<p>What did you write your essays on?</p>
<p>What were your essays on?</p>
<p>Oh, man…
You guys are nearly all 2100+…
Fat chance for me to be accepted…
I’m from China and I got a 1900… My TOEFL is 107…</p>
<p>The year before last the decisions were mailed out the day before they were made available online. We live in Massachusets and knew long before 5PM that D was accepted as our mail is delivered around noon.</p>
<p>May I ask what your essays were about?
Sorry to seem intrusive…It’s just that, your record seems very similar to my own, and I am curious about how I can really play up my essays to help me out in the application process.</p>
<p>Any word on decision time? Many schools are announcing on Friday…Good luck!</p>
<p>WFVA1013: decisions come out at 5, 6, or 7 PM EST on March 30th.</p>
<p>At 5pm on 3/30</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck!</p>
<p>Good luck to you too!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350. Math: 800, Reading: 800, Writing: 750.
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 720, Spanish: 750, Biology: 760.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97 out of 100.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of about 300.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English Literature, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, Physics lv. 1 (no honors lv. available)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing spectacular. Commended Student in PSAT/NMSQT, Girls State, National Spanish Exam Gold Medal.
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity field hockey, varsity lacrosse (quit both senior year…), science club, math league, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A job in childcare (15 hrs/week), a job at a tutoring place (3 hours/week). Started both senior year.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Approx. 80 hours at a hospital, 100 hours at YMCA, mentor to a mentally disabled student, tutor at my school, other little things.
[<em>] Summer Activities: See volunteer activities (hospital & Y).
[</em>] Essays: Very strong and original.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, but I assume they were very strong.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very very good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A.
[</em>] Interview: I thought it was good, not great, but my interviewer wrote a fantastic write-up about me.
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Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Income Bracket: Rather not say, but I will receive FA.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Nearly perfect grades and SAT scores, although I know many people with these get rejected. So… ESSAYS!! In my opinion, they were original, very well-written, and passionate.
[<em>] Weaknesses: EXTRACURRICULARS. No leadership positions, nothing unique at all, no prestigious awards. Also I quit playing sports my senior year, which I thought would hold me back from a lot of schools (the whole inconsistency thing)…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haha, I don’t know, I wasn’t expecting this. Probably a combo of valedictorian-ness, nearly perfect SAT scores, and essays. I think my essays were probably the deciding factor.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tufts, Barnard, Bates, Trinity, Connecticut College, Brandeis, UMass, Clark. Waitlisted: Middlebury. Rejected: Harvard and Yale. Haven’t heard yet from Williams.[/ul][/li]General Comments: I’m still in shock… I will be deciding between Brown & Trinity (got a full tuition scholarship there.)</p>
<p>Trinity is an absolutely fantastic fit for my D2…who is a junior there…good luck on your decision! The Rome campus program was incredible as well…Professors could not be better so far!</p>
<p>I’m doing this to help future applicants understand how they should approach applying to Brown, etc. Hopefully this helps you guys!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780 M 700 W 700
[</em>] SAT II: Hebrew 800, USH 800, Math2 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), World Hist (5), Calc AB (5), Psychology (5), Spanish Lang (4), English Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calculus, AP Lit, AP Macro, Choir, Journalism
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Achievement Award, National Merit Winner
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Worked on newspaper/magazine in three high schools; participated in theater (member of thespian society); PR of GSA; Peer Leader, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at Israeli liberal organization
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Studied French for two weeks, moved twice
[</em>] Essays: Common App–about my experience as a liberal Israeli living in the U.S. and how my heritage clashes with my politics; Supplement–about my intellectual development through writing and how it helped me deal with moving
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably okay–was very good student in both classes but teachers didn’t love me. One teacher had a problem sending hers in, so I asked my current journalism advisor to write a rec at the last minute; Brown received all three in the end
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably excellent–she met with me many times, knows all of the troubles I’ve had to go through
[<em>] Additional Rec: See Teacher Recs
[</em>] Interview: Good/OK–nothing “amazing”
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Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Israeli/Romanian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] -Moved to US at age 10
-Went to three different high school because of moves
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays really reflected my interesting life story–also well-written; good grades, SAT IIs and APs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing amazing extra-curricularly, SAT score below median
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I’m a unique applicant who’s passionate about many things, academically, socially, intellectually.
[li] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul][/li]Accepted: All UCs, Wesleyan, Reed, Colorado
Waitlisted: Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, Swarthmore, Stanford
General Comments: Just try to show the admission office what sets you apart from other applicants, and do so in a way that they can understand and appreciate. Make them learn something about themselves from your essays–show that your struggles can also be applied to their situations.</p>
<p>Ehh, I’m now depressed.</p>
<p>For two reasons: Brown’s my dream school, I’ll never get in. AND because as soon as I see an applicants SAT scores and whether or not they were accepted, I can tell you their race, instantly. Yes, it’s that bad. That’s pathetic. Asians with 2350s being rejected and URMs with 1990s being accepted, that is, to be quite frank, assinine. I’m not racist, at all, in fact I support affirmative action in hiring employees: Because all applicants have similiar stats amd qualifications. But in HIGHLY competitive college admissions this process is just ridiculous…</p>
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<p>To be honest, an 1990 coming from someone who had to work, attended a mediocre high school, and could only take the SAT once is more impressive than a 2350 from someone whose parents could afford SAT prep classes and who has always attended competitive schools, regardless of race (it just so happens that I’ve noticed many Asians’ income is >160,000). Numbers don’t define a person, there is so much more to their application.</p>
<p>Just work with what you have, don’t write generic essays, and hope for the best.</p>
<p>The whole being Asian thing is unfortunate though. I’m Asian, but my parents are not of the high income bracket. They came to this country with nothing and currently only make ~30,000/year combined. I have four older siblings who are all in college. The only reason why my parents can afford these tuitions (with financial aid) is that they have been saving their whole lives. So now, when it is my time to go to college, it’s no surprise that we barely have money leftover in our savings account.</p>
<p>What upsets me though is that when people see the race Asian, they have expectations. And maybe there is a higher norm for Asians regarding income, opportunities, and test scores. But everyone needs to remember that within stereotypes and generalizations, there are always outliers.</p>
<p>Exactly. I’m white, and my dad makes ~$40,000 per year, while supporting… Me, my step-brother, my step-sister, my real brother, my adopted brother, my step-mom (who has bad medical issues, tons of bills), and my nephew, whose mom has moved out (and so did one other step-sister, whose college loans he’s still paying for, even though she dropped out). So… Directly, 6 kids, one sick spouse. I don’t really have any more opportunities arise from living in my household than a URM does… But I don’t benefit, they do. Not fair. So yeah, I’m in somewhat of the same situation as you, Pancakewaffles.</p>
<p>On the other hand, man, I was bitter back then!!! And while I still love Brown, there’s somewhere else I’d much rather go, and they don’t care much about SATs…(:</p>
<p>there’s racism on a micro scale…
1870 asian… non-urm…SAT really aint everythin</p>
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I’m sure admission officers see all of that. The thing about people who are part of an URM is just that: they’re underrepresented. We do not live in a post-racial society, and unless measures like affirmative action are taken, they will continue to be underrepresented. The more effectively these measures are taken, the faster we will progress as a society. Once we’re all equally represented, affirmative action won’t be needed.</p>
<p>And well, admission to Ivies is a crapshoot, anyway.</p>