Official 2010 MIT RD Decision Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>]SAT I (by section): 760M, 750V, 740W,
[<em>]SAT IIs: 790 Physics, 740 Bio M, 730 Chem, 760 MIIC
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]APs: Hum. Geo, Computer Science A, AB, Latin III and IV, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics C, Biology, English Lang, English Lit, US History...
[</em>]IBs: N/A
[<em>]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No clue, 3.9ish
[</em>]Rank: 168/954 (~18%)
[<em>]Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science AB, AP English Language, AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Latin
[</em>]Number of Apps from Your School: 10ish? Maybe a bit more. 4 that I know of made it.
[li]Other stats: NM Finalist, nominations for various competitions and research programs.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]ECs listed on app: Robotics competitions (US BEST, FIRST), research internship, self-education, science competitions...
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Worked 3-3.5 years concurrently with high school in an accounting office. Started a small graphic design business. Worked in my mother's office...
[<em>]Essays (subject and responses): I spent six months writing them... one was about chance, seizing what you want, and natural curiosity... I told them my favorite activity to engage in was shenannigans. Wrote an optional essay about the work in my research internship.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: My Latin teacher is a Harvard/Brown alum, and told me she spent four hours writing my letter of recommendation... she's a very dedicated woman, and I know she loves me because I'm her only student ever to skip a year of Latin... My biology teacher didn't tell me much, but I know she loves me too... her only words were "if you don't get in, they didn't read my letter."
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Couldn't have been too good. I'm in graduating class of 954, but I do have a very friendly relationship with my counselor. I'd venture to say it's more personal than most, which may not be as good as letters from other kids at smaller schools, but likely stood out a bit coming from my ginormous high school.
[</em>]Interview (feel and general location): I was his first interview of the year, and I came in researched. We talked about his experiences at MIT and what I liked to do. He asked me for my grades/ranks/SAT scores, but it didn't phase him. I think he liked that I was very entrepreneurial and obviously did my homework. It was at his house.
[li]Hook (if any): I don't know that I have much of a hook beyond anything that's been mentioned above. I did have a research internship, which no doubt helped.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: TX
[</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): I go to a public senior high school which has 2000 11th and 12th grade students. 954 in the senior class. We send a lot of students to good schools, but I don't know whether that's because we're really good or there's so many of us some are bound to get into good places.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Middle-Eastern (Turkish)
[</em>]Income Bracket: Was upper-middle class when I applied, but my father has lost his job since then (the company he was working for filed for bankruptcy, damn telecom).
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Hooks: Same as above...
[<em>]Strengths/Weaknesses: Personal character. I'm just so darned lovable. :). I've worked a lot for my own education... advancing years in classes and getting cool stuff done. My weak points are obviously my GPA/rank, which is obviously low. I guess I just had enough stuff to overpower it. That and nice mid-year grades...
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I poured my soul out into my main essay. I worked on it for so long... And I have very good relationships with all my teachers. I think the subjective part just really outweighed the objective part of my application... MIT really isn't based on a formula, and if anyone says otherwise I will kindly come over and give you a boot to the head. :).
[<em>]Other Factors: I had a lot of emotional support. This didn't directly affect me getting in, but it really helps to have people believing in you while you're writing your essays and filling out your application.
[</em>]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who made it. Condolences for everyone who didn't... I hope everything works out for everyone.[/ul]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 780 M, 760 R, 660 W(!)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 M2, 780 Chem, 730 USHist
[ *] GPA: 3.9~4.0 unweighted
[ *] Rank: School doesn't rank (I'd say top 1 percent)
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: So-so (lacked humor)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[ *] Counselor Rec: So-so
[ *] Hook (if any): I really don't know. Maybe urban public school?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public, Inner-city, Magnet, Medium-sized student body
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese American, immigrant
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: I am a pretty generic MIT applicant
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I haven't the slightest idea
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Ummm... how do you turn HTML on?</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 650M 660CR 590W and 650M 620CR 640W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 - Math II, 750 - Biology M, 700 - US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.26W 3.83UW
[</em>] Rank: 2/480
[<em>] Other stats: None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: These probably made me standout. The primary one was about how my trip to Lahore, Pakistan changed my perspective and compelled me to research pollution and eventually collaborate with others in experimentation. My short essay on my intended major discussed BioE, but I sent in a supplement which asked to change the declaration to MechE. The intended major essays discussed my interest in learning how things work and how attending MIT would best allow me to harness my curiosity to yeild marketable solutions to major problems. The second small essay (on what I do for fun) was on my intense curiosity and the degree to which I delight in tinkering with mechanisms.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: These must have been instrumental in my acceptance. One was from a Physiology teacher from the local JC, who wrote about my curiosity and love for learning the how and the why behind everything. Another was from an AP Psychology teacher who discussed my love for learning (while indirectly describing my wit). The last, and possibly most important was from a Chemistry teacher from the local JC who actually taught at MIT (the Bio dept.). She mentioned how I would fit in and how my curiosity and application of learning make me truly unique.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: This was probably average. Though the counselor described, to the best of his ability, my advanced courseload, his recommendation didn't really distinguish me from the rest.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I've written a research paper on The Effects of Slow-Rotation Spinning on Memory and Learning. Also, I've done a couple of years of research on alternative energy solutions, particularly hydrogen power. Lastly, I mentioned my having filed for thirteen patents. I think I got in because I emphasized my innovativeness and genuine love for learning.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bangalore, India, though I'm a domestic applicant. I transfered to Bangalore for my senior year and attended a school in California for the other three years of high school.
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani/Indian Asian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Primarily researching and inventing, though I was also a part of my high school's winning Botball Robotics team. I also had a job as a web-designer/assistant for an auto company. Additionally, I founded a badminton club.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Though my standardized scores were far below the averages, I still managed to make it in. Though my described hooks and recommendations were very helpful, I don't think they are the reason I gained admission. I, personally, think it was my sincere prayers. I really didn't think I would make the cut. There must have been some divine intervention. Either that or someone hacked onto the server and changed my reject to an accept ;).
[</em>] Other thoughts: I truly feel for those who were rejected. In fact, I sort of wonder whether I deserve my acceptance. In any event, I'm elated, to say the least! Congratulations to the other accepted students, I look forward to meeting you guys next year!
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 710 Reading, 760 Math, 790 Writing (9/12 essay)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 680 French, 790 Chem, 800 Math IIC
[</em>] APs: Bio 4, Calc AB 5, Psych 5, Chem 5, (Calc BC, Stats, Physics C, French to be taken this year)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.72 out of 4.33 weighted, 3.75 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 8 or 9 out of 472
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP French, Honors Shakespeare/World Literature, Honors Economics/Political Science
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 3...
[<em>] Other stats: A couple respectable math awards, national merit finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Various decent math team achievements as co-captain, captain of knowledge master competition club, community service at local library
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good, not awesome
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, not awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, not awesome
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): At the interviewer’s house (I knew him beforehand), very casual. Went for almost 2 hours and seemed to go fairly well, but I was a bit nervous because it was my first interview
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Trumbull, Connecticut
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, fairly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not sure, probably 6 digits
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Hooks: nothing groundbreaking
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I didn’t have any sort of science competitions or research to really prove a strong interest. Also, I’m a typical white male from an affluent area... not so helpful.
[/ul]</p>

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730cr, 800w, 800m
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790IIC, 780 Chem, 770 US His, 730 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 3.6uw
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: I dunno
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Meh.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): No?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Marching band 4 years, piano 8 years, president of math club, knowledge bowl, blah blah
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Actually I was rejected.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Yeah. GPA sucks. I'm not a great writer either. I totally expected this so it doesn't matter.[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: REJECTED :(</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
* SAT I (by section): V800, M780, Writing740
* SAT IIs: Math 2C 800, Physics 770, Chem 760
* ACT: N/A
* APs: N/A
* IBs: Calculus 7, taking all other exams this year
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W4.3, UW 4.0
* Rank: 2/600
* Senior Yr Courseload: All HL IB courses
* Number of Apps from Your School: 5ish
* Other stats:
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Summer science internship, summer bio workshop, State science awards, state math awards, state violin awards, representative of 6 area high school key clubs, varsity tennis/jv volleyball, district sports awards, national community service award, other leadership positions
* Job/Work Experience: only summer internship
* Essays (subject and responses): I liked them...although I have to admit they weren't groundbreakingly good. Kind of average.
* Teacher Recs: okayish
* Counselor Rec: pretty good
* Interview (feel and general location): I thought I expressed my love for sci/math very well and we had a great interview
* Hook (if any): not really
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: WA
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): okayish public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Income Bracket: average
* Gender: F
* Hooks: nope
* Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: overall excelence; weakness: perfect embodiment of the Asian stereotype
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: math/science/violin/tennis = Asian stereotype = banal = not very hooky
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Oh well, to tell the truth, I really expected an acceptance, but the bottom line is there are SOOO many overly-qualified applicants that I shouldn't really feel depressed about it. But I still am. :(
Oh well, MIT Grad school maybe????</p>

<p>Congratulations to those who got in! Please keep in mind how lucky you are to be able to attend such an awesome school! Take advantage of EVERYTHING MIT throws at you in honor of those rejected! :)</p>

<p>Everyone at MIT kicks ass at math and chemistry.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 770 Writing
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Physics, 800 Latin
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: All 5's= Calculus BC, Latin: Vergil, European History, Art History, Physics C, Latin Literature, U.S. History, Chemistry
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.77 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/89
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest I can take, I suppose
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot!
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 4 Years Latin Honor Society; Vice-President 1 Year, President 2 Years
4 Years Girls Varsity Soccer; Captain 1 Year
4 Years Girls Varsity Tennis; Captain 2 Years
3 Years National Honor Society; President for 2 Years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at MIT
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My experiences, eh the essays were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great?
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Office, very professional, interviewer said I would get in.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Stats and EC's I guess.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Valedictorian, National AP Scholar, Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist, Captain of two varsity sports[/li][/ul]
Other Factors: I got a recommendation from a professor at MIT
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was accepted SCEA to Stanford, just got into CalTech. Now MIT?!Congratulations to everyone who got in :)</p>

<p>*Decision Rejected *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Math-800 CR-680 W-700
[<em>] SAT IIs: Physics- 800, Math Level 2- 800, US History- 770
[</em>] APs: US History- 4 English Literature- 3
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 98, 104.7
[</em>] Rank:4/375
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Chemistry; St. Johns' University Sociology; SJU English; Pre-Calculus Honors, Statistics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Cross Counrty; Varsity Tennis; Mathlete (top scorer in school); Boy Scout; Parish Lector
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Cub Scout Day Camp
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about Cross Country and a quote. First paragraph was amazing, the rest was average, I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don't really know.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): N/A
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket: FAFSA was not a term used in my house.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ????
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/740V/720W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 790 US Hist, 710 Chemistry
[</em>] APs: I've taken Statistics, European History, English Composition, Psychology, Chemistry, and US History and averaged 4.67 on them. Taking 7 more this year, including Physics B and Calculus BC.
[<em>] IBs: None.
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.57 weighted. All A's.
[<em>] Rank: 1/500
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All AP. Physics, English Lit, Calc BC, Macro and Micro Economics, US Government, Comp Government
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, including myself.
[</em>] Other stats: 224 PSAT.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: mostly math team, mentoring, and some other stuff. ECs were my biggest weakness.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lots of work over past two years. I've been working at the same bookstore for nearly a year now.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Don't remember. I thought they were mediocre.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Awesome. I felt like we really hit it off.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None really. I had some state level recognition in math competitions, but that's not very remarkable for an MIT applicant.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public. Approximately 25% go on to a college. 10% go to 4-year universities.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket: Too high to get good financial aid and too low to be able to afford MIT.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I felt like average ECs really hurt me. But on the upside, all of my ECs were focused around mathematics whether it be competitions, volunteer tutoring, coaching middle school math teams, etc.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea. I felt like I had strong statistics and grades but didn't have any activities or achievements that would make me stand out from the crowd. I feel very lucky (except I don't believe in luck). Fortunate. I am very fortunate.
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I pretty much gave up hope after I was deferred in the early round, so I'm completely shocked. Now I just have to figure out to pay for it...</p>

<p>rejected, don't feel like posting stats again, but at least now i can be added to their percentage of valedictorians that they reject...whoopee</p>

<p>HEy squiggle88 me too! But there are still place left and things to do.</p>

<p>slak- that's true. mit wasn't my first choice anyway, though it still stings. i'm sure we'll get into awesome places! good luck!</p>

<p>
[quote]
Ummm... how do you turn HTML on?

[/quote]
lowofo, you have to leave out the blanks. They are just in there to show you the HTML tags without actually activating the formatting.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got in. For everone else, I'm sure you'll end up someplace awesome.</p>

<p>Decision: Pwn3d (deferred, then rejected)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nah
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 770V
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 x 3 (IIC, Physics, US History)
[</em>] ACT: Not my style
[<em>] APs: 5 x 11 (Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Stats, World History, US History, Euro History, English Language, Physics B, Physics C Mechanics & E/M, Chem)
[</em>] IBs: Nope
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 97.2 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/330 UW, with by far the hardest courseload
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Not bad, with 7 APs and an online differential equations class.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me, AFAIK
[<em>] Other stats: 132.5/5 AMC-12/AIME; did reasonably well in the chemistry olympiad last year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, several math teams, started my own math team, violin, summer research thing (Intel STS Semifinalist)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: aforementioned research
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about getting pwned on a game show and stuff like that. I thought it was pretty good, but I guess MIT doesn't think so.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both of them were probably very good, and one might have been spectactacular, but I didn't read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, as my counselor probably had to write like 50 of them (just an estimate).
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): This was at my house. It was supposed to last 1 hour, but it ended up taking a little over 2 hours. I talked a lot about my interest in science and research and stuff. I thought it was pretty good, except I slipped in a couple areas and said that I sucked at things like writing.
[</em>] Hook (if any): research, STS, several decent math/science-related leadership positions, took calc in 9th grade?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY (western NY)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public; not many people applying to elite schools this year
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese) :(
[</em>] Income Bracket: probably upper middle class
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks: You asked for this above.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths: I'm pretty strong in math, physics, and chemistry, and I guess my academic stuff is pretty good.
Weaknesses: Unfortunately, I don't do other stuff, like sports.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Lack of well-roundedness, stereotypical boring Asian male.
[/ul]
Other Factors: Nah
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I guess I'm kinda annoyed; I actually thought I had a good chance. Oh well. Congratulations to the people who got in, though. Caltech is the bee's knees!</p>

<p>if they reject the high sat and gpa people, who do they take?</p>

<p>Excel: my GPA was low... they take the best matches. Grades and SATs are a part of that, but if your personal character doesn't fit... you won't make it. (It is important to note that there are many who do fit, and don't make it, but that's simply because there are so many applicants.)</p>

<p>is it just me or does it seem like lots of the stronger candidates got rejected while many "weak" ones seemed to have gotten in....</p>

<p>*Decision:Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2400/1520 on old(v780m740)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 math IIC, 800 Chem, 780 Bio E, 780 Literature, 700 French
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs: 5-cal bc,physics b, c(e&m), bio, chem, eng lang/4-french lang, world history/going to take eng lit, french lit, stats, Euro history, comp sci ab, music theory, us gov
[</em>] IBs: n/a
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00/4.69
[</em>] Rank: 1/173
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP(eng lit, euro history, comp sci, music theory, us gov), French 6, Linear Algebra
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: more than 5
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AIME-7
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: NHS president, student gov't(11-3rd vice president, 12-1st vice president), Debate team(9-12-manager), School Orchestra-Piano, Violin and Cello(9-12;School Music Festival-Honorable Mention(10,11) MVP(12)), Art Honors society(12;Blonze Medal Winner in school art contest(11), Honorable mention in school art contest(12))
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: National Institutes of Health(11,12)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): How my school and NIH intern experience influenced my dream and life.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great/also got one from NIH
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): I asked a lot of questions and he answered me very friendly, seriously, and clearly. He asked me about my schedule, my music talent, and experience on college courses and NIH intern. I tried to experience clearly and friendly.
[</em>] Hook (if any): NIH intern-I think it helped me a lot.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private. Competitive. 2 accepted MIT last year. It seems I'm the only one this year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: again?
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: valedictorian, NMF, great ECs with leaderships, internship, test scores, took some college courses/No sports, too typical, Asian
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think they liked me.lol
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulation everyone!</p>

<p>hahaha don't be hatin' nocloud =P</p>

<p>i think the essay has a lot to do w/ it... along w/ the E.C.s</p>

<p>MIT doesn't want any more "stronger"/"nerdier" candidates =)</p>