Smith College Class of 2012 Decision Thread

[lingotjuice]

With around 5 hours to go... I think we can start a decision thread...

[montanaro]

Hi! I am an international ED applicant. Excited to meet my future classmates! Good luck everyone!

[apathy]

Here's the template, just delete the spaces behind each beginning bracket:

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Accepted
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Rejected
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Waitlisted
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[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]

[swetaaa]

how i wish i could fast forward time!

[shadesofpale]

Omg I Just Checked And I Got In!!!! I'm Going To Cry And/or Pass Out!!!!

[sarahhs]

congrats!!!! your decision is already up?

[shadesofpale]

Yeah on the Application Summary on Bannerweb there is a new section called "Decision", and a link next to it saying "Admission Letter"

[shadesofpale]

Accepted




Stats:

• SAT: 1910 (I suck I know)
• SAT II:
• ACT:
• GPA: 4.2 right now, 3.8ish cumulative
• Rank: 23 of 130ish+ (I really don't know)
• Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)

Subjective

• Essays: Really good, my AP English teacher gave rave reviews
• Teacher Recs: One was from my AP English teacher (I'm sure it was good), and the other from my US history/gov/econ teacher from last year (also good)
• Counselor Rec: She loves me
• Supplementary Material: Nope
• Hook: Nothing really

Personal

• Location: Southern California
• High School Type: Private Catholic
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Gender: Female...it's Smith
• Applied for Financial Aid: No

Other

• Extracurriculars: Theatre guild (secretary, director, playwright, stage manager, etc etc), student council, City youth council, Cancer walk leader, YMCA volunteer, Quil and Scroll Society, International Thespian Society, and other stuff I can't think of right now
• Awards: Honor roll?
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: lalalalalala!

[sarahhs]

Sweeeeeet I Got In!!!

[apathy]

Ok, I can go now that someone else has posted:




Accepted




Stats:

• SAT: 2400
• SAT II: Chemistry - 730, Math IIC - 800, Biology - 760, USH - 760
• GPA: 3.5 UW
• Rank: top 15%, if not top 10% (our school technically does not rank, but they give out sheets with percentages of people who have a certain GPA)
• Other Tests: AMC12 - 105, AIME - 4, AP Bio, Chem, USH, Comp Sci - 5

Subjective

• Essays: must've been good
• Teacher Recs: no clue
• Counselor Rec: counselor doesn't do recs at our school
• Supplementary Material: nix
• Hook: made it to Science Olympiad Nationals twice

Personal

• Location: MA
• High School Type: large public
• Ethnicity: asian
• Gender: female
• Applied for Financial Aid: yes

Other

• Extracurriculars: varsity track captain, science team captain
• Awards: lots of little ones
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: STRIDE FTW

[IreneAdler]

Accepted (ED)




Stats:

• SAT: --
• SAT II: --
• ACT: 31 (36s on English and Reading, though-- I had never seen anything like the science before! Really threw me for a loop)
• GPA: 3.7 (unweighted)
• Rank: Top 3%
• Other Tests: AP Chemistry and AP US History from last year

Subjective

• Essays: Good, sort of quirky though (which made me nervous!).
• Teacher Recs: There was a combined one from my French teachers and one from my Honors/AP English teacher (also yearbook advisor). I don't think they would've said anything TOO bad about me.
• Counselor Rec: Generic

Personal

• Location: IL
• High School Type: Large public
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: …hahaha! Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes, and received some!

Other

• Extracurriculars: (copy/pasted from another document, so sort of unnecessarily long-winded...)
  --Speech Team/Forensics (4 years, Captain for two years, various awards for Prose)
  --Drama Club/Thespian Society (4 years, National Level Thespian)
  --Theater (4+ years, seven shows last year (school, community) currently in Once Upon A Mattress)
  --Kaleidoscript Literary Magazine (3 years, Assistant-Editor-in-Chief last year, Editor-in-Chief this year)
  --Opera (2 years, two performances last year, paid chorus for Carmen and Rigoletto)
  --Natural Helpers (4 years)
  --French Club (4 years, France Trip Travel Chair)
  --National Honors Society (Variety Show Chair(w)oman, tutoring)
  --Choir/Voice Lessons (4+ years, private lessons for six years, Chamber Choir for four years, selected ensemble member)
  --Orchestra/Viola (4 years, private lessons)
  --Link Crew (2 years)
  --Yearbook (Student Life Section Head)
  --Youth Group (4+ years, volunteer projects, choir/chime choir, outreach, drama group, soloist)
  --Ice Cream shop (worked during junior year, summer 2006—spring 2007)
  --People to People Student Ambassador (New Zealand and Australia)
• Awards: --Illinois State Scholar
  --All-State Honors Chorus Soprano I
  --PSAE Top 2%
  --1st Place Poetry and Short Story submissions to various literary journals in the area
  --French Honors Society
  --National level Thespian Society awardee
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Even though it’s been a few months since I found out, I’m still just ridiculously excited. I think my essays, though sort of random, gave a good idea of what I am really like. I interviewed, had an overnight, and indicated my interest as best as I could. To anyone worried about financial aid, make sure to call and speak to one of the counselors—one spent a good hour and a half going over things with my dad, and we got some more money once they realized there was an error in our FAFSA. I’m also going to be working next year to help pay for tuition, so that’s taken care of as well. They really take care of you!

[bellaSealle]

YEAH!!!!! Accepted! I'm so happy!

SAT: Math 670
Writing: 770
Verbal: 800

[ashnazg]

Accepted




Stats:

• SAT: 2070 (730 CR / 610 M / 730 WR)
• SAT II: 740 USH / 790 Lit
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: around 92 weighted
• Rank: school doesn't rank
• Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB): AP US (4) and AP English Lang (5), now in 3 APs (French, Euro, Eng. Lit.)

Subjective

• Essays: Pretty creative/out there. Wrote about how Lord of the Rings changed my life
• Teacher Recs: Really good
• Counselor Rec: Outstanding
• Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides): Rec. from a Emmy (&more) winning director who I interned for
• Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please): None really!

[b]Personal[ /b][ list][*]Location: Suburban NY[*]High School Type: Small[*]Ethnicity: Caucasion[*]Gender: Ahaha this is SMITH[*]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) Yes![/list]Other[list][*]Extracurriculars: Book Club, Volunteer at local library, two internships (magazine about religion & film production company), French Club, NHS, FLHS, School's Literary Magazine, Drama Club[*]Awards: None![*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I AM SO HAPPY!![ /list]

[je_ne_sais_quoi]

Daughter accepted.

[MiaDust]

Accepted



Stats:

• SAT: M 730 CR 740 W 710
  
• SAT II:Literature 760 World History 740 Italian 720
• GPA: 3.98
• Rank: 22/342
• Other Tests: World: 4 Stat, Eng Comp, US Hist: 5
  

Subjective[ list][*]Essays: I thought they were awesome...my Eng teacher asked if she could keep it for future classes, but it was sort of generically about my love of words/italian.[*]Teacher Recs: Didn't read them; assume good.[*]Counselor Rec: Great, she loves me.[*]Supplementary Material: n/a[*]Hook: nothing really.[/list]Personal

• Location: Suburbs, NY
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: mhm..F
• Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) yup, prob won't get much.

[ b]Other[/b]

• Extracurriculars: Women's Issues Group (4 yrs, Secretary 2 yrs), Literary Magazine (3 yrs, Editor 2 yrs), English Honors Society (2 Yrs, Secretary 1 yr), Varsity Bowling Team (3 yrs), Varsity Track and Field (2 yrs) Yearbook: Senior Section Editor, this year
• Awards: National Merit Finalist, high honor roll
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

Kinda disappointed I didn't get STRIDE or something...my mom probably won't let me go here b/c "they don't want you enough."


CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!