EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '11 - Page 3
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Vestige
United States303 Posts
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rogzardo
610 Posts
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awu25
United States2003 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:03 wizard944 wrote: So I have a friend who got rejected by yale. He had a 98 GPA, a 2400 on this SAT, he's been principal clarinetist in the local youth orchestra for the past 3 years (I'll finally get a chance next year!), he has 16 5's on APs, he was a finalist in the international clarinet highschool competition, he's on varsity tennis, and he's captain of the math team, and he's the regional champion in chess. However, he's chinese...so gets rejected by yale and MIT...at least he got into REMS which is awesome! I knew someone who was chinese and probably had about the same amount of 5's on APs, valedictorian of our high school, and probably really high SAT. He got into MIT. Your friend should've gotten in, but he probably didn't have a strong essay or something. It's not just because he was chinese | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
Edit: some kind seniors should open a thread to give advice as to how to improve one's chances of getting into the colleges of one's dreams. College Confidential is obviously really good because it's a forum whose purpose is general admissions counseling, but more often than not, there are very few replies, and the replies that are made are often not of a particularly high quality/are slow to come/aren't made at all, even though the posters are very knowledgeable... | ||
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
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wizard944
194 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:12 awu25 wrote: I knew someone who was chinese and probably had about the same amount of 5's on APs, valedictorian of our high school, and probably really high SAT. He got into MIT. Your friend should've gotten in, but he probably didn't have a strong essay or something. It's not just because he was chinese I think it's partly because our school is ridiculous and there are three other people with almost identical achievements. Therefore, he didn't quite stand out as much as he would have liked, but ya I guess there must have been something else like what you mentioned. | ||
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unsniped
United States241 Posts
Clemson Auburn Ga Tech Rejected: MIT Anyone else going to Ga tech? | ||
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CaptnAsia
United States61 Posts
Accepted: UC Riverside UC Santa Cruz UC San Diego Rejected: UC Davis UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara I'm kind of amazed I got into San Diego, but still grateful ^^ | ||
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DarthXX
Australia998 Posts
I got accepted into University of Queensland for a Law degree with an Overall Position (OP) score of 1 and an entry rank score of 99 (99th percentile, top 1%) Happy camper  | ||
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
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refmac_cys.cys
United States177 Posts
Rejected - Caltech, Oxford Waitlist - UChicago. Waiting - Swarthmore, Yale. (EDIT) Made it in to Carleton (College, that is)! Stats - 2300 SAT 800 Math 2 800 US History 800 Physics | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
 But it's ok! Life doesn't end if you don't get in! Just pwn face at wherever you go. It's probably better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond. | ||
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CaptnAsia
United States61 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:20 adeezy wrote: Weird that you got rejected by Davis and irvine but into san diego, you should definitely definitely go there.... haha yeah I"m pretty much 100% set on going to UCSD | ||
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trackd00r
Chile284 Posts
On March 25 2011 07:24 Junbugger wrote: Stanford is a huge athletic school, so generally, athletes who are smart get in Can someone else confirm this? I'm actually interested on this fact. | ||
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Wire
United States494 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:05 cerka wrote: Acceptances: University of Michigan California Pyrotechnical Institute: San Luis Obispo Southern Methodist University UCSB UCI Rejected: Washington University in Saint Louis UCLA UCSD Waiting to hear back from: Berkeley Cornell University Lehigh University Vanderbilt University Wesleyan University Stats: 4.72 weighted HS GPA (Freshmen through Junior year) 2260 SAT SAT II: 800 Math II 770 US History 740 English And a ton of extra curricular activities, leadership, etc. Damn you didn't make WashU? I'm there right now and my GPA is below yours lol 4.21. SAT better tho 2300. GL on Berkeley. I've always been a strong believer of the LA/Berkeley Tradeoff. If LA rejected you you just might get Berkeley | ||
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nish827
17 Posts
I also applied to Bard, St. John's (Annapolis), St. John's (Minnesota), and Oberlin. GPA: 3.75 unweighted. 7 APs (4 or 5 on the four I've taken) 4.0 in philosophy 101 at SUNY Buffalo. (SLC disregards SAT) Soccer team Philosophy club president ~150 hours of service (Jesuit high school) My essay used Nietzsche's idea that "there is no such thing as a miraculous education" to explain my experiences with philosophical literature. My acceptance letter had a handwritten comment: "Your dedication to intellectual inquiry will serve you well at Sarah Lawrence." I'll probably end up as a writer that hates the world | ||
LosingID8
CA10830 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:26 trackd00r wrote: Can someone else confirm this? I'm actually interested on this fact. it's true but not a 100% guarantee. my white female friend had 2390, IB diploma, 3.9+ uw gpa, top 10 cross-country in state, and got rejected from stanford. she ended up at USC with me on a full ride, ran D-1 cross country and track for the university and is getting her phd in EE/CS at UCSD. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:29 Wire wrote: Damn you didn't make WashU? I'm there right now and my GPA is below yours lol 4.21. SAT better tho 2300. GL on Berkeley. I've always been a strong believer of the LA/Berkeley Tradeoff. If LA rejected you you just might get Berkeley There is something you aren't telling us. You'd get into washington U if you really had all this leadership stuff, etc. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
So far I got into UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and UC LA ^_^ | ||
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brain_
United States812 Posts
Also try not to get mad when you meet some of the imbecile athletes who are getting better scholarships than you. I still fail at this sometimes. | ||
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