toyotaTundraFan

Official Trinity University Early Decision/Early Action I Class of 2016 Results

STATS ONLY

Use the format below, delete spaces between the brackets when you post to get the right formatting. *Thanks Silence1113 from class of 2015 for this format

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AZApplicant

Stats:
• SAT: N/A
ACT Composite: 28
• SAT IIs: N/A
• GPA: 3.33/4.0
• Rank: Don't Rank
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Subjective:
• Essays: Excellent
• ECs: Lots of Volunteering for less fortunate
• Teacher Recs: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Assume Excellent
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Location/Person:
• State or Country: AZ
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male

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ceremonials

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 2060 (710 CR, 640 M, 710 W)
• SAT IIs: 710 lit, didn't send
• GPA: 4.0 UW
• Rank: n/a
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Subjective:

• Essays: Common app essay approved by teachers
• ECs: Volleyball (2 years, captain 2nd year), Yearbook (2 years, 1st year junior editor, second year co-editor-in-chief), Camp Counselor, Ballet (2 years), Spirit Committee (3 years, president 3rd year), NHS (2 years), Mission trips to Chicago and Nashville
• Teacher Recs: didn't read
• Counselor Rec: didn't read
• Hook (if any): sister attends, visited, interviewed

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Texas
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female

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General Comments: Still waiting for the official letter - I'm expecting it tomorrow or Monday. Congrats to all!

Squash154

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
• SAT: 2050 (670 Critical Reading, 630 Math, 750 Writing)
• SAT IIs: Spanish, 800
• GPA: 3.9
• Rank: 1 or 2
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Subjective:
• Essays: Common App essay on significant personal experience
• ECs: Volunteering at the local orphanage and as aspanish-english interpreter for medical brigades; president of science club, participant and award winner in national science fairs, math olympics, chess tournaments, and oratorical contests
• Teacher Recs: excellent
• Counselor Rec: excellent
• Hook (if any): sister attends; visited

Location/Person:
• State or Country: Honduras
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: South Asian (Sri Lankan)
• Gender: Female

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General Comments: Got email; still awaiting official letter.

AZApplicant

Forgot to mention the most important part . . . I was accepted.

ceremonials

Got my package in the mail today - Trustee's Scholarship, $17,000/year
(applied EA)

toyotaTundraFan

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

• ACT: 27 COMP (27 ENG, 29 MATH, 26 READ, 25 SCI)
• SAT IIs: 710 math level ii, 560 chem
• GPA: 3.6 Unweighted ( estimated conversion)
• Rank: 88/751 (top 12% UW)
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Subjective:

• Essays: pretty good (talked about early exposure to classical music education and how i volunteer at fifth grade strings)
• ECs: Orchestra (made Region and Area Orch, lead violinist), advanced level in 2 Martial Arts (Karate and Kuk Sool Won - speciality in martial arts acrobatics/tricking ), math competitions (UIL, TMSCA, Mu Alpha Theta), academic decathlon, violinist for two churches, chess competitions, Houston Youth Symphony, National Honor Society
• Teacher Recs: Excellent (my AP bio teacher wrote great things about me)
• Counselor Rec: didn't see (i am guessing it's excellent..my counselor knows me really well and helped me so much in designing my rigorious curriculum)
• Hook (if any): excellent interview

Location/Person:

• Houston
• State or Country: TX
• School Type: Public - Extremely Competitive
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Gender: Male

Other Factors: i had an excellent interview. I sent my detailed resume with my awards, school clubs, x-tra curricular, volunteer experiences, and interesting hobbies (classical music enthusiast, pickup truck enthusiast, current events in US/Mexico, and some others). took a lot of senior AP classes in my junior yr (AP Calculus AB, AP Gov, Econ Dual credit, AP chem - only 3 juniors in class, independent study math Pre-AP). Rice university summer school (took pre-cal pre-ap summer before junior yr). GT in math and science courses (took physics pre-ap and chem pre-ap in 10th grade)- rigorious curriculum throughout hs very heavily in the math and sciences but all-round. Supplemental rec from my church music director - excellent - explained my leadership!
General Comments: I am a very diverse person - from being a pickup truck enthusiast to martial arts to math competitions to orchestra to chess. i think that helped me a lot plus my hs strong curriculum. i love Trinity b/c of its environment - small classes, strong bio (pre-med) program, common curriculum, and the city of San Antonio. Trinity offers good music opportunities such as their orchestra. I am happy to be accepted and proud to be part of Trinity University Class of 2016!

tuitionremission

TTF - what $$ did they offer for Merit Scholarship?