can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[frutiaspice]

Accepted: Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Rice (Likely letter, Trustee Distinguished Scholarship-20k/year, Century Scholars Scholarship-4k/year+guaranteed research for first two years, and invite to interview for the Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars Program), Washington University in St. Louis (Likely letter, Summer biomedical research program, and full expense covered trip to multicultural weekend), UCB (Regents-1k/year), UCLA (Regents: 5.5k/year), UCSD (Regents: 2k/year)

Rejected: Stanford (applied SCEA, deferred first)

Waitlisted: Harvard

Attending: Either MIT or Rice, unless I get off the waitlist from Harvard, in which case I may or may not change my decision.

Stats:

* SAT:2350 (770V 800 M 780 W)
* SAT IIs: 800s in Bio E, Chem, Physics, Math II C, and Chinese. 760 in Literature.
* ACT:n/a
* GPA: 3.96/4.32 (I'm not too sure about weighted cause our school doesn't do it)
* Rank: top 10% (no rankings either)
* Other stats:

Subjective:

* Essays: Really unique for some, blah for some others. But last minute for most.
* Teacher Recs: no idea (but I have really good relationships with my teachers)
* Counselor Rec: no idea
* Hook (if any): USABO

Location/Person:

* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Competitive Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: F

Other Factors:

* Extracurriculars: Bio Club Prez, MUN Co-founder, speech and debate, science newsletter founding editor, FYCO section leader/MC, math and science club, research, some volunteering at hospital and through CSF
* Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: see hook for acceptances. For my rejection: it's probably because 1) I live in the bay area, from where it is almost impossible to get into Stanford 2) I didn't show enough focus? 3) It's been one hella competitive year. For my waitlist: number 2 and 3 holds true.
* Other thoughts: congrats to everyone!

[lkf725]

What is USABO?

[Angriegator]

I think it's USA Biology Olympiad ?

[rade88]

what...i dont get how SolaCatella was waitlisted at Davidson and Vandy...I know they are good but c'mon.

[tako]

Accepted: UMich, Davidson (assorted scholarships - 17k, semi for Belk), Rice (Lovett Scholarship - 15k), Oberlin, UCB, UCSD, UCLA, Emory (rejected Emory Scholars), McGill (3k)
Rejected: Swarthmore, Princeton
Waitlisted: Harvard, Amherst, Williams, UChicago, Brandeis, Reed, Duke, WashU

Attending: Rice! Cheapest college other than McGill I am accepting spots on Amherst and Harvard waitlists, although I'm basically committed (heart and soul) to Rice! I'm also asking for more money. Doubtful, but I'll try!

Stats:

* SAT:2260 (750V 780 M 730 W)
* SAT IIs: Bio-770; Chem-740; Math IIC-800; US History-740; Literature-730
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 3.96 UW, school doesn't weight
* Rank: School doesn't rank
* Other stats:

Subjective:

* Essays: I liked them! Guess colleges didn't :P
* Teacher Recs: No idea!
* Counselor Rec: No idea!
* Hook (if any):

Location/Person:

* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: F

Other Factors:

* Extracurriculars: Newspaper (my life and soul) - EIC (12), Section Editor (11); Cross Country; Track and Field; Basketball; Community service club - Co-President (12), VP (11); Link Leader; Community leadership youth commissioner; piano; CSF; TASP
* Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I'm an international student asking for a significant amount of financial aid? Colleges are insanely competitive? I was just meant to go to Rice, so fate didn't want me taking up other peoples' spots?
* Other thoughts: Congrats everybody!

[woodchuck]

Accepted: UC Davis, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley (Regent's Scholarships for all the UCs), Brown University, Cornell University, UPenn, Dartmouth, Amherst, and Duke

Rejected from: Princeton, Stanford (SCEA deferred first), and Harvard (my top three choices, boo hoo)

Waitlisted: None

Horrible Public School (Haven't sent an Ivy League student in years)
Ethnicity: Asian
Income: Dad makes > $100,000
GPA: 4.68 (4.0 unweighted)
Rank: 3/540 (because of deflated Debate & Acadec grades)
SAT: 2310 (picked and chosen)
SAT IIs: Korean: 740 (that REALLY sucked... average was 742), Chemistry: 750, Math IIC: 800, USH: 750, Math IC: 800

Subjective:
-Essays: Pretty good, but all my "why here" ones were the same, lol
-Interviews: all of them were good EXCPET for Duke. I got REALLY screwed over, so I was pretty surprised when I made it, haha

-Debate: 9, 10 (PF Captain/Treasurer), 11 (PF Captain/President), 12 (PF Captain/VP), Went to State Championships in Dual
-Model United Nations: 11, 12 (Founder and Secretary General)
-CSF: 9, 10, 11, 12 (VP)
-Writers' Club: 11, 12 (Cofounder and VP for both years)
-Christian Club: 10, 12 (Board)
-NHS: 11, 12
-Church Praise Leader: 10, 11, 12(lead guitar)
-Cross Country for two years and Track for one
-Student intern at the Superior Courthouse 12

Volunteer Activities:
-Local hospital 9, 10, 11,
-the courthouse 11,
-church (Lead the praise band on guitar) 9, 10, 11, 12.

Here is my senior year schedule:
0 Debate
1 Gov/Econ AP
2 Calculus B/C AP
3 Music THeory AP
4 Environmental AP
5 English AP
6 Cross Country (dropped now/season over)
7 Academic Decathlon (dropped now/season over)
8 World History AP (independent)

-National Merit Finalist
-County of Los Angeles Volunteer of the Year Award (11)
-International Korean Oratory Contest Winner in Korea (9)
-National Forensics League with Distinction Degree
-State Qualifier for debate in Dual Interpretation (11)
-Dosan Anchangho Korean Writing Contest winner (9)
-Undefeated Public Forum Debater Trophy (11)
-Academic Letter (11)
-SHS Scholarship Fund winner (11)
-multiple trophies in other debate forms
-passed Level Advanced of Certificate of Merit for piano twice (10, 11)
-finished Level of Proficiency in Korean 4/5
-Student of Month x 2
-various Academic Achievements in all core subjects
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-Had the highest score at Scrimmage (12). Bronze Medals in Essay, Art, Interview, and Mathematics. Silver Medals for Speech, Music, and Superquiz. Gold Medal for Overall Highest Scorer for my school

AP scores: 4 on Chemistry, 3 on Physics, and 5's on USH, Psychology, Calculus A/B

[TheIndividual]

Accepted: Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University, Rutgers Honors (w/ scholarship)
Waitlisted: University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University
Rejected: None

GPA: 3.784 UW, 4.430 W [Very Competitive Public]
SAT: 730 M 740 CR 640W (Essay: 11)

SAT II:
Math IIC: 720
Chemistry: 710


AP Scores
Chemistry 5
US History 4

EC
Freshman Summer-- Took classes at local community college
Sophomore Summer -- UPenn PreCollege Program
Junior Summer -- took a class at my state university/ Shadowed General Internist Hospital Specialist at Brigham and Womens Hospital (Harvard Med Teaching Affiliate )

***Also I am researching with a professor at Rutgers. We are trying to find a correlation between cortical asymmetry (depression) and hypertension/heart disease using a electroencephalogram and a pulse/blood pressure monitor. I think this is pretty unique

Model UN (10,11,12)
--Have attended numerous national conferences in Model UN and have won several Individual (national) Awards -- As many of you MUNers know, winning at large conferences is no easy feat (This includes "Best Delegate" awards as well)
--My school's MUN team is the best MUN team in the state
-- Placed first several times at my High School's 'mock' model united nations conferences.

-I was lucky enough to receive a New Jersey Legislature Citation of Praise and Commendation for my Community Service

-I shadow General Internists every weekend at the Best Hospital in New Jersey

200+ hours of volunteering at Nursing Home
National Math Honors Society (11,12)
National Spanish Honors Society (11,12)
JV Lacrosse (9,10)

[ReInventor]

Accepted: SUNY Geneseo (Will attend!), Bard College, Hampshire College, Sarah Lawrence College, Syracuse University, University of Vermont, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY New Paltz.
Waitlisted: Vassar College, Oberlin College
Rejected: Wesleyan University

Gender: F
Location: New York
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 4.00
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 300

Scores:

SAT I Math: 600
SAT I Critical Reading: 790
SAT I Writing: 730
SAT II Literature: 730
SAT II Biology - M: 720

Extracurriculars:

Significant Extracurriculars: Bassoon (Band, Orchestra, Small Ensembles, Area All-State, Community Orchestras, 100 NYSSMA Score, etc.), Vocal (Highly selective choir and selective small ensemble), Bass Clarinet (Marching band), Literary Magazine Club, Respect Comittee, Cultural Awareness Club, Educational Equity and Diversity Club.
Leadership positions: Conserve Our Wildlife Club President
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Okinawa-Te Karate, Junior Black Belt (8+ years experience)
Volunteer/Service Work: ESL Student Tutor, Literacy Program Tutor
Honors and Awards: Student of the Week (Music [x2], English [x2], Science, Social Studies, Phys. Ed [x2].), High Honor Roll, NYSSMA Score of 100, 1st Bassoon Area All-State Band, Social Studies Award, essay published.
College Summer programs: Exploration Summer Programs (At Yale, 2006)

Things didn't really work out for me. All these stupid extracurriculars seem like a waste now.

[generalobserver]

Accepted: UMich Honors, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn/Wharton, Northwestern, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Duke

Denied: Stanford SCEA deferral, then denial

Waitlisted: Yale

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown):760 V 780 M 800 W (2340)
* SAT II: 800 MathII, 790 U.S. History, 770 Chem
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc, 5 U.S. History, 5 Gov, 4 Chem
* Senior Year Course Load: I finished my schools math curriculum as a junior (through multivar calc) but 5 ap's.
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st Place State Science Fair, Intel ISEF finalist.

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars : Varsity Debate Award Winner, Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Varsity Tennis (Captain), Community Service Club (Co-President), Science Fairs.
* Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
* Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, etc, etc.
* Summer Activities: JSA, Summer Science Program
* Essays: About how although I am focused, I am successful in several very different areas.
* Teacher Recommendation: Both were very good, probably couldn't have been better.
* Counselor Rec: She loves me.
* Additional Rec: Astronomer from UCLA who worked with me at SSP over the summer.


Other

* School Type: Large public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Percentile: Probably top 5 out of 750

Comments: I am very happy and will most likely be attending Princeton in the fall.

[TarHeel3007]

for class of 2012: Accepted: duke (likely letter), unc-ch ($5K), princeton
rejected: HYS
waitlisted: penn, swarthmore

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 M, 750 CR, 780 W, 11 E
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 760 Chem, 720 USH, 660 French Lang
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (w/o 2nd sem...)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):somewhere inside top 10/370--not too sure
AP (place score in parenthesis):BC Calc (5), AP Env Sci (5), US govt and poli 4, AP Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (double pd--counts as 2 APs), Multivariable Calc @ unc (1st sem), honors english, AP French lang, AP Stat
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): haha none unless ap scholar w/honor counts

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too lazy to list, but a lot i guess--co-prez of Asian club, Prez Env club, captained bball, chinese school, most activities were at least 3 years-most 4 years
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, special olympics asst coach
Summer Activities: china to visit relatives, volunteering, JSA session @ pton,
Essays: influential person (long--i used Homer), i thought they were creative. couple of my short essays, i wrote about how i love bball and march madness (2 paragraphs total); worked on my long essay for ever--thought of the idea like near end of jr year.
Teacher Recommendation:i'd say really good cuase my teachers like me, but you never really know...although my math teacher told me he wrote a really unique rec
Counselor Rec:i feel liek it was good--he was my JV bball coach and varsity asst coach
Additional Rec: probly really good cuase she loves me
Interview:not bad for YP, terrible for H--1st one

Other
State (if domestic applicant):NC
School Typeublic
Ethnicity: asian
Gender:F
Income Bracket:not sure but no free $
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): just about every thing that's not a hook cept female for engineering and i wnet to JSA @ P

Reflection[list][*] Strengths: im an azn who plays bball? (but not recruited) hahah. im a recycling fiend. [*] Weaknesses:no nat'l awards, im asian, [*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i have no clue cuase i did write none for a lot of these blanks. i wished on the clock the morning before...im still speechless and sooo shocked i got into P. i do know that the stupid legacy girl @ my school who said she is "1/8" NA got the Stanford acceptance over everyone--even the kid who has liek 4 generations of legacy and like half his family there. disappoitned i wasnt even WL @ S ccuase i loved my Stanford app

[emidac]

Applied to: GA Tech, U Illinois, UT Austin, U Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Stanford
Got in: GA Tech, U Illinois (Honors), Carnegie Mellon, Stanford (Full Ride.. Will be Attending)
Denied Cornell, UT Austin (They claimed I was too late? I would disregard this for chance purposes)
U Michigan still hasn't told me **** but I could care less at this point. They should really tell people earlier if they want to keep their good applicants.
Major: Civil Engineering
Hispanic Male
1st Generation College Student
HS: Bergen County Academies Extremely Competitive (1 of 2 Intel Schools of Distinction in USA)
Full Honors Classes
AP Physics C, AP Calculus (in between AB and BC), AP Statistics Many Engineering Related Classes
GPA: 3.5
SAT: 710M 720CR 700W Totals: 1430 // 2130
SAT Subject: MathIIC 640 Retook for 780 Spanish w/ Listening 690
We don't rank but honestly mine is probably quite low
Weekly Internship at large engineering // construction firm every wednesday of senior year Senator Sarlo is my mentor so that might mean something
Internship also counts as Work XP cuz I get paid.. 8hrs/Week
Volleyball 9-12 Varsity 12
I'm 6' 5" and growing.. possible volleyball recruitment .. never talked to coaches so I doubt this would affect chancing purposes
Model UN JCC Chair 11-12
Junior Statesman 11-12
Some Math Team 9-12
~100 hours volunteering
National Honor Society 11-12
National Spanish Honor Society 10-12
National Merit Commendation
National Hispanic Recognition Program
Dean's List 9-12
Honor Roll 9-12

[mrchipmunk90]

Accepted: Vanderbilt University, Villanova University [EA], The College of New Jersey, Loyola College in Maryland, Marist College

Waitlisted: Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, Lehigh University, Boston College

Rejected: UPenn [ED-Wharton], Georgetown

Attending: Probably Vanderbilt, unless I get off the waitlist was Northwestern

Stats:

* SAT I: 2230 [M: 780 CR: 680 W: 770]
* SAT IIs: 800, 770, 660, 630
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.8 W
* Rank: 5/28
* Other stats:

Subjective:

* Essays: Good?
* Teacher Recs: Didn't read
* Counselor Rec: Generic
* Hook (if any): none

Location/Person:

* State or Country: NJ
* School Type: Competitive Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: idk
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: idk

[dlesk]

Accepted: UPenn Wharton (deferred ED, accepted RD), McGill
Rejected: Nowhere

GPA: 94% (school doesn't weight, all classes are advanced)

Rank 8/950

SAT: 690 CR 750M 710W 12 essay
SAT 2: 800 math 2, 780 physics, 710 french

Subjective:
Essays: Spend literally 50 hours on them
Teacher Recs: Superb, picked ones that loved me
Counsellor Rec: She didn't know me
Hook: My own business with 10k a yr revenue, work exp. at law firm
EC's: trombone in the band, debating, quiz bowl, class president, science journal editor,

Location: Montreal Canada
School Type: Very Competitve Public that you had to apply to
Ethnicity: White
Sex: Male
strenths: for wharton, explained why it was the perfect fit for me and how i wanted to study business as a subject rather than using university to get a job...
weakness: english... i got 77,79,81, and 94 in my english courses and a 690 SAT CR, mind you im a good writer and it showed in the essays

if anyone has questions regarding applying to penn or wharton (or mcgill) feel free to msg me

[ianmtdel]

Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCSB
Rejected : UCLA, Cal Poly SLO, Cornell, Stanford, Princeton, UCB

Asian Male from competitive high school

Stats

SAT
Writing: 670
Critical Reading: 690
Math: 760

SAT Subject Tests:
Math Level 2 790
Chemistry 790
Literature 570 (flu that day)

AP's
Calc AB 4
Calc BC 3
Literature and Composition 4
Environmental Science 4
Chemistry 4
Physics 5

GPA:
UW: 3.56
Weighted: 3.68

President of Environmental Club
150 Hours Community Service at Hospital and Retirement Home

Essays:
Wrote mostly about my disadvantaged life as an underachieving Asian in an Asian-minded school.
Also wrote about how I know that i am naturally smart but need to be given a chance to do well in school.

Note: Anybody who feels like they are at a dead end just needs to really pour out their heart in the applications. If they say things that are taboo, like I did, you will find a lot more honest results given. Heck, I even got a letter back from the Stanford admissions person who read my paper saying "I like your honesty."

[Puddly]

Accepted: UPenn CAS, Harvard, Yale, UC Berkeley (full tuition), UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA (honors program), UC San Diego, NYU (honors program), USC (full ride), University of Washington -- Seattle (honors program), San Francisco State, San Jose State
Rejected: Stanford, Princeton, Cornell
Waitlisted Columbia

GPA: 3.85, W: 4.52

Rank Doesn't rank

SAT: 760CR 740M 730W
SAT 2: 770 Chinese, 700something US History, 650 Lit

Subjective:
Essays: According to the Yale admissions officer, "There was such maturity in the reflection of your essays. " My tip: Be honest about yourself; tell them who you really are. Don't tell them what you think they want you to say; say what you think means the most to you. For my Yale and Harvard additional essays, I wrote about a time when I met an old man at the bus stop, and he started talking to me about his losing battle against cancer. It was honestly the most depressing moment I've ever had to endure, and I did not know how to console him. I could have said something cliched and overused that he's probably heard from nurses a billion times, but I chose not to. Instead, I simply listened, and I think that helped him more than anything I could have said. In essence, you should retell a story/a moment that really shows who you are, even if it isn't something academic. They know you do well in school; they know you have a bunch of activities -- what they want to know is your maturity, and I, being an avid reader and writer, can easily tell if something is forced, so they, being trained admissions officers, will immediately see if you're forcing maturity. When I first wrote my personal statements, I kept fretting over the fact that my essays weren't the peak of academia, so I kept changing words and changing structures, and, by editing like that, my essay lost its voice. So, simply, let it flow.
Teacher Recs: Good, I guess?
Counsellor Rec: Fraught with grammar errors.
Hook: Work exp. with a realtor?
EC's: Debate, MUN, volunteering, school's honor society, founded own club that raised $150 for a library, tutoring program, fencing, etc.

Location: CA
School Type: Very Competitive Public that had an admissions process like a college's (You had to write an essay, and they looked at your grades.)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Sex: Female
strengths: I did very well in all my English courses. But when I was doing my essays, I refused to let any teacher look at them -- only friends who read it and told me whether it flowed or not -- and I guess I was successful in preserving my voice in my essays.
weakness: My lit score. I didn't bother retaking any of my SAT IIs because I liked SAT I more than the SAT IIs, and I didn't know that we needed 3 SAT IIs for privates, so I was like, "eh." Guess it didn't matter, huh?