College essays that made a difference - Princeton Review 2010

Where they got in

AARON ANTRIM

Bard College^* Class of 2006

Applied to:

Amherst College	denied
Bard College	accepted
Hampshire College	accepted
Harvard College	waitlisted, denied
Humboldt State University	accepted
Reed College	accepted
Stanford University	denied
Yale University	denied

ADAM BERLINSKY-SCHINE

Cornell University, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Cornell University

accepted

ALISON KAUFMANN

Amherst College, Class of 2003

Applied to:

Amherst College	accepted
Brown University	accepted
Stanford University	accepted
Swarthmore College	accepted
Wellesley College	accepted
Wesleyan University	accepted
Yale University	accepted

ALLISON KAY RANGEL

Reed College, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Reed College	accepted
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—Santa Barbara	accepted

AMY BERG

Claremont McKenna College, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Claremont McKenna College	accepted
Colby College	accepted
Haverford College	accepted
Lewis and Clark College	accepted
Pomona College	waitlisted, removed name
University of Oregon—Clark Honors College	accepted
Whitman College	accepted

ANDREA SALAS

Dartmouth College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Amherst College	waitlisted, removed name
Bates College	accepted
Bowdoin College	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Tufts University	waitlisted, removed name
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted
University of California—Santa Barbara	accepted
University of California—Santa Cruz	accepted
Williams College	accepted

ANDREW COLLINS

Duke University, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Duke University	accepted
Georgetown University	accepted
Harvard College	denied
Princeton University	denied
Stanford University	denied
University of California—Berkeley	denied
University of Virginia	accepted
Vanderbilt University	accepted

ANDREW H. GIORDANO

Brandeis University, Class of 2008

Applied to:

American University	accepted
Brandeis University	accepted
Carleton College	withdrew
Colorado College	accepted
The Johns Hopkins University	accepted
Muhlenberg College	accepted
Oberlin College	accepted
State University of New York—Binghamton	accepted
University of Delaware	accepted
University of Rochester	accepted

ANDREW MAXWELL MANGINO

Yale University, Class of 2009

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Columbia University—Columbia College	accepted
George Washington University	accepted
Georgetown University	accepted
Harvard University	waitlisted, denied
New York University	accepted
Northwestern University	accepted
Princeton University	waitlisted, denied
Syracuse University	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
University of Chicago	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	accepted
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Yale University	accepted

AUDREY NATH

Rice University, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Harvard College	denied
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
Rice University	accepted

BRANDON MOLINA

Harvard College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Columbia University	accepted
Elon University	accepted
Harvard College	accepted early action
Stanford University	denied
Tulane University	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
United States Military Academy	accepted

BRIAN TRACY

University of Notre Dame, Class of 2005

Applied to:

University of Notre Dame

accepted early decision

CANDACE SEU

California Institute of Technology, Class of 2005

Applied to:

California Institute of Technology	accepted
Harvey Mudd College	accepted
Illinois Institute of Technology	lost application
Pomona College	accepted
University of Southern California	accepted

CAROLINE ANG

Brown University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted

CAROLINE HABBERT

Brown University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Stanford University	accepted
University of Michigan	accepted
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Yale University	accepted

CAROLINE MELLOR

Reed College, Class of 2009

Applied to:

Bard College	accepted early decision
Reed College	accepted early decision

CAROLINE LUCY MORGAN

Davidson College, Class of 2007

Applied to:

Davidson College

accepted early decision

CHELSEA STITT

Duquesne University, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Duquesne University	accepted
University of Pittsburgh	accepted
Villanova University	waitlisted, removed name

CLAUDIA GOLD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Brown University	denied
Cornell University	accepted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
New York University	accepted
Rice University	waitlisted, removed name
University of Chicago	accepted
Yale University	denied

CLAYTON KENNEDY

Bard College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Bard College	accepted
Colorado College	accepted
Goucher College	accepted
Hampshire College	accepted
Lewis and Clark College	accepted
New College of Florida	accepted
Pitzer College	accepted
Truman State University	accepted
University of Puget Sound	accepted

DANIEL FREEMAN

Yale University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Yale University

accepted early decision

DANIEL MEJIA

Harvard University, Class of 2007

Applied to:

Amherst College	accepted
Georgetown University	accepted
Harvard College	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Rutgers University—New Brunswick	accepted
Tufts University	accepted

DAVID AUERBACH

Carleton College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Carleton College	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Macalaster College	accepted
Willamette University	accepted

DAVID GIBBS

Tufts University, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Tufts University	accepted early decision
Tulane University	accepted early decision

DIANA SCHOFIELD

Northwestern University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Boston College	accepted
Cornell University	accepted
Emory University	accepted
Georgetown University	denied
Harvard College	denied
Northwestern University	accepted
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted

ELIZABETH JEFFERS ORR

Kenyon College, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Bates College	accepted
Colby College	waitlisted, removed name
Kalamazoo College	accepted
Lewis & Clark College	accepted
Macalester College	waitlisted, removed name
Oberlin College	accepted
University of Denver	accepted
University of Puget Sound	accepted

ELLISON WARD

Princeton University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
College of William & Mary	accepted
Connecticut College	accepted
Duke University	accepted
Harvard College	waitlisted, denied
Johns Hopkins University	accepted
Princeton University	accepted
Yale University	waitlisted, removed name

EMILY ALLEN

University of California—San Diego, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Georgetown University	accepted
Harvard College	denied
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
University of Southern California	accepted
Yale University	denied

EMMA FRICKE

Smith College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Mount Holyoke College	accepted
Smith College	accepted
Sweet Briar College	accepted
Vanderbilt University	accepted
Wellesley College	waitlisted, removed name

ERIC OSBORNE

Amherst College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Amherst College

accepted early decision

FAITH NANCY LIN

Yale University, Class of 2008

Applied to:

University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted
Yale University	accepted

FATIMAH KAUSAR ASGHAR

Brown University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Brown University

accepted early decision

GAURAV P. PATEL

University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Dartmouth College	accepted
Harvard College	denied
Princeton University	waitlisted, removed name
University of Pennsylvania	accepted
Yale University	denied

GIANNA MARZILLI

Williams College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Amherst College	waitlisted, removed name
Brown University	waitlisted, accepted
Carleton College	accepted
Colby College	accepted
Macalester College	accepted
Skidmore College	accepted
Smith College	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Wellesley College	accepted
Williams College	waitlisted, accepted

HALEY A. CONNOR

Washington University in St. Louis, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Washington U. in St. Louis

accepted early decision

HANNAH REBECCA STERN

University of California—Los Angeles, Class of 2011

Applied to:

California State University-SanFrancisco	accepted
University of California-Davis	accepted
University of California-Irvine	accepted
University of California-Los Angeles	accepted
University of California-Santa Barbara	accepted

HEATHER FIREMAN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2004

Applied to:

California Institute of Technology	accepted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
Stanford University	waitlisted, removed name
University of California—Berkeley	accepted

JAMES GREGORY

Duke University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Duke University	accepted
Harvard	waitlisted early action, denied
Princeton University	denied
University of North Carolina	accepted
Yale University	denied

JAMIE BUSHELL

Hamilton College, Class of 2009

Applied to:

Hamilton College

accepted early decision

JAMIE MANOS

Cornell University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Cornell University

accepted early decision

JANE SHA

University of California—Los Angeles, Class of 2010

Applied to:

New York University	denied
Stanford University	denied
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Davis	accepted
University of California—Irvine	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—Riverside	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
University of Southern California	denied

JESSICA LAU

Harvard College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Harvard University	accepted
Pennsylvania State University	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Rutgers University	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	accepted
University of Michigan	accepted
University of Virginia	accepted

JESSIE SEYMOUR

Dartmouth College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Cornell University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Middlebury College	accepted
University of Maine	accepted

JING YI HON

Brown University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Columbia University	denied
Northwestern University	denied

JOANN REBECCA GAGE

Bryn Mawr College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Bryn Mawr College

accepted early decision

JOSEPH A. RAGO

Dartmouth College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted early action
Dartmouth College	accepted
Princeton University	waitlisted, removed name
Yale University	waitlisted, denied

JOSEPH I. MALCHOW

Dartmouth College, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Boston College	accepted
Carnegie Mellon University	accepted
Cornell University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
New York University	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
Yale University	denied

JULIA HYPATIA ORTH

New College of Florida, Class of 2003

Applied to:

New College of Florida	accepted
Southampton College of Long Island U	accepted
University of California—Santa Cruz	accepted

JULIE YAU-YEE TAM

Rice University, Class of 2003

Applied to:

Rice University

accepted early decision

KAREN A. LEE

Stanford University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Duke University	accepted
Johns Hopkins University	accepted
Rice University	accepted
Southern Methodist University	accepted
Stanford University	accepted

KATHARINE ANNE THOMAS

Haverford College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Bucknell University	accepted
Colgate University	accepted
Emory University	waitlisted, removed name
Georgetown University	denied
Haverford College	accepted
Johns Hopkins University	accepted
Swarthmore College	denied
Vassar College	waitlisted, removed name
Wake Forest University	accepted
Yale University	denied

KATHLEEN B. BLACKBURN

Washington & Lee University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Elon University	accepted
Washington & Lee University	accepted

KELLY DUONG

Brown University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Brown University

accepted early decision

KEVIN JAMES TOSTADO

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Cal Poly	accepted
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	accepted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
San Diego State University	accepted
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of Notre Dame	accepted

KIMEN FIELD

Stanford University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

California Polytechnic State University—San Luis Obispo	accepted
Rice University	accepted
Stanford University	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted

KRISTEN T. MARTINEZ

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Carnegie Mellon University	accepted
Columbia University	waitlisted, removed name
Cornell University	accepted
Georgia Institute of Technology	accepted
Harvard University	denied
Johns Hopkins University	denied
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
Northwestern University	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Rice University	denied
Rose-Hulman University	accepted
Stanford University	waitlisted, removed name
Tulane University	accepted
United States Military Academy	accepted
University of Miami	accepted
University of Michigan	accepted
University of Notre Dame	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	waitlisted, removed name
University of South Florida	accepted
University of Texas at Austin	accepted
University of Washington in St. Louis	accepted
Yale University	denied

KRISTIN SHANTZ

California Institute of Technology, Class of 2004

Applied to:

California Institute of Technology	accepted
Claremont McKenna College	accepted
Harvard College	accepted
Pepperdine University	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Stanford University	denied
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted

LAUREN CATHARINE WEILER MOORE

Pomona College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Amherst College	denied
Brown University	accepted early action
Duke University	waitlisted, removed name
Pomona College	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Stanford University	denied

LILLIAN DIAZ-PRZYBYL

Williams College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Williams College

accepted early decision

LINDSAY CLAIBORN

Claremont McKenna College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Claremont McKenna College	accepted
College of William & Mary	accepted
Emory University	accepted
Pomona College	waitlisted, removed name
Stanford University	denied early decision
University of Southern California—(College of Letters, Arts and Sciences)	accepted
University of Southern California—(School of Cinema-Television)	accepted
Yale University	denied

LINDSAY J. CUSHING

Claremont McKenna College, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Claremont McKenna College	accepted
Duke University	denied
Loyola University of Chicago	accepted
Muhlenberg College	accepted
Pepperdine University	waitlisted, denied
Pomona College	denied
Skidmore College	accepted
Stanford University	denied
University of San Diego	accepted
Wittenberg University	accepted

LYMAN THAI

Harvard College, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Cornell University	accepted
Duke University	accepted
Harvard College	accepted
Rice University	accepted
Stanford University	denied
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
University of Texas—Austin	accepted

MARIA INEZ VELAZQUEZ

Smith College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Connecticut College	accepted
Elms College	accepted
Smith College	accepted
Trinity College	accepted
University of Massachusetts—Amherst	accepted
Xavier University of Louisiana	accepted
Yale University	accepted

MEGAN HERMAN

Hamilton College, Class of 2009

Applied to:

Hamilton College

accepted early decision

MELISSA HENLEY

Dartmouth College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Dartmouth College	accepted
Lewis and Clark College	accepted
Linfield College	accepted
Stanford University	denied

MEREDITH NARROWE

Stanford University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted early action
Columbia University	waitlisted, removed name
Occidental College	accepted
Pomona College	accepted
Scripps College	accepted
Stanford University	accepted

MICHAEL HARRIS

Duke University, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Boston University	accepted
Brandeis University	accepted
Duke University	accepted
Emory University	accepted
George Washington University	accepted
Lehigh University	accepted
New York University	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted

MICHELE CASH

Stanford University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Harvard College	waitlisted, denied
Harvey Mudd College	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Rice University	accepted
Stanford University	accepted
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Davis	accepted
University of California—San Diego	accepted
University of Rochester	accepted

MIEKO Y. BEYER

New York University, Class of 2008

Applied to:

Boston University	accepted
Columbia University—Columbia College	denied
Loyola University New Orleans	accepted
New York University	accepted
Smith College	accepted
State University of New York at Buffalo	accepted
State University of New York College at Purchase	accepted
University of Chicago	waitlisted, denied

NITIN SHAH

Harvard College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Harvard College	accepted
Stanford University	waitlisted, removed name
University of California—Berkeley	accepted
University of California—Los Angeles	accepted
Yale University	accepted

PETER DEAN

Washington and Lee University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Davidson College	accepted
Gettysburg College	accepted
Rhodes College	accepted
University of Virginia	accepted
Valparaiso University	accepted
Vanderbilt University	accepted
Wake Forest University	accepted
Washington and Lee University	accepted
Wheaton College (IL)	accepted

PHILIP JAMES MADELEN RUCKER

Yale University, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Boston College	accepted
Brown University	accepted
Emory University	accepted
Georgetown University	deferred early action, denied
Harvard College	deferred early action, denied
Tufts University	accepted
Tulane University	accepted
University of Chicago	deferred early action, accepted
University of Rochester	accepted
Yale University	accepted

REBECCA BROWNGOEHL

Middlebury College, Class of 2007

Applied to:

Bowdoin College	accepted
Brown University	denied
Colby College	accepted
Columbia University	denied
Harvard University	denied
Middlebury College	accepted
Pennsylvania State University—Schreyer Honors College	accepted
Trinity College	accepted
Tufts University	accepted
Wesleyan University	accepted

RISHABH CHANDRA

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Class of 2010

Applied to:

City University of New York—Macaulay Honors College	accepted
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	accepted
Columbia University	waitlisted, removed name
Cornell University	accepted
Stevens Institute of Technology	accepted

ROBYN ROSE SCHNEIDER

Barnard College, Class of 2008

Applied to^*:

Barnard College	accepted
Boston University	accepted
Brandeis University	accepted
Brown University	accepted
Harvard College	denied
New York University	accepted
Smith College	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	denied
University of Southern California	accepted
Yale University	denied

SEAN MCCLELLAN

Wesleyan University, Class of 2007

Applied to:

Bates College	denied^*
Grinnell College	accepted
Lewis & Clark College	accepted
Macalester College	accepted
University of Washington	accepted
Wesleyan University	accepted early decision

SERIN IPEK SERIN

Brown University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Columbia University	waitlisted, removed name
Cornell University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Harvard University	denied
Johns Hopkins University	accepted
Princeton University	denied
Stanford University	denied
Tufts University	accepted
University of Chicago	accepted
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Wesleyan University	accepted
Williams College	accepted
Yale University	denied

STEPHANIE CROSS

Swarthmore College, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Swarthmore College

accepted early decision

STEPHANIE WUN-LEE CHOW

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology	accepted
Boston University	accepted
Brown University PLME Program	denied
Columbia University	accepted
Cornell University	denied
Harvard College	deferred early action, denied
Princeton University	deferred early action, denied
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	accepted
University of Connecticut	accepted
Yale University	waitlisted, removed name

STUART PETER DEKKER

Georgetown University, Class of 2008

Applied to:

College of William and Mary	waitlisted, removed name
Georgetown University	accepted
New York University	accepted
Tulane University	accepted
University of Illinois	accepted

TRACY SERGE

Yale University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Yale University

accepted early decision

VICTORIA MARIEL BARONE

University of Notre Dame, Class of 2004

Applied to:

University of Michigan	accepted
University of Notre Dame	accepted
University of Southern California	accepted

WENDY WEINERMAN

Whitman College, Class of 2007

Applied to:

Whitman College

accepted early decision

WENJUN JING

Wellesley College, Class of 2005

Applied to:

Barnard College	accepted
Carnegie Mellon University	accepted
Columbia University	denied
Connecticut College	accepted
Harvard College	denied
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	denied
Rice University	waitlisted, removed name
Rutgers University	accepted
Tulane University	accepted
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Wellesley College	accepted
Yale University	denied

XUEYANG (SEAN) LI

Princeton University, Class of 2011

Applied to:

Cornell University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Duke University	accepted
Emory University	accepted
Georgia Institute of Technology	accepted
Northwestern University	accepted
Princeton University	accepted
Stanford University	denied
University of Georgia	accepted
University of Pennsylvania	waitlisted, removed name
Washington University in St. Louis	accepted
Yale University	waitlisted, removed name

ANONYMOUS 1

Duke University, Class of 2004

Applied to:

Clemson University	accepted
Davidson College	accepted
Duke University	accepted
Princeton University	denied

ANONYMOUS 2

Wesleyan University, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Wesleyan University

accepted early decision

ANONYMOUS 3

Whitman College, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Lewis & Clark College	accepted
Kenyon College	accepted
Knox College	accepted
Oberlin College	waitlisted, removed name
Occidental College	accepted
Pomona College	denied
University of Puget Sound	accepted
Whitman College	accepted

ANONYMOUS 4

Yale University, Class of 2006

Applied to:

Brown University	accepted
Columbia University	accepted
Cornell University	accepted
Dartmouth College	accepted
Harvard College	denied
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	denied
Princeton University	denied
Stanford University	denied
University of Pennsylvania	accepted
Yale University	accepted

ANONYMOUS 5

Hamilton College, Class of 2010

Applied to:

Boston College	denied
Boston University	waitlisted, accepted
Brandeis University	accepted
Dickinson College	accepted
George Washington University	accepted
Georgetown University	denied
Hamilton College	accepted
The Johns Hopkins University	waitlisted, denied
Tufts University	denied
University of Massachusetts—Amherst	accepted
Wellesley College	denied

^* Following his freshman year at Bard, Aaron transferred to Humboldt State. The information in this book, however, pertains only to his applications for freshman admission.

^* The outcomes listed for Robyn refer only to her applications for transfer admission.

^* Bates College withdrew Sean’s application after he was accepted early decision by Wesleyan University.