Class of 2013 Official RD Decision Thread

Mexilie · March 19, 2009, 8:20pm

Decision: Accepted: College of Arts and Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2170 CR 770 M 690 W 710
[] SAT IIs: Math 1 600 US Hist 690 Lit 760
[] ACT: 31 (Eng 36, Math 28, Sci 27, Read 32, Writ 10)
[] GPA: 4.17 w, 3.79 uw
[] Rank: 17/417, top 4%
[] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar, Ventures Scholar, Who’s Who Among American High School Seniors, Post-Secondary student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: writing is one of my strengths; my topic was growing up in a military family
[] Teacher Recs: probably great, but no idea; I only submitted one
[] Counselor Rec: probably great, but no idea
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Illinois 9, Ohio 10-12
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[] Gender: female
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My SAT II scores were abysmal, but my college classes and building houses in the Dominican Republic probably helped.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My leadership positions, volunteer work, foreign travels, and awards probably got me in.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

ohcollege1102 · March 19, 2009, 9:41pm

Senior2009!, I think we’re basically the same person. Nearly identical scores, same ECs, and Indian as well. Waitlisted as well.

mylime · March 19, 2009, 10:06pm

Decision: Accepted (to College of Arts and Sciences)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2240 - CR 800, W 800, M 640
[] SAT IIs: US History 680, Spanish 650, Literature 780
[] GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 4.9 weighted
[] Rank: 8/195
[] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Key Club prez, varsity tennis co-captain, captain of Brain Bowl team, various awards for MUN and Brain Bowl, good AP scores.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I actually didn’t like my Common App essay all that much, personally, but others who read it said it was good. The topic was unique.
[] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Very good, glowing
[] Hook (if any): Legacy (but no monetary contributions to speak of)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: FL
[] School Type: IB program
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: F
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I haven’t taken many or challenging math or science classes, and my scores on those kinds of standardized tests were just average. I feel that my language and writing aptitudes counterbalanced that, however (two 800s is uncommon, apparently).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I feel like I have a good balance of things colleges look for: leadership, passion for certain extracurriculars (sports/academic/service), good writer. And legacy certainly couldn’t have hurt.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
No interview

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
It’s good to be accepted into WashU! While not my top choice, I’d be far happier there than at the state school that was my safety. Waiting to here back from five more schools.

GuitarRckr · March 19, 2009, 10:25pm

Decision: Waitlisted (College of Arts & Sciences)

Stats:
SAT I: 760 CR, 770 M, 800 W (2330)
SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 790 Chemistry, 780 Biology - M
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.2/4.0
Rank: School doesn’t rank

Other stats:
AP Scholar With Honor (US History - 5, Spanish Lang - 5, Chem - 5, Bio - 5)
Biology Olympiad Semifinalist
National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist
National Merit Finalist
NCFL Grand Nationals Qualifier in Debate since freshman year

EC’s
Research at NIH since second semester of junior year
Biology Olympiad - Teaching Coordinator
Varsity Policy Debate since Freshman year - Teaching Coordinator
Biology Society - Vice President
Red Cross Volunteer
Volunteer at School-Sponsored Activities/Activities that encourage kids into science

Subjective:
Essays: Most people really liked it.
Teacher Recs: English teacher that I’ve known since freshman year and Chem teacher; didn’t see them, but Chem teacher nominated me for Danforth without me knowing (last year, he nominated a girl and she got it)
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but she’s nominated me for awards like my Chem teacher (i.e. without me knowing), so it should be good - she at least likes me
Hook (if any): I go to TJHSST, but I don’t know if that is a “hook” or actually a hinderance since I’m compared to other TJ kids. Otherwise, I show real focus in what I want to do, and I am not a premed kid.

Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: Science Magnet School (TJHSST)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths: Science Aptitude, Test Scores/GPA, Essay. Maybe also that I showed a lot of interest (visit to school/interview with alumnus, many scholarship apps) and the fact that one of my teachers nominated me for Danforth without me knowing (he wrote a rec for someone last year, and she got it)
Weaknesses: No outstanding EC’s beside research, no big science awards to back interest/big awards in general

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’ve talked to some people I know at private schools, and it seems like I didn’t write the right kind of essay. They say their counselors told them to write an essay saying how you can contribute to the school, which I didn’t do. Also, I guess comparison with other TJ kids, but I think that’s doubtful.

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was disappointed that I was waitlisted, especially since I got nominated for Danforth and filled out apps to Moog/Summer Scholars program - waitlist means that those apps didn’t even get read, so the time I put into them was virtually wasted. Also, Wash U was the first school I visited and fell in love with. Some people say that I was “overqualified” and that yield protection came into play, but I don’t know if I buy that. I think my essay not saying how I can contribute the school probably hurt me the most. Without merit aid, though, I couldn’t have gone (I don’t qualify for FA), so I knew I probably couldn’t go there anyway. Not getting in at all still hurt.

Congrats to everyone that got in!

ilovepeople712 · March 20, 2009, 2:46am

guitarrockr,

i just looked over your stats, and they’re amazing. seriously, the line between those who are accepted and those who are waitlisted is little to none.

if i could get accepted with my stats, you should totally there too.

hopefully, and I’m sure, other great schools will see this in you.

khatarnak · March 20, 2009, 12:28pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT I: 2050 - CR 630, W 670, M 750

SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Physics: 800 , Chemistry :690
GPA: 3.5 unweighted
Rank: School Doesn’t Rank
Other stats:
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Average

Teacher Recs: Probably very good
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
Hook (if any):
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Nepal

School Type: Private
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Unbalanced SAT Scores, Very Unbalanced Grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Same as above
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Other Factors:
No interview

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WashU certainly is one of my top choices…so just hoping for…

stueydue · March 20, 2009, 5:40pm

**Decision: accepted **

**Stats: **[list]
[] SAT I: 2310
[] SAT IIs: 800, 790
[] GPA: 4.00
[] Rank: 1

eggmom · March 20, 2009, 11:11pm

Decision: Accepted (to College of Arts and Sciences)

Stats of eggmom’s S:
SAT I: 2250 - CR 800, W 700, M 750 (first and only sitting)
ACT: 32 (first and only sitting)
GPA: 4.125 weighted
Rank: 8/350
Subjective/ECs: Eagle Scout, President Venturing Crew, Captain Robotics team, local and state archery rankings, on staff for two leadership camps, volunteer math tutor, member top orchestra at competitive arts school
Essays: ok
Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good
Counselor Rec: Same
Hook (if any): none

Location/Person:
State or Country:TX
School Type: Fine Arts Academy
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Leadership, academics and breadth of interests

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ??
Other Factors:
No interview, but did visit at school’s invitation

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone. Not sure that economy will allow acceptance.

tjb09 · March 21, 2009, 11:17am

**Decision: waitlisted **

Ealgian · March 21, 2009, 1:21pm

Decision: Waitlisted
SAT CR: 800
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 790 (dammit, writing’s my strong suit! lol)
SAT Total: 2390
SAT II: Math I (740), Math II (780), Lit (720)
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: Math/Calc SL (6), Philosophy SL (6), will take one HL in each of the subject areas this year for a total of 7 (only student doing this)
GPA weighted: N/A
GPA unweighted: 3.78 ish
Rank or % estimate: borderline top 5% weighted
Essays: Always wish I could have written them better, but now I feel pretty solid about them
Teacher Recs: Waived rights
Counselor Rec: Waived right
Interview: N/A
Hook (if any): Immigrant and former ESL student who later won numerous state and national writing awards? Then again, maybe none.
State or Country: WA
School Type: PUBLIC and proud of it.
Ethnicity: ORM - Chinese
Gender: F
Legacy: No
Recruited Athlete & Sport: No
Important ECs: international issues community service clubs, Yearbook
Other Factors: Awards; teachers like me, talk about me apparently
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Either I was waitlisted because it appeared that I would go to another school anyways or because another girl from my school applied with a 4.0 (she was accepted) or a combination of the two. In the end, I have this to say: DO NOT APPLY TO WUSTL IF YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY LIKE THE SCHOOL. I didn’t. So, in a way, I am glad, because this somewhat simplifies the admissions process for me. APPLY TO SCHOOLS YOU WANT TO GO TO, EVEN IF THEY ARE TOP SCHOOLS. In my case, like Williams or Amherst.

Congrats to everyone who was accepted!

Nocturne · March 21, 2009, 2:40pm

Decision: Wait-Listed

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 800M, 800CR, 800W, 12E, 80MC single session
[] SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 800 Mathematics II, 800 U.S. History, 800 Physics
[] ACT: 36 (36M, 36E, 36R, 35S, 10W) single session, 36/36/36/36/36/10 superscored (I never do as well on the ACT essays as the SAT ones, for whatever reason)
[] GPA: 4.000 unweighted
[] Rank: 1 of about 200
[] Other stats: APs: US History (5), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), Calculus BC (5), Psychology (5) (mostly self-studied – doing a few more that way this year)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought that they were rather good, but I don’t know what to compare them to.
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Hook (if any): Taking DiffEq? Lab research? National science award? I don’t know that any of these qualify as “hooks,” though.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] Region: Midwest
[] School Type: Public, about 1000 students
[] Ethnicity: Did not report
[] Gender: Male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: statistics, awards, activities, recommendations, transcript, great interview, extra essay about WashU, etc. Weaknesses: never had a chance to visit campus (parents tired of college visits), applied for financial aid.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Overqualified, little perceived interest, unable to pay in full. Typical WashU admissions nonsense.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Expected to get in, until I started reading comments about WashU’s admissions shenanigans one or two months ago. It’s alright – as the admissions officers presumed, I did get into some schools that were higher on my list than WashU (one on the very next day, which lightened my mood considerably). Looking forward to hearing from the rest that I applied to.

defusee · March 21, 2009, 2:47pm

^ Yikes. That’s crazy.

joelyam2 · March 21, 2009, 3:10pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
SAT I: nope
SAT IIs: nope
ACT: 32 superscored (E-29,M-31,R-33,S-33) single sitting-30
GPA: 4.9/5.0 Rank: 2/~300
Other stats: I am involved a lot with my school. AP Stats-4
[ b]Subjective:**
Essays: Well-written, about tranisition from 100% white private school to 50% white public; meeting new people, learning about different cultures,etc.
Teacher Recs: no idea(hopefully good as we all like to think)
Counselor Rec: hopefully great(I talk to her a lot)
Hook (if any): none.
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: average public
Ethnicity: about as white as they come
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: good EC’s (VP of NHS, Pres of Spanish Club,etc.)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew…luck.
Other Factors: My family has lots of money.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I didn’t think I’d get in, because my test scores are not that great at all, and I am a white male. I would say that getting accepted was highly unlikely-a miracle. I hope this gives hope to someone else who doesn’t have the highest test scores, there really is still hope for you! IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT YOUR NUMBERS.

joelyam2 · March 21, 2009, 3:16pm

o and I am taking 6 APS this year…

obeythecougar · March 21, 2009, 3:29pm

Decision: ACCEPTED!!?! (Engineering)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 700CR 800M 750W
[] SAT IIs: 680 Chem, 790 MathII, 760 Physics, 720 Latin
[] ACT: 34 Comp - 35E, 35M, 32R, 32S
[] GPA: 3.70 weighted (lol)
[] Rank: don’t rank, but 20% (lol)
[] Other stats: qualified for AIME, AP scholar with distinction after junior yr, advanced math, physics c, all that good stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: i wrote about how i’ve never been the best at anything in my life, but that i can still be happy being mediocre (it was meant to be funny)
[] Teacher Recs: good i guess…my physics teacher can’t speak english tho…
[] Counselor Rec: who knows
[] Hook (if any): i keep it real
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: TN
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: very good at math/science, never take easy classes, huge variety of interests and extracurriculars (debate, sports, jazz band, student gov’t, etc.) GPA is bad, rank is bad, test scores good
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: showed a lot of interest and the above reasons
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

Philip1209 · March 21, 2009, 10:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2150
[] SAT IIs: Math II-800 Chemistry-770 Biology E/M-710 US History-690
[] ACT: 35 composite w/11 essay
[] GPA:4.5
[] Rank: Top 2%
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recs: Great, especially for sciences
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Hook (if any): Eagle Scout, interviewed on-campus
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:Ohio
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Leader; Demonstrated interest in sciences; Good test scores; Passion for languages and cultures
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Demonstrat
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn’t make it past first round for the Danforth scholarship or their guaranteed acceptance to medical school :(

100Canadian · March 22, 2009, 12:38am

Nocturne thats some sick stats bro

I will never ever ever EVER understand how you got rejected. Good luck at wherever you got in though, sounds like a good place !

slik_nik · March 22, 2009, 10:46am

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
-SAT I: 740 CR 800 M 760 W (super score)
-SAT IIs: 780 Math II 760 Bio-E 680 Physics
-ACT: 33 (36 English, 31 Math, 32 Science, 31 Reading, and 10 Writing)
-GPA: 3.98 (unweighted), 4.43 (weighted)
-Rank: Top 5% of high school class of 180
-Other stats: Student Government 4 years (Student Body President Senior Year), Model UN 4 years, Earth Club 3 years (co-started school recycling program)
-Essays: Decent and creative, but not mindblowing
-Teacher Recs: Very Good
-Counselor Rec: Very Good
-Hook (if any): none really
-State or Country: Ohio
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Indian-American
-Gender: Male
-Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
-Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Teacher/Counselor Recommendation, Deep involvement in my 3 Extra Curriculars, Strength of My Curriculum

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Congrats to everyone else who got in! Washington University is my 2nd choice after Emory… it is going to be very difficult deciding where to go! By the way, there is no such thing as being “overqualified” to Washington University!

tjan91 · March 22, 2009, 11:27am

For some reason, I dont believe that Nocturne’s stat’s are real. (my reasons being: he only has 9 posts in his history/his stats are too perfect)

fallenchemist · March 22, 2009, 1:47pm

tjan - I rather agree. If they are real he should just skip college and go right to the Nobel committee.

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