Consolidated EA/RD 2012 results thread

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2260 730R 780M 750W
* SAT II: 800Math2 800Bio
* ACT:
* GPA: 3.9UW
* Rank: 1/547
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US Hist:5, Bio:5, Calc AB:5, 4AP's this year.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: i liked it.
* Teacher Recs: pretty good
* Counselor Rec: also pretty good (considering she barely knows me..)
* Supplementary Material: none sent
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: MA
* High School Type: Public (A really large ghetto school)
* Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
* Gender F
* Applied for Financial Aid and Fee Waiver: Y
* Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Winter/Spring Track, Debate Team (2 yrs.), UMASS Dartmouth Spotlight Program (2yrs.), Youth Court Lawyer, Key Club (President)
* Awards: nothing special
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ***? I still can't believe I got in --- after being deferred early action, I was pretty convinced that a rejection letter was coming my way. Congrats to all who were accepted and Good luck to those waitlisted/rejected!!!
</code></pre>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:none
[</em>]SAT II: math IIc 770 physics 790 chemistry 800
[<em>]ACT:none
[</em>]TOEFL iBT: 100
[<em>]GPA: 18.65/20 (school don't weigh, the valedictorian was 19.45)
[</em>]Rank:30/107 I suck I know
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB certificates: Math HL 6 physics HL7 english A2 HL 5 chemistry SL 6
[/ul][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Essays: pretty good. lit teacher corrected grammer
[<em>]Teacher Recs: a lot adjective ish
[</em>]Counselor Rec:no clue
[<em>]Supplementary Material:none
[</em>]Interview:waived
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): IMO participation??[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Location:Ecuador
[<em>]High School Type:private, pretty good one
[</em>]Ethnicity:asian
[<em>]Gender: [ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:math club(Ecuador team in IMO and iberoamerican MO twice in each)
physics club: school team won national competition, I was the best scorer in individual section<br>
[<em>]Awards:bronce medal IMO HM IMO 2 bronces at IbMO, physics national first place
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:international rejectie.... not rare at alll only this time with imo medal[ /list]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800-M, 770-CR, 800-W
[</em>]SAT II: 800-Math 2, 800-Chem, (770-BioM)
[<em>]ACT: 36 composite/reading/English/math/science, 8 essay
[</em>]GPA: 4.000 unweighted, 4.119 weighted
[<em>]Rank: unranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 109-AMC12, 3 AIME, five 5s AP (bio, chem, stats, bc calc, US history), one 3 AP (french!)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: fun: people-watching; major: course 9; end of the world: frustrations of research; creation: a debate team
[</em>]Teacher Recs: idk
[<em>]Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>]Supplementary Material: abstract
[<em>]Interview: casual, good; not horrible or phenomenal
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Virginia
[</em>]High School Type: magnet
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: M[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars/Leadership: debate, editing a school research journal, some science clubs, research
[</em>]Awards: Intel STS SF, Siemens SF, USABO SF, NMSF, full qualifier to the National Tournament of Champions in Public Forum Debate
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'd say approach the application like an essay; create a coherent thesis and focus.[/ul]</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR: 740, M: 710, W: 720
[</em>]SAT II: M2: 800, Physics: 740, Chemistry: 710
[<em>]GPA: 3.6 UW
[</em>]Rank: 50/250 ish
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/li]5 AP Computer Science A
5 AP World History
[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[li]Extracurriculars: Nothing spectacular[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I saw this coming, but it's still unfortunate.</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M-800, CR-680, W-660
[</em>]SAT II: M Lvl. 2-800, Physics-800, Chem.-790
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.78
[<em>]Rank: 25/640
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC-99,
Physics C Mech-5, Physics C E&M-5, Calc BC-5, Chem-5, Comp Sci AB-4, APUSH-4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not too good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Probably said I was good, but not amazing.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Same
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research paper that was just mediocre
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Cleveland, OH
[</em>]High School Type: Large public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Not many.
[li]Awards: Several things. The best I ever did was just mediocre placements at the state level.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: N/A
[</em>]SAT II: Math2: 730 Physics:700
[<em>]ACT:33
[</em>]GPA:4.00 (School doesn't weight)
[<em>]Rank: 1 of 25
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): N/A
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, wrote about growing up on a farm
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Best in Career type
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Also very good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Interview: I think it went very well.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Geographic Diversity?[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location:Kansas
[</em>]High School Type: Small Rural Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NHS President, Class VP, Stuco Treasurer.
[</em>]Awards: Won a programming contest, don't have time to list them.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I didn't fill out the optional info lol, regretting that now.[/ul]</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR: 740, M: 770, W: 720
[</em>]SAT II: M2: 790, Physics: 720, Chemistry: 770
[<em>]GPA: 3.9 W
[</em>]Rank: 5/250
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
5 AP Chemistry
3 AP US History
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Fun - world I come from
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Sent CD of cello performance
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Extracurriculars: Orchestra, Girl Scouts[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 1/424
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc BC 5, AP Chem 5, AP Physics B 5, AP US Hist 5, AP US Govt 5, IB SL History 6, AMC 12 122, AIME 6
[/ul]Subjective[list]
[<em>]Essays: I would say average to fairly good. I'm not a great essay writer.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I sent in another essay about my interest in math.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[</em>]Location: Kansas
[<em>]High School Type: Large public with IB program
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Math Club founder and president, Scholar's Bowl (state team captain), Science Olympiad, NHS, Spanish NHS, Spanish Club treasurer, Tri-M Music Honor Society
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, AP Scholar with Distinction, Governor's Scholar, Kansas Honor Scholar, various Science Olympiad and Scholar's Bowl medals, various music awards, National Spanish Exam Silver, 4-time AIME qualifier, top in grade in KS on AMC 12 and AIME</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 740 Math, 690 Critical Reading, 630 Writing
[</em>]SAT II: 690 Math 2, 710 Physics, 730 German with Listening
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.93 UW
[<em>]Rank: 71/845
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 2 fives and 2 threes
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One was... well shocking, but apparently good. I do not know about the other, but it was evidently good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: The two optional essays
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I don't think so...[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Minnesota
[</em>]High School Type: Giant public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Halfrican
[</em>]Gender: female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Ohh yes[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Lots and lots
[</em>]Awards: A few band things, a few girl scout things, National Achievement, other stuff..
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Juniors - Don't join activities or take classes just because it will look good. Have fun! Be yourself! If you do that, schools will see that you aren't a robot, and that you actually enjoy learning.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR: 660, W: 710, M: 800
[</em>]SAT II: M II: 800, Chem: 790
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 for Junior/Senior, 4.193 for Fresh/Soph (different school)
[<em>]Rank: No rank in 11/12, 17/983 in 9/10th.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME: 3 : (
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Meh. I thought it was maybe</em> decent.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Nothing special.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't really know her : p
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Art, Architecture, and Photography Portfolio
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None xD ...I can do Rubik's cubes (This was my for fun essay)
[/ul]
**Personal
[ul]
[<em>]Location: Texas
[</em>]High School Type: Magnet
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian. I wasn't born in the US so that's my excuse for my sucky CR score!
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[/ul]
**Other
*[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Art, Orchestra, Math Club... Research with Physics professor (not really anything big)
[<em>]Awards: This state-wide webdesign award... Orchestra All-State, not really anything special : )
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Errrrrm. Be unique. And don't feel bad if you don't have big huge awards like Siemens/Intel/USAMO :)[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2220 (Math: 800, CR: 700, W: 720)
[</em>]SAT II: Physics: 750, Math IIC: 780, French: 700
[<em>]ACT:34
[</em>]GPA: 4.6 Weighted, 4.1 Unweighted
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB HL: Physics, Math, Art. IB SL: Eng A1, Geography, French
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were excellent but who knows
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Don't know
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Don't know
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Great!
[<em>]Interview: Murh... I thought it was just okay
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ?? [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
[</em>]High School Type: American International School
[<em>]Ethnicity: Malay (from Malaysia)
[</em>]Gender: M [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Soccer team, MUN Chair, NHS Secretary, and a whole bunch of little ones
[</em>]Awards: Gold Honor Roll every semester of junior/senior years
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: HELL YEAH I GOT INTO MIT!!! If you guys didn't get in don't worry... life goes on.[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Not taken.
[</em>]SAT II: Chemistry: 710, Math IIC: 690, USH: 650
[<em>]ACT: 33 single sitting // 34 super scored
[</em>]GPA: 4.1 Weighted, 3.7 Unweighted
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB HL: None.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were really good-- I sent an additional letter after getting deferred.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Decent I think.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good I think.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Great!
[<em>]Interview: It was decent, ok I think.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Athlete [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: SF, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Private Catholic Competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: F [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Crew, Student Ambassador
[</em>]Awards: Honor Roll/Dean's List, Coach's Award, Scholarship to study in Japan
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I SO DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET IN!!! OMG!!![/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1940 (Math 720, Critical Reading 650, Writing 570)
* SAT II: Chemistry: 800, Math IIC: 730, Physics: 740
* Rank: 1 out of 71
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB HL: None.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I think they are nice enough -- 1st about my parents, 2nd about a situation that changed my life
* Teacher Recs: They must be really good.
* Counselor Rec: Don't know.
* Supplementary Material: Great -- Chemical Reactions
* Interview: no interview
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): International Chemistry Olympiad - Bronze medal (2006), Silver Medal (2007)
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: Osh, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)
* High School Type: Private
* Gender: M
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Athlete, President of Class
* Awards: Honor Roll/Dean's List, Coach's Award, Scholarship to study in Japan
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Passion!
</code></pre>

<p>Sigh... here we go:</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230 - 800 math, 750 writing, 680 reading
[</em>]SAT II: 770 Math II, 770 Math I, 710 Physics, 790 Korean, 690 Lit
[<em>]GPA: 3.92 UW
[</em>]Rank: n/a... but around top 5 or so out of about 300
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on three, 4 on one
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: was very confident about my essays. essay writing is my forte
[<em>]Teacher Recs: both awesome
[</em>]Counselor Rec: great
[<em>]Supplementary Material: art/painting cd
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Location:
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Korean (Asian)
[</em>]Gender: F
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/list]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: a lot. painting, literary mag (editor), newspaper (editor), orchestra (principal cellist), amnesty international (president), science olympiad, student gov't, key club, spanish honor society, national honor society, international club, etc.
[<em>]Awards: nmfinalist, umich award in english composition, 1st place state pta visual arts, high honor roll
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] another great school awaits me!</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (800M, 760W, 730CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Chem (2 tries), 760 Physics (3 tries -_-)
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.87ish UW, 4.3-4.4 W (don't remember, our school's weighting system is really weird), 3.97 with only senior year grades weighted (this is our "official GPA")
[<em>]Rank: Top 5% weighted probably
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 - 105, AMC10 - 117, 2 x AIME qualifier (1, 2), AP Physics B, Calculus BC, English Lit/Comp, European History, US History, Comp Sci A + AB
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Probably pretty bad. I wrote about something math-related...
[</em>]Teacher Recs: 1 very good, 1 not sure
[<em>]Counselor Rec: We have 4k kids in our school so it's probably not important.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Football/Track Video manager (sorta "athletics")
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: IN
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No, missed deadline
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Orchestra (violin), Piano, Senior Connects, Amnesty International, Musical community service, Computer Consultant job
[</em>]Awards: World Piano Competition Semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, National Honor Society, Scholar Athlete, Various regional/local programming and piano awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well, I expected to get waitlisted/rejected, so it's no surprise to me. College admissions are such a crapshoot...[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260
[</em>]SAT II: 720 Chemistry, 760 French, 800 Math Level2
[<em>]GPA: 4.0/4.0
[</em>]Rank: 1/130
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Microecon, 5 Macroecon, 5 Calc AB
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not mind-blowing but I wrote about something original (not math/science related). I sent in an extra personal essay (even though it is frowned upon) because I felt my app was missing something without it.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One was really good because it went into detail about how the teacher knew me. The others were bland.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Nothing special.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Art portfolio.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): No clue.[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Midwest
[</em>]High School Type: Small public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: F
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Yearbook, newspaper, NHS, varsity tennis
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, State Academic Scholarships
[</em>]Advice: Keep it real. Don't write about math or computer science in your essay just because you think that's what they want to hear. Write from the heart.[/ul]</p>

<p>Wait-listed</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2: 700, Bio M: 730
[<em>]ACT: 33 (R35, E35, S30, M33)
[</em>]GPA: 4.17 weighted
[<em>]Rank: no clue
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): CompSci AB: 5, US History: 5, Music Theory: 3, Latin: 3
[/ul]
Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I'm a good writer, but my MIT essay wasn't that great.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I haven't seen them, but I'm guessing they were very positive
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I haven't seen it, but she assured me it was very good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: classical violin, science fair project
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none ,really [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: California
[<em>]High School Type: small private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: classical and folk music, programming, ultimate frisbee
[</em>]Awards: 4th place at ISEF, amongst other things
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I was preparing myself for a rejection, so I'm ok with being wait-listed. I know my chances are miniscule of still being accepted, but at least it gives me faith that I will get into my other top choices, which are (slightly) less selective than MIT.</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290
[</em>]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chemistry - 800
[<em>]GPA: 4.0?
[</em>]Rank: 23/460
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem AP - 5, Physics B AP - 5, Calculus BC AP - 5, Economics Macro & Micro - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: dunno.....so so I guess, not about math/science though
[<em>]Teacher Recs: one good, one bland
[</em>]Counselor Rec: generic
[<em>]Supplementary Material: a portfolio of drawings I made of engineering stuff
and supplement essay on chemistry related thing
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): guess not...
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Canada
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[ *]Extracurriculars: leadership positions in School Reach, Junior Achievement, Volunteer Club, Tutorial Leadership, SUCCESS Tutor, Stock Exchange Club, Violin Orchestra and Ensemble outside of school
[</em>]Awards: Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge - first in canada; Canadian Physic Olympiad - 16th; UWaterloo Chem 13 competition - 49th; UBC Physics Olympiad - 16th; School Reach - 5th Province; National AP Scholar; a bunch of miscellaneous awards in Social Studies, Writing, Math, and random stuff from ministry of education.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I always wanted to go to MIT, guess I won't be able to now. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2170 (750M, 690W, 730CR)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II - 760, Physics - 710
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.7 UW/4.1 W
[<em>]Rank: 11/360 (top 3%)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 2's on us and world hist. 3 on english lang.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i put more work into my MIT essays than any other. the only person who proof read was my mom. the small essays didn't even get proof read. but they were more or less grammatically correct and reflected my personality well
[</em>]Teacher Recs: my physics teachers was BS and made me out to be a better student than i am... my english teacher put alot of work into hers.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: average?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: i sent in a picture of a fractal i drew as part of the optional essay. i don't think it particularly helped or hurt my app.
[<em>]Interview: it went really well but it was only 30 min. i felt good about it.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: suburbs in Texas
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: URM - mexican american. don't speak spanish though
[</em>]Gender: F</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: i work alot. about 25 hours a week through junior and senior year. i did choir on and off. did some dance team. some academic competitions..
[</em>]Awards: National hispanic scholar...
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: well i'm a URM. i figured i had about a 50/50 chance...[/li]MIT has been my dream. but i also don't want to graduate with a ton of debt. so i'm still thinking about it... i'm confused.. it's really a mixed blessing..
[/ul]</p>

<p>well i didn't post this before so i guess i'll do it know...</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: ehh 1870..bad day...bad day lol
[</em>]SAT II: math II 760, chem 710, USH 770
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.93/4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: top 1%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): i got 5's on Calc AB, Comp Sci B, Phy. B, Chem; got fours on USH, Econ, English Language</p>

<p>[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: great; i'd say they got me in.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one said "the best she's seen in 10 years." other was from my calc teacher who is an MIT alum so i'd say pretty good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I'm her only student :-D
[</em>]Supplementary Material: no
[<em>]Interview: Went GREAT!
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): MITES, URM, All-American Soccer Player </p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NYC
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Black
[</em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: soccer, started my own company, play music, some other stuff...they were all good though
[</em>]Awards: National Merritt, some other regional and state things
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] i'm just excited right now i have to go celebrate hehe lol</p>