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03-22-2008, 12:54 AM
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#31 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northeast
Posts: 65
| D was accepted!!! Very Excited!!!! YEA. Congrats and Good Luck to All! | 
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03-22-2008, 06:14 PM
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#32 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 20
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Accepted
Stats:- SAT: 1860
- SAT II: 700 Spanish
- ACT:30
- GPA: 3.89
- Rank: 22/575
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) AP Psychology- 4
currently taking AP Physics, AP Eng Lang, AP Span
Subjective- Essays: worked extremely hard to perfect it
- Teacher Recs: was not able to read them, but they must've been great
- Counselor Rec: didn't see it but i bet she wrote about my extracurriculars
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook: started a community service club at my school, moved to the US when I was 12
Personal- Location:Southern California
- High School Type: public
- Ethnicity: asian/pacific islander
- Gender: female
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Other- Extracurriculars: treasurer of comm. service club that had a 100% increase in membership this year, founder of another comm. service club, writer for school paper, steering
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
you must go on an interview! I think that really gave me a leg up!
Smith is my first choice school and I was ecstatic when I got accepted. I just need to look over the fin. aid to determine whether I will be attending or not.
I was also accepted to Mount Holyoke with a free plane ticket to visit. I like Smith better but it seems like Mount Holyoke will give me a better financial aid package. | |
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03-22-2008, 08:39 PM
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#33 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6
| Accepted. D is from Michigan. Interested in hearing more about the academic workload and campus social life. Thanks. | |
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03-22-2008, 09:05 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 139
| Accepted
w/STRIDE Stats:- SAT: 2240
- SAT II: 750 Math IIC; 720 US History
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.6 W
- Rank: top 5%
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)= APs (four 5s / two 4s / currently taking three); IB Diploma candidate (6 IB courses)
Subjective- Essays: pretty good? I tried to be as sincere as possible.
- Teacher Recs: good/great; one of them was from a Smith alumna (my AP Bio teacher)
- Counselor Rec: good
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook: nope
Personal- Location: Southern California
- High School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Gender: Female (obviously haha)
- Applied for Financial Aid: n/a
Other- Extracurriculars: EIC of school paper; president of service club; yearbook copy editor; decathlon; intern at local paper; NHS officer
- Awards: some school and county ones (decathlon); AP Scholar w/ Distinction; Natl Merit Commended
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Congrats to everyone who was accepted! =D
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03-23-2008, 04:07 PM
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#35 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 345
| Sister accepted, engineering scholarship. Smith, however, is not her first choice - she was accepted EA to a school in December that she very much wants to go to. I don't know her stats. | |
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03-23-2008, 06:25 PM
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#36 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 317
| i got waitlisted as well. i was wondering if its due in part to the fact that i did not write anything "smith specific"- just my common app essay. oh well, once i get my other offers i will probably take my name off. i dont think smith was necessarily the right fit for me. congrats to everyone!! | |
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03-24-2008, 09:01 AM
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#37 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 37
| Congratulations to all of you!
If Smith turns out to be your choice, I hope you have an amazing experience there.
My daughter is graduating this spring and has had such wonderful opportunities. She credits her success in grad school acceptances to her amazing professors and particularly her major advisor. They truly go beyond the call of duty!
I wish you all the best wherever you choose to attend college. | |
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03-24-2008, 02:57 PM
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#38 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
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Accepted Fall ED
Stats:- SAT: 1850
- SAT II: didn't take
- ACT: didn't take
- GPA: 4.15 now; 3.8 cumulative
- Rank: top 10%
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) AP French Lang, AP English Lang, AP US History, AP French Lit, and this year I'll add AP English Lit and AP Calculus AB to the list.
Subjective- Essays: I spoke about my unconventional lifestyle -- I have no hometown and have moved every three years all my life and have lived in three continents.
- Teacher Recs: One from my Honors English 9 / AP English 11 teacher; Another from my French (AP lang/lit) teacher / soccer coach. I'm definitely confident they were great.
- Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was good.
- Supplementary Material: nothing
- Hook: I move often, like I just said. So I've seen the world and know exactly what I want and how to attain it.
Personal- Location: Germany
- High School Type: Dodds (department of defense)
- Ethnicity: caucasian
- Gender: Female, of course
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
- Extracurriculars: Varsity Golf 9-12 (captain); Soccer 9-12 (captain 11 and 12); Basketball 12; Key Club (president); National Honor Society 10-12; Paris Trip 9-12 (group leader 10, trip captain 11 and 12)
- Awards: 9th place in Europe for golf 10 and 11, 5th place in Europe for golf 12; Coach's Award for Basketball; and some academic awards.
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: If you are 100% sure you want to go to Smith, apply ED. The acceptance rate is nearly 30% higher since it is self-selecting. And if you don't get in through ED I think you could re-apply through regular. Also, an interview I think would help, but I never had one. Do try, though. Yay Smith '12!!
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03-26-2008, 12:16 AM
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#39 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alhambra, CA
Posts: 62
| yea, i got wait listed too
Stats:
SAT: 2140
SAT II: 800 Math IIC; 690 biology e; 580 world history [lawl]; 650 chem - yea, i did my sat2's last minute
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.3 UW / 3.6 W
Rank: 50%
Other Tests: ap calc bc 5; ap stats 4, ap bio 4, ap physics 4
Subjective
Essays: clever extended math metaphor about integrating the four areas (circles) to encompass my world (sphere). get it? its a calculus joke :P
Teacher Recs: pretty good. my junior eng teacher who teaches ap eng [her name is mrs. smith lawl] and my ap calc teacher who is also my math team mentor
Counselor Rec: eh....generic at best
Supplementary Material: none
Hook: nope
Personal
Location: Southern California
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Other
Extracurriculars: founder of decathalon team, math team/club capt/pres(respectively), all forms of debate( not including policy), golf team captain
Awards: alot of debate awards - mostly league with several state awards, state ranked in math, qualed for state champs in golf, AP Scholar w/ honor; Natl Merit Commended
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: i guess the only reason why i could think of that i have horrrrrriiibbbllleeee gpa - total of 7 c's and 1 d..mostly all during my sophomore year :T bad times. mostly a's after that | |
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03-28-2008, 09:36 PM
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#40 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The City That Never Sleeps
Posts: 439
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03-28-2008, 11:08 PM
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#41 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 8,577
| Minor 6th are you planning to play in the orchestra? Our D has enjoyed it though I know the conductor will be in Italy next year so I don't know who will be conducting. Our D is graduating with joint Music and Italian Studies majors. She loved Smith. Good luck to you all. | |
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03-30-2008, 11:14 AM
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#42 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The City That Never Sleeps
Posts: 439
| yes I am planning to be in the orchestra. Can you have a joint degree with music and anything else?
I'm excited  | |
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03-30-2008, 11:43 AM
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#43 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 345
| Minor6th: yes, you can major in two areas (for example, music and another subject). | |
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03-30-2008, 12:03 PM
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#44 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 98
| Accepted!
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ 2200+*]SAT:
[760M, 780 Chem, 760 V *]SAT II:
[ 33*]ACT:
[ 3.53*]GPA:
[ doen't rank*]Rank:
[ 5 AP Chem]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ not great]Essays:
[ How does one know this???]Teacher Recs:
[ ???how does one know this?]Counselor Rec:
[ music CD*]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[ none*]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ MA*]Location:
[ small but competitive HS*]High School Type:
[ C*]Ethnicity:
[ F*]Gender
[ Y*]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ music, team sports*]Extracurriculars:
[ NMF, Math awards, music awards*]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] | |
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03-30-2008, 12:34 PM
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#45 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3
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Accepted Fall ED
Stats:- SAT:2030
- SAT II: Literature: 720 Bio M: ....i forget actually.
- ACT: 30? 30-something? i forget this as well.
- GPA: 3.5
- Rank: none
- Other Tests: 5's on AP English Lang and AP Bio
Subjective- Essays: Good. I had fun writing them and my English teacher loved them.
- Teacher Recs: Didn't see them, but I assume they're good. One was from my AP Eng Lang teacher. Other was from my US history teacher who moderates a club I'm president of. (I also have an embarassingly huge crush on him, but that's another story)
- Counselor Rec: She loves me.
- Supplementary Material: Sent an art supplement with slides of my porfolio.
- Hook: none that i know of.... I play trombone rather seriously?
Personal- Location: North-Central Mass. / Southern NH (where I go to school)
- High School Type: Private Catholic
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: If I weren't female, I imagine I'd have had a much harder time trying to get into Smith
- Applied for Financial Aid:yes
Other- Extracurriculars: Band (Marching, Concert, Jazz) - Low Brass Section Leader, First Chair Trombone;
Tri-M Music Honor Society - Treasurer, then VP; Amnesty International - President; Drama Club; National Art Honor Society; Granite State Challenge Team; Latin Club; 10 years of 4H - Youth Leader, Club President... lots of Leadership/Service stuff; 11 years in a community choir; oh, and I ride horses.
I am also a summer camp counselor. - Awards: Many through 4H, some through band. I won an art scholarship junior year and a Student Activity Award for involvement in Amnesty International.
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
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