OFFICIAL University of Chicago EA Decisions - Class of 2014

apple1984 · December 15, 2009, 11:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 740 M, 800 CR, 800 W
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 780 US History
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.02 UW, 4.38 W
[] Rank: 6/446
[] ACT: 34 (35E, 36M, 32R, 34S, 9 essay, 32 E/W)
[] APs (including this year’s): Stats (5), Calc BC (5), US (5), Eng Lang (5), Chem (5), Phys C (both tests), French Lang, Euro, Eng Lit
[] IBs (including this year’s):
[] Senior Year Courseload: AP Phys C, AP French, AP Euro, AP Eng Lit, New Dimensions (interdisciplinary humanities class that covers philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and sociology; we also write a 40+ page research paper on a topic of our choice; over 75 seniors applied and only 30 were accepted)
[] Number of Apps from Your School: ~5
[] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): None to speak of

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Pres/VP of MUN for the past two years; planned schoolwide leadership conference; play drums for my church’s praise band, JETS
[] Awards listed on app: An average selection (not very helpful but I’m lazy)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Common App Essay: 7
[] Why Chicago Essay: 6
[] Optional Favorite Things Essay: 7
[] Extended Supplemental Essay: 8-9
[] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): I dunno but should be fantastic
[] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Barely know her
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Awesome—lasted over 2.5 hours and I really connected with my interviewer
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I wish[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Ohio
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, ~1700 students, great reputation (Blue Ribbon school, sends a handful of kids to top colleges)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Applied for Financial Aid: Indeed I did
[] Strengths: Grades, recs, essays, scores
[] Weaknesses: ECs, but that’s subjective
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Awesome interview and a solid application overall.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred at Caltech, waiting on MIT, accepted to OSU
[] Where else are you applying?

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: BOOYAH!

kitkatkatie · December 16, 2009, 12:15am

sour grapes make for a sucky christmas.

beatitudo · December 16, 2009, 12:38am

My son got accepted. Tremendous feeling of relief.

Basic stats:

ACT: 35 Composite (36 English, 35 Science, 35 Reading, 34 Math)
AP: Will have taken 17 AP-level courses by the end of senior year
GPA: School doesn’t calculate, but his average is an A- (around 3.7)
Essays: All of them; wrote on “how I got (not) caught.”
Type of School: Private. Don’t know how many other kids applied early to Chicago.

Hope that this is helpful. Good luck to all, and remember this: whatever happened today, things really, truly do work out in the end. My own story is evidence of that, but I won’t bore you.

anotherazn · December 16, 2009, 12:53am

OK, as a person with a 2390 and a 36, I guess I can’t say much that will convince you, motion, but seriously, there SHOULD be at least a slight correlation between test scores and acceptance - the SAT and ACT measure how well you know your stuff (and arguably your scholastic aptitude) and thus the “smarter kids” (or at least the better test takers) get the higher scores. I mean obviously, if I only had a 36 ACT, I wouldn’t get in UChicago. It took a combination of things, ECs, class rigor, nationals piano, etc. that got me in. I’m sure a lot of people would agree - the people that tend to get in tend to have higher standardized test scores because they tend to do better in general.

cordova1992 · December 16, 2009, 1:05am

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year’s):
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:

[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]

A-Punk · December 16, 2009, 1:09am

Motion, I have long suspected that you might tear down the Chicago forum by exploding into ‘this guy got in with bad essay topics’ and ‘how could she get in with that low score’. I encourage you to refrain. You got deferred, but clearly it hasn’t phased you, because you already have set your location to “Pitt’14!!!” I am happy for you, and I know you will succeed wherever you end up. But if you have already decided to go somewhere else, as it seems you have, why stay on the Chicago forum to complain?

cordova1992 · December 16, 2009, 1:20am

Decision: Deferred OR

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):didn’t take it
[] SAT IIs: taking it january
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.99 and 4.65
[] Rank: 5/502
[] ACT:29
[] APs (including this year’s):13 total
[] IBs (including this year’s:not available at my school
[] Senior Yr Courseload:7 ap’s this year and took the most at my school
[] Number of Apps from Your School: i think i was the only EA…=[
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):illinois state scholar, honor rool, ap scholar with distinction, ect

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:bunch of clubs and service actitivies
[] Job/Work Experience:none
[] Essays (subject and responses):wrote about my personal socioeconomic struggle and how i overcame them and plan on using them to help me become a doctor; wrote about my breakaway from religion; and what i do on my free time
[] Teacher Recs:ap euro and ap chem teacher but didn’t see the essays…
[] Counselor Rec:saw it and it was very good =]
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):didn’t see it
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):being a minority and overcoming obstacles[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:IL
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):average ACT score 21, pretty good school
[] Ethnicity: Mexican [ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEXICAN OR HISPANIC APPLICANTS]
[li] Gender:MALE[/li][] Income Bracket:less than 16,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation, immigrated here at 4 years old, mexican, ect
[] Strengths:gpa, extracurriculers, volunteer
[] Weaknesses:act score
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:I THINK I WAS DEFERRED BECAUSE MY ACT SCORE WASN’T STRONG ENOUGH AND I SENT IN A REALLY CRAPPY RESUME. I’M GOING TO TRY TO SEND IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL VERSION OF IT AND A LETTER OF REC FROM MY SPANISH TEACHER WHO WAS AN ALUMNI THERE!!!
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to: UIC, Benedictine, Loyola, Elmhurst, Depaul, NIU, Deferred: University of Chicago
[] Where else are you applying?
Harvard, Northwestern, University of Notre Dame, Stanford, Yale, Princeton

-Don’t really care for ivy leagues just doing it to see my options. My first choice is UIC GPPA!

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO GOT ACCEPTED. FOR THOSE THAT GOT DEFERRED KEEP TRYING YOUR BEST TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION AND FOR THOSE THAT GOT REJECT PLEASE DON’T GIVE UP!!!

spiralcloud · December 16, 2009, 1:20am

and please don’t insult the people who have been accepted.
For example, I posted in the essay thread yesterday, but there’s no reason for you to crack down on the essay topics.
Then, you got angry about the testing preferences. Obviously tests WILL be used to a certain extent. And, as others have pointed out, higher test scores have at least some correlation with a higher gpa/class rank.
Stats matter to an extent, but Chicago is looking for more.
For example, I’m an admit but I’m barely in the top 20% of my class. Yes. That’s it. Now my class has 50 students, so I don’t even have that much competition. And I got a 1460 on my SAT so clearly numbers aren’t my thing. So, there must have been something else. I don’t know what…but they are looking for more. Please realize that and continue to work hard on the rest of your applications: something will eventually work out. Good luck!!!

dlee93 · December 16, 2009, 1:33am

I was accepted with a 3.36 GPA and an 31 ACT score. Maybe that’ll put an end to the whole “UChicago only looks at numbers” talk?

GatitaZ · December 16, 2009, 1:34am

Decision: Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):610(cr),770(m),800(w)[which is ignored]–>2180
[] SAT IIs:mathii 800 lit 580 ushis 570 but i didn’t submit them
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:well,i never know actually…China regular schools don’t calculate GPA,but my average is a 93.one year in TX,I’m pretty sure my GPA is 4 or 4+
[] Rank:N/A
[] ACT:didn’t take
[] APs (including this year’s):Stats 4,Calc AB 5,English Lang. 3,self studying Macro+ Micro,Calc BC
[] IBs (including this year’s):Nah
[] Senior Year Courseload:well,we’re kinda blocked.
[] Number of Apps from Your School:1 in EA,2 in RD since I’m now deferred?
[] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):NOPE,which sux

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:don’t feel like writing tho…pretty normal,stuco,MUN,Choir,track and field,volleyball,mc hostess,writing,etc…
[] Awards listed on app:not feel like writing because don’t see too many impressive ones
[] Job/Work Experience:intern at Certified Public Accountants company;interpreter assistant
[] Common App Essay: ok to uber ok
[] Why Chicago Essay:filled with emotion
[] Optional Favorite Things Essay:that’s the worst among the three…i talked about a book–yeah…his dark materials
[] Extended Supplemental Essay: I love it,and it’s pretty cultural and critrical yet sentimentalicious
[] Teacher Recs (if you saw them):great,by Calc and US His teachers
[] Counselor Rec (if you saw them):great
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):Naice~in a cafe,tho moments of silence kicked in
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):no summer schools or prestigious summer programmes.idk,i don’t think so.maybe exchange student?[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:CHINA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Uber selective,one of the top four.But my school doesn’t have a tradition of having massive students applying abroad…only slightly over 20 kids are doing so this yr,and less than 15 in the past
[] Ethnicity:Of course I’m Asian…tho I think I look a bit Hispanic (ignore me)
[] Gender:F
[] Applied for Financial Aid:nope
[] Strengths:letters of rec,the long essay?
[] Weaknesses:SAT low cr+m,quite involved yet can’t show longterm dedication(well,exchange year interrupted my long time MUN plan and school magazine club)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:SAT low,EC mediocre,not U Chi’s love-of-first- sight-style student
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:not knowing yet…still applying
[] Where else are you applying?:ivies,WFU,G-town,Vassar,Wellseley,Amherst,JHU

[/ul]**Other Factors:**Idk.No precursor applicants from my HS?Well,I also think I’m mediocre…
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn’t cry!I want to give my congratulations to all those who got in=)And "I understand your pain"to all of my deferred fellows;let’s work on RD and get in,alright?(I’m not showing any emotion right now because my heart is getting bruised).And to rejected folks: Don’t lose your hearts!One school doesn’t mean anything;you are great for all your efforts regardless of the results of some sigular representations.

P.S: I’m now very motivated to get my app done and study for SATii’s and also,pay attention in class!

Gatita

illinoisgirl324 · December 16, 2009, 1:51am

Decision: Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 770 Reading, 760 Math, 720 Writing
[] SAT IIs: French, Literature, and Math II (scores not released yet)
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: N/A, but should be around 3.6
[] Rank: N/A out of 180
[] ACT: 34
[] APs (including this year’s): English (5), this year I’ll be taking AB Calc and French. My school doesn’t have AP courses, so I’m self-studying.
[] Senior Year Courseload: Moderate difficulty. 6 classes each semester. Took an extra history course each semester.
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 60

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: NHS, Drama Club (3 lead roles), Neuroscience Club (board), Piano, Choir, Newspaper (editor), Fundraising Club (elected rep), Tutoring (6 hours community service per week).
[] Awards listed on app: National Merit
[] Common App Essay: Strong.
[] Why Chicago Essay: Ok. Focused on my experience studying/living there for a month this past summer.
[] Optional Favorite Things Essay: All over the place. Talked about my favorite books.
[] Extended Supplemental Essay: Strong writing, weak topic.
[] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Should be strong.
[] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Should be strong.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I’m currently working on a yearlong research project involving writing historical fiction.[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Illinois.
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, but you have to apply to get in. Very highly selective.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Applied for Financial Aid: No
[] Strengths: Test scores, essays
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Too many apps from my school, maybe GPA reasons.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UIllinois, deferred at Georgetown.
[] Where else are you applying? UMichigan, Northwestern, Claremont McKenna, Vanderbilt.

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who got in already!

Millancad · December 16, 2009, 2:22am

eh, I posted this in the other thread. Copy pasta
Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]

[]SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 700 M, 800 W
[]SAT IIs: 770/760/760/690/670/640 I don’t remember if I submitted them, but if I did, it was just the high ones
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: UW: 3.83, W:???
[]Rank: 13/324
[]ACT: 30, unsbumitted
[] APs (including this year’s): 5/5/5/4/4/4 on Art Hist, Human Geo, Calc AB Subscore, Calc BC, Eng Lang, and APUSH. Taking Phys C E&M, Phys C Mech, Psych, Eng Lit, French, Chem, World Hist
[] IBs (including this year’s: None
[] Senior Year Courseload: AP World Hist, AP Phys C, AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, Chamber Orch
[]Number of Apps from Your School: Don’t know, but I think considerable
[]Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): AMC was 75 or something? I don’t remember

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] EC’s listed on app: Ballet, Quiz Team, Community Action Team, Math Team, Ski Club, Tutoring, piano, viola[/li]</code></pre>

[] Volunteer/Community Service: Mostly tutoring, some Habitat for Humanity, the rest is random, anything I can do
[] Awards listed on app: 7th and 8th place on National French Exam, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin, 12th place on Oespr, Bryn Mawr Book Award
[] Job/Work Experience:Sort of well-known teaching internship, “selected” as a tutor at my school
[] Common App Essay: Books! I was somewhat unsure about it. Almost switched to a different essay
[] EC Short Answer: Ballet. An old TASP essay. I was rejected from TASP, but I think that essay was good
[] Why Chicago Essay: Personal. Maybe not the strongest, but it had voice
[] Optional Favorite Things Essay: Favorite paintings. I talked about Carvaggio. The subject probably stood out, I’m well versed on it and I’m pretty good at writing in an art historical manner
[] Extended Supplemental Essay: I thought it was awesome. It showed off my ability to write periodic sentences. The second paragraph was almost all this one 200 or so long word.
[] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Saw 1 of 2, the one from my art hist teacher. It was very good
[]Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Didn’t see
[]Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I thought it went really well. We didn’t talk that much about UofC, but we talked a lot about the way people learn, since we both went to Montessori schools, her brother went to my HS, and she was thinking about sending her son there.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): URM. I guess that’s about it.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]

<pre><code>[li] State or Country: Ohio[/li][li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. In Newsweek and US News “Top 100,” though both are pretty meaningless[/li][li] Ethnicity: Black[/li][li]Gender: Female[/li][li] Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[/li][li] Strengths: I consider myself to be a good writer and I know UofC cares a lot about essays.[/li][li] Weaknesses: I thought my optional essay was sort of weird.[/li][li]Why you think you were accepted: I really think it was holistic[/li][li]Where else were you accepted In America, only Georgetown. In the UK, Manchester, York, Edinburgh, and SOAS[/li][li] Where else are you applying? Princeton, Yale, Swarthmore, Cornell, and UMichigan, but I’m sort of not sure about the last two now.[/li]</code></pre>

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was so happy!

Hope_Full · December 16, 2009, 11:50am

Accepted.

SAT I: 800 Math, 790 CR
GPA: 4.6 (W), 3.95 (UW)
Rank: 2/830

I love Chicago but I also ED’d an Ivy and was accepted, so I won’t be able to attend. I’ve really enjoyed speaking with you on this board and wish everyone the very best!

Mapleleafs26 · December 16, 2009, 12:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):
[] SAT IIs:
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.0 UW
[] Rank: 1 or 2
[] ACT: 34 Combined 35 Eng 34 Math 33 Read 35 Sci 12 Writing
[] APs : 8 Stats(4) World(5) Lit(5) US(5) Chem EngComp Euro CalcAB
[] IBs (including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs, Psych, Senior Sem (H), Spanish IV
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Mostly Comm Coll and State U
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NHS, AP Honors, Book Awards, NMSF, MEAD Medallist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Hockey, XC, Tennis, Math Team, Vol Work, French Horn, Ref’ing
[] Job/Work Experience: Hockey Ref, Orchestra Pit
[] Essays (subject and responses): #2, changes in tastes in Lit and Poetry
[] Teacher Recs: I think very good
[] Counselor Rec: I think very good
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At UC, interviewer was Canadian and we talked hockey
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):UR region, french horn[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Maine
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small Rural Public School
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Middle Income
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): See above
[] Strengths: Strong scores, grades, very well rounded, love learning for the sake of learning, rural school in Downeast Maine
[] Weaknesses: I don’t like to talk about myself.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See strengths[/li]
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone just to get to this point in our lives

rmadden15 · December 16, 2009, 4:46pm

I have a 1360 M+CR SAT and ranked 6/186 in my grade, and no, I am NOT a URM, Legacy, Athlete, or anything. How I got in? My essays and my passion. I don’t have any awards and no AMAZING ECs, so really, what else could have gotten me in? :)

spiralcloud · December 16, 2009, 4:53pm

I agree with Rmadden15…I am ranked 10/50 and I have a 1460 SAT plus I’m asian. And I still got in.

hellokitty92 · December 16, 2009, 5:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 710/750/710
[] SAT IIs: Chem-780, Math-730, US-770
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.0/4.45
[] Rank: 5/304
[] ACT: 34
[] APs (including this year’s): APUSH-5, Euro-5, Engligh Lang-5, Chem-5, Bio, Econ, Gov, English Lit, Spanish, and Calc BC
[] Senior Yr Courseload: above
[] Number of Apps from Your School: a couple…
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Varsity Lacrosse and Swimming, Tennis, VP of a service club, Spanish Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, tennis instructor
[] Essays (subject and responses): awesome. i love the topics.
[] Teacher Recs: the one i read was really good…
[li] Counselor Rec: no idea.[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Alabama
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: hmmmm
[] Strengths: i speak chinese…
[] Weaknesses: i dont really do many ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my essays
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: YAY!!! take that Georgetown!

dsk123 · December 16, 2009, 6:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 800/800/800
SAT IIs: Chem-800, Math 2C-800, Bio-790
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.0/4.71
Rank: N/A (top 10%)
ACT: N/A
APs (including this year’s): USHistory-5, English -5, Chem-5, Bio - 5, Spanish - 5, Calc BC - 5
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Gov, Multi variable Calc, Physic Hns
Number of Apps from Your School: a lot
Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with distinction
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Singing (won awards at competitions), Orchestra Violin, Member of 4 orchestras
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): Decent. Wrote about simple topics
Teacher Recs: I think they are good
Counselor Rec: good
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public/competitive
Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Strengths: Music Passion and 750 hours of volunteer work
Weaknesses: No leadership positions, No math/science competition awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Please showcase what you already have and do not worry about what you don’t have

baldor · December 16, 2009, 6:38pm

Decision: Accepted

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): didn’t take

SAT IIs: 700 US History 690 E Biology
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.96 unweighted
Rank: top 10% out of 300, unranked
ACT: 32
APs (including this year’s): Biology (5), US History (5), World History, Lit and Lang
</code></pre>

I’m SO excited!!!

HopeAlive10 · December 16, 2009, 7:01pm

Decision: Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): CR: 680 M: 720 W: 690
[] SAT IIs: Didnt take
[]GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: Weighted 4.2 about 3.95 unweighted
[] Rank: Doesnt, but top 3 of 150
[] ACT: 36
[] APs (including this year’s): US History: 4 Eng Lang and Comp: 5 Calc: ? Eng Lit and Comp: ? (as many as possible except for AP Euro)
[] IBs (including this year’s): none
[] Senior Yr Courseload: heavy as i can take: ap english, ap calculus, bio 2, spanish 5, chamber orchestra, and a required religion course, and i’m taking a course on Modern Greek at the state school
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 (other was deferred)
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AMC 10 highest score in my school the only year i took it

[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Cross Country Captain, Track captain, NHS, Quiz Bowl, band, orchestra, pep band, theater tech
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 hrs/week during school, 20 hrs/wk during summer
[] Essays (subject and responses): i thought pretty good, though I’m not the best writer. Had my AP Eng teacher who used to be a college prof read them, but favorite things one was hurried
[] Teacher Recs: one i saw was good
[] Counselor Rec: excellent, i thought
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I thought it went extremely well, but maybe not
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:MN
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, but not overly rigorous
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[] Strengths: Academics/Testing
[] Weaknesses: Not much leadership?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not enough APs and I sent in my SAT that wasnt as great as my ACT?[/li][/ul]

First Choice
Congrats to all those accepted
To all those deferred, makes me sad, but its good to know others are out there
Anyone know if my SAT scores may have killed me?

Or what percent of applicants deferred EA get accepted?

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