Consolidated EA/RD 2015 results thread

Cowart · March 14, 2011, 10:02pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 36C/36R/36E/35M/35S
SAT II: 800MII/800Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: ~4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/~500
AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5) English Language (5) Computer Science (5) (all last year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Biology Honors
Number of other RD applicants in your school: At least 2

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Lots of music related (trombone), Marching Band four years (Section Leader), Pit Orchestra three years, Pep band four years, a few Solo/Ensemble pieces, other groups
Academic team- Junior/Senior year
Varsity Science Olympiad- Senior year (its only been around since last year)
Computer/Technology Club- Senior year
Martial arts- Freshman through Junior years, black belt + assistant instructor

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
eh, don’t want to write about all of this, I’ll just say it was mostly pretty good

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$80,000

Reflection[ul]
[] Weaknesses: Weak extracurriculars freshman/sophomore years, didn’t skip a few grades, didn’t have a hook.
[] What would you have done differently?: Joined academic team freshman year, Scio last year, self-studied APs, tested out of classes freshman/sophomore year, gotten my class rank up to #1, sent in a music portfolio, generally made my plans for application before high school rather than Junior year, built a nuclear reactor. I feel like I missed out because I didn’t realize it was remotely within my reach until Junior year.[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Looks like University of Illinois!

stevierimbaud · March 14, 2011, 10:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (Writing: 750)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2350
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Physics: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.9 out of 6.0 - tough and extremely rare to achieve 6.0
[] Weighted GPA: 6.3/6.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 200 - school is ranked top 3 in my country
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Reached national semifinals of IMO Qualification and same for IPhO qualification.[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Lots of them. Captain of sports team, lots of sports.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked with grown people with mental illnesses + at a car dealership.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Coach 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: Cross-country skiing - 3[/li][] Department at MIT: Mechanical Engineering - 3
[] Quality most proud of: Leadership - 4
[] World You Come From: Growing up as a scientifically inclined kid among 5 otherwise inclined siblings/parents. - 9
[] Significant Challenge: Working in a group home for people with mental disabilities - 7
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Good, but not too many episodes etc.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Same.
[] Counselor Rec: Good, included a few episodes, and detailed my commitment to school work, and my academic strengths, and my involvement and participation in the school community.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Alright - spoke over the phone - thought it went really well, actually - but tough to tell for sure.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): A country in Scandinavia
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: About $150 000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I guess - except there aren’t too many applicants from Scandinavia with my kind of scores, let alone from regular public schools (i.e not IB-programs).
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores and passion for science and learning, I guess.
[] Weaknesses: Well, I got in didn’t I? Yet, there was no nobel prize, research papers or great scientific accomplishments on my resume. I think MIT, like CalTech, know the system and level here in Norway, though. Thank you for that!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cuz I got my shine on.
[] What would you have done differently?: Live hard, die young.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good luck to everyone else! Obviously not the be-all of life-changing decisions. I know of fantastic applicants from Norway who were asked “have you invented anything widely known?” in their interview and thought the process from then on in was silly and hopeless. Yet I never received those questions, and just applying to MIT (and other colleges in the US) has been a great honour for me. To be accepted is ineffably great - I’m looking forward to seeing y’all in Cambridge next year!

southeastmom · March 14, 2011, 10:05pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2400
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:780-800 (3)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[] Weighted GPA:5.15
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3
[] AP (place score in parentheses):5,5,5
[] IB (place score in parentheses):?
[] Senior Year Course Load:most rigorous IB
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]no major[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Volunteering, minor clubs
[] Job/Work Experience:NA
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]
[] State (if domestic applicant):Southeast
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:W
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Test scores, grades. 
[] Weaknesses:EC’s essays perhaps
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There are better applicants
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] NA

tmanneopen · March 14, 2011, 10:12pm

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (750 CR, 780 M, 710 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): none
[] SAT II: 770 Chem, 760 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): none
[] Weighted GPA: 4.5/5.4 (highest is 5)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/361
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP English Lang (5), AP Chem (5), APUSH (5), AP Comp Sci A (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Stats, Latin 4
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):

FIRST Robotics (Team HYPER 69)(Head Programmer) (Perennial top 3 in competition, spent 600 hours or so in last 3 years for it)
Science Olympiad (Co-Founder)
Swimming (MVP of a meet, varsity letter)
Academic Decathlon (Captain)(6th in states)
MOON (Math team, president)(Top in division)
[] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutoring service
[li] Volunteer/Community service: NHS[/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: Singing songs from Wicked and Journey xD[/li][] Department at MIT: Energy and Environmental Engineering
[] Trait that Describes You: Dedication
[] World You Come From: Parents living paycheck to paycheck while still nuturing me
[] Significant Challenge: Robotics Camera
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing (Chem teacher/MOON advisor)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Amaazing (Latin teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: Very good
[] Additional Rec: Mentor from robotics, very good
[li] Interview: Excellent[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 40k-60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen college student[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, recs, interview, essay
[] Weaknesses: Grades probably
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, I had a great time
[/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats everybody! The accepteds are gonna have a great time at MIT and us rejectees are gonna move on and have a great time somewhere else. I just hope we all have a great time wherever we end up.
**

inycepoo · March 14, 2011, 10:21pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (96.xx out of 100.00)
[] Weighted GPA: 101.67 (out of 100.00)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci A
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think like 5 or so, but they’re all rank 30 and below with lower objective stats.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Science Olympiad medals (9 regionals, 2 states), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze Medal, USABO semi-finalist, USNCO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in New York State

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia University internship for one year (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics professional laboratory work)
Surgical Center (observed and helped with >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center

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: Rubik’s cube & how it impacted my personality and way I approach and solve problems; original & creative; 10[/li][] Department at MIT: Biophysics BioTrack under Course 7 (Biology major); I already know how biophysics is employed in research, so now I want to “master it” myself at MIT; 8
[] Best Attribute of Personality: Conscientious & hard-working. I don’t want to be remembered by my peers merely as “the smart kid who got everything right,” but as someone who worked hard to get where he is; 7
[] World You Come From: Bad neighborhood, close childhood friends ended up in jail, on the street, etc. Led me to have the urge to “fight for them” and succeed myself; 9
[] Significant Challenge: OCD judge at SciOly event nit-picked at my building contraption so I stood up against him and spoke out; short and to the point; 7 (?)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. basically tells almost everything about me through my activities (likes and dislikes, sense of humor, maturity (O_O), etc.) 10+
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. AP World teacher, like a mom to me. Rec is pretty run-of-the-mill, though. 7?
[] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5
[] Additional Rec: Wrote it myself and got AP English teacher to sign it. Attests to outstanding writing talent and insight to reading literature (mostly true). 9
[] Interview: Had this Asian dude who lives 4 blocks from my high school. He actually graduated AND worked at said high school too before moving on to teach math somewhere else. He grilled me (partially nicely) with lots of uncanny and some “normal” interview questions: role model, where I want to be in 5 years, etc. Took crazy notes on scrap paper and said I did great. Later a junior at my school whose friend has him as a physics & calculus tutor said that he brought up my name and said I performed the best out of all his interviewees this year. Go figure. I thought I bombed most of the questions. I 'uhhhhh…'ed a lot LOL
[] Art Supplement:[/list]
NO. there are more than enough people out there more talented than I am at violin, piano, and alto sax, combined. I am in jazz band though :)

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 3-4 days before deadline? O_O
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NEW YORK CITY HOLLAHHH!)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+ students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian (■■■)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: not important here.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s cube - 15 second solves; sent a video of a 13.76-sec solve on a CD with my counselor’s rec and transcript and such. Hope they had fun with it Great essay writing (?) I’ve been told I have a way with words, apparently HAHAHAS.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades (spanish aside), rank, SAT IIs (I BEASTED ALL OF THEM YO!), Rubik’s cube! >:) MUAHAHAHA
[] Weaknesses: Asian, public school isn’t magnet or specialized (quite the opposite actually…), but doesn’t downright suck, either. It’s pretty moderate in terms of grades and smartness of people in general.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rubik’s cube? O_O I don’t know how many applicants, even to MIT, have sub-15 averages -shrugs- SAT II grades were definitely a plus (haven’t seen another CCer with 5 800s yet :p)
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
not much, really. maybe I should’ve paid more attention in my Spanish classes so my grades wouldn’t have been too terrible there HAHAHAS. might’ve gotten valedictorian too LOL :p

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m still going to Yale through EA so WHATEVER
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT ACCEPTED! to the WLs and Rs - IT’S OKAY! MIT’s only ranked 16th the last time I checked (not that those rankings mean anything anyways but yeah…LOL :p

Ktk · March 14, 2011, 10:21pm

Decision: Deferred - Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2170 700/780/680
[] ACT (breakdown): 34: E34 R29 M36 S36 Essay8
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): ^
[] SAT II: 750Chem 780Phys 800Math2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/430
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem 5 (Taking Bio snr year)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Comp Sci SL 6, Spanish SL 6 (Taking 4 more this year - HL)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Music SL, TOK, Physics HL, Math HL, History HL, English HL, Bio HL, Comp Sci HL
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: ~5.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Science Bowl Nationals; [/li]Won’t bother listing anything not national+, but several district/state/regional awards in different fields[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): [/li]Science Bowl,
Programming Club(Lead Programmer),
Model UN (co-pres),
Key Club (Tech Officer)
NHS
Piano 10 yrs w/ awards
Science Olympiad (4 gold 2 silver state medals / 2nd team)
Ultimate Frisbee
Science Fair 2 years (made state this year, dunno about ISEF yet)

[] Job/Work Experience: Intel full-time summer intern, state uni full-time summer intern in computer engineering.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club.[/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: Starcraft, well-spun 9[/li][] Department at MIT: ChemE, CompE 8
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: Transition from Korea to USA 6
[] Significant Challenge: Crowd management. 7
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Comp Sci rec. Solid
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: TOK/MUN advisor. I have no idea. Could’ve been fine, or killed me.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went swimmingly
[] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant): -
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100-120k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: No need to reflect on this.
[] Weaknesses: I’m assuming a bit of everything?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Of the people I know who got into MIT, one made ISEF finalist and USAMO 4 years, another made ISEF, another made Physics Olympiad semis twice, USAMO, bio olympiad semis, and takes graph theory in college.
[] What would you have done differently?: Be better at comp sci, pursue chemistry outside of school, [/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Acceptees: You all fully deserve it; congratulations!

falselife · March 14, 2011, 10:23pm

Decision: Deferred –> Waitlisted

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: Decent but wouldn’t stand out. Probably sub-par for the MIT applicant pool.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 6
[] Counselor Rec: 7
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: 5
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul][/li]
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 school.[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So I submitted my application in October, and I’ll be waiting until May for an actual decision. This is getting a little lame, MIT, you need to be decisive.

NightShadeQueen · March 14, 2011, 10:24pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 M, 800 W, 800 CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2380 (780 M)
[] ACT (breakdown): Did not send. Was a 34
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Took it only once.
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 800 Bio, 760 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School, annoyingly, does not rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s: World History, Bio, Chem, Cal BC.
[] IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: All dual-credit (my hs is strange - all our classes are dual-credit and we take classes from uni profs with uni students): World Lit (6 credit hours), US history (6 credit hours), Engineering Physics (6 credit hours + lab 2 cred hours), Lin Al (3 crd hr), Diff eq (3 crd hr), Stats (3 crd hr), Multivariable Cal (3 crd hr), Macroecon (3 crd hr), Polisci (3 crd hr)
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Wish I knew, but probably between 10-15.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] USABO Silver Medal (2010), Siemens Regional Finalist (2010)[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tutoring, AcDec, flute, a bunch of random stuff.
[] Job/Work Experience: NA, unless you count research, and technically speaking, I didn’t get paid by the lab, I got paid by my school.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Again, a lot of random stuff.[/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: Reading. 5? 4?[/li][] Department at MIT: Bio and Phys (wrote two separate essays, actually, and stuck the phys one in additional info). 5? 6?
[] Fav attribute of personality?: My impatience. Really a plug about how I’d be a good researcher. Risky essay, but I think I pulled it off okay. 7.
[] World You Come From: My father (who immigrated from China with like 20 swiss francs). Um. 4?
[] Significant Challenge: Math competition I failed miserably in, plugged my USABO credentials as well. Had some awesome lines: “one cannot call Mulligans on math competitions”
[] Other:[/ul] NA
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Never saw it, but teacher liked me. (Offered me a spot as his grader, actually, although I didn’t get the call in time)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Ditto.
[] Counselor Rec: I would love to have seen that. School uses a strange system - we have academic counselors and a “college counselor”, and it’s the later who writes these recs. Hope she got some good info from my academic counselor, who did love me.
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor (who was also my chem prof). Probably likes me.
[] Interview: Either a complete disaster or not all that bad, I’m not sure. First interview, was somewhat unprepared, and…yeah.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:

[list]
[li]Part 1: October 20[/li][]Part 2: December 24
[/ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Magnet Boarding, with classes taught by uni profs and taken with uni students. I’ll leave you guys to figure out how that works
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $200kish?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope[/list][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: USABO, Siemens, strong math and science classes
[] Weaknesses: Interview, a couple of my essays, and probably the fact that I got my high school years wrong and had to contact them saying, “oh, btw, my math sucks since I can’t subtract right and I started HS in '07, not '06. Duh I’m an idiot” (paraphrased, of course)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: USABO, Siemens.
[] What would you have done differently?: Worked harder on the essays, gotten leadership, things like that.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Still mostly in shock. Congratz to everyone who made it in, and to everyone who didn’t: you’re all awesome people, and you’re all going to go to awesome places!

pikagrue · March 14, 2011, 10:37pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 35
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Physics, 790 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH, AP Phys C Mech, AP Phys B, APCS, AP Calc BC = 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Physics C (E/M), Contemp Lit
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Lot of competitive math stuff, like the AIME, AMC, Stanford Math and whatnot. Also, FBLA awards and whatnot
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: General summer camp volunteering, and library volunteering[/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: Guitar 7-8ish[/li][] Department at MIT: Business 6-7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Tutoring and whatnot 7-8
[] World You Come From: Engineering/Business (FBLA) 9-10
[] Significant Challenge: Fixing a robot that broke down in the middle of a competition 8-9
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics teacher of two years
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Soph Lit Teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Counselor liked me a lot, so I dunno
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I thought it went pretty well
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: RD Deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Rich
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Everything that would be antihooks (Asian, not first gen college, male, etc)

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong math + business combo?
[] Weaknesses: Asian, male, etc. Being kind of lazy, and not doing anything super amazing
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably don’t stand out enough,
[] What would you have done differently?: I kind of regret not doing any type of science fair stuff, that would have helped immensely[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Meh, didn’t expect to get in. Pessimism pays off! Oh well, Berkeley for me I guess

matcat1116 · March 14, 2011, 10:40pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 (770 M 760 W 750 CR)
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 C (34 English, 36 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science)
[] SAT II:Bio-M 790, Chem 790, MathII 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 103.22/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/600
[] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Physics SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL/AP BC Calc, IB Bio HL, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Spanish,
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: About 10
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Semifinalist in Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition, a few awards from science fairs, a few regional science olympiad awards, appeared on regional televised academic game show for high school students, National Merit Finalist, Hispanic Scholars, a few math awards on a county math competition,[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math team, science olympiad, trivia team, Young Republicans (VP), National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Chamber Choir, All-county Choir
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, tutor fellow students in math and science
[li] Volunteer/Community service: two community service groups in the area[/li][/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: Bike riding… 7?[/li][] Department at MIT: Bio… 7?
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: inquisitive nature… 8?
[] World You Come From: immigrant parent… 8?
[] Significant Challenge: applying to a research program… 6?
[] Other: research abstract
[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Research teacher, most likely outstanding
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Spanish teacher, most likely outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Most likely outstanding
[] Additional Rec: HL math teacher, most likely outstanding
[] Interview: Went very well
[] Art Supplement: Nope
[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: around Christmas
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >100000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-roundedness
[] Weaknesses: No outstanding math/science awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because MIT is for USAMO veterans and Physics olympiad pro’s and I am neither of those
[] What would you have done differently?: Can’t think of anything. It was definitely worth a shot.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Nice work people. I am very proud of the people that I know that got accepted, and looking back on it, they will fit in better at MIT than I ever would.

neyugnnosila · March 14, 2011, 10:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (CR: 640, M: 750, W: 760 E12)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Bio M: 710, Math 2: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9?
Weighted GPA: 4.9/5? (school has 4.5=AP, 4=honors, so ~4.033/4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/429
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), WHAP (4), AP Lang (4), AP Calc BC (5, AB: 5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys B, AP Bio, AP Spanish Lang, AP Studio, English Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): barely anything- AP Scholar w/ Honor, mostly local awards (art, poetry contest)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Marching Band: 9-12, sax for 8yrs, soloist (10), saxophone sect. leader (11, 12)
Art Club: 9-12, jr officer (10), VP (11), Pres (12)
Tennis: 9-12, captain (12)
NHS: 10-12, VP (12)
Asian American Female Youth Leadership Program: 11, 12
Job/Work Experience:
The Broad Institute Semester Intern (gr 10)
The Broad Institute Summer Intern (gr 12)
Volunteer/Community service:
Public library summer volunteer (40hr gr 9,10)
Summer Activities:
Algebra 2 Enrichment Program (skipped to precal in gr 10)
Summer Pre-college Art Program (gr 11)
Molecular Biology Enrichment Class (gr 11)
Research at the Broad (gr 12)

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: Drawing 8
Department at MIT: Biology 7
Quality most proud of: Initiative/Getting out of my comfort zone 5
World You Come From: My physics instructor’s classroom and the hilarious 7
Significant Challenge: Facing public humiliation when quitting band for art 8
Teacher Recommendation A: Physics Instructor, known for 4 years; the most accurate/perfect description of myself I’ve ever readI cried when I read it (10)
Teacher Recommendation B: Spanish Instructor, known for 2 years; also good, yet not as personal as #1 (8)
Counselor Rec: known for 3 years, extremely nice but a regurgitation of my ECs lol (8)
Additional Rec: None
Interview: bad. really bad. the interviewer was nice though : )
Art Supplement: 4 paintings, 5 drawings, traditional

Other
Date Submitted App: 1/1 8PM EST
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
first generation college, genetic research, brother is MIT '12

Reflection
Strengths: research, legacy-ish? (brother)
Weaknesses: SATs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: recommendations, content of essays, art submission
What would you have done differently?: polished the essays…
General Comments: Feeling happy yet confused (now I have to choose…) Congrats everyone! Regardless of your decision, you are all extremely competitive people who will most likely be successful no matter where you end up for college!

cimarron · March 14, 2011, 10:53pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (790 CR, 800 M, 790 W)
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.5 (thats what I get for taking too much music)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% – school doesnt rank, but does use deciles
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP US Gov, AP
Macro, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[list]
[li] Research Internship: Chemistry Dpt. at local UC with thermoelectric materials (11, 12)[/li][] Flute and Piccolo: principal stands in two competitive groups (school has an exceptional music program), multiple honor bands including principal chair in one (9, 10, 11, 12)
[] United States Pony Club: 1st place Quiz Team at Regionals, 3rd place at National Championships (9, 10, 11, 12)
[]Jewelry Design: Organized fundraisers for school clubs (9, 10, 11, 12) [/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (11, 12), Local science center over the summer (11, 12) [/list]

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: Reading (Im not going to rate the subjective things, because I dont think I would do an accurate job)[/li][] Department at MIT: Chemistry
[] Personality trait: World play (Used hidden puns. People thought it was funny)
[] World You Come From: Talked about experiences in lab
[] Significant Challenge: Coming out as queer
[] Other: None [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 11th grade AP Bio teacher
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10th grade English teacher (I was worried about this, but I didnt really have another choice since my 11th grade English teacher was deployed in Afghanistan and I took history at summer school for the past 2 years)
[] Counselor Rec: Didnt know her that well, since I only went in to complain about the scheduling mistakes they had made. Probably okay though
[] Additional Rec: PI from research
[] Interview: Went okay. The interviewer told me I reminded her of herself as a teenager
[] Art Supplement: Music- Flute. It wasnt that great because Ive been having hand problems[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/29
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Eurasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Around 70k , although I didnt apply for aid. Both my parents are essentially retired, but my mom used to be a radiologist so we have money in assets and stuff
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: People have told me my writing is strong, took advanced math at local UC, research experience
[] Weaknesses: Lack of awards or papers related to my research, overall mediocre-ness
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected?: Not sure…
[] What would you have done differently?: Started earlier with my essays, asked my professor to switch grad student mentors sooner (I didnt really have a project 1st semester because my previous mentor was kind of absent all the time) [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Well, at least I got into CaltechCongratulations to everyone!

canadianb123 · March 14, 2011, 10:57pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (720 M, 700 W, 640 CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Took it once
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Weighted GPA: 4.34
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 409
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s: Physics B, Calculus BC 4s: US Hist, World Hist, English
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geo, AP Comp Sci, AcDec, Broadcast Journalism, AP Physics C, AP Gov. & AP Econ., AP English Lit., Varsity Theatre
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Theatre, AcDec
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: none [/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: Sports (4)[/li][] Department at MIT:Physics (5)
[] Favorite Attribute?: Motivation (6)
[] World You Come From: Theatre and my experiences with it (6)
[] Significant Challenge: Asperger Syndrome (7)
[] Other: N/A[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Never saw
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: " "
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Pretty good! Really conversational and comfortable.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Can’t remember
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Mid to Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Love of Math/Physics
[] Weaknesses: Scores (not national merit semifinalist), Grades, weak extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing that pops. Run of the mill, you know?
[] What would you have done differently?: Something awesome: Research, etc.[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Applied for the hell of it, regret nothing.

Ivystriver2 · March 14, 2011, 10:58pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770M 770W 690CR)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] SAT II: 780 Math I, 730 USH, 710 Bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 out of 714
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: AP Euro, 4: AP Lit, Govt, & USH
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 honors, 1 music
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] nothing major[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots of music (violin, vocal, theater), Eagle Scout, decent community service, other random ECs in school…
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a movie theater for a year.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Eagle Project, Key Club, Church work, etc…[/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: Dancing (6)[/li][] Department at MIT: Math (8)
[] Personality: Talked about integrity. (6)
[] World You Come From: Talked about family and school. (8)
[] Significant Challenge: Ripping my pants on stage during a performance lol. (9)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: A little short but still good.
[] Counselor Rec: She still doesn’t know my name…
[] Interview: It went well.
[] Art Supplement:[/ul] none

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Giant Public
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] the limit does not exist.[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, lots of math stuff, Eagle
[] Weaknesses: CR score, subject tests, lack of AP science, some essays.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lots of people were better than me.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Prepare more for the college admissions process. No one at my school has any clue about competitive schools.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: MIT was not necessarily my first choice school, but I’m still a little disappointed. I wasn’t expecting anything so I guess I’ll just have to wait until March 30 for the other decisions. I still have decent options & honors programs at some other schools, so I’ll be happy wherever I end up. Congrats to everyone that got in, Good Luck to the Waitlisters, and keep your heads up rejectees. Life goes on. :)

Samyobrata · March 14, 2011, 11:07pm

Pick one:

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (740 CR, 800 M, 670 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/154
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: toughest available in school
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]National Talent Search Scholar, a couple of other olympiads(not major ones), etc.[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):LTS (President), Lierary Group(founder), Debate, Quiz, Theare/drama, Table Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] as part of school social service group[/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: on reading (6)[/li][] Department at MIT: Physics - Course 8 (6)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: wrote about integrity (7)
[] World You Come From:Bengali middle class (6)
[] Significant Challenge: Managing an event (5)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:great … interviewer said he thought I would be a good fit and everything
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/30/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $10,000-$20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT II scores, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT I, Lack of significant Olympiad achievements.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: for an international applicant, i think I just didn’t make the grade.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]definitely tried for some Olympiads.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Well looks like I won’t get to wear the brass rat. But congratulations to all who will… Enjoy your years at MIT… meanwhile I’ll try and find my calling… :)

marciemi · March 14, 2011, 11:09pm

Posting for my son who doesn’t have a CC account:

Decision: Deferred > Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 math, 32 science, 31 English, 32 reading
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 4.04
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 of 438
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc (5), Chem (5), APUSH (3), 4 more this year
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: College Calc 2, Differential Equations, Honors Band, 4 AP’s
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Drum Major, Chemistry Club President, Math Team All Area & President, NHS Officer, Assistant Track Coach, Plays, Musicals, Track, Cross-Country, Mock Trial
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] 150+ hours of community service[/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: [/li][] Department at MIT: Chemical or Nuclear Engineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went great - nearly 2 hours
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Sept 2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NROTC [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: SO EXCITED!!!

Communist101 · March 14, 2011, 11:15pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown):Did not submit , but got a 2270
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):35 - 36 W 36 R 33 S 34 M
[] SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Math II 750 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, but around 4.6 weighted
[] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/170 ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 7- 5’s taking 5 this year

[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Calc 3, Physics B, AP English, AP Euro
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 4? 5?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Siemens Semifinalist, Winner of an international piano competition, played piano at Carnegie Hall, solo piano with two orchestras[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Piano, cello, debate (state qualifier), swimming (state qualifier), academic challenge (state qualifier team)
[] Job/Work Experience:Math Tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Piano community charity performances, taught at rural middle school in China[/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: Photography. Probably a 8/10[/li][] Department at MIT: Biochem
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Forgot this one.
[] World You Come From: About my parents from communist China.
[] Significant Challenge: Being shy/social awkward and joining the debate team and succeeding in speaking and eventually winning at debate tournaments.
[] Other:[/ul] I also wrote about how I work very well in teams, from swim team, academic challenge, debate, etc.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she knows me pretty well from my awards & interactions with her.
[] Additional Rec: Piano Teacher
[] Interview: Went great, but was interrogated for a while on everything. I was almost scared in fact.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Submitted piano recording. In fact, I got a personal response from an MIT senior professor commending me and wanting me to come to MIT. I think this was a major factor in my admission.

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/1? or 12/31, pretty late I think
[] State (if domestic applicant):OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN CHINESE!
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Science research (Siemens semi), music awards

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, major awards, test scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: I only took 2 years of Spanish due to conflicts with AP classes. ASIAN MALE OMG ■■■.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Perhaps because of my major awards/science research as well as strong piano stuff. Besides my science and music I guess I was well rounded and accomplished in everything else, although I consider my self skewed towards my two more important activities. I think the MIT professor recommendation on my behalf on my piano was a great factor.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]Submit earlier. I almost didn’t apply since I thought my interview was bad, although I thought it went pretty well except for a few areas. 
Cant think of anything other.

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

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!!! Condolences to those who didn’t. You guys will end up somewhere great!

I actually can’t believe I got in! With so much high competition I did not really know what to expect!

I almost did not apply to MIT. I’m glad I did.

zzjaszz · March 14, 2011, 11:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36/36/33/34)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, Chem, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 in AP Chem, BC Calc
[] IB (place score in parentheses): dunno yet
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Phys C, IB History HL, IB Lit HL, IB French HL, Topics in Adv Math (AP+)
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: a lot
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel Semifinalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Red Cross Youth Council President, Sax Quartet Leader/Founder, School Newspaper Chief Editor, Math Team, and more too lazy to list
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Takasago Corp USA, private tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] red cross, camp sunshine, math comps, some other ones here and there[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):great (don’t want to list subjects)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: amazing
[] Counselor Rec: amazing
[] Additional Rec: amazing
[] Interview: went well
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul] none[/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: mid december
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: <60000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Intel, Grades, Course Rigor, Recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: Activities, some sections of the ACT, no SAT I, international
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: research projects & good essays
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] be a little more involved in other activities, but I guess I really focused on the ones I did have.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So happy right now! :DDD

somekid55 · March 14, 2011, 11:32pm

Decision: Deferred => Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M, 800 W, 680 CR (2230)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 M, 800 W, 680 CR (2280)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (36 M, 26 English, idk the rest… did not submit)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.40
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/550
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc BC, 5 Bio, 4 Chem, 4 APUSH
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Civics, Regular English (I thought it would be easy… I was sorely mistaken, I suck at reading), AP Spanish 6, AP Russian 6, AP Physics B (school does not offer C, sadly), Research Project, Calc III at local university
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2 others? I personally think I was strongest. But our school hasnt gotten a kid in for 15 yrs.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 on the AIME? does that count? lol[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team, 250+ Community Service Hrs, Tutoring, Rec sports (baseball + basketball)… nothing leadership, I guess you might say I am lacking ECs
[] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hrs over past 3 yrs[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): I don’t remember how they were. My mom read them and said they were good. lol. but I did them the night before EA apps were due. probably not a smart move but its how i operate.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great. Got to read it, and it showed I was unique. it was not at all critical
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Very good, but may have been shaky, did not read. He told me he would place me in the top 5% of students he has worked with, but not 1%… which is accurate I’m sure. He graduated from Stanford, so of course he’d do that, haha.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic. Called me the best student she’s ever seen academically (she used to work at a worse HS)
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Lasted a half hour. Not sure if that’s good or bad, but it felt fine to me. It was my first one, so I was kinda nervous, but it wasn’t what hurt me.
[li] Art Supplement: None[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Last day
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Basically strong test scores and math background. Which is why I got deferred rather than rejected outright.
[] Weaknesses: Not at all a standout in the MIT applicant pool. I think I have the intelligence to get in, I just didn’t show as extraordinary or unique on my application.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think MIT deferring me was basically their way of saying “You’re a pretty smart kid. So it would be insulting to reject you outright. But you really have nothing else besides your test scores.”
[] What would you have done differently?: Absolutely nothing. I have no regrets, I loved high school. I think that doing things for the sole purpose of getting into some great college is silly; I did what I wanted in my life because I wanted to, not because of psycho parents pushing me into it or something. I guess I didn’t really try to stand out, I just tried to be myself on the application, and as far as getting in that wasn’t the best approach. [/ul]

Other Factors: My midyear grades kinda sucked. lol. i caught senioritis a quarter too early id say.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m happy for everyone who got in: you guys will have a great time.

For those of you who did not, it’s not the school that makes a difference on who you are going to be. It’s you. Someone can go to MIT and be miserable with their life, just like someone can drop out of high school and love their life. I’m glad MIT decided to reject me; they know their school better than I do, and I trust that they rejected me because MIT was just not the right fit for me; not because I’m not a good enough person or something. So if you got rejected, you can be upset, but don’t be a baby about it, because it was for a good reason I’m sure… even if that reason was not enough space in the class.

For those curious, I have options at either Notre Dame (no scholarship, decent aid) or at RPI or Villanova on pretty nice scholarships (about half-tuition). Still waiting on Columbia, Penn, and Cornell, but I don’t expect to get in to any of those.

To all the crazy, obsessive people on this website… please RELAX =) you will be fine.

LovelyBones · March 14, 2011, 11:38pm

LOL at the first post… only the MIT forum would figure out how to put the code without needing to put the spaces…

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690CR, 730M, 750W (Composite: 2170)
[] SAT II: Math II - 620, 740 (retaken); US History - 670, 710 (retaken); Literature - 590, 700 (retaken); Biology M - 680; Biology E - 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.976
[] Weighted GPA: 4.47
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of ~300
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Modern World History - 4; Biology - 4; US History - 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Literature, AP US Government and Politics, Physics
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0 < x < 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca-Cola Scholar Semifinalist; QuestBridge National College Match Finalist; NCWiT Aspirations in Computing National Runner-Up/Bay Area Affiliate Winner[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of 3 school clubs (one of which I co-founded), Team Captain of Mock Trial team, Editor-in-chief of school publication, Youth Media Journalist of an online blog
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at local tutoring company (similar to Sylvan)[/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 8
[] World You Come From: 7
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10
[] Counselor Rec: 8
[] Additional Rec: Did not read
[] Interview: 6-7
[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public, rarely sends kids to Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, GPA, weird scientific obsessions
[] Weaknesses: standardized test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I honestly didn’t think I was as smart or as brilliant enough as the rest of the MIT applicant pool.
[] What would you have done differently?: I should have worked on my app sooner and apply EA (I applied everywhere RD)[/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Accepted at MIT and The Farm, waitlisted at Caltech. I seriously thought I had NO chance at MIT, considering my stats are low compared to other stellar CCers, and I wasn’t USAMO, USABO or anything–but I guess they were able to see my scientific passion in spite of that! My advice for future applicants is, no matter what anyone else says, even of the odds are against you, REACH FOR YOUR DREAMS AND APPLY ANYWAY! If you’ve got the scientific passion, go for it! You’ll never know what happens.

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