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02-04-2007, 10:52 AM
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#631 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: moco, md
Posts: 6
| this is inresponse to dvlfnfv5-
what do u think helped u into umich, i have similar stats and its one of me top choices | 
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02-05-2007, 11:11 PM
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#632 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 87
| Applied: NYU (stern)
Accepted: NYU (stern)
GPA uw- 3.89
GPA w- 4.54
SAT- 2260 (770 m, 700 cr, 790 wr)
SAT II- math1c: 800
math IIc: 760
chem: 760
Copied from my resume:
Achievement History
National Latin Exam: Two Gold Medals (Latin 1,2), 1 Silver Medal (Latin 3)
Bronze Medal in New Jersey Statewide Latin Competition at Montclair State University
National Merit Commended Student
Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
Collegeboard AP Scholar
New Jersey State Certified EMT-B
National Society for High School Scholars
National Honor Society
Columbia University High School Chemistry Seminars
Majority of Courses: Honors and AP
Honor Roll: Every Semester
Extracurricular Activities/Athletic Achievements
Varsity Ultimate Frisbee (2004-2007)
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02-06-2007, 08:48 PM
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#633 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Centreville/Williamsburg
Posts: 34
| Country: USA!USA!USA!
State: Virginia, Jim Webb country
Major: Economics, switching to Accounting
Applied:
William & Mary (ED for econ)
Wisconsin-Madison (Econ)
Notre Dame (EA for Econ)
Purdue (Krannert for Econ)
Illinois-Urbana Champaign (Accounting)
Deferred: UIUC cancelled app
Accepted: everywhere but UIUC
GPA UW: 3.50
GPA W: 3.74
SAT: 2120 (660 CR 710M 750 W)
SAT II: 790 Math IIC (aargh) withdrew my world history one
ECs
Varsity football (we won conference, got to state semifinals where we promptly lost 42-2)
Chinese school from since 1997 (again, aargh) as student and volunteer
Band (Marching, concert) performed in national competitions/ section leader, first chair, blah blah blah
All District Tuba 2 years
Volunteer at local community center
I work hard for the money (Boston Market~)
Founded club, on It | |
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02-07-2007, 04:43 PM
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#634 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 8
| current senior accepted ED
accepted ED at Dartmouth
would have also applied to: princeton, yale, williams, bowdoin, haverford, notre dame, and villanova
school: catholic, all girls
state: MA
race: caucasion
GPA: unweighted A- weighted A+
rank: N/A
SATs:
CR 800
W 750
M 730
SATIIs:
bio (M) 730
math IIC 750
us history 730
ACT: 32
APs:
english language 4
spanish language 4
bio 4
us history 5
(still to take english lit, spanish lit, calc AB, and us gov)
ECs:
lots of singing and acting
model UN
campus ministry
Awards:
prize in chorale gr 10
national merit commendation
AP scholar with honor
Summers:
gr 10 -- one month in spain (exeter academy program) studying spanish/spanish history
gr 11 -- one month in argentina working for habitat for humanity
gr 12 -- 6 weeks in china taking classes at a university
Supplemental material:
cd of me singing
essay about what dartmouth means to me (they didnt ask for one)
probably forgetting lots more... hope this is helpful!!! | |
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02-10-2007, 04:12 AM
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#635 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 11
| Country: USA
State: Alaska, Anchorage
Major: Electrical Engineering
Accepted:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with merit aid
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, merit aid pending
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, with merit aid
Illinois Institute of Technology, with merit aid
Rejected: None
GPA UW: 3.75
Rank: 11/44
SAT: 1910 (680 CR 660M 570 W)
SAT II: none submitted (690 bio-m, 670 math-2)
ECs
Student Government Rep, Treasurer, two years
School Government Rep, two years
Amateur radio general license
Engineering internship
Siemens competition, cool unrelated electronics projects
350+ volunteer hours at science museum
Model UN, two years
Karate, three years
Gym hockey, two years
Awards:
No real awards, I listed an intramural card house building contest. | |
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02-11-2007, 02:09 PM
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#636 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,142
| Quote:
Accepted: Penn (Wharton) ED
Rejected: None
Waitlisted: None
School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Asian
Prospective Major: Real Estate and Finance
Unweighted GPA: 3.80
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Class rank: 17 of 410
SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 640
SAT I Writing: 700 (essay 11)
SAT II Scores
SAT II Math IIC: 710
SAT II U.S. History: 700
SAT II Physics: 650
Long-form Info
Extracurricular Info
- Started a Freshmen mentoring program
- Boy Scouts (Life Scout)
- ASB
- Yearbook
Other strong point:
CA Boys' State Delegate
2005 Certified Tax Preparer (Wrote one of the essays about this)
Wrote a straight forward essay about my desire to work in the real estate field
Work Experience
- None
Awards:
- AP Scholar w/ Honor
- 1st Place Math Competition
| Lucky: How did you get into Penn with such an average (read: mediocre) transcript? | |
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02-14-2007, 11:28 PM
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#637 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 48
| I realize that all you guys love posting / reading stats, but did you know theres a really simple site to help. Its www.collegedata.com, i used it a lot. its awesome. its a LOT easier than this way | |
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02-15-2007, 12:42 AM
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#638 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: so'cal
Posts: 122
| yeah this is pretty cool, except all the schools i type in give me exactly the same chances ie. jhu, cornell, northwestern. how accurate is this thing? | |
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02-16-2007, 08:10 AM
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#639 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UC Berkeley
Posts: 1,138
| I was surprised that some UC's are already making decisions. UCI was my safe safety. I've only heard back from one college right now, but what the heck:
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Country: United States
State: California
Major: Electrical Engineering
Accepted: UC Irvine (with Regent's and Honors Program)
Rejected: [N/A for now]
Waitlisted: [N/A]
Deferred: [N/A]
EA/ED: [N/A]
Sex: Male
Race: North Indian
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 (UC GPA)
Weighted GPA: ~4.5
Class Rank: 2
SAT I:
CR: 690
M: 770
W: 790
T: 2250
SAT II:
Biology M: 720
Math IIC: 740
ACT:
English: 35
Reading: 32
Math: 30
Science: 35
Composite: 33
AP:
European History: 2
U.S. History: 4
English Language & Composition: 3
Biology: 5
Awards:
Science Olympiad (1st place Regional Division winner: Cell Biology,
Compute This; 3rd place Regional Division winner: Fermi Questions)
Employment: [N/A]
Extra-curriculars:
Science & Technology Club - President
ENTECH Club (Associated with Industrial Engineering Technology course) - Vice President
T-Bots Club (Robotics club)
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I'm shooting for Berkeley  | |
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02-16-2007, 10:07 PM
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#640 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 74
| i have a random question. how do u take 8 aps senior year. considering my school only has 7 blocks for classes, it would be quite a feet. | |
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02-16-2007, 11:06 PM
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#641 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,020
| govt/econ . | |
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02-17-2007, 06:12 AM
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#642 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Claremont, CA
Posts: 87
| Country:USA
State:CA
Major:Chemistry
Accepted: Pomona [ED], USC [Dean's Scholar], UCI [Honors Program]
Rejected: N/A
Waitlisted: N/A
Deferred: N/A
EA/ED: Pomona [ED]
Sex:Female
Race:Chinese
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.46
Class Rank: top 3%
SAT I: 2110 composite
SAT II: Chemistry 780, Math IIC 720
ACT:N/A
AP: Chemistry 5, Language 3
Awards:
-Questbridge Collegematch Finalist
-NHS 9-12
-CSF 9-12
-German National Exam Certificate of Merit
-Medal for Regional Science Olympiad
Extra-curriculars:
-Science Olympiad 9-12
-Environmental Club 9-12
-Science Club 11-12
-Volunteering @ local Hospital 11-12 [~100hr, but adcom doesn't know]
SOOOOO EXCITED ABOUT POMONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO SAGEHENS! | |
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02-17-2007, 09:20 PM
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#643 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 228
| Are There Any Normal People Out There With Average Stats?!?! | |
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02-18-2007, 07:48 PM
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#644 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 108
| im pretty normal....
Country: USA
State: NY, Westchester
Major: Business
Accepted:
SUNY Albany (Presidential Scholarship, Honors college)
Penn State
UMD College Park (Scholar)
Rejected: UNC Chapel Hill
Waiting On: UMich and Binghamton
GPA UW: 3.5
Rank: N/A
SAT: 1960 (690 CR 630M 640 W)
ECs
Varsity Lacrosse
Band
Play 2 instruments
Boy Scouts------EAGLE SCOUT
FBLA
Student Government
I guess thats average compared to the 'tough' guys on here with 2200 SATs lol | |
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02-21-2007, 12:30 AM
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#645 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 11
| college data.com doesn't work well. I said I had a 1.0 and ranked in the bottom 50 and they said a top ten LAC was a "maybe" | |
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