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Old 01-08-2009, 07:08 PM   #1
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Dallas-->Ithaca! Cornell'13 xD
Posts: 104
Regular decision applicants

Post your stats please!!!
Good luck to all of us :d
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Old 01-24-2009, 11:29 PM   #2
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Posts: 17
3.81 gpa
1880 sat
750 spanish 690 math 690 chem
ap calc physics econ and comps sci all a's
hispanic
some sports
no community service (some tutoring though)
what r urs.
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Old 01-27-2009, 11:33 PM   #3
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: MA
Posts: 1
SAT I: not good
SAT IIs: physics: 740 math 2: 720 literature: 670
APs: none
GPA: 3.8
ECs: a lot. varsity girls lacrosse, school newspaper, mathleets, chess club, PPAA, selective singing group that toured Europe last year, french club, evironmental club, community service, art club, 9 years of piano lessons, school musical, field hockey, and girls spring travel soccer.
Job/Work Experience: I've worked since I was in 8th grade at a restaurant and a jewelry store
Teacher Recs: REALLY good
Hook: I observe extrasolar planets
State or Country: MA
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
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Old 01-28-2009, 03:13 PM   #4
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 4
PSATs: 193
SAT I: 2100
SAT II: 630 Math II 650 Biology 780 French
Live in Europe for the past 10 years, France in particular for the past 5, US citizen, so bilingual in french + experience in others.
sports, photography, poetry and some other things...
tutoring and some volunteer work.
Doing International Bac
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Old 02-28-2009, 03:05 AM   #5
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: mmm
Posts: 22
SAT I: 2050
SAT II: 720 US History, 690 Lit, 650 Math 2
APs: English Lit, English Lang (score of 4), US History (4), European History (4), AP Gov/HP Economics, Statistics, HP Pre-Calculus
No sports
200 hrs of community service
Declared Major: Music Composition
White, female, San Francisco

Work Experience: had a summer job before junior year in a marketing department of a telecommunications company in Silicon Valley, also started working 20-25/hrs a week in January 2009 (and I updated my application to let them know this) alongside school

Teacher Recs: I know for sure 2/3 were really impressive, maybe all of them

Extra-curricular: Co-founder and VP of Jazz Club, Chamber Music Club member and composer, other clubs... Volunteered at animal shelter for a summer. Also talked about how I used to do web design stuff (self-taught) a lot and created my own little internet "business" with friends and stuff like that.

Music: Private flute lessons for 5 years, some private lessons on piano and saxophone. Took musicianship classes at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Took extra classes at the JazzSchool in Berkeley, CA for three years on the weekends and after school. Went to several music camps over the summer. I submitted some compositions as a part of my art supplement (they were classical trios). Won an award as an instrumentalist.
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Old 02-28-2009, 08:11 AM   #6
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 803
SAT: 2000
SAT 2: 800 French,680 math,640 English,600 History
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.80
WGPA: 5.8
RANK : top 10% of the class
480 hrs community service
first generation
leadership position since freshman(award of the year 2008 in my school)
fluent in French,Spanish and learning chinese right now
8 AP/4 Duel enrollment class/ honors classes since 9th grade
swimming/ volleyball/kick boxing/track and field/
Involved in JROTC Coast Guard( Battalion Commander of 100 cadets)
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Old 02-28-2009, 08:21 AM   #7
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mknowelton27: dis, tu parles Francais? t'es francaise???? tu es ma competition directe!! Moi qui pensais que c'etait mon "booster"!! Nous sommes francais mais on vit a Miami depuis 13 ans! et toi? peut-etre que l'on se retrouvera a Chicago!! j'attend 11 reponses, ma "dream school" c'est Georgetown! et toi ou as-tu applique??? bon si tu veux reponds! bonne chance! (et bravo pour ton SAT !!!! 2000 ca a ete mon record!)
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Old 02-28-2009, 12:14 PM   #8
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Outta my geosynchronous orbit
Posts: 440
Female Indian
SAT:2200
SAT II: Lit-720, Math II-730, Bio E-720
GPA:3.93
Rank:2/166
EC's: Captain Badminton, Volleyball, Throw ball teams and house captain and Captain of elocution team. Worked in a hospital for 3 years, learning keyboard for 4 years, Distinction in grade 2 and 3 theory exams conducted by Trinity college UK and other stuff.
Recs: Good
Essays: Decent I guess.
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Old 03-08-2009, 04:38 PM   #9
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Posts: 133
Male Caucasian (specifically of the German persuasion)

SAT: 2160 (cr-740 m-680 w-740)
SAT II: Literature(780) United States History (770)
GPA: 3.75 ish
Class Rank: 24/544
ACT: 33 (I forget what all the various parts were scored at..)

EC's: Choir, Theatre, NHS, NSHS, My town's youth advisory committee, Library committee, Food Pantry Volunteer, New Hope Learning Center teacher and aid, Sunday School teacher.

I was deferred EA, so I'm going to consider myself an RD candidate :]
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Old 03-10-2009, 03:12 AM   #10
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caucasian female of no particular heritage or religious background. AKA absolutely no help to diversity statistics...

ACT 33
SATII: 800 French 800 Math2
GPA: 3.55ish

I speak french too... as well as german. I'm full IB
ECs: acrobatics, Obama campaign volunteer, tutoring and camp counsel..ing?

one creepy-good rec and one ok one.

and soooo bored of waiting
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Old 03-10-2009, 10:51 PM   #11
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Half Japanese, half caucasian male blah, blah blah

ACT:35
SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 Chemistry
GPA: 3.97

Taken all honours/advance for academics, 7 AP classes
ok amount of volunteer hours

EC: science olympiad, math team, NHS, orchestra, quiz bowl, private music lessons,
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Old 03-16-2009, 01:24 AM   #12
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 4
mine...

asian male

SAT: 2390
SAT II: 800 Math IIC
770 U.S. History
770 Physics
GPA: 4.3 weighted
AP: Calc BC, Physics B, Psychology, Eng Lang, U.S. History all 5s

too lazy to type the other stuff...

oh.

I'm an international with dire financial need...
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Old 03-16-2009, 04:52 PM   #13
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Upstate ===>NYC
Posts: 183
Why not

SAT: 2280 (800 CR: 720 MT: 760 WR)
SAT II: 770 World History; 760 French; 740 Math II
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.9ish? My school doesn't calculate GPAs.
AP: English: 5 USH: 5 French: 3 [I'm hoping my SAT II makes up for this...] Taking four more this year.
Rank: Top 5%
A million extracurriculars... fashion magazine editor, leader of charity group, theatre director/actor.
Everything else was pretty good, if not great. Teacher and counselor recs were great, essays were interesting.
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Old 03-22-2009, 01:17 AM   #14
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Location: Canada
Posts: 89
Trop personnes qui parlent francais
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Old 03-22-2009, 04:38 AM   #15
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Location: Kolkata >>> Wharton '13
Posts: 356
^ ?? lol..tenchar.
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