<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 (760M, 680R, 710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 math iic, 750 chem, 610 U.S. Hist
[<em>] GPA: 89 UW, 101 W
[</em>] Rank: 13/448 (now 15)
[<em>] Other stats: Hard ass senior courseload!
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I tried my best and thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent I feel
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher
[<em>] Hook (if any): AMAZING interview. 2 hrs one day and guy called me back for another 2 hr interview.
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:Texas
[<em>] School Type:Public IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I suk at English but do well in all other areas
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:I think I was accepted because...... well my stats were competitive enough and my interview went well</p>
<p>Goodluck to everyone else!!!!!!! If you don't get in don't worry because there is more to life than study...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2 800, BioM 780, Chem 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: No ranks in our school
[<em>] Other stats: Not much
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, but not breathtaking
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Strong interest in BE
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Korea(studying in China)
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Zero-research, zero-awards for an international student. yikes
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: mentioned above[/li][/ul]Other Factors: eh...</p>
<p>To those accepted: congrats!! You guys deserved it.
To those waitlisted / rejected: Life goes on. Don't give up!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280: 760, 760, 760
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2C-800, Chem-750, US History-750
[<em>] GPA: 4.25ish
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 102 AIME, APs: Chem, Stats, Calc BC, Calc AB: 5, USH: 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really solid
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Don't know, I'd imagine they'd be very good though
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Double Legacy, ASB President, Football Captain, Basketball Captain, JSA Speaker Awards
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bay Area, CA
[<em>] School Type: Secular Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Straight A's, but didn't truly excel, very well-rounded, I think this was my strength and my weakness, since I'm clearly not the typical MIT student
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Not a fit, there were people who wanted it more and who were more qualified. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Math: 740, Reading: 750, Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist: 800, Math IIC: 800, Chemistry: 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.88
[</em>] Rank: (School Does not rank)
[<em>] Other stats: AMC 12: 118.5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty crappy overall: wrote the one about your world, wrote one about Eagle Scout Project, Wrote one about Science Fair project, and sent in an extra letter (since I was deferred EA) about how I was interested in MIT since some of my role models (Richard Stallman, for example) went there
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was excellent (Comp Sci teacher), the other was good (US Hist Teacher). Also one of my Boy Scout leaders wrote me a recommendation
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably good, who knows tho
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Kentucky, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: whatever, who knows. It's not going to hold me back though.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Boy Scouts served as all major leadership positions, Eagle Scout, 1st Place FBLA C++ Programming at Nationals, Math Team at school, National Honor Society at school, Church Choir, Youthgroup, and handbell choir, serve as leadership position in my Venture Crew</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2320(m800v740w780)
[</em>] SAT IIs:math2c-800, japanese-770, physics-800, chemistry-800, us history-780
[<em>] GPA:ugpa-3.9 wgpa-4.5
[</em>] Rank:no rank
[<em>] Other stats:AIME-12
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great.
[<em>] Hook (if any): senior captain in varsity soccer, aime-12
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: AIME
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>I'm waiting for Harvard and Princeton though it seems I'll get rejected. I'll go to Rice.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390 (800 V, 800 W, 790 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750, 710, 690
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Strong, I spent a ton of time on them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Possibly the strongest part of my application
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great relationship with my counselor, good rec
[<em>] Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Chicago, IL, USA
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Athlete with strong grades and board scores
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Recruited Athlete with decent stats and strong interest in Engineering[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Demonstrated strong committment to service</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760/730/640
[<em>] GPA: 4.8
[</em>] Rank: 1/220
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read, imagine they're good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Hook (if any): first generation, very low-income (fee waiver used), female
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: crappy public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: gpa, math/ interview sucked because the interviewer wouldn't listen to anything i had to say- i got the feeling that he was very sexist
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i suck. that's all there is to it.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: it really really sucks to have your first admissions decision be a rejection. screw this.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1590 (only took old ones)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800,800,800
[<em>] GPA:94%
[</em>] Rank:top 3/135
[<em>] Other stats:um, leadership position in pretty much every club there is at my school. i'm serious. music, yearbook, volunteering, science, math, engineering
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:good. i think.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:no idea. one was good, one was...my latin teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good. talked about how i overcame adversity -.-
[<em>] Hook (if any):um. i'm asian? (jk)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity:vietnamese
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:funny thing - im actually well rounded. which is weird, cuz its MIT
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:um, being kinda smart. really don't know. really surprised.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:HOLY CARP I GOT IN!</p>
<p>I'll have another go next year if I do not get into any schools I want this year :P Afterall, I get a chance to apply for Cornell and Caltech next year too as they said I was too young this year.</p>
<p>Btw, Congrats to the rest of you who got accepted ;) and to us rejects, dont feel so down.. life goes on :P</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (800 CR, 780 M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 740 US History, 720 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.98/4.00 UW, 8.05/8.3 W (an 8.3 is an A+ in an honors class)
[</em>] Rank: 1/287
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Astounding
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Incredible
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great
[<em>] Hook (if any): ArsDigita Prize winner (for young Webmasters), only Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist from New Hampshire for paper about number theory written without a mentor
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[<em>] School Type: Public, 1300 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Editor in chief of high school newspaper, math team co-captain, student council (sophomore president, student body vice president), school Web consortium, math research, and a few other less important ones
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310, 800 M, 770 CR, 740 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2, 800 Bio-M, 790 Chem
[<em>] GPA:4.7-ish
[</em>] Rank: 1/~750
[<em>] Other stats: Lots of leadership, founded a club, state ranked musician
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: beautiful?
[<em>] Teacher Recs:glowing?
[</em>] Counselor Rec:generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): I didn't really think I had a hook...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I never did any science competitions but I am a girl interested in chemical engineering
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: luck of the draw...[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I'm thrilled to have gotten in! oh. factors... hmm... I worked hard on my MIT essays...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2280
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 x 3
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/300ish
[</em>] Other stats: yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: I'm awesome / I'm not awesome enough
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Luck plus nothing that really stands out
[/ul]Other Factors:
Michigan 2010! Go Wolverines!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Literature, 800 French
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.66 W
[</em>] Rank: 2/200
[<em>] Other stats: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): Published math papers in a few math journals
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Boarding School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I'm not sure
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No clue[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Accepted to Harvard SCEA. It's going to be hard deciding now!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 770 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Physics, 800 Latin
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.77 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/89
[<em>] Other stats: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good hopefully
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Private School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I'm not sure
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Valedictorian, National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist [/li][/ul]Other Factors: Accepted to Stanford SCEA. CalTech acceptance came yesterday....and now MIT! :)</p>
<p>Accepted! Stats later. Today was a looong day. I only had two hrs of sleep yesterday because I crammed for science olympiad until 4 am in the morning. I express my deep consolations to those who got rejected or waitlisted. But do realize that this is not the end of your dreams and hopes. The bright individuals you all are, you will attain your goals and succeed in life no matter what college you get into. =) Best of luck in getting accepted to your other colleges!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190 (800M, 690V, 700W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/790
[<em>] GPA: um... 4 semesters of B's in HS, all else; A's
[</em>] Rank: 7/310
[<em>] Other stats: AIME: 5, AMC12: 126
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Meh. Wasn't too confident, but Lots of enthusiasm. Showed that I'm very willing to take on challenges and opportunities. I had a few typos in there, though.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good x 2
[</em>] Counselor Rec: AMAZING. "Best student in past 15 years that I had" etc
[<em>] Hook (if any): AP National award. lots of math stuff. Lots of orchestra, band stuff (drum major, etc), exhausted math @ school, jumped up English levels from college prep>accelerated>honors
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WI
[<em>] School Type: Suburban Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i seriously have no idea how i got in. Looking at others who got rejected on this board, I am in awe that I got in[/li][/ul]Other Factors/COMMENTS:
OMG i can't believe i'm in. this just makes no sense. I'm not sure if i was a mistake or not... a legacy friend got in, too!<br>
I was seriously not expecting anything.</p>
<p>Today was a very long day for me. Solo & ensemble AND State sci fair going on at the same time (had to move back and forth), and this decision...</p>