Consolidated EA/RD 2015 results thread

acetycholine · March 14, 2011, 11:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Not going to be super specific for anonymity but whatever who cares:

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: M 780 R 800 W 770
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Final time, only sent one
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Physics 780 Bio 790 MathII 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio 5, US History 5, BC Calc 5/4, English Lit 4, US Gov 5, Comp prog. A 4 and a couple unreported 3’s (didn’t really study for any of them)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): IB HL Spanish 6
[] Senior Year Course Load: Six IB classes; finished all hard stuff in junior year tho
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Dunno, 30?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] wrote a good bio paper but missed the deadline[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Haha these I can say were stellar. Generally: Started serious nonprofit organization/science social entrepreneurship company with accompanying awards, NHS prez; high leadership in student government; Newspaper editor in chief; Top leadership in numerous other community service activities dating back 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Very serious scientific research position; co authored several papers
[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):
[] What You Do For Pleasure: cooking and making others feel welcome/happy 7
[] Department at MIT: biology and stem cell research, ties into my current work with stem cells 7
[] Personality trait?: company and effective innovative leadership, also talks about having fun with friends 10
[] World You Come From:allegedly very touching about sibling relationship in separating divorce, came from the depths of my heart : ) 10
[] Significant Challenge: similar thing about balancing life in working single parent household 10
[] Other: The final supplement was about the company which I used for other schools as well 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: MIT Alumni teacher for 3 semesters; hinted it was amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Teacher for 4 semesters and major extracurric sponsor; probably awesome as well
[] Counselor Rec: Generic although she’s really nice
[] Additional Rec: From PI at lab; probably amazing
[] Interview: Amazing; we talked about the company and the stem cell research; said he was very impressed and that he was sure I would do great things
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late
[] State (if domestic applicant): Urban hyper competitive area
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] nothing besides what has been mentioned

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars, recs and interview, essays, personality
[] Weaknesses: freshman and sophomore grades; ap scores?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nice cohesive application with unusual extracurriculars/sense of social justice
[] What would you have done differently?: not worry as much : P [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **Well, as advice for people (of similar mentality as myself as a junior), trawling pages and pages of these for their dream schools at 1AM, dreaming about the feeling of being accepted to -----, it’s all about being genuine. I have been asked to critique many college essays and applications, and it is very very obvious when someone is trying to be what they think adcoms would like, trying to fake passion, trying to mimic others or come up with a gigantic list of leadership positions such as president of [whatever nice sounding club that doesn’t actually do anything]. That’s not cool, nor fair to others who actually do stuff. Applications should have a wholesome feeling, to portray fluidly the different interlocking aspects of a person. Only when you support and pursue the passion for quantum physics that you claim to have can your application be believable. And finally, what’s better than inheriting an empire is creating one. Think about what you’re good at and try to channel your talents into helping out those less fortunate. And get your friends to help, inspire classmates along the way, and soon you’ll be a great person and/or admitted to -------

mjdonaldson · March 14, 2011, 11:45pm

Decision: Deferred –> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M 800 CR 750 W
[] SAT I superscore: 2320
[] SAT II: 780 Literature 780 Physics 780 Math II 750 US History 710 Latin
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Weighted GPA: 4.144
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/229
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Calculus AB, English Language, US History; 3 on Physics C Mechanics
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer science (2 days/week) Marching band (3 days/week), AP Bio, Honors Latin 4, AP Euro, AP English Lit, AP Chem, no lunch period
[li] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): theater tech crew (head of crew), marching band (section leader), school newspaper (feature editor), girl scout (ambassador)
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at science center (6th grade - present) Girl scout (kindergarten-present)[/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: “I crochet dolls that look like characters from video games” [/li][] Department at MIT: bioengineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: build stuff for theater tech crew
[] World You Come From: “my friends push me to succeed”
[] Significant Challenge: Mock Trial semifinals being placed on the musical’s opening night
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: pretty bad I think, he’s the only guy who ever gave me a B and I don’t think he liked me very much, but he was the only math teacher I’ve had
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: probably fantastic, my latin teacher loves me
[] Counselor Rec: not so sure but I think pretty good
[] Interview: SO good; my EC and I connected on a deep personal level and were BFFs at the end of our hour[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Oct. 30
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] School Type: smallish public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >100k / year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: interview and essays
[] Weaknesses: my B in math (for two years, both from same teacher) and my friend from school also applying, who had more leadership and no B
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays and interview
[] What would you have done differently?: tried harder sophomore and junior year for an A in math, taken AP chem last year instead of this year[/ul]

shineegirl · March 14, 2011, 11:49pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (740CR, 800M, 780W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E, 35M, 35W, 30S, 8essay)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parentheses): no AP
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Spanish SL (6), Math SL (6), IB Diploma Candidate
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 (at college), full IB courseload with some fun classes thrown in
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (President), NHS (Secretary of points), FTC Team (Captain of an all-girl team), Tennis Team 4 years (2 years varsity), Dance Club, Piano in childhood, some other stuff. Nothing super special.
[] Job/Work Experience: Old Navy, Summer Internship (comp. sci), Babysitter, Tutor, Piano Teacher
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life Team Captain, Key Club stuff[/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: My obession with Korean stuff (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: Comp. Engineering, but still undecided (5)
[] Attribute of your personality that you’re most proud of?: Dance club, overcoming shyness (9/10)
[] World You Come From: Wrote about parents (7/8)
[] Significant Challenge: Tennis team (6/7)
[] Other: Talked about FTC (sent this in later), (8) [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher- excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher- never read but I think it was good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty generic but decent
[] Additional Rec: Engineering teacher (sent later), pretty good
[] Interview: Went well
[] Art Supplement: none [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Sometime early december?
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, doesn’t send many to very top schools each year (0-2)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Talked to the tennis coach?[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my personality really shined through on this app
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of female engineering, tennis player, and personality? Honestly, I’m shocked.
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing :)[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Miracles do happen

moodragonx · March 15, 2011, 12:10am

Deferred —****-> Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2190 - 720 Math, 730 Writing, 740 CR
[]SAT II: 790 Math, 800 Chem, 670 Bio (didn’t send)
[]ACT: 33
[]GPA: 5.13 Weighted, 3.9 UW
[]Rank: 2/396
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Only AP exams, didn’t take any other tests:
Chem - 5
US History - 4
World History - 4
Psychology - 5
Calc BC/AB subscore - 5/5
English Language and Composition - 4
Environmental Science - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Meh. I dunno. I’ve always been a fairly poor writer. I don’t feel like my essays were any big deal to be honest. But I can’t say for sure.
[]Teacher Recs: Good I hope. None of my teachers hated me (as far as I can tell) and there wasn’t any clear sign that any of the recommendations were bad. I’m fairly certain they were the same boring recommendations everyone gets that never helps to really make you stand apart from anyone else.
[]Counselor Rec: (see above: Teacher Recs)
[]Supplementary Material: I sent in a recommendation from one of the professors at Summer Science Program (SSP) - NM 2010
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NC
[]High School Type: Average-slightly below average Public High School
[]Ethnicity: Bengali
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Meh. Not nearly as good as many people but I don’t think it was a huge weakness. Or at least I hope it wasn’t.
[]Awards: I listed a few minor ones in my app but nothing groundbreaking to speak off (nothing National)
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Kind of depressing but I’ll get over it. MIT was my #1 choice for the most part but I’m not going to breakdown over not getting in.[/ul]

aishaf · March 15, 2011, 12:11am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (800M 710W 700CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36M, 34R 34E 32S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): (36M 34R 36E 33S)
[] SAT II: Math2 760 Biology E 750 Chemistry 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5) Chemistry (4) Biology (4) Eng Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: World of Media (English), AP Physics B, Diff. Eq./Linear Algebra(community college), Spanish 8, Pop Culture/Sociology, AP American Gov, AP Economics, Orchestra
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 5 or 6 maybe?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): math team competitions? BAMO?[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Leadership (Class treasurer), 2 Orchestras, Volleyball, Math Team
[] Job/Work Experience: office work for a small business, city accounting office
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteering, key club[/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: Talked about Yoga (9)[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 7, talked about my fascination with biological systems (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: this was one of the questions? I don’t remember…
[] World You Come From: about how my parents and the musicality of my family has helped me to love numbers and problem solving (8)
[] Significant Challenge:Talked about racism and race and how they’ve helped me grow(9)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 12th Grade AP Physics teacher. Didn’t see it, but I think he likes me…
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: a math teacher I had for two years, MIT Alum, LOVES me. I read the rec and it was glowing.
[] Counselor Rec: idk, my school is pretty big…
[] Additional Rec: my english teacher. didn’t see it.
[] Interview: started out a little rocky, but it went really long and we had really interesting conversations about curing aids and biology
[] Art Supplement: should have, but I didn’t[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: day before the deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: VERY large public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed (Japanese, Philippine, Italian, Iranian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: diverse interests, diverse races, essays
[] Weaknesses: test scores (AP/SAT II), no research or awards, not completely sure what I wanna study.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I definitely couldn’t catch up with a lot of the applicants research/experience-wise but I’m guessing they saw some sort of potential?
[] What would you have done differently?:I definitely would have done some educational summer programs or tried to find research opportunities.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m pretty happy that I even got waitlisted. I was definitely expecting a rejection like I got from Caltech. I just hope they let in a lot of the waitlist this year!

gusandbilly · March 15, 2011, 12:18am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2100
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2130 (M770, CR700, W660)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:800 MII, 720 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
[] Weighted GPA: -
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):16/586
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):Math SL 7, Chem SL 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):DECA Nationals[/li]
Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):DECA (VP), Class President (Raised $12,000), MUN (VP), Eagle Scout, Soccer, ACE Engineering, Washington Aerospace Scholars
[] Job/Work Experience:Microsoft
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] EAgle Scout, Community work (200hr)[/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: 5[/li][] Department at MIT: Mech Eng (bad choice)4
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:3
[] World You Come From:5
[] Significant Challenge:5
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:9
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:9
[] Counselor Rec:Principal
[] Additional Rec: 8
[li] Interview:Very bad[/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:12/30
[] State (if domestic applicant):WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Magnet (IB)
[] Ethnicity:W
[] Gender:XY
[] Income Bracket:150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] n/a

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:GPA, EC’s
[] Weaknesses:Essay, INterview, Passion for Mech Eng, Research, SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ? Didn’t expect to get in
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] No interview, Management instead as career choice,

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good luck to everyone else

pengys · March 15, 2011, 12:23am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310; 800R 770M 740W
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry 5, European History 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, Biotech, Expository Writing, Gov
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: a lot.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award. school science/math departmental ones [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Girl Scouts, Science Bowl, Chemistry Club, 4H, Soccer Referee/coach
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at retirement home
[li] Volunteer/Community service: lots from Girl Scouts [/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: Astronomy, building telescopes [/li][] What You Do That’s Creative?: That was a question?
[] World You Come From: The future, Star Trek (seriously… I come from the future because my world is Star Trek)
[] Significant Challenge: Kayaking
[] Teacher Recommendation #1&2: Fantastic, I’m sure. Had both teachers for 2+ years, excelled in both classes (Chem and French)
[] Counselor Rec: IDEK, each counselor has to write about 100 recs, I doubt mine was super special
[li] Interview: I wore a skirt. That cinched it, for sure [/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/1/11
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large (2500) public, well-funded by donations, competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Female, Girl Scout, Work at retirement home [/list]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was unique. A college’s wet dream, according to my friend. Good grades and scores.
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t win many awards or take many APs
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Few, strong extracirriculars. Unique essays, good recs. [/ul][/li]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

I’m happy I got in I didn’t take many APs (although I couldn’t, really, because I wasn’t at that level) and thought that might hurt me.

Mariki · March 15, 2011, 12:26am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1910 800(M) 510(CR) 600(W)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 38
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] IOI - 2 bronze medals

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring math and informatics for 2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] volunteering as a guide [/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: ice-skating (9)[/li][] Department at MIT: CS (9)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: just wrote about my family (8)
[] Significant Challenge: had to learn Turkish in a short period of time (7)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: great
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[] Additional Rec: don’t know really what he wrote but it must have been strong
[] Interview: by Skype… it went well
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/31/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Georgia
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: girl+IOI
[] Weaknesses: don’t know really
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because of my strengths
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] haven’t been so nervous

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to all of you who have been accepted. I’m so overexcited still can’t believe that I’ll study in MIT :D

nadalle · March 15, 2011, 12:58am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800 M:770, W:710
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: io (M): 780; Japanese: 750; Chemistry: 800; Maths (II): 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know (My high school is in Australia)
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure… top 10%?
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Maths HL: 7; Bio HL: 7; Chem HL: 7; English SL: 6; History SL: 6; Japanese SL: 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: as above
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think I am the only one who applied. =)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] I don’t really have any… unless you count minor awards like distinctions/high distinctions in national maths/science competitions or National Merit Commended. I don’t think these small awards have anything to do with the acceptance. [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Sound/Lighting Management, Flute, Choir, Fencing
[] Job/Work Experience: I sang in a Christmas choir one summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] St John’s Ambulance, School Library and school archives[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: I wrote about my love in reading. =) 7-8/10?[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 6- I mentioned my passion in human evolution 8/10
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I somehow don’t remember answering this question…
[] World You Come From: I talked about my childhood in Hong Kong and Australia, and how they are both a part of my identity. 8.5/10
[] Significant Challenge: I wrote about learning English after coming to Australia. 8/10
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Haven’t seen it. Should be good. =)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: same as above.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t really know her that well…
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I was pretty nervous because it was my first interview. The interview itself wasn’t great and wasn’t terrible. She asked me a list of questions (from a piece of paper on the table) and they were all pretty standard.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: I don’t really remember… late December?
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): I study in Australia as an international student, but I am actually an US citizen
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <60000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First generation

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My background and essays, I guess. I think my essays really give the admission officers a good sense of who I am and what I am into.
[] Weaknesses: No major awards or significant leadership roles
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know!! I was having lunch with a friend today while waiting for the decisions to come out. I was so scared to look at the decisions that I got my friend to do it for me. I freaked out when she went completely silent for about 30 seconds… I still can’t believe I got in!!!
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in and good luck to everyone in the next couple of weeks. =)

hopeo19 · March 15, 2011, 12:59am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230- M 700, CR 740, W 790, 2270- M 770, CR 740, W 760
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300- M 770, CR 740, W 790
[] ACT (breakdown): did not submit
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): did not submit
[] SAT II: Chem- 650, Math II- 690, US History- 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: school does not weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/65
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History - 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 4, Gov/Econ, AP Geography, AP English, Bible, Leadership, Health, Independent Study Calculus 2
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 3 years on Student Council- currently Student Body President, 4 years varsity cross country, 3 years varsity track (participating for fourth year and am a captain), school and professional theatre (8 shows), country leadership class
[] Job/Work Experience: math tutor, acting class helper
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] National Park Service volunteer, two missions trips to Thailand, church childcare[/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: 7, how I love watching old movies with my dad[/li][] Department at MIT: 7, chemical engineering- talked about an internship with a biotech company
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 6, is this the personality trait one? I talked about stepping outside of my comfort zone and going to Thailand and how this made me more adventurous
[] World You Come From: 7, how my friends think my familys life would make a good reality TV show, and I detailed some of our quirks
[] Significant Challenge: 8, went with the something that didnt go as planned- a stage kiss that turned into a real kiss in a drama performance and how it became a funny thing that made people excited to see the show
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9, math teacher for three years
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8, US History and gov/econ teacher
[] Counselor Rec: 10, Ive seen it and it was very nice
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: did one in October and it went pretty well, connected with the woman 
[] Art Supplement:[/list] did not submit

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Early Action (day of that deadline) and was deferred
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small private religious
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays and recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, school doesnt have many math/science options, no research
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My weaknesses, and honestly I dont feel like Id fit in at the school.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I felt like I tried my best, but I suppose there is always room for improvement in every factor pretty much.

spursfanmom · March 15, 2011, 2:27am

Note: Posting on mom’s profile (too lazy to make my own)

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770M, 750CR, 710W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took it once
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 MII, 760 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 I think
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/297
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Chem, 5 World Hist, 4 Eng Lang, 4 USH
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track and Field (Team Captain 2 yrs), Science Club (Treasurer), Ultimate Frisbee team, Chess club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier and Burger Cook
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Vacation Bible School/Church Volunteer, Peer Tutor, Meals on Wheels Delivery, etc. they all added up to like 200 hours or something[/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: don’t remember what I wrote, probably about a 5[/li][] Department at MIT: Chem E, used examples of MIT programs I would participate in - 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: don’t remember this question
[] World You Come From: just described my family and community - 6
[] Significant Challenge: can’t remember what I wrote about
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher for 2 years, 8
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: US History and Gov’t teacher, 7
[] Counselor Rec: she had to write a lot of letter of rec, 5
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went very well, no super hard questions, 9
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: last day of course
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, about 1200 students
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] talked to track coach

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: track, EC’s and volunteering, interview, honest essays maybe
[] Weaknesses: test scores, grades, nothing completely astounding
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know how it all works, but I guess they liked something I did, the track thing probably helped
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I think some research experience would have been nice, and I could have tried harder my freshman and sophomore years, any incredible achievement would help as well

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

murtaza101 · March 15, 2011, 3:14am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M - 730, W - 490, CR - 480 = 1700 (first try) M - 710, W - 530, CR - 540 = 1780
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1800
[] ACT (breakdown): Not taken
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Not taken
[] SAT II: Math L2C - 750 (after 2nd try), Phy - 710, Chem - 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t remember really
[] Weighted GPA: don’t remember really
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/17 (our school has different systems, so weighting is given accordingly, our graduating class had 141 people)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Not taken
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Not taken
[] GCE A-Levels (place score in parentheses): Math - (A), Chem - (A), Physics - (A), Economics - (A), General Paper - (A) [also took IGCSEs/O-Levels with 6 As and 1 A ]
[] Senior Year Course Load: We all had mandatory courseload for everyone, so it wouldn’t make sense here.
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIS Humaid Al Mazrouei Award For Mathematics, NYUAD CW finalist. [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tutoring children for 4 years in general subjects free of charge, Model United Nations [school-level], Attended a Qur’an Recitation program in a local mosque, Trained in football [soccer] camp hosted by Al Jazira Football Club,
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Collected door-to-door donations once in affiliation with MSF, Helped out teacher after school in checking and organizing papers.[/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: Tutoring (teaching) students, [/li][] Department at MIT: Chemical Engineering, Maths
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Don’t remember this one.
[] World You Come From: I forgot most parts so in short I don’t remember this one either.
[li] Significant Challenge: Story of my life – Couldn’t apply abroad in senior year, only applied to 1 college, got a almost acceptance but was rejected in the end, struggle with parents and took gap year as such, now applying again.[/li]
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem Teacher for 2 years, 8[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Literature Teacher for 1 year (also my counselor), 7
[] Counselor Rec: She attached a separate letter along with the SSR, say about 7.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: I contacted my interviewer, but the capacity for scheduling interviews was full, so I couldn’t have one, not that I didn’t want one.
[] Art Supplement: None [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Part 1 was around 12/6, Part 2 was about 12/18
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nope
[] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $45000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hoping to be first from my entire family generation to pursue elite education abroad. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic grades, devoting my whole time for teaching
[] Weaknesses: Variety of extracurriculars, MAYBE my essays and SAT scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Can’t tell, it’s MIT.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have changed the world and create a whole new image of MIT. [/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: If you read story of my life, you’d know I’m already in a bad position, and with having endure much pain and bad times in school, a rejection from MIT was literally saddening. I was waiting all those months, trying to calm down fights in the family, and cheering everyone up, I’m heartbroken, but I’m trying to suppress my pain, since I don’t want my family to be depressed for this. I’m gonna wait for Ivy League day now, since that will be what decides my ultimate outcome.

Deadmasterr · March 15, 2011, 7:09am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR - 560 W-590 M-720
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1870
[] SAT II: MI - 730 MII -700 CHEM- 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA:3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parentheses): None
[] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 2 (At a college), Economics, Government, Political Science (At a college), Physics, AP English Language and Literature
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] None[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Writer for city-wide teen newspaper, Human Rights Club, Attended Walks for different causes, Internship for Committee Woman, Helped children with homework at Boys Club of New York
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for local community center
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Writer for city-wide teen newspaper[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Characteristic-Inquisition (6), Attending a below average Local High School (7), Greatest Challenge: My parents disagreeing with my intended major (6), What I do for fun: Graphic design (7), Programs/Courses I’m interested in: Aerospace Engineering (7)
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Graphic Design, Programing, Web-design, Writing, Reading poetry at poetry cafe’s, Online Video Games
[] Department at MIT: Aerospace
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Graphic Design, Web-design, Poetry
[] World You Come From: Low-income poverty stricken streets of Bushwick - Brooklyn
[] Significant Challenge: Growing up in a low-income family, Parents disagreeing with intended major
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Super strong[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AMAZINGGG
[] Counselor Rec: SUPER DUPER AMAZING
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: GREAT
[] Art Supplement:[/list] None

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Last minute
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM, First Generation, Low-income,

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations (Including EC)
[] Weaknesses: Essays, Grades,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recommendations
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
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I GOT ACCEPTED TO MIT WEIFHSUDHHGSDGHSHSH

freakozoid · March 15, 2011, 9:30am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
[] Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: ~30
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem, Internships and Community Service as described above
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage [/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: A free activity club I run at school and in my neighbourhood, 8/10.[/li][] Department at MIT: EECS, 7/10
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: My ability to handle things with a cool head, 8/10
[] World You Come From: How I survive in the ‘war’ between the two different sides of my family, 9/10
[] Significant Challenge: Attending school in Pakistan for the first time after several years in Canada, 9/10
[] Other: Research paper abstract, 9/10 [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher, amazing. 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher, OK. 7/10
[] Counselor Rec: Made me cry. 9.5/10
[] Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned. 8/10
[] Interview: My downfall. What happened was that the EC in my region went BERSERK (I’m not even kidding) and refused to interview me or anyone else from my school because according to him we were late in scheduling the interview even though we contacted him several weeks before the December 10 deadline. MIT didn’t assign me a different EC for some reason. I then asked them to waive my interview and they did, saying the lack of it wouldn’t put me at a disadvantage (Yeah right…).
[] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/15/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[] School Type: Private, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low (<$10000)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays
[] Weaknesses: CR score, LACK OF INTERVIEW!!! (fatal), lack of non-science EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have flown to another country for the weekend just to have an interview -_- and retaken the SAT. [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: At least I can proudly tell my kids I got rejected by MIT. Seriously, though, I’m happy that I applied. Those who got in really deserve it! **

Helenaxrobot · March 15, 2011, 11:02am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted (after deferral EA)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 800 R, 800 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): one time scores.
[] ACT (breakdown): don’t remember
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Science 32, Math 36
[] SAT II: 770 Math 2, 760 Bio M, 720 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Weighted GPA:5.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/270
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calc BC/AB (5/5) AP Stats (4) Both independent study)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): German (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL (HL Independent) IB History, IB English V, IB Chem III, IB Bio III, TOK II
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:0, I think
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none. Absolutely none.[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Robotics (captain), SNHS (president), Newspaper (editor in chief), Academic team/quiz bowl, swim team, piano, orchestra (viola)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern at a chemical pharmaceutical company
[li] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local hospital for the past five years[/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: Rubik’s cube[/li][] Department at MIT: CSAIL, media lab, robotics
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I fix problems with mechanical tweaks, I’m really hands on. I fix things.
[] World You Come From: We move a lot. Change.
[] Significant Challenge: Being a girl in robotic, on a male team, then becoming captain
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read, from a robotics mentor (who was also my ex boyfriend’s dad XDD)
[] Interview: yep. Interviewed for EA. First interview. So nervous! But it was pretty colloquial.
[] Art Supplement: none[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: November?
[] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Ghetto, 3A
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: dunno, middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. No hooks. No significant prizes in science or math. Never past a state level.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Robotics, passion, leadership
[] Weaknesses: no sci/math major awards, no research paper, crappy first time essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really didn’t expect to get in, especially with my lack of ISEF or Siemens or perfect math scores (I’m quite terrible at math competitions). I really hated my essays after submitting, so my mid year report had more “me” in it.
[] What would you have done differently?: I wouldn’t have applied EA. I would have given my application more time, wrote more about me rather than molding me to their standards.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
To those waitlisted or rejected: You’re still here, and you’re still amazing, and you’re going to have fun and change the world no matter where you spend four years of your life. Never give up!
To prospectives: This, I guess, is proof that you don’t have to win >9000 awards in STEM to get into nerdy places. Test scores aren’t everything. Be yourself, and you’ll be happy with where you end up.

pianosa · March 15, 2011, 11:37am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2330 (800M, 800CR, 730W)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Mol Bio, 800 Chinese w/Listening, 760 Spanish (2nd take, 1st was 700)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9? I don’t actually know, my transcript for my school doesn’t show unweighted GPA, but I got 2 B+s, one junior year and one senior year
[] Weighted GPA: 5.68
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but if it did I probably would not even be in the top twenty because it’s so competitive and there is rampant grade inflation…
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World History 5, Bio 5, Stats 5, Calc BC 5, US History 4 (self-studied), US Gov/Pol 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP English, Research with a prestigious lab, Mathematical Modeling, Spanish Language, Multivariable Calculus, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, Organic Chemistry 
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Lots…I have no idea how many exactly, but I personally know at least 20 other people who applied. MIT is definitely a popular destination at our school. I know 3 people who got in EA and 2 more RD.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO semifinalist, National Merit Finalist, 1st place for various regional academic competitions[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 3 varsity sports (captain of one, MVP), founder of a club, prez of 3 clubs, student gov positions throughout the years, taught a seminar, play 2 instruments, tons of other stuff I won’t specify for anonymity
[] Job/Work Experience: Research intern, English teacher
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours for various projects/clubs, camp counseling, museum arts coordinator, etc. [/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: Building things, wrote about lots of stuff I’ve done over the years, such as woodworking, web design, making a fuel cell car, remodeling a room, 8/10 [/li][] Department at MIT: Biology, kind of vague, 6/10
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Something about math modeling related to a work of art, 7/10
[] World You Come From: Talked about growing up in a tech-y suburban area, random snippets of experiences, family hardships, 8/10
[] Significant Challenge: Interning at a research center in a town where I’d never been before and only knew 1 person in (in a foreign country), 8/10
[] Other: Included my research project abstract, 8/10 [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: My research teacher that also sponsors an academic team I lead, expected me to get in to all the Ivies I applied to+MIT, 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: An English teacher who is also my academic advisor. I really have no idea if this sucked or kicked ass, because I’m not sure what he really thinks of me. I fell asleep most of the time in his classes…haha. He never called me out for it and I aced both of his classes. 7/10
[] Counselor Rec: No clue, I only met my counselor like twice before she left our school and she probably just based it off the activities I told her about. 6/10
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: FANTASTIC. At least, I think it was. It lasted for an hour and a half, and we kept talking about random stuff. My interests were completely different from my interviewer’s, but we didn’t clash and had a really interesting conversation. We talked about building catapults, hacking at MIT (he told me about climbing on the roof of a building by the Charles River to watch fireworks and advised me how to go about hacking…“you’ve gotta do it at least once, just find somebody really experienced and don’t get caught” lol.), research, etc. At first I thought he was going to be really formal and all because he’s a professor, but he was a genuinely cool guy to talk to who got me way more interested in MIT. The only thing that worried me was when I asked about the social scene and he talked about bonding every night over problem sets…hahahaha. I’m hoping he was joking. 9/10
[] Art Supplement: Piano recording, I’ve played for 12 years, so it was at least decent. My piano teacher keeps telling me I should become a concert pianist, but he’s given up on me going to Juilliard or the Curtis Institute…and now that I’m into MIT…zero chance! 7/10 [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Definitely the last day
[] State (if domestic applicant): Let’s just say northern east coast
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none[/ul]

Reflection[list]
[*] Strengths: MIT just sort of fit. Writing my essays for MIT was so much easier than for all my other schools, even though I originally wasn’t considering it as a top choice. I guess in a clich

nephrologist101 · March 15, 2011, 12:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2350 (V 750; rest 800)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math IIC 800; US Hist 800; Chem 780; Bio 770; French 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA in School; Straight A throughout High School
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP: Calculus BC (5); Physics (Mechanics) (5); US History (5); Chem (5); Biol (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel & Siemens Semifinalist; Model UN Best Delegate, Writing Awards, Bausch & Lomb
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Co-founder of a school magazine (leadership)
Model UN co-captain (leadership)
Heriage Camp counselor
Field Hockey (Varsity) state championship team co-captain
Violin
Painting (excellent)

[] Job/Work Experience:
Research intern in a major University (paid)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
volunteer in a children’s program and fundraising to help an orphanage
Peer tutor
School tour guide
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: Mentor of Intel project, Arts teacher
[] Interview: first one to have, way back in Nov
[/ul]Other[ul]
College Courses in columbia College and in Harvard
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major:
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Intel, Straight A, SAT & AP scores
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good Luck!!

Superfluous · March 15, 2011, 1:19pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (760 M, 800 CR, 680 WR)
[] ACT (breakdown):N/A
[] SAT II: (730 M2, 700 US History, 680 Chem)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/418
[] AP (place score in parentheses): European History (4), US History (4), Chem (3), Calc AB (5), Language & Comp (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science A, AP Literature, AP World History
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] N/A[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Baseball 4 years, Soccer, Drums, Guitar, Jazz Band, National Honor Society, It’s Academic Team
[] Job/Work Experience: Some
[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] Can’t remember most of them =3
[] What You Do For Pleasure:
[] Department at MIT: Computer Science/EE
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Music?
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge: Overcoming mono in sophomore year, missed a month of school
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went really well.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, 4A
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I guess, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: No research/science oriented extracurriculars, GPA/class rank.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I would have tried a bit harder and gotten my gpa and class rank up.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to those who got in, I’m still waiting on Carnegie Mellon and Hopkins.

rigden33 · March 15, 2011, 4:29pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2000 (800M 650CR 550W 8E)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):34 (36M 36S 34R 30W 8E)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:Math Level 2:780 Physics:780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.89
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):18/440
[] AP (place score in parentheses):APUSH(4) AP Calc AB(4) AP Physics B(4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):IB SL Physics (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load:Most Rigorous. IB Diploma Candidate
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:17
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Upward Bound. Math Team, Varsity scoring team. National Honor Society. Tibetan Tradition Dance group (8+ years). Learn Tibetan Traditional instrument. Tibetan cultural school
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteered at local library since 10th grade.[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Not going to say for each. All were from 7-9
[] What You Do For Pleasure:
[] Department at MIT:
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: Two worlds Tibetan Immigrant/ Growing up in U.S.
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:Physics Teacher. I think it was okay-good, never saw it.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2:Japanese Teacher. I saw it, it was great.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know my counselor well, so it probably wasn’t very good.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Meh, not good nor bad
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:Jan 1, 2011
[] State (if domestic applicant):MN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public City High School
[] Ethnicity:Tibetan (Asian)
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:Middle/Upper-Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Minority and first generation.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:ACT Test scores, some essays, ethnicity, involved in Tibetan culture
[] Weaknesses:Interview could have been better, needed more EC, SAT I was crap.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of my weaknesses
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
I would of submitted a supplement with a video of my Tibetan dance group performing.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m happy I applied to MIT. At least I won’t ever think, “what if I applied to MIT and got in?”
MIT was my dream school for a long time, but I guess I’m going to have to move on. Come on Stanford or Northwestern!

ehz · March 15, 2011, 6:20pm

Decision: Deferred–>Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 800, Cr: 740, W: 770 = 2310
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):n/a
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Biology M:770, Physics: 770, US History: 750, Chinese w/ Listening: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.899
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/495
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics B (5), Bio (5), Calc AB (5), Eng Lang & Comp (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chem, World Cultures, AP Economics, AP Lang & Comp, AP Calc BC + MV,
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] nothing huge. AP scholar with something, NM Finalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Marching Band (Drum Major), Science League (Officer), Math League/Team (Captain), Jazz Band, Pep Band, research, local Honors bands
[] Job/Work Experience: making shirts and selling them!
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] CIT @ Franklin Institute, Chinese School, playing in jazz ensembles, marching in parades, science outreach, waitressing at assisted living home[/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: gardening (9)[/li][] Department at MIT: course 6 (7)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: umm, i think this is the personality question, wrote about wittiness (9)
[] World You Come From: how my world is a huge conservation of energy problem, how I have to give back what it has invested in me (7)
[] Significant Challenge: sucking at music (8)
[] Other:[/ul] wrote about how i make t-shirts
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: ballin’
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: pretty nice
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, but we’re tight
[] Additional Rec: from research mentor (BRILLIANT!)
[] Interview: awesome!
[] Art Supplement:[/list] flute recording. it was poorly put together, imo

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/29 ish
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ represent
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large, slightly above average public
[] Ethnicity: Chinatown
[] Gender: XX
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] published research?

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I really drove home my love for music. helped that i picked up baritone sax during the time i was deferred. I spoke from the heart. published research. heavy math and music extracurriculars and summer camps.
[] Weaknesses: didn’t cure cancer
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] better flute recording, bleh

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: so happy! my life is unreal right now. congrats to everyone, accepted or not, you all are brilliant! =)

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