Official RD Decisions 2006

<p>bobbobbob, even the accepted people can’t see decision online right now, so don’t worry unless you logged in between about 4 and 6 am central.</p>

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<p>it was only between 4-6am cst? because i checked mine at like 6:45 central and there was nothing there.</p>

<p>it was not only between 4 and 6. i checked at 6:30 and then again at 9:00 and it was there both times.</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Sent ACT- 35
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 740, 710 (US, Math 2, Lit)
[<em>] GPA: 4.31 w
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[li] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really good. except for why NU essay, i wrote that in about 10 minutes, and it was pretty bad.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): female math major?</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: No idea, but i am really happy!!!
General Comments: good look to everyone else!!! i hope to see more acceptances later on tonight.</p>

<p>To answer someone’s question on the last page, I just happened to check during first mod English this morning (probably around 8:30 EST). No email or mail…</p>

<p>I did call admissions to ask about the mixup and she said the decisions will be posted officially and emails will be sent within the “next 48 hours”</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (Weinberg)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 IIC, 710 Lit, 670 US History w/out APUS
[<em>] GPA: 4.7 W, 3.83 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 15
[li] Other stats: 35 ACT</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Great, 1 Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Interviewed with NROTC battalion, got scholarship.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Varsity cross country, NHS, National Merit Finalist, Academic All-State, Island School Cacique Award
General Comments: Now just one more day to wait for JHU, Yale, and Dartmouth!</p>

<p>yay!!! accepted to the school of communication!!! post stats later</p>

<p><size=+1><color=purple><b>Decision: ACCEPTED *****ES lol</b></color=purple></size=+1></p>

<p><b>Stats:</b><list>
<<em>> SAT:2320 (720-CR, 800 M, 800 W)
<</em>> SAT IIs: 790 (MathIIC), 740 (US Hist), 770 (Old Writing)
<<em>> GPA: 105.3 W
<</em>> Rank: 23/116 (Crazy magnet school)
<*> Other stats:</list></p>

<p><b>Subjective:</b><list>
<<em>> Essays: Pretty good i guess.
<</em>> Teacher Recs: Only read one, but it was AMAZING. shes the head of the math department and literally said she was “high on” me.
<<em>> Counselor Rec: Good?
<</em>> Hook (if any): Being supafly?</list></p>

<p><b>Location/Person:</b><list>
<<em>> State or Country: Philadelphia, PA
<</em>> School Type: Public Magnet
<<em>> Ethnicity: White
<</em>> Gender: F</list></p>

<p><b>Other Factors:</b> Lots of varied ECs with leadership, some awards, already 6 college classes (at Penn, Yale and Drexel)
<b>General Comments:</b> Yay!</p>

<p>hmm still didnt work</p>

<p>you are using the wrong symbols. you should use brackets rather than the arrows <>.</p>

<p>Try using brackets instead of arrows < ></p>

<p>whoa, jinx</p>

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED!!! (McCormick) **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090 (690M, 730CR, 670W) (the SAT and I didn’t get along well)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730US Hist, 740 IIC, 770 Bio M
[<em>] GPA:4.0 UW, 4.124W
[</em>] Rank: 3/408
[li] Other stats: 10 AP classes by graduation. all 5s and one 4</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I guess they were good… they got me in!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: AWESOME
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Best in career… etc
[</em>] Hook (if any): my…all around… awesomeness </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Strong ECs like no other…Intel International Fair MAY 06!, Girl Scouts, Leadership Positions in every area, Varsity XC and Track 4 years +captain, published author in May 06, and 50+awards in science, music, academics, community service, etc.
**General Comments:**I just need to figure out how to pay! Good luck to everyone… and SATs aren’t everything, there are other ways of showing you are intelligent and worthy of going to a prestigious school!</p>

<p>congrats to everyone so far… i hope i get in too.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (Weinberg)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 Math, 790 Verbal. 740 Writing
SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 710 Lit, 770 IC
GPA: 4.3 W, 3.9ish UW
Rank: 15/432
Other stats: 35 ACT</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I wasn’t a big fan of mine, but appartently they were decent
Teacher Recs: 1 Great, 1 Good
Counselor Rec: My counselor and I don’t talk
Hook (if any): National Merit Scholarship Finalist</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Suburban IL
School Type: Above Average Public
Ethnicity: White (though I declined to answer on my app.)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Varsity tennis, Math team, Scholastic Bowl
General Comments: After being unceremoniously rejected from Georgetown, this was a boost</p>

<p>Man… you guys must go to tremendous schools or I’m just better in class than on standardized tests… I only got a 32 on my ACT but I’m third in my class of 370…
Do you think a 32 is high enough to get in?
I’m kinda freaking out a bit…</p>

<p>I know someone who got in with a 26, so chill.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (WCAS)</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:</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent. About being a communist revolutionary in schools
[</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, Washington
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</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>comparanze: i haven’t heard back yet but go debate haha i’m a national circuit extemper (top 50 nationally) so i know the cult you’ve given your life to these past years haha</p>

<p>but i’m so glad it’s over.</p>

<p>It all depends on so many other factors</p>

<p>my 34 didn’t guarantee anything for me… but I live right next door to northwestern so I’m not too bummed about not attending</p>

<p>and for the record, I heard about being waitlisted through the mail, the website still doesn’t work</p>

<p>Accepted! Weinberg! Woot woot. (via mail)</p>

<p>General Info-</p>

<p>ACT-34
SAT 2200
GPA- 4.0 UW
Rank- 1/620
ECs: a few?
Awards- no biggies</p>

<p>Northwestern may be a bit too close to home for me to want to go there, but still feels great.</p>