Official 2015 EA results thread

HEK293 · December 17, 2010, 3:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2130 (CR 700, M 690, W 740)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2130
[] ACT (breakdown): 30 (30 R, 33 M, 30 W, 27 S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:750 Math II, 750 Biology, 730 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Biology 4, AP US History 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP English Literature, College French Course
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel 2011??, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, AP Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): RESEARCH!, science club (president), science olympiads, math team, jazz band, quizbowl, debate, varsity soccer, marathon runner
[] Job/Work Experience: spent summer after 9th grade working in an orthopedist’s office
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer for quadraplegic woman[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:Wrote about my passion for skiing (8)[/li][] Department at MIT:Wrote about my love of neurons and research (9)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:Good-Creative time management skills with quirky examples 7
[] World You Come From:pretty good 9
[] Significant Challenge:AMAZING. Spoke about research 10
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: calculus teacher recognizes my calculus skills and love of math 8
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Euro and US teacher who has witnessed my personal growth 10
[] Counselor Rec:should have been great 9
[] Additional Rec: research professor, absolutely amazing! 10
[] Interview:We connected over our interest in how things work and classical guitar 9
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White (father is Moroccan)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Research?

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: passion for math and science, research
[] Weaknesses: SAT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Professors letter of recommendation? Not really sure… still in shock.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] No regrets!!

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I am proof that MIT is not based solely on the numbers!

AHH I AM SOOO EXCITED!!! CANT WAIT TO MEET THE OTHER FELLOW '15ERS!!

Loramora · December 17, 2010, 3:09pm

Pick one:

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730 W 740 M 730 CR
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 710 US 690 Math I 770 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Chem, AP AB Calc, AP Macro
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: at least 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Commended Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (tutoring Club), lots of orchestra stuff
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: play bass in a band 9[/li][] Department at MIT: urban planning 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I actually don’t remember this one
[] World You Come From: talked about my family dinners
[] Significant Challenge: Don’t remember
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Really good!
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: She said it was good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Music teacher - Good
[] Interview: He said it was the most he had ever written for a student, but I really don’t know.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] for string bass

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31 (halloween - not fun)
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: top
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Dad’s an alum (he gives a significant amount of money every year)

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: arts
[] Weaknesses: grades, SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not that spectacular, but I am a legacy
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

I am actually pretty jazzed that I even got deferred. MIT is/was my far far reach, and I expected to get rejected so this was a big confidence boost for me. Guess we’ll see what happens now!

pseudoreal · December 17, 2010, 4:09pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 770 M, 800 CR (2370 Total)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): One sitting only.
[] SAT II: 800s on Biology, Physics and US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s in Calc BC, World Hist, Psych, US Hist, Bio, Physics B, Eng Lang
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s and ASB, basically just continuing junior year but easier because I ran out of some hard classes at my school.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I would imagine a decent number, maybe around 10 or more.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope![/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track (captain), Robotics, & School President
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring & Internship
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): I put a decent amount of work into them. I thought they were funny, substantive and revealing. I think they showed through my personality and quirks. [list]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Solid, possibly generic[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Solid
[] Counselor Rec: Solid, knew me well
[] Additional Rec: Solid from internship mentor, very nice people
[li] Interview: Went well but not fantastically amazing[/ul][/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: A few days before due date
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[li] Gender: M[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My quantitative factors were all really solid (GPA and test scores) also I had a good recommendation from my lab which I think helped. I also had a lot of leadership roles and am going to participate in varsity Track at MIT.
[] Weaknesses: I did not do any crazy competitions. I did not have much extracurricular with math and science other than robotics.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had a solid application all around. I worked very hard for this but didn’t do it just to get into college. I went through high school doing what I was interested in and having fun and as a byproduct I got into MIT!![/ul][/li]
Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Do what you like to do and do it well! Do not fall into the same boring trap of just doing things to get into college. I am so excited to probably go to MIT and can’t wait to meet my future classmates. It is a day after I found out but it has yet to sink in. I am not usually a very emotional person but I almost cried when I received admission. MIT is an amazing school and I am so so so happy right now. I just want to go study there now!

And I received so much support from all my recommendation writers. They were tremendous and I imagine that is what pushed me over the top. Make friends with your teachers! They are nice people.**

Lightning55 · December 17, 2010, 4:10pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math / 700 CR / 720 WR (2190)
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 Comp / 36 Math / 35 Science / 33 Reading / 31 English(Writing)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II / 720 Biology / 710 Physics / 710 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
[] Weighted GPA: 4.155
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9
[] AP (place score in parentheses): European History (4) ; Calc BC (5) ; Biology (5) ; U.S. History (4) ; English Lang (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Network Design and Engineering III, IV; AP U.S. Government; AP Physics B (school doesn’t offer C so I’m self-studying); Physics Labs; AP English Literature; Gifted Education Multidiscipline Seminar (exclusive course for “gifted” students only); IT Independent Study; Self-study Comp-Sci
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2-3?
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CCENT and A+ certifications ; national AP scholar[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Computer Repair Club (awesomely named SWAT); Varsity Swim; Varsity Tennis; Academic Team; Top UU Pokemon Battler (but I’m sure that hurt my application >_<)
[] Job/Work Experience: Tennis and Swim Coach for 2 years; Database organizer for local Coldwell Banker Residental Brokerage, for which my mother and I work at (she’s a real estate agent, I manage the local database)
[li] Volunteer/Community service: I’m very involved in my neighborhood community, helping set up for Christmas, Easter, and other events that we occasionally host. [/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 1-3[/li][] Department at MIT: 8
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: If this is the personality one, 6
[] World You Come From: 8
[] Significant Challenge: 4
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendations: One was okay and the other was beautiful! 5 & 9
[] Counselor Rec: 4
[] Additional Rec: (from my IT teacher) 6
[] Interview: I liked my guy. We talked a lot about possible UROPs that might help me in the fields I want to study. We were both swimmers so that was pretty cool.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10 (I think)
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: IT Magnet School (public)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese / Malaysian
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College Student; CCENT (professional networking license) and A+ (hardware and customer service) certifications[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Do I have any? I’m just the general computer techie and problem solver for our school.
[] Weaknesses: I’m a poor writer, and since there were so many essays, I had trouble fitting important details into my essays.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Pokemon…
[] What would you have done differently?: Not mentioned pokemon and probably submitted a short piano piece I composed earlier this year.[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I feel sad and disappointed. MIT was my definite first choice and I’d still do anything to get in.

ugaboga232 · December 17, 2010, 6:37pm

Deferred:

2310 Sat (730 Writing), 800, 790, 780, 760 on Sat 2’s (800 was on bio, 780 on math 2). 8 AP’s (National AP Scholar), Good Recs, 1st author on research paper, Top 50 school, Mid-Atlantic, Caucasian Male, 2X Usabo Semifinalist, Some School awards (cum laude), NMCS, some clubs and random sports, essays might have needed some work. No Rank or GPA at school, Though I only had 3ish b’s, rest A’s of some sort (so A average just about). Super tough courseload.

Oh well, hope there is better news in March. MIT is my number 1 by far.

firevswater · December 17, 2010, 6:47pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2100 - 630 CR, 770 M, 710 WR
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 31 didn’t send
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Weighted GPA: 4.25/5.0 (moved from other country… gpa got screwed up a bit)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):79/696
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chinese (5), Stats (5), Computer Sci A (4), USHistory (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:5 AP’s including three AP sciences
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3 i think?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] ummm not really. qualified for AIME if that counts…[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FIRST Robotics (secretary), Mu alpha theta (VP), NHS (officer), FBLA, Church youth fellowship
[] Job/Work Experience: teaching english in China
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 9 wrote about solving rubik’s cube[/li][] Department at MIT: 9 wrote about mech e
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: ??? did we have this essay?! well for the personality one i wrote about curiosity 9
[] World You Come From: 7 nothing special
[] Significant Challenge: 7 wrote about immigration
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, but should be great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, but should be great
[] Counselor Rec: good i guess? she knows me, but our school is big…
[] Additional Rec: from WTP director, pretty sure it’s awesome
[] Interview: good? but nothing special
[] Art Supplement:[/list] sent in a photography portfolio

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/28
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] WTP-ME at MIT

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i think my essays really showed my personality, and attending WTP definitely helped a lot!
[] Weaknesses: SAT and GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good match?
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I feel really thankful after seeing everyone else’s stats… CONGRATS to everyone who got in! Good luck to those who are deferred! To those who are rejected, I’m sure you all will get into other great schools! For future applicants: don’t stress over SAT’s… scores are definitely not everything, it is who you are that really matters

nantux · December 17, 2010, 8:05pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 36M 36E 36S 32R 9E
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 MII 800 Chem 770 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Weighted GPA: 4.61
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 BC 5 Chem 4 Phys B 4 APUSH 4 AP Gov
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariate, AP Bio AP Phys C AP Comp AP Span AP Stats AP Econ
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Siemens National Finalist, We the People National Qualifier, Top 20 DECA @ Internationals[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate Captain, DECA Chap. Pres, Science Olympiad, started AMC testing, etc
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: [/li][] Department at MIT:
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Art Supplement:[/list]
^^^ no clue how to rate these
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Siemens Nationals… as of now, kids there are 6/6 at MIT
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Siemens
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Research
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Cant believe it lol

ARSMAD10 · December 17, 2010, 8:38pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 710CR 800M 760W
SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same
ACT (breakdown): None
ACT superscore (breakdown): None
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 730 Spanish, 780 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5), Spanish (4), US History (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): None
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish Independent Study, Economics, The Writer’s Workshop, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, Honors Multivariable Calculus, Band
Number of other EA applicants in your school: None?
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Piano, Yearbook, Varsity Soccer 4 years, Club Soccer, Varsity Baseball 4 years, Band (Oboe), Jazz Band (Piano)
Job/Work Experience: Summer General Laborer - Brush Creek Ranch
Volunteer/Community service: AYSO Assistant Soccer Coach, Church Volunteering
Writing: None
Essays: Decent
What You Do For Pleasure: Soccer, Reading, Piano
Department at MIT: Economics? Math?
World You Come From: Cuban + African-American, Same private school in Chicago for last 14 years
Significant Challenge: None
Teacher Recommendation #1: AB Calculus teacher, I never saw the letter.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Honors Spanish Literature teacher, I never saw the letter.
Counselor Recommendation: No idea.
Additional Recommendation: None
Interview: Went very well, real chill, lasted like 30 minutes
Date Submitted App: October 28?
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): None
School Type: Private - 500 students
Ethnicity: Hispanic + African-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection: SOO EXCITTTEDD
Strengths: ?
Weaknesses: ?
Why you think you were accepted: Cuz I am a beast
What would you have done differently?: Nothing.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: It has not sunk it yet.

nerdman978 · December 18, 2010, 12:32am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120: 710M 730R 680W
[] SAT II: Math 2- 650, Chem- 670, US Hist- 740
[] Weighted GPA: 4.53 out of ~4.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/~800
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Calc AB and US History, 3 on Physics B
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, English Lit, Euro, UML (umass lowell) chemistry, honors philosophy
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1, he got accepted
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, haha everyone gets this [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Alpine Skiing, Varsity Track and Field (discus), XC on the EMASS D1 champs 2009&2010 team, The Review school newspaper, Black Belt in American Kenpo Karate
[] Job/Work Experience: food concessions business since freshman year, self-employed computer repair service
[li] Volunteer/Community service: various things for NHS, volunteered at LEGO robotics summer camps at the local community college the last 5 years [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8[/li][] Department at MIT: 7
[] World You Come From: 10 (is that too bold?)
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: I’m a math/science guy, and my old english teacher wrote me a fantastic recommendation
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: decent one from my old calc teacher
[] Counselor Rec: not too bad considering I hardly know the guy
[] Additional Rec: great rec from my old UMass Lowell Biology TA
[] Interview: I thought it went extremely well
[] Art Supplement: n/a[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: the night before it was due, so October 31st
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: whiter than milk itself
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: ~90,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I can think of[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: taken a lot of courses at UMass Lowell and aced them, good recommendations, varsity captain of skiing, had a great time at my interview, and also being self-employed probably looks good
[] Weaknesses: my SAT2s sucked and my SAT scores weren’t too awesome either
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: probably my standardized test scores kept me from being accepted, so hopefully in the RD pool my other achievements will stand out, but we’ll have to wait and see
[] What would you have done differently?: not a damn thing, high school’s been a great time[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: its undergrad. Let’s be serious now, no worries to all the people who were deferred or rejected let’s stay positive and focus on our other apps

Laines28 · December 18, 2010, 1:57am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 math, 780 CR, 800 writing)
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 800 math II, 800 Bio M, 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/592
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Statistics, Latin Literature, US History, Comp Sci A, English Language, Psychology, Biology (all 5s, Latin Lit mostly self-studied)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Latin Vergil, Spanish 4 Honors
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] not too much…NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, some regional math and latin awards[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Freethought Society (founder & president), Gay-Straight Alliance (founding member), Math Club (VP), Tutoring, XC (JV, 3 years) and Track (Varsity, 4 years), Piano (11 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at Clemson University
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] unfortunately not much Relay for Life every year, did a volunteer town trash pickup one year[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: playing piano (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: physics and linguistics (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: helping & working with others (9)
[] World You Come From: how my parents encouraged me to learn (7)
[] Significant Challenge: school principal opposed to posters for Darwin Day celebration for freethought (10)
[] Other:[/ul] sending in a writing portfolio for RD
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher, Ph.D., known for 3 years, Math Club sponsor, said it was excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher, known for 3 years, awesome
[] Counselor Rec: no idea, I come from a large school & there’s not much individual attention
[] Additional Rec: from research mentor, who was an MIT Ph.D. grad
[] Interview: pretty good, lasted an hour, got along well
[] Art Supplement:[/list] thought about music, gonna send in writing now

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: sometime in mid-October, wish I had waited longer
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina (bleh)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: about 70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] not really

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: recommendations, freethought society was unique, pretty good essays
[] Weaknesses: lack of major hook, not enough volunteering
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my high school, despite being large and pretty rich, doesn’t care about academic extracurriculars…I had no idea that science olympiads and such even existed until this year
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] put a bit more time into essays, submitted portfolios

Other Factors: probably don’t stand out enough compared to other applicants
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: bleh. Congrats to admitted, good luck to deferred!

puffypoodle · December 18, 2010, 1:59am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology M, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Comp Sci (5) in 10th grade; Biology (5), Calculus BC (5), Chemistry (5) in 11th grade
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: World Literature, History, Physics (Mechanics & Electromagnetism), Organic Chemistry, Calculus, Applied Statistics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think ~10-20ish applied; 4 accepted.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Individual Regional Finalist, USABO semifinalist, USNCO semifinalist, AIME qualifier/AMC-12 School Winner (126/150), National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Various state/regional awards for Math/Science/Clarinet/Tennis, Student-Organized Orchestra/Choir (Vice President), Tennis Team (Secretary), JETS, Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, Science Research, Recycling
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 24 Card Game - 5[/li][] Department at MIT: Engineering - 1
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Dancing in a Fountain - 7
[] World You Come From: Research - 7
[] Significant Challenge: Eating Squid - 6
[] Other: N/A [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher, didn’t know me very well, but she liked my writing - 5
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Chemistry teacher, thought I was god - 8
[] Counselor Rec: Probably impersonal
[] Additional Rec: I was going to ask my research mentor, but I waited too late, so I was too embarrassed to ask.
[] Interview: He was really nice, but sort of went on a random tangent about the Sloan school.
[] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Like the day it was due lol
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Gender, numbers, awards
[] Weaknesses: Limited leadership positions, impersonal recommendations
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My application’s almost tailored to fit MIT (math/science emphasis), and I’m a girl
[] What would you have done differently?: Stopped playing Tetris Battle on Facebook lol [/ul]

Other Factors:
I go to an early entrance college program that typically sends 5-10 kids to MIT every year (out of a class size of ~200).
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Sooooo effing happy. My school, right here yo. Wish you guys the best of luck for RD <3

Penguinmaster93 · December 18, 2010, 10:31am

I guess it’s time to give back to the CC community

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): I don’t recall
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 (740/800/740)
[] ACT (breakdown): I don’t recall
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (36R/36M/35E/33S)
[] SAT II: Math II (800), Chem (770)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know it out of 4. But I have a little over a 97
[] Weighted GPA: It would be a little higher than a 98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t rank. But top 10% if I had to
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (5), Physics (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Span, Band, Research, Gym
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5? None got in
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Eh, nothing too notable[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): I had a whole bunch of music activities and your typical science olympiad activities. No leadership. Probably a downfall.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Peer tutoring, NHS, Music NHS stuff, a few other little things. Very weak here[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 7[/li][] Department at MIT: 6
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 7
[] World You Come From: 6
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher (excellent)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH teacher (very good)
[] Counselor Rec: I’m assuming it was very good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: It went well. Not stellar
[] Art Supplement:[/list] I submitted my research abstract. I made a lot of changes since then though

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: About a month before
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Not enough for financial aid so didn’t apply for it
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My grades are good, but not OMG AMAZING haha. My course load is probably pretty good. I know my character in my essays was solid, but they probably could have been written better
[] Weaknesses: A whole slew. My extracurriculars aren’t anything special. I don’t have much leadership. And my community service is lacking.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Pretty much didn’t stand out as someone super special. Maybe I’ll be able to turn it around with a glowing mid year report.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I would have changed some things in my essay, done some really awesome community service thing, and I would have had a leadership position somewhere. And cure cancer…

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Eh, it was expected. Nothing out of the ordinary. I can’t say I don’t care about it (because I love MIT), but there are evidently many better applicants. Had to share this with the CC community though. You guys are awesome.

amd716 · December 18, 2010, 11:08am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): first time -760M 710WR 660CR (2080/1420), second time - 770M 700WR 700CR (2170/1470)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 770M 710WR 700CR (2180/1470)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math 2 800, Chemistry 700, Physics 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesnt really calculate it… confusing
[] Weighted GPA: 4.07
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/410, top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 math/science APs
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math team, musical theatre, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: part-time job at a supermarket
[li] Volunteer/Community service: lots of various stuff [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: talked about music[/li][] Department at MIT: ChemE, just blabbed about my fascination with chemistry
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: wait… this was a question?
[] World You Come From: I am half asian and half white, talked about identity and how this ambiguity has helped me really look past surfaces
[] Significant Challenge: the first time I performed for an audience
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: math/science teacher, AMAZING!
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: humanities teacher, pretty decent
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know, I’m guessing it was pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I thought it went pretty well
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/18
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: asian / european
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: eh decent
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, interview, recommendations, haha anything that talked about my character and work ethic!
[] Weaknesses: Grades and scores aren’t as TOP NOTCH as they could be
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: simply just not good enough for EA
[] What would you have done differently?: absolutely nothing, I did what I can, and don’t regret one bit of high school :P[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: On the brightside, I was accepted to Northeastern’s honors program with an $80,000 Dean’s scholarship. So I have a pretty solid backup!

michaelwiggins · December 18, 2010, 1:19pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): Took twice, virtually the same, so see below.
[]SAT I superscore (breakdown): CR:700 - M:770 - W:770
[]ACT (breakdown): not applicable
[]ACT superscore (breakdown): equally not applicable
[]SAT II: Bio E: 640 - Math II - 780
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 when they saw it, that is. haha
[]Weighted GPA: 4.56 ish, took school’s only 2 AP classes, PreAp were weighted too.
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/90
[]AP (place score in parentheses): WHist Soph (5) English Lit Junior (5) Bio [self taught] Junior (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrolled: Anatomy and Physiology, Calc Physics, General Chem 1, Linear Algebra, MV Calc, Literature 1. Then some required high school classes… as far as math and sciences, top at my school, but relative to other MIT apps, not too spectacular.
[]Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0 (1 RD I think)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] ina-NADA-da-vida, lolz.[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Newspaper (Editor) 4 years, founded subsidiary of paper— NHS (president) 2 years— An environmental group, goes to a national conference to present our research so i guess it might be significant (Treasurer)
[]Job/Work Experience: Freelance Electronics Repairman. 4 years, pretty serious, not sure if that was evident though from the 40 or whatever words we got.
[li]Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteered at a Dog Shelter; it was one of my favorite activities in high school, but I’ve only been doing it for a year.[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[]Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Uhh not gunna list topics, that’s way too personal, and kinda goes beyond the already ambiguous significance of these. Don’t want people trying to gauge what type of essays will get them in.
[]What You Do For Pleasure: 7
[]Department at MIT: 6 (so short and straightforward, how do you really make this “good”?)
[]What You Do That’s Creative?: Lol guys please fix this, I just read 5 pages of people asking what the was doing here. The 1st 200 word essay is supposed to be a personal quality that you value. For me, I’d say 6
[]World You Come From: 7
[]Significant Challenge: 8
[]Teacher Recommendation #1: Supah dupah. Homeroom teacher who I had for AP lit, and volunteered with her over the summer. I’m one of her favorite students, and the rec was extremely long and well thought out.
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: Well, the teacher is a former Val/NMS/overachiever, she taught at Rice and does research there over the summer sometimes. I’m not super close to her but I know her well, and I know she would do her best to get me into MIT.
[]Counselor Rec: Again, super. Similar to the 1st Teacher Rec. Known me long, I’m one of her favorite students, former newspaper instructor who got me into writing, ultimately the reason I’ve been in Newspaper for 4 years and became editor.
[]Interview: Eeeexcellent. She told me at the end that she hadn’t interviewed anyone like me in a long time, and she really hoped I get in. Played pingpong after the interview… lol.
[li]Art Supplement:[/ul] Pfft, who needs creativity, that’s fuh L00zers. haha, I wish :[/li]
Other[ul]
[]Date Submitted App: 11/1/10. Man get this off of here, lol. Has Chris not thoroughly dispelled the rumor that date of sending the app matters? A couple people up there ^ were accepted sending it on 11/1 anyway, hahaha.
[]State (if domestic applicant): Tejas
[]Country (if international applicant): US
[]School Type: Small Public/Charter
[]Ethnicity: sour cream with a little pepper sprinkled on it.
[]Gender: XY
[]Income Bracket: Either 0 or 50,000. Dad laid off, can’t remember whether I put the info for last year or not.
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] I can juggle electrons

Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: I’m pretty far along in math, and my counselor indicated that I’ve gone very above and beyond the other kids in taking advantage of the college classes available to me (we’re an early college HS, attached to a local CC). Recs really painted a positive picture of me. Doing well on a self-studied science AP probably saved me from looking like just a liberal artsy writer kid.
[]Weaknesses: Didn’t know about AMC to take advantage of that, so maybe didn’t substantiate my math skills as well as I could have. I didn’t like a couple of my essays, no major awards or science EC’s. In fact, the EC’s I listed REALLY make me look like an artsy kid, but if you asked ANYONE at my school, they’d tell you I’m a major math and science nerd, so its kind of a bummer that wasn’t conveyed.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Hmm, just not stellar. Reading some of these shows that I’m in good company, and probably narrowly avoided a worse fate. I visited MIT and never felt more at home, so I’m convinced I’m their type. Just not sure how to show it, but I’ll try to write a supplemental essay to them for RD.
[]What would you have done differently?:[/ul] On my app? Realized that I had no chance at an A in physics and just spent more time on my MIT essays. In High school? Well me and my friends tried founding science clubs, but never had enough interest, so I know improved that would have been out of the question. I wish I’d jumped ahead earlier in math, and that I’d done the AMC at least last year. Otherwise, I’m content. If they like me, then daz was up

Other Factors: MIT 4 LYFE
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats guys. I saw some really good people get accepted, and not just people who were good by objective measures, which is what I really love about MIT. If I get in RD I’ll be happy as hell, but for some reason I just have this intense admiration for the place no matter what happens. If I get turned down and am lucky enough to go to BU, maybe I can make some friends across the river and chill on campus, hahaha.

jaredk · December 18, 2010, 1:39pm

Decision: Deferred EA

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 760 math, 650 reading, 730 writing

SAT IIs: 760 chemistry, 710 math II
ACT:
APs: 4 world history, 5 psychology, 5 us history, 4 chemistry, 4 language
IBs:
GPA (UW, W): 3.9, 4.6
Rank: 3/370
Other stats:
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: I don’t remember what I put on, but here’s some stuff…NHS (secretary), SNHS, mu alpha theta math club (secretary/treasurer), academic games club (VP, participated all four years), volunteered at library, various volunteering around school, Share-A-Pet at elderly home with my dog, People to People student ambassador, Chinese club, website maintenance on Zybez.net

Job/Work Experience: internship with Hazen & Sawyer (environmental engineering firm)
Essays (subject and responses):
They were pretty funny so I thought they would stick in minds. They weren’t proofread by my English teacher though.
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: didn’t see
Applied on (EA?): pretty early
Hook (if any): …jewish?
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

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

School Type: 1800 student public. We’re an A school this year, but we don’t send many kids out of state or to great universities.
Ethnicity: Caucasian (and Other - white South African)
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: meh…I never really became intimate with MIT if you know what I mean. I mostly applied because it’s MIT and if I got in, I’d go. At least I get another crack at it.

whitefang3927 · December 18, 2010, 3:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800M/800CR/750W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2350
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36M/36S/36E/36R)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 780 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 95th
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics C: Mech, English Lit & Comp, US Gov, Stats, Calc BC, Chem, US History (all 5s)
[] Senior Year Course Load: fairly light, but doing Calc 3 and Physics C: E&M (independent study)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4 ~ 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh, lot of small math ones, USNCO regional 2nd place, USPhO semifinalist, AIME qualifier (also top 1% of AMC scorers), USAMTS honorable mention[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta (vp), math tutoring, Key Club, school newspaper (columnist)
[] Job/Work Experience: Junior counselor for summer math camp
[li] Volunteer/Community service: math tutoring, TA for algebra class[/li][/ul]

Writing:[ul]
[] Essays[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: random list of things I like to do (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: math (8)
[] Personality trait: curiosity/nonconformity? (8)
[] World You Come From: math community (9)
[] Significant Challenge: math camp (8)
[] Other: immigration/books (8)[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: she loved me and believed I was brilliant
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: not extremely enthusiastic, but should be solid
[] Counselor Rec: she doesn’t know me that well, but we had to provide lots of info in an “interview packet” earlier in the year
[] Interview: it was…okay? nothing very interesting.
[li] Art Supplement: nope. Did send in a stats project abstract, though[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Oct 28
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] School Type: Public, 2000~ kids, fairly competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: somewhere in 90,000 range?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in math[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: sustained interest in math
[] Weaknesses: probably a bit one-sided
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: math/science + girl
[] What would you have done differently?: apparently not that much [/ul]

Other Factors: went to the Ross Math camp, went back as junior counselor the next summer. alumni are getting into fairly good places (a fair amount to MIT, too )
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck for the RD-ers!

Leibnitz · December 19, 2010, 1:04am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M 690 CR 670 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2100
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 M 33 S 33 E 32 R
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry , 790 MathIIc , 740 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.0+
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/837
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Chemistry (5) , Spanish Language (4) , English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, US Gov Honors, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1, Myself.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel Finalist, Math Fair Participant, Hispanic Achievement Award, National Scholar(s) Programs, AP Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cycling Team Captain), 10 year Black Belt Martial Arts, Science Olympiad, Arista, (Chess Club)
[] Job/Work Experience: Helper in public library, Restaurant Employee during the summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] YMCA Aid, Tutoring[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Do Not Recall; 10
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Learning, Creating Thought Experiments, Compsoing and Listening to Classical Music, Reading and Writing (wrote my own novel), using my telescope
[] Department at MIT: Physics / Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Junior Astronomy, Cycling, Thinking Uniquely
[] World You Come From: Not easy, Spanish.
[] Significant Challenge: Discrimination, Financial Hardship
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher: Amazing; the best I’ve ever seen. 10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Spanish Teacher: Do Not Know. ?
[] Counselor Rec: 9
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Excellent! This is what clinched it, I believe. I astounded my interview with my vast knwoledge of advanced math, calculus, astronomy and wordly subjects. I demonstrated my disdain for contemporary education, and emphasized the importance of learning for true understanding and personal nirvana. A very speical and unique interview it was, defintiely. Same with my essays.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] N/A

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Do not Know.
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lower End
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] My scores and grades to an extent.
Importantly: First Generation College Student, Comes from Rough Background, Personality, Essays, Rank. Most Importantly: INTERVIEW!!!

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Rank, Essay and Interview
[] Weaknesses: SAT Scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My personality and demeanor reflected a belief that we must go beyond the scores if we are to perfect education. It’s about learning, not the dreaded number that goes with it.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Absolutely Nothing.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: 
I’m so happy. I feel like I really deserved it, yet I realized that I was lucky, as we all are. Good luck to the deferred applicants.

<hr>

smilesocks16 · December 19, 2010, 11:51pm

pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2250: M-770, CR-740, W-740
SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 740 Latin- 770
ACT: composite score: 35
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Physics, Advanced Topics in Mathematics (Number Theory), Advanced Latin: Virgil, Poetry, AP Music Theory
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nada

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Yearbook (editor in chief ), Discipline Committee
Job/Work Experience: phone operator for school’s development office, paid internship at a chemical biology lab at the Broad Institute
Volunteer/Community service: nope

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: 7
Department at MIT: 6
What You Do That’s Creative?: ??
World You Come From: 8
Significant Challenge: 8
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1:
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: 7
Supplement:10
poster presentation of research

Other
Date Submitted App: October 31st
State (if domestic applicant):MA
School Type: independent
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
first generation on dad’s side, and also Jewish

Reflection
Strengths: internship at the Broad Institute must have helped
Weaknesses: my writing was boring as hell
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a female math-geek who worked at the Broad… and I was most likely charming in my interview.
What would you have done differently?: well… I got accepted… so… nothing :)

roc1020 · December 21, 2010, 12:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2390: M-800, CR-800, W-790
SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, Chemistry - 800
ACT: composite score: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9th out of ~350
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology 2 HL, IB Mathematics 4 HL, IB Mathematics FL, IB English 2 HL, IB TOK, IB Spanish 2 HL, American Government (grad requirement), Organic Chemistry Semesters 1 and 2 at a local Community College
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 6
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
2010 USNCO Finalist (Top 20); attended USAFA Chemistry Camp in June 2010
2009 National Science Bowl Winning Team; On the team that got second place in 2010 and 2008
Represented the US at the 2009 International Science School, Sydney, Australia
I don’t know if the ISS or Science Bowl is really a hook, but I’m decently sure that the USNCO is.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Bowl (Co-Captain), Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad, PESC (President/Founder of a club I created to mentor students in science for competitions at our school), Vocal Indian Singing (for 5 years)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local hospitals for ~200 hours

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: 7 - reading Wikipedia for fun
Department at MIT: 7 - talked about Walter Lewin and the Physics Dept.
What You Do That’s Creative?: ???
World You Come From: 8 - Reading textbooks in science
Significant Challenge: 8 - USNCO Chemistry Camp
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9-10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 7-8
Counselor Rec: ? (maybe 7?)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 9-10
Supplement: N/A

Other
Date Submitted App: October 24th
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >200k /yr
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Nope

Reflection
Strengths: I’m guessing that the USNCO camper thing might have gotten me in
Weaknesses: my writing wasn’t that great, the subjects were kinda lame but I wrote creatively
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably USNCO, maybe ISS or Science Bowl
What would you have done differently?: I would have tried to get into the IChO last year, but I didn’t make it there.

pianoman429 · December 24, 2010, 8:06am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 660CR, 760 W
[] SAT I superscore: 2220
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.27/5.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/601
[] AP (place score in parentheses): History(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none (never even heard of these before cc) [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): piano since i was 4, a bunch of theatre and choral stuff, jv soccer and tennis, school community service clubs, chem and physics clubs, science league
[] Job/Work Experience: Six Flags Great Adventure
[li] Volunteer/Community service: piano at church, school community service organizations[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): (i really liked them but maybe i’m biased lol)[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 9 (Piano)[/li][] Department at MIT: 10 (EECS)
[] Personal Trait: 8 (creativity/inventiveness)
[] World You Come From: 9 (hard to explain)
[] Significant Challenge: 9 (dealing with stereotypes against guys in plays, chorus, etc)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Computer Science: should be really good, by far her best student, always tells me how i remind her of a boy who went to princeton
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History: no idea?
[] Counselor Rec: she loves me, said it was kick-ass lol
[] Additional Rec: research mentor who went to MIT
[] Interview: pretty good (lasted over 1.5 hours)
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/29
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 100-120k /yr
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none [/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: well rounded, good essays, very math/science oriented personality?
[] Weaknesses: low CR score, no hooks?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: lack of major awards or spectacular extracurriculars?
[] What would you have done differently?: study for SATs? (just retook in December and got a 1590/2350!)[/ul]

Other Factors: attended the NJ governor’s school of engineering and technology
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: bleh. i’ve wanted to go to MIT forever, always thought i was a perfect fit, but maybe not. i guess i still have another shot, and i got a full ride to Rutgers so I have a nice backup. congrats to everyone who got in early!

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