<p>vuitul: It may not be a crapshoot, but even with great stats there is no guarantee, from last year’s posts:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
Major Applied To: Mathematics
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 750 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math II 800 Physics 800 Chemistry
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No weighting, 82/100 unweighted (Indian system).
Rank: 2/32
ACT: —
APs (including this year’s): —
IBs (including this year’s: —
Senior Yr Courseload: Standardised.
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): NTSE scholarship, olympiad awards (not IMO or anything, but rather decent state and national ranks.).
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Creative writing, MUN, debate, math team, cryptography (yes, really!) team, graphic design.
Job/Work Experience: None.
Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were really rather good, but clearly the admissions comittee didn’t agree with me on that count.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): —</p>