<p>…Rejected. My application all together was terrible; I felt the entire time like I didn’t know why I was trying to graduate a year early from high school and jump into something way over my head, and I know it showed in my essays. I don’t feel like posting stats because they’re just plain silly.</p>
<p>Anyway, I decided I made a mistake in trying to get out of high school early, so I’m staying an extra year. Going to try again next year, I think, and attempt to look at more than just Caltech and CU-Boulder (a place I don’t want to be). </p>
<p>Don’t understand why you’d apply to a place you don’t want to be. There are other options that you should explore to apply to places where you DO want to be–there are over 3000 schools to choose among, surely some of them will want you & be attractive to you.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1820 (CR 460, M 780, W 580)
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Physics 760, Chemistry 710
GPA: no gpa
AP: doing IB
IB: predicted 38-39 points out of 45
Rank: no rank
TOEFL: 267</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I thought it was pretty good.
Teacher Recs: Very good for math, average for economics
Counselor Recs: dont know
Hook: Invited to BMO1 (top few hundred mathematicians under the british school system)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
Country: Thailand
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Strengths/Weaknesses: good recommendations, good math and science scores, very bad verbal, and pretty by humanity and english grades
Why was I rejected: I am not surprised that i was rejected, I am just not up to the standard.</p>
<p>I will try to transfer there later. Caltech is my dream school, and will forever be!!!</p>
<p>Sometimes, I wish I stayed in high school… Like, now… To see where I would have ended up in this process. Of course, an acceptance one year might be a rejection another.</p>
<p>Well, I was just accepted to Harvard, which I’m thrilled about. Unfortunately, because of a committment I made in a letter a few months ago, I have to enroll there- meaning I have to give up one hell of a school.</p>
<p>Thanks anyway to everyone who helped answer my questions!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2220(new), 1520(old) 800-Math, 720-Verbal, 700-Writing
SAT IIs: 800-math IIC, 750-Physics, 690-Literature
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.95/4.56
Rank: 1/285
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP: Calculus BC, Physics B, English Language, US History, For 12th grade: English Literature, US Government, Computer Science A, Biology
Subjective:
Essays: quite good I believe
Teacher Recs: One of them really knows me.
Counselor Rec: Should be good
Hook (if any): Forgot to write down my AP test scores(There wasn’t a legit section to write this on tho, lol)
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: 3-year Swim team(1 year varsity), University of Pennyslvania Physics Camp during the summer, etc
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:Not relevant now is it? I just wish to god that they will accept me from waitlist. Whats the acceptance rate from wait list anyway?</p>
<p>BlueElmo
Waitlist has varied from 5 to 50 or so in last few years. Look up some of the old threads. Be sure to send a note (e-mail) about your accomplishments since you applied, your desire to matriculate at Caltech, and possibly additional recommendations.
good luck!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290/1550
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem 780 MIIC 750 Physics 530 German (it’s not a good idea to test 2 years after quitting total immersion)
[<em>] GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>] Other stats: APs 5: Chem, Euro History, English Lang; 4: American History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: one about band, one about scio, one about knitting/web design, I think
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one very thorough, one from my scio sponsor
[</em>] Counselor Rec: he’s a newbie, so I guess he can accurately say I’m one of his career bests?
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Michigan
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: I am a huge procrastinator; I wrote the essay about Caltech the day of, but with all the research I did I ended up becoming pretty obsessed with the place
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: Out of all the apps I did, Caltech’s was the best. I don’t know what that says though, since I was rejected from every one but my safety.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
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