GPA: 3.68[*]Rank: 221/950[*]Other Tests: AP U.S. History (4), AP Euro History (4), AP Psych (4), AP Eng Lit (4)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list][*]Essays: I thought they were good. [*]Teacher Recs: Strong.[*]Counselor Rec: Didn't see. [*]Supplementary Material: None[*]Hook: None[*]Location: Indiana[*]High School Type: Public[*]Ethnicity: Caucasian[*]Gender: FEMALE, ahahahaha[*]Extracurriculars: National Honors Society, Student Advocates of Gender Equality, Speech Team, Writers/Readers/Artists/Performers (just the basics)[*]Awards: Hoosier Girls State, NCTE, Project eXcel.....don't want to go into anymore...is there really a point?  | |
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03-21-2008, 08:22 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Threads: 7
Posts: 37
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Accepted!
Stats:- SAT: 2210 (CR 800, M 650, W 760)
- SAT II: 750 US History, 730 Bio
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 4.2 weighted
- Rank: 42/300
- Other Tests: AP Euro 4, AP US Hist 5, AP Bio 5, AP Comp 4
Subjective- Essays: Pretty Good
- Teacher Recs: One was fantastic, the other I didn't read
- Counselor Rec: Questionable, my counselor is new
Personal- Location: West Chester, PA
- High School Type: Mid-Size Public, ~2000 students
- Ethnicity: Japanese-American
- Gender: Female.
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes, and waiting anxiously to hear
Other[list][*]Extracurriculars &Awards: Official Selection (Documentary) in several regional film festivals, Producer of School TV Station, Editor-In-Chief of School Paper, Producer of County-Wide Student News Broadcast, Director and Founder of the 2008 West Chester Student Film Festival, Film Society President, NHS Secretary, Environmental Club Secretary, ASIA Club Vice-President, Model UN Club Member, Interned at Philadelphia area Film Festivals, Interned at local daily newspaper, Interned at local AM talk radio station. Other things, probably, but I can't remember. | |
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03-21-2008, 09:00 PM
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#24 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 0
Posts: 1
| I was rejected
SAT: 2250
Top 10%
Everything else I thought was ok.. | |
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03-21-2008, 09:20 PM
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#25 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: upstate NY
Threads: 1
Posts: 8
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Waitlisted
Stats:- SAT:2160
- SAT II:US History-780 Literature-800
- GPA:3.95
- Rank:school doesn't rank
- Other Tests: AP US History-5
Subjective- Essays: I thought they were great, so did my AP English teacher and my guidance counselor...
- Teacher Recs: the one i read was strong, i trust the other was as well, since that teacher never has anything bad to say about me
- Counselor Rec: excellent
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook: I wish...maybe then i wouldn't be on the waitlist
Personal- Location: Upstate suburban NY
- High School Type: VERY small private
- Ethnicity: caucasian
- Gender: obviously female
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Other- Extracurriculars: Tons of theater, including several lead roles and an internship w/ director, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Softball, Mock Trial, NHS, Community Service
- Awards: National Merit Commended Student, Honor Roll,
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ahhh! Waitlist=Hell!
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03-21-2008, 09:41 PM
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#26 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 46
| YAY YAY YAY!!!!!
Accepted
Stats:- SAT:720 CR, 680 W, 670 M
- SAT II: 720 Math I, 620 Physics
- ACT: N/A
- GPA:3.6 UW, 3.8 W
- Rank:top 25%
- Other Tests: 4 on IB Physics- Full IB diploma candidate
[ b]Subjective[/b][list][*]Essays:well checked and hopefully well written. About music as a part of my life.[*]Teacher Recs:my teachers don't really love me but they like me[*]Counselor Rec: don't even know her[*]Supplementary Material: resume, newspaper article about my organization of a post-V-tech massacre anti-gun student protest, rec from an anthropologist I'm an intern for who's a women's college alumn, ummmm some other things I can't remember[*]Hook: involvement in AMIGOS (one month in a village of 150 people in rural mexico organizing community projects and teaching classes on health and the environment), Organization of a protest against easy access to guns in light of the V-tech massacre
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list][*]Location:Arlington, VA[*]High School Type:Public[*]Ethnicity:White[*]Gender: Female[*]Applied for Financial Aid:yes but not getting any
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list][*]Extracurriculars: band, debate team, others previously mentioned[*]Awards:NHS nom, Posse scholarship finalist (Grinnell), can't remember what other bs I put in this category[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Bragging- I didn't see it coming. I've gotten my fair share of rejections already and from schools I thought I would get into. Advice/Commiseration- Just take it all in stride because you will win some and lose some. It sucks to be waitlisted but you'll be happy wherever you end up.
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03-21-2008, 09:45 PM
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#27 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 46
| Ugh let me try that again!
[/list] Subjective- Essays:well checked and hopefully well written. About music as a part of my life.
- Teacher Recs:my teachers don't really love me but they like me
- Counselor Rec: don't even know her
- Supplementary Material: resume, newspaper article about my organization of a post-V-tech massacre anti-gun student protest, rec from an anthropologist I'm an intern for who's a women's college alumn, ummmm some other things I can't remember
- Hook: involvement in AMIGOS (one month in a village of 150 people in rural mexico organizing community projects and teaching classes on health and the environment), Organization of a protest against easy access to guns in light of the V-tech massacre
Personal- Location:Arlington, VA
- High School Type:Public
- Ethnicity:White
- Gender: Female
- Applied for Financial Aid:yes but not getting any
Other- Extracurriculars: band, debate team, others previously mentioned
- Awards:NHS nom, Posse scholarship finalist (Grinnell), can't remember what other bs I put in this category
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Bragging- I didn't see it coming. I've gotten my fair share of rejections already and from schools I thought I would get into. Advice/Commiseration- Just take it all in stride because you will win some and lose some. It sucks to be waitlisted but you'll be happy wherever you end up.
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03-21-2008, 09:54 PM
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#28 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 46
| JESUS!!! I am floored!! How the hell did I get in with such amazing competition? I just wanted to say that even waitlisted people have amazing resumes and that admission must really be one hell of a crapshoot! | |
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03-21-2008, 11:29 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CA
Threads: 1
Posts: 201
| Daughter Accepted
770/710/690
4.08-top 10%
applied for FA (find out next week)
yadda yadda
she is very excited | |
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03-21-2008, 11:35 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olympia, WA
Threads: 146
Posts: 7,823
| "JESUS!!! I am floored!! How the hell did I get in with such amazing competition? I just wanted to say that even waitlisted people have amazing resumes and that admission must really be one hell of a crapshoot!"
Not a crapshoot at all. Smith has made it very clear that they have heavily de-emphasized test scores as 1) they could have find no relationship between them and academic success once there, and 2) mitigated against the college's history commitment to economic diversity. So take out the test scores, and imagine the college trying to do exactly what they say they are trying to do, choose students who are "Heady, nervy, and intellectually exciting", and find there is no crapshoot at all. | |
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