Another Interview with '6' in Verbal.

[Legend]

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I am really enjoying this random process of application.
After getting an invite from Vanderbilt without secondary, I got another one from AECOM today.
I am sure they saw my MCAT score this time because they asked me to fax it in.
I just can't believe it. I am an international (canadian) as well.

 

[Ciardeme]

Legi, do you have a stellar GPA? What do you think they see in your application? Do you really think this is a random process? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

 

[Mystique]

That's awesome, Legi!! BTW, it's good to hear from you again. I doubt you were randomly picked to be interviewed. These schools like what they see on your apps. Keep us updated.

 

[SnudgeMuffin]

Did you get 13+ P and 13+ B? Just wondering... and Congrats!!!

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by Ciardeme:
•Legi, do you have a stellar GPA? What do you think they see in your application? Do you really think this is a random process? 😕 •••

My GPA is above their average (3.82), but I stil think it is a random process. I have some good extracurriculars, but not sure about my letters of recommendation. I am not a URM. I am an Asian male.

I got rejected by Case and Stanford so far.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by SnudgeMuffin:
•Did you get 13+ P and 13+ B? Just wondering... and Congrats!!!•••

no. P13 B10 and 'M'.

 

[SnudgeMuffin]

Legi,

I was once an ESL student. Ivy, now. Asian female. Good luck to ya!

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by SnudgeMuffin:
•Legi,

I was once an ESL student. Ivy, now. Asian female. Good luck to ya!•••

I am still an ESL student even though I am at Ivy.
😉

 

[mdhopeful]

Congratulations Legi! I got a rejection from AECOM. At least I now know their application involves more than just numbers! Good luck at the interview.

 

[Tweetie_bird]

Quick question: what qualifies one as an ESL student? I graduated college, and didn't have to do foreign language b/c English is my second language, and that notation is made on my transcript.
Does that qualify me as an ESL student? Just checking, b/c it seems as though it helps to have english be your second language when you apply.

Thanks in advance.
Tweetie

 

[quake]

What in the world is ESL ???

 

[mpp]

Originally posted by quake:
•What in the world is ESL ???•••

English as a Second Language.

 

[quake]

Oh, I see. Thanks mpp

 

[Incendiary]

Originally posted by SnudgeMuffin:
•Legi,

I was once an ESL student. Ivy, now. Asian female. Good luck to ya!•••

Snudgemuffin, you at Princeton? I wasn't aware there were any non-white students there...
😉

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by Tweetie_bird:
•Quick question: what qualifies one as an ESL student? I graduated college, and didn't have to do foreign language b/c English is my second language, and that notation is made on my transcript.
Does that qualify me as an ESL student? Just checking, b/c it seems as though it helps to have english be your second language when you apply.

Thanks in advance.
Tweetie•••

I qualify myself as an ESL student because I FIRST started learning English about 7 years ago, and I wasted first two years of my HIGHSCHOOL in 'ESL Program' learning something like "How are you? I am fine. Thank you. And you?"

But, in general, everyone whose English is not his/her native language would be considered an ESL student.

 

[SMW]

Legi - I always thought you were female! 😀 that's Ok, everyone thought I was male, and kept thinking so even after I corrected them several times!! 😀 I agree with Santa Claus (aka pendulum) that it's nice to hear from you again!!!
🙂 And I'm glad you're enjoying this random process this year!! 😀

I think your GPA qualifies as "stellar" not just above average! 😛

Ciardeme - I agree with Legi that the process is essentially random in many respects (not completely, of course). See my post in the "Exactly Opposite" thread.

 

[Mystique]

Originally posted by SMW:
[QB]Legi - I always thought you were female! 😀
QB]••

SMW, I think we think alike. I, too, up until today thought Legi was female. This is amusing. This is the second "I'm actually the other sex" revelation today.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by Santa Claus:
•

SMW, I think we think alike. I, too, up until today thought Legi was female. This is amusing. This is the second "I'm actually the other sex" revelation today.•••

SMW, and Santa....

To make things fair, I thought you guys were both males !!

'Legi' is a just random name I picked. It has no correlation is my real name or whatsoever.
😉

 

[Incendiary]

Hey Legi, are you at Dartmouth?

Maybe this should go into a new thread, but what do you, or anyone else for that matter, feel about applying as an Ivy student? Do you think it gives you any sort of advantage? I'm just curious because there seems to have been a spate of newspaper articles recently in my home area about how going to selective high schools (magnet, private) doesn't seem to help people get into better colleges. I respectfully disagree, to an extent, but that's just IMHO...

 

[SnudgeMuffin]

Incendiary,

No, I'm not at Princeton. Though, I wish. My hometown is NJ. Anyways, moving on to your next question. I think coming from good school does matter in some ways. My bf went to Choate and Yale knows how good Choate is and they accept alot of kids from that high school. I mean, ALOT. I can ask my bf how many kids from his class got into Yale if you want.
I know some people on SDN will definitely disagree with me, but I think it does help to have come from Ivy or other Ivy-caliber schools. I know this guy who went to Ivy Med. He graduated from Ivy undergrad. He said when he went for an interview, he got waitlisted. Then, he wrote a letter how much he wants to go to that school like everybody else does. He got a second interview with this Dr. who was also an Ivy grad (same Ivy). All he had to do was chat with the dean about how great their Ivy school is and the person said, "What are you going to do if I print out the acceptance letter for you right now?" He signed and he was in.
I checked the first year student profile given to Columbia interviwees from a friend of mine. I was surprised to see that there are tons and tons of people from Harvard and Yale and other Ivys and just a handful of state school kids. Even the ratio of faculty members are such that half of them are Harvarians and Yalies.
To make a long story short, if you are decent student from Ivys and do well on MCAT, you have a good shot.

 

[SnudgeMuffin]

Legi,

The answer to your question: 21 🙂

 

[Ciardeme]

Smudgemuffin, where are you in NJ? I am in the Princeton area now, but grew up in Toms River.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by Incendiary:
•Hey Legi, are you at Dartmouth?

Maybe this should go into a new thread, but what do you, or anyone else for that matter, feel about applying as an Ivy student? Do you think it gives you any sort of advantage? I'm just curious because there seems to have been a spate of newspaper articles recently in my home area about how going to selective high schools (magnet, private) doesn't seem to help people get into better colleges. I respectfully disagree, to an extent, but that's just IMHO...•••


I am not at Dartmouth. I am not sure if my ivy status has any advantage. But, since I got two interviews with '6' in VR, my undergrad may have helped. For the past 5 years, applicants from my school had 25% acceptance rate to Vandy, and 33% acceptance rate to AECOM.

 

[SnudgeMuffin]

Ciardeme,

Cool, another Jersey person. Do you know Bridgewater Commons, a really cool mall? I live maybe 15 minutes away from the mall. 🙂

 

[Ciardeme]

Smudgemuffin, of course i know where that Mall is! This is NJ and we all know where things are in proximity to exits on the Garden state parkway or Turnpike...or a mall for that matter. Nice to know another NJ poster on this board. Are you applying to RWJ and UMDNJ?