<p>Considering I just received my blue folder containing my acceptance letter, I felt it necessary to open a thread for everyone to express their joy/depression. Include your result and a little bit about yourself, if you’d like to do so.</p>
<p>I’m Jack, from Green Bay. I’ll be playing baseball while I’m at Carleton and my major is up in the air at this point, but I’m strongly considering a physical science.</p>
<p>Hello! I’m Austin, from a little city (even smaller than Northfield) just west of Kansas City. I received my acceptance letter this morning, and I can’t begin to describe how much of a relief that was. Although I don’t have any idea what I’ll major in, I’m incredibly excited to begin my life at Carleton.</p>
<p>Congratulations to you, Jack, and good luck to everyone who is still waiting.</p>
<p>I’m rather embarrassed to attach my real identity with my username, but oh well. My name’s Kristen, and I’m from Iowa. I was so worried about getting accepted I bet my friend ten bucks I wouldn’t; I’ve never been so happy to owe money before. 
I’m also completely clueless when it comes to majors, but I think I’d love studying linguistics. :)</p>
<p>Congrats to you both! I hope the rest of CC has equally good luck. :)</p>
<p>I just received my acceptance a few days ago. I live in a small town 3 hours north of North Field. The plan as of now is Poly-Sci, but plans can change. 
Sadly, Carleton said they did not receive my financial info, so I still have to work that out. Did anyone else run into that problem?</p>
<p>I’m so glad that I can now officially join this thread :)</p>
<p>Hi! My name is Claire and I am from Taiwan. I was an exchange student in Minnesota my sophomore year and I can’t wait to go back to the beautiful state! I was ecstatic to receive my Fedex decision! Right now, I am thinking of maybe psychology or environmental studies, but I am pretty much open to anything at this point. 
So excited to meet you all next year! </p>
<p>ps. Is there also going to be a stats page since I found it pretty useful when I was considering colleges…</p>
<p>I just got accepted today- I live in Maryland. Schoolwise I like psychology and English. I’m mainly a swimmer but I dabble in a few other sports. Really excited to meet you all next year.</p>
<p>I’m a swimmer too, did you get recruited? Also does anyone wanna post stats or make a stats thread to make me less (or more) nervous?</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I will do Carleton swimming and no I was not recruited for it. But I’ll consider it.</p>
<p>I just received my letter of acceptance!! I’ve never been happier to see snail mail delivered in my life. I’m from California, by the way. My envelope was a little soggy from the rain but that’s okay. :D</p>
<p>Accepted from Massachusetts! So happy and relieved (although senioritus is definitely setting in way too fast).</p>
<p>Well, I suppose we can start the stats thread right here, for those of you interested. I stole this template, but it should work…</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2120 Composite (2 sittings): 750 CR, 730 M, 640 W, 10 E
[ *]SAT II: None taken
[ *]ACT: 31
[ *]GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.02 W
[ *]Rank: 9/426
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Stats, Lang, US History, Chemistry: 5, 4, 4, 3
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Nothing special, talked about buying a t-shirt cannon for my school
[ *]Teacher Recs: Superb; my English teacher has a bit too much adoration for me and the recommendation showed it, AP Chem teacher enjoyed my presence in the class
[ *]Counselor Rec: Regurgitated resume
[ *]Supplementary Material: Nothing outstanding
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): “Recruited” for baseball, probably played a minute role
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Suburban Green Bay
[ *]High School Type: Competitive Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Nothing really noteworthy other than two varsity sports, founding the philosophy club and a few other clubs
[ *]Awards: National Merit Semifinalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I was just myself in all written materials and think that colleges, particularly one like Carleton, love genuine people. If anyone would like to get in touch with me any time before the next school year, they can message me for my identity and a facebook friendship could certainly follow</p>
<p>Congratulations to all the new Carls! I’m excited to see you guys next year.</p>
<p>FYI, make sure to delete the spaces within brackets on the stats template so that the formatting comes out right.</p>
<p>My stats aren’t that impressive, but if they’re able to help anyone out, here they are:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Didn’t take
[</em>]SAT II: Didn’t take
[<em>]ACT: 29
[</em>]GPA: 3.952
[<em>]Rank: 4/66
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): N/A
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I wrote mine about my school band’s tradition of touching the bus windows as we go over the railroad tracks. Warm fuzzies galore.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Great, I think. My FFA advisor/science teacher is my second mother, and my English teacher adores me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I’m fortunate enough to have gotten to know my counselor, and I think I made a good impression.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Eh, I doubt they stood out. That character limit was frustrating.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Iowa
[<em>]High School Type: Public, small, nothing fancy.
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other
[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: A lot. Mostly FFA, but also theatre/speech, band, church, and community service.
[<em>]Awards: A lot of FFA stuff, including on the national level.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: So happy to be accepted! Like JMoney’s offer, feel free to drop me a line if you’d like to talk before next fall. Can’t wait to meet everybody![/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2070 (790 CR, 620 M, 670 WR)
[</em>]SAT II: 680 Bio, 720 US History
[<em>]GPA: 3.3 uw
[</em>]Rank: doesn’t rank
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Fantastic, 9.5/10
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Presumably great. Both teachers loved me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Hook: URM
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Massachusetts
[</em>]High School Type: Small public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Swim Team Captain, Emergency Medical Tech, Model UN, Lifeguard and swimming instructor
[</em>]Awards: National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Excited. If you’d like to talk before next fall or exchange info let me know![/ul]</p>
<p>Hello all! I am just a regular decision applicant (The idea of locking in through ED is unattractive to me) but I thought I could chime in. I was nervous when I first saw this thread because Carleton is my first choice but a day doesn’t pass that I get the haunting thought that I may not be accepted. Needless to say when you all started talking about your blue envelopes, I began to feel a little glum and worried.</p>
<p>However, I really want to thank you all for posting your stats as it really allows me (and others) to take a look at were we stand. I am happy to see that my stats are strikingly similar to all of yours which hopefully means that if you were all accepted (granted through ED) I stand a better chance than I thought! Thank you all so much! I hope you all are my future classmates!</p>
<p>With Love,
Jake from Minnesota</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2240 (720 CR 790 M 730 WR)
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math II
[<em>] GPA:3.9 uw
[</em>] Rank:top10%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 118 TOEFL
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays:Wrote about my experience being an exchange student as well as a host
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, but I imagine that they are good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I think it was pretty good
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nationality (a little maybe, since there aren’t alot of people from Taiwan at Carleton), research experience (maybe)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Taiwan
[<em>]High School Type:Prestigious Public (one of the top in my country actually)
[</em>]Ethnicity:Asian
[li]Gender:F[/li][/ul]Other[list]</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars:volunteer club, varsity cross country, MUN, making films, reporter for school newspaper</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards:I am in a special language and social science class endorsed by our government</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:So happy to be accepted and excited to meet you all! Maybe we can bond over the facebook group?</p>
<p>Fluffykino</p>
<p>Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (760 Math, 790 Writing, 700 Reading, 9 Writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 690 Biology
[<em>]ACT: 35 (36 Math, 36 Reading, 35 Writing, 34 Science)
[</em>]GPA: 3.88 weighted
[<em>]Rank: top 20%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US History, AP Stats, AP Lang: 4, 5, 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not my greatest, but I made sure it emphasized my academic philosophy
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Outstanding - both teachers have known me since middle school, and like me more than they should
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Nothing special (300 characters was definitely not enough)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Suburban Kansas City
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Not much except band, but I’ve been 1st or 2nd chair and a student leader all four years
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Semifinalist
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just be yourself. You aren’t doomed if some of your stats aren’t up to par (like my GPA and class rank, which aren’t terribly impressive). Extracurriculars matter, but if you devote yourself fully to one or two, it still looks pretty good.
[/ul]</p>
<p>I just found the Facebook group, so anyone who wants to chat can find me there (as soon as I’m added, anyway). I’m excited to meet my future classmates!</p>
<p>Oh, and good luck to Fluffykino and anyone else applying RD!</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2140
[</em>]SAT II: 710 US
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.83 UW
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US 5 Euro 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I liked it! Funny, original.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Really good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Art portfolio
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Extended family legacy
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Massachusetts
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Editor in Chief of newspaper; Pres. Art Club; Pres. SADD; MUN; NHS; UNICEF Treasurer
Awards: Top Student: US History, AP Euro, French IV; Russell Sage Humanities Award; National Merit Semi-Finalist
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: So sad right now. They told me that they didn’t defer. Is that new this year?</p>