Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

Nike_T · March 14, 2010, 2:08pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2350 (M:800 CR: 760 W: 790) superscore
[]SAT II: Math II: 800 Physics: 800 Chemistry: 770
[]ACT:
[]GPA: about 3.95?
[]Rank:3/420
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:I thought they were pretty good
[]Recs:good
[]Supplementary Material:none
[]Summer Activities:summer work as a camp counselor
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):none[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location:CT
[]High School Type:Public
[]Ethnicity:Asian
[]Gender:Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Swimming captain, Tennis captain, Marching band, piano, a few clubs.
[]Awards: nothing big
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no major science or math awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I did not really deserve it lol, there were way more people that are better qualified than I am that deserve this spot in MIT. Congrats all who made it.[/ul]

cmh_580 · March 14, 2010, 2:08pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: CR 690 M 790 W 800
[]SAT II: Math II 780 USH 780 Physics 670
[]ACT: 35
[]GPA: 4.21 weighted
[]Rank: 13/330
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on USH, 4 on USG&P[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I liked my common app one and my U Chicago the best, and unfortunately MIT didn’t get either of them. 
[]Recs: Not sure
[]Supplementary Material: None
[]Summer Activities: Worked with my dad this past summer
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First gen [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: New Jersey
[]High School Type: Large public (around 1350 kids)
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male (this did me no favors with MIT haha) [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Pretty unimpressive
[]Awards: NMS Commended
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My ECs were pretty lame, my grades were improving but should have been at this level since freshman year, and my interview didn’t help me at all.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’ve been into Chicago for four months already so I don’t really care![/ul]

Djokovic · March 14, 2010, 2:09pm

Rejected (Deferred EA)

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340. Math: 790 Reading: 750 Writing: 800 (Essay 9)
[]SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio M: 780 Physics: 790
[]GPA: 4.0 UW. 4.92 W
[]Rank: 3 out of 548 (Top .54%)
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): [/li]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

[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Supplementary Material: Two supplementary letters of rec from internship mentors Sent in an additional essay about Why MIT.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope… just another ORM

[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Santa Barbara, California
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese). Permanent resident
[]Gender: MALE

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:
*Science Bowl (vice president 2 years),
*Economics Team (2 years),
*FIRST Robotics team (Team 1717)
*Boys Tennis Team (4 years),
*Piano (4+ Years),
*Sustainability club (founder/president),
*Internship in UCSB Economics (summer),
*Internship in EE at UCSB (summer),
*Ping Pong Club
*245 hours of community service at Hospital
Etc.
[]Awards:

Westmont College High School Math Competition Team Winner 2008 and 2009
Capital Markets Contest 2009:: (state) 1st place
California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009:: (State) 1st in California,
National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
Regional Science Bowl 2009 and 2010:: (Regional) 1st place both years
National Science Bowl 2009 and 2010:: (National) Nationals Qualifier for two consecutive years
*FIRST Robotics 2010: (Regional) San Diego Regional Finalist and Motorola Quality Award
National Merit Finalist 2009-2010
Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation: Towbes Foundation Scholar ($7500 merit scholarship)
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
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I got deferred from MIT and Caltech from Early Action, but got into Caltech RD. It’s rough out there, but I think the most important thing is what colleges look for in the essay, which for the applicant can feel like a shot in the dark. The biggest caution is that if you apply EA to any college, be careful cause you cannot change your essays for RD. I’ve learned to move on from MIT long ago because it just wasn’t meant to be. I am looking forward to undergrad at Caltech or maybe Stanford/Princeton if I get in
Also asian male into MIT/ any strong engineering school is brutal.
Congratz to the rest of you.
[/ul]

aisdufhb · March 14, 2010, 2:09pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 1600/2390
[]SAT II: 800, 790, 750
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.0
[]Rank: 1/1000
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 6 5’s [/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Ok
[]Recs: Should’ve been good
[]Supplementary Material: Arts Supplement
[]Summer Activities: Stuff
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: PA
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: 3 Activities (President of 2, VP of 1)
[]Awards: A few State level things, AP National Scholar
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Eh…
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well, MIT wasn’t my top school, the rejection really didn’t feel that bad [/ul]

richaela · March 14, 2010, 2:10pm

[size=+1]Rejected<a href=“deferred%20EA”>/size</a>

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2360
[]SAT II:
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.0
[]Rank: 5/500 ish
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] some
[]Essays: average to below average
[]Recs: alright
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Summer Activities: some
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: USA
[]High School Type: public
[]Ethnicity:
[]Gender:[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: some
[]Awards: some
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t stand out. Most likely wasn’t going to go to MIT anyway. Congrats to those who got in!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

Karottu · March 14, 2010, 2:13pm

Rejected
Stats:[ul]
[]SAT:2210 (680C, 730W, 800M)
[]SAT II:740 MII, 750 Phy, 760 Bio M
[]ACT:-
[]GPA:NA
[]Rank:top decile (School does not rank)
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:Not good enough apparently
[]Recs:Good
[]Supplementary Material:Research Work
[]Summer Activities:Soccer, Traveling, Research
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location:India
[]High School Type:Private
[]Ethnicity:Indian
[]Gender:Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:Leadership, Research, Soccer
[]Awards:Nothing significant
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Essays
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Was one of my top preferences. I am disappointed. I hope other decisions will be positive. [/ul]

augustagurrl · March 14, 2010, 2:13pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 1490/2260
[]SAT II: math I 730, math II 760, lit 730, chem 580 (<– BAD.)
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 3.98/4.39
[]Rank: 1/50
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 on AP tests.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: ehh… they could have been a ton better.
[]Recs: good. really good.
[]Supplementary Material: nope.
[]Summer Activities: working; tutoring my little sister; lots of travel.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): false.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: FL
[]High School Type: catholic
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: F
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: tennis; SGA; Mu Alpha Theta; drama…lots of stuff.
[]Awards: national merit/ap scholar with distinction.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: im not good enough and my SAT (in chem and in general) was not very good. and im really just not a very math/science kind of person.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] nope. congrats to everyone who got in :)

darxsys · March 14, 2010, 2:15pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: TOEFl 100
[]SAT II: 730 Physics, 670 Math II
[]ACT: -
[]GPA: don’t have
[]Rank: don’t have
[]Essays: ok, nothing special
[]Recs: pretty good
[]Supplementary Material: -
[]Summer Activities: some stuff, nothing special
[]Location: Croatia
[]High School Type: Semi private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender:[/ul]Male[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: -
[]Awards:-
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

JmanX27 · March 14, 2010, 2:15pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 610R | 790M | 740W - 2140
[]SAT II: 790MathII | 770Chem| 770USHistory
[]ACT: 31E | 36M | 35R | 34S - 34 Composite
[]GPA: 4.00UW/4.5655W
[]Rank: 1/451
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Great
[]Recs: Great
[]Supplementary Material: Video of trebuchet I built in engineering class, original music I composed, etc.
[]Summer Activities: Engineering Internship, College Classes
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]First-Gen?[ul]
[]Location: Florida
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender:[/ul]Male[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Key Club President, Math Team Founder, Jazz Ensemble I, NatHonSociety, etc.
[]Awards: Several Local.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I’m not Black or Hispanic.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Whatever. Still waiting on HYP and Stanford. Going to UMiami if that fails.[/ul]

christiansoldier · March 14, 2010, 2:16pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400 (800/800/800/12)
Retaken from 2380 (800/800/780/10)
[]SAT II: Physics 800, Biology E 800, Chemistry 800 (Retaken from 790), US History 800, World History 800, Math II 800
[]ACT: 35 twice (36/35/36/33/11 and 35/36/34/36/12)
[]GPA: 4.82 (4.00)
[]Rank: 1/760
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP’s World History 5, Chemistry 5, European History (Independent Study) 5, Human Geography (Independent Study) 5, US History 5, Art History 5, English Language and Composition 5, Calculus AB 5, Physics B 5, Biology 5, Psychology 5, US Government (Independent Study) 5, Environmental Science (Independent Study) 5[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Creativity was about fixing a traffic light. Fun was about being Bear Grylls for Halloween and taking a bite out of everything in sight. They were all pretty decent, and I thought they fit MIT well.
[]Recs: One from my Moot Court coach/English teacher which I am confident is very good. One from my football coach/stats teacher which is probably pretty accurate.
[]Supplementary Material: None
[]Summer Activities: JSA Stanford Summer School, Montezuma Leadership Summit, Community College, Appeals Analyst for State Personnel Board
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: Sacramento, CA
[]High School Type: Large semi-competitive public
[]Ethnicity: White/Asian
[li]Gender: Male[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President, Conservative Party Chairman x2, Chief Justice, Director of Moderating, Regional Senator, Best Speaker x8), Moot Court (Best Speaker x4, Most Valuable Team Member x2, Competition Winner, Competition Second Place), Academic Decathlon (Co-President, a couple dozen medals, came 2nd in county last year and 3rd in the nation this year), Mathletes (1st in County Individual Math, CML High Score in County), Model UN (Head Delegate, Outstanding Delegate x2), Science Olympiad (2nd in county, 3rd in state, individual medals in both)
[]Awards: Enumerated above, also National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t really know. I thought my chances were pretty good.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: No.[/ul]

dude500 · March 14, 2010, 2:16pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2130
[]SAT II: 700Pys, 760MathII
[]ACT:33
[]GPA:3.97
[]Rank: Unknown, top 10 at least
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calculus AB 5, American Lit 4[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good, probably not the best out there
[]Recs: Exceptional I imagine
[]Supplementary Material: Lab report from research
[]Summer Activities: Research, music
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Built a nuclear fusion reactor and am investigating plasma density techniques[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Snoqualmie, WA
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Science Club, Cube Club, Honors Society, Production Club, 2 bands
[]Awards: Nothing spectacular
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because I built a nuclear reactor
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Look ahead, keep your eyes on the prize[/ul]

Anjoola · March 14, 2010, 2:17pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 790 Math 730 CR 800 Writing
[]SAT II: 800 Math 800 Chem 800 Physics
[]GPA: 3.97
[]Rank: Top 5%
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 AIME, 102 AMC12, 5’s on AP Physics B, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: good
[]Recs: never saw them
[]Supplementary Material: website, engineering project
[]Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: California
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: CSF, Math and Science, Physics and Astronomy, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica
[]Awards: none really…
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: low GPA?
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

darkblademaster · March 14, 2010, 2:18pm

Rejected

(Disclaimer: Shortened responses for privacy. In reality I had more extracurriculars, activities, etc.)

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 1600/2350
[]SAT II: 800/800
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.0 UW
[]Rank: 1
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):5 APs: 5; taking 5 more.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: great (or so says my counselor)
[]Recs: great
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Summer Activities: volunteer stuff, summer programs, etc.
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: East Coast
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: F[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: committed president of several clubs for 4 years, community leadership positions, etc.
[]Awards: school awards, AMC regional award, some regional math awards
[]Why you think you were rejected: applied for financial aid, many applicants just like me, not a US citizen, &c &c
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Hm, I had thought I had put how much I (genuinely) loved MIT in my application, and how much I would fit at MIT (based on the guidelines specified on the site). I guess it wasn’t enough, it didn’t go through, or something was wrong. Now I’m recovering from the shock of the rejection from my absolute top choice–and life moves on. I haven’t been accepted at any of my 14 colleges yet except for one (a backup) that I can’t see myself going to. We’ll see what fortunes the end of March brings.

heinochus · March 14, 2010, 2:18pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 1560/2330
[]SAT II: Math II 770, Physics 790, US History 790
[]ACT: n/a
[]GPA: not sure
[]Rank: 4/~250
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US History, Physics B, Lit and Comp, World History - 5; Comp Sci A - 4[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good, I thought!
[]Recs: Perhaps not as good!
[]Supplementary Material: n/a
[]Summer Activities: Travel, reading, volunteering
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[]Location: TX
[]High School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: Indian
[]Gender: M[/ul]
Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Piano, Latin Club head
[]Awards: NMSF, etc.; various Latin awards
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No real math/science EC’s
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: First choice, but I did a close approximation of my best![/ul]

Joc2014 · March 14, 2010, 2:18pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2380 - 800 (Math), 800 (writing), 780 (CR)
[]SAT II: 800 (MathII), 790 (Chem), 780 (Physics)
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 4.5
[]Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 5%
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):4 in US History, 5s in US Gov, BC Calc, Chem, currently taking English Lit, Physics, Environmental Science [/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I think they were pretty good - the creativity one was about building a bike-powered generator - wrote about my passion for the environment and my interest in environmental science and conservation
[]Recs: good - one from math teacher I’ve had for 3 years, one from English teacher who loved me, my counselor also really liked me
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Summer Activities: volunteering, mentorship in Boston with a judge
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): my brother is a senior there, my dad went there, I’ve been in contact with the tennis coach [/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Richmond, VA
[]High School Type: magnet public school - rated one of the top 16 public schools in US by Newsweek
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: female [/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Environment club (pres), Science Nat Honor Society (pres), Outdoors Club (vice-pres), Key Club, Mu Alpha Theta, English Nat Honor Society, Nat Honor Society, Global Citizens Corps, Model Judiciary
[]Awards: Caltech Junior Book Award, Lexus Leadership award, Nat Merit Finalist, We The People state champs, some other stuff
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: white female interested in math and science, sibling legacy, extracurricular involvement, athlete
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] congrats to all accepted!!! hope to see you at CPW! to all others, good luck with your other college decisions.

Samir · March 14, 2010, 2:19pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: CR 610 M 770 W 680 (2060)
[]SAT II: Math2 780, Physics 800
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 3.88
[]Rank:1/50
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I think they were ok
[]Recs: Excellent
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Summer Activities: Camp for olympiad winners
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: AZERBAIJAN
[]High School Type: Public, Considered the best in my country
[]Ethnicity: Azeri, Caucasian
[]Gender:[/ul]** Male **[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: a lot of things, including presidency of class and Small Academy organisation
[]Awards: National Physics olympiad, regional math olympiad, Competitions.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]

CanaryK · March 14, 2010, 2:19pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 800 CR, 800 M, 740 W, 9 essay (2340 total)
[]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 790 Bio
[]ACT: 35 cumulative, 8 essay, all the section scores were around 35, best was 36 science
[]GPA: 4.0 unweighted (not anymore hahaaa), 4.8 weighted
[]Rank: 16/450ish? (I think the rank on the midyear report was a little higher)
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP’s, Chemistry (5) Calc BC (5) Latin Lit (4). I only took three, but this is somewhat normal at my school, and I’m taking 5 this year.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I’m not sure… I’m not usually the best essay writer (as you can tell from my test scores haha), but I liked these. I was worried that I might’ve sounded too nerdy on my essays (Caltech was the only school where I was honest about my geekiness ahaha), since I though maybe Caltech didn’t want any more nerds, but I guess it all turned out alright.
[]Recs: Didn’t see them, I’m guessing they were good but nothing special.
Counselor Rec: Same; good but nothing special. My counselor really liked me, she just didn’t know me very well.
[]Supplementary Material: one recommendation letter from a summer research mentor. I think it should’ve been pretty good. At least proof that I’m adequate in a lab.
[]Summer Activities: Organized a casserole bake-off for Meals on Wheels, organized a series of food sales for the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake, NSLC (residential leadership conference), genetics research on polyploidy in angiosperms using Mimulus as a model, volunteer camp counselor at NC Botanical Garden, volunteer with the radiation oncology department at Duke
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: North Carolina
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Debate (class captain), Science Club <a href=“president”>all the science competitions the school participates in, grouped in one club</a>, Science Olympiad (varsity captain), Science Days service club (founder+president), SkillsUSA (vice president), Octagon service club (President, Vice for the past 2 years), National Honor Society, Peer Tutoring. 250+ service hours, if that counts for anything… it actually is probably a whole lot been more than that; I stopped filing the service learning forms after a while.
[]Awards: Uhm, a fair number, for science competitions, debate, Latin. Nothing too prestigious though, they were on the state/regional level, with the exception of a few national circuit debate awards.
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Yuck. I really wanted MIT over Caltech, but I’m not too crushed b/c the Caltech buzz hasn’t worn off yet hahaaa. And I wasn’t really expecting to get in anyway. Plus it seems that I am in good company as a reject. Those of you who got in, Y’ALL BETTER BE FREAKING AMAZING. Just kidding; congrats! :)[/ul]

baolong26_12 · March 14, 2010, 2:21pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2090
[]SAT II: Math I 800, Math II 780, Chem 760
[]ACT: none
[]GPA: 8.4/10.0
[]Rank: top 10%
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: good, I think
[]Recs: highly appreciated by my teachers
[]Supplementary Material: none
[]Summer Activities: part-time job
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Vietnam
[]High School Type: Nationally accredited
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male
[]Extracurriculars: Community services, youth-oriented (in short)
[]Awards: none
[]Why you think you were rejected: I’m just not good enough
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?[/ul]

fwong · March 14, 2010, 2:21pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2320 (720CR, 800M, 800W)
[]SAT II: 800 Mathematics Level II, 720 Chemistry, 720 Japanese
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 3.99/4.0
[]Rank: 1/392
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus BC 5, AP Statistics 5, AP Chemistry 5, AP US History 4[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: I tried my best; an autobiography and a statement of purpose.
[]Recs: Sent in 5, two additional ones from a mathematics mentor and a mathematics professor. All were stellar.
[]Supplementary Material: Term Paper for Classical Geometry course on the Poincare Half-Plane of Hyperbolic Geometry, many updates, etc.
[]Summer Activities: Study abroad in Japan, 600 volunteer hours, many college mathematics courses (from DiffEq to Convex Analysis), many more to follow!
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First-generation; HS junior graduating early (after 3 semesters worth of college courses!)[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: MA
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[]Gender: XY[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, Cultural Awareness Club, Math Team, National Art Honor Society, Rocketry Team, Science Bowl Team, Tennis Team (leadership positions in all); studies and undergraduate courses in mathematics, studies in foreign languages (Chinese, Japanese, French), Volunteer teaching at Chinese school, etc.
[]Awards: National History Day Competition State 1st Place, Excellence in French, MA Federation Art Contest 1st Place, National Kikkoman Scholarship, QB College Match Finalist, etc.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Some things just cannot be explained!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Everybody, just do your best. Ganbarou ne![/ul]

dreaming12 · March 14, 2010, 2:24pm

Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2160 (700 CR 770 Math 700W)
[]SAT II: 800 math II, 770 physics, 760 math I
[]ACT:
[]GPA: 96/100 senior year
[]Rank: top 10%, actually top 5/160
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AB Calculus 5, AP Stats 5, mediocre AMC scores, taking AP Microeconomics, macroeconomics, physics c mechanics, physics b, english lit, chemistry, calculus BC[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:thought they were good…
[]Recs: My school doesnt let me read them but they both liked me
[]Supplementary Material: sent in one extra reference that was apparently amazing from a rugby coach
[]Summer Activities: full time summer camp job last summer, rugby, travel
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul] I would have been recruited if ice hockey was still a varsity sport…
[]Location: toronto (I am an american citizen though)
[]High School Type: private
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male[/ul]** Other**[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: rugby and hockey through high school at high levels, created service placement, awarded twice by school for service commitment, deck captain in residence, guitar player
[]Awards: national merit commended, some small math contest awards, various sport-related awards (provincial finalist in hockey and rugby)
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not enough academic awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] All I can say is that in Canada the only criteria for university admission is your top six grade twelve marks, so I was never focused on doing the other things that kids in America do to get into universities. I did what I enjoyed, and now I am excelling in academics more then ever. My best advice for my fellow rejectees is to use this as motivation; I am going to make sure MIT is sorry they rejected me. I am going to print off that rejection letter and pin it over my desk right now.

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