<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 200M 200CR 200W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 3 X 200
[<em>] GPA: - 3.472354
[</em>] Rank: 3999/4000
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Didn't write any
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I needed these?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: And this too? @#$%$!!!
[<em>] Hook (if any): I was in jail for a month?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Pole
[<em>] School Type: South Pole Public HS
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black Native American with Hispanic and Pasific roots
[li] Gender: Both</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred:
[li] Other thoughts:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>eer....i dont think it should be followed lol...it was written like this last year, and i just copied it down. So post whatever you want lol, and good luck again! :)</p>
<p>
[quote]
Subjective:
Essays: Didn't write any
Teacher Recs: I needed these?
Counselor Rec: And this too? @#$%$!!!
Hook (if any): I was in jail for a month?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: South Pole
School Type: South Pole Public HS
Ethnicity: Black Native American with Hispanic and Pasific roots
Gender: Both
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570 - 800 M 770 V
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathII - 800 Physics - 740 US History - 760
[<em>] GPA: 96.5 UW 103.3 W (13% weight for honors or AP)
[</em>] Rank: 3/759
[<em>]AMC/AIME/USAMO: Never heard about until this year, will get my school to offer them this February.
[</em>] AP: Statistics, Calc AB, Microeconomics (self study), US History all 5, Macroeconomics (self study) - 4
[<em>] Other stats: NM commended, CTY 4 years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: eh, OK, not the best stuff I wrote, but hey, its all in the eye of the beholder.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 3 great ones.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Another good rec.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Theater, improvisational actor.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Jersey, the non-competitive part
[<em>] School Type: non-competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: WASP
[<em>] Gender: XY
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Student Council President, School Musicals, Math club, Varsity Chess Team
I won a male beauty pageant for my high school.
[<em>] Why I think I was deferred: I totally suck at life. I have no community service, and some guy from my school got in last year for the first time ever.
[</em>] Other thoughts: I though my interview was good, well w/e. I guess its regular descion for me.
Peace Out.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2180
SAT IIs: 770 chem, 750 math iic
GPA: like a 3.98
Rank:2
AMC/AIME/USAMO:
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: i thought it was pretty ok
Teacher Recs: one was good probably. one was probably not
Counselor Rec: probably good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: WV
School Type: public
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: male
Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars:[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred:[li] Other thoughts:</p>[/li]
<p>I was expecting it. And plus I am about to submit my other 13 college apps. so it was not too much of a big deal for me.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M/800, CR/780, W/730
[</em>] SAT IIs: MIIC/800, Chem/790, Japanese w/ List 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.3 weighted
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: lotsa APs, all 5s.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Meh. decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good.. robotics advisor
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue, but he said he wrote a good one
[<em>] Hook (if any): Siemens westinghouse semis.. JETS TEAM+S 1st.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Robotics prez, running amp building company
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: No clue.
[</em>] Other thoughts:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 (800CR 800W 790M)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 790 Chem
[</em>] APs: 10 tests between 10th and 11th grade, 5 more this year
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.72W, 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 3/300
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs out of 7 classes
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5 or 6 early
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team, It's Academic, Flute, SafeH2O, Science Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at STScI, working at Kumon
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Essay A - everyone thought it was great; also wrote an essay about the program I wrote for my classmates that lets us compare schedules; in the optional essay wrote about my trip to Spain and my internship
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, I don't know her very well
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Short by MIT standards: under an hour. But then, all of my EC's interviews were short, he was kinda old.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Middle-sized public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half-Colombian, Half-White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle-Upper
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Hispanic?
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Essays were good, strong SAT scores and courseload; possibly weak ECs?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: see above
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who got in! March is a long way away...</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2180 - 780 M - 690 V
* SAT IIs: MathII - 800 Physics - 780 Math IIC
* GPA: Something like 5.2 W, 3.6 UW
* Rank: doesn't rank at this school
* AMC/AIME/USAMO: AMC - 106.5, AIME - 1
* AP: 5's on: AP Calc BC, AP Phys C Mech, AP Phys C E&M, AP Phys B, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, 4's on: APUSH, AP Statistics
* Other stats: AP National Scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: OK, not the best stuff I wrote, but hey, its all in the eye of the beholder.
* Teacher Recs: 3 great ones (hopefully).
* Counselor Rec: Another good rec.
* Hook (if any): Siemens National Finalist, Placed 3rd at ISEF, etc
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: North carolina
* School Type: Selective Public Resedential
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: MAN
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars: the usual [</em>] Other thoughts: Peace on Earth</p>