<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1480/2280
[</em>]SAT II: 800 M2, 800 P, 800 C
[<em>]ACT: -
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: 2/~200
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Recs: Average
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Rec letters from IMO trainers
[</em>]Summer Activities: IMO, MO, MO
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): IMO[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Hong Kong
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: MO, PhO, etc.
[<em>]Awards: IMO Silver, National PhO Champion
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My teacher’s average recs, another IMO medalist applying to MIT from my place.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I must have given MIT a hard time when they rejected me.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: Bio:800 Math II:800 Literature:790
[<em>]GPA: 99.5 three year. 99.8 senior year
[</em>]Rank: 3/400+ for three year. 2/400+ for senior year. [/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I’m not a fantastic writer, but I think I’m pretty strong for an MIT candidate. They should’ve been good.
[</em>]Recs: Fantastic
[<em>]Summer Activities: Mostly soccer tournaments around the country
[</em>]Hook: I wasn’t a top recruit, but supposedly i was “on the coach’s list” [/ul] Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Long Island, NY
[</em>]High School Type: Fairly competitive private
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Chess club, school newspaper, school magazine, social studies club. Soccer captain of a nationally ranked high school program. Member of a high level club soccer team. Volunteer soccer coach for a local girls team (maybe 200 hours or so)
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholarship Nominee
[li]Why you think you were rejected: My school doesn’t offer APs (its actually a good school though). I wasn’t into the whole college thing until late junior year, so i never even thought to sign up on my own. I realized the problem and tried to remedy it with perfect SATs and SAT IIs, but i guess that wasn’t enough. I think the lack of APs hurt me most. Also, being white and from Long Island couldn’t have helped. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:1550/1600 2260/2400
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 770 Bio 710 chem 670
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA:3.85
[<em>]Rank:4/48
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:Not exceptional
[</em>]Recs:not bad
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Ethiopia
[<em>]High School Type: Independent
[</em>]Ethnicity: Ethiopian/Black
[<em>]Gender:Male
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Environmental club, secretary of chess club, peace and justice club Addis Ababa model united nations etc etc
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 480 internationals were accepted from the whole world. I excpected it.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]A foreshadowing of what is to come from the other, more selective universities perhaps?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (730 MATH =X)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 BIO M, 740 MATH 1, 760 CHEM
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 99.1
[<em>]Rank:4-6 OUT OF 680 (<1%)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 USH, 5 BIO, 3 CHEM=X
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: ALL WERE MEDIOCRE…BUT I ALSO SENT A PRETTY GOOD CREATIVE ESSAY [;
[</em>]Recs: AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGG
[<em>]Supplementary Material: RESEARCH ABSTRACT
[</em>]Summer Activities: RESEARCH, CAMP COUNSELOR X 2
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM (HISPANIC)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:NYC![;
[<em>]High School Type: HUGE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
[</em>]Ethnicity: HISPANIC
[<em>]Gender: MALE =X
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:CAPTAIN MATH TEAM, SCIENCE OLYMPIAD, SCIENCE BOWL, CHEM OLYMPIAD, LOTS OF TUTORING, AND MUCH MORE[;
[<em>]Awards: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING MEDAL, SPANISH NATIONAL EXAM SILVER MEDALIST X2, NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST, NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR, NHS, NYSSHS, MU ALPHA THETA, SPANISHNHS, AP SCHOLAR, ETC.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU…
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]GAHHHHHH GREATT SURPRISE AFTER BEING DEFERRED EA! [= NO ONE FROM MY SCHOOL HAD EVER BEEN ACCEPTED UNTIL NOW…AND IM ONE OF TWO KIDS! FIRST TIME EVER! BIG SHOCK.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MathII, 770 Chem
[<em>]ACT: None
[</em>]GPA: Not sure
[<em>]Rank: 1/550
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5,5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I liked them.
[</em>]Recs: Never read, but should be good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Research abstract and later a sample of my artwork
[</em>]Summer Activities: research, paid job
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender:Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Literary magazine, painting and photography, music, research, random school clubs…
[<em>]Awards: NMF, some research awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lol, I seriously have no idea.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to everyone who will be reading this thread next year! =D[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800-Math II, 800-USH, 800-Chem
[<em>]GPA: 4.6
[</em>]Rank: 1
[<em>]Other tests: 5s - AP Chem, Bio, BC Calc, Micro, Macro, English Lang, USH
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Decent
[<em>]Recs: Good, but not amazing
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research paper
[<em>]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NJ
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: See username
[</em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team
[</em>]Awards: Siemens Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted: Research mainly
[</em>]Advice?: Summer research def helps. Gratz to everyone who got in and good luck to waitlisters! =]
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 Superscored
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 750 730 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555544433
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: TOUGH
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Editor in Chief, JV Volleyball, Honor Society, was part of Mu Alpha Theta club for some time. Also I was part of science bowl for a year.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered at the library for around two years.
[<em>] Essays: okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[<em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): beautiful california!
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public. competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: korean
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I don’t know. Maybe that I’m a girl who enjoys math?
[</em>] Weaknesses: I got low AP scores on my science AP’s as well as on my science SAT II’s. I was hoping I’d be able to make up for it with my high math AP’s and 800 Math SAT II, but I guess not.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?! To be honest, I thought I’d be outright rejected. This waitlist comes as a shock![/li][/ul]General Comments: Good job to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340 (800 M, 800 W, 740 CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 Chinese
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 93.3 something like that
[<em>]Rank: doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 132 AMC 10, 7 AIME (sophomore year), 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP Calc BC, 5 AP Physics C: Mechanics, 5 AP Chemistry[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Quirky…maybe MIT liked that. My “Why MIT” essay was written in the form of a proof by contradiction.
[</em>]Recs: satisfactory or good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: violin CD, piano CD, brag sheet
[</em>]Summer Activities: NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology, travel to China, CTY
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A (almost made USAMO :[)[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Magnet
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: piano, violin, basketball, varsity swimming, math league, random science stuff
[<em>]Awards: Gold Medalist in USA Mathematical Talent Search 2008-09, #1 Central Jersey Math League 2008-09, Top 10 Mandelbrot NE Region 2008-09, #1 New Jersey Math League 2008-09, #4 ARML Division B 2009, USA Physics Olympiad Semifinalist 2010, 7 on AIME, 132 on AMC 10, New Jersey All-State Orchestra, Central Jersey Region Orchestra concertmaster (twice), MENC All-Eastern Orchestra first violinist, ASTA National Honors High School Orchestra 7th chair, NJ Gov School of Engineering and Technology, AMTNJ math contest #1 in 2008, 2009, National Merit Semifinalist, lots of random piano and violin competition awards at state/regional level, concertmaster of New Jersey Youth Symphony
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno, pretty good at a bunch of different areas? though I seem to be pretty stereotypical Asian[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2120
[</em>]SAT II: Math Lv. 2: 800, Physics: 800, Literature: 720
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: n/a
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC 4, AB subset score 5, Stats 4, Physics 4, Compsci 3, Lit 3, Lang 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Recs: Glowing
[<em>]Supplementary Material: A novel I wrote, published, and sold to stores.
[</em>]Summer Activities: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Hong Kong
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: White/Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Writing, Math Competitions, Comedy club, Golf club, Wakeboarding.
[<em>]Awards: Top 100/1000000 in UKMT, 12th/160 in South East Asian Math Competition
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too young (15)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800CR 750M 790W
[</em>]SAT II: 800MathII 770Phys
[<em>]GPA: 95/100
[</em>]Rank: school does not rank
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Music, English Lang, Psych, World Hist., Art History, Comp. Gov Pol[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: not good enough? I thought they were good.
[<em>]Recs: “best student I have ever had” in both cases
[</em>]Supplementary Material: music supplement (oboe)
[<em>]Summer Activities: astronomy!
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none apparently [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Vancouver BC
[</em>]High School Type: Independent non-denominational
[<em>]Ethnicity: not reported on app
[</em>]Gender: M [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: robotics, peer tutoring, music, debate/MUN, writing
[</em>]Awards: assorted math competitions, some creative writing prizes and music prizes
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not science-y enough on paper; absurd quota on international students leads to <3% acceptance rate in my city
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:MIT, I’ve loved you since I was a little kid, and I tried my best. See you when I have tenure! [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 [superscored], 2280 [single sitting]:
M: 700, CR: 780, W: 800, essay: 12
[</em>]SAT II: US History 770 Biology 760 Math Lvl 2 710
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.83
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): none, US History 4 , Biology 5, N/A [/ul] Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: excellent
[</em>]Recs: glowing.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: research at medical school
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul] none
[</em>]Location: NY, NY
[<em>]High School Type: large, co-ed, elite public school
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: F[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Magazines, Science Competitions, Orchestra
[<em>]Awards: Regional Team Science Competitions
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MIT’s imposed internal GPA cutoff
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Do try your best junior year. [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2280 CR:800 M:760 W:720
[</em>]SAT II: Math II:800 Physics:800 Chemistry:790
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: N/A
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Projected IB diploma score: 43/45
Math HL: 7
Physics HL: 7
Chemistry HL: 7
Economics SL: 7
English A1 SL: 6
Spanish B SL: 6
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Average
[</em>]Recs: Average
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Link to research project webpage on Google Code
[</em>]Summer Activities: Honors Summer Math Camp, research
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Siemens Competition regional finalist
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Hong Kong
[<em>]High School Type: International school
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Large variety, but nothing very special or unique by itself
[<em>]Awards: Siemens Competition regional finalist, British Math Olympiad bronze medallist, and several other minor international math awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Rejected by Caltech[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2110 (M:740, C:690, W:680)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2: 700, USH: 720, Chemistry: 800
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 3.55/4.55
[<em>]Rank: 64
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APWH, APUSH, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language (4s), AP French Language (3), currently taking AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Physics B.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Teachers loved them
[</em>]Recs: Both were amazing. I have a strong relationship with both my APUSH teacher and AP Chem teacher
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None. ??
[</em>]Summer Activities: Worked 25 hours/week and took Community College Courses
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not really. Just some weird ideas in my essays. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Santa Barbara (live in Oxnard)
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Mexican
[<em>]Gender: Male, Homosexual [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Co-President of Junior State of America Chapter, Model UN Delegate, 25 hours/week as a cashier/waiter
[<em>]Awards: SB Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I had a lot of interesting things to say and I discussed my varied interests like techno and anime.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I am extremely happy that I got in! My family cried when I told them I got accepted. I would say that you should just be yourself and look for a way to make yourself look unique. Is there something interesting about you that you feel others should know? Also, if you’re not 100% math/science person, it’s okay. MIT is perfect to help you find what your interests are and has great programs for whatever path you decide to take. I’m so happy!!! :D[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: I took TOEFL, 99
[</em>]SAT II: MATH II 720, MATH I 800, PHYSICS 710
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA:7.4/10
[<em>]Rank:2/27
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] none, but these are taken (comparable to AP) courses: Latin, Dutch, Math B (calculus), micro and macro economics, physics, history, and Chinese (This sounds stupid, I don’t speak mandarin, I speak my own dialect). Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I think they were good, I didn’t brag much, I think I should have bragged more. Europeans are too shy compared to US Americans. BTW I wrote about early discrimination at high school. The elementary school teachers told my parents they have low expectations from me.
[</em>]Recs: OK, one said that I was very hard working at school and outside of school (stock trading + restaurant)
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Summer Activities: summer university in Shanghai, enjoying vacation
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] what? Nobel prize?? Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Netherlands
[<em>]High School Type: Grammar school, advanced placements only courses offered with obligatory Latin or Ancient Greek
[</em>]Ethnicity:Chinese and I’m PROUD of it
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] male Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 1800+ hours of work in a restaurant
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because I’m an international Asian and the low acceptance rate
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I would have had higher scores if I didn’t work so much. My economics teacher also mentioned I would have had even higher grades if I didn’t work so much.</p>
<p>Stats:
[li]SAT: 800 (M) 760 (CR) 800 (W) (one sitting), 2390 superscore </p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 US History, 800 Physics</p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA: 3.93/4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank: 2/352</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME Qualifier 2009 and 2010, 5s on Micro, Macro, Eng Lang, and USH</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Essays: Wrote about my passion for Carnatic Music in my first, mathematics and physics for the second, overcoming a previous failure at National Indian Classical music competition and succeeding the subsequent year for the third, being both innately Indian and American in my fourth (background- parents from india), and wrote about a humbling experience at NJGSS (Gov school in Sciences) for the fifth.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Recs: Pre-Calc teacher and AP English Lang teacher…i guess they were good. didn’t seem them.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material: Music recording from a concert in India</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Summer Activities: NJGSS, Performed as vocalist with an acclaimed dance troupe, Rigorous personal guru-student training in India Summer of 2006 for music…Idk</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Cured cancer ;)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Location: NJ</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Ethnicity: pakka Indian </em>**.</p>
<p>[li]Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Extracurriculars: Math Team President, DECA Quiz Bowl Captain, Chess team (3rd Board, 1st in Division), Science League </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards: NMSSF, AP Scholar with Honor, international awards for carnatic music, 1st place/perfect score in Shore Math League, 2nd Place Regional Chem I and currently 1st place state Chem II,</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Showed nerdiness in essays. </p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well I got a likely from Columbia a couple of months ago so I knew I had a great safety school in case I didn’t get in. A lot of you guys who got rejected were all around applicants, specializing in everything, who will get into HYPS, who look for that. MIT focuses considerably on the best math/science accomplishments. By the way, I got deferred by MIT in December, so for those who may have gotten deferred by yale or stanford, dont lose hope.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2110 (700 CR, 700 M, 710 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 710 M, 690 CHEM
[<em>]ACT: I don’t remember?
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: 1
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Psych 5
[<em>]Essays: Very unique and mature
[</em>]Recs: Stellar
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Summer Activities: post-operative recovery, reading, study, college visits
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[</em>]Location: Sharon Springs, NY
[<em>]High School Type: Small Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:M
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Student Council, Varsity Club, Legislative Internship, Laboratory Management position, independent film making, self-taught guitarist, guitar teacher, many more
[<em>]Awards: a few leadership awards, a military science and math award
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: eclecticism and maturity
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Congratulations to all accepted. I am so sorry for those who have been rejected, I see your test scores and everything and I am just heartbroken =\ You will do great things, though, I have no doubt.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 780, Spanish w/ listening 790, Biology M 710, Chemistry 710
[<em>]ACT: 34 superscored
[</em>]GPA: I don’t remember; above 102
[<em>]Rank: 5/~120
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] AP English Langauge 4, AB Calculus AB 5, AP Spanish Language 5
[<em>]Essays: About watching telenovelas, the ignorant people who live in my city, theatre, and being gay. If there was another one, I can’t remember it. All were original, creative, etc. (I’m a really good writer).
[</em>]Recs: 1 was as good as I could have imagined. Didn’t see others.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Paper based on botanical biochemistry research.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Summer classes at A&M, Boy Scout camps, computer programming internship…
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: South Texas
[<em>]High School Type: Catholic, less than 500 students
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts (Eagle), Science Club, Varsity Cross Country, Theatre, speaking competitions, computer programming…
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, Siemens fail
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I’m gay.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Ow.[/ul]</p>
My family cried when I told them I got accepted. I would say that you should just be yourself and look for a way to make yourself look unique. Is there something interesting about you that you feel others should know? Also, if you’re not 100% math/science person, it’s okay. MIT is perfect to help you find what your interests are and has great programs for whatever path you decide to take. I’m so happy!!! :D[/ul]</p>