<p>Anyone want to do this? I know it would have helped me last year</p>
<p>Decision:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
major strength/weakness:
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
going to attend?
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>ACT:31
GPA: 92/100 (unweighted)
Rank: doesn’t rank
Other stats: 6 honors, 6 AP’s
Subjective:
Essays: good, nothing fantastic
Teacher Recs: no recs
Counselor Rec: no recs
Hook (if any): female?
State or Country: upstate NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: lot of AP math/science, internship at RPI over summer
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: way out of state female, ACT score?, heavy senior course load, I love rocks
going to attend? It’s my top choice but going to wait and see where else I get in</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 610 on Math II and Lit, did not submit
GPA: 3.4/4.14
Rank: 72/596
Other stats: IB Program</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Didn’t have to write any
Teacher Recs: Really good, as in they made me sound like a god
Counselor Rec: Really good, not like the teacher ones though
Hook (if any): Part African
Location/Person: Instate/ african/india
State or Country: CO
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African/Indian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: EC’s are really good/GPA
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Either you have the scores or you don’t, I was probably on the border but my ACT and EC’s pushed moe over the top
going to attend? Most likely not</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>ACT: 32
GPA: 3.91 UW, 5.00 W
Rank: 35/1000
Other stats: 7 APs</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: wrote 1 paragraph
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): none
State or Country: IL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: strengths: GPA, class rank, internship at Fermilab; weaknesses: other EC’s, 1 paragraph essay, ACT score?
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: look above
going to attend? Probs not</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.86/4.06
Rank: 24/266
Other stats: 7 AP’s, Spanish V</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Wrote 2 paragraphs
Teacher Recs: Very strong.
Counselor Rec: Most likely even stronger than my teacher recs.
Hook (if any): Latino URM
Location/Person: Out of State/Latino
State or Country: OR
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: EC’s are very strong as well as my recommendations./ACT
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: The rigor of my schedule, athletic successes, teacher recommendations, and URM.
going to attend? Possibly, but not likely.</p>
<p>Answering for my son:</p>
<p>Stats: ACCEPTED, CURRENT FIRST YEAR STUDENT, SOPHOMORE STATUS W/ 50 CREDITS
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: N/A
<p>Rejected 
Stats:
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.72/4.0, 4.659/5.0
Rank: Top 20%
Other stats: lots of AP and dual credit
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Awesomely praised
Counselor Rec: Favorable
Hook (if any): I’m half puerto rican and I am a member of a solar car racing team
Location/Person: Out of state
State or Country: TX
School Type: private and public (2 years each) (Didn’t get kicked out or anything just moved!)
Ethnicity: White and Hispanic
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: Strength: SUPER involved in STEM at my HS, solar car, girl scout, etc
weakness: I got a C in a math class one year 
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I HAVE NO CLUE WHY :’( I would like to have an explanation. I think I compare with you guys…
going to attend?
Other Factors: idk</p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:
ACT: 35 (35M, 34E, 34S, 35R)…Superscore was 35 (35MESR), but I don’t think I sent in both score reports for that
SAT IIs: (Did not send in) 760 M2, 660Chem, 580 USH (ha…)
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Rank: 1/34
Other stats: No AP or Dual credit as my school is super small, none of those factors.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good, I think I talked about overcoming challenges and failure in running
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great, we are neighbors and I am sure it was great
Hook (if any): I am from a town of 269 people… maybe that is?
Location/Person: out of state
State or Country: Nebraska
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Work ethic and will to succeed when odds are stacked against me, Weakness really depends on the day for an honest answer, today it may be something different from yesterday…
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Test scores were good, Grades are good, subjective stuff is good
going to attend?: Not sure yet
Other Factors: </p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:
ACT: 35 (36M 36S 35E 33R)…35 in one sitting
SAT IIs: 790 M2, 780 Chem
GPA 4.0 UW, 4.45 W
AP: AP Euro (3), AP Chem (5), AP BC Calc (5), AP World (4)</p>
<p>Essays/Recs - Good to Great
OOS, White, Female
Private School
Major Strengths - Grades/ACT, Recs
Going to Attend: Need Merit Aid</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>ACT:32
GPA: 3.81/4.0
Rank 12/138
College credit courses offered, no AP
No essays or Recs
Hook, none really, small town in Minnesota
Small public HS in northern minnesota
White Male
Strengths: Very involved, captain of football, knowledge bowl teams. Solid test scores, will graduate HS with AA degree.
Weaknesses: GPA not great, need merit aid to even consider attending.
Possibly attending based on career decision and affordability</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 33
SAT: 2080 (M 800, CR 690, W 590)
SAT IIs: BioM 720, Chem 780, Math2 800
GPA: 3.9/4.15
Rank: Top 4%
Other Stats: AP scores: CalcAB 5, Chem 5, USH 5, Lang 4</p>
<p>Subjective:
Hook (if any): none that I can think of
Location/Person: OOS
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Strong in math and science, weak in english.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: testing and grades in math and science
going to attend? Depends on where else I get accepted
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Admissions told my S he would hear before Christmas… hope it is good news.</p>
<p>Did you guys hear back in an email or in snail mail? It’s been a month for me and I haven’t heard yet…</p>
<p>Did you guys hear back in an email or in snail mail? It’s been a month for me and I haven’t heard yet…</p>
<p>It has been 1.5 months since we sent the final info to Mines… last day of October. Previous info on this board said they got email first, snail mail came later.</p>
<p>Accepted!
Stats:
SAT: 2300 (M:800 W: 790/11 CR: 710)
SAT IIs: Math II: 800 Chem: 800
GPA: 3.99/4 UW
Rank: Top 10 out of 150</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Passable
Teacher Recs: Didn’t send
Counselor Rec: Didn’t send
Hook (if any): Way out-of-state, not born in US
Location/Person: OOS
State or Country: Central NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White, jewish
Gender: Male
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Probably stats
Going to attend? Probably not</p>
<p>@bhailu497 It took about two months for my decision to come, email first then snail mail about a week later.</p>
<p>For Daughter:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 35 M36 S35 E35 R35
SAT: 2210 (M 720, CR 760, W 730)
SAT IIs: U.S.History 780, World Hist. 780, Chem 760, Math 2 750
GPA: 4.0/4.0 Weighted 4.67
Rank: 3/455
Other Stats: AP scores: CalcAB 5, Chem 5, USH 5, Lang 5, Art History 5, Euro Hist 5, AP World 4</p>
<p>Subjective:
Hook (if any): Female Track athlete contacted personally by coach? EC’s were over 290+ hours
Location/Person: OOS
State or Country: FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Cauc
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness :National Merit, AP Scholar with distinction, 4 year letter varsity athlete two sports and national award winner for Women in computing. Could have much stronger Math Sat and SAT 2’s. No good research experience because of living in a small town. Not enough time for leadership other than in sports and a few clubs.</p>
<p>Hoping to get invited to apply for the Harvey or some other form of merit aid. Engineering physics for major choice.</p>
<p>@salsmom - My son received his OOS merit notification in the mail yesterday. Looks like it went out 12/22 (we are in Texas). He has very similar stats to your daughter - SAT - 2190, 4.0 UW, 3/480 (same rank, haha). Main ECs are music - marching band, drumline captain, plays with church youth band. They gave him 14K per year - I am guessing this is max - I saw where it used to be 12K for out of state. I was wondering if he might have a shot at Harvey scholar. He hasn’t been invited to apply - I think those notifications must come out soon, in years past it seems like people knew by the first of January. GPA requirement for the merit is 2.5 - which is reasonable. I think. We are happy with the scholarship - he hasn’t visited yet, and it may not be his top choice, but it is a very nice option to have, and the cost is where we would want it to be with this scholarship.</p>
<p>Yes! Daughter just opened her letter and was also awarded $14,000 K per year. No word about Harvey Scholars either but we will see about a visit as things firm up with other schools. Funny how many people don’t know about Mines yet when you talk to scientists in the field, they speak very highly of Mines! </p>