<p>Which ivy did you get into ED</p>
<p>I had better credentials and I got deferred also!</p>
<p>@advertisinggal: Who are you referring to?</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT: V740 M740 W700
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 770 Chem 770 Span 740
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.3
[<em>]Rank: unranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/list] a zillion AP & IB all 5s or 7s
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, funny, a bit off-center (architecture & linguistics), articulate
[</em>]Recs: good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: sports DVD
[</em>]Summer Activities: study abroad
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] sort of recruited athlete, polyglot
Personal[ul] charming
[</em>]Location: midwest
[<em>]High School Type: suburban 500+/- in class
[</em>]Ethnicity: euro white
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] fem
Other[ul] right-handed
[</em>]Extracurriculars: sport, quiz bowl, lit. mag., habitat for humanity, environmental activism
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not boring, Scattagories rule: quality that is least frequently reported gets the most credit.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] There are a a lot of good schools out there. I hope MIT can compete with the lavish financial incentives that safety schools are throwing in my direction.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Now my choices are either MIT or Cal Tech since I got accepted to both. Which would
you choose?? Help me out.</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 <a href=“didn’t%20send%20in%20Nov.%20scores”>800 M, 760 V, 730 W</a>
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MII, 770 Physics
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.2 W
[<em>]Rank: #1 out of 116
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):AP Bio: 4, AP Euro: 5, AP Cal AB: 5, AP Phy B 5, Calc BC 5, Envi. Sci 4., US History 5, Eng. Lang 5. </p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: solid
[</em>]Recs: they were great
[<em>]Supplementary Material: letter from a summer program head
[</em>]Summer Activities: lots of volunteering.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A :[</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Florida
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NHS, president and founder of MAO, president of Science NHS.
[</em>]Awards: NMSF, National AP scholar, some local stuff
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m really not sure. I gave a lot in the application and I’m hoping I’ll get in RD.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Posted this late because I was sad the past few days, but if it’s for the future, then I want to help out. </p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: C680 M690 W670
[</em>]SAT II:PHY800 MII740
[<em>]ACT:C31- E32 M32 R30 Sc28
[</em>]GPA:UW3.8 W4.2
[<em>]Rank:7/226
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): World History 4, American History 3[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: about my knack for inventing, how I fell in love with computers, my robot vision software that took near six months to perfect, coming to the united states and the MITES physics class.
[</em>]Recs: stellar, from an alumnus (“best student in 18 years”), mites teachers, and from a global studies teacher (“best student in 30 years”).
[<em>]Supplementary Material: I submitted paintings (photorealistic portraits), and a video of my vision navigation program (using a feed from a camera and gps, a robot stays on the road, avoid cars, and arrives at its gps location).
[</em>]Summer Activities: MITES
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):URM, MITES, immigrant, first generation college student, inventions[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NY
[<em>]High School Type:public
[</em>]Ethnicity:hispanic
[<em>]Gender:XY[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: robotics, violin, science olympiad, model un
[<em>]Awards:
16 medals science olympiad medals
1st place USFIRST LI regionals
A Few MITES awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think it was my essays, my inventions, and my ethnicity.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think its all luck… being in a summer program like mites or rsi really helps getting into MIT, whether through recommendations or just the fact that you’ve had a taste of mit life and still want to go. MIT is an intense place but I cant see myself going anywhere else. Oh my interview was a disaster too. Good luck to the deferred![/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: n/a
[</em>]SAT II: Bio 740, Math II 710, US History 750, Latin 700
[<em>]ACT: 35 composite (35 math, 36 science, 35 writing, 34 reading)
[</em>]GPA: 4.69
[<em>]Rank: top 2%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US 5, Bio 5, Music Theory 3, Physics 4 [/ul] </p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: reviewed by English teacher and mom who’s a journalist, and both liked them…
[</em>]Recs: haven’t seen them, but my guidance counselor said they were awesome
[<em>]Supplementary Material: rec from research mentor/past univ professor, research abstract
[</em>]Summer Activities: geochemistry research for past 2 years, 3 univ classes over past 3 summers, orchestra pit for musical theater productions, job as day camp counselor, EXPLO at Yale
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): first generation American and college student on dad’s side, if that counts for anything… [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CT
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: female [/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: co-founder of science team and robotics team, JETS, president of debate team, president of MUN, secretary of student council, piccolo/principle flute player in musical theater, volunteering
[</em>]Awards: Siemens semifinalist, National Merit Semifinalist, National Latin Exam gold medalist for 3 years, 2nd place JETS team in regionals and nationals, NCTE, other extracurricular trophies
[*]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Balance. I’m a science nerd but I also love English and History. I also am very serious about geology (intended major), which is relatively rare. [/ul]</p>
<p>I cannot believe I am finally able to do this! I’ve read so many of these from previous years during my application process, and I finally have the opportunity to post mine, so here it is…</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230 (700 R, 760 M, 770 W)
[</em>]SAT II: Chemistry-730 Math II-750
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) 4.76 (weighted)
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank, but in top 1% of class of 568
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] no
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good. I’m definitely not a writer, but they represented my interest in the school well.
[</em>]Recs: Good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Summer Activities: Gymnastics (28 hours/week); Self taught C programming
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul] Gymnast (got a rec letter from the coach)
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Scottsdale, AZ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender:[/ul] Female
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Gymnastics; President of NASA Club (2 years); President and founder of Apple Computer Club (2 years); Community Service (quite a bit)
[<em>]Awards: National Honor Society; Society of Women Scholars; Spanish Honorary; AP Scholar with Distinction; National Merit Semifinalist; Superintendent’s Honor Roll; 2009 AZ Level 9 Gymnast of the year; 4th place at Level 9 Gymnastics Western Nationals
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my commitment to gymnastics and to one major community service activity helped. I wrote about how I would incorporate this activity with my education. Also I wrote an essay with 20 random things about me.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Learn as much as you can about the school, and make this knowledge show in your application. It also helps to visit the school or to do the overnight program if you have the means to do so.</p>
<p>~~ACCEPTED
<p>[ *]SAT: R:800 M:800 W:800
[ *]SAT II:MathII800 Chem800 USHist-800 Bio800 Physics800
[ *]GPA: 4.55
[ *]Rank:1
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APBio5,APCalC-5,APChem-5, APPhysics-5, APUSHis-5,
APComputerSci-5,APEcon5,APEng5
Other Education: 6 College Math Courses (got all A’s)-started in 8th grade</p>
<p>[ *]Essays:Personality Profile of a Nerdy Math Person
[ *]Teacher Recs: Very good. Got university math professor to write me a good one too.
[ *]Counselor Rec: He likes me
[ *]Supplementary Material: College Transcript, Research Paper
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I wish
[
[ *]Location: Washington
[ *]High School Type: Large Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ *]Extracurriculars:Class President, Newspaper Editor, Band (trumpet player), Varsity
Tennis, Volunteer Salvation Army, Math Tutor for Disadvantaged Kids
[ *]Awards:Math Awards , Leadership, Science Fair, AP Scholar, College Dean’s List, Writing Awards, NHS, AMC</p>
<p>Got accepted at CalTech too. My parents want CalTech, but I want MIT. Big choice
to make. Help me out.</p>
<p>^ You must be mistaken. Surely white males can’t get accepted into MIT!</p>
<p>CalTech vs MIT - It’s gotta be your choice in the end, and hopefully your parents are the understanding sort ^.^ If you find that MIT’s culture fits you better than CalTech’s culture, choose MIT. Don’t choose another school for someone else, 'cause it’s you that’s going to spend 4 years there.</p>
<p>That said, they are both great choices :)</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200. M 800 W 780 CR 620
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2 800; Chem 750; French Reading 720 (retaking this one in Jan)
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.71 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 19 out of a class of 706
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul] AP Calc BC 5; AP Chem 4</p>
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good, in my opinion. creativity and significant challenge ones were good, the one aobut how my world has impacted me blah blah was okay
[</em>]Recs: good. counselor rec was excellent.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: rec from university professor whose lab I did research in
[</em>]Summer Activities: took 3 college classes, microbiology lab research, family vacation in Japan, Global Young Leaders Conference, music camp, science camp
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Central PA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity:Indian
[li]Gender:[/ul] Male</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Debate, Band, Sierra Student Coalition (Environmental Club), Science Olympiad, Student Senate, lab research, student tutor, french club, community Indian dance, piano lessons, saxophone lessons
[</em>]Awards: 4th place regionally/nationally on National French Exam, Honorable mention in 9th and 11th grades, National French Honors Society, high honor roll, top 10% award
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: probably because I didn’t take enough AP exams/AP’s in general, my low CR score, the fact that my strengths are not concentrated solely in math/science, a couple of B’s throughout high school
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 (790 M, 720 CR, 750 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 Bio E, 660 US History
[<em>]ACT: 35 (36 Math, 36 English, 35 Reading, 33 Sciene)
[</em>]GPA: 3.88
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Calc BC, 5 AB Subscore [/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty excellent in my opinion. Put a lot of thought and work into them, but made sure to be myself. I had fun with it and also gave them a lot of insight into my personality
[</em>]Recs: Probably average. My science/math recommender spoke English as a second language, and my arts/humanities one was rushed to get it done
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Letter from my research professor and summary of my project
[</em>]Summer Activities: Research internship, online course, and work
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):First generation college student, from rural Kentucky, and gay[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Kentucky
[<em>]High School Type: Public Residential
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: Male [/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Mock Trial captain, President of BETA, Y-Club, and GSA. Reporter/Historian of FBLA, private tutor, University Physics Lab TA.
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Semi-Finalist, Accepted to selective math and science Academy
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t think it can be traced to one particular thing, I was just a good match and they saw that.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I think it’s important to be yourself. For the most part, people can tell if you’re trying too hard. I’m really excited though. I still can’t believe I actually got in to MIT![/ul]</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>If you plan to major in math, I suggest you go to Caltech, whose undergraduate math program is much stronger than MIT’s.</p>
<p>Accepted – posted by dad</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: M 780 CR 700 W 760
[</em>]SAT II: M2 800 Physics 800 Chem 800
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: School does not rank but in the top 2%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMIE Qual 2 times
Subjective[list]
[<em>]Essays: Decent, Creative essay very good
[</em>]Recs: No idea
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Rec from Research mentor at Stanford
[</em>]Summer Activities: Research in a Physics lab at Stanford
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): recruited athlete
Personal[list]
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: Very Large, very competitive with 90% Asians
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: Male
Other[list] Mentor Middle school team for FLL for last 4 years
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track and Field (Captain), Varsity Football, Robotics Club, DECA club
[<em>]Awards: Many sports awards, runs as fast as college students at MIT, Several State and International awards in DECA, 1st in a regional science fair,
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good in studies and sports
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Whole family is excited! Admitted to CalTech also, big decision to make, CC has been very helpful so decided to become a member and post this</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: Top tenth
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 6 APs: four 5’s and 2 4’s[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I really liked all of mine except the Creativity one - I just couldn’t find a way to make it sound as good as I wanted to, so I just went with the straightforward and bland route. I did submit an extra ‘Why MIT?’ essay, around 400 words.
[</em>]Recs: I saw both teacher recs - they said a lot of the same things about my leadership qualities, but supported these claims with different evidence, so I think the combination was good. My counselor rec was most likely excellent; I know relatively well. I also submitted a supplementary rec from a research mentor - this probably didn’t say anything about my personality since she doesn’t know me very well - probably along the lines of “she’s hard-working and dedicated.”
[<em>]Supplementary Material: A video demonstration of my Creativity essay.
[</em>]Summer Activities: Research and travel and a few summer camps
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None whatsoever[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Michigan
[<em>]High School Type: Public, sends a handful of people to top schools every year.
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Orchestra, Forensics, Tennis
[<em>]Awards: some Forensics awards, some music awards, nothing national.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays and recs. I tried to make my essays really show my match with MIT, and my recs glowed with praise of my leadership skills (which personally I don’t think are all that hot, in case you think I’m boasting).
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Don’t stress and do be yourself. I know it’s easier said than done.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100, didn’t send
SAT II: Math 2: 710 Chemistry: 720 Literature:720
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1 of 309
Other tests: AP Chem: 4 AP English Language: 5, taking 4 more this year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty darn good, had them looked over for mistakes before I sent them
Recs: Didn’t look at them but I’m fairly certain they were very good
Supplementary: Nothing
Summer Activities: Lots of band stuff every summer, two leadership camps
Hook: White girl from North Dakota if that even counts</p>
<p>Personal:
Location: North Dakota
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other:
Extracurriculars: Band, Rocket Club, Track, Diving, Knowledge Masters
Awards: NHS, some academic excellence thing, some other stuff
Why was I accepted: Not really sure, probably ACT score, essays, and interview that could have been waived.
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? I was really happy to be accepted, I just answered the questions the best I could and gave it my best. For those deferred: don’t be discouraged, they’re going to look at you again and if you send in more materials they will get an even better picture of you and may end up admitting you regular decision. Good luck!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (800 math, 800 eng, 670 reading, yea i cant do vocab for the life of me)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math ii, 760 bio, 740 chem
[<em>]ACT: 36 (michigan stresses act wayyy more than sat)
[</em>]GPA: 4.13
[<em>]Rank: 1/480
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): us history 5, com sci a 5, comp politics 4, usgov 4[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: inspirational-ish i suppose…one was about me losing like 40 pounds in 6th grade
[</em>]Recs: calc+english teacher, the english teacher thinks im like god <3
[<em>]Supplementary Material: nothing lol
[</em>]Summer Activities: beach lifeguard, college class, costa rica tour, math tutor
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nufffin[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: shelby twp, mi
[<em>]High School Type: public+public magnet half the day
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: first robotics THUNDERCHICKENS hellyeah, i did PR stuff mostly but world champs must have helped, nhs co-prez, swimming, tennis, german club, mst stuco
[<em>]Awards: mmpc top 10% 3 years in a row, natl merit semifinalist, ap scholar w. honor, macomb daily leadership award, mst top 10 3 years in a row
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: im a white chick, thats rare right?
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: now i need 50,000 a year… [:[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2140 (670 R, 770 M, 680 W)
SAT II: Chemistry-760, Math I-720
ACT: 33
GPA: 127.6 (out of 135…really odd)
Rank: 3/408
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):(5-Chemistry, US History, 4-Macro, Micro,Stat, Language, 3-World History)
Subjective
Essays: Content was quality…talked about building a mini golf coure in my back yard and boy scout adventures and golfing.
Recs: Amazing…talked about my knack for building and creating things
Supplementary Material: blog about building/inventing (inventionfactory.blogspot.com)
Summer Activities:Landscaping, ran computer business (repair/installation)
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):Track and cross country rec from coach</p>
<p>Location: Long Island, NY
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:
Male
Other
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout (SPL, Order of the Arrow), CCENT, CCNA (Cisco certifications), Multiple club memberships, 400+ hours community service, love to build things
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Grades arent everything, do things you like, not because they will look good on a college application.</p>
<p>@Nicoleslaw23: THUNDERCHICKENS!! We were so scared of you guys last season haha</p>