Official Brown University Class of 2015 RD Results

smiley1633 · March 30, 2011, 7:27pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[] ACT: 34 (36 M, 34 R, 33 E, 33 W)
[] SAT II: 790 Chem, 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.7/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~180
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Stats (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Government and Politics, English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leadership Club, Mentoring (head mentor), Spanish Club (president), National Honor Society, Math Team, Soccer, Swim Team (captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: worked on my dads commercial fishing boat during the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at local hospital in the summer for 4 years, other community service through my school
[] Essays: learning about my dads influence on me through working on fishing boat
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: I though it went really well. The best out of all of my interviews.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Community Health
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, ACT, first generation, i don’t know
[] Weaknesses: lack a impressive extracurriculars or awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea, but I am beyond excited right now!![/li][/ul]General Comments:
Accepted: Princeton, Penn, Columbia, Brown
Waitlisted: Dartmouth
Rejected: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, Duke

ayantu · March 30, 2011, 7:40pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730, 670, 670
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio 670, math 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk i only know weighted out of 100 (106.9/100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/160
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4) Physics C (3) physics and I did not get allong
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Stats, Latin III, Anatomy and Physiology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Renselaer Polytechnic medal, top bio student at MITES
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (captain), Peer tutoring, Peer Mentoring, tennis, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: nothing significant
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours in the past year
[] Summer Activities: MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science)
[] Essays: Applied through Questbridge and don’t really remember what I wrote for all the essays
[] Teacher Recommendation: My math teacher of 2 years and i think my physics teacher/math team coach
[] Counselor Rec: was amazing
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: i thought it went well…not great but not bad either
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public (about 600 students)
[] Ethnicity: black (originally from Ethiopia but now a naturalized citizen)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: low income
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM, first generation college student
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: MITES
[] Weaknesses: Essays were not great and neither were my test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because of my performance at MITES. I want to major in biology and I did well in biology. other than that, I was not expecting it at all.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: RPI, MIT, Columbia, Brown, Haven’t heard back from Harvard yet :P[/li]General Comments:

DGAFPRO · March 30, 2011, 7:41pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 740 writing, 670 reading
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 720 Biology M, 700 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 97/696
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), U.S. History (5), world History (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A at our school
[] Senior Year Course Load:

1- AP European History
2- Honors Economics/AP Government
3- Calculus III/Differential Equations
5- AP Environmental Science
6- AP chemistry
7- English 101/102

[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of debate trophies, 5th place in state biotechnology competition
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and debate, Film Society, Community Counts, Muslim Student Association (founder/president), Health Occupation Students of America
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: pretty awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation: never checked
[] Counselor Rec: never checked
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: really chill and simple
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] first generation college
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars and SAT
[] Weaknesses: GPA and awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: crappy GPA and not enough leadership positions
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] rejected from all of my common app schools:[/li]Cornell
Stanford
Northwestern
Duke
Brown
Johns Hopkins
General Comments:
this overall sucks.

pingala · March 30, 2011, 8:01pm

Interesting… Is there a lottery system that determines the decision? or does parents financial status is an issue?

darthmouse · March 30, 2011, 8:03pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 superscore (two sittings), 2330 (800 M, 800 CR, 730 W) single
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/305
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), US Government/Politics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus (community college), Organic Chemistry (community college), AP Biology, AP Literature, Spanish (highest level. AP not offered), Newspaper (I wanted to be on staff since 9th grade but could not be due to schedule constraints), independent study of health care system
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist/winner of National Merit $2500 scholarship
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (4 years), National Honor Society (president), student government (4 years), school improvement committee (2 years. I am the only student member. Other members are teachers/staff), some other things I’m surely forgetting
[] Job/Work Experience: Doctor’s office work (4 years), basic Spanish tutor (1 year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Varied, but plenty (not through any volunteer organizations)
[] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown 2010, work, and having fun like a normal teenager
[] Essays: Common App: growing up in a private, Catholic school system despite being non-Christian and the perspectives I gained. Supplement: my mother’s advice to make the best of any situation.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not view, but probably glowing.
[] Counselor Rec: Did not view, but probably glowing. My counselor retired; I gave this to my principal.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Not good. The interviewer just asked a stream of questions; I was taken aback. I couldn’t think of anything. However, the alum was impressed by my college courses and ambition.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public. Last Ivy admit was roughly ten years ago. Average valedictorians go to University of Michigan.
[] Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: > 100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores and exceeding what my school had to offer. My local community college has no chemistry class above my class (organic chemistry), and in math only has differential equations (which I opted not to take) above my class (multivariable calculus).
[] Weaknesses: No amazing extracurriculars, and my essays could probably have been better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Non-athletic likely letter. As to why I received that or why the adcom favorably reviewed me, who knows? If I had to guess, I would say it was my using everything my school had to offer and going beyond it in the subjects I really wanted to study.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admit: Cornell, U Michigan, Northwestern. Waitlist: U Chicago, U Penn, Yale. Reject: Princeton, Columbia, Duke. Have not received decision from Harvard yet.[/ul][/li]General Comments:

Congrats to all admits! I hope to see you guys at Brown. Admission gets harder every year, and we are fortunate to be among the accepted students.

jogo84 · March 30, 2011, 8:09pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720CR 800M 800W
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2 760 Physics
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): three 5’s junior year
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Intel STS Semi, AIMEx2
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST robotics VP, comp sci research at SUNY Stony Brook, Mathletes VP, orchestra
[] Volunteer/Community service: assorted websites / other volunteer projects
[] Summer Activities: Simons @ SBU
[] Essays: main one was good, supplement wasn’t too original IMO
[] Teacher Recommendation: nice
[] Counselor Rec: probably bad
[] Additional Rec: research mentor (good)
[] Interview: it was really short, I thought it went poorly
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, above average
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: passion for computer science
[] Weaknesses: relatively bland applicant
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea. When applying I was skeptical whether Brown was a good match for me or not, but now I’ll be sure to check it out.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted CMU (SCS), Cornell (Engineering), waitlisted MIT, rejected Harvard, Yale[/ul]

durufle · March 30, 2011, 8:21pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 750M, 760W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 700 Latin, 750 Literature, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Latin, Calc AB, Psychology, Music Theory. 4 in Physics B.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Lit, Econ, Civ Pro
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National music awards (piano/composition).
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music, Latin teacher, founded nonprofit that produces multimedia for a local music school.
[] Job/Work Experience: Full time job to support conservatory lessons
[] Volunteer/Community service: Yes, lots. Mostly music related.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Wrote additional engineering essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: No interview
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < 60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]General Comments: I LOVE BROWN. I cannot believe I got in; this was an unexpected surprise. I had already made peace with the fact I would be rejected.

Skiles17 · March 30, 2011, 8:25pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (780 CR, 710 M, 800 W)
[] SAT II: 800 English Lit, 790 Math II, 780 Bio E, 740 Physics, 740 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5), English Lit (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Macroecon, Honors Spanish 5, English “at or above the AP level” (according to my school)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): crew (6 varsity letters), Engineering Club (President), Philosophy Club (President), Ceramic Art, Folk Singing
[] Job/Work Experience: running church nursery
[] Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Summer Activities:SEA high school program, UChicago Summer Sessions, paleontology internship, college-level Geology class
[] Essays: Common App: traveling to the South and gaining a new perspective; Supplement: the “what don’t you know” question, I talked about the value of independent inquiry and not taking knowledge for granted
[] Teacher Recommendation: a history teacher and a physics teacher; did not read
[] Counselor Rec: did not read
[] Additional Rec: the paleontologist I interned with; did not read
[] Interview: fine but nothing special
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] School Type: Private, Prep, Day School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: demonstrated interest in Geology, good essays, I really love Brown!
[] Weaknesses: weak work/community service, lots of applicants from my school
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: passion for geology and great academics & summer work.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] accepted at: Yale, Stanford, UChicago (EA, University Scholar), Williams (early write), Bowdoin, Carleton, Colgate (AMS)

Chlorinated · March 30, 2011, 8:36pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (CR: 780. M: 800. W:790)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9+
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not provided
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), American Gov’t (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Calc BC (5), Biology (5), English Lit (5), currently in Macro, Micro, Spanish
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: fairly rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (captain), swimming and water polo, NHS, SHS, student government
[] Job/Work Experience: swim coach
[] Volunteer/Community service: therapeutic horseback riding facility
[] Summer Activities: swimming, coaching, Summer@Brown
[] Essays: pretty good, I think, but not fantastic
[] Teacher Recommendation: did not read but would guess one great- APUSH, International Relations, independent study and one pretty good- AP Lit and other weighted english class
[] Counselor Rec: did not read but I think it would be pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: she said I was her favorite interviewee this year
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: independent study class on terrorism and failed states, rec letters, academics
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars, possibly essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea. I was completely in shock when I started reading the letter. There are so many applicants that are more qualified than me I feel so humbled and honored.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Georgetown SFS, Tufts, WashU; Waitlisted: Duke, Pomona, Rejected: Yale[/ul][/li]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted and to everyone that was wasn’t, keep your chin up. Everyone on this thread will go to an amazing school that they will love, regardless of whether or not Brown is the one.

Popgoestheshelby · March 30, 2011, 8:44pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 650 W 630 M
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 700 Bio E 720 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/397
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) U.S. History (4) Euro History (3) English Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Stats AP, Calc AB AP, U.S. Gov AP, Macro AP, Chem AP(dropped at semester), Psych AP, English Lit AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DAR Good Citizen Scholarship, AP Scholar with Honor, Top 1% in San Bernardino County[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (treasurer) California Scholarship Federation (president) Outdoors Club (VP) American Cancer Society Club (secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: Here and there, don’t know the hours offhand
[] Summer Activities: Helped a local campaign for Congress
[] Essays: I liked my common app one and my classroom experience one was mostly thrown together last minute
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, PhD who has known me since freshman year
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, emphasized hardship delicately
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, low-performing
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <20K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, low income[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, strong compared to rest of school/area
[] Weaknesses: Low scores, not many stellar ECs, poor essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was a huge application year, lots of you kids out there can crank out better scores than I can.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Bunch of CSUs, UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UCB. Have SIR’d to Berkeley.
[/ul]
General Comments: It’s always worth a try. Actually somewhat glad to be rejected, makes my decision to attend Cal even easier.

RunningBear · March 30, 2011, 8:44pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270: 790 CR, 780 M, 700 W
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 780 Physics, 770 World History, 760 Math 2, 760 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): officially top 10%, unofficially 1/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):World History(5), US History(5), Lang and Comp(5), Physics B(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Gov
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Parli Debate 3 years, Varsity Track 4 years, Cross Country 1 year
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: worked in a kitchen making food for ill clients since sophomore year, not sure how many hours. probably 150+
[] Summer Activities: Debate camp, engineering program at Rose Hulman, lots of backpacking
[] Essays: Common app about my personal intellectual development, i got great feedback from everyone who read it, which was about 10 or more adults. Supplement about an intellectually stimulating class: physics, and how it has shaped how I perceive the world.
[] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher, very good(I read it). Physics teacher, didn’t read, but I presume it was good since I got into Brown
[] Counselor Rec: We’re very friendly, so probably good but I don’t know
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: I thought it went really well, it was basically just like an hour long conversation about why Brown is amazing and what I’ve done
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, interview, scores, grades, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: not a lot of ECs, not much summer activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I got in because in addition to my good scores and grades, my essays and the other subjective parts of my application showed me to be someone who is intellectually curious and would enjoy brown. But in the end, who the hell really knows. This is such a ridiculously opaque process it’s impossible to tell.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Pomona, Wesleyan, UCD, UCSB Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd Rejected: Yale, Stanford[/ul]
General Comments: What I’m most happy about is that I got into my two top choice schools (pomona and brown) and I did exactly what I wanted to for the last four years. I took the classes I actually wanted to take (ie, dropped AP Lit and Spanish 4 at the beginning of senior year and took AP Bio instead), did the activities I wanted at an intensity level I enjoyed, and spent my summers relaxed. I didn’t spend 300 hours volunteering at the homeless shelter or at the humane society because I wanted to pad my application, I just spent time cooking with my friends after school for ill people. In the end, I don’t think I could be much happier with my high school career and the choices I’ve made. To all those who are still on the journey to college, I say this to you: Be who you are, do what you love, and don’t give a **** what other people say. The best direction is the one you choose for yourself, and in the end it will show. Cheers!

Colleenie · March 30, 2011, 8:57pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[]ACT: 32 (35e, 29m, 34r, 28s, 8 on the essay)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 when app was submitted, 3.93 after 1st semester
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/312 (12% ish)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma, took 5 each year, tested SL in Spanish B (6) and Psychology (4) in May 2010.
[]Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL (Calculus), IB English HL, Teachers Assistant - []English (1st sem.)/Government (2nd sem.), IB Biology 3-4 HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, Adv. Journalism, International Studies Center, Economics (online)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing national, but some nice local stuff (e.g. rotary student of the month)[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (Editor-in-Chief), Theatre (13 plays by end of high school including acting, teching, writing, and directing), Drama Club (VP), Outdoor School (Student Leader/counselor 3x), Teen Council at library (since 4th grade)
[]Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Operation Purple Camp for two summers, server at a food cart for a little bit during sophomore year
[]Volunteer/Community service: Music in the Schools - nonprofit that raises money for public school music programs (President 2yrs), PDX Pop Now! - supports local music
[]Essays: Common app was about Music in the Schools and working on being a leader; UChic extended essay was two types of people - those who belong in Portland and those who don’t (you can read it on the Post Your Essay thread); Why UChic was pretty standard, but with good reasons; I wrote about Harry Potter being a major piece of my childhood for the one about favorite books (my mom thinks it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written)
[]Teacher Recommendation: The one I saw was really nice and the other said really nice things to my mom at conferences, so I’m sure she wrote a great one.
[]Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it but my principal did and told me it was great.
[li]Interview: It was fine but fairly short. We didn’t talk about as many things as I would have liked to.[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[]Intended Major: Psychology
[]State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[]School Type: Public, urban, 1400+ students
[]Ethnicity: did not report
[]Gender: Female
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing besides extracurriculars.[/li][/ul]

Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Extracurriculars, difficulty of courses taken, essays
[]Weaknesses: Test scores, two Bs during 2nd semester junior year (one was from a .25 credit course taken outside of school hours) in addition to two from frosh year
[]Why you think you were waitlisted: Because of the huge increase in applications, which featured many students interested in the humanities
[]What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to Willamette EA; waitlisted at WashU, UChicago, and Vassar; rejected at Dartmouth

goblue5320 · March 30, 2011, 9:07pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 700 CR, 740 W, 10 Essay
[] ACT: 33 (35 M, 36 E, 34 R, 28 S, 8 Essay)
[] SAT II: 790 Math Level 2, 740 Bio, 660 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc, 5 AP Bio, 4 AP Lang, 3 APUSH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 (at local community college), AP Chem, AP Stats, AP World, Orchestra, Other electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar W/Honor, Debate Awards, Orchestra Awards, Math Awards, other smaller awards
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Class Secretary), Orchestra (Concertmaster), Model UN, LINK Crew, Varsity Tennis, National Honor Society, Debate (President), National Society for High School Scholars. Also attached a professional resume detailing the all major activities/awards from the past four years.
[] Job/Work Experience: SAT/ACT Teacher at The Princeton Review
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Botsford Hospital (Emergency Room, Front Desk, Surgical Central Services), International Volunteering at SNEHA (an NGO in India) and at a clinic in a poverty stricken town. Other volunteering through high school.
[] Summer Activities: CTD Program at NU, international volunteering/shadowing
[] Essays: common app essay about my exotic name and how it doesnt fit my personality/image (decent). thought my brown supplements were pretty good though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 3 recs pretty sure they were all good
[] Counselor Rec: probably decent
[] Additional Rec: from my CTD teacher
[] Interview: went HORRIBLY. the interviewer was kinda mean.
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: overall well rounded i guess?
[] Weaknesses: maybe essays, not many major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dont really know what theyre looking for
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Umich, Michigan State, Case Western, Boston College, NYU and a Med Program at Wayne State University. Waitlisted at Dartmouth, Vandy, Washu. [/ul][/li]**General Comments: would’ve been cool to get in but UMICH and NU are my loves, most likely going to one of them!!! **

physicsnut1 · March 30, 2011, 9:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800-M, 750-W, 750-CR)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 (USH), 770 (Spanish)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/226
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH, AP Language, AP Stats (5,5,5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just some local stuff
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout, 46 merit badges, five Eagle Scout palms, Interpreter Strips, World Conservation Award, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Order of the Arrow Vice Chief, etc.
Service Club: (President) Four years
Shakespeare CLub (President, Co-founder) Three Years
[] Job/Work Experience: tutor (Math, Physics, Spanish, French)
[] Volunteer/Community service: American Red Cross, Public Library, Lots through Boy Scouts, Eagle Project, Service Club, etc.
[] Summer Activities: 250 mile backpacking trip, some tutoring
[] Essays: Started really early, and I liked them
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Phone - so okay. Not the best.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, applied with Questbridge[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, scores, Questbridge
[] Weaknesses: ECs maybe a little scattered? Though I love everything that I do…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown. Rejected: Stanford
General Comments: Congrats to the acceptees!!! :D

dehj13 · March 30, 2011, 9:10pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (M: 610 CW: 620 W: 660)
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: Math II: 700 Biology (Molecular): 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/281
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5) AP Calc AB (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English 12, Contemporary World Studies, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Language
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Member of the Board of Education (Represent all of the students in my county), Maryland Youth Advisory Council (Appointed by the Governor to represent the students of Maryland), Student Council (Secretary, Vice President, President), County Student Council (Secretary), NHS, Class Committee,
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor since 8th grade at local college.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 1,000 hours logged of community service.
[] Summer Activities: Spend summers volunteering at local Hospital, attended a weeklong leadership workshop each summer, and last summer traveled to Spain on an educational tour.
[] Essays: Very Creative: Common App answered “A Person Who Has Inspired You…” my answer was James Watson and structured my essay like the structure of DNA (Sugar-Phosphate Backbone relates to Watson’s “backbone / morals” etc.) For Supplement Essay answered “What Don’t You Know?” my answer was that I don’t know what my limits are and set the essay up as a calculus test and I was answering a limit problem.
[] Teacher Recommendation: All were very personal from teachers I’ve had for 3 years +
[] Counselor Rec: Typical Recommendation
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Interview went extremely well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Creative Essay along with the personal aspects within my application.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely waitlisted because of my SAT I scores!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Wake Forest, University of Rochester, Northeastern University, and University of MD College Park (Going to Wake Forest as of now!)
[/ul]
General Comments: Remember that we have all worked EXTREMELY hard the past four years. Each of us will be successful at whichever college we decide to attend. Good luck to everybody! :)

someday1214 · March 30, 2011, 9:15pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 770 M, 800 W
[] SAT II: 800 Math2C, 800 Chem, 800 Bio, 760 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Stats, AP Calc AB (5, 5, 5, 5, 5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Courses, 3 Elective-ish Courses
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Honor Society (VP), NHS, Literary Magazine (Teacher Representative Editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Primary English Teacher’s Association
[] Summer Activities: Research Internship at Boston University, 6 Weeks
[] Essays: Decent; nothing spectacular
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent (saw one), other one should be great too
[] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[] Additional Rec: Good - from the doctor I interned for over the summer.
[] Interview: Short, on the phone, decent
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: Private, International
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, scores, recommendations, essays were okay
[] Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UGHHHH!!! I wish I had a more DEFINITE answer ): I’d rather be one or the other, not this uncertain unsure sigh. I guess I’m not a strong enough candidate for a definite answer.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Pomona, Rice, UC Berkeley, Barnard, and SUNY Binghamton. Waitlisted: Swarthmore. Rejected: Princeton, Columbia, Penn, and Tufts. [/ul][/li]General Comments: Blaaaah! Upset at an indefinite answer. BUT good luck everybody, I hope we all have good results!

s3nior93 · March 30, 2011, 9:18pm

**Decision: Rejected **

College and Program: Biology

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2310 total in one sitting (800 math, 720 reading, 790 writing)
[] SAT IIs: 800 math II, 800 Biology E, 720 US history
[] ACT: 34 (35 math, 35 writing, 34 reading, 32 science)
[] APs: Calc AB, Calc BC, European history, US history, Biology; going to take Ap rhet, Chemistry, Microeconomics, statistics this year
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.6
[] Rank: 1 out of 750
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Kaiser Permanente volunteer, American Cancer Society treasurer, CSF board member, National honor Society Treasurer, track (3 years varsity: 2 years varsity captain), Leo Club, CIF, League champ, AMC 12, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned over the summer
[] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: idk (never read, but since I didn’t get it, they probably weren’t the greatest)
[] Counselor Rec: n/a
[] Applied on (EA?): no
[] Hook (if any): almost recruited athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Male
[li] Gender: Vietnamese[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I feel like crying right now. I thought I had a decent chance to Brown considering I talked to him for a couple months and was almost recruited for the track team.

s3nior93 · March 30, 2011, 9:21pm

oops, for him I mean the Brown University track coach

Iheartschool12 · March 30, 2011, 9:35pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 670, R: 640, W: 690 = 2000
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II: 760, USH: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 3.9W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APLit, APEuro, APCalc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Demanding
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded a non-profit, raising 35k+ and currently send 10 students in South Africa to go to University. [Seattle</a> South African Scholarship Foundation | SSASF](<a href=“http://www.ssasf.org%5DSeattle”>http://www.ssasf.org)
[] Job/Work Experience: Nordstrom Employee, TIPS Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours at a Seattle shelter
[] Summer Activities: Interned, Volunteerism
[] Essays: Common App: wrote about the dichotomy between Muslims and Americans. Brown Supplement: Wrote a piece based on Finnegans Wake
[] Teacher Recommendation: Supposedly they were good, according to my counselor.
[] Counselor Rec: “Glowing”
[] Additional Rec: I don’t know if they got it. It was supposed to be very good
[] Interview: Went very well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Jesuit
[] Ethnicity: Asian…
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: A lot, 300,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs and probably a little nudge from legacy
[] Weaknesses: STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES ARE REALLY BAD
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Denied because of my horrid SAT scores, I wished I was given a chance to be waitlisted… oh well
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Berkeley, UCLA, UW, Cornell Waitlisted: Tufts, Boston College Rejected: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, Brown , UPenn[/ul][/li]General Comments:

Congratulations to everyone that got in! Wouldve liked the opportunity to attend. This decision season was hard on me. But, I got into Cornell. I am so glad they saw something in me.

baller44 · March 30, 2011, 9:52pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), Human geo (5), environmental (5), english lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap lit, ap gov, ap stats, calc, latin 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): gsa, book club, summer@brown, basketball, crew, nhs
[] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutor
[] Summer Activities: summer@brown, lifeguarding
[] Essays: i thought they were good…
[] Teacher Recommendation: dont know
[] Counselor Rec: dont know
[] Additional Rec: didnt have one
[] Interview: went well (i thought)
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score
[] Weaknesses: gpa, being a white girl
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not unique enough
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted to northwestern, vanderbilt, u michigan, washington and lee, william and mary. rejected to middlebury, u chicago, duke, BROWN!!![/li][/ul]
**General Comments: this sucks =( **

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