<p>“They told me that they didn’t defer. Is that new this year?”</p>
<p>frc01746, </p>
<p>I’m sorry about your deferral. Good luck on the RD round!
Who told you they didn’t defer, though? I don’t think any college doesn’t defer, because there are always going to be a greater number of talented students than there are spots available; they’d either have to defer or deny. In fact, most colleges choose to defer the majority of their ED applicants that they don’t accept, precisely because they are all more than qualified and justly deserve another opportunity to apply.</p>
<p>Fluffykino, it seems to be for accepted students only, unfortunately. With any luck, you’ll be able to join in a few months. The group is called “Carleton College Class of 2016 (Official),” for accepted students who didn’t know it existed.</p>
<p>frc01746, like the others said, you probably don’t need to worry too much. With higher quality and quantity of ED applicants than before, I’m sure there were a pretty high number of deferrals. Your stats definitely seem strong enough for you to stand a pretty good chance in RD.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section):2110 (750W 690R 670 M)
SAT IIs:no
GPA:3.7 UW 4.4 W
Rank:idk
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 IB psych 5 ib environment 5 ap spanish 4 ap nsl
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Apparently very good. Wrote about adventures backpacking
Teacher Recs: Really good history one, english one was probably good too
Counselor Rec: I think it was pretty good
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): legacy
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location:Maryland
High School Type: #56 public school in US
Ethnicity:White
Gender:M
</code></pre>
<p>Other[list]
from what I can see Carleton decides pretty holistically, my grades aren’t amazing but show lots of recent improvement…and they like people who write well so try to do that.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2110 (CR:710; Math:650; Writing:750)
[</em>]SAT II:US History:650; Literature: 750; Spanish w/ Listening: 800
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.68 UW (School doesn’t do W)
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US - 5; AP Euro - 4;
[/ul]Subjective[list]
[<em>]Essays: Wrote about my time as an intern at a summer enrichment program for 5th and 6th grade girls from public schools.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I imagine.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Terrific.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I actually didn’t submit a r</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Stellar essay on my time at a Christian hockey camp (I’m not religious so it was pretty interesting)
[ *]Teacher Recs: decent, I imagine
[ *]Counselor Rec: also probably decent, just a reiteration of my school record and academic skills
[ *]Supplementary Material: none
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):3 sport varisty athlete (though not recruited), 2 (and counting) time state champion; LOTS of community service coaching ice hockey and XC, including a bunch I did in India; also started a Ultimate Frisbee club at my school (I only metion this because its Carleton)
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Middlebury, VT
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: XC, Ice hockey, track+field, frisbee, full time job in summer, part time in winter, Boys’ State, community service, etc.
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just happy to be in and pumped to start going to Carleton. Good Luck to everyone still applying!</p>
<p>also I’ve heard rumors about a facebook group for admitted students, but I sure as hell can’t find it… Anybody have any idea about this?</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT II:N/A
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.68 UW 4.68 w
Rank: top 10%
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US - 4; AP Euro - 4
Subjective
Essays: Wrote about my batting coach and how he’s inspired me
Teacher Recs: Well, I’m assuming they were good
Counselor Rec: I’m sure that was good as well
Supplementary Material: Nothing that exciting and, as stated earlier, it was really difficult to write why I want to go to Carleton in 300 characters
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Softball
Personal
Location: Suburb of Chicago
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other
Extracurriculars: Operation Snowball, National Honor Society, Italian National Honor Society, Softball (high school) JV/Soph-2 years (Captain); Varsity-2 years, Travel softball (Captain)
Awards: 4th-in-state-National Italian Exam, Softball MVP
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: As clich</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Wrote about how I took a wrong turn during a 5K and ended up running 10.5 miles
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Written by articulate teachers who know me well
[<em>]Counselor Rec: She also knows me really well
[</em>]Supplementary Material: 300 characters wasn’t enough to explain my desire to attend Carleton
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Connecticut
[</em>]High School Type: Boarding School
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other
Extracurriculars: Head of Community Service (member of Student Government), Dorm Proctor, Head of Habitat for Humanity Club, Special Olympics Assistant Track Coach, A Cappella Group member, Head of a middle school/upper school Chamber Ensemble, Reading Tutoring Program Coordinator and participant, Camp Counselor
Awards: Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Silver Level (175+ hours/year), High Honor Roll, St. Lawrence University Book Award
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I really love Carleton, and it is undoubtedly my first choice. I know my SAT scores are weak; I hope to improve them in January.</p>
Other Tests: AP Euro History (4), AP Language & Comp (4), AP US History (4), AP Enviromental (5)</p>
<p>Subjective
Essay: On the development of my aspirations to change the world for better, (it sounds less cheesy in the essay :)) changes realized through a post-AP exam “Whale Wars” marathon with friends.
Teacher Recs: From the infamously intense AP Enviro teacher and the sweet AP Lang teacher. Both love me.
Counselor Rec: I gave her a giant profile of all of my extracurriculars (with pictures!). She loves me.
Supplementary Material: Dance Supplement. Video of myself taking ballet class. I’ll be dancing at Carleton!
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Legacy (father went), Rec letter from his best guy friend and my “uncle” who happens to donate lots of money, serious ballet dancer.</p>
<p>Personal
Location: Miami, FL. That should probably go in the “hook” section. Thank goodness for geographic diversity!
High School Type: Overcrowded public, super competitive within the top 25%.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: Ballet- annual productions of the Nutcracker; Board member, recording sec., President, recording sec. of the Junior Opera Guild (fund-raising philanthropic organization, I don’t sing opera); Historian of school dance team- performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for Disney World theme park, and in tons of school shows; Sunday school teacher to mentally challenged children with homosexual parents; founded a grant-driven youth environmental awareness club in middle school
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Can’t wait for Carleton! Will anyone else be dancing?</p>
<p>Stats:
-SAT: 2240 (740CR 770M 730WR)
-SAT II: math 800, chemistry 800, physics 770, biology 770
-ACT: N/A
-GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
-Rank: N/A
-Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP-Chemistry, Calculus BC, PhysicsB, Statistics: 5555
Subjective
-Essays: i like it a lot, because it is very ME. wrote about one Chinese class i had in high school, and the change i experience after that class
-Teacher Recs: i think they are good
-Counselor Rec: great
-Supplementary Material: an additional rec from a hospital internship supervisor, and i think it helped
-Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope</p>
<p>Personal
Location: Beijing, China
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F</p>
<p>Other
-Extracurriculars: hospital internship for 200 hrs, la experience, run a health club at school, leader of the volunteer team
-Awards: first prize in national applied physics competition
-Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: dont spend too much time on those three tricky questions! Those questions are used to mess you around.</p>