Official 2015 RD results thread

marciemi · March 14, 2011, 11:09pm

Posting for my son who doesn’t have a CC account:

Decision: Deferred > Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 math, 32 science, 31 English, 32 reading
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 4.04
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 of 438
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc (5), Chem (5), APUSH (3), 4 more this year
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: College Calc 2, Differential Equations, Honors Band, 4 AP’s
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Drum Major, Chemistry Club President, Math Team All Area & President, NHS Officer, Assistant Track Coach, Plays, Musicals, Track, Cross-Country, Mock Trial
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] 150+ hours of community service[/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: Chemical or Nuclear Engineering
[] 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: Went great - nearly 2 hours
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Sept 2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NROTC [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: SO EXCITED!!!

Communist101 · March 14, 2011, 11:15pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown):Did not submit , but got a 2270
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):35 - 36 W 36 R 33 S 34 M
[] SAT II: 800 Chem 800 Math II 750 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, but around 4.6 weighted
[] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/170 ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 7- 5’s taking 5 this year

[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Calc 3, Physics B, AP English, AP Euro
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 4? 5?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Siemens Semifinalist, Winner of an international piano competition, played piano at Carnegie Hall, solo piano with two orchestras[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Piano, cello, debate (state qualifier), swimming (state qualifier), academic challenge (state qualifier team)
[] Job/Work Experience:Math Tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Piano community charity performances, taught at rural middle school in China[/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: Photography. Probably a 8/10[/li][] Department at MIT: Biochem
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Forgot this one.
[] World You Come From: About my parents from communist China.
[] Significant Challenge: Being shy/social awkward and joining the debate team and succeeding in speaking and eventually winning at debate tournaments.
[] Other:[/ul] I also wrote about how I work very well in teams, from swim team, academic challenge, debate, etc.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she knows me pretty well from my awards & interactions with her.
[] Additional Rec: Piano Teacher
[] Interview: Went great, but was interrogated for a while on everything. I was almost scared in fact.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Submitted piano recording. In fact, I got a personal response from an MIT senior professor commending me and wanting me to come to MIT. I think this was a major factor in my admission.

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/1? or 12/31, pretty late I think
[] State (if domestic applicant):OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN CHINESE!
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Science research (Siemens semi), music awards

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, major awards, test scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: I only took 2 years of Spanish due to conflicts with AP classes. ASIAN MALE OMG ■■■.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Perhaps because of my major awards/science research as well as strong piano stuff. Besides my science and music I guess I was well rounded and accomplished in everything else, although I consider my self skewed towards my two more important activities. I think the MIT professor recommendation on my behalf on my piano was a great factor.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]Submit earlier. I almost didn’t apply since I thought my interview was bad, although I thought it went pretty well except for a few areas. 
Cant think of anything other.

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

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!!! Condolences to those who didn’t. You guys will end up somewhere great!

I actually can’t believe I got in! With so much high competition I did not really know what to expect!

I almost did not apply to MIT. I’m glad I did.

zzjaszz · March 14, 2011, 11:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36/36/33/34)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, Chem, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 in AP Chem, BC Calc
[] IB (place score in parentheses): dunno yet
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Phys C, IB History HL, IB Lit HL, IB French HL, Topics in Adv Math (AP+)
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: a lot
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel Semifinalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Red Cross Youth Council President, Sax Quartet Leader/Founder, School Newspaper Chief Editor, Math Team, and more too lazy to list
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Takasago Corp USA, private tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] red cross, camp sunshine, math comps, some other ones here and there[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):great (don’t want to list subjects)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: amazing
[] Counselor Rec: amazing
[] Additional Rec: amazing
[] Interview: went well
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul] none[/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: mid december
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: <60000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Intel, Grades, Course Rigor, Recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: Activities, some sections of the ACT, no SAT I, international
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: research projects & good essays
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] be a little more involved in other activities, but I guess I really focused on the ones I did have.

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So happy right now! :DDD

somekid55 · March 14, 2011, 11:32pm

Decision: Deferred => Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M, 800 W, 680 CR (2230)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 M, 800 W, 680 CR (2280)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (36 M, 26 English, idk the rest… did not submit)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.40
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/550
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc BC, 5 Bio, 4 Chem, 4 APUSH
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Civics, Regular English (I thought it would be easy… I was sorely mistaken, I suck at reading), AP Spanish 6, AP Russian 6, AP Physics B (school does not offer C, sadly), Research Project, Calc III at local university
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2 others? I personally think I was strongest. But our school hasnt gotten a kid in for 15 yrs.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 on the AIME? does that count? lol[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team, 250+ Community Service Hrs, Tutoring, Rec sports (baseball + basketball)… nothing leadership, I guess you might say I am lacking ECs
[] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hrs over past 3 yrs[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): I don’t remember how they were. My mom read them and said they were good. lol. but I did them the night before EA apps were due. probably not a smart move but its how i operate.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great. Got to read it, and it showed I was unique. it was not at all critical
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Very good, but may have been shaky, did not read. He told me he would place me in the top 5% of students he has worked with, but not 1%… which is accurate I’m sure. He graduated from Stanford, so of course he’d do that, haha.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic. Called me the best student she’s ever seen academically (she used to work at a worse HS)
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Lasted a half hour. Not sure if that’s good or bad, but it felt fine to me. It was my first one, so I was kinda nervous, but it wasn’t what hurt me.
[li] Art Supplement: None[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Last day
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Basically strong test scores and math background. Which is why I got deferred rather than rejected outright.
[] Weaknesses: Not at all a standout in the MIT applicant pool. I think I have the intelligence to get in, I just didn’t show as extraordinary or unique on my application.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think MIT deferring me was basically their way of saying “You’re a pretty smart kid. So it would be insulting to reject you outright. But you really have nothing else besides your test scores.”
[] What would you have done differently?: Absolutely nothing. I have no regrets, I loved high school. I think that doing things for the sole purpose of getting into some great college is silly; I did what I wanted in my life because I wanted to, not because of psycho parents pushing me into it or something. I guess I didn’t really try to stand out, I just tried to be myself on the application, and as far as getting in that wasn’t the best approach. [/ul]

Other Factors: My midyear grades kinda sucked. lol. i caught senioritis a quarter too early id say.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m happy for everyone who got in: you guys will have a great time.

For those of you who did not, it’s not the school that makes a difference on who you are going to be. It’s you. Someone can go to MIT and be miserable with their life, just like someone can drop out of high school and love their life. I’m glad MIT decided to reject me; they know their school better than I do, and I trust that they rejected me because MIT was just not the right fit for me; not because I’m not a good enough person or something. So if you got rejected, you can be upset, but don’t be a baby about it, because it was for a good reason I’m sure… even if that reason was not enough space in the class.

For those curious, I have options at either Notre Dame (no scholarship, decent aid) or at RPI or Villanova on pretty nice scholarships (about half-tuition). Still waiting on Columbia, Penn, and Cornell, but I don’t expect to get in to any of those.

To all the crazy, obsessive people on this website… please RELAX =) you will be fine.

LovelyBones · March 14, 2011, 11:38pm

LOL at the first post… only the MIT forum would figure out how to put the code without needing to put the spaces…

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690CR, 730M, 750W (Composite: 2170)
[] SAT II: Math II - 620, 740 (retaken); US History - 670, 710 (retaken); Literature - 590, 700 (retaken); Biology M - 680; Biology E - 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.976
[] Weighted GPA: 4.47
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of ~300
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Modern World History - 4; Biology - 4; US History - 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Literature, AP US Government and Politics, Physics
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0 < x < 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca-Cola Scholar Semifinalist; QuestBridge National College Match Finalist; NCWiT Aspirations in Computing National Runner-Up/Bay Area Affiliate Winner[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of 3 school clubs (one of which I co-founded), Team Captain of Mock Trial team, Editor-in-chief of school publication, Youth Media Journalist of an online blog
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at local tutoring company (similar to Sylvan)[/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 8
[] World You Come From: 7
[] Significant Challenge: 9
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10
[] Counselor Rec: 8
[] Additional Rec: Did not read
[] Interview: 6-7
[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public, rarely sends kids to Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, GPA, weird scientific obsessions
[] Weaknesses: standardized test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I honestly didn’t think I was as smart or as brilliant enough as the rest of the MIT applicant pool.
[] What would you have done differently?: I should have worked on my app sooner and apply EA (I applied everywhere RD)[/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Accepted at MIT and The Farm, waitlisted at Caltech. I seriously thought I had NO chance at MIT, considering my stats are low compared to other stellar CCers, and I wasn’t USAMO, USABO or anything–but I guess they were able to see my scientific passion in spite of that! My advice for future applicants is, no matter what anyone else says, even of the odds are against you, REACH FOR YOUR DREAMS AND APPLY ANYWAY! If you’ve got the scientific passion, go for it! You’ll never know what happens.

acetycholine · March 14, 2011, 11:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Not going to be super specific for anonymity but whatever who cares:

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350: M 780 R 800 W 770
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Final time, only sent one
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Physics 780 Bio 790 MathII 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio 5, US History 5, BC Calc 5/4, English Lit 4, US Gov 5, Comp prog. A 4 and a couple unreported 3’s (didn’t really study for any of them)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): IB HL Spanish 6
[] Senior Year Course Load: Six IB classes; finished all hard stuff in junior year tho
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Dunno, 30?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] wrote a good bio paper but missed the deadline[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Haha these I can say were stellar. Generally: Started serious nonprofit organization/science social entrepreneurship company with accompanying awards, NHS prez; high leadership in student government; Newspaper editor in chief; Top leadership in numerous other community service activities dating back 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Very serious scientific research position; co authored several papers
[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):
[] What You Do For Pleasure: cooking and making others feel welcome/happy 7
[] Department at MIT: biology and stem cell research, ties into my current work with stem cells 7
[] Personality trait?: company and effective innovative leadership, also talks about having fun with friends 10
[] World You Come From:allegedly very touching about sibling relationship in separating divorce, came from the depths of my heart : ) 10
[] Significant Challenge: similar thing about balancing life in working single parent household 10
[] Other: The final supplement was about the company which I used for other schools as well 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: MIT Alumni teacher for 3 semesters; hinted it was amazing
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Teacher for 4 semesters and major extracurric sponsor; probably awesome as well
[] Counselor Rec: Generic although she’s really nice
[] Additional Rec: From PI at lab; probably amazing
[] Interview: Amazing; we talked about the company and the stem cell research; said he was very impressed and that he was sure I would do great things
[li] Art Supplement:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late
[] State (if domestic applicant): Urban hyper competitive area
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] nothing besides what has been mentioned

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars, recs and interview, essays, personality
[] Weaknesses: freshman and sophomore grades; ap scores?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nice cohesive application with unusual extracurriculars/sense of social justice
[] What would you have done differently?: not worry as much : P [/ul]

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **Well, as advice for people (of similar mentality as myself as a junior), trawling pages and pages of these for their dream schools at 1AM, dreaming about the feeling of being accepted to -----, it’s all about being genuine. I have been asked to critique many college essays and applications, and it is very very obvious when someone is trying to be what they think adcoms would like, trying to fake passion, trying to mimic others or come up with a gigantic list of leadership positions such as president of [whatever nice sounding club that doesn’t actually do anything]. That’s not cool, nor fair to others who actually do stuff. Applications should have a wholesome feeling, to portray fluidly the different interlocking aspects of a person. Only when you support and pursue the passion for quantum physics that you claim to have can your application be believable. And finally, what’s better than inheriting an empire is creating one. Think about what you’re good at and try to channel your talents into helping out those less fortunate. And get your friends to help, inspire classmates along the way, and soon you’ll be a great person and/or admitted to -------

mjdonaldson · March 14, 2011, 11:45pm

Decision: Deferred –> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M 800 CR 750 W
[] SAT I superscore: 2320
[] SAT II: 780 Literature 780 Physics 780 Math II 750 US History 710 Latin
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Weighted GPA: 4.144
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/229
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Calculus AB, English Language, US History; 3 on Physics C Mechanics
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer science (2 days/week) Marching band (3 days/week), AP Bio, Honors Latin 4, AP Euro, AP English Lit, AP Chem, no lunch period
[li] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): theater tech crew (head of crew), marching band (section leader), school newspaper (feature editor), girl scout (ambassador)
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at science center (6th grade - present) Girl scout (kindergarten-present)[/ul]

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: “I crochet dolls that look like characters from video games” [/li][] Department at MIT: bioengineering
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: build stuff for theater tech crew
[] World You Come From: “my friends push me to succeed”
[] Significant Challenge: Mock Trial semifinals being placed on the musical’s opening night
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: pretty bad I think, he’s the only guy who ever gave me a B and I don’t think he liked me very much, but he was the only math teacher I’ve had
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: probably fantastic, my latin teacher loves me
[] Counselor Rec: not so sure but I think pretty good
[] Interview: SO good; my EC and I connected on a deep personal level and were BFFs at the end of our hour[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Oct. 30
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] School Type: smallish public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >100k / year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: interview and essays
[] Weaknesses: my B in math (for two years, both from same teacher) and my friend from school also applying, who had more leadership and no B
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays and interview
[] What would you have done differently?: tried harder sophomore and junior year for an A in math, taken AP chem last year instead of this year[/ul]

shineegirl · March 14, 2011, 11:49pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (740CR, 800M, 780W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E, 35M, 35W, 30S, 8essay)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parentheses): no AP
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Spanish SL (6), Math SL (6), IB Diploma Candidate
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 (at college), full IB courseload with some fun classes thrown in
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (President), NHS (Secretary of points), FTC Team (Captain of an all-girl team), Tennis Team 4 years (2 years varsity), Dance Club, Piano in childhood, some other stuff. Nothing super special.
[] Job/Work Experience: Old Navy, Summer Internship (comp. sci), Babysitter, Tutor, Piano Teacher
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life Team Captain, Key Club 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: My obession with Korean stuff (7)[/li][] Department at MIT: Comp. Engineering, but still undecided (5)
[] Attribute of your personality that you’re most proud of?: Dance club, overcoming shyness (9/10)
[] World You Come From: Wrote about parents (7/8)
[] Significant Challenge: Tennis team (6/7)
[] Other: Talked about FTC (sent this in later), (8) [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math teacher- excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher- never read but I think it was good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty generic but decent
[] Additional Rec: Engineering teacher (sent later), pretty good
[] Interview: Went well
[] Art Supplement: none [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Sometime early december?
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, doesn’t send many to very top schools each year (0-2)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Talked to the tennis coach?[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my personality really shined through on this app
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of female engineering, tennis player, and personality? Honestly, I’m shocked.
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing :)[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Miracles do happen

moodragonx · March 15, 2011, 12:10am

Deferred —****-> Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2190 - 720 Math, 730 Writing, 740 CR
[]SAT II: 790 Math, 800 Chem, 670 Bio (didn’t send)
[]ACT: 33
[]GPA: 5.13 Weighted, 3.9 UW
[]Rank: 2/396
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Only AP exams, didn’t take any other tests:
Chem - 5
US History - 4
World History - 4
Psychology - 5
Calc BC/AB subscore - 5/5
English Language and Composition - 4
Environmental Science - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Meh. I dunno. I’ve always been a fairly poor writer. I don’t feel like my essays were any big deal to be honest. But I can’t say for sure.
[]Teacher Recs: Good I hope. None of my teachers hated me (as far as I can tell) and there wasn’t any clear sign that any of the recommendations were bad. I’m fairly certain they were the same boring recommendations everyone gets that never helps to really make you stand apart from anyone else.
[]Counselor Rec: (see above: Teacher Recs)
[]Supplementary Material: I sent in a recommendation from one of the professors at Summer Science Program (SSP) - NM 2010
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NC
[]High School Type: Average-slightly below average Public High School
[]Ethnicity: Bengali
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Meh. Not nearly as good as many people but I don’t think it was a huge weakness. Or at least I hope it wasn’t.
[]Awards: I listed a few minor ones in my app but nothing groundbreaking to speak off (nothing National)
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Kind of depressing but I’ll get over it. MIT was my #1 choice for the most part but I’m not going to breakdown over not getting in.[/ul]

aishaf · March 15, 2011, 12:11am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (800M 710W 700CR)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (36M, 34R 34E 32S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): (36M 34R 36E 33S)
[] SAT II: Math2 760 Biology E 750 Chemistry 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5) Chemistry (4) Biology (4) Eng Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: World of Media (English), AP Physics B, Diff. Eq./Linear Algebra(community college), Spanish 8, Pop Culture/Sociology, AP American Gov, AP Economics, Orchestra
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 5 or 6 maybe?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): math team competitions? BAMO?[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Leadership (Class treasurer), 2 Orchestras, Volleyball, Math Team
[] Job/Work Experience: office work for a small business, city accounting office
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteering, key club[/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 Yoga (9)[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 7, talked about my fascination with biological systems (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: this was one of the questions? I don’t remember…
[] World You Come From: about how my parents and the musicality of my family has helped me to love numbers and problem solving (8)
[] Significant Challenge:Talked about racism and race and how they’ve helped me grow(9)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 12th Grade AP Physics teacher. Didn’t see it, but I think he likes me…
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: a math teacher I had for two years, MIT Alum, LOVES me. I read the rec and it was glowing.
[] Counselor Rec: idk, my school is pretty big…
[] Additional Rec: my english teacher. didn’t see it.
[] Interview: started out a little rocky, but it went really long and we had really interesting conversations about curing aids and biology
[] Art Supplement: should have, but I didn’t[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: day before the deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: VERY large public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed (Japanese, Philippine, Italian, Iranian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: diverse interests, diverse races, essays
[] Weaknesses: test scores (AP/SAT II), no research or awards, not completely sure what I wanna study.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I definitely couldn’t catch up with a lot of the applicants research/experience-wise but I’m guessing they saw some sort of potential?
[] What would you have done differently?:I definitely would have done some educational summer programs or tried to find research opportunities.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m pretty happy that I even got waitlisted. I was definitely expecting a rejection like I got from Caltech. I just hope they let in a lot of the waitlist this year!

gusandbilly · March 15, 2011, 12:18am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2100
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2130 (M770, CR700, W660)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II:800 MII, 720 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
[] Weighted GPA: -
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):16/586
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):Math SL 7, Chem SL 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):DECA Nationals[/li]
Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):DECA (VP), Class President (Raised $12,000), MUN (VP), Eagle Scout, Soccer, ACE Engineering, Washington Aerospace Scholars
[] Job/Work Experience:Microsoft
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] EAgle Scout, Community work (200hr)[/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: 5[/li][] Department at MIT: Mech Eng (bad choice)4
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:3
[] World You Come From:5
[] Significant Challenge:5
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:9
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:9
[] Counselor Rec:Principal
[] Additional Rec: 8
[li] Interview:Very bad[/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:12/30
[] State (if domestic applicant):WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Magnet (IB)
[] Ethnicity:W
[] Gender:XY
[] Income Bracket:150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] n/a

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:GPA, EC’s
[] Weaknesses:Essay, INterview, Passion for Mech Eng, Research, SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ? Didn’t expect to get in
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] No interview, Management instead as career choice,

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good luck to everyone else

pengys · March 15, 2011, 12:23am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310; 800R 770M 740W
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry 5, European History 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, Biotech, Expository Writing, Gov
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: a lot.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award. school science/math departmental ones [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Girl Scouts, Science Bowl, Chemistry Club, 4H, Soccer Referee/coach
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at retirement home
[li] Volunteer/Community service: lots from Girl Scouts [/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: Astronomy, building telescopes [/li][] What You Do That’s Creative?: That was a question?
[] World You Come From: The future, Star Trek (seriously… I come from the future because my world is Star Trek)
[] Significant Challenge: Kayaking
[] Teacher Recommendation #1&2: Fantastic, I’m sure. Had both teachers for 2+ years, excelled in both classes (Chem and French)
[] Counselor Rec: IDEK, each counselor has to write about 100 recs, I doubt mine was super special
[li] Interview: I wore a skirt. That cinched it, for sure [/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 1/1/11
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large (2500) public, well-funded by donations, competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Female, Girl Scout, Work at retirement home [/list]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was unique. A college’s wet dream, according to my friend. Good grades and scores.
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t win many awards or take many APs
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Few, strong extracirriculars. Unique essays, good recs. [/ul][/li]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

I’m happy I got in I didn’t take many APs (although I couldn’t, really, because I wasn’t at that level) and thought that might hurt me.

Mariki · March 15, 2011, 12:26am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1910 800(M) 510(CR) 600(W)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 38
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] IOI - 2 bronze medals

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring math and informatics for 2 years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] volunteering as a guide [/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: ice-skating (9)[/li][] Department at MIT: CS (9)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: just wrote about my family (8)
[] Significant Challenge: had to learn Turkish in a short period of time (7)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: great
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[] Additional Rec: don’t know really what he wrote but it must have been strong
[] Interview: by Skype… it went well
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/31/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Georgia
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: girl+IOI
[] Weaknesses: don’t know really
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because of my strengths
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] haven’t been so nervous

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to all of you who have been accepted. I’m so overexcited still can’t believe that I’ll study in MIT :D

nadalle · March 15, 2011, 12:58am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800 M:770, W:710
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: io (M): 780; Japanese: 750; Chemistry: 800; Maths (II): 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know (My high school is in Australia)
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure… top 10%?
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Maths HL: 7; Bio HL: 7; Chem HL: 7; English SL: 6; History SL: 6; Japanese SL: 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: as above
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think I am the only one who applied. =)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] I don’t really have any… unless you count minor awards like distinctions/high distinctions in national maths/science competitions or National Merit Commended. I don’t think these small awards have anything to do with the acceptance. [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Sound/Lighting Management, Flute, Choir, Fencing
[] Job/Work Experience: I sang in a Christmas choir one summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] St John’s Ambulance, School Library and school archives[/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: I wrote about my love in reading. =) 7-8/10?[/li][] Department at MIT: Course 6- I mentioned my passion in human evolution 8/10
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I somehow don’t remember answering this question…
[] World You Come From: I talked about my childhood in Hong Kong and Australia, and how they are both a part of my identity. 8.5/10
[] Significant Challenge: I wrote about learning English after coming to Australia. 8/10
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Haven’t seen it. Should be good. =)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: same as above.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t really know her that well…
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I was pretty nervous because it was my first interview. The interview itself wasn’t great and wasn’t terrible. She asked me a list of questions (from a piece of paper on the table) and they were all pretty standard.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: I don’t really remember… late December?
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): I study in Australia as an international student, but I am actually an US citizen
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <60000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First generation

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My background and essays, I guess. I think my essays really give the admission officers a good sense of who I am and what I am into.
[] Weaknesses: No major awards or significant leadership roles
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know!! I was having lunch with a friend today while waiting for the decisions to come out. I was so scared to look at the decisions that I got my friend to do it for me. I freaked out when she went completely silent for about 30 seconds… I still can’t believe I got in!!!
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in and good luck to everyone in the next couple of weeks. =)

hopeo19 · March 15, 2011, 12:59am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230- M 700, CR 740, W 790, 2270- M 770, CR 740, W 760
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300- M 770, CR 740, W 790
[] ACT (breakdown): did not submit
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): did not submit
[] SAT II: Chem- 650, Math II- 690, US History- 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: school does not weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/65
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History - 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 4, Gov/Econ, AP Geography, AP English, Bible, Leadership, Health, Independent Study Calculus 2
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 3 years on Student Council- currently Student Body President, 4 years varsity cross country, 3 years varsity track (participating for fourth year and am a captain), school and professional theatre (8 shows), country leadership class
[] Job/Work Experience: math tutor, acting class helper
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] National Park Service volunteer, two missions trips to Thailand, church childcare[/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, how I love watching old movies with my dad[/li][] Department at MIT: 7, chemical engineering- talked about an internship with a biotech company
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: 6, is this the personality trait one? I talked about stepping outside of my comfort zone and going to Thailand and how this made me more adventurous
[] World You Come From: 7, how my friends think my familys life would make a good reality TV show, and I detailed some of our quirks
[] Significant Challenge: 8, went with the something that didnt go as planned- a stage kiss that turned into a real kiss in a drama performance and how it became a funny thing that made people excited to see the show
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9, math teacher for three years
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8, US History and gov/econ teacher
[] Counselor Rec: 10, Ive seen it and it was very nice
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: did one in October and it went pretty well, connected with the woman 
[] Art Supplement:[/list] did not submit

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Early Action (day of that deadline) and was deferred
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small private religious
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays and recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, school doesnt have many math/science options, no research
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My weaknesses, and honestly I dont feel like Id fit in at the school.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I felt like I tried my best, but I suppose there is always room for improvement in every factor pretty much.

spursfanmom · March 15, 2011, 2:27am

Note: Posting on mom’s profile (too lazy to make my own)

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770M, 750CR, 710W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took it once
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 MII, 760 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 I think
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/297
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Chem, 5 World Hist, 4 Eng Lang, 4 USH
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track and Field (Team Captain 2 yrs), Science Club (Treasurer), Ultimate Frisbee team, Chess club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier and Burger Cook
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Vacation Bible School/Church Volunteer, Peer Tutor, Meals on Wheels Delivery, etc. they all added up to like 200 hours or something[/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: don’t remember what I wrote, probably about a 5[/li][] Department at MIT: Chem E, used examples of MIT programs I would participate in - 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: don’t remember this question
[] World You Come From: just described my family and community - 6
[] Significant Challenge: can’t remember what I wrote about
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher for 2 years, 8
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: US History and Gov’t teacher, 7
[] Counselor Rec: she had to write a lot of letter of rec, 5
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went very well, no super hard questions, 9
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: last day of course
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, about 1200 students
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] talked to track coach

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: track, EC’s and volunteering, interview, honest essays maybe
[] Weaknesses: test scores, grades, nothing completely astounding
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know how it all works, but I guess they liked something I did, the track thing probably helped
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I think some research experience would have been nice, and I could have tried harder my freshman and sophomore years, any incredible achievement would help as well

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

alfozan · March 15, 2011, 2:53am

Decision: Accepted

Country: Saudi Arabia

vivawasabi · March 15, 2011, 2:56am

Decision: Accepted
Best pi day ever…

Sent from my iPod Shuffle.

murtaza101 · March 15, 2011, 3:14am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M - 730, W - 490, CR - 480 = 1700 (first try) M - 710, W - 530, CR - 540 = 1780
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1800
[] ACT (breakdown): Not taken
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Not taken
[] SAT II: Math L2C - 750 (after 2nd try), Phy - 710, Chem - 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t remember really
[] Weighted GPA: don’t remember really
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/17 (our school has different systems, so weighting is given accordingly, our graduating class had 141 people)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Not taken
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Not taken
[] GCE A-Levels (place score in parentheses): Math - (A), Chem - (A), Physics - (A), Economics - (A), General Paper - (A) [also took IGCSEs/O-Levels with 6 As and 1 A ]
[] Senior Year Course Load: We all had mandatory courseload for everyone, so it wouldn’t make sense here.
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIS Humaid Al Mazrouei Award For Mathematics, NYUAD CW finalist. [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tutoring children for 4 years in general subjects free of charge, Model United Nations [school-level], Attended a Qur’an Recitation program in a local mosque, Trained in football [soccer] camp hosted by Al Jazira Football Club,
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Collected door-to-door donations once in affiliation with MSF, Helped out teacher after school in checking and organizing papers.[/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: Tutoring (teaching) students, [/li][] Department at MIT: Chemical Engineering, Maths
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Don’t remember this one.
[] World You Come From: I forgot most parts so in short I don’t remember this one either.
[li] Significant Challenge: Story of my life – Couldn’t apply abroad in senior year, only applied to 1 college, got a almost acceptance but was rejected in the end, struggle with parents and took gap year as such, now applying again.[/li]
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem Teacher for 2 years, 8[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Literature Teacher for 1 year (also my counselor), 7
[] Counselor Rec: She attached a separate letter along with the SSR, say about 7.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: I contacted my interviewer, but the capacity for scheduling interviews was full, so I couldn’t have one, not that I didn’t want one.
[] Art Supplement: None [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Part 1 was around 12/6, Part 2 was about 12/18
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nope
[] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $45000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hoping to be first from my entire family generation to pursue elite education abroad. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic grades, devoting my whole time for teaching
[] Weaknesses: Variety of extracurriculars, MAYBE my essays and SAT scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Can’t tell, it’s MIT.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have changed the world and create a whole new image of MIT. [/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: If you read story of my life, you’d know I’m already in a bad position, and with having endure much pain and bad times in school, a rejection from MIT was literally saddening. I was waiting all those months, trying to calm down fights in the family, and cheering everyone up, I’m heartbroken, but I’m trying to suppress my pain, since I don’t want my family to be depressed for this. I’m gonna wait for Ivy League day now, since that will be what decides my ultimate outcome.

Deadmasterr · March 15, 2011, 7:09am

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR - 560 W-590 M-720
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1870
[] SAT II: MI - 730 MII -700 CHEM- 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA:3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parentheses): None
[] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 2 (At a college), Economics, Government, Political Science (At a college), Physics, AP English Language and Literature
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] None[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Writer for city-wide teen newspaper, Human Rights Club, Attended Walks for different causes, Internship for Committee Woman, Helped children with homework at Boys Club of New York
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for local community center
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Writer for city-wide teen newspaper[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Characteristic-Inquisition (6), Attending a below average Local High School (7), Greatest Challenge: My parents disagreeing with my intended major (6), What I do for fun: Graphic design (7), Programs/Courses I’m interested in: Aerospace Engineering (7)
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Graphic Design, Programing, Web-design, Writing, Reading poetry at poetry cafe’s, Online Video Games
[] Department at MIT: Aerospace
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Graphic Design, Web-design, Poetry
[] World You Come From: Low-income poverty stricken streets of Bushwick - Brooklyn
[] Significant Challenge: Growing up in a low-income family, Parents disagreeing with intended major
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Super strong[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: AMAZINGGG
[] Counselor Rec: SUPER DUPER AMAZING
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: GREAT
[] Art Supplement:[/list] None

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Last minute
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM, First Generation, Low-income,

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations (Including EC)
[] Weaknesses: Essays, Grades,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recommendations
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing

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