Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[noreaster345]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):760CR, 800M, 670W (7 essay) - (did not submit)
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: USH (800), Math II (800), Chem (800) - (did not submit)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked but definitely top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: All AP except choir, as tough as I can take while doing 3 seasons of sports
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, assorted and odd awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Crew (spring and fall, 9-12) (Captain), Swimming (winter 9-12, Captain of Div I, State Champ team), Academic Games (6-12) (Captain, volunteer coach, Nationals Hall of Fame), Choir: part of three groups (founder of student-run group), ceramics...., etc.
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer coaching, NHS volunteering, summer volunteer work
• Summer Activities: Crew camps, swim camps, Research assistant in computer modeling (didn't publish though), volunteering, etc.
• Essays: Good enough (I'm a terrible writer)
• Teacher Recommendation: Good (I never read them, but I got along very well with my teachers)
• Counselor Rec: No idea (...nice guy, but he doesn't really know me)
• Interview: Good

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: No
• Intended Major: Engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): MI
• School Type: relatively competitive public school, college town
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: -
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Double legacy (both parents Yale College)

Reflection

• Strengths: Legacy, leadership, grades, sports : I'm pretty eclectic, and I have a myriad of interests
• Weaknesses: Writing
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Legacy + leadership + sports

General Comments: Be yourself, and push yourself to go farther.

The bad thing about having legacy is it makes you doubt yourself. I see all these overqualified applicants and wonder if I would be good enough without legacy.

[eating food]

Decision: Accepted YAY!

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 720 M, 780 W
• SAT II: Literature (750); Biology-M (740); World History (760)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/316
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (two of my 5's were self-studied)
• Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Musical Theatre, Wind Ensemble, Independent Research, AP Music Theory
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, National Achievement Semi, National AP Scholar, Maryland Distinguished Scholar

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Founder/President - Winners of National Chapter of the Month), FBLA State Officer, Young Democrats Club (Founder/President), Piano (I take lessons and do chamber music at a really prestigious conservatory), Band (flute and piano), Drama!!!, Baltimore Cappies Critics Team, School Chamber Music Society, A couple honors societies, County-Wide Student Government (Secretary)
• Job/Work Experience: Year-long internship in the FCC regulatory dept. of a REALLY big satellite firm in DC, Office Assistant at my dad's office, Tutoring Service (Founder/President)
• Volunteer/Community service: Appointed by County Executive to the Environmental Sustainability Board, Student Member of 2 other commissions confirmed by the County Council, Member of a lovely troupe of traveling kids that give presentations to parents on how they can better communicate with their teens (Elected Secretary), Teen Advisory Committee for my community, Participated in a fairly prestigious community service organization sponsored by my county, LOTS OF WORK GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT!
• Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Prestigious Music Camp (for piano)
• Essays: I'm a writer through and through
• Teacher Recommendation: I guess they were better than I thought if they got me in!
• Counselor Rec: He said it was the best he's ever written
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview: Lovely

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: hmmm... I forget
• Intended Major: Theatre Studies/Politics, Economics, Ethics
• State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
• Country (if international applicant): hmmm
• School Type: Competitive Public - REALLY COMPETITIVE! (so far: 1 stanford, 2 yales, 2 penns, 1 uchicago all from the early round)
• Ethnicity: Black
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Middle Class!
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM + Legacy

Reflection

• Strengths: Race, EXTREMELY INVOLVED (I do a bit more than I listed, but I feel like I've given you an accurate reflection with what I've provided), neat accomplishments, Legacy!
• Weaknesses: Teacher recs, test scores
• Why you think you were accepted: Black, Legacy, plus really fun!

General Comments: I can honestly say that I did not think I was going to get in... yes I know I'm a legacy and I'm a URM, but that didn't make a difference. I'M GOING TO YALEEEEE!

[PrincessBeLLaa]

Decision: Deferred
[*] Intended Major: medicine(pharmacy)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math- 730, Critical Reading- 650, Writing- 730
SAT II: , US History- 650, Math II- 650 , Chem-730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ?? (95.56)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (no rank since my HS is specialized, has over 4700 kids, and is ranked as one of the top 30 HS's in the nation)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History- 2(idk wut happened...dont ask....terrible year), Chem - 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Macroeconommics, AP Calc BC, Phys Ed, triple period Organic Chemistry (my major; yes my school does majors >.<)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team/Club, Chess Team/Club (president), library and hospital volunteer, On The Brink (science lectures), JV Basketball, Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society)
Job/Work Experience: Insurance agency (secretary)
Volunteer/Community service: mentioned above plus Sunday school teacher, community volunteer(with various activities)
Summer Activities: volunteering
Essays: It was last minute but my friend (who is also a genius [; thought it was awesome and really brought out my best qualities) . i guess it was ok
Teacher Recommendation:super gut
Counselor Rec: great (im assuming...y woudnt it be?)
Additional Rec: none....considering sending from my coach
Interview: One off-campus near my neighborhood. Went extremely well....especially since the interviewer's friend was there and he was all shocked and amazed when I told him what HS i attended (he happened to be an alumnus of it[=) and told her to write me a good rec. lol (it obviously didnt hellp...)

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public urban (NY)
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: lower-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): IDK but i shoud be a considered a minority...i mean, how many Greeks do you ppl know? O.o

Reflection[list][*] Strengths: recs, essay, interview, the fact that my school is extremely competitive and huge and im the youngest in my grade (i skipped a year; im almost 16)[*] Weaknesses: relatively speaking, not the scores, EC's[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[Georgetown_Gal]

Why does everyone have 4.0s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( ridiculous question, I know. But still, frustrating. ALL 4.0's...or 3.9999999)


ugh. congrats to all who got in!

[kstrobe]

Decision: Accepted

Sorry I can't post more detailed info - don't want to give away my identity (very easily identifiable if I did post bunches...
Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2300+
• ACT: 34
• SAT II: 700s
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
• AP (place score in parenthesis): a mix of 5s and 4s
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Lots of AP classes
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some pretty major ones

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Great leadership
• Job/Work Experience: One job
• Volunteer/Community service: 258 hours
• Summer Activities: Camps, research, counseling, traveling
• Essays: Decent
• Teacher Recommendation: IDK
• Counselor Rec: Good
• Additional Rec: No
• Interview: Decent

[ b]Other[/b]

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Political Sci
• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Pub
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: 60-100,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: Awards, ECs
• Weaknesses: SAT IIs?
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Awards, leadership, LUCK

[ b]General Comments:[/b] Thank God.

[FunIntheSun91]

Yale Daily News - Early admit rate plunges to 13.4 percent

[philoglossia]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 CR, 800 M, 800 W although 9 essay)
• ACT: never took
• SAT II: 800s on latin, world history, literature, math iic, biology e
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of a measly 50
• AP (place score in parenthesis): nat'l ap scholar. 5's on english lang, english lit, latin lit, latin virgil, us govt & politics, macroeconomics. 4's on micro and physics b. my school doesn't offer ap classes.
• IB (place score in parenthesis): none
• Senior Year Course Load: seminar in renaissance literature & philosophy, calc bc, greek literature, chemistry, studio art. again, non-ap curriculum.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): i have a few. TASP, national finalist in national history day, many many classics awards (including international ones) which would identify me even more than this post already does.
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): speech & debate (9-12, captain 12, national awards), varsity cross-country and track (10-12, captain both 12, divisional state medals in track & regional in cross-country), regional science bowl (9-12, captain 12), national history day (11-12). more important, many many classics activities: inter alia, translated and directed a greek tragedy in 11, & now running a statewide educational nonprofit in 12.
• Job/Work Experience: shamefully, none.
• Volunteer/Community service: unpaid job managing on-campus coffee shop this year (raises funds for the class); directed nativity pageants at quaker meeting (10-12); peer tutoring (9-12); casual work for a homeless shelter (9-12)
• Summer Activities: 2007, study abroad in austria & debate camp at the university of wyoming. 2008, TASP. (memo to jrs reading this thread: apply!)
• Essays: i think these were the heart of my application. common app essay traces my change from isolated, ashamed & angry in my sophomore and junior years to the polar opposite after TASP. i don't really like the version of myself which this essay discusses, but i think it represents me as i am now very accurately. secondary essay is best described as a prose-poem about classical greek, which keeps me sane. why yale basically says first "you have a fabulous classics department" and second "i go to a tiny high school and need a tiny college to hold my hand."
• Teacher Recommendation: i read one, which was effusive and very me. other one is probably positive but less descriptive.
• Counselor Rec: i read it, also effusive. lots of superlatives.
• Additional Rec: they have enough to read
• Interview: not the best i've given, but pretty lively. interviewer said almost nothing, which made it very hard to decide when to stop.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes. got a pittance, which hopefully will change.
• Intended Major: classics
• State (if domestic applicant): arizona
• Country (if international applicant): usa
• School Type: tiny ultraconservative charter; curriculum is fixed and resembles directed studies or the columbia core.
• Ethnicity: WASP
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: upper-middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): classics major (with very deep background), TASP, maybe charter student, maybe geographical

Reflection

• Strengths: academics. academics. did i mention academics? seriously, i represent the "intellectual" (scare quotes are intentional) culture that yale in particular wants to promote.
• Weaknesses: my parents are professors (this can be a major liability)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i wore my lucky headband today. seriously, 1) i love yale and it shows; 2) luck.

[blayman5]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 690 M, 630 W
* SAT II: Math IIC (700); Biology-M (640); Chemistry (700)
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/440
* AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language 5 US History 5 Chemistry 3 World History 4
* Senior Year Course Load: Biotechnology, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics C, AP Biology, Theater Arts
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, AP Scholar

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Class president 3 years 9,10,11
National Honor Society President 2 years 11,12
AP Ambassadors 3 years 10,11,12 (Science Director for tutoring)
Leadership Committee (Plan out things for the school and a freshman transition camp) 4 years 9,10,11,12
Science Olympiad 4 years 9,10,11,12 (Competed state level every year)
Soccer 4 years 9,10,11,12
French Club 4 years 9,10,11,12

* Volunteer/Community service: Through clubs and organizations
* Summer Activities: AusPrEP (Summer Engineering Program at local college 3 years)
* Essays: Great, talked about personal perspective
* Teacher Recommendation: Must be exceptional!!!
* Counselor Rec: Awesome!!!
* Additional Rec:
* Interview: Lasted for an hour, very relaxed

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
* Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
* State (if domestic applicant): Texas
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public (sends a few kids to top schools every year)
* Ethnicity: Black
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle Class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, what can I say?

Reflection

* Strengths: Writing and Leadership
* Weaknesses: not sure
* Why you think you were accepted: I dont know, but I got in!!

General Comments: Thank you to everyone that helped me through the process. A special thanks to people that mentioned that my SAT scores were too low and I had a tough chance. All I can say is that im glad and grateful to be accepted into Yale 2013!!!!!

[Nick017]

nealth, how did you qualify for USAMO but not get a 800 on math? I was alarmed at your straight up rejection, I noticed you didnt put your gpa....?

[confused_vnese]

SAT Math is more about carefulness than intellectual ability. I know a guy with Gold medal international math olympiad but did not get 800 too. Two mistakes and you bid 50 points goodbye.

[xerent]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 700R 800M 700W - 2200
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 MIIC, 780 Chem, 730 Bio (not sent)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~ top 5% (450)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Stat (only 2 AP courses offered before senior yr)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Phy (Mech), AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Phy C (independent study), Continental Lit, Medieval Hist (no other APs offered)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nat'l merit semis, cum laude society (dunno what this is really), DOE NSB Regional Champions, some other stuff...

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (captain), National Science Bowl (captain), Soccer (9-12, incl club), Web Design + Programming, Graphic Art
• Job/Work Experience: sadly none
• Volunteer/Community service: Youth Soccer Coaching, Coaching Middle School Science Olympiad
• Summer Activities: HSSP Astronomy (got an A) + more soccer
• Essays: Very good, very deliberate, lots of refinement
• Teacher Recommendation: awesome, esp for math
• Counselor Rec: dunno, wildcard...
• Additional Rec: considering...
• Interview: very well. took over an hour, two-sided conversation, no dull moments

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: Physics & Mathematics
• State (if domestic applicant): MA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public (450)
• Ethnicity: indian
• Gender: m
• Income Bracket: > $200K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: none on paper. But there were a number of intangibles that I submitted along with my application: art portfolio, physics projects (successfully constructed Van de Graaff generator and Tesla Coil, and future projects mentioned, all with low budget)
• Weaknesses: Everything else. Though driven, my numbers are still low. My high school is very rigorous, though, to put the GPA in context. No one gets 3.8 > with SAT scores < 2100. All the 4.0s with 2200s are just nonexistent.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really should have been rejected, maybe they saw something in me

General Comments: Good Luck!!

[victoriage]

I was deferred~~~Oh~~~

[hookem168]

once again, props to eating food

FTW

[navidx682268]

ACCEPTED!!! Thanx God 4 evrything! Stats comin up......(very ordinary though)

[sopranosenior]

GUYS I cannot write coherent messages right now because I am excited for everybody. I actually can't believe it was a year ago and there is already a new prospective freshman class. Can you feel the excitement? Because I can. Feel free to hit me up with questions, little Yale babies.