<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 750 Chem
[<em>]GPA: 3.98
[</em>]Rank: Top 1%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 6 AP Tests (3 5s, 3 4s); I’m taking 11 AP tests this year and I took the AMC 12B last month.[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: About my self-studying using MIT OCW and my Klein Bottle project.
[<em>]Recs: Phenomenal
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Klein Bottle
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SoCal
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: XC (JV Captain), Track&Field (JV Captain), Music (4 instruments), BSA (Eagle Scout/Patrol Leader), Self-studying various college courses. I would delve into it more deeply, but it doesn’t really matter. Holistically, they’re great compared to the average applicant and this isn’t just in my opinion.
[<em>]Awards: Nothing particularly phenomenal.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had no major hook I guess. Everything else in my opinion was on par or even better for an accepted MIT applicant. I presume they didn’t want another Asian male interested in Math.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I abhor affirmative action, but I won’t complain or do anything about it. It is what it is.[/ul]</p>
<p>Deferred -> Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.86W, 3.93UW
[<em>]Rank: 2/515
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calculus BC (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Language and Composition (5), European History (3)[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Probably not the best. My significant challenge one was super corny.
[</em>]Recs: Should have been pretty good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Abstracts/letter from mentor for my 3 research projects. (Pollen tube proteins, dusty plasma, and nucleic acid enzymes) Maybe I should have sent the papers, but I didn’t feel like printing so many pages.
[</em>]Summer Activities: New Jersey Governor’s School in the Sciences, Biochemistry Research Internship at UMass Amherst, random science courses
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New Jersey
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Lots of random science/medical programs, fencing, ultimate frisbee, Biology/Chemistry/Physics Olympics, National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society
[</em>]Awards: 1st Place in New Jersey in a few Biology competitions, random math awards (nothing spectacular like USAMO or USAMTS), National/State Latin awards, some essay writing awards, USA Biology/Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, National Merit Finalist
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Haha, I’m just part of the gigantic pool of rejectees. Maybe I should have showed more passion for science in my essays. I’m not that disappointed since I started to lose interest in MIT after December anyways. 
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to future MIT applicants! It’s a really hard school to get into, so don’t take rejection too harshly. [/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2370 superscored [800 CR, 800 M, 770 W]</li>
<li>ACT: 34</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 770, US History 780</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0;</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 116</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio: 4, AP Euro: 5, AP Cal AB: 5, AP Phy B 5, Calc BC 5, Envi. Sci 4., US History 5, Eng. Lang 5. Taking 10 exams this year.</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, president and founder of MAO, president of Science NHS.
- Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at a summer program . been a student since 6th grade summer, 1000+ hrs.
- Sports: varsity tennis [captain], basketball
- Essays: I wrote great ones.
- Recs: Teachers showed them, superb.</p>
<p>Other
- State (if domestic applicant): Florida
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Indian
- Gender: M
- Income Bracket: 75K
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>
<p>I had a perfect score as far as MIT is concerned [they don’t evaluate writing], so I guess that makes your total 11 :[</p>
<p>Sorry it’s not in the correct format, I’m copy-pasting from another thread.</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Numbers
SAT I - 2380 (800 M, 800 W, 780 CR, one sitting)
SAT II - 740 Math II (freshman year), 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Chinese, 720 USH
GPA - Total: 3.96 UW / 4.45 W; 10th - 12th: 3.93 UW / 4.70 W
Rank - school doesn’t rank, but top 2.5%-ish at least in a class of 600-700
APs - 14 AP classes including senior year, pretty much the most rigorous schedule you can take. I’ve taken 9 AP exams for the 9 AP classes I’ve completed, all 5s (Calc BC, Chemistry, Chinese, World History, Biology, Eng Lang, Physics B, Statistics, US History)</p>
<p>ECs
Clarinet (9-12): several regional comp. awards, advancing to state level comp. in april, performed solo at Copley Symphony Hall (where San Diego Symphony performs)
San Diego Youth Symphony (9-12): principal clarinet for one year
Hospital Volunteer (10-12): 200-250 hours, Surgical Ortho, Info Desk, Lobby Musician
Volleyball (9-12): JV co-captain (11)
Summer Internship (12): ~100 hours at DNA sequencing company
Piano (9, 10): completed Certificate of Merit
Electric Guitar (11, 12): for fun</p>
<p>Various other activities for one year: Academic Team, Speech & Debate, Science Olympiad (mediocre awards), club volleyball
Work Experience: I had a short summer job as a TA for a local summer school for kids</p>
<p>Academic Awards
National Merit Semi-Finalist (and Finalist)
National AP Scholar
Qualified for National Chemistry Olympiad (explained citizenship ineligibility in add. info)
National Honor Society (11-12)</p>
<p>Other
Counselor Rec: probably a bit generic considering my school is large and very few people know their counselors well…
Teacher Recs: Chem teacher (one of his top students, academic side of me prob.), US History teacher (good student, but knows a lot about my ECs and still tells me how cool it was that I played Purple Haze dressed up as Jimi Hendrix for a report, probably mentioned in rec…)
Essays: pretty good I think. main one was about my passion for music and chemistry tied together by a metaphor. another one about how a composer changed me as a person. another one about a lab method I developed during AP Chem class that inspired me to become an engineer (why engineering?). short one joking about how I’m really skinny and not super tall, but I’m big on the volleyball court.</p>
<p>Deferred –> Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2400
- SAT II: Math Lv2 770, U.S. History 780, Literature 780, Biology M 720
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 4.0 uw
- Rank: 2/200
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Chemistry, Physics B, U.S. History
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: They weren’t very good, lol. And I’m not just being modest =)
- Recs: One from my Academic Decathlon coach/AP English teacher, one from my H Precalc teacher, one from my guidance counselor. Probably all good.
- Supplementary Material: Poetry samples
- Summer Activities: Dance school, writing/beta testing internships with DemiDec Resources, reading, Liberty Science Center, and such
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: NJ
- High School Type: Suburban public, not very competitive
- Ethnicity: Chinese-American
- Gender: Girl
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, creative writing, mock trial, Liberty Science Center, Biology Club
- Awards: 1st place individual & team in NJ for 08-09 season, Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key in Poetry for region at large, URochester Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award, finalist for NJ Gov School on Public Issues, National Merit Commended, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, honor roll stuff
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my essays… and I guess I don’t look like typical MIT material. I lean quite a bit toward the humanities.
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Cool story, bro. There’s a reason for everything!
</code></pre>
<p>Deferred, but then
Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 M: 740 R: 730 W: 800
[</em>]SAT II: M2: 800 CHEM:800
[<em>]ACT: None
[</em>]GPA: 3.3 (not kidding)
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem - 5, APUSH - 4</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good.
[</em>]Recs: Good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Link to my website which details CS projects.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Software Engineer.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Pending Patent, Award Winning Software, CS Conferences.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: MA
[</em>]High School Type: Public.
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Software, Piano, Skiing, Tennis
[</em>]Awards: Industry Awards for software I developed during HS.
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Real world work experience with good results.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I’m pretty shocked I got in, considering how low my grades are to MIT’s standards, but it shows that they really ARE looking for more than just numbers.</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400 (second try, NOT superscore)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 (Math II), 750 (Chemistry)
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.46 (W), 3.9 (UW)
[<em>]Rank: 3/519
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] AMC12 (09): 100.5; AP: two 5s and several 4s
[<em>]Essays: Wrote essays / short responses on eating sour cream at 2 AM at midnight, ISEF experience, and MIT Sloan / Engineering cooperation.
[</em>]Recs: Excellent (4.5/5 most likely)
[<em>]Supplementary Material: SENT: Science fair paper from 08
[</em>]Summer Activities: 09: Boys State; 08: Job (Vector Marketing, university math tutor)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul] Intel STS Semifinalist, Intel ISEF 09 Finalist, National JSHS 3 year Finalist, 39 science fair awards, 22 speech and debate awards, several national level Student Congress awards (including Arkansas State Champion) Arkansas ACLU Essay Contest 1st Place, National Merit Finalist, AIME Qualified
[</em>]Location: Arkansas
[<em>]High School Type: Inner City Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (xP)
[<em>]Gender:[/ul]Other[ul] Male
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Debate (4 years total, 2 year Captain), Science Fair (39 total awards), FBLA (District Vice President), Mayor’s Youth Council (Treasurer), Jr. Civitan (Treasurer), Mathletes, Model UN (Founder and President), Ark. Symphony Youth Orchestra (1st Violin, 3rd Chair)
[<em>]Awards: See above.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted because not enough details about what I would do at MIT in essays? Perhaps suspicious that I am aiming for Sloan but my math / science accomplishments are in engineering? Or maybe because I’m Asian male and that’s the hardest category to get into.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I got my Swarthmore acceptance letter today and a likely letter from Columbia Fu SEAS :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 750 World History, 720 Biology, 700 US History
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.45
[<em>]Rank: 1/600
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12A: 105, AIME: 3 or 4, AP’s: 5,5,5,5,5,5,4,4,3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very solid, unique, and polished.
[</em>]Recs: Probably both really outstanding.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Research abstract for published research paper
[</em>]Summer Activities: SSP Ojai, COSMOS summer program, took 2 high school courses, self-studying, off season for cross-country, volunteering
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: California
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Cross-country varsity, track varsity, hospital volunteering (450+ hours), NHS, Math Club, Science Club, JETS engineering team, Science Olympiad, Student Government member, School Board of Education member, CSF, math research, physics research
[<em>]Awards: Siemens Semifinalist, Harvard Book Award, a bunch of school awards, National Merit Semifinalist -> Finalist, National AP Scholar
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Overall application was solid in all areas - essays, recs, objective info, interview
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I was very shocked and surprised!!!</p>
<p>[color=blue]Waitlisted… ughh<a href=“Deferred%20EA”>/color</a></p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2100 M:690 R:700 W:710
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2: 740, Chem: 670
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.57 weighted
[<em>]Rank:no ranking
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): None. My Highschool doesnt offer APs til senior year. Im taking AP English Lit, AP Studio Art, AP Calculus BC, and AP Computer Science[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Pretty good. Wrote about teaching swim lessons and my love for teaching, wrote about being in a band and teaching myself how to record music, bout my immigrant mother, bout course 2A, and about teaching myself how to program video games
[</em>]Recs: 1 Ehh one, 2 epic ones: English teacher saying I am allowed to ask her daughter on a date, and That I am well rounded, using both my left and my right brain with ease. And AP Computer teacher saying I can program better than he can xp
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Music cd with some technical hardcore metal songs I wrote and recorded n mixed (no vox), and 10 artwork printouts from my AP Studio Art portfolio
[</em>]Summer Activities: Wrote, recorded, and played shows with band. Worked a lot. Vacation. Reading, etc.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Well-rounded[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:North New Jersey
[<em>]High School Type: Catholic
[</em>]Ethnicity:Cuban
[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Founder and President of Game Maker Club, President of Computer-Based Music Recording Club, President of my HS’s chapter of the Amercian Computer Science League, Guitarist for Jazz ensemble, Varsity Swimming 4 years, Robotics Club, National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Art Honors Society, Def more but I forgot…
[<em>]Awards:Blessed Edmund Rice Scholarship to my HS, Middlebury College Book award, National Merit Commended Scholar. National Hispanic Recognition Scholar. Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar(Jersey Thing)
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 75 in Calc for first quarter. I brought it up to a 83 and got a 95 on the midterm, but yea. Not enough APs, people applied taking a LOT of AP tests and getting 5s on all of them. Mediocre SAT Scores.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ughhhh. Where would someone set on going to MIT be happiest? Georgia Tech, Harvard,Cornell University or Upenn???[/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 (700 R, 800 M, 800 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 650 Physics, 800 Math II, 780 Math I
[<em>]GPA: 4.00/4.74 (WGPA)
[</em>]Rank: Top 1%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] 5s on Calc BC, Psych, CS A
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Psychological Research Paper that two friends of mine and I wrote and are getting published
[<em>]Summer Activities: Sleepaway Camps as a Counselor, Family Vacations
[</em>]Location: Maryland
[<em>]High School Type: Public, Large
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian, Indian
[<em>]Gender:[/ul]Other[ul] Male
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Wrestling Captain, Varsity Tennis, Math Honor Society President
[<em>]Awards: National Merit- Commended, Maryland Distinguished Scholar- Finalist
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not Special and Amazing Enough, Bad Physics SAT Subject Test Score
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] It’s fine. No use stressing over it.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 tests, all 5s. Taking 10 more this year.
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: 8 APs, self study for 2.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
USAMO, USABO, Intel, Siemens, National Merit</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta (President), Beta Chi Pi (President), National Honor Society (President), Student Council (President), Speech and Debate (President), Class President, 1000 hours of community service, significant research
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 1000 hours at a nursing home/hospital, raised money to build homes in Louisiana.
Summer Activities:
Research, Leadership Camp, Counselor for camp of children with mental disabilities</p>
<p>Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing. Basically said that I was the most gifted, kind individual he’s ever met.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Awesome. Said that my pursuit of knowledge could not be matched by anyone.
Counselor Rec: He loves me. Wrote about how I proved him wrong and made him learn never to doubt someone’s dreams.
Additional Rec: Didn’t send.
Interview: Nope…
Art Supplement: </p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: Oct 11th
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Eh. Major Awards??</p>
<p>I still haven’t checked it ( i have the willpower of a god) but i’m pretty sure based on these people’s stats/results its:
Rejected</p>
<p>I suppose I will add my statistics for the sake of those looking at colleges to closely analysis…</p>
<p>Differed => Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]Prospective Major: Math and/or Physics
[</em>]SAT: math: 740, reading: 770, writing: 670 (1510,2180)
[<em>]SAT II: math II: 800, US History: 800, Biology (M): 790
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]GPA: weighted 4.00/4.5 with massive upward trend (B- average freshman year, A average junior)
[</em>]Rank: top tenth
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Biology, 5; Human Geography, 5; Calculus BC, 5; Chemistry, 5; US History, 5; Language and Composition, 5; Microeconomics, 4; Macroeconomics, 4 (AP Gov, AP Classical Mechanics, AP E&M, AP Lit and Comp)
[</em>]Senior Year Courses: Chinese 3-I (A), AP Literature and Composition (B+), AP Government and Politics(A), AP Classical Mechanics(A+), AP Electricity and Magnetism (A-), Multivariable Calculus (A+)(1st semester), Differential Geometry (2nd semester), Discrete Mathematics (2nd semester), Linear Algebra (online)</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent
[</em>]Recs: excellent I assume, +1 from math teacher after deferral
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: Volunteer EMT, Various Academic Camps (mostly humanities courses), Differential Equations at a local college (A)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Brother Currently Attends (?)[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: North east
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Quizbowl (Captain), Engineering Team (Captain), Math League (Captain), various sports for different seasons, Interdistrict steel pan ensemble. I also attend a math and science magnet school where I; Physics Team (founder), Math Team (Mandelbrot, HMMT, etc), and Yearbook.
[<em>]Awards:National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium, AFSA essay contest honorable mention
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably applying for math and physics in a applicant field dominated by Intel/Siemens/USAMO/IMO/IPhO winners. Also only having a relatively recently interest in mathematics (since early junior year) with most of my distinctions in social studies fields before that point
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Twas my top choice… Fortunately my good friends were rejected too so misery loves company right? I got into UChicago Early, which has a pretty good math program ;), and am waiting on Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell (although I am not keeping my hopes up for the first two). Congrats to those who got in! Best of look to those who didn’t… 
remember, in the words of Mao Zedong, it is always darkest before it is totally black :P</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2(800), Chemistry(800), US History(800), Physics (770)
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: 1/270
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP TESTS: Calculus AB(5), Calculus BC(5), Computer Science A(5), Computer Science AB(5), English Lang(5), English Lit(4), Biology(4), Chemistry(5, self-studied), Physics B(5), US History(5) [/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: acceptable; i thought they were good, but not fantastic
[</em>]Recs: great
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: a few random leadership camps
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Texas
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: F [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: UIL Academic Team(Team Captain and Coach), Debate Club(President), NHS(President), Marching Band(Vice President), Varsity Tennis, Interact, Medi-Club, Student Council
[<em>]Awards: 3 year State Math Champion, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, National AP Scholar
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Hmm, maybe because of good recommendations and by winning the state math championship 3 years in a row
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:To those accepted, congrats! To those not, don’t give up![/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2380 (790/790/800W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800s in Chem, French, Latin, Math II
[<em>]GPA: idk. A’s and Bs in frosh and soph year (one b- as a soph), A’s and A+'s in junior and senior year.
[</em>]Rank: top 10/55
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on 6 APs.
Subjective[list]
[</em>]Essays: I think they were very spirited, and probably the best part of my app. Found some typos though…
[<em>]Recs: Amazing.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Worked in a department store 2009; worked in a small office 2008; two-week travel in 2007
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NYC
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 2 years of chorus; a few plays; piano; trumpet; 1 week of community service in 2009
[<em>]Awards: NHS, Cum Laude, Cum Laude Paper competitor, National Merit Semifinalist (I ended up being a finalist), AP Scholar with Distinction
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted: I want to say that my essays were very me and i didn’t try pandering to the T in MIT: my transcript was enough proof of my mathematic and scientific interest: sweet grades in the toughest sciences and maths available. Yet, my creativity essay was about writing a story; my favorite activity was about piano-playing; my “your world” essay was about being a New Yorker, my midyear report had a funny, sheepishly self-deprecating quote from an old-timey movie.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My awards and academic achievements were on the pretty average or maybe even under-average side compared to some i’ve seen. But maybe it’s because I thought “there’s no way a non-scientist can get accepted” and did my own thing anyway that I seemed different in admission’s eyes. Good luck to the 2015ers![/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310, 800M, 800CR, 710 W, 9
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math Level II, 790 Chem, 740 Bio E
[<em>]ACT:36, 36M, 36E, 35S, 33R
[</em>]GPA:4.0
[<em>]Rank:1 of 488
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):5s on Chem, Bio, Physics Mechanics, Enviro Sci, Calc BC, US Gov and Politics, 3 on French[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Recs: Didn’t read, should’ve been excellent
[<em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[</em>]Summer Activities: leadership conference?
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):none[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Louisiana
[<em>]High School Type:Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Caucasian
[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:President Quiz Bowl - went to NAQT nationals, Captain Science Bowl - won LA science bowl two years in a row, went to nationals, Captain Science Olympiad, state officer for Mu Alpha Theta, Trumpet section leader, 1st chair wind ensemble, 1st chair jazz ensemble, beta club, habitat for humanity, national honor society, national english honor society, piano for 13 years, volunteered at community outreach center
[<em>]Awards:National Merit Finalist, Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, finalist for Louisiana Student of the Year (one of 6 out of entire state), AP Scholar with Distinction, random subject awards, statewide academic test medals, etc.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not sure, thought my app was good, but when the admit rate is less than 10%…whatever i have UChicago!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:congrats to everyone who got in! for the rest of us, life goes on[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360: 760 math, 800 reading, 800 writing (first and only take)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 chem, 800 literature
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: something really high weighted, but like 3.8 unweighted =(
[<em>]Rank: top 3-ish%, but my school doesnt rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 10th grade: AP Chem 4, Bio 5, Stat 5; 11th grade: Chem 5, Calc BC 5, Comp Sci AB 5, Physics C: Mechanics 5, Physics C: EM 4, English Language 4, Comparative Government 4, Environmental Science (self-studied) 4, Psychology (self-studied) 4[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I really put my heart into them. I think I wrote about science and canoeing; it was really me.
[</em>]Recs: two from high school teachers, two from college professors–all from amazing people who know me well
[<em>]Supplementary Material: extra recommendation from research mentor, extra short essay about canoeing, link to blog (I guess that’s supplementary?)
[</em>]Summer Activities: slalom canoeing/kayaking, volunteering at canoe camps, camping and hiking, reading, writing, programming
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): research, lots of college courses, AP exams–do those count?[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: small town, PA
[<em>]High School Type: the only public high school in town, but an awesome school nonetheless
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: research, Science Olympiad, slalom canoeing/kayaking, helping teach canoe camps, tutoring a 4th grader in programming
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar (10th grade), National AP Scholar (11th grade), Siemens AP award, National Merit Finalist, small nationwide programming competition, lots of Science Olympiad regional/state awards, lots of state/national races and Junior Olympics qualification in canoeing/kayaking
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I do what I love and I love what I do. <3 MIT!!!
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Hard work pays off! (and every negative has a positive attached to it)[/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2120 (760M; 710CR; 650W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 800, Phys- 800
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.09 (not a typo. my school rocks in super deflation)
[<em>]Rank: no rankings but within top 5
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Diploma (not yet but predicted 44)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Average
[</em>]Recs: Pretty much typical stuff…
[<em>]Supplementary Material: An art portfolio with some designs and photography
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Indonesia (expat)
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Not much…Cricket, tennis, photography, writing, keyboard, quizzing, technical work at stage events, acting and so on…all small activities only
[</em>]Awards: Mostly school distinction awards and a couple of quiz awards from outside
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not good enough
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Expected it…hope stats will be useful for others in future[/ul]</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>