Consolidated EA/RD 2016 results thread

Gyuki47 · March 17, 2012, 11:49pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (M: 730, CR: 710, W: 670)
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 (S: 36, R: 33, M: 31 and whatever the fourth subject was 33)
[] SAT II: Math II (780), English (why I took it… I don’t know, 710), Chemistry (710)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[] Weighted GPA: 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/575
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (3- Didn’t Send), APUSH (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Yeah right…
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP English Lit. & Comp., AP Gov’t, AP Euro History, AP Calc BC, and a bunch of cool electives.
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Quite a few actually, not sure exact number.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Boys’ State (high gov’t position, county party chairman, etc.), National Achievement Participant, and a few accolades in comp. sci and whatnot.[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Council (President), School Newspaper (Managing Editor), Boys’ State (high position), Math Team, Choir (Area All-State for two years, All-County for 3), Mock Trial as underclassman, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Manage financial documents for family business, as well as work out any computer related things
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Member Suicide Prevention Committee of County Bureau[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: I wrote that I watched anime and listened to traditional African music. Yeah, pretty embarrassing. 8.[/li][] Department at MIT: My favorite part of the application, wrote a sonnet about my love for knowledge and how MIT’s culture would supplement it. 9.5-10.
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: Cool essay, wrote about my stubborness when it comes to challenges. Talked about how I tried to prove that you could divide by zero as an underclassman. 8ish.
[] World You Come From: I liked this one. I talked about growing up and eavesdropping on conversations that my parents would have with other adults and how that shaped my view of education (the robot-student vs. the academic). 8.5.
[] Significant Challenge: I wrote about writing my first piece of choral music and how musical concepts could apply to mathematical theories.
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome. Came from my history teacher whom I’ve known throughout highschool. Brilliant guy.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Really good, came from one of my math teachers who is also awesome lol.
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome again, my counselor and I are practically BFFL’s. Well, not really, but you get the point.
[] Additional Rec: Neh…
[] Interview: AMAZING! My interviewer and I spoke for a few hours about establishing energy independence in developing countries, the economics, the chem, and the physics behind it all. At the end of the interview, he taught me an awesome lesson on perseverance and and creative thinking.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Nope!

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: The day after Christmas lol
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): -
[] School Type: Competitive Public, sends maybe 5-6 kids to Ivies each year.
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Decisions made independent of financial need.
[] Hooks:[/ul] URM… Yeah, that’s just about it.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Interview, Recs, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: None that I could really see
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Passionate about math/physics/history/literature/knowledge. I guess by nature I’m a thinker and I projected that successfully onto the application.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Meh… nothing, I tried my best and succeeded :)

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Woot! Woot! So excited and happy to get in! Congrats to all who made it and to those who didn’t, know that schools do not define who you are, only you do. You are all brilliant, so grab yourself by the bootstraps and take on the future! :)

MrFeynman · March 19, 2012, 9:16pm

Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M, 690R, 770W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Chem 790, US History 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/464
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Euro (5), CS (5), Stats (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (Dismissed–long story)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Physics, Advanced Topics in CS, Macroeconomics, AP Gov, Multivariable Calc, AP English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Book Club (Founder), Debate Club (VP), Programming Club (VP), Varsity Academics Quiz Team, JV Tennis (Captain), University of Cincinnati Research Internship, Science Bowl, Science Fair, Math Club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Escort Volunteer, Lego Robotics Team Mentor
[] Essays: Passable
[] Teacher Recommendation: Positive, but not beautiful
[] Counselor Rec: Quite good, I suppose
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Average-sized Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Nothing Really
[] Weaknesses: Pretty Much Everything
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not a stand-out student
[/ul]General Comments: I’m generally surprised at a lot of these rejections. I’m sure all of you incredible students will find a suitable university. In hindsight, it was silly to think I had a legitimate shot considering how little effort I put into this particular application and my already-garbage chances.

modest423 · March 23, 2012, 9:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[] ACT: 36 (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 36 S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E, 770 US History, 770 Literature, 750 French, 740 Latin
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Latin (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (5), French (5), Environmental Science (5), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5), US Gov (5), Psychology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP French Literature, AP Comp Gov, Linear Algebra, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Art History, Post-AP Latin
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various Olympiad/AMC/AIME awards, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, various scholarships, leadership awards, volunteer awards, etc.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (1st Singles 4 years, team captain 3 years), Varsity Boys Lacrosse (4 years, captain 2 years), Varsity Boys Soccer (4 years, co-captain 2 years), US Senate Page Program, Varsity Debate (4 years, qualified to Tournament of Champions twice, NFL Nationals three times, CFL Nationals 4 times), Mock Trial captain, Literary Magazine contributor and assistant editor, Violinist (local youth orchestra)
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at state governor’s office for 2 summers, Interned at an attorney’s office, Worked at local ice cream store for four years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local nursing home since I was 9, reading to them, bringing my pet dog, taking care of them, playing music for them, talking to them, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Debate camp, volunteering, interning, reading, working, etc.
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
[] Counselor Rec: Best in career.
[] Additional Rec: From state governor, wonderful comments.
[li] Interview: Good[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, awards, testing, rank, extracurriculars, essays.
[] Weaknesses: Essays were a bit specific so they could have been a hit or miss.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m surprised and so happy.[/ul]

tridpq · March 24, 2012, 11:32pm

I finally got over the pain of being waitlisted and decided to post here.

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 2400 (800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but I think my counselor put my rank as “1/900”
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: A Level maximum load (General Paper, Project Work, Economics, Math, Chemistry, Physics)
[] Number of other applicants in your school: about 3 or 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 in national math olympiad, top in national programming competition.[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science and Math Council (Deputy President), High school YMCA (IT Director), Multimedia Club (President), Tech Council, Guitar Ensemble.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours of Community Service[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Playing guitar (probably 7/10)[/li][] Department at MIT: Economics (7/10)
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: Introspection (6/10)
[] World You Come From: The community of scholars in Singapore (6/10)
[] Significant Challenge: Adjusting to life in Singapore (6/10)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: I didn’t get to read but I think it’s very good.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably so so.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. She loves me.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Didn’t go too well I felt. Only lasted 45 minutes because the interviewer was in a hurry.
[] Art Supplement: [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Around end of December
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam (but spent 4 years of high school in Singapore)
[] School Type: Public / Independent
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Below $10000
[] Hooks: none[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong EC & Counselor Rec, decent stat & grade.
[] Weaknesses: Didn’t invest too much on essay, international student.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cookie-cutter Asian, nothing unique, no international olympiad.
[] What would you have done differently?: Spent more time on essays[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m getting tired of being waitlisted. Just feel like it’s as good as a rejection but they just want to screw with us a little more :(

GinyuTokusentai · March 25, 2012, 4:58pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1950, 1950, 2090
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2100 (M 730, CR 630, W 740)
[] ACT (breakdown): None
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): None
[] SAT II: Math II 710, Physics 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.8
[] Weighted GPA: around 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around 20 out of 1000
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (5), Comp Sci A (4), Physics B (3), US History (3), Chemistry (2), English Lang and Comp (2); didn’t list the ones I got 2’s on
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP’s, 2 Honors, rest regular
[] Number of other applicants in your school: No idea, but there were some; don’t know anyone who got accepted/waitlisted
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Superintendent’s Honor Roll award[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): obotics club and computer science club (no leadership)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: a bunch, including volunteering at the Chabot Space and Science Center, being a camp counselor, library volunteer, and others[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Build stuff with Legos[/li][] Department at MIT: EECS
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: Creativity
[] World You Come From: Described the influences that led me to become interested in robotics
[] Significant Challenge: Described one of my experiences in one of my volunteer jobs
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: My Spanish teacher (known me for 2 years) – seemed great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: My computer science teacher (known for 3 years) – seemed okay
[] Counselor Rec: seemed okay/good
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: I thought it was okay
[] Art Supplement: None[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: One the day before the deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American (Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Don’t remember
[] Hooks: None (except for the fact that I’m first generation)[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Don’t know, maybe one or two of my essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA, lack of great EC’s, most definitely my essay on creativity
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of all the weaknesses I listed above
[] What would you have done differently?: At the time I applied: nothing; at the time I first got into high school: join more EC’s, study for SAT’s earlier[/ul]

**Other Factors:**Don’t know what to say here

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Dragon Ball and Star Wars are awesome (I just put that to fill up this space)!

Congrats to everyone who got in!

mrwongburger · March 25, 2012, 11:54pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M 760CR 700W)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10 out of 300
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Stat (5), Euro(4), Bio(4), US(4), English(4), Calc BC(5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ,AP Physics C, AP Comp Sci, AP English, AP Chem
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Recognition, Regional Sci Olympiad Gold Medal, nothing too special… [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Swimming, many others
[] Job/Work Experience: Contracting Business with my Dad
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at church regularly and homeless shelter a few times [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Swimming (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: Electrical Engineering (8)
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: humor (9)
[] World You Come From: Religious parents (7)
[] Significant Challenge: Swimming(again) (8)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: English, knew my outgoing personally very well
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Physics Teacher, knew my intellect well
[] Counselor Rec: Ehh, didn’t see her often but she knew I was smart
[li] Interview: I was pretty nervous but I showed my knowledge and passion for MIT, I think [/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: week before deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): S.Korea
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $25000 - $50000
[] Hooks:[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Solid grades, extracurricular’s, standardized scores
[] Weaknesses: Obviously many since I got rejected :P, perhaps international status had increased competition?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: MIT is a crapshoot at best for everyone, I guess I’m just not ideally fit for the school haha.
[] What would you have done differently?: One of my greatest regrets in high school was barring myself from some of my close friends to study/prepare for MIT/ ivy leagues etc. etc. I really wish I managed my time better, as I’m not as close with those friends anymore, but I’m rekindling those friendships again :). [/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: You can only move forward, there’s no sense in dwelling in the past. MIT had been my dream school, but it’s off to Georgia Tech for me now! I hope future generations of MIT applicants can use my stats as an example for…stuff. Much love to those admitted <3

qwerty414 · March 26, 2012, 1:29am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320: CR 740 / Math 800 / Writing 780 (One-time setting)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as above
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800, Chemistry 800, Spanish Reading 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school uses a 5-scale, and it’s a 4.89/5.00
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC, Physics B, Macro/Microeconomics, Computer Science A, Physics C: M / E&M, Chemistry, English Language and Composition (All 5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A. Our school doesn’t provide IB
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP courses and college-level courses provided, probably one of the most difficult courseloads available…
[] Number of other applicants in your school: About 15 methinks, one accepted.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2010 Int’l Mathematics Olympiad Gold Medalist, 2009/2010 Asian-Pacific MO Silver Medalist, and many other awards / 3-year consecutive USAMO Qualifier (couldn’t take the test because I’m not a US Citizen and live overseas), AMC12A/B two-year consecutive school winner (both tests, highest score 135/132), AIME 13. Scored as 4th individual place on 2010 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament.[/li]And some other non-math awards too, but much emphasis was on math.[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Founder/Head) Inter-school online math community, (Head) School mock trial club (led the team to win national tournaments), 3-year homeroom class president, Member of school hiphop crew (rapper), etc… those were the majors
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a brokerage firm, worked as teaching assistants at math camps
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Organized classes to teach mathematics to fellow students in school, translated various material in Korean and published them free of charge online to disadvantaged students[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: (7) Rapping as something spontaneous[/li][] Department at MIT: (7) Mathematics - the passion that guided me, the passion that will guide me: I think I was true on this essay.
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: (9) Learning through continuous ‘questioning’ and taking nothing for granted. I personally reallllllly liked this essay.
[] World You Come From: (8) About my school, and how the people there were open on active discussions and helped form who I am.
[] Significant Challenge: (7) Grouping people as a leader - I wrote about a project I initiated at the online math club.
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent. Our school’s math teacher, I personally respect him as a mentor, and he really liked me too.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Very good(?). My Spanish teacher. There’s a story - I screwed my freshman spanish scores, because I didn’t like it. But as time passed, I began to like it more and more, and I changed - not only my scores, but my attitude in-class - she really liked my change and said I was among the most impressive in the class. But then, I did screw my freshman spanish scores, so the rec letter couldn’t have been excellent…
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent. I really like and respect her, and to what I know of, she does too. Talked with her often, and took her summer classes too. She believed in my potentials as one of the best in the class(she said to me often). Believe this’ll have been great.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: So-so. I tried to show as diverse parts of me as I could, and maybe this backfired, but I thought the interview was okay.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/29/11
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$150K
[] Hooks: IMO Gold medalist, and different leadership activities.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: IMO Gold medalist. Outstanding in math, but having interest (and doing great) in many other things too - that was the concept of my whole college application (not just MIT).
[] Weaknesses: Still don’t know. Maybe I tried to show too many sides of me in the application that it didn’t show a sense of unity.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Still don’t know.
[] What would you have done differently?: Maybe a greater emphasis on my math activities? But if I reversed time (and without the knowledge of the outcome), I would’ve done the same. [/ul]

Other Factors: Nothing much…

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congrats to everyone who got accepted. Thought I’d stand a good chance, but maybe I was just too arrogant. I’m still hoping (very much) that a waitlist stands a chance, because MIT’s a really great school, and I would’ve loved to get in. Boston’s a great place
Oh and for those of you CCers who believe you didn’t make it to MIT because you don’t have an int’l olympiad, there’s a bunch of people (including one from our school) that get in without one, and also some people (like me) who don’t get in with one… anyways, good luck on the rest of your application.
The waitlist letter helped me think more about who I am, and who I should be. Whichever college I end up in, I should learn to be more modest and hard-working… If I live my life hard and successful enough, maybe one day(if I’m not picked from the MIT waitlist), MIT might regret waitlisting me A big congratulations again to everyone who got accepted!

cmc125 · March 29, 2012, 2:51am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730 Math, 700 CR, 710 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):n/a
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 720 Chem, 780 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
[] Weighted GPA:n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[] AP (place score in parentheses): bio, apush, chem
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, Physics C, AP Comp Sci, Honors Latin IV, Honors Orchestra, Independent Study (social studies), lit (unleveled senior year)
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 42 applicants last year
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam, AP Scholar Award, National Honor Society, National History Day Individual Exhibit (regionals, states), Science Fair Individual Engineering Project (regionals, states), Senior District Festival (principal instrumentalist junior-senior year), All-States Festival (principal instrumentalist sophomore-senior year), Award for Excellence in Music, MENC All-Eastern Orchestra, National High School Honors Orchestra (2nd chair), principal instrumentalist at school (all 4 years), concerto competition winner, FTC Robotics team (undefeated at state qualifier and state championship this year, going to world championship)[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Music (school orchestra, conservatory prep orchestras, summer festivals), FTC Robotics (co-captain since sophomore year)
[] Job/Work Experience: teach music (3-7 students)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:homework help at local middle school, helped out at local church, taught music[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: read books on women’s studies topics that get me excited for a career. I gave two book titles and explained why I thought they were interesting how it applied to my life (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: course 6 because of experience with science fair and robotics team (7)
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: optimism (10)
[] World You Come From: described my family’s influence that helped shaped my interest in engineering (9)
[] Significant Challenge: helping grandfather with Parkinsons (8)
[] Other: Description of all of my independent research projects (science fair, nhd, independent study) [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:Math; waived right
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Latin; waived right
[] Counselor Rec: waived right
[] Additional Rec: independent study teacher; waived right
[] Interview: Really strong interview, talked for 2 hours and still in contact with interviewer (10)
[] Art Supplement:music recordings (will be showcased at CPW)[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: regular decision
[] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[] Country (if international applicant):n/a
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: n/a
[] Hooks: n/a[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I excel in music and in independent research (science fair, nhd, independent study) and show leadership through my robotics team. I have a clear reason as to why I know I want to pursue engineering (shown through hands-on experience). My interview was also really strong.
[] Weaknesses: Grades are average – but I took highest courses available – and my SAT scores are average
[] Why you think you were accepted: My grades and SAT scores did not disqualify me as a viable candidate, I excel at extracurriculars, have a strong music supplement, have an interesting background, show leadership, consistency, and had an excellent interview.
[] What would you have done differently?: I wish I worked harder to get higher grades and SAT scores[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

RawkForGod · March 31, 2012, 1:56pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (790 M, 740 CR, 670 W, 7 essay)
[] ACT: 36 (36 M, 36 E, 36 S, 34 R, 8 essay)
[] SAT II: 800 on Math II and Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/480
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP US Gov’t, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, British Literature, Speech, Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, 1st in School on AMC 10 and twice on AMC 12, qualified for AIME this year (don’t know yet about USAMO), Boys State, Candidate for Presidential Scholars Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans, Quiz Bowl (Co-captain for 4 years), National Honors Society (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 months at Target (seasonal)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff with my church, an essay addressed this
[] Summer Activities: nothing of note–just babysitting my siblings
[] Essays: Pretty Good
[] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent
[li] Interview: Decent[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low to mid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]

bballgirlamber · April 4, 2012, 3:19pm

denied RD

GPA 3.9
RAnk 5 of 129
ACT 23
SAT: December 3,2011
SAT Test Reading
460
Math
450
Writing
480
Out of State, from public school in Louisiana
EC’s: track, basketball, softball
Four years volunteer work and community service at battered women’s shelter
Active in church
Good teacher and counselor recommendations

Essay on standardized test anxiety

Accepted into Johns Hopkins, Baylor, University of Miami, Xavier (Ohio), Spelman, and Rutgers.

FAFSADad · April 8, 2012, 6:40am

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 780M,690W, 600R
SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
ACT superscore (breakdown): 31
SAT II: 750 Math I; 730 Chem.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Weighted GPA: 4.2 out of 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): 4 US History;
5 - Bio; 3 - Chem; 4 - English Lang.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB; AP English Lit; AP Physics C; AP Spanish; Band
Number of other applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school academic and athletic awards

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): varsity soccer 4 years (co-captain senior year); class board (co-president junior year; president senior year); National Honor Society (tutoring coordinator).
Job/Work Experience: summer lifeguard, spring and fall soccer referee

Writing

Essays (include subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: write poetry
Department at MIT: research
Of What Trait are You Most Proud: optimism
World You Come From: diverse high school
Significant Challenge: captain of a young soccer team
Teacher recs: all very positive
Interview: went well

Other

Date Submitted App: 10/31 (deferred in early action round)
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: European
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks: soccer recruit

Reflection

Strengths: soccer recruit, leadership
Weaknesses: standardized test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths above
What would you have done differently?: take an SAT prep course or use an SAT tutor; proofread essays more closely.

rspence · April 16, 2012, 6:59pm

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (610 CR, 800 M, 660 W)
ACT: 32 (30 E, 36 M, 31 R, 30 S)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/45
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), Language (2), Literature (2)
Senior Year Course Load: US History, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, Multi-Variable Calculus, World Literature, Art I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO qualifier, Two-time Natl. “Who Wants to Be a Mathematician” qualifier, 1st in 2011 Natl. Scrabble Championship, Div. 2

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math team, FIRST Robotics member, NHS (Vice president), Orchestra (Trumpet I), Tucson Scrabble Clubs #565, 800
Job/Work Experience: Part-time tutor at Mathnasium
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at children’s church, went to China to teach English, set up Christmas programs, NHS
Summer Activities: Tutor at A* Summer Math Camp, Volunteered at VBS
Essays: Alright, I’m not the best writer though…
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Excellent, I’ve known him for ~6 years
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Decent

Other
State (if domestic applicant): AZ
School Type: Public (charter)
Ethnicity: 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: prefer not to tell
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): previously diagnosed with autism

Reflection
Strengths: The awards and extracurriculars particularly stood out, including 1st place at the Natl. Scrabble Championship as well as qualifying to USAMO. Also, the volunteering and interview helped.
Weaknesses: Essays were probably meh. SAT reading and writing scores are weak, and I have those 2’s on AP Lang and AP Lit. Almost made Red MOP but failed #5 on USAMO.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was pretty surprised. Got waitlisted at Caltech but I have a feeling that MIT is a better fit for me anyway.

phoenixcelestius · April 27, 2012, 12:30am

This is very late, but…

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR 800, Math 770, Writing 750 (essay sucked)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A (only took it once)
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Biology 800, Chemistry 800, Math 2 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-ish
[] Weighted GPA: 4.13
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank…
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry 5, Biology 5, Calc AB 5, Psychology 5, European History 4, US History 4, English Language 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov’t, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP English Literature, Chamber Orchestra, (senior project)
[] Number of other applicants in your school: At least 3, one of which got in EA
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Nothing too big… a bunch of local piano competition awards as well as a few placings in regional Science Olympiad tournaments.[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Volunteering @ hospital, piano, cello (1st chair in school orchestra), Science Olympiad, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] waiting-room hospital volunteer, 170-ish hours total[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Piano[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: Passion for learning
[] World You Come From: China/Canada/US
[] Significant Challenge: that one time in middle school where I inadvertently skipped a level of math class and had to catch up to the more advanced class
[] Other: “Why MIT”[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Bio, pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Either orchestra or AP Eng Lit, I asked them both… really good, at least for orchestra
[] Counselor Rec: REALLY good
[] Additional Rec: research PI from internship, REALLY good
[] Interview: pretty good, although the guy was a bit creepy
[] Art Supplement:[/list] piano pieces

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH (high school)
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: somewhere in middle class
[] Hooks:[/ul] female and passionate about learning… that’s about it

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: passion for learning, extreme interest in MIT
[] Weaknesses: lack of leadership?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Again, passion for learning. Other than that, idk.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Maybe made my additional essay better?

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!
I can’t believe I got in, seeing that I’m technically and international student and haven’t won any significant awards. It truly is a miracle.
Congrats to everyone that got accepted!

I’ve officially committed to MIT now!

becha2 · June 8, 2012, 12:35am

Decision: Deferred → Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 - 580C 780M 620W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): All done in one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): 30E 36M 22R 35S; Essay: 9
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): All done in one sitting
[] SAT II:
Math: 800
Phys: 740
Chem: 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 64
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (3) //I don’t know if MIT saw it though
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:
Fall Semester- Statistics, Math Seminar, Materials Engineering, English (college-level), English 4, Economics, Spanish 3, Senior Project
Spring Semester- Differential Equations, English 4, Government, Political Science, Spanish 3, History of American Music, Senior Project
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] n/a[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Yearbook (Editor-in-chief)
Leadership (Chair of Recycling Committee, Chair of Penny Wars fundraiser)
Journalism (co-founder, Web Master)
Interact
Math Engineering Science Achievement
[] Job/Work Experience: Chemistry Lab Assistant at Contra Costa College (01/11-05/12)
[li] Volunteer/Community service[/li]TV Assistant at Contra Costa College
volunteer at Vacation Bible School for different local churches since 2005
attend creek and zoo cleanups throughout high school [/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list] I wrote about my unique hobby of making scoubidous, a.k.a lanyards. Also wrote about my social challenges. My writing skills were probably mediocre in my opinion, but I did get good feedback from other people.
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Make scoubidous, play piano and guitar
[] Department at MIT: back when I applied, Materials Science and Engineering
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: Being able to overcome my shyness
[] World You Come From: Using the best of the courses that the community college offers and taking a lot of math classes and later wanting to explore Chemical Engineering.
[] Significant Challenge: I couldn’t speak Korean and was an outcast. Then after a lot of effort I was able to carry conversations and am now treated with respect.
[] Other:[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: English Teacher who I had for 3 classes during the past 2 years. I saw a glimpse of it, and she did NOT check off “outstanding” on all the categories… she gave me something like “need to improve” in some of them.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Science teacher who I had in 10th grade and who was my teacher for Materials Engineering. I don’t know what he put.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: I personally thought the conversation was a bit awkward, and I did not know what to expect. For one, the person who interviewed me was wearing casual clothes and flip-flops while I was dressed in business casual. Also, we ended talking about me taking a class at Harvard since it wasn’t offered at MIT. And for one of the other topics we talked about, he ended up jotting down the fact that I was really shy.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] none

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: some time in October
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[] Hooks:[/ul] ??

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: being able to talk to other shy people, high math and science scores
[] Weaknesses: somewhat low scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: After I visited MIT for the preview weekend, I realized there were a lot of people who I could relate with and the culture in general was something I really liked. Maybe in a way the interview really helped.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] spend less time stressing over SATs and focus more on ACTs which I was actually better at.

Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’M DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL. :D

iHateMath · June 15, 2012, 6:45am

Decision: Deferred -> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): $6^3 imes10$
[] ACT (breakdown): sat was enough; i hate standardized testing
[] SAT II: 800 on math2, chem, ushistory
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on us history, bc calc, apc physics, stats, comp sci
[] Senior Year Course Load: english, chem, bio, econ
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 10+
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel semifinalist, 4-time USAMO reject[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): the stereotypical stuff asian nerds do (math, science, chess club) complete with the stereotypical high school club sequence (member, member/officer, officer/copresident, president)
[] Job/Work Experience: did some research summer between junior and senior year
[li] Volunteer/Community service: shelved books at the library[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and rate quality on 1-10 Scale):[ul]
[] Essays (include subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: vigorously pleasuring myself through natural discovery (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: 6 (3)
[] Of What Trait are You Most Proud: resilience. “I’m like a cockroach - you can’t stop me!” (3)
[] World You Come From: my home is a chessboard. “I like neon pink” (6)
[] Significant Challenge: more on how resilient i am (3)
[] Other: did not disclose the identity of my significant other [/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: from a 10th grade teacher; didn’t read
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: from another 10th grade teacher; didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: talked and let coffee get cold. proceeded to spill coffee on myself. did not make eye contact with interviewer again post coffee spilling incident. nor talk. apologized over email. hehe. hai, my name is awkward; what’s your name? (10)
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: day before early was due
[] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: <150k
[] Hooks: i know karate and i’ve got a mean right hook! unfortunately, that’s the only hook i have[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i’m pretty (according to my mom. exception being when i bring home a bad test grade)
[] Weaknesses: asian boy from california. statistically, we have like less than 5% admit rates. mit friendzoned a lot of my friends
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i didn’t embellish details. i told everything truthfully, humorously (well, i laughed at my jokes), and concisely.
[] What would you have done differently?: join the debate club and do more with key club. and not wear a white shirt to the interview[/ul]

Other Factors: i might have made an admit officer laugh! or cringe distastefully at my puns. i had an average of 1 pun per every 4 sentences throughout my essays (and 0 good puns per application)

**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: don’t take life too seriously and do enjoy yourself! just don’t say ‘yolo’ and i’ll promise to treat you (relatively) nicely once i take over the world (cue pinky and the brain theme song).

also this stuff with square brackets and formatting text is stoopid. why can’t we use carets like normal web developers? (okie, socially well adapted web developers may not exist, but standards compliant web developers?)**

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