Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[Ace2209]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• ACT:34
• SAT II: US History 780, Physics 750, Lit 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 UW, 4.13 W
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5
• Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible, 4 APs
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, very very involved in water conservations (have written legislation), campaigns (staffer for RNC and stuff like deputy campaign manager, etc.) Other usual ECs (speech and debate stuff, MUN, etc.)
• Job/Work Experience: See above w/ politics, some other minor stuff
• Volunteer/Community service: Yes, a lot. Meaningful though.
• Summer Activities: Politics/water conservation stuff.
• Essays: Pretty good, i thought.
• Teacher Recommendation: Good/great.
• Counselor Rec: No clue, good i assume.
• Additional Rec: Yes, from a state legislator friend
• Interview: Went very well

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Economics
• State (if domestic applicant): CO
• School Type: Small private magnet
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Very focused ECs

Reflection

• Strengths: Very focused ECs, test scores, interview.
• Weaknesses: Had a B and B+ first trimester this year (in classes which are impossible to get As in), maybe my essays, i don't know...
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above ^^^

General Comments: Good Luck! and Congrats everybody!

[PresidentDunn]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR: 750, M: 750, W: 740
• SAT II: Spanish: 660, Math II: 750, Literature: 730
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/271
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Government (4), World History (3), English Language (5), Spanish Language (4), Microeconomics (4), Calc AB (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: Spanish Lit AP, Physics C AP, English Lit AP, Calc C AP, Art I, Intern Mentor, Comp. Gov. AP
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Database Design & Application regionally twice, state-wide once; 2nd place FBLA Website Design Competition; Maryland Distinguished Scholar;

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Rep. to county student gov't); Young Republicans Club (President); FBLA (Vice-President); Stage Crew
• Job/Work Experience: Two separate jobs for website design
• Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics of Howard County, two church mission trips, tutoring
• Summer Activities: Mission trips, jobs
• I am web-master / designer for over a dozen websites. I thought that the quality of these websites and the passion I have invested in them would get me in, but apparently not.
• Essays: Both very well written, supplemental was probably very risky
• Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Interview: Medium

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Computer Science
• State (if domestic applicant): MD
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: High middle
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really

Reflection

• Strengths: GPA, passion (websites)
• Weaknesses: Standardized scores? Other than that, I have no real lack of anything
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I just wasn't good enough.

[Ephemeral2]

So many perfect scores deferred.

[Nick017]

Why do you think I botched up my writing? (no jk)

But yeah, SAT scores are just becoming so useless. There like vice presidents, along with out of context GPA.

[DangerDave]

Decision: Deferred


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 Math 790 Writing 750 (2340)
• ACT: Didn't take
• SAT II: Math II 800 Literature 750
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (dunno)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/208
• AP (place score in parenthesis):
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP euro, AP calc, AP Lit, AP physics, School Newspaper, Chinese as post secondary
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:[ list][*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock trial (team leader, lawyer) Science Olympiad (Co Captain) School Newspaper (Copy Editor) Track[*] Job/Work Experience: Cook 4 months 11 hour weeks, Rental Home renovator 1 month 24 hour weeks[*] Volunteer/Community service:[*] Summer Activities: Work[*] Essays: 1 was great, 1 was good[*] Teacher Recommendation: amazing[*] Counselor Rec: dunno[*] Additional Rec: none[*] Interview: wasn't offered[/list]Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet, but signed up
• Intended Major: biomed engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Middle?
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

• Strengths: good scores, good essays
• Weaknesses: lack of community service, I imagine.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows what goes on in the Yale Admissions Committee

General Comments: At least I wasn't outright rejected

[mister9a]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR, 800 M, 800 W, 2320 total
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 770 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/235
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Eng Lang (5), US History (5), Microeconomics (5), US Govt (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (7), Spanish SL (6)
• Senior Year Course Load: Hardest, 7 classes, all IB or AP
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar, State writing award

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of national team in my sport for past four years (not a recruited sport), Academic Team, tutoring, creative writing
• Job/Work Experience: n/a
• Volunteer/Community service: founded my own organization which introduces my sport to kids with special needs.
• Summer Activities: I train a lot and I run my special needs program!
• Essays: The feedback I’ve had on them is excellent.
• Teacher Recommendation: Both were excellent.
• Counselor Rec: I don’t know, but I get along with her well and I think it would be good.
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: Went well.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Undecided
• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Did not disclose
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: Academics, excel in my sport, essays
• Weaknesses: not a lot of ECs, but my sport takes up most of my extra time (training, traveling to compete etc)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

[xxxxjeffreyxx]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 780 M 780 CR 800 W (2370, one sitting)
• SAT II: 800 Bio m, 800 Math 2c, 790 Chemistry, 780 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99, 4.35 weighted
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Calc BC, Biology, Chemistry, English Language (all 5's)
• Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP's + Leadership + Cross Country/Track
• Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, NEC Student of the Month, CSF member, AP Scholar with Distinction, few school awards
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Senior Class President), ASB Cabinet, MedClub (Co-President), JCL (Pro-consul, Consul last year, Academics test commissioner at State Convention last year), Cross Country/Track (Team Captain), Symphonic Orchestra (Viola player in All-State/All-Southern CA orchestras), Guitar (play in coffee shops, etc), IMPACT Freshmen mentoring (team leader in charge of 30 freshmen), sung in school choir and school musical in early high school career
• Job/Work Experience: Kumon Tutor (9-11), Private tutor (11-12)
• Volunteer/Community service: Math Counts Coach, volunteered at free health clinic, SAT math tutor for underprivileged Asian immigrants, UCI Lab volunteer (worked on effects of electroacupuncture on nervous system)
• Summer Activities: Went to Costa Rica, NYLF Medicine, cousin's wedding, ensuing family reunion, college tour
• Essays: Decent.
• Teacher Recommendation: Both far above average.
• Counselor Rec: Shining, "one of the best ever"
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview:i'm sure this is what killed me. i may have passed off as somewhat cocky, and i'm sure the interviewer had some sort of social ineptitude syndrome.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Anthropology (Biological)
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• School Type: Large, top-100-in-nation private
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 90-100 k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

• Strengths: As well-rounded as well rounded gets.
• Weaknesses: Interview
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale must have thought I'm the typical college pleaser. Well I love everything I do. Stanford, here I come!

General Comments: Good Luck!!

[Lima_bean]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ /b][ list][*] SAT I (breakdown): 710 math/800 cr/800 writing[*] ACT: NA[*] SAT II: Biology M 800/ Literature 800/ US history 800[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/418[*] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5, Environmental 5[*] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA[*] Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, AP gov, AP English, AP calc AB, Honors Spanish, Honors Physics, Honors Orchestra, Honors Shakespeare[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA First place Business Law Competition (National, state, regional), Ayn Rand Essay Contest 3rd place, random state and national essay contests...then some minor school awards...[/list][ b]Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  
  Debate for 4 years (Captain for two years), few speaker awards
  Ecology Club (Vice President)
  Violin for 7 years, private lessons and school chamber orchestra
  Started a musical group that went to hospitals/nursing homes (founder, leader)
  Piano Lessons for 3 years
  
• Job/Work Experience: Bagger
• Volunteer/Community service:
  Assisted Living Center, Tutor, Recycling, some online volunteering
• Summer Activities: Debate camp for two years
• Essays: good, I think...one was humorous and about my shortness...the other was more serious and about my love of reading/writing
• Teacher Recommendation: I think they were good...I chose two teachers that really like me...
• Counselor Rec: I go to a large public school, so she doesn't really know me too well. Not sure what she wrote.
• Additional Rec: One from the assisted living center I volunteered over three years.
• Interview: Didn't have one

[ b]Other[ /b][ list][*] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes[*] Intended Major: I put down IR[*] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia[*] Country (if international applicant):[*] School Type: Public[*] Ethnicity: Chinese[*] Gender: Female[*] Income Bracket: 180,000?[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope[/list][ b]Reflection[/b][ list][*] Strengths: well-rounded, random awards?[*] Weaknesses: Asian![*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[/b] I hope I formatted this right....and everyone here is incredible...no matter what, you all are getting into great schools!

[Gryffon5147]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): Highest Sitting: CR: 800 Math: 770 Writing: 690 (2260) Highest Superscore: CR: 800 Math: 770 Writing: 740 (2310)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: Math IIC: 750 US History: 770
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): About 4 UW, 1 or 2 Weighted
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geography (5), Environmental Science (5), AP Euro (5), AP United States History (5), AP Biology (4), AP Comparative Gov (5), AP Macroeconomics (4).
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Weight Training, AP Eng Lit, Student TA, AP Psychology, AP US Government.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP National Scholar, NAQT Commended (200)

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MESA School Program (President), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Varsity Tennis, etc...
• Job/Work Experience: Summer English tutoring phonics
• Volunteer/Community service: School Library work, School subject tutoring, etc.
• Summer Activities: Not too much to write about...
• Essays: Good enough... tried to focus on personal side.
• Teacher Recommendation: Very good... I was flattered.
• Counselor Rec: Allegedly good, never showed me.
• Additional Rec: None.
• Interview: Wasn't contacted for one...

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: YES!!!
• Intended Major: No idea... want to go on to a professional school of sorts.
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public 2000+ kids.
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Around 50,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Um... first in this country...

Reflection

• Strengths: I spent a large part of my application talking about the service to my community, the self motivating spirit, and not being afraid to tell the admissions committee what I wanted to get across.
• Weaknesses: Relatively low scores (my third SAT score actually dropped, although it brought up the superscore), was never contacted for interview, never had a student at my high school apply, let alone get accepted to Yale.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm still trying to figure that out... you guys are brilliant. No lie... In my two and a half years of being on CC, I never thought I would be in this place... at this very moment. I wish those still on the college search path my most sincere hopes, and for those accepted, I look forward to meeting all of you in New Haven.

[Lima_bean]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 710 math/800 cr/800 writing
• ACT: NA
• SAT II: Biology M 800/ Literature 800/ US history 800
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/418
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5, Environmental 5
• IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
• Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, AP gov, AP English, AP calc AB, Honors Spanish, Honors Physics, Honors Orchestra, Honors Shakespeare
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA First place Business Law Competition (National, state, regional), Ayn Rand Essay Contest 3rd place, random state and national essay contests...then some minor school awards...

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  
  Debate for 4 years (Captain for two years), few speaker awards
  Ecology Club (Vice President)
  Violin for 7 years, private lessons and school chamber orchestra
  Started a musical group that went to hospitals/nursing homes (founder, leader)
  Piano Lessons for 3 years
  
• Job/Work Experience: Bagger
• Volunteer/Community service:
  Assisted Living Center, Tutor, Recycling, some online volunteering
• Summer Activities: Debate camp for two years
• Essays: good, I think...one was humorous and about my shortness...the other was more serious and about my love of reading/writing
• Teacher Recommendation: I think they were good...I chose two teachers that really like me...
• Counselor Rec: I go to a large public school, so she doesn't really know me too well. Not sure what she wrote.
• Additional Rec: One from the assisted living center I volunteered over three years.
• Interview: Didn't have one

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: I put down IR
• State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public, 2000 students
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: 180,000?
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope

Reflection[ list][*] Strengths: well-rounded, test scores, random awards?[*] Weaknesses: Asian![*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck!
[ /list]General Comments: I hope I formatted this right....and everyone here is incredible...no matter what, you all are getting into great schools!

[rb3]

Decision: Deferred


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 770,770,770
• ACT:n/a
• SAT II: 800 math2, 790 us history, 800 phys
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (4.0 junior year)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis):5,5,4,4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: most difficult
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): excellent, includes leadership
• Job/Work Experience: excellent
• Volunteer/Community service: very good
• Summer Activities: internships
• Essays: very good
• Teacher Recommendation: fair/decent
• Counselor Rec: very good
• Additional Rec: very good
• Interview: very good

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): ny
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: m
• Income Bracket: low
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): :[

Reflection

• Strengths: ec's
• Weaknesses: gpa/rank
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: want to see if my grades keep up?

General Comments: Good Luck!!

ahh. more apps :[ I tried.

[rb3]

oops, double post

[Cato91]

Decision: Accepted

I'll post my stats after my only other app--Harvard--has been reviewed and decided. (Unfortunately they do disclose my identity.)


Sooooo excited!

[bizzyjudy]

I pledged to post my stats...

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

• SAT I: (cr,m,w) 660,640,770
• ACT: didn't send
• SAT II: 660 US History/610 Literature <---retook December but too late for Yale
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of ??over 100??
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 3, Language 4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: took the most difficult offered.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a sundry of local awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience: internship
• Volunteer/Community service: lots; i'm a volunteer-holic
• Summer Activities: camps
• Essays: good (very hard to judge my own work)
• Teacher Recommendation: good
• Counselor Rec: good
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: no

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: cog sci
• State (if domestic applicant): USA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: african american
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: <100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, just your plain high school kid with some very quirky tastes. lol.

Reflection

• Strengths: my essay/transcript? not sure
• Weaknesses: my standardized tests
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows what goes on in the minds of Yale Admissions Officers. I'm just glad that they gave me a second chance.

General Comments: If deferred, keep on trying! Optimism is key. If rejected, still try but look beyond the horizon. If accepted, I bow to you!!! I love you all and really enjoyed my time here on CC. I don't think you will see me posting here until spring. Later, luvs!

[nealth]

Pick one:

[ size=+2][ color="red"][ b]Decision: First USAMO Winner to be Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 620 Math 780 Writing 690 This is probably why
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 800, Physics 720, US History 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Winner, IMO team alternate, First place National Mu Alpha Theta Convention, First place science fair, first place Louisiana Computer programming contest
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government, math club, computer science club, national honors society, church, basketball, chores
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:MOP, Mathcamp, National Mu Alpha Theta convention
[ *] Essays:full of grammatical errors
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: "Don't be disappointed if you get rejected" my interviewer told me
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:math
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): LA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Typeublic
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Math
[ *] Weaknesses:English
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale is looking for well rounded people instead of USAMO winners.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:Get a 2400 on the SAT![ /b] Good Luck!!