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09-11-2008, 02:23 PM
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#1051 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1
| it is useful to add the accepted year
Please add the year in which you got accepted. I think it is useful information considering the growth of competetion every year | 
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09-25-2008, 01:31 PM
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#1052 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 6
| "dammit people here are so paranoid. Anyone can get into any school if they are reasonably qualified. It all comes down to what they are looking for that year. Write great essays and sell yourself to the school. Then let them make a decision and move on after that. The kind of people on this site at times get on my nerves. I know plenty of people with 1900 ish SAT scores who have gotten into the likes of dartmouth, cornell, stanford etc.What does it say on almost eerry college website? Usually something like WE AINT GOT CUTOFF SCORES .Just stop worrying so much people, please."
What about the opposite? If I have super high SAT scores, but no ECs at all, lousy recs and simple straithforward essays?
Last edited by Rhaegar; 09-25-2008 at 01:33 PM.
Reason: didnt get quote right
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09-25-2008, 06:01 PM
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#1053 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 169
| If all you have are great test scores then you will likely be easily rejected by top schools. Particularly now as people are beginning to question the ability of standardized testing to predict future college peformance, my guess is that schools would really love to make an example out of the candidate who has done nothing to stand out in the pool other than score high on some test. | |
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10-12-2008, 02:06 AM
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#1054 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 416
| a lot of the people on this site are lying or embellishing their stats...it's just one big scare tactic... | |
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10-13-2008, 09:06 AM
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#1055 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 169
| I dont think thats true. Scare tactic for what? Its not as if anyone would not apply to a school based off of what they've seen on this board. I think stats are reported accurately. I don't understand why anyone would lie. | |
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10-13-2008, 02:32 PM
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#1056 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 5
| It's the internet, there are lies everywhere you go. Some posts that are not true can discourage people. People lie for all kinds of reasons; it is true that a a portion of the people lie on this forum about their merits. It's better to know "actual" people that got into a certain school and then ask them for advice. | |
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10-17-2008, 12:02 AM
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#1057 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 416
| This site has made me feel like I don't try hard enough...That's probably why I'm a cynic regarding the trustworthiness of a lot of posters. | |
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10-26-2008, 01:19 PM
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#1058 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 46
| I will if I get in anywhere lol. | |
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10-26-2008, 02:05 PM
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#1059 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 784
| "This site has made me feel like I don't try hard enough"
This site is basically full of all the worried overachievers who need to self-validate (not that I don't fit into this category, just and observation), so yeah, even people with amazing stats are dwarfed here by the top handful of students in the nation. | |
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10-26-2008, 07:12 PM
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#1060 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 17
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we might want to separate these and put these into their actual respective school forums. but what the hell. copy pasted from my scholarship resume:
Note: waitlisted at UPenn, Princeton, and Williams
Jason Wong
School of the Arts Theater Department
Education
School of the Arts Student Rank: #3 Graduated Summa Cum Laude SAT: 1500/1600
College Acceptances: Harvard University (matriculated), Yale University, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Tulane University, University of Chicago, New York University (Stern School of Business), Columbia University
College Scholarships: Swarthmore College’s Philip Evans Scholarship Program (one of approx. 10 recipients), Tulane University’s Community Service Award (one of two full-tuition scholarships), New York University’s Stern Scholars Program (given to the top 5% of admitted students)
Awards Summary
California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition (2005); California Legislature Certificate of Appreciation (2006); California State Arts Scholar (2004); San Francisco City and County Certificate of Honor (2005); Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship (2006); San Francisco City Club Margaret O’Donnell Student Leadership Award (2005); National Coca-Cola Scholar (2006); California-Hawaii Elks Lodge and National Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Award (2006); Lawrence C. Lowe Memorial Scholarship (2006); San Francisco Mock Trial Championship Team, (2005); Principal’s Student Leadership Award (2005); Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship (2006); California Regional Bank of America Award, Liberal Arts (2006); National Principal’s Student Leadership Award (2006); Williams College Book Award (2005); School of the Arts Prom Prince (2005); School of the Arts Outstanding Mock Trial Student Award (2006); School of the Arts Samantha Beggs Memorial Scholarship Award (2006); San Francisco Unified School District Certificate of Recognition for Service to the San Francisco Public Schools (2006)
Featured in The San Francisco Examiner, and Sing Tao Daily News
Public Policy and Community Service
Student Delegate to the Board of Education (2003-2006)
1. Authored and passed legislation and education policies that were unanimously adopted by the board
2. Updated policy to re-establish and support the position of the Student Advisory Council
3. Worked with the NAACP and other groups to address re-segregation and school performance
4. Contributed to the San Francisco Nutrition Policy, one of the first comprehensive nutrition policies in the nation
School of the Arts: School of the Arts Student Body Council President (2005-2006); Junior Statesmen of America Founder/President (2004-2005) and Northern California State Speaker Pro-Tempore; California Scholarship Federation President; School Site Council Secretary (2003-2006); Parent Teacher Student Association Executive Board Member (2004-2006); Populist Party Founder/President/Newsletter Editor (2005-2006)
Community Based Organizations: Commonwealth Club youth programs consultant (1 year); Kellogg Foundation Youth Innovation Leadership Board (3 years); DonorsChoose student board member (1 year); San Francisco Asian Heritage Street Celebration student consultant (2 years);
Tutor and Mentor in mock trial, history, English, statistics and student leadership (2002 to present)
Extra-Curricular and Professional Experience
School of the Art’s Mock Trial Team/Pre-Law Club Secretary (2002-2003), President (2003-2006); Defense Closing Attorney (2003), Prosecution Pretrial Attorney (2004), Prosecution Closing Attorney (2005 and 2006)
Work Experience, summer student intern at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass LLP in San Francisco, CA (summer 2006), student employee at the Exploratorium Interactive Science and Art Museum (2004), and student intern at Liang Law LLP, an immigration law firm in West Covina, CA (summer 2002)
San Francisco Poll Worker for the November 8, 2005 and June 6, 2006 Election Days for the Department of Elections of the City and County of San Francisco
Events
ACLU National Membership Conference San Francisco, California (Summer, 2004); Youth Innovation Fund for Youth Philanthropy and Civic Participation National Conferences at Washington D.C. (August, 2003), Nashville, Tennessee (Spring 2004), San Francisco, California (Spring, 2005); PG&E Renewable Energy Conference (August, 2005); San Francisco Student Safety and Sexual Harassment Summit Student organizer (May 2004); San Francisco Student Leaders Youth Summit Student organizer and member of a panel on student leadership (May, 2005); National Summit on Nutrition in Schools panelist on San Francisco Nutrition policy (2004); KALW Radio Interview May 27, 2003; SOTA School-wide Political Fair (Spring 2005), Oktoberfest (October 2005), Winter Ball (December 2005) LoveFest (February 2006), Political Fair/MayFest (May 2005) Program organizer
| ...I don't know if I'll be able to sleep at night anymore.. | |
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10-26-2008, 07:36 PM
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#1061 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 784
| ^ Me too. I never knew how much one could truly overachieve until I joined CC. | |
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10-26-2008, 07:43 PM
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#1062 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 1,168
| ^^haha that was actually one of the first posts I read on CC. Totally FREAKED me out...not a good way to start...lol | |
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10-27-2008, 01:46 PM
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#1063 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 223
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we might want to separate these and put these into their actual respective school forums. but what the hell. copy pasted from my scholarship resume:
Note: waitlisted at UPenn, Princeton, and Williams
Jason Wong
School of the Arts Theater Department
Education
School of the Arts Student Rank: #3 Graduated Summa Cum Laude SAT: 1500/1600
College Acceptances: Harvard University (matriculated), Yale University, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Tulane University, University of Chicago, New York University (Stern School of Business), Columbia University
College Scholarships: Swarthmore College’s Philip Evans Scholarship Program (one of approx. 10 recipients), Tulane University’s Community Service Award (one of two full-tuition scholarships), New York University’s Stern Scholars Program (given to the top 5% of admitted students)
Awards Summary
California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition (2005); California Legislature Certificate of Appreciation (2006); California State Arts Scholar (2004); San Francisco City and County Certificate of Honor (2005); Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship (2006); San Francisco City Club Margaret O’Donnell Student Leadership Award (2005); National Coca-Cola Scholar (2006); California-Hawaii Elks Lodge and National Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Award (2006); Lawrence C. Lowe Memorial Scholarship (2006); San Francisco Mock Trial Championship Team, (2005); Principal’s Student Leadership Award (2005); Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship (2006); California Regional Bank of America Award, Liberal Arts (2006); National Principal’s Student Leadership Award (2006); Williams College Book Award (2005); School of the Arts Prom Prince (2005); School of the Arts Outstanding Mock Trial Student Award (2006); School of the Arts Samantha Beggs Memorial Scholarship Award (2006); San Francisco Unified School District Certificate of Recognition for Service to the San Francisco Public Schools (2006)
Featured in The San Francisco Examiner, and Sing Tao Daily News
Public Policy and Community Service
Student Delegate to the Board of Education (2003-2006)
1. Authored and passed legislation and education policies that were unanimously adopted by the board
2. Updated policy to re-establish and support the position of the Student Advisory Council
3. Worked with the NAACP and other groups to address re-segregation and school performance
4. Contributed to the San Francisco Nutrition Policy, one of the first comprehensive nutrition policies in the nation
School of the Arts: School of the Arts Student Body Council President (2005-2006); Junior Statesmen of America Founder/President (2004-2005) and Northern California State Speaker Pro-Tempore; California Scholarship Federation President; School Site Council Secretary (2003-2006); Parent Teacher Student Association Executive Board Member (2004-2006); Populist Party Founder/President/Newsletter Editor (2005-2006)
Community Based Organizations: Commonwealth Club youth programs consultant (1 year); Kellogg Foundation Youth Innovation Leadership Board (3 years); DonorsChoose student board member (1 year); San Francisco Asian Heritage Street Celebration student consultant (2 years);
Tutor and Mentor in mock trial, history, English, statistics and student leadership (2002 to present)
Extra-Curricular and Professional Experience
School of the Art’s Mock Trial Team/Pre-Law Club Secretary (2002-2003), President (2003-2006); Defense Closing Attorney (2003), Prosecution Pretrial Attorney (2004), Prosecution Closing Attorney (2005 and 2006)
Work Experience, summer student intern at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass LLP in San Francisco, CA (summer 2006), student employee at the Exploratorium Interactive Science and Art Museum (2004), and student intern at Liang Law LLP, an immigration law firm in West Covina, CA (summer 2002)
San Francisco Poll Worker for the November 8, 2005 and June 6, 2006 Election Days for the Department of Elections of the City and County of San Francisco
Events
ACLU National Membership Conference San Francisco, California (Summer, 2004); Youth Innovation Fund for Youth Philanthropy and Civic Participation National Conferences at Washington D.C. (August, 2003), Nashville, Tennessee (Spring 2004), San Francisco, California (Spring, 2005); PG&E Renewable Energy Conference (August, 2005); San Francisco Student Safety and Sexual Harassment Summit Student organizer (May 2004); San Francisco Student Leaders Youth Summit Student organizer and member of a panel on student leadership (May, 2005); National Summit on Nutrition in Schools panelist on San Francisco Nutrition policy (2004); KALW Radio Interview May 27, 2003; SOTA School-wide Political Fair (Spring 2005), Oktoberfest (October 2005), Winter Ball (December 2005) LoveFest (February 2006), Political Fair/MayFest (May 2005) Program organizer
| ...I don't know if I'll be able to sleep at night anymore..
| And! The scary part: he's real, I swear. And he's one of the nicest guys out there.  | |
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10-27-2008, 04:43 PM
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#1064 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 17
| Awesome, do you personally know him?
He just stuns me, wow, he's REALLY amazing. :O
How does one even get to know of all these opportunities in the first place? I don't even hear about 1/10 of those things he listed on his resume, but jeez... I need to like get in touch with him and beg him to find me all these opportunities. We apparently both have a common interest in leadership, politics, and law so that would actually work out quite well, haha.
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10-31-2008, 12:58 AM
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#1065 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 3
| MY RESULTS (I'M A CURRENT FRESHMAN):
Accepted to: University of Miami (attending, $16,000 scholarship a year), Georgia Tech, Elon, University of Maryland, Clemson
Waitlist: Richmond, Lehigh, Lafayette
Rejected: Emory, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia (even though legacy!)
2120 SAT (750 M, 670 V, 700 W)
A-/B+ weighted GPA at a competitive private all girls' school in massachusetts
(mostly As and Bs, 2 C+s....)
4 APs, 7 honors classes
captain of varsity volleyball and varsity tennis
volleyball: MVP, All-league nomination
volunteer at hospital, middle school volleyball instructor
9th grade class VP, dance team, service committee, gospel choir | |
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