Official 2015 RD results thread

Hopette · March 20, 2011, 7:32pm

Decision: Deferred –> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):35
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Bio, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1st
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC, Euro History, Literature, Language, Biology: All 5s
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: (Throughout the year)Micro/Macro Economics, Spanish, Diff. Eq., Advanced Calculus, Abstract Algebra, English, Band, Pottery
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Maybe 1 other?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special, just NMF and AP Scholar with Honor[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of Student Council and NHS, Varsity Track and Cross Country, Research
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time sports reporter
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer at local library, Recycle Center[/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: Reading/Writing 8[/li][] Department at MIT: EECS 7
[] Favorite Personality Trait: Tenacity 4
[] World You Come From: I wrote about my dad 7
[] Significant Challenge: How I love running, but I’ve never been a great runner 9
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent – Calc teacher
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:Probably ok – Literature teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent! I think my counselor really likes me.
[] Additional Rec: From my research advisor. It was amazing, IMO
[] Interview: Somewhere between so-so and bad. My interviewer was really nice, but I felt like I didn’t really say everything I wanted to.
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late October
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Maybe research, but a lot of people do research. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My GPA, Strong Math Background, Research
[] Weaknesses: My interview wasn’t great, and my essays felt like they were clipped.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not really sure. I felt like I could have gone either way really.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would have had my interview at MIT after my interviews elsewhere. I felt more comfortable during my second interview because I was more relaxed.[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to all who were accepted! I’m looking forward to meeting you all at CPW

donquixote · March 21, 2011, 12:33am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR-790M-800W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (Not including midyear report)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Chem, World History, US History, Physics B, Art History, English Language - All 5’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Stats, AP Econ/Gov, AP Euro, AP Psych (dropped for Linear Algebra), Dance PE
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HAHA I wish.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Secretary, Junior Class Representative), Science Olympiad (a few places :3), Dance
[] Job/Work Experience: TA at a summer school
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours in Key Club, summer volunteer at a Chinese school / daycare
[] Summer Activities: Travel to multiple countries, work, volunteering, presenting at an International Mathematica Symposium
[] Essays: Um. I don’t really remember them but they were somewhat good I suppose.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One really good, one probably lazy and kind of crappy. xD
[] Counselor Rec: Meh.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: It was okay, my first interview ever so I was spazzing out a little bit but I liked it a lot. It was fun.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: Mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 90k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: Activities, lack of awards or anything remotely interesting about myself
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t do anything except… vegetate haha yeah fail whatever.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted- UCLA (Regents <3), Irvine, Bentley, Chicago
[/ul]

StevieTopSiders · March 21, 2011, 7:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 710 M, 780 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Took it twice, but second time was higher across the board.
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 E, 34 M, 35 R, 34 S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (Same as above test date, but with 35 in science)
[] SAT II: Bio-E (720), Math I (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: Not sure
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/33
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin: Vergil, AP Composition, AP Calculus AB, Honors Physics, Economics, Religion
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 2 (or 3, not sure if one finished his/her app)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam (9-11), Life Scout, Order of the Arrow[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Council (rep 9-10; Pres 12), NHS, Junior Classical League (State 1st VP 11-12), Boy Scouts (Den Chief, Bugler, Patrol Leader), JETS, Swim Team
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Altar Server for Bishop, worked at nursing home and elementary school[/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 Eve Online- More complex game, but more engaging (6)[/li][] Department at MIT: Computer Science- Interested in cyber warfare (5)
[] What Personality Attribute Are You Most Proud Of?: My Humor- I love puns and wordplays (9)
[] World You Come From: Region has emphasis on family- I want to be an entrepreneur that helps out families around the world (5)
[] Significant Challenge: Botched Beginning of the Year Mixer- People didn’t bring required stuff (7)
[] Other: I swim for a club team, so that takes a lot of time from other activities. I am an avid reader. My school is Catholic, so there goes one period a day for Religion. I’m working on my Eagle Scout project[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Good, by calculus teacher
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great, by Latin teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Average to Good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Excellent, though I had to talk politics to gain brownie points
[] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 31 October 2011
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Religious Private
[] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited Swimmer[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Charming and witty essays
[] Weaknesses: Low SAT II scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of swimming and minority
[] What would you have done differently?: Started my application way earlier, just so I could quintuple check it.[/ul]

Other Factors: I got to fill out the “Graduating Early/Without a Diploma” section, because my high school accelerates students one year. I think that made me unique, along with my study of Latin.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good job, all. Hope to see you at CPW!

Stepthirtytwo · March 22, 2011, 4:29am

Gah. This is my fourth try on this (the past THREE have been lost in cyberspace due to CC logging me out everytime I try to post). It’s getting a bit frustrating, and if this one doesn’t go through, oh well.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (Math:790, WR:790, CR:770)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): "
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: MathII:800, Physics:800, Chem:790, USH:740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem(5), PhysicsB(5), USH(5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (both), AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Euro, Plato’s Republic
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 10+
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist, PSP candidate, Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, AP Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Pole Vault (stateteam), PFD Debate, JV Soccer, Chess (Copresident)
[] Job/Work Experience: College level bank internship, various secretarial work, Physics B TA
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer at local Headstart Preschool, various community project work.[/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: 8/9. Polevaulting; identical to Commonapp extracuric section.[/li][] Department at MIT: 7/8. Economics; I thought I got the passion through decently.
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: ?. Don’t remember. Chess I think.
[] World You Come From: 7/8. Talked about my family.
[] Significant Challenge: 8/9. Talked about moving around a ton as a young boy. Pretty generic, but thoughtful.
[] Other:[/ul] n/a
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10. Written out of retirement by one of the schools former best english teachers. When I told the College Counseling Office, they replied “Oh, so lucky to have him! He writes the best rec letters!” Haven’t seen it though.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8/9. Written by my Calc BC teacher, who is awesome. Haven’t seen it though.
[] Counselor Rec: ?. It’s gotten me into USC (trustee), Williams, and now MIT so I’m guessing it’s pretty good. Haven’t seen it though.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: 10. The interviewer’s daughter polevaults, so we had an instant connection. I thought it went fantastic.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] n/a

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 11/15/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large Private School (400+ Class size)
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Zero. Zip. Nada.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’ve always been a math/science guy, and I think I expressed that well on my application. I think my internship helped show real interest in economics.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership/community service. Also, a general lack of outstandingness.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Partly hardwork, partly luck.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I would have tried to get more leadership experience. I think Eagle Scouts would have been great (my friend is an Eagle Scout and he got in EA).

Other Factors: Nada.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Very relieved to get in. I’m looking forward to CPW! Some final comments:

Congratulations to everyone else who got in! I’m sure you all deserved it!

To all the waitlistees, just hope for the best! Wishing you the best of luck.

And to everyone who didn’t get in, “when one door closes, another door opens” and whatnot. I know it may seem hollow, but I’m sure that all of you will be successful no matter where you study!

(Crosses fingers that it works this time)

diriris1 · March 22, 2011, 6:37pm

Accepted!!
[ VERBAL(R):410 MATH(R):490, writing 520*] SAT I (breakdown): 1420
[ *] ACT:21
[ *] SAT II:none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.64
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 11%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):English (2), Us History (2),
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc, AP Biology, Sociology, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none in particular, except the Youth Merit Award.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
African United Club (founder/ President),
Debate Team (Founder/ President),
National Honor Society(secretary),
FIRST Robotics Team (Co-founder/ Business Manager),
Environmental Club(Event Coordinator),
HIV Awareness Program in Burien, Washington (Founder/ President),
Abu-Bakr Muslim Youth (Co-Founder/ Secretary),
Tennis (Vice-Captain and Most improved Player)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Tutor/ Translator at the Somali Community center, Helped fill out job applications, Housing apps, Welfare Apps,
Seattle Social Services interpretor: Interpreted for Arabic, Somali, Spanish, English, and Swahili.
Library Page Assistant.
[ *] Summer Activities:Went to Somali in the Summer of 2009, and built 3 wells in two different cities, and Created an HIV Awareness program their where i personally taught people who wanted to learn in classrooms about the pathogen, and how it spreads. I even touched on the concept of how HIV transcribes reversely.
In the summer of 2008 went to Eygpt and learned arabic, as well as taught and English Class.
[ *] Essays:Where the reason why i got into many universities. I wrote about my visit to Somalia in the summer of 2009. the Living conditions people where in, and how seeing a mother of six, and pregnant with another, ran outside her house when it rained (because rain is the only source of water at that specific region) because the rain almost instantly evaporates, just to get water from a jug left out side to her children not even for her own self. I then spoke about what I did to better these peoples lives, I educated them, and taught them how to build a well.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:three awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec:Was most likely awesome.
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:did not have any.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:Biology/ HIV research Studies/ and International Affairs
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:African
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:below 20,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):everything but my scores, and grades. I described about what was going on in my life during my high school career which led to low everything. I spoke about how i was a refugee, and family issues.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:EC activities, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses:Grades/ Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Pretty unique individual maybe, i honestly do not know!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I got lucky, same with many other colleges and universities, and now i am waiting on Harvard and Stanford. For those of you who did not get accepted, life is not over, you have many opportunities lying ahead.

Xcgirl42 · March 23, 2011, 9:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 CR/720 M/700W)[/li]
[li] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Only took once[/li]
[li] ACT (breakdown): Did not take[/li]
[li] ACT superscore (breakdown):[/li]
[li] SAT II: 730 M2 790 Chem[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li]
[li] Weighted GPA: My school does not weight[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank. Top of class though.[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parentheses): Comp- 5 Psych- 5 US- 4[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parentheses):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult for my school 4 APs this year[/li]
[li] Number of other RD applicants in your school: A few, probably 5[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ZERO[/li]
Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): XC 4 years (Captain), Track 4 years (Captain), MEU 4 Years (Co-President), LDS Church Lifetime (Seminary President, and Youth President), School Relations Officer 11th Grade, First Aid Team (Equipment Manager), Co-Organizer for Haiti Fundraiser raised $3000. More stuff, but won’t bother[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Trampoline Manager 10th Grade Summer, Wendy’s 11th Grade summer and some of 12th Grade[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Lots, 300+ hours over the years in First Aid, Church, NHS etc.[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]

[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8 -running[/li]
[li] Department at MIT: 9 -about studying neuroscience to understand my brothers’ disabilities.[/li]
[li] What You Do That’s Creative?: 10- about my tenacity[/li]
[li] World You Come From: 7 -live in a hippie town as a Mormon[/li]
[li] Significant Challenge: 10 -conquering eating disorder[/li]
[li] Other: N/A[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Probably ok? 6[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: 10- from my Cross Country coach. We’re really close.[/li]
[li] Interview: 8- really good. We got along well but it was cut short by a repairman.[/li]
[li] Art Supplement: Yeah NO[/li]
Other[list]

[li] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant): [/li]
[li] School Type: Elite Public[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: WHITE[/li]
[li] Gender: Female[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: 100,000+[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited Athlete[/li]
Reflection[list]

[li] Strengths: ECs, Female, Oregon, Essays, Athlete, GPA[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: No Math Awards, SATs[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck? My essays were really good and I’m a very different applicant. Plus a recruited athlete[/li]
[li] What would you have done differently?: Wish I had done math competitions and studied for my SATs, but guess it all worked out![/li]
Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Best of luck to all! I’m so happy, MIT is my favorite place in the world and I look forward to meeting everyone! People rejected, it’ll be ok. Juniors freaking out, be what you are and show them you are passionate about something, even if it’s not math or science, just show them you love something.

adriennevaughan · March 24, 2011, 10:56pm

Decision: (Deferred) –> Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2190 (Writing 700, Reading 740, Math 750)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (Sci 35, Math 34, Read 35, Writ 35)
[] SAT II: a few, none higher than 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: ?
[] Rank: 1/530ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Lang. (5), Bio (5), World (5), US (4), CalcAB (4), Stats (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit, AP CompSci, AP CalcBC, AP Physics C, AP US Gov, AP HumGeo
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: idk. at least three… (no others accepted)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):…[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Academic Coaches (Secretary), Knowledge Bowl (Captain), Taekwondo (instructor)
[] Job/Work Experience: Taekwondo
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Peer tutoring and volunteer in library[/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: Talk mostly about taekwondo (I would give it an 8).[/li][] Department at MIT: Biology (Pre-Med)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I don’t remember
[] World You Come From: Least affluent area in general region
[] Significant Challenge: Overcoming economic challenges
[] Other: Applied thru QuestBridge, so I might not have actually written all these essays but my writing ability overall is quite good, I would give it an 8.[/ul]

[] Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Pretty good.
[] Art Supplement: none[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Sept… ?
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Lowest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation…, QuestBridge Finalist[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good writing + QuestBridge
[] Weaknesses: Testing scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They need more females… I don’t know
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I live with no regrets…[/ul]

Other Factors:Mentioned intense interest in competing for MIT Taekwondo.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

VeryGoodCorrege · March 25, 2011, 8:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 36
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math II, Bio, Chem, Physics, Latin, Hebrew, US History, World History, French: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.74
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB/Calc BC/Bio/Chem/Physics/English Lit/English Comp/CompSci/APUSH/APWH/Latin (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Courses at the local community college because I finished most of the curriculum offered at my school
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 12
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] USAMO finalist, Zurich International Math Olympiad 2nd place, Eastern Science Olympiad 1st place[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Juilliard Precollege for Piano and Bassoon, Varsity Captain for Tennis and Football, All Eastern Ensemble, Drama Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Research at NYU
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Bassoon lessons[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Phenomenal
[] What You Do For Pleasure: Compose, Fence
[] Department at MIT: Applied Mathematics
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Compose
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge: I’ve suffered from depression during most of my freshman and sophomore year of high school
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Awesome
[] Art Supplement:[/list] My piano CD

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Overall
[] Weaknesses: None
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall solid applicant
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone else who made it and I can’t wait to meet everyone else! :]

Anders157 · March 26, 2011, 5:49pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690/800/800, 750/800/750 (2290, 2300)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 750/800/800 (2350)
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/575
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 (Calc/Stats/EngLan), 4 (Euro/Phys), 3 (US)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, PE, Virtual Business, Honors Chem, AP EngLit, Academic Decathlon
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi :/[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): AcaDec, Virtual Business, Forensics (Debate+Speech), National Honor Society, Tennis, Soccer, Cross Country
[] Job/Work Experience: none, only 16
[li] Volunteer/Community service: NHS stuff[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): dont remember most of my essays, didnt get to read my recommendations[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:[/li][] Department at MIT:
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From:
[] Significant Challenge: starting high school at 12 years old
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: local congressman/majority whip
[li] Interview: went well[/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: last day possible
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: ~2500 students, public school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 30-40k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): neither of my parents completed college, i take pills for ADD, I’m very young, low income, divorced parents[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, income bracket
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
[] What would you have done differently?: homework XD[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Not upset about rejection because i know everyone who gets into MIT deserves it. Congratulations to all that were accepted

Dimitris · March 29, 2011, 7:09am

Pick one:

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1850 (Math 610, CR 600, Writing 630)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): -
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):-
[] SAT II: Math 1: 730, Physics:750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): somewhere around 3,8
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: no course choice option, so I took the courses that everyone else takes
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] 3rd place internationally in NASA aeronautics competition, listed as one of top 10 student bloggers in Greece, European Young scientists, competition finalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Request Productions, which is a media group ( Founder and CEO), basketball, blogging, astronomy, engineering, programming and many other things
[] Job/Work Experience: Tech Editor at one of the major greek tech blogs
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] mainttaining a non-profit website[/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: Basketball-7 or 8[/li][] Department at MIT: Aerospace Engineering, 7
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: I wrote about my passion for the things that I do, 8
[] World You Come From: About the problems I face in Greece, 6
[] Significant Challenge: a problem I faced at school year, 7
[] Other:[/ul] I wrote also a Very good additional info essay
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: probably great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: probably great
[] Counselor Rec: very good
[] Additional Rec: no
[] Interview: it went well, but it was a bit akward because the EC was typing all the time. we didn’t actually talk, like normal people do
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/30/2010
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Greece
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: greek
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 60,000-80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] I was the only kid from my entire city to apply to a US college

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: personality, persistence
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my SAT scores really sucked and at my Interview I wasn’t a “rockstar”. I wasn’t unique and original probably.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] better interview, much better SAT scores and GPA, probably different answer to the 12a essay

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I just want to congratulate the kids that got in! :-)

misterkevinsun · March 31, 2011, 9:18pm

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Supplements (pretty bad)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: Mediocre
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, leadership positions
[] Weaknesses: Essays could have been much better
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

I’m not too upset by the news, but whatever happens happens.

AlexZJ · April 13, 2011, 10:52am

Decision: ACCEPTED!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 790, M 800, W 670(LOL, I know…), E 12
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 10)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: M2C - 800, PHY - 800, CHEM - 790, BIO M - 790, WHistory - 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/451
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics B (5), Physics C (5), Chemistry (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Not sure…
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, Informatics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, AMC 12 - 140 points [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math and Science Council (President), Student Council (Vice President), Economics Club (Secretary), Charity Club (Vice President), Entrepreneurial Society (Treasurer), Tennis Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a bookstore ~50 hours. Worked for the local newspaper ~100 hours, freelance writer.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for St. John’s Ambulance ~20 hours, Volunteered as a student facilitator to train juniors ~40 hours, volunteered at nearby old folks’ home ~100 hours. [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): 8[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8[/li][] EC Short Answer: 9
[] Engineering Essay (if applicable): 8
[] Other: N/A[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 7.5
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
[] Counselor Rec: 10
[] Additional Rec: 7
[] Interview: 8
[] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: December 30
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 50000~70000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, ECA
[] Weaknesses: essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:

[list]
[]Admits: MIT, Brown, Stanford, Yale
[] Rejected: Caltech, Amherst, Swarthmore[/ul]
[*] What would you have done differently?: Not sure… [/list]

clarinetgurl · May 25, 2011, 9:50am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360; Writing: 800, Critical Reading: 800, Math: 760
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Biology E: 740, US History: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), Language and Comp (5), Literature and Comp, Calculus AB, European History
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP European History (online), Band IV
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: none, ever.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Honor Band of America?[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Marching Band (drum major), Varsity Swimming (captain), club swimming, NHS (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/Swim Instructor continuously for two years
[li] Volunteer/Community service:NHS, Habitat for Humanity, also did a project trying to help elementary school kids learn about STEM[/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: build with Imaginext[/li][] Department at MIT: Civil Engineering or Physics, used a star trek reference
[] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[] World You Come From: one of the poorest cities in the US
[] Significant Challenge:
[] Other: explaining why I’ve never taken Physics in high school[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: probably glowing, but I didn’t read it
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: she was a horrible teacher and didn’t like anyone, but my math teacher left so I had to ask her I basically taught the class a lot of the time so I don’t really know how this one went.
[] Counselor Rec: meh. we’re not close but she’s cool.
[] Additional Rec: My swim coach, she’s a good friend as well so this was most likely excellent
[] Interview: Went pretty well, not stellar but we got along quite well and had some common ground
[] Art Supplement: submitted a music supplement for the clarinet, I’m not that good so I don’t know if it made a difference[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Jan 1 (first thing I did on the new year)
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina (eastern part, not raleigh/durham)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, very poor
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: <40000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):low-income girl[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’ve done pretty well in some things (like music) despite the lack of opportunities in my school
[] Weaknesses: no math/science ecs, no physics or ap science classes at all
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know…maybe they needed a clarinetist?
[] What would you have done differently?: more community service but it worked out well :)[/ul]

Other Factors: I needed a LOT of financial aid but they’re need-blind so I guess that didn’t affect anything
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I was incredibly shocked when I opened up the decision…I’ve wanted to go to MIT for a long time so it was amazing. I guess this shows that you can overcome your circumstances and that you can succeed by following what you love instead of what you think others want you to do (a lot of people at my school quit band because they want to take more online aps). I can’t wait to meet the other admits, and for anyone getting ready to apply, good luck!

classicalkid33 · May 30, 2011, 3:15pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Writing: 760, Reading: 740, Math: 800
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: US History: 760, Math 2: 800, Physics: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/331
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), US Hist (5), Eng Lang and Comp (5), Stats (4), Human Geo (4), Comp. Gov’t (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): German (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL IB English, Amer. History, Math, Music, SL IB Physics, TOK, H Earth Sci, Lit and Film
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Golf and Tennis, Academic Team (Co-Captain), Chess Club, NHS, History Club, Table Tennis Club, Model UN, Math and Music Honor Society, Piano, and Orchestra (9th grade only)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Jefferson Accelerator Lab
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Virginia Living Museum Volunteer[/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: Table Tennis (8)[/li][] Department at MIT: Mechanical Engineering (8)
[] What You Do That’s Creative?: Piano (10) This was one of my favorites
[] World You Come From: Talked about my low-income, Chinese family (8)
[] Significant Challenge: Gahh I should’ve done this earlier I can’t seem to remember exactly, but I’m almost sure it was about my transition from middle school to high school IB. (8)
[] Other:[/ul] I actually added an essay I wrote about me being Asian and how I do/don’t fit the stereotypes. Very funny and showed a lot of my social side. This was one of my favorite ones to write (10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math Teacher, Absolutely loves me, I actually go to read this one too (10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: English Teacher/Academic Team Coach, only taught me in 9th grade but we know each other very well. Didn’t read but I’m guessing…(9)
[] Counselor Rec: Being in IB, I have had the same counselor since ninth grade and she really takes the time to get to know all of us personally. Didn’t read but I’d definitely say a… (10)
[] Additional Rec: My piano teacher for the last 10 years. I read this one, she’s not really much of a writer so she just kinda bragged about all my piano accomplishments. (7)
[] Interview: My guy was really chill about everything. It wasn’t really an interview because he really only asked me one question. After that we just talked about whatever was on our minds.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Sent in a recording of my piano. Not sure how much the tape affected my app but if anyone were to ask me why I think I got into MIT and Stanford I would definitely say piano, hands down. If I didn’t have this I’m almost sure I would’ve gotten rejected.

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember, not too late though but not exactly early either
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: below $20000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Piano!

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Piano, Essays, and Recs
[] Weaknesses: Some of those AP scores… No leadership at all, no volunteering, no jobs… =x
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because of piano in my opinion
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing really

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: In the end, I accepted Stanford over MIT, because I’m not really a city-person at all. It was still a good experience though. I was incredibly excited that I actually got accepted when the e-mail first came. Good luck to all future applicants and I wish everyone the best.

mathmonkey4 · June 4, 2011, 1:38am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR, 780 M, 720 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300 (730W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (36 M, 32 S, 33 W, 27 CR >:(
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 4.35
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/241
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calc BC (5), AP Chem (5), AP French (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit/Lang, AP Physics C Mech/E&M, AP Biology, French V H
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): does NCO count?[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, FHS, African Awareness Club (Leader), Knowledge Bowl (Leader), Lasallian Youth Club, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Wrestling, Youth Group
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group service activities, teaching soccer to at-risk youth[/li][/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: Video Games (6-7?)[/li][] Department at MIT: Engineering (6-7?)
[] Favorite Attribute?: Practicality (9-10)
[] World You Come From: (9-10)
[] Significant Challenge: Stroke (9)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, probably a 9
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, heard it was a 10
[] Counselor Rec: ?? maybe 7-8
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: really good! my interviewer was really awesome (9-10)
[] Art Supplement:[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: in November
[] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Surinamese/White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000<x<120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM i guess, I am half Surinamese
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: race, test scores?, some essays
[] Weaknesses: some essays, couple B/B+s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: couldn’t say…
[] What would you have done differently?: N/A
[/ul]

**Other Factors: my Calc/Phys teacher graduated from MIT? **
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
YAY!
**

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