Early Action Decision Thread (stolen from Yale Forum)

th3sarkar
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:30:43 +0000

Instructions: Copy and paste the below form. Fill it out, and removed all spaces within brackets . This is the OFFICIAL thread so please try to keep clutter and decision to a minimum.

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b]
Deferred EA? Yep
[ *]SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 M, 800 W
[ *]ACT: 36 w/o writing component (didn’t officially submit score because of lack of writing, but did list it on the application)
[ *]SAT II: 760 US History, 770 Molecular Biology, 800 Math Level 2. I got a 790 on Chem this month but Stanford didn’t have that score when they made the EA decision.
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.72 weighted)
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 390-400ish
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Statistics 5, Calc AB 5, Biology 5
[ *]IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL 5
[ *]Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Chem, IB HL English, IB HL Math 2, IB SL 20th Century History, IB SL Human Geography, IB SL French V, AP Physics, PE Independent Study first semester
[ *]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): competed in various national competitions (spelling bee in middle school and a few different geography and vocabulary ones in high school, placed runner-up and semifinalist team in one of them), also National Merit Semi-Finalist (awaiting finalist placing), AP Scholar with Honors, State Matchwits Title (Stanford did not know about this because we were competing in the third round when I submitted)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Knowledge Bowl and Matchwits, VP of School NHS, VP of School FBLA, Captain and Officer of Cricket Club (9-11), French Club, HIV/AIDS research at university, harp, learning guitar, volunteer at hospital (11)
[ *]Job/Work Experience: Baskin Robbins baby (11)
[ *]Volunteer/Community service: NHS stuff, hospital last year
[ *]Summer Activities: scientific research for extended essay, traveling (france and india last year), begin writing a novel and poetry
[ *]Essays: I dunno, I thought they were decent but who knows what they want
[ *]Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but I’m sure they were good.
[ *]Counselor Rec: same
[ *]Additional Rec: n/a
[ *]Interview: n/a
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[ *] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[ *] School Type: public (about 1700 kids)
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: above 130k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: academics? some ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: Indian? maybe the essays weren’t as standout as I thought.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was expecting it, I just don’t think I was unique enough or whatever, there are prob plenty of people out there with similar activities and objective stuff.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Congrats to everyone who got in, and for everyone who deferred, let’s keep our fingers crossed!