can more graduated seniors do "actual results" threads?

[Jasonx88]

accepted: all UCs
rejected: Stanford

scholarships: los angeles clippers community scholarship, cv town council scholarship, joseph. e masters scholarship, gates millenium finalist (didnt get it because i dont qualify for pell grant...arg)

i was going to write more but i have suddenly become lazy due to the abnormally high temperature in my room (its like 100 degrees and im too lazy to go turn on the ac).

[flutegirl13]

"Jeez louise, how hard IS it to get into Dartmouth!? It seems like most got rejected!"

and they still call dartmouth one of the "lower ivies" ... hmmph

(rejected from dartmouth XD)

[LibertyLives]

"and they still call dartmouth one of the "lower ivies" ... hmmph"

Ouch. I'm wounded. :-)

Funny that I would skip to the end of this topic to post my stats and find people discussing the very school I'm about to start at.

Accepted: Dartmouth (matriculating), Tufts, Emory, Bryn Mawr (small scholarship), University of Richmond (huge scholarship)
WL: William & Mary
Rejected: Brown (ED Deferred/rejected), Swarthmore

SATs:
Verbal 760
Math 690
Writing 790

SAT IIs:
French (reading) 760
Lit 720
Math IC 590

GPA: 3.95

ECs:
President of Debate Team
4 years on Mock Trial team
French Honors Society
Volunteer work at local theater

[alyssieann]

yay! you've given me hope libertylives!

[cmonyuk]

Graduated 2006
Attending: Carnegie Mellon, engineering
Accepted: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Univ. of Michigan.
Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Stanford

White Male. Large public high school. Chicago Suburbs.

SAT: 800 math, 750 crit. reading, 710 writing
SAT 2: 800 math II-C, 770 physics, 730 (?) US history
ACT: 36

ranked 31/~850
~3.7 unweighted/ 4.9 weighted GPA (basically, 2 B's per semester, 5 A's)

APs:

French Lang. - 3
US History - 4
English Lit. - 4
Calc BC - 5
Microecon - 4
Macroecon - 5
Physics C (both parts) - 5
Psychology - 5

4 years of Math Team state competitions
Eagle Scout
2 years of Soccer (frosh-soph)
4 years of Ice Hockey
National Merit Finalist (BTW, National Merit is such a waste - I was a finalist and still managed to get $0 because I'm not going to a school that gives National Merit money)
A short research job at a University of Illinois at Chicago Bio-engineering lab

2 amazing recommendation letters from my math and english teachers (that I know/knew very well) and 1 average recommendation letter from the researcher I worked under.

I wrote individual, personalized essays for each school. Only Carnegie and Cornell did Common App. I made up a story about how I stopped a group member from cheating on a project and took the lower grade instead; it was based on real people and a real project, just spiced up a bit

But all of my "tell us why you want to study that" essays were written from scratch for each school, so I was able to mention research projects that were ongoing at the school and personalize it to the school's flair. Unfortunately, I didn't start this approach until AFTER I wrote my MIT essay...

[einahpets]

Class: 2006
Accepted: UC Berkeley (attending for Architecture), UCI (Honors Program), UCSD, Cal Poly Pomona (Honors Program)
Rejected: UCLA

School Type: Small public high school, not very competitive
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Race/Gender: Asian/Female
Prospective Major: Architecture
GPA: (weighted with honors and AP classes) ~4.2
Class rank: 16/~230

SAT I total score: 2170
Math: 640
Critical Reading: 790
Writing: 740

SAT II scores:
Biology M: 680
U.S. History: 670
Literature: 710
Mathematics Level 2: 670

AP scores:
Biology: 5
US History: 3
Physics B: 3
English Lit/Comp: 5

Extracurriculars:
Chorale 1 year
Yearbook 1 year
Key Club 3 years (Historian 1 year)
Mattel Internship 1 semester

Awards:
Reflections Literature Contest (1st Place, locally)
English Speaking Union of Los Angeles Shakespeare Contest (2nd place)

Essays:
I wrote about my impractical love for writing, and about how my deceased grandfather's alcoholism influenced my morals (which have taken precedence over all my life decisions, despite temptation and peer pressure and all that junk).

I'm fairly lazy compared to most of the people here. I didn't apply to any schools that required recommendation letters, I didn't file a FAFSA, I didn't continue with my ECs because I got tired of them, I didn't take any SAT prep courses, and, as an underclasswoman, I didn't even aspire to go to college. I thought, well, I'm going to be a writer, and writers don't need to go to college. I also thought I wanted to go to Brooks or FIDM for fashion design. It's funny how things turn out.

Anyway, I hope my laughable stats give you guys some hope. If you're wondering how I got into Berkeley for Architecture, it's fine, because I've been wondering ever since I got the letter.

[jkh411]

HS Class of 2006.
Accepted: Emory (ED); Tulane (EA), BC (EA)... Withdrew from UMich
Attending: Emory

Small Private HS in MA.
GPA = unweighted 92.3%
Top 10% of class.
SAT I = 2020 (800M, 600V, 620W)... 1400/1600
SAT II = Chemistry (750) and Math IIC (740)
ACT = 29
AP = U.S. History- 4; AP Bio- 5; AP Spanish- 3; AP Calc. A/B- 5

Honor Roll– Grades 9, 10, 11, 12.
- Various awards, nothing substantial.

Academic Activities:

Stock Club – Involved Grades 11 and 12. Founded Club in Grade 11. Club President for Grades 11 and 12.
Science Team – Involved Grades 10, 11, and 12. Team Captain for Grade 12.
Model United Nations – Involved Grade 11 (First year school participated in conference) and Grade 12.
Debate Team. Involved Grade 11 (First year team was founded) and 12.
Multi-Cultural Club – Involved Grades 9 and 10.

[aviatrix10]

I'll bite.

HS Class of 2006
Accepted: MIT (attending), Cornell, JHU biomed, Dartmouth, Emory, GA Tech (full tuition), Case Western (half tuition), Lehigh
Rejected: Duke ( I really screwed up on my application...I accidentally put the same essay down twice...oopsies).
White Female. Prospective Major: Biological/Biomedical Engineering and Spanish

GPA: 4.4something W
Class Rank: 6 of 380(based on unweighted GPA).
SAT: 740M, 730V, 760CR
SAT II: US: 770, Chem: 760, Math IIC: 780, Literature: 790
APs: 5s on Calc AB, US, and Language. 4s on Lit, Euro, Stat, Chem, Spanish Lang. At time of application: AP Scholar with Honor

Extracurriculars: Violin for since forever. First violin with Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra for two years. Did the whole Collective Soul concert thing/DVD recording with them.
Science Olympiad: 4th and 3rd in Life Sciences at Nationals. all first in two events at State several years in a row. Multiple firsts at regional level in a bunch of events. Team won National Championship in 9th grade.
Academic team captain in junior and senior year.
Junior Officer and then President of Beta Club.
Flying: soloed and did solo cross country. Had about 60 hours and 250+ landings at time of application.
Varisty swimming for two years.
Varsity Honor Roll for four years. Received three deparmental awards for the best student in AP Chem, AP US, and AP Statistics.

I'm sure there's other stuff that I'm totally forgetting...but that's the big idea.

[CerebralAssassin]

Accepted: Northwestern (attending), Emory, Tulane (1/2 scholarship), UT-Austin (Honors), and George Washington (honors & 1/2 scholarship)
Waitlisted: UVA & Johns Hopkins (did not get off either)
Rejected: Duke & Georgetown (applied EA, deferred, rejected)

Competitive magnet program in NJ
Rank: 7/425
SAT: 2150
Reading: 680
Math: 720
Writing: 750

SAT 2:
Math 1: 750
Math 2: 800
US History: 750

AP:
US Hist: 5
Calc AB: 5

Junior State of America: multi-state position, 2-time treasurer for my school

Math Club: 4 years, co-captain

Forensics: president of my team, 3-time state finalist (top 6), 4th at the Tournament of Champions, 5th in the country

Essays: my essay on forensics was excellent. it showed drive, initiative, determination, and ability.

Recs:
Guidance - good, i assume
teachers - one was good and the other two were great

[aoe2guy]

Attending: Columbia College of Columbia U.
Also Accepted at: Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Hopkins, Tufts
Waitlisted --> Rejected: Harvard

SAT I - 2260 (800M, 720V, 740W, 12 essay)
SAT II - Math IIC 800, Chem 790, US History 750

Rank - 7 out of 380

Awards:
1- National Merit Scholarship Finalist and Winner ($2500)
2- NYS Regents Scholarship ($2000)
3- American Chemical Society Award of Achievement
4- USAA National Mathematics Award
5- USAA All-American Scholar

Activities:
- Novice Captain of Debate for 2 years, Top 32 in NYS, Top 32 and 10th place speaker at Princeton Invitational
- Founder and Teacher of an Advanced Math Class for Sophomores
- Math Research for 2 summers (2004 Ross Math Program at OSU, 2005 Columbia with a Post-Doc). Wrote a research paper. 2nd place in NYS in category of math, 2nd place on Long Island in the category of math
- We the People Constitution Team, NYS champions, 4th place in the nation
- Co - Captain of Percussion for Marching Band



Good luck guys

[candyluva]

accepted: carnegie mellon, nyu(stern), drexel bs/md
rejected: u penn

sat: 710 math, 690 verbal, 720 writing
sat II: 670 math IIC, 620 bio m
ap: bio-5 engish lit-4

e.c.: president of a couple clubs, volunteer hours

[somebodynew]

Accepted: Stanford U, Villanova U, U Southern California, Santa Clara U, U of Pittsburgh, U of Maryland (attending)

Scholarships: Dean's scholarship at USC, small scholarship at SCU, full tuition at Pitt, full-ride at Maryland.

Rejected: n/a (I kept it short and simple.)

Attended mildly prestigious Jesuit school in Maryland (Georgetown Prep)

Grades: we didn't do GPA, but I had a cumulative 94.8 unweighted average when I applied.

Junior year Courses:
AP Art Studio I
AP English Lang & Comp
AP US History
Honors Chemistry
Intro to Calc
Junior Religion
Spanish II

Senior Year Courses (went a little crazy)
AP Art History
AP Art Studio II
AP Lit & Comp
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
Senior Religion

Best SAT scores
750 Verbal (old one) 730 CR
710 Math
630 Writing (shame, shame)

SAT II's
Lit - 720
Math Level 2 - 760
US History - 770
Biology - 760

ACT
34E/34M/34R/30S--33 Composite


I ran cross country and track for junior (JV on XC, Varsity on track) and senior year (same), I played piano for 9 years, guitar for 4, um, I was in my church youth group for a couple years, I went to World Youth Day in Germany August 2005...nothing too special. NHS, about 200 of community service (i.e. satisfying my school's requirements).

[almostincollege]

you can see lots of actual results like what is in this thread at collegedata.com, in this section called Admissions Tracker. I think it must be new because it wasn't there a while ago.

[runningSriLankan]

do colleges take boy scout status seriously? - Eagle scout

[Aspen D]

They love Eagle Scouts/Girl Scouts' Gold Award