Consolidated EA/RD 2015 results thread

FluterMIT · December 16, 2010, 9:47pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 740 reading, 750 writing
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):36 math, 36 English, 31 reading, 35 science
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2
[] AP (place score in parentheses):CalcAB 5, World History 5, USHistory 4, Chemistry 5, Eng Language 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap gov, calc bc, eng lit, bio
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Band (section leader, drum major), Debate/Forensics (qualified to nats 5 times), President of Youth Advisory Council, etc…
[] Job/Work Experience:Math tutor at my high school
[li] Volunteer/Community service:tons[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: hanging with friends, 6[/li][] Department at MIT: math, 5
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: about my leadership in youth advisory council, 7
[] World You Come From: about my small town’s may day parade, 9
[] Significant Challenge: rejected from a scholarship to go to spain two summers ago, 7
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 3 year math teacher, good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: ap world history teacher, good
[] Counselor Rec: know me well, good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Good, it was at his house, we talked for about 45 minutes
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/27
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Smallish in small town
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: $150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m not just a math robot, I do debate/forensics, band, etc… obviously not enough…[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses: My test scores are high but not amazing, not too many national/international awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a white male without much to distinguish me from the other applicants. I worked pretty hard on the application; MIT is my first choice.
[] What would you have done differently?: Submitted an art supplement, told teachers to submit MIT-specific recs, submitted extra recommendations, sold my soul[/ul]

**Other Factors: Both my parents went to college if that hurts me. **
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Crud. Congrats to everyone else, but now I have to figure out what I can do to enhance my application for RD. Good luck to everyone else!

laladidum · December 16, 2010, 9:51pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M 720 CR 800 W 2290
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2290(one sitting)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 770 US History, 710 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.92
[] Weighted GPA: No clue, around 4.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10%(school doesn’t use weighted gpa)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: Calc AB, Calc BC, AP Euro, APUSH 4: Bio, Chem, Spanish
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Economics, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Government,
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think 4(all deferred/rejected)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar With Distinction, a ton of MUN Awards, FBLA Awards, Award for getting the highest grade at engineering program, MVP for Tennis[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FBLA: Mountain Plains Region Board Member, Region(around 1700 members) Vice President, Chapter President; Youth Philanthropy Worldwide:Founder and Co-President; Model UN-President; Tennis, Cross Country, Finance Club Vice President, Major Internship at Insurance Center 
[] Job/Work Experience:Piano & Math Tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer at hospital; over 100 hours; A lot of community service stuff via my clubs[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] I liked them; one of them I was a bit ehh about, but it was some of my good work
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Talked about my summer program and all the amazing moments
[] Department at MIT: Talked about how I want to major in Management
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Didn’t have this question
[] World You Come From: Talked about me living in foreign countries, as well as how my activities have influenced me
[] Significant Challenge: Getting closer to my own sense of perfection even if it doesn’t mean winning
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Should be good–he loves me[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Should be good too, but probably more generic
[] Counselor Rec: He loves me
[] Additional Rec: Got 1 from my research mentor–amazing, the other one from my adviser–also really good
[] Interview:
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Like right before the deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Around 200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Legacy

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My activities–toward a very business major, my personality definitely shined, not the typical “asian” application
[] Weaknesses: not hardcore science enough; sat 2 scores could be higher
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not good enough? Sigh…
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] worked harder and gotten better grades.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congrats to everyone! I guess I’ll be waiting for RD Decisions :)

20more · December 16, 2010, 9:51pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2380 (Single sitting) 800CR 780M 800W (12)
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (Single sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 800 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Weighted GPA:NA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
[] AP (place score in parentheses):NA
[] IB (place score in parentheses):NA
[li] Senior Year Course Load:Very Challenging[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Elite
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:IDK
[] What would you have done differently?:Nothing[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Expected

pkempf · December 16, 2010, 9:55pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800, 770, 770)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2340, see above
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36, 35, 34, 35) - not submitted. Might have done me in
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (36, 36, 34, 35)
[] SAT II: 800 physics, 790 chem, 780 math 2, 760 lit, 670 german
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Weighted GPA: 4.80
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 8 tests - 5 5s, 3 4s
[] IB (place score in parentheses): German SL - 6, Chem SL - 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: heavy
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots of band (drumline section leader), strolling strings, NHS (webmaster), Tri-M, Science Olympiad (captain), pit orchestra, symphonic band, a cappella choir, liberal union, DECA, chess
[] Job/Work Experience: –
[li] Volunteer/Community service: middle school drumline assistant, middle school science olympiad coach, SLU campus kitchen[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): were mediocre. This was probably what did it
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[li] Interview: thought it went okay[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white (irish, german)
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 80k-ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): intensive summer research program[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: AP tests, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: essays, Math 2 subject test
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: didn’t submit ACT scores, essays were only just okay, I’m not unusual
[] What would you have done differently?: spent more time on the essays, submitted my ACT score, maybe done a music supplement[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Bleh. This sucks. I can’t say I didn’t expect it, but it still feels like a kick to the gut. I guess I’ll just wait till march…

sylvanna · December 16, 2010, 10:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200// 720M, 730CR, 750W
[] ACT (breakdown): 35// 35M, 35R, 35E, 33S, 31W
[] SAT II: Bio-M 780, Math 2 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10/~400 (school reported it as 1st decile)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World History (5), US History (5), Chem (4), European History (5), Lang (5), Calc BC (5), Physics C: E&M (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Stats, AP Japanese, AP Government, AP Computer Science
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended, Columbia Science Honors Program, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award- 1st place nonfiction article, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 2 varsity sports (7 letters total, 1 captain, 1 coach’s award, 1 MVP), National Honor Society (VP), Mu Alpha Theta (president), school science magazine (editor-in-chief), math league (VP), school math magazine (assistant editor-in-chief)
[] Volunteer/Community service: TA at Chinese School (head TA), peer tutor, Amensty International[/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: writing (NaNoWriMo), ultimate frisbee, chilling with friends. not the best essay but very honest (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: computer science- pretty generic (6)
[] Trait you’re most proud of: open-mindedness. a kinda risky essay, but again really honest (8)
[] World You Come From: how piano taught me to live without regrets (8)
[] Significant Challenge: overcoming difficulties in my volunteer work (7)[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics, great[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Japanese, excellent
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Interview: for my first college interview ever, it was pretty good but nothing exceptional.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: public, ~1600 students, sent ~5 to Ivies last year
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: well-rounded and, not to be sexist but being female probably helped.
[] Weaknesses: could have edited essays more, some of my grades weren’t great
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I didn’t have everything perfect, but I had enough of everything to make up for it. well-rounded.
[] What would you have done differently?: gotten better grades in chem/physics, started application sooner, gotten more people to review my essays[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

peab2011 · December 16, 2010, 10:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M:800 CR:730 W:790
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): M:800 CR:730 W:790
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 780 Math 2, 760 Physics, 750 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 90.4/100
[] Weighted GPA: none
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Computer Science A, BC Calc, English Lit, English Lang, US History, Physics B: 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calc, senior english, ap chem, advanced computer science, technical theater, independent study on utopias/dystopias
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3? at least one other got in
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended student, AP Scholar with Distinction [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Technical Theater, Ice Hockey, Woman’s Rights, Dorm Proctor, Head Tour Guide, some more
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at MIT, Camp Counselor, Techie at local Theater
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at local school, woman’s shelter[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): 7[list] essays were good. not mindblowing, but not terrible
[] What You Do For Pleasure: 7 Reading- i like to read…
[] Department at MIT: 10 ChemE- talked about already working in a ChemE lab at MIT
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 6 curiosity- talked about people watching
[] World You Come From: 9 Scottish- talked about heritage
[] Significant Challenge: 8 concussion- talked about concussion junior year
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9- science teacher i’m close with[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9- english teacher who told me her rec was AWESOME
[] Counselor Rec: 9- doesn’t know me well but the college office here is awesome
[] Additional Rec:10- letter from professor at MIT
[] Interview:7- went well but not spectacularly
[] Art Supplement: was going to send one regular, but now i don’t have to!![/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/15
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): letter of recommendation from MIT professor[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: uniqueness (female, raised in UK but American citizenship, unusual combination of interests), letter from professor
[] Weaknesses: interview? i was worried about junior grades too
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see strengths
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing i suppose [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: WOW I CAN’T BELIEVE I GOT IN! I will be attending MIT next year. Good luck to everyone applying RD!!! **

guezmike · December 16, 2010, 10:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (630 CR, 780 M, 610 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):31COmposite (36M, 26E, 30R, 31S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:780 M2, 780 M1, 700 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.733
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology(5), Environmental(5), Calculus AB (5), Spanish Language (5), Chemistry (4), Statistics (4), English language(3), US history (3), European History (3), World History (30
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: i dont think theres anyone else.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] idk…[/li]
I odnt want to write anymore! im soooooooooooo happy!!! wow! AMAZING FEELING!

Bfaviero · December 16, 2010, 10:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2180</li>
<li>SAT II: 710 in Math II and 770 Physics</li>
<li>AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in US History, Art History, AP Biology, Environmental Science, Calculus AB, Psychology, Statistics 4 in Physics B, World History, English Language and Composition</li>
<li>Number of other EA applicants in your school: To MIT? 2</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semifinalist, Science Olympiad National Competitor, AICE Diploma, Highest AICE Marine Science score in US</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country Assistant Coach/State Team Competitor, Science Olympiad 1st in regional two years in a row/2nd in state 2010/6th in State 2010/National Competitor, Track and Field, Founder of Programming, Calculus, and Physics Club; Founder of Frisbee Club; Member of International Thespian Society; Membet of National Honors Society
Job/Work Experience: Referee, After School Counselor
Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours in school and city theater, local television station, local elementary school, various occasional volunteering stints

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):

<ul>
<li>Teacher Recommendation #1: 10</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation #2: 10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Yes</li>
<li>Additional Rec: no</li>
<li>Interview: Yes (Went very well)</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>Date Submitted App: 11/01</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): -Florida</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: -Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: -Male</li>
</ul>

good luck to everyone who is accepted. you deserve it!!

ddiegogc · December 16, 2010, 10:02pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2190: M-780, CR-690, W-720
[] SAT II: Math II - 720, Physics - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5th Percentile (71 in graduating class)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, Oceanography, Research, Naval Science, English IV
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Hispanic Merit? National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (President), Boy Scout (Eagle Scout), NJROTC (c/LCDR)
[] Job/Work Experience: Pizza Delivery
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Through Key Club and Boy Scouts[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8[/li][] Department at MIT: 9
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: N/A
[] World You Come From: 9
[] Significant Challenge: 10
[] Other:[/ul] MITES 2010
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7
[] Counselor Rec: 9
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: 8
[] Supplement:[/list] Science supplement on marine research.

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 31st
[] State (if domestic applicant):New Jersey
[] School Type: Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >55,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First generation[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: MITES 2010
[] Weaknesses: Weak SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I feel like they cared less about what I had done and more about what I could do.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Tried harder on SATs.

SATdestroyer · December 16, 2010, 10:03pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 (CR), 780 (M), 800 (W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):same as above
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):N/A
[] SAT II:780 (Math 2), 770 (Biology E), 710 (Physics), 720 (Chemistry), 700 (Literature)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.87
[] Weighted GPA:5.25
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):at old school, 20/598
[] AP (place score in parentheses):not reported
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:(All are dual enrollment) Calculus 2, Calculus Based Physics, World Literature, Ancient Philosophy, American History, Voice Lessons, Political Science, Multivariable Calculus.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:About 20 to 30
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 1 rating at UIL State Voice (2 years in a row), 12th chair All-Region Choir[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (4 years, section leader, varsity), Youth Chorus <of metroplex=“”>, Newspaper (2 years, Editor in Chief and Treasurer), Volunteering (3 years,about 120 hours?, was a committee head for library volunteering), Piano (8.5 years), <my city=“”> Tamil Learning Center (2 years, emcee for a Talent Show), Teen Court (1 yearAssociate Attorney), Tutoring in Math
[</my></of>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Materials Science Lab, Internship at local newspaper
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 120 hours ish[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] 
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:I wrote about jigsaw puzzles and how my grandma and brother, and I enjoy solving them[/li][] Department at MIT:Biomedical Engineering
[] Unique Quality: happiness in the face of conflict
[] World You Come From: I talked about my journalism experience among math and science students
[] Significant Challenge: Music Theory at a very hard music college
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math professor, he speaks highly of me to the juniors, so I’m assuming great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Philosophy professor, I only knew him for a couple of weeks when I asked him. So I started participating more in class to make up for it.
[] Counselor Rec:she doesn’t know me that well, so I don’t know
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: it went well, he was nice
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Yes, but I turned it in late, thinking it might be useful for RD

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 12
[] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public math and science magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket:180K +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none, psh

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, Journalism, Passion for music
[] Weaknesses:No major awards in Math and Science, sorry I couldn’t cure cancer, MIT
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: honestly, I don’t know. I thought I would get deferred.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] nothing. I’m still me. Atleast I applied. Thank you. It was fun :)

Other Factors: none
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good luck to regular application candidates and future MIT hopefuls!!! Can’t wait to hear back from other 11 schools ;)

Queen19 · December 16, 2010, 10:04pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 730M 800W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same
[] ACT (breakdown): 35R 36W 35M 35S
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): same
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 700 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.991
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (5), Chemistry (5), APUSH (5), US Gov (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 5 AP, Humanities (2 hour college-style class–lecture and seminar), Statistics AP, Biology AP, Physics C: Mechanics AP
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: unknown…at least one other
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):U.S. Rowing Scholastic Honor Roll, AP Scholar with Honor[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Piano; Rowing/Crew; Cooking; Book Club (co-founder and VP)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service:National Honor Society, Key Club, Church volunteer work, service trips to the Grand Canyon and the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.[/ul] [/li]
Writing:
Essays:[ul]
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Cooking: I wrote about how I love to make up my own recipes.
[] Department at MIT: CHEMISTRY!!!
[] World You Come From: I wrote about my family and our unique set of values–including all of the strange projects we do together, specifically the time when we fixed a leak in our basement by basically digging up our house. 
[] Significant Challenge: I wrote about the time that I broke my ankle…on the first day of summer. 
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Calc BC teacher–I never saw the letter but he is very nice.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 11th grade English teacher–again, I never saw the letter, but she was very enthusiastic about writing it for me.
[] Counselor Rec: My class size is about 550 so she has a lot of them to write, but she is very nice and tries to include as many complimentary details as possible.
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: A little bit awkward at the beginning, but it got less and less so throughout the interview. By the end we conversing freely and she told me that she thought I would fit in really well at MIT, which I took to be a good sign.[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Mid-October–about the 13th
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Large Public School, 2000+ students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 200,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):recruited rower
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I don’t know
[] Weaknesses: I don’t know
[] Why you think you were accepted: I honestly don’t know. Who knows what influences the admissions process. 
[] What would you have done differently?:Nothing really…
[/ul]
Other Factors:[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[/ul] I’m so excited. I always hoped to be accepted, but never really thought that it would happen. It’s unbelievable :)

saints2009 · December 16, 2010, 10:06pm

Pick one:

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 730 CR, 710 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[] ACT (breakdown):nope
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): nope
[] SAT II: 800 math level 2, 720 chem, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Weighted GPA:4.14
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US Gov (5), Chem (5), US History (5), English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Bio
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: nope
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Semifinalist, Phi Beta Kappa [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Boy Scouts (LOTS and LOTS of involvement, hiking records, LOTS of leadership), Trumpet (some significant awards), Varsity Tennis, Piano, Founding some Unique Clubs
[] Job/Work Experience:nope
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] mostly through Boy Scouts[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):<a href=“8.5%20for%20all%20of%20them”>list</a>
[] What You Do For Pleasure: food eating
[] Department at MIT:business
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: don’t remember
[] World You Come From: strong
[] Significant Challenge: freezing in Philmont
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:I think it was Great![/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2:really strong
[] Counselor Rec:should have been really strong
[] Additional Rec:nope
[] Interview:The guy really liked me!
[] Art Supplement:[/list]nope

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/27 ish
[] State (if domestic applicant):GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:private
[] Ethnicity:mixed Hispanic (Spain) and Asian (Philippines)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: don’t wanna disclose that
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] half-URM

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: personality, essays, Boy Scout stuff, GPA
[] Weaknesses: maybe my science SAT II, no extremely out of this world prestigious awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: It’s MIT early action. It’s such a crapshoot.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I dunno.

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:**I expected this entirely.

XRCatD · December 16, 2010, 10:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR 800 Math 790 Writing)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2390 (same)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Chem 790 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Weighted GPA: 4.52
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics C Mech (5), Physics C E+M (5), Statistics (5), Calc BC (5), Comp Sci A (5), English Lang (4), US History (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), Chemistry (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: french, orchestra, phys ed, AP Lit, Analysis at a nearby private university
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: like 10
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Physics team, USAMO, USACO Gold, USABO semifinalist, Science Olympiad national medalist[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Club (VP), Science Olympiad (President), Science Bowl, Cross Country, Evangelizing
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: nature camp at local nature preserve[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Trap + Skeet, 7[/li][] Department at MIT: Comp Sci, 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: openness, 7
[] World You Come From: described everything, 3
[] Significant Challenge: straight B’s in English, 4
[] Other: described interest in Physics, 5[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: from scioly coach; haven’t seen it, expect to be strong
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: i got 4 recs total; haven’t seen it, expect to show I’m an active learner
[] Counselor Rec: probably general
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: talked the biggest thing first, before ice was broken, so a bit awkward at first. but got slightly better near middle.
[] Supplement: Research abstract[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
[] School Type: medium Public School (~2000)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: no idea
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique essays
[] Weaknesses: weak interviews
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my awards and my evident openness/interest in comp sci/physics
[] What would you have done differently?: more relaxed interview[/ul]

Other Factors: Homecoming King
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I am so happy, so far I found out that 4 people were accepted from my school EA! I pledged to bake 5 cookies per person accepted at my school… so that’s quite a few cookies.

twazie · December 16, 2010, 10:10pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2210 (800M, 690 CR, 720 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank.
AP (place score in parentheses): English Lang. (4), APUSH (4), Chem (4), Macro (4), Micro (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, Physics Accel, Gym, Free, Free, AP Spanish, Big Brother/Big Sister
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country, Track (Varsity Captain), President of Club, Internship on New York Stock Exchange, Work a lot
Job/Work Experience: Work in retail, summers on NYSE
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, 350+ hours

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects): 8
What You Do For Pleasure: Debate (8)
Department at MIT: Economics (8)
What You Do That’s Creative?: Chill (3)
World You Come From: New York (10)
Significant Challenge: Common App shortened(10)
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read but should be great
Teacher Recommendation #2: Same as other one
Counselor Rec: She told me it was amazing
Additional Rec: Brokerage President
Interview: It went really well
Art Supplement:

Other
Date Submitted App:11/31
State (if domestic applicant):New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian, African
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:120,000-150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, athlete

Reflection
Strengths: Athletics, essays
Weaknesses: Lack of major awards and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really loved MIT and all of my stats backed it up
What would you have done differently?: Spend some more time on my essays

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who was accepted!

Selena731 · December 16, 2010, 10:18pm

Pick one:

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2000. CR: *gulps 540 M: 800 W: 660
[] ACT (breakdown): –
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): –
[] SAT II: Math: 770, Physics 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/~978 = 3%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): WorldHis (4) APUSH (4) Calc BC (5) AB sub (5) Physics C mech (self study) (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Stat, Computer Science
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sigma Xi '08 1st Place Interdisciplinary Research? [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President and Founder of FIRST Robotics Team and other mathy and sciency thingies
[] Job/Work Experience: Receptionist/Accountant @ a engineering-based company
[li] Volunteer/Community service: just tutor people in school[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):9. i believe i showed who i am :)[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: sort/pair socks (you’d be surprised…)[/li][] Department at MIT: AI Lab!!
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: i find myself always looking for easier ways to do anything
[] World You Come From: wrote about how my school lacks STEM and how being able to organize a robotics team in such a school gave me confidence…
[] Significant Challenge: first experiences in programming
[] Other: wrote about the country I came from and how America’s society inspired me[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9 Pretty great one, from calc BC teacher who knows me personally; backed nearly everything in my essays up
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 5 From english teacher, good but pretty cliche, imo.
[] Counselor Rec: did not see but she said she wrote me “the most horrible letter she has ever written”
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went good, but I kinda lost myself a bit…
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Same day, ~4 hours prior
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: (veeeery) large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 40-60?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not sure if females are still considered a minority in engineering…[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Grades
[] Weaknesses: SATs, SATs, SATs, SATs…
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: *refer to previous “SATs, SATs, SATs, SATs”…
[li] What would you have done differently?: should have taken TOEFL =[/ul][/li]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: kinda happy i didn’t get rejected. really thought my CR would throw me off but I believe I’ve got lots to show MIT. gotta keep going!

Anonymous1993 · December 16, 2010, 10:19pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): This is all they look at so… E:31 M:34 R:32 S:32
[] SAT II: Chemistry:740, U.S. History: 780, Math:710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84 (Major upward trend)
[] Weighted GPA: 4.72
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/420
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 3,4,5,5,3,4,4
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Chemistry 2 Dual Enrollment Class
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Tennis (Captain), a few other things
[] Job/Work Experience: My own business
[li] Volunteer/Community service: March of Dimes, My own charity, a tennis mentorship program, NHS (President), and some other activities[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: I thought it was okay. It was about playing guitar. (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: I really like my essay. I wrote about Economics. (10)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I thought it was pretty good. (10)
[] World You Come From: Okay. I wrote about the town I live in. (8)
[] Significant Challenge: Pretty good. I wrote about a class I took in 10th grade. (9)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher- He knew me very well, but he just copied and pasted a lot of my resume.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History Teacher- Did not see, but I did really well in the class and we often discussed history outside of school.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went really well. It lasted an hour and a half. I really like the interviewer.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/1
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public; sends some students to top schools
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ]
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extra Curricular activities, well rounded, essays, weighted GPA
[] Weaknesses: No Hook, ACT,
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: They may have not been 100% sure that I was the best fit.
[] What would you have done differently?: Studied for ACT more[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I am somewhat sad, but I am not surprised.

YobKrap · December 16, 2010, 10:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (Critical Reading 800, Math 800, Writing 700)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): one seat
[] ACT (breakdown): 36(English 36, Math 36, Reading 36, Science 36, Essay 8)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): one seat
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, both one seat
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA: 4.62
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1.2%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Junior: US History (5) Chemistry (5) Physics C Mechanics (5) Statistics (5), Sophomore: English Language (5) Calculus BC (5), Computer Science A (5) World History (4), Freshman: Human Geography (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Advanced Calculus II, AP Physics C-Emag, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Government/Politics:U.S., AP Microeconomics
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 6+
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, Grand Award at State Science Fair, USAMO 2x, USAMO 22, First place at State Varsity Math Competition, ARML State Top Scorer
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team (Captain), Science Olympiad Club (President), Computer Science Club (President), State ARML, Robotics (Founding Member, Programming Director), Community Outreach Club, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring Math, AP Computer and AP Physics, Nursing Home Visit, total over 300 hours [/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): I am not good at writing, but showed passion on math and science
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Programming Simulation
[] Department at MIT: Math & Computer
[] World You Come From: My middle school years and current environment
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t see
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: 1+ hours, reasonably good[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Math Competition + Science Research + Leadership at Math Team, Science Club and Computer Science Club
[] Weaknesses: Absolutely nothing outside math and science
[/ul]

[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Wish a good luck at RD![/ul]

HitMan · December 16, 2010, 10:28pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 800 CR 750 M 730 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 800 CR 750 M 730 W
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 math, 35 English, 36 Reading, 35 Science, 9 Essay)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 (36 math, 35 English, 36 Reading, 35 Science, 9 Essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History, 700 French Reading only
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not ranked
[li] AP (place score in parentheses): 6 5’s[/li]5 AP Physics B
5 AP Calc BC
5 AP Chemistry
5 AP Biology
5 APUSH
5 AP Euro

[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, Honors Neuroscience, Economics, Multivariable Calculus at local university
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics team (11, 12): Pretty successful team.
College robotics (11, 12): A robotics team that competes at an annual robotics challenge (think DARPA Grad challenge). Really awesome.
Swimming (9,10,11,12): Pretty much a fail hahaha >.<
Technical Theater (9,10,11,12): Part class part EC. Design the sets for all the school productions.
[] Job/Work Experience:
Research (12): Did paid (I <3 the stimulus bill!!) research at local university over the summer full time. Pretty successful.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Only mentioned a community service project I run annually and being a part of an official club at my school that runs all community service on campus. [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Building a bench (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: Course VI of course (6)
[] Personality: My sense of humor (with puns) (5)
[] World You Come From: Me being an immigrant from an unnamed country (6)
[] Significant Challenge: Not getting a robotics internship last summer (7)
[] Other: Submitted abstract of my research[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Also awesome 10
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing 10
[] Additional Rec: Late… -_-
[] Interview: I think went well 8
[] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/1/10
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Private 113/class
[] Ethnicity: White 
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being awesome (I wish lol)[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Numbers, some interesting ECs I think
[] Weaknesses: Essays probably could have been better, didn’t do much in 9th and 10th grade, not many leadership positions
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred because I had the stats but not the “Amazingly Awesome EA Acceptance Halo”
[] What would you have done differently?:

Put more time into essays
Structured my EC’s from 9th and 10th grade differently
Hacked the MIT campus before I had even got accepted [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
First, I’m super excited for all those who got accepted! Maybe I’ll join you in March!

No matter how much the head tried to convince the heart, I still had hope. I’m not surprised but it still hurts.**

m123456m · December 16, 2010, 10:29pm

Pick one:

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio M, 780 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (97 out of 100)
[] Weighted GPA: no idea
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: calc, chem, physics, lit. Others: two languages, band
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Lots of science fair stuff, presented science project at national convention, national merit semifinalist, lots of honor societies/school awards, etc

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team (captain), Academic Decathlon (captain), band, track
[] Job/Work Experience: paid summer research internship
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] 600 hours at hospital, other places as well[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): I took them at their word and didn’t write about anything spectacular.
[] What You Do For Pleasure: I wrote about parodying songs
[] Department at MIT: Bio
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I don’t remember this essay!
[] World You Come From: family?
[] Significant Challenge: going to high school a year early
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: is this the science one? very good, kind of a laundry list of achievements, but not very personal[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: very affectionate
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec: research mentor, stellar
[] Interview: amazing!!! seriously one of the top 5 conversations I’ve had in my life…it was 3 hours long
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: don’t remember? the beginning of october
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: catholic, not at all competitive academically
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Why does this matter? I didn’t write this on my app…
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] I am hookless!

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, grades, interview, research
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I know this was really cocky of me, but I was reeeeeally hoping I’d be accepted cuz I got into Caltech, and I thought MIT cared a lot about scores/grades/science stuff and not about ECs. So I guess I just wasn’t good enough! Still really hoping for RD.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] become a professional penguin-wrangler…honestly, I feel like I presented myself as well as I could. Probably got my hopes up less! :)

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: congrats to the admits, e-cookies to those who were rejected, and good luck to people who were deferred!

kumes123 · December 16, 2010, 11:02pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): did not take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 31C, 33E, 34M, 30R, 29S
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 670 Physics, 670 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Weighted GPA: 4.59/ (highest possible ~5)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/650
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), Physics B (4), Stats (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Thych, BC Calc, Sociology, Chinese 4H, Music class, AP Lit, AP Physics C
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3 solid applicants
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] JKB<- (google it)

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Football (grade 9 and 10), XC (11 and 12; co-captain), Swimming (4yr), Track + Field (4yr), NHS, Chinese Club (VP), Math Team, Science Olympiad, Cycling Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Guitar Instructor, Swim Instructor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] peer tutor[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):
hard to judge my own essays. I just wrote honestly about myself like they said to.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: how can I judge these either?
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: ^^
[] Counselor Rec: no ideazzz
[] Interview: fun, every interview should be like this
[] Art Supplement:[/ul] sent in youtube vids of myself

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/1
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
my life is a hook
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: everything
[] Weaknesses: nothing
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: it was meant to be
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] nothing[/li]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: MIT FTW! Congrats to all. "even at your worst you are still incredible’ - anon

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