College Admisions/ Applications?
Hey Basil.I got an early decision (ED) answer for a school back and I got deferred. Kinda stole away the thunder I had going for me this year. If you don't mind, could you help me collect some info on college admissions/ applications?
I'd really appreciate it if you could help me compile some data on:
Standardized testing scores (your SAT, ACT, SATII scores)
GPA
Extracurriculars and leadership positions
Ethnicity... (=/)
If you got your ED/EA answers back, I'd like it if you could post those too.
If you don't wanna post this stuff, it's cool. Maybe you could post what school you want to go to, or your list of schools, just to see where everyone wants to go.
December 17, 2011
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Hey! Guys! Please read this comment and...comment on it..lol.
um, right now, I am Junior at High school.
-GPA: 4.0/4.0
-Overall grade percent average: 99.5
-Class rank: 8 out of 830.
-I took lots of AP classes, about 12 by the time I graduate, and i have gotten 4 and 5 on the AP exams on the AP classes i took..
-AP classes include: bio, physics b, physics c, chem, human geo, world his, US his, econ, gov, lang comp, calc bc, and Georgia Tech calc 3 + 4
-havent taken SAT yet..but i think i could get 2100+
-not much extracurricular...im in some clubs, such as NHS, habitat for humanity, and pretty much no leadership position like secretary or stuff. minimal volunteer hrs too.
so..what college do you guys think i could potentially get into? I REALLY want to go to Caltech, but idk..can i?
I go to Northwestern. I got wait-listed at WashU and Carleton. I got accepted to Grinnell and all my safety schools. Only place that flat out rejected me was Stanford, not surprisingly. I'm a sophomore now and from my understanding admissions standards are getting even higher... Anyway I had a 3.8/4 unweighted and a 5.2/5 weighted (don't ask). I took a total of 7 AP classes in high school and was the co-president of the environmental club, which was my only volunteer experience. I was also involved in sports and music. Yeah...
just wait for all the
"I was accepted to MIT, harvard, yale, oxford, etc." posts.
[quote=beammeup]Let me guess..MIT deffered you...
I got accepted by MIT
My stats:
SAT: 2340
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.8 / 4.8
Class Rank: 1/980
Ethinicity: Asian (duh) Sri Lankan
Extracurricular Activities: Varsity football team captain, Senior student body president, president of the "recruiters" (our school needs recruitting), secretary of key club, vice president of NHS, made an airplane that went into near space as a junior in HS, tons of internships including one with the CIA, 1000+ hours of volunteering.
However, I will not be attending MIT next fall since I was accepted by Stanford university with a full ride through a program called Questbridge
So anyway..I wish you all the best in the future [/quote]
If you're not lying, I envy you. Stanford has been my dream school since the day I was born.
Anywyas, congrats! You should be the happiest soul alive right now!
[quote=beammeup]Let me guess..MIT deffered you...
I got accepted by MIT
My stats:
SAT: 2340
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.8 / 4.8
Class Rank: 1/980
Ethinicity: Asian (duh) Sri Lankan
Extracurricular Activities: Varsity football team captain, Senior student body president, president of the "recruiters" (our school needs recruitting), secretary of key club, vice president of NHS, made an airplane that went into near space as a junior in HS, tons of internships including one with the CIA, 1000+ hours of volunteering.
However, I will not be attending MIT next fall since I was accepted by Stanford university with a full ride through a program called Questbridge
So anyway..I wish you all the best in the future [/quote]
holy crap, dude. do you get enough sleep?
[quote=beammeup]Let me guess..MIT deffered you...
I got accepted by MIT
My stats:
SAT: 2340
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.8 / 4.8
Class Rank: 1/980
Ethinicity: Asian (duh) Sri Lankan
Extracurricular Activities: Varsity football team captain, Senior student body president, president of the "recruiters" (our school needs recruitting), secretary of key club, vice president of NHS, made an airplane that went into near space as a junior in HS, tons of internships including one with the CIA, 1000+ hours of volunteering.
However, I will not be attending MIT next fall since I was accepted by Stanford university with a full ride through a program called Questbridge
So anyway..I wish you all the best in the future [/quote]
Oh MIT! Do you know which dorm you'll be in yet? I guess it's a bit too early to find out ._.
EDIT: Nvm. Didn't read everything you wrote.
OT:
Standardized testing scores (your SAT, ACT, SATII scores)- SATs: 2250. SAT IIs: 800 on math, English, Chinese, French, 780 on Physics (mechanical) and 690 on Chem ._.
GPA: 3.8 unweighted. 4.8 weighted.
Extracurriculars and leadership positions- Math Olympiad, Varsity football, skiing and track, president of Asian American club and Chinese club, founding member of Economics club, Presidential Award of Excellence (aka 500+ hours of community service), Presidential Award for Academic Excellence (aka top 10 percentile of entire county), first chair alto sax in Wind Ensemble (having performed at Boston Symphony Orchestra with my class band), NHS, NSHSS and National AP Scholar.
Ethnicity: Chinese.
EDIT AGAIN: Here are the schools I applied to. Keep in mind, I applied 4 years ago, so the application process could be vastly different now.
American U- Accepted
Babson C- Accepted
Boston C- Accepted
Brandeis U- Accepted (the school I eventually opted for, since they gave me a full ride, including room&board)
Brown U- Accepted
Cornell U- Accepted
Emory U- Accepted
Indiana U Blooming- Accepted
Johns Hopkins U- Accepted
New York U- Accepted (Stern)
Tufts U- Accepted
U Chicago- Accepted (almost went here)
U Mass Amherst- Accepted
U Michigan- Accepted
U Pennsylvania- Rejected (Wharton, my top choice)
U Southern Calif- Accepted
Vanderbilt U- Accepted
Washington U St. L.- Accepted
Yale U- Early Action, deferred. (my other top choice)