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03-30-2009, 01:45 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In a place where I will challenge challenges that are beyond my wildest dreams (Michigan '13)
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| OFFICIAL Stanford University RD Decisions - Class of 2013
OK. The mods and I have decided to relaunch the thread, because we now have a NEW working template. Special thanks to geckolord for his fantastic job of manipulating computer code! (You're truly amazing at it  )
Here's the template, and remember to post stats:
[size=+2][color=green][b]Decision: Accepted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=orange][b]Decision: Waitlisted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=red][b]Decision: Rejected[/b][/color][/size]
[b]Objective:[/b][list]
[*] SAT I (breakdown):
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[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load:
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][b]Subjective:[/b][list]
[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[*] Job/Work Experience:
[*] Volunteer/Community service:
[*] Summer Activities:
[*] Essays:
[*] Teacher Recommendation:
[*] Counselor Rec:
[*] Additional Rec:
[*] Interview:[/list][b]Other[/b][list]
[*] State (if domestic applicant):
[*] Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type:
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[*] Gender:
[*] Income Bracket:
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][b]Reflection[/b][list]
[*] Strengths:
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[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][b]General Comments:[/b] Good Luck!! Please, please, please refrain from discussing or whining about waiting for or recieving your admissions decisions!!! It wastes specious space, and it makes finding the decisions on this thread tedious and difficult. Any posts that are not relevant to Stanford's decisions (aka whether Stanford accepts/rejects/waitlists you) will be subject to deletion.
If you need to spill, do so here: The OFFICIAL Stanford RD Decisions "Discussion" Thread - Class of 2013 Note to mods: Please sticky this thread to the top of the Stanford board. Muchas gracias!
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03-30-2009, 01:47 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
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The only people who are allowed to post on this thread are early approved people, like nglosh314.
And as you may have realized, this is special vanishing computer code that allows you to post stats without removing the annoying spaces in between the brackets.
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03-31-2009, 04:40 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 116
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This is an updated format to address ngolsh314's concerns.
(Can the mods please delete all posts between this post and ab2013's original post?) Quote:
[size=+2][color=green][b]Decision: Accepted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=orange][b]Decision: Waitlisted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=red][b]Decision: Rejected[/b][/color][/size]
[b]Objective:[/b][list]
[*] SAT I (breakdown):
[*] ACT:
[*] SAT II:
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load:
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]
[b]Subjective:[/b][list]
[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[*] Job/Work Experience:
[*] Volunteer/Community service:
[*] Summer Activities:
[*] Essays:
[*] Teacher Recommendation:
[*] Counselor Rec:
[*] Additional Rec:
[*] Interview:[/list]
[b]Other[/b][list]
[*] State (if domestic applicant):
[*] Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type:
[*] Ethnicity:
[*] Gender:
[*] Income Bracket:
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]
[b]Reflection[/b][list]
[*] Strengths:
[*] Weaknesses:
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]
[b]General Comments:[/b]
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03-31-2009, 05:38 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 876
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Dear Emilie,
It is with regret that I write to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission to the freshman class at Stanford University.
UCSB HERE I COME!!
Buh bye Stan forum! And congrats to all who got in!
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03-31-2009, 05:52 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 103
| Decision: Rejected Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): didn't send (CR: 750 M:720 W:800)
- ACT: 35 (all 35 subs except a 33 on science)
- SAT II: didn't submit (math: 720 us history: 750)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300ish
- AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (5), psych (5), eng lang (5) us (5) stats (5) chem (4)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): none
- Senior Year Course Load: hardest as could
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
national merit finalist, ap scholar with distintion Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 varsity sports for 4 years, various clubs, sr rep and 2x mentor for school's honor program
- Job/Work Experience: hostess over the summer
- Volunteer/Community service: 200 + hours, long term committments
- Summer Activities:
- Essays: i thought they were creative
- Teacher Recommendation: nice, detailed
- Counselor Rec: super sweet
- Additional Rec: n/a
- Interview:
n/a Other- State (if domestic applicant): FL
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: 60-80k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
first generation Reflection- Strengths: scores, gpa, first generation, funny essays
- Weaknesses: just wasn't meant to be
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: waitlisted at brown, overall better than i thought. congrats everyone!
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03-31-2009, 05:58 PM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 882
| Decision: Accepted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): didn't take
- ACT: 35 (36 math and english, 35 science, 33 reading, 11 writing)
- SAT II: 800-math, 800-chem II, 780-US History
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (?-school doesn't rank)
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chem, Calc BC, English Language, US History
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Physics C, econ, english literature, MV Calc/Linear Algebra
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity golf, science olympiad, math tutor (in school + private), scholastic bowl, radio host
- Job/Work Experience: tutor, ebay seller
- Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer golf coach during the summer
- Summer Activities: lots of golf, one engineering program at UofT
- Essays: dece, since I applied early (deferred) they def. could have been better
- Teacher Recommendation: never read, I assume solid
- Counselor Rec: she has like 200 students to write for, so probably ultra-generic
- Additional Rec: none
- Interview: none
Other- State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
- Country (if international applicant): USA
- School Type: very large, competitive public (20-30 to very top schools each year)
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: male
- Income Bracket: high
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
Reflection- Strengths: legacy, test scores, athletic prowess
- Weaknesses: grades, awards
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I won't lie, the fact that my dad went to Stanford def. got me in (although he never donated much). I think the fact that I'm going into engineering and have straight As in all my school's top math and science classes helped, too. Also, my Why Stanford essay was basically a play off the "day in the life" theme. It demonstrated just how much I knew about the school and how much I wanted to go there.
General Comments: WOW. OMG. WOW. Complete shock. I lost almost all hope after being deferred SCEA, and I was really down today after rejection at Princeton and waitlist at Cornell (moreso Cornell, I thought I was almost a shoo-in). I saw the email and was shocked. Still can't fully believe my acceptance- my grades were by no means good.
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03-31-2009, 06:06 PM
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#7 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California!
Posts: 20
| Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (660M, 720CR, 690W)
- ACT: 32C
- SAT II: USH: 760, Lit: 760, Math2C: 660
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I'm assuming top 4% at the very least
- AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4), USH (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Lit, AVID, Student Leadership (ASB), Int'l Relations/AP Comp Politics, BC Calc
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB VP, Mock Trial, tutoring
- Job/Work Experience: Starbucks barista for almost 2 years
- Volunteer/Community service: local center for Democrats within my county
- Summer Activities: workworkwork
- Essays: Meh. Should've used my UC one.
- Teacher Recommendation: Solid
- Counselor Rec: Excellent, thanks AVID.
- Additional Rec:
- Interview:
Other- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Very competitive public; one of the best (if not the best in California
- Ethnicity: Filipina
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: under 100K
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): immigrant. but i didn't talk about this much. Dangit.
Reflection- Strengths: Personality/Passion. Extracurriculars, maybe
- Weaknesses: Math test scores (I honestly tried to bring em up. Kept getting 660). CA Essay
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I spent all of two days working on all 9 of my private apps. Rushed through the 31st because I wanted to party it up.
General Comments: At least I wasn't rejected right? ...Right?
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03-31-2009, 06:07 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota--->Rice '13
Posts: 1,215
| Waitlisted Stats:- SAT Reading: 730
- SAT Math: 800
- SAT Writing: 750 (79MC 8E)
- SAT Total: 2280
- SAT II: Math II-800, US history-750, BioE-750
- AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC/AB (5/5), Env. Sci (4), Biology (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Music Theory (5), Comparative Gov (5), Stats (5)
- GPA unweighted: 3.94
- Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 7% of 780
- Academic Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, a few regional science awards, nothing prestigious...
Subjective:- Important ECs: Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster), MN Music Listening Contest (Founder and Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Senior Service Project (Officer), Young Democrats (Secretary of State)
- Job/Work Experience: Usher at Orchestra Hall, Violin teacher, Cashier/Server at Sbarro in the summer
- Volunteer/Community service: Um, basically I organized a few fundraisers for orchestra and about 100 hours "everywhere"
- Essays: Decent, commonapp about fixing my violin. Supplements were amazing.
- Teacher Rec #1: Decent
- Teacher Rec #2: Decent
- Additional Rec: Orchestra Teacher of three years
- Counselor Rec: Knows me very well in a huge class
- Hook (if any): None
Location:- State or Country: Minnesota
- School Type: Large public
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Gender: Female
- Legacy Yes/No: Nope
Other Factors: Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
ASK STANFORD. General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Blah.
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03-31-2009, 06:09 PM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rice '13
Posts: 378
| Decision: Rejected (no surprise there) Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 CR 770 W 740 M)
- ACT: 35
- SAT II: 790 Chem 740 Math II 680 WH
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/160
- AP: 5 Chem 4 USH 4 WH (Eng Lit & Calc AB this year)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro Econ/US Govt, Choir, AP Calc AB, Physics 12 H, AP Comp Sci, Philosophy of Man H, AP Eng
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, APS, AMC10
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Link Crew, CSF (treasurer), Math Club, Recycling Club (cofounder/treasurer), football, track, AcaDeca, other things
- Job/Work Experience: none
- Volunteer/Community service: about 150 odd hours
- Summer Activities: normal stuff, no research blah blah blah
- Essays: i was content with them. obviously that's not enough.
- Teacher Recommendation: loved me
- Counselor Rec: liked me
Other- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- School Type: private Catholic
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: male
- Income Bracket: 100k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection- Strengths: math, science
- Weaknesses: essays, applying to colleges
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: it's a conspiracy
General Comments: ah well. rice university it is.
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03-31-2009, 06:11 PM
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#10 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 11
| Decision: Accepted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown)
 verall-2280; CR-800, M-770, W-710 - ACT:N/A
- SAT II: BioM-780, USHistory-770, MathII-720
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/around 350
- AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: heavy, 5 APs (calc bc, american government, physics b, spanish language, literature&composition
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor, High School Music Diploma for piano, CM Advanced level for piano
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross (president), Leadership Club (vp), Vietnamese Club (secretary), Varsity tennis, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation
- Job/Work Experience: Piano teacher
- Volunteer/Community service: Senior retirement home, Saturday Bible School Teacher Assistant
- Summer Activities: Summer School, vacation, leadership camps
- Essays: on why i wanted to be a cardiologist
- Teacher Recommendation: no clue. good enough apparently. one was from my calculus teacher, and the other from my bio teacher. both loved me (:
- Counselor Rec: no clue
- Additional Rec: nothing
- Interview: Stanford had interviews??
Other- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
- Gender: F
- Income Bracket: around 70-80K
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
Reflection- Strengths: GPA and rank
- Weaknesses: SAT, ECs
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my admissions officer had a good day when he happened to come across my application.
General Comments:
completely ecstatic right now. congrats to all the acceptees!!
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03-31-2009, 06:12 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UPenn '13
Posts: 289
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Flat out rejected. Kind of ****ed/upset (it was my first choice)
Oh well. I'm going to Wharton.
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03-31-2009, 06:16 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas --> Duke '13!
Posts: 2,847
| Rejected. FML. Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
- ACT: 33
- SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH......unspeakable.
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
- AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
- IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
- Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist....15th Nationally in NFL Oratory
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
- Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
- Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
- Summer Activities: See "job" and "volunteer work"
- Essays: Good
- Teacher Recommendation: Same
- Counselor Rec: Same
- Additional Rec: Same
- Interview: Same
Other- State (if domestic applicant): TX
- Country (if international applicant): N/A
- School Type: Private (tiny)
- Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: ~$100k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection- Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
- Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.
General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I've been crying for 2 hours.
llpitch, congrats, man. You deserve it
P.S. This post was actually made at 6:16.....not sure how I got bumped back an hour in time..
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03-31-2009, 06:31 PM
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#13 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 591
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rejected. i'm not really disappointed at all, though. i got into Duke, Penn, and Columbia ... about to check Cornell.
goodbye Stanford forum, i really have no reason to post in here anymore.
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03-31-2009, 06:37 PM
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#14 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Charlotte NC
Posts: 8
| Decision: Waitlisted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): M 750, R 650, W 690, T 2090
- ACT: M 35, R 33, W 33, S 28, C 32
- SAT II: Math II Level C 800, Chemistry 730, US History 730
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 when app was sent
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/367 at time
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Calculus BC (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) English Language (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP European History, AP Spanish V, AP English Literature, Leadership III, Library Science
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Match Finalist, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Wellesley College Book Award, Outstanding AP US History, Computer Apps II, English II Student of Year, Best All Around (Senior Superlative
 ), Homecoming Court - 2nd runner up (does that count?) AP Scholar with Honors, Junior Marshal
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Executive Board (secretary) Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President, VP in 11th), National Honor Society (Secretary) Interact Club (Secretary/VP), Spanish Club, Key Club, Piano (12 years), Charlotte Chinese School, Culinary Club
- Job/Work Experience: Hostess at Japanese restaurant (summer), crewmember at Penn Station East Coast Subs (8 months)
- Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer, Sunrise Assisted Living volunteer, various activities = over 75 hours of community service
- Summer Activities: Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp
- Essays: ehhhhhhh, they were alright
- Teacher Recommendation: excellent, i think
- Counselor Rec: excellent
- Additional Rec: n/a
- Interview: n/a
Other- Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
- Intended Major: undecided, but probably Chemistry
- State (if domestic applicant): NC
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: large public
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: less than $40,000
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, top female at large public school that is highly recognized academically within NC, Questbridge College Match Finalist got me some good stuff
Reflection- Strengths: grades, activities, leadership, community service
- Weaknesses: SAT score
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. Looking at everyone else, I don't really know how they did this...but I do think I have some good qualities, guess I don't measure up enough to accepted?
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Duke, MIT, Notre Dame, and UNC Chapel Hill, Waitlisted at Yale, Rejected by Princeton
General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! Maybe I'll see you? Dude, being waitlisted kind of sucks but is kinda awesome at the same time..haha I don't feel bad about being waitlisted and I've got my eyes on Duke [which was probably my number one when I applied] and MIT (total surprise) now. I'm kind of upset at Princeton, but hey, no expectations = no disappointment.
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03-31-2009, 06:43 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Honolulu -> Stanford 2013
Posts: 3,700
| Decision: Accepted Objective:- SAT I (breakdown): Didn't report: 2180 (690 CR, 780 M, 710 W w/ 10E)
- ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
- SAT II: Didn't report: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
- Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
- Job/Work Experience: None
- Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
- Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years.
- Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
- Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
- Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
- Additional Rec: None
- Interview: None
Other- Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
- Intended Major: Undecided
- State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: 200k+
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat..not like that’s even a hook lol.
Reflection- Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
- Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics
General Comments: Congratz Class of 2013 =] I also got into Yale today. Waitlisted at Harvard and Rejected at Princeton =[
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