Consolidated MIT Class of 2017 EA/RD Results

rcthero · March 16, 2013, 11:47am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/650/670 One Sitting
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):Look above
[] ACT (breakdown): Never gave
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):Never gave
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math2 800, Physics 800, Chemistry 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA:N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/127
[] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): KVPY Scholar
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Loads…[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): School President, Soccer captain among a bunch of other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Worked for anti-cancer society, leprosy foundation, old-age home and AIDS awareness
[] Summer Experience:None[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Soccer[/li][] Department at MIT: Computer Science and Engineering
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Love of learning
[] World You Come From: Wrote about it
[] Significant Challenge: Prefer not to say
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:Research description and ideas[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):9/10[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chemistry Teacher, Awesome[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Teacher, Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: School Principal, Awesome again
[] Additional Info/Rec:None[/ul]
[] Interview: Waived
[] Art Supplement:Not submitted[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Deadline day
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: India
[] School Type: CBSE
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: $ 40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT II, Research
[] Weaknesses: Procrastination
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Competitive international applicant pool
[] What would you have done differently?:Won a gold medal at an international olympiad! :P[/ul]

Other Factors:Be honest

General Comments & Advice:For Indians applying to Undergrad at MIT, no olympiad medal translates to no admission

doglova · March 16, 2013, 12:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2290 (took two times) - 760 CR; 770 M; 760 W
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.51
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Comp Sci (5), AP World (4), AP Chem (5), AP Calc AB (subscore 5), AP Calc BC (5), AP US History (5), AP Physics B (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics CM, Multivar Calculus, Research Bioengineering Project, AP Biology, AP English Language, AP U.S Gov, AP Comparative Gov, Art I (needed fine arts credit)
Number of other RA applicants in your school: 6
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Chemistry Olympiad State Finalist, Girl Scouts Gold Award
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, County Excellence in Education Award, Tennis Breakout Athlete for Undefeated season, Sportsmanship award, National Merit commended, school science fair 2nd, regional science fair 2nd in category, us navy award (science project related)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Tennis (captain: gr 9, 10, 12; no 11th because injury), Girl Scouts(gr. 9, 10, 11, 12), Loudoun (county student board member; gr. 11, 12), National Honor Society (gr. 11, 12), Science Honor Society (gr. 11, 12), TALONS math/science tutor (gr. 11, 12)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: Advocated for opening of new library in my community on behalf of high school students (it worked the library opened), Organized early literacy program for the new library, Organize other fundraising activities for the new library, tutored students at my school, Organized a walk to raise money for a homeless shelter, help other junior girl scouts with their projects
Summer Experience: 9th: tennis; 10th: Johns Hopkins CTY; 11th: University of Penn summer bioengineering program (my intended major is bioengineering); also worked a lot on my girl scouts gold award;

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: All Bad
What You Do For Pleasure: I <3 Puppies (what was I thinking)
Department at MIT: biomedical engineering (like every other indian girl… what diversity!)
Trait Most Proud Of: persistence and competitive (how unique and original!!!.. lol jk more like what every other boring applicant to MIT wrote about)
World You Come From: I have moved throughout VA, but ended up in the luxurious northern Virginia (pretty much the worst place to be for college applicants… should have moved to somewhere weird in the country)
Significant Challenge: Tennis (I’m not athletic, at all, but pointlessly worked my butt off until I became captain?.. wow lamee)
Additional Essay/QB Essays: a lame abstract about my research, and more useless awards and another SAT II subject score because they couldn’t fit into the boxes
Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher for 3 yrs: I gave him the recommendation very last minute… he was not happy
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP US history: I got As in her class and a 5 on her exam. But that was it. She didn’t actually know anything about me… I’m very quiet and reserved
Counselor Rec: she thought I was very paranoid
Additional Info/Rec: none, even though I should have asked my research mentor
Interview: she hated me. she asked, “What do you regret most about high school.” answer: “uhhhhhh, not doing more extracurriculars…?” lol I was completely dumbfounded the whole time

Other
Date Submitted App: Really late - EA: last day to submit; midyear: last day to submit; I’m not a procrastonator at all!!!
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Northern Virginia, where everyone is too smart for me
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: Asian… to add so much diversity!!!
Gender: F… would have helped because engineering. except I put biomedical engineering, the only engineering field where women aren’t underrepresented… should have put comp-sci!
Income Bracket Range: 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): absolutely none

Reflection
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: everything
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected because I’m stupid
What would you have done differently?: not applied and enjoyed my thanksgiving break rather than pointlessly answering 6 essay questions are filling out the rest… let my fantasy of MIT fly away early so I wouldn’t have to suffer

General Comments & Advice: Don’t be lame like me!

ChrxswxN · March 16, 2013, 6:49pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/780/800/12 one sitting
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): See above
[] ACT (breakdown): Did not take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): See above
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Biology M, 800 United States History, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.35 / 6.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 / 321
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 13x5, 3x4 (16 exams total)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: E&M and Mechanics (self-study but not taking exams due to conflicts), AP Psych, AP European History, AP Art History, AP Literature and Composition, Orchestra, Piano, Chamber
[] Number of other RA applicants in your school: ~6
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place Environmental Science, Florida SSEF 1st Place Environmental Science, County Science Fair 1st Place and Best in Show, Siemens 2012 Semi-Finalist, Sunshine State Scholar (best math/science student in my county), NMSF, National AP Scholar as sophomore, Intel STS Semi-Finalist
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Math Honors Society (President), Science National Honors Society (Founder and President), Explorer Post 57 (Treasurer), National Honors Society (Math Tutoring Coordinator), Fellow of the Pine Jog Environmental Fellowship, independent modeling and research using computer science with environmental applications (Artificial Neural Networking and auto-regressive time-series model), Solo Pianist (12 years, won $7,000-$8,000 in scholarships and competition money, sent in an arts supplement), Principal Orchestral Pianist, Church pianist, A-Team
[] Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher
[] Volunteer/Community Service: > 500 hours
[] Summer Experience:[/ul] HSHSP 2012, Eastern Music Festival 2011

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 9[/li][] Department at MIT: 10
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 9
[] World You Come From: 10
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: From Biology teacher, who loves me because of ISEF and stuffz – 9/10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: From AP Language teacher, who absolutely loved me in junior year – 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: Standard – 8/10
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: 90 minutes of pretty okay-ness, I guess haha.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] I’m an avid piano player. Submitted Movement 1 of Beethoven’s Appassionata and Movement 1 of Chopin’s 3rd Sonata

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/24/2013
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: FL
[] School Type: Public Magnet School
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: ~150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Objective stats, extracurricular awards, essays, etc.,
[] Weaknesses: Chinese Male + recs weren’t that amazing, I guess
[] Why you think you were accepted: Luck of the draw, I guess. Top schools are all crap-shoots.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: It’s 2 days after decisions have been released, and I am still so stoked. I got deferred at Harvard early, so I completely lost hope in the college admissions process. At the end of the day, though, I am SO SO SO happy to have gotten in to one of my top choices for college. The only thing that’s left is to wait for the end of March and beginning of April to roll around. Congrats to everyone who got in, and to everyone who didn’t, don’t lose hope because like I said, college admissions to top universities are a crap-shoot. The process is completely unpredictable and even random. To juniors and below, just do what you love (:

shelly318 · March 16, 2013, 7:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[li] SAT I: 2360 (780M/780CR/800W) one-sitting[/li]
[li] SAT II (subject, score): 800 M2, 780 French, 750 Chem[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li]
[li] Weighted GPA: 4.9/5.0[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/510[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parentheses): French (5) Chem (4) USH (4) :/[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Bio, Euro, English, Calc BC, Stats) 1 Elective[/li]
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Last year, there were 25 in total, probably somewhat similar this year[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):[/li]
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):National Achievement, National Merit Commended, French awards, AP Scholar, 1st place in school writing contest[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Student tutor, underclassmen mentor, club and school varsity team in my sport (don’t wanna be too specific sorry), piano for 10 years[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding since 9th grade, founded a program coaching kids from my town in the sport I play[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community Service:Teach my sport to mentally disabled kids, organized a couple of food drives at school[/li]
[li] Summer Experience:Work and athletics[/ul][/li]
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Playing the piano, 7/10?[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology, 9/10
[] Trait Most Proud Of: “My innate curiosity and will to learn” lol, 9/10
[] World You Come From: My parents, who are both immigrants and came from vastly different cultures (Europe/Africa), and my sport, definitely 10/10
[] Significant Challenge: Challenges of teaching kids, 10/10
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Chem, probably generic, didn’t read it[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP USH, probably good I think he liked me, but didn’t read it either
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: Lasted for over an hour and a half, and I thought it was good. Only awkward part was he asked me why applied to Harvard early LOL. But he probably didn’t include that in his report.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]

[li] Date Submitted App: sometime around deadline[/li]
[li] U.S. State/Territory or Country: CT[/li]
[li] School Type: Big public[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: Half White/Half African-American[/li]
[li] Gender: F[/li]
[li] Income Bracket Range: ~70,000[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development):URM[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades (only a few A-'s in high school), standardized test scores, unique background
[] Weaknesses: LOTS of people applying from my school, lack of leadership in ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea, I am still in shock
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
On your application, BE YOURSELF. I am certainly not a very science/technology oriented person, and I did not try to make myself seem like one. To all those who were not accepted, I know it may have been your dream school for many of you, but do not take it to heart. This does not define you as a person, and you should still be proud of all your accomplishments. By September, when you are attending another amazing school, this will all be forgotten. :)

linting2012 · March 16, 2013, 8:26pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul][] SAT I 2170(breakdown 800M/700CR/670W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore the same(breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II Math II 800, Physics 800, Chemistry 800, Biology 800, English Lit 700, Chinese Listening 800 (subject, score):
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[] Weighted GPA:School Don’t have this
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (40):Math HL 7, Phy HL 7, Chem Hl 7, History 6, English 4, Spanish 7
[] Senior Year Course Load:Math, Phy, Chem, History, English, Spanish
[] Number of other RA applicants in your school:1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):UKMT Gold and best of School
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Won the KnowledgeBowl Championship[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):A lot with many leadership position. Some examples are Engineering Club and Archery Captain
[] Job/Work Experience:Work with my parents every summer and winter vacations
[] Volunteer/Community Service:Raised $5k to make visual signs in children’s hospital so illiterate people can still find there way around the hospital
[] Summer Experience:[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 7[/li][] Department at MIT:8
[] Trait Most Proud Of:7
[] World You Come From:9
[] Significant Challenge:8
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:should be good[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2:9
[] Counselor Rec:7
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview:8
[] Art Supplement:I sent them a video of my work you can see it here: [Eccentric</a> Sphere Gear Paper craft - YouTube](<a href=“Eccentric Sphere Gear Paper craft - YouTube”>Eccentric Sphere Gear Paper craft - YouTube)[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: don’t remember
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: international
[] School Type:no idea
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket Range:$20,000-30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Speak 3 languages, Perfect SAT II score
[] Weaknesses:4 in English I guess?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I have no idea, thought I had a pretty decent chance, I wish somebody can tell me
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
I am very ****ed at the admission right now… However my only advice is to try your best and believe in yourself

RexT95 · March 16, 2013, 8:36pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):770/720/730/10
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):same as above
[] ACT (breakdown):33E 35M 34 R 31S 9 essay
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): same as above
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 math level 2, 780 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45/4.0 (2.9ish after freshman year, little better after sophomore, then nearly straight A’s since junior year along with dual-enrolls and grade forgiveness for my one D)
[] Weighted GPA:4.69
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/500
[] AP (place score in parentheses): human geo(4), u.s. history(2), psych(5), U.s. govt.(5), self-studied Calc Bc(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):none
[] Senior Year Course Load:Ap stats, ap lit, ap physics c mechanics, self study E&M
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:none
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Ap scholar with honor, senior hall of fame at school, honor roll[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):Cross Country 9th-12th co-captain, went from slowest to fastest runner. President of Mu alpha theta, vice president of Young inventors club, track and field 10th-12th along with running all year, 10,11th water polo, first ever team at my school was captain second year
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at a restaurant as a Busboy and at Hollister
[] Volunteer/Community Service:volunteered at YMCA summer camp, Habitat for Humanity,
[] Summer Experience:Audited Differential Equations at UM summer after junior year.
Played club water polo summer after sophomore year[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:8[/li][] Department at MIT:7
[] Trait Most Proud Of:9
[] World You Come From:10
[] Significant Challenge:10
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: physics 10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: history/govt. 10
[] Counselor Rec: probably 8ish
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: 9
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: last day
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Florida
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: $30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development):First Generation[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Overcoming many obstacles throughout my life and making an academic turnaround
[] Weaknesses: gpa
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted probably because of low gpa but not rejected because solid otherwise and upward trend
[] What would you have done differently?:
Realized that getting good grades was important before my junior year in high school.[/ul]
Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Regardless of how big of a reach your dreams seem for you, never give up trying to achieve them. So I got Waitlisted at MIT. These last few days I’ve been thinking about how in the end it doesn’t really matter whether I got in or not; the journey to get to where I am today has truly been an amazing experience. Reaching for MIT inspired me to really re-evaluate what I was doing in life and especially school. I overcame challenges and tried to beat the odds stacked against me. I may not have made it, but I got pretty damn close. I’ll take my spot but I’m not gonna worry about this anymore. In the end I know I did the best I could have done and that is enough for me.

smartgirldilemma · March 16, 2013, 11:30pm

Decision: Deferred → Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 730/740/750/10
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2220
[] ACT (breakdown): 34E/35M/36R/34S
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 Composite
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 USH. 750 Math 1. 770 Mol. Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/144
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology, US History, Psychology (5’s)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Lit and Comp
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None really
[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, NM Finalist, Scholastic Art Gold Key Award in my region, Book awards, YWCA Young Woman with Bright Future, National Forensic League Academic All-American [/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varsity Tennis (9-12), 2012 Captain, team ended up Top 16 in State Tournament 2011 & 2012, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Lacrosse. Named Student Athlete of the Week on local news. Debate (9-12), VP and Treasurer, State Qualifier, NCFL qualifier. Student Council, Link Crew Leader (orient freshmen to school). Promoter for the Best Buddies Organization, trying to establish the first Best Buddies chapter in the state of Ohio
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at the YMCA
[] Volunteer/Community Service: 300+ hours, including summer internship at local autism center, hospital volunteering, peer tutoring, Mission trip to Appalachia
[] Summer Experience: Introduction to Engineering Camp at ND, Mission trip, accepted to the Ross Program but my parents wouldn’t let me go (APPLY! GO! I BEG YOU! I REGRET NOT GOING!)[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8. making string figures (like Jacob’s ladder, cat’s cradle)[/li][] Department at MIT: 7. Course 9 :) 
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 9. Openness to experience! I wrote about skiing my first black diamond.
[] World You Come From: 8. My father and how he has shaped my personality
[] Significant Challenge: 8. Getting in shape after having a really really negative self-image
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:I just sent a link to my photo blog and to my Student Athlete of the Week Video[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calc teacher[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Lit teacher: probably one of the main reasons I was eventually accepted.
[] Counselor Rec: eh[/ul]
[li] Interview: Sparkling. He told me how fantastic MIT was as I drooled over my Panera soup.[/li][] Art Supplement: 10 Photographs, some digital, some film.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: OH…IO
[] School Type: Parochial
[] Ethnicity: Blanc
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket Range: 100,000-150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Test Scores,
[] Weaknesses: ECs, Volunteerism, no hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea. I am still so surprised
[] What would you have done differently?:
Spent more time on my essays, looked for national competitions in Science/Math (USAMO, Intel, etc) instead of just local. [/ul]
Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: First from my school to ever be accepted into MIT and first from my city in like at least 10 years. I am so humbled and sooooooo excited. My advice is to really really make your case in the Midyear Report if you are deferred. Keep up your grades senior year and be very sincere in both your essays and correspondences with Admissions. The best thing you can do is to show dedication and passion for what you do.

lightproof · March 16, 2013, 11:42pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/740/800/12 (2300)
[] SAT II (subject, score): 780 Bio-M, 780 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.23
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), Statistics (5), Chinese (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Econ, Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nothing
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, NM Commended, various school department awards… nothing stunning[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): various biology internships, high-level music ensembles, etc.
[] Volunteer/Community Service: music-related
[li] Summer Experience: aforementioned internships[/ul][/li]
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
none of them were that great since MIT was my last application and I was getting tired of writing[/ul]
[li] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: History - I got to read it, and I was flattered, but the writing itself was not stellar.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Chemistry - didn’t read.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read either, likely fine.
[] Additional Info/Rec: One from music teacher and one from of my lab mentors, also probably fine.[/ul]
[] Interview: we talked for 2.5 hours and got along fairly well (she majored in MechE and I have no interest in it, but we talked about her experiences at MIT)
[] Art Supplement: sent in a recording[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/21
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: mixed
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket Range: —
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m not entirely sure… perhaps research?
[] Weaknesses: no significant awards or particularly compelling reasons for why I should be admitted
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MIT just isn’t the place for me and I don’t think I would have gone if I got in anyway.
[] What would you have done differently?: I probably shouldn’t have applied, but I had already completed the interview and gotten letters of recommendation. I also didn’t put much effort into the application since I was accepted REA to Stanford. :)[/ul]

lntegraI · March 16, 2013, 11:53pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 29 TOEFL= 107
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):27
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 750, Chem: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Weighted GPA: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/571
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Spanish/Spanish Lit : 5 (I’m going to take 6 AP exams this year)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Taking IB Math HL this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Macro/ US Gov.
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
Different awards.[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Math Club, Science Honor Society, Red Cross.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community Service: 120 hours Hospital
[] Summer Experience: Research = 200 hours[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 6[/li][] Department at MIT: 9
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 8
[] World You Come From: 10
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10 ( from my AP Calc teacher it was really good and I got to read it)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9 (From my English teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know
[] Additional Info/Rec: N/A[/ul]
[li] Interview: Really Bad[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1 day before the deadline
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Mexico
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: < 50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None (International lol)[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I spent a while with my essays and my LORs were really good.
[] Weaknesses: ACT/ SAT Subject tests
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My interview was really bad.
[] What would you have done differently?:
I wish I had known about MIT earlier. Not get an interview.[/ul]

General Comments & Advice: 
It’s funny how the valedictorian from my school got into Princeton, but got rejected from MIT. I feel kind of bad too because my interview was on my birthday and the EC acted really rude during the interview. I was depressed because I had a different perspective of MIT and their community before I had my interview. My EC was racist in many ways. For example, he asked me If I was a Questbridge Finalist. I said no and he basically told me that my chances were slim to 0%. He started to tell how hard MIT was and that admissions were becoming a joke in a certain way because MIT used to accept the smart and brilliant kids back on his day and now they accept based on gender and ethnicity to look good in rankings, etc. At the end he told that no one will probably get in from this area and I was completely destroyed. I was really sad and I told my parents that I didn’t want to apply anymore, but they encouraged me to apply. I wish I had recorded the interview. I guess I have to stand up and fight for what I want and not let other people discourage me from succeeding in life…

justahopeful · March 17, 2013, 6:39pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/760/10 (2360)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/790/10 (2390)
[] ACT (breakdown): 35: 36M/35R/35W/33S
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 MII 800 Chem 800 Physics 770 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75ish
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%? ~12/400
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5) AP physics B (5) AP Calculus BC AP Statistics (5) AP Language and Comp (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Independent study for math (doing whatever), AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, some half years (including literature)
[] Number of other RA applicants in your school: 2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AIME qualification 4x (if u include this year), ARML (does that count?)
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] AP scholar w/ distinction, NM finalist and stuff.

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Math League, Science Bowl, Quiz Bowl, Young Democrats
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Worked at senior health center, proctored some competitions for elementary and middle school students
[] Summer Experience: Worked (still working on it actually) on a financial mathematics project[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 5[/li][] Department at MIT: 3
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 7
[] World You Come From: 5
[] Significant Challenge: 8
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 7- AP Calc[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10- Accounting
[] Counselor Rec: Idk
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: It went well
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31/12
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: CT
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Math ECs? SATs?
[] Weaknesses: GPA, essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probaby a combination of essays, lower GPA, and lack of leadership
[] What would you have done differently?: Higher GPA, maybe making USAMO would have made a difference [/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: 3/14 was such a stressful day lol… AIME , ARML run-off and MIT decision

straightchillin · March 17, 2013, 7:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2340 (790 M, 780 CR, 770 E, 10 Essay)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 M, 36 S, 36 R, 35 E, 12 Essay)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank, but top 1%?
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Math HL (7 - took it last year), Physics HL, Chem HL, Environmental Systems SL, Further Math SL, Spanish HL, History HL, English HL
[] Senior Year Course Load: those^
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5 EA (1 accepted) and then 5 more RA?
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): USAMO (x3), Siemens Regional Finalist, Spoke at a TEDx Conference (if that counts? It was about math!)
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, AMC10/AMC12/AIME State Winner and other random state math competitions, Forensics/MUN Awards, School Science Department Award, NMF[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Class President, Forensics (captain), Model UN, Indian American Student Association (choreographer), Taekwondo (black belt)
[] Job/Work Experience: AoPS Grader as of January, so I included this with my Mid-year Report
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Pretty involved with an Indian charity, raised $5000ish for it with our school’s IASA show last April
[] Summer Experience: three summers at math program at BU, Junior Counselor for the third [/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] I’m not going to give these ratings just because there’s no remotely objective way to do that, but I’ll put down subjects and thoughts
[] Essays:[list]

[] What You Do For Pleasure: Bananagrams! Haha I enjoyed writing this, but I can’t see how anything unique could be bad.
[] Department at MIT: Course 18 (Math). This might have helped me - I ran into Professor Abhinav Kumar this summer and ended up sitting next to him for dinner/talking to him for a while. I name-dropped him in this and talked about working with him via UROP.
[] Trait Most Proud Of: The ability to see life in mundane objects. I connected that to a passion for math. It was a stretch - I had a hard time writing this essay. It ended up being alright, but probably my worst.
[] World You Come From: India and volunteering at the charity in India. It had personal anecdotes but also ran the risk of falling under the “omg look I have culture!” umbrella.
[] Significant Challenge: Failing miserably at a research project this summer. It was a modified version of my Common App essay, so it had decent foundation, but the 200 words of cuts detracted from its power pretty significantly.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher! We went to Toronto together for TEDx and talk constantly.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: History teacher! No personal relations outside of the classroom, could have been semi-generic.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. This could have been really generic and it also could have been fantastic. Probably closer to the former.
[] Additional Info/Rec: One from summer program director, one from Indian charity’s founder. Both showcased leadership, I think? [/ul]
[] Interview: It was really fun! Honestly, the lady who interviewed me was a doll - I can’t imagine anyone interviewing badly with her.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/5ish?
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Michigan
[] School Type: Public magnet (ish)
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: XX
[] Income Bracket Range: Not getting any FA for sure
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): I hear that Indian males who do math are really rare (none)[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: USAMO? I don’t know - the math-major extrovert with a ton of public-speaking experience isn’t too conventional
[] Weaknesses: MIT has a surplus of Asian male math applicants, and fitting that mold is not a great way to make yourself appealing. Also, relatively little sports/work involvement.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Ahh this entire app was math-centric - three of my essays were directly about math and a fourth was about tutoring in math. I think that that animated my passion, turning it into more than something on my resume.
[] What would you have done differently?: [/ul]

Other Factors:

**General Comments & Advice: MIT is well-known for how diverse its intellectual spirit is. Don’t display how you’ll blend into it - emphasize the fact that you’ll provide your own unique piece to it. **

dynamo729 · March 17, 2013, 7:59pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/800/10 second try
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): see above
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 composite twice, also a 33
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 36s on everything except science - 35
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800s on Math II, US History; 780 - Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.48
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/430ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Psych, BC Calculus (and AB subscore), Physics B, Stats, US History, and English Language
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Computer Science, US Gov, Macro, Lit, Physics C, Chem. Then Math Team and a required computer class
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0, I think.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None, really. 5-time AIME qualifier
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
[] Job/Work Experience: Mowed lawns for the summer after sophomore year, worked in a coffee shop in the summer after junior year
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Peer tutor, volunteer at church 9th-10th grade years
[] Summer Experience: working, reading, some math team tournaments [/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8, novel writing, I liked this one.[/li][] Department at MIT: 7, mechanical engineering
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 9, sense of humor. One reason I liked MIT so much is that they seemed to have a really good sense of humor. I compared my sense of humor to a three-legged cat.
[] World You Come From: 8.5, I talked about my weird hometown.
[] Significant Challenge: 8, being gay in Alabama and resulting internal struggles
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didnt read[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didnt read
[] Counselor Rec: Didnt read
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: I thought it went well. It lasted for about an hour and a half I kinda felt like I talked too much but I guess they want to get to know us.
[] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Day before EA deadline, hahah.
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: AL
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Gay? From Alabama? [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT/AP scores, I thought my essays and interview were good
[] Weaknesses: Nothing fantastic I havent done any research, no USAMO or anything
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think they probably just liked me not enough to accept me EA though, hahaha. Id like to think being gay didnt help, but Im aware it mightve been.
[] What would you have done differently?: I probably wouldve worked on my app earlier. [/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: By far the most important thing is to be yourself, as cheesy as that may be. I would much rather be rejected for being who I am than be accepted for being someone I am not, and if you are your genuine self on your applications, acceptances become a lot more meaningful. If it isnt meant to be, it isnt meant to be. In fact, I probably cant go to MIT, but the financial aid package letter tomorrow will either confirm or deny that. Congrats to everyone accepted, and no matter what happens, you can make what happens to you work out!

0xymoronic · March 18, 2013, 1:47pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul][] SAT I: R 700, W 690, M 690, Essay 10 (2080)
[] ACT: E 33, M 35, R 35, S 36, Essay 8 (35)
[] SAT II: Math I 730, Math II 750, Bio E 680, Lit 730, US History 700
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.6
[] Weighted GPA: 3.9
[] Rank: 55/377
[] AP: World History (4), US History (4), Lang & Comp (4), Bio (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Photography, AP Calculus, College Psych, College Public Affairs, College Soc, College Econ, Fundamentals of Electronics, College Health
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[] Major Awards: National Honor Society, Scholar Athlete, Varsity Letters, 2 Scholastic Silver Keys
[li] Common Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, High Honor Roll[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Alpine Ski Racing, Piano, Singing, Springboard Diving (captain), Literary Magazine (Peer Editor), Photography
[] Job/Work Experience: 4 months as a ski instructor, currently a sales associate
[] Volunteer/Community Service: read to elementary school children, work with the mentally and emotionally disabled, started a tutoring program at my school, work with a local animal adoption coalition
[] Summer Experiece: Diving & Volunteering[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Springboard Diving, 7, it’s like flying[/li][] Department at MIT: Mathematics, 10, I see empty chalkboards with excitement
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Personal Drive, 9, I had a concussion two years ago and still remained in my challenging classes despite severe brain damage
[] World You Come From: A Passionate Irish Family, 9, they make me strive to be funny, musical, loving, and intelligent
[] Significant Challenge: Concussion, 10, I still have symptoms, it was extreme[/ul]
Additional[ul] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, 10, he is extremely intelligent and well-spoken and adores me
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English, no idea (I don’t see them)
[] Counselor Rec: 9, she sings my praises at every chance she gets
[] Additional Info/Rec: my coach
[] Interview: went extremely well
[] Art Supplement: photography[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/21/12
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: New York
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: 250,000-300,000
[li] Hooks: Concussion[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score, extracurriculars, recs, essay
[] Weaknesses: grades, SAT score, AP scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Low test scores and grades
[] What would you have done differently?: Not a thing; MIT was a reach school for me, I was just tossing my hat in the ring.[/ul]

mathgirl7 · March 18, 2013, 10:45pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/780/10
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2380 (Single sitting)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II, 780; Biology M, 800; Chemistry, 800
[] Unweighted GPA: 96.44/100
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on Calculus BC and Chemistry. Some 4’s on self-studied subjects.
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Logic (College-Level), Linear Algebra (College-Level), Differential Equations (College-Level), AP Stat, AP Bio, Environmental Science, Honors English, Game Programming II (College-Level)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: ~20?
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2013 Intel STS Semifinalist, 2010 Siemens Semifinalist, Outstanding Paper (aka 1st Prize) at HiMCM (High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling), Published computer algorithm for a healthcare conference (name of conference omitted for privacy), Invited to present two different projects at two conferences (one for healthcare, the other for aeronautical engineering)
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AIME Qualifier, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Finalist, various regional/state awards for math, robotics, science, and business[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Robotics (mentor of 3 teams of underclassmen), Science League, Math League, Academic Team, Technology Student Association, state orchestra (1st violinist), Handbell choir, guitar (instructor at local Chinese school), piano, Chinese school
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 different internships at Columbia, 1 internship with Bell Labs (Alcatel-Lucent Technologies), Mathcounts team coach, science journalist, math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer at hospital, guitar instructor, musical accompanist at local church
[] Summer Experience: the 2 aforementioned Columbia internships, a math camp in Boston, enrichment classes, and tutoring[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays: I don’t know how to rate my essays, but they made me cringe a little. I’ll just describe the topics.[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Puzzle-hunting… quite fitting, I think![/li][] Department at MIT: course 18. what else?
[] Trait Most Proud Of: This one was a little weird. It was about being able to lose myself in a difficult scientific problem.
[] World You Come From: Something about guitar-playing
[] Significant Challenge: Watching a patient die while volunteering at the hospital
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: Abstracts of research projects[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Former Calculus BC teacher. Super supportive and definitely very complimentary.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Former USH teacher. Very complimentary as well, although she has a habit of mispelling students’ names.
[] Counselor Rec: IDK o.o
[] Additional Info/Rec: Two supplemental recs, one from my most recent research mentor and another from the robotics coach. These were probably even better than the regular recs. [/ul]
[] Interview: Pretty good, but nothing special.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: don’t remember?
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Public magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket Range:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None whatsoever![/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research/awards, perhaps?
[] Weaknesses: ESSAYS. In trying too hard, I think I screwed these up bigtime.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: absolutely no idea. I wish I knew!
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I really enjoyed all my high school experiences and molded my activities around my passions, rather than getting into college. :)[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: I really don’t know how I got in. Truthfully, if I were an MIT admissions officer, I would reject me! So of course I’m super grateful that they thought differently… good luck to all future applicants!! Be passionate about what you do, and don’t let college apps get you too stressed.

catalyxmaster · March 22, 2013, 11:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Didn’t Send
[] ACT (breakdown): 34
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 Math, 34 English, 33 Reading, 32 Science
[] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math, 800 Physics, 750 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Music (5), World History (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma Program
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: We had 1 EA applicant who was deferered and then rejected (he’s honestly the smartest kid I know by a longshot)… nobody was accepted from my school, just two waitlsts.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): NYSSMA Electronic Showcase,
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] Commended for National Merit, Honor Roll, Math Fair Things, 1st Place Team in County Math Contest, 1 Science Olympiad Medal in Fermi Questions

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Science Olympiads, Senior Mathletes, Freshman Mathletes, Jazz Band, Symphonic Winds
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 Years of Internships at an Educational Technology Company
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Church stuff
[] Summer Experience:[/ul] Did a lot of composing?

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 3/10[/li] [] Department at MIT: 1/10
[] Trait Most Proud Of: 4/10
[] World You Come From: 0/10 (Not even kidding… this was THOROUGLY awful)
[] Significant Challenge: -1/10 (negative because it actually managed to make my additional rec look worse)
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10, my math teacher loves me.[/li] [] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8, my English teacher… honestly I didn’t know her all too well, but she generally writes good recs from what I understand
[] Counselor Rec: 11/10… my G.C. is awesome
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul] 11/10 from my music teacher sent with an electronic music supplement. Honestly, I think I would have been rejected (especially considering my essays) if not for this.
[] Interview: 10/10. It was actually really fun to talk to him, and it was by far my favorite interview in the college process, although I don’t think he actually thought I was a good fit for the school to be honest. He did like my enthusiasm though for math and music.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] An eletronic composition and my teacher’s letter of reccomendation. I thought the composition was really good, and my music teacher gave me a crazy good reccomendation.

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: New York
[] School Type: Meh Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: 120,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] Nothing
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Interview, Art Supplement
[] Weaknesses: Essays, Essays, Essays, and Essays (Honestly, of all the essays I sent out, this was the only set I was not happy with).
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly in retrospect I’m not quite sure how I even made it to Waitlist. My only theory is that they liked my composition enough to not put me in the reject pile.
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Honestly nothing. The reason I couldn’t get the essays is because I’m not a great fit, and in retrospect I recognize that. [/li]
Where else were you accepted/rejected:
Accepted: U Chicago EA, SUNY schools, RIT, UMaryland
Waitlisted: MIT (obviously), WUSTL (although I’m not accepting the waitlist offer so I suppose this is more of a rejection really)
Rejected: Nowhere yet
Waiting On: Stanford, Harvard, Prineceton, UPenn, Cornell

General Comments & Advice:

Honestly from what I’ve been seing a rejection, acceptance, and waitlist aren’t necessarily a measure of how smart you are, or how succesful you’re going to be. Schools will take you if they think you’re a good match.
Write your applications BEFORE you hear back from schools. I heard back from UChicago EA, and as a result of how happy I was about that, my MIT essays all were a mess.
To the waitlist: A waitlist from MIT is not necessarily a rejection. It’s a “maybe, if we have room”. There were less students accepted this year, so hopefully they’ll be some that get in off the waitlist.

Swisskisses · March 23, 2013, 3:47pm

Decision: Accepted****Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): M:790 CR:800 W:750 Essay: 9
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Physics:780 Math II: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Weighted GPA: 6.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/207
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics(5), Euro(4), American History(5), Macro(5), Spanish(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC(never took AB), AP Computer Science, AP American Lit., AP Chem, 2 Office Aid periods.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):National Merit Scholar, Honor Roll, AP scholar with distinction [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): President of Science Club, Member of NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Math Tutor
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community Service: A few beach cleanups.[/li][/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Read, Play video games, Solve problems[/li][] Department at MIT: Physics
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Love for knowledge
[] World You Come From: Cuban family, parents don’t speak english, very poor.
[] Significant Challenge: Overcoming my families low chances for academic help due to a low income.
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):I was unable to read the recs but my math teacher, vice principle and economics teacher all said that it was the best letter of rec they had ever written. [ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview: My interviewer and I got along really well. We still keep in touch.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: day before EA deadline
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: Miami, Florida
[] School Type: Charter
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: >20,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):Graduating with AA, started the science olympiad team at my school.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good SAT, started the Physics C courses, and Calc BC, and the Computer Science courses at my school
[] Weaknesses: GPA, first half of high school grades were totally terrible.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m still in shock, I was expecting to be rejected. I think, honestly, because I was hispanic with high SAT scores.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, i have enjoyed my high school experience.[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:I honestly think that no one has a for sure chance of being accepted. Especially to a big school like MIT. Someone probably looked at my application, thought i looked promising while also being in an incredible mood.

lemniscate · March 26, 2013, 4:26pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR + 800 M + 800 W = 2310 composite (superscored, two sittings, 2090 first sitting, 2300 second sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 760 Math, 740 → 790 Physics (didn’t study for math/wish I had AP physics, qq)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (3.99 excluding HS credit middle school classes), 4.43 weighted (4.53 excluding HS credit middle school classes).
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (but ~2 or 3/380… not first because of, again, middle school)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Government - 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math SL - 7, IB Chemistry SL - 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP Statistics, IB Physics SL II, IB Biology HL II, Computer Science, IB English HL II, IB History HL II
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing all that special. AMC School Winner, AIME Qualifier, Science Olympiad Medals, NMSC, Jefferson Scholarship Nomination
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (VP, 3 years), Puzzle Club (VP/Founder, 1 year), Math Honor Society (3 years), National Honor Society (2 years), Student Government (1 year), FBLA (2 years), Varsity Math Team (3 years), Science National Honor Society (1 year)
[] Job/Work Experience: SEAP Internship (8 weeks, liquid crystal research, $3k stipend awarded)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Math Honor Society tutoring; 2 weeks volunteer at a laboratory (basically an unpaid internship/shadowing).
[] Summer Activities: 8 week lab internship w/ paid stipend; 2 week volunteer internship; vacation
[] Essays: Decent writing, terrible subjects. [list]
[] What You Do For Pleasure: (4) Going to the beach; swings.
[] Department at MIT: (5) Electrical Engineering
[] Trait Most Proud Of: (2) Curiosity (probably terrible)
[] World You Come From: (3) Described parents background, how they influence my work ethic/drive to succeed.
[] Significant Challenge: (2) Failing at a Science Olympiad competition (also probably terrible)[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Probably very good but not very personal. One from a math teacher I’ve had for three years whom I have so much respect for and have gone through precalc, single and multivariable calculus, probability/statistics, set theory, linear algebra, and all kinds of other topics with through IB Math HL and dual enrollment classes. Another from an English teacher who has a reputation for being pretty tough with grades; I was one of two or three As out of all of his classes last year. [/li][] Counselor Rec: No idea, says he writes “good recommendations for all of [his] students.”
[] Additional Rec: Sent one from an internship I think.
[] Interview: Not a very good interview. My interviewer came about 20 minutes late; I failed to answer two of those ambiguous interview questions that they sometimes ask; rambled on about technical stuff in my internships (don’t think he understood a word I was saying; I think he was a political science major like 15 or 20 years ago at MIT).

[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant): United States
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White/Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 250k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Decent grades, test scores; research internships; dad knows a potentially influential professor.
[] Weaknesses: No hook. Lack of community service, athletics; near perfect but imperfect grades/test scores. Dropped IB Diploma. Should have studied or done sports instead of goofing around and playing WoW/LoL/TF2/GW2/CS:S/CS:GO all throughout high school.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Okay on paper, but little flair. Essays not particularly good because I don’t have any inspiring stories to tell about obstacles I’ve overcome and I haven’t built a nuclear reactor or a cyclotron in my garage. Interview didn’t go so well either. Besides all of this, I hate to say it, but affirmative action probably made it so I didn’t have a chance to begin with. 
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[list]
[li]Accepted: Carnegie Mellon (MCS, CIT; Waitlisted for ECE), UVA (Rodman), William and Mary (Monroe), UCLA, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, RPI (w/ Leadership Award), Penn State. [/li]
[li]Rejected: Stanford.[/li]
[li]Waiting for notifications from: Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley. [/li][/ul]
[/list]General Comments:
Expected to be rejected; got rejected.

Truthfully, I wasn’t sure I really wanted to go to MIT in the first place (it was something my parents really wanted). When I visited, the busy environment and proximity to Boston stressed me out. I think I’d like a more rural or suburban setting.

To future applicants: if you want to get in, don’t be lazy; you probably need a hook. If you try hard enough, you can get that 2400 SAT/4.0 GPA, qualify for USAMO, win ISEF, etc. and with these kinds of accolades, you will probably get in everywhere you apply.

da2013 · March 30, 2013, 9:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2080 and 2100
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2140 (M: 700, CR: 730, W: 710)
[] ACT (breakdown): (M:34, E:35, R:34, S:30, Essay: 10…score: 33)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): took it once (above)
[] SAT II (subject, score): (Math II: 720, Math I: 750, Physics: 730)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9~
[] Weighted GPA: 4.3~
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/412
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Statistics (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5), US Government (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Lit and Comp, AP Psych, ROTC, free period, and current events class.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): um…
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul]
National Merit Commended, AP scholar nonsense, honor roll, high honor roll, scholar athlete, all that stuff.
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varsity swimming for 4 years, Captain for last 2. Travel ice hockey for 10 years, leadership involved throughout. Founder and president of school math club, president of history club, national honor society, Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout and leadership, NJROTC: officer position and commander of academic team. 3 years of research on China with papers submitted to History Fair, advanced to states, not a very big deal.
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at engineering program at a local military base
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Humane Society, lots of stuff through ROTC and Boy Scouts.
[] Summer Experience:[/ul]
Intern on Capitol Hill

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Read about history and stuff that interests me, build models.[/li][] Department at MIT: Aerospace
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Wanting to learn and help people
[] World You Come From: Being an American
[] Significant Challenge: Cut from a sports team
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calc teacher, 7, I didn’t think it was that good.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Lang teacher, 8. She only gave me the best box on that check thing for intelligence. Everything else was lower.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic, nice though.
[] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul] My research adviser for history fair. Awesome. 10/10.
[] Interview: Awesome. 10/10. I’m good at interviews and we had stuff to talk about.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] I don’t do art…

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Day before the deadline…I think
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: US East Coast, South of MA.
[] School Type: Public (1600 students)
[] Ethnicity: White (yes, there’s hope)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] None.[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Interviews, research adviser’s recommendation, Eagle Scout, being a pretty well rounded individual with a passion for learning (so cliche, but they need a few right?)
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, lack of major awards, not valedictorian, didn’t cure cancer.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths. But seriously I don’t know how. Someone at the admissions office dropped the ball or something.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I mean I got in, so nothing. But probably done less of the nonsense clubs I didn’t care about (I didn’t even bother listing them on my application). I mean I’m pretty satisfied with my high school career. Just enjoy yourself.

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Just have fun in high school. I had fun. I didn’t drink or smoke or party hard. Some nights I’d be the DD and go to parties with my friends and laugh, other nights I’d sit at home and read sciency things on wikipedia, and other nights I’d spend hours talking to girls. C’est la vie. Just be yourself and enjoy it. If a college doesn’t accept you, they don’t think you’re a good fit. Chances are you’ll enjoy yourself where ever you get accepted. Good luck!

admit2017 · April 1, 2013, 3:24am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 710 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 fives so far
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + 2 Ind. Study APs, + 2 comm. college math
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, AP w/ Distinction, NM Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity sport, robotics team, volunteering, ind. science research
[] Job/Work Experience: lab assistant at state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[] Summer Activities: living…you know…
[] Essays: good, thoughtful, my voice came through
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8/10 and 10+/10
[] Counselor Rec: 9.5/10
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 (boss at work)
[] Interview: 8.5/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, essays
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED–Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford, Hopkins, MIT, Duke, safeties… WAITLISTED–wustl, Northwestern… REJECTED–Yale-NUS

[/ul]General Comments: Super excited. Between Yale and Stanford.

firefliesdance · April 1, 2013, 4:55pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown):Composite 36, English 36, Math 36, Reading 36, Science 36, Writing 10
[] SAT II (subject, score):Math2- 800 Chem-800 Phy–800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We have percentages: 97, 96.8, 89, 91 in 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade respectively.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1st of ~300 students at a completely unknown school
[] AP (place score in parentheses): none
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): A couple of important-ish national stuff. Nothing international. If it matters- National Olympiads (Phy, Chem, Astronomy, Maths). KVPY.
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): too many of those vague awards.
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Swimming, Poetry, Indian Classical Dance, Sitar (instrumental), Basketball, President of Astronomy Club, Chess. All 4 years for everything cept the Astronomy Club.[/li]
[] Volunteer/Community Service: ~250 hours of community service. Alleviating conditions in slums while promoting alternative energy was the main focus of the community service.
[] Summer Experience:Selective science summer camp, OTEC project work, and community work for the last 3 years.[/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays:[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Poetry. 4/10[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 16… 7/10
[] Trait Most Proud Of: Inquisitivity. 9/10
[] World You Come From: Constant moving and shifting houses. About attending 13 schools in 7 years. 7/10
[] Significant Challenge: Adjusting to Indian culture after a childhood spent in the US. 7/10
[] Additional Essay/QB Essays: About a comparison of my life to a winding path. 5/10[/ul]
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:English. Haven’t seen it.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2:Physics. Haven’t seen it.
[] Counselor Rec:Haven’t seen it.
[] Additional Info/Rec:None.[/ul]
[] Interview:Eh. Not that great. Was supposed to be on skype but that crashed so it was a phone interview. Not like a college interview at all. More like a job interview. I don’t think I particularly impressed her. 2/10
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 3 days before deadline
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: India.
[] School Type: Public. Relatively unknown.
[] Ethnicity:Asian.
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket Range: low enough for Need Based Aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None. LOL.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Um. Test scores?
[] Weaknesses: Interview.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?: Taken the olympiad exams last year instead of this year. Prepared better for the interview. Otherwise, I don’t know. It was really a coin toss anyways.[/ul]

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: don’t fall TOO much in love with your first choice. Plus, all the other motivating stuff has already been said. :)

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