Offcial decisions for class 2013 (if you got your letter)

coexist · December 18, 2008, 6:02pm

Hey Guys,
I JUST GOT IN!!!

ctr1223 · December 18, 2008, 6:20pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
SAT/ACT: 34 ACT, 1470/2130 (800 math, 670 Reading, 660 writing)
SAT IIs: Math IIc-770 Chem- 750 Bio- 710
GPA (w/uw): 3.82 W/ 3.7 UW out of 4.0
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: School doesnt rank- top 10%?
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Bio- 5, US-3, Euro- 4
Course load: Senior year- AP Calc BC, Ap physics C, Ap chem, Ap macro, Ap italian
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher Recs: amazing
Counselor Rec: good
Interview: none
Major EC’s: Varsity football and lacrosse captain, member of DECA- went to states
Work experience: Summ on clam boat 40 hours a week, 5 tutoring jobs, stock boy at clothing store
Hook (if any): none
Notable weaknesses (if any): my essay, my unweighted gpa
Location/Person: long island
State or Country: Ny
School Type: public- extremely competetive
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: mid
Financial aid?: yes
Intended Major: Physics with Premed
Other schools in mind: Now that I got into BC- upenn, duke, northwestern, unc chapel hill
Other Factors:

General Comments: Soo happy!

crackz4u · December 18, 2008, 6:27pm

i got deferred
2120
was really hoping i would get a nice x-mas present…
just got more anxiety…

wat are the percentages for getting admitted from deferral? im determined

ramenlover · December 18, 2008, 7:03pm

Decision: ACCEPTED TO CARROLL

Stats:
SAT/ACT: 2020 (not fabulous)–CR 660, M 650, W 710
SAT IIs: Math II 640, US History 720, Japanese 600 (ouch to these)
GPA (w/uw): 3.959 UW, 4.415 W
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: doesn’t rank, probably top 10%
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Eng Lang 4, Psych 5, US History, 4
Course load: AP Calc AB, AP Latin Vergil, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, Physics H

Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview: None
Major EC’s: Chorus, CSF, JCL
Work experience: none
Hook (if any): Asian?
Notable weaknesses (if any): SAT scores
State or Country: CA
School Type: Jesuit!
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Intended Major: Management and Leadership

1234.4321 · December 18, 2008, 7:28pm

Decision: Accepted To CSOM

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): First Decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (5) US Hist (4) World Hist (4) Eg Lang (4) Chem (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s 3 Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 summer jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: around 200 hours
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Happy about my acceptance after being deferred from gtown EA

lighten_up · December 18, 2008, 10:03pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
SAT/ACT: 2300
SAT IIs: 800 Bio, 740 MathII, 720 US History
GPA (w/uw): 4.0
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: n/a
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): 4 [Bio (5), Spanish Lit (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5)]
Course load: difficult
Essays: I liked them?
Teacher Recs: idk I didn’t read them haha
Counselor Rec: good (:
Interview: n/a
Major EC’s: a tonn…NHS, field hockey, track, etc.
Work experience: weekend job since sophomore year
Hook (if any): ?
Notable weaknesses (if any): hmm.
State or Country: virginia
School Type: public
Gender: female
Intended Major: Biology
Other schools in mind: WashU, UVA, Princeton, etc.

nedflandersMD · December 18, 2008, 10:27pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 1400/2020 710 M 690 V 620 W

SAT IIs: 760 USH 670 M1
GPA (w/uw):3.8 UW
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: no rank; top 10 %
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP USH, AP Gov, AP Macro
Course load: Most Rigorous
Other stats:
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Very Godd, Unique

Teacher Recs: Didn’t See them, most likely good
Counselor Rec: Again didn’t see but assuming good
Interview: N/A
Major EC’s: 3 Sport Varsity Athlete, Over 110+ hours volunteering at hospital (premed)
Work experience: Little League Umpire
Hook (if any):Nope
Notable weaknesses (if any): No really…but nothing spectacular either
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ

School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender:M
Income Bracket: 150,000
Financial aid?:Yes
Intended Major:Econ or Math
Other schools in mind: Georgetown!, UVA, Duke
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Other Factors: Not that I can see

General Comments: Relieved to have gotten in after getting deferred from Gtown…Good luck to all you guys!

bballplyr6398 · December 18, 2008, 10:50pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 1380/2060 800M 580R 680W

SAT IIs: 770M2 600 Physics
GPA (w/uw): 4.3/3.6
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: top 20 % from competitive high school
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Calc AB(5) Stats(5) Government(3) English Language (3)
Course load: SEnior schedule calc c ap, ap physics, ap economics, english honors, spanish 4
Other stats:
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: good

Teacher Recs:good
Counselor Rec:good
Interview:none
Major EC’s:varsity soccer, basketball, lacrosse
Work experience: medium
Hook (if any):
Notable weaknesses (if any): class rank, verbal sat
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: MD

School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:M
Income Bracket:high
Financial aid?:hopefully
Intended Major:
Other schools in mind:
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Other Factors:

General Comments: kinda surprised haha

coexist · December 19, 2008, 12:20am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):2160

ACT: N/A
SAT II: 690 on US History, 550 on Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59…3.8 California State GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, Spanish 5, Philosophy, Cultures in Conflict, Pre-Calculus, Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Field hockey (recruited athlete but not for BC), won 2 futsal national championships, various regional/national soccer activity
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity track 10-12 (captain), varsity field hockey 11-12 1st Team CCS, All Mercury News Select, 1st Team WCAL, Life Emmaus Team (religious group at my school), World Vision Child Ambassador

Job/Work Experience: US Soccer Referee, tutor
Volunteer/Community service: extensive work at Mexican-American Community Services Agency (125+ hours), Our Lady of Fatima Villa (Old Folks Home) 30 hours
Summer Activities: track, field hockey, volunteer work, tutoring
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: 2 excellent
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
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Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: 1/2 Indian, 1/2 White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
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Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: my catholic background, SATs

Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They liked how I emphasized my love for community service and wanted to make an impact in the world?
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General Comments: Good Luck!!

Millerl1te · December 19, 2008, 8:10am

Accepted into honors college! When do we hear back about the presidential scholarship? Next week?

newyork09 · December 19, 2008, 9:07am

accepted + honors

2210 SAT - 98.5ish average

mcar02 · December 19, 2008, 9:24am

Looks like most earlies that got in had exceptional stats or hooks. Good luck to all those deferred…hang in there, good news is ahead.

lottastrikes · December 19, 2008, 10:20am

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
SAT/ACT: 1360/2080(670 math, 690 Reading, 720 writing)
SAT IIs: Math I-690 Hist-680
GPA (w/uw): 4.0 W / 4.0 UW
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: Top 10%
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Alot
Course load: Senior year- AP Calc AB, AP English, Ap Economics, Ap Gov’t, AP Psych
Other stats: NCTE Winner
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Who knows
Interview: none
Major EC’s: Editor in Chief of the Newspaer, Captain Mock Trial, etc., etc.
Hook (if any): none
Notable weaknesses (if any): SAT Scores
Location/Person: Long Island
State or Country: NY
School Type: public- competetive
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: mid
Financial aid?: Not yet
Intended Major: Communications
Other schools in mind: unc chapel hill, BU, GWU, NEU
Other Factors:

General Comments:

quidrwmgrw416 · December 19, 2008, 10:58am

anyone in VA got theirs yet? im hoping my inevitable deferral comes today, so i dont have to wait anymore.

michaelrock223 · December 19, 2008, 12:29pm

Decision: accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: cr: 800 m 670 w 730 (2170 highest sitting) ACT 35 (i dunno if they saw that)

SAT IIs: us history 780 lit 740 latin 610
GPA (w/uw): 4.1 / 3.9
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %:3/35
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): us history 4, lit 5
Course load: calc, ap eng, ap environmental sci, ap gov, latin 4, physics, theology, psych
Other stats:
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: well written, but not well edited at all

Teacher Recs: 1 one glowing, the other not so much (my latin teacher is harsh)
Counselor Rec: i’m sure it was not too positive, she’s not a fan of me
Interview:none
Major EC’s: academic challenge, captain of xc team, captain of track team, basketball for 3 years, good service, piano
Work experience: minimal - working on our farm, and playing piano for the church
Hook (if any):
Notable weaknesses (if any): my recommendations were probably less than stellar
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: OH

School Type: small Catholic
Ethnicity:white
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200-250
Financial aid?:applied
Intended Major:
Other schools in mind:emory, nd, cornell, yale
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Other Factors:

General Comments: i was shocked about getting into the Honors program… good luck to everyone else! Does anyone have in insight into the honors program? i’ve read the packet, but some other views would be helpful. Thanks!

therealmrpeters · December 19, 2008, 1:28pm

ACCEPTED TO CSOM! I’ll post stats when this temporary high wears off

therealmrpeters · December 19, 2008, 2:03pm

Decision: Accepted - CSOM

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M-710, CR-650, W-660 (1360/2020)
[] SAT II: Biology - 760, US History - 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no idea, 3.8/4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10-20%, really competitive school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government & Politics, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP English, Honors Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no big ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too lazy to list, but decent
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: a lot, 600+ hours, First aid squad, Elementary School
[] Summer Activities: Squad
[] Essays: good i guess if i got accepted
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: decent
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] School Type: Public - very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: borderline low and middle, but still considered middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, URM i guess
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Community service, Recs(maybe), Course load, Essays, Intangibles
[] Weaknesses: SATs BY FAR
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: refer to strengths[/li][/ul]General Comments: Ecstatic right now!

college0913 · December 19, 2008, 2:28pm

Im in!!! I love it im so excited i cant believe it and am freaking out!!!

lilyrobin · December 19, 2008, 2:56pm

Accepted + Honors

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 31, 2240 (not sure if they saw SATs)

SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 660 Chem (Not sure if they saw this)
GPA (w/uw): 4.1ish UW, school doesn’t weight
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: top 5% of 240 (school doesn’t rank)
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Calc AB (5), Stats (5)
Course load: Toughest
Other stats:
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: I thought pretty good.

Teacher Recs: Didn’t see but likely good.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but likely excellent, he loves me.
Interview: NA
Major EC’s: Ice Hockey, Track Team, Community Council, Math Team, a couple other smaller ones
Work experience: Local general store, 1.5 years and counting
Hook (if any): Nope
Notable weaknesses (if any): Umm dunno?
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: NH

School Type: Public, sends ~3 to top schools every year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 150k+
Financial aid?: Applying for, yes
Intended Major: Math
Other schools in mind: MIT (deferred), Fordham (accepted), Columbia, Holy Cross
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Other Factors:

General Comments: Yay!

toastmaster · December 19, 2008, 3:10pm

Decision:

ACCEPTED- A&S HONORS

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 780 M 750 CR 710 W

SAT IIs: 800 Math II 780 Physics 740 Chemistry
GPA (w/uw): 3.9, don’t remember weighted
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 2/285
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Chemistry (5), Physics B + Calc AB + English Lit this year
Course load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, Latin IV, Organic Chemistry Honors
Other stats: #2 Junior in Seacoast Math League, currently #1 this year (Team is also ranked #1)
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Great

Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: No idea… hopefully ok?
Interview: None
Major EC’s: Math Team (See above), National Honor Society, Destination Imagination, Winnacore, Work w/ Town Rec. Department
Work experience: Camp Counselor
Hook (if any): Double Legacy
Notable weaknesses (if any): ECs
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: NH

School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $100,000
Financial aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
Other schools in mind: Brown, U Chicago (Accepted), Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, U Michigan (Accepted)
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Other Factors:

General Comments:

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