<p>My younger brother also
has ACT 31
GPA (unweighted)- 3.95
Lab research for 2 summers
300+ hours of community service
4 AP courses in senior year
4.0 in Junior year w/ 3 or 4 AP courses
but alas didn’t get matched
possibly/ hopefully in the RD process</p>
<p>hey silverlego! Congrats on being a CO match! What part of the state? I know pnptruong and i are both hanging out too… SO EXCITED FOR YOU!</p>
<p>@cellochick92:
I was rejected 
My stats is somehow similar to silverlego(ACT 31 - Math II 800 - Physics and Chem 770). May be I applied to wrong places. (did not apply to Stanford)</p>
<p>my only hook was the fact that I’ve been in the US for only 1 year(dont have a lot of Ec’s). It did not work for me though.</p>
<p>Decision: Matched at Northwestern</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/400ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), APUSH (5), AP Lang (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Gov, College Physics, Journalism
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School paper (news editor, editor in chief), NHS, French Honor Society (secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs, about 25 hours a week during school year, 40 in summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: at library and for political campaign (on youth board at library)
[</em>] Summer Activities: work, work, work, also camp counselor for a week at camp for gifted kids
[<em>] Essays: really good, I had a lot of people read them and they all agreed on this
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average to good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Journalism
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 35,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays! and my ACT and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: recs?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea, except maybe my essays really stood out, they really showed my passions[/li][/ul]General Comments: I still can’t believe this has happened to me…</p>
<p>No match! I ranked Yale Stanford Penn Columbia.</p>
<p>I have high hopes for RD, my time will be then.</p>
<p>Btw, it seems that many(/most?) matches for the top QB schools are URM. Last year, I think every single Stanford match was URM. Just something to note</p>
<p>@pnptruong: i know, i saw…but your stats are good, and im sure that only being in the US for one year will really help you in RD! Im sure you have a really good shot at getting in most places with your stats, regardless of fewer ECs, you can apply to stanford if you want the chance, but i would definitely still shoot for MIT, you can make it! :D</p>
<p>So for all you Matched people, what are you gonna say when people ask tomorrow “How did you get in so early??”</p>
<p>How will I submit my midyear report to Penn? We’re not supposed to submit the common app if we already ranked them…</p>
<p>I would actually rather send my common app to them at this point. It’s more updated. What are you guys going to do?</p>
<p>Where are you applying cellochick92?</p>
<p>@ pnptruong: umm thinking northwestern, brown, UChicago, and I’ll forward to all the schools that waive fees and accept QB and/or common app for non finalists 
and dont forget CSU!! ;)</p>
<p>Are you sticking with MIT then, or are you thinking of going elsewhere too?</p>
<p>@cellochick92 - Haha, thanks! I didn’t know there were other Coloradoans here. 
I’m in the Denver area. Where are you guys from?</p>
<p>@cellochick92:
still have chance to ED to Northwestern, EA to MIT and Caltech. I have CO Mines as an instate back-up plan.
You should also look at Colorado College in springs. It’s a national top LAC.
I’ll go to either CU Boulder or Mines if I stay in state.</p>
<p>@silverlego: I’m in the springs, I think pnptruong said Aurora area??? Don’t quote me on that! and yeah, i thought i was the only one for a while, but it’s nice to know there’s other CO ppl out there i feel like im not quite so isolated in my stress… ;)</p>
<p>@SilverLego:
Aurora, I’m going to Overland. Which school do you go to?</p>
<p>@Dell4573: I’d say definitely go for it. I’m sure you’ll have an advantage applying RD at Yale now that you can say you’re a finalist. If it helps, here are my stats just to give you a rough idea (stealing the template :P)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Yale</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 800 Wr, 790 Math)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 750 Spanish language
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.978
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(5), Chinese(5), English lang(5), Calc AB(5), Physics C Mechanics(5), Spanish(5), US history(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Virtually the heaviest possible, with the majority of classes at the local university (through Running Start)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME (level before USAMO) twice, National Merit Scholar Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, and of course QB finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity letter in track, 2 year varsity in cross-country, numerous state and national level awards in math team (pseudocaptain), science bowl 1st team, Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader, Philmont Trek Crew Leader)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: College student tutor since freshman year, worked in a USDA lab 40hrs/week last summer, and continuing to work there ~6 hours/week.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, 300+ hours service
[<em>] Summer Activities: 2007, fundraised for Beijing Olympics volunteer trip. 2008, youngest volunteer hired by the USOC Media Department to work with them at the Beijing Olympics. Served as main translator for Media Department. 2009, 50 mile hike with scout troop, worked, and organized summer training for cross country team.
[</em>] Essays: Good, I think.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One of them was excellent, the other average.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good I think – I had my employer write it.
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International affairs with an emphasis in science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
[</em>] School Type: Small-ish public school (750 students) in a rural-like setting
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$25,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Persistence–most of my activities were 4+ years of commitment. I think the Olympics trip was a unique aspect, plus I’m volunteering at the Winter Olympics next year, so I’m guessing that left an impression. Test scores, maybe essays…
[</em>] Weaknesses: Leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted: As bad as it sounds, I think it was for being Asian, yet not being Asian. I’ve maintained grades and scores, but deviated from the traditional focus-mainly-on-academics-with-fewer-social/real life-skills model (hope that doesn’t offend anyone).[/li][/ul]General Comments:
THANK YOU QUESTBRIDGE</p>
<p>@ cellochick92 and SilverLego: Do you guys use facebook?
My name on facebook is Truong Pham.</p>
<p>@ pnptruong: so im guessing you’re a math/science/engineering type? whew. lots of top schools there!! And I’ve looked at CC, if I could finance it it could be alright, but maybe a <em>tiny</em> bit close to home for me…my high school is three blocks away 
and can i just say… RAMS! ;)</p>
<p>and no facebook for me so sad. I keep having this internal argument with myself… actually accomplish something in life, or have fun and be able to talk to ppl on facebook ;)</p>
<p>That’s good. I’m addicted to FB now. U should stay away from it.</p>
<p>so i’ve been told…and yet… it still seems to have this magnetic draw…I’m sure I’ll break down end of senior year when everyone is leaving for college and I want to stay in touch (email is for losers i guess 
)</p>
<p>manohman, anima sana, your stats are IMPRESSIVE. you definitely deserve to go to yale. :]
congratulations!</p>