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Old 03-31-2009, 08:34 PM   #31
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For my daughter:

SAT: 2210
SAT II: 2140
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.8W
Rank: 1:700
ECs: Tons of music --> talent, leadership, and state-level awards
Hook: Legacy
Result: Deferred EA and Rejected RD

Don't ever let anyone tell you that Legacy is a huge boost or a legacy kid with good stats is a sure thing.
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:35 PM   #32
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Location: a state of suspended animation-->Leland Stanford Jr. Community College '13!
Posts: 168
Decision: Accepted! AAAAAAAAH!

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (750CR, 680M, 760W, 12E)
  • ACT: 35 (35E, 32M, 36R, 35S, 35W)
  • SAT II: 780 French, 750 English Lit, 730 World History (self-studied)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don't know
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don't know either. lol
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): none yet (I'm taking Chem and Stats this spring)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 on Math SL, 4 on Chem SL (taking History HL, French HL, English HL, Geography SL)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Chem, IB 20th Century European History HL, IB English IV HL, Advanced Jazz band, IB French VI HL, IB Human Geography SL
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Athletic/Academic All-State

Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Symphony, varsity tennis, French club officer
  • Job/Work Experience: assistant tennis pro at the health club near my house
  • Volunteer/Community service: lots
  • Summer Activities: travel, relaxation, sports, community service
  • Essays: Several colleges have told me that my common app essay was great. I guess my supplement short answers must have been great too! lol
  • Teacher Recommendation: Again, must have been great. haha
  • Counselor Rec: Not very personal. She had to write them for ~500 of us.
  • Interview: none

Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
  • School Type: massive public behemoth
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: male
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm a white suburban male... No hooks...

Reflection
  • Strengths: good writer, athlete (but not recruited), musician (but did not audition--I'm going for history)
  • Weaknesses: math, science
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ask the admissions office. haha

General Comments: I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! I was all set to go to Cornell, and then I got the news from Stanford! Wow!
aksfghalkefhualiuefhwf!!!
Last edited by soxfan2048; 03-31-2009 at 08:37 PM. Reason: added senior year courseload. Don't know how I missed that... : )
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:38 PM   #33
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I pledged to report, so true to my word:

Decision: Rejected
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:40 PM   #34
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Decision: Rejected
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:46 PM   #35
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Decision: Rejected.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 w 690 cr 720 m
ACT: 33
SAT II: 790 ush 750 wh 680 math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/277
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5's, one 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap euro, ap lit, ap calc ab, ap psych, journalism 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
sunshine state scholars

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres of club.. foudner of another.. in about 12 activities, states in envirothon
Job/Work Experience: two jobs over summers
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
Summer Activities: job
Essays: great
Teacher Recommendation: very good
Counselor Rec: idk
Additional Rec:
Interview: very good

Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): us
School Type: public
Ethnicity: w
Gender: m
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:53 PM   #36
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Decision: Accepted
i figure i keep saying "ill post my stats later" on all my posts, so here goes.


Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 crit)
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 800 mathII 800 chem 740 lit
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 us history, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 on comp sci, world hist, calc bc, enviro (self study), stat.
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: pretty rough but not insane
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME (i got a 7)
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ok here goes. i wrote 2 novels for nanowrimo.com (an awesome site). i'm decent at debate (nothing special). i made a few games, and i did an internship where i did some neat programming involving biology. i play piano (ho hum). joined Mathcamp last year, it was awesome as well.
  • Job/Work Experience: see above?
  • Volunteer/Community service: a little tutoring here and there
  • Summer Activities: Mathcamp, internship
  • Essays: AWESOME. definitely my best essays for any college (since i wrote them last, so i was in swing), except maybe mit (where i got denied :P). they attacked the question in clever ways.
  • Teacher Recommendation: i dont think they were that special.
  • Counselor Rec: definitely not too great.
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview: stanford does interviews? lol
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): MD
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: small, lol, last year i dont think it had a single person going to an ivy league.
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ?? being generally awesome
Reflection
  • Strengths:
  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: TOTAL LUCK. The apps I thought were my best were rejected (MIT, Princeton). My worst apps were accepted (harvard??). This one was pretty decent, but it doesn't stop me from thinking that above a certain level applications are a crapshoot indeed.

General Comments: Like I said, as disheartening as a rejection mail is, the process really seems random. It's trite, but don't take the email personally.

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Old 03-31-2009, 09:15 PM   #37
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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown):2290-780 Writing, 750 Math, 760 CR
  • ACT:34, idk the breakdown
  • SAT II:none
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/520
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Calc BC (5), AP Euro (2, only non-5), AP Language(5), AP Physics B (5), AP US History (5), AP Literature, AP Stat, AP Government, and AP chem
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:AP Literature, AP stat, AP government, Health, AP Chemistry, Choir
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Choir, lettered in it every year possible and I'm in the top choir, Theatre, Student leadership at my church, NHS, FHS, Link Crew
  • Job/Work Experience:Worked since Junior year at a BBQ restaurant and now claire's
  • Volunteer/Community service: 2 week long mission trips, over 60 hours of community service
  • Summer Activities: Work, mission trips, youth group retreats
  • Essays: I wrote an essay on why I decided that I want to go into psychiatry
  • Teacher Recommendation: Both extremely good I'm guessing, I never saw them
  • Counselor Rec:Probably good
  • Additional Rec:none
  • Interview:??
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type:Public
  • Ethnicity:White
  • Gender:Female
  • Income Bracket:not sure, my parents are divorced and remarried
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):clearly none lol
Reflection
  • Strengths:Test scores, grades, course load, EC's, NMF
  • Weaknesses:Not sure here, guess I'm not connected to the school enough
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Cuz they hate me haha idk though
General Comments:I'm sad, but my top choice vanderbilt is basically letting me go for free
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:18 PM   #38
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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (770, 780, 790) not superscored
  • ACT: 34 composite
  • SAT II: took 5: 740-790 on all
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/432
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on all 5. 9 that I haven't taken exams for.
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: 9 APs, 1 Honors
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Scholar

Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): North Carolina Quiz Bowl Champion
  • Job/Work Experience: Accountant
  • Volunteer/Community service: Not very much. Weak.
  • Summer Activities: Living in Chicago
  • Essays: The best that I have ever written. This is what did it, probably.
  • Teacher Recommendation: 1 Awesome, 1 Mediocre
  • Counselor Rec: 1 Generic
  • Additional Rec: My friend did it; better than any of the other ones.
  • Interview:

Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): NC
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Around $100,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

My Grandparents taught and met there. My mom went to grad school there.

Reflection
  • Strengths: Common app essay was good; Additional information section was useful as opposed to throwaway; same goes for optional update
  • Weaknesses: 3 Stanford specific essays generic, 2/3 official recommendations were mediocre
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Honestly, after looking at how much harsher they were on early action people, my guess is they thought they would be able to admit much fewer people than they actually were able to and then had to backtrack and admit more (including deferrals such as myself!).

General Comments:

Now the Stanford-Duke decision begins.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:23 PM   #39
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S was waitlisted and we are in shock (the good kind) because no one is ever accepted from his Southeastern US school.

Basic stats: 2280 SAT, 34 ACT, 3.89, Cauc., no hooks, good leadership, earnest but short essays, teacher recs were described as "love letters," 6 APS with average of 5.

S really expected to be rejected and is simply thrilled to be on Stanford's waiting list. Congrats to those accepted and cheers to everyone -- I know you will all end up in a terrific place.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:27 PM   #40
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Location: Texas-->Yale
Posts: 194
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown):2060
  • ACT:34
  • SAT II:Math2:800 Chem: 800
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/799
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):333444
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:Hard
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Natl Merit scholar
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS, Science Club(P), Chess Club(P), Choir
  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service:<100hrs
  • Summer Activities:chillin
  • Essays:awesome
  • Teacher Recommendation:great
  • Counselor Rec:decent
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:awesome
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant):TX
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type:Public non competitive
  • Ethnicity:Hispanic
  • Gender:M
  • Income Bracket:<20000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM,First gen
Reflection
  • Strengths:essays
  • Weaknesses:nothing blatent
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Lots of other equally qualified people
General Comments:
So its ok I checked Stanzford last after all the Ivys and I got into all the Ivys I applied to (didnt apply to Brown or Columbia) so Stanford was an interesting combo breaker
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:28 PM   #41
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Accepted. Heck yeaaaa

SAT: 2080
GPA 3.8/4.5
SATIIs: mehhhh
black
awesome

about it
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:30 PM   #42
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 120
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): CR 640,590 (2nd time) , 630 (1st time), Math: 750, 670 (2nd time), 590 (1st time), Writing: 770,670(2nd Time), 600 (1st Time)
  • 2160 (JAN SAT), 1970 Superscored before, 1910 (2nd time), 1820 (1st time)
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: US HIST: 770, MII: 680, CHEM:720, BIO-E: 700
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 5.35/6.00
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/906 (SECONDARY SC REP), 1/816 (MID YEAR)
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 3 World History (IB STUDENT)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 SL Chemistry (TEACHER DIDNT TELL US ABOUT LABS) , 5 SL French
  • Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB & AP Classes + Decathalon
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP SCholar, Valedictorian, Optimist Award - Chemistry, and more
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 year), Newspaper (2 yrs), Decathalon (1 year)
  • Job/Work Experience: Research Volunteer w/ paper being published
  • Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Homes, Hospitals, local Research Foundation
  • Summer Activities: Swimming, Tabla (INDIAN DRUM), Tennis, Research
  • Essays: Excellent
  • Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
  • Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
  • Additional Rec: Research Foundation Coordinator, Piano Teacher
  • Interview: EXCELLENT!!!
Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): TX
  • Country (if international applicant): USA
  • School Type: PUBLIC
  • Ethnicity: INDIAN AMERICAN
  • Gender: MALE
  • Income Bracket: above 250k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE maybe research + ecs?
Reflection
  • Strengths: ECs + research
  • Weaknesses:SAT!!!! (3rd time - JANUARY SAT), ORM
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT WAS A problem - couldn't compete well enough in that area + JAN SAT not taken by Stanford even though i sent
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected
    Rejected: Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern
    Waitlisted: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Upenn
    Accepted: UT Austin, Boston University
General Comments: Congratulations everyone that got accepted!!! If u were rejected like me - u are still a great candidate - even by applying u have proven that you are up in the best. As for me I will be off to UT Austin, I will wait on my 4 waitlists. sigh - more waiting - hopefully i will get in.....
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:42 PM   #43
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Location: NY/NJ--> Rice '13
Posts: 157
Decision: Rejected

SAT: 2340
SAT2: 770, 780, 790
straight As, rank 3/350
everything else good, plenty of ECs
white chick from northeast

I got into rice, uva, duke, wash u, northwestern, emory, u mich, and a full ride to rutgers. (No rejections other than stanford)
Stats aren't eveything.
Best of luck to you all!
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:53 PM   #44
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REJECTED

My D was rejected.

Rank: 12/212
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.8

She's good with it though. Just like all the others that were rejected, she has several other schools to choose from. Will most likely be attending Washington University in St. Louis since they gave her pretty good scholarship and aid.

Best of luck to everyone.
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:34 PM   #45
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Location: Georgia --> Vanderbilt 2013
Posts: 1,417
Decision: REJECTED

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): CR 740 M 800 W 760
  • ACT: none
  • SAT II: Math II 770 Lit 740 Latin 610 lollllllllll
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
  • Weighted GPA: 4.4something
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/650something
  • AP: WH 4 USH 4 PSYCH 4 PHY B 3 VERGIL 3 EWWWW
  • Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, nothing that incredible.
  • Not-major Awards: NMF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Salutatorian, STAR Student (highest SAT score), GA Cert of Merit, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam III, a few more little things

Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano, viola, softball, NHS, BETA, hundreds and hundreds (really) of volunteer hours for various things, Latin Club, PING PONG CLUB! (this is why I was rejected!!!! ahhahaha), Arabic stuff, Teenage Republicans (actually just political debate club, lolol, dunno), umm.. some other stuff. nothing really stand-outish.
  • Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor for a local company
  • Volunteer/Community service: Eh, already put it in the ECs category
  • Summer Activities: my tutoring job, sleeping and vacationing and going to Braves games and the pool. Whatever.
  • Essays: I thought they were "good." Like, ok.
  • Teacher Recommendation: Both were great.
  • Counselor Rec: Good, we didn't reaaaaally know each other very well, it was not bad though.
  • Additional Rec: None.
  • Interview: None?

Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): GA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public w/ just under 4000 students
  • Ethnicity: White? is that an ethnicity? lolol
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: <100k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing. Of course.

Reflection
  • Strengths: None I guess. lol.
  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because the IISSSSLAAAAAND didn't want it to happen! It wasn't MEAN TO BE!!!! haha

General Comments: I am sad. Hookem0923903's post made me tear up. :[ aw.
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