Official Yale 2013 RD Results Thread

[nothinbutnet247]

Dartmoose that video was hilarious!

[metabola]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 math, 730 cr, 790 writing)
• SAT II: 720 us hist, 740 eng lit, 780 math II
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 260ish
• AP (place score in parenthesis): calc ab (5), statistics (5), eng lit (5), us hist (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: ap spanish, ap environmental science, ap english language, journalism 2, global studies
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): yale book award, governor's scholar semifinalist, rensselaer medalist, george eastman leadership award, national merit scholar commended student, ct scholar athlete award, scc all-academic team award

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity xc all 4 years (captain), varsity track 3 years, school newspaper (editor), quill and scroll, keyettes club (president), interact (vice president), national honor society (treasurer), spanish nhs, student government (junior class secretary)
• Job/Work Experience: working part-time at my local library
• Volunteer/Community service: mostly things through keyettes and interact, also mentoring, volunteering at a nursing home during the summer
• Essays: i thought they were good, and my english teacher from junior year thought they were good, so who knows
• Teacher Recommendation: i thought they were really well-written. idk how they'd compare to anyone else's?
• Counselor Rec: ^
• Interview: didn't have one

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: sociology
• State (if domestic applicant): ct
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: chinese
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing

Reflection

• Strengths: i thought i had good scores and grades
• Weaknesses: i'm not an olympiad. i never cured cancer lol idk. maybe my high school isn't impressive enough? like, we don't have a lot of ap classes offered here
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well i was deferred first, so i suppose was in the ballpark, but i guess my grades could have been better
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted at vassar, brown, and georgetown

General Comments:
eh, it's not a big deal. can't say i didn't see this one coming.

[lasermouse9]

REJECTED

Numbers

SAT: 2220 (M 720, CR 730, W 770)
ACT: 33 (S 27, R 33, M 33, W 36)
AP: United States History (5)
GPA (non-weighted): 3.9
Rank: 6th percentile

Application

Essay
I felt really good about my common application essay, and my Yale optional essay.

Recommendations
Well, I know that at least one teacher was authentic in scope and stylistic character, though I fear the other teacher and my counselor wrote the standard, generic recommendations that do little to impress.

Interview
I sort of "refused" to have a Yale interview. I was too timid. And look what happened...

Personal Information

Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
School Type: Public, suburban/urban mix
Gender/Ethnicity: Male/Caucasian
Legacy: None whatsoever. My parents went to technical school and the my mom got her bachelor’s degree going to school part-time
Athlete: I jog, but I don’t participate in school-related activities.
Extra-Curricular Activities: Head of Political Awareness Club, competitor on Math Team and Social Studies Academic Team
Other Factors: I do no volunteering, but I do have a part-time job as an usher at the local movie theater. I am a National Merit Finalist.
Other Colleges: I qualified for fee waivers, so I applied to eleven schools. I was accepted at Amherst, Middlebury, Pomona, Reed, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin and Weslyan. I was rejected by Bowdoin, Stanford and Yale, and waitlisted at Swarthmore.

[soserene]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):800 CR, 730 M, 710 W (2230)
ACT: not taken
SAT II: 750 US History, 730 Math I, 670 Spanish (not a native speaker)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500+
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5) Us history (5) taking five more this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, valedictorian, Bank of American lab science honoree . . .
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (chief editor), Youth Commission (chairperson), Youth with a Purpose (vice pres), musical theater (lead roles), dance, show choir
Job/Work Experience: worked as medical records assistant for two summers, piano teacher year-round
Volunteer/Community service: won President's Volunteer Award- 200+ hours a year, food bank, toy bank, city events, tutoring
Summer Activities: choir tour to Europe
Essays: good?
Teacher Recommendation: both very outstanding
Counselor Rec: don't know
Additional Rec:
Interview: great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle-high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: passion for extracurriculars, recs, interview
Weaknesses: test scores, ethnicity
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at USC, Emory, Boston College, Baylor, Fordham/ rejected at Harvard
General Comments: Good Luck!!

[Jcancollegebound]

Forgot to post lol.
Decision: Accepted!

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 MATH: 780 W: 710
• ACT:
• SAT II: Bio M: 710 Chem: 710 Math2: 680
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% decile
• AP (place score in parenthesis): all AP 5 equivalents
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load:hardest possible
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school honours, national chess awards etc

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of chess leadership stuff, capoeira, school leadership stuff
• Job/Work Experience: biotech over summer
• Volunteer/Community service: biotech and community service through interact
• Summer Activities: biotech and went abroad to represent the country in chess
• Essays: apparently quite good
• Teacher Recommendation: one was pretty good, the other was excellent
• Counselor Rec: ok
• Additional Rec:n/a
• Interview:n/a

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
• Intended Major: molecular, cellular and developmental bio
• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant):caribbean country
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: black
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: <60000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM

[ b]Reflection[/b]

• Strengths:Academics and I guess not a lot of girls play chess?
• Weaknesses: umm...idk. I probably didn't have as many extra-curriculars as others, but I was very devoted to the ones I was in.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm not sure honestly, but I'm quite happy!
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell, Columbia, JHU, UChicago, USF and TCNJ. No rejections or waitlists.

General Comments: Congrats to all who got in! To those on waitlist, hold out you never know what can happen! And to those who got rejected, I'm sure there are wondeful things ahead in your futures! Do not despair!

[1234d]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

* SAT I: 2210
* ACT: NA
* SAT II: Bio M: 790 Chem: 800 Math2: 800 Physics: 800 World History: 760
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):NA
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA (around top 10%?)
* AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
* IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
* Senior Year Course Load: perfect score in Singapore-Cambridge A Levels (hardest courseload)
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RSI award, ISEF award, published in international journal with Yale guy, many other international/national awards

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science research, community service, many other major involvements with leadership roles
* Job/Work Experience: researcher, waiter, writer, tutor
* Volunteer/Community service: mostly grassroots stuff which i was really interested in
* Summer Activities: research, community service, enrichment programs, travel
* Essays: commonapp - not bad (talked about my uniqueness under a "cooking" theme), yale supplement - above average (mostly about my observation of cultures)
* Teacher Recommendation: not sure, should be quite good
* Counselor Rec: should be good (knows i want to go to Yale)
* Additional Rec: RSI (knows i want to go to Yale), research mentor currently working at Yale
* Interview:alumni - not bad, had a nice chat

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
* Intended Major: chem engineering, international relations
* State (if domestic applicant): NA
* Country (if international applicant):Singapore/Asia
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: >60000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian male who likes science and engineering?! Erm... NA =P

[ b]Reflection[/b]

* Strengths: pretty good in science, unique background, all-roundedness
* Weaknesses: mediocre SAT I, nothing too special about me
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: AOs could probably tell that i really wanted Yale

General Comments: Looking forward to meeting you amazing people at New Haven! For waitlistees - don't despair, you will have something great going for you! For rejectees - don't despair either, you might have better luck somewhere else.

[kayheart]

Decision: WAIT-LISTED

Female, African American, Currently a Senior at a Public High School

SAT I- 1440/1600 800CR/640M
SAT II- 660 English Lit, 660 World, 670 USH



Top 3% of Class, Rank 17 out of 511
3.85 unweighted, 5.45 weighted
Editor-in-Chief of School Newspaper
Historian of National Honor Society
Captain of Tennis Team
Officer of Best Buddies Club
Member of Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society)
Member of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
Member of Colorguard Squad/ Marching Band

AP World History- 4, AP US History- 4, AP Psychology- 4, AP Lang. Comp- 4, AP Lit- Taking AP Environmental Science- Taking, AP Micro/Macroeconomics- Taking, AP Calculus BC- Taking
Total of 9 AP courses during high school

Did 100 hr. internship last summer with local newspaper, Was recommended from the internship to a non-profit organization and became press release writer for The Dream Factory of Florida


National Achievement Scholarship Competition Semi-Finalist (Applying and will find out of Finalist Status in March) AP Scholar with Honor, Academic Letter, Varsity Tennis Letter

[mangoho]

Decision: Accepted!


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 590 M, 750 W
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: 730 U.S. History, 680 Literature, 650 Spanish w/ Listening
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school only weights gpa so... around 3.9
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%?
• AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH - 4, Spanish - 4
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/s
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, Honors Physics, Honors Philosophy, Theology IV, PE II
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist (got a $2500 scholarship)

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Secretary of Pro-Life Club, School literary magazine, Set construction and painting crew, Academic Team, National Honor Society
• Job/Work Experience: n/a
• Volunteer/Community service: Counselor at elementary school day camp, Volunteer at International Festival of Arts & Ideas
• Summer Activities: People to People Student Ambassador Program (2006), Yale Daily News Summer Journalism Program (2007), Georgetown International Relations Program (2008)
• Essays: My common app essay was the most honest piece of writing I've ever written. I talked about the my struggle of being Ghanaian-American in Ghana. my Yale supplement was really fun to write. i talked about cutting of my hair so i could become natural
• Teacher Recommendation: great; I have a really good relationship with my teachers
• Counselor Rec: great; my counselor knows me well
• Additional Rec: none
• Interview: I did an on-campus interview with a current Yale senior. We talked about Harry Potter so, by my standards, i think it went well lol

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: Political Science/International Studies
• State (if domestic applicant): CT
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: all-girls, Catholic high school
• Ethnicity: black (Ghanaian-American)
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: middle-class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

• Strengths: essays, possibly recs (didn't see)
• Weaknesses: test scores, ecs
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don't know. I guess they overlooked the test scores and looked at me as a person and liked what they saw.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Penn, Duke, Swarthmore, Tufts, Georgetown, George Washington, American, Fordham, UConn. rejected/waitlisted nowhere

General Comments:
I really really really was not expecting to get accepted. I never allowed myself to dream of getting accepted to such a prestigious school because of the incredible competition. That's why the Yale acceptance came as the biggest surprise and shock and every other emotion you could think of. When I logged into the site to access my decision, expecting a rejection, I was pretty calm because I had just found out that I got into UPenn, which had been my first choice. When a blue screen came up with a picture of a bulldog, congratulating and welcoming me to the Class of 2013, with the Yale fight song playing in the background, I ran downstairs to tell my mother, and started crying. I bawled like a baby for a good 30 minutes. I was shocked and overwhelmed -- I still am, but fortunately, I've stopped crying lol.

[Jordi]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR: 710 / M: 650 / W: 730 (Total: 2090)
• SAT II: Literature: 680 / Mathematics Level 2: 600 / French with Listening: 710
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Pending (predicted score: 37 out of 42)
• Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma (Spanish A1 HL, English A2 HL, History of the Americas HL, French AB Initio SL, Biology SL, Mathematics SL)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Highest GPA Award, Model UN prizes throughout my high school years
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations Club (President), Student Tutoring Program (Founder), Student Body Council (Secretary), Tennis Club, French Club, Investment Club, Guitar, CIS Accreditation Student Representative
• Volunteer/Community service: Diplomatic Women's Association, Interact (Rotary Club), Model UN delves itself into many community service activities
• Summer Activities: Cultural/volunteer trips to El Salvador (in addition to visiting my maternal family)
• Essays: Excellent; Common App: about an influential person, Yale Supp: very creative, interesting and unique
• Teacher Recommendations: Short, concise, and above all, very personal and informative; both teachers read them to me once I got my decision
• Counselor Rec: Great, I think; I was able to establish a solid relationship with my counselor, so she put some extra effort into my rec
• Interview: My best interview, much more similar to a very interesting 1-hour long conversation. Interviewer seemed very pleased
  

Other

• Intended Major: Ethics, Politics and Economics/English
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unless being an international student counts as one
  

Reflection

• Strengths: Essays/Recs/Interview
• Weaknesses: SATs I/SATs II
• Why you think you were accepted: My SATs are not as high as one would like them to be, but my Common App and Supp essays kicked ass, seriously. I am not well-rounded as a student, so I positioned myself as a leader: Model UN, Student Council, while making emphasis on my tutoring ventures. I am positive that my interview secured my spot in Yale.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Harvard, Princeton / Waitlisted: Wharton (UPenn) / Accepted: Yale (duh), NYU, Bentley, Boston U, American (last three were safeties)
  

General Comments:

I still cannot believe I'm a Yalie. I have already accepted their offer of admissions, and I am still on cloud nine. I am in awe, mind-boggled. It took me 10 full seconds to process the chanting bulldog in my screen, so I could later scream at the top of my lungs: "Mom, I got into Yale!" It was definitely one of the best moments of my life. Bulldog Days are coming up, and I can't wait to meet everybody. I am extremely eager to experience the next 4 years of my life. Congrats to everyone!

[shayonsaleh]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
• ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
• Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU's Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
• Volunteer/Community Service: About 300 Hours From Various Clubs
• Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
• Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
• Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good; Waivered Right
• Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
• Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
• Interview: It was kind of awkward truthfully. My interviewer basically talked about how he hated this one math class he took because the teacher made everyone use the textbook he wrote. It was definitely the weirdest interview I've been in.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Highest
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

• Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A's through high school.
• Weaknesses: SAT, Little Extracurriculars Outside of School
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale is just crazy hard to get into.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got rejected from Harvard and MIT. I got waitlisted at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. I got accepted at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU at St. Louis, Cornell, Duke, and Stanford.

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted or waitlisted!

[bluewhitebulldog]

For some reason, my code cannot work
so here goes nothing

ACCEPTED

SAT: M800 W800 CR720
SATII: Bio790 MII740 Spanish720
AP: Bio4 Calc5 USHist5 English5.
Will take Gov, Chem and Calc2
NO IB
GPA: 3.97UW Rank 2/200+
Major Awards: Prez Volunteer Service Award for two years.
National Honor Society


ECS
Lots of community service 350hrs
Tutor
National Honor Society
Africans Club in school. Made it after a bitter day and it turned out well.
Leader in few others.


SUMMER:
Research at Columbia, NYU. Got recs.
Interview was a blast. Spoke about NYC, Nigeria, oil, gold, diamonds, Yale, Harvard, The Game, Handsome Dan, and the value of women in society.
Essays were three weeks of sleeping and writing then sleeping and writing. Nobody went over them.
#1 was a compilation of taxi cab rides I have had. Several NYC taxis, one in Arizona, Chicago, and some others in east coast.
#2 was how a reflection on how I have gotten a life. How I cannot make sense when I am contributing in class, how I have come from making a Yale resume to loving my ECs, and what it would feel like to live in the worst conditions. It was a movie trailer and you need to capture the essay.
I did not see recs. I think they were good.

URM. No legacy.
Nigerian
Female
Public "ghetto" school.
New York
Hooks: I learned on my own all the time. School helped a little.


Strength: Essays. I think that is what got my application on their radar.
Weakness: Took the SAT like three times. Took subj tst on separate occasions.
Applied to Yale and SUNY Bing. GOD IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

[AP930]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 M, 730 W
* SAT II: 790 math 2, 790 chem, 750 US History
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), APUSH (5)
* IB (place score in parenthesis):
* Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Bio, Eng Lit, Chinese, U.S. Gov, Psych
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, just minor ones

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Knowledge Bowl (Capt), NHS (Pres), Food Bank Club (CoFounder/CoLeader), piano for church
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Volunteer/Community service: Library Work
* Summer Activities: Governor School
* Essays: I thought they were good. A bit abstract.
* Teacher Recommendation: Very good and good
* Counselor Rec: a bit of a laundry list but full of praise
* Additional Rec:
* Interview: I thought it went well

Other

* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
* Intended Major: Chem
* State (if domestic applicant): South
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Not competitive, Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: >100k
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

* Strengths: Perhaps motivation which can be seen by self-studying AP/ concurrent enrollment in local college
* Weaknesses: Asian, no awards, guess they disliked my essays
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments: Congrats to all of you!

[Arch3r25]

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT Reading: 760
• SAT Math: 770
• SAT Writing: 800
• SAT Total: 2330
• SAT II: 800 Physics 800 Math 2 760 US History 750 Chemistry
• TOEFL (if applicable): Nay
• ACT (if applicable): Nay
• AP/IB taken/scores: This year: AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Euro Hist, AP English Lang, AP English Lit. Last year: AP French Lang (5), AP US History (5), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4)
• GPA weighted (if applicable): 103.3 -- 4.0
• GPA unweighted: 96.2 -- 3.91
• Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1 out of 770
• Academic Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate, AP Scholar with Distinction, Xerox Award, Junior Achievement Titan Business Competition State Champ, Tri-State Math League Top 3 Award
  

Subjective:

• Essays: I like my essays a lot. Main commonapp one about professional wrestling, another about family heritage, and a third about my research interests and where I want to take them.
• Teacher Rec #1: I didn't read it. I assume it was good.
• Teacher Rec #2: I didn't read it. I assume it was good.
• Additional Rec: Two research mentor recommendation letters from MIT Nuclear Engineering and Harvard SEAS professors. The MIT one was phenomenal. I didn't read the Harvard one.
• Counselor Rec: I didn't read it. I assume it was crappy. I go to a massive school, and I barely know her, although we are on really friendly terms and I provided her with ample material for any sort of rec letter.
• Hook (if any): Research is most definitely my hook.
  

Location:

• State or Country: New Hampshire
• School Type: Private (Realistically, it's public though)
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Legacy: Wustl, Harvard Legacy
• Recruited Yes/No: Nay....I wish. Anyone wanna hook me up with a ping pong coach? :P
• Important ECs: Microfluidics summer research internship @ Harvard SEAS, Nuclear Engineering summer research internship @ MIT, Hospital Volunteer, Varsity Math Team Captain, Solo & Orchestral Violin, Granite State Challenge/Quiz Bowl Team, and Greater Manchester Red Cross. On resume: Obama for America volunteer, Community Alliance for Teen Safety Youth Board, and local State rep candidate's campaign manager.
• Work experience: Freelance PHP Programmer/Website developer
  

Other Factors: A sweltering degree of awesomeness? I sent in my research abstracts, two mentor recs, a resume, presidential scholars candidate update, etc. Loads of supplementary material for them to judge. I have also self-taught myself around 7 programming languages and am fluent in French, proficient in German.

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Waitlisted by Harvard & Accepted by Yale, Princeton, MIT, UPenn, Dartmouth, UChicago, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, BU, and WPI.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to everybody in college! Any future applicants reading this, feel free to PM me or email me with any questions or for advice.

[ChandlerBing]

^ You're a nice guy, but I hate you.


Just thought I'd add that, haha.

Williams>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yale!

[tennisfan00]

Decision: Waitlisted
Stats:

* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 2340 -- 800 CR, 790 M, 750 W
* SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Biology, 790 US History
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00 UW, 4.72 W
* Rank: 1/660ish
* ACT:
* APs (including this year's):
Calculus AB 5
English Language 5
Spanish Language 5
Computer Science A 5
Computer Science AB 5
Biology 5
US History 5
World History 5
* IBs (including this year's:
* Senior Yr Courseload: 7 AP courses
* Number of Apps from Your School: ~3-4 SCEA
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): USABO Semifinalist, World Scholar's Cup National Finals top 3 (won't list exact for obvious reasons, sorry), National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, Log1 Math Contest top 3 (see above) Region III (Southern USA), 1st place in an FBLA competitive event at the State Leadership Conference, FBLA National Leadership Conference attendee and Institute for Leaders graduate, 2 local awards from programming competitions, Mu Alpha Theta Most Outstanding Member

Subjective:

* ECs listed on app: Mu Alpha Theta President, FBLA Area Reporter/Historian, FBLA Vice President, FBLA Treasurer (before I became VP), Science Honor Society Founder and Vice President, Computer Science Club Treasurer, Varsity Tennis, World Scholar's Cup, Local Darfur refugee fund raiser organizer
* Job/Work Experience:
* Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were kind of quirky/interesting, but who knows?
* Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
* Counselor Rec: average (counselors don't really make much of an effort to get students into top schools)
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ethnicity = anti-hook

Location/Person:

* State or Country: TX
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends ~15 kids to top privates every year
* Ethnicity: ORM
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: Upper-middle
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ethnicity = anti-hook
* Strengths: No clue
* Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Just nothing outstanding in the Yale admissions pool.
* Where else were you accepted/wait-listed/rejected:
Accepted: Duke (likely), Rice (likely, merit $), Cornell, CMU (merit $), Northwestern (MMSS), NYU Stern, UT BHP
Waitlisted: UPenn Wharton, Columbia, Brown
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford (deferred first), MIT

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Meh.