***Official Early Action Results Thread for the MIT Class of 2013***

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
SAT: 690 CR, 700 W, 720 M (2110 total)
SAT II: 700 physics, 750 MII
ACT:
GPA: 3.3 (but highest one was 3.9!)
Rank: 16 out of 103
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
Essays: GOOD. Liked them
Teacher Recs: GOOD. my teachers love me and know I dont care about school. LOL
Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT
Supplementary Material:meh.. I wrote about a short story I had made, nothing impressive really...
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM (latino), dual citizenship?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
Location:Peru
High School Type: Private
Ethnicity: LAtino
Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
Extracurriculars: physics, creative writing, rowing, etc
Awards:none
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]hm... i actually knew i was risking it...</p>

122

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (800 M, 670 CR, 780 W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2: 800 Chem:800
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.4 W, 3.95 UW
[<em>]Rank: 1/300ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc (5), Chem (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: thought they were good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: baseball (captain), boys state, math team. this is what probably killed me. all i do is play baseball
[<em>]Awards: RPI medal, and then some school awards - math, chem, high scorer AMC
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

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<p>@archr25: I did research at a Harvard-MIT lab at MEEI over the summer too..just for one summer..and I did get a letter of rec from the MIT professor I worked with...and u got deferrred?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?</p>

124

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M 770 R 680 W690
[</em>]SAT II: Math I: 720 BioM: 710 World: 700
[<em>]ACT:N/A
[</em>]GPA:4.0/4.78
[<em>]Rank: school doesn't rank, but would be #1
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):gov:4, calc bc:3 (ab 4), lang:4, world:5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good...1st about how I used to hate language school but ended up loving it and working there; other about my experience doing research and how I learned to be patient with results
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one good...the other I realized was very generic after I sent it in because I got a look at it for another school :(
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably great, we've had issues in the past and he know that but he always tells me how he respects my dedication and stuff
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Piano supplement (Passion by Mendelssohn, sonatina by hayden 1st movement, and a persian piece) pretty good
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): eh
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MD
[<em>]High School Type: Public, only one to an Ivy in the past few years; a few to schools like UChicago and Cornell
[</em>]Ethnicity: Iranian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: yearlong HHMI biomedical research internship at NIH, assistant teacher at farsi school, NHS, Spanish NHS, Future Docs and Scientists club, PIANO!, Students Against Destructive Disorders, Music ensemble
[<em>]Awards: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Semifinalist, Nat Merit commended, Humanities award
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]
Congrats to all who got in..those of us deferred should be happy although I must say I was quite dissapointed :( but at least we get a second chance! Those rejected...it probably just wasn't a good match, I know everyone on here will do amazingly at any school they attend.</p>

125

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: didn't take
[</em>]SAT II: chem 780, math I 730, math II 740
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.477
[<em>]Rank: 11/300
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC: took them but I never got the scores back, so I didn't write it on my application / AP: Chem 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I've worked on them since the beginning of summer. I wouldn't be surprised if there was 150 hours of my time put in to each essay
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I got one from my Pre-calc/Trig teacher and one from my AP Chem teacher. They were good, but not great. I also got letters from my choir teacher (because I'm the piano accompanist), the head of the cardiovascular research department at Columbia University Medical Center (summer research internship), and from my orthodontist (on going internship). The last two wrote awesome letters
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I didn't read it
[</em>]Supplementary Material: a CD/DVD of 2 piano performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, an art picture (charcoal drawing)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: chinese
[<em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Emergency Medical Technician for 2 ambulance corps (over 700 hours of service) / Piano (10 yrs) / Drawing (8 yrs) / Research Intern at Columbia University Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy / Orthodontic Office Assistant / Dental Office Assistant / NJ All State Mixed Chorus / NJ All State Women's Chorus / School Choir+Chorus piano accompanist / NJ Governor's School of the Arts Finalist / School Yearbook Editor / Spring Track&Field / Gifted and Talented / Emergency Medical Services Club (Internal response team)
[<em>]Awards: U of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Science award / performed in solo piano concerts at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center / winner of various piano competitions / 100m High Hurdle Gold Medal
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]College isn't all about straight A's and high SAT scores anymore. You have to get out and show you can do other things.</p>

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<p>Pardon the lack of formatting, I copy pasted off my Caltech thread post. </p>

<p>So after years of reading these things, hoping I'd get in, it's my turn to post and that's weird as shoe. Thanks be to the FSM.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2320 (800 m)
* SAT II: 800 math,chem
* ACT: 36
* GPA: 3.95 uw
* Rank: 4/630ish
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP 5: Chem, Physics C (both), Calc BC, Stat, English Lang, CS A, Euro history, World history, psych, human. 4: Enviro (indep), US
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective
*Nailed my interview. Showed my passion and my eccentricity.
* A bullet I added: I joint enroll at Georgia Tech. I independent studied calc 2 there and just finished my finals today in dif eqs and intro modern physics (phys 3).
* Essays: Scientist and Common app essays both unpolished but very strong content wise. Showed me as quirky and passionate, quite well.
* Teacher Recs: One eh, one incredible (from physics teacher)
* Counselor Rec: Very strong about my integrity, etc
* Supplementary Material: Nope
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Classes? Quirky essays? The grace of the FSM.</p>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: GA
* High School Type: Large public charter (very competitive, makes rankings frequentlyish)
* Ethnicity: is absurd and meaningless.
* Gender: see above
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: science bowl captain, sci club president, violin (not good at it) and quit last year for schedule reasons, tutor 15 hrs/week, mostly math
* Awards: 1st place AAPT physics bowl (lower division) for ga/fl/nc, 2nd in state on chem olympiad, 3rd in state in chem lab @ sci oly, went to nationals for sci bowl last year, siemens ap scholar, departmental science award x2, governor's honors program in science
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
</code></pre>

<p>The biggest thing that got me in was disregarding every shred of advice my counselor gave me while doing my best to play nice. Go with your gut and your passions and take what matters to you, not what someone else says is the regular path or the best shot for college.</p>

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<p>prepre, are you in montgomery county? i know a few people at NIH</p>

128

<p>DEFERRED</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: Human
Public School in the suburbs of Connecticut</p>

<p>SAT I
CR: 760
Math: 800
Writing: 780 (12 essay)</p>

<p>SATII:</p>

<p>Chemistry: 780
Japanese: 800
Chinese: 800
Math II: 800
Math I: 780</p>

<p>Class Load This Yeah
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Literature</p>

<p>Previous AP Scores
APsss
AP Us History: 5
AP Euro: 5
AP Stats: 5
AP Lit: 5
AP Physics B: 4 ()
AP Chem: 5
AP Scholar With Distinction
National Merit Scholar Commended
GPA: 4.29
Rank 12/377</p>

<p>ECs
Treasurer of the class of 2009
President of Model United Nation
Chinese School
Japanese School
Habitat for Humanity
National Honor Society
National Math Honor Society
Writer for School Newspaper
Politically active
240 Hours of Community Service at Yale New Haven Hospital
Nominated to the Leadership Council at Yale New Haven Hospital
Southern Connecticut Conference Scholar Athlete
Math Team
Robotics
Piano (10 years)</p>

<p>Sports Varsity XC, Indoor and Outdoor track
Trilingual</p>

<p>Comment: Dissapointed but not that much, i guess been a over represented minority hurt my chances</p>

129

<p>like a visa card, I'm accepted everywhere...</p>

130

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Math 750 / CR 690 / Writing 610 (The SAT CR & Writing sections are highly flawed in my opinion)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 800 / Chem 780
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: Around a 94 or so unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 3/155 I believe
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc 5 / AP Chem 5 / APUSH 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Felt they were fairly strong; one about my quirky/eccentric shaping environment and one about creating Chemistry the Musical
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Should have been quite strong; they know me quite well
[<em>]Counselor Rec: My principal told me he wrote a glowing rec for me; He knows me quite well
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Script for a musical I helped create (Chemistry the Musical); it is quite hilarious ;)
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation....if that counts for anything
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Lunenburg, MA (Suburbs)
[<em>]High School Type: Public; Very small
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Jazz & Marching Band, Acting (Musicals, class plays, etc.), Mock Trial, Math Team, A Capella, Varsity Track, and Student Government (quite involved)
[<em>]Awards: Honors in the Chem Olympiad (Top 100 in nation), various math league and competition awards, Principal's Leadership Award, Saxophonist in the Central Districts ensemble, and other various awards.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm pleasantly surprised :)[/ul]</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation....if that counts for anything

[/quote]

like it or not, that counts for quite a lot actually.</p>

132

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats
SAT:1940
SAT II: Math II: 640 Chem: 670 Chinese: 800 Eng. Lit: 740
ACT:32
GPA: 4.00
Rank: 1</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: pretty good. I wrote what I know, from my own experiences. I used humor.
Teacher Recs: one good, the other was okay.
Counselor Rec: okay
Supplementary Material: 2 piano songs recorded
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ISEF 2nd place winner; congressional page</p>

<p>Personal
Location: Ohio
High School Type: Public (small)
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other
Extracurriculars: too many to list. (mainly: mock trial, singing, piano, quiz bowl, volunteer, NHS)
Awards: 2 international science awards, 1 presidential volunteer award</p>

<p>just be yourself. if the admissions don't admit you for who you are, you've lost nothing. Test scores aren't everything; don't stress over them too much. They'll admit you if they see a gem in your personality.</p>

133

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (Math II), 790 (Bio E)
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>]Rank: 2
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP scores: 5, 5, 3, 3, 2
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Amazing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): MITES program.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northern California
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Taiwanese/White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Member of the School Board
[<em>]Awards: Student of the Month is prolly biggest one
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My dream came true!! I must dedicate my life to making other people's dreams come true. DO THE INTERVIEW. And in the interview, don't talk about grades/tests. The rest of the app is for that.[/ul]</p>

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<p>For those who were deferred, did anyone make a contact to the Admissions Office and asked why deferral? I would like to know if they deferred me because of any particular reasons..so I can improve my chance in the RD (if possible). </p>

<p>Any advices?</p>

135

<p>From Matt's blog, here:</a>

[quote]
If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred, or "what needs to be improved," simply because things are much more complex than just one reason why you were deferred. Usually, when I take a call from a deferred applicant, there's nothing that I see to be lacking or needing improvement -- most of our deferred students submitted very strong applications, the kinds of applications any school (including MIT) would love to have in their student body. Honestly.

[/quote]
</p>

136

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>(Because I'm feeling pink today, lol)</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAANNNNNDDDD!!!
[</em>]SAT II: Math II and Physics... good enough
[<em>]ACT: Not submitted
[</em>]GPA: Good enough
[<em>]Rank: Top 50%.... or higher. Not going to be too specific here.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): iono...
[/ul]
Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Meh... not so hot. Oh well. Passable.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One pwns everyone into the ground, other is great, but not pwnzorz.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good I would think.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None was sent.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nopers.
[/ul]
Personal
[ul]
[</em>]Location: Somewhere special =D
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asianmanese
[<em>]Gender: Robot
[/ul]
Other
[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Meh... okay, I guess
[<em>]Awards: Nothing special.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Meh. I'll wait...
[/ul]</p>

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<p>^you didn't really give any info...</p>

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<p>What can I say? I'm paranoid. You can check my stats profile for more info... oh wait. I didn't give any useful info in there either. Sorry about that! =D That's how it is. SUGOI!!!</p>

139

<p>Ha, I guess I'll finally do this.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310, 730 math (ouch) 780 reading 800 writing
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math lvl 2, 790 chem
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.00 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 1/151
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem 5, AP Calc BC 4, AP English Language 4. I listed my AMC scores but they were really bad...
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: decent at least. I liked them. I did the 'world' one about my parents.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: amazing. My school kinda sucks and has maybe two other 'competitive' students, so my teachers think I'm sent from above.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: see above.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: did both optional essays
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): attended WTP @ MIT this summer, could be a hook, I guess?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Kansas
[<em>]High School Type: small public, rarely sends any kids to top-20 schools
[</em>]Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: nothing too fabulous. Key Club Pres, Scholars' Bowl Capt., Varsity Tennis, Interact Club, Spanish Club VP.
[<em>]Awards: nothing worth mentioning, haha.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Best of luck to those applying RA! And just be yourself on the apps, don't try to make yourself into somebody you're not.[/ul]</p>

140

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2090 M=750 R=650 W=690
[</em>]SAT II: Math II=800 Chemistry=630 USHistory=630
[<em>]ACT: 32 (M35, R33, W33, S28)
[</em>]GPA: 4.87...4.95? anyway, 4.0 unweighted
[li]Rank: 4/370ish</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Used Questbridge application essays, one on diversity and one on a risk (both common app essays). pretty mediocre, i must say. I almost didn't finish the application for Questbridge on time, so these essays were not at their best.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: should've been really good; though i accidentally asked 2 english teachers though. anyway, they both like me a lot, i think.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: very good, she said it was hard to fit everything onto only 1 page.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: no time
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Questbridge College Match Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Personal[ /b][ul]
[<em>]Location: NC
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:Mu Alpha Theta president, secretary of EB and NHS, piano for 11 years, Chinese school for 10 years, community service, Key Club, Spanish club..etc, etc.
[</em>]Awards: Wellesley Book Award, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Outstanding English Student, Outstanding US History student, Outstanding Comp. Apps II student, AP Scholar with Honors
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: MIT actually puts a lot of their applicants in their regular application pool, which is nice. Just saying, not trying to make anyone else who got deferred feel unspecial. It still means we have a chance! I'm not really trying to go to MIT, or Notre Dame which I got into but, it's nice to go to college so congrats to everyone else!</p>[/li]
<p>My only advice is to do Questbridge if you're able to! I didn't know there were nonbinding schools til almost too late but I'm really glad I was able to make it. If you make it to the finalist round, it helps sooooo much! And applications are free afterwards! :)[/ul]</p>