Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

kurzweil99 · March 15, 2010, 9:33am

Deferred - Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: Bio:800 Math II:800 Literature:790
[]GPA: 99.5 three year. 99.8 senior year
[]Rank: 3/400+ for three year. 2/400+ for senior year. [/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I’m not a fantastic writer, but I think I’m pretty strong for an MIT candidate. They should’ve been good.
[]Recs: Fantastic
[]Summer Activities: Mostly soccer tournaments around the country
[]Hook: I wasn’t a top recruit, but supposedly i was “on the coach’s list” [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Long Island, NY
[]High School Type: Fairly competitive private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Chess club, school newspaper, school magazine, social studies club. Soccer captain of a nationally ranked high school program. Member of a high level club soccer team. Volunteer soccer coach for a local girls team (maybe 200 hours or so)
[]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholarship Nominee
[li]Why you think you were rejected: My school doesn’t offer APs (its actually a good school though). I wasn’t into the whole college thing until late junior year, so i never even thought to sign up on my own. I realized the problem and tried to remedy it with perfect SATs and SAT IIs, but i guess that wasn’t enough. I think the lack of APs hurt me most. Also, being white and from Long Island couldn’t have helped. [/li][/ul]

gedion9324 · March 15, 2010, 10:01am

Rejected
Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:1550/1600 2260/2400
[]SAT II: Math II 770 Bio 710 chem 670
[]ACT:
[]GPA:3.85
[]Rank:4/48
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:Not exceptional
[]Recs:not bad
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Summer Activities:
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Ethiopia
[]High School Type: Independent
[]Ethnicity: Ethiopian/Black
[]Gender:Male
[]Extracurriculars: Environmental club, secretary of chess club, peace and justice club Addis Ababa model united nations etc etc
[]Awards:
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 480 internationals were accepted from the whole world. I excpected it.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]A foreshadowing of what is to come from the other, more selective universities perhaps?

thuglife1 · March 15, 2010, 6:09pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2250 (730 MATH =X)
[]SAT II: 780 BIO M, 740 MATH 1, 760 CHEM
[]ACT: 33
[]GPA: 99.1
[]Rank:4-6 OUT OF 680 (<1%)
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 USH, 5 BIO, 3 CHEM=X
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: ALL WERE MEDIOCRE…BUT I ALSO SENT A PRETTY GOOD CREATIVE ESSAY [;
[]Recs: AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGG
[]Supplementary Material: RESEARCH ABSTRACT
[]Summer Activities: RESEARCH, CAMP COUNSELOR X 2
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM (HISPANIC)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location:NYC![;
[]High School Type: HUGE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
[]Ethnicity: HISPANIC
[]Gender: MALE =X
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:CAPTAIN MATH TEAM, SCIENCE OLYMPIAD, SCIENCE BOWL, CHEM OLYMPIAD, LOTS OF TUTORING, AND MUCH MORE[;
[]Awards: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING MEDAL, SPANISH NATIONAL EXAM SILVER MEDALIST X2, NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST, NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR, NHS, NYSSHS, MU ALPHA THETA, SPANISHNHS, AP SCHOLAR, ETC.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU…
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]GAHHHHHH GREATT SURPRISE AFTER BEING DEFERRED EA! [= NO ONE FROM MY SCHOOL HAD EVER BEEN ACCEPTED UNTIL NOW…AND IM ONE OF TWO KIDS! FIRST TIME EVER! BIG SHOCK.

xrCalico23 · March 15, 2010, 6:43pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2350
[]SAT II: 800 MathII, 770 Chem
[]ACT: None
[]GPA: Not sure
[]Rank: 1/550
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5,5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I liked them.
[]Recs: Never read, but should be good.
[]Supplementary Material: Research abstract and later a sample of my artwork
[]Summer Activities: research, paid job
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NY
[]High School Type: Large Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender:Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Literary magazine, painting and photography, music, research, random school clubs…
[]Awards: NMF, some research awards
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lol, I seriously have no idea.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to everyone who will be reading this thread next year! =D[/ul]

Whiteazn · March 15, 2010, 11:09pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: 800-Math II, 800-USH, 800-Chem
[]GPA: 4.6
[]Rank: 1
[]Other tests: 5s - AP Chem, Bio, BC Calc, Micro, Macro, English Lang, USH
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Decent
[]Recs: Good, but not amazing
[]Supplementary Material: Research paper
[]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: See username
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team
[]Awards: Siemens Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[]Why you think you were accepted: Research mainly
[]Advice?: Summer research def helps. Gratz to everyone who got in and good luck to waitlisters! =]
[/ul]

bluewatermelon · March 15, 2010, 11:44pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 Superscored
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 750 730 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555544433
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: TOUGH
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Editor in Chief, JV Volleyball, Honor Society, was part of Mu Alpha Theta club for some time. Also I was part of science bowl for a year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered at the library for around two years.
[] Essays: okay
[] Teacher Recommendation: okay
[] Counselor Rec: okay
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): beautiful california!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public. competitive.
[] Ethnicity: korean
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I don’t know. Maybe that I’m a girl who enjoys math?
[] Weaknesses: I got low AP scores on my science AP’s as well as on my science SAT II’s. I was hoping I’d be able to make up for it with my high math AP’s and 800 Math SAT II, but I guess not.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?! To be honest, I thought I’d be outright rejected. This waitlist comes as a shock![/li][/ul]General Comments: Good job to everyone else who got in!

ultrasurf · March 16, 2010, 2:56am

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340 (800 M, 800 W, 740 CR)
[]SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 Chinese
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 93.3 something like that
[]Rank: doesn’t rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 132 AMC 10, 7 AIME (sophomore year), 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP Calc BC, 5 AP Physics C: Mechanics, 5 AP Chemistry[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Quirky…maybe MIT liked that. My “Why MIT” essay was written in the form of a proof by contradiction.
[]Recs: satisfactory or good
[]Supplementary Material: violin CD, piano CD, brag sheet
[]Summer Activities: NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology, travel to China, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A (almost made USAMO :[)[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Magnet
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: piano, violin, basketball, varsity swimming, math league, random science stuff
[]Awards: Gold Medalist in USA Mathematical Talent Search 2008-09, #1 Central Jersey Math League 2008-09, Top 10 Mandelbrot NE Region 2008-09, #1 New Jersey Math League 2008-09, #4 ARML Division B 2009, USA Physics Olympiad Semifinalist 2010, 7 on AIME, 132 on AMC 10, New Jersey All-State Orchestra, Central Jersey Region Orchestra concertmaster (twice), MENC All-Eastern Orchestra first violinist, ASTA National Honors High School Orchestra 7th chair, NJ Gov School of Engineering and Technology, AMTNJ math contest #1 in 2008, 2009, National Merit Semifinalist, lots of random piano and violin competition awards at state/regional level, concertmaster of New Jersey Youth Symphony
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno, pretty good at a bunch of different areas? though I seem to be pretty stereotypical Asian[/ul]

Macfuddy · March 16, 2010, 9:47am

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2120
[]SAT II: Math Lv. 2: 800, Physics: 800, Literature: 720
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: n/a
[]Rank: n/a
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC 4, AB subset score 5, Stats 4, Physics 4, Compsci 3, Lit 3, Lang 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good
[]Recs: Glowing
[]Supplementary Material: A novel I wrote, published, and sold to stores.
[]Summer Activities: none
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Hong Kong
[]High School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: White/Chinese
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Writing, Math Competitions, Comedy club, Golf club, Wakeboarding.
[]Awards: Top 100/1000000 in UKMT, 12th/160 in South East Asian Math Competition
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too young (15)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

unitofobscurity · March 17, 2010, 12:44am

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 800CR 750M 790W
[]SAT II: 800MathII 770Phys
[]GPA: 95/100
[]Rank: school does not rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Music, English Lang, Psych, World Hist., Art History, Comp. Gov Pol[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: not good enough? I thought they were good.
[]Recs: “best student I have ever had” in both cases
[]Supplementary Material: music supplement (oboe)
[]Summer Activities: astronomy!
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none apparently [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Vancouver BC
[]High School Type: Independent non-denominational
[]Ethnicity: not reported on app
[]Gender: M [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: robotics, peer tutoring, music, debate/MUN, writing
[]Awards: assorted math competitions, some creative writing prizes and music prizes
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not science-y enough on paper; absurd quota on international students leads to <3% acceptance rate in my city
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:MIT, I’ve loved you since I was a little kid, and I tried my best. See you when I have tenure! [/ul]

earcandy · March 17, 2010, 2:49am

Waitlisted==>Rejected in 24 hours?

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2290 [superscored], 2280 [single sitting]:
M: 700, CR: 780, W: 800, essay: 12
[]SAT II: US History 770 Biology 760 Math Lvl 2 710
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 3.83
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): none, US History 4 , Biology 5, N/A [/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: excellent
[]Recs: glowing.
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Summer Activities: research at medical school
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul] none
[]Location: NY, NY
[]High School Type: large, co-ed, elite public school
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: F[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Magazines, Science Competitions, Orchestra
[]Awards: Regional Team Science Competitions
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MIT’s imposed internal GPA cutoff
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Do try your best junior year. [/ul]

ironclaw · March 17, 2010, 4:48am

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2280 CR:800 M:760 W:720
[]SAT II: Math II:800 Physics:800 Chemistry:790
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: N/A
[]Rank: N/A
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Projected IB diploma score: 43/45
Math HL: 7
Physics HL: 7
Chemistry HL: 7
Economics SL: 7
English A1 SL: 6
Spanish B SL: 6
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Average
[]Recs: Average
[]Supplementary Material: Link to research project webpage on Google Code
[]Summer Activities: Honors Summer Math Camp, research
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Siemens Competition regional finalist
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Hong Kong
[]High School Type: International school
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Large variety, but nothing very special or unique by itself
[]Awards: Siemens Competition regional finalist, British Math Olympiad bronze medallist, and several other minor international math awards
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Rejected by Caltech[/ul]

DanER · March 17, 2010, 5:57am

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2110 (M:740, C:690, W:680)
[]SAT II: Math 2: 700, USH: 720, Chemistry: 800
[]ACT: 33
[]GPA: 3.55/4.55
[]Rank: 64
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APWH, APUSH, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language (4s), AP French Language (3), currently taking AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Physics B.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Teachers loved them
[]Recs: Both were amazing. I have a strong relationship with both my APUSH teacher and AP Chem teacher
[]Supplementary Material: None. ??
[]Summer Activities: Worked 25 hours/week and took Community College Courses
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not really. Just some weird ideas in my essays. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Santa Barbara (live in Oxnard)
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity:Mexican
[]Gender: Male, Homosexual [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Co-President of Junior State of America Chapter, Model UN Delegate, 25 hours/week as a cashier/waiter
[]Awards: SB Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I had a lot of interesting things to say and I discussed my varied interests like techno and anime.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I am extremely happy that I got in! My family cried when I told them I got accepted. I would say that you should just be yourself and look for a way to make yourself look unique. Is there something interesting about you that you feel others should know? Also, if you’re not 100% math/science person, it’s okay. MIT is perfect to help you find what your interests are and has great programs for whatever path you decide to take. I’m so happy!!! :D[/ul]

blackhair1 · March 17, 2010, 1:54pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: I took TOEFL, 99
[]SAT II: MATH II 720, MATH I 800, PHYSICS 710
[]ACT:
[]GPA:7.4/10
[]Rank:2/27
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] none, but these are taken (comparable to AP) courses: Latin, Dutch, Math B (calculus), micro and macro economics, physics, history, and Chinese (This sounds stupid, I don’t speak mandarin, I speak my own dialect).
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I think they were good, I didn’t brag much, I think I should have bragged more. Europeans are too shy compared to US Americans. BTW I wrote about early discrimination at high school. The elementary school teachers told my parents they have low expectations from me.
[]Recs: OK, one said that I was very hard working at school and outside of school (stock trading + restaurant)
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Summer Activities: summer university in Shanghai, enjoying vacation
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] what? Nobel prize??
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Netherlands
[]High School Type: Grammar school, advanced placements only courses offered with obligatory Latin or Ancient Greek
[]Ethnicity:Chinese and I’m PROUD of it
[]Gender:[/ul] male
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: 1800+ hours of work in a restaurant
[]Awards:
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because I’m an international Asian and the low acceptance rate
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I would have had higher scores if I didn’t work so much. My economics teacher also mentioned I would have had even higher grades if I didn’t work so much.

feynmanfan1508 · March 17, 2010, 5:06pm

Accepted

Stats:
[li]SAT: 800 (M) 760 (CR) 800 (W) (one sitting), 2390 superscore [/li]
[li]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 US History, 800 Physics[/li]
[li]ACT: N/A[/li]
[li]GPA: 3.93/4.0[/li]
[li]Rank: 2/352[/li]
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME Qualifier 2009 and 2010, 5s on Micro, Macro, Eng Lang, and USH[/li]
[li]Essays: Wrote about my passion for Carnatic Music in my first, mathematics and physics for the second, overcoming a previous failure at National Indian Classical music competition and succeeding the subsequent year for the third, being both innately Indian and American in my fourth (background- parents from india), and wrote about a humbling experience at NJGSS (Gov school in Sciences) for the fifth.[/li]
[li]Recs: Pre-Calc teacher and AP English Lang teacher…i guess they were good. didn’t seem them.[/li]
[li]Supplementary Material: Music recording from a concert in India[/li]
[li]Summer Activities: NJGSS, Performed as vocalist with an acclaimed dance troupe, Rigorous personal guru-student training in India Summer of 2006 for music…Idk[/li]
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Cured cancer ;)[/li]
[li]Location: NJ[/li]
[li]High School Type: Public[/li]
[]Ethnicity: pakka Indian **.

[li]Gender: Male[/li]
[li]Extracurriculars: Math Team President, DECA Quiz Bowl Captain, Chess team (3rd Board, 1st in Division), Science League [/li]
[li]Awards: NMSSF, AP Scholar with Honor, international awards for carnatic music, 1st place/perfect score in Shore Math League, 2nd Place Regional Chem I and currently 1st place state Chem II,[/li]
[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Showed nerdiness in essays. [/li]
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well I got a likely from Columbia a couple of months ago so I knew I had a great safety school in case I didn’t get in. A lot of you guys who got rejected were all around applicants, specializing in everything, who will get into HYPS, who look for that. MIT focuses considerably on the best math/science accomplishments. By the way, I got deferred by MIT in December, so for those who may have gotten deferred by yale or stanford, dont lose hope.

frenchshredder · March 17, 2010, 9:52pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2110 (700 CR, 700 M, 710 W)
[]SAT II: 710 M, 690 CHEM
[]ACT: I don’t remember?
[]GPA: 4.0
[]Rank: 1
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Psych 5
[]Essays: Very unique and mature
[]Recs: Stellar
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Summer Activities: post-operative recovery, reading, study, college visits
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[]Location: Sharon Springs, NY
[]High School Type: Small Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender:M
[]Extracurriculars: Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Student Council, Varsity Club, Legislative Internship, Laboratory Management position, independent film making, self-taught guitarist, guitar teacher, many more
[]Awards: a few leadership awards, a military science and math award
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: eclecticism and maturity
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Congratulations to all accepted. I am so sorry for those who have been rejected, I see your test scores and everything and I am just heartbroken =\ You will do great things, though, I have no doubt.

kaekae · March 18, 2010, 7:40pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2270
[]SAT II: Math II 780, Spanish w/ listening 790, Biology M 710, Chemistry 710
[]ACT: 34 superscored
[]GPA: I don’t remember; above 102
[]Rank: 5/~120
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] AP English Langauge 4, AB Calculus AB 5, AP Spanish Language 5
[]Essays: About watching telenovelas, the ignorant people who live in my city, theatre, and being gay. If there was another one, I can’t remember it. All were original, creative, etc. (I’m a really good writer).
[]Recs: 1 was as good as I could have imagined. Didn’t see others.
[]Supplementary Material: Paper based on botanical biochemistry research.
[]Summer Activities: Summer classes at A&M, Boy Scout camps, computer programming internship…
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: South Texas
[]High School Type: Catholic, less than 500 students
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts (Eagle), Science Club, Varsity Cross Country, Theatre, speaking competitions, computer programming…
[]Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, Siemens fail
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I’m gay.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ow.[/ul]

MilesToGo · March 19, 2010, 6:56am

Accepted (deferred EA)

Stats:
SAT: 2350 (770CR, 800M, 750W)
SAT II: 800 Mathematics Level II, 790 Chemistry, 800 Physics
IB Score (internal): 41 or 42/42 most times with HL Physics, Chem, Math.
Rank: top 5%

Subjective
Essays: All based on my experiences with research, community service. They were unique but simple in their thought process. I think I wrote them well. Teachers loved them.
Recs: Very good recs. An additional rec from my research mentor, which also should have been very good. Esp since he was attached to a prestigious institute.
Supplementary Material: Research abstracts x4 (including IB extended essay abstract). Worked very hard on them and that must have been appreciated.
Summer Activities: CTY, Research at a university, Extended Essay, Community Service.
More research. More community service.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and my passion for science. All my essays went back to the same two points.

Personal
Location: India
High School Type: Pvt
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Other
Extracurriculars: Leadership positions and awards in Robotics, MUN
Student Council. RESEARCH. Music. Theater (with awards and plays under belt).
Awards: A lot of academic/extracurric awards from the school. A few more awards but nothing too significant, and not science related.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not really sure, I’m guessing it was because I made it a point to make my application reflective of me. There were so many tenets of my personality that I couldn’t show, but I guess the folks at admissions are considerate.
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Be yourself. If you belong there, you’ll gain admission.

CAN’T WAIT FOR AUGUST!
No CPW for me though :(

Elanorci · March 20, 2010, 7:39pm

Deferred –> Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340 (800V/750M/790W)
[]SAT II: 780 Math 1, 760 Bio-M
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.0W, 4.84UW
[]Rank: 12/750
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Not so great. A little weird.
[]Recs: Probably very good.
[]Supplementary Material: Two extra recs. Didn’t seem to help.
[]Summer Activities: Summer philosophy courses, traveling.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Ovaries? [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: TX
[]High School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: F [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Latin Club, Debate, Quiz Bowl…
[]Awards: National and State French/Latin awards, regional writing awards
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Zero science-related ECs or awards, generally lackluster app.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: MIT is probably right. I’m not sure I"d have a good time there. I wanted to leave behind my trail of humanities-related classes and I still do, but MIT might be a little too intense for me. Hearty congratulations to all accepted. You guys are amazing. [/ul]

47sailor · March 25, 2010, 2:00am

Rejected

Stats:[list]
[]SAT: 2110 (M 750, CR 690, W 670)
[]SAT II: Physics 800, ML2 710
[]GPA: 3.95
[]Rank: top 3

slisenberger · March 25, 2010, 9:43am

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2220 (730 CR, 770 M, 720 W)
[]SAT II: 790 Phys, 790 Math II
[]ACT: 35, but unsubmitted
[]GPA: 4.45 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[]Rank: 5/530[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Essays: Mediocre. I procrastinated on them. They were conceptually interesting but not engaging.
[]Recs: Both were excellent
[]Summer Activities: volunteering at a summer camp for disadvantaged children, relaxing
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none.[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: New Mexico
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender:[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: A comedy sketch club, band, a literary magazine.
[]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Ap scholar. Basic stuff.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t stand out.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congratulations all who were accepted. You all clearly had something people like me were missing. Make the most of your MIT experience because there are 15000 more of us that would kill for your spot![/ul]

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