Consolidated EA/RD 2016 results thread

ccparent1 · December 17, 2011, 4:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2380 780 M
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):single sitting
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):35 32 reading single sitting
[] SAT II:800 Physics, Chemistry, US History, 790 Math II all taken only once
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[] Weighted GPA:4.833
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% in a class of 800
[] AP (place score in parentheses):6 5s and 2 4s
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:6 APs
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: probably lots
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMSF, AP National Scholar, Did research at a national lab
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Started a premed club, leader for two others, dance, piano
[] Job/Work Experience:summer job after 9th and research after 11th
[] Volunteer/Community service: major involvement in a local health effort for 3 years
[/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:dance[/li][] Department at MIT:Bioengineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1:must be good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:must be good
[] Counselor Rec:great
[] Additional Rec: probably great
[] Interview: pretty good
[] Art Supplement: research abstract
[/list]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:large competitive public
[] Ethnicity:Asian Indian
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket: >200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I am shocked based on people who seem to have been rejected.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Very excited

insertnamester · December 17, 2011, 4:54pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 780 M, 760 W, 11 essay)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 780 M, 760 W, 11 essay)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chem, 750 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Weighted GPA: School doesn’t calculate weighted GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5; AB Subscore: 5), Chem (5), Comp Sci A (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Physics C: Mech (5),
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP U.S. Gov / Econ, Adv Drama H
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 10-15
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, 10th Place National French Competition, several MUN awards[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Only listing what I had space for on my MIT app) MUN (Gr 9-12, Treasurer 11, President 12), Astronomy Club (Gr 9-12, President 11-12), Class Secretary (Gr 12), Drama (Gr 11-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: NASA Ames Research Internship (Summer 2011 - Present), Ikain.com internship (summer 2009)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Didn’t put this on my app but 120 hours with CSF[/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: Drama (6)[/li][] Department at MIT: Course six, EECS (7)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Motivational speaking (7)
[] World You Come From: MUN (9)
[] Significant Challenge: Being tone-deaf (9)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Lang/AP Lit teacher, MUN Advisor, loves me (9 or 10 probably)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Chem teacher, Astronomy Club Advisor, also loves me (8 or 9 probably)
[] Counselor Rec: I got assigned to my vice-principal who I’ve rarely talked to but we had a good interview (I’m hoping at least 7)
[] Additional Rec: My mentor from NASA Ames (9 or 10)
[] Interview: Went really well, lasted an hour, never paused, had a lot of questions for him, flowed really well (9)
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Nov 1st
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 250k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m not sure…
[] Weaknesses: Short Answers, Awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I didn’t work enough on my short answers (which I felt can and still will make or break me)
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Gotten more awards

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: It’s not the end of the world!

JamaicanMehCrazy · December 17, 2011, 5:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (740CR/800M/800W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 800 math2, 760 chem, 760 bio m, 680 us history
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): all my school tells me is top 20%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): us history (4), bio (5), calc bc (5), chem (5), euro (3), english lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics, ap english lit, ap gov, ap french, calc3 (multivariable and diff eq)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2 others. one got deferred, i dunno about the second
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with distinction[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 5 years cross country (captain), 5 years track, 4 years key club (canned food drive chair), 4 years pre-med society, other small random stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: associate at panera since may 2011
[li] Volunteer/Community service: a bunch of things through 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: 7 weekly movie night with my grandparents[/li][] Department at MIT: 8 math and physics departments <3
[] Attribute of Personality: 7 i’m mostly a chill person and i usually roll with the punches pretty well without too much stress
[] World You Come From: 9 how my parents got divorced which caused my dad to go into a depression and lose his job and he was homeless for a year
[] Significant Challenge: 8 ap euro as the first hard class i’ve had… the APE, as it’s called, conquered me but taught me about how i learn and whatnot
[] Other: i wrote a paragraph about how i don’t exactly know what i want to do but i know MIT would be the place to do it. i also submitted a silly little blog post i wrote called “why i want to marry math” haha it was cute[/ul] [] Teacher Recommendation #1: 8 calc bc teacher, it was super good he let me read it
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7 apush teacher, not sure how it was as i didn’t see it but i’m pretty sure he likes me and i was always in a good/semi-hyper mood in his class
[] Counselor Rec: 9 my counselor loves me so i’m sure it was good
[] Additional Rec: 8 ap chem teacher, he is the most amazing person/teacher ever and he knows i know and he also knows how chem just makes me happy haha and i’m a huge nerd
[] Interview: 8 it was pretty short (35 minutes) but he really liked me and said i had a 50-50 chance of getting in early and said he was gonna give me his highest recommendation
[] Art Supplement: nada [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: october 29th i think
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: mixed - european and jamaican
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: high-level math and science courses
[] Weaknesses: grades/test scores in history
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i think it’s because they could see my passion; there are plenty of smart people but not everyone embraces it lol
[] What would you have done differently?: i took classes over the summer (health after freshman year and psychology after sophomore year) but i didn’t submit my transcript from the college! haha i was freaking out but then i realized since it’s PSEOP then it shows up on my high school transcript also thank goddddd [/ul]

**Other Factors: ** i threw a math joke into one of my essays…lolz

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Justforacomment · December 17, 2011, 5:29pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Took it 3 times, last time I finally got it good. Stupid math standardized testing
Reading 800, Math 740, Writing 800
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2340
[] ACT (breakdown): 35
English 36, Math 31, Reading 35, Science 36, Essay 7 (lol)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
[] SAT II: Math II 740 (first try), 780 (second time). Physics 710. Bio E 700 (took it freshman year). US History 800. World History 720 (freshman year). 
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0?
[] Weighted GPA: 5.32/6.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/220
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Sophomore Year: Self-Study English Language (5). Junior Year: APUSH (5), Calc BC (5).
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Honors Spanish, AP Chem, AP English, AP Physics B, Band
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[/li]Spanish Club (President)
Friendship Club, helping special needs kids (Co-President)
Math Club (VP)- Our math team is new and isn’t very good though lol
Horn in several ensembles/ quintets, got into districts last year w/ allstate rec
Venturing (Co-ed Boy Scouts) (President)
Creative Writing
Environmental Club (Community Outreach Head)
Gay Straight Alliance

[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]Work part-time doing menial labor for a textbook company, lol. I hate it.
Tutoring a middle student, 2-4 times a week.

[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Environmental Work (biological control project)
Coaching Special Needs Kids in Soccer
Relay for Life Team Captain
National Honor Society
Won a town award for community service

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: Hiking (not rating quality, because i have no clue. My essays were fairly non-formal and showed off my personality I guess?)[/li][] Department at MIT: MechE
[] Attribute of Personality: Curiosity
[] World You Come From: My town is homogenous, but my group of friends are diverse. Talked about how I want to explore the world. I thought this one was the best out of them.
[] Significant Challenge: Talked about how I failed a lifeguard course
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: (didn’t read either recommendation) English teacher, she loves me
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Physics teacher. I am such a physics nerd and would always get excited about everything in class. I’m sure it was good.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t really know my counselor, but it probably helped show that I was going above and beyond what my school offers.
[] Interview: I think it went okay as a whole. Described why I like math and how I like how MIT reaches out to the community. I was nervous that it would have hurt my chances (she asked me how I wanted to change the world and how science is used in the world… I was like… I don’t know? I still don’t know what I’m doing with my life!)
[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Day before it was due, lol
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being female I guess. I also did a lot beyond what my school offered, like self-studying precalc, taking BC Calc exam even though my school only has an AB class[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m well-rounded and actually stronger in the liberal artst. I had really good scores and grades. I think my application and recommendations showed off my love of learning.
[] Weaknesses: Always that darn math score, lol. It took me three tries to get math above 700. And my SATIIs for science weren’t that strong (i took bio freshman year, and we never learned electricity/magnetism in physics last year). I also haven’t done any science olympiads or research or anything like that.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not the typical techie MIT applicant I guess. 
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing![/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I screamed when I found out and startled my dad, lol. MIT isn’t my top top choice (I really hate biology, haha. Plus I don’t know if I could handle the workload there, and I would prefer more flexibility and liberal arts.) But I love love love Cambridge, and everyone I’ve met from MIT is amazing and quirky and wonderful. I feel so much more confident about my abilities and chances at other schools. AND I GOT INTO MIT OMG!!! I’m set for life now I think :D

techogecko · December 17, 2011, 6:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I single-sitting (breakdown): 2190 (760 M, 740 W, 690 CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2200 (760 M, 750 W, 690 CR)
[] SAT II: 740 Math I, 730 Math II, 650 Physics, 640 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Weighted GPA: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): About top 20% (very competitive and weighted oddly) but counselor report said school does not rank (which is true - my estimate is the unofficial ranking.)
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
-English Language & Composition (5)
-Environmental Science (5)
-Computer Science A (5)
-Calculus BC (5)
-Calculus AB subscore (5)
-Chemistry <a href=“3”>self-studied!</a>
[] Senior Year Course Load:
-AP English Literature
-AP Statistics
-AP Physics C: Mechanics
-AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
-Honors Chinese 2 & 3
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Only 1. At least 3 more will be applying in the regular cycle.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Commended Student
-MIT-InvenTeams National Finalist
-Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards National Semifinalist
-National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing National Runner-up (not reported)[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (awards/description & leadership in parentheses):
-FIRST Robotics 4 years (Team Captain 2012 (tentative), Rookie Inspiration Award 9th grade, regional quarterfinalist 10th, semifinalist & Gracious Professinalism Award 11th)
-High-Altitude Balloon Research Program 4 years (ground stations subsystem lead, 10 missions in 4 years, send payload on weather balloon to edge of atmosphere, uses HAM Radio to track and recover)
-Wrote & published article about balloon research for Prince Alfred College’s (in Australia) Science Journal - faxed copy of article as supplement (I was listed as the 1st of 3 authors)
-HAM Radio Club 2 years (founder, president, competed in 2 radio contests - 8th place in nation in 1, other results have not been released)
-Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams 2 years (National Finalist - Top 15; programming subsystem lead and electrical co-lead; Invented portable lightning prediction/detection device with a team)
-MIT Zero Robotics Programming Competition 2 years (Team Captain & 2nd place in region 2010)
[] Summer Programs: (These are really just a sidenote to future applicants - Don’t lose hope if you’re not accepted into or don’t do any of these!)
-Georgia Governor’s Honors Program semifinalist, but not selected to attend
-Accepted to Boston University Summer Research Internship in Science & Technology, but was unable to attend for family/financial reasons
-Rejected from RSI
-Rejected from MITES
[] Job/Work Experience: just Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service:
-20 hrs. Girls, Inc.
-25 hrs. Public Library
-25 hrs. Local Museum: Teacher’s assistant for children’s summer arts & crafts camp
-40 hrs. Space Science Center: Teacher’s Assistant for children’s summer science camp
-2 yrs. mentor for local FIRST Lego League elementary/middle school robotics teams[/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: 9. HAM Radio.[/li][] Department at MIT: 7. Computer Science/Electrical Engineering.
[] Quality I’m most proud of: 9. I like to try new things.
[] World You Come From: Maybe 5 or 6. About my city and my family. Not my best…
[] Significant Challenge: 9. About being unprepared to travel to a major company to test a prototype of InvenTeams invention, but going anyway and making the most of the trip despite disappointing results[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome - My AP physics/computer science teacher and robotics/space program coach. Known me for 4 years. I didn’t read it but he writes excellent recs and has written recs for MIT admits before.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great - My AP Lit teacher. Only known me since the beginning of the year but knows my personality well and writes great recs. Did not read his either but he has also written recs for MIT admits before.
[] Counselor Rec: General but she’s really nice and I’m sure it was great.
[] Interview: Fantastic - lasted 2 and a half hours, my interviewer and I had a lot in common.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Nov. 1, 2011
[] State: Georgia
[] School Type: Competitive Magnet, Public, sends some grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I visited MIT for EurekaFest as one of the InvenTeams finalists, and I loved it there![/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, recs, interview.
[] Weaknesses: grades and SATII scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: IDK, I guess MIT and I both saw the “fit” that they say they look for. I’ve been told by several people that, even before I got the news, whenever they think of MIT they think of me. (: Based on my visit and reading the blogs and stuff all the time, I think I’ll feel right at home there.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have definitely worked harder my freshman year so I wouldn’t have made 2 B’s in non-AP classes, which was dumb. I would have spent more time on my “World I come from” essay, which I think was my weakest. Also, I would have started taking the SAT sooner so I would have had more time to re-take my SATII’s multiple times… /:[/ul]

Other Factors: I think my 2 MIT-related ECs (InvenTeams and Zero Robotics) might have helped a bit, on top of the other strengths.

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!111 Lol. I’m so excited and happy, I don’t even know what to say. I’m psyched! I was totally expecting a deferral, haha.

seniorsfo · December 17, 2011, 6:15pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 620CR 780M 650W (2050)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 770 Math Level II 700 Chemistry 740 Physics 690 US History (All on transcript)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.63
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/663 UW; 8/663 W
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5) BC (5) Chemistry (5) Physics C (5,5) US History (4) Stats (3) English Language (3)
Senior load: very easy nothing to take
Number of other EA applicants in your school: IDK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Questbridge Finalist, CTY Scholar, AIME qualifier 2009, 2011, Sports Awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Volunteering Club (president) Math Club (president) Varsity club (co-Captain)
Job/Work Experience: tutor
Volunteer/Community service: >200 hours

Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK
Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
Counselor Rec: Good

Other
Date Submitted App: September 30th (QuestBridge)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~$40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) First generation, Questbridge?

Reflection
Strengths: Math
Weaknesses: essays, SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t want to share my family disaster

hawaii4lyfe · December 17, 2011, 6:20pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (730CR, 800M, 750W, 11 Essay)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 (same as above, only took once)
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 770 Physics, 760 Biology M, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure…kinda meh (upward trend though?)
[] Weighted GPA: 3.99 i believe
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on the following: Physics C Mech, Physics C E/M, Biology, Statistics, Enviro Sci, Calc AB, Calc BC
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, Calc 3, AP something or the other
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: TONS
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAJMO Qualifier (2011)[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Here are the ones I listed
Math League (captain)
Science Olympiad
TEAMS
and some cultural things
[] Job/Work Experience: work at kumon
[li] Volunteer/Community service: i had a leadership role in youth group (which organized a ton of 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: 7[/li][] Department at MIT: 10 (Biological Engineering)
[] What you like best about yourself: 8-9 (i really liked this one!)
[] World You Come From: no idea… depends how they took it
[] Significant Challenge: eh 6-7 ish
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: okay
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: okay
[] Counselor Rec: i think it’s pretty good
[] Additional Rec: amazing, from head of of math camp i went to (which i did really well at)
[] Interview: average (it was fun though!)
[] Art Supplement: probably going to send in some samples of me singing (but i didn’t send them EA)[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male ( )
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none LOL QQ[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: definitely the math stuff. i had a few science things too
[] Weaknesses: sat 2’s are pretty bad
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing. i really love MIT[/ul]

Other Factors: i applied as a junior which probably influenced it a bit…what college would want a junior?

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: i really wanted to get in…sigh

IsaacM · December 17, 2011, 6:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): ok so this is really derpy, but SAT isn’t big at all in my area and I only took it to qualify for National Merit and DID NOT SEND these to MIT (took it too late to do so anyway) M:690 CR:730 writing 650 2070
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): composite 34 M:34 English:34 CR:36 Sci:30 (or 31 I can’t remember)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: math level 1 750 Chem:750 Math 2:680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):My school doesn’t really do uw but I’ve gotten A’s in everything except for 1 A- one semester of AP Calc and 1 A- one semester in AP US and an A- one sem of physics
[] Weighted GPA: 4.03-4.04
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesn’t rank, top 5% is the best estimation my school gives, but I was 1 of 2 national merit semifinalists at our school and the highest gpa in my class is 4.09.
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calc AB:5 AP Chem:5 AP US:4
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Euro, AP Physics B, English self studying AP Lit and Physics C
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think only 1 other
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Semifinalist (so far), AP Scholar :P, I won a Physics olympics at our state University[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ok I’m only going to put down the things I included on my app because that’s all that is useful to you guys, I hate it when people list everything they’ve done because you get only a few places on the app to put ECs unless you attach an additional resume so, Theater, Music (guitar), creative writing, volunteer work with mentally disabled kids, and floor hockey
[] Job/Work Experience: lots of babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] see above ^^
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] overall I think my essays were good, I worked on them for a little more than 2 months and got feedback from my favorite teacher (not showing it to a million people, but to one person who knows me well so that only my voice would come across in the essay)
[] What You Do For Pleasure: talked about playing guitar, was my common app ec essay but tweaked a little for space (compared to my other essays this one was probably my worst mostly because of how short it had to be, but it did its purpose I think)
[] Department at MIT: Engineering, I talked about how the field would allow me to combine many of my passions (6 or 7, again because of length, I feel like I could have done a better job with 50 more words but I digress)
[] What Is Your Best Personality Trait: Talked about modesty (8 or 9)
[] World You Come From: Coming from a really poor and uneducated place to a college town and being inspired to become as educated as possible and work hard to be the best person I can be (8 or 9)
[] Significant Challenge:family problems and new responsibilities I had to take on 11th and 12th grade
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: probably really good, I didn’t see it, but he likes me a lot and I did really well in his Calc class, he knows how curious I am and how much of a math nerd I am.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: My favorite teacher ever, he said I was one of the best students he had in his career and he talked about my personality and drive
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, maybe generic but I’m not sure, they had us give them our essays so that they could supposedly mention things from them but idk
[] Additional Rec: My other Calc teacher wanted to write me a letter so she did, I think she talked about how I constantly come and ask her random theoretical math questions and pull math pranks occasionally with my friends at school
[] Interview: I think it went ok, it wasn’t a disaster, my EC told me I seemed to be in good shape to get in, she said that she would also include in the report the context of where we lived, so hopefully that included that there isn’t really any research around for high school students to do, and that big competitions aren’t even heard of where I live like AMC, Olympiads or whatever.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] nope

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: idk, middle to late October
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 60k-70k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] maybe 1st gen, my mom is in grad school atm but hasn’t graduated and doesn’t have a BA or any other degree and my biological father never went to HS, idk if that counts though so whatever :P

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My ACT was really good, the highest at my school, I took the hardest classes I could but not just to look good but because I wanted to learn, I though that that was something I conveyed well in my essays, is that I am really curious and want to learn.
[] Weaknesses: My ECs, however, hopefully they saw that in context, I really couldn’t participate in many activities as with the before mentioned family problems, I basically became a mother for my 3 younger siblings.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: WHAAAAAA I am so excited and still in shock. Good luck to all deferred students and RD people!

cortana431 · December 17, 2011, 7:02pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260; 720 CR 800 M 740 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):35; 35 English 35 Math 33 Reading 35 Science
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:710 Physics 780 Math
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):92
[] Weighted GPA:96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):20/202
[] AP (place score in parentheses):World History (4) English Language (4) U.S History (4) Physics B (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Macro/Micro Economics, AP Calculus AB/BC, AP Physics C Mechanics and E & M
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:0 (first student to apply to MIT from my school in over 5 years)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None! I was my schools Rensselaer medalist, AMC 12 school winner, and all county band member though[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Academic League 9-12 (Captain) Math League 9-12 (Captain) SOS, English Honor Society, National Honor Society, Concert Band, Jazz Band
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier for almost 2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 Hours at local church[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): Haha don’t remember any of them[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: I Don’t remember[/li][] Department at MIT: I Don’t Remember
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:I Don’t Remember
[] World You Come From: I Don’t Remember
[] Significant Challenge: I Don’t Remember
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1:I Didn’t read.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:I Didn’t read.
[] Counselor Rec:I Didn’t read.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: O.K I guess, the guy was weird…
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: I Don’t remember
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Filipino/White/Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Test Scores, Course rigor
[] Weaknesses:Class rank, 0 major awards/honors
[] Why you think you were rejected:No national awards or recognition
[] What would you have done differently?:Nothing![/ul]

Other Factors:

**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Not sad at all! I got into Cornell University in the College of Engineering so I’ll be going there anyway! I applied to MIT almost for the hell of it. Congratulations to all who got in! **

ltc145 · December 17, 2011, 7:13pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 cr/800 m/800 w)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as above (1 sitting)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 US History, 720 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.something
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Computer Science A (5), Physics B (5), Microeconomics (5), US History (5), Calculus BC (5), Env. Science (5), Music Theory (5), English Language (5), World History (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: too lazy to type
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3…?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]MOP x 2
USAMO Qualifier x 4
ARML, PUMaC, HMMT Top 10 indivs

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math team (captain), Speech and Debate (Head of Debate, but we aren’t very good; I’ve never actually placed anywhere), Tae Kwon Do (3rd degree black belt, assistant instructor)
[] Job/Work Experience: Note Taker, Private tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]~150 hours

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Music (I play in a band), 7[/li][] Department at MIT: Math, 8
[] Personality Attribute?: Optimism, 7
[] World You Come From: My school, 7
[] Significant Challenge: Piano, 7
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics; he is an MIT alum, 8-9
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: USH/ AP English Language teacher (sophomore year), 7-8
[] Counselor Rec: No clue, probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor, probably pretty good
[] Interview: Pretty good, we talked for 2+ hours (he normally does ~90-minute interviews). We talked about hacks for ~20 minutes XD
[] Art Supplement:[/list] None

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/…30?/11
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: MOP
[] Weaknesses: Forgot to sign the FERPA waiver on one of my recs XD. Also I’m not a great writer.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Math awards
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Not forget to sign the FERPA waiver XD

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
WOOO! Congratulations to everybody who got in! To those who didn’t, I’m sure some college will see you for what you are worth. Best of luck in RD!

DDKnight · December 17, 2011, 7:17pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (CR 740, M 800, W 710)
• SAT I superscore (breakdown):1 sitting
• ACT (breakdown): No
• ACT superscore (breakdown): No
• SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 800,
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
• Weighted GPA: No
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Its 1/80, but we don’t rank
• AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc 2
• IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 College
• Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1, my best friend (deferred)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): math club (Pres) , NHS (Tres), Research chemistry, Robotics, English Club
• Job/Work Experience: No
• Volunteer/Community service:Tutoring, library

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
• Essays (Include Subjects):
o What You Do For Pleasure: 9 Magic: I LOVE MAGIC
o Department at MIT: 5 Math: I hated that one
o What is the attribute you’re most proud of? 8 Friendliness and adaptablility: I moved a lot, and it was easy for me to make friends
o World You Come From: 7 Traveling: Experience the outside
o Significant Challenge: 10 Combat illness: this affected me A LOT
o Other:
• Teacher Recommendation #1: English: 10, the teacher is great. She teaches about life. (No read)
• Teacher Recommendation #2:Math: 7 She listed the awards rather than my personality, and I dislike that a lot (No read)
• Counselor Rec: 10: Principle is awesome, taught me too. (No read)
• Additional Rec: 7 Research (might have over-exaggerated a bit)
• Interview: 7: decent
• Art Supplement: Magic performance, and drama performance from English club

Other
• Date Submitted App: 10/30/2011
• State (if domestic applicant): [Need College Confidential Gold Plus® to view]
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: I never meddle with that crap
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Fun, happy person

Reflection
• Strengths: Rec letters, personality
• Weaknesses:
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because of my strengths
• What would you have done differently?: fix errors. I tried my hardest to complete the application, and flailed on the last step

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congratulations!

universidadchica · December 17, 2011, 7:17pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M 800 CR 730 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2270
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math I, 760 Biology M, 740 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School uses a different system, 4.07 out of 4.33. A is a 4.0, A+ is a 4.33
[] Weighted GPA: Doesn’t weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), US Gov’t and Politics (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, World Lit, Psychology
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Maybe 3?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Soccer (4 yrs), Basketball (4 yrs), Lacrosse (2 yrs), Interact Club (2 yrs) - Secretary, NHS (2 yrs), Science Club (2 yrs), Intern for local land conservation trust
[] Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee, tutor, babysitter
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Various projects ~ 200 hrs [/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: Trivia - 7[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology - 7
[] World You Come From: Parents - 10
[] Significant Challenge: Something involving my soccer team - 9
[] Other:[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: I’m sure it was wonderful[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: I’m sure it was wonderful
[] Counselor Rec: Probably fine
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: It went pretty well
[] Art Supplement: n/a [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30
[] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Lower math scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t really stand out as an applicant
[] What would you have done differently?: Done Science Olympiad [/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Oh well, hopefully I’ll get accepted in the spring, and I have UChicago to hope for for Monday! Congrats to everyone that got in!

areagle · December 17, 2011, 9:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300, 710 Reading, 800 Math, 790 Writing
[] ACT (breakdown): 34, eh… I don’t remember to be honest.
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Weighted GPA: 4.40
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Calc AB, Chem, European History, Calc BC, Comp Sci, Physics C E+M, Physics C Mech, Art History, US History
[] Senior Year Course Load: APEL, Advanced Choir, Multivariable Calculus, Honor Choir, Robotics, AP Government, Civics+Econ, AP Biology
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Jewish Youth Group (President of chapter and Vice President of region), FIRST Robotics (Vice president and webmaster), Humanities tutor, Jewish and Israeli Culture Club (president), Science Olympiad (event coach)
[] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed programmer/web-designer, consignment assistant
[li] Volunteer/Community service: A lot.[/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: Watch Operas (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 6-3! (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Start a Programming/Web-design business (9)
[] World You Come From: Jewish History/History connecting to my world (10)
[] Significant Challenge: Keeping the Jewish Sabbath (9)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Honors English, Humanities, and AP Art History teacher. I tutor her students and we are great friends.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Computer Science teacher and robotics coach. I excelled in her class.
[] Counselor Rec: She knows our family and thinks highly of me.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: It went well. We talked pretty naturally about our lives and why we love MIT.
[] Art Supplement: Included link to a web page I made of my online portfolio. It included a little “easter egg” that the committee found.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I thought my application was serious when it needed to be, but also funny and playful. I think I entertained the committee several times.
[] Weaknesses: I probably could have made my essays a bit longer. They were all within the word limit.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had 2 great jokes in the app and I think they helped bring my personality out. The essays themselves I think conveyed my passions very well.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing.[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: MIT '16!!! I can’t wait to be at MIT next year for school! Make sure your app stands out. Everyone is special in some way, so make that “specialness” bleed out of the paper. To those of you who weren’t happy with their decision: Don’t worry. You are all still great students and will end up going to a great school.

Knoll02 · December 17, 2011, 9:36pm

My daughter got accepted
SAT1: 700 CR, 760 Math, 770 writing
SAT subject: math 2 740, chemistry 670, us history 750
Unweighted GPA: 3.93
weighted GPA : 4.12
AP statistics 4, AP world history 5 , AP us history 5, AP chemisty 3
Senior year AP courses: AP biology, AP calculus BC, AP psychology, AP human geography
Special academic awards:
national merit semifinalist, society of women engineers book award, AP scholar with honor
Athletic (tennis)awards:
most valuable player, most honorable player, 3 time all conference player, 5th in state

Mitforme · December 17, 2011, 10:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 620CR, 780M, 670W
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 660 French, 690 Ph
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Weighted GPA: 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None [/ul]

**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I would complete the rest but I think it’s irrelevant. Honestly the reason why I got in is because I set myself apart from other people, I had a great interview and I was memorable. Emphasize things you do that are unorthodox. They don’t want yet another president of chess club, make your app stand out by doing things that are really unique (doesn’t have to be a prodigy violinist or w/e) and emphasize how devoted you are to them.

Best of luck!
**

blackholedroid · December 17, 2011, 11:26pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 Math: 780, CR: 770, Writing: 760
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as above
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math II: 800, Physics: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.959
[] Weighted GPA: 4.76
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t do it.
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Not offered
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: Set curriculum
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commendation, NFL Distinction[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Government (redid the entire system), Science Bowl (captain/founder), Mentor, Tutor, Student Senator (before we changed the student gov. system), SPAM club (research club), Research at World-Class lab on a massive intercollegiate project, Choir that performed in Carnegie Hall, etc., more choir, Math research project, Key Club (founder), Drama
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Library, Temple, School Drama Set Building, helping on odd tasks around the city. probably over 100 hrs.[/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: Friends (My life is defined by them) 7[/li][] Department at MIT: UROP (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: ??? This wasn’t on the app was it?
[] World You Come From: Tiny, New Liberal Arts School (9)
[] Significant Challenge: Research deadline (10)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics and Algebra II/Trig teacher. Thesis adviser. 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Humane Letters (special 2 hour Socratic discussion class) 10
[] Counselor Rec: 9. We know each other very well, small school.
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor (7-8)
[] Interview: Went very well, conversation flowed. She said MIT and every other school would be lucky to have me. I didn’t even realize where time went.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/28?
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, charter
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: negative.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, ECs, personality
[] Weaknesses: Essays, ECs, idk…
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know. Wasn’t right for the beginning of the climb when put together with the rest of the EA applicants.
[] What would you have done differently?: I ca’t
[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I think Anna from the MIT blog said it best: Bow your head, steel your nerves, and remember that above all you are NOT in any way defined by the school you attend - quite the opposite. MIT is great, but only because of the people who come here; it’s just a bunch of empty (kind of ugly) buildings otherwise. It is physically impossible to fit every student that the admissions office would like to fit. Therefore, some of you will go elsewhere. But that makes MIT less great, not you - and it makes other schools greater, as you sling your hard work and thoughtfulness and energy over your shoulder and bring them elsewhere, doing the things you would have done if you were here: namely, taking advantage of every resource at hand.
In the meantime, no fear. “Some things you can’t control. If you fear them, then those things control you.”-Jacen Solo

brianfellowes · December 18, 2011, 12:34am

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Did not take
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 E, 32 M, 30 R, 32 S.
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): same as ^
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Physics.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not ranked, but I’d guess top 5% of 400ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US Government (5), Spanish Language (3), Calculus BC (TBD), Microeconomics (TBD), Macroeconomics (TBD), Physics C (TBD)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Calc BC, Physics C, Micro & Macro Econ. Regulars: Health, Sci-fi, Creative Writing, Foods/Nutrition, Band, Swim Tech.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think around 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout w/ bronze palm, various athletic-academic awards [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS 2 yrs., Swimming 6 yrs., Water Polo 4 yrs., Track 2 yrs., Boy Scouts 7 yrs. (Asst. Patrol leader, Patrol Leader, Scribe, Bugler, Asst. Senior Patrol leader, Senior Patrol Leader), Marching Band 3 yrs., Concert Band 6 yrs.
[] Job/Work Experience: Mowing lawns (not really official job), Election inspector for local township 5 yrs.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Countless hours between tutoring, local community things, local government, church, school, etc., although the only thing I mentioned on my app was my Eagle Project (~400 man-hours). [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: I host LAN parties. (Maybe I should have chosen something I do on a more regular basis, but I liked the idea.)[/li][] Department at MIT: Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: isolated by sports teams for liking computers and not fitting the stereo-typical “jock” mentality.
[li] Significant Challenge: Finishing my Eagle Scout project for a deadline. (~80 hours of work in 1 week).[/li]
I would say that my essays were pretty solid. I think my ideas behind them were fairly original, although my writing and eloquence was probably average for MIT. They felt good at the time of writing them, but of course now that I look back I feel like I could have tweaked them (as I’m sure most deferees do). Numerically, I’d say 7/10 for essays overall.

[] Other:[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics (Honors for junior year & AP for senior). I’d say that the teacher knows me very well academically and will probably vouch for me in that aspect, but not all that well personally. I gave her an extremely detailed list of examples to pull from to write the letter before school started in September, but she took until November to write it, and I did not get to see it.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English (H. American Lit. sophomore, composition and readings in Lit. for junior). I’d say that the teacher also knows me very well academically, and decently well personally. I also gave her an extremely detailed list of examples to pull from to write the letter before school started in September. I did not get to see this letter either.
[] Counselor Rec: She knows me only through grades. I have no idea what kind of letter she wrote, but like my teacher rec’s, I gave her a detailed list of examples.
[] Additional Rec: None (although maybe I should have)
[] Interview: I’d say it went well, although it was extremely short. He asked me a list of questions that he had written down and took shorthand notes of some of the things I said. I asked him some questions back, but I don’t feel like we truly got into any back-and-forth conversation. Looking back, I REALLY wish that I had brought up some other personal things that the interviews are really for, like that I built my own computer or that I had taught myself some simple programming languages. I don’t think that I even said anywhere that I have scoliosis, despite being active year-round in sports.
[] Art Supplement: Nope.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/21/11
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, well-known in the area and pretty competitive
[] Ethnicity: While
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Probably a big downfall in that respect. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay Topics, Extra-curriculars, Course load, and GPA.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, no prestigious competitions, Essay writing.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: It could be a lot of things, and I really wish I knew. My test scores are obviously not quite on-par, my EC interview probably did not have enough of the tidbits that I wanted to pass-on, I don’t know what my teachers and counselor wrote in their letters of rec, and even though I tried to involve passion into my essays, I feel like I didn’t do a very good job now that I look back.
[] What would you have done differently?: I jumped in the college admissions process late. I did not know what the NMSQT was, so I didn’t so it. I should have started taking the ACT earlier so I could have gotten a better feel for it and done better. I could have even studied for the SAT IIs a little more so that I could have gotten 800/800 instead of 780/770. As for my essays, I don’t know. I feel like it was really the best job I could have done on the topics provided, but I also think that I should have used the “additional information” section to write some more about myself. [/ul]

**Other Factors: ** none.

**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** I really wanted to get into MIT. In fact, I was abhorring the entire college admissions process until this summer when my family and I by chance took a tour of MIT while we were in Boston. This was the point when my jaw dropped and I finally knew where I wanted to go. (in fact, Chris was a huge part in my inspiration because of his admissions presentation). It pains me deeply that I got deferred, even though I knew I had an astronomically low chance of getting in. I am going to try to put all of the things listed here in my mid-year report, as well as try to better demonstrate my innovation for RA. After that, I guess all I can do is hope and pray.

JP8000 · December 18, 2011, 1:11am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (780M, 680CR, 800W 12E)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2260
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics (First try, all the same day. Didn’t put physics on application, but submitted)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (B’s in Freshman year)
[] Weighted GPA: 4.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~30/560
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics B - 5, English Language and Composition - 3
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, Biology, Environmental Science, Statistics, and English Literature, and other graduation requirements
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1, also deferred.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic Excellence in Calculus, Intro to Engineering, Physics, and AP Chemistry (School award given to an exemplary student), 2nd place in a local math competition, Best Dressed[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[list]
In School: Science Club (President), NHS (Tutoring Coordinator), Mu Alpha Theta (Sergeant at Arms)
[]Own Activities: Build lasers, Compose techno music, Play recreational soccer[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Research & Design associate for local Solar Thermal Business
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours volunteering as camp counselor, 30+ hours tutoring students[/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: Play my synthesizer - 8[/li][] Department at MIT: Materials Science - 9
[] Aspect of Personality: Curiosity - 7
[] World You Come From: Giving and taking - 7
[] Significant Challenge: Building my first laser - 9
[] Other: Short paragraph on why I can’t dual-enroll, and included links to my blog, which details many of my projects, and my Soundcloud, which has my techno compositions.[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics teacher. I was his favorite student, but English isn’t his native language.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: French teacher. She offered to write the letter!
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t know counselor before asking for letter, but she ended up loving my activities, interests, and personality.
[] Additional Rec: Counselor submitted a rap song about apartheid I made for a project.
[li] Interview: Wasn’t really an interview. Talked for an hour, and he had me answer interview questions via email.[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31 (10/30 past midnight)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large (2500 students)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dad went to MIT, but I doubt this played any role in the decision.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extra curricular activities, diversity of interests
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my reading SAT score. I have not a reading disability, but an eye disorder which makes it difficult to read, hence the low reading score. This was mentioned in my counselor’s recommendation.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea.
[] What would you have done differently?: Perhaps make my essays more passionate, they seemed pedantic.[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Many in my school regard me to be the quintessential MIT guy, the smartest person in the school. I basically taught myself how to solder and build circuits in the 7th grade, and with that I became very experienced with practical engineering. I know this sounds egotistic, but it’s difficult to put in perspective how someone could be a better applicant since I have never met a student my age who is smarter than I am. Regardless, I respect MIT’s decision, congratulate everyone who got accepted, and hope for the best for everyone else :)

spikeoren · December 18, 2011, 7:25am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (M 740 CR 680 WR 660)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2080 (only took it once)
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Physics 770 Math 2 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[] Weighted GPA: 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Definitely top 10% probably top 5%, school doesn’t report
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Different system in Israel, I took the most rigorous math, physics, English and electronics possible
[] IB (place score in parentheses): not offered in Israel
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough I guess
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0. I think I’m the first student from my school to be admitted into MIT
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] none[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Sports Boarding school, national volleyball team (captain),
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 years military service, 4 years playing in premier volleyball league, tutored math and English, other various work experience.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] none I guess…[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Wrote about reading, what a weird prompt, this was the weakest essay of mine[/li][] Department at MIT: Aero/Astro, wrote about planes being a life-long passion, solid essay (7.5)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I wrote about leadership on a volleyball team.(8)
[] World You Come From: Israel- growing up through two wars (9)
[] Significant Challenge: playing volleyball for a Palestinian team (10) my best essay
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics teacher- I’m sure it was good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History teacher- must have been amazing
[] Counselor Rec: short note from the principal
[] Additional Rec: My commander in the military. Excellent rec
[] Interview: Went very well I think
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Israel
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] recruited athlete, older applicant (21),

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Being older I had a lot of work and life experience which I emphasized. good essays, I couldn’t have improved them any more.
[] Weaknesses: scores weren’t amazing for MIT.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because of the volleyball and the uniqueness of my application.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] nothing!

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m on top of the world. I couldn’t be any happier. I was sure that at best I would be deferred. I wish all the deferees and rejectees the best of luck, I’m sure you’re apps were just as good if not better.

yzhong94 · December 18, 2011, 4:56pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 740, 750, 690
[] SAT II: chem 740, phy 740, math 1 750, math 2 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA: 99.5/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/220
[] AP (place score in parentheses): chem (5), phy b (5), Latin (5), Stat (4), Lang (5) USH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, AP US Gov, Business Mgmt
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0 (i think)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Distinction[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): tennis (captain), Student Council (Treasurer)
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] local organization for 2 years

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):
[] Questbridge
[] Other:
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher (I love him!!!) 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Chemistry Teacher (love her too!) 9 + Student Council Adviser (she loves me) 9
[] Counselor Rec: she loves me too… 10
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: 8, my interviewer was intimidating… but it went well.
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 9/30
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mass
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation college
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: AP scores (no idea)
[] Weaknesses: no major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: well, I am still figuring that out.[/li][/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
well, I am really excited!!!

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