Improved MIT 2012 EA Decision Thread

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Supposedly, the notification's definitely NOT going to be on 12/9 this year. Personally I'm looking forward to reading my Gmail snippet on a Saturday afternoon, but I could be anticipating too much =/ Anyway, whatever happens, we've been in this together for years! Don't sweat it, and if anything, try [url=<a href="http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp%5Dthis%5B/url"&gt;http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp]this[/url&lt;/a&gt;] to pass this time.</p>

<p>Easiest way is to copy-paste the format from: [url=<a href="http://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt%5Dhttp://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt%5B/url"&gt;http://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt]http://www.ubermeese.com/format.txt[/url&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p>

<p>IMPORTANT: Take out the spaces after each left-bracket ( "[" ) if you're using the copy-paste stuff below...</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs/IBs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Major Awards:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel and general location):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks:
[ *] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list]
[ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>Good luck, and may the force be with you!</p>

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<p>Example:</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 314M, 314CR, 314W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 314 Math 1, 314 Bio E
[</em>] ACT: 31.4
[<em>] APs/IBs: Nope
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 6.67 x 10^-11 W, 0.00 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1st out of 1
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Computational Linguistics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[</em>] Major Awards: Gold medalist in 2005, 2006, 2007 IMO, etc.
[<em>] Other stats: 6’2", brown hair, green eyes.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Reading Ayn Rand.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job?
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): “In Soviet Russia” (main essay), “My love of fire” (creation essay)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: mediocre
[</em>] Counselor Rec: less than appealing
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): didn’t have
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: In vitro
[<em>] Income Bracket: > 10^6
[</em>] Gender: Unsure
[<em>] Hooks: RSI, TASM, IMO, IPhO, etc.
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Everything/Nothing.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Objectivism![/li][/ul]
Other Factors: 2, 3, 5, 7, etc.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>AHEM.</p>

<p>I called 2-3 weeks ago that I would get to make the official MIT EA decision thread. Furthermore, said thread will not be opened, or even discussed, until the date for online decisions is officially set. The decision thread will then be opened 3 days before the aforementioned “decision day,” and not any earlier.</p>

<p>Thank you for your cooperation. If you need something else to do in the mean-time, please reference this: [The</a> Impossible Quiz, free trivia games - Presented by AddictingGames](<a href=“http://www.addictinggames.com/theimpossiblequiz.html]The”>http://www.addictinggames.com/theimpossiblequiz.html).</p>

<p>Have a nice day. (and please realize that I’m being sarcastic. But seriously, this is way, way too early, and I did call that I got to make this thread)</p>

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<p>And I would like to add I call the first post for an acceptance from MIT…haha jk, but I do hope I get accepted :-).</p>

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<p>yeah. i confirm. ducktape did call it.</p>

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<p>Thanks, tongchen.</p>

<p>If we end up at MIT, we’re not even going to know each other because we don’t know peoples’ real names.</p>

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<p>Hmm, my bad I suppose. I searched “decision thread” and nothing remotely related to 2012 EA decisions showed up :stuck_out_tongue: (Anticipation > CC)</p>

<p>By the way, [Desktop</a> Tower Defense](<a href=“http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp]Desktop”>Play Desktop Tower Defense - Hand Drawn Games) is pretty amazing.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about it, we forgive you. I just don’t think we need to go all AHHHH MOTHERLAND DECISIONS on each other before they’ve even posted a date. In light of that, I might as well plug this: [Flash</a> » The End of the World](<a href=“http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end]Flash”>The End of the World).</p>

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<p>Ok, if everyone is seriously bored, here’s a game thats insanely difficult, but being an MIT applicant, it’s right up your alley. </p>

<p>[Notpron</a> - The Hardest Riddle Available on the Internet](<a href=“http://www.deathball.net/notpron/]Notpron”>Notpron by David Münnich - The Hardest Riddle Available on the Internet)</p>

<p>I have yet to finish it…HAVE FUN!</p>

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<p>BLOONS is by far the best mindless, waste-of-a-life game to play. Has anyone else played it?</p>

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<p>iputstudinstudy:
yes i got bronze on the second version. im working on the silver. but i think bronze is relaxing enough.</p>

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<p>just in case anyone needs proof, ducktape called the decisions thread here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/422478-list-mit-ea-applicants.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/422478-list-mit-ea-applicants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh, thanks. And there, apparently, I say that it shall be made when decisions are officially in the mail.</p>

<p>So here’s the official stance- as soon as decisions are in the mail, you all are free to pester me via PM and the variety of threads we’re all posting on until I make one official one for decisions. I’ll follow the blogs closely to make sure I open the thread in a timely manner. We’ll just call it “Official Early Action Decisions Thread- MIT 2012.” That way, future classes can search and find it more easily.</p>

<p>ALSO (and I’ll remind you guys of this on that thread), please be sure to update your stats profiles. Keep in mind that this will prove invaluable for next year’s class in evaluating their own chances. Think of how nice it would have been if last year’s class did that for us!</p>

<p>And assuming decisions are mailed on the 14th (so online decisions can be on the 15th), 11 more days.</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>wow i just played that desktop tower defense for like half an hour lol</p>

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<p>Desktop TD had me for about two days, but then I got too good at it. Once you’ve figured it out, there’s no expanding to be done!</p>

<p>The real gem is [url=<a href=“Ferry Halim”>Orisinal.com - Winterbells]Winterbells[/url</a>]!</p>

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<p>[url=<a href=“PopCap Studios - Official EA Site”>PopCap Studios - Official EA Site]Bejeweled[/url</a>], anyone?</p>

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<p>=P This thread should be renamed “The Official Prospective MIT 2012 Procrastination Thread.” Or maybe the “Let’s all fail out of high school before decisions come out!” thread. Or something to that effect.</p>

<p><em>Has played Desktop Destoyer for the past 2 hours</em></p>

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<p>Haha, no kidding. How is this thread “improve”-ing anything except our already refined procrastination skills?</p>

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<p>Well, first and foremost, this thread is refining my interhighway social skills, plus, the lethargy is much needed rest after a 16 mile excursion in which I was almost blown into the bushes multiple times. However, my equilibria homework is still at the same spot it was when I got home…</p>

<p>P.S - Superbad and Pirates of the Caribbean come out tomorrow…absolutely nothing is getting done…lol</p>

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<p>Just got back from senior project; sounds like a good day to procrastinate some more! =D</p>

<p>I knew someone who beat Notpron, but I’m fairly sure he cheated part of the way. Anyone remember Thisisnotporn?</p>

<p>The Impossible Quiz was up on MIT’s admissions site during the downtime in October =O! I played it for about 20 minutes and gave up around 40 or so.</p>