<p>decision: rejected</p>
<p>2260 SAT/ 730, 730, 760 SAT subject tests
i visited, went to different events for dartmouth.
strong ECs and writing.
it was my number one choice…not sure what i did wrong.
oh well.
princeton, dartmouth, harvard, and yale didn’t want me.
looks like im going to duke :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800 Math, 780 Reading, 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 French with Listening, 780 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (Its really more like a 95-96%)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/620ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), World History (5), Stat (5), Calc AB (5) Chem (5), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Enviro (5), Studio Art (4), Physics (4), Euro (skipped), English Lang (skipped), French Lang (5), Micro (skipped), Macro (skipped), Psych (5), English Lit (currently taking), French Lit (currently taking), Art History (currently taking, will definitely skip)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French Lit, Linear Algebra (college), AP Art History, Mole Bio (college), Chem (college).
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Did well at Intel, never really got past AIME. Won essay contests, MVP awards for sports, published science research etc.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis - 2nd singles freshman year, and continued as 1st singles throughout high school. Named MVP, Captain, won state awards, etc. (I think I may have been recruited but I didn’t want to pursue tennis in college at the D1 level). Class President all four years. Editor in Chief of award-winning school literary magazine for 2 years. Established school Hispanic club, president and founder.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at NYC science labs for four years and had work published professionally. Interned at the New Yorker for a month (I have a family friend :P)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships
[<em>] Essays: No Idea. I liked them! 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but they like me!
[li] Counselor Rec: No idea, but he likes me! :P</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: It went well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Legacy to Princeton and Tufts.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, my personality, and my hooks.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not exactly sure, but no ones perfect.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Barnard, Johns Hopkins BME. Waitlisted: Tufts [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: CR-790 M-760 W-800
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: IIC: 800, Bio(E): 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 555554
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Stats, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Gov, Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): jack kent cooke young scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano, tennis, cello, quiz bowl
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital, music at retirement homes<br>
[<em>] Summer Activities: lots of summer programs (Oxbridge, cty, etc)
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one glowing, one ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing
[<em>] Additional Rec: piano teacher, ehh ok
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: <40000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: scores, overall well-roundness?
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays (mb?), GPA?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard, Yale and Penn. Accepted at Princeton, Dartmouth (likely), Cornell, Amherst, Duke, UCI, UCLA, UC Berkeley. Waitlisted at Stanford and JHU. [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision
Waitlisted!!! :)</p>
<p>Stats:
<p>Subjective:
<p>Location/Person:
<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 800 R; 700 M; 800 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 World Hist; 780 American Hist; 760 Bio E
[ *] GPA: 4.3
[ *] Rank: No ranking
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Quite good
[ *] Teacher Recs:Heard from my counselor that they could very well have made the difference
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>Well well well… after being deferred from my dream school, I must say this is considerable closure. Too bad they didn’t take me early. I’m off to Yale baby.</p>
<p>I’m almost tempted to send Dartmouth a picture of me wearing a Yale shirt. Damn near broke mah heart.</p>
<p>Dammit…why can I never produce that large, succulent green text?</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 700 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Yearbook
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), swimming, tutoring (director of program), published writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: bioengineering research, magazine internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: executive service leader for school, service leader for a local night shelter
[<em>] Summer Activities: math/business programs at penn and princeton
[</em>] Essays: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good i think
[<em>] Additional Rec: excellent
[</em>] Interview: really good
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: top private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: bad freshman grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UVa, Michigan, Georgia Tech; waitlisted to Princeton; rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Penn[/ul] [/li]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770CR, 750M, 770W
ACT: Didn’t take it
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 790 Span, 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I actually don’t know haha! All As/A-s except for one B
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Span Lang (5) Span Lit (4) Bio (5) US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Astronomy, AP BC Cal, AP English Lit, AP Euro, Phys Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Scholar, Some Book Prize, Some school science prize, honor roll, Cum Laude
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, 4 yr Vars swim (no recruit though im def not at dartmouth level haha), Peer Tutoring (Tri-Head), Prospi Tours, School Newspaper, other stuff
Job/Work Experience: Phone Operator, Lab job at Harvard Med, & Teach piano
Volunteer/Community service: Church & Hospital volunteering
Summer Activities: Harvard Lab job, Summer immersion in Spain, Undergrad courses at Stanford, volunteering
Essays: About camping with the fam
Teacher Recommendation: Great!
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went well.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Decent Suburban private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): listed as author on chem paper after harvard med job
Reflection
Strengths: references
Weaknesses: Not great extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: : Accepted at Syracuse, URoch, Vandy, UNC Chapel, Emory, Brown. Waitlisted Harvard & Yale. Rejected at Stanford</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 790 M: 760 W:750 12E)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 800, World History 730, Literature 700
[<em>] TOEFL: 113/120
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): On the top, probably
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty intense; about 20 subjects
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Medals from National English Olympiad, National Russian Olympiad, and Standardized Mathematics Olympiad; Golden Key Best student award; about 15 other medals from various competitions; scholarship to study at a local bilingual school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Team captain in “Global Debates” international competition, member on the national team for World Schools Debating Championships 2010, translating Harry Potter GoF, founded school French Club, creating and maintaining websites
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Translating, Editing
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Youth, environmental cleanups
[<em>] Summer Activities: Youth Leadership Summit, NY; reading (a lot?)
[</em>] Essays: 1. About translating Harry Potter to Mongolian 2. Spending childhood in a developed foreign country, racial discrimination and consequent love for my own country despite its many (many!) problems
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read only one and thought it was excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read,
[<em>] Additional Rec: -
[</em>] Interview: -
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended major?: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): -
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Mongolia
[<em>] School Type: Private, very small
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: very low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not exactly a hook, but pentalinguality
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT I given my circumstances, well-roundedness
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT II(?)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hmmm…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Harvard (LL), Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia (John Jay Scholar and an LL), U Chicago, Hamilton, Amherst, Pomona
Waitlisted: Grinnel, Reed, Penn
Rejected: -
[/ul]General Comments: I’m in a happy conundrum! Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted!</p>
<p>WAITISTED</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 770 M: 630 W:760 (cant remember essay, but poor)
SAT II: Lit 770, World History 790, Bio 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know (got AAAAAA at AS-level, predicted AAA at a2, but a bit more varied at gcse - 7 a*s, 4 as and a b)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% I’d guess, but school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): -
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: Average for UK (3 A-Levels) but took much more Junior year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Filmmaking academy, debate, school paper (editor), amnesty international (co-president), and some others
Job/Work Experience: Filmmaking (working as a runner, working as a director/interviewer)
Volunteer/Community service: Week in Orphanage in Bulgaria, reading tutor foryounger students
Summer Activities: not alot this year (couldn’t get a job so couldn’t afford to travel), travel previous year
Essays: 1. Filmmaking project<br>
Teacher Recommendation: short and very nice (but not sure how theyd compare to us recs - my teachers werent used to writing for this sort of thing)
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: Heartfelt
Interview: Went pretty well
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended major?: Political Science/Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): -
Country (if international applicant): England
School Type: Public, not small but not massive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low-to-average
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -
Reflection
Strengths: good stats overall (but i guess not good enough to really jump out - hence the waitlist)
Weaknesses: SAT I (particularly maths), lack of foreign languages
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing outstanding plus particularly poor maths SAT1
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: nowhere in the US but Cambridge in the UK
Waitlisted:
Rejected: Yale, Penn, Columbia, probably Harvard (waiting for post)
General Comments: I’m staying on the waitlist and very thankful to Dartmouth for putting me on it, but after seeing all the other amazing waitlisted applicants and the low waitlist acceptance rate, not feeling very hopeful. All my decisions were pretty disappointing -I’m kicking myself for being so crap at maths as I really reckon that brought my chances down so much. I know that I should be delighted at Cambridge, but I’d really put a lot of effort and hope into getting into somewhere in America. Aw well, though -there’s always postgrad. Well done everyone who got in here and/or at they’re other choices!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170: CR-730 M-760 W-690
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math 1 (730) Math 2 (780) Biology (690)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP French, AP Calculus, Calculus 2, Honors Physics 2, Independent Study Ecology, Honors Law and Economy, Mythology in Literature at the University of Pittsburgh
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mock trial (captain for 2 years), tennis (captain), lacrosse, cheerleading, SCA (vice president)
Job/Work Experience: worked at a local law firm answering phones, filing paperwork, running to the courthouse,etc
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Advisory Committee to the Westmoreland Trust Foundation (President), Outdoor Odyssey mentor, Freshman mentor to an autistic boy, Westmoreland Museum of Art volunteer
Summer Activities: volunteering and working
Essays: pretty funny I think
Teacher Recommendation: one glowing, one good
Counselor Rec: written by my principal, I think it would stand out
Additional Rec: mock trial coach (a judge)
Interview: well it went well, but I thought the interviewer was about to have a heart attack half way through. it was kind of awkward.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: well off
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: my high school has never sent a single student to an Ivy league college. I think that my application stood out. i think that national merit helped too
Weaknesses: scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I really cannot believe I got accepted still. I’ll probably be like the dumbest one there, but I am just too excited to care right now 
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Bowdoin, William and Mary (monroe scholar), Colgate, Wake Forest, Penn State (honors) Waitlisted: Amherst and Williams</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send in.
ACT: 33
SAT II: 760, 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5) AP US Govn’t & Politics (5) AP English Language (5) AP European History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech/Debate (Captain, 2-time NFL Nationals qualifier, Top 60 in Expository Speaking in nation), Music (All-State Honors, All-Suburban Honors, School orchestra officer, State solo/ensemble superior ratings), Students Helping Children (Founding member and executive), Journalism (photography editor of school newspaper and yearbook), Model UN (President and head photographer), Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society (Director of District Activities), Tri-M Music Honor Society (Events Coordinator), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Worked in Pediatric Research Lab
Volunteer/Community service: Founded community service club, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Strolling Strings (music ensemble that plays for charity/community events) Volunteered at hospital and Butterfly House and Science Center
Summer Activities: Pediatric Research Lab, volunteering, shadowing physician
Essays: Pretty good/original
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, should be decent
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, should be good
Interview: Went well
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major: Pre-Med track
State (if domestic applicant): MO
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: ECs and leadership positions
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my extracurriculars and community service were pretty impressive.
General Comments: I’m really glad my hard work paid off. And for future college applicants, don’t sweat it. I’m actually a little disappointed this whole process is over. Work hard but enjoy the ride. College admissions is an exciting time of your life so don’t forget to have a little fun with it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 - 800 math and writing, 780 CR
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry, 780 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.68 weighted, don’t know unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), BC Calc, Chem, US Gov (all 5’s), currently taking Physics, Environmental, English Lit
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Photography (Dual Enrollment), We The People, Chinese IV, AP English, Math Modeling (D.E.), AP Physics, AP Environmental, independent research (mentorship with a judge)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (also received $2,500 scholarship), Caltech Junior Book Award, some other smaller stuff
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environment Club (president), Science National Honor Society (co-president), Outdoors Club (vice-president), varsity swim team (co-captain), varsity tennis team (co-captain), Math national honor society, english national honor society, national honor society, Key Club, Global Citizens Corps, model judiciary (lead attorney)
Job/Work Experience: no paid jobs
Volunteer/Community service: about 250 hours - a lot of tutoring, helped teach art classes to young kids, river clean-ups and park restoration projects, some other stuff
Summer Activities: volunteering, mentorship with a judge in Boston
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, but probably really good - both of them loved me
Counselor Rec: probably really good
Additional Rec: extra rec from the judge I worked with, my peer rec was also really good
Interview: went really well</p>
<p>Other
Deferred SCEA?: NA
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended major?: environmental science
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: magnet public school - rated one of the top 16 public schools in nation by newsweek
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: scores, essays
Weaknesses: I can’t think of anything specific
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got a likely letter, so it was expected. I am very passionate about all of the extracurricular activities I’m involved in, and I think my essay reflected that
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Dartmouth, MIT, Duke, UVA (Echols Scholar)
Waitlisted: Williams
Rejected: Stanford (deferred early), Yale, Harvard
General Comments: definitely going to Dartmouth!!!</p>
<p>cuz your going to yale :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 800, USH - 800, Bio - 770,
[<em>]GPA: 4.6
[</em>]Rank: 1
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem, Micro, Macro, USH, Calc BC, Bio, Eng Lang: All 5’s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good, not amazing.
[<em>]Recs: Same as essays
[</em>]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: See username
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team, etc
[<em>]Awards: Siemens Finalist, NMS Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[</em>]Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, MIT
[<em>]Waitlisted: Brown
[</em>]Rejected: Yale (deferred early), Stanford
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Summer research def helps. Gratz to everyone who got in and good luck to waitlisters! =] [/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit 700, Spanish Reading 670, World History 650
[<em>] GPA: 3.7
[</em>] Rank: HS Doesn’t Rank
[<em>] Other stats: 34 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Really good, did it over like 1000x
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really good, one had a daughter at D
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Terrible, he can’t speak English 
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: Public, Large
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided, I may have put something really random, D said it didn’t matter when I asked them.
[li] major strength/weakness: THE PEER REVIEW.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:<br>
The Info Session I went to… The interviewer said I was her first interview ever, so maybe that worked in my favor, she liked me a lot! I had two peer reviews sent in, “accidentally”</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380, 800 W 790 CR 790 M
ACT: nope
SAT II: 800 Physics, 790 Math II, 780 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 450
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: USH, Euro, Physics B, Macro Econ, Calc AB 4: Physics C Mechanics
IB (place score in parenthesis): 7: Econ SL
Senior Year Course Load: All IB: TOK, Math HL, English HL, World History HL, Physics HL, Spanish SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (Scholarship Recipient), AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Honor Society (President), Interact Community Service, American Red Cross, MUN, Three Years Varsity Soccer (Captain), Three Years Club Soccer (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: Summer Job At University (Lab Helper)
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing Notable
Summer Activities: Exchange to Japan, Soccer, Work, Travel
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recommendation: 1 Good 1 Bad
Counselor Rec: Good, Known since age 8, coincidentally a family friend
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Great, Interviewer contacted other people in community and school for their opinions as well, I’m convinced it made a difference.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA (Southern, Inland Empire)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (Quite ghetto apart from the IB program)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 300k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths: Scores, Transcript, Essays[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteer, ECs[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic Strength, Interest in Engineering (maybe reason for LL?)[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Brown, Reed, UCB, UCLA, UCSB, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins Rejected: Stanford, Princeton
General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1490/2230 (760-M 730-CR, 740-W)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 790, physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish upward trend
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lang:3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs, Latin, internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars : Varsity sport, therapy dog, in a few clubs, held a few jobs etc. Not much leadership though and not anything too special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a bike shop and at an ice cream shop, shadowing a doctor right now
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: therapy dog, community garden stuff, <100 hours
[</em>] Essays: common app essay was about taking risks, not too special I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Assuming it was ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: best out of 5 interviews, connected well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: scores, upward trend in grades, interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays, no spectacular ecs or awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing that stood out as very special (major awards, contests, ecs)
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 superscored, 2320 single sitting
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 4.65 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: top decile
[<em>]APs: Lang (5), US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: 6 AP classes, 1 honors, gym and lunch
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Honestly, I thought it was one of the best things I’ve written in a long, long time. And I never read my best friend’s peer eval but I’m pretty sure she said some stunning things.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One of my teachers I was one of her favorite students. The other was a really good writer. So.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I assume it was good enough. I’ve never put a whole lot of stock in the counselor rec other than to excuse (for example) the fact that I couldn’t take BC Calc because it would mean I couldn’t take AP Econ. =
[</em>] Interview: Never had one. This worried me because other people in my school were contacted for one, but I never was. I guess it’s all good though.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None.<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurrics/Awards: School winner for a few math competitions (AMC 12, 10, etc), National Merit Scholar winner, VP of school Key Club, 2nd degree black belt, sunday school teacher, etc…
[</em>] Accepted: Georgetown, Swarthmore, Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), Wesleyan, and a few others…
[<em>] Waitlisted:Williams and Cornell
[</em>] Rejected: HYP, UPenn (no surprises there)[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 800CR/800M/740W
-SAT IIs: 750 Chem/800 Bio(molecular)/800 Math II/800 Chinese w/ Listening/720 Lit
-ACT N/A
-GPA: 4.0
-Rank: doesn’t rank. but probably 2/~300
-Other stats: A in Multivariable Calculus at university; taking two other college classes; AP Scholar w/ Honor; National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: got at least two people to edit each. Liked commonapp (nerdy, quirky)
-Teacher Recs: didn’t read, but I pretty much lived in the classroom of one of my recommenders after school for help, checking hw…etc.
-Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but probably one of those “best kid in several years” kind of thing judging from our conversations…
-Interview: actually kinda awkward. Interviewer kept getting distracted and looking out his open office door… but said I was “one of the more interesting interviews” or something like that…
-Hook (if any): as un-hooky as one can get</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: MA
-School Type: public
-Ethnicity: Asian (Chi)
-Gender: F
-Intended major: neuroscience/pre-med
-Major Strength/Weakness: stats, GPA, female good at math, wanting to go into hard science?; weak: un-hooked-ness, kind of “typical” applicant - no WOW factor, counted as international student
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: […] extracurriculars?
-Going to attend?: 98.9999998%</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: math team captain, ranked 1st in my region’s math league, several math awards/honors involving well-known competitions like Olympiad, AMC…; year-long internship in university biochemistry lab, worked 40h/wk during summer, 10 during SY (got prof to write a rec; said to write “very good” recs); JETS TEAMS engineering team placed 1st in state, 5th in nation; piano: 2nd place @ Young Artist Piano Competition, Grade 8 with Merit on ABRSM graded piano exam, hold local public recitals solo and w/ chamber trio, volunteer piano accompanist for church; Co-director of student-run organization (which only has two people as of now , which collects and exhibits drawings of disadvantaged children around the world. Fundraise to publish collection internationally and donate proceeds to organizations promoting peace; school medical club, which fundraises for non-profit health organizations and runs free health clinic for uninsured locals; job since 7th grade = shelver at library; volunteer teacher at elementary school; National Honor Society community service projects
-Accepted: Williams, Wellesley, Smith and MHC (both w/ merit programs), state school safety
-WL: WashU, Swarthmore
Rejected: YP, Brown, UChicago, Amherst</p>