OFFICIAL Class of 2013 RD Decisions Thread

snuffy · March 29, 2009, 3:20pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2110 (CR 730, Math 660, Writing 720)
[] SAT II: Lit 690, US History 700, Math Lvl 2 720
[] ACT (if applicable): 32
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Chem (4), APUSH (5), Lit, French, BC Calc, Econ, Physics C
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): 4.14
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 24/339
[] Academic Awards: None really major, good bit of school awards
[] Extra Curricular Activities: I’m an officer in 5 clubs (President of World Politics Club), and a member of many others. They have an international relations/politics spin to it.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very good; I’m a great writer
[] Teacher Rec #1: Great
[] Teacher Rec #2: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[li] Hook (if any): URM[/li]
[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: Georgia
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy: No
[] Recruited: No

[/ul]Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I really think it was my essay and my recs.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Wow, I am happy. Duke and JHU! Now for the Ivies.

dkbear · March 29, 2009, 8:56pm

Okay, so I was mad whenever I got rejected, so I never really got around to doing this. But I want this to be here for future generations. Good luck.

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[] ACT: 35
[] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[] IBs (including this year’s: None
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr15 wk
[] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr30 wk
[] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.

I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.

qwertylad · March 29, 2009, 8:59pm

Accepted: Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 730
[] SAT Math: 780
[] SAT Writing: 710
[] SAT Total: 720
[] SAT II: 800Math2, 750Lit, 710Chem
[] TOEFL (if applicable): N/A
[] ACT (if applicable): 34 (36R, 36M, 34W, 31S)
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Comp (3), Comp Sci A (5), Stat (5), No IB
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): 4.15
[] GPA unweighted: 3.75
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 5% or 10%
[] Academic Awards: N/A
[li] Extra Curricular Activities: Boy Scouts, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Ultimate Frisbee[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Alright, I guess
[] Teacher Rec #1: Decent, I would assume
[] Teacher Rec #2: Pretty Good, I would assume
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty Good, I would assume
[] Hook (if any): N/A

[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Good Upward Trend, Decent SATs, Some fun ECs

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: First school I got into that I would really be happy going to. Good luck to those Waitlisted/Rejected, Good job to those Accepted!

Dante09 · March 30, 2009, 12:19am

Question: What’s in the acceptance packet?

SweetAndSour · March 30, 2009, 2:21pm

Information about Admitted Students Days/Programs in April, a huge brochure of JHU with students’ comments and picture on it (it’s pretty cool actually, and can really make someone understand why JHU would be right/not right for them), packet about financing options, and RD Admission Reply Form.

Ludicolo · March 30, 2009, 6:44pm

Accepted: Chemical Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 710
[] SAT Math:770
[] SAT Writing:760
[] SAT Total:2240
[] SAT II:800 Bio-Eco, 800 Math IIC (after retaking it with an original 710), 790 Chem, 750 US history
[] TOEFL (if applicable):
[] ACT (if applicable):32
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Chem - 5, bio - 5, US history - 5, calc BC - 5, English lang - 5
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): something like 4.5 or 4.6 if you don’t count freshman year; if you do, then like 4.3
[] GPA unweighted: 3.95 something
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 7/750something if you don’t include freshman year, 13/750something if you do
[] Academic Awards: like five department-specific awards, various equestrian riding awards, many Latin convention awards, various volunteering awards, some other stuff I forget
[li] Extra Curricular Activities: Latin/Latin club (really complicated situation where Latin was canceled at my school two years ago, but I continued it privately for two years with the same teacher), orchestra/outside of school violin, volunteering at a hospital, internship for a few months at a congressman’s office, a leadership program at an equestrian camp for a few summers (followed by being an actual counselor), starting up the Young Dems and Science NHS, being in various clubs (JSA, GSA, Science Olympiad)… i think that’s it.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: really good, I thought.
[] Teacher Rec #1: probably pretty good
[] Teacher Rec #2: I thought they only needed one, hm?
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Counselor Rec: eh decent, I’d think.
[] Hook (if any): not really

[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: Southern California
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[] Recruited Yes/No: no

[/ul]Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: The essays were pretty good, in my opinion. I thought they really brought out who I was pretty well. Also, test scores/GPA stuff was pretty good.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I might go. It depends. It’s (as of now) either Johns Hopkins or Berkeley.

Shinashi · March 31, 2009, 7:24pm

**Accepted: East Asian Studies **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 730
[] SAT Math: 640
[] SAT Writing: 670
[] SAT Total: 2040
[] SAT II: Literature, U.S. History; 680,630
[] ACT (if applicable): 30
[] AP/IB taken/scores: U.S. History, 4
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): 3.9
[] GPA unweighted: ?
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Valedictorian
[] Academic Awards: NVC Participant, personal awards
[] Extra Curricular Activities: Wrestling, Work, Tutoring, bunch of community service, Summer activities at colleges

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I worked on them, that’s for sure
[] Teacher Rec #1: Probably pretty awesome (I really liked the teacher)
[] Teacher Rec #2: There’s two? Probably good, if not memorable
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty cool, She’s great.
[li] Hook (if any): I don’t write as academically as I should. I think that is more readable. [/li]
[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: Tennessee!
[] School Type: Public-ish, you have to apply and get accepted
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No?

[/ul]Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: To be honest, I’m not really sure. I think the best things (I didn’t do as well as so many of the other accepted kids) were my essays and and my grades in school… Other than that… I guess I showed a lot of interest too, and my major wasn’t so popular haha.

I got a lot of aid. So if you think you got denied for SATs or need for financial aid, I don’t think that’s right because my SATs weren’t wow, and I couldn’t pay a dime over what I would have to pay now.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to all who got accepted! I’m sorry who didn’t, but I hope the best for other colleges. Waitlisted? I hope for the best as well; keep your chin up.

jennasps · April 1, 2009, 11:28pm

**Accepted!!: **

Stats:
[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 780
[] SAT Math: 720
[] SAT Writing: 750
[] SAT Total: 2250
[] SAT II: math II 720, chem 740
[] TOEFL (if applicable): -
[] ACT (if applicable): -
[] AP/IB taken/scores: calc ab 5
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): -
[] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): dunno
[] Academic Awards: national latin exam awards, editors choice awards for poetry, national merit
[li] Extra Curricular Activities: editor in chief of yearbook, chorus, plays, photography[/li][/ul]

Subjective:
[ul]
[] Essays: good, but probably not as strong as other people’s…im not the best writer
[] Teacher Rec #1: chem teacher
[] Teacher Rec #2: science teacher/advisor
[] Additional Rec: chem professor from UPenn who I worked for last summer
[] Counselor Rec: good?
[] Hook (if any): dont think so
[/ul]

Location:
[ul]
[] State or Country: PA
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Legacy Yes/No: no
[] Recruited Yes/No: no
[/ul]

Other Factors: didnt interview until a week before the decisions came out…

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: not quite sure

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: congrats to everyone who got in!!! good luck to everyone else!

WealthOfInformation · April 8, 2009, 2:23pm

Congrats all.

widly05 · April 8, 2009, 5:24pm

Congratulations everyone

CCPWNZ · April 9, 2009, 1:42am

Waitlisted: Whiting School of Engineering (Mechanical)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Reading: 730
[] SAT Math: 780
[] SAT Writing: 760 (71 gram 12 essay)
[] SAT Total: 2270
[] SAT II: 760 math II, 770 chem, 780 phys, 790 korean w/list
[] TOEFL (if applicable): 117 iBT
[] ACT (if applicable): 34 - 35 Eng/Sci/Math, 30 Read, 32 Eng/Writ (9)
[] AP/IB taken/scores: world hist, eng lang/comp, physics b (5), us hist (4), IB not offered
[] GPA weighted (if applicable): 100
[] GPA unweighted: idk
[] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): top 5%
[] Academic Awards: intel semi, national merit commended, ap scholar w/honor
[li] Extra Curricular Activities: tae kwon do, science olympiad, newspaper, spanish honor society, national honor society, FBLA, etc…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: alright
[] Teacher Rec #1: idk
[] Teacher Rec #2: good
[] Additional Rec: from research mentor good
[] Counselor Rec: good but prolly bland
[] Hook (if any): none

[/ul]Location:[ul]
[] State or Country: NY
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: korean
[] Gender: male
[] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[] Recruited Yes/No: nope

[/ul]Other Factors: moved here from korea 6th grade, hopefully moved to regular pool since status change to permanent resident

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: eh i just suck

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: accepted to yale, uc berkeley, and stony brook so dont really care, but waitlisted to harvard, mit, columbia, penn, cornell, johns hopkins, and cooper union, so im kind of wondering what i may have done wrong with my application(s) that caused so many (SEVEN out of 12) waitlists… oh and rejected from princeton/stanford.
anyway dudes(and dudettes) if u wanna get into johns hopkins do better than me and get better grades, good luck!!!

MITpwnsnoobs69 · April 9, 2009, 1:51am

^wow accepted to yale yet waitlisted at jhu…some kind of hook must be at play that apparently yale is looking for and jhu is not.

as for me, accepted to BME :)

WealthOfInformation · April 9, 2009, 9:26am

Yale desperately needs science/engineering students.

Hopkins, MIT, Cooper Union etc do not.

leoris90 · April 10, 2009, 1:05pm

I’m Korean and I got in with a 2120 and a 3.84 GPA. Just because that Korean got waitlisted with those stats doesn’t mean you HAVE to do better than that. So anyone who is reading that, don’t sweat.

Shinashi · April 10, 2009, 3:12pm

Actually, a lot of people who were accepted to such good colleges didn’t do as well as some that were rejected or waitlisted.

There’s something else they’re looking for other than grades.

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