tromboner

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 800CR, 770M, 720W
[ *] SAT IIs: 790 Biology E, 780 Math IIC, 760 US History
[ *] ACTidn't take it
[ *] APsidn't take any
[ *] IBsidn't take any
[ *] GPA:4.0/4.0
[ *] Rank:1/23
[ *] Other stats:National Merit Scholar (woot woot!)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Football (2 years all-district), Band (3 years all-region, 2 all-area, 1 all-state) Student Council (2 years treasurer) Wiley Lecture Series (local policy lecture series, 2 years), Academic competition team (Spelling & Persuasive Speaking state champion)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay: being a geek on the football team; U Chicago Essay: Powers of 10 about the battle of Gettysburg; optional essay: The Cruxshadows, my favorite band.
[ *] Teacher Recs: pretty good, I would imagine
[ *] Counselor Rec: awesome
[ *] Applied on: really close to deadline
[ *] Hook (if any): Don't think I had one.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Texas
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small crappy Catholic school that has never sent anyone to a legit college in its short history.
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone that got accepted! Chicago is an incredible school and I'm very thankful to be able to go there. If you got waitlisted, it's not the end; keep in contact with the university and keep your hopes up. Just to be waitlisted to U of C is an honor. I don't know where I'm going yet but odds are I might see some of you guys next fall![ /b]

phatmomi

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): Math 800, Crit 730, Writing 780 (essay 11) Total: 2310
• SAT IIs: Bio M 720, Math 1 730, Chem 770, Physics 800 (*was totally brain-dead when I gave the test, shifting house every week for a few months)
• GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Rank: 1st in 91 kids
  

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Debate Society (VP of debate club) , House team captain in B.ball, Self Taught Musician
• Job/Work Experience: working at Capital Hospital, Backing dancer in theatrical production of the play (ironically) "Chicago"
• Essays (subject and responses): The Road essay, I plan to post it somewhere on here
• Teacher Recs: Bio rec: great I'm sure; Physics teacher: not so sure, he tolerates me =/
• Counselor Rec: Awesome... (she told me herself it was her greatest one to date... didn't get me any ivies but oh well)
• Hook (if any): nope

Location/Person:

• State or Country: n/a
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private.. I'm basically in the less-studious branch of Roots School System; the one without the 21 A's in A levels and kids going to Harvard and Yale =/ (parental error in choosing school.. oh well)
• Ethnicity: Pakistani (Asian)
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: just lucky to get in I guess =P .. hope to see you all there

phatmomi

what's depressing is that most acceptees don't know how to use the whole [ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size] thing/..

*sighs* and I thought I was technologically braindead =/

Congrats all!!

lazydog

Decision: WAITLISTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CR:770 M:720 W:690
• SAT IIs:
• ACT: 32
• APs: US History-4, English Lang-4, also taking tests for Spanish, US Gov, and Physics B
• IBs:
• GPA:3.89w
• Rank:42 out of 302
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app:
  Exchange Student in Catalonia, Spain(bilingual region)-first semester, senior year
  Poverty relief work in Honduras-3 summers, one week per summer
  Poverty relief work in Navajo Nation-week and a half
  Asian Cultural Society-member
  Robotics team- member/mascot 2 years
  Guitar/Mandolin in local folk/rock band(occasional gigs around town)
• Job/Work Experience:
  Tea Chef at Tea Bar-7 months
  Fact Checker at local publishing company-8 months
• Essays (subject and responses):
  Thought it was pretty good. I wrote on "live the question". I wrote a ghost story. Wrote common app about growing up in uber-conservative rural MS.
• Teacher Recs: Good I guess
• Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good.
• Applied on: Dec 27
• Hook (if any): Mississippi, Exchange student in bilingual region, lost house in Katrina? I don't know.

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Mississippi
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Best public in MS. I guess that's kinda impressive.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Dude

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats everyone that got in. I'll be canoeing and eating gumbo in New Orleans while y'all are workin your asses off in sub-zero weather. Good luck.

Hiyo_bye

Decision:Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2300 total, 700 CR
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: 800 770 750 740 740 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 99.5 out of 100
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked, top 2-3 percent
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 5 5 4
• Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP's
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): eh not much

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4-yrs of track/winter track/cross country, Captain + MVP senior year Mathletes 4 years, Research various awards etc etc
• Job/Work Experience: 3 summers doing accounting work
• Volunteer/Community service: a lot of track/school related
• Summer Activities: work, volunteer, running, driver's ed
• Essays: Pretty good, worked real hard on them
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read, should be decent
• Counselor Rec: She said it was great
• Interview: Probably nothing too special

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
• Intended Major: Econ
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• School Type: Very competitive public... we send like 30+ to Ivies
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 200k+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: Strong stats/courseload in a tough school, a lot of dedication to running, and people like my writing in general
• Weaknesses: Asian on Long Island.. my school sent some strong students to HYP
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of work into my Whraton app, contacting the school and whatnot. Luck played a factor as well.

General Comments:

I'm pleased. Most likely going to Wharton next year. Also got into Dartmouth (likely letter), UChicago, Duke, Northwestern, NYU Stern (20k scholarship), Tulane and Binghamton. Waitlisted Cornell AEM, Rejected HYPS; ouch. Thanks College Confidential for all the help; I've been here for like a year.

RelaxedParent

congratulations. Have you decided (UChicago or Columbia)? Anyways we are in the Portland area and my daughter has decided to go to UChicago. Send me a note when you have time to talk or meet for coffee.
Best Regards.

RelaxedParent

Congratulations. Big school in Oregon? You mean Westview? Anyways congratulations. Have you decided? My daughter has decided on attending UChicago.
Best Regards.

J'adoube

The university made arrangements with alumni in our area and they held a meeting at somebody's house for the new students. Remember that school starts on Sept. 30 this year so there is a lot of time. I'm sure it's common practice and they will have one in your area.

supertank

Decision:Accepted

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR
* IB Predicted (out of 45): 41
* Rank : Top 10%
* IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 7 6 6 6 6
* Senior Year Course Load: Full IB, 4 HLs and double A1 HL.

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Student newspaper, Social Outreach Committee)
* Job/Work Experience: Sold newspapers, interned at Minister of Trade office
* Volunteer/Community service: a lot.
* Summer Activities: work, volunteer, summer school
* Essays: Concentrated a lot on this, took chances, was a bit creative.
* Teacher Recommendation: Should be pretty good
* Counselor Rec: My career counselor said it was brilliant
* Additional letter of recommendation: was a glowing one
* Interview: Did not do an interview

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?:No
* Intended Major: Political Science
* School Type: Sent people to HYMPS, but rarely and dependent on year level.
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: 200k+
* Hooks: determination?

Reflection

* Strengths: Strong stats/courseload in a tough school, a lot of dedication to volunteer activities and student newspaper, and decent writing ability
* Weaknesses: SAT scores
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of work into my essay, additional letter of recommendation and multiple student leader positions.

General Comments:

I'm super happy!!!! I'm for sure going to UChicago, it is my dream school

ab2013

Decision: Deferred EA --> Waitlisted RD --> Accepted 6/19/2009

General comments: ...

See post #12 for details/stats.

wisteriawings

Just realized, with all the excitement from post #130, I forgot to post myself. =)

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CR/MA/WR: 800/680/800
• SAT IIs: Physics 690, Lit 790 (or 780, something like that)
• ACT: N/A
• APs: World History (3), Engl. Lang. (5), Engl. Lit (5), Euro (4), US Hist. (4), Chem (5). Senior year (as yet unknown): BC Calc
• IBs: Junior year: Physics SL (7). Senior year: Chem HL, English A1 HL, French SL, Theatre HL, Math SL, Hist. of Americas HL
• GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.77 weighted
• Rank: 9 out of 72
• Other stats: National Merit Scholar

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: NHS (Recycling committee, historian), Theatre (3 years, secretary, acting/directing/tech, ITS cords), Literary Magazine (2 years, senior editor), Study guide blog (1 year, senior admin)
• Job/Work Experience: 1 summer housekeeping for neighbors
• Essays (subject and responses): Rilke's quote "Live the question" (I wrote the essay entirely in questions, a la Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead). Why Chicago?--wrote about my interest in the little digital bars on stereos and segue'd into interdisciplinary work, creative writing, and the Core. Didn't do the optional essay (and wish to goodness I had, just for the effort!). I forgot what my common app essay was. That means it was boring...
• Teacher Recs: Math/physics teacher (knew him for 3 years), theatre teacher (all four years), and junior English teacher (famous for her powerful/strange recs)
• Counselor Rec: Nice. She slightly exaggerated some things (out of ignorance, not nefarious purposes), but it was cute.
• Applied on: The last hour of the last day--when common app started to fail. Anyone remember the panic on these forums?
• Hook (if any): None.

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Florida
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school with an IB Program founded to save its D-/F on the FCAT (Florida's standardized test)
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
After typing all those test scores, I have come to realize how helpful they were at the time, and how meaningless they seem now. After typing what I wrote for my essays, I realize how much more helpful they must have been at the time, and how glad I am that I applied for and am going to Chicago. It's perfect, and I love it! =)

resolutely

hey ab2013,
CONGRATULATIONS i was really rooting for you (lurking in background).