Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[tebow15]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
• SAT: 2350 (CR: 750 , M: 800 , W: 800)
• SAT II: Math 2: 800, Bio-M: 800, World History: 790
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: UW: 3.96/4.00 , W: 5.89/6.33
• Rank: 1/250
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4 on 10 AP exams

Subjective
• Essays: One funny essay about childhood passion for Indian cinema, one poignant essay about a composition book I found after the 2004 tsunami
• Teacher Recs: One outstanding, one good.
• Counselor Rec: Outstanding.
• Supplement Information (Y/N): Yes. Submitted a recommendation letter from a research mentor at a university, along with published research abstract and 2-page resume.
• Interview: No Yale alumni in South Florida!
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I developed a computer model for the ecosystem of the Kruger National Park, South Africa; I was able to publish a book chapter and two journal articles on this work, and I have presented my work at international research conventions in South Africa and Rhode Island.

Personal
• Location: Miami, FL
• High School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Asian-American
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other
• Extracurricular: President of Mu Alpha Theta, Science National Honor Soceity / Research Club, and Debate Club; Varsity Tennis Team; 1,200+ community service hours: organized book drive for a middle school in India and organized youth education program at local Hindu Temple
• Awards: Siemens Competition Regional Finalist, 4th place: Intel International Science Fair (ISEF), 1st place: Florida Junior Academy of Science Symposium, USA National Brain Bee Finalist, 2nd place: statewide Algebra 2 Individual (MAO), 1st place: 2 statewide debate tournaments.

Reflection

* Strengths: Probably research and science-related stuff
* Weaknesses: Maybe rec letters, a couple of blemishes on the transcript, didn't interview
* Why you think you were accepted: Research stuff

General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted...I hope to see you at bulldog days! YALE 2013

[hieronymus312]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 W 800 M 800 CR (12 E) - first time
• SAT II: 800 Math Level 2C 800 Chem 800 Phys
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/238
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), Calc BC (5), Latin (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: One of the hardest
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold medal for top score in ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) Math competition, Maxima cum laude in National Latin Exam, 1st and 2nd in various regional math team competitions + numerous awards in literary competitions in school

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): violin/music (soloist, concertmaster, founder of school string quartet), debate (team captain, coach of two junior teams), editor of school literary magazine, astronomy club, academic support club (tutor)
• Job/Work Experience: intern at law firm, tutor at Kumon
• Volunteer/Community service: entertainer at local hospital, organizer for local multicultural festival
• Essays: Common Application essay was brilliant, second was not-so-good.
• Teacher Recommendation: average, as they hadn't written recs before, but they ticked mostly in the "one of the top students in my career" column.
• Counselor Rec: impersonal
• Additional Rec: violin teacher, a professor at the local Conservatory - average
• Interview: poor - was a phone interview, and interviewer was inexperienced

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: No
• Intended Major: Environmental Engineering
• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant): Australia
• School Type: independent
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): strong involvement and passion for music

Reflection

• Strengths: showed lots of leadership and initiative; perfect stats
• Weaknesses: Asian, international, not as many ECs as others (few ECs with a lot of depth) - hence may have been seen as not diverse in interests, no "big" awards like Intel or Olympiad medals
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was a victim of Affirmative Action policies; had no outstanding feature like a major award, etc.

General Comments: My experience just goes to show that SATs are not the be all or the end all. Perfect scores mean NOTHING. You need to have an active, energetic personality. After all, robots can get perfect scores every time, but it's the human side that matters.

[Calixus]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800CR/ 800M / 800W / 12E = 2400
• ACT: none
• SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 710 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.867
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 98% ~ 5-9 of 528.
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Eng. Lang (5), Calc BC (5), Biology (2), Chem (3), Psychology (5), Physics C: Mech (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): none
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP US Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, IB Theory of Knowledge, AVID Tutoring, Calculus III at community college
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Semifinalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club 10-11, Physics Club 10-11, Photography 9-12, Web design 9-12, Youth and Gov 12 (Senator -- won outstanding first-year delegate award)
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: a bunch - member of Make a Difference organization, FIRST robotics competition (helped organize 2 years), tons more little things on weekends.
• Summer Activities: traveled to various states and to London. Read from my 'reading list' - a mix of narrative science nonfiction and the classics
• Essays: I hope they were excellent, I sure thought so.
• Teacher Recommendation: Calc BC teacher, Gov teacher -- both excellent
• Counselor Rec: Very good, considering I had 3 different counselors in 3 years at my HS.
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: this went SO WELL. The alum said I picked Yale for EXACTLY the right reasons, among other things.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: applied math
• State (if domestic applicant): AZ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: large public high school (2377 students)
• Ethnicity: Indian (the Asian kind, not the native kind!)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none unfortunately. I'm an ORM

Reflection

• Strengths: test scores, transcript, essays (I think)
• Weaknesses: probably everything else!
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm positive it had something to do with my ECs.

General Comments:
Congratulations to the lucky few! And if you got rejected/deferred, just remember that there's most definitely somebody out there that's more qualified than all of us that also met with the same fate today. We've been denied the Yale experience, but there are plenty of other great schools out there waiting to hand us acceptance letters. So while the next few months may be a bit of a heartbreak, be prepared for some good fortune come March/April.

I'd like to second the above poster's comment -- perfect scores aren't everything.

[trebleinparadise]

Decision: Deferred
Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):2070 CR 750, M 630, W 690
• ACT: 29
• SAT II:French 720, Chemistry 590, Literature 640
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
• AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), French Language (4)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, Choir/Theater Production, AP Macroeconomics, AP Human Geography, Biology, Astronomy
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Coffeehouse (Club Co-Head), Student Vice Head of School, Judicial Coucil, Drama Club, Soggie Cheerios (singing group), Fox Mascot (school spirit), Art History Club, International Club
• Job/Work Experience: Internship at Kelly Architects summer of 2006
• Volunteer/Community service: School Community Service, Self-Initiated California Wildfire Relief Fundraiser
• Summer Activities: Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute summer acting program, Camper Leadership Development Program at Camp Hollywoodland for two summers, Teen Improvisation classes at The Groundlings Theater, Volleyball camp
• Essays: One about the distinction between intellect and art and why we create such a distinction. Supplemental essay was about shaving my head. I'm a girl for the record.
• Teacher Recommendation: Signed a waiver saying I wouldn't look at them
• Counselor Rec: Signed a waiver for this one too
• Additional Rec: From an alum that my mother has known for almost my entire life. It was very honest and made me cry a bit.
• Interview: It went pretty well and I really liked my interviewer.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
• Intended Major: Theater
• State (if domestic applicant): California
• Country (if international applicant): Domestic
• School Type: Private, All Girls, Boarding
• Ethnicity: Black of African Descent. Both of my parents are from Ghana
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: I'd rather not say
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

• Strengths: I feel like I'm decently well rounded and I have definitely shown my passion for the theater.
• Weaknesses: No major awards and lower scores than I'd like.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like I even know. Probably my scores and my not perfect scores

General Comments: Good Luck!!

[princessbell]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR/770 M/770 WR (1570/2340)
• ACT: Didn't Take
• SAT II: 740 Literature, 780 Biology-M
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio-5, World History-4, Lang-5, Chem-4
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered.
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Organic Biochem, Newspaper, Half-Day Internship at NIH
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper Editor-in-Chief, basically my biggest time commitment, also lots of acting stuff, creative writing, research at NIH.
• Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Tutor
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Children's Hospital
• Summer Activities: Volunteering, Lifeguarding, Acting, Research.
• Essays: I liked them. One about my relationship with the English language, one about running with my dad.
• Teacher Recommendation: One really good, one just okay.
• Counselor Rec: He likes me a lot...
• Additional Rec: None sent.
• Interview: The on-campus one was, I thought the alumni one was really good.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
• Intended Major: Cognitive Science/English
• State (if domestic applicant): MD
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: African-American
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Just under $200,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): If you want to call URM a hook...

Reflection

• Strengths: I thought that I did a good job of showing my passions for writing and for life, in my essays, in my interviews, and my English teacher's recommendation. I'm a good writer, and I looked back at the essays that I wrote for Yale, and I thought they were two of the best pieces I've written in my entire life. URM, too, I guess.
• Weaknesses: GPA. Junior year was my worst year. Downhill trend...My 2nd rec, when I read it, wasn't too stellar, just okay. I didn't see his checklist. I overwrote for every essay/short answer except the short takes.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA for sure.

General Comments: I won't lie, I did hope that AA would give me the boost I needed to get over the hump that is my GPA. But it didn't, and I think that's fair...I'm not an athelete, and my EC's are just normal-ish, even though I'm really into them. I looked over the past 2 years SCEA threads, and the only African-American to get deferred was a boy with a 24 on his ACT, so I'm not sure whether I should feel good that I proved that AA isn't everything, or if I should feel really really stupid.

I'm glad I got deferred, and not rejected, but i'm not sure what to do. For now, I'm pretending that deferral=rejection. I guess I'm just going to focus on applying to a few more schools, and then I'll have to try to figure out what my next best option is. I wish I had a second choice, so I could just say, well at least I can go to X school, but I don't. So I'm just going to apply everywhere. I did apply for a few scholarship programs, so hopefully I'll have a trip to Scripps in February and one to WashU (again, lol) in March to cheer me up. I'm probably not going to frequent the Yale board anymore, save maybe a random post or two and a bit of lurking as the RD applicants get ready for their big day. I'll miss you guys. But I need to move on.

I'm just glad that so many people got in, and that it wasn't a slaughter like Stanford. I wish that Yale had given me a chance- I really did feel like I belonged there. It really felt like home.

[mintjingle]

Decision: Accepted


Intended Major: Economic History

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2370 800 CR 780 M 790 Wr
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: 800 US History 760 Chemistry 730 Math II
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not a 4.0 scale but I guess 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/430
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History 5 World History 5 Chemistry 5 English Language
• IB (place score in parenthesis): None
• Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, 1 Honors (In hindsight maybe too much considering they are a lot of rote memorization, which I don't particularly enjoy)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  Boy Scouts (Assistant Scoutmaster
  Wrestling 9-12 (Co Capt)
  Cross Country 10-12 (Co Capt)
  Church (Usher)
  French Club (Treasurer)
  Quiz Team (Capt)
• Job/Work Experience: No real job, just mowing lawns in the summer
• Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout (So a lot)
• Summer Activities: 2 Summers ago - nothing really Last Summer - Governor's School of International Studies
• Essays: I am a good writer, but admittedly I procrastinated some so good but not perfect by any means
• Teacher Recommendation: Probably said best student, they liked me a lot
• Counselor Rec: Okay, mostly recitation of my ECs but understandable since GC is new to our school this year
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Went well, with a lawyer in nearby city

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Economic History
• State (if domestic applicant): Mid Atlantic
• Country:US
• School Type: Public, usually not competitive but was this year
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: > 80000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of

Reflection

• Strengths: SAT I's, Recommendations, Community Service
• Weaknesses: SAT II's, No big academic awards
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure, definitely some luck, probably was able to get my voice across in the essays. Very grateful haha.

General Comments: Good Luck for all of the RD people! To all of you who got in SCEA, maybe I will see you at Yale! To those deferred, there is still hope so don't give up just make sure you apply other places too. To those rejected, clearly if you applied to Yale, you are super smart and motivated and will undoubtedly do great at whichever college you choose to attend, so just forget Yale and go do your thing! To the CC community in general, thank you for the advice, it has been very helpful for me over the past few months

[svna91]

accepted stats to come...

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! I SINCERELY HOPE YOU ALL ACHIEVE TO YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL AND SHOVE ANY NEGATIVE DECISION IN YALE'S FACES!!! wa POW!

[NJBkitty]

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR / 670 M / 790 W (8 essay)
• ACT: ---
• SAT II: 620 MathII / 670 Lit
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): ---
• IB (place score in parenthesis): ---
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Composition, Hon Lit & Psych, Calculus, other regular classes...
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (President), Guitar Ensemble, Indoor/Outdoor Track/Field, Anime Club (Secretary), S.M.I.L.E, Environmental Club, Literary Magazine, School Newspaper, Book Club
• Job/Work Experience: Office Assistant
• Volunteer/Community service: Local Service Provider
• Summer Activities: Summer Job
• Essays: Great
• Teacher Recommendation: Great
• Counselor Rec: Great
• Additional Rec: ---
• Interview: Went pretty well
  

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: English
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant): ---
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
• Gender: Female
  [ *] Income Bracket: Middle Class
  [ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Legacy
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, ECs
• Weaknesses: SAT IIs, No AP classes
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn't make myself stand out enough. I'm sending them a resume... Hopefully that helps.
  

General Comments: Can't say I wasn't expecting it. At least I wasn't rejected, I guess. There's always March 31st!

[kasiiaaa]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (770M, 690W, 630CR)
• ACT: 35
• SAT II: 780 Bio-M, 720 Chem, 660 Math2
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/603
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Lang & Comp (4), Chem (4)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, College Level Spanish, AP Psych, Political Theory Honors, Dance
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, Principal's Honor Roll (heh heh)

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance (choreographer), Community Service at Hospital, NHS, Mentoring elementary school students, D.E.C.A. (recording secretary), Founded a leadership/anti-bullying workshop
• Job/Work Experience: I work at a bakery, and tutor.
• Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Mentoring, Peer Leadership, NHS
• Summer Activities: Work and volunteering at hospital
• Essays: Teachers said they were great/made them cry
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read, counselor read snippets which were great
• Counselor Rec: She was full swing behind me on this one, and knows me very well, so I'm assuming it was good.
• Additional Rec: A middle school teacher from the school where I did some community service
• Interview: I think it went pretty well

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Biology
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public, sends about one to three to ivies a year maybe
• Ethnicity: Polish Immigrant
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: approx 100K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant?

Reflection

• Strengths: Essays, grades, and recs.
• Weaknesses: Extracurriculars I guess
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Few people are so great that they want to read your application twice. Haha. Nah...um, I guess they just aren't sure, I don't know.

General Comments: Congrats to all who got in. I hope I will be able to join you next year (if you do attend). To those who were rejected...don't lose hope. Review your applications, send out more, and you WILL get into a great school! It might not have been your first choice, but things have a way of happening for a reason

[ABigSmall]

Decision: Deferred


Objective:

• SAT I: 2400 (M: 800 CR: 800 W: 800 Essay: 10)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II:
  • Math Level 2 800 (1st time 790)
    
  • Chemistry 780 (1st time 720)
    
  • U.S. History 770
    
  • Biology M 760
    
  • World History 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
• Rank: 7/550?
• AP:
  • World History (4)
    
  • Chemistry (5)
    
  • Calculus AB (5)
    
  • Biology (5)
    
  • U.S. History (4)
• IB: N/A
• Senior Year Course Load:
  • Forensics Workshop (Debate)
    
  • AP (U.S.)Government-Macroeconomics
    
  • AP Calculus BC
    
  • AP English Literature
    
  • Leadership A/B (ASB)
    
  • AP Physics
    
  • AP Music Theory
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, ABigSmall's Seal of Destruction

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place weird comments in parenthesis): Violoncello (Grade 3 to present), Debate (does that count?), Orchestra (1st, 2nd, 3rd chairs at different times of course), KIWIN'S (used to be Website/Tech Chair, now I'm Projects Coordinator), other stuff that are more weak (like I did Newspaper Production for 1 year and took self-studied courses on Applied Wikipedia & Blog Reading, Introduction to Counting Ceiling Dots, Advanced Rice Eating)
• Job/Work Experience: I put down orchestra, as we recently became free from the school and are our own entity, but I'm not seeing any direct money. It goes to our summer trip. I also tutor a local youngster in the ways of edumahcation!
• Volunteer/Community service: KIWIN'S, tutoring for NHS, church things
• Summer Activities: Just this past summer I did student research at a research lab for over 200 hours and went to Arizona with my church for short-term summer missions. The summer before I went with my orchestra to play in Ireland and toured the UK. The summer before that I.. Boy Scouts camp?
• Essays: Best writing I've done (but that's not saying that much)
• Teacher Recommendation: Good
• Counselor Rec: Good
• Additional Rec: Research mentor, but I was not allowed to read it
• Interview: A little awkward at first, but it smoothed out in the end.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid: Fo shizzle my nizzle (yes)
• Intended Major: Physics
• State: California
• Country (if international applicant): ---
• School Type: Earthquake-resistant (around 2,300 students, public)
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: <$40k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm an Asian American from sunny California with good grades and scores!-oh wait... (none )

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores and grades. Maybe the essays, maybe my recs.
• Weaknesses: Leadership, extracurriculars, nothing really outstanding.
• Why you think you were deferred: With what little I've accomplished, Yale's not sure if I can really make use of the time there and if I can really be a true Yale representative. Or maybe they were playing darts and I wasn't hit
  Now that I think about it, it's because I decided to skip on that Advanced LEGO Building class I was planning on self-studying. Jeepers.

General Comments: w00t w00t for those Accepted! Your guys' hard work paid off! To those who were deferred, I salute you. We can wait in anxious consideration as our grey hairs multiply. Best way to live, methinks. To those rejected, rejoice for the sun will still come up tomorrow. You determine your own future. This school's just one pathway of many.

Now back to the real world. Boy oh boy. I'm quickly snapped back to the same 'ol way of things when I look at all the homework due tomorrow -_-

[you'llsee...]

Decision: Accepted



Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 720 Cr 710 M 740 Wr (retook in Nov. for 2270...but got to Yale too late)
• SAT II: 780 Math II 730 US History 740 Literature
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/322 (Val)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (5) Statistics (5) US Gov't (5) Chem (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc., AP Biology, AP Eng. Lit., AP Psych, AP French, Jazz Band
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat'l Merit Semi, Nat'l Achievement Semi, US National Brain Bee Finalist, American Chemical Society Award, AP Scholar w/ Honor

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hi-Q Team (captain), Student Council (president), National Honor Society (President), Jazz/Concert/and Marching Band (officer/section leader), Tutor in Math/Science/English, Science Olympiad (medal), Tennis (Summer Team Only...1st Singles)
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Volunteer at Summer Camp for Low Socioeconomic children in West Philly, MLK Day of Service, Tutor in Math, Science, and English.
• Summer Activities: Tennis, Summer Camp Volunteer, CMU Ap/Ea 2008,
• Essays: I didn't like them, but everyone else said they were good...eh.
• Teacher Recommendation: Good I suppose
• Counselor Rec: Good
• Additional Rec: Really Good
• Interview: Went really well. The alumni's ending comment was "You seem like someone who would really thrive at Yale"

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Psychology
• State (if domestic applicant): PA
• School Type: Horrible Public (1160 avg. SAT...all 3 sections)
• Ethnicity: African American (Black)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: $60,000 to 69,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

• Strengths: umm...AP Scores, SAT Subj. Test, Dual Enrollment @ Drexel
• Weaknesses: I thought it was my essay..but i guess not.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments: Congrats!!! I can't believe I got in...this is sooooo surreal!

[FunIntheSun91]

Question for all deferees-

If we did not have an interview with Yale originally, could we possibly have one in the next few months now?

[AdmissionsAddict]

FunIntheSun--yes to deferred candidates possibly getting an interview now.

[hooray_47]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 M, 800 W
• SAT II: 790, 780, 760
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2% at competitive public
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Three 5's
• Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, a couple other required classes
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, if that counts as major on CC lol

[ b]Subjective:[/b]

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 varsity sports (captain of one), an instrument [not on a high level though], a few clubs/committees with some leadership or recognition
• Job/Work Experience: yes--a few hours a week since freshman year
• Volunteer/Community service: yes--done through my activities
• Summer Activities: shadowed doctors at a medical clinic; most of my activities listed above continued into summer
• Essays: both were well written. one of them was completely unique (trust me, it definitely was).
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read them, but I'm sure they were at least good. Not on the "best student in my entire life" level, though.
• Counselor Rec: Read this, it sounded really good (but I feel like everyone's must?)
• Interview: was on campus and went really well

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: no
• Intended Major: Biology
• State (if domestic applicant): CT
• School Type: competitive suburban public. usually sends a couple to a few to the ivies every year.
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): one of my essays...I guess you could say I had a compelling reason as to "why yale"

Reflection

• Strengths: essays, well-rounded (?), personable, idk i translated well onto paper i guess
• Weaknesses: not a URM or someone who overcame adversity, no national "super-amazing" awards
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essay, plus maybe my stats (hooray for standardized testing!)

General Comments: Wow. This thread is unbelievable--there are so many qualified applicants with every outcome. Congratulations to those who were accepted, and for those who weren't, you will all end up at truly amazing colleges!!

[kd5qdf]

Decision: Accepted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 780 CR, 800 W
• ACT: None
• SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 US History, 800 Math Level 2
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 950
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), English Lang (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): None
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP German 4, AP Calc BC, Orchestra, AP English 4, AP Stats, AP Economics
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math and Science UIL (president), Violin, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), amateur (ham) radio operator holding highest class license
• Job/Work Experience: Kumon Tutor
• Volunteer/Community service: Through Boy Scouts
• Summer Activities: Summer Research and German Immersion Program in Germany
• Essays: One about overcoming visual disability and one about science research
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read them but I believe they were strong
• Counselor Rec: Also didn't read it but my counselor likes me, so I'm asuming it was very strong
• Additional Rec: One from the professor who oversaw my chemistry research
• Interview: OK but not great. My interviewer lectured me on how difficult it is to get in.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: No
• Intended Major: Chemistry
• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: > 200,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No official hooks, but I guess it can't hurt to be visually impaired

Reflection

• Strengths:Test scores, grades
• Weaknesses: Did not have a great breadth of ECs
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was probably accepted because I demonstrated in my application that I persue activities that I truelly enjoy.
  
  

General Comments: Good luck to all, it's been a streessful yet thrilling ride!