Unfortunately was rejected at Harvard and Yale. Waitlisted at Johns Hopkins and Rice. Accepted to Notre Dame and Case Western.
Stats:
ACT: 36
SAT: 1540
SATII: US History: 800, Math II 780, Chem 740, Lit 730 (didn’t send last two)
Class rank: 1/430
AP: English Lang (5), Calc AB (5), Psych (5), US History (5), World History (5)
Senior Year: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, Spanish 5, Select Orchestra
Clubs:
President of Senior Class
President of Debate Team
President of Select Orchestra
Treasurer of Quiz Team
Student Council Rep
Varsity Baseball and Football manager statistician
Political writer for school newspaper
Math Team
Volunteer youth baseball coach
Mass Cantor and Tenor in the Parish choir
Model UN
Awards:
National Merit Scholar
Presidential Scholar nominee
4-time national and state tournament qualifier in PF debate
Regionally awarded violinist
2nd in PA state for VFW essay contest
2nd place delegation at University of Pittsburgh Model UN conference
County Champs in quiz bowl
Essays:
I thought one was pretty good (9/10 maybe) about my great uncle with Alzheimer’s and how it drove me toward helping others
Other essay was about my self-taught piano playing. Maybe 7/10.
Waitlisted… and I’m devastated because I’m waitlisted or rejected just about everywhere else as well…
SAT: 2390/2400
SAT 2’s: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, Bio E - 780
GPA: 4.0 U, 4.6 W
AP Classes and Scores: AP Bio(5), AP Calculus AB(5), AP Physics 1(5), AP Physics 2(5), AP English 11(5), APUSH(5), AP Chem(5), APES(4), AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science A, AP Spanish 4, AP Econ, AP Gov
Class rank: 1/674
Extracurriculars: President/VP of several clubs including FBLA and NHS, community service at hospital for 2 years, varsity golf for 3 years
Rejected Harvard (number one choice/first love), but accepted: Yale, Dartmouth, Penn, Brown
Stats:
GPA: 3.9UW, 4.3W
ACT: 32
SAT: 2060/2400
SATII: US History: 720, Math I 660, Chem 600
Class rank: top 10
AP: English Lang (5), Calc AB (2), US History (5), Government (5), Physics 1 (2)
Senior Year: Honors Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Stats, Accounting I, College Algebra, AP Spanish
Clubs:
School Vice President
President of FBLA
Treasurer of FFA
Yearbook
Math Team
Swim Captain
Awards:
AP Scholar
State Science Fair Rep (sent this in Mid march as update)
School Science Fair 3rd Place
Black History Project 1st Place (sent this in Mid march as update)
Other: URM, low-income
Essays:
8/10 - Lengthy, but I think it showed my personality
8/10 - Showed an interest/passion not otherwise noted in app
Rejected
national merit finalist
4.0 unweighted. 1/550 rank. 42 college credits through PSEO. 8 APs, all 5s. 1550 SAT, 800 math II, 780 chem, 35 act 3 times (36 on each event at least once), 36 essay.
National honor society, tons of volunteering, varsity math team 4 years with several awards, DECA state finalist and district winner and district finalist in two events, FPS state/international winnings since 5th grade, key club, students in action.
Cheer captain, varsity cheer, track and field every year, managed football team 2 years.
Part-time employment, tutor.
Asian. Have legacy… but forgot to mention it in the application. Oops.
Daughter was accepted to Harvard, rejected Princeton. Only Ivies she applied to.
ACT: 33
SAT: 1530
SAT II: approx. 750 in Math I, US History, and literature. Don’t remember exactly.
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
National Merit Finalist
7/10 Extracurriculars were non-standard. Heavy involvement but no big awards.
10/10 Stellar letters of rec
10/10 Common App Essay.
I think her common app essay was what helped her make the cut but who knows.
Rejected
SAT 2270 math1 780 math 2 800 physics 780
Gpa 4 uw
I’m international so no APs or honors or awards
Rank 1/20
And I launched this really tiny educational organization
Waitlisted to Uchicago and those are the only good colleges my parents let me apply to
Accepted to the American University in Cairo which is a total nothing beside the ivy league and doesn’t have the major I want
Don’t know what to do
Can I take a gap year and apply again (if I do get a gap year from uchicago’s waitlist)?
Rejected. Congrats to all accepted Could those accepted please post their stats and what they think got them in ,to help future applicants and those who will be re-applying.
@LindsayHarvard I see you’ve had a lot of success with applications! Is your screen name any indication of which one you’ll ultimately choose? (I’m admittedly biased.)
@JuicyMango you seem to get very salty whenever an URM gets into a college you wanted. No one gets into these schools just because they’re Hispanic or Black or female, or Native American. It’s lowkey a little offensive to degrade people’s accomplishments like that.
@Alamom Actually Harvard is the street I live in :)) I picked my username without thinking much. Im not sure where I’ll go. Im considering Berkeley because it’s closer to home but I still need to visit more
Could those accepted please post their stats and what they think got them in ,to help future applicants and those who will be re-applying.