Official RD Acceptance Thread - class of 2012

[ditsy]

WAITLISTED YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! Totally was expecting rejection.............. not extactic but okayyyyyyyyy congrats everyone who got in and those who didn't don't lose hope you are all still amazing!!

[Chone]

Decision: Wait-listed
Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?:no
• SAT I (by section):800 math, 750 writing, 700 cr
• SAT IIs:750 mathII, 750 bio, 710 ushistory
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.01, 3.96
• Rank:2/527
• ACT:35 english, 34 math, 33 science, 32 writing
• APs (including this year's):bio-5, compscia-4, ushistory-5, englang-5, musictheory-4; this year i'm taking englishlit, macroeconomics, americangov, calcbc, arthistory, worldhistory
• IBs (including this year's:not offered
• Senior Yr Courseload:most strenuous possible
• Number of Apps from Your School:1
• Other stats (Awards, etc.):ap scholar w/ distinction, national hispanic scholar, more but lazy/****ed

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app:varsity tennis, boy's state, eagle scout, literary magazine, captain of science olympiad team
• Job/Work Experience:lollicup, held same job for 18 months
• Essays (subject and responses):too lazy. they were good.
• Teacher Recs:good, one best in career
• Counselor Rec:good but impersonal, counselor changed between junior/senior years
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):bleh

Location/Person:

• State or Country:CA
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):half hispanic, not the best
• Ethnicity:half hispanic half white
• Gender:male
• Income Bracket:100k to 150k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):half mexican that learned spanish at school only, long story.
• Strengths:lots of APs
• Weaknesses:nothing incredible
• Why you think you were waitlisted:i suck

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:i evidently suck

[TommyLeeTKD]

Decision: Accepted
Edit: time received, 7:20 EASTERN TIME
Stats:

* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): CR: 650 W:690 M:800
* SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Chem: 650
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: ~3.76 u.w., ~4.58 w.
* Rank: Class does not rank
* ACT: 32
* APs (including this year's): 11
* Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigurous possible.
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2
* Other stats (Awards, etc.):
various other stats will post later mini awards

Subjective:

* ECs listed on app:
USAT National Team Member for Tae Kwon Do (07')
AAU National Team Member for Tae Kwon Do (05-07')
Several International and National Gold medals for Tae Kwon Do
Volunteer at Montgomery General Hospital
Volleyball active athlete
etc. etc.


Location/Person:

* State or Country: maryland, USA
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): ranked 100-200 in country
* Ethnicity: Asian American
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle-to-high
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): (Repeated question) National team Member for Tae kwon do, from points ranked first in the nation in the 14-17 division (i skipped first grade)
* Strengths: Essays probably.

* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Did decent in school while doing extremely well in Tae Kwon Do, 2012 Olympic Bound
Was deferred, finished semester off strong with Straight A's, won US Open (stanford coach scouted me)
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
My final comment... peace out everyone Cgratz to everyone that got in

[bluesweetie]

Rejected
SAT: 2360
GPA: 3.86 UW

Oh well! I was expecting it anyway, which made it a lot easier. In at plenty of other great schools, so I'll be fine. Congratulations to all those accepted, and to everyone waitlisted (that's an accomplishment, too!)! And to everyone rejected, you will succeed wherever you go because you are all highly intelligent, motivated people.

[locospocous]

received: 6:57 EST
last name: early in the alphabet

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?: No
• SAT I (by section): 2380 (800V 780M 800W)
• SAT IIs: 800s all around
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: dunno
• Rank: top 5%
• ACT:
• APs (including this year's): a few, not extreme though
• IBs (including this year's:
• Senior Yr Courseload: all APs
• Number of Apps from Your School: a TON
• Other stats (Awards, etc.):

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: all head/editor positions
• Job/Work Experience: 16 hour/week during school year, 56 hr/week in summer
• Essays (subject and responses): common app ones
• Teacher Recs:no idea
• Counselor Rec:nope
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none

Location/Person:

• State or Country: midwest
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): prep school
• Ethnicity: asian
• Gender: f
• Income Bracket: pretty high
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
• Strengths: luck
• Weaknesses: hm...
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: because i did really well at a riduculously hard school, probs

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to everyone who got in and gl to those still waiting

[henas]

Accepted, AFTER getting deferred. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[aeshchina]

Decision: Rejected

Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?: yes
• SAT I (by section): 2270
• SAT IIs: 700 770 770 780
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw 4.3 w
• Rank: n/a
• ACT: n/a
• APs (including this year's): 6
• IBs (including this year's: 0
• Senior Yr Courseload: four APs, three other classes
• Number of Apps from Your School: probably a lot
• Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit finalist

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: dance, yearbook, a little community service
• Job/Work Experience: n/a
• Essays (subject and responses): not that strong
• Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
• Counselor Rec: probably good
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): n/a
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: f
• Income Bracket: < 60,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
• Strengths: solid transcript (but which Stanford applicant doesn't?)
• Weaknesses: lack of specialization or achievement in a particular field
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: they didn't want me for QB, didn't think they'd want me now

Other Factors: n/a

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Now I don't have to go to school in California. ^_^

[emtheros]

Decision: Accepted OR

Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?: No
• SAT I (by section): 650 M/760 CR/750 W
• SAT IIs: 710 US History, 780 Literature
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.53 W/4.0 UW
• Rank: 1/730
• ACT: 32
• APs (including this year's): AP World History (3), AB Calculus (3), AP US History (4), AP Psychology (5), AP English Lang (5), AP English Lit, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Biology
• IBs (including this year's: n/a
• Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Biology
• Number of Apps from Your School: 4 or 5, I think
• Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar With Distinction, Scholar-Athlete, 3-year varsity letterman in 2 sports

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Varsity track & cross country, tolerance club, AP club, photography
• Job/Work Experience: n/a
• Essays (subject and responses): Commonapp - record collecting and the luxury of free time, Intellectual Vitality - my love of words, Why Stanford - the laid-back atmosphere & lack of pretentiousness, Roomate - really silly embarrassing story (ice-breaker kinda thing)
• Teacher Recs: Okay, maybe a little generic, but very nice and flattering
• Counselor Rec: Pretty generic, but still nice
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): n/a
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none?

Location/Person:

• State or Country: California
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Southern California public school...not so competetive...this is the first class to have people get into Stanford, UCLA, and UC Berkeley
• Ethnicity: 1/2 Mexican, 1/2 White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess URM sorta, first generation
• Strengths: My essays, my GPA and rank
• Weaknesses: SATs & Recs
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Being first generation probably helped, and I thought overall through my essays I came across as pretty down-to-earth

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can't believe it!!!! They must have made some sort of mistake. Pinch me, pinch me. I'm SHOCKED

[Coolphreak]

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: didn't take
• SAT II: Math IIC: 760; Physics: 720; U.S. History: 730
• ACT: 33
• GPA: 3.8/3.9 UW
• Rank: top 10 i think
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):

Subjective

• Essays: should have been good...can't really comment on them
• Teacher Recs: same as essays
• Counselor Rec: same as teacher recs
• Supplementary Material: Sent extra letter of rec.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): lots of research if that counts

Personal

• Location: california
• High School Type: public
• Ethnicity: ORM
• Gender: M
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: lots of research, community involvement, sports
• Awards: lots of research awards including sts semi, siemens regional finalist, isef, etc.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

i was surprised. I'm now choosing between stanford and mit...

[frankchn]

Decision: Accepted
Decision emailed 6:55am

Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?: No
• SAT I (by section): 800M / 800CR / 730W = 2330
• SAT IIs: Math2 / Physics / Chem = 800 / 800 / 00
• Predicted A-levels: AAAA / H3: Dist / GP: A / PW: A
• Actual A-levels: AAAB / H3: Dist / GP: A / PW: A (damn Chem)

Subjective:

• See International Chances for Penn ED, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, NYU for ECs and other things
• Essays (subject and responses): Standard (and imo mediocre) stuff about overcoming my fear of public speaking. Short essays also standard things
• Teacher Recs: Should be great
• Counselor Rec: Good
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A. International.
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Singapore
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Sends 20 to HYPSM per year
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Quite well-off
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
• Strengths: Laundry list of ECs
• Weaknesses: Little community service
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Laundry list of ECs?

Other Factors: N/A

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Thrilled! Congrats to all those who got in and for all those who were WL'd/Rejected, I'm sure you can get into the college of your dreams come Aug/Sep. Also got into NYU/Stern, CMU/ECE and CMU/Tepper.

[pagEL60]

yay! congrats to you all.

[cory123]

rejected! the last shreds of my hope are quickly diminishing

[sprtn117]

Decision: Accepted!!

Time Received: 4:15PM

Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): CR: 670 W:780 M:730
SAT IIs: Math II: 780, Spanish: 790, US History:800
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96 UW, 4.76 W
Rank: 1/660
ACT: did not take
APs (including this year's): 12 in total, too lazy to list em all

Number of Apps from Your School: 8ish
Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing major besides the usual
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: wrestling, karate, clubs, volunteer service,

Job/Work Experience: nah
Essays (subject and responses): They were good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Great
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): NA
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none of these
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Lower middle, 61kish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st gen American, 1st gen college
Strengths: Well roundedness
Weaknesses: SAT I
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have good numbers, plenty of ec's and some nice hooks to boot.

Congrats to all that got in and my condolences to those who didn't. Its been a pretty crazy 1 hour or so awaiting.

[helianthus]

Decision: Accepted OR


Stats:

• Fee Waiver Used?:no
• SAT I (by section): 700 cr 800 m 760 wr
• SAT IIs: 3 800s, all science related
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.07/4.3 uw
• Rank: top 10%
• ACT:
• APs (including this year's): 6 5's, 3 4's
• IBs (including this year's:
• Senior Yr Courseload: i already graduated from high school (intl student)
• Number of Apps from Your School: around 5? not sure.
• Other stats (Awards, etc.):

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: lotsa leadership positions, biology olympiad medals, theses, human rights experience, etc
• Job/Work Experience: non
• Essays (subject and responses): good i think...roommate essay was the toughest to me.
• Teacher Recs: not bad
• Counselor Rec: not bad either
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):.
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): cancer research maybe? i don think i got hooks

Location/Person:

• State or Country: korea
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): korean public
• Ethnicity:asian intl student
• Gender: m
• Income Bracket: 90K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): non
• Strengths: don't see any particular strengths..
• Weaknesses: korean, male
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:i don know but i am soooo damn relieved..

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:congrats to you all who got accepted!

[grashapa1]

Decision: Rejected @ 4.48

Stats:

* ACT (by section): 34
* SAT IIs: 800 780 740
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.87 uw 4.65 w