rkr

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):2260
• ACT:
• SAT II:Math2:800;UH:720;Phy:700
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis):Phy:5;Cal:4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load:Full IB Diploma
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Chess Champ; Tennis Champ
• Job/Work Experience:Chess Coach
• Volunteer/Community service:
• Summer Activitiesebate Camp; Biomed Research
• Essays:Excellent
• Teacher Recommendation:Great
• Counselor Rec:Really Great
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:

Other

• State (if domestic applicant):WA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type:Public
• Ethnicity:Asian
• Gender:Male
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection[list][*] Strengths:[*] Weaknesses:

SamuraiBoy

I haven't gotten anything yet...

findis

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800CR-790M-780W (2370)
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800's on physics, math II-C, US history, 780's on bio, chem
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.97
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (tie)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on US History, Computer Science A, Microeconomics (self-study), Macroeconomics (self-study)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro (A), AP English Lit (A), AP Spanish (A-), AP US Gov (A), AP Stats (A+), AP Physics C (A+). BC Calc through CTY over summer (A).
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but NJ Science League: 1st in area every year. County Math League: 1st in group. Academic Decathlon: First and second in region, awards in almost everything. National Merit winner, AP Scholar with Honor.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  -Cross-country (with award given to one senior a year), winter track, spring track, GSA (treasurer), SADD (president), NHS, Earth club, politics club, quiz bowl. Bible quizzing team - significant time commitment. Some extracurricular involvement in music.
• Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
• Volunteer/Community service: Local library, picking up recyclables, community service club.
• Summer Activities: Summer school tennis, cross-country camp, calculus BC through CTY.
• Essays: I thought they were good but too similar too each other.
• Teacher Recommendation: Don't know about one. Other very positive, "best student ever taught," etc.
• Counselor Rec: Don't know.
• Additional Rec:

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. With letter about abnormally high expenses due to sister's illness.
• Intended Major: Physics.
• State (if domestic applicant): NJ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Good public... but we've never gotten anyone into Stanford.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: ~100k
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Standardized testing.
• Weaknesses: Essays might have been a little similar.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't think there's a reason, like "I should've done better on xxx" or "I'm so good at yyy." There are a lot of great applicants, and honestly I'm proud of myself for being waitlisted.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
  Accepted: UVa, Brandeis, MIT (yay!)
  Rejected: Yale
  Waitlisted: Princeton

Other: Only school I might have possibly chosen over MIT, so I'm a little relieved that the choice was made for me.

rentastrawberry

Decision: Rejected








...oh the little masochist i am.

ab2013

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CX 2260 M 800 CR 750 W 710 E 10
• SAT IIs: Math Level 2 800, Chem 780, Bio M 760, Lit 680
• ACT: CX 34 MA 36 EN 34 SC 34 RE 30 or something like that with E 12
• APs: Chem 5; Bio 5; Eng Lang 5; Macroecon 4; Microecon 5; Eng Lit; Physics C; Calc BC; Stats
• IBs: School does not offer
• GPA: 3.85 UW
• Rank: School does not rank
• Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): AMC 12 105, AIME 3, USNCO Honorable Mention (in Districts)

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Orchestra (3 years) section leader; Latin Club (3 years) Secretary; National Honors Society (2 years) webmaster; Quiz Bowl (3 years); a few other service/volunteering clubs and academic clubs
• Job/Work Experience: I'm unemployed like 8% of the USA
• Essays (subject and responses): (1) Flying Spaghetti Monster; (2) Music; (3) Why I wanted to go there (mandatory)
• Teacher Recs: 1 from AP English; 1 from AP Chem - waived my right to read so don't know how they went
• Counselor Rec: Knew her pretty well - saw her alot just to talk, but I also waived my right to read her rec
• Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): None

[ b]Location/Person:[/b]

• State or Country: MI
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top public
• Ethnicity: ORM
• Gender: Imperfectly rhymes with mail and is only one syllable (yes I failed my poetry test last week)

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Last rejection letter I got to read. Too bad it was the same thing as the SCEA rejection letter!

Stanford, your admission letter inspired me so much I will be devoting my life to you. As I work my ass off every single minute of my 4 years in undergrad, I will have you in my heart and I will strive for that admission letter from your engineering or econ grad school. I'll decide over the summer. I will make it my life's goal and purpose.

(Sorry nerdy moment there, but short burst of optimism )

limetime

Decision: LOL REJECTED


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2310, 780 CR 770M 760W, 12 Essay
• ACT:none
• SAT II: 800 Bio-M, 750 USHistory, 730 Spanish, 720 MathIIC
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92UW, 4.73W
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank, top 2-3%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 AP's by end of junior year, six 5's and two 4's.
• Senior Year Course Load: AP human Geo, AP Eng. Lit, AP Euro, AP Micro/Macro, AP 2D Design, Honors Physics.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, unless you count National AP Scholar.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (co-captain), Spanish Honor Society (Prez), Philosophy club (vice-prez), Orchestra (assistant principal viola), Mock Trial, Forensics, National HS and Science National HS, Church.
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: 550+ hours
• Summer Activities: internship at State's Attorney's office, Debate camps.
• Essays: pretty good
• Teacher Recommendation: really good, both of them.
• Counselor Rec: PHENOMENAL. She loves me.
• Additional Rec: MARVELOUS.
• Interview: didn't get one.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
• Intended Major: History
• State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
• School Type: top 100 public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: 60,000-80,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):..........none.

Reflection

• Strengths: Grades, scores, recommendations
• Weaknesses: no major awards or hooks
• Why you think you were rejected: no hooks or awards!
• Where else were you accepted: Dart, Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore, other liberal-arts type institutions. They seem to like me :P

General Comments: Congrats to all accepted! and chin up to all rejected and waitlisted...I think it's just very arbitrary sometimes. :P

churchill1990

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
• SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
• ACT: 32 (didn't send)
• GPA: 3.89 unweighted
• Rank: School doesn't rank
  

Subjective:

• Essays: Overall excellent. I thought they were the highlight of my application - Common App was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in, and my first two short answers were very reflective of my personality. My Why Stanford?, however, was a major fail.
• Teacher Rec: Didn't read, but I chose teachers that like me :-)
• Counselor Rec: Same as above
• Hook (if any): Double legacy (father and grandmother)

Location/Person:

• State or Country: WA
• School Type: Very small independent private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music audition possibly
• why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Even though I'm a legacy (father and grandmother), I've never been to Stanford's campus...consequently my Why Stanford? was somewhat lacking. I'm shocked I was waitlisted and not rejected!!

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Hopefully I get off this waitlist :P

ariadne15

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): cr800/w790/m740
• ACT: did not take
• SAT II: US History (770), Spanish w/ Listening (750), English Literature (710), Math Lvl2 (710)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/485 (tied)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): CalcAB (5), USH (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): did not take
• Senior Year Course Load: Microeconomics, Government, Biology, Spanish Literature, English Literature, Latin Literature (all AP)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

National Merit Finalist, All County Academic Team, other random things.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, CSF (secretary), Key Club, County Youth Advisory Council (secretary), Link Crew, School Site Council.
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours with Key Club, CSF, NHS, plus volunteer at library and children's museum
• Summer Activities: Community college courses and continued volunteering
• Essays: I was very proud of them, although my Common App essay topic may have been risky (I wrote about atheism).
• Teacher Recommendation: Did not read either, but I am sure they were excellent. I'm really close to both teachers!
• Counselor Rec: Awful. Unfortunately wasn't able to see it until a month after she sent it. It was a paragraph long, had misspellings, and was the most impersonal thing I'd ever read. Oh well.
• Additional Rec: Perfect. My boyfriend (who was also accepted!) wrote it. He covered all bases - extracurriculars, academics, plus that personal side all colleges like to see.
• Interview:

Didn't have one Other

• State (if domestic applicant): California
• Country (if international applicant): US
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Caucasian/Asian (Filipina)
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Below $80,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

I don't know if being an Asian really helps, especially at Stanford.Reflection

• Strengths: SAT Score, essays
• Weaknesses: Counselor rec, extracurriculars a little deficient
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Lots of hard work and lots of luck. General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who was excepted, and good luck to everyone who is still awaiting a reply. Honestly, this whole process has shown me how much the college admissions process is a gamble. Waitlisted at Duke, WashU in St. Louis, and Harvard, and REJECTED at UPenn. I was so surprised!!! : )

ProjectStanford

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected (crying)

I never wanted something so badly in my life, I am numb right now. But I thank you, in advance, Shawn Abbot, I know this will be yet another source of strength in the future.

SAT 1: 750 CR, 750 W, 700 M = 2200 (2300 second time but too late to send =( )
SAT 2: Bad...
UW G.P.A: 3.81 (incredibly upward trend)
School: Top 20 Private in the nation
Rank: School does NOT rank

Extra Curricular(s):
Professional Opera Singer (5 years)
Varsity Soccer (4 years + captain)
Varsity Tennis (4 years + captain)
Chorus (4 years)
A Capella (4 years)
Student @ Columbia for two courses/case study

Interview: Went Very Well!
Optional Update: Sent in long update, thought it was good

State: NY
Ethnicity: Iranian/Mexican
Hook: URM ?, Opera, Varsity Athlete, Student @ Columbia
Income: High/no aid needed

Reflection:
Worst day of my life, but for those of you who need some hope I received the following decisions:

1. Stanford (deferred -> rejected)
2. Columbia (accepted)
3. Duke (accepted w/merit)
4. Hopkins (accepted w/merit)
5. Chicago (accepted)
6. NYU Stern (accepted w/full merit)
7. Oberlin (accepted w/full merit)
8. Georgetown (accepted)

Yale: Waitlisted

ngolsh314

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): R-750 M-760 W-750
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: Chem-780 Lit-740 Math-760
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-8 ish
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/119
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5) Calc(5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: [Ind.] AP Phys C both parts, [Ind.] AP Comp Sci AB, AP US Hist, AP Lit, Deutsch IV, College-level Organic Chemistry
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bot Scouts of America Eagle Scout, Marching Band(treasurer), Concert Band, Top Jazz Band, Piano, Guitar, Violin, Persussion, Mandolin, Interact, Yearbook(business manager), Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Head A/V Technician, HS Musical, Jr/Sr Class Play
• Random: Made a hologram for fun. Built a 7 foot tall medieval siege engine for fun. Made a high end headphone amplifier for fun. All were done starting with little or no knowledge of the subject beforehand.
• Job/Work Experience: YMCA/Community Pool Lifeguard
• Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life, Eagle Project, 'bout 150 hours with Scouts
• Summer Activities: Calculus II, PSU, Grade- A; Comp Sci 101, PSU, Grade-A,
• Essays: Ridiculous good. Best essay I've ever written. Ambitious rhetoric and tasteful humor in one neat package.
• Teacher Recommendation: Wrote about how while grades weren't that important to me, my motivation and personal ambition were the best he's ever seen in his career.
• Counselor Rec: Good, just wants to be able to say "heh heh i got a kid in *fill in good school*"
• Additional Rec: nope.
• Interview: n/a

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
• Intended Major: Computer Engineering, Robotics focus
• State (if domestic applicant): PA
• Country (if international applicant): Lycoming
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Iranian and Western European, put down Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Rather not say. Not anything ridiculous, just not sharing that info.
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Made all my own opportunities.

Reflection

• Strengths: Motivation, optimism, worldview, and drive, coming from a unique kid in a backwoods redneck right-wing-nutjob ultraconservative small Pennsylvania town.
• Weaknesses: Class rank, grades.
• Why you think you were accepted: Motivation, optimism, worldview, drive to affect humanity in a meaningful way

General Comments: "Early Approval" is the *****, man. Official Stanford "Early Approval" Letter Thread

Good luck to everyone else!!!

stealingsunshine

Decision: (deferred first, then…) Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M 760, CR 700, W 730 [2190]
• ACT:
• SAT II: Math II 780, Chinese 770, Bio M 760
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.85
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 5, US History 5, German 4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, newspaper, art, AP English Lit
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): music, art classes, Chinese school, member of National German Honor Society, newspaper editor, etc.
• Job/Work Experience: summer internship at a biochemical company
• Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
• Summer Activities: symphony tour, attending my grandparents’ funerals in a different country, internship, etc.
• Essays: really liked them
• Teacher Recommendation: the one I read was decent, didn’t see the other one
• Counselor Rec: My counselor has changed about three times in the last fours years, so she couldn't have said anything really new/interesting about me.
• Additional Rec: none. But also sent in both an art and a music supplement.
• Interview:

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: very competitive public
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: high
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

• Strengths: Art dedication/awards, interest in Biology, German?
• Weaknesses: SATs, GPA, average-ness
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably because of my weaknesses, and senior grades didn’t help at all

General Comments: disappointed, especially after the wait after being deferred; also rejected from Princeton (not at all surprised) and Brown (probably my top choice), waitlisted at Pomona; I guess I’ll be heading off to UCLA (kind of glad that i can save my parents some money).
Congratulations to everyone who got in!

=skyblue=

Decision: Rejected

o well, that was expected
my essays were really bad cuz i did them at the last minute.

Sea Legs

Decision: Waitlisted! Heck yes.


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (730 CR, 730 M, 640W)
• ACT: 34 (35E, 30M, 36R, 34S, 31E/W)
• SAT II: 760 Chem, 660 M1
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0? I guess, my school does this weird.
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/238
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Eng Lang (3), USHist (3), CalcAB, Gov and Pol, Bio, Lit
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Span 5, AP Gov, Eco Adv, Phys Adv, AppMus, Band
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Nat'l Merit Commended,

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of Band (Drum Major, Drum Captain, Lieutenant), 4 years of Spanish Club (President, Vice President, Reporter x2), 3 years Drama Club, 2 years International Thespian Society (Secretary), 1.5 Years Cross-Country, 2 years Student Council, 2 years National Honor Society, 2 years UIL Science (Captain....hahah)... and then some more.
• Job/Work Experience: Blockbuster for 9 months, Church Pianist for over a year.
• Volunteer/Community service:Hurricane clean-up (and a lot of it), UMARMY, United Methodist Committee on Relief, various other stuff. I can't remember how many hours.
• Summer Activities: Junior Statesman of America Summer School at Stanford, Drum Major Camp, Shakespeare Camp, Summer Band, Marching Percussion Camp
• Essays: I really liked them...
• Teacher Recommendation: didn't read.
• Counselor Rec: awesomely personal.
• Additional Rec: from my boss.
• Interview: didn't have one.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Texas
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Crappy Public (very rarely sends grads to top universities)
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 100Kish
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen, multiple-murricane devastated area?

Reflection

• Strengths: ECs, Essays
• Weaknesses: SAT/SATII/ACT/everything
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments: suh-weeeet! totally expected rejection.

anissa

Decision: ACCEPTED
Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M:720 CR:760 W:750
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: French w/ Listening:800, US History:720, Literature:690
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~350
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics 5, taking Calc AB, Statistics, French Lit (self study), French Language (self study), English Lit, and Comparative Gov & Politics (self study) this year
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense.. have to make up some NC state requirements since I was in France last year though
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year abroad in Orléans, France, Junior State (officer and fundraiser / delegate leader to Washington conference), founder/president of Young Democrats, extensive political volunteering with leadership (turned down fulltime internship w/ Barack Obama campaign), piano, French Club president, French Club quiz bowl winner, local math quiz bowl
• Job/Work Experience: customer service job at REI since fall 2008
• Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, conservation, political stuff
• Summer Activities: mostly travel / work
• Essays: common app was about political volunteering; the mini ones were alright - the one about "intellectual vitality" was about this really boring conversation i had... and i turned it into this awesome anecdote. my "why stanford" was all about school spirit... i just reread it and it was AWFUL hahahaha
• Teacher Recommendation: one was phenomenal (from my government teacher who made me want to study political science; she let me read it and she got all teary-eyed… basically she says I’m the best student she’s ever had), not sure about other but it didn’t seem to hurt!
• Counselor Rec: unsure… but pretty decent I’m assuming. I don’t think she’s very intelligent and she’s been unsupportive of my reach schools, but I know she respects me a lot and wrote about my personal initiative and passion for learning, which is the most important thing.
• Additional Rec: -
• Interview: didn't have one

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
• Intended Major: political science or economics, can't remember
• State (if domestic applicant): NC
• Country (if international applicant): -
• School Type: public, kind of average. most top kids go to the state flagship
• Ethnicity: URM
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: high
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, moved around a lot

Reflection

• Strengths: extracurricular political work, essays?
• Weaknesses: test scores & GPA
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i've done a lot of things because i love them, i guess. i've made the most of everything, even though i've gone to three high schools. multicultural background? that could be it.

General Comments: i am soooooo happy. i was really and truly expecting absolute, outright rejection. i thought my essays were awful and i rushed this application horribly. i'm kind of speechless. like, my face is freaking twitching. i was with my best friend when i saw the email on my phone and i had to make her read it for me!!!

dpattzlover

Decision: Accepted!


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 650M, 680CR, 770W
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: didn't take
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A (but I'm pretty sure our V got denied)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): haven't taken any AP courses
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: very rigorous
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience: Soccer ref 3 years, German Christmas Store
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs., service trips to Tanzania and Mexico; a lot of stuff on the rez
• Summer Activities: did a lot.
• Essays: I thought they were easily the best I've written in the process.
• Teacher Recommendation: Absolutely wonderful!!
• Counselor Rec: she really likes me
• Additional Rec: bball coach, I sent it in after January 1st, whoops. lol.
• Interview:none

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota; Wisconsin (Chippewa Lac du Flambeau)
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: college prep
• Ethnicity: American Indian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and also the fact that I've spoken with Ms. Keene (Native undergrad recruiter) a lot?

Reflection

• Strengths: My service, school, and writing (essays/people just say I'm a good writer).
• Weaknesses: SATs and lack of SAT IIs.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I LOVE STANFORD UNIVERSITY!

General Comments: Good Luck with making your decisions everyone! I am so happy I got in and am sure all of you have someplace special as well! Wado!