<p>Congratulations Conwoman & Morphuescc</p>
<p>hey, everyone! sorry i haven’t posted this, but senior prom was yesterday, so I’ve been bizzy…</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE, no matter what the decisions, because you WILL be happy wherever you end up.</p>
<p>baby, the Trinity isn’t destroyed at all! and thanks so much to everyone who, while I was in Florida and couldn’t post my own decision, expressed concern over my status. And thanks to calidan for keeping me updated in Orlando and also telling all the anxious people here!</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] GPA: 3.945 (i’m not sure about the whole weighted business, but that is the only GPA on my transcript.)
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[li] Else: 1440 SAT I (730 Verbal, 710 Math), 790wri, 740lit, 740miic[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northern New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: lol uhh…the fact that I’m a white girl from New Jersey? (weakness) I prob. could have gotten more A+'s instead of A’s lol…and I know I could have done better on the SATs, I just didn’t want to do worse. I’m told I’m strong in writing, music, and overall personality - I’m positive and passionate, etc.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Well I personally was expecting rejection. Maybe they received my letter of intent three weeks before decisions and felt sorry for me, lol[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]Essay - I personally really liked my essay. Even though it was one about my grandfather, I believe I made it funny and put a new twist on it - not just the, “I now understand and respect my grandfather” cliche one, but the fact that both of us are optimists and choose to be happy, which I think is very important.
[</em>]Recs - I read my friend’s peer rec, and it seriously made me cry. I, personally, think it was wonderful, and really portrayed me well. LOVE YOU ELENA lol. As for teacher and GC recs, I waived my right to see them…one of my teachers, though, told me after I was deferred from Penn that she couldn’t believe they couldn’t accept me with the recommendation she had written. Also, my other teacher was extremely surprised to hear that certain students were ranked ahead of me - she said they were hard workers, but “not in [my] league as far as intelligence, and [I’m] a far superior writer…it just comes naturally to [me].” Hopefully this came across in her rec lol. My GC likes me…and I’ve always taken the hardest available courses.
[<em>]Interview - Well, we talked for two hours, wherein we realized we were THE EXACT SAME PERSON, though I’m Russian and she’s Korean. She was also Editor of the Lit Mag, also played Varsity Tennis, also played piano and loved choir, doing all the honors choirs possible, and also was a Government major. Needless to say, we didn’t lack for things to talk about, and she said she would write that they had to accept me because i WAS her, lol.
[</em>]Other: I also sent in a tape of myself playing a 10-minute cello/piano sonata with a fellow student. I play it from memory and it’s 17 pages, and it’s pretty complex. I love it though, I just LOVE the music. In addition, I sent in slides of my artwork, some of which I am very proud of. Oh, and 5 on AP History, the only AP I could have possibly taken before senior year.[/ul]</p>
<p>All in all, I was thrilled to be waitlisted, already sent in my letter to them, and planning to send another one in two weeks or so. My grades have fallen a tiny bit since first semester (NOT because of senioritis, but because the classes GOT HARDER, lol) so I’m not sure if I want to send them. And I do know the chances of getting in off the waitlist are slim, but I’m still going to try, because the NEXT FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE are at stake, and even though Tufts is FANTASTIC, I just have a feeling that I will be happier at dartmouth.</p>
<p>Oh and in case anyone wants to know -
Accepted: Tufts, William and Mary, NYU-Stern, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Dartmouth and Columbia (lol i’m not even deluding myself about that one though, Columbia waitlists more people than it accepts, lmao)
Rejected: Penn, Cornell, Yale, G-town SFS (SURPRISE! lol, no biggie at all, I hardly even care about it)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.3 W (or something like that)
- Rank: 2/140ish
- Else: 1440 SAT I, 750/740/740, 33 ACT
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CO
- School Type: Public
- Major strength/weakness: i suck at math!
- Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Essay - I liked my essay, but it got mixed reviews. It really showed who I was, though…
- Recs - My peer rec was amazing and both of my teacher recs were amazing. My counselor rec was really nice and said great things but I don’t think it was especially original.
- Interview - We talked for a really long time and I think he liked me.
- Other: 5s on AP Bio and AP US History exams last year.
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted: Dartmouth, Cornell (into Cornell Tradition), Penn, Princeton, Georgetown and Northwestern
Rejected: Yale (applied SCEA), Stanford
Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis</p>
<p>Congrats on all your acceptances, Wishfulthinking! Do you have any idea where you want to go yet?</p>
<p>Thanks, Gracilisae! I’m almost certain I’m going to Princeton…I love Dartmouth but I really think that I belong at Princeton.</p>
<p>I totally get it - I applied Princeton ED, so I was (obviously) in love with the school. I’m sure you’re going to have an amazing four years there.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>Congrats to you!!</p>
<p>Anyone here from Orange County, CA? I’m tired and don’t want to look at the list right now =)</p>
<p>hey graci, i visited D yesterday and saw a ton of preps. you’ve got nothing to worry about lol</p>
<p>i’m bumping this one so you can all see the results, etc. I love this thread because it shows that since I was in Orlando at the time that decisions came out, everyone on here was still asking, “Has anyone heard from blu yet??” and the fact that calidan was constantly IMing my phone in order to tell me everyone else’s decisions. It was a pleasure waiting out the RD round with y’all.</p>
<p>Blu when I saw this thread with you name attached I was hoping that you were going to tell us that you were going to Hanover after all :(. They just had tubestock this past weekend but D stayed home because she had to work.</p>
<p>haha aw! no i’m even more excited for Tufts than I already was; i’ve been talking to people that are going, and they’re all just incredible.</p>
<p>which is bad, b/c if i’ll try to transfer, i’ll NOT WANT TO LEAVE! lol</p>
<p>I am glad that everything is working out and you are loving Tufts (as it should be). Knowing you, you’ll probably be leading the charge getting your friends into some sort of debauchery and laughing all the way. Half of the summer is gone and soon you’ll be leaving to head out to orientation. Hey, I will miss you but I know you’ll come back to do grad school at Columbia (free tuition is a good thing).</p>
<p>OOH, and THEN we can go out for our coffee at Washington Square Park! yayyyy</p>