<p>also, do I need to withdraw applications to other schools if I’m not planning on applying there anymore? Or do I just leave my app incomplete?</p>
<p>OXY YOU’RE IN. CONGRATTSSS!!</p>
<p>GO CELEBRate :D!!!</p>
<p>@Oxy:
Did you forward your application to Northwestern?</p>
<p>Sounds like you’re in, oxy. Just decide whether you want to commit and go ED, in which case you can’t compare financial aid offers or explore other schools, or whether take a RD offer so you can continue to look at other schools. Congrats!</p>
<p>in general, is REGULAR DECISION FA as good as accepted finalists’?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Princeton</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (710 M, 800 CR, 760 WR)
[</em>] SAT II: Lit (800), Latin (800), Math II (710)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), Latin: Vergil (5), Calculus AB (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English XII, Psychology Elective, Latin V, French V Adv, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, Ancient Greek I, Theater IV Theatrical Production
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Creative Non-fiction award, regional playwriting award, many in-school academic awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Writing (Creative Non-fiction award, playwriting award, Scholarships/grants to attend Young Writers Workshop), Writing Workshop (Founder & co-head, $2000 grant for start-up), Theater (roles in five shows, senior year independent study in theatrical production), French Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief, produces anthology of articles, essays, creative writing in French each year), Student Government (Junior Class President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Page at local library (9/07 - present)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at the Writing Center at my school, counselor at Creative Writing Summer Camp for kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: Young Writers Workshop (08 and 09), Film Program (08), Volunteer counselor at Creative Writing Summer Camp for kids (09)
[</em>] Essays: Fascination with words, reading Ayn Rand in rural Austria
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Outstanding (French & English)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding (She’s a wonderful person!)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Outstanding (My mentor in writing)
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t get one!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Uh yes!
[</em>] Intended Major: Comparative Literature
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): essayist, thinker, human being
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The essays.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m absolutely astounded. And humbled, it’s true. I still don’t believe it.</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. I think that’s if you went to the summer program or otherwise worked in person with a QB staff member.</p>
<p>@hahasassy:
It depends on your family income because financial aid at most top schools is need-based. So if your EFC is >0, you wont get a full ride like the Match Scholarship. But if your EFC is 0 and the college is committed to meet 100% need, then the financial aid package will be just as good as the match scholarship.</p>
<p>Where did you rank NW?</p>
<p>I am kind of disappointed that some people are just not happy with getting matched to the top schools in the nation. Just be happy you were matched!</p>
<p>what does this mean?
“If you completed the 2010-11 CSS Profile Application previously, please make sure that you submit it to the College Board for processing.”</p>
<p>do i have to resend my css profile?
if i dont then what do i have to do?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Princeton!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 750 World History, 720 Biology - M, 700 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,4,4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP American Gov, AP Macro/Micro Econ, AP Literature, College-level biology, Differential Equations, Teacher Aide
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, NMSF, Harvard Book Award, AMC 12 School Winner, AIME Qualifier, JETS TEAMS 1st Place, National Finalist</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC and Track (varsity letterman), research in theoretical math (published in journal), team research project in particle physics, student government representative (member of School Board), Math/Science Club (captain of robotics team, JETS engineering team, Science Olympiad)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer 400+ hours (Shift Leader)
[</em>] Summer Activities: SSP!!! COSMOS 2007
[<em>] Essays: Solid.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing.
[li] Counselor Rec: Pretty good. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes?
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have all anti-hooks: Asian, dad went to college and grad school (so not first generation), live in California, public school that hasn’t sent anyone to Princeton for 5 years. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, overall, essays, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The entire application as a whole: essays + recs + academics[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I still can’t believe it. I’m reading over the email, making sure that it is indeed an acceptance. I’m humbled. !!!</p>
<p>question:</p>
<p>how are we supposed to send out a midyear report when first semester is not over until like two more months!?!</p>
<p>Oxy - you are DEFINITELY in. You even get to choose whether you want an ED acception (binding) or an RD acception, but it appears you’re in either way. Wowza. Northwestern sounds like your new safety. Not bad eh?</p>
<p>Also, something creepy just happened. I withdrew my application from Rice today, and they responded saying “We wish you the best of luck at Stanford.” I never listed what university I had been accepted to…</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted to Yale! **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
-SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (780M, 790W, 760CR)
-ACT: N/A
-SAT II: Bio E - 800, Math Level 2 800, Chemistry 800, US History 750
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
-Rank - 1/185
-AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 5, US Government and Politics 5, US History 5, Chemistry 5, Calculus BC 4/4
-Sophomore Year Course Load: AP Biology, Honors English, Precalculus Honors (only sophomore in class), AP US History I, Spanish III Honors, Honors Chem
-Junior Year Course Load: AP US History II, AP Gov, AP Calc BC (only junior in the class, only one taking BC test), AP Chem, Spanish IV Honors, Honors English
-Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Psych, AP Euro, AP Spanish, AP English, AP Physics
(Will graduate with 11 AP’s total)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Leadership: [/li]-Senior Class President 09-10
-Junior Class President 08-09
-Sophomore Class President 07-08
-Freshman Class Secretary 06-07
-Drum Major of the Marching Band
-2008-2009 Yamaha Cup Champions, NJ State Champions, Northern States
Champions</p>
<p>[li]Academic:[/li]-Participant of Columbia University Science Honors Program
-Mind and Brain
-Quantum Mechanics, General Relativity, and String Theory
-Participant of Robert Wood Johnson Mini-Medical School Program
-Participant of CTY Summer programs
-Biology 06, Chemistry 07
-Participant of ALJBS (NJ Boys State)</p>
<p>[li]Athletic:[/li]-4th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo (only about 100 people under 18 in the US to hold this title)
-Regularly judge regional and statewide Taekwondo tournaments
-300 hours of voluntary after-class instruction
-Founder of the Taekwondo program at the Boys and Girls Club of Morris County (80 hours)
-Varsity Tennis (9-12)</p>
<p>[li]Music:[/li]-Achieved High honors for 2 consecutive years in NJMTA Piano Program
-Lead Clarinet player in Wind Ensemble/Concert Band, Select clarinet player in school musical</p>
<p>[li]Other School Related Activities:[/li]-Math League (9-12)
-Academic Decathlon (9-12)
-Miscellaneous awards in math/science
-Chess Club (9-12)
-Spanish Honor Society (11-12)
-National Honor Society (11-12)</p>
<p>[li]Miscellaneous:[/li]-50 hours as a teacher assistant at the St. Andrew Kim Korean School
-300 hours of tutoring international students
-Questbridge College Prep Award
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>
<p>[li] No interview</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
-Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course.
-Intended Major: Cognitive Science
-State (if domestic applicant): NJ
-Country (if international applicant): US
-School Type: Public, hardly sends kids to Ivies.
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: M</p>
<p>Ahh! So ecstatic! Can’t believe I made it! :D</p>
<p>@hathormom: NW was ranked 3 out of 4 for me.</p>
<p>@pnptruong: No, I didn’t forward it, I just had applied through QB and got this email today. </p>
<p>Wow, this is really great. I don’t know what I’m doing yet, but it’s nice to have this. Really nice.</p>
<p>anybody who didnt rank rice get an email from them about applying?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Princeton!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
- ACT: 32
- SAT II: 800 Spanish, 750 Chemistry, 700 Math
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry (5), AP Spanish (5)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Compositions, AP Statistics, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Pre-Calculus
- Major Awards National History Day Finalist, Jamestown Award, Wild Studies Marine Biology Scholarship, QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship, various others
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (Most Improved and three varsity letter), Varsity Swimming (four varsity letter), Varsity Water Polo (JV Captain, two varsity letters), Young Doctors League (president), Hispanic Math and Science Education Initiative (saturday college program at UIC), University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program (three-year summer and academic year enrichment program), Cystic Fibrosis Student Youth Board, National Honors Society, Peer Leadership
- Job/Work Experience: Beach Lifeguard for past two summers (40hrs/week)
- Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hospital Nursing Unit Volunteer (High School Representative in Volunteer Advisory Council), Altar Server (2001-2009)
- Summer Activities: beach lifeguard, University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program, volunteer work
- Essays: I thought they were decent. My fav. was the one I wrote on my interest in linguistics.
- Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but I think they were good.
- Counselor Rec: Probably good.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes?
- Intended Major: Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Chemistry?
- State (if domestic applicant): IL
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Mexican
- Gender: Male
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, low-income (about 32K) and the fact that I’m in immigrant probably helped.
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: I don’t think I had specific strengths. All Hook I believe =[
- Weaknesses: test scores
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my essays and the fact that I’m an URM
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>I don’t think it will sink in a while. I am utterly shocked. I do not believe I was in any way a strong applicant. Dreams do come true. I owe God so much =]</p>
<p>yeah, I got an email from this lady (Julie Browning ) about forwarding apps to Rice.
I already did tho…requesting QuestBridge to forward to several schools in Regular Decision! :D</p>
<p>GOod luck to ya’ll! :D</p>
<p>I got the Rice email as well, 53 seconds before I got the email about withdrawing my application. That was (vry slightly) depressing.</p>