@rh1616 Congratulations! I feel very happy for you (and your friend).
rj after scea deferral, but it’s ok!
oh I commented in the wrong thread lol hahah
@rh1616 . You did, but we still feel very happy for you! 
I was rejected from Yale REA, but I was accepted to Stanford!
In the PDF page that contains the cost of attending Yale, under the “Scholarships and Grant Options” section, I have a scholarship award allotted to “Merit-based Scholarships → Other scholarships.” Is this scholarship good for all 4 years of attending Yale or is it just a one-year award based on my family’s current EFC? Thanks in advance for any insight from a Yale family.
Waitlisted
Black Female from NYC
SAT 1420 (700 math, 720 reading)
SAT II: Lit- 700 World History - 610
Rank: 2
4.0 unweighted GPA
English Major
Amazing essays and recommendations
ECs:
Editor-in-chief of newspaper since soph. year
President of National Honor Society for 2 Yrs (In NHS since soph)
President of the Student Government (Public Relations Director, 11th Grade President, SG President)
Founded my school’s Black Student Union (2 Yrs)
VP of STEM Club (2 yrs)
Model UN (4 years)
400+ Volunteering hours
Organized service trips through NHS
Tutored kids in English, History, Physics, Algebra 2, Trig & Calc
Color Guard
Varsity Swim for 2 years
Varsity Track for 1
Participated in this summer entrepreneurship program, designed a prosthetic and a prosthetic startup & then won the contest at the end
I got into Boston College, Colgate, Franklin & Marshall, Ithaca, Northwestern (Medill School of Journalism), Syracuse (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Washington University in St.Louis (WashU), Wheaton, and Tufts, Wesleyan, Bucknell, Cornell, UPenn, and Dartmouth, and Columbia, Brown
Waitlisted: Harvard & Yale
NYU comes out today, so we’ll find out.
Any other questions, happy to answer!
Accepted!
White/Native American Female from Georgia
Applied Regular Decision
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Major
ACT: 34
SAT: N/A
SAT II: Lit- 710, Bio M- 700
Rank: 1
4.0 unweighted GPA
Took a bunch of IB classes (full IB diploma candidate)
ECs:
Hospital Volunteer (2 years)
Junior Class President
Theater (actor and volunteer, 6+ years)
Environmental Club (co-founder and co-president, 2 years)
Soccer Team Manager (3 years)
Literary Magazine (head of promotions, 4 years)
Food Bank Volunteer (2 years)
Cross Country (1 year)
Member of a special, science oriented after school program junior year
Honors/Awards:
Honors Societies (National, Science, Thespian, French, Art)
State Best Actor award for a one act play
Some other college awards/recognitions given to high school students
Essays:
Pretty strong imo, very personal and I spent a lot of time on them lol
Recs:
Also were probably pretty good? I’m really close to both the teachers I ask (chem/psych and english)
Interview:
Had an interview and it went really well! I feel like I really connected with my interviewer lol. However, I’m unsure how big a role it played
Other Schools-
Accepted: Yale, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia
Waitlisted: None
Denied: None
“Yale Mom” car sticker already applied (I can’t find “Yale Dad” for me).
Yale gear and flag on the way. Yale won!
@NascarFedex --congrats! You already told us you’re sitting with Harvard at the big game so only your wife is allowed the Yale Mom sticker…I’m getting one too. I’ll sit with her at the game. 
Anyone considering what “may happen” if fall matriculation just doesn’t happen? If the world isn’t back in a place by late August that large groups of people, especially college age can safely live in large groups?
Will it go virtual? Will everything be put on hold for an additional semester and start in January? What will tuition look like? Would you still pay full tuition for less of an experience via zoom meetings? Will students choose to take a gap year? Will the university allow a huge portion of kids to exercise a gap year election simply from a financial impact on the university? Interested in hearing others thoughts. As a frame of reference several notable and intelligent people in the healthcare, financial and technology world are starting to speak to a 12-18 month time frame until large group dynamics return.
Did anyone who was accepted receive an acceptance packet, or was it only through the portal?
PAdude there is a thread called School in the fall and Coronavirus that I am reading daily. I have a first year student now so I have all the same questions you do.
Also wondering the same about acceptance packages? @Sarrip
Nope. Nothing in the mail so far.
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About Acceptance Packet:
This is somewhat addressed in Jeremy’s video (for the April 7 event).
Start watching around 37:25 of this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYg3V6_p0qE&feature=youtu.be
@par271828nt - Thank you.
DECISION:
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (790 Math, 710 English)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 730 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: Doesn’t do this
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): EngLang (3), CSP (5), SpanLang (5), Phys 1 (4), Chem (4), EnvSci (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, AP Calc BC, AP CS - A, AP Phys 2, Chem 3 (orgo), English, Spanish, Latin American Studies.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Club founder and president created an app that measures water and carbon footprint of products at the supermarket by scanning them, Research Assistant for a Mathematical Education Masters Thesis, Global Issues Network Service Project and Conference participant also organized a local conference, NHS, German Classes, Tennis Player (non-competitive), small 3week internship with a material scientist.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: In Extracurriculars
Summer Activities: Summer At Brown, JHU Innovation Engineering, SIP Internship Online (wrote a paper and sent it as a portfolio).
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Wrote about how I made paper at home, about lost in translation of idioms b/c I speak 3 languages now fluently, a letter to my roommate about my sustainable shopping habits, etc.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): All good, my philosophy teacher, chem teacher, and bio/engineering teacher
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9 (he is famous in my school for writing great letters
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8 (let me read it… pretty good)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 8 (my research mentor, he liked me)
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 8… IDK?
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Colombia
School Type: American School in Colombia (they teach half in English and half in Spanish)
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflections:
Strengths: research paper, app portfolio, good unique extracurriculars, decent essays.
Weaknesses: Ap scores, subj test score (chem), no major awards, could have had a more tied up story.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good strategy
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Georgia Tech, Jacobs, Lynn
Waitlisted: Yale, Olin
Rejected: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, CalTech
Withdrew: Duke, CMU, Yale-NUS b/c I had already gotten into my dream school and some friends were applying here.
General Comments (if any): I am pretty Happy IDK if being an international Latina in stem helped
@randomstudentt congrats!