<p>oopsgrl - aww :)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] SAT IIs: IC: 740, IIC: 710, Physics: 740
[<em>] GPA: 3.98UW, ~4.6 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/~350
[<em>] Other stats: Not too great of an interview
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably not that good (started being my councelor this school year)
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation college student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: music, mathletes, scholastic bowl, job
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred:
[</em>] Other thoughts: Can't wait till March :D</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2080 (haha, lowest SAT i've seen here..)
SAT IIs: IC750, Chem750, Korean800
GPA: 4.00 uw, 4.71 W
Rank: 1/350
Other stats:5's: World, Lang, Chem 4's: Stat, Calc
Subjective:
Essays: How poor I was
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: He likes me so...</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Ghetto Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hook: MITES? Leadership in school?</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis four years and captain. Captain Mock Trial. Captain Speech Team. VP of Asian American Club. Math Team. Volunteer for adopted kids. Saturday School volunteer. Student reporter for national newspaper. Over 600 hours of community service
Other thoughts: Man...its either this or georgetown</p>
<p>I think you should go to MIT aznlegna :) Do it for your friends.</p>
<p>vu, u are SUCH a douchebag</p>
<p>lol??</p>
<p>Did I miss something? :o</p>
<p>soooooo has everyone gotten their tube/letter yet?</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* ACT: 33
* SAT: 800 Math, 660 Verbal
* SAT IIs: Math IIC: 800, Physics: 740, US History 760
* GPA: 3.96UW, ~4.7 W
* Rank: 1/750
* Other stats: damn fine gf
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I thought my personality really came through in them. I guess following their instructions exactly isn't quite enough :)
* Teacher Recs: no idea they don't let us read them
* Counselor Rec: probably good?
* Hook (if any): former cocaine addict, dealer - reformed obv. Jail sentence for beating a man with a baseball bat.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: IL
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars: Math Team, JV Golf Team, Some Scholastic Bowl, founder of Students for a Free Tibet, founder of Young Democrats Club, 150 Volunteer hours, 5 years as a caddy (front for my parents while pursuing drug dealing - gave that up freshman year) Why I think I was accepted/deferred: probably the drug/jail sentence thing [</em>] Other thoughts: ehh I'm already in Georgetown SFS so I'll probably just do that if they MIT people don't quite love me enough to accept me</p>
<p>wow is your hook a joke? or are you serious?</p>
<p>lol thats insane if it isnt</p>
<p>life is insane.</p>
<p>i hope i havent posted this yet....bc my memory is a bit off</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 740 M, 740 V, 770 W (2250)
SAT IIs: IC: 730, Chem 760, WH 690
GPA: 96.6 (weighted)
Rank: does not rank, prob top 10%
Other stats: ?
Subjective:
Essays: weird
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good, she liked me
Hook (if any): not enough obviously but did a lot of research, intel paper
Location/Person: new york
State or Country:ny
School Type: private catholic
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: femal
Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars: co-founder/co-pres of chess club, captain of soccer team, treasurer of sci club, blah blah.....the works
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: hmm prob my sat II scores, also my school really isnt great in the math/science departments so there werent many opportunities, mayb my essay was too weird? grades not high enough? idk
[</em>] Other thoughts: im withdrawing...got into upenn, so for all you guys that got deferred frm mit, i hope this gives you hope that you can def end up somewhere good</p>
<p>congrats to the acceptees...you guys seem amazing</p>
<p>Thanks to Wufei for sending me here.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 770 M, 730 V, 670 W
SAT IIs: Math IIc 730, US Hist 680, Bio M 650 (:( soph year, bad choice)
ACT: 35 composite
GPA: 3.948 UW
Rank: 14/300ish
Other stats: AP's to date (Calc 5, Euro Hist 4, US Hist 3)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: should be wonderful, don't know for sure
Counselor Rec: probably average
Hook (if any): ?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: National Spanish Honor Society, AP Scholor, National Merit Commended Student, Leadership Council
Extracurriculars: Lifelong school and club soccer player, JV tennis, Chamber and Concert orchestra, School Newspaper, NHS secretary, some community service.
Why I think I was deferred: Lack of community service, research programs, and summer programs, SAT II scores maybe
Other thoughts: Not really suprised, hoping for some RD luck</p>
<p>no - it's not a joke - at least I got out of it, right? needless to say my interview was interesting</p>
<p>In all fairness, we probably shouldn't count members who joined just to post in this thread. Because, with the exception of a few, like the person two posts above me, I doubt many people will join to announce that they were deferred.</p>
<p>Yeah, Spartan Pho3nix is right. If you're counting acceptances and deferrals of board members, you shouldn't pay attention to my post (even if I am an exception).</p>
<p>Definitely....</p>
<p>So many new members joined to post their acceptences...I doubt anyone would join to post a deferral or rejection. </p>
<p>Actually, the EA results were extremely surprising! So many of the people I'd expected to get in (won't give names) were deferred! It's truly surprising. Maybe MIT's looking for a new dimension this year. Possibly diversity (they did admit an all time high of URM)? Any ideas?</p>
<p>Ok I finally got my letter so that I can post my info:
Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yes
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2060 (770M,710W,580CR)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 2400 (IIC, Physics, Chem)
[</em>] ACT: 27 (took a long time ago and didn't report)
[<em>] APs: 5 Chemistry, Physics B, Calc BC 4 Bio, US Hist 3 English
[li] IBs: school don't got none[/li][</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.977 UW (3AP's junior year, 3 - senior)
[<em>] Rank: 7/500
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Biology, AP Government, AP English, French 2. Also Multivariable and Mechanics, and next semester Electricity and Magnetism and Linear Algebra or more.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 that I know of
[</em>] Other stats: 7 courses at a junior college with a GPA 4.0. Mostly unimportant, there are Stats and Nanotechnology though
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: swimming, science bowl, chess, weight lifting, other minor stuff. No awards (only one school award and the AP award)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: swim coach (summer)
warehouse work (all the time... actually, from time to time)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ok (never seen them)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: null (doesn't know me)
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I was 10 minutes late but he was a really nice guy and I think it went well
[<em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): big bad suburban
[</em>] Ethnicity: belarussian white
[<em>] Income Bracket: low income
[</em>] Gender: male</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Math / EC's
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No awards, no research, no strong EC's except swimming. SAT I was obviously a detriment but I think it was ameliorated by the fact that I came to US two years ago.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was hoping for a miracle which obviously didn't happen. I'll send some additional stuff for regular review, see what happens. Congratulations to those who made it, you guys are amazing (and girls)</p>
<p>zking, agreed - CC EA results were very surprising. Eh, idk, I'm really not sure why. The sample of ppl I've seen from the mymit guestbook for acceptees include many URMs and more surprisingly, athletes. It'll be interesting to see which CCers get admitted in RD tho. Mhm I wish I could just read the adcoms' minds when theyre judging apps. </p>
<p>Horray for the old CC members =)</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M:690,CR:580,W:510
[<em>] SAT IIs:Bio M:590, MathII:600, Literature:530
[</em>] TOEFL (computer based): 257/300
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:UW: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: College Calculus at the University of Puerto Rico, Integrated Math III, Physics, Uses of Energy into Transportation (Engineering Class), Engineering Pre-Graphics, Advanced English 12, Spanish 11, US History and Volleyball ;)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: mm... early none, regular- like 3?
[<em>] Other stats: Advanced one year of high school, Doing Math Research
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:NHS (President), Math Investigation, SHPE Jr., Solar Team (we work on a real solar car), ... other
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome! (I guess)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Awesome! (I hope)
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): It was nice, my counselor graduated from MIT in 1950!!! and he is awesome!
[<em>] Hook (if any): none...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:Puerto Rico!
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: mm... I guess my SAT's weren't that great, but I did good in the other parts!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Edit: Never mind what was here originally...</p>
<p>If at all possible, try to take the sat II's again. The TOEFL will cover the sat's, but the SAT II's aren't very pretty for them.</p>