Official MIT 2011 EA Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! OH MY GOD
Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 740M 800CR 800W
* SAT IIs: 730 Physics, 800 Literature, 800 Math IIC
* GPA: - 3.96 uw, 4.25 w
* Rank: unranked
* Other stats:
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I think my Rice one was actually better... but they were still pretty good. I wrote a supplemental one about how much I wanted to go to MIT, and also submitted a copy of my UChicago "describe yourself as a mathematical function."
* Teacher Recs: One of them was from my chem teacher, who is an MIT alum. My other one required this big form with short answers and stuff for her rec, so it was better than perhaps one where the teacher just whips something up.
* Counselor Rec: All right - she really likes me, but we don't chat all the time, or anything.
* Hook (if any): None, really... I co-founded my schools chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, and I'm a theater kid..?
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas
* School Type: Catholic all-girls HS
* Ethnicity: caucasian
* Gender: female
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<p>Other Factors:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Theater, mostly... also Girl Scouts and tap and fencing and some other...things... I'm too excited to list everything!
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I have no idea... I think I showed my passion in my essays, and had strong numbers. I just... EEE!
* Other thoughts: OH MY GOD I cannot believe it...!!
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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR 780M 730W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 Physics 800 US History 800 Math II
[</em>] APs: 5's on: Euro History, US History, Calc BC (AB Class, BC self-study), Physics B, Physics C:Mech (self-study), Psychology (self-study), Human Geography (self-study), Environmental Sci (self-study); 3 - French Lang
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.6 W, 4.8 W junior year
[<em>] Rank: 1/250
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: APs: MicroEcon, Gov't, French Lit, Biology, Chemistry, English Lit
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (moi)
[</em>] Other stats: 108 AMC, heh... (drew a grin next to it on the app...); National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteer Work (Volunteer of the Year, President's Award, etc.), Violin (All-State Orchestra), Science Olympiad (State Physics Lab medal), School Paper (Editor in Chief), French Club (President), Bookstore Manager, Reading Nietzsche
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Physics Lab Assistant, Subway Sandwich Artist
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Quicky and funny for the small ones; main essay talked of how my duty to my parents (ie. their wish for me to become a doctor) conflicts with my passion for mechanical engineering - my essay turned out very well; submitted supplemental essay with my quirky pursuits of various engineering fields
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: frickin' amazing, he really made my character shine
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): 2.5+ hrs long, interviewer invited me to travel with her to an MIT info session 1 hr away
[<em>] Hook (if any): ...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): average suburban
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, heh....
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$80,000/year
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: inserted funny/witty/quirky things in essay, app, etc.; typical Asian female with no national stuff
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Submitted a cartoon of Schrodinger's Cat that showed my personality; amazing recs
[/ul]
General Comments: Must go hyperventilate now... I was 90% sure I was gonna get deferred and then rejected RD 'cause I am sooo the cookie-cutter Asian</p>

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<p>I am an asian guy, still got in. lol. So hehe, good luck to all.</p>

24

<p>deferred..
but i got into columbia on thursday so i'm happy!</p>

25

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M760, CR750, W690 (Scores from 2005)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II - 760, World History - 780, Chemistry - 760
[<em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Unweighted)
[</em>] Rank: Not ranked, but top 1% of my class
[li] Other stats: 6 AP Tests, all 5's - Chemistry, World History, US Gov/Pol, English Language, Statistics, Computer Science AB[/li]National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good; a spin on a common topic.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One should've been glowing, the other probably as well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: A weakness. Counselors at my school deal with 100 seniors each. I wouldn't be surprised if she just used the recommendation she wrote for National Merit and then forgot to change NM to MIT.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Unique major, Atmospheric Science; have real-life working experience at the NWS in this field
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Kentucky
[</em>] School Type: Public, most competitive (#8 in nation for total number of NMSF's this year)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
Eagle Scout,
over 300 Hours Community Service, with about 1/3 with me in charge as project coordinator,
Captain of my high school's Varsity Quiz Bowl Team (competes at NAQT HS NC and PACE every year, placed 7th and 12th in the past 2 years)
Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisville Youth Orchestra,
Violin for 10 years - (not competitive with it, but play for fun, make it to All-State, stuff like that, featured on From the Top w/ my orch)
President of my high school's Young Democrats club for two years, extremely politically active,
Not active in research, but competitor with some intriguing un-mentored projects at the local/state level (last year with a partner, we used evolutionary programming to evolve algorithms that could perform pattern recognition on EEG data, if we had a mentor we probably could've been even more successful than we were),
Work as a programmer for a local IT company,
Unique major - Atmospheric Science,
Volunteer/work at the National Weather Service's local office,
Varsity Swimmer at my High School,
there's more, but these are the big ones
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Je ne sais pas. I thought I was really competitive, but I guess it's true that it's just a crap-shoot. There were 12 people from my HS that applied early admissions, and none of us are any better than the others (they have higher SAT's because they took it EACH time this fall, and I didn't feel like adding any points over my score as a Sophomore would improve my chances).
[li] Other thoughts: I'll never know if I get accepted or not; I'm planning on being accepted to Cornell ED (through a relative, I've spoken with the right people...), so I'll be withdrawing my application later next week.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>To be honest, I wasn't really expecting to get in. I know it's a crap-shoot, and after visiting MIT and Cornell back to back, I decided that Cornell would be the better place for me to spend my Undergraduate years. But... would've been nice for my ego :)</p>

<p>I'm just going to be extremely disappointed when I found out which of my friends from school get in. 3/4 of them are really nerdy, and to be honest, I'm jealous that they'll get the chance to go to MIT whereas I won't. But that's the way the cookie crumbles. ;)</p>

26

<p>ACCEPTED WHAT WHAT?!</p>

<p>Forget my stats now... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh</p>

<p>merci merci MIT</p>

27

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2270 (740V/770M/760W)
* SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Chem
* GPA: 5.3ish/6
* Rank: School doesn't rank. Top 10%ish?
* AMC/AIME/USAMO: 126.5/6
* Other stats: Blarg
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I thought they were good
* Teacher Recs: Math was probably good, english so-so
* Counselor Rec: I dunno, think it was decent.
* Hook (if any): Being unhooked?
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:USA
* School Type:Private boarding
* Ethnicity:White
* Gender:Male
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<p>Other Factors:[list][li] Research in bio?</p>[/li]
<p>Extracurriculars:[li]a bunch of math/science stuff Why I think I was accepted/deferred:Because, well, it's MIT</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Other thoughts: Pi day, here I come!</p>

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<p>Decision: Not this time
Stats:
SAT: 750M 580Cr 730W - No TOEFL
SAT IIs: 800 IIc 750 Physics 740 Chemistry
GPA: A
Rank: ~top 5%
AMC/AIME/USAMO: 104/3 lol
Other stats: Went to SSP (<a href="http://www.ssp.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ssp.org&lt;/a&gt;)
Did some other research
did not know about INTEL/Siemens
Subjective:
Built a working telescope from garbage
In love with astronomy
less than 3 years here</p>

<p>Essays:
I thought they were OK...although I did exceed the limit
Teacher Recs: one was good, another one was crappy
Counselor Rec: yeah....with ~800 seniors this year...
Hook (if any): I'm originally from Moldova
Location/Person: NYC
State or Country: US
School Type: crappy public
Ethnicity: White...Jewish
Gender: M
Other Factors: Well, the scores are obviously too low....and the application was too long :)
I didnt really expect to get in so yeah. We'll see what happens next year
Congrats to everyone accepted and good luck to the rest!
Cheeers! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2380
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (math + ushistory) 760 (chem and bio)
[<em>] GPA: 4.89w, 3.92uw
[</em>] Rank: 2/270ish
[<em>] Other stats: never took AMC tests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were ok, wrote about a documentary film I made about the holocaust. i also sent that movie in.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no clue, probably really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably mehish
[<em>] Hook (if any): filmmaking i guess? (started production studio, officer of filmmaking club, lots of regional awards and one international festival)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: good public but nobody gets into MIT
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian (yeah, not good)
[<em>] Gender: m
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: filmmaking, music (piano+electronica), debate captain, computer science club prez, quiz bowl captain, two big service activites, research last summer but no big awards or anything
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: wish i knew, probably my essays were bad or something. i also had a passive interview, i was basically gettin lectured and i didnt get asked many questions (being indian AND male didn't help either)
[</em>] Other thoughts: i just knew i would get deferred b/c the competition is just to intense. now im waiting on Penn early decision</p>

<p>wow, you accepted people scare me with your crazy research and national awards, gahhh! congrats anyway</p>

30

<p>Accepted!!!!!!!</p>

31

<p>deferred. i'll post the stats later
has anyone been denied?</p>

32

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2x 800
[<em>] GPA: somewhere around 4.6 W
[</em>] Rank: top tenth
[<em>] AMC/AIME/USAMO: 123/6
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really showed my personality
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't know me
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: heavily involved in music, research, science competitions, etc.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I got pretty lucky.<br>
[*] Other thoughts: YAY!</p>

33

<p>Deferred:</p>

<p>2390 SATI, 3x 800 SAT IIs
Eagle Scout, research internships etc.
no real hook, white male jew
I thought I had a pretty good chance</p>

34

<p>ACCEPTED i can't believe it!!!
post stats later</p>

35

<p>User Name: tachobg
Gender: M
Location: New York City
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 97.60
GPA - Weighted: 0.00
Class Size: 710</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 790
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 730
SAT II Chemistry: 750</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: -Computer Science Research (Intel) 11-12
-Plasma Physics Research (Siemens) 12
-Comic Artist in school newspaper 11,12
-T-Shirt Design for Online store
-Morgan Stanley Mentoring Program
Leadership positions: -Gymnastics Team 10,11,12 - Captain
-Slavic Club 10,11,12 - President
-European Community Forum 11,12 - VP
Honors and Awards: -AATG German National Exam 1st in NYC (2005 and 2006)
-National German Honor Society
-Honors Math Student
-Morgan Stanley Mentoring Program (competitive admission)
College Summer programs: Internship in Morgan Stanley IT Department - worked on my computer science research for intel.</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Cornell University, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Stanford University, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Columbia University, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Harvard University, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Carnegie Mellon University, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Choice #: 7, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type:
Size: </p>

<p>Area:</p>

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<p>Explain to me how this guy does not get accepted. One of my BEST friends. Don't know all his stats, but I will post what I do know:</p>

<p>School: Private, top 100 in country
GPA: 4.25 on a 4.33 scale
SAT: 1590
Minority Status: Asian, not sure if he used that or not
Legacy: Father
Extra-Curriculars: Math League
Many different math competitions
Science club
Academic team-president
Junior State of America
Soccer
Plays the trumpet(?) or some other instrument, has played for a long time</p>

<p>Cum Laude as a junior
Math League top scorer all 3 years
All Academic soccer 4 years
honorable mention all conference soccer 2 years</p>

<p>I'm not sure if there are other stats they look at or if I am forgetting everything, but going on this alone I don't understand.</p>

<p>And I am sure his essays were top caliber.</p>

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<p>do you mean he was deferred or denied?</p>

38

<p>What was the score out of 2400? And SAT II's?</p>

39

<p>WOOT ACCEPTED! :D :D :D :D</p>

<p>i'll post stats later</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2280
SAT IIs: math IIC: 780 physics: 790 chem: 790 ushistory:740
GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.2 W
Rank: school doesnt rank
AMC/AIME: 110/2
Other stats: National merit semifinalist, ap scholar with distinction, VA governors school for math, science, and technology
5 APs: three 5s, two 4s</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: ive had varying opinions on them
Teacher Recs: dont know
Counselor Rec: dont know
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M</p>

<p>Other Factors: Captain of my robotics and JETS team. Lots of viola stuff. Some community service and varsity tennis. No research experience though
X-(
Congrats to all those who got in!</p>