Consolidated MIT Class of 2017 EA/RD Results

VanillaLime · March 14, 2013, 10:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/770 8
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/800 12
[] SAT II (subject, score): Biology M-800; Chemistry-800; US History-800; Math 2-800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st, but school doesn’t officially report rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), Statistics (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Latin, AP Physics C E&M, AP Econ Micro+Macro, Honors Modern Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Qualified for national finals of one of the major Olympiads in 10th and 11th grade, won a gold medal at internationals in junior year.
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, National Merit finalist, First honors, National Latin Exam, National Honor Society, won a state award from American Chemical Society, made semifinals in a couple of other Olympiads/AIME, etc. etc.[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Science Olympiad Grade 10-12, team went to national finals all three years. Many first place events at states, some at nationals. Math League, grade 9-12. Quiz Bowl, grade 11-12, team went to national finals. Worldquest, grade 11-12, team went to national finals, lots of others
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community Service: A lot. Highlights: Volunteered at local Chinese center tutoring kids since 9th grade (3hrs/wk), worked at a soup kitchen (2hrs/wk), tutored kids after school at urban middle school (3hrs/wk), volunteered at animal shelter (4hrs/wk)
[] Summer Experience: Nothing important[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Photography 8/10[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology, talked about research and lab work. 6/10-pretty rote and stereotypical
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Perseverance. Wrote about leading a fundraised for some clubs because our school ran out of funding. 6/10-this one was pretty meh since I wrote it the day before I submitted.
[] World You Come From: Talked about mother’s history with neurological illness and how it affected my upbringing and career choice. 8/10
[] Significant Challenge: Overcoming fear of public speech at a summer camp. 7/10
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher. He loved me, thought I was brilliant (9/10)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: US history teacher, she really liked me as well (9/10)
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t really know my counselor that well . . . :-/
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: Went OK. I interviewed with a lawyer, so we really didn’t have much in common academically. Ended up talking about life at MIT mostly. 7/10
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Jan 1st, 2013. That procrastination . . .
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Mid-atlantic
[] School Type: Public/charter magnet school for science and tech. Very well ranked nationally
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: $150K-$200K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s
[] Weaknesses: Little leadership, some essays/interview were kinda meh, some students at my school who also applied had way more advanced classes (Linear algebra, independent study fluid mechanics, stuff like that)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 99% sure making the international olympiad was the only thing that got me in.
[] What would you have done differently?: Started the essays a lot earlier, more leadership in clubs[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:

xoPinkBarbiexo · March 14, 2013, 10:39pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): M 800, W 800, R 740
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: M1: 750, M2:730, Physics:730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), AP US (4), UMASS Lowell: College Writing 1:A, Calculus 1: A
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, H english
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 1 (rejected EA)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensellear Medal, Rotary Award, Half Marathon Record, sportsmanship essay published by the MIAA[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): V Outdoor Track (varsity 6 years (middle school) 3 time captain), V Indoor Track (varsity 4 years, 2 time captain), V Field Hockey (varsity 4 years, 1 time captain), CCD teacher, student rep to school committee, about 7 clubs (with leadership in most), science Olympiads (pres), academic decathlon (pres)
[] Job/Work Experience: Yup! I cut fruit and babysit
[] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for life, CCD teacher, youth track coach, tutor
[] Summer Experience: family vacation, camp counselor, summer field hockey and track through the Bay State games, half marathon training[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: RUN, and make up songs like the “12 days of track” and “race me maybe”[/li][] Department at MIT: engineering, 8
[] Trait Most Proud Of: appreciation for the next generation, 8
[] World You Come From: AWESOME, 10 wrote about how my mom was refined and my dad taught me to spit
[] Significant Challenge: experience ordering field hockey shirts, 8
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:AWEEESOME!! 10 it was a reflection on my high school experience[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: chemistry, 9: he likes me[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English, 8 probably pretty good, didn’t read
[] Teacher Recommendation #3: physics, praising BUT SO GENERIC, wish I didn’t submit
[] Counselor Rec: 9, he likes meee
[] Additional Info/Rec: resume, detailing my life: 10! (I’m pretty awesome)[/ul]
[li] Interview: 5, my first one #sucked[/li][] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/29
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: average public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athletic recruit[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, Extra Curriculars
[] Weaknesses: teacher recs, GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: teacher recomendations
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted: UMass Amherst, WPI, RPI… rejected: Cal Tech
[li] What would you have done differently?: asked my track coach for a recommendation instead of my joke of a physics teacher [/li][/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I think the key lies in recommendations. Instead of trying to impress the ACs by getting people with doctorates to write about you, try to ask people who genuinely care about you (like an athletic coach or a volunteer supervisor), show them a different side of you!

Natalion · March 14, 2013, 10:44pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2270 (760/760/750/11)
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E/34M/34R/30S/9Essay)
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math 2-800; Bio M-720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.73
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB/BC (5,5), Bio (5), World History (5),
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang and Comp, AP Physics B, Calc 3, and an Internship at the National Cancer Institute (4 weighted credits)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): NONE!
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Rensselaer Medalist, National Merit Commended[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Dance: Pre-Professional Company, Captain and choreographer for school team, went to nationals this year. Skiing: Volunteer Adaptive Ski Instructor for the Wounded Warriors Project, been skiing for over ten years, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at the National Cancer Institute working as a Biomedical Research Student.
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Wounded Warriors Project
[] Summer Experience: Working full time at the National Cancer Institute.[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays: It’s hard to rate my own essays, but:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Guitar (8/10)[/li][] Department at MIT: Biological/mechanical Engineering (9/10)- talked about wounded warriors project/prosthetics
[] Trait Most Proud Of: More wounded warriors stuff… (8/10)
[] World You Come From: Military Family (8/10)
[] Significant Challenge: Leaving my pre-professional dance company for the school team (7/10)
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): Didn’t read any of them…[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Lang and Comp, 10+[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc, 8ish maybe?
[] Counselor Rec: Probably generic, but he knew me pretty well
[] Additional Info/Rec: Mentor at NCI, 8 or 9ish?[/ul]
[] Interview: Good, lasted about three hours. He was a scientist so we clicked right away.
[] Art Supplement: NONE![/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: December
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: MD
[] School Type: New Public (First Graduating Class)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: 150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Woman in engineering with a creative/athletic side? haha NONE! [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: SAT Bio subject test…
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Luck of the draw.
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing?
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected?: Accepted: MIT!!, UVA, Umich Engineering/Ross pre-admit, RPI, UMD honors; Deferred: Princeton[/ul][/li]
Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Be passionate about something, apply, and wish for the best! If you don’t apply, you’ll never know.

earendils · March 14, 2013, 11:09pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 750/700/770/8
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Same as above
[] ACT (breakdown): 35C , 35E, 36M, 36R, 34S, 6W
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36C, 35E, 36M, 36R, 35S, 8W
[] SAT II (subject, score): Biology E 690, Chemistry 730, Physics 630, Math II 790, US History 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/96
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Spanish Language (5), Spanish Literature (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (4), Calculus AB (4), US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment Rhetoric course with UT Austin, AP Bio, AP Environmental Science, AP English Lit, AP Calculus BC, SRD Physics, AP Micro, Government, AVID
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 2 EA applicants (rejected)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Founded 4 math/science teams in 10th grade, currently captain of 3 of them. Member of National Honor Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Maybe some 90 hrs scattered between Glady’s Porter Zoo, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, and school events.
[] Summer Experience:Participated in MOSTEC (MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community) as well as HAS (High School Aerospace Scholars) [/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Read Harry Potter Fanfiction, browse Wikipedia, puzzles, and board games, 7[/li][] Department at MIT: Biological Engineering, 7
[] Trait Most Proud Of: lost what I wrote
[] World You Come From: Love of science leading me to create clubs, 8
[] Significant Challenge: Getting rejected from summer program, 8
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: Hispanic ambitions, 7 [/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chemistry/Biology Teacher, didn’t read probably 7 or 8[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Teacher, made me cry definitely 9 or 10
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, good guy but we didn’t get on so idk
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: emailed my interviewer maybe 4 days before the deadline, never heard back, gave up hope, but hey I got in so
[] Art Supplement: None [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Jan 1, 2013
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Texas
[] School Type: Charter
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: 60K to 80K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars and LoRs
[] Weaknesses: No Interview and some of those essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?: Scheduled my interview on time and had more time/people go over my essays [/ul]

Other Factors: ?

General Comments & Advice:
I think one thing that helped me a lot was this summer program I went to Camp College @ TCU. It’s not very prestigious or anything (only 3 days long and I don’t think I even mentioned it in my app) but it really got me out of that mindset that I had to be this perfect applicant rather than myself. It got me to really look at who I was as a person and got me to understand that being rejected wasn’t the end of the world.

TheValidity · March 14, 2013, 11:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): didn’t take
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 Composite (35E, 35M, 34R, 29S, 8 writing)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II-750; Chem-630
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.8 or something…idk
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/189
[] AP (place score in parentheses): None offered
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit (Only AP class at my school), Calc I, Statistics, Econ, American Government, Physics, Athletic PE, Spanish IV - most rigorous offered at my school (I know, lol)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): State-wide awards for my sport
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): September student of the month, scholar-athlete of the week for IL, several awards for my sport, CEL math award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): 1 varsity sport for 4 years, another for 3 (captain for both, all-conferences, all-areas, all-sectionals, broke 6 individual records for my first-choice sport), student government (student-body president), math club (state qualifier), spanish club (4 years, executive committee), fellowship of christian athletes, National Honor Society, WYSE competitions, 10 seasons of my club sport (lots of travel)
[] Job/Work Experience: Youth referee 3 years for the two sports I played
[] Volunteer/Community Service: ~100 hours through NHS sanctioned activities
[] Summer Experience: several camps for my sport

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8 Runescape lol; focused on my nerdy side[/li][] Department at MIT: 8 Course Six
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 10 about my goal-oriented nature
[] World You Come From: 9 about living on a farm and the advantages/disadvantages that brings
[] Significant Challenge: 7 the travel involved for my club sport and how that has affected me
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: 10 family origins essay - very good! [/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: chem and physics teacher/assistant coach for high school sport - didn’t read, but he knows me better than many of my friends do[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher who liked me - 8 only because it seemed like she was trying to impress MIT with how well she taught her class instead of focusing on the applicant
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but she likes me a lot
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: It went ok. My guy was very awkward and didn’t have the best social skills, so it was very hard to connect with him.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Last day
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: IL
[] School Type: Public, Rural
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Recruited athlete[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: recruited athlete, very good essays,
[] Weaknesses: didn’t do anything spectacular, limited opportunities, chem sat II score
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was an applicant on the edge that got pushed over because I was heavily recruited athlete
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have applied to more backup schools! I feel lucky to have been accepted and it was very risky to not apply to many other schools.[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Make the most of your time in high school, and spend all of your time and effort on perfecting every aspect of yourself that is within your control. See you guys this fall!

stressedasian152 · March 15, 2013, 12:05am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/760/9
[] ACT (breakdown): 36/36/36/36/8
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 10 (Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M, Micro, Macro, APUSH, English Language, Statistics, all 5s)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Nah
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc3/LinAlg, AP Euro, Band, AP Environmental, AP Psych, AP English Lit
[] Number of other RA applicants in your school: 1?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): USAMO, HSHSP Scholar[/li]
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): top 5 Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Science Olympiad (4 years, 1 year VP, 2 years President)
Marching Band (a competitive top flight band, 4 years, 1 year section leader)
Fed Challenge (2 years, State Champions last year, Captain this year)
Chem Club (2 years, President this year)
NHS (2 years… I chaired an event if that helps but I lost the election)
Symphonic Orchestra (3 years… I’m a horn player if that would help but I doubt Stanford cares even if horn players aren’t the most common thing out there)
Also had things like Model UN (just this year), Future Problem Solvers (3 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Model at Hollister in January
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Minimal
[] Summer Experience: HSHSP as well as college math classes the summer before[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Wrote about playing soccer for fun; it was alright[/li][] Department at MIT: Economics, not very strong
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Sense of adventure, came off way too try hard
[] World You Come From: Wrote about the Fed Challenge team and how it drove my love of economics, best essay but still only meh
[] Significant Challenge: Getting out of bed in the morning (LOL); it was honestly terrible
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher and Science Olympiad Coach[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Econ Teacher and Fed Coach
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: Went alright; we hit it off. Talked about my research.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/31
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: MI
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range:100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Does USAMO count for MIT? Not really?[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: USAMO. Strong math science background. HSHSP and research. Objectives in general.
[] Weaknesses: My essays were pretty bad - honestly, I lost all motivation when I got a Stanford acceptance, and so my essays sort of crumbled.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: It was USAMO.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Obviously do what you love, make high school count, yes, but also make sure you have some fun doing it; you don’t want to look back on it as four years thrown away to reach a goal, but four years you spent reaching your goal while doing things you loved. Also, to all of you who were accepted, congratulations, but the hard work starts here. To those of you who didn’t make it, remember that MIT is just a means to success, and that if anybody is going to be successful, it’s based more on who they are than where they go for school.

Acceptees, have fun in Cambridge. Try not to study too hard I probably will not be joining you - West Coast Best Coast.

haginrainbow · March 15, 2013, 12:41am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2210 (750/760/700)
[] SAT II (subject, score): 760 Math 2, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Senior Year Course Load: Courses available at school (Small high school, little choice)
[] Number of other applicants in your school: None
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 4th at Destination Imagination Global Finals, Discovery Young Scientist Challenge Semi-finalist
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Scholar, IHSSA Honorable Mention[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varied: Destination Imagination, Drama, Sports, Web-Development, Meditation
[] Job/Work Experience: Web-development, marketing, co-founded a restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Web Development/Community Building and various small projects
[] Summer Experience: Utilized and had fun too! Travel, a film camp, programmed, etc.[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Experience last night of fun + Meditation love it (rating? lol)[/li][] Department at MIT: Business, Computer Science, and Bioengineering, interwoven (good)
[] Trait Most Proud Of: I wrote two… I don’t know which I used.
[] World You Come From: A really great environment. Superb.
[] Significant Challenge: Homeschooling for a year was so rewarding, but a risky choice indeed! It paid off!
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: Some homeschooling info, interest in drama that wasn’t conveyed in extra curricular due to no room to list, and details concerning a low test score that I was planning to retake (and did).[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Read it. Really really great. (Physics)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t get to read it, but it was probably even better than the science one. (Language)
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was wonderful.
[] Additional Info/Rec: Sent a doc from employer that was fantastic.[/ul]
[li] Interview: Went really well, hit it off with the guy (a little quirky, but a great guy). He commented on how later interviews are advantageous as I was much more “coherent” than earlier interviewees. (presumably because I had more time to consolidate my interests)[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/31/12
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Iowa
[] School Type: Small, Private, Consciousness-Based
[] Ethnicity: Homo Sapiens
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): I think I’m related to King Henry if you go back a few dozen generations… There’s only a few million people alive today who can claim that![/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Uniqueness
[] Weaknesses: Uniqueness
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Uniqueness, Passion, Values, Personality
[] What would you have done differently?: Well… idk…[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: I didn’t expect to get in. I’m very fortunate. This whole admissions process is a shot in the dark in many ways. I did feel connected to MIT, and I embody the “vibe” of MIT more than any other school I applied to. You’ll get in somewhere wonderful!

ID80ChE · March 15, 2013, 12:41am

Decision: Defferred >> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I :2300 Composite 780M,780CR, 740W -12 Essay
[] SAT I superscore Same as composite Single seating
[] ACT (breakdown): Not Taken
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):N/A
[] SAT II (subject, score):800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: School does not weight or offer AP courses
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/38
[] AP (place score in parentheses): School does not offer AP courses
[] IB (place score in parentheses): School does not offer IB courses
[] Senior Year Course Load: Max of courses offered Engineering, Calc 2, Econ, English
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Only one MIT applicant from my school
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):Gold Medal State Computer Programming, Gold Medal State Quiz Bowl; Second Place State Robotics competition
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMF, PSP, National Honor Society, 4.0 Honor Roll [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): School does not offer ECs all were at other in-district high schools - Debate team captain, Team debater of the year, FIRST Robotics team captain, Vex team captain. 
[] Job/Work Experience: Software Development Engineer for a respected financial services company F/T Summer and P/T during school year. First & only high school student ever hired by this company
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Regular Blood Donor, Computers for Kids technician, glean fields for food bank, set up Kiva microloan program for National Honor Society chapter, Community clean-up and improvement projects, Robotics camps community outreach program,
[] Summer Experience: Computer science and Chemistry courses at a local university, F/T Software development job, Machine building hobby - Built a huge 3D printer based on the rep rap project - and helped set-up a local hackerspace/makerspace. [/ul]
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Geeky stuff designing & machining things, building cool stuff, learning, programing, video games[/li][] Department at MIT: Bioengineering
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Ability to learn and incorporate new skills and information into my life
[] World You Come From: Talked about difficulty of moving and how it impacted and changed the direction in my life
[] Significant Challenge: Talked about FIRST robotics and the real world teamwork and pressure constraints of having to do a complete overhaul with no time on the clock.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: (Enough essays for right now) I talked about my small school and how I made the most of it
[] Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Engineering Technology teacher Should have been good[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Teacher Should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been good
[] Additional Info/Rec: My Principal wrote a separate LOR. The engineering manager from my work wrote a LOR (and he rehired me for next summer).
[] Interview: Thought it went very well Interviewer was very interested in my machining hobby and skills since his father had his own machine shop.
[] Art Supplement: huh? [/list]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Nov 1 EA Deferred
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: United States
[] School Type: Technical Charter - Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: Enough to keep me from qualifying for any financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): I am good with ballistics and reading the wind and am a decent shot at 1,000 meters but why am I thinking that might not be a hook. I come from a URS ( UR State) [/ul]. 
Reflection[ul]
This was my first venture into the academic world outside my own state I thought my academics were pretty good until I started applying for top colleges and found out that there is a big world outside my state and a lot of really smart and talented students. I do not meet other top students at this level in my neighborhood and am really looking forward to MIT.
[] Strengths: Good single seating SAT scores as a junior and my 4.0 UW GPA including college courses. Also my job where all my peers were all junior and senior college students or grad school students and none of them knew that I was only a high school student. Then again, maybe my machining skills and the nitromethane powered potato cannon carried the day.
[] Weaknesses: My high school did not offer the strength of curriculum that most MIT applicants have and my state does not focus on STEM - it sends very few students to top STEM universities. Forget about my school or town, an average of only 2 students per year get into MIT from my whole state.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I am really am not sure. My stats stand out locally but not in this group of applicants. I did step outside my school to pursue things not available in my school. I took all the available honors and concurrent courses and completed two technical pathways instead of one. I took college classes in the summer and also worked in a technical job. My hobbies and my work experience probably helped a lot because of all the practical skills they have given me. Whatever it was, I am thankful. 
[li] What would you have done differently? I dont think I would have done anything differently. My school is technically focused , more practical than theoretical, but it was a great education for me. I feel I was able to learn what I needed to on my own when it was not available through my school and I had the opportunity to use what I learned to add to the overall experience of my fellow classmates. [/ul] [/li]Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
I dont think Im in a position to give advice other than to remember to brush and floss regularly. There were a lot of great applicants Congratulations to all who were accepted and for those of you who were not, you will do well wherever you end up.

ll931110 · March 15, 2013, 1:12am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2090 (Math 800, CR 630, W 660, Essay 8)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): didn’t take
[] SAT II (subject, score): (Math II 800, Physics 800, Math I 800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Weighted GPA: 9.5/10
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Quite heavy. Those include heavily-oriented math courses (up to calculus) plus Data Structure and Algorithms (Computer Science)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Gold medal of International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2011
First prize (With perfect score) of Vietnam Olympiad in Informatics 2011
Participants of Singapore International Mathematical Challenge (SIMC) 2010
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Trainer (giving lectures) for Vietnamese team to prepare for IOI 2012
Participate in online programming contests (usually Topcoder, sometimes with contests like Google Code Jam and Facebook Hacker Cup (around top 500)). Got quite well in Topcoder (top 1%)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community Service:
Volunteer to help in our High School Entrance Examination
Play in local chess club. Win silver medal of Vietnam Chess Championship for students.
[] Summer Experience:[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: (6) Writing. Not quite particular.[/li][] Department at MIT: (8) Course 6 (Computer Science). Mentioning my desire to learn directly from awesome people (will put it later)
[] Trait Most Proud Of: (8) Determination.
[] World You Come From: (9) My favorite. I wrote about being inspired from a classic fiction film (Journey to the West) and start replicating ‘magic’, totally oblivious to the fact that it’s impossible.
[] Significant Challenge: (10). Progress to recover after a bus accident.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul] nope.
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: (8). Didn’t read, but I know it took him quite a while for this recommendation.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: (8).
[] Counselor Rec: (8).
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul] N/A
[] Interview: (9). Interesting. We talked a lot about the experience at MIT, and I learned many facts at MIT apart from what I had researched before.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/30/2012
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Vietnam
[] School Type: Public, Math/Computer Science specialized
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: around $10k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: overcoming challenges.
[] Weaknesses: low SAT score, relatively few activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: consistent determination
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] know MIT earlier.

Other Factors:

**General Comments & Advice:
It’s OK to lose, sometimes quite badly. What matters is how you react after a failure.
**

Thanks the CC community for helping me all along and make my dream come true. Now I’m so excited! YEAH!

BAYLIFE · March 15, 2013, 2:15am

EA Defer => Denied

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): (770, 690, 720)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2180
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800’s in Math II, Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Weighted GPA: 4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/397
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on Calc BC, English Lang, and Physics B… And a 3 on French that I’m unbelievably proud of!
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP (Stats, Compsci, Physics C), and Multivariable. 3 Band classes, plus track and field.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Hellllllla (10+)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Captained the 7th Place ARML team my Junior Year! (SFBA A2 too pro… >> NYC A1)
Also, Indoor State Track Meet my Junior Year
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul]
AIME Qualifier 4 years… yeeeeee

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Marching Band, Wind Ensemble (Oboes OP), and Jazz Ensemble (Tenor Sax). All highest bands
[] Job/Work Experience: AoPS Grader! (they don’t know this)
[] Volunteer/Community Service: NONE!
[] Summer Experience:[/ul] Canada/USA Mathcamp in 2011 and 2012. I’d happily spend the rest of my life as a camper there, if only I could.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Poker, including the pushup and truth variants! 9/10[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 18, Mathematics. Not too specific (6/10)
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Unique, often botched name => Creativity! (7/10)
[] World You Come From: Canada/USA Mathcamp… (sigh) (9/10)
[] Significant Challenge: Learning how to write an analysis essay (7/10)
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul] Um… on my midyear report I wrote about how I learned how to ride a bike! Guess that wasn’t impressive enough tho…
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Algebra II Honors and Math Team supervisor: 10/10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English AP Teacher, saw me develop as a writer: 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: Solid, she knows about everything I do: 9/10
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: Eh… it was ok. He gave me a logic puzzle which I solved a couple of days later (sent him the solution!) and he never replied back…
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/28/12 (after the Giants won the World Series yeeeee)
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: #BAYLIFE!
[] School Type: Large Public, lots of rich people
[] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: no FinAid :’(
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]Maybe that state track meet? idk.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Incredibly effective leadership qualities. I have shown through as a leader in all of the math, track, and band activities which I participate in. Also, my passion for math was extremely well evident through my application.
[] Weaknesses: Maybe that SAT score? Maybe a total lack of accomplishments in science on my application? Maybe that I got injured my sophomore/junior
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too many applicants, not enough spaces. Being deferred just means I made the academic cut, so I think they chose who they thought were the best fits, and they didn’t think I was one.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
Not submitted MIT first because my essays weren’t as prepared. Also, I would’ve done more research for the interview so that I’d have more to talk about.
Eh… beyond that, I would’ve had something to show that I’m at least capable in the sciences. I think having only math, and not anything incredibly outstanding in math gave them a little less confidence that I’d be a good fit.
Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Don’t stress. I believe that often the people who are rejected from these schools are rejected because they’re not seen as a good fit. I don’t think that the college is often wrong, as then know what it’s like in their environment.

RisingDragon · March 15, 2013, 3:10am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1850 (740M/490CR/620W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1950 (740M/590CR/620W)
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II 770, Physics 680, Chemistry 630
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (About 91.5% average)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Mathematics through calculus, geometry, and algebra, Physics, and Chemistry. (Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education) 
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 1st Dan (Senior Degree) black belt in Olympic Taekwondo, 3 State level gold medals in Taekwondo sparring competition, National qualifier for a Taekwondo sparring competition, 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in regional (district) Taekwondo championships, 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in regional inter-school tournaments.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honorary trophy, medal, and shield from school for distinctive performances in Taekwondo and academics. Appeared twice in school newsletters and website for the same. Secured first place in school level science fair competition and won accolades for my performances in school level table tennis, high jump, long jump, and Hindi quiz competitions.[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Taekwondo (4th grade-present)- Currently an assistant instructor at my club
- Maintaining an instructional blog
- Teaching Taekwondo to the underprivileged martial arts enthusiasts.
- Widely recognized as a Regional and State champion.
Table Tennis (8th grade-10th grade)- School champion
- Self taught player
Guitar (11th grade)
Swimming (Summer sport- 9th and 10th grades)
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Collected funds for the victims of Tsunami.
Collected funds for the family of my Taekwondo master after his unfortunate death.
Spent quality time with orphans.
[li] Summer Experience: Swimming as a hobby.[/li]Successfully completed Photoshop course (2008).
Embarked on an educational tour with my uncle across the country, visiting many research labs and universities en route. Had insightful and enlightening discussions with various professors and scientists. Experienced the functioning of various equipment in Nanotechnology firsthand.
Tutoring.
Orphans volunteering.[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Research moves and train Taekwondo, 8.[/li][] Department at MIT: Physics, 6, Lectures of Prof. Walter Lewin.
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Pertinacity, 8.
[] World You Come From: Experience with my uncle, 7, Educational tour and personal influence.
[] Significant Challenge: Learning good English, 7, SAT.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: The fall of a beloved Taekwondo master, 9.[/ul]

[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics, 9, Described my passion and love for science, and gave an anecdote on how I built an advanced Bristlebot. (-a cleaning robot) [/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Math, 8, Described how I re-discovered a formula in commercial mathematics and a theorem in calculus.
[li] Additional Info/Rec: (From my uncle (a scientist, research mentor)) 8, Described his experience with me on the educational tour.[/li](From my Taekwondo coach) 8, Explained how passionate I was in Taekwondo. He gave anecdotes that demonstrate my competence in the art/sport.[/ul]
[li] Interview: N/A (Waived by the admissions office.)[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: December 29, 2012.
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: India
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Low income?[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personality, sports, GPA.
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, essays.
[] Why you think you were rejected: Probably I couldn’t convey my passion for science effectively. Didn’t spend much time on the application and couldn’t give my 100%.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have spent more time on my application had I known about the opportunity earlier. I would have paced myself for tests and hard work required to qualify as a strong applicant. I, however, learned a lot through the process. [/ul]

Other Factors: As I came to realize the opportunities to get into MIT at a very late stage, I couldn’t give it my best shot. I was enrolled in a local, yet reputed school that follows State board syllabus. My school did not have wide extracurricular offers; It was purely academically oriented. I first enrolled into IIT JEE coaching and was unaware of the outside world. But as I got to know about opportunities, I paced myself to go for it no matter how long the shot because I knew that I would better fit the atmosphere in U.S. I was not much of a nerd, but an aspiring all-rounder who loves science.

General Comments & Advice: Do what you love, not what the university/college loves. Remember, you are doing it for yourselves. The admissions officers will come to realize if you’re truly passionate about your work. Do not forcefully work on something just because you think that the university will find it impressive. Even if you get admitted by doing so, chances are that you won’t thrive there. Numbers may be impressive, but there’s more to a person than that. Work on your application and delineate a vivid outline of your personality. Universities and colleges take students who they think will make the most out of their opportunities and succeed in life. They look for hints of untapped greatness if not for solid evidences.
Finally, with a positive attitude, one can succeed anywhere. Einstein and Thomas Edison didn’t go to MIT, but they’ve still revolutionized the world.
Just do your part and write honest, heartfelt essays. Just as universities select applicants whom they think would be the best fit, we must struggle towards what we deem as our best fit. The process is mutual at best. So make sure you mean what you say and do what you want.

OnMyWay2013 · March 15, 2013, 7:22am

[size=+2]Decision: Rejected<a href=“Haha,%20red%20is%20such%20a%20defeated%20color;%20it’s%20like%20I%20just%20died%20in%20battle%20or%20something.”>/size</a>

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 790/730/780/9 (one time score)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): –
[] ACT (breakdown): –
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): –
[] SAT II (subject, score): Biology M 750, Math IIC 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Weighted GPA: not weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/345
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World History (3), Biology (5), BC Calc (5), European History, Lit and Comp, French, Physics B
[] IB (place score in parentheses): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, the most I’ve ever done but fairly light compared to some of these people…
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1 (I hope he got in; he’s so qualified!)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar, Honor Roll for all the years, National Achievement Scholar, National Merit Scholar, something from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Color Guard (10-12, senior member now and on flag and weapon lines, soloist); cello (grades 5 to 9); Best Buddies (9-10); French Club (12)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community Service: A lot of Bible Club and Sunday School teaching (from 5th grade to now, teacher and counselor); Women in Science (7-8, 11)
[] Summer Experience:[/ul] Usually, color guard, teaching at Vacation Bible School or going onto missions trips [This year? Going to Boston to visit MIT, haha]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 6 - Playing room escape games, haha; I hoped it would be quirky, but maybe it ended up sounding lame/cheesy?[/li][] Department at MIT: 10 - Brain and CogSci, I love writing about majors/the school instead of me
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 5 - My inability to say “No” and resulting selflessness/willingness to try new things
[] World You Come From: 6 - Coming from a world where I had to be quiet all the time and how that made me want to give others a voice, Meh.
[] Significant Challenge: 3 - How being on medication early sophomore year made me almost fail my first semester of AP World History, Ugh. I had more significant challenges I could have written about, I think, but I chickened out of telling schools something that could potentially hurt my chances even more.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul] I think my update essay was poppin’… ;)

[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10, My math teacher is so amazing and writes nice letters to his students for fun, so I know he said some nice stuff[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK, My biology teacher is really nice, but many students didn’t pick her because spelling and grammar-wise, she’s not the best
[] Counselor Rec: 8 or 9, My guidance counselor is not my BFF, but she’s really invested in my success
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: 3, It was fine until the last question (Why should YOU be admitted into MIT over everyone else… Why did it have to be worded like that? )
[] Art Supplement:[/list] --

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: on the deadline
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Black Powah!
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: 90k-ish?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] URM, child of immigrants[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My race, my general academics, and hopefully my recommendations
[] Weaknesses: My writing and lame ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because I just didn’t fit what MIT was looking for, having not done much Science Fair or things of that nature
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Take more ECs and challenging classes from the start, start writing essays (summer of junior year was too late, because I’m so bad at writing and ended up getting really busy senior year)

Other Factors: --

General Comments & Advice: Reflecting on it now, I’m not sad that I didn’t get in… I’m not really the MIT type, but it was such a beautiful school… They have not seen the last of me, though; there’s always Master’s… Congrats to everyone who got in!

krishh3794 · March 15, 2013, 7:42am

rejected :-/

thepsint · March 15, 2013, 9:11am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1960 (CR 530/Math 800/ WR 630)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Never take it
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800/ Physics 800/ Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Weighted GPA: 4.14
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[] AP (place score in parentheses): -
[] IB (place score in parentheses): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Linear Alg, AP Stats, Reg US History, Reg US Literature
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Gold Medal IOI 2011 (the International Olympiad in Informatics), Silver Medal APIO 2010
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Qualified to AIME[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): President of School’s Tech Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Job Invitation from GOOGLE
[] Volunteer/Community Service:
[] Summer Experience: None[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 6[/li][] Department at MIT: 7
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 9 (Really like it, but I made several grammatical mistakes in this essay)
[] World You Come From: 6
[] Significant Challenge: 8
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: None[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10 (She graduated from MIT!)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9
[] Counselor Rec: 8
[] Additional Info/Rec: 9 (School’s Technology Coordinator. He wrote it without me asking for)[/ul]
[] Interview: 3 (So bad. I was suck at English that time)
[] Art Supplement: None[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/31/2012
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: I’m an international student, but I’m now studying at a school in North Carolina
[] School Type: Private Prep School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: ?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Originally from Thailand[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Olympiad Medal
[] Weaknesses: SAT, Essays, ECs, Interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ?
[] What would you have done differently?: None[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:

mkgxy7 · March 15, 2013, 3:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I : Didn’t send. Perfect critical reading, but horrible math!
[] ACT: 34/33(math)/34/34 :: 34 composite. Transcript showed another test date with a 34 on math though.
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II, 700; Physics, 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.21
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 1145
[] AP: US History (5), Eng Lang (5), Physics C (4/4), European History (5), Calc BC (5), Environmental Science (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A, not offered at my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP Stat, AP French, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Eng
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None that are major, I don’t think.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, 2x Activity Scholar, True Service Award recipient, Certificate of Achievement from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics, 2012 QuestBridge CollegePrep Scholar, 11 subject-specific Academic Excellence Awards, Honor Roll. Also became an “Academic All-Stater” later.[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Environmental Science Club, 11,12, President (12), Secretary (11), huge project to build a well in Africa, recycling, aquaponics, etc. // National Honor Society, 10,11,12 // French Club, 9,10,11,12, Vice President (12) // Key Club, 10,11,12 // History Club, 9,10 // AP Governing Committee, 12
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Just volunteering with Key Club and National Honor Society, plus arguably the environmental science club project. Received several awards for service though.
[] Summer Experience: Just took pre-calculus over the summer before 11th grade. Visited colleges summer before 12th grade.[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays: (Going to describe in a very rudimentary way; imagine the following being much more polished!)[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Mushrooms (the study of, not the use to get high via), 8, I think they considered it endearing or at least interesting?[/li][] Department at MIT: Chemical engineering, 9, began with an anecdote about how I first discovered my love of science and then how engineering offered action for a previously idle me. Ended with how chemical engineering was a perfect combination of using science to benefit the world. Much less cliche sounding though.
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Adaptability, 10, reworked the story of the tortoise and the hare to give an impression of a little difficulty in youth being a good thing, as the hare will face it later and must learn to handle it. Talked about how I’ve searched for stability, but that that search entails difficulties along the way, and how being adaptable is integral to reaching stability. Linked being adaptable to being confident that I can handle setbacks.
[] World You Come From: How science and benefiting others came together, 7, linked seeing my mother’s happiness whenever I created something brought me the desire to create. Spoke of teachers, clubs, and my family cultivating that desire.
[] Significant Challenge: Mother dying, 10, began with anecdote of being in hospital with my sick mother at Christmas. Then began in the same way, saying 2 years later, only focusing that she did die and that I was now without any parents. Stated that although I could not “overcome” the challenge in the sense that I could not bring back the dead, I continued to live and provide strength to my grandmother; provided my grandmother will to live, further.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: N/A[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10. FANTASTIC letter that filled up the entire page, great ratings also. Highlighted my extracurricular activities and family issues well.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10. Very praising letter that was about two pages long with great ratings. Mostly spoke of my intellectual abilities and how I handle difficulty.
[] Counselor Rec: ?+ Didn’t see it except for the checkbox page, which was all top 5% except academics which were top 1%.
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: 6? Went alright. Older gentleman who spent most of the interview writing and didn’t know about many of the programs I knew about.
[] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Near the last minute
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Oklahoma
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: Less than $20,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendation letters
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, maybe the interview, community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Definitely the mushrooms.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, I guess![/ul]

**Other Factors: **Raised by single mother who passed away?

**General Comments & Advice: **Oh my goodness, I cannot believe I got in. Work those essays!

P.S. I kind of rushed this, so just message me if you’d like a better account.

letteropener · March 15, 2013, 9:09pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2400 second sitting
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 BioE, Chem, Math IIC, Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school unranked
[] AP (place score in parentheses): chem, eurohist, englit, calcbc, physics c (both), bio, all 5s
[] Senior Year Course Load: multivar, apcs, apgov, apstat, apecon, apenglang
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AIME x3, usnco high honors, physics olympiad semis, bio oly semis, siemens semis, intel sts semis, google sci fair regional finals
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] NMF, AP scholar w/ distinction

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): math club, speech/debate, newspaper, chem club, scibowl, NHS, etc
[] Volunteer/Community Service: mathcounts coach, uc berkeley lab facilitator
[li] Summer Experience: research internships[/li][/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: outdoors, 8/10[/li][] Department at MIT: chemistry, 7/10
[] Trait Most Proud Of: spontaneity, 9/10
[] World You Come From: garage, 6/10
[] Significant Challenge: killing bugs, 8/10
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: chem teacher, alright 7/10?[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: eng teacher, great, 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: no clue…
[] Additional Info/Rec: physics prof, dunno[/ul]
[] Interview: average
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: december sometime LOL
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket Range: ~$120K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none![/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: awards, stats
[] Weaknesses: lack of well-roundedness
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i fell in love with MIT first
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing![/ul]

Other Factors: #caltechreject SUCK IT CALTECH

General Comments & Advice:

ishivangi · March 15, 2013, 11:39pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/750/760
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Biology M, 800; Chemistry, 800; Math Iic: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.981
[] Weighted GPA: none
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Chemistry (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Biology(have to take it)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): IB History of Americas HL (have to take it), IB World Literature (have to take it)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Spanish 5 Honors, AP Biology, IB World Literature II HL, IB History of Americas II HL, Neuroscience Honors, Organic Chemistry Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): US Congressional Award Recipient, Presidential Volunteer Service Award Recipient, Nordstrom Scholarship Recipient, 3rd Place at National Brain Bee, 1st place at New Jersey Regional Brain Bee, 2nd Place at National HOSA Conference, 1st Place at HOSA States, USABO semifinalist, MIT Math Prize for Girls Invitation
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] Honor Roll, National Merit Finalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
-EMT (11-12, Full Member)
-Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team (9-12, Captain, MVPx2years, division champs)
-Research intern at UMDNJ (12, paid)
-EMT Team/Club (President/Founder/Crew Chief, 11-12)
-Columbia Science Honors Program (10-12)
-Chamber Choir (10-12, select choir at school)
-County, Regional, and State Choir (9-11, Soprano1)
-South Asian Club (9-11, President)
-Indian Dance Team (10-12, Leader of Girls)
-National Honor Society, Music Honor society, Spanish Honor society
[] Job/Work Experience:
-Paid research intern at UMDNJ
-Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community Service:
-500+ hours in medical field, mostly as an EMT
-Tutoring in school
[] Summer Experience:[/ul]
-Partner’s in Science Program through the Liberty Science Center

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Cover music (9/10)[/li][] Department at MIT: Cognitive Neuro (8/10)
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Passion (7/10)
[] World You Come From: EMT community (9/10)
[] Significant Challenge: CPR (9/10)
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chemistry, 8[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, 8
[] Counselor Rec: 9
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
-Research mentor: 9
[] Interview: 9
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/28/12
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Public, Vocational
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Dedication to Neuroscience, Diversity in interests and extracurriculars, interview
[] Weaknesses: less research
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I did not expect to get accepted at all! I think it was that MIT saw the passion I have for neuroscience.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
-More Research

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:

imnew69 · March 16, 2013, 1:43am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/780/lol low didn’t practice and mistimed it so i didn’t finish it
[] ACT (breakdown): did not take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Physics, US Hist, Math 2, all 800s
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): diff scale, but low A average
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US Hist, both Phys C, French Lang & Culture, Spanish Lang, BC Calc, maybe one more idk, all 5s
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough stuff. college level math & science, fairly standard humanities, a couple of tough electives in hist and philosophy
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: lots. and lots of RA applicants too I’d bet (guessing you meant RA but w/e)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): JMO qualifier in 10th. Made USPhO in 11 & 12.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP w/ distinction, NM finalist (semi at the time I applied), Pres Schol’s Candidate, some other lame stuff, school-wide awards, none of this matters why’d I spent a minute typing it out and wasting your time reading it
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Math team, Varsity sport 11 & 12, JV’s for fun in other season, your average mix of community service (not great, few leadership, didn’t emphasize in essays), lots of non-academic stuff I didn’t include
[] Job/Work Experience: paid internships (full-time work). Some unconventional non-academic paid work that reflects well on me (and would make me too easily identifiable if I said what it was, sorry I know it’s frustrating when you’re trying to draw conclusions. I’ll just say that it’s very rare among good students but fairly commonplace in general [like skateboarding seriously for example])
[] Volunteer/Community Service: mentioned above–enough to not hurt me but definitely not a plus
[] Summer Experience: full-time job and normal kid activities I guess in the evenings. self-studied some classes (i.e. didn’t do any work and used test-taking skills to pass them, then caught up in class)
[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:
They were all poor. I have some good ideas and I’m a pretty good writer but I wrote them all in about a day so they weren’t great.

[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: [/li][] Department at MIT:
[] Trait Most Proud Of:
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: physics, outstanding[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: english, decent
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: went fine. i was nervous and didn’t talk as much as I should have about important stuff but it was fine.
[] Art Supplement: none
[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: whenever it was due
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: in new england
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white/asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket Range: no FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: good test taker, showed potential in math/science (competition math/physics developed entirely from 10th grade on), well-rounded (sports, hobbies, etc.)
[] Weaknesses: application hastily done, failed to make USAMO (JMO doesn’t count for nearly as much), didn’t show much interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strengths outweighed weaknesses…
[] What would you have done differently?: spent more time on app
[/ul]

Other Factors:

**General Comments & Advice: you don’t have to be awesome at math and science. they’re looking for a variety of people.
**

kcwijaya · March 16, 2013, 3:00am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2330 (single sitting) - 800 M; 780 CR; 750 W
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (single sitting) - 35 E, 35 M, 36 R, 34 S, 10 W
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 740 English Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I want to say 3.9 or 4.0?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.31
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Biology (5), AP Microeconomics (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Computer Science (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP European History, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, Forensic Science, Sustainable Earth Systems, Band, Vocals
[] Number of other RA applicants in your school: 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Global Citizenship Award internationally recognized by EARCOS, Presidential Award Grade 10, 11, California State Award for Academic Achievement, All-Star Volleyball Player of Southeast Asia, MVP Volleyball.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Certificate for Recognition for Achieving High Honors, probably an AP scholar but never got the award LOL[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Student Government (Rep + House captain), National Honor Society, MUN, GIN, JHU’s Center for Talented Youth, Yearbook Copy Editor, Varsity Volleyball for 5 years (captain for 3/5), Varsity Badminton, Varsity Swimming
[] Job/Work Experience: I interned at this biopharmaceutical firm. I learned medical school level material and worked in the lab to extract beta-D-glucan molecules within mushroom polysaccharides to repair heart cells and inoculated components that inhibit VEGF receptors in our cells.
[li] Volunteer/Community Service:[/li]I do a looot of community service. Coordinator of Habitat for Humanity, Coordinator of World Vision (teaching impoverished people how to use technology and giving them diplomas), Coordinator of Cleft Care - (helps kids with cleft palate), Coordinator of Pelayan Gratia (Last year sent 60 children to school. First time this was done in my school and I did this entirely on my own), Coordinator of Athletic Council (organizes athletics of my school), Coordinator of Malnutrition (raises money for malnourished kids in Indonesia), Coordinator of Big Brother/Big Sister (pairs abused children with students for high-school-career long commitments), Coordinator of several other projects dealing with orphanages, Coordinator of Klumprik teaching English to native Indonesians, Coordinator of Recycling Committee completely revamped the recycling system of my school. I’m currently helping my drama teacher, who recently suffered a stroke and had to get his leg amputated and lost most of his ability to speak, to learn vocabulary and reading and etc again.

[li] Summer Experience: Elite Education Institute Gr. 9-10; Stanford Summer High School gr. 11[/ul][/li]
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Volleyball 8[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology 7
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Curiosity 9
[] World You Come From: Snapshot of places I’ve visited 5
[] Significant Challenge: Tackling thanatophobia 7
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: Wrote a story about meeting founder of MIT and alum[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP EHAP & Econ, 10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc & Precalc, 8
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good because we’re pretty close, 7
[] Additional Info/Rec: Volleyball Coach, didn’t read[/ul]
[li] Interview: He couldn’t meet me…[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Really late - like the week before it was due
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Indonesia
[] School Type: Private International
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket Range: Upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Talked to coach about playing volleyball[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, internship, sports (?), recommendations
[] Weaknesses: My essay sucked a LOT, and not too many EC’s or major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See above
[] What would you have done differently?: Spent more time on my application and got to know the school more.[/ul]

General Comments & Advice:

I’m not surprised at all. I woke up at 5:30 AM to check it and was already expecting a rejection. I spent almost no time on my application; I wasn’t even planning on sending it in until the week before. It’s always sad though to see the “I’m very sorry” email so sighhh.

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who got in, you deserved it. And to those who didn’t, don’t worry, you’re amazing and you’ll do amazing things someday. I think the rejection didn’t hurt as much because I got Caltech last week (I still don’t know how I got in…) but I would have loved to see a congratulations instead of a sorry :(

Again, CONGRATS everyone and GOOD LUCK with everything you do!

yoyoma908 · March 16, 2013, 10:51am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 790/710/800/12 (80MC)
[] SAT II (subject, score): 780 Math II, 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: 4.98 I guess – our school has a funny scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~2/250
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Can’t take any until senior year
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Euro, AP English, Home Repair (lol)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Nothing big really, but I won quite a few smaller ones
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):Top 10% in physics at NJ Science League (11th place/308 students); Couple of awards at a local science fair (2nd place environmental science, army achievement award, field ecology award); national achievement semifinalist (Now Winner); U of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award; Rotary Youth Leadership Award[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):Interact Club (9-12, President, Community Service), Environmental Club (9-12, President), NHS (11-12, Secretary), Spanish Honor Society (Coordinator), Science League (9-12, Science Competitions)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Library Volunteering, SAT Tutoring
[] Summer Experience:Library Volunteering, Science Research, SAT Tutoring[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Skateboarding, 10/10, talked about how skateboarding gives me an emotional release[/li][] Department at MIT: BME, 7/10, BSed it
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Tenacity, 9/10, talked about how I won a pushup competition through sheer determination, even though I am a generally weak person
[] World You Come From: 8/10, Talked about how my immigrant parents didn’t go to college and how that inspired me to do the best that I could do
[] Significant Challenge: 3/10, Don’t really wanna talk about it lol
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: None[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: (9/10) From research mentor and AP Bio teacher, really good.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: (6/10) From an English teacher - I was the best writer in the class. I guess it was good, but I don’t really know her that well.
[] Counselor Rec: (3/10) Didn’t see it. Meh, don’t really know her that well
[] Additional Info/Rec:(10/10) My Interact Club advisor, basically bowed down to me with words.[/ul]
[] Interview: With some dude in a library, went well - he didn’t strangle me!
[] Art Supplement: nope.avi[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/1/2013
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Crappy public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket Range: Doesnt matter
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):URM, first gen[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, research, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Recs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: research + URM + Scores
[] What would you have done differently?: sucked up more to get better recs[/ul]

Other Factors: ???

General Comments & Advice: Be committed from the get-go.

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