Stats: 2100 SAT (fuck you SAT) 750 on Math II and Chemistry; 720 on World History 4.62 weighted GPA, weighted class rank 6 Buncha 5s on AP tests, except 4s in Physics Mechanics and World History Good bit of extracurriculars: Orchestra, Track, NHS, SHF, etc.
Accepted:
Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia University of Maryland: College Park (University Honors, Dean's Scholarship) University of Michigan Georgia Tech
Waitlisted:
Rice University
Rejected:
Duke University UC Berkeley Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins seemed to have a terrible turnout in my county. My school's valedictorian and another school's valedictorian were waitlisted and a whole lot of other pretty damn good students I know were rejected. One girl from my school was accepted though. She's not that smart and doesn't have that many extracurriclars, but she had a fairly high SAT (2300), father works there, did early decision, and I think some internship there as well, so I wasn't too surprised.
P.S. Good job to all of you on your acceptances! If you're going to Carnegie of College Park, I'll probably be going to one of those two places.
On April 06 2010 14:22 Newguy wrote: I'm only a junior in high school, so I haven't applied yet, but every senior at my high school who applied to MIT and Stanford got denied except one, who scored perfect on sat, act, and psat lol. So many other people with like 2200 - 2300 sat got denied, dunno why its so hard to get in this year.
Apply early if you're doing any schools like that. My older brother got a 2400 on his SAT but didn't do the interview for MIT and he got waitlisted; it also didn't help that he did all of his applications at the last minute (although verything for him would be grammatically correct, there wasn't a "wow" factor).
SAT scores are overrated once you get to a certain range.
On March 18 2010 11:49 ]343[ wrote: applying for undergrad:
UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day]
waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke...
hmm I got WLed at harvard but into princeton and duke
also today i got some kind of full tuition thing to duke for a math contest... except i want to go to MIT. except I have 0 finaid. -_________-
Hey guys, I'm going to be applying to some of these schools next year, I just started visiting several on the east coast. Was wondering how much your 9th grade gpa counts... because I got fucked by 9th grade real hard. Was wondering how my chances of getting into decent colleges are. I know UC schools don't require your 9th, would you recommend I apply there? Numbrz below:
GPA: 9th: 1.59 10th: 3.34 11th: 3.7(seems this way)
SAT: 2100
Extra Curricular activities:
Community Service: Two and a half week trip to Guatemala building houses
Two and a half week trip to Bulgaria renovating an orphanage
45 Hrs working at a children center for underprivileged kids.
Theater: Worked on several of my HS productions working sound/lighting/set design
Freshman year counts for almost nothing, as far as I know, especially with your upward trend. I think if you keep up that trend, colleges won't even bat an eye.
I agree ... if you keep up the GPA you probably have some interesting stories to tell the admissions ppl.
In reality the school you go to doesn't play as much a factor as you (as an Asian American senior about to enter college) thinks it does. Companies, for the most part, want the most talented and hard working graduates ... and frankly, you'll discover that a lot of top notch schools actually have lazy undergrads, even if they were valedictorians in HS.
Hmm, I dunno. Freshman isn't as important, but I disagree that it counts for nothing. Colleges like to see improvement, though, so you have that going for you. I think if you write about badass stories from your impressive community service trips and continue to improve senior year you have a shot at some good schools. Also, if your gpa has been brought down by one or two subjects but you are exemplary in one or two other subjects, make sure to specify a major that plays to your strengths (this helped put me ahead of more rounded students with better gpas than me), you can always change it later if you decide you don't like it.
National Merit Honorable Mention 2 sports: one for 3 yrs, one for 4 years no clubs ~60 hours volunteering total ~56 hours a job teaching kids how to swim
that's it, lol
Undergrad engineering
Carnegie Mellon University: waitlisted for ECE but offered a spot for any other engineering major Northwestern: waitlist Cornell: waitlist
University of the Pacific: Accepted into the 5-year PharmD program
I'm deciding between Cal for ChemE and UCSD for Bioeng: Biotech. If I go to UCSD I'll take premed classes and try to get into med school. At Cal I would try to get a joint major, Chemical and Materials engineering.
I attended UCSD's admit day, and i will attend Cal Day on Saturday.
On April 16 2010 15:07 KermitTheFro wrote: My girlfriend just got into UC Santa Barbara and USC's for a geology PhD. Tough year for applications in general it seems...
My dad actually got his PhD of Geography (and his masters) from UCSB. He currently works for ESRI.
On March 18 2010 11:49 ]343[ wrote: applying for undergrad:
UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day]
waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke...
hmm I got WLed at harvard but into princeton and duke
also today i got some kind of full tuition thing to duke for a math contest... except i want to go to MIT. except I have 0 finaid. -_________-
come to princeton . we own csl (literally) :D:D:D. And pu gives pretty good fin aid ^^ math here is pretty intense.
On April 03 2010 00:55 WoodenSpider wrote: Accepted; Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, U of Virginia, Washigton and Lee U., Uk Waitlisted: Cornell Rejected: MIT
Super happy, but how the heck am I supposed to decide between HY and P??? all gave me full Financial aid too....
PrincetonPrincetonPrinceton.
On April 02 2010 10:59 Itsraiiningpaper wrote: ahhhhhhhh INTO PRINCETON!!!!
other acceptances:
dartmouth cornell amherst duke UCLA, UC berk, UCI all with regents scholarship
happiest day of my life!
come =]
On April 02 2010 07:29 LucasWoJ wrote: Accepted Harvard and Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.
Get off the waitlist and come to Princeton ^^.
On April 02 2010 10:38 gngfn wrote: I know there's probably no one who cares yet still hasn't checked his email, but a belated good luck to those hoping for good news from Harvard. I hear the CSL team is always looking for more players.
I think they'll agree that their team could use some help . They didn't do too hot this season =[.
On April 02 2010 10:22 Mystlord wrote: Well now that the process is over:
UCLA: Accept UCBerkeley: Accept USC: Accept MIT: Deferred -> Reject Northwestern: Accept Vanderbilt: Accept Washington University in St. Louis: Accept UChicago: Accept Harvard: Reject (I don't do community service~) Princeton: Reject
Overall I'm happy . Not like I put enough effort into HS to get drafted by a top Ivy anyway
nuuu. woulda been cool to have you here at Princeton
On April 02 2010 12:46 Monkeyboi2k3 wrote: This year's ivys were bithces, Most of the good students that I know have been shot down by every one of them. Only person who got in to a lot of them, the SMOB of mcps schools :/
I have a friend who is essentially the same as me academically, same extra curriculars as me except he plays tennis and I don't. His only acceptances were UCLA, UCBerkeley, and Northwestern. Waitlisted/Denied at every Ivy, Duke, MIT, etc.
This year was so weird in terms of college apps. Every single college is saying "RECORD # OF APPLICATIONS", and the numbers reflect that :/
They said that last year too . Could be true though.
On March 18 2010 12:40 Hamster1800 wrote: Undergrad:
MIT - accepted early
Not waiting on any other schools.
hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff).
Nerd convo!
Congrats and good luck to all the high school seniors. Anyway. If gets into Yale (or got in early), feel free to PM me if you wanna talk! I'd be happy to host. Also, you should come to Yale for SC! We just beat Princeton!
Grudge rematch? >.>. We won't send out that nub that lost to a 10 hatch again. lol.
Any princeton prefrosh kids on TL here/coming for preview ? WHERE IS YOU ALL. =[.
On April 16 2010 15:22 haruharu wrote: HypnoShroom you should definitely go to UCSD! I doubt Berkeley has as nice a campus as SD!
I was definitely impressed by the weather at UCSD, and I liked how there are so many new buildings. The beach is just a short walk away. I liked the atmosphere a lot. really good vibes
On April 16 2010 17:41 Punk wrote: College is overrated.
troll, if not silver spoon detected.
I might hit up this thread in the (un)likely event I get my GED. Wont be anything special to announce I'll be attending a CC but it's the only thing I can afford with finds and my overall educational merit.
I could of attended a state university, instead I decided to to take a few art classes, and work on my video game art portfolio on my own. Degrees are overrated and don't guarantee you a job (which a lot of people seem to think), plus I'd rather not be in 40k debt. Trade schools are actually a better option for a lot of people, you will probably get payed more right out of school, and you're a lot more likely to find a job, plus they are shorter and cheaper.
I just hate the current education system basically says "after high school you have to go to college or you will be working at McDonald's."
4.57 GPA 2010 SAT (1520 was my 2-score. essay was super fail!) 800 Math II, 740 Bio 5's on the following APs: World History, US History, Spanish, Biology No leaderships in clubs but was in a good bit (NHS, beta club, key club..etc). 4 years of varsity soccer and wrestling.
On March 18 2010 11:49 ]343[ wrote: applying for undergrad:
UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day]
waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke...
hmm I got WLed at harvard but into princeton and duke
also today i got some kind of full tuition thing to duke for a math contest... except i want to go to MIT. except I have 0 finaid. -_________-
come to princeton . we own csl (literally) :D:D:D. And pu gives pretty good fin aid ^^ math here is pretty intense.
On April 03 2010 00:55 WoodenSpider wrote: Accepted; Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, U of Virginia, Washigton and Lee U., Uk Waitlisted: Cornell Rejected: MIT
Super happy, but how the heck am I supposed to decide between HY and P??? all gave me full Financial aid too....
On April 02 2010 10:38 gngfn wrote: I know there's probably no one who cares yet still hasn't checked his email, but a belated good luck to those hoping for good news from Harvard. I hear the CSL team is always looking for more players.
I think they'll agree that their team could use some help . They didn't do too hot this season =[.
On April 02 2010 10:22 Mystlord wrote: Well now that the process is over:
UCLA: Accept UCBerkeley: Accept USC: Accept MIT: Deferred -> Reject Northwestern: Accept Vanderbilt: Accept Washington University in St. Louis: Accept UChicago: Accept Harvard: Reject (I don't do community service~) Princeton: Reject
Overall I'm happy . Not like I put enough effort into HS to get drafted by a top Ivy anyway
nuuu. woulda been cool to have you here at Princeton
On April 02 2010 12:46 Monkeyboi2k3 wrote: This year's ivys were bithces, Most of the good students that I know have been shot down by every one of them. Only person who got in to a lot of them, the SMOB of mcps schools :/
I have a friend who is essentially the same as me academically, same extra curriculars as me except he plays tennis and I don't. His only acceptances were UCLA, UCBerkeley, and Northwestern. Waitlisted/Denied at every Ivy, Duke, MIT, etc.
This year was so weird in terms of college apps. Every single college is saying "RECORD # OF APPLICATIONS", and the numbers reflect that :/
They said that last year too . Could be true though.
On March 18 2010 12:40 Hamster1800 wrote: Undergrad:
MIT - accepted early
Not waiting on any other schools.
hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff).
Nerd convo!
Congrats and good luck to all the high school seniors. Anyway. If gets into Yale (or got in early), feel free to PM me if you wanna talk! I'd be happy to host. Also, you should come to Yale for SC! We just beat Princeton!
Grudge rematch? >.>. We won't send out that nub that lost to a 10 hatch again. lol.
Any princeton prefrosh kids on TL here/coming for preview ? WHERE IS YOU ALL. =[.
On March 18 2010 11:49 ]343[ wrote: applying for undergrad:
UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day]
waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke...
hmm I got WLed at harvard but into princeton and duke
also today i got some kind of full tuition thing to duke for a math contest... except i want to go to MIT. except I have 0 finaid. -_________-
come to princeton . we own csl (literally) :D:D:D. And pu gives pretty good fin aid ^^ math here is pretty intense.
On April 03 2010 00:55 WoodenSpider wrote: Accepted; Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, U of Virginia, Washigton and Lee U., Uk Waitlisted: Cornell Rejected: MIT
Super happy, but how the heck am I supposed to decide between HY and P??? all gave me full Financial aid too....
PrincetonPrincetonPrinceton.
On April 02 2010 10:59 Itsraiiningpaper wrote: ahhhhhhhh INTO PRINCETON!!!!
other acceptances:
dartmouth cornell amherst duke UCLA, UC berk, UCI all with regents scholarship
happiest day of my life!
come =]
On April 02 2010 07:29 LucasWoJ wrote: Accepted Harvard and Yale. Waitlisted Princeton.
Get off the waitlist and come to Princeton ^^.
On April 02 2010 10:38 gngfn wrote: I know there's probably no one who cares yet still hasn't checked his email, but a belated good luck to those hoping for good news from Harvard. I hear the CSL team is always looking for more players.
I think they'll agree that their team could use some help . They didn't do too hot this season =[.
On April 02 2010 10:22 Mystlord wrote: Well now that the process is over:
UCLA: Accept UCBerkeley: Accept USC: Accept MIT: Deferred -> Reject Northwestern: Accept Vanderbilt: Accept Washington University in St. Louis: Accept UChicago: Accept Harvard: Reject (I don't do community service~) Princeton: Reject
Overall I'm happy . Not like I put enough effort into HS to get drafted by a top Ivy anyway
nuuu. woulda been cool to have you here at Princeton
On April 02 2010 13:02 Mystlord wrote:
On April 02 2010 12:46 Monkeyboi2k3 wrote: This year's ivys were bithces, Most of the good students that I know have been shot down by every one of them. Only person who got in to a lot of them, the SMOB of mcps schools :/
I have a friend who is essentially the same as me academically, same extra curriculars as me except he plays tennis and I don't. His only acceptances were UCLA, UCBerkeley, and Northwestern. Waitlisted/Denied at every Ivy, Duke, MIT, etc.
This year was so weird in terms of college apps. Every single college is saying "RECORD # OF APPLICATIONS", and the numbers reflect that :/
They said that last year too . Could be true though.
On March 18 2010 13:11 xhuwin wrote:
On March 18 2010 12:41 ]343[ wrote:
On March 18 2010 12:40 Hamster1800 wrote: Undergrad:
MIT - accepted early
Not waiting on any other schools.
hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff).
Nerd convo!
Congrats and good luck to all the high school seniors. Anyway. If gets into Yale (or got in early), feel free to PM me if you wanna talk! I'd be happy to host. Also, you should come to Yale for SC! We just beat Princeton!
Grudge rematch? >.>. We won't send out that nub that lost to a 10 hatch again. lol.
Any princeton prefrosh kids on TL here/coming for preview ? WHERE IS YOU ALL. =[.
Shameless self plugs? haha
why not? princeton needs more sc ppl ^^. too many people here don't enjoy sc enough, they're all "casual" gamers who play with one hand and don't come to practice >.>
EPT
but into princeton and duke
. we own csl (literally) :D:D:D. And pu gives pretty good fin aid ^^ math here is pretty intense.
. They didn't do too hot this season =[.
