can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[SgtDonut]

Considering that it's May 1st, I would hope to see a lot more posts in here soon...

[Blarghle]

Applied: Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Colby, Colgate, USC, Case Western, UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UI urbana champaign
Accepted: UIUC, UCI, Case Western, USC
WL: Colby, UCSD, UCD, UCLA
Rejected: Harvey Mudd, Colgate, Cornell
Stats:
GPA: 3.3uw/3.75w
SAT: 800w, 750m, 750r (2300), 800 Math 2, 750 Bio, 750 USH, 720 WH
EC's: VP of club, raised ~$2500 in fundraiser, internship studying biology at university, piano, local science competitions, won a few 1-3rd place awards, National Merit Finalist
Job: Taught at a math class ~20-30 hrs/week, Youth leader at camp
Essay: Above average, but not amazing
Recommendation: Above average, but not amazing
Other: Family was low income, 0-30k annual income bracket

Not too happy with high school, but I suppose I'm lucky I got in anywhere w. my stats. Going to UIUC. I ****ed around quite a bit in hs, and it came back to bite me in the ass. I took challenging courses, but had ~50% in hw for all my classes throughout hs, and basically got through w. some smarts. I've learned my lesson though, and am going to apply myself to college Either way, this year's college admissions were much harder than previous years (imo), so I'm glad i got in anywhere...

[jinglybells]

Applied: USC, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Rice, CMU
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, CMU
WL: Rice
Rejected: USC, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech
Stats:
GPA: 3.875uw/4.5ish weighted (now low 3.9ish)
SAT: 800w, 800m, 750r (2350), 800 Math 2, 790 Bio, 800 USH, 800 Physics, 800 Chem
AP: All 5's on bio, chem, phys c (both), calc bc, comp sci, music theory, environ sci, language, stats, apush
EC's: VP of math/science club, National Merit Finalist (semi at time), Siemens Regional Semifinalist, Bio olympiad semifinalist and phys team semifinalist (put as phys olympiad on apps, lol), some school award, Grand Prize Alternate at regional science fair (but that was after applications)
Essay: Pretty bad
Recommendation: Above average, but not amazing
Other: Going to Cal with Regents Scholarship as EECS major (got Regents at LA too)

Eh I was a top ivy hopeful, but apparently good extra's cant make up for sucky sucky GPA

[WhaleWhale]

Accepted: Pitt, Ohio State, CMU (SCS), Wash U, Duke, Johns Hopkins (BME), Case Western, University of Cincinnati

WL: Chicago (rejected), Princeton (most likely will be rejected)

Rejected: Harvard, Yale (deferred then rejected), Case BS/MD (PPSP), Pitt BS/MD, Cincinnati BS/MD

Stats:
GPA: 3.84/4 (UW)

SAT: 740w, 800m, 800r (2340), 800 Math 2, 800 Bio, 770 USH, 800 Physics

AP: 5's on Bio, Apush, Calc AB, Calc BC, CS, Euro, Physics B; 4 in English Lit

Awards: Some medium and low level awards in Math and Art

EC's: Math Team (President), Arts Magazine Staff, Art Society, other art stuff, Library Volunteering, Molecular Biology Research, random school volunteering, Tennis (Varsity and JV), Political Club (President)

Essay: Some were amazing while others were fairly good

Recommendation: Really good, one was from my research mentor

Other: CMU, Class of 2016!

[bobtheboy]

Accepted: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, UCB with regents scholarship
Rejected: MIT
(Withdrew all my other applications)

Stats:
GPA: 4.0/4.75ish
SAT: 2400
AP: 5's on everything I took; 800s on every SAT 2 I took
EC's: Not that good
Essays: Great
Recommendation: Good, I think.
Other: Indian ethnicity; math major

I'm attending Princeton!

[isk82live]

Accepted: Stanford (attending), UPENN, Columbia, Cornell, UChicago, Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Northwestern, Dartmouth, MIT, Princeton
Rejected: Harvard, Yale

School Type: Private
Race/Gender: Asian
Prospective Major: Bio/Engineering when I applied, things might have changed since then
Unweighted GPA: 4.02 on 4.33 scale
Class rank: 5/220ish

SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 710

SAT II Scores
SAT II Math IIC: 800
SAT II Chem: 730

AP Scores:
Lang: 5
USH: 4
World History: 5
Chem: 2 (woo!!!)

Extracurricular Info
*Engineering Team - Won national competition
*Engineering Research
*Math Team
*Mu Alpha Theta Pres/Founder - (in retrospect, completely pointless)
*Sailing (not recruited or anything)
*Volunteered at a few hospitals

Essays:
*One was about my Engineering projects (CommonApp short answer)
*One was about my interest in Bio/Engineering (CommonApp long answer)
*Others were about why this school/engineering interest, longboarding, humor, etc. They were good.

Recs
*Counselor Rec - never read it - assumed it was ok, he mentioned some specific stuff about me
*Teacher #1 - it was ok, slightly generic - from a junior/senior year teacher and the coach of my engineering project
*Teach #2 - never read it, but it was from a soph english teacher and a mentor for a service project

Emphasis on essays--that was the first thing the adcoms remembered about me when I talked to them.

[kylebelieves]

Accepted: Boston U (CFA/CAS Dual-Degree), Emerson College (honors program - 1/2 tuition merit), Hampshire College (merit), Manhattanville College (highest merit award), NYU Tisch (MLK Scholars Program, attending) Pace (honors college, 1/2 tuition merit), Sarah Lawrence College, Tufts University, Vassar College

Waitlist: Connecticut College

Rejected: None

Black male
3.7 UW, 3.9 W
SATs: 690 CR, 700 M, 670 W, 700 US History, 710 Math I, 640 Lit

APs: 4 on US, took Chem/Psych this year, expecting 1/3 respectively

Extracurriculars: participated in every school production in my 4 years, incl. acting, tech, writing, directing
OSF Summer Seminar 2011 (intensive theatre seminar for 2 weeks)
200 hours of community volunteer work
Student council for 4 years, leadership position this year
Tutor in various subjects for free
Drama teachers assistant

Essays/Recs:
Talked about my struggles coming out as well as deceased father
Best essays in my class according to college counselor
Very good recs all around

[RAF1940]

"Accepted: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, UCB with regents scholarship
Rejected: MIT
(Withdrew all my other applications)

Stats:
GPA: 4.0/4.75ish
SAT: 2400
AP: 5's on everything I took; 800s on every SAT 2 I took
EC's: Not that good
Essays: Great
Recommendation: Good, I think.
Other: Indian ethnicity; math major

I'm attending Princeton!"

How in God's name could MIT reject you?


People like this make me consider living in a hole.

[munger95]

i'm with you RAF1940

[musiclover4]

Accepted: UCB, UCSD, RPI, UCD, College of the Holy Cross, Case Western Reserve, Johns Hopkins, Wellesley --> Can't attend the last two due to financial issues

Waitlisted: University of Chicago, Carleton

Rejected: Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, WUSTL

Objective:

• ACT: 32
• SAT II: 740 Korean with Listening, 710 Bio E (ugh…)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81 (ho hum….)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (out of 296 people)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Chemistry (4), Eng Lang (3), Comp Sci A (3)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Spanish, US Gov’t/Econ, AP Calculus BC, AP Comparative Gov’t/World Religions, AP Physics
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold), AP Scholar, Grand Prize Idea @ Stanford YLC
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): buildOn for all 4 years (YAC member, Co-President, raising $30,000 to build a school in Nepal right now), Model UN (treasurer 11th grade), Theater Ensemble (Stage Crew), Youngest stage manager at SF Theater Festival (every summer all years), Winds Across the Bay Wind Ensemble (1st Flute)
• Job/Work Experience: Private tutor
• Volunteer/Community service: Around 400 hours + (at nursing home, library, Chabot Space and Science Center Galaxy Explorer and buildOn)
• Summer Activities: 2 community college classes in 10th grade, Trek to Haiti in 11th grade, and volunteering all summers (stage manager and Galaxy Explorer)
• Essays: I felt both my Common App and Supplement essay were fairly well written
• Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry Teacher: Probably excellent; known her for all 4 years as my Chemistry, AP Chemistry and TA teacher, English/buildOn advisor teacher: probably great – don’t know exactly because I waived my rights
• Counselor Rec: Um… not sure because I didn’t know her that well but probably not badly written
  

Other[list][*] State (if domestic applicant): CA[*] Country (if international applicant):[*] School Type: Public[*] Ethnicity: Asian (ugh…)[*] Gender: Female[*] Income Bracket: Low Middle Class[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Um, I don’t think any?

Will be attending UCSD as a Human Biology Major! Whoot!

[GCLawmom]

Posting results for S:

White Male attending large public H.S. in Florida.
No F.A.
3.67 UW GPA/ 4.99 W, at mid-year (after all A's first semester) 3.72 UW GPA/5.1 W. Top 2% (11/540)
33 ACT Composite (34 superscore)
12 AP's (two 4's, four 3's and one 2 on exams, the other 5 AP's are senior year)
Varsity baseball 4 years (will not play in college), Student Government Parlimentarian, DECA Class Rep, National Honor Society, Vanderbilt Pre-medical/Pre-engineering summer program.
Great rec's and strong essays.

Accepted: University of Florida (Honors Invite); Northeastern (Presidential Scholarship), Boston University (Dean's Scholarship); William and Mary and Washington University in St. Louis.

Waitlisted: University of Michigan (after EA deferral)-did not accept a spot on waitlist.

Rejected: Duke, CMU, Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt

Happily attending WUSTL to study Biomedical Engineering (Pre-med)

[LauraY70]

After reading all this, I feel like crap. Not going to say anything.

[hopes2b]

Chance me (Int'l Affairs/Econ) Penn, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, UVA, UNC, Michigan

CHANCE ME PLZ IM DESPERATE

[SgtDonut]

This is not the place for that.

[itsellodoll]

Stats:
SAT: 2220 single sitting, 2230 superscore (700 M, 740 R, 790 W)
SAT II: 770 French, 750 Math 2, 720 English, 660 Chem
GPA: 4.19 W, 3.8-ish UW at time of application
Rank: 15/330 (top 5%)
AP: Calc AB - 5, Calc BC - 5, Eng Lit - 5, Eng Lang - 5, French - 4, APUSH - 4, Psych - 4, World hist - 3, Chem - 2, MacroEcon - 2 (hahaha)

Subjective
Essays: Decent, UC essays were slightly better than CommonApp ones
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Decent
Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): double legacy (Stanford)

Personal
Location: California
High School Type: Decent public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: $200k+/yr (I honestly have no idea, my parents don't tell me, but upper middle class)
No financial aid

Other
Extracurriculars: editor of newspaper (12), peer tutor 3 hr/wk (11/12), internship at anti-distracted driving company 3 hr/wk (11), VP of French club (11), Treasurer of Shakespeare club (12), soccer (9)
Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, various school department awards

Accept: UCB (spring), UCSC, UCSD, UCSB (Regents), all undeclared major
Reject: MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Columbia
Attending Berkeley

Notes: I had focused solely on Stanford for so long (dream school, family history, etc) but I'm almost glad I got rejected - caused me to think about what I really wanted and needed in a school. Super excited to go to Berkeley. I'm a spring admit there but I'm doing the fall extension program they provide so it's not that different.