Consolidated EA/RD 2015 results thread

ayantu · December 16, 2010, 11:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730M/670CR/630W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2030
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: Bio 670, Math 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (97/100)
[] Weighted GPA: 106.85/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/160
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (4), Physics C (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US History, AP Psychology, Latin III, Anatomy and Physiology, Calculus C (Multivariable) at a local university
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1 (just me)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]President’s Volunteer Service Award, Rensselaer Medal, Top Bio student at MITES[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team (Captain), National Honor Society, Envirothon, tennis, Model UN (secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Tutor students struggling in math and science, volunteered @ local library, member of the Maine Teen Talk teen advisory board [/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: wrote about walking in downtown Portland with my sister[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology (wrote about my MITES genomics experience)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: wrote about the differences in Maine (where I live now) and Ethiopia (the country from which my family came)
[] Significant Challenge: trying to adapt with the new environment of the US when I first moved here
[] Other:[/ul]best complement: wrote about how one of my teachers told be that I was one of the most dedicated students he’s ever known
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: had him all 4 years! Loves me and would literally do anything for me. he’s the best
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: my junior english teacher. I read the rec and it was great.
[] Counselor Rec: Great! my counselor is amazing and he would do anything for me!
[] Additional Rec: MITE Evaluations- calc was awful, bio great!, everything else (genomics, physics, humanities) was good
[] Interview: went great. My EC was great and we just had a really awesome conversation
[] Art Supplement:[/list]N/A

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/1/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public (about 600 kids)
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: low income
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]URM, MITES 2010!!, first generation

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: awards, interview, essays, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: test scores (standardized tests aren’t my thing :P)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: in the words of a fellow MIT 2015 student I “bleed MIT.” When I was at MIT last summer for MITES I felt so at home and I fell in love with the place so I just tried to convey that in my application.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]absolutely NOTHING!!

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: GOOD LUCK TO ALL RD APPLICANTS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO GOT DEFERRED! I wish you all the best!

mangoes · December 16, 2010, 11:22pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 first try
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 800 math II, 790 chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.66
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc BC, 5 Chem, 5 US, 4 Lang
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Euro, Princeton math course
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: a lot.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 on AIME, multiple awards at HMMT and PUMaC[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math club (president) Science Club (publicist) Relay For Life (committee member) Regions Orchestra 3 years, All-State Orchestra 2 years, Youth Orchestra (concertmaster), Nonet (9 person string group) 3 years (concertmaster), tutoring society (3 years), National Honor Society, Math Honor Society (Junior VP, President), French Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship in Taiwan last summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese school (3 years), Relay For Life, Tutoring Society, etc etc[/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: journaling. 7[/li][] Department at MIT: math. 8
[] World You Come From: my dad, how he taught me math and how he influenced me. 9
[] Significant Challenge: talked about an upcoming performance at a holocaust memorial thing and how the group wouldn’t take it seriously. 8-9ish
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: from my math teacher for 2 years. very interesting. the bulk of it was very serious and the last line was: “_______ is awesome!!!”[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: probably quite good. she loves me
[] Counselor Rec: generic, my counselor is useless
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: pretty good! lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes
[] Art Supplement: none, would’ve submitted music but no time[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: uhm… October 30 maybe?
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian-american
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: very high.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I spent almost 2 months on my essays. I thought they were pretty good. I guess my scores and my grades.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars weren’t outstanding
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I REALLY DON’T KNOW! I guess my essays! I’m so happy!!!
[] What would you have done differently?: Absolutely nothing [/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
i am BEYOND happy. i just wish a few more of my friends got in T-T
but at least 5 people got in early from my district!! :D

trackgirl928 · December 16, 2010, 11:32pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 800R 780 CR
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): took it once
[] SAT II: 720 Math II 680 Physics <–I thought that this was going to kill me but obviously it didn’t! I retook them both in December after a few more months of AP Physics
[] Weighted GPA: 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR, definitely one of the top kids though
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English 5 US History 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP English, AP European History
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Maybe 3 or 4 I think?? I was the only one accepted.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] NONE![/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Running year-round, newspaper editor, political clubs, environmental club, Physics Team and Physics Olympics…the list goes on
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitter, house sitter, horseback riding instructor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Outward Bound, NHS tutoring, volunteer at an environmental organization[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul] I can now say that my essays were really good, this was definitely my biggest strength! Thanks AP English!
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: cooking [/li][] Department at MIT: writing
[] World You Come From: I wrote about how having an artist mother and engineer father shaped my creativity and technical skills, my dad cried when he read it
[] Significant Challenge: I wrote about running winter track in my mountainous town and how it has given me the desire to “conquer mountains”. Cheesy but good
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: awesome, from MIT alum physics teacher [/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: definitely good, from history teacher of past 2 years
[] Counselor Rec: She knows me really well and she’s a great counselor, so I’m sure it was great
[] Additional Rec: From my coach since freshman year, he’s a very good writer so I’m sure it was awesome
[li] Interview: went really well, the EC is a friend of my teacher and told my teacher he was really impressed[/li][/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: November 1 at 10:30 PM!! I was freaking out
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] athlete, even though I was reminded that this has very weight :([/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, athlete, Governor’s School participant
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, math and science grades (I took the December SAT IIs thinking that my scores would defer me, apparently for no reason now though lol)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT Is, essays were fantastic and very personal. I basically edited them for a week straight.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Taken the SAT IIs earlier and actually studied!

[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I had this weird feeling all day that I was going to get in after fluctuating between “I’m definitely going to get rejected” and “Deferral!” I heard it was really crazy this year, congrats to everyone who got in and don’t despair if you got deferred!!!

somead896 · December 16, 2010, 11:34pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):M 630, CR 750, W 650
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math 540 :(, Chemistry 690, USH 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Weighted GPA:4.23
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[] AP (place score in parentheses):Euro (5) Chem (4) USH (4) Psych(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP Bio,
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Adventure Club (President) CSF (VP) Community Garden
[] Job/Work Experience: Learning Center, Computer Refurbishing
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Instructor for outdoor activities[/li]Many hours

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: Outdoors 9[/li][] Department at MIT:Chem Engineering, 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:I don’t remember
[] World You Come From:The struggle 8
[] Significant Challenge:Finacial situation 7
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Her best Chem student
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:Best student too
[] Counselor Rec:Probally generic but I knew her kinda well
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:He said he would help me to the best of his abilities
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: A week before
[] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public, Diverse, Low income
[] Ethnicity:African Immigrant
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket:Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM, First Gen

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Diverse background, my story,
[] Weaknesses:SAT,
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I’m surprised I was expecting a rejection
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] No regrets

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Well I honestly didn’t know I was strong enough to compete but apparently I am.

123FMLGG · December 16, 2010, 11:37pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 800 710 math cr wr)
[] SAT II: math 2, physics, chem, chinese, 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Weighted GPA: 4.28?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Something like top 5%, school reports 1st decile
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics B, Physics C (both), BC Calc, Chemistry, Music Theory, 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: Stanford Math 51H (this didn’t go well, but they didn’t know :O), AP Comp Sci, AP Econ, AP Bio, English Honors
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 6? not sure, probably more
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, various smaller math contests, USAPhO Semifinalist, Carnegie Hall Recital[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Club (president), Physics Club (president), classical piano
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mathcounts Club Coaching and related middle school math work[/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: Manga/Anime, 10 :P[/li][] Department at MIT: Math 10
[] World You Come From: Wrote about how my community inspired me to work hard, strive to be the best 8?
[] Attribute of Personality: “learning in depth” 9 or 10
[] Significant Challenge: not winning math contests and getting over it, kinda bad now that I look at it. 5?
[] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see, don’t think they were good…
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, no idea whatsoever
[] Additional Rec: piano teacher wrote one, no idea, hopefully good
[] Interview: Got owned by “what books do you read” and “what is your school like”, everything else went smoothly though, interviewer said “Wow you really know a lot about MIT!”
[] Art Supplement: Liszt Transcendental Etude no.10 F min (this one was pretty good), Bach P&F WTC I no.16 G min (not so much…)[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: left blank
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Math? standardized tests, music
[] Weaknesses: no MOP, only one time USAMO, didn’t make Physics camp
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My guess would be crappy “challenge” essay, AIME score wasn’t great, didn’t make USAMO last year, or something
[] What would you have done differently?: Write something else for challenge essay, say better things during interview[/ul]

Other Factors: email screwed up on me, music supplement lost its attachment, I got it in 2 days late, might have been a problem
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Pretty disappointed since I was hoping to cut down the number of apps to do over break.

falselife · December 16, 2010, 11:41pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 740 Chem, 800 US History, 800 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[] Weighted GPA: 4.03
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Computer Science AB (5), U.S. History (5), Environmental Science (5), plus senior year APs
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very tough classes including AP Latin: Vergil, AP Statistics, AP English Lang, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, and an Independent Study in Computer Science
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Summer research at university in computer science, founded a startup company, on varsity XC/Track teams
[] Job/Work Experience: Wrote a ton of iPhone apps, did other work too
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer programming of free software[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Not gonna mention yet
[] What You Do For Pleasure: 8
[] Department at MIT: 4
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 7
[] World You Come From: 7
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 6
[] Counselor Rec: 7
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: 7
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: A few weeks before
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/ul] [/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good ECs
[] Weaknesses: Crap grades and not the hardest courseload in the first part of high school
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See “crap grades and not the hardest courseload in the first part of high school”
[] What would you have done differently?: Gotten better grades and taken harder classes in high schol.[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Knew this was coming. Sucks to wait.

CollegePhun · December 16, 2010, 11:49pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 770; Verbal: 680; Writing: 710.
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as First one. I took the SATs twice and did better in everything the second time.
[] ACT (breakdown): Never took it.
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: Math II: 800; Physics: 800; Chemistry: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t do that.
[] Weighted GPA: 4.25/4.5 (I took mostly A1 [College Prep] classes sophomore year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Stats (5), AP Chinese - my native language (5), AP Physics B - self-taught (5). This year will be taking: AP U.S., AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C (Independent Study), AP Calculus BC (teaching self).
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, AP U.S., AP Physics C, Honors English, World Affairs, Robotics, Public Speaking, Web page Design.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team (captain for 2 years), Business Club (founder & president), Museum of Science (volunteer), Student Government (treasurer), Science Team (captain).
[] Job/Work Experience: Math/Physics Tutoring & Photographer
[li] Volunteer/Community service:School NHS; local Library; Museum of Science; here and there in the community [/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: Going to Museums in Boston with friends and family (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: EECS & Energy Minor (8)
[] Attribute of Personality: Perfectionism (9)
[] World You Come From: 15 years growing up in China and hence wanting to do something to help the environment (9)
[] Significant Challenge: How awkward lunch was when I first got to my new American high school and did not know anyone and sat at the football players’ table by accident (7)
[] Other:Talked about how I was initially interested in economics but wanted to be more practical and impact the world [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher who is also Business Club adviser and was math team adviser. Knew me very well and wrote a splendid recommendation.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: ESL tutor. Didn’t read it but pretty sure it was good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it. I think she talked a lot about the school and how difficult it was for a foreigner to blend in.
[] Additional Rec: Nope.
[] Interview: Talked for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Very pleasant. Invited her to our school to host a seminar about engineering but that was after the deadline.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10 <– I edited and edited my essays about 500 thousand times and had 16 drafts saved.
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small; public.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60k - 80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being female? [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The fact that I came to the country two years ago with limited English skills, adapted very well, and accomplished what I did. Also, I really made an effort to show what I wanted to do with my education at MIT and how I wanted to be an energy engineer. Also, extremely upward trend on transcript, both level and grade wise.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of research experience, though I did put a science fair research on a website two days before I sent in my app.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really tried to show MIT who I am and even though I repeated my aspiration in a couple of my essays, they generally talked about different sides of me.
[] What would you have done differently?:I would definitely have done A LOT more research/internship junior year. [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **Congrats to everyone that has gotten in and good luck to those of you who are deferred/applying next year. Just be yourself and if a college (and yes, that means even MIT) doesn’t love you for who you are, you probably would be happier else where. MIT was my absolute first choice and I just got accepted 3 hours ago. So excited!

elf465 · December 16, 2010, 11:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 composite (one sitting) - 34/32/34/34/33
[] SAT II: Math I - 750, Chem - 740, Lit - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t weight grades, but like 95/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We don’t rank officially, but like 2 or 3 out of 72
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Eng Lang and Comp (5), Calc AB (5), APUS (5), Spanish Lang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc 2, AP Stats, Post AP Spanish Lit, Independent Study in Medical Research, Chamber Choir
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4, my boyfriend and I were both accepted, know one of the other two was deferred, believed the other was deferred as well
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Accepted in National Honors Performance Series Choir at Carnegie Hall, Dartmouth Book Prize, AP Scholar With Distinction, National Spanish Honors Society, Cum Laude Society, Head of School List, that’s all I put I think…[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): A cappella (Webmaster, Business Manager), Improv Comedy (Leader), Student Council Representative, Extensive Third World Community Service, Varsity Soccer (goalkeeper), Discovery to Cure High School Summer Internship at Yale Medical
[] Job/Work Experience: Pastry Intern for six months at a cafe
[li] Volunteer/Community service: For the past two years, I’ve done extensive work with Builders Beyond Borders and gone abroad to the Dominican Republic and Peru for my spring break to do community service work[/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 talked about my love of baking and trying to make peanut butter and jelly cookies (and failing quite terribly)[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology
[] Personality Attribute: I talked about my ability to laugh at myself and how it helps me approach struggles in my life
[] World You Come From: I talked about my car and it’s history in my family and the places I’ve been in it
[] Significant Challenge: Very personal, talked about my struggles with body image and weight[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Calc teacher who ADORES me and I’ve had for three years[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher who flat out told me I was the best student he’d ever had
[] Counselor Rec: Knows me really well and really wanted to make sure that who I was and all the things I do came across
[] Interview: Normal, guy seemed to like me, but we mostly talked about the Yankees, haha
[] Other: Sent in an abstract of my research at Yale about bacterial genetics
[] Art Supplement: Sent in a vocal supplement, but don’t know if it was considered (as of last Friday it was lost), but I do know it would have rated high, I’ve been singing for years at a very high level and have been recognized nationally[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 30th
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private, ridiculously competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First girl ever from my school to apply, solid research through a competitive internship program, nationally acknowledged vocalist[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Different EC’s, gender, research
[] Weaknesses: School has only sent one person to MIT before, not necessarily a typical MIT applicant
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I genuinely don’t know, I was ready for a deferral. I think I just really didn’t try to be anything but myself and my essays really showed who am I.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing! [/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who’s been accepted, hope to see you next year! And to all those deferred, don’t give up hope, I never in a million years believed I would be accepted, let alone early and I know that if it could happen for me, it could happen for any one of you. And to those rejected, this is not the end. There are so many schools out there, you will find one!
I am so deliriously happy right now, I couldn’t check until 10 PM because I was on a field trip for AP Bio. I never ever could have imagined this happening. Oh my god, I’m getting a tube!!!

dignified1 · December 17, 2010, 12:01am

Short Post for D:
Decision: Accepted

SATI: 1520/2320
SATIIs: 5 taken (Scores: 800, 790, 760, 760, 750)
APs: 8 taken so far (Scores: All 5s)
Rank: Top 1-3% out of 700

Awards: National AP Scholar, NMSF, NASF, various science, math, athletic and volunteer service awards

Good luck everyone!

SimpleLife · December 17, 2010, 12:40am

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Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): perfect in two areas, barely under perfect in another
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): 35
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): one sitting
[] SAT II: 4-800s and 1-780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: funky weighting system; very high
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~800
[] AP (place score in parentheses): All 5’s
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: rigorous
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: we wouldn’t know
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Does NMSF count?[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): music (sorry- intentionally vague; lots of leadership), plus two other “smaller” ECs
[] Job/Work Experience: music gigs
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]5 yrs at the same community service job[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):<a href=“I’m%20taking%20my%20best%20stab%20at%20how%20to%20rate%20these.%20What%20do%20I%20know???”>list</a>
[] What You Do For Pleasure: walk 7
[] Department at MIT: engineering 5
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: was there one like this?
[] World You Come From: school and family 8
[] Significant Challenge: personal 8
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: so good it made us cry![/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: never saw
[] Counselor Rec: never saw
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: don’t know how EC felt about it, but my son had a good time!
[] Art Supplement:[/list] music

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: early October?
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: middle-class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] music??

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: (warning: parent talking!) he’s very genuine, honest, and kind-hearted – could they tell through essays and letters of rec?; stats, letters of rec, val?
[] Weaknesses: few ECs (though somewhat of an “expert” in one); no research; no science ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see “strengths;” … I’m the parent, so it’s entirely possible that I’m seeing this through parent-colored glasses, BUT: have you read the Applying Sideways blog? He definitely applied sideways.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] … nothing? He did his best. I’m pretty sure that no matter what the outcome was, his answer would be “nothing.”

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I know there are a lot of mixed feelings out there right now. For those of you who are really sad, I’m sorry. I wish I could make it all better in an instant. It won’t be long before those sad feelings are a distant memory … really. Congratulations to the rest of you – both accepted and deferred!

mseesquared · December 17, 2010, 1:17am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/750, 750 in writing. 8 on essay. Single sitting, highest score
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 36/36/36/35, 35 on English, 9 on essay
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800/800/800 Math II, Chem, Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 weighted, 1/447 unweighted
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5/5/5 Macro/micro econ, Chemistry
[] IB (place score in parentheses): 7 IB Physics SL (could only take 1 test)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, Math 253, IB HL Bio, Lit, History, and IB SL Spanish and TOK (IB Diploma)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4 (a classmate of mine and close friend also got accepted)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] 3 x USAMO, Science Bowl state winner, Science Bowl nats top 8, Regional science fair category awards, random regional/state math awards, Science Olympiad medalist in several categories (though our state’s pretty fail in this competition)[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Bowl (on the team since its inception, co-president), Science Olympiad (co-captain), Math Club (founder), Speech and Debate-which I quit in senior year >_<, MUN (State Undersecretary), Key Club (Club treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: 8 week Internship after freshman year,
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/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: Origami [/li][] Department at MIT: Math and applied math
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I thought this was asking for what I’m proud of. I said my “focus”
[] World You Come From: My teachers
[] Significant Challenge: Overcoming fear of public speaking
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher, who I’m pretty sure thinks of me as his best student for quite a while
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History teacher, who thinks of me as a pretty good/OK but not the best.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty sparkly
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: I thought it was a bit awkward, since my interviewer and I didn’t share any hobbies (unfortunate, and rather surprising), but he mentioned that I looked like a pretty good fit, so it was positive I guess?
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/29
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public, meh-ish
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: XY
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Nup

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Math…? My school was rather mediocre in math; nobody had made USAMO in the district before. I’m probably not too great compared to some (many) others. Leadership (particularly for a math-oriented, formerly socially-awkward person)
[] Weaknesses: Everything outside of math
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My friend and I were basically the first generation in our school to do math and science competitions competitively. We were the first and second to make USAMO, the first science bowl team, etc. So we were really good, relatively speaking. Also, leadership roles were pretty good.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
Either not drop speech and debate or I would’ve never joined it. Dropping clubs in senior year is rather unfortunate, since the time invested is gone.

Other Factors: My dad had been accepted to MIT before, but didn’t go due to financial problems (he had just immigrated here); I’m not sure if this actually mattered at all, but oh well.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I got deferred from Caltech. I was totally expecting a deferral from here as well. But I guess I was wrong, in a good way.

davidi · December 17, 2010, 2:40am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220- 800 CR 740 M 680 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 - 36R 36S 34M 34E 10W
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II:800 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.31
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/466
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (5), AB (5), World (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP US History, AP English Language, English 11H
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: at least 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] None[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta, Science NHS, Spanish NHS, Debate Team, Intern at lab over last summer and this school year, Tennis, Golf
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring (for pay)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Tutoring (volunteer)[/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: Golf (6)[/li][] Department at MIT: Biological Engineering (7)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Not on the app anymore…
[] World You Come From: Talked about moving a lot, difference between where I was, how it affected me (8)
[] Significant Challenge: Talked about finding kids who are like me (socially, not academically) (8)
[] Other:[/ul] Essay on how I found my internship, what I do, and how it’s affected me. (9)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP World Teacher (10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Chemistry Teacher, only kid to get a 5 in his class (10)
[] Counselor Rec: Generic (7)
[] Additional Rec: One from AP Physics teacher (9), and one from head of lab who is an MIT alum (no idea how good)
[] Interview: Thought it went great, got cut off because we ran out of time.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] N/A

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, pretty bad, but this graduating class is the smartest so far
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Research?

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research, SAT II, Essays, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT I, Awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No awards, I’m graduating early, nothing really outstanding on my app.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I really wish I knew about all these competitions…

Other Factors: Like I said, graduating early, so they may want to see more grades?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I was hoping for acceptance, but I think graduating early probably caused some hesitation. I’m kinda mad MIT got rid of their golf team, or I might have been a recruited athlete I’m already deferred at Caltech, so I now I have a bunch of RD applications to do. Congrats to the admitted, and good luck to my fellow deferrees!

anonymousapp · December 17, 2010, 2:50am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Phys, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92/4.00
[] Weighted GPA: 4.62/5.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Lang, 5 Chem, 5 BC Calc
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Bio + couple easy classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars and work:
[] 9,10,11,12 - Cross country, indoor track, outdoor track
[] 9,10,11,12 - Graphic design: numerous websites and other digital art
[] 12- School newspaper (editor)
[] 11,12- Pseudo debate club (chapter leader)
[] 11,12- Biotech internships (One paid during summer; one currently unpaid)
[li] 10,11,12- Bunch of volunteer work, probably around 400 hrs total [/li][/ul]
I haven’t listed a couple very specific and significant extracurriculars because I’d rather not get identified by people I know who go on CC.

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: Cooking[/li][] Department at MIT: Biological engineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Web design of my latest personal website
[] World You Come From: Many different places with a theme of current events?
[] Significant Challenge: Running
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Okay
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: [/li][/list]

Other[ul]
[] Which school did you apply to?: Accepted so far (MIT EA, Georgetown EA), Waiting on UChicago
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mid east-coast
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Divorced parents, moved around a lot as kid and continue to do so, custodial parent didn’t graduate college[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded, great essays
[] Weaknesses: No APs before junior year, no national recognition for things
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: If I’m accepted (great essays—wrote over ten diff essays but chose two which then underwent months of revision, commitment and passion to my EC, good grades and test scores.) If I’m rejected (could have taken more APs, could have started my ECs a bit earlier.)[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Deferees and rejectees, do not look upon whether a college accepts you or not as a measure of your own merit. You pave your own life. You don’t need X school to get where you want in life. Set idealistic goals, and go about those goals realistically. Failure lies only in the lack of effort.

Acceptees, congratulations!

This means so much to me and my dad…

idkmyname · December 17, 2010, 3:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (740/800/750)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same. Improved the second time I took it
[] ACT (breakdown):35 (31 (lol)/36/36/36/11)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):1 test
[] SAT II: 800 MII, 770 Phys, 750 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight (though about 4.3/4.4 if AP=5, honors=4.5)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s-Chem, Phys B, Stats, USH
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, other two subjects have no AP option
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure. lots of RD, but I don’t think many EA
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semi, AIME 2 (?) are just about the big ones…[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country (2x states, captain) Track (expected 2x states) Boy Scouts (Eagle '07),
[] Job/Work Experience: Engineering Internship, Physics TA
[li] Volunteer/Community service:200 for this fundraiser, 50+ tutoring[/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: related a story about hanging out with my friends (writing: 7, significance: 3?)[/li][] Department at MIT: Mech Eng (5)
[] What Attribute Of Your Personality: Leadership (7)
[] World You Come From: Local cultural influence and diversity influencing me (8)
[] Significant Challenge: From Boy Scouts (6)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, didn’t see, though this teacher wrote me a rec for my internship, so I suspect its good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, didn’t see, this teacher is a good writer, but she had a lot to write (so unsure)
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure, didn’t see, and don’t know her super well. But all counselors contribute towards the final report and another one wrote me one for my internship
[] Additional Rec: Scoutmaster (LTC in Army, currently deployed). I thought it was good.
[] Interview: Yes, though interviewer mentioned that only 1/16 of his applicants have gotten in
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:10/29
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, I would say very competitive (median SAT is high 600’s)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: high enough to not get FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I contacted XC coach but I was told my times are too slow right now. So prob. none[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Leadership, I tried to make my personality shine and show I am really different from the “typical” Asian Male Engineering applicant
[] Weaknesses: GPA is a little low, not outstanding in anything.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure. I was surprised. Perhaps its because I tried to show a very strong personality. 
[] What would you have done differently?: Focused more on being good at sports. Also, stepped up freshman year grades[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Surprised. Good luck to those in RD.

bailey42 · December 17, 2010, 6:33am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800W, 760 M, 740 CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300
[] ACT (breakdown): 35
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 790 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% of class
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Languae (5) Spanish Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Biology, AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, Honors French 3, Economics
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 9
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Team captain, run a bunch of volunteer organizations
[] Job/Work Experience: Work yearround and have been for 4 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer year round and have been for 4 years[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] 10 (I’m very proud of these). I was brutally honest in them, very creative, and made it very very clear that it was my dream to go to MIT.
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Pretending I’m an astronaut (10)
[] Department at MIT: Physics (10)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: Modified common app essay (9)
[] Significant Challenge: Work experience (9)
[] Other:[/ul] Wrote them an iambic pentameter poem saying how badly I wanted to go there
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: Volunteer supervisor of mine
[] Interview: I didn’t think it went great, but must have!
[li] Art Supplement:[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/27
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Creativity!
[] Weaknesses: I still think my lack of “special” extracurriculars. I do the “normal stuff,” volunteering, working, etc. No science awards, no crazy competitions, no research, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly I’m still not sure. Luck, I guess. And I literally went all out with my application, joked around in my essays, all that good stuff.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Not sure :P

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I still can’t even believe I actually got in. Congrats to all admitted students, and to those who were deferred/rejected…if MIT didn’t let you in then they don’t deserve you. You all deserve the best and I wish you the best of luck.

:)

altosaxgeek5 · December 17, 2010, 10:29am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I : 2240 (720M, 780R, 740W)
[] SAT I superscore :
[] ACT : 35 (36M, 36E, 36R, 33S)
[] ACT superscore : 36 (36M, 36E, 36R, 34S)
[] SAT II: 750 Math II, 780 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.59
[] Rank: 1 of 55
[] AP: Bio (5); taking Calc AB, US History, English Lit.
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, APUSH, Physics, AP English Lit, Personal Finance/Accounting, Band.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Band (Drum Major, Sax Section leader), NHS (Vice-Prez), Spanish Club (Vice-Prez), Ecology Club (“Artistic Director”), SGA (Prez), Varsity Soccer.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] 150+ hours on a variety of projects. [/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: Cooking friends; 8[/li][] Department at MIT: Course VI; 6
[] What attribute are you most proud of? (What you do that’s creative was not a question): Defying cliques, kicking it with everyone. 6
[] World You Come From: Podunk private school, podunk town. 7
[] Significant Challenge: Being drum major with a brand new band director, just after my best friend/mentor/former drum major has graduated. 8
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem/Bio/Physics Teacher; 7
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Sophomore English Teacher; 8
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I enjoyed it. We talked about football.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Super early.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, Private.
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: $70-80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Leadership, essays.
[] Weaknesses: At the same time, essays – they were me but I could have refined them much more.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not enough of a match right now.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Submitted a music portfolio, spent more time on the essays.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I cannot congratulate those accepted enough. Looking like Bama '15 for me, and I don’t have any complaints about that. :)

shrig94 · December 17, 2010, 10:53am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2200 (one test) 800 math/ 720 W/ 680 CR
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (one test), 35 math, 34 E, 34 Sci, 31 CR, 31 E+W
[] SAT II:800 math2, 760 phys
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Weighted GPA:4.826
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/146
[] AP (place score in parentheses):none
[] IB (place score in parentheses):none
[] Senior Year Course Load: I’m a junior, but Math SL, Math HL, Phys SL, Chem SL, Eng HL, History HL
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:1 other
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAJMO, TMSCA State Math, Number Sense, Calculator Champion[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Founder OnlineMathCircle.com), (President Key Club), Math Team, (Computer Science Team Coach), (Class President), (News Copy Editor), (Student Council Parliamentarian)
[] Job/Work Experience:none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Online Math Circle, Student Council, Computer Science Coaching[/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:Table Tennis, 10[/li][] Department at MIT: Math/Comp Sci, 8
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:8
[] World You Come From:9
[] Significant Challenge:9
[] Other: Leaving High School a year early, 9[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Superb, says I’m better than any other kid from MIT he has taught according to him, math
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Excellent, best writer in English
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, very close connection
[] Additional Rec: Superb, From World Famous Mathematician
[] Interview: Amazing
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Whatever was the last date
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX, Small, rural city
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Standard Rural Public School
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Junior, dropping out of high school[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was a junior, and I really demonstrated my passion well.
[] Weaknesses: My scores could have been better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My personality suits MIT quite well and my USAJMO qualification proves my ability to handle high level problems.
[] What would you have done differently?: Not procrastinated as much[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m really, really excited!

lach123 · December 17, 2010, 11:32am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 CR: 660 M: 750 W: 740 E: 10
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2160 CR: 660 M: 760 W: 740 E: 10
[] ACT (breakdown): 31 E:31 M: 35 R: 28 S: 30 E: 10
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):31 E:31 M: 35 R: 28 S: 30 E: 10
[] SAT II: Math II: 800 Chemistry: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.57
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/260
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5); APUSH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish Language AP; English Literature AP; Calculus AB AP; Chemistry AP; Chemistry Lab Honors; Physics C AP; European History AP
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5-10
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Commended; Quest Bridge Finalist

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta (executive board teacher) ; Spanish Club; NHS (executive board); Science Olympiad-2 years; Science Bowl- 1 year; Science Club; Habitat for Humanity
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] NHS; Elderly neighbor[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] I had to write different essays, since I applied through QuestBridge. They were all 9-10.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great!
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great!
[] Counselor Rec: Great!
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Perfect!
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 9/31/10
[] State (if domestic applicant): LA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (European)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 40000-50000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First Generation; Been in the States for only 4 years.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT Scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think i stood out.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I wish i didn’t apply ED to Rice, because now I got a though decision to make!

GurtejKanwar · December 17, 2010, 11:45am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 - 800M/730CR/660W, 2380 - 800M/800CR/780W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2380 - 800M/800CR/780W
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 - 35E/36M/36R/36S/31EW(8 Essay)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Same
[] SAT II: Math Level 1 - 800, Math Level 2 - 800, Physics - 800, Chemistry - 770 (Not sent), World history - 750(Not sent)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World History(5), U.S. History(4), Physics(5), Calculus BC(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Several APs. Self-studying a few others. Overall lighter than is should be because I didn’t get into two courses.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME x2, AMC12, Rensselaer Medal, UAlbany Multicultural Award, several math competition places with my local math circle[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Not a huge number, but I was dedicated to what I did, particularly piano (I sent a music supplement as well)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital in the Clinical Engineering dept. past two summers[/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: 8 - I wrote about my love of programming competitions. I thought it was pretty well written, and more importantly showed a significant aspect of my life[/li][] Department at MIT: 7 - Wasn’t anything fancy. I discussed projects I did with my physics teacher.
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 7 - I talked about my organizational ability. Again, it wasn’t fancy, but it showed that I would handle large workloads and stress.
[] World You Come From: 9 - I discussed my belief in freedom of information and how that originated when I was in middle school. I think this was probably my best short answer.
[] Significant Challenge: 6 - A judging issue at Science Bowl that lost us a game. It wasn’t really a challenge, but more like dealing with disappointment.
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendations: Of course didn’t read either, but I worked on several projects with my physics teacher and really got to know him over my years in high school, so that probably helped.
[] Counselor Rec: Again, I don’t know what was in it, but it probably was good, since I have shown initiative trying to double up on science classes for the past two years (and unfortunately failed each time because of scheduling)
[] Additional Rec: I got a recommendation from my coach in my math circle. Considering I’ve been going for 4 years now, I think her recommendation really helped.
[] Interview: Fairly good. We talked about what I do: piano, projects with my friend, tennis. On the whole it was good.
[li] Art Supplement: I submitted a music supplement. I don’t know if this helped, but I think I did a decent job.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30 (I think)
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: I don’t know how I would classify my school. My friend and I are the first from my school to go to MIT though.
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think the projects that I did with my physics teacher and with my friend under the name IDKJava really helped, because they showed that I was the type of student that would fit in at MIT.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: IDKJava, SAT and ACT scores, music supplement (possibly)
[] Weaknesses: Maybe my essays could have been better, but then again, what does it matter now?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Again, I think IDKJava and my projects outside of school were what did it.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I can’t wait to meet all of you who got accepted! For those who got deferred or are doing Regular Action, best of luck! Even if you get rejected, don’t worry, MIT is a great place, but as long as you find a place where you are happy it doesn’t mean a thing in the world.

enderx · December 17, 2010, 12:11pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2190 -750 M, 750 CR, 650 W

SAT I superscore (breakdown): same
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: Math Level 2 - 800, Physics - 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): World History(5), U.S. History(5), Physics(5), Calculus BC(5), Computer Science [self taught] (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Several APs. Self-studying a few others. Overall lighter than is should be because I didn’t get into one course.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UAlbany Multicultural Award, AP Scholar w/ distinction, random other stuff
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Lots of programming. Also, violin, piano, varsity swimming captain, etc.

Job/Work Experience: Programmer for 1st Playable, Lifeguard, Swim lesson teacher
Volunteer/Community service: Youth group
</code></pre>

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

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o What You Do For Pleasure: 8 - I wrote about my love of programming competitions. I thought it was pretty well written, and more importantly showed a significant aspect of my life
o Department at MIT: 7 - Wasn’t anything fancy. I discussed projects I did with my physics teacher.
o What You Do That’s Creative?: 9 - can’t quite remember
o World You Come From: 9 - talked about age/background
o Significant Challenge: 9 - UAV project didn’t work so great
o Other:

Teacher Recommendations: Of course didn’t read either, but I worked on several projects with my physics teacher and really got to know him over my years in high school, so that probably helped.
Counselor Rec: Again, I don’t know what was in it, but it probably was good, since I have shown initiative trying to double up on science classes for the past two years (and unfortunately failed each time because of scheduling)
Additional Rec: I got a recommendation from the CEO of a game development company I worked at.
Interview: Very good. We talked about what I do: programming, violin, projects with my friend, swimming
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: 10/30 (I think)

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: I don’t know how I would classify my school. My friend and I are the first from my school to go to MIT though.
Ethnicity: Asian/WHite
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think the projects that I did with my physics teacher and with my friend under the name IDKJava really helped, because they showed that I was the type of student that would fit in at MIT.
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: IDKJava, State level swimmer

Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Again, I think IDKJava and my projects outside of school were what did it.
What would you have done differently?: Nothing
</code></pre>

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I can’t wait to meet all of you who got accepted! For those who got deferred or are doing Regular Action, best of luck! Even if you get rejected, don’t worry, MIT is a great place, but as long as you find a place where you are happy it doesn’t mean a thing in the world. Looking forward to going to MIT with my friend Gurtej =P

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