can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[collegefailureha]

Applied: Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, Harvard, Dartmouth, Rice, Cornell

Accepted: none lol (notice my CC name )

Denied: All that i applied.... so i found Iowa had rolling admissions and got in there so i am at least attending somewhere

Objective:

ACT: 33 w/ 12 on writing
didn't take SAT

Sat II: 750 Chem, 760 Math 2, 710 English

AP's: Calc BC, Chemistry, Both English tests, Gov and Politics, Psychology, Physics C and Euro History.... all 5's

Essays: Excellent... writing was my strongest asset on the applications

Class Rank: 1/320 (Valedictorian)

SUbjective/ EC's:

-Back to Back State Champions in Football (starting slot)
-Amateur powerlifter (competing)
-100 Service hours for National Honor Society
-Tutor For Most SUbjects
-School Ambassador
-Part Time landscaper

I was disappointed by my results obviously but i guess the app pool for this past year was intense. Im a white male which im sure didn't help either. Middle Class. I know several other kids with stats similar to mine got rejected from all these schools as well. Good luck to all rising seniors

[bluejay8295]

I love reading everyone's acceptance it gives me ideas of what colleges want in a candidate

[Mohhand]

I am really trying to get some EC's before I graduate. Currently I am going into 10th Grade and I have almost no EC's except that I trade stocks daily. It consumes lot's of my time because I have to do extreme research on the company/corporation before investing. I am really interested in finance and banking. The issue with that is that it is a "big boy's game" that means that I can't really do any research on that subject that would help my chances to get into Stanford.

[cortana431]

Applied: Cornell (Early Decision), Columbia, MIT EA, Carnegie Mellon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Buffalo

Accepted: Cornell (later withdrawed due to financial aid), Columbia (likely letter), Carnegie Mellon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Buffalo

Denied: MIT

Male
Filipino

Objective:

GPA: 93 UW,96 W
Class rank: 20/202
SAT: 2260 720 CR 800 Math 740 Writing
ACT: 35 Composite, 35 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 35 Science
SAT II: 700 U.S History, 710 Physics, 780 Math II
AP (at time of application): 4 on English Lang, U.S History, and World History, 5 on Physics B
Senior year courseload: AP Chemistry, English literature, Micro and macro economics, Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity and magnetism
Awards: AMC 12 School winner, RPI Medalist, All county band

ECs:
Academic league 9-12 (Captain)
Math League 9-12 (Captain)
Concert band 9-11 (section leader)
jazz band 11-12 (vice president)
national and english honor society

I think my essay was excellent and played a big role in getting me in, it was very well written and my GC thought it was great. REcommendations were probably good, the one from my english teacher may have been excellent because she really knew me well and liked me a lot.

Columbia later retracted the likely letter after I withdrawed my acceptance from Cornell. I was obviously very disappointed by the financial aid packages from Cornell and later Carnegie Mellon, whom I also turned down because of money, and I ended up choosing RPI because the medal, which is usually given at $15,000 a year, was offered for $33,000 a year, so it was a no brainer over SUNY Buffalo. Money is something that is VERY VERY important when applying to colleges and you want to make sure you apply to a good range of schools that offer scholarships and are very affordable to you. Now looking back, I show some disappointment over the college list,like I wish I applied to Cooper Union (full ride for every student who attends), Macaulay Honors, etc.

[MoaningMyrtle]

Applied: UC Berkeley, USC, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Cal Poly SLO, UCLA
Accepted:UC Berkeley, USC, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Cal Poly SLO
Attending: USC w/25k in scholarships per year

GPA : W - 4.17, UW - 3.86
SAT: 2170
ACT: 32

Lots of sports, almost no community service, decent essays.

[fdeb35]

Accepted: Middlebury (attending), Reed, Macalester, Kenyon, Whitman, Bennington, UW Honors program
Waitlisted: Vassar, Grinnell
Rejected: Pomona, Wesleyan, Carleton

White male from Seattle... ish.

GPA: 3.96 unweighted
Rank: 12/127 (I think? Or was it 15/130? Whatever.)
ACT: 30
SAT: 2030 (760 reading, 740 writing... *cough* 530 math *cough*)
SAT IIs: None.
APs: I took all three (three) offered -- two of them were my senior year, so my schools didn't see results.
Senior Courseload: AP US, AP Stats, Honors English (no idea what it was actually called... functioned as an AP, but didn't have the name for whatever reason), Jazz Band, Philosophy (independently), Physics

ECs:
Founded/president of a club
Jazz Band
BBBS
Knowledge Bowl
EIC of newspaper
Other miscellany

Essays: I took all kinds of chances, and realistically, they were the reason I was accepted to such a cool bunch of schools. There is no other distinguishing feature on my application besides the writing -- not just the essays, either. I tried to put my personality in every nook and cranny of every page. Kenyon gave me a generous scholarship/award for my essays. I spent a stupid amount of time writing the things -- I won't speak for their quality because I have a minor conflict of interest, here -- but if time spent correlates to a high quality, they were fine.

To the anxious high school CCers: If there is one thing I learned from the process, it's that personality is a huge factor in the admissions game. Granted, I applied to a mess of lib-art schools, but I think the advice stands regardless. You have to work to put your personality in every little bit of your essay and application. I'm talking about your written voice, your collection of ECs, your teacher recs -- everything.

I took chances I probably should not have -- I'm assuming it's a big reason why my results are the way they are. Some of the admissions people likely thought my whole application was obnoxious. Regardless, I presented the most honest version of myself I could, and I have been specifically told that it's the reason why I was accepted at Middlebury, Macalester, and Kenyon. I don't really care to know how my results would have turned out had I played it "safe", but I certainly have no regrets. I was honest, and I like to believe that because I was honest, I was admitted to my #1 school.

[UChalpz1]

Why did I even bother clicking on this thread...sooooo depressing

[draekken]

Applied: MIT (EA), Yale (EA), Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Boston U, SUNY-Stony Brook, Tufts U
Rejected: MIT, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Brown
Accepted: Boston U, SUNY-Stony Brook (Honors College), Tufts U
Attending: Tufts U for engineering physics

GPA: 3.82 UW, 4.15W (approximating here, my school doesn't use 4.0 system)
SAT: 2290 (730 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Physics
APs: Only 1 at time of Application (was unlucky enough to get kicked from 2 APs my junior year because there wasn't enough space for everyone =/ ) Music Theory (4)
Senior Year courseload: AP Statistics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: E&M, AP US Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, Biology Research
Rank: N/A

ECs:
- Treasurer Sci-Fi Club
- Volunteer at local hospital (350+ hours)
- Independent research at NYU (musicology)
- Bowling team
- Music/Composition <<< My most important personally

Awards/Honors:
- National Merit
- QuestBridge Finalist
- Semifinalist JSHS research symposium (statewide)
- Finalist and Second Award in NYCSEF research fair (statewide)

Background:
- New York City, white male, low income bracket, nothing particularly special

Recs: Probably good? I'm not sure haha
Essays: I worked REALLY hard one them, so hopefully they were as good as I wanted them to be (regardless of what the university thought!)

Advice: fdeb35's advice is spot on. Present the most honest image of yourself that you can. Even if the college/university doesn't like it, that just means you wouldn't fit in, and fit is more important than anything in my book. Even though I liked the "idea" of going to Harvard or Yale or whatever, I'm not sure if they were for me, and I think that came across in my essays/supplements.

Also, I don't really know if this is advice as much as a few words of caution, but be careful when choosing the colleges to apply to. I set my sights very high (way too high...) and that bit me in the ass a bit. BUT, I knew what I was getting into and what I set myself up for, so when I got all of the rejections I didn't really mind that much. What happens happens. But this isn't true for a lot of people; so just know your limits, know what your getting into, and don't take things personally if they don't work out exactly as planned =)

Good luck to the class of 2013 in their admissions!

[RAF1940]

UChalpz1, you've echoed my thoughts exactly.

[stitan21]

So judging from this thread, my scores will either get me accepted to Stanford, or denied by the University of Maryland.

[missy4537]

Obviously you have a ton of initiative and smarts! Have you thought about starting a teen investors blog or website? My son did this when he was in high school. He included tips for teen investment, money management, etc. He reviewed articles and books and included links to other websites, like The Motley Fool. He received a lot of positive feedback on his website during college interviews. He was accepted by all of the schools he applied: Washington University-St. Louis, Georgetown, American, Cornell, University of Tulsa and the University of Dayton.
You could start a Twitter account to compliment your blog...try following some big investment companies and see if you can get them to follow you. Good luck!

[Gators09]

Can someone who got accepted UF tell me their stats?

[SgtDonut]

^^ Official UF Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

[dkwhtspsu]

Race: Asian
School type: Public
Location: California

GPA: 3.7
SAT: 2150

Accepted: Most UC's except Berkeley, LA. Got into SLO.

[bjorn1]

Stats: SAT 2290
ACT 35
Valedictorian class of 160
Strong ECs: 15 Varsity Letters, tons of music, a lot of community service
Essays, hard to judge Recommendations should have been great

Waitlisted then denied: Princeton (not surprised), Williams
Accepted: Columbia BU with 15,000 scholarship, Fordham and Northeastern with full tuition scholarships, University of Rochester with 17,000 scholarship, Macauley Honors would have been free, and SUNY Stony Brook, not sure of merit aid

Choice: Northeastern in Honors College

Reason: Super opportunities, more to life than IVIES, and debt free at the end of Undergraduate education

Advice: Shoot high, but also look where you are slightly above average stats if Merit Aid is needed.

Good Luck!!!