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10-29-2007, 10:21 PM
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#811 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Duke!!
Posts: 768
| Accepted: Duke (now attending), Dartmouth, Georgetown, Rice, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, SUNY Binghamton (scholarship)
Waitlisted: Cornell, Harvard, U-Penn, Brown (none took me off,  )
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton
School Type: Public
Location: New York
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Undecided, a possible pre-med or pre-law student
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Class rank: Don't know but around Top 10%
SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 760
SAT I Writing: 720
SAT II Scores
SAT II MathIIC: 800
SAT II World History: 770
SAT II US History: 770
SAT II Chemistry: 740
SAT II Physics: 740
SAT II Bio M: 700
SAT II Spanish: 620
AP Scores
SOPHOMORE YEAR
European History:4
Calculus AB: 5
JUNIOR YEAR
English Language: 5
Calculus BC: 5
Spanish: 3
Biology: 4
US History: 5
SENIOR YEAR
Chemistry: 5
Physics B: 5
English Literature: 4
US Government: 4
Statistics: 5
Psychology: 5
Extracurriculars
Qualified for AIME junior year and senior year
(108 AMC, 2 AIME... 97.5 AMC, 3 AIME)
Secretary of Junior Class, didn't hold position senior year
Quiz Bowl
Volunteered at local hospital
Tutored students in math for National Honors Society | 
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10-30-2007, 05:43 PM
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#812 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SW PA
Posts: 1,233
| What is so shocking to me, reading these responses, is that these kids get rejected anywhere! I'm living in a world of geniuses!
Test! What's the real story here? Sounds like your counselor had a real axe to grind with you. | |
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10-30-2007, 10:27 PM
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#813 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 179
| well, mondo
i'm going to venture that it was your ec's that got you at most of the ivies.
but duke's a sweet deal. | |
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11-03-2007, 07:38 PM
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#814 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 325
| It's funny because my guidance counselor acts like I'm a viable candidate for the ivies, being in the top 1% of my class, but when I read these posts I realize I don't have a fighting chance. All these years of hard work to culminate to settling for a second tier school... I'm driven to insane dreams of "if only I had started preparing for the SATs in 8th grade, if only I had took up some unique sport like fencing, if only I had the money to spend on expensive violin lessons and music camps, if I only had traveled to Africa to fulfill my community service requirements..." ahhh, excuse my rant, but every time I go on CC, I become overwhelmed with grief! At my school, I'm considered smart, here I consider myself merely average or belowaverage. *sigh* Again, I apologize for my rant. Resume posting your impressive credentials.  | |
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11-03-2007, 10:36 PM
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#815 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,284
| You realize, of course, that CC represents a very lopsided view of reality (and some of the posts on here are probably fictitious) . And even if you were the most impressive person posting on here, it is no guarantee that you would get into the ivies...nobody really understands why they make the admissions decisions that they do. Cheer up! | |
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11-04-2007, 01:42 AM
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#816 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 134
| yep, i agree. CC (and this thread in particular) has gotten me soo depressed about my chances for college | |
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11-05-2007, 04:50 PM
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#817 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 179
| When you first come onto to CC, you stress out. If you're normally a laid back person, you freak out. If you're me, you get so nervous you throw up. But once you get past the hump, you see that these peoples profiles, fictitious or not, all attest to something truely cool- we can do SO much more than we believe we can. A few months ago, I looked at all the chances boards, and printed the profiles of people who were great at art, drama, debate- all the things I love. I compiled a database(i.e. I stuck it all in a binder) and looked at it and combed through this website. I made a "junior year agenda" with everything I wanted to achieve this year- I even put in ridiculously competitive contests, stuff I never thought I could get done. This time last year, I NEVER would have thought it was possible to be elected president of any club for me, or to win a trophy at a debate meet, let alone three at one tournament. But I have. And the beautiful thing is that I have potential for alot more than that.
So basically, stop griping
stop complaining
get busy.
Last edited by inconspicuous.s.n.; 11-05-2007 at 05:03 PM.
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11-05-2007, 11:39 PM
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#818 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,540
| Greatttt post and amazing job! | |
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11-05-2007, 11:41 PM
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#819 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wellesley 2012!
Posts: 1,428
| In reply to aznbluelilgirl...your stats make me nervous about my chances! | |
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11-22-2007, 01:09 PM
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#820 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 475
| My stats have changed as of recently and that little change has put me into a new group of candidates, but when I applied with these stats last month I was ACCEPTED to:
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.75
ECs: Ton
blah blah blah
Tulane University
Loyola University Chicago
I recently got a 32 on my ACT test and I think that really paints my academic application in a different perspective. | |
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12-01-2007, 10:19 PM
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#821 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 634
| Wow.
So many Asians with near perfect stats (2350+, 750+ SAT IIs) and good ECs were rejected from HYP.
While URMs with lower scores are getting in...that's...
Just really maddening. | |
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12-02-2007, 04:43 PM
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#822 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 300
| what is HYP, i am just awe by the score and GPA you guys have. Almost everyone in this forum has SAT>2100 | |
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12-02-2007, 05:02 PM
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#823 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,747
| Harvard / Yale / Princeton | |
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12-02-2007, 07:48 PM
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#824 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 300
| lol, bio chem , that is obvious it is fake | |
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12-03-2007, 07:48 PM
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#825 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 475
| add Saint Louis University to the list of my "accepted" schools with slightly above average stats. | |
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