<p>Ok, everyone, with less than 2 days left until we get our decisions back, I thought I would go ahead and post this. You know the drill, remove the spaces, type your answer after the colons, and remove the 2 other decision choices.</p>
<p>
[noparse]**Accepted**</p>
<p>**Rejected**</p>
<p>**Deferred**
[/noparse]</p>
<p>[noparse]**Stats:**[ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]SAT:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]SAT II:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]ACT:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]GPA:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Rank:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/noparse]
[/ul]</p>
<p>[noparse]**Subjective**[ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Essays:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Recs:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Supplementary Material:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Summer Activities:[/noparse]
[noparse][li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/noparse][/li][/ul]</p>
<p>[noparse]**Personal**[ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Location:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]High School Type:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Ethnicity:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Gender:[/noparse]
[/ul]</p>
<p>[noparse]**Other**[ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Extracurriculars:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Awards:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/noparse]
No discussions here, decisions only, please.</p>
<p>Mollie, feel free to lock/sticky/whatever this before then.</p>
<p>And may the MIT admission gods smile down upon us.</p>
<p>deferred… at least it’s not rejection. Oh, well. I’ll probably be rejected in RD. It’s not like it wasn’t expected.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 720/770/680
[</em>]SAT II: 740/730/610
[<em>]ACT: 35 (36 on math and science)
[</em>]GPA: 4.53
[<em>]Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] tons of AP and IB Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Thought they were pretty good.
[</em>]Recs: Amazing
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Abstract, extra essay
[</em>]Summer Activities: class at local univ. internship at lab continued into fall
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] lots of theater and volunteer work combined with science Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Colorado
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Whitey
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] F Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: lots of theater- play performed in french- didn’t get to update them with the fact that i’m directing a one act… probably would have tipped me over.
[<em>]Awards: the usual ap scholar w/dist. nms
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: got a couple bad grades over the summer in elective courses due to personal issues.<br>
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I expected this. At least I have Chicago. I have to wait to hear from emory before I accept chicago’s offer, but I’m kinda glad I won’t be going to MIT. I had my doubts, and now I feel like it would have been too intense for me. I just want a place where I’ll be happy and get a good education. I think I would have been the person to have a nervous break down right before finals because of all the pressure. I want a good education, not a test of my limits. I guess some people like that sort of thing, but it isn’t for me. I’ve been doing it for the past three years, and I don’t need another four.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770M, 720CR, 750W
[</em>]SAT II: 750Physics, 730Math2
[<em>]GPA: 3.56w
[</em>]Rank: 21%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Physics B: 4[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Everyone I showed them to thought they were awesome. They brought out my voice.
[<em>]Recs: an “amazing” rec from my math teacher, no clue for english teacher
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I sent in a singing supplement, probably bad compared to others though.
[<em>]Summer Activities: Stanford Summer College
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I spent all of middle school, and the first two years of high school, educating myself on the internet due to extreme family issues.[/ul] Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Orange County, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Massive, Public, Sports; I’m the only one who applied since 2005.
[<em>]Ethnicity: MexiCzech
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Quizbowl, Robotics, Musicals, Choir, and Computer Club.
[</em>]Awards: none at all
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Obvious reasons… I thought I at least could be deferred…
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I have never been more sad.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (800M, 760V, 790W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math II, 800 physics, 800 chemistry
[<em>]GPA: 3.99 UW
[</em>]Rank: 1/~300
[<em>]APs: physics B (5), physics C mechanics (5), comp sci A (5), comp sci AB (5), chemistry (5), world history (5), English literature (4), music theory (5), US history (3), physics C e+m (in progress), US government (in progress), English language (in progress), biology (in progress)
[</em>]Other tests: AMC10 - 138, AMC12 - 114, AIME - 8
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good, but not amazing
[</em>]Teacher recs: 1 average, 1 absolutely stellar
[<em>]Counselor rec: Standard
[</em>]Supplementary material: Music supplement, research paper abstract, letter of recommendation from research mentor
[<em>]Summer Activities: Internship at DOE laboratory (research paper to be published in peer-reviewed journal)
[</em>]Hook: Rigorous high school courses. Nine semesters of mathematics from a local university, with a 4.0 GPA.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New York
[</em>]High school: Public. Last sent a student to MIT four years ago.
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: FIRST robotics (captain), DOE science bowl (captain), math team (captain), music composition, symphonic band (concertmaster), jazz band (president), string orchestra, National Honor Society (president)
[<em>]Awards: National merit semifinalist, national AP scholar, Rensselaer medalist, lots of school awards, etc.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: (I wrote this before decisions were released.) I’m definitely a math/science type of person, and I have balanced extracurriculars. I have a chance at being accepted, and I am prepared for a deferral. I admit that I would be taken aback by a rejection.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360: 760 math, 800 reading, 800 writing (first and only take)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 chem, 800 literature
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: something really high weighted, but like 3.8 unweighted =(
[<em>]Rank: top 3-ish%, but my school doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 10th grade: AP Chem 4, Bio 5, Stat 5; 11th grade: Chem 5, Calc BC 5, Comp Sci AB 5, Physics C: Mechanics 5, Physics C: EM 4, English Language 4, Comparative Government 4, Environmental Science (self-studied) 4, Psychology (self-studied) 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I liked them
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn’t see, but likely to be excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: see above
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: small town, PA
[<em>]High School Type: graduating class of 700, the only high school in town
[</em>]Ethnicity: White European (Russian)
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: research, Science Olympiad, slalom canoeing/kayaking, helping teach canoe camps, tutoring a 4th grader in programming
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar (10th grade), National AP Scholar (11th grade), Siemens AP award (but I didn’t find out or tell MIT until a few days before decisions came out), National Merit Semi-Finalist, small nationwide programming competition, lots of Science Olympiad regional/state awards, lots of state/national races and Junior Olympics qualification in canoeing/kayaking
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My research mentor was busy with grants and couldn’t write me a recommendation, so they’re probably waiting on that. And they probably want to see my semester grades. I guess we’ll see in a few months….[/ul]</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): Math (800), Writing (700), Reading (670)
SAT IIs: Math II (800), Math I (760), Physics (800), Chem (Not sent, 670)
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 95 Weighted, UW - ??
Rank: No school rank but top 10%
ACT:31
APs (including this year’s): Russian (5), BC Calc, Physics C
IBs (including this year’s:
Senior Yr Courseload: Very Demanding 8.5 from 1-10
Number of Apps from Your School: 4 early
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Honor Roll
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Teaching Senior Citizens English, President of Physics AND Economics clubs
Job/Work Experience: Volunteer work at doctor’s office and Camlink.com
Essays (subject and responses): AMAZING
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Good
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): AutoCAD pro
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): #34 school in US
Ethnicity: Armenian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: N/A, did not apply for need based aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: Ridiculous Physics knowledge and EC’s…
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably the GPA. I feel that that is my most limiting factor.
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Disappointed. I thought I had a really good shot. Maybe if I didn’t submit the app ON November 1st or my competition wasn’t so great, I would’ve had a shot. 4 kids applied from my school, all of whom had much better grades than me…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2190 - 800M, 710V, 680W
[</em>]SAT II: 800M, 770PHYS
[<em>]ACT: 35 - 36M, 36S, 35E, 32R
[</em>]GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.7W
[<em>]Rank: 26/641
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Physics B - 5, 5 More tests slated for this year.[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very well done.
[</em>]Recs: One exceptional, other definitely very good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Music Recordings
[</em>]Summer Activities: Volunteering, Caddying, etc.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nada.[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Illinois
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive Public - A few to ivies each year, one student to MIT last year.
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Symphonic Band/Orchestra, Marching Band, SciOly, Math Team, Scholastic Bowl, Varsity Soccer
[<em>]Awards: School Physics and Math Awards, nothing special.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Nothing popped out at them, I guess.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Humbug. Guess I’ll just have to wait longer.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:760CR, 800M, 760W, Total:2320
[</em>]SAT II:Lit 800, Math II 740, JP 800, Chem 710, Phy 760, French 800, Spanish 800
[<em>]ACT:34
[</em>]GPA:4.75 W, 4.00 UW
[<em>]Rank:Top 2%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP):[/ul]Cal-BC 5, Phy 5, Chem 5, JP 5, US Hist 5, Macroecon 5, Stat 5, French 5, World History 5, Spanish 5, (this year) US Gov, Bio, Micro Econ , Comp, Gov, Env. Sci(self-study) Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Great!!!
[</em>]Recs:Great!!!
[<em>]Supplementary Material:N/A
[</em>]Summer Activities:Internship in Japan
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:PA
[<em>]High School Type:Medium public
[</em>]Ethnicity:White
[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul] Other[ul]Born in UK, grew up in Japan, moved to the US, speak fluent English, Spanish, French and Japanese
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Internship in a company in Japan for over the past 4 years, ASB President, Red Cross President, Captain of Cross Country, Basketball and Track, Eagle Scout, >300 hours community services.
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I love MIT!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>710 us hist. (not sure if this matters >.>)</p>
<p>4.0 unweighted</p>
<p>5 APs</p>
<p>Decent essays I suppose… I do not think I am very good at judging my own essays.</p>
<p>My only comment is that I most deffinately wish I could have been accepted, but hey, deferred is better than nothing I guess? And to those rejected, take heart in the fact that you are still some of the smartest students in America.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2130
[</em>]SAT II:Math 2C: 710 Biology M: 750 Chemistry: 630 (ew)
[<em>]ACT: 25 (took it like ninth grade…but didn’t send it)
[</em>]GPA: 4.57
[<em>]Rank: 1/380
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] AP Physics (2…haha) AP Biology (5) AP Chem (3) AP Calculus BC/AB Subscore (5) AP Spanish Lang (5) Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were bad after rereading them…but it was a “tear jerker”
[</em>]Recs:Good I suppose
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Stanford Grad student Rec (worked for a lab at Stanford - intern)
[</em>]Summer Activities: COSMOS, UCLA Summer Classes, Community College classes, Stanford cancer lecture, intern
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] URM, Questbridge Finalist Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: African - American
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Female Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Hella…
[<em>]Awards: Hella…(nothing amazing though)
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: THANK YOU QUESTBRIGE!!! And the fact that I’m first generation, and devoted SO MUCH my entire life to getting a good education.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] OMG!!! SO HAPPY!!! I prayed, and honestly had a good feeling about this. It’s odd - whenever I have a good feeling, good things happen. It’s so weird giving advice to next year’s applicants because I remember reading these ALL the time! But really…BE OPTIMISTIC! (can’t hurt right? ;)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2190, M: 800, CR: 640, W: 750
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 700, Physics: 630
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 4.1 W/3.95 UW
[<em>]Rank: 7/300-400ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Two AP’s, I got 4’s on both of them[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: rushed.
[</em>]Recs: no idea.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: band and some other hobbies
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: PA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: F[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Indoor Drumline, Marching Band, Physics Olympics, Student Chapter of People to People
[<em>]Awards: Honor Roll, Academic Excellence, Junior Book Award, Gold Medal in Physics Olympics
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: probably because they defer almost everyone. oh and my stats really aren’t spectacular.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don’t feel as bad as I thought I would.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340
[</em>]SAT II: 750,760,780,800
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.3298 weighted, very close to 4 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: top 1.4 percent out of 1100
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AMC 12- 97.5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good
[</em>]Recs:good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: stanford epgy camp
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: tx
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian
[<em>]Gender: male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: academic team, band, tutoring club, student governemnt, DECA
[<em>]Awards: 9th in state in academic team, national merit commended, ap scholar with distinction
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: weak ec’s
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: expected deferral [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 math, 800 reading, 720 writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math level 2, 790 chem, 740 bio m
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 (school doesn’t weight)
[<em>]Rank: 1 of 497
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Bio, Chem, Physics C Mech, Calc BC, Env. Sci, US Politics, 3 on French AP
[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good
[</em>]Recs: Didn’t read, but the teachers both love me
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: Politics conference
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Louisiana
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Science and Quiz Bowl (President, went to nationals), Marching, Concert, and Jazz Band (Trumpet Section Leader, 1st Chair), Science Olympiad (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (District Governor), Key Club, Beta Club, Habitat for Humanity, National Honor Society,
[<em>]Awards: National Merit SF, Siemens Award for AP, Parish Student of the Year, AP Scholar with Distinction, Academic All State, Departmental awards, etc.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not exactly sure - don’t know I could have done much more. Oh well…still have UChicago!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 760CR 800M 800W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II 780 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW 5.02 W
[<em>]Rank: 5/519
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Stats 5, APWH 5, AP Geo 5, AP Calc BC 5, APUSH 4, IB Geo 5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Ok I think, not superb
[</em>]Recs: didn’t see them
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: volunteering, tutoring, math/sci camp
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NC
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: M[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: soccer, band, tutoring
[<em>]Awards: local school awards, some math contests, essay contests
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No amazing ECs + ORM.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Expected result! Congratulations to all those who got in![/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:730CR 740M 680W
[</em>]SAT II:710Lit 710MII 690Physics
[<em>]ACT:N/a
[</em>]GPA:101.2ish weighted
[<em>]Rank:2/539
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Good. One was quite humorous.
[</em>]Recs:Awesome (I love my teachers)
[<em>]Supplementary Material:I sent an extra letter of rec.
[</em>]Summer Activities:YESS program at Caltech
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):URM?[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Texas
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Puerto Rico
[<em>]Gender:Female[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:SNHS, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta prez, Math/sci Team
[<em>]Awards:just some regular school ones for good grades
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]I’m so excited! and completely caught off guard! God=Great! Congrats to everyone else who was accepted and goodluck to the deferred!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 730 R/790 M/710 W
SAT II: 790 bio/770 phys/770 M1
ACT:
GPA: 101/ something
Rank: 2 of 340
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AIME: 3
6 5’s on AP
Essays: Thought they were pretty good.
Recs: Amazing
Supplementary Material: Abstract
Summer Activities: Research, running, speedcubing
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
Inner city, Siemens Semifinalist
Location: MD
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:
M
Other
Extracurriculars:
Top ranking West Point Bridge Designer. Research. Cross country. Speedcubing. 8 years of art.
Awards: Siemens, International bridge building contest, National merit, Rubik’s cube national records…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I belong there.
Seriously, my mentor wrote me a 5 page recommendation. I’m a Siemens Semifinalist. My research project is based on one at MIT.
I’m decent at bridge design: <a href=“http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/standings/zone_all.htm?28652-14666[/url]”>http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/standings/zone_all.htm?28652-14666</a>
I tried very hard on my essays. </p>
<p>I thought they were going to reject me because I put down Unofficial Rubik’s Cube World Record (4x4x4 FMC) as one of my International honors. It’s true, but it’s not really confirm-able.</p>
<p>My friend who’s ranked 1 in the class also got in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:
[</em>]SAT II: 700 Math I, 630 Math II, 710 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 35M 34S 34E 36R 33C (Two sittings: 35 Composite Superscore)
[</em>]GPA: 3.83 Unweighted, 5.23 Weighted
[<em>]Rank: 7/251
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] 5 AP US History. In progress: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C and AP Spanish Language Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Above average.
[</em>]Recs: One average, one above average from teachers. Counselors was average.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: I sent in a third recommendation from my engineering/technologies teacher, and included in his letter he wanted to send in my brag sheet. So I feel like they got a good look at me.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Working and volunteering. This past summer I also went to Boys State and the United States Air Force Academy Summer Seminar.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]None. Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SE Connecticut
[<em>]High School Type: Public, Above-Average Competition
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Wrestling, Class Advisory (President), Volunteering, Working, Internship at my school, Police Explorers, Online Writing Group.
[<em>]Awards: Academic/Varsity Letters, Third in a National Alliance on Mental Illness Essay Contest, US Coast Guard Academy Book Award, some Connecticut standardized testing awards, Boys State Attendee and USAFA Summer Seminar Attendee.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I dont think Im quite the usual applicant for MIT, in good ways and bad ways. I havent done any math or science competitions, but I think I really got through to them that I am passionate about my extracurriculars and am academically interested in things other than math and sciencealthough those are my main interests, I also won in an essay contest and write for fun. Im not particularly nerdy but have shown that I can do the work.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]Im just flattered that theyre considering me. ;)</p>
