Official Yale Class of 2014 SCEA Results Thread

photoflo · December 15, 2009, 9:33pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800 M: 720 W: 770
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: USH: 800 Lit: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): bottom of the top decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State awards for independent historical research, exhibitions for my photography in Atlanta
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): independent research, photography, band
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local environmental group volunteer coordinator
[] Summer Activities: Basically did something very connected to my passions every summer for high school.
[] Essays: Stressed my intellectual curiosity and how all my passions tie together.
[] Teacher Recommendation: top 1%
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. Probably whatever.
[] Additional Rec: Photography professor, I’m sure it was glowing.
[] Interview: 45 minutes, not super, but pretty good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep.
[] Intended Major: Poly sci
[] State (if domestic applicant): Not important
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Standard public. Not competitive to be honest.
[] Ethnicity: Half middle eastern, half white.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: 120k ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Passions and my achievements in those fields. Oh, and I also felt my essays were strong. But who knows, right?
[] Weaknesses: Rank. Rank. Rank. Oh and leadership, but I feel I make up for that with my other ECs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s so subjective and there are so many great kids applying it’s ridiculous. I put so much time and energy into this app there’s nothing else I could have done. Hopefully RD will be better!
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

Amhara · December 15, 2009, 9:36pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 780 CR, 800 W, Total: 2350 (one sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 Math, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), US History (5), Euro (5), English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (6), Spanish SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, IB Econ HL, IB Bio HL, IB English HL, ToK, Chemistry Honors,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Achievement Semifinalist, Cum Laude Society, other school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-In-Chief), School Council (Class representative), Select Jazz Band (Alto section leader), Stock Market Club (Vice President), Strategic Gaming Forum (Vice President), other clubs/activities
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for a summer at uncle’s store
[] Volunteer/Community service: A little bit of library volunteering, started my own book drive
[] Summer Activities: People to People Leadership Summit one summer
[] Essays: Common app essay was great, Sup essay wasn’t as good as I could make it
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were strong
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[] Additional Rec: Principal wrote a rec for me
[] Interview: Very good I think, we went for almost 2 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private (IB) school
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, legacy, first generation American?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores and leadership positions, possibly recs
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars don’t reflect my major
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked as hard as I could for 12 years and left the rest up to God haha[/li][/ul]General Comments: To those of you who were accepted, I look forward to meeitng you! I’ve been constantly on CC for the past few months even though I don’t really post lol. To those who were rejected/deferred, I sincerely hope you find happiness come spring. Everyone deserves to go somewhere that they’re happy.

cprr12 · December 15, 2009, 9:36pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT:34
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/480
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Euro History 5, US History 4
[] Senior Year Course Load:Most difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Ice hockey (high level), Varsity Golf, NHS President, Relay for Life Committee, Band
[] Job/Work Experience:none
[] Volunteer/Community service:a good amount, 150ish hours
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: I think they’re what got me in…
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I’d imagine
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Good
[] Interview:not amazing, kinda cynical if anything
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Duh
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): NE
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:it doesn’t matter
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:My essays and GPA/class rank
[] Weaknesses: ECs and probably my scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think for anybody who reads this wondering if they have the stats, don’t worry, I got in with no major awards, nothing that stood out as far as what this short list includes, but I think the essays are SOO important, more so than anything in your control. I wrote about the most random and extreme thing I could think about, and it must have worked.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

plumdum229 · December 15, 2009, 9:57pm

I’m morally opposed to the use of these stat posting things for chancing purposes, but if it helps next year’s applicants…

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M 800 W 800 CR
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Math2, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not send rank (~2/270)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Spanish Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Statistics, Advanced Latin 5, AP Macro/Microeconomics, AP English Lit, AP Human Geography, AP Spanish Lit ind. study
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): tons of school awards (Academic Excellence for top student in each class), NMSF, Harvard Book Prize, nothing special
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club-9, 10, 11 (Special Projects Coordinator), 12 (President); Latin Honor Society-9, 10, 11, 12; Spanish Honor Society-10, 11 (Publicist), 12; Math Team-11, 12; Newspaper-11 (Copy Editor), 12 (Managing Editor); PeaceJam-11 (Charter Member), 12; Political Science Club-11 (Charter Member), 12; Columbia University Science Honors Program-12; Varsity Crew-10, 11, 12
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots through Interact
[] Summer Activities: CTY for 2 summers, another 3 week science program, Quaker Rowing Camp, Girls State, 7 week long research internship at Yale
[] Essays: Style > content; 1 about Chinese heritage, another about fear and overcoming it (or not)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: From research mentor
[] Interview: Decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Good public, sends few grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Chinese (boo)
[] Gender: Female (super boo)
[] Income Bracket: 200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): being Asian is my anti-hook? Also having like 6 identical Asians from my grade apply early as well
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, scores
[] Weaknesses: Nothing spectacular, ECs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not special, luck of the draw
[/ul]General Comments: Hoping for better luck in the RD round. The acceptances/rejections seem very random.

serenefire · December 15, 2009, 10:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR/ 750 M/ 710 W
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 760 Chem; 730 Math I; 730 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/247
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5); English Lit (4); US History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest my school offers (not hard)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team (Assistant Coach); School Varsity Swim Team (Captain); NHS; Varsity School Choir; Church Handbell Choir (Section Leader); Church Vocal Choir
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding, Childcare, Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours
[] Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Swimming, Volunteering
[] Essays: Probably not what Yale was looking for, but they were well written and from the heart.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One excellent, one pretty bad. I didn’t have the heart to ask the teacher who could have written a good one because she writes so many…
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. =)
[] Interview: AWFUL!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Astronomy
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 80k-100k
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I applied to a lesser-represented major and my essays were centered on this major.
[] Weaknesses: Mediocre test scores, Few AP tests (all my school offers), Crummy public school, bad interview, bad teacher rec, filled out one of the short answers with an unbelievably stupid response. The list goes on.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not good enough for Yale.
[/ul]General Comments: I didn’t think I would get in, but I thought it was worth a try. I’m upset that almost no one else was rejected… Most were deferred, it seems. This makes me worried that I won’t get into the school I really want to go to, Rice. If most people were deferred… am I that out of my league here?

jr91 · December 15, 2009, 10:25pm

Pick one:

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070: CR 620 Math 730 Writing 720 Essay 10
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US Hist 680 Math II 690 Chemistry 530 >_<
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(4) US Gov.(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Senior Project, AP Econ. AP Calc. AB AP Physics AP Eng. Lang. and Comp.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Letter of Commendation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Youth LEAD - 2 week trip to Israel, Jordan, fully funded by US State Dept. Gain perspective of Israeli Palestinian conflict, share experience with fellow students and community members.
Founded schools Science Club and run it.
Tennis
Basketball
Football
NHS

[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hrs. volunteer for Special Olympics 2009 World Winter Games
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Common app. essay is terrible, supplement is much better (I’d imagine)
[] Teacher Recommendation: I would think both were outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Complete toss-up, she really likes me, but there are better counselors if you catch my drift
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Went pretty well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Eng.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (800 students total)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic, Greek
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ?
[] Weaknesses: Essays, Test Scores, I would think pretty much everything
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue!
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to all those accepted! To those rejected, have faith! Yale isn’t everything, there are many other utterly amazing places where you will all end up.
Honestly, after this deferral, I don’t feel much of anything. But I am certainly happy and consider myself lucky that I was deferred.

bubblegnome6 · December 15, 2009, 10:32pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800, M 710, W 800
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Eng Lit 790, US Hist 790, MathII 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (most rigorous possible all four years)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/83
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro hist (5), english lang (5), US history (5), this year 5 APs: gov, english lit, bio, calc AB, spanish lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (see above)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit finalist, all-county award for softball
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student gov, head of community service club for 2 years (founder as well), center for writing (pres), editor in chief of school literary magazine, varsity softball 4 years, peer counselor, other assorted stuff (NHS, SNHS, Mu Alpha Theta, etc)
[] Job/Work Experience: summer internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: buttload of community service, founder + president of community service club, raised over $1200 and collected over 2300 books to create two new libraries in africa
[] Summer Activities: summer programs every year, nothing too special
[] Essays: really good, very me
[] Teacher Recommendation: called me one of the top 3 students he’s ever taught, other excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nay
[] Intended Major: idk
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: independent
[] Ethnicity: hispanic
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: +200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: URM, transcript (best ever at my school), community service
[] Weaknesses: math SAT score, not interesting enough (more well rounded I guess)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk but I’m sure glad I was
[/ul]General Comments: couldn’t be happier and incredibly shocked

tbird202 · December 15, 2009, 10:40pm

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (760 Math 620 Writing 580 Reading)
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: 730 Chem 710 Math II 700 Math I 660 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/225
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All American Diver, Yale Book Award, YMCA National Champion, Finalist and many National Meets, Scholar Athlete on many levels
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Swimming and Diving, Year round diving, year round swimming, couple clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard and diving coach
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 60 hours
[] Summer Activities: diving camp, work, diving and swimming
[] Essays: the life lessons of being a biathlete (swimming and diving) - not nearly the same sport
[] Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Additional Rec: my HS swim coach who went to Yale
[] Interview: didnt have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Economics and Math
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private Jesuit School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete - diving
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: athletics, grades
[] Weaknesses: test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: athletics
[/ul]General Comments: cant wait

LittleToNothing · December 15, 2009, 10:46pm

Decision: Deferred

SAT I (breakdown):770, 660, 710
ACT:34

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 out of 308
AP (place score in parenthesis):Human Geography(5) US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP and writing 121 plus some others…
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semi… NHS?..

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Music[violin, piano, voice, guitar but none too good…], theater and musicals, Charity club(president/founder), school bible study(president), Speech and Debate for a couple of years, Tae Kwon Do, Challenge Day Club (media coordinator)
Job/Work Experience:Cherry Harvests past two years and local retail for a winter
Volunteer/Community service: mostly just NHS stuff
Summer Activities:…
Essays:One about a night in the Old City of Jerusalem and the other about fixing problems…
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
Additional Rec:
Interview:Went well, I think it was the only thing that got me deferral instead of a denial.

Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
Intended Major:International Studies
State (if domestic applicant):Oregon
School Type:Public, I had one of the highest SAT scores so…
Ethnicity:white
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:50-100k

Strengths:I thought my essays were alright, but really… can’t think how I avoided flat out rejection
Weaknesses:a lot
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Can’t say, maybe my good variety of activities, although I didn’t put them all on the application (wish I had).
Good Luck everyone!! and how do you make it look so nice? Mine just looks shoddy compared to all of your brilliant formating.

AMSC · December 15, 2009, 11:05pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 (CR), 790 (M), 780 (W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 700 (Chinese with l), 800 (French with l), 800 (Math II), 780 (Lit)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A - international school
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st (on app marked top 5%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB diploma - Math HL (6), English HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Mandarin B (7), Biology Sl (7), Business Sl (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: most difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none - hard to get when at school abroad But MANY school awards: leadership awards, citizenship awards, athlete of the year, excellence,… but all thats quite meaningless compared to your awars
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball (Captain), Varisty Basketball (MVP), varsity soccer, competitive skiier, netball (MVP), swimming (several school records), Co-founder+ editor of first school newspaper at my school, tutoring (LOADS), president prom committee, charity council
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 summer internships. One at Ogilvy in Shanghai working on the launch of Vans in China. One at Weber Shandwick working on the international marketing of the 2010 World Expo.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Built an annex to a medical facility in a village in the middle of the jungle in northern thailand. River of hearts sorting parties, member of the charity council: organising and coordinating fundraisers etc. Initiated and led a one month awareness and fundraising campaign on microfinance in china
[] Summer Activities: Internships, sports camp, family vacation (we only get 6 weeks summer vacation)
[] Essays: I liked them. Common app - very creative about my experiences/ what ive learned from living in 7 different countries, activity one on building annex to medical facility, Yale one on my love of facts/ intellectual curiosity / love of making connections
[] Teacher Recommendation: One probably very good the other one good. Problem is that i move so often that the teachers don’t reallt know me. i asked them to write my recommendation letters but they had only taught me for a year.
[] Counselor Rec: Good i think (same as above + i rarely see him anyways) but they on;t know **** about universities so i dont know…they didnt even know was deferred meant… no jokes
[] Additional Rec: Not a rec. Sent in a research paper i wrote on microfinance in China.
[] Interview: on campus, really connected with interviewer (same passions, etc) but i think i could ave answered the "what would you like me to put on your application/ highlight in your application question
[/ul]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Ethics, Politics and Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):China
[] School Type: private international school
[] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived in 7 countries, 2 nationalities, US green card
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: see hook, well rounded
[] Weaknesses: CR SATI test score, no major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just ‘normal’ for a Yale applicant I guess
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got admitted, im sure you deserve it!! To those who got rejected, don’t lose hope… in the end everything will work out for the best. God has a plan for everyone.

Nike_T · December 15, 2009, 11:06pm

I know this isn’t a decision post, but Tbird, do you go to Fairfield Prep?

dancer13 · December 15, 2009, 11:13pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR 790 M 710 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 math II 750 Chem 730 LIt
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 %
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (& AB sub-score) (5), Eng Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP World, AP Comp Sci, AP French, Western Lit & Thought (english), H Physics, Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance, Violin, Key Club (President) - these are my three main things but I spend a lot of time with them (there are a few other less important ones)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (lots of things within that)
[] Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown - BELL '09
[] Essays: They conveyed that I love to learn, I like Math, and I’m passionate
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but one I’ve known for 3 years so I’m sure it was good, and the other said I had the best grade in the class of anyone she’s ever had
[] Counselor Rec: no idea, couldn’t have been bad
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: On campus, was okay - I could tell she wasn’t impressed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Environmental Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: depth of ECs - spend a lot of time with each, essays
[] Weaknesses: CR/W SAT, awards, # of ECs, hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m not a strong enough applicant, otherwise I would have been deferred. Everyone at my school was also rejected.
[/ul]General Comments: To those from future classes that are reading this: don’t let these threads discourage you. I used to read the previous results threads and see that no one like me got in, but I’m still glad I applied. Otherwise I might have always wondered if I could have gotten in!

tbird202 · December 15, 2009, 11:18pm

yeah i do go to fairfield prep

Nike_T · December 15, 2009, 11:21pm

o cool. I’m from Shelton, and I swim too, so maybe I’ll meet you at our meet.

pigs_at_sea · December 15, 2009, 11:39pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740, 750, 800, 2290 total, but retook 2350+
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800, 800, 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.999999
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 5 5 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 ap classes+foreign language+drawing
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity cheerleading(4 years, captain), founder of 2 other clubs, math tutor, physics tutor, gymnastics, key club
[] Job/Work Experience: video editing
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: took college courses, traveled
[] Essays: they were superb
[] Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec: great, but short
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: he seemed impressed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: mechanical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): nv
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays
[] Weaknesses: awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cuz yale is dumb
[/ul]General Comments: blah whatever

crazygirltrac · December 15, 2009, 11:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800(Chem), 800(USHistory), 800(Math 2), 770(Physics)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/292
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB(5), Calculus BC(5), Computer Science A(5), Computer Science AB(5), English Lang(5), English Lit(4), Biology(4), Chemistry(5, self-studied), Physics B(5), US History(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Marching Band, AP Physics C, College English, Linear Algebra(online), AP Economics, AP Statistics, AP Chinese
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3-yr Consecutive State Math Championship, National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalist, National AP Scholar, and some minor ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team(Team Captain and Coach), Debate Club(President), NHS(President), Marching Band(Vice President), Varsity Tennis, Interact, Medi-Club, Student Council
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: local hospital, summer reading program, leader/initiator of fundraiser for victims of Chinese Earthquake in 2008
[] Summer Activities: Debate Camp, Vacation to China, College Tours, Leadership Conference
[] Essays: one was great, the other one average
[] Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineer
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: rural public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars, State championship, essay
[] Weaknesses: no work experience, no big awards like Siemens
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked really hard to show them many aspects of who I am!
[/ul]General Comments: I am soo happy! PM me if you were accepted also, I look forward to meeting everyone!

silverturtle · December 15, 2009, 11:52pm

Not a decisions post, but I just want to congratulate all who were accepted. It reflects not only a foundation of natural ability but also dedication.

AdamAKAMovieman · December 15, 2009, 11:57pm

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 730CR 780M 800W 10E (2310, 1 sitting)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 US History, 700 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/158
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, Economics, Social Justice, Physics, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, Competitive Speech and Debate III
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, ACL/NJCL Nat’l Latin Exam Perfect Score, US Institute of Peace Essay Honorable Mention
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Policy Debate (Policy Debate Captain) and Individual Event Speaker, City Government Board Student Representative, Several Volunteering Boards, Big Brother, Vice President of Human Rights Club and History Club, Competitive Pianist for 13+ years, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Pizza Hut waiter Mow lawns and babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: NHS tutor, Big Brother Big Sister board for fundraising, city gov board, United Way’s Break Through Board for service learning projects, Build houses in Tijuana every Xmas Break, etc
[ *] Summer Activities: Volunteered at Epilepsy Foundation, Stanford Debate Camp, Summer online class
[ *] Essays: Common about cultural identity (Polish kid living in Idaho), supplement about how failing student elections helped me discover passion in politics
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher and Chem teacher, idk how they were
[ *] Counselor Rec: She loves me but I didnt see it
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: He was a very cold, unenthusiastic conservative who said “I went to Yale because Columbia was having riot issues”…
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Ethics Politics and Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Religious, small private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Idaho and Polish…?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores (comparatively), range of ECs, diversity factor
[ *] Weaknesses: Essays might’ve been weak, interview kinda sucked, a little too serious/not creative enough on short answers
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: When Yale wants Idaho kids, they want hunters and farmers and am unfortunately neither
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! Round II

yellowbirdy · December 16, 2009, 12:22am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):

ACT: 34
SAT II: 740 Physics, 730 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
IB scores (place score in parenthesis):
Biology SL (7); Business and Management SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest IB Diploma: IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB Chem HL, IB History HL, IB Computer Science HL, IB German SL, IB Physics SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sprachdiplom B (German Language Fluency)
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Odyssey of the Mind (for 10 years, founded school club), Travel Soccer, German School

Job/Work Experience: Work at USGS, Barista at coffee house, sales assistant
Summer Activities: Work, German Exchange
Teacher Recommendation: One really excellent, one I didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Really Good!
Interview: Great
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.

Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mixed: Indian and German
Gender: Female
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Kind of happy… going to college overseas
</code></pre>

l337toast · December 16, 2009, 12:38am

Just dropping by from the Stanford forum to extend my congratulations to all accepted applicants and those who poured their hearts into their applications. Yale and Brown were my number 2 & 3 respectively and it most definitely took guts to be able to put all your hopes into one school for early action. Good luck at Yale for those accepted and good luck in admissions for those who were not. I’m sure you guys will love wherever you end up (considering CCers are among the smartest and diverse students I’ve ever come across).

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