MIT Class of 2018 Consolidated EA/RD Results Thread

gutsandglory · March 14, 2014, 11:35pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[list]

[li]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2300[/li]
[li]ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A[/li]
[li]SAT II (subject, score): Biology 800, Math 710 [/li]
[li]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97[/li]
[li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20% (school ranks in quintiles) [/li]
[li]AP (place score in parentheses): three 5’s[/li]
[li]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A[/li]
[li]Senior Year Course Load: three AP classes, five Honors classes, one Regular class [/li]
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A[/li]
[li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist, National Honors Society, Regional Scholastic Award for Writing [/li]
General Comments & Advice: It’s the best engineering school in the country, getting in is really hard. I had mentally prepared myself to be rejected, and I really don’t feel that bad. There are other schools out there. Nonetheless, good job to those who got in!

AmaranthineD · March 14, 2014, 11:43pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):740/750/770/9 (2260)
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):N/A
[]ACT (breakdown):
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):
[]SAT II (subject, score):720 Chem, 780 ML2
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA:4.17
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10/1070
[]AP (place score in parentheses):Chem 4, Lang 5, USH 5
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Lit
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Scholastic Art and Writing Award Honorable Mention
[li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, NM commended[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
11-2 Research at the UCI Medical Center Neuropsychiatric Ward
9-12 Girl Scouts, troop president
Classical piano, MTAC Level 10 grad, regional awards
[]Job/Work Experience:
Piano teacher with 4 students
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Girl Scouts
[]Summer Experience: E2@MIT

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Writing
[]Department at MIT: 2A(Mechanical Engineering)
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Determination
[]World You Come From: Being online charter schooled
[]Significant Challenge: Lack of enrichment in a homeschool
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see, prob generic
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Saw, alright
[]Counselor Rec:New counselor, so generic
[]Additional Info/Rec:
[]Interview: Good!
[]Art Supplement:

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: Week before EA deadline
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
[]School Type: Online public charter school
[]Ethnicity:Chinese
[]Gender:F
[]Income Bracket Range: >100,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): E2@MIT[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: E2, nontraditional education, lame noncompetitive school
[]Weaknesses:SAT II scores, lack of awesome extracurriculars
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not enough space
[]What would you have done differently?: Nothing!

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Excited to see where I end up. It’s all up in the air now.

Hypocrates · March 15, 2014, 12:11am

Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 740M 740CR 800W (2280)
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 740M 790CR 800W (2330)
[]SAT II (subject, score): 770 Math II, 710 Chemistry
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[]Weighted GPA: 6.51
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[]AP (place score in parentheses): AP World (5), AP Human Geo (5) AP Biology (5) AP Euro (5), AP Spanish Language (4), APUSH (5), AP Art History (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Chemistry (3), AP English Language (5), AP Physics B (4), AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP English Literature
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Creative Writing 3/4 H., Multivariable Calc/Diff Eq., AP Gov/AP Macro, World Religions H./Holocaust Studies H., AP English Lit
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Art & Writing Awards, Gold Key (4x)
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar, Bryn Mawr Book Award, Silver Knight nominee (it’s a district thing)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Lab Show Coordinator (officer) w/ Science NHS (12), Secretary w/ Creative Writing Club (12)
[]Job/Work Experience: Job/Work Experience: Research with a professor at the local university
[]Volunteer/Community Service: I volunteer four hours a week at a science museum, and help out with Science NHS. Not much else besides
[]Summer Experience: Lab work at the university.

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: 7. I wrote about my love for learning languages. It was a bit heady.
[]Department at MIT: 7. Physics!
[]Trait Most Proud Of: 8. Stubbornness / Persistence.
[]World You Come From: 8. I talked about how my brother raised me intellectually when I was little, and how my parents would foster my curiosity.
[]Significant Challenge: 9. I wrote about my cerebral palsy.
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): [/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: 10! Physics teacher!
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: 7. English teacher, she loves me but she’s a bit mechanical so
[]Counselor Rec: 8, he really likes me
[]Additional Info/Rec: 9. I got my professor to write me a letter - It was sweet.
[]Interview: It went amazingly! We were talking about opera for a whole 10 minutes lol
[]Art Supplement:

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App:
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: FL
[]School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: <30k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): I’m Hispanic, low income, a girl in science. I also have cerebral palsy but I don’t know if that’s a hook or not.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Scores, GPA, hooks, essays
[]Weaknesses: ECs?
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess i just wasn’t what they were looking for. No hard feelings
[]What would you have done differently?: Nothing!

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Thanks for the ride MIT! I got into Cornell today so I’m not put out, we’ll see what happens!

muftogun · March 15, 2014, 12:22am

I honestly hope this gives people hope!

Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): M: 740 CR: 630 W: 630
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2000
[]ACT (breakdown): n/a
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math 2: 690 Physics: 600 Math 1: 640
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: 4.75
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/323
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Government and Politics (4), World History (3), Calc AB (5), Computer Science (5), English Language (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit. and Comp., AP Spanish, Anatomy and Physiology, Computer Science 4, AOOD, Math Lab Assistant
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: Only 1 that I know of
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, John Hopkins CTY, Honor Roll

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Colorguard (4 years, Captain for 2), NHS (2 years, Webmaster for 1), Spanish NHS (2 years), Class Board (Treasurer for 4 years), SGA (3 years)
[]Job/Work Experience: none
[]Volunteer/Community Service: School blood drive, tutoring, assisting teachers, a lot of stuff from NHS
[]Summer Experience: none

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Very honest. Talked about listening to music and dancing around and singing off key
[]Department at MIT: Talked about my passion for mathematics and computer science
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Good
[]World You Come From: I think it was good and creative. Talked about my parents ethnic background.
[]Significant Challenge: Good
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays: My additional essay was my favorite and best
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calc teacher from last year, probably good. I was a really good student and she loved me.
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: My creative writing teacher who’s class I loved and he enjoyed teaching me.
[]Counselor Rec: She absolutely loved me. We had a good relationship, so probably good.
[]Additional Info/Rec: n/a
[]Interview: I think it went well. To be honest, I feel like it reallyyyy helped my application.
[]Art Supplement:

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: December 30th
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: MD
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: African American
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range:
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM, I guess[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Probably my supplements even though I didn’t think they were so good at the time, my interview, my GPA, and my extracurriculars
[]Weaknesses: Test scores
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea. I definitely thought I was getting a rejection, no lie. It was such a surprise! I am so honored right now.
[]What would you have done differently?:

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: My biggest mistake is underestimating myself, so I’m telling people not to. If I didn’t apply to all the schools I thought would reject me, I would have applied to like 2 school, neither of which I actually want to attend. So please apply, even when you’re not sure if you’ll make the cut. You’ll be surprised. I know I am.

stsmwg · March 15, 2014, 12:22am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 770/720/640 (not submitted)
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2160 same as above
[]ACT (breakdown): 33 Writing, 34 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): same
[]SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 770 Physics, 770 US History
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: ~4.5
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/175
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC(5),US History(5), English Language(5), Physics B(5), Microeconomics(4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, Spanish III, Band
[]Number of other RA applicants in your school: 0
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Nope
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, honor roll, local academic excellence award, National Merit commendation

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Cross Country all 4 years, high altitude balloons, local mathletes
[]Job/Work Experience: See Summer
[]Volunteer/Community Service: lighting since 6th grade for local theatre group
[]Summer Experience: Stanford’s EPGY program for summers before first three years of high school, intern at local radio observatory run by Caltech last summer.

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: rock climbing 7/10 not that great but different
[]Department at MIT: 7/10 again nothing special
[]Trait Most Proud Of: don’t remember
[]World You Come From: 8/10 rural and ballooning, probably my best essay
[]Significant Challenge: lost one of our balloons
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Pecalc teacher: 9/10 great anecdotes and loved me
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH teacher: 10/10 loved me first student to get “brilliant”
[]Counselor Rec: 9/10 don’t know but she thinks I’m smart
[]Additional Info/Rec:
[]Interview: I thought it went well. It was at Google which was super cool
[]Art Supplement: nope

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 11/1/13
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
[]School Type: rural, small public
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket Range: 100k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: I’ve done some cool things tried to sound unique
[]Weaknesses: essays weren’t very strong/test scores
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Just wasn’t exceptional enough
[]What would you have done differently?: worked more on my essays

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Oh well, MIT was my first choice but it doesn’t crush me to not go there. I got into both Caltech and Berkeley so I’ve got other places to go. Congrats to everyone who got in and have fun there for me.

akashaka · March 15, 2014, 12:52am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2300 (770/740/790/9) - 3 tests
[]ACT (breakdown): Didn’t send
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): Didn’t send
[]SAT II (subject, score): (Math II - 800, Chemistry - 800)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.986
[]Weighted GPA: 4.6 something (but messed up because of school transfer)
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/325 UW, 29/325 W (but messed up because of school transfer)
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5) (AB Subscore: 5), Physics C Mechanics (5), Physics C E&M (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), US History (4), Statistics (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP CS, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, Diff. Eq. at a college, BS classes
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2 (both rejected)
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, RIT Computing Medal, Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Sciences, Science Olympiad Regional Champion, Science Bowl Regional Champion (Recent)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Robotics captain, Piano, Ultimate Frisbee etc.
[]Job/Work Experience: Research, Website Designer
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Museum Summer Program Teaching Assistant Coach (200+ hours)
[]Summer Experience: Nanoscience Research, PGSS, Andrew’s Leap, Leadership Program

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Music composition - very generic (6/10)
[]Department at MIT: Physics or Computer Science - generic and uncertain (4/10)
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Ability to Explain Things - only one I actually liked and I thought they would like it too (8/10)
[]World You Come From: Half-Indian, half-white and living in India for part of my life (6/10)
[]Significant Challenge: Mum got cancer (7.5/10)
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics teacher - read it, said I was one of her brightest students and explained things better than her (10/10)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Social Studies teacher - didn’t read, probably okay (7/10)
[]Counselor Rec: IDK if this even happened
[]Additional Info/Rec: Research mentor sent letter of recommendation - didn’t read, probably very good (9/10)
[]Interview: Felt like I was listing my resume, the guy seemed pretty uninterested and just typed stuff on his laptop while I talked
[]Supplement: Submitted research overview which I liked… guess they didn’t

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 1/1/2014
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
[]School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: 1/2 White, 1/2 Indian
[]Gender: XY
[]Income Bracket Range: $200K+
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Ha, sure.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Smart, good teacher/explainer
[]Weaknesses: Pretty average, essays were nothing amazing (maybe a little better than I made them sound), no hooks
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See weaknesses
[]What would you have done differently?: Won some major awards, had more leadership, cured some cancer IDK

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Got waitlisted at Caltech yesterday. Oh well. Happy Pi Day!

Aryvane · March 15, 2014, 12:57am

Pick one:
Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/800/12 (single sitting)
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math II (800), Chemistry (790)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[]Weighted GPA: 4.5/5.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/512
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Macro, Micro, APUSH, Chem, USGov (all 5s)
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, BC Calc, H Physics, AP Bio, AP Stats, Film&Literature
[]Number of other applicants in your school: 25
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): n/a
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): kung fu medalist (New England tournament 2013). ABRSM 8th levels. Nothing interesting.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Science Olympiad (10-12. no leadership)
[]Job/Work Experience: 2 summer internships at pharmaceutical companies. One abroad and one local.
[]Volunteer/Community Service: teaching kung fu mostly
[]Summer Experience: see internships

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays:[ul]

[]What You Do For Pleasure: Kung Fu (6/10)
[]Department at MIT: Course 20 (10/10)
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Positivity (6/10)
[]World You Come From: SciOly (6/10)
[]Significant Challenge: Stepping in for my Dad when he’s at work (3/10)
[/ul]

[ul][]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):

[]Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher (she hates me so…)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Chem teacher (generic)
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but I assume also generic
[]Additional Info/Rec: n/a
[li]Interview: we talked about unicorns, time machines, and how my boyfriend doesn’t play pokemon. It was my first interview and positively horrific. It also took me 15 minutes to order a soup (met at a Panera).[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 11:45 on EA deadline
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: MA
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: 100k+
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): n/a. Asian must be a counter-hook?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: SAT scores. High-profile internships showing early dedication to the field I’m pursuing (pharmaceuticals)
[]Weaknesses: Overall unimpressive. Poor recs. Few ECs. No leadership. Low class rank.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not sure at all. When I got deferred first round, I was 99% sure it would turn into a rejection.
[]What would you have done differently?: Worked harder on my app essays for sure. I wrote them all last-minute and spent the last 4 months between november and today beating myself up for writing poorly.

Other Factors: n/a?

General Comments & Advice: Be yourself, I guess. You never know what colleges will do.

cosmogony · March 15, 2014, 2:02am

Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800M/710CR/800W(10 Essay) total: 2310
[]ACT (breakdown): did not take
[]SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math level 2, 770 Physics
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: 4.4545 at time of application
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[]AP (place score in parentheses): did not take (not offered at school)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): IB Math SL (7) last year
[]Senior Year Course Load: enrolled in IB Math HL, IB Bio HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Physics
[]Number of other RD applicants in your school: about 10, I think I was the only one admitted
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Commendation, Tennis stuff (2 time MVP, All-League and All-City), gold Academic Decathlon medals at state quals

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Science Club (founder, president), Academic Decathlon (president, head captain), journalism (school newspaper editor), National Honor Society (class rep), Varsity Tennis
[]Job/Work Experience: None
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Teen volunteer at local hospital among other things, 600+ volunteer hours
[]Summer Experience: COSMOS program at UC Davis

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[]Essays:[list]
[li]What You Do For Pleasure: watching toddler’s television shows (10)[/li][]Department at MIT: Materials Engineering (8)
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Closeness with younger brother (7)
[]World You Come From: Living in the most diverse city in the US according to a Brown University 2010 study (9)
[]Significant Challenge: Running an AcaDeca team without any coaching support (10)
[]Additional Essay: Mentioned online classes as a self-enrichment method to make up for the lack of IB Comp Sci or IB Chem at my school & doing science shows for children at under-resourced schools to inspire them to pursue STEM careers
[/ul]

[]Teacher Recommendation #1: IB Math teacher, was pretty good, nothing too special
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: IB English teacher, said nice things about my personality but was open and said that I don’t participate in large group discussions that often. Ouch.
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, was probably really generic
[]Additional Info/Rec: None
[]Interview: My first college interview, didn’t go nearly as well as my other ones later
[]Art Supplement: Maker’s porfolio (bike pedaling-powered iPod charger, also lava lamp lol)

[/list]Other[ul]
[]Date Submitted App: 6 days before deadline
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
[]School Type: large socioeconomically disadvantaged school
[]Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: upper middle class
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Initiative showed in essays
[]Weaknesses: No major awards, letters of rec were nothing special
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Initiative, making opportunities for myself despite attending an under-resourced school
[]What would you have done differently?: My bio teacher wrote an amazing letter of rec for other colleges that I regretted not using for MIT haha

Other Factors:
General Comments & Advice:
So astounded! I keep re-logging in to recheck to make sure it wasn’t some mistake!

klmblitz4 · March 15, 2014, 2:13am

Decision: Waitlist

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 690/590/630
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 690/590/630
[]ACT (breakdown): did not take
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): did not take
[]SAT II (subject, score): did not take
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.703
[]Weighted GPA: ~3.9
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geo(5), Chem(4), Lang(4), Stat(4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, Physics, Economics
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): GHP Nominee, Golden Eagle
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP scholar

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Robotics Club (lead programmer), Band (drum captain)
[]Job/Work Experience: interned at a computer repair place for ~6months
[]Volunteer/Community Service: some beta club
[]Summer Experience: programming, researching, self taught courses

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: code, learn about computers
[]Department at MIT: Computer Science (Applied to Robotics/Aerospace engineering)
[]Trait Most Proud Of: passion
[]World You Come From: family where everyone is supportive, no matter my choices
[]Significant Challenge: father passing away in 08’
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
[]Counselor Rec: 9
[]Additional Info/Rec: 10
[]Interview: 10/10. Felt solid. We joked around and had a good time.
[]Art Supplement: A few graphics projects I’ve worked on

I also turned in a maker portfolio of a robot I made.

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App:
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country:
[]School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male
[]Income Bracket Range: 0-10000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): ?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: None
[]Weaknesses: None
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[]What would you have done differently?: Nothing

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:

FirstUsajmo · March 15, 2014, 3:53am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 750/800/800
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Same
[]ACT (breakdown): Did not take
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): Did not take
[]SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Stupid system, ~99/100?
[]Weighted GPA: ^
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/350ish
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 10 5s in Calc BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: E&M, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Psychology, World History, English Language, and Environmental Science. 2 4s in US History and Government.
[]IB (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer
[]Senior Year Course Load: Ran out of courses to take at school. A few dual enrolled and a few APs.
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1?
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 1x USAJMO, 5x AIME, Intel STS Semifinalist, Published Research Paper, 2x National Science Bowl Qualifier
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP National Scholar, National Merit Finalist, A few State Science Olympiad Medals, A bunch of random math awards, Some swimming awards, probably other stuff I’m forgetting to list…

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Pretty much everything I did was for all four years of high school. Math team captain, science bowl captain, science olympiad captain. President of two honor societies.
[]Job/Work Experience: Nope
[]Volunteer/Community Service: 200+ hours, raised $2000+
[]Summer Experience: Summer camps, swimming, research

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[]Essays:[list]
I spent forever writing these… I think they’re all pretty good.
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Swimming
[]Department at MIT: Computer Science
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Creativity
[]World You Come From: Friends with health problems
[]Significant Challenge: Overcoming not reaching a goal
[li]Additional Essay/QB Essays:[/li][/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Did not read. Should be pretty good.
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Same as above^
[]Counselor Rec: Hahahaha, our counselors don’t really know us, so it just highlighted accomplishments…
[]Additional Info/Rec: Didn’t submit any additional recs.
[]Interview: Pretty good.
[]Art Supplement: Haha, funny.

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: Right before EA deadline.
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: Welcome to the South.
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket Range: Too high.
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): How about an antihook?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Major awards? Solid test scores? Pretty heavy on math and science…
[]Weaknesses: Chinese male counts right?
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, I don’t know. I thought I had a decent chance, but as has been repeated over and over again, there are just so many qualified people. You can never really know…
[]What would you have done differently?: I don’t know what I really could have done differently. Perhaps I could have made USAMO last year? Sigh, silly mistakes… In terms of my application though, this was the one I spent the longest on. I did all my common app supplements a few days before January 1, yet I got likelies to a couple of those schools. Maybe I should have stressed less over my MIT app?

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Kinda disappointed, not gonna lie. MIT had been my dream school for the longest time, but I guess it’s time to move on now. I read through a lot of these things as I applied to colleges, so I guess I’m writing one to return the favor, although I’m not sure how much it counts as a favor. Good luck to those of you applying in the future! Remember, nothing–including both acceptance and rejection–is a guarantee. There will be seemingly less qualified people admitted and seemingly more qualified people rejected. Wherever you go, have faith in your own abilities. Now, time for me to move on… High school has been quite the ride.

Torus121 · March 15, 2014, 3:59am

<ul>
<li>International applicant from HK (not China) - I am very sad at the moment</li>
</ul>

Pick one:
Decision: Waitlist

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2270 (800/720/750/9)
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2270 (800/720/750/9)
[]ACT (breakdown): N/A
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 (800), Physics (800), Chemistry (800)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does not calculate GPA
[]Weighted GPA: My school does not calculate GPA
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranks, but I guess top 2 out of ~180 students
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Language&Composition (5), Physics C Mechanics (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Predicted full marks in the IB diploma (Math HL, Physics HL, Chemistry HL, Economics SL, Chinese SL, English lit SL)
[]I/GCSE: 10A and 1A in 11 subjects (gained special award for having the highest mark for the Cambridge additional math exam in my region)
[]Senior Year Course Load: IB subjects (listed above)
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: only me, but I had a few friends outside of school who applied with me.
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): One of the Finalists to represent HK in the 55th IMO , 16th CHKMO top scorer, 2 times APMO participant, HK&Macau math olympiad 4 time medalist, RCS Int’l writing contest runner up (out of 2000+), HK Young Writer’s Award Finalist&publication, received Bronze certificate from the government for volunteering for 50+ hours outside of school.
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AMC12 school winner, AIME distinction, trivial math contests (British Math Olympiad, Purple comet honourable mention, ASMA, Canadian Open contests, HKUST world class test, etc), HK Physics Olympiad participation, tons of music competition awards (some distinctions in national ones too), Canadian Computing competition participation, HK outstanding student award semi-finalist and other trivial awards from school, and programs like HKAYP

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): HK Academy for gifted education, School math club (solved problems together and also contributed to HKUST’s math journal) , School programming club (head and established this club myself), cello section member in two orchestras, 3 volunteering groups, head of school creative writing club (found and joined writing contests together)
[]Job/Work Experience: Lab assistant at a local university, clerical work assistant at WWF
[]Volunteer/Community Service: School volunteering club, Anti-cyber bullying club, supporting One Laptop per child policy (MIT media lab)
[]Summer Experience: IMO training team, learning programming, music theory, self directed researches, etc

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Graphology, spending time on AOPS, caricature drawing/creative writing
[]Department at MIT: 18C Mathematics with computer science
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Application of knowledge in real world situations
[]World You Come From: As a foreigner having lived in HK for 7 years, I described my initial challenges of adapting to the environment and how that shaped me to become persistent yet optimistic and how it allowed me to take initiatives.
[]Significant Challenge: My transition from a more “humanities” tendency to mathematics in grade 9 after experiencing great failure in one of the math competitions.
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: 9 (math teacher - knows a lot about me)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2:10 (Chinese teacher - really likes me)
[]Counselor Rec: 9.5
[]Additional Info/Rec: None - I should have gotten one
[]Interview: 9 (generally good, but at first I didn’t cope too well with some of the questions. Anyways, my interviewer was a comp science major so I talked about some of the projects I have done in programming and showed her some of my Java simulations)
[]Art Supplement: None - again I should have made a music recording

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App:
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: HK
[]School Type: International school
[]Ethnicity: East Asian
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket Range:
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Awards in many disciplines (math, music, creative writing,volunteering), Developed math applet via Java in grade 11 and it was used as an official teaching resource in school. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Academics, awards and my passion. 
[]Weaknesses: My SAT reasoning score (although people say 700+ in each section is good enough, I think the higher your score, the better. Especially for international applicants), and some say that my activities are not really focused but I don’t think so - my main activities were essentially math, music, creative writing, volunteer and programming and I have some significant achievements in all of them + made long term commitments.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: International admissions is very tough, I’m fully aware of that.
[]What would you have done differently?: Send music supplement, get additional recommendation, should have been more confident in my interview, should have done better in my SAT, should have really gone to the IMO, should have been involved in more research projects, tons of things in general :(

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
I got interested in math late, and the transition was hard. When I look back, I think I lived a very difficult high school year - I was separated from my father at a young age and came to live in a foreign country. I had to undergo a difficult journey to develop from a child who could not speak English and Chinese to eventually become an all rounder who has found great joy in solving complex math problems. I could make such progress because I had a dream called ‘MIT’ all the time with me throughout my journey. Oh well, I’m really sad now, but I had a lot of sad moments in my life and I was able to cope with all of them in the end, so why not this one ^^
To those who got in - you are very lucky. Make sure you use all the rich opportunities at MIT!! For those who did not, don’t be so upset - I’m sure there are other schools that are a much better fit for you!! I have offers from Uchicago (EA) and Imperial, and I am still waiting to hear back from 5 more schools, so I’m not hopeless yet! Good luck everyone!!

crystalllwww · March 15, 2014, 4:09am

Pick one:
Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/730/800/10
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2330
[]ACT (breakdown): n/a
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[]SAT II (subject, score): Biology M 800, Chemistry 760, Math II 750
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: 4.55
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), US History (5), French (5), English Lang (5), Calc BC (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, AP English Lit, AP Psych, Physics
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: (I’m assuming this is changed to RA applicants) 6 or 7?
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): TSA Teams Engineering Competition 2nd in nation
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, high honors (all As in four years of high school), student of the month, Science Olympiad awards, MUN awards, art contest awards, essay contests

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): MUN, Science Olympiad, Swimming (Captain, four- year varsity), French Honor Society (President), National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, We the People (debate-like competition on the American Constitution), Art (painting, architecture, drawing)
[]Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
[]Volunteer/Community Service: camp counselor, tutor, religious group youth volunteer
[]Summer Experience: travel, volunteering

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: I honestly forget… I think I wrote about bookbinding, which I do for my art class and when I have time
[]Department at MIT: Architecture
[]Trait Most Proud Of: I forget lol
[]World You Come From: wow I can’t believe I don’t remember at all what I wrote
[]Significant Challenge: …
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays: I think there was one about my choosing to be a vegetarian
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: my Calc BC teacher (she made fun of me for sleeping in class every day haha)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: my AP French teacher (one of the best teachers I’ve had, I think I was the only one of her students who got a 5)
[]Counselor Rec: good, I think I was among his strongest students this year
[]Additional Info/Rec: none
[]Interview: bad… I think my alumni interviewer was sexist and he spent more time talking to me about his accomplishments and how hard it is to get into MIT than actually asking me things and talking to me. He probably reiterated four times the fact that he could have graduated in three years and that he was and still is a physics genius. And also told me that of the many kids he’s interviewed only three got in. He made a nasty comment about my scarf and at one point told me that I might as well stay at home and let my husband work… yeah.
[]Art Supplement: I sent a fine arts supplement. I worked over the last year or so to put together fifteen or so pieces of painting, drawing, architecture, multi-media, etc.

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: i forget
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[]School Type: public, 800 students per grade
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: under 100k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): no hooks, I actually thought my being Asian would be a disadvantage (it probably was)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: leadership (captain, president), gpa, art supplement (I wholeheartedly believe that MIT is in desperate need of creative people and it really helped), leadership
[]Weaknesses: my ethnicity, my essays (probably bad because I can’t remember them haha)
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m well rounded
[]What would you have done differently?: I had no expectations of getting in haha…

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: I wasn’t even planning on bothering myself about this decision because I honestly thought I had little to no chance of getting in. MIT was such a long shot and I’m still in shock but this proves that anyone has a chance!!! Still nervous for my other decisions at the end of the month so good luck to you all!

twiggs · March 15, 2014, 6:42am

Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2240: 800/680/760/8
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): one sitting, took it once
[]ACT (breakdown): 34: M:34, CR:32, E:35, S: 34
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): one sitting, took it once
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 770, Chem: 790
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: 4.9 (Plus 1.0 for AP, 0.5 for honors)
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t officially rank, but I’ve heard that I am first in my class out of 107
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (5), Env Sci (5), Lit (4), US History (4), World History (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Comp, AP Physics B, Advanced Computer Tech, Independent Science Research, Two online electives from OSU eCampus
[]Number of other applicants in your school: One who was waitlisted
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NCWIT Aspirations in Computing for Hawaii, Commended National Merit, always on honor roll, AP scholar with distinction, Mount Holyoke Book Award, A chemistry scholarship, Cum Laude Society

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varsity Swimming: 9-12, captain, won league championships, fourth at state, (I’ve also swam club since I was seven); Varsity Water Polo: 9-12, started for four years; Piano and Violin: since I was four, (I’m pretty good); Photography: 10-12
[]Job/Work Experience: Intern at Imiloa Astronomy Center for work in observatories, Intern at EXG Technologies studying sleep apnea, Intern at my school’s Energy Lab doing awesome science stuff
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Sometimes I coach swimming for hours but I don’t have time usually
[]Summer Experience: Research on sleep apnea, created virtual tours of the observatories on in Hawaii, went to summer camp, went to a summer art program at Cornish College of the Arts

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Astrophotography 9/10. I loved this one.
[]Department at MIT: Computer Science 8/10
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Ability to always be relaxed in stressful situations and calm people down: 9/10. I thought it was interesting and unique.
[]World You Come From: 10/10 Hawaii is easy to write about, my different “world view” and all
[]Significant Challenge: Going from being homeschooled to high school 7/10
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Environmental Science and Comp Sci Teacher: 10/10 He loves me and really wants me to do well in life
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Lit Teacher: 10/10, again, he loves me and thinks I deserve a good letter
[]Counselor Rec: 9/10, I know him pretty well and I think he wrote me a good one.
[]Additional Info/Rec: n/a
[]Interview: 10/10 I thought it went really well. I showed the guy some of my research projects and puzzles and he seemed really interested. He also asked me if I was considered an “Oddball”
[]Art Supplement: 10 of my best photos. I think I’m a decent photographer, I figured I’d give it a shot.

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 12/21 ish
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: Hawaii
[]School Type: Small Private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: High enough that I don’t need financial aid
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: I have the makings of a “user-friendly” engineer
[]Weaknesses:
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Overall strong application, I think I’m also pretty well-rounded but I shine in some areas
[]What would you have done differently?: not stress so much when decisions are about to come out.

Other Factors:
I posted a link to my blog where I document my research, which is pretty in-depth and very visual.

General Comments & Advice:
I knew I COULD get in, it was a question of whether I would or not. I’m very happy, but now I need to decide between MIT and Olin College of Engineering, which is really hard. GUYS SERIOUSLY MIT has a pretty self selecting applicant pool, and the fact that you are even applying says something about you. If you didn’t get in, best of luck wherever you end up and show them that they should have accepted you!

cloverleaf96 · March 15, 2014, 3:10pm

Pick one:

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2400 superscored
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[]ACT (breakdown): n/a
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):
[]SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 780 BioM
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[]Weighted GPA: 4.7
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2 %
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): if only…
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP scholar w/ distinction, a few leadership awards

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): internships, music, student government
[]Job/Work Experience: tutoring for agency
[]Volunteer/Community Service: lots.
[]Summer Experience: internships

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: painting 9/10
[]Department at MIT: biology (very generic, it was a copy/paste job from another college’s essay) 5/10
[]Trait Most Proud Of: creativity (again… copy/paste job from another essay) 8/10
[]World You Come From: family of scientists 7/10
[]Significant Challenge: problem at internship (kinda off topic… but i ran out of time so yeah) 7/10
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: bio 9/10 (didnt read, just guessing)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: english 9/10 (didnt read, just guessing)
[]Counselor Rec: he knows me very well but i’ve read his letters before and he doesnt put in much effort… or proofread 8/10 (didnt read, just guessing)
[]Additional Info/Rec: research mentor, 9/10
[]Interview: this was my 1st interview… probably the worst. he didnt seem very impressed with my answers and i was nervous to death. for all future applicants… make your 1st interview the school you really wouldnt care to get in to
[]Art Supplement: n/a

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 11/1… like 10 min before the deadline
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: MD
[]School Type: public, normal
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: F
[]Income Bracket Range: mid-high
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: essays showed my personality and were quirky. test scores are pretty good.
[]Weaknesses: the essays i used were mostly copied and pasted from my other college applications, so they were slightly off topic (but they ended up getting me into those other colleges so i guess they were good).
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: just another Asian applicant… and i guess they could see i’m not a very good fit for MIT.
[]What would you have done differently?: spent more time on this application

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
I’ve applied to way too many schools (paranoia) and the two top 10 schools i’ve gotten into so far are clearly much better fits for me as a person than MIT. I think the AdComs are really good at being able to tell who would belong at MIT and who belongs at another wonderful university. With that thought in mind, I’m really grateful that this rejection has helped point me towards the right path

sizfeetunder · March 15, 2014, 4:04pm

Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 730/750/700
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):730/750/700
[]ACT (breakdown):35 Math, 30 English, 30 Reading, 29 Science
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):31
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800, Bio M 710
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[]Weighted GPA:5.6
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3
[]AP (place score in parentheses):Took 11 AP Exams. 6 (5’s) 3 (4’s) 1( 3) and 1 (2)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc BC, IB Chemistry, IB Bio, IB French, IB English, AP Physics C, AP Contemporary History, Philosophy
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school:1
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Principle’s honor roll, National AP Scholar.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Mu Alpha Theta Tutor. Math Youtube Videos
[]Job/Work Experience: None
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Boys and Girls club
[]Summer Experience:

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: QuestBridge
[]Department at MIT: QuestBridge
[]Trait Most Proud Of: QuestBridge
[]World You Come From: QuestBridge essay (9) I wrote about my difficulties as an undocumented student and my financial burden.
[]Significant Challenge: QuestBridge (9) I wrote about my initial difficulties and hatred towards math in 9th grade and then my sudden spark and admiration of it from there on.
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1:9 (philosophy teacher)
[]Teacher Recommendation #2:7 (Biology teacher)
[]Counselor Rec: I didn’t see.
[]Additional Info/Rec:
[]Interview: Really interesting! I showed him the formula I made.
[]Art Supplement:

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 1 day before
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: Florida (applied as international student)
[]School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: Latin
[]Gender:Male
[]Income Bracket Range:$12,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: I aptly showed my passion in maths and my perserverance.
[]Weaknesses: My SAT scores could have been better.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know.
[]What would you have done differently?: Nothing.

Other Factors: I applied as an international student from Bolivia.

General Comments & Advice: Find something you like, and do it as best as you can. In the end of the day it’s not where you go, but what you do in that place that you attend!

bluevelvet12 · March 15, 2014, 6:35pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2400 ~ 800/800/800/11
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): one sitting bruh
[]ACT (breakdown): did not take
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 800 Bio (M): 800
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: uhh idk maybe like 4.8ish
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (5), Calc BC (5), Calc AB subscore (5), US History (5), Biology (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Art (6), Spanish (6)
[]Senior Year Course Load: History of the Americas IB HL, Mathematics IB SL, English IB HL, Biology IB HL, Chem AP, Physics AP
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1 I think
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): just one from a local chemical society
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Honor Roll every semester, Department Awards at my school each year: Science (9, 10, 11), Math (9,10,11), Spanish (9, 10), English (11), History (9,11), Tennis MVP, Valedictorian at a summer surgery program, OC Varsity Scholar Athlete

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varisty Tennis all years (Captain senior year and MVP for 3 out of 4 of the years), President of California Scholarship Federation (475 person community service club), President of National Honor Society, Chairperson of Operation School Bell (community philanthropy)
[]Job/Work Experience: Biochemical Research at Chapman University
[]Volunteer/Community Service: CSF, NHS, Assistance League
[]Summer Experience: Biochemical research (above) and a summer surgery program at a medical school, travelling through high school

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: 6/10 scuba diving
[]Department at MIT: 3/10 super vague
[]Trait Most Proud Of: 8/10 my ability to balance
[]World You Come From: 7/10 my IB mates
[]Significant Challenge: 6/10 lol a bs challenge from school
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): I didn’t really spend a lot of time on the essays tbh[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: I haven’t read it, but I think great, I know him very well and he thinks I am a very great all-around person
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Haven’t read it, but I was a top student in his class
[]Counselor Rec: great, she really likes me
[]Additional Info/Rec: great, professor I did research under, she really liked me
[]Interview: Honestly, it was my first interview and I sounded kinda clueless about MIT, I knew I didn’t really want to go anyway and was just throwing myself out there. Maybe he could tell, but I did sound interested in the school.
[]Art Supplement: I should have splattered paint and called it interpretive art lol

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: Around beginning of December??
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: way too high to be appealing in any way
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none lol, if anything I have negative hooks[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: scores, grades, teacher recommendations
[]Weaknesses: did not show a passion at all for what MIT has to offer, I want to do pre-med. I think they could see in my app that I am just not a good fit for the school.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MIT is a great school, but I am just not a good fit for it. I think they saw that I was not the passionate “super techy engineering type.” I love science and all, but I just don’t think I am right for MIT.
[]What would you have done differently?: If I really wanted to get in, I would have tailored my essays to what they would have wanted to see in terms of my passions. I really was unhappy that they required 5 short essays I also would have been more knowledgeable about the school for my interview lol

Other Factors:
yaa just pretty much not the type for this school but I am totally ok with it

General Comments & Advice: If you want to get into every college you apply to, sound like each college is the “perfect match for you” and “your dream school” so that the admissions people see that you are a good fit. So happy for those who got in! Its a beautiful campus with an amazing location! Also enjoy the great frat parties
I have read so many of these for various colleges so I thought I would return the favor…I hope you all enjoy reading about my rejection :’-)

Nihilus · March 15, 2014, 8:01pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2400
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[]ACT (breakdown): 36, 36, 35, 36 —> 36 composite
[]ACT superscore (breakdown):
[]SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Physics, 780 Bio M
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[]Weighted GPA: 4.65
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in Calc BC, Chem, US History, Psychology, Microeconomics, and English Language. 4 in Macroecon
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language, Politics Elective
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMSF, President’s Scholar Candidate

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Huffington Post teen blogger, Editor-in-Chief of online political journal, Quiz Bowl (President), Model Congress (Head delegate), Science Olympiad, Model UN,
[]Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Library Assistant
[]Summer Experience: SAAST at UPenn

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

[li]Essays:[list][/li]
[]What You Do For Pleasure: Writing 10/10
[]Department at MIT: Physics 9/10
[]Trait Most Proud Of: 8/10
[]World You Come From: Cultural stuff 8/10
[]Significant Challenge: 7/10
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays:
[/ul][li]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/li]
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t see
[]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[]Additional Info/Rec:
[]Interview: Good
[]Art Supplement:

[/list]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: Late december
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: South Asian
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket Range: 150-200k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nah[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Scores, writing/humanities ECs (different from the usual)
[]Weaknesses: Fit, No major STEM awards
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Expected a rejection due to fit
[]What would you have done differently?: Nothing

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice: Probably going to Chicago unless March 27th yields a surprise or two :)

flyinglizard · March 15, 2014, 11:51pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (750M/750WR/690CR)
ACT:
SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but top decile
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5) Chem(5) Bio(3) Stat(3) Lang+Comp(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP Lit, AP Euro, Honors physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I wish
Subjective: passion for math
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Math research (nothing published just freelance) ,Computer Science, Physics
Job/Work Experience:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I think I did well on my essays but not sure (7-8)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t read but I’m guessing 7-8
Teacher Rec #2: Didn’t read but I’m guessing 7-8
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but I’m guessing 7-8, my councilor likes me
Additional Rec:
Interview: I think it went ok (he said he would do what he could and he said that he knew I would get into a school of HYSPM caliber even if it wasn’t MIT)
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium-sized public school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Passion for math, physics, computer science, and compelling background story
Weaknesses: grades, numbers, few extracurriculars
Why you think you were rejected: See above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Stanford REA and wait listed at UChicago
General Comments & Advice: Congrats to all who got in, everyone definitely deserves it. While my grades and scores weren’t the highest, I wouldn’t go back and specifically focus on them if given the chance because really after a certain point (which I think I got to) colleges don’t care and I would rather do things which would help me grow as a person and thinker. Also, for everyone who got rejected or wait listed remember this quote: “Don’t wait until everything is just right. … With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” No matter which road you travel a step is a step

benjamineu · March 16, 2014, 5:34pm

Pick one:
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]ACT superscore (breakdown):E 32 M 35 R 33 S 36 W 10 C 34
[]SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800 Physics 790
[]Senior Year Course Load: A Levels – A: H2 Physics, H2 Chemistry, H2 Maths, H1 General Paper, H1 Chinese; C: H2 Economics; Merit: H3 Nanyang Technological University Semiconductor Physics and Devices
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad (Bronze), Business Diploma Scholarship, Councillor of the Term, Certificate of Merit, College Values Award, Many other leadership and Track and Field awards.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Student Council, Track and Field, Harvard ArtScience, Shanghai Entrepreneurship Trip, Science Talent Development Programme, National Lasallian Leadership Convention Participant
[]Job/Work Experience: Personal Assistant to the CEO at an Automotive firm, CEO of business
[li]Volunteer/Community Service: Overseas Community Service to Chiangmai and Japan, [/li]
[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]

Essays:

[]What You Do For Pleasure: Talked about childhood friends and how we played soccer. 9
[]Department at MIT: Mechanical Engineering (Consumer Products) 10
[]Trait Most Proud Of: Determination 8
[]World You Come From: Family and Friends providing me with opportunities to do what I love 10
[]Significant Challenge: How miscommunication led to the overseas community service I led nearly failing and how I overcame it. 8
[]Additional Essay/QB Essays: Detailed description of all the activities I have done

[]Teacher Recommendation #1: University Prof that helped me a lot. 10
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: General Paper HOD. 8.
[]Counselor Rec: Pretty sure she just sent in a normal testimonial, which I have read and was awesome. 9
[]Additional Info/Rec: Track teacher. I am the fastest on the team so yeah. 10; Dean. Impressed with my abilities for School Tours.10
[]Interview: He wasn’t exactly extremely impressed by me I guess. Thought that I was just a normal student no different from everyone else who have good grades. 6.
[]Maker: Made a video of my innovation. Believe this is my strongest hook.

[/ul]Other[ul]

[]Date Submitted App: 31/12/2013
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: Singapore 
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Chinese
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket Range: 40k

[/ul]Reflection[list]

[]Strengths: Test scores to a certain extent, Leadership, Community Service, Maker Portfolio, Business
[]Weaknesses: NO OLYMPIAD MEDAL?
[li]What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I live my life for myself, not for an application. [/li]
General Comments & Advice:
Do what you love, make the most out of your life. Whether you get into MIT or not, you would have lived a fulfilling life.

maryylaand · March 16, 2014, 10:57pm

Pick one:
Decision: AdMITted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/640/630/8 (2030)
[]SAT II (subject, score): M2-790, Physics-750, USH-690
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[]Weighted GPA: 4.57
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[]AP (place score in parentheses): World-4, US History-4, Psych-5, US Gov-5
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Spanish LC, Leadership, H English 12
[]Number of other applicants in your school: 10
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): hah
[]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, High Honor Roll

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Club Soccer (4 years), Varsity Soccer/Basketball/Track (4years), Science NHS, Spanish NHS, NHS, Office Club
[]Job/Work Experience: none
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, local thrift shop
[]Summer Experience: Interned at an NGO in Sudan (2 summers)

[/ul]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[]Essays:[list]
[li]What You Do For Pleasure: Soccer [/li][]Department at MIT: MSE
[]Trait Most Proud Of: don’t remember
[]World You Come From: Sudanese heritage, hardships that my family overcame
[li]Significant Challenge: quitting soccer and then getting back into it[/li]
[/ul][]Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem/Physics: 8/10
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH: 10/10, only rec she wrote from scratch
[]Counselor Rec: 9/10 she thinks im brilliant but I go to a large high school so it’s probably generic
[]Additional Info/Rec: none
[]Interview: I think it went well and helped my application

[/list]Other[ul]
[]Date Submitted App: 12/30
[]U.S. State/Territory or Country: MD
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: African American
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket Range: >100k
[li]Hooks: URM, legacy, female in engineering[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Supplements were all strong, GPA, Interview, ECs
[]Weaknesses: Test scores
[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly have no idea.[/li]
General Comments & Advice:
Waiting to hear from Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford. Accepted into UMD, Michigan, Rensselaer, Georgetown, UNC

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