<p>With that kind of stats, I have to say he must be a student from TJHSST, wrong?
If so, the only reason for the rejection should be the strong body of the applicants from his class… MIT has to have a limit for TJHSST - a school with average SAT 2184, almost everyone is qualified for MIT.</p>
<p>^^yes, that was my guess too. However, MIT tends to accept 10-15 people from TJ every year, and this guy looks like he was a star at TJ. That makes it even worse. Everyone there was qualified for MIT, and he was at the top there. Typically, if you can be a star at TJ, you also will be a star at MIT.</p>
<p>TJ probably has about 5 people per class that make USAMO. And RSI usually takes 2 people per class from TJ, and RSI selection is holistic–not just about stats. And he got straight A’s at TJ, which is pretty rare.</p>
<p>Does anyone know any other case of people getting into RSI but not MIT? I remember thinking last year when I applied for RSI that if I got in, that would be a big relief in that I would be able to count on getting accepted to MIT this year.</p>
<p>collegealum- my son doesn’t go to the same school, but knows him from RSI.</p>
<p>Rarely do Rickoids get rejected from MIT, but I thought you had to burn down
a building (or do something seriously bad) during RSI to get them mad enough
at you to reject you. </p>
<p>Obviously, I was wrong.</p>
<p>Man, you really need a high class rank to get into MIT. Well, for those of us who got rejected, Berkeley is a great alternative.</p>
<p>Ya, I have a friend that goes to TJHSST, and he told me that this guy from TJHSST did get rejected. However, it wasnt just him. There are multiple olympiad qualifiers that were rejected from MIT this year (that applied from TJHSST). </p>
<p>I cannot tell you the reason why he got rejected as I would have accepted him if I were an admissions officer, but I can guarantee you that whereever he goes, he will be successful. I hope he doesnt get very depressed or mad over this situation; I am sure that one of the other top colleges would be willing to take him in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>And going to RSI already means that you are top of your class nationally. So its not getting into RSI that guarantees admissions, as most people with those stats already are pretty much guaranteed to go to MIT, with RSI or not. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone that got rejected/waitlisted.</p>
<p>Not true if you meant USAMO qualifiers; there are only 2 USAMO qualifiers in his class (very low for class 2009 of TJHSST). Class 2010 has 5 if no new winner added from this year.</p>
<p>^Bio Olympiad too. And probably Physics and Chem (but he didnt tell me about those).</p>
<p>That might be true. I was told they had 10 for EA and 12 for RD, not everyone would go though. They are most likely added up with multiple acceptance from ivies. That kid might alread have Stanford EA in his pocket.</p>
<p>Nothing is guaranteed, folks. Even Rickoids, USA_O finalists, Siemens and Intel STS finalists get rejected from top schools.</p>
<p>oooh, drama indeed.</p>
<p>This is a nice thread.</p>
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<p>A friend of mine just told me about the thread relating to me on this site; I had not anticipated as much discussion as to my case as there has been. As the thread in question has been closed, I want to clear a few things up.</p>
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<li>I have talked to my teachers; I am almost positive that there was nothing negative in the recs.</li>
<li>I was deferred EA then rejected RD.</li>
<li>I did have an interview; as far as I could tell, it went neither exceptionally well or exceptionally poorly. I am almost positive that it left no “red flags,” unless my aforementioned OCD and ADHD (which, by the way, were what I used as an example of a challenge I had to overcome) were red flags, in which case I would be <em>extremely</em> disappointed in MIT’s selection committee.</li>
<li>I am not a fan of all of these insinuations that I am arrogant; firstly, I was not positive that I was going to get in. I did think that it was more likely than not, but I knew that there was a chance of rejection. There were a few reasons that I was surprised and angry about the decision:
i. Going to MIT has been my dream for around 6 years. When a dream is crushed, I believe one is allowed to be a bit upset.
ii. When I say that some of the applicants were much less qualified than me, I am not trying to undermine their success; however, if you were in my shoes and actually knew these people, you would probably be a bit surprised as to the results from TJ.</li>
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<p>One other thing: From what I can gather from the closed thread, a link to my personal blog was posted by Padre13, as some sort of “proof” that I am an unsavory character. Firstly, it must be considered that the blog was intended to be read by my friends, and as such the voice is different than it would be when talking to others (in the post Padre13 mentioned, I was venting). In addition, I find it reprehensible that Padre thought it appropriate to post what, as I said before, is a <em>personal</em> blog to a public forum such as CC. I didn’t think I had to make it private, but apparently I was mistaken.</p>
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<p>No one faulted you for just being upset.</p>
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<p>Then don’t open it up to the world wide web.</p>
<p>A lack of foresight on my part does not justify a breach of my privacy.</p>
<p>The internet is public, it should be expected things you post on it will be too. This is as if someone would write his credit card number on a sidewalk, and then complain when his card becomes maxed out. You have no right to complain due to an error on your part.</p>
<p>The internet also gives you the right to complain about whatever you want to.</p>
<p>And if someone gave you a gun, does that give you the right to shoot them? (I don’t mean to imply that this is as severe, but it’s the same basic principal. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should; there’s something to be said for not being an ass).</p>
<p>The question then becomes whether you posted a statement on your blog describing it as private, because if you didn’t, linking to a public blog wouldn’t sound very wrong to a lot of people.</p>
<p>Some people want to get in to a school based purely on their merit; if they put Caucasian on their app, no one can come back later and say that the only reason they got in was because of their race.</p>