College Acceptance Thread '11 - Page 35

On May 04 2011 12:51 novabossa wrote:
Congrats GlocKomA!! Cornell in particular has a great program for helping transfers transition into life as a big red. (my brother graduated from there ^^) You're going to have a blasty blast.

On May 04 2011 13:13 Laerties wrote:
GPA: 2.89

Sat Breakdown:
CR:660
M: 720
W:590
Total:1970

EC's: Math team, rock climbing clubs, 400+CI hours, History club

Accepted:
Purdue University
Syracuse University(accepted from waitlist)
University of the Pacific
UC Santa Cruz

Rejected:
University of Illinois
UCSB
UCI
UCB

Waitlisted:
Virginia Tech
Bucknell University


Major: Math

On May 04 2011 00:33 MoreFaSho wrote:


This is such a poorly understood concept that I think you probably shouldn't comment without some knowledge. I went to Caltech and they definitely don't lower their admission standards, but they definitely value diversity and make huge efforts to create as diverse of an undergrad population as they can. You might be asking "well, don't these things come into conflict".

No, they don't. There are all kinds of things you can do other than lower your admission standards other than lower standards. For example:
- For many years female students and minority students had their pre-frosh visiting weekends covered by the university (this is only for students that have already been accepted).
- They also in the past have had one of the top need-based financial aid programs in the country (irrespective of race / gender).
- They have resources available to deal with the unique issues of being a minority student or a female student at a university that does not have as many minorities / women.
- They spend an effort recruiting female / minority applicants to apply.

I should also mention that all of these things benefit everybody at the university and further the university's goals. The university also has a high percentage of international students and having such diverse perspectives available to students improves the educational experience for everybody.

Edit: I should say that also, lowering Caltech's admission standards wouldn't help anyways because unlike some other "selective" schools, Caltech is incredibly demanding of even the nations top top students (plenty of intel semi-finalists, national merit finalists, etc. have flamed out after less than a year and transferred elsewhere). I think there are probably only 2 or 3 other schools where the entire undergraduate population is put through such a demanding workload. Even very few top engineering and science programs are as demanding.

On May 12 2011 09:30 Sonikhawk121 wrote:
GPA: 3.87/3.9 UW, 4.3W.
SAT I: 2000
SATII: Math 2-700, USH, 720, Physics- 700 (I just started the class when I took it)
APs: Calc AB, APUSH, Eng. Lang- 4 :[

Extras: AFJROTC Vice Commander, Recipient of 4 medals -3 of which came from nationally recognized organizations- ROA, American Legion, and AFSA.

On May 13 2011 13:20 Senya wrote:
I just stumbled upon this thread. well, here goes:
GPA: 97.3 (School neither ranks nor weighs).
SAT: 2280 (CR: 800 Math: 770: W: 710)
SAT 2: Physics: 800
Math II: 800
Math I: 800
Biology (E): 800
Chemistry: 800
U.S. History: 800
AP: Physics C (Mechanics 5, E&M 5)
Calculus BC: 5
U.S History: 5
Chemistry: 5
Biology: 4 ()
Comparative Government: 5
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: both 5
I'm also taking classes at Columbia and NYU.
Extra: Captain of Robotics Team
Life Scout (couldn't finish my eagle project T.T)
Key Club, Track Team, Math Team, tutored at Kumon, National Merit, and some scholarships from fastweb.

Harvard (Accepted)
Yale (Accepted and going! - Physics major)
Princeton (Accepted)
UPenn (Accepted)
Cornell (Accepted)
UMich (Accepted)
CalTech (Accepted)
Berkeley (Accepted)
SUNY Binghamton (Accepted)
MIT: (Waitlist)
Stanford: (Rejected - Top choice)