OFFICIAL 2014 MIT RD Decisions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
121

<p>Accepted (deferred EA)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2350 (770CR, 800M, 750W)
SAT II: 800 Mathematics Level II, 790 Chemistry, 800 Physics
IB Score (internal): 41 or 42/42 most times with HL Physics, Chem, Math.
Rank: top 5%</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: All based on my experiences with research, community service. They were unique but simple in their thought process. I think I wrote them well. Teachers loved them.
Recs: Very good recs. An additional rec from my research mentor, which also should have been very good. Esp since he was attached to a prestigious institute.
Supplementary Material: Research abstracts x4 (including IB extended essay abstract). Worked very hard on them and that must have been appreciated.
Summer Activities: CTY, Research at a university, Extended Essay, Community Service.
More research. More community service.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and my passion for science. All my essays went back to the same two points.</p>

<p>Personal
Location: India
High School Type: Pvt
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Other
Extracurriculars: Leadership positions and awards in Robotics, MUN
Student Council. RESEARCH. Music. Theater (with awards and plays under belt).
Awards: A lot of academic/extracurric awards from the school. A few more awards but nothing too significant, and not science related.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not really sure, I’m guessing it was because I made it a point to make my application reflective of me. There were so many tenets of my personality that I couldn’t show, but I guess the folks at admissions are considerate.
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Be yourself. If you belong there, you’ll gain admission.</p>

<p>CAN’T WAIT FOR AUGUST!
No CPW for me though :(</p>

122

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>:l</p>

123

<p>Deferred –> Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340 (800V/750M/790W)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math 1, 760 Bio-M
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0W, 4.84UW
[<em>]Rank: 12/750
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not so great. A little weird.
[</em>]Recs: Probably very good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Two extra recs. Didn’t seem to help.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Summer philosophy courses, traveling.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Ovaries? [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: TX
[<em>]High School Type: Large public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: F [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Latin Club, Debate, Quiz Bowl…
[<em>]Awards: National and State French/Latin awards, regional writing awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Zero science-related ECs or awards, generally lackluster app.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: MIT is probably right. I’m not sure I"d have a good time there. I wanted to leave behind my trail of humanities-related classes and I still do, but MIT might be a little too intense for me. Hearty congratulations to all accepted. You guys are amazing. [/ul]</p>

124

<p>Rejected!!!</p>

125

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>]SAT: 2110 (M 750, CR 690, W 670)
[</em>]SAT II: Physics 800, ML2 710
[<em>]GPA: 3.95
[</em>]Rank: top 3</p>

126

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2220 (730 CR, 770 M, 720 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Phys, 790 Math II
[<em>]ACT: 35, but unsubmitted
[</em>]GPA: 4.45 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 5/530[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Mediocre. I procrastinated on them. They were conceptually interesting but not engaging.
[<em>]Recs: Both were excellent
[</em>]Summer Activities: volunteering at a summer camp for disadvantaged children, relaxing
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none.[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New Mexico
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: A comedy sketch club, band, a literary magazine.
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Ap scholar. Basic stuff.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t stand out.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congratulations all who were accepted. You all clearly had something people like me were missing. Make the most of your MIT experience because there are 15000 more of us that would kill for your spot![/ul]</p>

127

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M: 560 CR: 600 W: 580
[</em>]SAT II: Physics: 570 Math 1: 600 Chinese: 740
[<em>]GPA: 3.4
[</em>]Rank: 50/100
[<em>]Other Tests (AP): Psychology - 2, Environmental science - 3, Human Geography - 3
[</em>]Essays: the difficulty of expressing self writing my essays
[<em>]Recs: Curling, Archery, Warhammer 40k Team Captain, Toastmasters, DINI state qualifier
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[<em>]Summer Activities: physics camp, park garbage patrol, fixing cell phones
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): legacy??
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Oregon
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: already listed
[</em>]Awards: Two time Honour roll recipient
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

128

<p>^ That is implausible.</p>

129

<p>WH40k. Oh memories.</p>

130

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400; 800 M, 800 CR, 800 R
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 800 US History, 780 Phys
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), US History (5), English Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP US Gov, AP Art History, Sociology, Journalism, Advanced Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF x2, 4th Place x1
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-in-chief), National Honor Society (President), Research, Key Club, Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A bit of math tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: At local library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research at Scripps, community service
[</em>] Essays: Unique, to say the least =P. Total hit or miss.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, I’m guessing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome too, I’m guessing
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Management Science and Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70-100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Unique essays, test scores, ISEF, MY OPTIONAL!, thriving at an underperforming school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Underperforming school, lack of AP science classes.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SOMETIMES LUCK DOES WORK OUT. Gutsy essays, hehe.
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
Also got into Stanford and UChicago and likely letters from Yale/Brown. MIT got rickroll’d, Chicago got cheesed, and Stanford got Taylor Swiftboated.</p>

131

<p>Wait a minute. I thought you were African American, RondoMaiEggo? Or at least that’s what your posting history suggests.</p>

132

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2010 (720 Math, 670 Critical Reading, 620 Writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Physics, 780 Math 2
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.8 (Weighted), 3.72 (Unweighted)
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World History (5), AP Computer Science A (5), AP Physics B (5), AP United States History (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Wrote about my love for Computer Science, living in NYC, influence of my parents.
[</em>]Recs: One from my AP U.S Teacher. One from my AP Comp Sci Teacher. They were good in terms of the recs highlighting different aspects of me as a student.
[<em>]Supplementary Material:N/A
[</em>]Summer Activities: SYEP 2009, NYU Precollege 2009, Intel Parallelism Programming Workshop.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Race and Gender?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New York City
[<em>]High School Type: One of the Top High Schools in the U.S. according to US News and World Report
[</em>]Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Softball (4 years), FRC Robotics Team (3 years), FLL Robotics Team (1 year), FLL Volunteer Referee (3 years), Volunteered at a Kindergarten for a few months.
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar w/ Honor
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Odds are I’m not going to MIT. For those accepted, Congrats. If you were rejected, you’re probably going to succeed in life no matter what school you go to. [/li][/ul]</p>

133

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230 single-sitting (710 M, 720 CR, 800 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 700 Physics, 780 Math II, 700 Literature
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.358
[<em>]Rank: 13/401
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 - AP World Hist, 4- AP Physics B, 5 - AP Calc AB, 5 - AP Eng. Comp., 3 - APUSH
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good, but not outstanding or terribly unique.
[</em>]Recs: Teachers ones were pretty good. Counselor’s was so-so, since she doesn’t know me very well.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Got a stellar one from my mentor at my internship.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Internship at National Laboratory, Environmental leadership training camp with the Sierra Club, Football
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 1/2 URM, legacy
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NM
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic/Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Year-round internship at renowned National Laboratory grades 11/12, internship with school district’s web design department, math tutor at local middle school, did environmental work with the Sierra Club, Vice President of NHS, HS football grades 9/10, JV track 9th grade
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ distinction, National Hispanic Scholar
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the internships really helped. The lab complex I intern at is nationally recognized, a major component in the Manhattan project, etc. I also helped to remodel and redesign our district website as a web intern. Computers are my thing, and I really demonstrated it through my activities and essays. The legacy and half-URM status didn’t hurt, either.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Competition at MIT was EXTREMELY tough this year. I feel extraordinarily fortunate to have been accepted. Anybody who was accepted should feel that way. There were many qualified applicants for whom they simply didn’t have room. Best of luck to the rest of you.[/li][/ul]</p>

134

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2370 (M - 800, CR - 800, WR - 770)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, Chemistry - 800
[<em>]GPA: Probably around 4.6ish
[</em>]Rank: Top 5%
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 7 5’s on AP’s (counting the two physics C’s separately) [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Probably the worst of all my applications… the short essay format didn’t really work for me. I did like the poem I wrote for the “Describe the world you come from” question though =)
[</em>]Recs: One good (from physics teacher who had me for 2 years and liked me), one not-so-great (senior year history teacher since of my two humanities courses last year, one teacher retired and one course was online =/)
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Viola and piano music supplements (with a really nice rec from my piano teacher)
[</em>]Summer Activities: Governor’s School, online courses for credit, travel
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Math and physics courses at prestigious university with decent grades?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive public… MIT doesn’t like us much, but a few people are accepted every year.
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[li]Gender: F[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, chamber music, orchestra (as principal violist), musical and other community service, others that I’m too lazy to list
[</em>]Awards: Lots of state and national Science Olympiad awards, ABRSM Grade 8 Piano with Distinction, National Merit Finalist… I guess acceptance into Governor’s School counts?
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I just wasn’t too special… also, weak essays and rec.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] <em>sigh</em> I guess I’m over being waitlisted… I was fairly upset at first, mostly because it was the first decision and many people I know (including one URM who UNEQUIVOCALLY was not deserving) were accepted, but whatever… It really is random. I know many people more qualified than I am who were outright rejected, and people less qualified who were accepted. I guess I’m glad I wasn’t rejected, since the subjective aspect of my MIT application was worse than most of my other schools, so I still have some hope… Anyway, congratulations acceptees! And to those (like me) who weren’t accepted, best of luck for April 1st! =)</p>

135

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2210
[</em>]SAT II: 2380
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: N/A
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):GCE ‘A’ Levels - General Paper, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Game Theory, Project Work, Higher Chinese[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Kind of wacky.
[</em>]Recs: Two good, two average :S
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Music supplement
[</em>]Summer Activities:
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):Hmmm…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Singapore
[</em>]High School Type:
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Editorial Club, Student Council, Chinese Orchestra, Volunteerism etc
[</em>]Awards: Top-in-cohort awards, Prime Minister’s Book Prize, Defence Science scholarship
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably didn’t show enough aptitude in Science and Technology :slight_smile:
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not too surprised, and therefore not too disappointed as well. Waiting on Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Else I’ll be accepting my offer from Oxford (UK). Cheers and good luck to everyone![/ul]</p>

136

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take…
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite (twice); Superscored 36
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 760 US History, 720 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/1100 (top 2%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Euro, US History, Comp Sci A, and Eng Lang & Comp. Taking 6 more tests this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s, but taking regular English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSHSS Member, IMEA All State (Violin), AP Scholar w/Distinction… nothing too special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (1st Violin Section Leader), Violin, Urban Arts Club (Recruiter/Promoter), Movie Production Club (founder/head Editor).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Math Tutoring, Working at a grocery store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library work, volunteering at soup kitchen
[<em>] Essays: common app essay was very good, best I have written. Why NU essay was not bad either.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but proly generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: Unable to get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Industrial Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, if anything anti-hooks for being affluent and asian
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of interview, somewhat generic EC’s, Grades are a little inconsistent
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected because there were better applicants from my school. Also my EC’s are average at best. Also being “asian” makes it just about impossible to get in here.[/li] [/ul]**General Comments: Start your college search in the summer. Stay organized and also make sure you have a clear idea of what the schools are looking for. If your time and money are going to be invested in completing these apps, you might as well make it the best damn application you can. Also once you send in your applications stop worrying and focus on the other things in your life. Being paranoid and worrisome will not affect your decision. You will know your decision in time, so there’s no use in fretting over it. **</p>

137

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800 Math, 780 Reading, 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 French with Listening, 780 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (It’s really more like a 95-96%)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/620ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), World History (5), Stat (5), Calc AB (5) Chem (5), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Enviro (5), Studio Art (4), Physics (4), Euro (skipped), English Lang (skipped), French Lang (5), Micro (skipped), Macro (skipped), Psych (5), English Lit (currently taking), French Lit (currently taking), Art History (currently taking, will definitely skip)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French Lit, Linear Algebra (college), AP Art History, Mole Bio (college), Chem (college).
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Did well at Intel, never really got past AIME. Won essay contests, MVP awards for sports, published science research etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis - 2nd singles freshman year, and continued as 1st singles throughout high school. Named MVP, Captain, won state awards, etc. (I think I may have been recruited but I didn’t want to pursue tennis in college at the D1 level). Class President all four years. Editor in Chief of award-winning school literary magazine for 2 years. Established school Hispanic club, president and founder.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at NYC science labs for four years and had work published professionally. Interned at the New Yorker for a month (I have a family friend :P)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships
[<em>] Essays: No Idea. I liked them! :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but they like me! :stuck_out_tongue:
[li] Counselor Rec: No idea, but he likes me! :P</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: It went well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Legacy to Princeton and Tufts.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, my personality, and my hooks.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not exactly sure, but no one’s perfect.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Barnard, Johns Hopkins BME. Waitlisted: Tufts [/li][/ul]</p>

138

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):M – 790, W – 750, CR – 740 (Superscore)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II – 800, Chemistry – 780, U.S. History – 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (4), European History (5), Language (5), Statistics (5), Senior Year – Micro/Macroeconomics, Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very, very hard – full senior schedule with a couple of independent studying for AP tests and junior/senior level college courses at state university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NCTE Writing Award, a lot of awards in national debate and national business organizations (DECA, BPA)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NHS, State President of Business Organizations, Science Olympiad, Varsity Tennis, Debate, Band, 5 year graduate of prestigious undergraduate math program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 major internships in strategic marketing and sales, radiology, healthcare management, run own tutoring business (15 students), worked as media promotion specialist for websites and startup company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours at local organizations, religious organizations
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were each tailored to match the school’s personality. Nicely polished.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them but I expect that they were substantially well written based on my close connection to the teachers who wrote them for me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent in three additional recommendations from my NHS advisor, my college math professor, and my college chemistry professor.
[li] Interview: Really connected on the topics of computer languages. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics, Bioinformatics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public Large
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Unique combination of business with hardcore math and science? I don’t know…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I sent in a video of a local news station profiling me which revealed my ability to communicate effectively… I think this helped me become remembered by Admissions.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wow! I can’t believe this. The math program definitely helped me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Vagelos LSM Program at University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins BME Program, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Minnesota, Rice; Waitlisted: None; Rejected: Stanford</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else!!!</p>

139

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
* SAT I (by section): 2220 (720 CR 710 M 790 W)
* SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 780 Literature, 760 Chemistry
* ACT: 33 (31 M 32 S 33 R 34 E)
* APs: All 5s: World History, U.S. Government, English Language, Chemistry
* IBs: None
* GPA: 3.8 unweighted
* Rank: 10 of about 450
* Other stats: National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Piano lessons for 9 years, French exchange (host and guest), national honor society volunteering/organizing, volunteering at a nursing home 2 summers, leadership camp, science camp, book club 3 years, classic films club (vp and co-founder)

  • Job/Work Experience: Babysitting 5 years
  • Essays (subject and responses): None were that good, at all. I also probably made them uncomfortable by being too personal with my “greatest challenge” essay.
  • Teacher Recs: I read the one from my Ancient Greek teacher…very, very flattering. I got the other from a math teacher who wrote a nice recommendation for me for a summer program; so I’d guess it was good as well.
  • Counselor Rec: He doesn’t know me well, but quite possibly pretended he did.
  • Applied early and deferred? Yes.
  • Hook (if any): Underrepresentedish region (Midwest)
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Missouri

  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, most go to community or technical college
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: F
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
I definitely did not expect to get in. Especially because I had an awkward interview. This was my only rejection, but just because I didn’t apply to many uber-selective schools.
Accepted to Penn State Honors College, McGill University, Barnard College, and some crappy backups.</p>

140

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1490/2230 (760-M 730-CR, 740-W)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 790, physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish upward trend
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lang:3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs, Latin, internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars : Varsity sport, therapy dog, in a few clubs, held a few jobs etc. Not much leadership though and not anything too special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a bike shop and at an ice cream shop, shadowing a doctor right now
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: therapy dog, community garden stuff, <100 hours
[</em>] Essays: did them quick. Tried to show who I was rather then tell, not my strongest point
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Assuming it was ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: Alumni Interview went great.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Interview, upward trend in grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays, no spectacular ecs or awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing that stood out as very special (major awards, contests, ecs)
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>