<p>LOL parents immigrated from Ethiopia, yet grew up in Japan. Nice.</p>
<p>yeah rents immigrated to america about twenty years ago then moved to japan when i was born. then we moved back when i was eight and have done a lot of moving around here. yeah its pretty complicated but interesting at the same time; i’ve definitely had a different life if you know what i mean</p>
<p>^hard to believe you were straight out rejected though. makes no logical sense</p>
<p>Ouch, Yale’s applicant pool seems REALLY competitive this year. (I applied RD so we’ll see in March…) Congratulations to those who were accepted - you guys really deserve it!</p>
<p>I’m sorry to those who were deferred/rejected, I don’t understand it either. You guys are really qualified though, so wherever you go, you’ll most definitely do amazing things! =)</p>
<p>(Ugh, sorry if that last sentence sounded like a college reject/deferred letter. That’s really the way I speak, though.)</p>
<p>Some of you are far too credulous.</p>
<p>habesha is so clearly a ■■■■■ that thinking otherwise would just be stupid. Everything about “his” (quotations necessary as “he” is not a real person) profile just reeks of ■■■■■.</p>
<p>i sincerely hope so. because i actually am a first-generation ethiopian with similar stats[lower gpa and sat score] applying next year! If he’s for real, that’s really off-putting…</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2150. CR 670 M 760 W 720
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC 750, Chemistry 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/650ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), Chemistry (4), US History (4), Stats (4), Calc BC (5), Psych (5), Computer Science A (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivaraible Calc/Linear Algebra, English, Honors Computer Science AB, AP Government & Politics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, Scholar Athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS, CSF (President), Men’s Choir (President), Varsity swim, Site Council, Youth & Government.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier (August-Current), Math tutor junior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, YMCA, School organizations, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: XC, YMCA camp, work
[</em>] Essays: I spent a whole lot of time on them, with 10+ revisions each. Not much to compare to, though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good, I believe
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also very good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Lasted 2+ hours. I think it went fairly well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90-120k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Class rank
[<em>] Weaknesses:SAT/ACT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:My extracurriculars don’t do enough to make up for my weak test scores, I think.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m pretty happy to even be deferred.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 single sitting (M 800, CR 800, W 770)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Bio E 780, US History 800, Math 2 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but counselor put me at least top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Govt. and Politics (5), US History (5), Music Theory (5 on both subscores)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Music SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB TOK 2, IB English HL, IB Bio HL (double period), IB Chinese SL, IB History HL, IB AP BC Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International Brain Bee champion (neuroscience competition), National Merit Semifinalist, state Distinguished Scholar (finalist in Academics, semifinalist in Talent in the Arts), won/placed in several regional and national essay competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): violin for 10 years, youth orchestra, All-State orchestra (twice), Science Club (co-founder and president), National Chinese Honor Society (co-president), NHS, Archeology Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer internship at the National Institute of Mental Health, summer internship at Boston University School of Medicine
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 80ish hours (I think), variety of activities
[<em>] Summer Activities: internships, some traveling (went to Europe with my youth orchestra on a performance tour)
[</em>] Essays: one excellent (I’m a fan of horse racing which is pretty unusual, and I talked about how my approach to it reflects my personality and other areas of my life), one good (about the ways I’m a non-conformist, my thoughts on peer pressure, and how I act on my condemnation of stereotypes)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but I assume they were excellent, if not even better; I am close to both teachers, one of whom has had me all 4 years, and I know that both think very very highly of me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: at least good
[<em>] Additional Rec: from head of the lab I worked in at BU, I’m sure it was good
[</em>] Interview: pretty good, I think…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology: Molecular/Cellular and Developmental
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: multiracial
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores, rank, and GPA are fine, I think; also won an international competition and show commitment and leadership in multiple ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: not a lot of people have heard of aforementioned international competition, unlike the Olympiads; plus my geographic region is extremely competitive
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: guess I didn’t stand out enough among the thousands of other qualified applicants…
[/ul]General Comments: hopefully I still have an actual chance in RD, and congrats to all who got in</p>
<p>@livorneo:</p>
<p>I’m sure you have a pretty competitive chance RD. Obviously it would be foolish to say “You’re in,” but I would put you as close to in as I would put anyone.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2270 780W 760M 730R
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 Chem
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/550
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5544443
- IB (place score in parenthesis): 5 6
- Senior Year Course Load: All aps and Ibs
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Quite a few
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: NHS(VP), Math honor society(VP), Anthropology Club(P), Academic Bowl(Co-Captain), Cross Country, Dancing(Traditional Indian–Raas and Bhangra–and Merengue) Track and Tutoring(over 120 hours)
- Job/Work Experience: Lawn mowing
- Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, summer camp cit and stuff with my church
- Summer Activities: Summer courses, Summer camp and Questbridge programs.
- Essays: They were probably what really got me into Yale because I lead basically everything out in them. One of them was how making my own toys made me resourceful.
- Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they were both amazing considering the fact that I told both of them my story which made my performance in their classes seem that much better.
- Counselor Rec: Excellent, probably.
- Additional Rec: N/A
- Interview: N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Questbridge Match
- Intended Major: Sociology, economics or political science.
- State (if domestic applicant): Florida(immigrated from Jamaica in 2001)
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Caribbean
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Low middle about 30k. single mom
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen(and to graduate from hs), urm, and unique childhood.
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Leadership and Reccs?
- Weaknesses: Grades
- Why you think you were accepted: Recs and Essays
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Can’t wait for the bulldog days! Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 = CR-710; M-670; W-750 (Essay: 12)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I - 730; Spanish - 720; Lit - 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (weighted 3.9 - all honors)
[<em>] Rank: NR - top 10%
[</em>] AP: Lit Comp (4)
[<em>] IB: n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All honors / 2 APs - most demanding (limited APs)
[li] Major Awards: NM Commended / Nat. Hispanic Scholar / National Honors Society / Mu Alpha Theta / National Latin Exams - Gold Medals / State Latin competitions - Silver Medals </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Bowling - HS varsity / HS Newspaper (Jr/Sr) / Film club (Fr/So)
Fencing - 10 years; national ratings re-earned every year; national ranking (top 50 every other year); 20 hrs/wk training - 48 wks/yr; 30 weekend tournaments per year; Team captain.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: no time
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hrs over 3.5 yrs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer camps @ Princeton/Brown/ND/Penn every year. Driving trips to central Mexico. Two week internship at Law firm.
[<em>] Essays: Very strong; made people cry; uplifting.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: did not read, but probably good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably ok
[</em>] Interview: ok - older graduate MD. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $160K
[</em>] Hooks: URM, competitive to be starter but coach does not recruit.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: well rounded with depth and commitment; very strong extracurriculars and essays.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: low SATs for Yale; low number of APs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted. Good luck to everybody else!!</p>
<p>Sorry for adding to the non-decision junk here (oh the irony!), but … why is there so much more non-decision junk than for all other schools’ EA threads?</p>
<p>yale likes having lots of its applicants in purgatory yayyyyyy fun</p>
<p>For those accepted, were your commonapp essays over 500 words? If so, how much over?</p>
<p>Haha… i just checked and mine was 894 words… oops. (however, my yale supp essay was around 500 words)
But I was accepted anyway! =)</p>
<p>Mine is in the 400’s, and the supplement is in the 300’s. Because the admission officer at the info session said that the essay should be only 1 or 2 pages. I think they prefer succinctness.</p>
<p>mine was like 400 each and i got deferred heh</p>
<p>brevity is the soul of all wit!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1930 = CR-610; M-670; W-650 (Essay: 9)
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: Math I - 700; Spanish - 620; Lit - 700
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 (weighted 3.5)
- Rank: NR - top 20%
- AP: Lit (4)
- IB: n/a
- Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs/ some honors
- Major Awards: Athlete of the Year Nominee, Varsity Lacrosse MVP (2 years) Mu Alpha Theta, 2 MUN outstanding delegate awards
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: LAX, Model UN, Debate Team, Arts and Crafts Club
- Job/Work Experience: Worked at a sporting goods store for a summer
- Volunteer/Community service: about 75 hours
- Summer Activities: Worked a job, played LAX, and taught LAX clinics in Upper Arlington
- Essays: Pretty good, wrote about how my hairstyle reflects my personality
- Teacher Recommendation: did not read, I mean he’s a bro so it’s all good.
- Counselor Rec: okay.
- Interview: Didn’t get one.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No
- Intended Major: Economics
- State (if domestic applicant): OH
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Tragically Affluent
- Hooks: Dad went to Yale, I have great flow.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: I’ll probably get in second time around.</p>
<p>@theseawolf: what’s great flow? does this mean you’re the son of some person who donated a building to yale? ^^
and you seem pretty confident about your chances RD…</p>