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08-04-2006, 10:40 PM
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#316 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,284
| I think the orchestral involvement is unique, and my hat's off to lionheartop2 for the great scores. And I don't mean to detract from his/her accomplishments in any way, but it is true that many applicants have excellent stats. I'm just surprised that school and community involvement didn't seem to matter...I thought they were important and even necessary for top admissions.
Anyway, this is a helpful thread and I don't mean to hijack it! | 
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08-04-2006, 11:55 PM
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#317 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 10
| Actually, I didn't have any community service, and I came out alright. | |
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08-05-2006, 01:12 AM
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#318 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,540
| This is just one person. Don't let yourself down by not doing community service and EC's. Even if my community service didn't help I'm still proud of all the stuff that I did and the people that I helped. I also met a TON of friends in EC's and sports made me feel great. Do them anyways! lol | |
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08-05-2006, 01:30 AM
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#319 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 322
| Well, my point is that you should do what you enjoy, instead of being so occupied by what "looks good for on an application." finale, lionheartop2, and miracles might be exceptions, but they're damn good applicants, obviously. Just because they didn't have community service doesn't mean it isn't important, but don't think that not having it is the "kiss of death in elite admissions" like some of you CCers feel. | |
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08-05-2006, 01:35 AM
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#320 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,540
| I still feel like it is a very bad thing. The thing is that he also was in competitions and music things and such. He wasn't doing NOTHING, just not as much as probably the average applicant to those schools. Not that that is bad of him...he's probably excellent at wat he does and got rewarded for it (Congrats!). | |
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08-05-2006, 01:36 AM
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#321 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 116
| "I still feel like it is a very bad thing" Huh? What are you talking about? | |
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08-05-2006, 11:29 AM
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#322 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,754
| He's talking about not doing community service and participating in ECs. | |
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08-05-2006, 02:44 PM
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#323 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 218
| omgad i dont have community service oh no oh no =/ | |
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08-05-2006, 02:46 PM
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#324 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,540
| I can't tell if that was sarcastic or not | |
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08-05-2006, 03:43 PM
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#325 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 739
| omgad i spend so much time on community service dont tell me it has no use oh no oh no =/ | |
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08-05-2006, 06:09 PM
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#326 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,703
| Don't worry, it's not that community service has no use, it's just, at least IMO, a little overrated in college admissions and on improving your chances though it definitely doesn't hurt to have. | |
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08-05-2006, 07:43 PM
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#327 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 26
| Accepted: Harvard SCEA, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn (Jerome Fisher)
Rejected: Columbia
Waitlisted: Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke
Attending: Harvard
SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 800 Writing
SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Literature, 800 French
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.66 W
Rank: 2/200
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type, Average Stats of School: Boarding
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Gender: Female
Awards:
National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Latin Exam, USABO, IPhO
Activities:
Published math papers in a few math journals
A few club leadership positions, but no community service. | |
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08-06-2006, 02:48 PM
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#328 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Michigan!
Posts: 119
| Amazing test scores, whirl-wind! I am in awe of the students on this forum... | |
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08-06-2006, 03:12 PM
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#329 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,747
| Whirl-wind - way to go! I bet you had fun in your HS career! I love that nerdy stuff [adjusts glasses]. It's awesome! | |
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08-06-2006, 03:25 PM
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#330 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cornell
Posts: 534
| omg whirlwind, congrats, but, how can u get accepted by Harvard SCEA, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn (Jerome Fisher) and not Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke? | |
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