<p>you guys do realize this thread is ruined now, right?</p>
<p>Yeah guys *** - it says DECISIONS thread - more than 4 pages of crap is now attached to <em>2</em> decision posts. Great…</p>
<p>Let’s blame Esquared.</p>
<p>someone start a new one, please.</p>
<p>Decision:waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 700V 650M
SAT IIs:
GPA: 4.5W 3.8 UW
Rank: 19/500
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I tried.
Teacher Recs: OK
Counselor Rec: generic
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NE
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Deferred and then waitlisted, freaking ridik. Well, congratulations to everyone who was accepted ( OK, well most of you)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1540 (old) + 630 Writing (new)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 800, World Hist: 750, US Hist: 720
[<em>] GPA: 6.845 or 3.845 on the other scale
[</em>] Rank: 4/729
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good (maybe a little generic though)
[</em>] Hooks: Leadership
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Houston, Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public (Above Average)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Job: Medical Transcriptionist for years
[</em>] Computer Science Club: Vice President, Placed at Nationals 7th place, freshman year, tied for 7th in state last year, and placed at countless Houston-Area Contests
[<em>] Young Republican’s Club: Founder and President
[</em>] Model UN: Treasurer, Won the Delegate Award in 10th grade
[<em>] Cross Country: Varsity Letter + ran a marathon
[</em>] Mu Alpha Theta: Vice President
[<em>] Math Club: President
[</em>] National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
[<em>] Academic Challenge: Captain and President
[</em>] National Merit Commendation
[li] AP Scores: US Hist - 4, Human Geo, 5, World Hist - 5, Comp Sci AB - 3</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Not qualified enough
[</em>] Other thoughts: UChicago was my previous #1 school, but chances look bleak now, so I guess I’m going to UT now…I’ve been hanging out at college confidential for a few years now, just never posted
[/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: rejected **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740M, 680V, 720 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 M2, 780 chem, 720 bio-m
[<em>] GPA: 96/100
[</em>] Rank: 30/450
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I’m not a writer
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: genaric
[</em>] Hook (if any): White Male?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Buffalo, NY
[</em>] School Type: mediocore public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths: I don’t know
[</em>]Weaknesses: Genaric ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
rejected at Chicago + Cornell, accepted Hopkins</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220, 790m, 750v, 680w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math2, 750 ushistory, 740 chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP 5’s, 1 3; NM scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i spent a lot of time on them and related them to chicago, showed passion, etc.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: KY
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: quiz bowl, fbla, NHS, chess, volunteering, some national awards
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: well-rounded i guess, i had a good interview, also
[</em>] Other thoughts: yay!
[/ul]</p>
<p>did u guys get letters in the mail or can u check online</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800R/750M/730W (2280)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 ush, 760 2c, 750 chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 uw, 5.0 w
[</em>] Rank: 2
[<em>] Other stats: pretty original ecs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i guess they were ok…i was a little worried they might not have been “uncommon” enough. the “why chicago” was good though
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 really good, 1 pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably ok, generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type: Public, ~2000 people
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: i had some unusual ones and a lot of leadership
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: i’m pretty well-rounded and i think i showed that i love learning.
[</em>] Other thoughts: woohoo!!!</p>
<p>From the website: “Freshman regular notification decisions were mailed on Tuesday, March 28th. We do not give out decisions online, on the phone, or via email.”</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730Cr 780M 800W (2310)
ACT 34 comp
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 2c, 750 chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.6uw
[</em>] Rank: 2 out of 705
[<em>] Other stats: National merit commended, AP scholar, NHS, all the typical things
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i came up with the coolest prompt! (in my humble opinion lol)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 2 good to excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): flutist?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: a lot of music stuff, i sent in a flute CD, im involved in amnesty, speech, math team, science club, and a lot of music ensembles in and out of school
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: a good interview, IL resident?
[</em>] Other thoughts: congrats to all accepted! to those rejected or waitlisted, dont despair, u always find a school that u grow to love later on</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 770v 720m 760w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 math 2c 720 ush 700 chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.6ish uw (competitive private school, we don’t have aps)
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: some 4s on aps…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: umm good i thought… but i was deferred EA, so i guess they didn’t like them THAT much
[<em>] Teacher Recs: don’t know, but good. I also sent in an extra rec when i was deferred, and that one should have been really good. and i had a supp. rec that should also be really good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know, but he really likes me
[<em>] Hook (if any): demonstrated interest in politics/ir…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: internships on two political campaigns, i went to china last summer, other random stuff
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: well i sent in an update letter and got an extra rec… i don’t know but im HAPPY 
[</em>] Other thoughts: did Esquared get in? because i’d like to meet that kid :). also now i have to choose betwenn chicago and jhu!! which is not a bad choice to make, i am just indecisive :P</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2280
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 x 3
[<em>] GPA:4.0
[</em>] Rank:1/300ish
[<em>] Other stats:hello.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs:excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec:generic
[<em>] Hook (if any):none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:united states
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:Good.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred:I am awesome?
[</em>] Other thoughts: I second the “I hope Esquared got in because i want to meet him” motion [/ul]</p>
<p>I don’t feel like doing the proper format thing so here goes:</p>
<p>From Michigan
ACT: 27
GPA: 4.0
Essays: I AM a writer!
Recs: Pretty excellent I’ll say
ECs: geographical location and small school allowed for complete rubbish in this category; JV softball 2 years
Major: Film/Humanities/Writing, that sort of thing
Job: worked at movie theatre for two years
Fun Fact: said on application that I only heard of U of Chicago because someone had said online once that it looks like Hogwarts!
APs: only two and I haven’t even finished them yet</p>
<p>Can you believe I got in? Rejected at NU, accepted at UMich! I’m going to Chicago! I’ve been playing Billy Idol’s Dancin’ With Myself for a long time today now!</p>
<p>Please let me in! I was deferred… does anyone know the acceptance rate from the deferred pool?</p>
<p>did you guys get your decision from fedex?</p>
<p>It’s about 33% acceptance for deffered students, this is what i was told after being deferred.</p>
<p>10 different threads for decisions…haha</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420/2190 (770w, 760cr, 660m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 us history, 690 biology
[<em>] APs: 5 english lang, 5 biology, 5 world history, 4 euro hist, 4 us history, 3 macroecon, 3 microecon (self-studied ap econ and euro hist)
[</em>] GPA: 3.71uw
[<em>] Rank: Top 20% is all I remember
[</em>] Other stats: None.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent. About being a communist revolutionary in school
[</em>] Teacher Recs: The best I can imagine from my calc teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no clue
[</em>] Hook (if any): Debater</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bellevue, WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Male
[</em>] Gender: White</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:
Nat’l circuit debater, 4th at WA state, TOC bid, qualified to Nats, ranked in top 100 in country, #3 in state, etc. Applied for Economics major.</p>
<p>The decision comes via regular mail. Big white envelope!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! (after being deferred)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2120
SAT IIs: n/a
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.91
Rank: top 15%
Subjective:
Essays: Average
Teacher Recs: Fabulous
Counselor Rec: not very good. terrible counselor!
Hooks: Alumni relations?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ann Arbor, Mi
School Type: Private (but sucks)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
I got good semester grades and started an internship in a laboratory. Also, my AP history teacher called a guy on the admissions committee and told him how much I wanted to go there.</p>
<p>Why I think I was accepted/deferred:
I don’t know. I am just so happy. I think an important thing was that I kept writing and saying I was interested after being deferred.</p>