<p>Son deferred. Stats very, very similar to la montagne.</p>
<p>Wow. 'Cept I'm a girl. =P But still, good luck to your son, J'adoube; if he gets in RA, maybe I will too!</p>
<p>DS was accepted. Holy cow. This was his big reach. More later.</p>
<p>ouch, la montagne - I figured you'd be in...</p>
<p>I wonder how ducktape did...</p>
<p>I was deferred as well with similar stats (2390/36), rank 1/190, and amazing recs. I am a white male, applied for financial aid as well, if that means anything</p>
<p>I usually just lurk, but I'm so excited, so I'm posting:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240 (760M, 760CR, 720W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Bio E
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.02/4.33 UW
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio, US History, and Language and Composition: 5, Calc BC: 4 (5 on AB subscore)
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: All very strong except for the short one asking about what dept I was interested in
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but probably very good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Don't know her that well but she loves me
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Optional essays describing some of my personal quirks
[<em>]Hook: None [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New Jersey
[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Jazz band, Environmental Club, Envirothon, Hebrew High School, Chinese Honor Society
[</em>]Awards: Best jazz band in the state (2006, 2007), best saxophone section in the state (2005), 3rd place at NJ Envirothon and best in 3 other categories, National Merit Semifinalist, Smith Book Award, NJ Governor's School on the Environment
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think my essays were what pulled me through.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Math -780, Verbal - 800, Writing - 800
[</em>]SAT II: Biology - 730, Chemistry 790, Chinese - 800, Math IIC - 800
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.63 weighted
[<em>]Rank: top 5% (school doesn't rank)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus - 5, AP Physics B - 5, AP Language and Composition - 5, AP Psychology - 5, AP US History - 5
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I personally really liked them; I thought they reflected all different sides of me well. My English teacher loved them, so I hope they helped in the decisions.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one from junior year physics teacher, one from sophomore year history teacher. I'm close to both of them, so I think they must have written great recommendations.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs. I go to a small school, so I really got to know my counselor well.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: art portfolio of my best work, extra recommendation from a professor of the lab in which I worked for the past three summers
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Central Jersey
[</em>]High School Type: small public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
- Volunteer at Local Library for four to twelve hours every week ever since summer before freshman year all the way to summer of junior year before taking on a job at the same library and working until present time
- Volunteer at soup kitchen first Friday of every month
- Volunteer/Internship at Rutgers University Cell Biology and Neuroscience Lab every summer since freshman year - 9 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday
- Editor-in-chief of school newspaper since junior year
- Student Congress: Freshman - representative, Sophomore - Treasurer, Junior - Vice President
- Captain of Science Bowl (senior year)
- 4 Model UN and 3 Model Congress conferences
- Physics Captain of school NJ Science-letes team
- Art since freshman year
- Achieved ABRSM certification in Level 8 piano at the age of 13
[</em>]Awards: a bunch of art awards - 1 international winning piece, 2 international second place, 1 national winning piece, 1 state winning piece, multiple local and state honorable mentions, Model UN distinguished delegate award and best journalist award. Science-letes: Bio 7th in state, Physics 11th in state, AP Scholar.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>I'm unbelievably excited right now, and this is the best Christmas present I could have hoped for. I'm glad the admissions committee recognized how much I really want to go to MIT, and how much I would be willing to take advantage of every resource they have as well as give back to the MIT community. That's probably all it came down to - the fact that I expressed my passions well and that I showed I'm a normal person who has weird quirks like an obsession with cultural Chinese movies. I also have to thank all the people who wrote me recommendations and my interviewer, and basically everyone that made a difference. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who got deferred, and those who are applying regular decision! Don't lose hope yet! I thought getting into MIT was impossible, but here I am... still slightly in shock. My thoughts are with all of you! Hang in there!</p>
<p>Accepted!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (800 M 720 CR 730 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MathIIC; 740 BioE
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.9 UW 4.2 W
[<em>]Rank: 7/442
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Biology - 5; AP Calculus - 5; APUSH -5; AP Language - 4; AMC 12 - 105; AIME - 5
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My lit teacher said they were "excellent."
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One amazing rec and one pretty good rec.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't really know her but she talked to my teachers and I think it turned out fine.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I turned in a pretty flawless French Horn recording and also the abstract of a research project I worked on last summer at my internship.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: California
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian/Hispanic
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y [/ul]
Other[ul]
[li]Extracurriculars: Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra; Brass Quintet ; Private lessons (6 years); Classical Piano (12 years); Wind Ensemble - Section Leader; Marching Band - Section Leader ; Musical Pit Orchestra - Lead Horn ; Interlochen Arts Camp ; Scuba diving for 8 years; Active in Project AWARE (underwater conservation program); Founder and Vice-president of the Science Club; Marine research with a professor; Biotechnology Research at School; Chess Club; Volunteer at a rock wall; Environmental Consulting Internship </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Awards: AP scholar with honor, two time AIME qualifier, three time principals honor roll, most outstanding musician award, two time California all-state wind symphony, two time All Northern California honor band - principal horn, two time All Solano Country honor band - principal horn, all Northern California honor band scholarship
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm so happy! I cannot believe this! [/ul]</p>
<p>ducktape just called me (we went to HSHSP together). SHE GOT IN!!!! (excited). I got deferred btw ...</p>
<p>All you deferred people still have freaking amazing stats; how am I ever going to compete with you in RD? ;D</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800W 760CR 700M
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 740 Math IIc
[<em>]ACT: 34 (but not submitted)
[</em>]GPA: 5.038/5.3
[<em>]Rank: 2/330ish
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Chem, 5 APUSH, 5 Envi Sci
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought it was creative... my teacher loved it, too. It might not have been literal enough, though.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One amazing, the other I'm not too sure about... I wasn' t that close to him, but he gave me an award, so...
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope [/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NE
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 1st clarinet for all 4 yrs, clarinet choir, pep band, select wind ensemble, tutor, NHS VP, town council workshop coordinator, French Club secretary, Habitat for Humanity, Model UN, varsity XC/track, etc. etc. etc.
[</em>]Awards: USNCO Semi-Finalist, Harvard Book Award, Scholastic Art and & Writing Awards RAL Gold Key, science fair grand prize winner, National Merit Commended, AP Scholarish-thing, other silly school departmental awards (Outstanding Student of AP Chemistry, etc.)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm obviously not too happy, but I'm getting over it. My test scores in Math did me in...[/ul]</p>
<p>deferred...</p>
<p>I just came back from volleyball. I checked on my cell, my friend and my parents confirmed it. And....</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2340 (R740, M800, W800)
* SAT II: World His-800, Math II-800, Physics-800, Chinese-800.
* ACT: 35
* GPA: 4.0/4.8
* Rank: 2/329
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
5s on Calc BC, Stat, Chem, Phys B, Phys C M, Phys C EM, Euro His, US His;
AMC 12: 126.5, AIME: 9, USAMO Qualifier.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Katrina essay: how Katrina helped me
* Teacher Recs: Math teacher commented on personal qualities while Econ/Euro teacher concentrated on academics
* Counselor Rec: something good, i forgot.
* Supplementary Material: I emailed them saying that I won Siemens AP for Louisiana
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none (mini-hooks: came to US in 8th grade; going through Katrina; USAMO qualifier)
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: New Orleans, LA
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: YES
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta: President, VP/re-founder; Engineering Club, VP*2; Student Council: VP, Treasurer*2; Quiz Bowl: Captain; Varsity Soccer, district champions
* Awards: USAMO Qual., AP National Scholar, Siemens AP (Louisiana), National Merit Semifinalist.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: OMG IM CALLING EVERYONE IN CHINA.
</code></pre>
<p>ah deferred...i wanted the tube! at least there's still hope</p>
<p>We want ducktape!</p>
<p>OMG .. I just finished typing stats.. and they didn't post .. I used an external editor .. so if I can find the temp file .. I'll post them.</p>
<p>Anyway .. Caucasian Male .. and accepted!! ^_^ (it is possible) </p>
<p>To those of you accepted.. I'm curious .. what did your app say after "one of the most competitive applicant pools in the history of the Institute" .. I think the next sentence might be applicant specific?</p>
<p>To those of you who didn't make it.. best of luck on the regular round</p>
<p>really? mine says Your commitment to personal excellence and principled goals has convinced us that you will both contribute to our diverse community and thrive within our academic environment. We think that you and MIT are a great match.</p>
<p>is yours different?!</p>
<p>Eeew, so I guess since my son was deferred they think he is not committed "to personal excellence and principled goals"?</p>
<p>iputstudinstudy: yeah, mine says the same thing. its probably the same for everyone.</p>
<p>ducktape is in. Check post 69. Congratulations.</p>