Official Columbia 2012 RD Decisions Thread

Denzera · March 31, 2008, 8:20pm

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tiptop1 · March 31, 2008, 9:14pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? No
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (780M 760W 690CR)
[] ACT: 34 (36M 33S 33E 33R)
[] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.998
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s and Calc III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 seed) Local TV Show (Director) Diversity Club (Core Member) Amnesty International (Co-Leader) and some others
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a local hospital and some volunteering to get Eagle Scout
[] Summer Activities: Did a research program and did Harvard SSP
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation for US College
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Lots of extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Low rank? Not a ton of AP’s?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

Rosh420 · March 31, 2008, 9:24pm

REJECTED… I’m a little surprised to be honest… Oh well… I got into HARVARD! :)

spiffystars · March 31, 2008, 9:41pm

Decision: Accepted w/ John Jay Scholar

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710M 700CR 800W
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: 740 Lit / 680 US History / 660 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (3) Haha chemistry is not my thing.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP European History, AP Environmental Science, Student Government, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, Humanities Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really I can think of. Some Science Olympiad regional and state awards, DAR Good Citizenship award, Toyota Community Scholars semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Student Body VP), Asia Club (President), Environmental Club (Vice President - founder of county-wide recycling program), Traditional Korean Fan Dance (Instructor, performer), Science Olympiad (Varsity Captain, but quit in senior year…science is not my thing), Inter-Club Council (Founder, Chairman), I sit on a state-wide Youth Advisory Board, Local Youth Council (Vice-Chair). I do a hefty amount in my community and I love every bit of it! I honestly think it is because of my EC’s that I was accepted.
[] Job/Work Experience: SAT prep tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Too many to list. Mostly with our local Arts Council, Youth Council, Student Government, library, etc…
[] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP 2007, the best summer of my life. I encourage any rising senior to do it this summer! In past summers I self studied Russian, taught English in Korea, etc.
[] Essays: These were very good, I think. Writing is my strong point. One was very lighthearted and funny, the other was very insightful and about a little girl I met on a bus.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AMAZING. Truly amazing. One made my teacher cry when he read it out loud (against my will, haha) to my entire Student Govt class. The other was very eloquently written but somewhat generic.
[] Counselor Rec: She said “I have never written so many good things about a person ever before!”
[] Additional Rec: Did not have one.
[] Interview: Did not have one!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-Hispanic
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: > $100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, and 1/2 URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I honestly think my interesting extracurriculars, leadership, and essays did the trick.
[] Weaknesses: My SAT scores were TERRIBLE.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No Idea, but I truly am so grateful.[/li][/ul]General Comments: It is not the end of the world if you did not get accepted. You all are truly truly amazing people and will go far in life! I am so humbled to have been accepted out of all of these TRULY amazing applicants. You guys simply amaze me!

hollyd313 · March 31, 2008, 9:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2270 total, 800 CR, 790 W, 680 M
[] SAT II: Low 700s
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13 (and yes, that is unweighted lol, our school is odd)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Eng Lang 5, have taken other classes but not the exams
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest Course Load
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t know if I have anything that qualifies as major, but a substantial number of community and regional awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:Theater, language clubs, peer mediation, voice, all with a lot of leadership
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked every summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Natural Helpers, ROAR, and various under National Honors Society
[] Summer Activities: Jobs!
[] Essays: Really good-and the short answer on the application really helped fill out many of my interests
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
[] Counselor Rec: He loves me
[] Interview: I think my interviewer really liked me

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < $40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, grew up in a different country?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Individualism shown in essays and short answers
[] Weaknesses: Perhaps my math score?

[/ul] General Comments: I’m incredibly happy and grateful and excited! Congratulations to everyone and see you in the fall!!

gurlx123 · March 31, 2008, 10:05pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? no
[] SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR 600 M 620 W = 1820 total
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chinese w/ listening 680 US Hist
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/350 ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): i didnt send in ap scores. buh i took 7 ap classes in general.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, HP Pol. Theory, Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club [founder/president], Math Club [president], Key Club [secretary/D2 spirit chair], Student Government [vice president of sophomore class], swimming, cheerleading, EAOP, UCB: SHINE, Girls Inc-G.A.P. etc etc [cant remember what else there is.] 
[li] Job/Work Experience: Round Table Pizza [cashier, been there for over two years][/li][li] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Interact Club, library[/li][] Summer Activities: UC Berkeley EAOP Summer Program, Smith College: Summer Science Engineering Program
[] Essays: about the hidden social segregations in present day Bay Area.
[] Teacher Recommendation: one from my favorite teacher who really knows me, it was really nice. the second one was from a very good AP teacher who i don’t think likes me much because I sleep in her class.
[] Counselor Rec: very nice, but then counselor recs are nice for pretty much everyone because there are so many of us & one of him.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): ~
[] School Type: Big, public in ghetto area
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: low income
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first genration college/american, chinese isnt URM rite? dont know what else
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs & personal statements were my strengths
[] Weaknesses: definitely my SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i think i was waitlisted because of my SATs scores, & maby my rank, just wish my SATs were higher[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m sad that I got waitlisted by Columbia. It was my first choice. BUT I GOT ACCEPTED BY U PENN & HARVARD!!! So yehh! Congrats to all those who got accepted!! & good luck to those who got waitlisted!!

droctagon · March 31, 2008, 10:21pm

what’s the link to check decisions? I lost it

viv.r · March 31, 2008, 10:27pm

<a href=“https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-U[/url]”>https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-U</a>

seniorita · March 31, 2008, 10:32pm

Instructions: Copy and paste the below form. Fill it out, and removed all spaces within brackets .

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
SAT I (breakdown):800 V, 700 M, 770 W
SAT II: 730 lit, us
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on us, lang, world,
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, ap us and comparative gov, ap spanish, ap literature, ap environemntal science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): class president, track, young dems president, etc- nothing spectacular
[] Job/Work Experience: only minor summer jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service:like 100 hours
[] Summer Activities: internship doing research with dad’s company
[] Essays: i liked my main one alotttt.
[] Teacher Recommendation: one very good, one mediocre
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: didn’t have one
[/list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, quite competitive (like 5 kids got into columbia this year)
[] Ethnicity: african american (literally- my parents are ethiopian immigrants)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:like ~100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: my personal statement!
[] Weaknesses: sat 2s, unweighted gpa?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] SO EXCITED!!! i’m also a kluge scholar- i’m not really sure what exactly this entails though??

SomethingSilly · March 31, 2008, 11:24pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? nope
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 800 CR, 780 M
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: middling 700s
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2-3% of 500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), US (5), Euro (5), BC (5), Eng. Lang (5), French (3…)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Phys C, Bio, English Lit, Stats, Gov’t; some English electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): does Nat’l Merit Finalist count? probably not.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (some project/event chair positions), Council (some event chair positions), Mock Trial, Science Olympiad (captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: part-time since sophomore year
[] Volunteer/Community service: local stuff. very average.
[] Summer Activities: summer program at local college, work
[] Essays: main = good-ish? my “why Columbia” blurb was a (probably pretty obvious) modified version of another school’s.
[] Teacher Recommendation: never saw…but probably good?
[] Counselor Rec: never saw, but probably very good/glowing.
[] Additional Rec: glowing. (I’m not sure if Columbia ever got it, though)
[] Interview: didn’t get one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): midwest
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large suburban public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: awkwardly upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA/grades, essays, extra-curics
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: junior grades, I’m almost certain. I’ve just gotten a string of waitlists. very…anticlimactic.[/li][/ul]General Comments: congrats to everyone for still being alive at this point! I’m not sure I can handle any more waiting…oh well. this will be an interesting year to see how the WL numbers turn out. Best of luck with everything in your future!

rwe112 · April 1, 2008, 3:25am

Decision: Accepted SEAS

Objective:
Deferred EA? Yes
SAT I (breakdown): 780 W, 800 CR, 800 M
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, Math I and II, Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85??
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Physics B and C, Calculus AB and BC - 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Fixed curriculum in Korea
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I can blow spit bubbles and catch them with my tongue.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): All over the place but plain vanilla.
Job/Work Experience: All after graduating from high school: Night shift at a bar, washed dishes(or at least pretended to when the manager was watching) at a restaraunt, teaching at a private educational institution (50+ hours a week at times, that tuition is mighty expensive)
Volunteer/Community service: Mandatory janitorial work at school, which I jotted down as volunteer service.
Summer Activities: Sleeping and eating.
Essays: They were stream-of-consciousness rambling. Maybe I got points for creativity.
Teacher Recommendation: Beautiful.
Counselor Rec: I am a highly skilled ass-kisser.
Additional Rec: Nope.
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Large dirty public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 50k??
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: The test scores
Weaknesses: everything else
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Someone in admissions got lazy and glanced only at my test scores, to my joy.
General Comments: When I told my mom on the phone that I got accepted, she paused for a bit and then laughed that I " tell a good April Fool’s Day Joke (It’s the 1st in Korea)." Congratulations, and good luck.

evenpace631 · April 1, 2008, 8:28am

accepted cc

780m, 730v, 760w

3.3-3.4 unweighted
hardest course load

crosscurrent · April 1, 2008, 12:19pm

Decision: Accepted CC

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 800CR/800M/730W
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC/780 Chem/760 Bio M
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/6.467
[] Rank:1/833
[] ACT:N/A
[] APs (including this year’s):European History, Statistics, Calculus AB, Biology, American History, Psychology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, Physics C, Macroeconomics, Environmental Science, Human Geography, English Literature and Composition, US Government and Politics, Art History
[] IBs (including this year’s): N/A
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, Honors Research I,II
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Siemens Semifinalist, Intel Semifinalist, ISEF, USABO, USNCO, Varsity Swimming MVP, National AP Scholar, lots of math awards (including one from University of Miami), Sunshine State Scholar, etc.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Varsity swimming, cancer research, learn to swim community service, Mu Alpha Theta (President), Physics Club (president), NHS, Key Club
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): Good/Decent
[] Teacher Recs: Phenomenal
[] Counselor Rec: Phenomenal
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): GREAT
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Israeli, Found a genetic predisposition which can successfully predict if cancer patients respond to therapy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: FL
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Strengths: Well rounded, shown commitment in all ECs
[] Weaknesses: 720 SAT II Hebrew.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: If only I knew
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all those who were accepted!

phonyreal98 · April 1, 2008, 3:29pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? no
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 800, 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/255
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), US Hist (5), Physics B (4), English Lang (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, Ap English Lit, AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Psych, HN Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few district level music awards…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club (Co-Founder, Treasurer), Marching Band (Section Leader), Orchestra (Principal), Jazz Band, Academic Team (Co-Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Quizno’s 12 hrs/wk during school, 20 hrs/wk during breaks
[] Volunteer/Community service: 420 hours volunteering at the hospital
[] Summer Activities: Work, hospital volunteering, musical theatre
[] Essays: ok
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: na
[] Interview: na
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I can’t hear…but music is my main ec
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: don’t care
[] Weaknesses: don’t care
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don’t care[/li][/ul]General Comments: congratulations to those admitted!!!

stupidkid · April 1, 2008, 3:52pm

Accepted to columbia college.

Stats.

<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060094460-post173.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060094460-post173.html</a>

Ptang69 · April 1, 2008, 8:17pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?:
[] SAT I (by section): 800M/790CR/750W (Superscore Took 3 times)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 750 Chem, 710 Bio M
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.7/100 W
[] Rank: 5/487
[] ACT:
[] APs (including this year’s): 7 APs previously, 2 5s (AB and BC) and 5 4s,
[] IBs (including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eco, AP Eng, Calc III, AP Physics, Organic
[] Number of Apps from Your School:?
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):NMF, Bausch Lomb Science Award, a lot of local awards, volunteering awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Student Gov (VP) statewide and local positions, Science Olympiad some regional meals, Quiz Bowl Captain, JV/V Tennis, volunteer at hospital
[] Job/Work Experience: at Doctors office
[] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were decent
[] Teacher Recs: 1 glowing, 1 OK
[] Counselor Rec: didnt read
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 2 years of research Siemens and INTEL Semifinalist 2007 and pending publishing, Volunteer at Research Lab, Gov School
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[] State or Country: PA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public sends 1-3 to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Indian 
[] Gender: Male 
[] Income Bracket: 100 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[] Strengths: Scores, research
[] Weaknesses: Lack of too many ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Applied to the college and have a strong science application[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: REALLY PUMPED Got into Cornell, Penn Engineering, Duke and Gtown too. I have to make a tough decision now, I think I got between Duke and Columbia and Columbia looks to be winning me over.

Tobman · April 1, 2008, 9:28pm

Decision: Accepted CC

SAT: 750, 740, 800

panda_chibi · April 1, 2008, 10:15pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760W/700CR/650M
[] ACT: 29 (but I dont think I even sent it to them)
[] SAT II: 720Lit/660USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.23
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesnt rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Currently in AP Studio & AP Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Above Average
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program Honorable Mention, Mu Alpha Theta
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School plays/musicals, Show Choir, Art Club, Technology Club (Treasurer for 3 years), Piano, Environmental Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Volunteer Group (for 5 years), Teen Court, Docent at Tampa Museum of Art, Various Activities w/ Church
[] Essays: I thought my personal statement was good. Not amazing, but definitely good. Others thought it was awesome.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[] Interview: I thought it went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Small, Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Eh Upper class (though fast sinking into debtso possibly not for long)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, LGBT
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, ECs/Commitment to Arts
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA, the fact that its a crap shoot, who knows?[/ul]

akiiriah · April 1, 2008, 10:43pm

**Decision: Accepted CC! **

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Economics-Political Science
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 2280 (CR: 780; M: 760; W: 740)
[] SAT IIs: French: 770; MathIIC: 750; Lit: 700; World Hist: 700
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: We don’t do GPA here. 92+ Average?
[] Rank: N/A but I’m guessing top 10%
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs (including this year’s): APs self studied - World Hist (5); Chinese (5); Psych (4); HumGeo (4); Macro; Micro; GovPol Comp; GovPol US; APs in school - French (5); Spanish; Euro Hist
[] IBs (including this year’s: None
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Very heavy
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Er…5-7?
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Math Competition Awards (AIME first in school); History awards; Political stuff; Top 10 in a Pageant among others

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: They were probably the strongest aspect of my application. I put a lot of time and effort into them, even though I have a lot. Also, many of them were pretty unique and tied in well with my interests and potential majors. I’m also big on community service. I won’t elaborate for privacy reasons. PM me if you want to know.
[] Job/Work Experience: Teaching English; Internships at multinational corporations; worked with disabled children
[] Essays (subject and responses): Good - About my international experiences. Why Duke was mediocre though.
[] Teacher Recs: Never saw it but probably good
[] Counselor Rec: Never saw it but probably excellent
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Lived in three different continents during High School? Loads of ECs? None really.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Canada
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+ I think.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: ECs
[] Weaknesses: Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: International experiences + ECs[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATS TO ALL ADMITS! SEE YOU ALL IN THE FALL!

Duygu · April 2, 2008, 11:02am

Decision: Accepted to CC!

Stats:
College/Major Applied To: History/Political Science
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 2000 (CR: 740; M: 560; W: 740)
SAT IIs: World Hist: 730, German: 750
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 8.9 in the Dutch system (VWO)
Rank: 1/~100
ACT: -
APs (including this year’s): -
Senior Yr Courseload: Very very heavy
Number of Apps from Your School: 2
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Science award and getting into pre-university college
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: very good for a normal person, though average compared to some other applicants.
Essays (subject and responses): Amazing- about being Kurdish and what it means to me
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): two indepedent research- pretty good ones, too
Location/Person:
State or Country: The Netherlands
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Gymnasium
Ethnicity: Kurdish-Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Heritage (repressed minority), geographic location (Netherlands), valedictiorian, child of not very rich immigrants in the Netherlands and yeah my parents didn’t go to college.
Strengths: essay
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: see hooks
Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yeeey!! Soo happy :D:D only college in the US i applied to so I got really lucky Plus, i’m a John Jay Global Scholar!!!

Good luck to everyone else!!

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