Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[procrastinator_x]

Decision: Deferred


Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 1550/2230 (CR: 800, M: 750, W: 690)

* SAT II: Chem: 720, Literature: 690, Math II: 680
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
* AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* IB: Predicted 44/45
* Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest possible
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (School President), Model United Nations (President of International Court of Justice at THIMUN-Singapore IV, Secretary-General at inaugural session of MUNOFS), school musical FAME, choir, Singapore National Youth Orchestra [9th grade.. had to quit because of schedule conflicts =(]
* Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
* Volunteer/Community service: In total 100+ hours.
* Summer Activities: Visiting relatives in Taiwan, visiting friends in the US, visiting universities in New England.
* Essays: mediocre essays, I think.
* Teacher Recommendation: Waived my right to read them, but I'm good friends with both my teachers and they've taught me the past three years so I'm betting they were pretty good. =)
* Counselor Rec: See above.
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: .. I thought it didn't go that well. =S

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
* Intended Major: Political Science/Int. Relations
* School Type: Independent, International School.
* Ethnicity: Asian =(
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: Upper middle.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A =(

Reflection

* Strengths: Recommendations, Extra curriculars.
* Weaknesses: SAT IIs and essays. =(
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT IIs and essays. I'm pretty mediocre in comparison to many of the people who applied to Yale, so..

[suatkilic]

I swear to God this thread makes me depressed. Every time I read it I feel like I should go to community college or something. Screw the admissions officers

[Ephemeral2]

Yeah, there really is negligible difference between stats of the deferred and the accepted.

[kROCK91]

procrastinator_x: Haha, that's pretty much my summer activites, visiting relatives in Taiwan.

[procrastinator_x]

sigh... the joys of being asian

[findis]

In case anyone was comparing stats or anything, I uh... this is really embarrassing... I just noticed that I forgot to include with my application all of the EC's that didn't fit on the common app. I think sports, Academic Decathlon, SADD, and library volunteering were all I mentioned.

It's a wonder I even got deferred... sigh....

[Light Airen]

... You should've been accepted no doubt

[daxzzler]

Decision: Accepted


Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 740-740-740
* ACT: 35 - sent this one.
* SAT II: didn't send in.
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/406
* AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Gov (5), Lang (4)
* IB: not available at my school
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP Psych, Mentoring/Acting 2, Photo 2/Sociology
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Semi-finalist, Michigan Tech Society of Women Engineers

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance, Plays, Musical, NHS (Blood Drive Co-chair), Student Council, working as an assistant dance teacher
* Job/Work Experience: Michigan Attorney General's Office Intern
* Volunteer/Community service: through NHS
* Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassadors one summer, one summer see work
* Essays: my English teacher really liked my supplement, I wrote about a friend who helped me understand and celebrate diversity; my common app was about how assistant teaching dance has shaped me. I put a lot into the essays.
* Teacher Recommendation: very positive
* Counselor Rec: She told me she wrote a very good rec.
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: I didn't get one. I think b/c I sent in final application last minute.

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
* Intended Major: Latin American Studies and Sociology
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White and part Native American
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: Upper middle.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

* Strengths: Essays, unique summer/work experience, unique interest in career described in "why you want to go to Yale" - Latin American immigration advocacy/policymaking
* Weaknesses: extracurriculars weren't intense like others
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths + being enrolled in Native American tribe.

I'm interested to see what you guys think: how much does ethnicity play a factor?

[findis]

I think being a URM (underrepresented minority) definitely helps... although you definitely could have gotten in without that benefit.

Light Airen, that's good to hear, although there are lots and lots of people who should've gotten in .

[Woeyir]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR: 800, M: 740, W: 800)
• SAT II: Math II: 800, Bio: 800, U.S. History: 800
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn't rank
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), APUSH (5), AB Calc (5), Bio (5), English Lang. (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: strong
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): something relating to history, but it came in too late for the app.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): history, (Debate Captain), 10 years violin, not much else
• Job/Work Experience: interned at a political office
• Volunteer/Community service: none worth reporting
• Summer Activities: went to a CTY camp, tutored debate at summer, my internship
• Essays: one was about history and another was about writing fantasy
• Teacher Recommendation: one was terrible (copy-paste format), one idk
• Counselor Rec: probably standard, since our school has 2000+ students
• Interview: standard

Other

• Intended Major: History
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• School Type: public, well-regarded
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 100K+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): thought it might be interest in history

Reflection

• Strengths: grades, to be blunt
• Weaknesses: teacher rec., extracurriculars
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn't stand out in any way

General Comments: It's a warning to me. Not that bummed, since Yale wasn't something that would kill me if I didn't get in.

The history thing is bigger on the app. than it is appears here.

[sinusrhythm]

Woeyir, u have stellar SAT, SAT-2s, Grades, 10 years of Violin and a History bent - I dont know what else you could have done to get accepted. You said there are 2000 students in your school - does that mean you have 2000 seniors in the class of 2009? Even though your school does not rank, what do you think your rank is - top 10%, 20%? Somebody like yourself who gets a 800 in Bio, US Hist and Math-2 is already out there in the top 1% of the student population I feel. Dont be bummed at all - you should be proud of yourself.

[toomuchtime]

I agree with sinusrhythm, Woeyir. You may be one of the unlucky ones who may have been rejected by Yale, but will get multiple acceptances from other top schools come April!

[Noitaraperp]

Originally Posted by beastieboy13

General Comments: That boot isn't lucky at all. Heh.

Um, that's Harvard. LOL.

[jpd8891]

no there is a boot at yale. i actually was just there yesterday and rubbed it myself.

[Denebola]

@noitaraperp: how'd you not know about the toe! gotta touch the toe! (even if Yalies allegedly pee on it at night, their pee probably adds extra luck to it anyhow )