Official Yale Class of 2014 SCEA Results Thread

Xaari · December 15, 2009, 7:14pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR 780 / M 800 / W 770)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 770 U.S. History, 740 Math, 720 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/628, but unranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, two Penn State-sponsored writing awards (second place for both), 3x National Latin Exam medals, many school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin for ten years, youth orchestra, secretary of a technology club, extensive web design/programming (portfolio submitted…thanks to tracking I knew the adcom only viewed it for 15 seconds, just lovely), editor for Open Directory Project
[] Job/Work Experience: Two internships at Penn State
[] Volunteer/Community service: Database manager/reading program organizer at local library
[] Summer Activities: Internships, web design commissions
[] Essays: Both were great (I would rate 9/10-ish)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both should have been great
[] Counselor Rec: Wonderful
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics/Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian…sigh
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $120,000?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, GPA, unique ECs?
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, school doesn’t rank, not that much leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All in the hands of Lady Luck?
[/ul]General Comments: I’m disappointed, but there are so many of us who have been deferred. I know I have no chance RD because my senior year’s GPA is worse than freshman year’s…maybe puts me at top 2%. Too bad school doesn’t rank. Congrats to those accepted, and for us deferred, let’s keep our hopes up…just not too high. Many hugs for the rejected. We will all end up at fine schools.

christiansoldier · December 15, 2009, 7:18pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (Essay 12:
Retaken from 2380
[] ACT: 35 (36/35/36/33/10)
[] SAT II:
800 Chem (Retook from 790), 800 USH, 800 World History, 800 Bio E, 800 Physics, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
1/760
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
13 5’s (World History, Euro History, Human Geography, Chemistry, USH, Physics B, Calc AB, Biology, Art History, English Lang, US Gov, EnviroSci, Psychology)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stats, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, Study Hall (ran out of classes)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Moot Court (Best Speaker x3, Most Valuable Teammate, Winning team)
Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President, Conservative Party Chairman, Chief Justice, Regional Senator, Director of Moderating
Academic Decathlon (Co-President, 10 medals)
Model UN (Head Delegate, Outstanding Delegate x2)
Science Olympiad (3 Medals at Regionals and State)
Mathletes (1st in County CML, Team 2nd in County)
ASB (Sophomore Class President, School Site Council, School Board Representative)
[] Job/Work Experience:
Appeals Analyst for the State Personnel Board (40 hours/week)
California Department of Fair Housing and Employment Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Rudy Giuliani for President Campaign
[] Summer Activities:
Various Summer Programs, Working, Community College
[] Essays:
Personal statement about how I couldn’t decide what to write my essay about, and how the way I tried to write my essay says more about me than my essay could. Yale supplement about the subjective nature of justice and my desire to quantify it.
[] Teacher Recommendation:
No idea
[] Counselor Rec:
No idea
[] Additional Rec:
Didn’t send one
[] Interview:
Went really well, she offered me a summer job
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
Yes
[] Intended Major:
History
[] State (if domestic applicant):
CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
Large non-competitive public
[] Ethnicity:
Asian/White
[] Gender:
Male
[] Income Bracket:
Well off
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores, EC Breadth
[] Weaknesses: Greater than my strengths, apparently
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Damned if I know. Possibly the retakes.
[/ul]General Comments: Harvard/MIT/Princeton here I come.

pigs_at_sea · December 15, 2009, 7:23pm

once again, go die yale

fresh101 · December 15, 2009, 7:28pm

^Im assuming you were deferrred as well?

ZishuAW · December 15, 2009, 7:37pm

Decision: Deferred
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 / M 800 / W 800 (one sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math2 800 / Physics 800 / Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA, av. 92/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/480
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Demanding
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Entertainment Department (Chief Department Manager), MUN (Secretary General, Founder of school Association), Varsity Badminton (Vice-Captain), Radio Station (President), Environmental Protection Association (Chief Counselor), Student Union (President), Biology Lab Group, City-wide Creative Writing Forum (Administrator, Assistant Evaluator) (does previous rock bank count?^_^)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Non-income teacher (English, Math, Science; 250 hrs+), local book store
[] Summer Activities: Singapore School of Management summer workshop, MUN conferences, stuff like that
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Awesome
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Public, boarding
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 10000~20000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC and SAT, maybe essay too
[] Weaknesses: Volunteer and work experience, extracurricular academics, no real hook probably
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I deserve a second look. And maybe my evaluation needs a broader context. And weaknesses as listed above too.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted, amazing. To those deferred, we are on the same boat! To those rejected, there are great schools with open arms for ya~

Shinto · December 15, 2009, 7:40pm

I have a bit of advice for rd applicants. According to my interviewer Yale wants people who will not be in their room studying all day, and judging from the people who got in that certainly seems to be the case. So try somewhere in your app about how you have friends and hang out with them or something.

meowmix0669 · December 15, 2009, 7:40pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 800CR, 740 Wr- 2340
SAT II:
790 chem, 800 chinese, 800 math II, 770 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
1/549
AP (place score in parenthesis):
6 5’s, 2 4’s. 5’s: chem, us hist, us gov and poli, microecon, bc calc, lang & comp. 4’s: bio, macroecon
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Senior Year Course Load:
all AP’s: stat, physics C (both of them), world hist, english lit, spanish

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none to really speak of. national ap scholar, national merit semi. scattering of various awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
FBLA(chap pres, regional pres, national philanthropy councilperson on national treasurer’s council)
Mathletes (captain)
Scholar’s Bowl (pres now, vp last year, tres 2 years ago)
JV Tennis (captain)
Science National Honor Society (VP)
Math National Honor Society (Tres)
Spanish National Honor Society (Liason)
Culture Shock Newspaper (chief editor)
piano 10 years

Job/Work Experience:
worked a summer at Non Traditional Media
Volunteer/Community service:
Local hospital
coached MathCounts team at local middle school
volunteered at local summer camp
Summer Activities:
various courses, Governor’s School, Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, various tennis camps
Essays:
Personal statement about music. Yale supplement about a volunteer I met at the hospital. I had two teachers help edit it. One gave it to his mothers who’s an english prof… mother said that the music essay was possibly the best essay she’s read in 20+ years.
Teacher Recommendation:
excellent. One from English teacher, who has reputation for the best recs in my school. Other was from Geometry teacher, who really likes me.
Counselor Rec:
My counselor knows me very well. Strong I guess?
Additional Rec:
Principal sent in a recommendation. Strongish?
Interview:
Went pretty well, I think.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Yes
Intended Major:
Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):
PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Large non-competitive public
Ethnicity:
Asian
Gender:
Male
Income Bracket:
well off
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
None
Reflection
Strengths: Leadership
Weaknesses: My scores weren’t quite up there with the best of the best I guess? 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If it’s because of my scores, then I think it’s a little ridiculous… I’m going to guess it’s because I’ve never won a major award?
General Comments: Well, the next few weeks should be pure joy!

To all of you accepted, CONGRATULATIONS!!! You deserve it!

To all of us deferred… we’re still some of the strongest applicants in the world. Briefly glancing through some of these stats, they’re amazing, they’re mind boggling, and they’re absolutely kick butt! Most of you have GREAT shots at getting in later, and almost all of you will get into a great school. I wish you all the best of luck in the coming months, and may the gods favor you!

takingbacksara · December 15, 2009, 7:42pm

I don’t know why everyone is so upset about being deferred. I was deferred and I’m just stoked not to be rejected! Think of it this way–if you were to find out today that you were rejected, that would be the only thing you would have to focus on, and you would be terribly depressed. However, if you are to find out on April 1 that you are rejected, you will likely also be receiving several acceptance letters the same day. Therefore, instead of focusing solely on the depression associated with you denial from Yale, you will also be celebrating your acceptance to other prestigious schools. This is my reasoning, and I find it to be pretty sound.

Congratulations to all who were accepted! And good luck to the rejected!

As for my fellow deferred applicants, let’s spend our four-month wait filling out more applications, shall we?

xoxo_mcdreamy · December 15, 2009, 7:52pm

Deferred
The other EA girl from our tiny private school also didn’t get in (deferred/rejected->not sure)

christiansoldier · December 15, 2009, 7:54pm

Wow, Zishu too. We got our asses kicked.

Demiitasse · December 15, 2009, 8:00pm

Takingbacksara, totally agreed!

Elfsheen · December 15, 2009, 8:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 Math 760 Writing
[] ACT: None.
[] SAT II: 800 in Literature, Math II and Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st of about 400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Usual classes (I’m in China, we don’t have AP/honors)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing brilliant by American standards, but hefty for Chinese students. Choir, theatre, Model UN, sewing, webpage design, translation.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Translator, teacher for a slum school.
[] Summer Activities: See above.
[] Essays: One was normal, the other was pretty good according to people who read it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty awesome.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: I thought it went so-so, but apparently the interviewer really liked me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Literature.
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60k-100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m a Chinese student who wants to study English Literature, and whose essay was about that. Consider the novelty value!
[] Weaknesses: No APs. Plus China is a hell of a hard pool - they take about ten maximum from all over the country every year in SCEA.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, intended major, and very real passion about something most Chinese students don’t consider taking up.
[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone deferred - hope to see you when April comes around!

ZishuAW · December 15, 2009, 8:02pm

Yepp. Does anyone with a perfect score get accepted yet? Based on a quick glance of posts, none? I know somebody with 2400 got straight REJECTION. Gosh Yale is not a fan of high scores. < Kidding~
Not exactly hurts…but well there is APRIL man.

JonathanNFLS · December 15, 2009, 8:05pm

hehe…Zishu is talking about me who got a straight rejection

catk123 · December 15, 2009, 8:07pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR/770M/800W 1 sitting (2370)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: Lit 790/USH 790/Bio M 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%, 3/455
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang & Comp 5/ English Lit 5/ USH 5/ Bio 5/ Chinese 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, AP’s: Physics C, Calc BC, World History, Spanish Lang.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross-country/Track (co-captain), NHS (president), environmental club (treasurer/co-founder), Chinese Club (president/founder), tutoring, orchestra,
[] Job/Work Experience: ice cream scooper for a summer, currently a reading & writing tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: taught English one summer to students in rural Taiwan, volunteer with a local relief organization since 8th grade, American Cancer Society,
[] Summer Activities: summer English teaching program, CTY, work, camp counselor at camp for special needs kids
[] Essays: Common App was not my best one, but I loved my supplement.
[] Teacher Recommendation: both great
[] Counselor Rec: idk.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: English
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian, ■■■
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: transcript, supplement essay, great recs,
[] Weaknesses: i don’t really stand out.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i wish i knew
[/ul]General Comments: CONGRATS to the Yale 14ers! I’m slowly starting to get over the sting of deferral but then I read how 50% of SCEA applicants were deferred. So I guess it’s time to get over Yale.

meowmix0669 · December 15, 2009, 8:08pm

they have seemed to be extremely harsh on 2400’s this year… although sheesh, based on what seems to be occurring in this thread, the 13+% acceptance rate seems very high…

spectravoid · December 15, 2009, 8:12pm

my friend got accepted with his 1 sitting 2400

tigerton · December 15, 2009, 8:16pm

My best wishes to all of you! Whether you attend Yale or not, I hope you find your place. I am extremely impressed with the high-caliber of all of these apps.

verbosely · December 15, 2009, 8:21pm

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 790 M, 780 W (2370)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: 800, 800, 800, 760 (Chem, Math II, Foreign Lang, Bio)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP Lit, AP Gov and Econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): … minor ones. NMSF, AP Scholar, College Book Awards, Multiple Golds on National Fr and Latin Contests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): keeping it vague: varsity sport (capt), culture club, french club (sec), math team (won pin), quiz bowl, another varsity sport, science research (published coauthor, entered intel)
[] Job/Work Experience: private tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, hospital, local saturday school for kids
[] Summer Activities: tutoring,t ravel, sci research at university medical center
[] Essays: pretty good, i thought. of course never trust your own opinion…
[] Teacher Recommendation: never read, good to great, in my estimates
[] Counselor Rec: same.
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: didnt have…
[/ul]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yea
[] Intended Major: engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian =X
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): … antihook.
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores and gpa? have a bunch of other awards not listed that make sci res seem bigger.
[] Weaknesses: essays? teacher recs? ecs? who knows!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Asian. Yup.
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to all those who were denied or deferred. Congrats to the accepted!

lola995 · December 15, 2009, 8:23pm

Congrats, I didn’t even apply to Yale! Remember, rejection at the these top schools dosen’t reflect your failure. You are still brilliant students!
P.S. Whose going to community college?! lol

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