<p>wow. if like 220 something got accepted, and like 10 of them already posted in this thread, then wow haha.</p>
<p>haha, that sure gives me hope for next year though. a not super crazy guy can get in ea :O</p>
<p>I also got accepted. Too lazy to post my stuff. If you guys go, I'm looking forward to seeing you all. =)</p>
<p>^oriya you ain't a "normal" person. Your sat is def not "normal". Wow two ppl already got in from ssp. Lets hope this trend trickles to me, but i am nowhere as qualified as u guyz.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 (800M, 730CR, 670W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MathII, 790 Physics, 730 US History
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.28 W
[<em>]Rank: No Rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on AP Chem, Physics B, US History, English Lang, Comp. Politics
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Hopefully good, didn't get to read though
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Same as teacher rec
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Southern Arizona
[<em>]High School Type: Top 20 US News
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Varsity Track, Varsity Soccer, Some volunteering, Science Club (1 year), Science Olympiad (1 year)
[</em>]Awards: Placed high in a state math contest, NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well, ideally I would have been accepted on my birthday (the 12th), but I guess if that can't be the case, it is better to get it done a day early and not ruin my first day as an adult. We'll see how things turn out in april ;)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>So, Bryan, does that mean you're def going to go? :P</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 superscore
[</em>]SAT II: 800 IIC, 790 Chem, 760 Bio
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.84 UW
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on Calc BC, English Lang, Bio, and Chem; 4 on Spanish Lang
[/ul]Subjective **[ul]
[<em>]Essays: one was good, other slightly cliche
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good?
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A (Nobel Prize, I wish!) [/ul]Personal*[ul]
[</em>]Location: SoCal
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y [/ul]Other*[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: marching band - section leader, OSB, Interact, Math Team, other volunteer and band stuff, research over the summer
[</em>] Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, CSF[/ul]</p>
<p>good luck everyone!</p>
<p>oh boy, i'm scared after seeing those posts.....:O</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 790 math, 770 cr, 740 writing (11 essay)
[</em>]SAT II: 800's on math, bio m, chem, and us history and 790 on physics
[<em>]ACT: 36 36 subscores in everything except 35 in cience
[</em>]GPA: 4.6 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 6/405
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC: 114, AIME: 6, USABO semifinalist, etc., plus other science and math awards in state and region, and FBLA nationals stuff
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I did not think they were great =p
[</em>]Teacher Recs: probably okay
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably generic
[</em>]Supplementary Material: abstract from research I did over the summer
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: new jersey
[</em>]High School Type: competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian (taiwanese)
[</em>]Gender: F
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N yes[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: math team, science team, girl's tennis, a few clubs, lots of leadership
[</em>]Awards: see "other tests" plus stuff like NMSF and AP scholar etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: haha yay!!!![/ul]</p>
<p>Alright, guys. I got it in mail today...</p>
<p>DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2160 (M:760 CR: 720 W: 680)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II (800) Physics (760) USH (750)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: >4.0 W, and 3.8< UW</li>
<li>Rank: 16 out of ~250 in this new public HS in CT I transferred to 10 months ago.</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Physics B (4), AP USH (4), AP Calc AB (5)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: It was rushed and talked about my whole life.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Said to be very good. I read my english teacher's LOR from a NJ HS I went to, one from my current HS's AP Calc teacher, and a LOR from a MIT professor I had worked with over the summer.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: He told me it was a "very good letter of recommendation"..</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: Research paper </li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): uh, I dunno if this is considered a hook or not, but I have a life impacting physical disability.</li>
</ul>
<p>Personal</p>
<ul>
<li>Location: Southeastern Connecticut..moved from Northern NJ 10 months ago.</li>
<li>High School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian American (Chinese)</li>
<li>Gender: Femaile</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Founder and president of book club back in NJ HS; Founder and president of CT HS's math club, Science Olympiad, lab internship at UCONN</li>
<li>Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar..and nothing else...-_-;;;;</li>
<li>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ah, well, at least I"m still in the running...since the statistics had scared me..and now, the wait is on for MIT and Uchicago.</li>
</ul>
<p>So after years of reading these things, hoping I'd get in, it's my turn to post and that's weird as shoe. Thanks be to the FSM. </p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320 (800 m)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math,chem
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 3.95 uw
[<em>]Rank: 4/630ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP 5: Chem, Physics C (both), Calc BC, Stat, English Lang, CS A, Euro history, World history, psych, human. 4: Enviro (indep), US
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]A bullet I added: I joint enroll at Georgia Tech. I independent studied calc 2 there and just finished my finals today in dif eqs and intro modern physics (phys 3).
[</em>]Essays: Scientist and Common app essays both unpolished but very strong content wise. Showed me as quirky and passionate, quite well.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One eh, one incredible (from physics teacher)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Very strong about my integrity, etc
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Nope
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Classes? Quirky essays? The grace of the FSM. [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: GA
[</em>]High School Type: Large public charter (very competitive, makes rankings frequentlyish)
[<em>]Ethnicity: is absurd and meaningless.
[</em>]Gender: see above
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: science bowl captain, sci club president, violin (not good at it) and quit last year for schedule reasons, tutor 15 hrs/week, mostly math
[<em>]Awards: 1st place AAPT physics bowl (lower division) for ga/fl/nc, 2nd in state on chem olympiad, 3rd in state in chem lab @ sci oly, went to nationals for sci bowl last year, siemens ap scholar, departmental science award x2, governor's honors program in science
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
The biggest thing that got me in was disregarding every shred of advice my counselor gave me while doing my best to play nice. Go with your gut and your passions and take what matters to you, not what someone else says is the regular path or the best shot for college.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2290
[</em>]SAT II:800 Math II, 800 physics, 790 US History
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.90/4.24
[<em>]Rank: Top 3%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Euro History, US History, Physics, Micro/macro economics, Calculus AB all 5's, 3 on my English language and comp
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not so hot
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from my physics teacher, one from my econ teacher who is a Harvard grad
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Superlative
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SoCal
[<em>]High School Type: Large, publics
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: AcaDeca 3 years, Amnesty International 2 years, Math tutor at a former for profit learning center
[</em>]Awards: National merit, ap scholar with distinction, lots of acadeca awards and all that jazz
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Nuts.</p>
<p>Not surprised. My school offers no opportunities to participate in Math or science competitions, so my app looks that I'm a liberal arts guy. I'll just send in another essay. I'm so happy I got deferred though. I was expecting to get rejected.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2100 (see ACT)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 750 Chem, 720 USH
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW/4.33 (took the hardest courseload possible. not allowed to take online classes so thus I cant take anything higher than Calc AB or AP chem.. lame)
[<em>]Rank: 2 (should be one, but I took too many classes which brought down my GPA, even though I got straight As. Go figure)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on USH and Lang
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: thought they were pretty good; talked about how I studied Calc, chem, physics and string theory on my own
[</em>]Teacher Recs: amazing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: best student ever
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 0.5 Mexican (I heard they dont do affirmative action, so it doesn't really matter
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: FL
[<em>]High School Type: Private, Catholic, All-Boys, near sheer hell
[</em>]Ethnicity: Mexicasian (Mexican and white)
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]
Other [ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: tons of Key Club and service, president/officer of like 7 clubs; basically made the best of what I was given
[<em>]Awards: Outstanding Key Club pres in FL (best of the best in the state, but couldn’t win top award and scholarship bc I was a junior, although I probably would’ve ); NMSF, few community service awards; I was also chairman of project which one 1st place internationally in single service project in sophomore year
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm happy to get deferred, and I'm pretty sure I'll get rejected later on April Fool's :P Congrats and Goodluck to all!</p>
<p>^^^^what kind of essay will you send to caltech?</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280 - 720CR, 780M, 780W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio-E, 780 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 36 (36/36/36/36)
[</em>]GPA: >4.0 on school scale
[<em>]Rank: top 5%?
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5),
Psychology (5), Statistics (5), US History (5);
Senior year: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, orchestra, microbiology, US Gov
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Caltech essay OK, Common App excellent - witty
[</em>]Teacher Recs: great/excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably cookie cutter but also good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Common App Arts Supplement, 2 classical piano pieces
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): bioresearch[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MI
[<em>]High School Type: large public, sends a few or more people to high-caliber schools each year
[</em>]Ethnicity: Azn
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl, Debate, Sci Olympiad, piano @ U of Mich, student council, Interact
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist[/ul]</p>
<p>Woot!</p>
<p>Still no mail... shoot.
I'm assuming acceptances come sooner than defer/rejection letters. Now i am getting kinda anxious and uncertain.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2280, or 2390 if they got november scores in time.
* SAT II: 800 math 750 physics
* GPA: 3.98 unweighted
* Rank: 8/250ish
* AP tests: calc AB 5, Physics B 5
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:Okish, don't really have a comparison
* Teacher Recs: One pretty good one, one no idea.
* Counselor Rec: who knows.
* Supplementary Material: nope
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Guess not.
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: near portland OR
* High School Type: public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Gender: M
* Applied for Financial Aid: N
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: ton of music-related things with leadership, volunteering, competitions, and then the usual robotics, science internships, etc.
* Awards: Music stuff, not anything too great academically, though national merit.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not really sure how I feel at this point, since everyone gives you different predictions.
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (770V 800CR 790W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Bio-M 790 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.74 W, 4.00 UW
[<em>]Rank: top 1%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 126.5, AMC 12: 108; Aime: 4,5, respectively. APs: Bio, chem, gov, comp pol, 5's</p>
<p>[<em>]Essays: Pretty good, could have been better.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Should be ok
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Chess, research?
[</em>]Location: Midwest
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Chess (top 40 in nation), research (several papers submitted/published in peer-reviewed journals)-worked for 3 years in same lab, 20 hrs a week part time during school year, some other stuff...
[</em>]Awards: Siemens semifinalist, National merit semifinalist, AP scholar with honor
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2370 - 780 CR, 800M, 790W
* SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 U.S. History, 780 Chemistry
* ACT: never took it
* GPA: 4.0 unweighted around 5.4 to 5.5 weighted
* Rank: 1/580ish
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5),
English Lit (5), Statistics (5), US History (5), Physics (5), Calculus AB (5) , Calculus BC (5), World History (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5) so in total 12 AP and all 5s
IB: Economics (7), Math (7)
</code></pre>
<p>AMCs- disappointing but still enough to get me into aime every year
AIME: 11th grade- 9, 10th- 6, 9th- I think 4 or 5
Senior year: IB Economics, IB European History, Calc III at local college, IB Spanish, IB Chemistry, TOK, AP Art History, and IB Physics</p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Caltech essay OK, Common App- about an experience and how it affected me - pretty sad, but still ended positive
* Teacher Recs: great/excellent
* Counselor Rec: really excellent- I talk to my counselor almost every other day
* Supplementary Material: None- really wanted to submit piano- but didn't
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: FL
* High School Type: large public- IB program within
* Ethnicity: Asian-Chinese
* Gender: F
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta- prez, community service group- founder, prez, Literary mag.- VP, Quiz bowl- placed many times, martial arts- 2nd almost 3rd dan black, instructor, piano- played for 12 yrs,
* Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP National Scholar twice, and a lot of math stuff
</code></pre>
<p>Just got the email; haven't seen the letter yet.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M800 CR740 W610 (6 essay)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: top ten in class (highest distinction school recognizes)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APUSH 5, AP MacroEcon 5, AP Bio 5, AP Chem 5, AP Calc BC 5sub5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: solid, explained my work at an engineering firm
[</em>]Teacher Recs: raving
[<em>]Counselor Rec: never saw, good?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Sent an LED candle that I designed, drafted, and saw through manufacturing at the engineering firm where I work, supplementary recommendation from my boss there.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 2 years experience in mechanical engineering and CAD, one product on the market, extensive research in micro-wind power.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Southwest Michigan
[<em>]High School Type: Public, suburban, ~1000 students
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Band, Scouting, electric car team, the whole math+science boatload
[</em>]Awards: Eagle Scout, Intel Excellence in Computer Science (regional), NM Semifinalist
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I attribute everything to my engineering experience[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I'm excited, but not freaking out. I might not check MIT's decision on Monday and wait for the mail in hopes of being able to freak out at a tube.</p>
<p>Rejected...</p>
<p>accepted!!! woot woot!
so, does anyone know anything about the prefrosh weekend? i heard that caltech pays the trip fee for females, but i didn't see anything about that in the folder....</p>
<p>congrats everyone and good luck for those deferred</p>