<p>Divine intervention would be nice :D</p>
<p>@Millancad</p>
<p>Want to compare stats for the sake of wasting time until 9:00 on the 16th?</p>
<p>A quick rundown…</p>
<p>SAT 2240: 800M 740R 700W
SAT II: 800 x 3 (Level 2, USH, Chem)
GPA (5.0xx Weighted as of end of junior year) 4.00 Unweighted
7 APs taken, 7 this year</p>
<p>NMS Semi-F
Eagle Scout
AP scholar w/ Distinction
Various other minor awards</p>
<p>ECs:
Boy Scouts
Math Team
Student Council Association
Varsity Soccer
Others…</p>
<p>No real hooks, just an overall well-rounded strong applicant who would love the opportunity to attend MIT. Btw my school sends 0 kids to top schools. (some go to UNC-CH but only because I’m in NC its a LOT easier)</p>
<p>How about you?</p>
<p>well, i think we’ll all get deferrals. there’s less chance you’ll get rejected than accepted.</p>
<p>Haha yupp Djokovic</p>
<p>At this point now, all I have to say to y’all is God Bless and Good Luck!!!
We’re are well-deserved to be honored a spot for the Class of 2014. Some of us will know their admittance tomorrow. Some will know it by March-April. So, all I gotta say to my brothers and sisters here in CC is that just keep trying your best no matter what the outcome is. Come tomorrow, we will be filled with anxiety. But, we’ve got a long way to go. For the ppl who got admitted, they might wanna make sure that MIT is the place where they would want to spend arguably the most important four years of their lives. For those who got deferred, remember that MIT’s Early Action admission process does not indicate your future potential. from my recollection, MIT admits only ‘so much’ of applicants which I believe is 30% of the incoming class. So, there will be more chance to get into MIT through RD. PLUS, you still have time to do some additional safety schools.</p>
<p>Above all, God Bless!</p>
<p>@ reshaun to whom are you referring? I’m confused…</p>
<p>My stats are not nearly as good as the ones listed above me. But, I know they’re good enough. In a blog from Matt, he was saying how the scores are what they see almost first, but they just take a quick look and go “OK, they’re good enough”- same thing with GPA and all the numbers in general. The real meat of it is your transcript- did you take all those AP/IB classes? Did you take courses at the local university? Do you excel in a specific area and have you pursued this outside of school?</p>
<p>Places like UT Austin will look heavily at test scores, GPA, and rank and plug your info into a formula. MIT doesn’t do that. If your grades are bad, then yes, you’ll go in the reject pile, but if you have good grades and not-so-good scores, they’ll consider the fact that you’re maybe just not a good test-taker. If you have excellent grades, but a low weighted GPA from taking a bunch of music classes in HS, they’ll consider that (i had a friend worried about this).</p>
<p>That’s one of the best things about MIT- they care about who you are, not just how you seem from some numbers and letters on a page. They want to interview you to see if you match your essays. They want to see the whole person through the combination of your ECs, grades, and everything else. A lot of schools are doing this, but I think MIT does it more simply because it’s so competitive.</p>
<p>As for me, i’m prepared for a deferral. I didn’t get in a couple pieces of my application that will heavily impact how the adcomm sees me. I feel like I’m in a limbo right now- not the most competitive, but not the least. I hope that I can pull together a couple of supplements that will give me that edge.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking through this forum, and I think we’ve got a good group. I think we’d have a fun party if we got together. You know what I mean?</p>
<p>I’m so excited, but I also don’t want to know. Like, I want the hope to just go on forever and never be disappointed, but I also just want to know so I can move on. I’m a bit sick of not getting anything done, or screwing things up because I’m distracted. I just want this to be over right now, but there’s such a sweetness to the wait. I think it’ll be a tad bittersweet when this is all over. I feel so much possibility, and I don’t want that to end. But, it has to.</p>
<p>That’s exactly why I really liked MIT. I really like their whole emphasis on collaboration and whatnot! Plus, I love the fact that they have all those short answers on their application rather than just one essay. I mean, it took a lot longer, but I think all those answers together represent students better than just one little essay. </p>
<p>Good luck to you all! Hopefully, we’re all going to be covered in confetti and waving a cardboard tube around by next week. :P</p>
<p>Someone tell me that I at least have a chance at this… </p>
<p>2330 SAT (800M 800W 730CR) Superscore
35 ACT
GPA 4.0
11 APs
800MathII 800Chem 800Chinese</p>
<p>MUN + awards
Debate
Political discussion group
NHS
Jazz Bass </p>
<p>Pretty good recs, decent essays, but no real hooks</p>
<p>I know my numbers are good, but I just don’t know if the rest of me will make the cut -_-'</p>
<p>@Bigb14
wow, our stats are basically almost the same…it’s scary. hahaha, so your stats better be good enough, or else I have no chance either. :P</p>
<p>bigb,</p>
<p>we all have good scores. the scores aren’t what matter. what matters is who you are and how you would fit at mit. we can’t realy chance you for that sort of thing unless you want to post all your essays, your transcript, and interview with us. And even then, you’d have to magically turn us all into admissions officers. Your scores are good enough. That’s not saying much, as ~70% of the people who apply to MIT are “academically qualified” (blog post from matt). as long as you’re in that 70%, the scores don’t matter. that’s the scary part.</p>
<p>I know what you mean Bigb14, I sure hope your numbers are good cause they look very similar to mine. (Why the ACT after the SATs? Didn’t think 2330 was good? .__.)</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters at all that your focuses (foci?) were on MUN etc rather than math/science, but I guess “the rest of you” depends on your essays, eh?</p>
<p>I very much realize that numbers can only go so far, but the suspense is KILLING me 
</p>
<p>Guess there’s nothing we can do but to keep our fingers crossed :)</p>
<p>@munchibunch</p>
<p>foci? I can tell you’re a math guy XD</p>
<p>As for the ACT, I signed up for both w/ 31ACT 2150SAT and got a 35. I was already signed up for SAT second time, so I had to just go with it.</p>
<p>“First, we determine whether they are academically qualified, then we look for compelling reasons to admit. We go through each application evaluating not only the academic, but also the personal and extra-curricular excellence. Underlying these three areas is always a search for the context of the application and genuine engagement in the activities and interests.”</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Info For Schools & Counselors: What We Look For In Applicants](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/what_we_look_for/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/what_we_look_for/index.shtml)</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I guess I’ll just go post on my econ blog while I wait.</p>
<p>so out of curiosity, where are y’all all from? I’m from Alpharetta, GA.</p>
<p>Troy MI here</p>
<p>Los Gatos, CA</p>
<p>Bouldah, colorado</p>
<p>we rock. just saying. (hahaha cuz the name is boulder… like the rock)</p>
<p>Acton, MA</p>
<p>sadly, I can’t make puns out of my town’s name; however, i can proudly say that we fought & died first in the Revolutionary War…not Lexington. Look up “Isaac Davis” XD (those Lexington berks, stole all our glory)</p>