Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[milessmiles]

accepted baby. stats later

[Placidia]

Deferred. Looks like so many people got that.

Stats in a bit. It's all typed up....but I gotta go eat!

[Ephemeral2]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 M, 770 CR, 750 WR)
• ACT: 36
• SAT II: 800 Math II 770 Physics 730 Lit
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of 700
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), English Language (5), Euro History (4)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):Physics SL (7)
• Senior Year Course Load: Hard. Full IB.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional, State, and national yearbook/journalism awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of journalism and yearbook. Editor-in-chief of 3 publications. Cross country and track runner.
• Job/Work Experience: Held jobs since 10th grade
• Volunteer/Community service: Just to fulfill IB requirements
• Summer Activities: Camp counselor; journalism competitions and awards
• Essays: Amazing.
• Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
• Counselor Rec: Don't really know her.. at all
• Additional Rec: Amazing, from yearbook rep who said I was the best she's ever seen
• Interview: Boring

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Idk
• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Giant public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 60,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen

Reflection

• Strengths: Definitely the essays. and that I showed so much true passion for journalism.
• Weaknesses: I didn't think I showed an outstanding reason to accept me, but obviously they found something.. And i'm glad they did.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays.

General Comments: Congrats to all.

[Ceetie Bee]

Decision: Rejected


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2060: Math 660, Reading 700, Writing 700
  ACT: 31
  SAT II: Japanese 650, US History 710, Literature 690
  Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
  Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/319
  AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Statistics, US Government, English, Biology
  Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English, Wind Ensemble, AP Statistics, Japanese 4, AP US Government, Advanced Constitutional Law/Japanese Departmental Assistant, Early Release
  Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, US Rowing Honor Roll -- Honorable Mention
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Clarinet since 6th grade (2008-2009 section leader), Japanese Club (Activities Director 2007-2008), community rowing team (coxswain), pep band (basketball and football), pit orchestra (2008-2009 "The Wizard of Oz"), etc.
  Volunteer/Community service: FreeGeek -- volunteer computer builder
  Summer Activities: Summer crew practices, Concordia Language Villages 4-week Japanese immersion camp (Summer 2006, 2007)
  Essays: 1. Being the only girl on the men's crew team/why I stick with it, 2. My love for languages
  Teacher Recommendation: Junior English teacher, Japanese teacher -- both have known me since freshman year
  Counselor Rec: My regular school counselor who has known me well since I started high school.
  Additional Rec: Crew coach, known me since sophomore year.
  Interview: Went okay; it was my first interview and the interviewer was obviously new to the process as well.
  

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  Intended Major: Japanese
  State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
  School Type: Public
  Ethnicity: White
  Gender: Female
  Income Bracket: No idea...
  Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Great-uncle was 20-year faculty member, good number of relatives went to Yale. (However they are fairly distantly related to me.)
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Japanese, crew
  Weaknesses: Grades (I got a C in math sophomore year), scores (they're much lower than most of the people here at CC), too cool for New Haven, etc.
  Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was hoping to get athletic support and be potentially recruited. That didn't end up working out, so I was pretty much expecting to be rejected. Fortunately I'm already in at another good school, so if my other apps don't work out I'll be perfectly happy closer to home.
  

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

[southeasttitan]

Decision: Deferred

[*] Intended Major: Literature

[list]Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (620 M, 780 R, 780 W)
• SAT II: 780 Literature, 780 Math
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/450
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Spanish (self study)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Davidson Fellow for Literature, Scholastic Art and Writing Award, NMSF
  
  • Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Award-winning newspaper editor, soccer captain,
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at Head Start (translating)
• Essays: Probably strongest part.
• Teacher Recommendation: All best in my career.
• Counselor Rec: Same.
  

Other[ list][*] State (if domestic applicant): MN[*] School Type: Inner-city public[*] Ethnicity: White[*] Gender: F[*] Income Bracket: <60,000[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Would have thought the Davidson Fellowship would have been a major hook, but...

• Reflection

[*] Strengths: Davidson Fellowship, writing[*] Weaknesses: Math score[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. I thought I would get in, to be honest. Just goes to show.

[tarzan]

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[Undecided] Intended Major:

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[690 CR, 720 MATH, 710 WRIT] SAT I (breakdown):
[34] ACT:
[US HIST 740, MATH II 690, LIT 610] SAT II:
[4.0] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[2] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[5 Eng Comp, 4 Calc AB, 4 US Hist] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[None] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[6 APs, orchestra] Senior Year Course Load:
[Commended National Merit, Superintendent's] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[(Cross country), swimming, spring track, (NHS), (German club), wrote for local paper] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[Refereed soccer, assistant for Harvard Papers in Botany] Job/Work Experience:
[Community orchestra] Volunteer/Community service:
[cross country, physics remedial course, job] Summer Activities:
[okay I guess] Essays:
[okay I guess] Teacher Recommendation:
[okay I guess] Counselor Rec:
[none] Additional Rec:
[thought it went well] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[MA] State (if domestic applicant):
[Public] School Type:
[multi] Ethnicity:
[M] Gender:
[middle class] Income Bracket:
[none] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[?] Strengths:
[?] Weaknesses:
[Yale doesn't give a **** about me. That's cool, whatever. Congrats to everyone who got in though, you guys are amazing! Please go to Yale and live my dream for me. For all those thinking of applying, go for it. My stats aren't that impressive, but you never know what can happen ehh] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

[Disneyguy]

Decision: Accepted!!!!
[*] Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 780 M, 790 W, 800 CR
• ACT: None
• SAT II: 800 US History, 780 Bio M, 710 Literature
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5), Will take: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Will take: IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB European History HL, IB French SL
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB European History HL, IB French SL
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major. Harvard Book Award, some singing awards, NMSF.

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Voice, Violin, Theater, Volunteer Running (leadership throughout, too excited to go into details)
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Volunteer/Community service: Hospital/Music Academy Work
• Summer Activities: Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• Essays: Good, apparently
• Teacher Recommendation: Don't know.
• Counselor Rec: Don't know.
• Additional Rec: Didn't send
• Interview: Didn't get one

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Large public
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Upper
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.

Reflection

• Strengths: Tests, grades, extracurricular commitment, essays
• Weaknesses: Nothing too stand-outy about me.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wrote a pretty good essay if I do say so myself.

General Comments: I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT.

[themexicanmonkey]

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

[ *] Intended Major: Undecided

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: 780 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 MathII, 730 French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65, weighted dunno
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A my school doesn't rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Advanced Music Theory (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Heavyish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano for like 11 years, varsity XC, captain of JV tennis, writer for the school comedy newspaper, photography, head of young democrats club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Past two summers worked at a burger place
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ahahaha none.......ooops
[ *] Summer Activities: again.....drawin a blank here
[ *] Essays: Common app essay was BEASTLY, everything else was decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: awesome
[ *] Additional Rec: from my piano teacher, awesome
[ *] Interview: decent
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: highish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essay, SATs, Legacy
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA maybe, lack of extracurricularz

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[mc1600]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Decision: Accepted
[*] Intended Major: listed Undecided (and i truly am)

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 720 M, 770 W (2280 superscore)
• ACT: 33 (didnt submit)
• SAT II: 800 US history, 780, Math II, 770 Biology M, 700 Spanish
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 300ish
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 5 Biology, 5 US history
• IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
• Senior Year Course Load: took as many AP classes as possible, plus my band and newspaper electives
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): winner of national writing contest, national merit semifinalist, some state writing/journalism awards, all-state band, lots of cross-country awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Chief), Track and Cross-country (captain, MVP), Student Council (President), Band (Principal player), National Honor Society (President of state convention)
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: piano player for church, tutoring
• Summer Activities: journalism workshop - won several awards, summer enrichment program
• Essays: I didn't think they were that great, but maybe they were!
• Teacher Recommendation: could be a little more specific, but they were glowing
• Counselor Rec: didnt see
• Additional Rec: none
• Interview: went well, talked more about himself than me, but i guess he was fairly impressed

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Undecided
• State (if domestic applicant): rural
• School Type: definitely not the best
• Ethnicity: Asian (I can't believe it!)
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: lower middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none, I don't know how this is possible

Reflection

• Strengths: grades, extracurriculars, maybe essays?
• Weaknesses: I'm well-rounded, but not really stellar in any one thing, I was worried I might come off as "passion-less"
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: possibly the essays, they were from a really unique perspective, but I was a little shaky on the execution.

General Comments: Congratulations to all accepted! To those who weren't, don't give up! I remember my dad was so obsessed over this whole college thing, I finally told him that college was only 4 years of my life compared to the 70+ years ahead of me. Keep polishing your essays and never lose sight of what's important.

[Smile614]

WOW lots of deferred people...
I thought they were going to defer less people this year?

Peytoncline--I'm sorry you got deferred! Good luck in the RD round though!! I was really rooting for ya (really wanted to see a fellow Arkansan get in!!)

[2-iron]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 M, 790 W (2390)
• ACT:
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (barely!)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist 5, Eng Lang 5, Calc AB 5
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Three AP's, rest is honors
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE!

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf, limited community service, FBLA, school newspaper, organized a fundraiser
• Job/Work Experience: Caddy (lots of hours, since freshman year)
• Volunteer/Community service: Very limited
• Summer Activities: See work experience
• Essays: AMAZING...my strength
• Teacher Recommendation: I'm sure they were good
• Counselor Rec: Lousy
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: None

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NJ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: High
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada

Reflection[list][*]Strengths: SAT's, strong interest in environmental economics, crazy good essays[*]Weaknesses: Straight B's freshman year, no hooks, limited EC's (I'm very lazy)[*]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I'm slightly less than perfect

I'm living proof that reformed slackers at least have a chance. Good luck to all.

[alamode]

Pick one:

Decision: Rejected

• Intended Major: history

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 730 M, 730 W)
• SAT II: 720 US, 680 Math II
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish?
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): first decile
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), US (5), Stats (5), Macro (4), Micro (4), Lang (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Art Hist, AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Gov
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD, several regional, state 1st and 2nd places and one 11th place Nationals

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (editor in chief), art classes, NHD, literary magazine, NHS
• Job/Work Experience: work at library
• Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at historical society and art museum
• Summer Activities: art classes at FIT
• Essays: pretty good
• Teacher Recommendation: good
• Counselor Rec: good
• Interview: good

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: indian
• Gender: female
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, obvs

Reflection

• Strengths: ECs: state/national placement in history contest, editor in chief of newspaper
• Weaknesses: hm. maybe my essays/recs weren't good enough? good but not stellar SATS
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows

General Comments:
congrats to everyone who got in!

[kROCK91]

Deferred. I'll post stats later, but I will say I thought my main essay was a little weak.

[figment42]

Wow it looks like CC has done really well so far! Not anything like Stanford thank goodness

[inconspicuous.s.n.]

yay for eating food!