can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[Cricket12345]

High School:

GPA: 3.8ish UW, over 4.0 W
Rank: 26/600
SAT: 1820 (CR: 570 M: 630 W: 620)

Took all honors/college/ AP classes

Senior year: AP English, AP Macro, College Calc, AP Physics, College level (SUNY) Spanish

Applied: Johns Hopkins, WashU- STL, Northwestern, Northeastern, NYU, St. Louis University, UBuffalo, St. John Fisher College, LeMoyne College

Rejected: Hopkins, WashU, Nwestern, Neastern, NYU (devastating... I know)
Accepted: SJFC (almost full ride) LeMoyne (full ride) UBuffalo, SLU(large pres. scholarship)



E.C.'s:
-Student Gov. VP (4 years)
-Key Club (4 years, Liasion Freshman year, Treasurer Soph. year, President Junior + Senior year)
-NHS: (3 years)
-NJHS: President
-Student Member on School Education Team (SET)
-Volunteered at facility dedicated to helping people with eating disorders
-Over 400 volunteer hours
-Worked a min. wage job all 4 years, about 12-20 hours a week
-Volleyball
-Lacrosse
- XC (Freshman year)
-Karate (6 years)
-Several invitation only leadership conferences

Not all of my E.C.'s

Essays + rec's...

My essay was really well written, I spent months writing it. It reflected a personal medical struggle that changed me to be who I am today.

I won class teacher's pet... believe me... my rec's were good.



White female, coming from Upstate NY, very low income family.
WARNING! As great as it sounds to get into a name brand school...please do yourself a favor and spend some time searching for a financially and academically safe back- up that you can SEE YOURSELF ACTUALLY GOING TO. I didn't apply to Fisher, UB, or LeMoyne until AFTER my rejections because I assumed I was going to get in to one of the schools I applied to first. MY school I am going to was a last minute option and it feels terrible to be going there. I wish this on NOBODY. Due to severe naivety and poor guidance, I did not know that my SAT's would impact my acceptance decision so severely. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR! Find a great back up and don't pick too many reach schools. The rejections can be hard to handle when you know how hard you worked in high school.


GOOD LUCK 2013!

[lolwot]

Applied: Clemson University, University of South Carolina
Accepted: Clemson University, University of South Carolina
Waitlisted: n/a
Rejected: n/a

Instate upper middle class white male

GPA: 3.96+ UW
Rank: Top 15% of so... but only because the high school I moved to junior year was very enthusiastic and open about AP... while I had never even heard about AP before that. They went by weighted so I was screwed
ACT: n/a
SAT: 1990 (650 reading, 670 writing, 670 math)
SAT IIs: n/a
APs: 5 on Psych, 4 on Calc AB, 4 on Stat
Senior Courseload: AP Stat, English, Forensic Science, Guitar II, AP Calc AB

ECs: n/a

Volunteering: n/a

Leadership: n/a

Jobs: n/a

Advice: Read more on this website... I didn't until senior year and it was too late for me because I knew absolutely nothing about college admissions other than: get As, do the SAT.
But at least I already had good grades [have been getting straight As my whole life, was in GATE in elementary/middle (Gifted and Talented), was selected to be in the top 8 of my grade in math in 4th grade]. I didn't even know about APs until junior year (my old school did not even tell me about them... and I was a straight A student and in GATE... ???). As for ECs: I thought only stupid people needed them to get into their college of choice... I thought straight As would be good enough for those of us that are intelligent. And why would I want to go to school any longer than the actual school day?
I guess it's for the whole "well rounded individual"... except I have no idea how someone who does school, 5+ APs in one year and 10 ECs actually has time for a life, family, hobbies, friends, relaxation, sleep. No offense to anyone on this website, don't respond.

Important: Hard work and brains are not what colleges want. It's devoting your whole life to your school and completing the ridiculous requirements they look for in admissions.

[CPUscientist3000]

That's actually terrible advice (your last paragraph). Colleges do want hard work and brains, among other things. Not "devoting your life to school" or "completing the ridiculous requirements". Hard work and brains can help you achieve those "ridiculous requirements. The best thing to do is try your hardest/best and not stress about meeting some arbitrary "requirements" on a paper; you'll be a lot happier and you'll do better than you thought you could.

[Catria]

Who are the best "chancers" you came across in your CC life?

[StoryQurl]

@lolwot: Did it ever occur to you that people are only able to fulfill the "ridiculous" requirements USING "hard work and brains"?

[Dactylic126]

Where's my like button?
@StoryQurl
I don't know how to quote but I second your point!

[Catria]

I wonder when is the results season... I'll probably have chanced a few more hundred more students than I already did (and I must have chanced 300+ students)

[Anbu1998]

You have pretty good scores so you might get in.

[jrd3542]

i cant wait for that

[Nadapova]

haha a very useful thread!

[KingChaos]

GPA: 3.89
Rank: 30-40/500
SAT: 2400, 800 physics, 800 math
AP (end of jr yr): Chem, Phys B, C mech+EM, CalcBC, Music Th, Stats, CS AB (5 all)

Applied: UC Berkeley, Caltech, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, WashU, HMC, UCLA, CMU, Dartmouth

Accepted: UC Berkeley, Caltech(attending), Cornell, CMU, UCLA, Dartmouth

Rejected: Princeton, Columbia, WashU, HMC

Junior classes:
AP Phys B, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Honors English, AP Statistics, US History

Senior classes:
AP Phys C, Multivariable Calc/Linear Alg/DiffEQ, Finite/Discrete, AP world, AP Lit, Econ/Gov

EC:
Physics competition stuff
Math competition stuff
Choir 11 yrs, A Capella
Other academic competitons
Tutoring in math/phys
CS competition stuff
Economics summer research

[MarioKartExpert]

UW GPA: 3.38
W GPA: 3.88
School does not rank; I'd estimate 30-60/320
From Maryland

SAT: Single sitting, no SAT II's
M: 740
CR: 560
W: 600(61 MC, 8 essay)
CR+M(for UMD): 1300
Total(others): 1900

Extracurriculars/Activities:
Comedy troupe(6 years, still involved)
Marching/Concert band(won student-elected awards, would be drum major but MB became Pep band so I was just a "conductor" not fair)
Varsity cross country
Student-teaching at local middle school
Boy Scouts(was a Life Scout upon applying, Eagle scout now)

Sorta-kinda-hook:High-functioning autism

AP's: AP Lang(2), AP Psych(4), AP Stat(4)(psych and stat were after I was accepted so they didn't make a difference)

Accepted into:
Salisbury University
Towson University
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
St. Mary's College of Maryland
University of Maryland-College Park(currently attending!)
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Rejected from:
University of Delaware-kind of a surprise: ruined my perfect acceptance record
But there's no way I would have picked it over UMD anyway so it's ok.

[Mwebby18]

Hello everyone.

I'm just looking for some insight on where I may stand for some schools

I am a white male from New York and both parents went to college. I do not have legacy anywhere I am applying.

Public school very competitive

Gpa 92, aproxx top 20%-25%
Sat: 610 reading 630 math 670 writing (still trying to improve)
Various AP and college level courses : English, psych, physics, Italian, honors calc

Significant extra ciriculars include:
Habitat for humanity club founder
Nation, Italian, and science honor societies
Boys state delegate
Peer leadership program

Significant leadership opportunities include:
Peer leadership program
Habitat for humanity club president
Club soccer team captain
Jv soccer and lacrosse captain
Applied for an ROTC scholarship
Potentially varsity track captain
Boys state delegate

Athletics:
Bunch of varsity letters for soccer and track, club soccer since grade school, jv captancies, club soccer capt

Volunteering:
Habitat for humanity
Volunteer at a hospital
Tutoring

Honors and awards:
National, science, and Italian honor societies
National Latin exam honorable mention twice
High honor role every semester
Few track medals
Sportsmanship award for club soccer

I have applied for an ROTC scholarship just in case west point doesn't work out, so insight on that wood be great too.

Colleges in order: west point, wake forest, Suny geneseo, Ohio state, Suny Binghamton, Delaware st university

Any help is greatly appreciated. Just trying to get a sense of where I stand

[Catria]

I wonder whether this would be the place to post "actual results" for grad school admissions, the day I obtain results from the grad school admission process.

[teddyliu]

You will absolutely shine somewhere .
Life's a struggle!!!