can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[asdfjkl1]

Accepted: cornell, nyu, bu, northeastern, local safety, public university honors, franklin and marshall.
Rejected: none.
Attending: public/cornell in a year.

GPA: 3.85
Rank: top 10%.
SAT II: 790 US, 730 World. Bad for spanish.
ACT: 30.

Essays: Incredibly honest and sincere.
Teacher Recs: Good?
Counselor Rec: Very good?
Hook: ....No.
EC's: fbla, tennis, model un, religion. Lots of leadership/awards.
Work experience: A lot.

Courseload: Much less impressive than it looks. A few APs (light for my school) + College Credit + Some Regulars.
AP Results: 5s on USHistory/World. 3 on Composition.

Location: ny.
School Type: public.
Ethnicity: white.
Sex: female.

Notes: great interview for cornell.

[afro_ninj4]

Accepted: Penn State, Virginia Tech, University of Delaware, George Mason (accepted to Honors College)
Waitlisted: UVA
Rejected: Cornell

Full ride offers from Virginia Tech and Penn State. Attending Penn State

GPA: 3.6 uw/ 4.0w
Rank: top 18%.
SAT II: 670 US, 520 Math I (forgot calc)
ACT: 27.

Essays: varied in quality
Teacher Recs: avg
Counselor Rec: avg
Hook: URM
EC's: lots
Work experience: lots

Courseload: Somewhat rigorous

Location: va.
School Type: public.
Ethnicity: black/puerto rican.
Sex: male.

[LindseyM33]

Accepted: univ. of southern california, univ. of washington (seattle), univ. of miami, univ. of oregon (honors & 10k/yr scholarship), boston univ.

Wait-listed: univ. of michigan

Rejected: univ. of florida (very surprised.)

Attending: univ. of southern california! go trojans!

GPA: 3.85 UW

Rank: top 10%

ACT: 27 (yeah, i know..)

Essays: all about my passion for journalism and how i have pursued my passions in the field

Teacher Recs: one from my ap literature teacher which was good and my newspaper teacher showed me the letter she wrote me which was very good.

Counselor Rec: good

Hook: i'm very involved with journalism: editor-in-chief of newspaper, summer internship with a top newspaper, HS football freelancer during the fall for the newspaper i interned with over the summer, president of the quill & scroll journalism honors society. i also moved from california to florida before starting my junior year of HS. big change but i recovered and became editor in chief for my senior year.

EC's: see above under hook. also includes: 4 years of varsity lacrosse (one year as caption during my sr. year), 1 year of basketball, national honors society, founded an operation smile club (singlehandedly raised $1,000 and attened a conference in Utah for the club)

Work experience: (1) summer internship with newspaper (2) HS football freelancer (3) Fitness Associate at a local fitness center

Courseload: APs and Honors.

Other: i traveled to Pennsylvannia for my USC interview (from FL). i interview well and i went all that way for my dream school and it paid off!

Location: Florida

School Type: top public school

Ethnicity: white

Sex: female

[maea]

Accepted: Rice University, College of William and Mary, Emory University (main campus), Emory University (Oxford campus - w/ scholarship), Georgia Tech (honors program)

Waitlisted: Tufts University, Brown University

Rejected: None

Prospective Major: Math and/or Psychology

SAT I: 780M, 720CR, 650W (1500/2150)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 660 Chemistry
ACT: 34 (34E,33R,35M,32S)

AP Taken: Chemistry (4), Psychology (5), US History (4), Calculus BC (5)
AP Taking: Economics, Government, Statistics, Literature

GPA: 3.96uw, 4.47w
Rank: 11/~450

EC:
Robotics (Leader) (20 hr/wk)
Orchestra (Violin) (6 hr/wk)
Math Team (1 hr/wk)
Leadership Club (1hr/wk)

Volunteer:
~600 hours working with kids without proper homes.

Work:
Math Tutor (8 hrs/wk)
Intern at CEISMC (the Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing) (10 hrs/wk)

Summer activities:
Brown Summer Mini-Course in Mood Disorders (2006)
Worked at Bruster's Ice Cream (2007)

Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
Academic Varsity Letter
Robotics Varsity Letter
Math Team Varsity Letter
CalTech Signature Award
National Honors Society
Math Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
AP Scholar with Honor

Essays: Decent
Recs: Very good
"Hook": Took two math classes (Calc II and III) at Georgia Tech in my junior year and got A's in both

[PhysicsGirlNY]

Accepted: Stevens Institute Of Technology, RPI, NYU, Fordham, St. John's University (safety-full ride)
Rejected: Columbia (and happy about it! )

attending: Stevens
GPA: 94.45 (UW), 99.33 (W)
rank: 5/256 (top 2%)
SAT: 660 CR, 780 M, 730 W. (1440/2170)
SAT II: 750 math level 2, 650 physics

major: physics

EC's: Mathletes (president), Chess, Art, Science Olympiads
Volunteer: a few church things

awards:
Renssealer Medalist, AP Scholar with Honor, 1st place in a state poster contest, 1st place in some school poster contest, AMC 12 school high scorer,
school pi memorizing competition 2nd place (i'm so unaccomplished i put that down on my apps )

AP's:
10th
World History (4)

11th
US History (3)
Drawing (3)
English Language and Comp (5)

12th
Calculus AB
Chemistry
Gov't
English Literature
Italian
Physics B (self study)

courseload senior year: guidance counselor said I'm not lying if i say I have the hardest schedule in the school so...um...quite difficult. all honors/AP's each year (although I got a C in AP Chem this year after straight A's in every other classs in previous years but that class is death)

essay: idk... I obviously am gonna think it's good cuz i wrote it and everything but who am I to judge?
teacher recs: 1 was def really good...other was from a kinda new teacher so I have no idea if he's any good with them
guidance rec: good I suppose.
hooks: uhhhh no. I mean, perhaps being a female going for a physics major helps especially for Stevens and RPI which have dreadfully unbalanced male/female ratios.
public school. white female.


I wanted to get into Stevens. i got in w/ nice financial aid.
Columbia- questions on app I know I answered really badly. interview sucked. I had no interest in the school. So worthwhile to appply :P

[Sharif08]

I guess i'll post mines too

Accepted to: Temple University (Honors Program; Full Scholarship), Drexel University (Honors College), Johns Hopkins University (Matriculating; Received ~ $51,000/$52,000)

Waitlisted: University of Pennsylvania

Rejections: None

Major: Biology (pre-med)

SAT: 680V, 630M, 670W (1310,1980)
SATII: Biology(M)-670, Physics-570(I know and I had a 97 average in school)

GPA: 3.85

EC's: Varsity Track (shot put;placed third in city), Varsity Bowling, Kung-Fu (13 years-black belt), Ninjitsu (8 years-black belt), Over 700 hours community service, church events, Member of three youth groups (president of one), 4 jobs since freshmen year, personal tutor,Boy Scouts

Awards: National Achievement Outstanding participant, All-Public honors, Boy Scout Honors, Community Service Award, etc

AP's: Only three: AP Calc AB,BC, AP Physics C: Electricity and magnetism, Almost all others throughout highschool were honors courses (except 2)

"Hooks":URM, 4.0 In college biology course, Research Internship at Thomas Jefferson University (Schoolyear and summer)

Essays: Great
Guidance Rec: Great
Teacher Recs: Great

Location:Philadelphia, PA
School Type: Top Public School
Ethnicity: African American
Sex: Male

[alee883]

Accepted: Penn State-University Park (Attending), Pitt

Rejected: Cornell, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, CMU, UVA, Michigan, USC, UC Berkley, UCLA, UCSD, Penn State Schreyers (Honors College)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Asian American
School Type: Mainly White, suburban, Best school in the PA based on 11th grade standardized test scores

GPA: UW-3.6, W-4.02
No Rank

SAT: M-800, CR-550, W-570

SAT II: Math 2-760, Chem-600

ACT: 29

[openyoureyes]

Accepted: Bucknell, Lehigh, Boston U, Ursinus (18K scholarship)(matriculating), Pitt (honors)
Waitlisted: UPenn, Dartmouth, Hopkins

Female
Public school
gpa: 4.5 w/4.00 uw
rank: 2/780
sats: 680m/660cr/710w
700 mathI/730US
7 APs total (so far 2 fives 1 four)
a boat load of extracurriculars and three leadership positions (one editor-in-chief, marching band leader, treasurer of a club)
1 good rec, 1 great rec
good essays

[csummerlin2008]

Applied: UNC Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina, Campbell University, VCU
Accepted: UNC Chapel Hill (attending this Fall), University of South Carolina, Campbell University (Presidential Scholarship), VCU

Gender: M
Location: North Carolina
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 3.66
GPA - Weighted: 4.27
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 128

Scores:
Bad scores:

SAT I: CR-550, M-590, W-670
ACT: Composite-26, English-30, Math-27, Reading-21, Science-25

Extracurriculars:
>Member of Yearbook (9, 10, 11, 12)
-Assistant Editor-in-Chief (11)
-Editor-in-Chief (12)
>Member of Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
-Newsletter Editor (9, 10)
-Secretary (10)
-Vice President (11)
>Member of History Club (11, 12)
-Historian (12)

Community Service:
-Spent nearly 300 hours making blankets for a hospital where a close family friend was involuntarily committed (wrote essay about this).
-Spent summer before Senior year volunteering at local hospital (contributed nearly 60 hours).

Part-time job as Pharmacy Technician at local pharmacy since Sophomore year - work approx. 25 hours weekly

No significant awards
-Finalist for local essay contest and won trip to New York City and Washington, DC
-Departmental Award for AP Statistics
-Departmental Award for Computer App. II
-Junior Marshal

Recommendations were very good. I got one from my Yearbook teacher who as taught me every semester since Spring of my Freshman year. She knows me very well. The second one I got from one of my Pharmacists who attended UNC.

I feel my essays were very good.

[Zamzam]

Accepted: Boston University (CAS) [Attending], Northeastern University (CAS), University of Massachusetts Amherst
Waitlisted: Boston College (CAS)
Rejected: Brown University, Tufts University (CAS)

Gender: Male
Location: Metropolitan Boston
School: Public

Academics:

Unweighted GPA: 3.3
Weighted GPA: ? (~4.0, probably)
Class Rank: Just barely top 10%
Class size: 312
Courseload: Taking second-most AP classes out of entire school

Scores:

SAT I (CR/M/W): 770/800/700 superscored
SAT II: Math II 730, Lit 730, US History 720, Chem 750
AP: US History 4, Eng Lit 5

Extracurriculars:
Drama Club - Member, 9-12
Ballroom Dance - Officer, 12
Boy Scout- First Class, 9, 10
Retail Work - Floor Associate, 12

Community Service:
Went on a mission trip, assorted hours helping friends.

Recommendations:
One from French teacher/Ballroom Dance instructor, one from Bio teacher.

Essays were weak.

[Taggart]

Applied: Harvard, Yale, Wharton-UPenn, AEM-Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Vanderbilt, Rice, Northwestern, Amherst, Williams, Emory, Rutgers (Honors)
Accepted: Dartmouth, Rice, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Rutgers (Honors)
Waitlisted: Emory

Gender: F
Location: New Jersey
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public Magnet
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools (this year was incredible: 14 Cornell, 1 Harvard, 1 Stanford, 3 MIT, 6 Caltech, 1 Brown, 2 Dartmouth, 2 Princeton, 1 at least Columbia, 1 at least UPenn)

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 95, 96, 93
GPA - Weighted: n/a?
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 70

Scores:
Bad scores:

SAT I: CR-800, M-800, W-760
ACT: N/A

Extracurriculars:

Significant Extracurriculars
Academic Team
NJSYO
Model UN

Leadership positions:
Student Council
Multicultural Club Treasurer

Volunteer/Service Work:
Volunteering at Hospital
Teaching English in China
300+ hours of Volunteering

Honors and Awards:
3rd place New Jersey Academy of Science winner
UNAUSA 2006 Honorable Mention, GA1
UNAUSA 2007 Best Delegation, ESCAP
RUMUN 2007 Best Position Paper, CSTD
National Merit Scholarship Finalist

Recommendations: Waived right to see.

Essays: meh? Not bad, not spectacular.

Note: My interview with Dartmouth was pretty awesome. Interviewer and I really clicked, and we had an actual conversation.

[akybaky]

Applied: Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Cornell, Brown, NYU, RPI, SUNY Stony Brook (Honors)
Accepted: Princeton, MIT (Attending), Cornell, Brown, NYU, RPI, SUNY Stony Brook (Honors)
Waitlisted: Harvard

Gender: M
Location: NYC
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Private Prep
High School Type: Sends many grads to top schools: This year especially we have around 30-40 kids in total going to Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and top LACs

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 97%
GPA - Weighted: ehh i dunno.
Class Rank: 2
Class Size: ~120

SAT I: ehh bad day only took once though lol CR-640, M-700, W-630
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: Chem: 710, Math II: 760, USH: 770,

Significant Extracurriculars
All-America Soccer Player. US U18 National Team
Started my own graphic/web design business.
Started the peer-to-peer tutoring service at my school.
Student Government (VP)

Leadership positions:
Captain of every soccer team that I've played for.
Founder of the tutoring service and my business.
Student Body VP

Volunteer/Service Work:
Soccer Camp

Honors and Awards:
National Achievement Semi-Finalist
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
A bunch of athletic awards.
A bunch of regional and local awards.

Recommendations: Waived right to see but my teachers all love me so I'd assume they were great.

Essays: My best grades always come from English so I'd say that they were pretty good ;-).

[limmy1111]

Accepted: Princeton (attending), Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, University of Connecticut (honors program)
Wait-listed: Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth
Rejected: Yale (applied SCEA, deferred, then rejected), Brown, and Williams

GPA: 3.8ish unweighted

Rank: somewhere around 4/250ish

SAT: 700 critical reading, 800math, 710 writing.
SATII: 800 math II, 770 phys, 770 bio

Essays: I wrote several different essays and chose which ones I wanted to use for different apps. I wrote one about my smile, cross country, wrestling (I didn't use the wrestling one and the cross country one together in one app), volunteering in mongolia, and my interest in physics.
Teacher Recs: Haven't read them, but I'm sure they were good.
Counselor Rec: I'm pretty close with my counselor, but not close enough that I'd be 100% positive she'd write a super good rec.
Hook: nothing really
EC's: Class president, wrestling (captain, state champion, 2xconference champion, 3x allstate, 3x allconference).
Work experience: none at all
Senior year Courseload:
AP Comp Sci
AP Chem
AP Eng. lit
AP Spanish lang.
humanities (required)
video art (I wanted an easy senior year)
social psych. (see above)

Location: CT.
School Type: semi-competetive public.
Ethnicity: asian.
Sex: male.

Good luck to all the juniors. hope this helps

[fried rice]

Accepted: Tulane, LSU (attending), ULL
Waitlisted: Emory
Rejected: Brown

School Type: Public
Location: Louisiana
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Biology/Biochemistry
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted GPA: ?
Class rank: Top 10%

SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 660
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 750


ACT Scores
ACT English: 36
ACT Math: 30
ACT Reading Comprehension: 34
ACT Science: 31
ACT Writing: 8

AP Exams
AP English Lit: 5

Extracurricular Info
*School Bowling Team
*Month-long medical profession job-shadowing at local hospital
*Summer prospective medical professionals program at ULL
*National Honor Society
*BETA Club

Awards :
* National Merit Scholar

[rlm89]

update: accepted from wait list at rhodes. denied wait list offer from f&m.

attending either: sewanee, rhodes, dickinson, or ole miss.