Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[zafara17]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2330: 750 CR, 800 M, 780 W
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 790 US History, 790 Biology-M
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13 UW, 5.04 W
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 333
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 (All 5's): US History, Calc BC, Stats, Comp Sci AB, Physics B, Physics C-M, Physics C-E&M, Chemistry, Biology
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Math 231- Linear Algebra, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Envi Sci, AP Human Geo, H-Econ
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement NY Winner, 2008 U.S. Physics Team Quarterfinalist, National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar/AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm), Varsity XC and Track, FIRST Robotics, Newspaper, Math Team (AMC 10 and 12 School Champion), TSA (National Awards)
• Job/Work Experience: Cornell Catering, Worked for Cornell Prof, Interned for Cornell Prof (Different One)
• Volunteer/Community service: Led own Community Service Project, Flood Relief
• Summer Activities: Intern for Cornell Prof, Work for Cornell Prof, Trip to Philmont, etc.
• Essays: One about Philmont, the other about music.
• Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Additional Rec: From Cornell Prof with whom I worked
• Interview: Excellent

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: No
• Intended Major: Economics and Mathematics
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public, sends many to Cornell (lol), few to Ivies each year
• Ethnicity: Asian :/
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 200,000+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Siemens Award?

Reflection

• Strengths: Awards, Academics
• Weaknesses: Ethnicity, dunno
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many good applicants

General Comments: I'm disappointed... but hopefully I'll get in RD. Congrats to all who got in!

[hookem168]

Seems like Yale had a bunch of unread apps, and just decided to move them all into the deferred pile

If you changed all the deferreds to rejects, it would look like the Stanford thread :/

[vin09]

Decision: Deferred



[ *] Intended Major: undecided

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2320
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 740 740 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5s and 4s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 aps
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nmsf
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tennis, decathlon challenge
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 120 hrs
[ *] Summer Activities: tennis, volunteer, college courses
[ *] Essays: alright
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Additional Rec: good
[ *] Interview: good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): south TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: indian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: thats how it is

[Acceptd]

Decision: DEFERRED :x

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR (710), Math (740), Wr (800)
• ACT: Not submitted
• SAT II: Bio (710), Math II/Chem (Scores Not In Yet-Took it in Dec)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/195
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Bio (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP English Literature, AP Government, Band, AP Calculus AB
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Frederick Douglass And Susan B. Anthony AWard, AP Scholar with honors?

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Jazz Band, Honors Ensemble, Orchestra, Tri-M: Music Honors Society, NHS, Habitat for Humanity (Treasurer), Mathletes, Knowledge Masters, Cross country, Winter Track, Spring Track
• Job/Work Experience: Worked at a pool Store last summer, Worked at a Retail store 2 summer's ago, Tutoring Currently During the School year
• Volunteer/Community service: Play for Nursing Home with Tri-M
• Summer Activities: Nothing special
• Essays: One was decent, other was really good - showed my voice well
• Teacher Recommendation: Both i assume were good - one a lot better than the other
• Counselor Rec: Strong, she likes me for some reason.. weird
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Wasn't offered

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Undecided
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public - Semi-competitive but small..
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Average
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really: my uncle attended

Reflection

• Strengths: Music
• Weaknesses: Im stupid and didn't make a music supplement/didn't attend Boys state/dropped spanish/didn't take physics
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because im not yale material -_-

General Comments: Congrats to whoever gets in - seriously, you earned it. Nice -- for us that didnt: screw yale.

[thisisfurious]

Accepted. Zomfg.

[Vicky_sky]

i was deferred...much to my chagrin

[nickknack]

Decision: Accepted

Post stats later.

[lalapoop]

Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh

[lsun]

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]


[ *] Intended Major: intl relations

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 780m, 730w, 730r
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 740 math2, 720 us history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): first decile
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- calc ab, world history, english lang, 4-us history, calc bc, stats, 3- chemistry, music theory
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap - econ, english lit, ensci, gov, other - linear algebra, latin 1, orchestra/required gym, college enroll
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3x national qualifier in debate, yale science and engineering award, tons of science stuff, blah blah blah
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate (2yr capt), gay straight alliance (vp), science fairs, math club, mock trial
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none really.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 250 hrs+ carnegie science center, obama intern
[ *] Summer Activities: PA gov school for intl studies, yale junior statesmen of america, debate camp x2, volunteering
[ *] Essays: pretty kickass.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: no idea.
[ *] Counselor Rec:good?
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: terrible.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: aznnnn
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket: up there
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: outspoken, nontraditional essay
[ *] Weaknesses: terrible grades, sat, and most of all interview
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see last.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

[limetime]

Decision: D-D-Deferred!
[*] Intended Major:History

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2310, 780CR 770M 760W
• ACT:none
• SAT II:800Bio-M, 750 US History, 730 Spanish
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.92
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no ranking, but top 2-3% I think
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,4,4,5,5(calc ab subscore)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Eng. Lit, AP Human Geo, AP Microecon, AP 2D design, Honors Physics, Food Trends
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar? other than that, none

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  Debate (co-captain)
  Mock Trial (Lawyer)
  National Forensics League (Degree of Excellence)
  Spanish Honor Society (President)
  Philosophy club (Vice-president)
  Community Orchestra (assistant Principal Viola)
• Job/Work Experience:uh none
• Volunteer/Community service: 550+ hours in State's Attorney's office, Marrow donor center, Church activities
• Summer Activities:
  Prestigious debate camp held at a university
  National Honors Convocation on law -- received scholarship to attend
  Internship at State's Attorney's office
  Various church missions
• Essays: supplement: one excruciatingly honest essay about Honesty (which I thought was pretty good), and common app essay: bleh/okay-ish
• Teacher Recommendation: one good, one excellent
• Counselor Rec:OUTSTANDING.
• Interview: so-so.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes.
• Intended Major: history (too common? )
• Country (if international applicant): U.S. of A
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity:Asian
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: Under 75,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!

Reflection

• Strengths: Strong concentration in one area that I am passionate about.
• Weaknesses: Ehh common app essay, no hooks.
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: too many amazing applicants!

General Comments:
I'm just glad that I didn't get rejected -- my school has a strong history of being rejected on EA. Congratulations to everyone who got in! You truly deserved it. To my fellow deferrees -- hopefully better luck in the RD round, eh?

[trabia-wind]

Decision: Accepted

• Intended Major: intl relations/biology

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400 12e (1 sitting)
• ACT: 36
• SAT II: 800 physics, math 2, chinese, french, biology.. 790 japanese
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.73
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk, percentile is 1-5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - euro, physics b, calc bc, biology, english lang, micro.. 4 - us history
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: orchestra, calc iii + linear alg, ap chem, ap gov comp, ap eng lit, ap french lang, ap stats
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO semifinalist, natl council of english teachers achievement award.. national merit lol, bunch of math team + acadec stuff + other stuff

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math team, ARML (another math team) - won a lot of stuff from those, academic decathlon, webdesign + photoshop, learning languages.. i took japanese at a community college and self-studied it, always been really curious about languages
• Job/Work Experience: nanotech internship.. good $$$, selective part of fellowship program thing
• Volunteer/Community service: teach english to old chinese ppl, nhs, key club
• Summer Activities: teaching english in china, the nanotech thing..
• Essays: one about teaching in china, optional one about creative stuff (photoshop + writing)
• Teacher Recommendation: math (really good and straightforward, i read it) and english (probably pretty good) teachers..
• Counselor Rec: pretty good i guess, tho i don't really know her
• Additional Rec: nanotech mentor
• Interview: pretty good, the guy spent a lot of time convincing me that yale > harvard lol

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yessir~
• Intended Major: intl relations/bio, but really undecided
• State (if domestic applicant): illinois
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: chinese!! x)
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: 100k+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

• Strengths: focused on my "curiosity"/language learning things..
• Weaknesses: no sports or a lot of leadership i guess besides the teaching stuff
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my sat scores... jk

General Comments: i am sooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!! ;_;

[Peytoncline]

Decision: Deferred
[*] Intended Major: Chemistry

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W (9 essay)
• ACT: 35 C -- 36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S (8 Essay)
• SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 740 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (3); World History (4), Chem (5), Physics B (5), Calculus AB (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Gov't, AP Language, Honors Senior Thesis
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-State Band; Superior Rating, Solo Work.. and some others, but i'm mad, so i'm not going to list them..

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz band (lead trombonist), Marching Band (section leader), Quiz Bowl, President - Band Council, Vice Pres. - Science and Engineering Club, etc..
• Job/Work Experience: N/A
• Volunteer/Community service: 141 Hours of volunteering
• Summer Activities: Band Camps, Honor Band trip to Hawaii, volunteering, swim team
• Essays: common app - a band experience and how it led me to take honors senior thesis (we write a 60 page paper in this class); yale - essay about my dad and his impact on me
• Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent
• Counselor Rec: excellent
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview: N/A

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Chem
• State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas (Little Rock)
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 75K - 100K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really, i guess

Reflection

• Strengths: GPA, ACT/SAT scores, SAT IIs, all-state band stuff
• Weaknesses: maybe i could have had a couple more ECs and leadership stuff
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: don't know, guess i'm just missing something... also no one from my school has ever been accepted to Yale; even a guy with perfect SATs and ACTs a few years back was rejected (he went to Harvard and is now at Harvard Med School)

General Comments: well, i guess april is next...

[randomnerdz]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800; Total: 2340
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: MathII: 770; U.S. History: 760; Literature: 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/561
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international poetry and humanities awards.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  Interact Community Service Club (President)
  Model Organization of American States (President)
  Student Council (Student Body Executive)
  Business Professionals of America
  UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
  Varsity Orchestra (Event Coordinator)
  Interfaith Club (Secretary)
• Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
• Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
• Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
• Essays: EC: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact;
  CommonApp: My beard -- and how it's taught me that no stereotype can constrain me;
  Yale Supplement: My empathy with strangers (creative piece)
• Teacher Recommendation: 1st- Should have been excellent. He said he felt like he never taught me anything because I already knew it.
  2nd- Pleasant, but I don't think he's a good writer...
• Counselor Rec: Fantastic
• Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I'm one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
• Interview: On Campus-Exciting. I think he was impressed that I had arranged meetings with profs/department heads on my visit and that I had conducted individual research in Psychology.
  Supplementary Material: I submitted a Graphic Design Portfolio (I manage my own website) and 3 of my poems

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Women's , Gender, & Sexuality Studies
• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large Public
• Ethnicity: South Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Middle Class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

• Strengths: My essays were very, very creative. I'm positive that they show an unadulterated portrayal of who I am. I'm also quite weird (I guess you could say unique) I have a lot of eclectic tastes and have done a lot of human rights work in high school.
• Weaknesses: You tell me?
• Why you think you were deferred: I have no idea...perhaps because it's Yale and the applicant pool is so strong.

General Comments: Majorly bummed . Yale was definitely my first choice. I'm not sure what else I could have done differently. This sucks.

[mtyalefan]

Decision: Deferred


Intended Major: Economics

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800W 800R 770M)
• ACT: 34
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Literature, 710 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/343
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH
• IB (place score in parenthesis): No program@school
• Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semifinalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic team (captain), Policy debate, science bowl (captain), downhill skiing
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: none
• Summer Activities: Policy debate camps, national academic team tournaments, Junior Statesmen of America summer school
• Essays: I thought they were great, as did peers, parents, and teachers
• Teacher Recommendation: 1 incredible (top 1%) 2 great (top 5%)
• Counselor Rec: best-student-in-career type recommendation
• Additional Rec: rec from Harvard professor
• Interview: a little nervous, but very friendly, overall good

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Montana
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public, very non-competitive
• Ethnicity: whiter than snow
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: 120k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): underrepresented state, lived abroad

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores/GPA not bad, State very underrepresented, recommendations
• Weaknesses: weak course load (even though hardest at school), lack community service, lack of major awards
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that got in. I'm disappointed, but there's always the fall.

[Veritas_dk]

Decision: Deferred


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 1970 - 690CR, 650M, 630W
• SAT II: Math II 700, Literature 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/455
• AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
• IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Gap year
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience: Part-time jobs at two insurance companies. Freelancing as voice actor.
• Volunteer/Community service: Not much
• Summer Activities: Yale Summer School 2008, GYLC 2007
• Essays: Quite good one about father as a role model
• Teacher Recommendation: Average
• Counselor Rec: Best student ever
• Interview: None
  

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Country (if international applicant): Denmark
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 80,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Work experience, underrepresented country
• Weaknesses: Test scores, definitely..
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores probably. Wanted to compare me with other internationals from RD round.
  

General Comments: Wasn't as huge surprise, but a bit disappointed anyways. Congratulations to all you guys who were accepted!