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03-29-2008, 05:22 AM
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#136 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 15
| Decision: Accepted Stats:- SAT I (by section):2160
- SAT IIs: math 740 lit 720 bio(e) 720
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.85/4.0
- Rank:2/480
- APs (including this year's): chem, lang and comp, calc, physics, bio, studio art, USHAP
- Number of Apps from Your School: like 50 at least
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: improv, mock trial, 4 year soccer, 4 year tenns, 3 year track
- Job/Work Experience: soccer camp counselor
- Essays (subject and responses): common: i am made up of 2 parts, jimmy neutron and dorothy parker (science and art)
- Teacher Recs: pretty decent probably
- Counselor Rec: amazing
Location/Person:- State or Country: CA
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, pretty decent
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: lady
 - Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): diagnosed with cancer march 2007, finished chemo dec (most brutal time of my life) i got a rec from my oncologist
- Strengths: well-rounded, creative writer.. umm among other things i hope
- Weaknesses: SAT scores, nothing crazy outstanding accomplished
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: people from my school are always accepted (2-5) and im one of the top in my school.. oh yeah and i had cancer.. i think thats a pretty good hook, life changing, and would bring diversity to stanford
Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: senioritis: i will get you
me: no, no you cant!
stanford: accepted! good job
me: senioritis, hello. right this way please | 
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03-29-2008, 07:50 AM
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#137 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 197
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: no
- SAT I (by section): 730V/750M/690W 1480/2170
- SAT IIs: Math II: 760, Lit: 750, Physics: 710
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1W 3.7UW
- Rank: 11/360. top 3%
- APs (including this year's): alot
- Senior Yr Courseload: 4 classes, all AP
- Number of Apps from Your School: 4
- Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: not many
- Job/Work Experience: alot
- Essays (subject and responses): mine were ****ty. i wrote them the day before and put zero effort into them. i didn't really want to go to stanford too much.
- Teacher Recs: decent
- Counselor Rec: decent
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): naw
Location/Person:- State or Country: TX
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
- Ethnicity: hispanic
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: >100k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
- Strengths: sort of good sat scores.
- Weaknesses: gpa, EC's
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i guess URM status isn't everything. they could probably tell that i didn't really seem interested because my essays were so mediocre
- Other college decisions: Accepted at MIT, Rice. Rejected: UCB.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I can't really picture myself at Stanford. I don't really think it's my type of school. MIT was my dream school and the school i cared the most about.. the fact that i got in makes up for the rejections.. | |
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03-29-2008, 08:18 AM
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#138 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 36
| Anyone with Last Name Starting with Z ever received decision email?
either accepted, waitlisted, or rejected | |
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03-29-2008, 10:04 AM
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#139 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 27
| Accepted--looking at how accomplished waitlisted/rejected applicants are, I believe they made a clerical error in my favor. | |
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03-29-2008, 10:24 AM
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#140 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 10
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: no
- SAT I (by section): M 760, CR 700, W 720
- SAT IIs: Math IIc 800, US History 750, Physics 750
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.92/4, weighted n/a
- Rank: 23/480
- ACT: 34
- APs (including this year's): 8, with mostly 5s and two 4s
- IBs (including this year's: 0
- Senior Yr Courseload: Rigorous, could be worse
- Number of Apps from Your School: 2
- Other stats (Awards, etc.): Best Speaker at JSA at Georgetown, NMSC Semifinalist, etc
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: Junior State of America Founder and Pres, Debate Capt, Newspaper Editor-in-Chief, Youth City Council, Senior Committee, NHS Treasurer, etc
- Job/Work Experience: Tutor
- Essays (subject and responses): ugh
- Teacher Recs: Good
- Counselor Rec: Good
- Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): wasn't offered one
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): is not having a hook a hook?
Location/Person:- State or Country: Utah
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 200+
- Strengths: Demonstrably passionate, ECs?, test scores?
- Weaknesses: Was confused about essays and only had one of the three required supplement essays prepared at sending time because I was working on Princeton for the rest of the day. Wrote the other two hastily, felt terribly about them.
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Those essays
Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone | |
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03-29-2008, 12:23 PM
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#141 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 174
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: No
- SAT I (by section): M 700, CR 770, W 800
- SAT IIs: 770, 740, 660
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.5 unweighted
- Rank: NO RANK
- ACT:
- APs (including this year's): A LOT
- IBs (including this year's: Full IB-Diploma Candidate
- Senior Yr Courseload: All AP/IB 7 classes
- Number of Apps from Your School: Al ot 10+
- Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: President of 3 clubs, captain of varsity tennis team, captain of academic decathlon
- Job/Work Experience:
- Essays (subject and responses): Very Good
- Teacher Recs: I duno
- Counselor Rec: I duno
- Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
Location/Person:- State or Country: CA
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
- Ethnicity: ORM
- Gender:M
- Income Bracket: 200000+
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
- Strengths:SAT, EC
- Weaknesses: GPA
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I DONT CARE. I GOT INTO JOHNS HOPKINS. !!!!! YES! | |
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03-29-2008, 04:15 PM
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#142 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MIT ;D
Posts: 450
| kcb452, are you definitely going to MIT this fall?
EDIT: actually, looking at your stats, are you Kayla? ;D | |
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03-29-2008, 04:47 PM
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#143 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 299
| What do you mean aa on steroids? My test scores were terrible and I am white but was still waitlisted. No offense, but don't try to pass off any personal shortcomings onto aa. | |
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03-29-2008, 05:15 PM
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#144 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: McLean, VA
Posts: 136
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
- SAT I (by section): 740 M, 720 W, 710 CR
- SAT IIs: 800 - US History, 800 - Math 2, 760 - Bio M
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1 W, 3.9 UW
- Rank: School doesn't rank, but I know I'm top 8
- ACT:
- APs (including this year's): US History (5), Stat (5), English Lang (4), German, Bio, US Gov, Calc BC
- IBs (including this year's:
- Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP German, AP US Government, English 12, Sculpture/Ceramics, Guidance Assistant
- Number of Apps from Your School: 5-10?
- Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, Outstanding Student awards (school-wide) in Geometry, Alg 2 Hnrs, Precalc Hnrs, and AP Stat, AP Scholar,
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: Swimming, Kumon, tutoring at Kumon Center, interning at political firm, german honor society, volunteering for outreach swim program
- Job/Work Experience: Tutoring at Kumon Center
- Essays (subject and responses): Could have been much better
- Teacher Recs: Excellent I suppose
- Counselor Rec: Same as above
- Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing stands out
Location/Person:- State or Country: Virginia
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very good public (#37 in nation), 1 into Stanford last year
- Ethnicity: Half Asian, Half German Jewish
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: above $200,000
- Strengths: GPA, commitment in ECs, SAT IIs
- Weaknesses: Not amazing essays, not too many ECs
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Nothing really stood out too much, essays weren't amazing
Other Factors: Brother is there for engineering PhD General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone! | |
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03-29-2008, 06:09 PM
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#145 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 525
| Rejected : ( | |
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03-29-2008, 06:15 PM
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#146 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 281
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: No
- SAT I (by section): 790R 780M 800W
- SAT IIs: 800 Math2C 800 Phys 800 Chem
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.8W, 3.9UW
- Rank: Top 1% / 519
- ACT:
- APs (including this year's): European History-5 Calc BC-5 Compsci A-5 Compsci AB-5 Chemistry-5 US History-5 English Language-4 French Language-3 + 6 more this year
- IBs (including this year's: Phys SL (6) French SL (5) + 4 HL this year
- Senior Yr Courseload: 6 AP/IB Classes, Physics and Linear Algebra/Differential Equations at nearby university
- Number of Apps from Your School: A lot I think
- Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing major
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: Research, ARML, Math Club, Religious Activities
- Job/Work Experience: None
- Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were good, but I guess I still ended up a dime a dozen -_-
- Teacher Recs: Above average I think
- Counselor Rec: Should have been very good
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
Location/Person:- State or Country: CA
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very good public school, we had like 10 to Stanford last year, this year only 3 :/
- Ethnicity: Asian (@#$@)
- Gender: M
- Income Bracket: 90k-100k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
- Strengths: Academics
- Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn't have anything that could distinguish me out of the 25k kids that applied....
Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Wasn't very happy with the rejection. But now I know I will end up at Caltech, so it's all good. Congrats to all that got accepted.
Tip for people who want to go to Stanford: spend your 4 years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are AMAZING. Also, start writing your essay during summer before senior year, and stress "intellectual vitality" in each essay. Cause grades and scores don't get you into Stanford :P | |
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03-29-2008, 07:09 PM
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#147 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 60
| It doesn't seem like you had any leadership or community service? | |
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03-29-2008, 07:21 PM
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#148 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 70
| Decision: Accepted Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?:no
- SAT I (by section):na
- SAT IIs:na
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.0 uw
- Rank:1/53
- ACT:33
- APs (including this year's):not offered at high school
- IBs (including this year's:na
- Senior Yr Courseload:not too bad....I do a lot of tutoring this year instead of class.
- Number of Apps from Your School:1 (me)
Subjective:- ECs listed on app:Varsity Baseball, Class Pres, Beta Club Pres, minor involvement in a few other clubs
- Job/Work Experience:held part-time job since age 15
- Essays (subject and responses)
 robably what got me accepted...about coming from a rural community in AL and wanting to rise above expectations - Teacher Recs: 1 amazing one and 1 was ok
- Counselor Rec: well....no comment
- Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):na
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):na
Location/Person:[list][*] State or Country: AL[*] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):small public (I will be only student attending a 4-year college in the fall)[*] Ethnicity: Caucasian[*] Gender:M[*] Income Bracket:~50k[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Geographic diversity? and 1st gen college [*] Strengths: essays, gpa, class rank[*] Weaknesses: ACT score[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no idea...it's a crapshoot General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone accepted!!! | |
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03-29-2008, 07:31 PM
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#149 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 7,680
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spend your 4 years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are AMAZING.
| What qualifies as "amazing"? I didn't spend my four years in high school pursuing activities/awards that are "amazing," but just ones that showed a passion for a specific subject. | |
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03-29-2008, 08:08 PM
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#150 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 393
| Accepted
Decision: Accepted OR Stats:- Fee Waiver Used?: No
- SAT I (by section): 800 800 790(CR)
- SAT IIs: 800 Bio 800 Math IIC 800 Chem 800 Physics 800 Korean 800 Japanese
- GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.89 UW 4.57 W
- Rank: 1%
- APs (including this year's): AP Biology, Physics C (Both), English Lit, Spanish, Japanese, Comp Sci AB, MacroEcon, US Govt, European History, US History Studio Art(Photography)
- Senior Yr Courseload: Six of above + graduate level computer science and recently finished Linear Algebra.
- Number of Apps from Your School: like 50
- Other stats (Awards, etc.): USAMO three years.. first place in Math at Beach.. some AP award that I didn't bother putting.. Gold medal in computer science state competition... highest point ever.. (record)... not much more..
Subjective:- ECs listed on app: President of Computer Science, Web Development Club. Co-President of Math Club. Developed a search engine algorithm and sold it for $3000.. a improved version is being used right now in some websites (nothing too big though.. still received a few awards) Wrote a book on website development that sold decently well.
- Job/Work Experience: developed programs for many companies and made $10k+
- Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about living in Panama for several years and meeting different people..
- Teacher Recs: Didn't read but presumably good. I don't really try too hard in school.. which I'll definately need to improve upon.
- Counselor Rec: She loves me and I love her!!
- Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Didn't do one.
- Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
Location/Person:- State or Country: CA
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 100 Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 450K
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
- Strengths: I guess I pursued my passion throughout high school and made money..
- Weaknesses: Asian Male..
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know.. luck and I guess I worked hard in some respects.. but I am shocked.
Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Well.. I didn't really expect this much since my focus wasn't clear. I honestly don't want to major in computer science because I'm really bored with it now after many years. I'm actually more tired than bored. I don't know what to major in....trouble..yes.. | |
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