Official MIT Class of 2012 Early Action Decisions Thread

<p>Anyone know when (and if) MIT will post EA Numbers, before RA for this year?</p>

<p>yes, I'm a male</p>

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2340 (740R, 800W, 800M)
* SAT II: Math IIC: 800, Biology: 790
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 4.00UW, 4.35W
* Rank: 1/695
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP: 5's on bio, env sci, us history, and calc ab; 4 on eng lang
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<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Teacher Recs: very good, one was tailored to MIT (teacher from MIT)
* Counselor Rec: very good
* Supplementary Material: Key Club advisor rec (good)
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): leadership? *shrugs
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<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: Northern CA
* High School Type: large public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: No
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Key Club - Treasurer (11th), President (12th); Science Club - Treasurer (9th), VP (10th-11th), President (12th); Site Council (council of students, teachers, and parents for spending money) - Vice Chairperson (9th-12th)
* Awards: only small school stuff
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: It feels like...to these top universities, I'm just a wild card because I'm from a somewhat obscure (but still good) school. I thought my scores would take care of that...
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<p>Agh...four more months</p>

<p>Rainynightstarz,
YES. Send a letter. Those are important leadership skills! (Can anyone tell I'm still sitting on pins and needles waiting for DS to check for a decision...)</p>

<p>Oliviam12...Someone posted the Deferred letter which mentioned about 500 offers for >3900 applicants. 500/3900 is 12.8%, which won't be exact but is probably in the ballpark. I seem to recall it was 11-something last year...</p>

<p>ducktape:
What did you get ?</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2260
SAT II: 800 ML2, 800 physics, 780 bio
ACT: none
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.7 weighted
Ranking: 1/364
AMC/AIME: 97.5/5
AP: Calc BC:5, Calc AB:5, Physics B:5, Bio: 5, US hist:5
IB: physics SL:7, anthropology SL:5</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher recs: one probably decent, other so so
Counselor recs: competitive school, 1 counselor per 400 students.. meh recs
Supplemental: none
Hook: science geek?
Interview: so-so</p>

<p>Personal:
Location: Sacramento
High School Type: Magnet IB, 1600-1800, top 20 in national science comps
Ethnicity: Chinese :(
Gender: M :(
Applied for financial aid: yes</p>

<p>Other:
Extracurriculars: Research, Sci bowl, sci oly, quiz bowl, sci club pres, sac youth symphony 1st violinist, community service at local chinese school,
Awards: sci oly national 2nd place in astro & 12th place team, other random state 2nd places and such, usa bio olympiad semifinalist, sci bowl 4th place, other random crap
Advice: uhhh don't screw everything up like i did? </p>

<p>i was kind of hoping to get in...our school generally sends like 2-4 ppl to MIT, and i thought i was one of the most competitive in my class...but i guess our class totally sucks or something, considering that like everyone got rejected/deferred from stanford, mit, penn, etc.</p>

<p>She's at work -- she was going to run home at lunch to check, but not post til after work. Any one who also applied to UChi here?</p>

<p>I was accepted!!!!</p>

<p>post later...celebrate now :D</p>

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT II: Math IIC: 760; Physics: 710; World History: 750
[</em>]ACT: 34
[<em>]GPA: 3.82 UW
[</em>]Rank: 19/189
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP Stats, 3 on AP World History and AP U.S. History
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Very interesting, about Slashdot
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Stupendous
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Unknown, probably crap
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Minnesota
[</em>]High School Type: Small public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl Captain (3 years, Captain 1), Math League (3 years), Science Olympiad (4 years)
[li]Awards: 1st in regional Science Olympiad, 7th in state, NMSF[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>deferred... i kinda expected the result... sigh</p>

<p>Deferred......</p>

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

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310
[</em>]SAT II: 800/770/760 iic/bio/ush
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.79
[<em>]Rank: 2/15x
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): calc - 4, stats - 4, apush 5, bio 5, amc12 - 109.5, aime - 3
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good i thought. didn't do the optional essay, but wrote one of my own about my passion for running. main was how i overcame my fear of public speaking through a summer internship
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one was good from my coach/history teacher. other no idea but i imagine it was decent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>]Supplementary Material: rec from my boss, the cmio at cornell medical college
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): supported by the xc/track coach at mit
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Not Yet
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: xc/track, 6 week paid internship at cornell in manhattan, summer teaching poor children in china, hospital volunteering, other random stuff
[</em>]Awards: bunch of running awards, amc/aime school winners, nothing amazing
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Reasons why deferred was probably just my lack of big awards, and perhaps not writing the optional essay[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2150 (740 verbal, 720 math, 690 writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus AB: 5, AP Chemistry: 4
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My optional was about delivering speeches.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I bet they were excellent.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: We're pretty close, so probably more specific than usual.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Rec from my research mentor.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Hmmm...I'm senior class president, and I think that's not a type MIT sees often. [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Natchitoches, Louisiana (My family is in New Orleans)
[<em>]High School Type: Public, residential (Louisiana School)
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes, I submitted the PROFILE. [/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Class president, MAO, Science Quizbowl, French Club, Research, employed when I was at home.
[</em>]Awards: Graduation with Distinction, National Chem Olympiad, National French Exam, National Merit, ACS exam
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wow- I really can't believe it. It's been a hoot, guys. Just need to find out about other schools now. (Read: Caltech) [/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted! I love God</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 Math, 760 Reading, 680 Writing, 2240
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 780 Chem
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.99/4 unweigthed (B in freshman health -_-), about 4.65 weighted
[<em>]Rank: not ranked but definitely top 5 out of about 300
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 about 106. didn't post my AIME scoer
AP Chem/Lang/Calc BC all 5's
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Should've been good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good, atlked a lot about my leadership.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I think i got a good rec from my xc coach because he talked about how I wasn't the best runner, and this was one of the few thigns iw asn't good at in life, but I worked hard regardless. I can work through disappointments.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I'm giong to play lacrosse at MIT, got a letter of support from teh coach. I also am the NJ Boys State Governor.[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Top top Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: I will[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:4 Year Varsity Hockey, 3 Year Captain, 3 Years Varsity Lacrosse, Sr captain, 2 Yrs Varsity XC, Did some Siemens, but didnt submit, Math Club at times, Spanish Honor Society, Peer Leader, Acapella Group, Choir
[</em>]Awards: Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, MVP/Coach's Awards, Honorable mentions for hockey/lacrosse
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think my Boys State Governorship really clinched it. Theres only one a year. Also I had some extracurricular leadership that probably made me stand out. I didn't just paly sports but I was a captain in a lot of them and Boys State helped that too.</p>[/li]
<p>What I tried to show in my application/interview/essay/recs was my match potential. I did my best to "fit" what MIT wanted in a student, but I didn't do it JUST to fit MIT, they were thigns taht are true about me that I tried to show them to the best that I could. I showed them that I'm a good student, but that I've gone through failures. In my interview i explained why I wanted to go to MIT and what it would mean to me but that I'm also a normal kid. In the explain what you like to do for fun section, i didnt talk about research or anything, I said I like to hang out with my friends. Be yourself, show that you match Good luck! [/ul]</p>

<p>Deferred <em>sniffle</em> No Tube.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (800 W, 780 M, 770 CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chem, 780 Math IIC (and 770 French and 740 Bio M)
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0UW, 4.72W
[<em>]Rank: 3/320
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB 5; AP Chem 5; AP Bio 5; AP French 4; AP US History 5; AP English Lang 5; AMC 100.5, AIME 1 (eww)
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought it was creative.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Stellar
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Above Average
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None, but will probably be sending some in now.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul] None
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Public, not magnet
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: FBLA, Science Club, Math Club, History Club, Girl Scouts, Drama Club, Fencing, a bunch more
[</em>]Awards: Too many to name, none overly important.
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: *Sniffle</em> It's what I expected, though. I can only save my hope for RD and start working on those god-forsaken applications. I want to finish Princeton's by tonight, its priority app deadline.[/ul]</p>

<p>^^^ My son also got deferred with a 36 ACT. Guess we know now MIT doesn't like the ACT.</p>

<p>Congrats to all those who were accepted! Good luck to all those deferred! And to those rejected... this is not the end... you will all end up at somewhere great!</p>

<p>I hope I'll be as happy as those who were accepted next year!</p>

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310 (1580 M + CR, 730 W, 8 E) First time
[</em>]SAT II: 770 Math 2, 740 USH, 730 Bio M
[<em>]ACT: 34 (35 Math, 34 everything else)
[</em>]GPA: 3.63 UW, 4.24 W
[<em>]Rank: N/A I think at least top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Euro History (4), US History (5), Biology (5), Calculus AB (5); AIME (3)
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought the main one was awesome (in hindsight, perhaps not?), I wrote the optional one with something I created for Science Fair
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good, I think, they both love me...
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Decent? She likes me, so...
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I sent in an abstract from my summer research at JPL - I'll send in another rec as part of the deferral "appeal".
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing really...I've moved around a lot in my life...?[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Sunny Los Angeles, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian :(
[<em>]Gender: Male :(
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Chess (10 years) - lots of national/state awards; top 65 in the nation in my age group. Paid Summer Internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Science Fair projects...tutor/teach chess at the Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena. Some other stuff...w/e
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended, couple of other awards and stuff - nothing spectacular...
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Damn...I gotta work on apps now :(</p>[/li]
<p>I think the problems in my app were my GPA and my lack of conspicuous awards. We'll see.[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>No tube here.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA?
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 M/800 CR/740 W, 11 essay)
[<em>] ACT: never took
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 800 Lit, 800 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5s (Euro, Bio, Calc BC, USH), one 4 (English Lang)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (English Lit, French, US Gov, Stats, Physics C, Chem)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ARML, AIME, National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founding Academic Team Varsity Captain (11-12), Founding Math Team Captain (11-12), Founding Mock Trial Co-captain/Attorney (11-12), Science Olympiad Captain (12), Literary Magazine Assistant Editor (12), Varsity Swimmer (9, 11-12), Research on mammalian taste receptors (summer 2007-present). Will probably be President of French Honor Society. Include regional/state math and science awards. Since we are a new school, I took the responsibility to involve students in clubs and the International Olympiads (Chem, Bio, Physics).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Research (see above)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Major ones total ~300 hrs at library (2005-present), camp counselor (summer 2006). I have a theme of informally teaching students math, physics, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer, research (see above)
[<em>] Essays: Unique, unifying, very good!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent!
[</em>] Additional Rec: From research mentor, also excellent!
[<em>] Interview: Went very well! Lasted one and a half hours.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[<em>] School Type: Public, opened 2006
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM? Not much of a hook :)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good recs, took major initiative at new school, showed sensible risk-taking?
[<em>] Weaknesses: No very major awards, e.g. USAMO/USAPhO? Then again, I helped start those at school :)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No USAMO etc.?
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>