<ul>
<li>SAT: 2380 (780CR)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 790-Math II 800-Chem 800-Physics</li>
<li>APs: Calc BC/Euro/Chem/PhysC 5</li>
<li>GPA: 4.00 (unweighted)</li>
<li>Rank: 1/~230</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: Honors Stuff + 2 semesters of quantum mech. + 4 semesters of higher math at university</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: a billion, well maybe like 10</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were good, talked about my undying love for quizbowl O_o;</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Both “best of career” types…</li>
<li>Interview: Forgot to schedule one</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none that I know of.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: IL (but ~330 miles south of Chicago)</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars:
Lots of Quiz Bowl awards (all-state, etc)
Band stuff (all-state trombone, etc)
President of Key Club
Leads in school plays
…I thought they were good.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 M, 690 CR, 750 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math I, 740 Chem, 720 US, 700 Bio
[<em>] ACT: 33 (35 M, 33 S, 32 R, 32 W)
[</em>] GPA: 97.5 W - school doesn’t do unweighted
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP’s: 5 Physics B, 5 US History, 5 European History. Taking Physics C, Eng. Lit, French, Calc AB, Macro, US Gov’t
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Only needed to send common app, which i thought was very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[</em>] School Type: Very Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Quiz Bowl Captain
VP Model Congress
Varsity Swim Starter
VP Investment Club
Class Treasurer
French Club Treasurer
Numerous awards and distinctions in all categories including finishing 2nd in the nation in quiz bowl events.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Great experience in the field (business) with an internship I held in London
[*] Other thoughts: YAY!!! anyone going to Olin weekend?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 (35, 35, 34, 33)
[</em>] GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.53 W
[<em>] Rank: 11/512, then 8/505 with midyear
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP Classes (5, 5, 4, 4 so far), straight A’s in 5 AP classes senior year</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Got into BC Honors and UNC-CH OOS with a likely so I guess it wasn’t horrible
[</em>] Teacher Recs: See Essays
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See Essays
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Don’t know
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ?
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Visited, interviewed, went to info session, but I guess all that didn’t matter. I know it’s hard, but I really thought I had a shot. It hurts.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2400
[<em>] ACT N/A
[</em>] GPA: Got one B in my midyear report…otherwise all As
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: 13 AP classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: strongest part of my application, really unique and quirky (another college sent me a likely letter saying they liked it)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: U.S.A.
[</em>] School Type: No one goes to Wash U…ever…
[<em>] Ethnicity: N/A
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Didn’t match Wash U
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’d never go to WUSTL?
[/ul]Other Factors: Lots of leadership and involvement in school clubs, arts involvement General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I expected to be waitlisted here despite visiting and interviewing. Congrats to all the amazing accepted students!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math iic, 770 chem
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 4.00
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: ok i guess, since it didn’t get me in lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: dunno
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): ANTI-hook of being Asian
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northeast
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Midyear report still not received!! OMG seriously!! Weren’t in many AP and Honor classes until senior year & Mediocre EC.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: SEE ABOVE!!!
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m not really angry at getting waitlisted, BUT I am VERY angry that my school DIDN’T. SEND. OUT. MY. GRADES.</p>
<p>I know a deferred early student who was rejected…other than that it seems like everyone was wait listed…with 22000 applicants it must be a long wait list</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2310
SAT IIs: 710 us hisory, 760 lit
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.9
Rank: 4/375
Other stats: hardest courseload possible plus lots of college coursework
Subjective:
Essays: best part of my app. Have already gotten positive feedback on them from adcoms at other schools, including my top choice
Teacher Recs: one good but a bit generic, the other one outstanding (my professor in a graduate-level English course I took said I was a better writer than his Ph.D candidates)
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): Major debate and forensics awards at the national level, EIC of school paper, class pres 3 years, extensive community service work, a lot of other ****
Location/Person:
State or Country: KS
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Dunno
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn’t demonstrate any interest in the school - didn’t visit, interview, or apply for scholarships, etc. So that probably hurt.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WashU wasn’t even in my top 5, so I’m not really upset. My two best friends got waitlisted too. Oh well, life goes on Good luck to everyone who’s remaining on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Engineering
Stats:
SAT I (1 take): 2320 (800w, 780m, 740 cr)
SATII MathII 800 Spanish 800 Chem 700
ACT: 34 (35, 35, 34, 33)
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.32 W
Rank: 2/~200
Other stats: 9 AP Classes (so far, 2 4s, 3 5s) 20+ PSEO credit hours at state U</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Interest in doing special effects/how that would make me a good engineer
Teacher Recs: 2 very good, 1 “among top of career”
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Historical translator, if that counts I guess.</p>
<p>Other:
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male</p>
<p>I’m flattered to be accepted, but I will not be able to attend because I did not get any scholarships (I’ve already accepted another offer). Hopefully I can open up a spot for a waitlistee (browsing through, some of you seem to deserve it as much if not more)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1550/1600 0r 2200/2400
GPA: 3.9 weighted
Rank: n/a
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: strong
Teacher Recs: strong
Counselor Rec: strong
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Strong extracurriculars, very competitive high school</p>
<p>Stats:
*SAT I: Didn’t submit
*SAT IIs: Didn’t take
*ACT: 33, 35 superscore
*GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.620 weighted
*Rank: 1/320
*Other stats: Hardest courseload possible, not a competitive school, first to get into a hard school like this…pretty much ever, besides a U Chicago earlier this year and a Northwestern last year.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
*Teacher Recs: Both Amazing, best in career type ones. One was from journalism teacher who I had 4 years, other speech team coach 4 years, also brit lit teacher said I was best writer he’s ever had.
*Counselor Rec: No idea. She knows me well.
*Hook (if any): None I know of.
Location/Person:
*State or Country: IL
*School Type: I’d say medium, public
*Ethnicity: White
*Gender: Male
*Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I thought it was a solid application all around, with tons of leadership and interesting activities which showed through in them. weaknesses may have been counselor rec/no SAT scores.
*Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess my essay shined and my recs were amazing and i really came across. I visited and showed a lot of interest. I wasn’t expecting it, but I’m sooo happy.<br>
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
To everyone else, congrats on those who were accepted, if you were waitlisted, keep hoping and good luck! if you were denied, I wish you the best of luck whereever else you applied and know you’ll be oustanding whereever else you end up next year! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2310
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730,730,800
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 3.97
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Above Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[</em>] Hook (if any): Athlete, Intel Semifinalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Intel Semifinalist…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: w00t</p>
