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08-11-2008, 11:09 PM
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#1021 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 10
| Accepted: University of California: Berkeley, Irvine, Davis; University of Minnesota: Twin Cities; University of Wisconsin: Madison
Waitlisted: College of William and Mary
School Type: Public
Location: Minnesota
Race/Gender: Caucasian Female
Prospective Major: Chemistry
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.21
Class Rank: Unweighted #7 Weighted #1
ACT: 30 (W:34 M:28 R: 34 S:25)
SAT: 2110 (R: 690 M:720 W:700)
SAT II:
Lit: 700
USH: 720
Math II:750
AP Exams:
Calc I: 5
Am. Lit: 5
Psychology: 4
US History: 5
Calc II BC: 5
Stats: 4
SAT II:
Lit: 700
USH: 720
Math:750
Course work: tons of accelerated/honors/ap classes, taken whatever possible
Extra Curricular/Awards:
played the violin for 9 yrs, 1st chair in school orchestra
math team: have won state like...twice I think
science Olympiad (also, captain this yr): 1st place in state for experimental design, 2nd place for health science, 2nd place in regionals for health science, 2nd place in regionals for "technical writing". 1st place team in state competition, and 27th place in national competition
NHS: also did tutoring
Chess Team: 1st place in grade level, twice?
Synergy: environmental group at my school
Chinese School
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
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Volunteering (all done for several years):
Tsu Chi Foundation: Ronald McDonald House, nursing homes, homeless shelter
Local Library: Helped librarians, helped run summer reading program
"Candy Striper" at a hospital
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Work Experience:
Cashier at Target during one summer
Private tutoring
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Final things to consider
Essay was very good, if I do say so myself.
no "senior slide" classes
Excellent letters of rec | 
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08-12-2008, 12:47 AM
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#1022 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest --> Hamilton College
Posts: 205
| I posted on this thread a while back when I got into Hamilton EDII. I said I withdrew my applications but I actually didn't because I didn't get my financial aid in time. I was notified of my decision everywhere before my financial aid came so I didn't end up pulling out any applications.
Accepted:
Hamilton EDII (attending), Bowdoin, Middlebury, Colgate, Vassar, Dickinson, UBC, McGill, St. Andrews (thought I'd withdrawn-- eh)
Deferred/Waitlisted: Georgetown
Rejected: Dartmouth
White Guy, Portland, OR
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.9 or so W
Rank: Valedictorian
SAT: 2160
ACT: 30
ECs: Classical piano, church group, Habitat for Humanity, school newspaper, constitutional law team
Awards, etc: Excellence in Chemistry, Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude (Nat. Latin Exam), article published in Alaska Airlines magazine
Work: Preschool teacher, 20ish hours a week
Essays/Recs: Pretty good
Hook: geographical diversity? I dunno... | |
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08-12-2008, 09:31 AM
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#1023 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,055
| kingkouture--you realize that you violated your ED agreement with Hamilton, right? You essentially took spots that other kids could have had at the schools that ultimately accepted you. If Hamilton found out, they could have recinded your acceptance. Waiting for your fin aid award is no excuse. ED II is binding and you were to withdraw all of your other applications immediatly after getting your decision. | |
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08-12-2008, 10:23 AM
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#1024 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Princeton, NJ
Posts: 2,566
| The Hamilton ED agreement ends with the following sentence: Quote: |
Candidates will be notified of their financial aid awards with their admission decisions.
| Since Hamilton didn't notify kingkouture of his FA award, I think you can make the argument that the agreement is inoperative. http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/Ap..._of_200821.pdf | |
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08-12-2008, 11:51 AM
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#1025 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,055
| Hamilton notified students of their ED II acceptances before February 15. Notifications for Middlebury, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, and his other RD schools came out more than 45 days later (end of March).
From the ED agreement: Quote: |
The obligation explicit in the Early Decision Plan, as described here and as defined by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, is a commitment on the part of the candidate to withdraw any other applications and to initiate no new applications if accepted under an institution’s Early Decision Plan. Early Decision candidates who wish to apply for financial aid must submit the PROFILE form of the College Scholarship Service and the family’s most recent tax returns. Candidates will be notified of their financial aid awards with their admission decisions.
| I'd be curious to know when his FA info for Hamilton arrived. I can see it being a week or two late, but certainly not 1.5 months late, unless of course he didn't submit the proper FA forms. | |
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08-12-2008, 05:01 PM
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#1027 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 251
| Any one who has gotten accepted to Duke or UNC please PM me your stats. just for my own personal reference. Thank you, you guys are great! | |
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08-12-2008, 05:30 PM
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#1028 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 851
| anyone who got into uiuc out of state, pm me ur stats, thanks | |
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08-14-2008, 05:59 PM
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#1029 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 24
| Accepted: Ohio State U. Honors, U. Michigan, Dartmouth College (ED- attending)
School Type: Private/Independent
Location: Ohio
Race/Gender: Half-Hispanic (I indicated this.)
Prospective Major: History
Unweighted GPA: 3.76
Class Rank: School does not rank
ACT: Did not take.
SAT: 2210 (R: 730 M: 680 W:800)
SAT II:
Lit: 690
Biology:720
AP Exams:
US History: 4
Biology: 5
Government: 3
Course work: AP US History, AP Biology, AP BC Calculus, Honors Precalculus, Honors Algebra 2, Honors Geometry, Honors Biology (9th grade) | |
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08-16-2008, 05:21 PM
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#1030 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 251
| I used to think that CC was full of above average students, that we all could emulate. Turns out its full of the top tier students, who have the best possible chances. Its impossible for those of us that are not slightly wealthy to gain the amount of EC's and volunteer that you people have. Obviously, due to home responsibilities and lack of car or bus token money... | |
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08-16-2008, 05:34 PM
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#1031 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Princeton, NJ
Posts: 2,566
| Take a look at the demographics at top schools. Most have strong financial aid programs and are able to attract (and accept!) low income students. I'm not going to pretend that being poor doesn't make getting into top schools more difficult, but it's definitely not impossible. | |
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08-16-2008, 05:47 PM
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#1032 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: PA
Posts: 51
| Hey Lucky98, congratz on getting into Wharton! I looked at your stats, and I know most of students who apply to Wharton have scores like yours, or even higher. What do you think that made you unique enough to get into that school? | |
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08-17-2008, 10:08 PM
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#1033 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 312
| Accepted: UC Berkeley (attend), UCLA, UCSD, UCD, and UCSB
Rejected: none
School Type: Large Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Hispanic
Prospective Major: Microbiology
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Class Rank: 22/658
ACT: Did not take.
SAT: terrible (below 1800)
SAT II:
US history: 690
Spanish: 650
AP Exams:
US History: 5
Biology: 3
Government: 5
Statistics: 3
Course work: AP US History, AP Spanish, AP US Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Physics B
Work: Babysitter, Sales person, 70 hours of community service
Essays: Garden-Plants, My high school was a great influence (Both were “kick ass”) | |
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08-21-2008, 03:28 PM
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#1034 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 463
| this thread is making me panic..... | 
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08-22-2008, 05:27 AM
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#1035 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 54
| Rejected: Stanford, MIT (even with a bunch of legacy...ah well), UPenn, Brown, Harvard, Princeton
Waitlisted: Cornell
Accepted: Northwestern (attending!), Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, University of Washington Honors
School Type: Public, competitive
Location: Seattle, WA
Race/Gender: Asian Male
Prospective Major: Applied to either civil or chemical engineering
Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Class Rank: #37 out of 350 (something like that)
ACT: 33 (W:33 M:34 R: 35 S:31)
SAT: 2160 (R: 720 M:780 W:660)
SAT II:
Biology: 700
Chem: 700
US History: 690
Math II: 770
AP Exams:
Calc AB: 5
Biology: 4
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that's all I submitted, later on:
Chem: 3
Comparative Gov: 5
Statistics: 5
Interviews:
good - Brown, Harvard, Princeton, MIT
ok - Carnegie Mellon
bad - UPenn
Yeah...I think I learned interviews don't matter too much. Except maybe it hurt me from UPenn, but I would have gone to Northwestern over it anyways.
Course work:
AP: Chem, Comp Gov, American Studies, Physics C, Bio, Calc AB, Statistics
I took Calc AB sophomore year, some multivariable calculus junior year, statistics senior year. I guess that made me stand out a bit.
Extra Curricular/Awards:
Math club (secretary, then vice president)
Key Club (community service)
Band (all-state clarinet)
Mock Trial lawyer
National Honor Society
National Merit Commended Scholar
Track
Church media leader
Won some awards in piano...
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Volunteering:
Key Club, Volunteer Outreach In Communities Everywhere, Church media, did a missions trip to the Philippines in middle school
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Work Experience:
None until after I applied to colleges...
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Final things to consider
Essay were alright, I talked about experiencing SARS in my common app. Interest in engineering, being Asian, travels to other countries, etc...I don't think they stood out too much, but they were alright.
Letters of rec were ok too, my history teacher probably wrote me a good one, but my math teacher didn't know me as well as I had hoped.
Not really anything else I can think of...except I lived in China for middle school? Oh yeah, and I skipped a grade!
Hope I helped some people! 
Last edited by raysurace; 08-22-2008 at 05:33 AM.
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