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

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>I’m only doing this to show how useless it is to post stats to see if you have a “chance.” THERE IS NO FRIKKEN MAGIC FORMULA and if you want to go to MIT just apply! Sorry for the negative tone; College Confidential completely demoralized me a week before EA decisions came out. This is my way of sticking it to you all---- while giving some of you some hope.</p>

<p>As I said on the MIT blogs, I’m living proof that MIT ----DOES!---- realize you are a human being (although some people portray themselves as robots in their applications, hoping-erroneously-that this is what admission officers want)</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: (Didn’t report them in my application, but they did see them because I sent the scores in with SAT IIs---- I’m a non-native English speaker; I sent in TOEFL) Superscored= 630CR 720M 610W</p>

<p>Ironically, after I got into MIT I improved my scores by 100 points (dec. date). What a waste of time!!!!</p>

<p>[ *]TOEFL: Reading=30/30 Writing=28/30 Speaking=30/30 Listening=29/30 TOTAL=117/120 (top .01+%)
[ *]SAT II: 770Math II; 790 Spanish; 640Physics
[ *]ACT:</p>

<p>Lol. let us not talk about them! </p>

<p>[ *]GPA: 3.7u; 4.3w
[ *]Rank: 42/290 (moved around a lot, classes did not transfer as honors to my graduating high school)
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AP:
Physcis C-Mech=5
Stats=5
English Comp and lang=3
US HIsotry=3
Spanish lang=4</p>

<p>Class senior year=
AP Calc BC
AP chem
Ap us gov
ap enlgish lit
ap spanish lit
micribiology honors
enlgish 3 (for stupid graduation req.... i moved around a lot and are now making up for it)
health
University of nevada reno chemistry lab (college credit)</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ <em>]Essays: I wrote about my arrival to America and how being lonely because of the language barrier for my first years in America taught me about the importance of perseverance (I learned to speak English fluently in 6 months). I also mentioned that the “things I learned were the only things no one can ever take away from me.” This is of particular importance in my life since I have moved around about 15 times in the last 8 years (i have attended 4 high schools; and 11 different schools throughout my life, spanning CA, NV FL in the us and two different cities in Colombia). I have also sacrificed seeing my father and (100+e^(i</em>pi))% of my family to live in America so that I could chase the American Dream that my father urged me to pursue when I was leaving Colombia for the first time. I didn’t think it was particularly strong, just very personal and honest.</p>

<p>lol i recycled it from my questbridge app (from which i didn't even become a finalist, haha)</p>

<p>[ *]Teacher Recs:
My current calc teacher bragged about my academic accomplishments, e.g., how I lead the calc study groups, how I am his best student, how he expects me to take the BC and get a 5 (despite the fact that he only teaches AB), how my background makes these accomplishments all the more impressive, my love of learning, how I contribute to class discussions all the time, etc.</p>

<p>I have no idea what my English teacher’s recommendation wrote about. She told me that she had mentioned that I lead and organized Silence Day for my school’s Gay-Straight Alliance (which I founded) and how she exemplified me as the paragon of a kid just “trying to achieve his America Dream”, whatever that means. It must have been good… I lived with her at a time when I was in danger of becoming homeless and dropping out of high school my Junior year. She knows me better than my own mother.</p>

<p>[ *]Counselor Rec:
Good. Mostly just a recitation of my extracurriculars and my turbulent background.</p>

<p>[ *]Supplementary Material:</p>

<p>My interview went well. I made the gaffe of bringing up my interest in Nicomachean ethics and then not being able to explain what it was (lol, for the record, I didn’t expect her to quiz me so I froze, but I indeed have read Aristotle!). I made her choke up a bit talking about the obstacles I have overcome in the last 8 years. Even I had difficulty not tearing up telling my story. I expressed my love of learning by talking to her about the “cognitive orgasms” which I sometimes have (she laughed hysterically at this, which was a good indication that she understood what they are).</p>

<p>I also mentioned that I wanted to found a minority (mostly Hispanic in my school) academic support program in my school, which I did accomplish last year.</p>

<p>[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
URM (hispanic); first generation college student; low-income (EFC=0); first generation American (Born in Colombia, now US citizen), single-mother home, only speak Spanish at home</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Reno, NV
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *]Gender Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]</p>

<p>[ *]Extracurriculars: not very many, but I chose my them wisely. Time that can be used to help people is a terrible thing to waste in trivial things. (that is to all of you who are academic superstars: you have an obligation to society, whether you like it or not)</p>

<p>Minorities Achieving A’s: minority support program I founded in my school so that upperclassmen who have very strong academic records can help minority underclassmen succeed academically. It has been a remarkable success. Most of the kids we help are ECSTATIC about receiving help. More than one has said to me “this is exactly what I was looking for, I just didn’t know where to go.” Anyways, enough ranting. </p>

<p>Gay-Straight Alliance= President and founder; also a remarkable success</p>

<p>Varsity swim team/ most improved swimmer x2</p>

<p>Academic Olympics= team captain; 3rd place regional winners</p>

<p>Young democrats= co-founder VP and 12th grade president</p>

<p>Earth club</p>

<p>Student body gov= 10th grade pres; 12th grade class treasure; 9th grade leadership class</p>

<p>Summer program with FTE (foundation for teaching economics) at Berkeley --- recommend it to everyone!</p>

<p>[ *]Awards: wasn’t ever allowed to rack up too many of these because I moved around so much. They are completely meaningless though.
Ap sholar with distinction
Some stupid ones like math student of the year x5 (different schools)
Nevada all state academic team
A school award for some dumb academic recognition that everyone gets.</p>

<p>[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

<p>I hope that my “stats” give everyone a little bit of hope. I think that by now it has been established that college admin officers don’t care too much about you having a 2200 vs a 2400, nor do they care about you having 30 national awards. For me, getting in was simply a matter of proving my commitment to helping people throughout my journey (and what a crazy, perilously one it has been!). I strive to help people based on the obstacles that I have overcome myself (notice a connection between my background and choice of extracurriculars yet?). I believe that it is this spirit of selfless giving that gave me the karma that allowed MIT to accept me (for the record, I’m an agnostic).
Meh, enough ranting….</p>

<p>STOP READING THIS WORTHLESS S*** and go out and contribute to society! (it doesn’t matter what you do, just do something!... and enjoy it too)</p>

<p>i apologize in advance if i offended anyone with my didactic remarks. But really, if the collective time that everyone spent in this site to see how they could "get into XYZ college" was used for good, the world would be a much better place! (i only realized this a month ago)</p>

<p>good luck to all the deffered in MIT RD and the rejected in other school's RD!</p>

<p>forgot to add:</p>

<p>i used a fee waiver.
my interview lasted for 2+ hours.</p>

<p>The "worthless S..." comment now seems immature and untrue.</p>

<p>I was ignorant of how generous CC members really are.</p>

<p>I apologize.</p>

<p>haha, good post</p>

<p>Accepted :]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]SAT: 2290 (780M, 770CR, 740W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.67
[<em>]Rank: Unknown, but I think I'm in the top 10.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on Calc BC, US History, US Gov, Chem, Lang, Physics B, Spanish. 4 on Music Theory. Highest AMC score was a 120.5</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Essays: The best I've ever written. I used the end of the world prompt to write about my near-death experience and my physical and emotional recovery. I responded to the creation prompt by writing about the language I created.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Ditto.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Violin recordings
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Near-death experience, I suppose?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Location: Suburb off of Chicago
[</em>]High School Type: Public, with a good reputation
[<em>]Ethnicity: Korean!
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: The aforementioned violin, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Math Team, Science Bowl, Scholastic Bowl, WYSE, JETS, Pit Orchestra, Volunteering as a tutor, Piano Trio
[</em>]Awards: IMEA All-State Violinist, National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Honors Society Member
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: One of my best friends also got in EA. The only thing we had in common (besides straight A's) was a long-term and consistent commitment to music, though she plays piano. Someone earlier said that colleges want to see more than the purely academic. I agree. ALSO, I considered MIT my first choice, while she had it tied for first with Harvard. Maybe that came through in our essays. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>On the day that decisions came out, I scheduled a haircut at 7:00 so that I would have something to do while waiting for 8:00 to come around, thinking, "At least if I don't get accepted, I'll have a cute haircut!"</p>

<p>hey saeuna, care to explain the piano trio thing you listed in ur EC's?</p>

<p>sounds interesting.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!! I never even thought about being accepted.</p>

<p>SAT: 2090 (790 Math, 650 Writing, 650 Critical reading)
SAT II: 760 Math I, 800 Math II, 720 Physics
ACT: n/a
GPA: 4.00
Rank: 1/80
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB - 5, IB Math SL 7</p>

<p>Essays: Outstanding. I wrote a reflection on my country and how I would change it with an MIT education. Be creative! Think out of the box.<br>
Teacher Recs: Amazing, both (from my math teacher and philosophy).<br>
Counselor Rec: One of the best students in his career. I knew him well.<br>
Supplementary Material: No, not necessary in my case.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Letter of recommendation from an MIT Ph.D (I knew her 4 years and I was her best student). </p>

<p>Personal
Location: Santiago, Chile
High School Type: Private, international.
Ethnicity: Latino (Spanish)
Gender: Male
Other
Extracurriculars: Tennis Captain for 4 years, NHS (founded an interesting project), Fly-fishin fanatic (travel around the world searching for adventures), National science and math competitions, Math Olympics<br>
Awards: Twice first-place creative writin contests, Best math student 3 consecutive years, (school), Best science student 2 years (school)<br>
Financial Aid: yes
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I never expected to get into MIT. I just worked several weeks in my application and everything turned well. Luck for those deferred!</p>

<p>Eritas44 and Carlos, you two gave me hope like no one else! My SAT is in the 1900s as well, and some have put me down as well. Hopefully, both of your acceptance letters from MIT will prove those people wrong!</p>

<p>aww this MIT thing is so unpredictable</p>

<p>ill be honest here,</p>

<p>ive known 5 people that have applied to MIT, 3 have been accpeted Early, 1 deferred, and 1 waitlisted-all applied early (all Asian so it wasnt an issue with AA)</p>

<p>The 1 deferred and 1 waitlisted in my opinion were FAR superior to the 3 that got in early. Now, im not saying that the 3 that got in early werent qualified, they clearly were, but the if they got in, the two that did not get in early should have easily gotten in.</p>

<p>So i dont know, maybe MIT is looking for a more rounded person...i know that the 2 that did not get in early did a lot of math/science competitions but were not exacty strong at other ECs (such as sports, music, or volunteering)</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:800M 680CR 720W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Physics 790 Math II
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 Weighted
[<em>]Rank:2
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Physics B 5 Statistics 5 Biology 4 US History
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: great- i wrote about my lacrosse team, building a motor, and getting injured.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: great- i had physics teacher and english teacher write them + the rec from the WTP program
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ehh okay- he's a real tool though
[</em>]Supplementary Material: wrote two extra essays, sent in a lacrosse video to the coach,<br>
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): recruited (?) by lacrosse coach, attended the WTP program my junior year,<br>
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NYC baby...
[<em>]High School Type: small private coed
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: varsity soccer, lacrosse, and squash all four years, peer tutoring (leadership role), science/ geek club, volunteer tour guide for my school,
[<em>]Awards: RPI award, Cum Laude Society, Honor roll all throughout highschool,
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] really kick butt in the interview, and if you are a girl: CONSIDER THE WTP PROGRAM- applicants who attend automatically get a "second look" by the admissions committee + its alot of fun +it tells you alot about the mit campus +looks great for other schools as well. Good luck- its rough out there.</p>

<p>Deferred
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2180 (800M, 650R, 730W)
[</em>]SAT II: (780 MII, 610BM)
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.96
[<em>]Rank: 1/218
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10: 109
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: alright, one extra one about why MIT is a good fit
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one excellent one good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: okay
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: ME
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: math team, interact club (president), student council (treasurer), tutoring, math team coach, nordic skiing, cross country running, track, speak out
[li]Awards: 1st place local speakout[/li] 3rd place state speakout contest
national merit commended
yale book award
amc 10 school winner
4th sophomore in picone north math league
national latin exam magna cum laude[/ul]</p>

<p>About the piano trio - I started it with two friends - one of which was the girl who got into MIT early. We practice every Saturday, and are coached by my mother, who is a concert pianist.</p>