@Skrunch dude you are getting my hopes up far too high
Rejected. Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck to those on the WL
REJECTED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT (breakdown): Composite 32 (superscore) , Eng 35, Math 35 Read 25 Sci 34
SAT II: Bio M 760, Math1 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: None
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/84
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Eng Lang (3), Phys 1(5), Chem (5), French (5), Env sci (5), Spanish Lang (5).
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, Chem 3, AP COMP SCI Principles, AP Phys 2, AP Calc BC, Latinamerican Studies (obligatory), English (obligatory), Spanish (obligatory).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll U. Waterloo Pascal contest and school champion for all (pascal, cayley and fermat). National finalist in UAN Math Olympiad (in colombia), AP Scholar with Distinction, AP International Diploma.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teaching English to underprivileged youth (leader, curriculum developer, teacher, everything); TEDX talk “Nanobiomaterials: Forgotten Physics” (speaker and researcher); French and Chinese mandarin classes; Math club (leader and curriculum planner).
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Univesity of texas rio grande (microbiology)
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching English and volunteer club at school
Summer Activities: The internship, Stanford SPCS on biosciences.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec SCIENCE: 10
Teacher Rec HUMANITIES : 10
Counselor Rec: 9
Interview: 7
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Colombia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International, Latino?
Reflection
Strengths: I thought my subjective stuff was great
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IDK
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Jacobs (accepted), Stanford (rejected).
A lot of ppl told me I could get in and that I was special and different and genuinely passionate for education and learning and I thought I had a chance but this sucks I really need to know if Im getting into college or not.
Son was Rejected
GPA: 4.6w/3.98 uw (1 B one semester in AP English 11)
Rank: 1/344
SAT: 1410 (780M, 630 V)
SAT II Math 2: 760 Chem: 690
9 AP Credits including BC Calculus (5) in 10th grade, 9 HS Dual Enrollment Credits 10 honors credits
Selected to attend the regional Governor’s School for Science and Technology for his 11th and 12th grade science and math classes where all classes are dual enrolled and weighted the same as AP.
Will graduate with +32 college credits including; Advanced Chemical analysis, Calculus based Physics 1/2, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations.
Research Mentorship at NASA Langley
EC: Show Choir 4 years (Captain and lead soloist 11th and 12th), Cast in every school theater production since 9th grade including many Lead roles, Community Theater, NHS, Tri-M Music Honor Society, International Thespian Society (VP 12th), +200 hrs community service (working on Aids benefit show, Animal shelter, and various others)
Honors/Awards: District Choir, All State Choir alternate, Multiple Show Choir Grand Championships, Best Soloists award at national competition, AP Honors w/ Distinction, multiple academic awards for class rank and such
Knew it was going to be a long stretch with his test scores. Going to start a year earlier (waited until summer before Sr year) on standardized test for next kid.
I was accepted! I had a 3.99 GPA uw, 36 ACT, Math 2 800 and Chem 800.
@racereer your son is amazing, honestly I think that MIT are the losers not him at all. There are very few kids with this caliber and I don’t see anything wrong with his tests scores… it seems there are other students with less scores who got in… Sometimes the interviewer sometimes luck… I am sure your son has learned a lot of lesson and there is nothing wrong about being rejected… these amazing kids have tried and that what matters.
@lolasrejectstanf Yah idk what happened this year, literally no one that I know in my entire state has gotten accepted. Or waitlisted. Some were very well qualified, others the rejection was expected, but I just don’t know what happened this year.
@Nonomom Thank You, we are very proud of him as he is self driven and has worked extremely hard. It is amazing what what these kids do now in HS and to get into a good college. Since we waited so late to have him take the tests, he found he had very little time to prep because of all his school work and activities. He seems fine with the decision, but while he is disappointed he understands getting into theses top schools can be a bit of a lottery. He has been accepted to some really great schools and is still waiting on a few more decisions.
@MeanestBean Congratulations!
Me and my best friend were both waitlisted (females from CA) and I’m wondering approximately how many students you think they waitlist, and what chances are that anyone gets off the waitlist this year (I know the chances are bad, but like, how bad…?)
Oh also congrats to all those accepted, you should be really proud!!
Rejected.
Asian male.
Excellent GPA and good scores.
Published research, Government funded research, and a couple patents.
Also won some international awards.
Any internationals got in?
Congratulations to all those who got in!
Didn’t work out from the home front.
Son accepted. Had a great visit there a few months ago. May be his first choice,
On the waitlist. You do not have to get onto any waitlist including the MIT waitlist. Be sure to pay another school,
as I think the waitlist is a difficult wait, and can lead to more disappointment. Be sure to find things you love about your second choice, (or third choice, or in my son’s case 5th choice many years ago now, and he was not even trying for MIT!) pay money and sign up for housing there. MIT admitted a LOT of EA candidates and yield out of that pool of students is very high. My son got onto two waitlists, got into one of the two, and then the financial package was not as good as his 5th choice. He ended up thriving at his fifth choice, which should have been his first choice all along for the technical and music strengths of that school, and now in a PhD program at an Ivy school. Life works out well at many colleges. Many have a lot to offer.
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Rejected 
Ah well.
Congrats to everyone who got in!
Rejected.
SAT Physics: 800
SAT Mathematics Level 2: 800
SAT: 1520
All tests taken once.
IB Diploma student with strong actual and predicted grades.
World Champion & European Champion in a martial art.
Just curious, but I thought recruited athletes (as much as MIT recruits…) applied SCEA and not RD?
@MAandMEmom SCEA applies to HYP. Some other schools, like Stanford, have REA. MIT is regular old EA. Regardless, recruits are “encouraged” to apply early, but not all do. The amount of “pull” an MIT coach pales compare to D1;in some sports, the coach has not pull, and therefore the student has little incentive to apply early.