Best Achievments after Admission! LOL!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I just thought this was kind of funny, so I decided to post it. </p>

<p>My main extra-curriculars have been science olympiad and science bowl. The two are awesome and I think they have been some of the two most positive experiences in my life up unto this point in time.</p>

<p>I've been stressing about getting a fancy national medal at science olympiad and getting to double elim rounds at science bowl throughout highschool because I thought it would be a great ornament on my MIT application.</p>

<p>Last year, neither happened. I got in EA and shouted for joy. Yay! I figured, "Alright, now I'm into college, so I guess I'll not worry about my extra-curriculars and just relax for the rest of the year."</p>

<p>Then somehow, at science bowl, we DID manage to get double elims and at science olympiad I got two fancy gold medals at nationals. I was like, "Yes!" -- but I'm already into college! LOL, just thought it was REALLY ironic. ANy of you have stories like that?</p>

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<p>that is ironic and funny! congrats!</p>

<p>and no...i don't have a story like that, but i've been featured in the paper a few times after my admission.</p>

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<p>i've gotten fatter, lazier, and the graph of my senior year gpa vs time since i've been accepted closely resembles 1/x, x>1.</p>

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<p>wait, so your GPA was less than 1, even at your height achievement? :-) Perhaps a 4.5/x, x>1 would be more accurate, yes? Anyway, my biggest achievement is getting the personal hovercraft i built to lift a 250 lb man. I even got my principal to ride it.</p>

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<p>most of the best accomplishments come senior year, after admissions. our school's scibo team and scio team made nationals all when I was in senior year.</p>

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<p>hovercraft -- lol we did that in AP physics this year. Fun little thing! How high did yours stay off the ground? Ours was only like 1 cm off from the surface :)</p>

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<p>1/x + 3, if you want to be anal about it (or a conversion factor on the scale), thou I think the "resembles" wording covers that :D</p>

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<p>I think my best post-admission achievement was convincing my parents to let me attend... my mom was planning to get an in-ground pool if I went to Ohio State, which she of course couldn't get while paying through the nose for MIT tuition. I had to convince her that my future was more important than the in-tround pool... my little brother still isn't sold on the merits of MIT vs. the pool.</p>

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<p>purityandchastity received cambridge award for best A level performance in her whole country - after getting admitted.</p>

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best A level performance

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what does that mean?</p>

<p>what country?</p>

<p>sounds impressive, congrats!</p>

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<p>england, right?</p>

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<p>I can report for my friends =)</p>

<p>2 made it into IChO
2 made it into IMO
Here are some of the places my friends are interning at: National Cancer Institute, National Health Institute, Pfizer, SLAC, Microsoft, JPL, etc.</p>

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<p>staticsoliloquy- that is awesome! i really hate it that the math olympiads come so late.....i mean, i didnt even care about math stuff when i took AMC 12 this year (i only got 98.5) but next semester, after ive already applied, i am actually going to try hard and hopefully make USAMO- but of course, thats AFTER the fact. should i report a 98.5 AMC score?</p>

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<p>thanks emmittisgod !
:)
its national actually,
i got it for best scores (that includes breakdown to marks and component papers) in Nepal</p>