<p>^ You have to read the 2015 REAers’ discussion thread to find out 
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/995178-official-stanford-rea-2015-applicants-discussion-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/995178-official-stanford-rea-2015-applicants-discussion-thread.html</a></p>
<p><em>sigh</em>
Rejected…
It was my number one choice for god knows how long…
ahhh well.
Time to make a move on those other apps. :p</p>
<p>To ajax 1221,</p>
<p>Sorry, but I do not feel the need to justify my family’s financial situation in public forum.
Nor should I have to.</p>
<p>Sorry it took me so long to post this, I was really busy with finals. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did Not Submit
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 730, 630
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/480
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP European History (4), AP English Literature (4)
[<em>] AP Pending: AB Calculus, AP Physics B, AP English Language, AP Microeconomics
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Eagle Scout, AP Scholar, Boys State representative </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Section Leader), Wind Symphony (Section Principle), Full Orchestra (Section Principle), Pit Orchestra, Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), National Honor Society (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job since freshman year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons of stuff through Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State (11th grade); work
[<em>] Essays: Pretty decent, not my best
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one really good, one awful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: really good
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, I’m just really excited! [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I got rejected. Too devastated to even report scores in right format. About 2200 SAT, 34 ACT- 4.7 unweighted GPA.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):770 Math 760 English 670 Reading (don’t know
why I reported)
[ *] ACT: 35 Composite, 36 Math, 36 Science, 34 Reading, 34 English
[ *] SAT II: 790 Spanish, 780 Math II, 750 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4% (estimate-
school doesn’t actually rank)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calc AB (5)
Calc BC (5) English Lang (4) US History (4) Spanish (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, one community college course
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP
Scholar with Distinction, Dartmouth Book Award, 4 teacher given awards, 3 in spanish, 1 in calculus BC (represents top 3 students from the year)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student
Government (Sophomore Director, Junior Director, Executive Treasurer),
JV Basketball, Friends of Workability (co-founder, Secretary), Leadership Initiatives (Media Director), National Honors Society, Rec Soccer
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none really. worked in dad’s office summer after freshman year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: worked in the gubernatorial primary and general election, and am a member of three different comm service clubs
[ *] Summer Activities: travel abroad for a month in Spain with Spanish class from school, and also did a JSA Summer School Program at Georgetown, took a course in Constitutional Law
[ *] Essays: Letter to Roommate: sleep talking, and how that relates to me being a social person
Why Stanford: how my school has little energy or motivation, and Stanford could help me develop as a leader (HATED IT, but ran out of time)
Intellectual Idea: History is subjective, and bent to the bias of the times.
CommonApp: Zip Lining in Costa Rica even though I’m afraid of heights. eventually used zip line as a metaphor to me leaving for college, and moving forward.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: waived right to see, but two teachers I have developed close ties to.
[ *] Counselor Rec: waived right to see, but should be alright.
[ *] Additional Rec: none.
[ *] Interview: none.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public (Alternative School- quarter system, and lottery to get in)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test Scores, Transcript, Common App essay, Letter to roommate
[ *] Weaknesses: other two essays, race, income bracket
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I never really thought I had a chance, but I would have to say my essays really did me in.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>I pledged awhile ago, but decided to write it just now 
[color=orange]Decision: Deferred[ /color]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350/Writing-790/Math-790/Reading-770/Onetake
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-800/Physics-800/Chemistry-790/US History-740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank. Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) US History (5) Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP European History, AP Government, AP Physics C, English IV, Law & Modern Society
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track 4 years (State Team), JV Soccer 3 years, Debate team 3 years, Chess team 2 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: College-senior level internship at a local bank. General secretary work around school.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Shmer.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer School, Summer School, Internship, Europe Trip
[<em>] Essays:
Main Common App: Playing chess in Luxembourg Gardens and how the Europe Trip opened my eyes. College counselor called it “A perfect essay”.
Extracurric: Polevaulting and why I enjoy it.
Intellectual Idea: Cartesian philosophy and how it applies to lucid dreaming
Why Stanford: Nothing special, just your general track team/weather/economics association essay.
Roommate: I had fun w/ this one. Light-hearted tone, I thought displayed me well.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One came from the top English teacher known to give good recommendations. He retired, but chose me alone to write out of retirement. The other came from a History teacher who I enjoyed her class.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good. No idea to expect otherwise.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Economic
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Prestigious Prep School (Private)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Greater than 300k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academic Scores, Essays, Track, Recommendation letters
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: Shmer :/. Probably the lack of leadership.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I come from a prestigious prep school, which historically has about 10-12 applicants EA and gets 4-5 accepted. This year, 18 applied, and 2 got in. One on athletics, the other for music. Rumor around campus is that we got “blacklisted” because of low retention rate last year. :/.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 610CR/570M/590W
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: 560 Spanish, 580 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/432
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None 
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Lots of Honors classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Step Team (Presidant), Chess Team, Girls Basketball
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Popeyes (Fry Cook)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked at local animal shelter
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to Haiti and Sudan to visit my grandparents
[<em>] Essays: Really good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really good (I think)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also good (I think)
[</em>] Additional Rec: No
[li] Interview: Went great! She loved my shoes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Sports Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Montana
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/Jewish
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Class rank!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I HAVE NO IDEA!!! Shocked and so happy :)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who got in!!</p>
<p>^ I have an idea–You have three (!) hooks: you’re a URM; you’re from a perpetually- underrepresented state; and you’re first-generation-to-college.</p>
<p>^ And low-ish income, I gather.</p>
<p>■■■■■…
- They don’t give interviews in Montana.
- The poster posted completely different stats on another results thread.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>caught. fail.</p>
<p>1) thats awk
2) what’s the point of faking stats…? never quite understood that.</p>
<p>I have to post this quickly because I don’t have much time right now. Sorry for being so late but I just remembered about my pledge I made all the way back!</p>
<p>Not that this would be significant, but I got rejected as well. I was surprised at how well I ended up taking it, probably because of how early the REA decisions came in… caught me off guard.</p>
<p>
IMO it’s OK to list even minor awards if you don’t have enough major awards to fill the spaces. I didn’t have many major awards so I just listed Honor Roll, outstanding in X, Region Band, and I don’t remember what else in addition to my only major award (national merit).</p>
<p>I didn’t quite want to do this for privacy reasons, but I know how much these have helped me over the past year and a half or so.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR / 670 M / 640 W (this went up to 2180 in November -.-)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math 2, 760 World History, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/593
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5553
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 76
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Humanities (tested in math studies and physics), AP Calc BC and Wind Ensemble
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor? Nothing too special
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band 9-12 (Section Leader 10-12, Vice President 11, President 12, Qualified to Area 2x, State Solo and Ensemble Medalist 2x), NHS 10-12 (President), Mu Alpha Theta 12 (Co-founder, Secretary), Student Council 10-12 (Overall Treasurer 12), Key Club 9-11 (Treasurer 10)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours? Church, Mu Alpha Theta, Library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science at MIT! Intense, but awesome.
[</em>] Essays:
Common App: 8
EC Short Answer: 5 (lol)
Why Stanford?: 9-10
Roommate: 8
Intellectual Vitality: 7
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read one, pretty great. Other one, I imagine is awesome.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She and I get along, and I’ve really gotten to know her. I imagine its good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: MITES Evals. Humanities, Calculus, Biochem all good. Digital Design was ok. Physics was not that great
[</em>] Interview: none in Austin
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science and Econ double
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Semi-competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income Bracket: enough for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, MITES[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Commitment to band, course rigor (compared to school), Why Stanford
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT at the time, didn’t do my best at MITES, downward grade trend,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose they just saw what they wanted in me
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred: Accepted to UT-Austin. Waiting on UT-Honors and other privates over the next few months[/ul]
General Comments: Good luck to the deferred! I’m pretty grateful that I got in, but I still need to see where else I get in and check aid before I decide.</p>
<p>oh so I realized I never posed but I’m not going to put the whole thing up…</p>
<p>hooks: recruited athlete
decision: rejected (weird right?)</p>
<p>ah well, congratulations to all who got in! You all deserve it. And to those in my boat (lol im a rower… get it get it?) we pwn at life and I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason! </p>
<p>SENIOR SPRING GET@ME</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 770, 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 UW
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): As
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): President of three clubs, on the board of two others, member of many more.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, have a job starting in April
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I don’t have exact numbers, but I’d estimate 600+ hours.
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): one was amazing, didnt see other
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didnt see
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): amazing
[ *] Interview: went very well</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): suburb of NYC
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public, sends many grads to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Serious legacy</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>[ *] Strengths: Rank. Decent test scores. Good high school. Foreign exchange.
[ *] Weaknesses: WASP from the northeast
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk</p>
<p>General Comments:
Accepted: Penn (ATTENDING!!!), Tulane (25k/yr merit), UCONN (half merit scholarship), USC (half ride), UVA (Echols honor program)
Rejected: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt</p>
<p>I’m out here to prove that a Stanford REA reject can be successful RD at other schools. And I was. PENN 2015!!! Couldnt be happier!!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred —>** Accepted!**</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2160
[</em>] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 780 Biology
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/400
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, a few honors courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, AP Scholar, nothing major.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a few clubs, member in a bunch
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked a bit in the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at library for a while
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working, volunteering, having fun.
[<em>] Essays: Decent. Felt like I rushed tme.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[li] Counselor Rec: Haven’t read it, but i’m sure it was great.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yessir
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Dark chocolate
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM </p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m extremely blessed and very fortunate. Best of luck to future classes! Everything will work out in the end</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Supplements (pretty bad)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Recommendations, leadership positions
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essays could have been much better
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m not too upset by the news, but whatever happens happens.</p>