Reply if all roads lead back to your safety school.

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I thought it might be beneficial to show top applicants who are likely going to end up at their safety schools that they aren’t alone.

Post your stats and the schools you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted at as well as the safety school you’ll be attending.

SAT: 2330 single sitting second take
800s in math 2 and chem, 780 USH
GPA: 3.81 uw, 5.3ish w (very tough school though)
AP: 8 5s and 3 4s
Senior year courses: 5 APs and a bunch of post-AP courses (mvc, linear algebra, data structures, etc.)
Other stuff: excellent ECs, leadership, and research experience at a major uni
Some major state level awards, robotics at national level

Male
White
Attend a top 30 public high school (very competitive)

Admitted:
UNC Chapel Hill (safety, will be attending)
NC State
Georgia Tech (no fin aid)
UCLA (no fin aid)
UVA (very little fin aid)

Waitlisted:
Harvard
Brown
Case Western (???)

Rejected:
Cornell (top choice, ED)
UC Berkeley
U Mich
MIT
Caltech
Princeton

Although I was rather dissapointed with my results, I am still very excited to be joining the Tar Heels class of 2019!!!

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Probably going to UT Austin (in state).

Stats:
SAT: 2350 (800M+800CR+750W)
ACT: n/a
Rank: 1/500+
AP: 9 5s so far
Senior year courses: all APs, 2 AP sciences
Major Awards: Science awards (Intel STS, Siemens, etc.)
Attend a good high school, not too competitive

Admitted:
Rice ($24,000/year merit scholarship)
Cornell ($0/year aid)
UT Austin (free tuition first year+other scholarships)
Case Western Reserve ($30000/year merit scholarship)

Rejected:
MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton

Waitlisted:
Stanford

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Stats:
GPA: 3.9/4 UW
SAT: 2230
SAT II: Bio 730, Spanish 720, Lit 720
AP: Spanish Lang (4), Spanish Lit, Comp Sci A, Biology (4), English Lit, Calculus AB, Psychology
Major awards: lol
High school: Small, competitive public.
White female from MA.
Accepted: Northeastern, Fordham (20K/yr merit), Occidental (17.5k/ yr merit), UC San Diego (but to last-choice college), McGill
Rejected: Tufts ( :frowning: ), Brown, Johns Hopkins, Rice
Waitlisted: UC Berkeley