can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[zywang519]

Dude, I go to Troy, too. Are you serious that 4.32 is in the fourth decile. I am so screwed.

[crazyray]

mk, sure

Accepted: MIT (attending), Olin College of Engineering, Stanford, Rice, Duke, Berkeley, UT-Austin
Waitlisted: Caltech
Rejected: Harvard, Yale

Race: Asian
School: Public, but let me finish last 2 years of hs at University of North Texas, so I had 76 credits
Rank: not ranked
GPA: 4.0

SATs
Math: 800
Verbal: 800
Writing: 770

Math IIc: 800
Biology: 780
Chemistry: 790

Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
Essays: I went for a more natural, laid-back, story-telling feel. Most people who read my essays said they were good. I wouldn't say they were spectacular or anything
Recommendations: My rec writers didn't let me read any of them, so I don't really know, but the dean at my school liked me quite a bit for some reason

ECs:
lots and lots of tutoring, through my school's program as well as the university's volunteer tutoring program

Habitat for Humanity

Mu Alpha Theta - publicist, webmaster

Research Organization - physics chair, webmaster

University Student Government Association - representative for my school

Research over the summer and throughout the year (possible because we all lived on campus), but no publications or anything

Created lecture notes database (kind of like MIT's ocw) www.wikinotes.vze.com, 4 years running, over 1000 pages of notes, quizzes, and diagrams all self-made

Cello

Awards/stuff:
qualified for AIME last 2 years
National Merit Finalist
some success at local/state math competitions
All-Region orchestra 5 years

[glucose101]

^ just checked out your website...I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!

yay for you making it

:-DDDD

[kshpenn]

Accepted: UPenn (Huntsman Program), Williams College, Georgetown, U. Chicago, Cornell, NYU, Duke, U. Michigan, Trinity College, Northwestern, U. Virginia

Rejected: Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth

School Type: Private
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Race/Gender: White male
Prospective Major: Business/Economics

SAT I Scores:
-Math: 790
-CR: 700
-Writing: 660

SAT II Scores:
-MAth IIC: 740
-Spanish: 790
-Physics: 750


IB Scores:
Physics HL - 6
Math HL - 6
Spanish B HL - 7
Portuguese A2 HL - 7
Geography SL - 6
English A1 SL - 5

Extracurriculars:
-School Newspaper
- MUN
- Student Council
- Soccer and Volleyball varsity team

Community Service:
-Helped raise funds for soccer club

Reccomendations:
-Very good

Essays:
-Very good (I guess)

[confused_student]

Wow, congrats on getting into Huntsman! That is a serious accomplishment. I assume you're attending there?

It's amazing the number of people posting these who are attending top schools...clearly, CC is a very selective place in itself.

[atdiemokid]

White Male
One of the most prestigious public schools in VA (we have 100+ people with a 4.0 and above)
4.24 GPA (weighted), 62/440 rank
AP Scholar With Honor after junior year (the only one at my school) (Scores:US History:4, Euro History:5, Macroeconomics: 4, Microeconomics: 4)
SAT: 2170 (770 CR, 640 Math, 760 Writing, 10 Essay)
National Merit Commended Student
Current Schedule and Grades:
Dual Enrollment Cisco Networking: A+
AP Enviro: A
Honors Physics: A+
AP Government: A
AP English Lit.: B+
AP Stat: B+
Great Recommendations (one from a State Senator/Democratic Candidate for Attorney General of VA who I interned for)
Very Solid Counselor Rec.
I thought my essay was pretty good...who knows...
Young Democrats Vice President and Co-founder
Economics Club Co-Founder
Table Tennis Club Cofounder and Treasurer
Was President of the Diocese of Southern Virginia Episcopal Youth Community (represents high school kids in a 40,000 person diocese. I preside over a 12 person board that plans 2 large retreats (about 500-800 kids each) and smaller events throughout the year.)
Four years of Varsity Tennis. I was Co-Captain my senior year.
Member of a promotions unit of my school's Robotics team.

I applied to:
William and Mary
Mary Washington
University of Richmond
American University
JMU

I got into all of them. Most with a good chunk of financial aid (including some nice scholarships and grants)

I'm going to W+M.

[atdiemokid]

Oops...i copied and pasted my own old chances thread. By the time applications were in my rank was 52.

[grandpabuzz]

Accepted: UT Austin (attending), SMU
Rejected: UPenn(Wharton), I should have applied to more lol

Canadian White Male living in Texas, parents from Eastern Europe

SATs: 2110
SAT IIs: Math IIC: 780, Math Ic: 730
Rank: 24/~1300 or top 2%
AP:
5: US History, Macro, AB Calc.
4. Micro, English Lit
3: English Lang
2: French Lang
IB:
6: HL Econ
5: HL Math, SL French
4: SL Physics, SL Computer Science
3: HL English (not sure how I screwed up on this one)
GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.25 W
Recommendations: Average with the exception of one which was incredible
EC's: Equity Research, Started my own equity business (biraynetworks.co.nr), simulated stock market, French Club, IB, IBSSA, National French Honor Society, Near 100 hours of volunteer work, leader of fantasy teams (haha), and possibly some other ones

[The Brian]

after reading a lot of these posts, i am surprisingly a slight bit more confident in getting into ucsd and maybe ucla.

i love this thread.

[liangshengtm]

me too, I think many pll on CC are too hard on other people's chances, I became bit more confident by this thread too

[finale]

I think people in general are harder on other's chances on CC partly because we don't see the whole package--essays, personality, interview, recommendations, etc.

[KING IS HERE]

Attending: Warwick University

Accepted: NYU, UC Berk, UCLA, UCSD, Rice, Cornell, Imperial, University of College of London, University of St. Andrews

Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis, Georgetown, Northwestern

School type: public
Location: Cupertino,CA
Race/gender: Asian
Major: economics, politics, and international studies
UW GPA: 3.85

SAT I: 800m, 800cr, 740w

SAT II:
Korean 800
Math IIC 800
USH 760
Lit 710

AP
Calc AB 5
Econ-micro: 5
Lit: 3
Government 5
USH: 4

Extracurricular
Kendo and Tae Kwon Do: black belt

Samsung Internship: 4 years

Samsung Marketing job: senior summer and currently

Yearbook: junior-senior

Hospital Volunteering: 4 years

[studentforever]

finale, your stats and your colleges are freaking incredible! I'm definitely going to PM you!!!

[ontolome]

Applied to Harvard EA, accepted. Applied to no other colleges afterwards.

School type: IB magnet within larger, public school context
Location: Miami, FL
Race/gender/nationality: caucasian female, dual US/French citizenship
Major: philosophy
GPA UW: 3.71
GPA W: 6.78
Class rank: 3/750

SAT I: 800 cr, 800 w, 670 m

SAT II:
French 800
US History 750
Biology 760
Literature 780

AP
French Language 5
French Literature 5
English Language 5
English Literature 5
European History 5
US History 5
Psychology 5
Biology 5

Extracurriculars/Awards
-editor of school literary magazine
-vice president of debate team (3rd place in LD at FL Novice State)
-1st place on National French exam (division for native speakers)
-regional gold key, national silver key in Scholastic Art Awards
-job: private tutor (french)
-comm serv: archival work for former US Attorney General.

Application
-I think my recommendations (debate coach, history teacher, art teacher, former US Attorney General) were the strongest part of my application.
-My interview went very well.
-My essay (about my interest in philosophy) was probably average in relation to other Harvard applicants'.
-I also sent in a visual art supplement: http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001004
-My father graduated from Harvard in 1955. He would not have been considered a significant donor.

[Dirt McGirt]

How in the world do you end up with a 6.78 weighted gpa? Haha, got to love weighted grades.