<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310 (730 CR, 800 Math, 780 Writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 790 Spanish
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: 1/463
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem (Self-study): 5, AP Calc BC (Self-study from AB): 5 and 5, AP Physics C Mech (Self-study): 5, AP Physics C E&M (Self-study): 5, AP Comp sci A: 5, AMC 12: 100.5, AIME: 5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I wrote the optional essay and liked all of them very much.
[</em>]Recs: I didn’t read but I think they were pretty good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Summer Activities: Mission trip, nothing academic
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MI
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: M[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Piano (5 years), Go (Weiqi) Club (President, Founder), NHS (President), Math Olympiad (Co-president), Improvisational Theatre (Member of our performance troupe)
[<em>]Awards: National Spanish Exam Gold, Michigan Math Prize Competition top 100, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Michigan Music Teachers Association Level X and State Semifinalist
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: (Compared to the people from my school who were accepted early in previous years) Not impressive enough awards, no research, no summer camps/internships.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Man, I was really hoping to get in. I think that my MIT application showed who I was pretty well, so I guess I just wasn’t good enough to get in early. I still think I have a decent chance of getting in, but this doesn’t really bode well for me getting into Princeton, my other first choice.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: Math Lv2 770, U.S. History 780, Literature 780, Biology M 720
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 uw
[<em>]Rank: 2/200
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Chemistry, Physics B, U.S. History[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: They weren’t very good, lol. And I’m not just being modest =)
[</em>]Recs: One from my Academic Decathlon coach/AP English teacher, one from my H Precalc teacher, one from my guidance counselor. Probably all good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Poetry samples
[</em>]Summer Activities: Dance school, writing/beta testing internships with DemiDec Resources, reading, Liberty Science Center, and such
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Suburban public, not very competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[<em>]Gender: Girl[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, creative writing, mock trial, Liberty Science Center, Biology Club
[<em>]Awards: 1st place individual & team in NJ for 08-09 season, Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key in Poetry for region at large, URochester Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award, finalist for NJ Gov School on Public Issues, National Merit Commended, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, honor roll stuff
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my essays… and I guess I don’t look like typical MIT material. I lean quite a bit toward the humanities.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m still me. I’m still optimistic, idealistic, unrealistic, I’m still in love, I still have a Thursday and a Friday. And so do all of you, accepted students, rejected students, and fellow deferred students. :)[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2110. 770 M/690 R/ 650 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 690 Physics
[<em>]ACT:n/a
[</em>]GPA: U.W 3.7, W 6.23
[<em>]Rank:1/659
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]AP all fives cept english lang and us history Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Wrote about my poor neighborhood, experience of being an immigrant.
[</em>]Recs:Calc teacher, ap lang teacher, MAO ex-coach
[<em>]Supplementary Material: extra rec letter
[</em>]Summer Activities: Dual enrollemtn, volleyball, etcs
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] Just be honest and describe yourself Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Hispanic
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Volleyball, Math Honors, etcccc
[<em>]Awards: a lot im too exciteddd
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because i was just truly myself, sry guys ill update this laterr
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] OMGGGGGGG. still in schock</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2140/1460 740 M/720 R/680 W
[</em>]SAT II: 720 Chem / 740 Math I / 700 US History
[<em>]ACT: 33: 36 R / 35 Eng / 33 M / 29 S
[</em>]GPA: 3.90
[<em>]Rank: 19/901
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): World-4, US History-5, Chem-5, Compsci AB-5, Eng Language-5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: OK
[</em>]Recs: Amazing
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None-but will submit research rec
[</em>]Summer Activities: R&D at a company 2009, Colorado High Adventure Trip 2008
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Eagle Scout?[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Texas
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>]Gender: M[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Vice President of Band (Grand National AAA Champs 2006), Seminary for church, Science Club, Computer Science club, Piano Teacher
[<em>]Awards: Rotary Youth Leadership Award, National Piano Guild Superior/over rating over last five years, National Merit Commended Scholar, National Honor Society, National AP Scholar with Distinction
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my essay…I was really busy
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just not looking forward to the wait lol. Congratulations to all of the people who were accepted! [/ul]</p>
<p>Well even though i wasn’t happy with the decision, I’ve always wanted to do one of these things so here goes: </p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (780 m, 780 w, 800 cr)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math II, 790 BioM, 710 lit
[<em>]ACT:didnt take
[</em>]GPA:4.0/4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank:school doesnt rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AP Bio-5, AP Psych-5, AP Lang-5, AP World-4[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: thought they were original
[</em>]Recs: didnt see them, assumed they would be good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none, i probably should send for RD
[</em>]Summer Activities: internship at NIH, volunteer at camps and such
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):not much…First year any kids applied EA at our school, which is located in like the middle of nowhere in farmlands, matt mcgann came to talk to us for the first time this year [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location:MD
[</em>]High School Type: first year graduating class of magnet high school
[<em>]Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: usual stuff; various clubs, track
[</em>]Awards: none standing out in particular, maryland state scholar finalist, national commended,
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: weak EC’s idk essays didnt blow admin officers away?
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:well i dont think deferred is that bad now that i think about it, majority of kids end up deferred so i guess i’ll have to wait and focus on all my other apps now[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: like 3.95
[<em>]Rank: don’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 13 APs: 11 5s, 1 4, 1 3–another 6 this year too. AIME, etc.
[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: reasonable
[</em>]Recs: good i guess?
[<em>]Supplementary Material: research abstract
[</em>]Summer Activities: maddd researchhh/math stuff
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: “Caucasian”
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: the usual
[<em>]Awards: Siemens semifinalist, Siemens AP award, natl merit, natl ap scholar, blah blah
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: cool[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200
[</em>]SAT II: Math Level II-790 Chem-730 Lit-730
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: unweighted- 3.95 weighted 5.16
[<em>]Rank: 1st
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP 2 Fives, 3 Fours, etc…[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Really Great- Showed my passion which is CS
[</em>]Recs: Pretty Good. Counselor one was amazing
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Abstract of research
[</em>]Summer Activities: classes at northwestern and bryn mawr, research internship at cornell in nanotech, internship in high-performance computing at UTK
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): all my summer activities plus national awards in CS [/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Chicago
[<em>]High School Type: Best Public School in state
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:Female[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: math team, Computer science stuff
[<em>]Awards: NCWIT award for aspirations in computing, a lot more
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed my passion!
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]Be passionate and do what you love and you’ll never regret it! :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (physics) 800 (math II) 740 (spanish)
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.95
[<em>]Rank: 1/319
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] 9 AP’s, all 5’s and one 4 Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: solid
[</em>]Recs: unbelievable!
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: lifeguard, intern at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] athlete Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MD
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: varsity cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, captain, president of clubs, acolyte at church, etc.
[<em>]Awards: Trig-Star national champ, national merit semi, md distinguished scholar
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too many other qualified applicants?
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Good job to everyone who got in, and good luck to everyone who got deferred!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 800 M, 740 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem, 800 US Hist
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 98/100 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: school doesn’t rank, would be top 3
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): five 5’s on APs, AMC12 108, AIME 4 [/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: above average, but not mindblowing
[</em>]Recs: teachers should be absolutely fantastic; counselor is young and inexperienced. so her rec is anybody’s guess
[<em>]Supplementary Material: music supplement
[</em>]Summer Activities: some math summer program, lots of volunteering
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New York
[<em>]High School Type: public, suburban, ~1600
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian. lol.
[<em>]Gender: Male. lol.[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: youth orchestra - clarinet, math circle, student senate, quiz bowl
[<em>]Awards: National Merit, RPI Medal, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, AMC12 school winner, some department award
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Asian male that wants to major in math.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I expected this, and I’m so happy I’m not rejected outright. Good luck to all other deferrals. Pi day can’t come fast enough.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1500
[</em>]SAT II: 800 on Math II & Physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.83 UW, 4.47 W
[<em>]Rank: 5/153
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] AMC:106.5, AIME:6, AP Physics (both), US History, Chem, BC Calc: 5 Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good (and I had a reputed CC reader look at them and he thought they were amazing)
[</em>]Recs: dunno
[<em>]Supplementary Material: music supplement
[</em>]Summer Activities: ECs, NJ Gov School, teaching CPR
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] I’m an Asian male who’s good at math and music <— very high in demand Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: piano, math, chess
[<em>]Awards: some random state math awards and piano competitions, nothing major
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have yet to cure cancer -.- nah there’s too many others better than me
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Nope.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340 (750M, 800CR, 790W)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math I, 760 Bio-M
[<em>]ACT: –
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.83 W
[<em>]Rank: 13/720
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: French Lang - 4, APUSH - 5, Whist - 5, Bio - 5, Eng Lang - 5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I thought…
[</em>]Recs: Pretty good; English teacher great, Bio alright
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Supplemental rec from a summer philosophy teacher; v praiseworthy
[</em>]Summer Activities:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): – [/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: TX
[<em>]High School Type: Large public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female [/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Latin Club (pres), Debate, Academic Challenge
[<em>]Awards: Writing awards, state/national Latin/French competitions, state quiz bowl awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know. Interview wasn’t amazing… But I thought my application was really unique.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m pretty upset… I saw it coming, but I didn’t realize how much I wanted it until I… didn’t get it. [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M 800, CR 760, W 790
[</em>]SAT II: Chem 800, Math II 800, Spanish 730
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.5 weighted
[<em>]Rank: school does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] AP: five 5’s, one 4, taking five this year Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: balancing baseball and school, creative in math proofs, general family struggles, the search for the best pizza
[</em>]Recs: no idea/confidential
[<em>]Supplementary Material: research abstract
[</em>]Summer Activities: Honors Summer Math Camp past two summers
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] recruited baseball player, member of Siemens Competition first place group team Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Florida
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta, Baseball, Tutoring, Quiz Bowl, Rubik’s Cube club
[<em>]Awards: various scholar athlete and math and science awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: well rounded?
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Just do what you enjoy!</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT: 700 CR, 770 M, 700 W
[</em>]SAT II: 760 Math IIC, 650 Chemistry, 630 Physics
[<em>]GPA:4.0 UW (don’t know weighted)
[</em>]Rank:1/59
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]not yet</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Essays: The influence of my family and cancer on my career aspirations, a school poetic play turned into a movie, and how the MITES program changed me.
[</em>]Recs: One was awesome, the others were full confidential.
[<em>]Interview: Comfortable, fun and hilarious, we matched perfectly.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Athletic Form
[<em>]Summer Activities: MITES @ MIT summer program
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Skipped the 9th grade, MITES[/ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: 3 years varsity soccer (1 as capt.), Math Club Vice president, Honor Society, Volunteer Student Tutor, Pianist - student rock band, Puerto Rico Math Olympics, School English Forensics Team, School Theater Club.
[</em>]Awards: 3rd place State Forensic League Competition, 3rd place Puerto Rico Math Olympiad, National Hispanic Scholar, School Honor Roll, Mathcounts 2007 competition 2nd place state
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I exposed every last bit possible of my personality and talents, along with an awesome summer program!
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m too humble…[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340. Math: 790 Reading: 750 Writing: 800 (Essay 9)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio M: 780 Physics: 790
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW. 4.92 W
[<em>]Rank: 3 out of 548 (Top .54%)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Physics B: 5
Environmental Sci: 5
World History: 5
Biology: 5
Calculus BC: 5 (AB Sub-Score 5)
Macro/Micro Economics: 5 and 5
English Language: 5</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Felt decently strong about. 1. Love of skateboarding 2. Leadership/innovative thinking in an econ competition 3. Influences of my father (his success from developing country and my exposure to child-abuse) 4. My transformation in high school.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Read only one. The teacher basically said I was awesome and one of a kind. Other one should be sweet.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: She is retiring this year and said I was one of her top 5 students
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Two supplementary letters of rec from internship mentors (one from engineering, the other was an economics professor). Sent in an additional essay about Why MIT.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope just another ORM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Santa Barbara, California
[</em>]High School Type: Public, but best in district
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese). Permanent resident
[</em>]Gender: MALE</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
Science Bowl (vice president 2 years),
Economics Team (2 years),
FIRST Robotics team (Team 1717 ftw!),
Boys Tennis Team (4 years),
Piano (4+ Years),
Sustainability club (founder/president),
Internship in UCSB Economics (summer),
Internship in EE at UCSB (summer and now),
Ping Pong Club
245 hours of community service at Hospital
Etc.
[</em>]Awards:<br>
Westmont College High School Math Competition Team Winner 2008 and 2009
Capital Markets Contest 2009<em>:: (state) 1st place
California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009</em>:: (State) 1st in California,<br>
National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009<em>:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
Regional Science Bowl 2009</em>:: (Regional) 1st place
National Science Bowl 2009<em>:: (National) Nationals Qualifier
National Merit Semi-Finalist 2009-2010
National AP Scholar 2009
Music Teachers’ Association of California:: Certificate of Merit for Piano 2006, 2007, 2008: (State: for levels 4,7,9)
American College of Musicians: National Piano Playing Auditions 2008:: Intermediate C (State) state winner
Most Improved Player on HS Tennis Team 2007 and 2008
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Of course I am very sad that I did not make it to my number one school. I gave MIT everything I got. I spilled my heart on the essays, I wrote a supplementary essay, asked two mentors to write additional recs… Everything that I could. I wanted to know that if I were to be deferred, it would be only be after I gave my 100%. I tried very hard in high school to become who I am today. I grabbed as many academic activities and awards (in subjects I loved of course) and worked with many friends to win collaborative competitions. But I guess at the end of the day, I just wasn’t good enough. I humbled and I wish the best for you MIT 2014’s
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 660 CR 720 M 650 W
[</em>]SAT II: 740 Physics, 710 Math 2, 710 USH
[<em>]ACT: 34 E 34 M 27 R 33 S
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 W
[<em>]Rank: Not ranked but at least top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):Chem- 3, Physics B- 4, Stats- 4, USH- 5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Awesome, Creative
[</em>]Recs: One amazing, one pretty good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Video of one of my steel drum concerts
[</em>]Summer Activities: Work, not much
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: 500-600, sends 1 to HYPSM every year
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Steel drum band, video club president, film club treasurer, student music and arts council treasurer, recording club, some more music stuff, math team, science olympiad, CTY online
[<em>]Awards: AP scholar with honor, High honor roll, not much else
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have some different ECs and I wrote some awesome essays, otherwise I would have been rejected.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I really want to thank everyone on CC, especially Mollie, for all your help and support. As nerve-racking as it was, I’ve had a great time on CC in the past few weeks. You are all amazing people and maybe I will get to meet some of you someday, whether it be at MIT or another school. I still love MIT and would love to go there if I get in regular, but for now I’ll be busy filling out other apps. Honestly, I expected deferral, and to everyone who got deferred, don’t lose hope in MIT, but most importantly don’t lose confidence in yourself. You got deferred because you will be competitive in the next round. To next years applicants, put everything you have into your essays and you will at least have a shot. Congratulations to everyone who got in! Enjoy your tubes! :)[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280 (740 CR, 800 Math, 740 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 800 World History
[<em>]GPA: 4.0UW, 4.3W
[</em>]Rank: na/800
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 105, Comp Sci 5, World Hist 5, US Hist 5, Psych 5 [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: bleh, QuestBridge app
[</em>]Recs: one pretty good, one so so
[<em>]Supplementary Material: decent rec from a museum scientist
[</em>]Summer Activities: NYU Precollege, teach CPR, human resource assistant
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NY
[</em>]High School Type: big, renowned, tons of USNWR top 20 college acceptances
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Red Cross (leadership, Instructor, Pres), Columbia Science Honors, American Museum of Natural History science internship, Key Club
[</em>]Awards: QuestBridge finalist, NHS, AP Scholar w/ Honor
[<em>]Why you think you were deferred: No math team or Intel, QB app is bleh
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just felt like posting this cause I never did one before. Seems like most kids got deferred, very little rejects. [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Bio M, 750 USH
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.89
[<em>]Rank: around top 10% of 420
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): MOSP freshman year. USAMO three times. AMC10 perfect scorer, once upon a time.[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty mediocre, to be honest
[</em>]Recs: Probably pretty good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Summer Activities: MOSP, volunteering, camps
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Math, I suppose. Took Princeton University math courses.[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Jersey
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Primarily guitar, math, and piano
[<em>]Awards: Some math awards and some MUN awards.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Luck probably had something to do with it.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Best of luck to everyone in RD.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 total (1 sitting). 760m/750cr/690w
[</em>]SAT II: 790 math2/790 physics/710 literature
[<em>]ACT:not taken
[</em>]GPA: 3.97UW/4.06W
[<em>]Rank: 1/296ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AP: Phys 3, CalcAB:5[/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good but not perfect.
[</em>]Recs: Great recs
[<em>]Supplementary Material: MITES recs (awesomely good)
[</em>]Summer Activities: MITES '09!
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):URM, MITES[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Nebraska
[<em>]High School Type:Small, everyone goes to University of Nebraska or community college
[</em>]Ethnicity:Hispanic (cuban)
[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Programming websites for fun and profit, quiz bowl, robotics, mu alpha theta, young democrats
[<em>]Awards: Nat’l French Exam (6th in NE), Northeast CC computer programming competition (1st), Univ. of South Dakota programming (3rd place), Quiz bowl top 3, Nat’l merit semifinalist, MITES spirit of calculus award, Nat’l Honor society, Outstanding academic achievement award (school), 1st place in regional physics competition, Mu Alpha Theta
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MITES, and that I showed a love of Comp.Sci. and MIT in my essays
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: YES! I can’t believe I got in! This is awesome![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:800 M, 750 CR, 800 W
[</em>]SAT II:800 Math 2, 770 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA:4.0 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>]Rank:Top 5% ish?
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]AMC 12-111, AIME 4 Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Should be good!
[</em>]Recs:A little questionable…I wasn’t outstanding in either class (APUSH or Physics Honors) but they should be okay. Counselor rec should be good, because they gave priority to NMSF’s
[<em>]Supplementary Material:None
[</em>]Summer Activities:Missionary-type stuff for the past two years
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):Men’s volleyball, actually a decent sport to have listed b/c they tend to do very well on the whole at the D3 level[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Silicon Valley, CA
[<em>]High School Type:Midsize-Large Public (1800 students)
[</em>]Ethnicity:Chinese
[<em>]Gender:M[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Math team, Volleyball, Debate, Senior Class Vice President, Church Youth Group
[<em>]Awards:10th place regional NorCal math league, 10th place national french contest, NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction, nothing really major
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Sports. Without a doubt, although I’d say my academics are in the mix with the accepted students, I don’t have a super-strong math/science competition background, and I can’t use my school as an excuse since we qualifed 8 to USAMO and 7 to ISEF last year! Volleyball and possibly student gov’t (senior class officer) probably helped me stand out and potentially contribute to the community at MIT. With that said, I still cannot believe I was admitted to my dream school (and I probably don’t deserve it!). Blessed be Your name when the streams of abundance flow (=
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get in–anyone who applies for MIT definitely has the potential to be successful no matter where one might go for undergraduate education–and be humble in your achievement (though it is amazing) if you’re accepted!</p>
Just not looking forward to the wait lol. Congratulations to all of the people who were accepted! [/ul]</p>