can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[hornet]

Accepted: Grinnell, Reed, Oberlin, UNC, Lawrence, Case Western, Vassar (scholarships to 5 of above-amounts varied from 7K-28K)

Rejections: none

GPA: 3.4 (U), 4.5 (w)
SAT: 2180
Rank: 68/425
National merited commended
7 APs (range of scores 3-5), AP scholar, 2 varsity sports, music awards, community service, Governor's School, music festival scholarships (3 summers)
White female

Attending: Grinnell

Here's hope for others: not a standout at HS, made 4 C's (freshman/soph years), never was a president of a club or started one, school involvement was more as a support, no real leadership other than tutoring, giving music help.

If you made a few C's early on, it is not the end of the world. The info about an upward trend in performance is real.

Dig into the things you love, narrow your involvement to those passions (music, sports here) and spend time doing a lot of it, pick schools where your stats are in the upper 1/4-1/2.

Be yourself and don't cheat. You will be prouder of your accomplishments if you don't and a few spots in class rank obviously don't matter. Pick schools that are a match for you as a person. Best wishes to all.

[supersenior17]

Accepted: UVA, Virginia Tech, Howard, Miami University
Waitlist: U of M
Rejected: none

black male
State: VA
GPA: 3.75 UW
SAT: 1390/1600
Rank: 65/300
AP's: Stats, Calc, French, Psych, Bio

EC's: Football (3 years), Black Belt, Basketball, Volunteer
Awards: Boys State, French National Honors Society, DECA state champ

Learn how to balance your life early so that you can enjoy high school. These are the days of your life.

[tina_digs_irony]

Update: got off the waitlist at Columbia. Will attend. My stats are a few pages back, nothing special, miracles happen :]

[passioniskey]

Accepted: MIT, George Washington ($25,000/year), Carnegie Mellon, McGill ($10,000/year), Seattle University ($18,500/year), Arizona State University (all expenses)
Waitlisted: Columbia, WashU (didn't accept either)
Not Admitted: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Attending: MIT

Attend public high school with ~2,000
GPA: UW 3.94/ W 4.64
SAT: CR 780/ M 760/ W 720
Class rank: 7/467

Senior Year Classes:
Japanese 1
AP US History
AP Macroeconomics
AP Physics C
AP Lang and Comp
AP Calc BC
Architecture

Junior Year:
I spent my junior year abroad with AFS. I have always been interested in other cultures and foreign languages and decided that I wanted the full immersion experience that comes best with a high school exchange. It was an amazing opportunity, and I learned more than I think I have in school. Some people questioned why I would go because I would miss the opportunity to take college classes, or more APs, but the experience of living abroad, immersing my self in a culture, and learning an entirely new language was more valuable than any class I could have taken.

Sophomore Year:
AP German 5
AP World History
AP Chemistry
Drafting
Advanced World Lit
Advanced Pre-Calc
Jazz Band

Freshman Year:
Advanced Freshman LA
Algebra II honors
Jazz Band
PE
Advanced Biology
AP US Government
AP Human Geography
German 3/4

Extracurriculars:
My main passion is rowing. I started rowing sophomore year and have been on varsity rowing since. I also swam 2 seasons of high school, as well as in the summer and I played lacrosse freshman year. I did one year of Model UN and helped plan an international conference on world affairs at my high school. I have worked in the summers and as a teaching assistant at my synagogue during the year.

Honors:
National Merit Finalist
Academic Letter
Honor Roll
Member of Mensa

Don't do too many extracurriculars and overstretch yourself because you think it is what colleges want to see. Do a few things that interest you and devote yourself to those.

[jenkster]

Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford(EA), Duke, WashU(full tuition), Vandy(full tuition), UChicago, OU
Waitlisted/Rejected: LUCKY!
I did get waitlisted for Harvard Dorm Crew though
Attending: Harvard

Here's chance thread:
Fine, I have succumbed to the temptation.

Differences:
New SAT: 800CR/800M/720W
Member of High School Honors Orchestra
State Academic Bowl Champions
That's all that they knew.

I am really thankful for all these opportunities and that I started my essays in the summer. That took SO much stress off of senior year. Thanks to those on CC that read and critiqued my essays!

[8dbordel]

Accepted: Cornell (as Guaranteed Transfer), NYU, University of Rochester, BU, Northeastern, Emerson, American, Binghamton, Geneseo
Waitlist: Michigan
Rejected: Yale, Georgetown, Tufts, Wesleyan, BC

Attending: Binghamton for 1 year, then attending Cornell University

*Note: All of the schools that I was accepted to I received large scholarships. So I got into all of my matches on scholarships yet didn't really get into any of my reach schools. My #1 was Cornell and I'm more than excited to attend there a year from now!

White Male
State: NY
GPA: 3.95 UW
SAT: 2000 (610 CR, 710 M, 680 W)
Rank: N/A, unofficially 5/260
AP's: World, Bio, US, Lang, French, Lit, Calc AB, Physics B

EC's: NHS President, President of Drama Club, VP of French Honor Society, Editor on school newspaper, musicals, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Track
Awards: Lots of school awards

[rollz4]

Accepted: American University, Skidmore College(Honors), Villanova University
Waitlist: Lehigh University, College of the Holy Cross
Rejected: Cornell University, Rice University, Boston College

Attending: Villanova University

White Male
State: CT
GPA: 3.55 UW
SAT: 2200 (720 CR, 750 M, 730 W)
Rank: roughly 87th-90th%tile, but our school does not rank
AP's: Economics, Calculus AB, Computer Science, Chemistry, Statistics

EC's: President of Ultimate Frisbee Club, Varsity Rugby Team (invited to try out for tri-state U19 team next weekend), 4 year Latin Club member, Varsity Indoor Track

Awards: Nothing notable (I go to a very competitive public high school that sends kids to many top ranked schools. there are alot of very smart kids, so the kids that shine in a particular field often overshadow bright but well rounded kids like me)

best of luck to those applying this fall!!!

[catsushi]

Attending: Wellesley College
Accepted: University of Washington, Lewis & Clark College ($$), Linfield College (1/2 tuition + art scholarship), Scripps College, Soka University, Whitman College

Rejected: Brown University, Pomona College (deferred ED then rejected)

Caucasian Female, Russian
West Coast
GPA: 3.73 uw (over 4.0 weighted)
ACT: 31
Rank: 20% (of 636)
IB: All IB classes senior year with English/History/Pre Calc/Japanese/Art/Psych

ECs: Swimming (high school State varsity swimmer and club swimmer)/art/flute/volunteer work (Key Club, Honors Society and City volunteer)

Awards: National Art Contest finalist (painted a giant fiberglass cow), local school awards for writing/art, very random awards

Recs: Good relationship with teachers, always noted that I was outspoken in their classes


I was kind of lazy with filling out this form. :] But like rollz4 said, good luck to those of you next year!

[kobemanu]

if u enter your GPA and SAT score, this site will calculate your percent chance of acceptance to schools

check it out: Uchance.com - Calculate your percent chance of acceptance at dozens of colleges and universities in the U.S.

[fhimas88888888]

if u enter your GPA and SAT score, this site will calculate your percent chance of acceptance to schools

check it out: Uchance.com - Calculate your percent chance of acceptance at dozens of colleges and universities in the U.S.

UChance.com is a horrible site. It spits out a meaningless percentage, and has a note at the bottom alerting users that essays, awards, ECs, and teacher recommendations can be just as important in the decision making process. No one needs a search engine that compares stats to average ranges. This site is a gimmick and in my humble opinion not a valuable tool for CC's users. Checking to see if scores are in average ranges is more pragmatic.

[Feez]

Accepted:
CalPoly SLO - Electrical Engineering
UCD - Civil Engineering
UCI - Electrical Engineering
UCSB - Chemical Engineering
Purdue - Engineering
Georgia Tech - Biomedical Engineering

Rejected:
UCSD - Bioengineering
UCLA - Business Economics
UCB - Undeclared

Attending: Georgia Tech

Pakistani male, US citizen
GPA(W) - 3.62
ACT: 32 (33 M, 34 E, 34 W, 31 R, 30 S)
SAT Subject Tests: 740 Math 2, 650 Bio M
AP's: Art History, Biology, Physics B, Computer Science A/B, European History, U.S. Government, Statistics

EC's: Marching band for 4 years, trumpet section leader for 2 years. Board member of German club, and veteran member of Model United Nations. 220+ hours at Hoag Hospital, 50+ hours working for leadership programs hosted by the city, 30+ hours at a senior center.

Awards: Multiple music awards, award given by the city, several awards from Hoag Hospital.

[Jaybee9590]

Accepted: United States Naval Academy (LOA), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (25k/yr), University Of Rochester (20k/yr), SUNY Maritime College

Rejected: Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University

I also received a full NROTC scholarship to RPI (full tuition, stipend, room/board, etc.)

White male from NY
~3.94 unweighted GPA
1/42 at private college prep school

Math: 750
CR: 630
Writing: 660

ACT: 30
Eng: 34
Math: 28
Sci: 28
Read: 30

Math II: 650
Physics: 630

AP Calc AB: 4 (junior yr)
AP US History: 3 (junior yr)
AP Psych: no results yet (senior yr)
AP Eng Lit: no results yet
AP Calc BC: took course but not AP

Junior class president, senior class president, FIRST robotics 9 11 12 (team captain), varsity golf 10 11 12, varsity soccer 12, jv basketball 9 10 (captain), jv baseball 9, lots of community service

I'll be attending the Naval Academy in 21 days and I think I'm going to study mechanical engineering

[mterry22]

I'm a junior and overly panicked about what schools I want v. what schools I will actually get into- heres an overview of my stats- if someone could post what sort of school/ difficulty I can reach for- that would be great!

-SAT 660 Math, 550 V, 630 Writing
6 APs: Language, Literature, Statistics, Calc AB, Spanish, Physics (took Eng Language this year, the rest next year- haven’t gotten scores), and 7 honors (with all As except 1)
-GPA (W) 4.54 (UW) 4.1
-ranked 4/465

EC’s
-Varsity Tennis- 4 years & Asst Captain Senior yr.
-Varsity Track (winter &spring)- 4 years
-First Aid Squad Crew Chief & EMT, 2 yrs
-Township volunteer & organized fundraisers
-Peer Leader
-NHS- volunteer work & tutor
-VP Jewish Students Union
-Wegmans Cashier 3yrs + other seasonal jobs (i.e. basketball scorekeeping)
-Advanced drawing/painting- 1st place 2 years Monmouth County Art Show

[smart.cookie]

According to UChance.com, a person with a 5.0 W GPA and a 2400 on the SAT only has a 78% chance of acceptance at UCB. This speaks volumes to how horrible of a site it is.
Stick with CC. We offer much better services with a personal touch lol.

[x90]

accepted: pomona college, pitzer college, tufts university, suny-stony brook, geneseo college, suny-albany, occidental college, uc-davis, uc-santa cruz.
waitlisted: stanford ;\
rejected: uc-berkeley (oos), ucla (oos), usc


sat: m - 670, w - 690 , r - 740
sat ii: eng lit - 680, us history - 700
gpa: 88... which is like a 3.4 - 3.5 in my school. i slacked off a lot during the first two years of high school, but i had killer essays and i aced a lot of college courses (3.6 gpa; 24 credits).

EC's: i had several jobs and one leadership position for school magazine. a few other stuff, too.

attending: pomona college =)