MIT RD 2024 Results

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[B][size=4][color=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size][/b]
[B][size=4][color=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size][/b]
[B][size=4][color=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size][/b]

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SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
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Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
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Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
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Ethnicity:
Gender:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflections:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments (if any):

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT: 1550 (800M, 750E)
SAT II: 800 Math, 780 Physics
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but I’m at least top 2%.
AP: 15 APs including senior year, 10 5s
Major Awards: Science Fair regional winner, Presidential Gold Award for Service, National AP Scholar, Rensselaer Medal, National Merit Semifinalist, handful of debate and robotics awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars:

  • VEX Robotics (President)
  • FRC Robotics (Programming Director)
  • Math Team (President)
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Chair)
  • Independent Science Research
  • Dead Poets Society (Founder)
  • ASB (Homeroom Rep)
  • Choir
  • NHS

Job/Work Experience:

  • Math and reading teacher for elementary schoolers
    Volunteer/Community service:
  • 250+ hours tutoring and counseling kids
    Summer Activities:
  • UC Cosmos
  • Took AP Stats and AP PhysC’s at a community college

Essays:

  • Steps of CAD (robotics) and how they correlate to steps in my life
  • Speaking out and advocacy
    Recommendations:
  • Calc AB/BC teacher (8/10)
  • English teacher (9/10)

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Intended Major: CS
State: CA
School Type: Catholic, all-girls
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks: n/a

Reflection:
Strengths: Leadership in extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Overall blandness, no major awards
Why you think you were accepted: I have no idea. Maybe my personality really shined in my essays, because I thought I seemed like the typical Asian CS nerd.
Where else were you accepted: UCB EECS, UIUC, Purdue

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Decision: Deferred then Accepted

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36M/ 36S/ 35E/ 34R)
SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, roughly top 10% of class
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C: Mechanics (5) ,Physics C: E&M (5) ,Calc BC (5), Calc AB (5) ,AP English (n/a), AP Chinese (n/a), AP Enviro (n/a), AP Stats (n/a)

Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Chinese, Senior English, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Rower,School Environment and Sustainability Team (leader), Triathlon Club (Founder), comedian
Volunteer/Community service: Freshmen dorm prefect/RA
Summer Activities: Triathlete, rowing
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
-attending Grandma’s traditional Indian funeral, and how it affected my spirituality
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Chinese teacher: 10/10
Physics teacher: 9/10

Interview: 9/10

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Intended Major: Environmental Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Boarding
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): coach’s support for rowing

Reflections:
Strengths: recruitable athlete, diverse and unorthodox interests, GPA steadily improved over 4 years
Weaknesses: lack of awards and STEM extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly no clue.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
JHU- rejected
Georgia Tech- Waitlisted
Rutgers- Accepted
Tufts- Accepted
Purdue- Accepted