Deferred; Give me realistic Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Before I was deferred from MIT, my hopes were inflated by friends and others, so I guess I just want a more realistic view of things
tudent:</p>

<p>User Name: headradio
Gender: M
Race: Colombian
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.70
GPA - Weighted: 4.60
Class Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 800
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Biology - M: 800
SAT II Spanish: 760
SAT II Spanish with Listening: 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Director: A capella group (recorded professional-level cd, has tracks in the running for a spot on best of high school a capella)
Co-President:Minority student out reach group (will be doing a significant project this year sponsoring an elementary school science fair)
Varsity Cross Country
School Musical
Leadership positions: Director of a capella group
Co-President of Minority Outreach group
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Cross Country Varsity B
Volunteer/Service Work: Worked at Georgetown University Medical center every day of the summer (I stayed home from my family's vacation :( and :)) in the CSD.</p>

<p>Worked at a middle school helping a school supplies drive
Honors and Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
National Hispanic Scholar Finalist (missed merit semifinalist by 2 points)
24th in state for UMD math competition (i havent done many math comps this is the only one.)</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Carnegie Mellon University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Cornell University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Georgia Institute of Technology, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Johns Hopkins University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Northwestern University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of California - Berkeley, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of Maryland - College Park, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Yale University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Deferred</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon University...Match/Reach
Cornell University...Reach
Georgia Institute of Technology...Match
Johns Hopkins University...Reach
Northwestern University...Match/Reach
UCalifornia-Berkeley...Reach
UMaryland-College Park...Match
Yale University...Reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology...Reach</p>

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<p>oops forgot a few things
location: maryland
(yeah maryland should probably be a safety or else im really in much worse shape than i thought...)
school: highly highly competitive specialized math science magnet
awards: got into all state choir
aps:
BC Calc: 5/5
AP Comp Sci (the harder one):5
AP French: 3
AP Lang: 5
AP US Gov: 5
AP Bio: 5
AP Spanish: 5
AP World: 4</p>

<p>Interview for MIT: Talked for 2 hours, , he started telling me why I should choose MIT over "the other elite universities I would get into"</p>

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<p>You have competitive stats for MIT, reasonable ECs and you're a URM. I would have said you had a good shot. I would #1 have your counselor call and see what she can find out about why you didn't get in.</p>

<p>Second, I would not send out any more apps without getting the best advice you can to make sure they are strong. Are you showing passion? Articulating why you belong there?</p>

<p>Then I'd think about whether I was concerned that one of my recs might not be great. If you think that's possible I'd replace it for the other schools. I'd talk to the counselor about what was in the school report to make sure it reflects everything you want it to.</p>

<p>Then keep in touch with MIT, tell them of accomplishments and how much you want to be there.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>What about the other schools</p>

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<p>Dunno how it works at MIT, does deffered mean deffered to regular decision, deffered to a waiting list, or rejected?</p>

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<p>deferred means deferred to RD</p>

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<p>headradio:</p>

<p>UCB: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>*** were you aff action? then u shoulda gotten accepted w/ those stats...</p>

<p>otherwise, i disagree with IsleBoy,</p>

<p>Cornell: Match
JHU: Low Match
MIT: Slight Reach (aff action?)
Northwestern: Match
Yale: Reach</p>