Consolidated EA/RD 2012 results thread

ducktape · December 14, 2007, 12:02pm

Hey guys, it’s now officially less than 24 hours until most of us hear back from the best school in the world. If you’ve looked at past decisions threads, you know the drill- erase all the spaces in the brackets, and fill in the form to the best of your ability, even if the result wasn’t what you were hoping for. Keep in mind that you filling this out now will greatly help next year’s applicants (and on that note, update your Stats Profiles, too).

Best of luck to all. Que sera, sera- it will all work out for the best.

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list]

[ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list]

[ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[ /list]

[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]

As an example:
Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 600 (200x3)
[]SAT II: I was supposed to take these?
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 3.14159
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): I got a (-1) on AP Art Studio. That’s unique, right?[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I wrote them in blood.
[]Teacher Recs: I decided I didn’t need them.
[]Counselor Rec: Do I know this person?
[]Supplementary Material: An art portfolio titled “Stick figures on a blank landscape”
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Recruited for underwater basket weaving.[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Middleofnowhere, Alaska
[]High School Type: Inner-city public
[]Ethnicity: African American / Pacific Islander / Native American
[]Gender: Not Applicable
[]Applied for Financial Aid: [/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:
[]Awards:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Screw this, I’m going to Community College.[/ul]

lakshmi52 · December 15, 2007, 12:12pm

DEFERRED...

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT: 2260 (Critical Reading: 730, Math: 780, Writing: 750)
* SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Biology: 800
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 3.9
* Rank: 1/586
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's in AP bio, cal, and US history
</code></pre>

Subjective

<pre><code>* Essays: I thought it was pretty good...
* Teacher Recs: Haven't seen them but i was told from both teachers that they were great.
* Counselor Rec: It was alright --- she doesn't know me that well
* Supplementary Material: N/A
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing that really stands out
</code></pre>

Personal

<pre><code>* Location: New Bedford, MA
* High School Type: Large public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
* Gender: Female
* Applied for Financial Aid: yes and fee waiver
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: varsity soccer, varsity track (indoor and outdoor), and varsity debate team. key club (president) and i'm so bummed i can't remember the rest...
* Awards: nothing special --- a few book awards, math student of the year, national honor society, a few scholarships, etc.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I almost wish i had been rejected just so i can get some closure...
</code></pre>

congrats to all those accepted and good luck to the deferred !!!

Dammit, now i have to finish my other apps

rhodium · December 15, 2007, 12:19pm

@ polar8: <a href="http://decisions.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://decisions.mit.edu</a>, and use your MyMIT login.

Accepted OH MY GOD

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2260 (740CR 800M 720W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math2C / 780 Chem
[] ACT: n/a
[] GPA: 4.16 weighted
[] Rank: school doesn't rank
[] APs: Calc AB, Calc BC, Chemistry, Comp Sci AB, US History, Physics C E&M (4 here, all the rest were 5's), Physics C Mech. Currently taking: English Lit, Psychology, Microeconomics
[] AMC10 143, AMC12 112.5, AIME 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[] Essays: counselor/peers/alums have deemed them excellent
[] Teacher Recs: An awesome rec from my physics teacher/robotics mentor, and an ok one from a humanities teacher whom I haven't had since 10th grade (but my English teacher of 3 years passed away last summer)
[] Counselor Rec: good, I think?
[] Additional Rec: one from my internship mentor
[] Interview: ~35 min, very late evening after interviewer had had about 4 people in a row. We were both tired.
[] Art portfolio: I think it was ok. Never had art classes, but the art teacher at my school liked it.
[] Hooks: n/a
[] Strengths: essays, robotics, general compsci-ness
[] Weaknesses: GPA/courseload, and some of my ECs and awards
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[] Location: bay area, CA
[] High School Type: private school, class size ~150. (I know of about 12-16 who applied EA, there may be more)
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Extracurriculars on app: FIRST Robotics (co-pres), USACO (gold), WiSTEM (co-pres), speedcubing (21.60 sec), piano (12 yrs)
[] Awards: USAMTS, FIRST, Latin, Cum Laude, JETS
[] Summer 2007: internship @ Stanford, programmed a virtual surgical trainer
[] Summer 2006: Canada/USA Mathcamp and designing/machining some cute</a> mecanum wheels
[li] Complaints: My internship partner got Siemens semifinalist with our project, so technically I could have =/[/li][] Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I've done less than half of my regular action essays. WHO CARES :D[/ul]
1.5 hours to calm down before quizbowl haha

willis0223 · December 15, 2007, 12:20pm

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2180 (Critical Reading: 700, Math: 800, Writing: 680)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Chemistry: 800, Physics: 800</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9ish</li>
<li>Rank: 1/95</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Diploma Candidate, AP Calc BC (5) Took AMC and AIME... not good</li>
</ul>

Subjective

<ul>
<li>Essays: good..</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: extra essay</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing much</li>
</ul>

Personal

<ul>
<li>Location: Outside US</li>
<li>High School Type: Small Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: yes</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: lacrosse, math team, shp, band, nhs vice president, student counicil secretary, soccer, etc... not really strong</li>
<li>Awards: rensselaer medalist, dean's list kind of thing..</li>
<li>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think rejection is better....</li>
</ul>

dodachacha · December 15, 2007, 12:22pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2360 (800M, 760CR, 800W)
[]SAT II: 790 Chem, 780 Math II
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: 4.66/3.96 (weighted/unweighted)
[]Rank: 5/384
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 in Bio, 5 in Chem, 4 in Psych, didn't take the APUSH test.....taking Econ, Gov, Lit, Comp, Calc BC, Physics
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Techno Music, Facebook Groups, Science Olympiad Scrambler, Business/Science Love
[]Teacher Recs: Chem teacher, english teacher, academic team coach, DECA advisor....all pretty much rocked
[]Counselor Rec: Should have been pretty good
[]Supplementary Material: None, probably should send some now though
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not much, apparently haha....thought me wanting to go into business would help[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Northwest Indiana
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Straight-up White
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: DECA State President, Academic Team President/Captain of all 4 Teams, Student Body Vice-President, Varsity XC/Swimming/Track, NHS, Project X, SADD
[]Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar, 3-time DECA State Champion/International Qualifer, 6 SciOly Gold Medals at State (and 9 others), JETS State Champions, much more that I'm too angry to list at the moment
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: It's going to be a loooong 4 months.....blehhh[/ul]

Oliviam12 · December 15, 2007, 12:23pm

Deferred

Stats:
SAT: Bad... 600ish on each
SAT II: US His: 760, Bio E: 690... , Math I&II: 700 ish, Physics: 550 (Don't ask..)
ACT: C: 29, E: 29ish, M: 28, R: 35, S: 28ish W: 10/12
GPA: 4.00 (Unweighed)
Rank: 1/130
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP His, 4 AP Lan, (Taking AP Phys online, AP Bio, AP Lit, No other APs offered at school... )

Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good, I wrote about when my brother died for a "Day that your world seemed to end". (Extra essay was great tho!)
Teacher Recs: Awsome :)
Counselor Rec: She knows me well so... should have been good...
Supplementary Material: Extra letter of Rec., and essay on what makes a good citizen...
Interview: Nothing special, he thought it was crazy that I had to drive about 3 hrs to get there though. lol
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): In a deprived area maybe? Not many people plan on going to college... nothing really special.

Personal:
Location: West Virginia
High School Type: >500 in middle of nowhere.. (AA) Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other:
Extracurriculars: Swim Team [4 Years], Model UN <a href="Best%20Delegation,%20Best%20Resolution,%20Best%20Delegate">3 Years</a>, Young Republicans Club <a href="Treasure,%20VP">4 Years</a>, Nat'l Hon. Society [2 Years], Womens Tech Club [ 4 Years]

Awards: WV West Point Bridge Contest 1st place State, Citizenship Award, Young Writers 2nd place, Bridge Design Award [School], other random school awards...

Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Honestly I am not surprised, my scores basically just put my foot in the door and I don't have any math awards... (My school doesn?t even offer calc :/) ~Congratz to all that did get in though!! Hopefully I will make reg action!

Jub_257_g_601_l · December 15, 2007, 12:24pm

Rejected:

SAT 2160 (Reading, 730, Math 700, Writing 730)
SAT II: I don't actually recall, but they were fairly low. Think six hundreds.
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.4
Rank: No clue.
Other tests: AP World History: 3; IB Math Studies SL: 6, IB Psych SL: 4

Subjective:

Essays: I imagine were fairly good.
Teacher recs: Likely incredible, and one teacher was so proud of hers that sh showed it to me after the fact, and it was incredible.
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, but I don't trust it. She doesn't know me (one counselor per 700 students), and the teacher she called to ask about me is one that I never got along with.
Supplementary Material: Lots of artsy goods.
Hook: Solid IB Classes for years, massive Extracurriculars, including several hours each week working with Special Ed students. Oh, and poor family, grew up in bad area.

Personal:

Location: Palmdale, California.
High School Type: Massive, overcrowded public. Also at risk of losing accreditation.
Ethnicity: White. Plain, every day white.
Applied for FinAid: I would have. No fee waiver.

Other:

Extracurriculars: Cross country, Track, Chess Club, Saddle-Up, Tutoring at elementary schools, etc.
Awards: None. At least, none that I remember; if I don't remember, they were unimportant.

I think it was probably my interview and GPA that sealed the deal. I had no clue what I was doing in there.
Of course, applying to dream schools on long shots is a good way to get rejections, so I'm not surprised or worried.
I've got a school that'll probably take me. The only problem is that it's in Oklahoma. And Oklahoma is in the Midwest. Away from nice things like oceans and massive centers of population.

JagsSoccer44 · December 15, 2007, 12:26pm

*Deferred!!!!!! =D *

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2050 680 CR 720 M 650 W
[]SAT II: 720 Bio M 700 Chem 610 Math II (because im THAT good =P )
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: no idea...probably around 3.3 unweighted
[]Rank: 47/~700
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio, Psych 5's, English Lang and US Hist 3's, this year Chem, Physics C, Statistics, Computer Science A, English Lit, and Calculus BC which was self study
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: EC short answer was about being a competitive lifeguard, department short answer was bland, my long essay was about how me getting sick sophomore/junior year really made me grow up, and I wrote an optional essay on my passion for helping people and how I'd be a good match for MIT...overall i liked them
[]Teacher Recs: one from my calculus teacher and my AP Psych teacher, no idea how they were
[]Counselor Rec: again, waived my rights, but she seemed to like me
[]Supplementary Material: My optional essay and a recommendation from the doctors who treated me for the past two years...no idea how that came out
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): i was the only applicant missing a section of their intestine?? ;-D [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Jersey
[]High School Type: Ginormus!
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male last time i checked
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Competitive Lifeguard, Volunteer First Aid Squad, Varsity Soccer, Volunteer at Hospital, Science League
[]Awards: Lifeguard Competition Team 1st in region, 3rd in nation, individually ranked 9th in the nation, MVL and a few record times, AP Scholar, Varsity Letter 9-10th
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wow, I'm absolutely ecstatic!!!!! I was ready to get rejected but this was wayyy more than I could've asked for!! For everyone accepted; congratulations! You guys are really the cream of the crop, and don't allow any bitter individual take this moment away from you!Hopefully you feel the effort you put forth for the past 17-18 years paid off today! GO CRAZY!!! YOUR IN AT MIT!!! For all of us deferred and not offered admission, don't let this get you down. In retrospect, although many of us have been dreaming of this for a LONG time, relative to everything else in the world, this is almost trivial. Having friends, family, and excellent health are all much higher on my list of priorities than an acceptance to MIT. It stings, but I firmly believe that this will contribute to my life in a positive way, whatever that may be. On that end, it was awesome meeting everyone on here and I hope all of you can find happiness in whatever you choose to pursue next. At least I wont be doing any backflips today! Haha! [/ul]

stupidkid · December 15, 2007, 12:26pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2350
[]SAT II:800,800,780
[]ACT:
[]GPA:3.95
[]Rank:
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):136.5 AMC 12, 7 AIME, 8 USAMO
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:Uh, decent?
[]Teacher Recs:Good
[]Counselor Rec: Dont know
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location:Midwest
[]High School Type:large
[]Ethnicity:Asian
[]Gender:Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:Research
[]Awards:USAMO, Siemens Regional Finalist, others
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I guess I could've done better on the USAMO or Siemens??[/ul]

tennisgirl08 · December 15, 2007, 12:31pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT II: Math Level 2 790, Chemistry 720, U.S. History 770
[]ACT: 35
[]GPA: 4.0 UW
[]Rank: 1/~430
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem 5, AP U.S. History 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP Physics B 4, AP English Lang 4
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I really liked them 
[]Teacher Recs: should be awesome (didn't see)
[]Counselor Rec: should be great (didn't see)
[]Supplementary Material: scientific research abstract
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none?[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]High School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: female
[]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Varsity Tennis Captain, Science Olympiad Captain, Flute (area symphony orchestra, all-state band), Volunteer @ science center
[]Awards: Sigma Xi Scientific Society Interdisciplinary Research Award, Sigma Xi Associate Member, National Merit Semifinalist, Science Olympiad 1st places, some others
[li]Misc: I do post-secondary at our state university and I attended M.I.T. WTP this past summer. [/ul][/li]
OMG!!!! I'm so excited!! :) :) I can't believe it!

Good luck to all the deferred, I've heard that it's harder to get into M.I.T. early than regular, so all of you should have a very good shot in the regular pool!!!!

red_remote · December 15, 2007, 12:32pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: N/A
[]SAT II: 2350
[]ACT: 35
[]GPA: 4.0/4.0
[]Rank: 1/175
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Lang-4, Bio-5
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Not So Good...I think I came off a bit arrogant although that's not me at all. My RD essays are absolutely amazing though, I won UMICH's 'best essay scholarship' with one of them which is impressive considering there are 20k applicants. Very good sign as I enter RD decisions. But MIT is just so good!
[]Teacher Recs: T1: Best Student in 30 years, I planned her AP curriculum for her. T2: I would say good to above average.
[]Counselor Rec: Who knows? She likes me because I'm a good student and respectful, but she is extremely inexperienced in elite colleges. We haven't sent anyone in maybe 20 years to a top 10 school.
[]Supplementary Material: Extra Essay-better but not great
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I was a DIV I recruited football player, but it really didn't come up in my application at all. That's one of the reasons that I like MIT so much, the laid back DIV III atmosphere
[]Interview: I interviewed with the president of the MIT alumni association for the entire united states and he liked me a lot because I'm quite personable but also made the comment that he's seen a lot of unique individuals at MIT, but I'd certainly be the most unique that's he's ever seen admitted. (I'm not really peculiar looking but rather my interests are so diverse that you would never think they'd go together).
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Detroit MI
[]High School Type: Religious (Lutheran)
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes Y/N[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: I forgot exactly what I put on my application but here's a list: 4 year varsity track and 3 year captain, 3 year varsity football, Powerlifting, Founding member of Spanish and Key Clubs, Short Trading, and I have my own eBay business with over $300k in sales (only 125k claimed on app though). I started working 40 hrs a week during the summer at 14 and 20 during the school year before starting up my eBay business. My experience is extensive.
[]Awards: State powerlifting champion, state stock trading champion, some regional science oympiad 1sts, um free classes at my community through my high school career, 10th at the Cleveland Nike HS football combine (HUGE!)
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'd just say that if you spend your entire high school career obsessed with a great college than it is inevitable that your individuality will be crushed. You will become so obsessed with grades, summer programs, and scores that you will no longer be unique and therefore stand out in the applicant pool. I never even considered going to an elite school until maybe 8 months ago after I got my ACT back w/ no test prep. Looking at me, you would never think that kid is an MIT applicant (state powerlifting champion from Detroit). But my individuality is what really set me apart. I don't want to stereotype here, but I think of some kids that I know who spend their lives obsessed with college prestige, studying, test prepping, and doing the right ECs, that they don't stand a chance standing out in the applicant pool. In short, If you have the academic potential than pursue whatever you enjoy. If you don't, than don't kill yourself to get into these schools. God has a station for you in life...find it [/ul]

I would also really like to say that we should all thank the admission's people for doing such a great job. For kids like me, who have never known anyone at an elite school, MIT does an amazing job of turning a school full of crazy smart math and science kids into a HUMAN place. What I mean by that is that they are so good at setting up the blogs etc that MIT is not just some elite school but a place full of really cool people

rainynightstarz · December 15, 2007, 12:37pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: bad..... see ACT
[]SAT II: MATH2 : 800, Chem 800
[]ACT: C:33
[]GPA: 3.96 (Unweighed)
[]Rank: no ranking..
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC , Chem, Stats (5)
4x AIME, AMC 10: 128, AMC 12: 117, AIME : only 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I think it was very me
[]Teacher Recs: math teacher loved me and writes very good recs, lit should be generically good. and one from robotics coach
[]Counselor Rec: normal ish.. big school
[]Supplementary Material: Extra letter of Rec.art portfolio and the optional essay...
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ehh... girl?[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Bay Area
[]High School Type: >1800
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: F
[]Applied for Financial Aid: no[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics co-prez, math club secratary (our math team is ranked pretty high) JETS, Aikido, art
[]Awards: math, robotics jets stuff
[]Summer: taught little kids robotics , summer school, NASA robotics course, self-studied stuff
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: sigh....[/ul]

should i send in a letter of how much i want to go with what i've created and up dates on what i've been doing like grants, organizing AMC for 800 people.. etc.

TGdad · December 15, 2007, 12:44pm

Stats:

SAT1 2350
SAT2, Math levelII 800, Biology 800, Chemistry 800
GPA 4.0/4.0 no weighting

USACO Gold
USAPO semi-finalist
USABO semi-finalist
Siemens AP Award (notified already, will announce soon)
National AP scholar (9 APs all 5)
Nationa Merit Semi-finalist

brwndude90 · December 15, 2007, 12:53pm

Deferred

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT: 2340 (740R, 800W, 800M)
* SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Biology: 790
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 4.00UW, 4.35W
* Rank: 1/695
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP: 5's on bio, env sci, us history, and calc ab; 4 on eng lang
</code></pre>

Subjective

<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Teacher Recs: very good, one was tailored to MIT (teacher from MIT)
* Counselor Rec: very good
* Supplementary Material: Key Club advisor rec (good)
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): leadership? *shrugs
</code></pre>

Personal

<pre><code>* Location: Northern CA
* High School Type: large public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: No
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Key Club - Treasurer (11th), President (12th); Science Club - Treasurer (9th), VP (10th-11th), President (12th); Site Council (council of students, teachers, and parents for spending money) - Vice Chairperson (9th-12th)
* Awards: only small school stuff
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: It feels like...to these top universities, I'm just a wild card because I'm from a somewhat obscure (but still good) school. I thought my scores would take care of that...
</code></pre>

Agh...four more months

kz1113 · December 15, 2007, 12:54pm

Deferred

Stats:

SAT: 2260
SAT II: 800 ML2, 800 physics, 780 bio
ACT: none
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.7 weighted
Ranking: 1/364
AMC/AIME: 97.5/5
AP: Calc BC:5, Calc AB:5, Physics B:5, Bio: 5, US hist:5
IB: physics SL:7, anthropology SL:5

Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher recs: one probably decent, other so so
Counselor recs: competitive school, 1 counselor per 400 students.. meh recs
Supplemental: none
Hook: science geek?
Interview: so-so

Personal:
Location: Sacramento
High School Type: Magnet IB, 1600-1800, top 20 in national science comps
Ethnicity: Chinese :(
Gender: M :(
Applied for financial aid: yes

Other:
Extracurriculars: Research, Sci bowl, sci oly, quiz bowl, sci club pres, sac youth symphony 1st violinist, community service at local chinese school,
Awards: sci oly national 2nd place in astro & 12th place team, other random state 2nd places and such, usa bio olympiad semifinalist, sci bowl 4th place, other random crap
Advice: uhhh don't screw everything up like i did?

i was kind of hoping to get in...our school generally sends like 2-4 ppl to MIT, and i thought i was one of the most competitive in my class...but i guess our class totally sucks or something, considering that like everyone got rejected/deferred from stanford, mit, penn, etc.

Jarn · December 15, 2007, 1:02pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT II: Math IIC: 760; Physics: 710; World History: 750
[]ACT: 34
[]GPA: 3.82 UW
[]Rank: 19/189
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP Stats, 3 on AP World History and AP U.S. History
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Very interesting, about Slashdot
[]Teacher Recs: Stupendous
[]Counselor Rec: Unknown, probably crap
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Minnesota
[]High School Type: Small public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl Captain (3 years, Captain 1), Math League (3 years), Science Olympiad (4 years)
[li]Awards: 1st in regional Science Olympiad, 7th in state, NMSF[/li][/ul]

cory123 · December 15, 2007, 1:15pm

Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2310
[]SAT II: 800/770/760 iic/bio/ush
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: 4.79
[]Rank: 2/15x
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): calc - 4, stats - 4, apush 5, bio 5, amc12 - 109.5, aime - 3
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: pretty good i thought. didn't do the optional essay, but wrote one of my own about my passion for running. main was how i overcame my fear of public speaking through a summer internship
[]Teacher Recs: one was good from my coach/history teacher. other no idea but i imagine it was decent
[]Counselor Rec: generic
[]Supplementary Material: rec from my boss, the cmio at cornell medical college
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): supported by the xc/track coach at mit
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Not Yet
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: xc/track, 6 week paid internship at cornell in manhattan, summer teaching poor children in china, hospital volunteering, other random stuff
[]Awards: bunch of running awards, amc/aime school winners, nothing amazing
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Reasons why deferred was probably just my lack of big awards, and perhaps not writing the optional essay[/li][/ul]

lsmsa · December 15, 2007, 1:23pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2150 (740 verbal, 720 math, 690 writing)
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chemistry
[]ACT: 35
[]GPA: 4.0 UW
[]Rank: School does not rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus AB: 5, AP Chemistry: 4
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My optional was about delivering speeches.
[]Teacher Recs: I bet they were excellent.
[]Counselor Rec: We're pretty close, so probably more specific than usual.
[]Supplementary Material: Rec from my research mentor.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Hmmm...I'm senior class president, and I think that's not a type MIT sees often. [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Natchitoches, Louisiana (My family is in New Orleans)
[]High School Type: Public, residential (Louisiana School)
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes, I submitted the PROFILE. [/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Class president, MAO, Science Quizbowl, French Club, Research, employed when I was at home.
[]Awards: Graduation with Distinction, National Chem Olympiad, National French Exam, National Merit, ACS exam
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wow- I really can't believe it. It's been a hoot, guys. Just need to find out about other schools now. (Read: Caltech) [/ul]

njtitans16 · December 15, 2007, 1:27pm

Accepted! I love God

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 800 Math, 760 Reading, 680 Writing, 2240
[]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 780 Chem
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 3.99/4 unweigthed (B in freshman health -_-), about 4.65 weighted
[]Rank: not ranked but definitely top 5 out of about 300
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 about 106. didn't post my AIME scoer
AP Chem/Lang/Calc BC all 5's
[/ul]

Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty Good
[]Teacher Recs: Should've been good.
[]Counselor Rec: Good, atlked a lot about my leadership.
[]Supplementary Material: I think i got a good rec from my xc coach because he talked about how I wasn't the best runner, and this was one of the few thigns iw asn't good at in life, but I worked hard regardless. I can work through disappointments.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I'm giong to play lacrosse at MIT, got a letter of support from teh coach. I also am the NJ Boys State Governor.[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Top top Public
[]Ethnicity: Korean
[]Gender: Male
[]Applied for Financial Aid: I will[/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:4 Year Varsity Hockey, 3 Year Captain, 3 Years Varsity Lacrosse, Sr captain, 2 Yrs Varsity XC, Did some Siemens, but didnt submit, Math Club at times, Spanish Honor Society, Peer Leader, Acapella Group, Choir
[]Awards: Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, MVP/Coach's Awards, Honorable mentions for hockey/lacrosse
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think my Boys State Governorship really clinched it. Theres only one a year. Also I had some extracurricular leadership that probably made me stand out. I didn't just paly sports but I was a captain in a lot of them and Boys State helped that too.[/li]
What I tried to show in my application/interview/essay/recs was my match potential. I did my best to "fit" what MIT wanted in a student, but I didn't do it JUST to fit MIT, they were thigns taht are true about me that I tried to show them to the best that I could. I showed them that I'm a good student, but that I've gone through failures. In my interview i explained why I wanted to go to MIT and what it would mean to me but that I'm also a normal kid. In the explain what you like to do for fun section, i didnt talk about research or anything, I said I like to hang out with my friends. Be yourself, show that you match Good luck! [/ul]

la_montagne · December 15, 2007, 1:27pm

Deferred sniffle No Tube.

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2350 (800 W, 780 M, 770 CR)
[]SAT II: 800 Chem, 780 Math IIC (and 770 French and 740 Bio M)
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: 4.0UW, 4.72W
[]Rank: 3/320
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB 5; AP Chem 5; AP Bio 5; AP French 4; AP US History 5; AP English Lang 5; AMC 100.5, AIME 1 (eww)
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I thought it was creative.
[]Teacher Recs: Stellar
[]Counselor Rec: Above Average
[]Supplementary Material: None, but will probably be sending some in now.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul] None
Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public, not magnet
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: F
[]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: FBLA, Science Club, Math Club, History Club, Girl Scouts, Drama Club, Fencing, a bunch more
[]Awards: Too many to name, none overly important.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: *Sniffle It's what I expected, though. I can only save my hope for RD and start working on those god-forsaken applications. I want to finish Princeton's by tonight, its priority app deadline.[/ul]

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