Anonymous
03/01/2022 10:21
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Amazing how much has changed.
Did anyone take APs before their senior year back in the 80s? I don't remember that at all. Crazy that our kids start taking them freshman year now.
Did anyone take APs before their senior year back in the 80s? I don't remember that at all. Crazy that our kids start taking them freshman year now.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 10:01
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1990. Straight As, lots of AP 5s (for that era), 1560, valedictorian of competitive suburban public high school but extracurriculars were nothing special, Harvard early decision.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 09:36
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1992
3.9
1110 SAT
George Mason--accepted with full academic ride
My parents were getting divorced at the time. I was adrift and only applied to on an Ivy for grad school.
3.9
1110 SAT
George Mason--accepted with full academic ride
My parents were getting divorced at the time. I was adrift and only applied to on an Ivy for grad school.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 09:19
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:1985
3.7
1210
Harvard Rejected
Brown Rejected
Stanford Accepted Attended
Tufts Accepted
Wesleyan Waitlisted
Northwestern Accepted
Boston University Accepted
This is why Stanford should be the lowest of the elite. Their priority was not, and is not, in academics.
You obviously haven’t got a clue.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 00:30
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Ironically, attending Ivies and some other T20 wasn’t affordable due to high parental EFC but student’s inability to afford it due to lack of aid and ineligibility to get large loans. These schools are very overpriced for students from donut hole families.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 00:30
Subject: Re:What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1980
1330 SAT
B+ average at a top private school here
Middlebury rejected
Carleton accepted
UVM accepted
Colorado-Boulder accepted
I think there were a few more but don’t remember
I didn’t really know what i was doing for college. I did much better for grad school - accepted at 5 top schools including 3 ivies.
1330 SAT
B+ average at a top private school here
Middlebury rejected
Carleton accepted
UVM accepted
Colorado-Boulder accepted
I think there were a few more but don’t remember
I didn’t really know what i was doing for college. I did much better for grad school - accepted at 5 top schools including 3 ivies.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 00:26
Subject: Re:What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Perfect stats and solid EC, waitlisted at all ivies, admitted to few other similar level schools in T20. Disadvantaged due to race, Uber competitive high school and geography.
Anonymous
03/01/2022 00:05
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1990 for me
GPA was about 3.7. SAT was a 1410
Accepted: UConn, Colby, Brown, Rice
Rejected from Harvard and Waitlisted from Bowdoin
DH
GPA was 3.8 SAT was a 1470
Accepted: Rutgers, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Duke
Rejected from MIT and Yale
GPA was about 3.7. SAT was a 1410
Accepted: UConn, Colby, Brown, Rice
Rejected from Harvard and Waitlisted from Bowdoin
DH
GPA was 3.8 SAT was a 1470
Accepted: Rutgers, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Duke
Rejected from MIT and Yale
Anonymous
02/28/2022 23:48
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Everyone is so young here. When I graduated GPA on the scale to 4.0 was not used. No extra credit for Honors. So 100 was highest GPA possible.
Literally no one has a 100 graduating average. Even if you got an A in every class since As were 90-100 that was near impossible and we had no make up tests or late assignments unless like surgery with a note.
Even damn gym teacher, my cooking class elective graded that way. I recall I made a lousy cake and got a 74.
Literally no one has a 100 graduating average. Even if you got an A in every class since As were 90-100 that was near impossible and we had no make up tests or late assignments unless like surgery with a note.
Even damn gym teacher, my cooking class elective graded that way. I recall I made a lousy cake and got a 74.
Anonymous
02/28/2022 23:34
Subject: Re:What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1993
4.2 (inflated by weighted AP classes)
1330
Not in the top 10 of my class of 300ish, maybe in the top 25 (certainly top 10 percent)
U of Md - accepted with small scholarship plus Honors Program, which was fairly new at the time
It was the only place I applied. I had to go in-state and I knew for sure that I would be accepted.
4.2 (inflated by weighted AP classes)
1330
Not in the top 10 of my class of 300ish, maybe in the top 25 (certainly top 10 percent)
U of Md - accepted with small scholarship plus Honors Program, which was fairly new at the time
It was the only place I applied. I had to go in-state and I knew for sure that I would be accepted.
Anonymous
02/28/2022 23:26
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
1987
1500 SAT
Don't recall GPA but ranked 15th out of 500 at very good public.
No hooks. No parental help.
Applied to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Smith, UVA. Got in everywhere.
Would NEVER happen today.
1500 SAT
Don't recall GPA but ranked 15th out of 500 at very good public.
No hooks. No parental help.
Applied to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Smith, UVA. Got in everywhere.
Would NEVER happen today.
Anonymous
02/28/2022 16:33
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Early 90s
Top 5 in class (out of approx. 95 students)
1300 SAT
Lehigh ED (no other applications).
Top 5 in class (out of approx. 95 students)
1300 SAT
Lehigh ED (no other applications).
Anonymous
02/28/2022 15:19
Subject: Re:What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Class of 1998
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1290
Strong ECs/work history/music
Vassar - deferred then rejected
Colby - rejected
Bates - rejected
Bowdoin - rejected
Middlebury - rejected
Wesleyan - rejected
Connecticut College - waitlisted
Hamilton - accepted
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1290
Strong ECs/work history/music
Vassar - deferred then rejected
Colby - rejected
Bates - rejected
Bowdoin - rejected
Middlebury - rejected
Wesleyan - rejected
Connecticut College - waitlisted
Hamilton - accepted
Anonymous
02/28/2022 13:38
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Late 80s
3.9 GPA
1400 SAT
Cal - WL
UCLA - accepted
UCSD - accepted
UC Davis - accepted
UC Santa Barbara - accepted
Cal Poly SLO - accepted
Stanford - rejected
Attended UCSD
3.9 GPA
1400 SAT
Cal - WL
UCLA - accepted
UCSD - accepted
UC Davis - accepted
UC Santa Barbara - accepted
Cal Poly SLO - accepted
Stanford - rejected
Attended UCSD
Anonymous
02/28/2022 13:23
Subject: What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did you guys score so low on your SATs compared to what kids score today? Didn’t prep?
I had a prep book and studied on my own for a few hours on weekends.
1996
SAT: 1390
3.9 GPA
ED and accepted: W&M
Np - I begged my parents for a test prep class but they refused to pay for it. Might have had a book or at least the sample test. Took it once.
Same. I took it with no preparation. That’s when I realized the test benefitted rich people, because they could pay for tutoring. That was some early learning as to how the world works.