<ul>
<li>Essays: good, talked about medicine a lot</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: not really sure</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: i have no idea, i have 500 people in my grade with 3 counselors so i dont think she knows anything about me</li>
<li>Hook (if any): really involved in german and volunteering with german, medicine (Did a leadership forum at georgetown on medicine)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Pretty good, I thought</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: didn’t see them, but from teachers who really know me</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: didn’t see it</li>
<li>Hook (if any): attended international genomic research and analysis conference in washington, d.c. guess it wasn’t enough of a hook</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CT</li>
<li>School Type: parochial</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Iranian American</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: low scores, i guess</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought it was good, but I guess it’s not good enough to stand out</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: my guess, one good and one generic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea</li>
<li>Hook (if any): hmm, not many… good at programming?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Louisville, Kentucky</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Asian</li>
<li>Gender:male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:my grades were too low. I even had a D in my freshman year, so I’m glad I’m waitlisted. I thought I had no chance at all.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1510
[</em>] SAT IIs:780 chem, 770 writing, 770 math 2c
[<em>] GPA:4.1
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Ap scholar w/ distinction, other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: really good common app, good jhu one
[<em>] Teacher Recs:good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): really interested in science and music
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Diego
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: involved with lots of ecs and have lots of leadership/ grades could be higher
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: cus I’m smart and have lots of good qualities[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I went to CTY two times</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: OK, talked about living alone after parent’s job moved to another state</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Really good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Lots of ECs LOTS of leadership LOTS of community service</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: New Mexico</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (800V, 740M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 750 Chem, 740 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 6.0 w
[</em>] Rank: 2/536
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit, AP Scholar (only took 3 AP exams), Eagle Scout, band nerd, LOTS of community service, lots of research
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very good. One about Blue Ridge Parkway, one about TOK.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven’t the faintest idea.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t the faintest idea.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NC
[<em>] School Type: large public, IB and AP programs
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT: 1500 (720V, 780M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 710 Writing, 670 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.7 UW, 3.8 W
[</em>] Rank: Does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent…not amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Colorado, good ol’ US of A
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Strenght: Math/Scinece Weakness: English
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Um…good test scores and recs[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Lots of Varsity Sports, Community Service</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 760 680
[<em>] GPA: not calculated
[</em>] Rank: top of class
[<em>] Other stats: nation-wide math and computer competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: personal statement risky, others mediocre
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i risked one to get it from my english teacher; and others were from com sci., math, or science teachers; however, i never saw the actual letters so…i dunno lol
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i was the only one applying to the US: therefore, supposedly good
[<em>] Hook (if any): well-rounded (sports, music) well, top of class must have worked.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ontario, Canada
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength-rank, weakness-SAT
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i was lucky.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: international, studying abroad in Canada</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 790 Writing, 780 Latin
[<em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0, 4.5W
[</em>] Rank: 40/330
[<em>] Other stats: local awards for math/sci/latin, state awards latin, NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: night of the deadline rollercoaster, un-edited risky collection of thoughts
[<em>] Teacher Recs: the one I saw was not good (other one better)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, my counselor is a jaded tattooed burnt out sailor who doesn’t know my name, so my guess is awkward but decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): humanities applicant
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: White as hell
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: interest in humanities/rank
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: lot of breadth[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Hard courseload that flows nicely, IB, had two jobs for about 3 years total, varsity soccer, boys state</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510 (760 V, 750 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 IIc, 740 Writing, 720 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 4.57 w
[</em>] Rank: um… top 4%?
[<em>] Other stats: Siemens-Westinghouse semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay, i guess. i’m not too sure how they turned out, but i guess the $10 one went okay…
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, i think, i had my calc teacher do it…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, it’s hard to tell with her
[<em>] Hook (if any): i don’t think so…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: focused on a few things for 4 years… did well in them… weaknesses… probably test scores
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: i really don’t know. maybe just a combination of everything.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none?</p>
<p>congrats to everyone who got in, and best of luck to those whose search continues…</p>
<p>umm … before you read this post I hope you understand that SAT scores is not the single most important factor for decisions. With that in mind…
SAT: 1320 (740 M 580V)
Rank: 2 out of 620
GPA: 6.054
Have and am taking total of 13 AP classes passed all but one, some 3’s here and there.
3 college classes: A, A, and B</p>
<p>Essays: Heartfelt, describes family situation and many obstacles overcome by both myself and my family. (they both work night shifts and have irregular schedules)
Teacher Recs: I only saw one, but they both said they couldn’t contain how much they liked having me as a student, and the one I read rated me one of the highest in his 35 years career.</p>
<p>Community Service hours: over 1200 hrs in tutoring (chemistry and math), helping in pre schools and elementary schools, teacher aide in swimming classes, project to save driver’s educational cars for highschools in county … and a lot of normal com. service through Anchor and NHS .</p>
<p>hook: Siemens Westinghouse Semi finalist for my research project in chemistry</p>
<p>other awards in Math and a few in Mu Alpha Theta, Engineering,and SECME,Anchor, regionally and Nationally…
EC’s Mu Alpha Theta, SECME (pres), Engineering(VP), Anchor, NHS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1480 780 Math, 700 Verbal
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 760 Physics, 750 World History, 720 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank: 5 / 1250
[<em>] Other stats: Various 5s and 7s in APs and IBs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Last minute
[<em>] Teacher Recs: only 1, but that was G R E A T!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): came to America 4 years ago knowing only a bit of English
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: Iranian (Persian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: i have no clue, but I forgot to do an interview!
[li] why you think you were accepted: hmm, I have no clue cuz I kinda did the app in like a few hours[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1420
[</em>] SAT IIs: 650, 680, 660, 740, 680
[<em>] GPA: 3.82
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Damn Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really Damn Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Biology and Engineering integration, competed in competitions, worked in a lab/Suck at standardized tests
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because I’m the cooolest person alive.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1350
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760/690/670
[<em>] GPA: 4.38 w
[</em>] Rank: 24/488
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Adequate
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Super
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Bravissimo!
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Interview[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:** If I can convince my parents, I am definately coming here. I think ya’ll are awesome!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Physics, 760 Math Ic, 770 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 4.something
[</em>] Rank: 5 of ~80
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, some UConn credits
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Sort of funny essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Good grades and ECs, not so good work experience.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I blame it on the essay…[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>