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Old 12-09-2007, 10:46 PM   #826
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Location: New Joisey
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I live in Randolph, where did you go to high school?

And looking at you acceptances, all I have to say is, "Wow"
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Old 12-15-2007, 04:00 PM   #827
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Accepted: Claremont McKenna ED (Will Attend)
Rejected: None
Waitlisted/Deferred: None

Middle-range New England Prep School, we get some people into top schools but not many.
White Male
Class Rank: 15/98 or Top 25% (Only counts since I went there Sophmore Year)
GPA(unweighted) : 3.3 (but rising since sophomore year) but I haven't taken any non-honors/AP course, 7 APs
SAT: 2260 (I only took the SAT and the ACT once each)
Critical Reading: 800
Math: 750
Writing: 710
SAT IIs:
Literature: 720
Math IIc: 760
ACT Composite: 33
APs:
AP Computer Science AB: 5
AP English Comp: 5

Senior Year Classes and first term grades:
AP Economics: A
Honors Physics: A
AP Chemistry: A
AP Calculus AB: B+
AP English Lit: B

ECs
Young Republicans Club President (co-founder)
Debate Team Captain
Community Service regularly last two years
Writer for the school newspaper
Bowling, 4 time national finalist for junior team usa
Computer Science Team

Work Experience:
Started my own web-design company
Worked on a few campaigns for local politicians
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Old 12-17-2007, 03:42 AM   #828
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: UCLA
Posts: 99
Accepted:UCLA (Currently Attending, Full Ride), Cal, UCSD, Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, Princeton, other UCs

Waitlist: Rice, Johns Hopkins

Rejections:Brown, Cornell, UPenn, Darthmouth, (I actually got rejected from UC Riverside and Santa Barbara, yes i know, thats pretty sad, i was flabbergast.......) i mean, who the HELL gets into harvard but NOT INTO RIVERSIDE?!?!?!?!


STATS

Male
Korean (born in LA, CA)
CA resident from Los Angeles County
School Ranking: Does not Rank
Prospective Major:History

GPA: Weighted 4.2, dont remember unweighted

SAT I : 2280 RC740, M800, W740
SATII: Korean800, US History800, Bio740, MathIIC720

ECs (yea, im thinking my ECs helped ALOT for some of those schools)
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
Volunteer at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA
Volunteer/assistant Coach for Special Olympics
Church Mission Trips to Afghanistan and Mexico
2nd degree black belt
been boxing at local gym since i was 12yrs old
Varsity Basketball 10 11 12
Church Orchestra 9-12

APs in Bio, USHist, WorldHist, Stat, Gov, Calc AB
(all 5's except for Gov, which was a 3)

Essays: wrote about my mission trip to Afghanistan and Mexico
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Old 12-17-2007, 04:30 AM   #829
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i chose to attend UCLA because it would help save us $$. plus, because i am closer to home i help support the family. Everything i need is in LA. sure, A LOT of people have criticized me for not choosing harvard or Princeton over UCLA (i get this alot from korean mothers, because all they care about is that their son or daughter gets into an Ivy League schools in order for the mom to brag to her friends. i got in, so screw you [referring to all the korean ladies out there]. yea i know, its messed up; korean children are basically "bred" for the benefit of their parents), but my family cant just shell out $40,000+ for every single year (even if harvard helped me cut the tuition price down) yea, i actually have no regrets at all. it doesnt matter that much about the undergrad but the grad program you enter.....

plus, Im a diehard Bruins fan!!
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Old 12-17-2007, 09:01 AM   #830
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B accepted at UNC - Chapel Hill - in state

740 w
740 M
650 CR

6 AP's all 5 & 4
VP of class Sr and Jr Year
Captain of team
BB 4 years
Governor's school

Very little volunteer work
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:45 PM   #831
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SATs 650 M 650 CR 610 W

ACTs 29

GPA 3.7 Unweighted.

Villanova-Accepted
Boston College-Accepted
SUNY Binghamton-Accepted
Lafayette-Accepted
Holy Cross- Rejected
Fairfield-Rejected
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:49 PM   #832
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Posts: 54
Stats:

White/African american Male
Texas
Small, ultra competitive public school(graduating class of 71)
GPA : 3.5/3.4/4 unweighted

Extracurriculars:
-Junior Statesman of America(10-12)
-Quaker Gathering(monthly) (9-12)
-Model UN (10-12)
-Theatre(9)
-Cycling Team(9-12)
-Crosscountry(10-12)
-Service Club(12)(founding member)
-Student Council(12)
-Book Club(12)(founding member)
-Puzzle Club(12(founding member)
-International Club(11-12)(founding member)
-Worldquest(11-12)(only open to juniors/seniors)
-I'm sure I'm missing a couple

Achievements:
-Vice President, JSA
-Vice President, Student Council
-Captain(Varsity), cycling team
-Captain(Varsity), crosscountry
-Head Delegate, model UN
-Leader, South Central Quaker teens


OTHER:
-Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, I organized a local charity benefit concert that raised 2800 dollars for evacuees
-With a friend, a run a small local business which custom builds computers for locals. Current profits are about 1500dollars, total revenue is about 10,000.

APs taken/planning on taking
Psychology(4)(learned on my own)
US History(5)
World History(4)
Euro History(4)
Physics(3)(learned on my own)
English composition(4)
Taking senior year:
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics(learning on my own)
US Government
Comparative Government(learning on my own)
English 4
Calculus
Statistics
Biology
Environmental Science
Chemistry
SAT REASONING: 2310
800 Verbal
730 Math
780 Writing
SAT Subject tests:
700 Physics
680 US history


Haverford college, ED, rejected
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Old 12-17-2007, 09:30 PM   #833
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karbin,

You were rejected from Haverford with those stats? That really surprises me!
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Old 12-18-2007, 07:42 AM   #834
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Location: USA
Posts: 111
Accepted: Vanderbilt EDI (will attend)

School Type: regular public school
Location: Tennessee
Race/Gender: Asian
Prospective Major: Biology, minor: east asian studies
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Class rank: top 5% (school do not rank)
SAT I Scores: 2150
ACT- 32

SAT II U.S. History: 800 (my fav. subject)
SAT II Math IIC: 715

Siemens semi-finalist...etc...too lazy to post more.

pretty normal stats...but I'm very happy at my acceptance at Vandy
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Old 12-20-2007, 11:14 PM   #835
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every time i read this thread i think to myself.. wow look what i shouldve been doing in highschool
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Old 12-21-2007, 02:40 PM   #836
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Accepted Early Decision at Cooper Union (Engineering)
As such, free tuition.

Info:
GPA:Approx 3.2 (And Cooper Union is a number-oriented school!)
SAT I: Critical Reading: 700 Math: 780 Writing: 670
SAT II: Math Level II: 800 Physics: 720
Captain of school Engineering Team
More info at: Am I a Cooper student?

I hope that my stats give everyone hope that they can get into wonderful colleges!
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Old 12-21-2007, 04:13 PM   #837
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Cooper Union

Deferred...

SAT: CR 630 Math 750 Writing 700
SAT II: Math II 770 Physics 660

GPA: 4.43

Senior Courses:
AP Physics, Calc, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Bio, nothing else matters much.
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Old 12-21-2007, 04:30 PM   #838
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 626
GPA: 3.7 uw, 4.77 w
SAT: 2230 [780 m, 680 cr, 770 w]
SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 770 Math Level 1, 660 Chemistry, 630 US History
Class Rank: Top 10% ?
EC's: Varsity Soccer/JV Captain, Student Council, Class Council, Spanish Honor Society, several others

University of Pennsylvania [Wharton] - Rejected Early Decision
Villanova University [School of Business] - Accepted Early Action
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Old 12-24-2007, 01:31 PM   #839
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Posts: 99
Accepted: Cornell (ED)

School Type: Public
Location: Ontario, Canada
Race/Gender: Korean Male
Prospective Major: Biological Sciences
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Class Rank: top 10%

SAT I: 2170
SAT Reading: 700
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 670 with 8 on essay

SAT II
Bio-M: 740
Math2C: 780

CommonApp Essay: excellent (at least i think....)
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Old 12-24-2007, 02:10 PM   #840
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Accepted:
Emory Oxford
UIUC
Tulane
Pitt
Iowa

Rejected: None

White Male, IL
GPA: 3.6/3.9
Top 10%
Act: 32

Lots of good ECs
Good essays/recs
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