<p>Good luck people! 
btw Stanford releases decisions tomorrow!</p>
<p>@Quiver and @Lemmingā¦ sorry about the updatesā¦ doing them every hour 
one is coming now (especially since we have a newcomer :D</p>
<p>@inaweoflacs
Welcome, bienvenuto (i think that is right?)
We try our best to keep everyone here happy </p>
<p> ** <strong><em>Update</em></strong> ** </p>
<p>Raith ā Mauritius/South Africa/UK
Blue ā India
Miller ā Kenya/Tanzania
MeIsHM ā UK
PO ā UK/Oman
Canadian2013 ā Canada
Keya ā India
Iboss ā South Korea
Rishav ā India
Lemming101 ā UK
Sunny ā Germany
Quiverfox ā India
Lefty - India
French - France
Ishfromaus ā Australia
GoingToDart ā Belgium
Penny ā Italy
Konspace - Georgia
Caribgurl ā Caribbean
NockNock ā Caribbean
Jawad ā Pakistan
KD ā Canada
Prosper ā Uganda
Rew ā India
dbtocollege ā UK
Hopingforbetter ā India
Betterhope ā India
Krishna ā India
Saharsh ā India
Cathy ā China
Himanshu ā India
Fix ā India
Blaze ā Jamaica
CatchSnitch ā Croatia/Guinea
Young ā China
Khj501 ā South Korea
Ntsoketsi ā South Africa
Oscar ā Canada
inaweoflacs - Italy</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]38 people who have written in about themselves
[</em>]22 Countries represented
[li]3 people accepted ED[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>List of upcoming decision dates of some of the universities we are all applying to
[ul][<em>]Amherst: March 29
[</em>]Brown: March 28
[<em>]Carnegie Mellon: āno later than April 15ā
[</em>]Colorado College: March 20
[<em>]Columbia: March 28
[</em>]Cooper Union: (last year = March 31)
[<em>]Cornell: March 28
[</em>]Dartmouth: March 28
[<em>]Harvard: March 28
[</em>]Johns Hopkins: March 28
[<em>]Princeton: March 28
[</em>]Stanford: March 29
[<em>]Swarthmore: April 1
[</em>]U British Columbia: rolling, February to May
[<em>]U Penn: March 28
[</em>]Yale: March 28[/ul]</p>
<p>List of favourite āstress bustersā[ul]
[<em>]Xanax - PO
[</em>]Chocolate - Raith, Sunny, Blue
[<em>]Ice-Cream - rishav, Raith
[</em>]Strawberries - Sunny
[<em>]Fruit salad - Krishna
[</em>]Grapes - Blue
[<em>]MIT acceptance letter - Quiver
[</em>]Intense Workout - Saharsh
[<em>]Games (CoD/FIFA) - Himanshu, Fix
[</em>]Cheese Pizza ā Fix[/ul]</p>
<p>Tension is high, nerves on the edge, and the world is close to blowing up! :P</p>
<p>We try offer advice and knowledge about Dartmouth as well as our perception of admissions processes and small bits and pieces of other universities.</p>
<p>We are always welcoming new internationals - we donāt care about your marks or scores; just bring your personality and have some fun with us! :D</p>
<p>**GO GREENS!!! ** </p>
<p>BEST OF LUCK EVERYONE!!! 2 hours left LEFT!!! :D</p>
<p> <strong><em>Just an Update</em></strong> </p>
<p>good luck to all of you very deserving internationals. i love how supportive and kind you are to each other. thereās no boasting or bragging in this thread and all of you are the sort of person i hope my D becomes friends with next year. as the footie pundits say over here in the land of no sunshine - you are all : QUALITY! (or āQual i eeā in their accent!) i really hope you all get what you want.</p>
<p>Welcome back Very Lumpy 
Have you been keeping an eye on this thread all this time? :P</p>
<p>And thanks (Iām sure everyone agrees) if your D is like anyone else here, it would be great for any of us to meet her :)</p>
<p>Welcome inaweoflacs and good luck to all of you. I really hope we all get an acceptance tonight. :)</p>
<p>ha ha - donāt worry iām not a scary/pathetic parent lurker! just occasionally peek in to see how you are all getting on (like an empty nester mother goose) you are all oddly compelling cyber company!</p>
<p>@Lumpy
haha you can be our honorary āstalkerā xP maybe not quite.
Glad we can keep you company on here :P</p>
<p>30 mins left ladies and gents!</p>
<p>Best of luck to you all!!</p>
<p>Rejected at Dartmouth :(</p>
<p>Rejectedā¦ Sending good vibes to all of you guysā web portals so they donāt read the same as mine</p>
<p>Rejected:[ul]
[<em>]Dartmouth
[</em>]Princeton
[li]Cornell[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Wait listed:[ul]
[*]UPenn[/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected from Princeton and Brown :(</p>
<p>@PO
harvard?</p>
<p>Not got an email yetā¦ Sorry to hear about your rejections, mate, I really am.</p>
<p>Itās not an email, itās an online portal</p>
<p>Rejected by Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia and Yaleā¦Congrats to those acceptedā¦For those rejected, I donāt know what to say. Iām on the rejected boat myself!:(</p>
<p>Iām signing off now. Bye!!</p>
<p>Really? Iām checking that now too. Dartmouth page hasnāt changed.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (Princeton,Dartmouth,Cornell)
Decision: Wait Listed (UPenn)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (M 770, CR 690, W 640, E 7) 2nd sitting (2010 first sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: MIIC 780, Phys 800, French 600
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesnāt have GPA and conversion isnāt accurateā¦ but through the symbol conversion of top 3 as per A Levels - 4.0 otherwise around 3.7 based off symbols.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% - top 4 in 40
[li] A Level CIE (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>A2:
Math - A* 97%
Physics - A* 92%
Chemistry - A 88%
Further Maths - C 60% (1 of 4 who wrote it for the first time for South Africa ever, also only school in South Africa to offer it)</p>
<p>AS:
French ā B 76%
English ā B 70%</p>
<p>IGCSE:
9 subjects: 2 A<em>ās, 4 Aās, 1 B, 2 Cās
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to speak of, never had the opportunity really.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Swimming:
Varsity Captain from Sophmore year
Victor Ludaurum throughout my high school career (apart from in SA)
4th 50m/100m backstroke in Mauritian nationals
top 8 50m/100m Butterfly in Mauritian nationals
top 12 50m/100m/200m Freestyle in Mauritian nationals
Club captain
Varsity team for school in South Africa
Half colours for swimming
Karate:
Brown belt 2nd cue (Ryu Ku Kobojitsu)
Kitesurfing
Waterpolo:
wing for 2nd and 3rd teams
PADI:
Open Water, Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver certifications
Guitar:
Grade 6 Trinity Guildhall examinations for Classical
Trained in Classical, Acoustic and Electric
Took part in many inter house and inter school events (rugby, cricket, volleyball, basketball, hockey, rounders, debating, speech)
First aid: qualified to give AED, CPR (infant, child, adult), Oxygen
Flying: Just started my ppl and will be rated for a Samba and Sports Cruiser (mentioned in my update)</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]-Many hours working in my mumās food store as front of house and waiter
-Working as an apprentice engineer at an aircraft company where we take apart, clean, repair, reassemble and replace into the aircraft. Very hands on. I have been learning a lot of interesting things.</p>
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]-First aid: 75+ hours at rugby games and hockey games
-Helped upgrade a small villageās community centre by repairing walls, furniture, laying down carpets etc</p>
<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: Generally nothing apart from having fun with my ECs
[</em>] Essays:
-Common app main: spoke about my sister as being a huge influence and role model for me, not particularly well written, but it had decent ideas in my opinion.
-EC: Spoke about kitesurfingā¦ very descriptive essay and I think it was very well written (my sister liked the way it was written too).
-Supps: I am not a great writer and since I donāt know exactly what I am wanting I wasnāt able to mention particular things about the universities that would be brilliant for me. I mainly mentioned how much Iād make use of what they offer and how Iād like to keep involved in campus life.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding Iād imagine, donāt really know but I seemed to surprise both my math and physics teachers.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good I think
[li] Interview: Princeton only ā I feel it went amazingly, discussed all sorts of things over a drink for about 1 hour 15 mins</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineeringā¦ interested in aerospace and sustainability (so mechanical probably)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Citizen of United Kingdom and South Africa, living in Mauritius
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $120,000+?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing unless my location counts</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:ECās, A Level grades and courseload, Recs, SAT IIās, ECās
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT Iās, essays, lack of international awards (only school)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No ideaā¦ probably lack of writing skills and no awardsā¦ </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Really had hoped for acceptance to Princeton, Dartmouth or Dukeā¦ but so far I have only been accepted to one university with a great offerā¦ still feeling really down :ā(</p>
<p>Im able to log onto the harvard admitted students website. Apparently i got in.</p>
<p>I got in!!!</p>