<p>Some insane stats among the thirteen acceptees in this thread (SAT score/ACT converted; Subject Test scores):</p>
<p>2400; 800-800-800
2400; 800-800-800
2400; 800-800
2390; 800-800-760
2390; 800-800-800-800-700
2390; 800-800-790-780
2390; 800-800
2380; 800-800
2370; 800-790-790-780
2350; 800-800-790
2350; 800-800-800
2330; 800-760
2290; 800-800-800</p>
<p>Mean SAT score: 2372
Median SAT score: 2390</p>
<p>Mean Subject Test score: 793
Median Subject Test score: 800</p>
<p>Now do the same for the deferred and rejected</p>
<p>Wow Bastion - you sound like an amazing candidate. You’ll surely go somewhere great. Can you give us some insight into what happened with your Caltech App? I doubt if they accept appeals, but this sounds like an oddity… At least I hope it’s an oddity, otherwise normal mortals stand no chance…</p>
<p>Holy cheese, I previously saw an IMO perfect scorer, and now, Siemens winner is in the house. CCer impress me more than ever… U guys make me worry about Caltech lol. Oh well.</p>
<p>Good idea Silverturtle.</p>
<p>So far on this thread…</p>
<p>(SAT score, SAT II scores)</p>
<p>DEFERRED STATS</p>
<p>2240 800/800
2290 800/790/750
32ACT 800/790/780
2200 780/760
2350 800/760/750/750
2330 800/800
1580CR+M 800/800/800
2220 800/780
2310 760+ on 4 tests
2200 800/760/720
2370 790/760
2090 790/690</p>
<p>12 deferrees, out of the 10 who posted full SAT scores, the avg is a 2260</p>
<p>REJECTED STATS</p>
<p>2190 80/800
35ACT 800/800
2400 800/800/800
2210 760/750/730
2380 800/800/800/700</p>
<p>5 rejected, out of the 4 who posted full SAT scores, the avg is a 2295</p>
<p>firelight: concerning ACT to SAT, 36 is equivalent to a 2400, 35 -> 2340, 34 -> 2280, 33 -> 2220, and 32 -> 2160</p>
<p>^ Close: [Estimated</a> Relationship between ACT Composite Score and SAT CR+M+W Score](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html]Estimated”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html)</p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:680 CR / 800 W /800 M (single seating)
[</em>]SAT II:800 Math/ 800 Physics/ 740 US History
[<em>]ACT:N/A
[</em>]GPA:3.98 UW, 4.5 W
[<em>]Rank:top 5%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AMC 10 150, AMC 12 117 AIME 10 USAMO 28
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:good, but not exceptional; showed a lot of interest in math and science
[</em>]Teacher Recs:didn’t read them, probably good but not outstanding
[<em>]Counselor Rec: pretty good I think
[</em>]Supplementary Material:None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location:Cali
[<em>]High School Type:very strong small private
[</em>]Ethnicity:Asian/ international (wow that doesn’t help…)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
Founder of ping pong club and president
Dorm Council
Community Service Council
Math Club president
Varsity badminton
JV X Country
Chess Club, Astronomy Club
Orientation Leader
Blue Mop (if this counts as EC…)
Summer job at a factory (one month)</p>
<p>[<em>]Awards: USA physics team semifinalist, USAMO HM
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Nope, I read a bunch of stats and they really helped me, so I post my stats as well. I think I got in because of my math competition stuff, and Caltech probably pays more attention on scores and awards than everything else.Good luck for all in RD!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:660 CR / 800 W /760 M (single seating)
SAT II:790 Math II/790 Chemistry
ACT:34
GPA:3.9 UW, 4.6 W
Rank:top 5%
Other Tests (AP tests): scored 5 on AP World History, AP Micro & Macro Economics, AP Statistics, US Government, US History, Chemistry, Calculus BC; English. Currently enrolled in 4 AP courses Biology, Physics, CompSc, English Lit.</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: pretty good, were reviewed by 4 current teachers, 3 univ. profs, and even the staffers at the congresswomen in DC, talked about experiences at soup kitchen as inspiration for Human Rights, Multi-cultural club and Sc & Tech.
Teacher Recs: didn’t read them, but likely outstanding, teacher knew me well for 3 years and were strong supporters
Counselor Rec: pretty good I think
Supplementary Material: info about a very successful conference i organized for Girls who want to be Engg. Sc. or Mathematicians.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): was invited to be part of the US Science and Engineering festival to talk about my GEMS experience</p>
<p>Personal
Location:Illinois
High School Type:very strong public school
Ethnicity:Asian/ Indian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: Founder of G.E.M.S. (Girl Engineers Math Scientists), Human Rights Club (leader), Multi-Cultural Club (leader), 2 yrs. of MUNC, XC, Summer jobs at Medical research and many other job shadowing
Awards: AP Scholar (wasn’t a NMS, go figure…)
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Nope, I read a bunch of the stats of many others who got it and many who got deferred and I am thankful for the opportunity. I think it helped that I showed my commitment to engineering and science by forming a new organization to promote STEM fields for female peers by giving them information and mentoring.Good luck for all deferred and in RD! Now I wait to hear from MIT and other schools.</p>
<p>Nopurpose - Wow, congrats on USAMO HM. That’s definitely a hook. Any color of MOP is a really strong hook. (Not to mention your physics semifinalist result too)</p>
<p>Silver turtle, did you get accepted ea?</p>
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<p>Silverturtle applied REA to Yale, which comes out tomorrow.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 790 M, 710 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 780 World History
[<em>]ACT: 35 Composite (36 Math, 34 everything else, 11 Writing)
[</em>]GPA: ~99 (I have no idea out of 4.0)
[<em>]Rank: No ranks
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World 4, AP Chem 5, AP English Language 5, AP US 5, AP Compsci 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Well written (or so I’ve heard), totally insane (as in, lacking sanity)
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I would imagine that they’re good. For reasons unbeknownst to me, my teachers seem to like me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: See above; replace ‘teachers’ with counselor.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research Paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type: Semi-competitive?
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Computer Club (Head), a few other clubs, website administration (including some large sites)
[<em>]Awards: NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Personally, I’m taking a notrejection as a huge positive. Good luck to everyone.</p>
<p>Oh, and here’s a template sans annoying spaces, thanks to the noparse tag (now it will turn out noparse doesn’t work here).
[noparse]
Accepted</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[li]SAT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Teacher Recs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Location:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Gender</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li][/noparse]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2180 Math: 700 Writing: 730 CR: 750
[</em>]SAT II: Chem: 740 Math II: 780 US History: 700 Bio: 730?
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: UW 3.8something (terrible I know) W 4.16
[<em>]Rank: Unranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc (all of them) 5; APUSH 4; Chem 5; APEH 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: scarcely worked upon. The people I asked to read them liked them.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I’m sure they were positive…
[<em>]Counselor Rec: “”
[</em>]Supplementary Material: nope
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I wish
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: very competitive (reason for being unranked)
[</em>]Ethnicity: I’m just about everything except Hispanic.
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Robotics Club (co-secretary), Chem Club, ACS chem lab competition, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Full Orchestra, Wind Ensemble stuff, Band leadership, volunteer work with a pet adoption service, piano accompanist, clarinet tutor
[<em>]Awards: does AP Scholar count? and Junior of the Year award for Robotics Club
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Well… seeing as I’m not exactly your ideal student, I’d say that being in robotics and emphasizing my interest in the sciences helped a lot (maybe my ACT scores too. I aced the science section and got a 35 in math). Oh yeah, and if you’re gonna get a B in anything, don’t let it be in a math or science class. 
Good luck to everyone deferred and applying RD 
I’m sure you’ll do well</p>
<p>
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<p>Not too sure about Bastion, don’t know very many people from CA that refer to it as Cali–maybe a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>So, it turns out a lot of people from Ca, use “Cali”…much to my disgust. But yeah. Okay, so I was bored so I decided to look through this thread. And omgah. You guys are beasts. If I applied this year, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get in. Ha. So yeah, for all of you that gotten in, you guys are super super legit. Congrats on getting in! For those of you that were deferred, you guys still have a chance. If you really really really want to come to Tech, I would recommend bugging admissions. Send them tons of stuff and make sure they know you’re interested. A lot of recs, emails, and other stuff. And for those of you that didn’t get in, don’t beat yourselves up. From the looks of this, you’re obviously still really smart and have amazing stats. There’s no doubt that you’ll get into other top notch universities. So yeah, just beast your RD essays and you should be fine. Good luck! Finally, I wish good luck to anyone apply RD. Write a good essay. If you got the stats to back it up(or even lackthereof), you stand a chance. Good luck and hope to see some of you at PFW.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2390
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 790 US History
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.52 W
[<em>]Rank: not ranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 124.5, AIME 11, USAMO 3 times, 5’s on 9 APs and 4 on one AP
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Interesting
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn’t see them, I expect them to be strong; asked for 4 teachers
[<em>]Counselor Rec: unknown
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: east coast
[<em>]High School Type: medium public school (~2000)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Math Club, Science Bowl, otherstuff
[<em>]Awards: US Physics Team, USAMO qualifier, USABO semifinalist, USACO gold division, Science Olympiad national medalist
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Try to stand out as unique in your app.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected EA</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 760 math, 650 reading, 730 writing
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: just briefly since there were 12 spots on the Common App…NHS (secretary), SNHS, mu alpha theta math club (secretary/treasurer), academic games club (VP, participated all four years), volunteered at library, various volunteering around school, Share-A-Pet at elderly home with my dog, People to People student ambassador, Chinese club, website maintenance on Zybez.net
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Florida
<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Looking at all the other people who were rejected/deferred, I would have felt guilty if I got in, lol. This was my “let’s see if I can get in” so …yeah
Good luck to all of you, bright futures await!</p>
<p>Yea… had I applied this year… omg.
You guys are beasts :p.
I guess Tech could always use more perfect scorers, lol</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (800M/800CR/750W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 780 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC-AIME (112.5/7), 5s on seven APs[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: my teacher thought they showed a funny, interesting person. also, for the “what do you do for fun” one, wrote about trapping a sleeping kid in a “chair cage”. should’ve been interesting XD
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn’t get to read, but one of them thought I was brilliant
[<em>]Counselor Rec: counselor doesn’t know me that well, but they make us fill out an “interview packet” with a bunch of personal info
[</em>]Supplementary Material: sent in stats project
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): girl in math?[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Personal:[ul]
[<em>]Location: Midwest
[</em>]High School Type: Public, ~2000 kids
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta (VP), math tutoring, school newspaper (columnist)
[</em>]Awards: USNCO regional 2nd place, USPhO semifinalist, USAMTS honorable mention, other math-related things
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to everyone who’s still waiting![/ul]</p>