i had a few that were totally off, some were near it and some had no date at all
Just got my decision. I got in.
THEYRE OUT
Accepted! 4.14 GPA, 1510 SAT
congrats everyone!
ACCEPTED YAY!!!
Does every rejection letter mention transferring?
Accepted with Harper scholarship - 1520, 4.8 W, activist, woman in STEM (neuroscience)
accepted…whipple scholarship…when do they send aid?
Waitlisted, International student from China, studied in US for 4 years, SAT 1540
Also I applied for FA
STATUS: ACCEPTANCE
Update released: 3/18/2020 4:00PM CDT
Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks
Male
African-American
First-generation
Texas Public School
EFC:4000
Intended Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
ACT/SAT/SAT II:
SAT:1400
UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.65UW 4.5W 11% rank
Coursework: Full IB classes(took the maximum number of IB classes my school offers) along with 6 extra Ap classes and tests.
Awards: AP Scholar with distinction and Best in Classification for Robotic design at a state STEM fair
Extracurriculars:
Key Club Webmaster and Editor
National Honor Society Member
Spanish National Honor Society Member
Beta Club
Combined I have put in over 200+ hours of volunteering and took up leadership roles in the key club. For my IB CAS project, I held a Smash bros tournament where we raised money to support mental illness treatment and reach programs.
The Summer before and after my junior year as well as my junior school year, I held a summer fellowship and internship during the school year at Southern Medothist University where I worked with assistant professors and graduate students on their summer projects while advancing my knowledge with software such as Solidworks, Matlab, RISA, and creating complex Excel equations to analyze data.
Essays/LORs/Other:
My Essay is decent, and my LOR come from my physics professors who is known for good LOR and the Assistant Professor I worked under at SMU
Acceptances: I’ve already gotten accepted to Baylor, Texas A&M College Station, SMU, UT Dallas, and Northeastern EA and now Rochester.
Accepted! White female with interest in STEM (applied undecided), didn’t submit test scores, 4.44 GPA (several APs and honors), from Ohio
Accepted with $20k/year in merit! 94/100 UW GPA, 36 ACT, applied for CS, need FA.
accepted! african american female, biology major, 1320 SAT, 3.9 GPA, awarded the deans scholarship, not a ton of ec’s but v consistent, i think my essays and LORs helped a lot considering i’m fairly average compared to the app pool
Congrats to all accepted!
Decision: ACCEPTED
Which school/major: Engineering
Scholarships: Dean’s ($19,000/year)
ACT: 34
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
AP: Spanish (4), European History (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), English Language (5), United States History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP English Literature, Physics Honors
Major Awards: National Hispanic Recognition, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics (captain), Makerspace (mentor), Student Government (vice president), founder of an ongoing school project, National Honors Society (treasurer), writer for STEM magazine
Volunteer/Community Service: local hospital volunteer work
Summer Activities: volunteering, college engineering course, mentor at a leadership seminar
Essays (rating): 8/10
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10/10; 8.5/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Other
State: CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Reflection
Strengths: grades, test scores, a strong commitment to STEM, probably also being a female and minority I guess
Weaknesses: didn’t have a lot of major awards, summer activities were kind of lacking
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed a lot of passion in my common application essays
For those accepted, is your scholarship offer/merit award listed in your acceptance letter? Where can you find out if you’ve been offered a scholarship?
Is all merit scholarship out?
DD got $13k/year Youth Orchestra scholarship, but she is not a music major. Dont see any other university base scholarship.
ACT 36 one sitting
GPA 3.98
SATII 800 both BIO and Math2, one sitting
Biochem major
You only get one scholarship from the university
mine was listed in the congratulations letter of admissions.
The award should be listed with your acceptance letter