can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[catsushi]

Oops, that question was directed to Physics08.

[Physics08]

wow it's been a while since i checked this thread.
Ikf725: Thanks! Orchestra was mainly the biggest activity because I was in a bunch of musical performing groups and each had long hours of rehearsals and performances. Plus, I was doing a lot of solo music so the week can get pretty hectic.

catsushi: yeah that can sometimes happen. Not to be cocky but I suspect it's yield protection aka Tufts Syndrome where a school purposely waitlists due to lack of an applicant's interest to actually attending once accepted. But who knows, maybe WashU didn't need another violinist/researcher although I don't think I would have gone there over MIT/Stanford/Caltech/Yale either way.

[Rutgers Hopeful]

So wait, you didn't get into Washington University, but you got into MIT and Yale?

[musicguru5]

Kind of intrigued by this site, so thought I'd post. Hope this helps. Applied ED to Carleton College, got in, went there, loved it.

Public HS in Missouri, that hardly sends anyone out of the state
Female, Caucasian
ACT - 35
SAT I Math - 720
SAT I English - 800
GPA - 4.0 unweighted, 4.6 weighted
APs - 5's on Chem, Euro, US Govt, Comp Govt, Eng Lang, Eng Lit, Bio, Psych, Calc AB, Comp Sci, 4's on Spanish, Calc BC, Physics

Awards, that'd be National Merit, valedictorian (of ~325), a few scholarships
Extracurriculars, a little soccer, a decent amount of debate, a ton of band, some volunteer work, and jobs

Moral of the story: don't stress out so much. I think I worried too much going into the process, and from the other side you wonder what all the fuss was about. Make sure you pick a school that matches you well (for me, a small liberal arts school with great science in a small town), and you'll be just fine. I have now just started grad school and couldn't be happier. So remember....breathe. It'll all come out in the wash.

[Rutgers Hopeful]

Jared, do you think it was your rank that dragged you down?

[FellowCCViewer]

Oh man, I can't wait to do this, say next May.

[cherokeejew]

Year: 2004
SAT I - 1590
GPA: 3.7, 4.2 weighted, no trend, not ranked, public school that sent 18/350 students to Stanford
SAT II Math: 800, Writing: 800, French 800
APs: 8 5s
ECs: average quantity, below average academic focus

Accepted: Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD
Waitlisted, then Rejected: Stanford (ED)

Yep, I only sent two applications (UCs were all-in-one).

[test]

I applied in 2007 to...
-SCEA Stanford-
-Wharton @ UPenn
-MIT
-UC Berkeley
-UC Davis
-USC

State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male

SAT I: 2390 (Math: 800, Verbal: 800, Writing: 790)
SAT II: Chemistry: 800, Physics: 800, Math IIC: 800, Chinese: 780
Weighted GPA: 4.33
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Class Rank: top 10%, school does not rank
APs: 10, all 5s (AP Compsci A, AP Calc B/C, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP English Lang, AP Compsci AB, AP US History, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C - Mechanics)
Courseload: most rigorous (first APs in 7th grade, Calc B/C in 9th)

Extracurriculars:
Future Business Leaders of America (9-12)
-3 national awards (1st + team captain, 1st, 2nd)
-4-5 state awards, 10+ local awards

Parli Debate (9-12)
-US rank ~15, int'l rank ~30

Essays: pretty good, long essays were excellent
Teacher recs: decent
Counselor recs: counselor suggested I would be rejected to all schools, refused to write rec, principal intervened

Other Factors:
-asian male strong in math and science
-3rd year grad - administration opposed my graduation
-poor leadership
-counselor suggested would be rejected to all schools
-did not pay for college counseling
-single legacy to Stanford

Results:
-Stanford: rejected
-UPenn: rejected
-MIT: rejected
-UC Berkeley: accepted (attending)
-UC Davis: accepted
-USC: accepted

Possible Lessons:
-leadership > GPA, SATs
-SAT scores mean nothing
-don't skip your senior year
-don't anger your counselor

[paco!]

test, what did your counselor have against you???? must've been pretty bad....

[RememberMe1990]

That's what I was thinking haha

What on earth did you do that could cause him to destroy your chances at Stanford??

[venusinfurs]

To test, Whhhaaaaaattttttt? wwwhhhhhhaaaaaaatttttttttt? That's insane. Wow.

[Figgy]

I definitely don't understand how that happened. If u don't like Berk u could definitely transfer to a VERY TOP school. Berk is an amazzzzing school tho so I'm sure u'll have a great time. GL with college!

[xmeeaahx]

Accepted: UCLA (attending), UC-Berkeley, Brandeis, Boston College, Boston U, UCI
Rejected: Stanford


School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Japanese and Caucasian
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Class rank: top 3%

SAT I: 1410 (690 verbal/720 Math)

SAT II: 740 on Math II, 680 on Writing, 800 on Japanese

AP Scores:
English Lit:4
US History: 4
Gov't US: 4
Econ: 4
Physics C:4
Enviromental Sci: 5
Stats: 4

Extra Curricular:
a lot and lot of music.
school musical, choir, church bell choir, piano, etc.
CSF (a tutoring club in california)
academic decathlon
youth church

yeah I didn't have much, but I managed to make what I did have sound great
oh yeah and I got "accepted" to UCR and UCMerced, even though I didn't apply, cuz of the ELC program

[inconspicuous.s.n.]

wow, test. that is extremely depressing.

[FellowCCViewer]

Extracurriculars:
Future Business Leaders of America (9-12)
-3 national awards (1st + team captain, 1st, 2nd)
-4-5 state awards, 10+ local awards

Parli Debate (9-12)
-US rank ~15, int'l rank ~30

That's not leadership at all?
Your counselor was jealous - what angered him?