OFFICIAL MIT RD Decisions - Class of 2013

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR-730, M-690, W-650
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II-800, BioM-730
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: WH-4, Eng Lang-3
[<em>] IBs: Math Studies-6, French SL-5
[</em>] GPA: 3.63
[li] Rank: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Thought it was pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same
[</em>] Hook (if any):skipped a grade, MSA</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Missouri, USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): College Prep, best in state
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

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<p>*Decision: WAITLISTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): W:760 M: 800 CR: 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Mathii: 800 Physics: 800 BioM: 800
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] APs: Calc AB: 5 BC: 5
[<em>] IBs: IB Econ: 6
[</em>] GPA: UW: 3.7
[<em>] Rank: I dunno.
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 2nd place at National Science Bowl, 1st and 6th place medals at National Science Olympiad, 11th at National History Day, Qualifier for National FBLA. Officer on Speech and Debate, State qualifier. Physics Olympiad Quarterfinalist, Bio Olympiad Semifinalist.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Referee from 2006-2008.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I believe. One of them should be amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fine.
[<em>] Applied on: 12/28, RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nothing, aside from the awards.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, top 250.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Ah, well. I was hoping for more but..that's life.</p>

23

<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780M 800CR 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800US 800Chem 800Math II
[<em>] APs: 5Chem, 5 US
[</em>] GPA: 5.3/5.5 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: Unknown
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Not particularly strong, particularly in Math/Science
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Was a cashier for a while
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Generally pretty strong, I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure - it's a big class, but I think I had a good impression
[<em>] Applied on: 12/27
[</em>] Hook (if any): None at all
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, high
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian citizen
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Well, not much else to say. I would have loved to go.</p>

24

<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Superscore: 2300; 800M; 780CR; 720W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Physics: 780
[<em>] ACT: 35/36
[</em>] APs: Comp Sci A, Calc AB, Phys B, Phys C - Mech, Env Sci, US Gov, Comp Gov, English Lang, Calc BC: 5; Chem, Bio: 4; taking AP Lit, AP Art History, and AP Phys C - E&M this year
[<em>] IBs: None (not offerred)
[</em>] GPA: 3.98UW, 4.69W
[<em>] Rank: 5/350 or so
[</em>] Other stats: ??
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: FIRST Robotics, Math Club, Battlecode Club, JSA, Astronomy Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NASA Ames Research Center INSPIRE internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): meh. not too good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, I think
[</em>] Applied on: EA date
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA, USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, rank in the 30s
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian ><em><
[li] Gender: Male ></em><[/ul][/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to those who got in! I thought I would be sadder, but I already got into Caltech so... whatever. On a side note, the rejection letter was so apologetic it made me laugh (instead of cry). lol</p>

25

<p>Decision: REJECTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2260: 730CR 800M 730W
SAT IIs: 800 Math2 800 Physics 750 US History
ACT: Did not take
APs: 2 5s and a 4, taking 8 more this year
GPA: 3.75uw, 4.1w
Rank: top 20%
Other stats: AMC 12 score: 139.5, AIME: 7, AMC school winner, USAMO</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Running, tennis, two internships, website design, civil engineering (helping my dad with his consultancy)
Job/Work Experience: 2 internships, 1 at a VC backed startup, 1 at a social network startup
Essays (subject and responses): wrote about person of influence who inspired me in math, interest in civil engineering at MIT, did all the optional essays
Teacher Recs: Math and Foreign language
Counselor Rec: Don't know
Applied on: 1/1
Hook (if any): </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: US
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends 4-5 to MIT each year
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I guess not applying for financial aid doesn't make too much of a difference at need blind schools...also, getting a rec from MIT alum doesn't help much either. You basically need a VERY HIGH class rank to get into MIT. They don't care about SATs at much, but class rank is very important apparently. even usamo doesn't compensate.</p>

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<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2220 (720 CR, 780 M, 720 W) took once
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 730 Bio
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 Chem, taking five more this year
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 95.1 out of 100 (UW); school does not calculate W gpa
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank; maybe top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: AMC12: 93 I think.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: A cultural after school program, volunteering program, swimming, tennis, a minor recreational club, reading (as a hobby...), breakdancing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: cashier ~ 1 year total
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Essay B, subject: family -- unique + different....not quite in an essay form, perhaps more like a poem; Optional essay about a project.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: talked about a few of my EC's (only took a quick glance). I assume it was okay. My school's counselors writes like 100+ recs each, so she doesn't know anyone that well.
[</em>] Applied on: EA, got deferred
[<em>] Hook (if any): none; low-income, but since MIT is need-blind, they wouldn't know.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): prestigious public hs; top 30 school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Took a risk, probably my weird essay turned them off as well as my complete lack of awards (that section was blank) and my insignificant + lackluster ECs. Also, I sent in a rather amateur art portfolio, though I'm not majoring in the arts. Oh wells, it's just how it is. Tried my best. Good luck to everyone and congrats to those who were accepted.</p>

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<p>REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2210 (790 M, 760 CR, 660 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 760 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 93/100 UW, 103/100 W
[<em>]Rank: 2/241
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem 5, AP Physics 5
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: This was my downfall. I applied early and had no clue what I was doing back then. The essays I had for MIT were horrible and I scrapped for all my regular decision schools that I did 2 months later.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from my physics teacher that I'm very close to and do an independent study with. Then one from my Spanish teacher that was the generic list things off the activity sheet type thing.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: The standard counselor rec.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I wrote both optional essays and they were slightly though not much better than my main one. One was on my independent study and the other on music. I also sent in a letter of recommendation from my music teacher and the family of a student that I tutored and helped pass algebra. Then a few weeks ago I sent them one of my good essays from my regular decision applications and an update but I think it was too late by that point.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing LOL
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location: CT
[<em>]High School Type: Average suburban public school that sends a student to a top school only about once every four or five years.
[</em>]Ethnicity: White, Albanian Immigrant
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]
Other:
[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Independent study in physics that I designed and am taking this year. Every school band. Student theater. Rock band with my friends that got pretty big locally. FIRST Robotics.
[</em>]Awards: NMS Semifinalist... that's like it haha
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I totally expected this and it's kind of my fault. I did the MIT application in October for early action and when I looked back at it after doing the other ones in December I realized it was horrible. I had no clue what I was doing or how to market myself and my essays were bad LOL. Oh well, I got into Caltech so I'm not too depressed. Thank god they released those earlier or else I'd be crying right now. I take this as more reason to go to Caltech and less decision-making to have to do :-D[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>*Decision: WAITLISTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 730CR, 670WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800M2, 790Ph, 730 U.S. History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Chemistry, Physics B, US History, Comparative Government, English Language all 5's
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.0uw
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: 103.5 AMC 12
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Varsity Soccer, Track, and science olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): good i thought
[</em>] Teacher Recs: did not read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not read
[</em>] Applied on: Sometime in october? (deferred ea)
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: AZ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, top 20ish us news
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats all who got in.. waitlisted seems to be a trend for me so far :P</p>

29

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M:770 W:700 R:570 (Not a typo)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2C:750 Physics:780
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Phsyics B:5, Physics C E&M:5, Physics C Mech:4, Calc AB:5, Eng Lang: 3. In Progress: Calc BC, Eng Lit, Comp Sci
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.173
[<em>] Rank: 5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Web Dev, Eagle Scout, Gov School NJ, Soccer, some more stuff, Long walks on the beach (seriously, it's on my resume)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance Web Dev + Paid internship in Manhattan for Web Dev
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Awesome
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Gov School Rec: Awesome
[<em>] Internship Mentor Rec: Awesome
[</em>] Applied on: Early
[<em>] Hook (if any): Web Dev, Eagle Scout, Gov School NJ
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Vocational
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
General Comments: Yay</p>

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<p>copying what i posted in the EA thread, modified for today:</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 690 CR 750 M 800 W
* SAT II: 800 Chem 790 Math2 760 Chinese
* ACT: n/a
* GPA: 3.98/4.0
* Rank: top 5%
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on the five i've taken, minus a 4 on Comp Sci A
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: mini essays were kind of weak and underdeveloped, but main essay was pretty strong, about how i learned about independence from my dad's illness
* Teacher Recs: apparently my humanities one was amazing, although the teacher barely knows me. the sciences one was from my CS teacher, who knows me pretty well
* Counselor Rec: she likes me, but doesn't know much about me so idk
* Supplementary Material: none, but I should have sent a rec from my internship mentor...
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): anti hook, asian male
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: Maryland (DC suburbs)
* High School Type: Public, not so competitive, but alright
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: National Institute of Science and Technology Internship (research on Human Computer Interaction), Chess Team (team won national title for high schools in my division), national honors society, mu alpha theta, science national honors society
* Awards: maryland distinguished scholar finalist, national merit commended, ap scholar w/ distinction, harvard book
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Well, I sent in supplementary stuff but I guess it didn't matter...
</code></pre>

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<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Applied for Electrical Engineering.</p>

<p>No interview, I was expecting this.</p>

<p>I'm already in at U of IL and Ga Tech (safties), and I'll probably make most of the other places I applied.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 740CR/700M/620W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710Phys/710Chem/680M2/640BioM
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: Taking physics C EM and M, calc bc, chem and english language this spring.
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0UW
[<em>] Rank: 1 of 1 (homeschool lol)
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Bunch of 4H stuff, science research.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Library Volunteer for 5 years.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Essays were good, I talked about why I wanted to be an engineer.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Applied on: 1/1/09
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Homeschool
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:See ya for grad school!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>*Stats: *</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 1930
* SAT IIs: 730 on math and 700 on chemistry
* APs: 7 APs
* GPA:97%
* Rank:4 / 796
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: published research in two journals, founder of hunger relief (charity), herbert hoover young engineering award, hunger banquet, president of rocketry club: robotics club, math honor society and science honor society, in a band (i play the guitar), Varsity soccer, internship in computer science at NY academy of sciences, MITES, varsity track team
* Job/Work Experience:
* Essays (subject and responses): awesome!
* Teacher Recs: awesome!
* Counselor Rec: awesome!
* Applied on:
* Hook (if any):
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NYC
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender:Male
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: wow!!! i can't believe this! speechless....</p>

33

<p>I'm shocked.</p>

34

<p>Wow ... guess I'll join the "MIT Rejects" Club!!</p>

<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 750 CR, 710 W, 10 E
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Chem, 760 Bio-M, 690 Lit
[<em>] ACT: 34 CX, 36 MA, 33 R, 33 S, 33 W or something like that, 12 E
[</em>] APs: Chem 5, Bio 5, Eng Lang 5, Macroecon 4, Microecon 5, Physics C, Stats, Eng Lit, Calc BC
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.85 UW
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: AMC 12 105, AIME qualifier and a few other state/regional-level honors that don't really matter
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Don't remember ... only 5 were asked for
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): (1) Life-changing experience, (2) Flying Spaghetti Monster, (3) Passion for music
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 from AP English, 1 from Chem AP
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She knew me pretty well, because I always came in to talk to her.
[</em>] Applied on: Jan 3, 2009 at 7 PM <--- hey, why not?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Took a summer class on Econ/Financial Investments at Brown, but what kind of hook is that?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Looks like I'm gonna be stuck in Michigan for a while
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top public
[</em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[li] Gender: Rhymes with mail ... something that MIT Admissions does not do ... i was looking forward to that MIT letterhead[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I expected rejection. I was just the typical good but not particularly outstanding HS student. I'll be different in college. Life has "given me hell," so now I shall "move along." (referencing to the All American Rejects, the most overplayed band on radio)</p>

<p>Also, I'm not too heart-broken because I never really was that attracted to MIT in the first place. It was a matter of "why not?" Guess there's always a next chance when grad school comes around. I'll be "Bach," MIT!!!</p>

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<p>This is posted for my sister (she asked that I post her decisions)...</p>

<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math-750, Verbal-690, Writing-770 (2210)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math I-750, Math II-770, Biology E-680
[<em>] ACT: Math-36, Science-36, Critical Reading-34, Writing-34 (35)
[</em>] APs: US History (10, 4), Biology (11, 5), Chemistry (11, 5), BC Calculus (11, 5) English Literature (12), Spanish Literature (12), Physics C (12), Statistics (12), European History (12)
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: ~3.95/4.00 unweighted, 4.42/4.5 weighted.
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 55, however, her school doesn't formally rank its students, so this probably wasn't reported.
[</em>] Other stats: A few miscellaneous awards... Coach's Award for Varsity Field Hockey (12), 4 Year Varsity Letter for Field Hockey (12), National Merit Finalist (12), Rensselaer Medalist (11), Bausch & Lomb Award (11), Spanish National Competition Level 4 "Silver" (11), AP Scholar with Honor (11)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: flute (regional orchestra 11-12 & first chair 12, lessons 7-12, accompanist for school musical 8-10 & 12, senior home performer 9-12), piano (lessons 3-12, accompanist for school musical 11), varsity field hockey (9-12: captain 12), school newspaper (9-12: opinions editor 11, managing editor 12), math team (9-12), Model UN (9-10), JV softball (9-10)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer school math teacher (12), lab intern in biofuel research with a high school teacher (11), library bookstore volunteer (10)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Did the required one on describing the environment from which she came and wrote about her interests in Chemistry & Music. I believe she also submitted an optional essay about music, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I read all of her essays and considered them quite strong.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been quite strong. One came from her math teacher who she's had as a teacher for four courses and an advisor for four years. The other was her Spanish teacher (Yale graduate who has taught at Yale) who is known for writing excellent recommendations.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good, if a bit impersonal. She's considered a bit of a "phenom" in her high school so I think he spent a good amount of time talking about that and her overall record rather than discussing personal thoughts on her.
[</em>] Applied on: ~12/30
[li] Hook (if any): legacy (father attended MIT). She's also a year accelerated in mathematics (taking multivariable calculus this year), not that that's all that special for MIT. She submitted some files of her flute-playing along with her application.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: lower CT (very affluent area from which top schools take a disproportionate amount of students... things are VERY competitive when it comes to get into top universities/LACs)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private school... typically 6-10 students go to Ivy League-level universities a year (those who get in at the Ivies have been almost exclusively minority students). 5-8 usually go to top 20 LACs. Most of the class usually attends mid-tier universities and LACs.
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Ah well, we were hoping for a spot on the waitlist, but this doesn't come as that much of a surprise. She didn't have her heart set on any place in particular, so fortunately isn't too crushed.</p>

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<p>Accepted.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (1600/2400): 800 Math, 800 Crit Reading, 800 Grammar
* SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Biology M, 800 Chinese, 800 US History
* ACT: Never took ACT.
* APs: Physics C Mechanics, Biology, CompSci A, Calculus BC, US History, European History, English Language, Chinese: All 5s.
* IBs: Never had any.
* GPA: 4.58 Weighted, 4.00 Unweighted.
* Rank: School doesn't rank, but ~top 5%.
* Other stats: Like...what? o_O;;
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: I seem to remember putting less than 5...
-Quizbowl: 4 years, Varsity team captain.
-Piano: 11 years, but...more of an Asian hobby than a competitive thing.
-Art: 4 years, won various local awards.
-Library Volunteer Duty: FTW
-UCSD Summer Volunteer Work
-Ice Skating: Total hobby. Not really even worth counting.

  • Job/Work Experience: Art teacher at a local Chinese school. (for little kids, mind you)
  • Essays (subject and responses): Erk. -One about growing up in China (Looking back on it, the conclusion kinda sucked.) -Hobby for Fun: Talked about making clay sculptures. -Why MIT: Computer Science FTW. -Optional Tell Us More: This is the...strange one. I talked essentially about how I worked as propagandist for my quizbowl team, and through the experience learned the difference betwen appearances and real life. Yeah...
  • Teacher Recs: 1 from English, 1 from college math teacher.
  • Counselor Rec: He liked me...that's all I can say.
  • Applied on: Dun remember D:
  • Hook (if any): Erk. </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Cahlifahnia
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top public school.
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 790 Writing: 740 Reading: 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 1: 760 Chemistry: 760 US History: 700
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36 science, 34 math, 34 writing, 32 reading)
[</em>] APs: Statistics-5, US History-5 (taking 4 more this year, school doesn't offer many)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.00 uw
[<em>] Rank: Top 1-5% (school does not rank)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Cross-country running (9,10,11,12)
Nordic skiing (9,10,11,12)
Academic Challenge Bowl team (9,10,11,12)
Employment - School District technology help (11,12)
Leadership positions: Varsity girls cross-country running team Captain (11,12)
Varsity Nordic Captain (12)
Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
Triathlons: Compete individually, national qualifier
Cross-country running: Varsity (9,10,11,12), All-Conference (11)
Nordic skiing: Varsity (9,10,11,12), All-State (10,11,12)
Track: Varsity (9)
Volunteer/Service Work: Global Connections Club (10,11)
National Honor Society (12)
US Forest Service (12)
Honors and Awards: Principal's Honor Roll - 4.0 (every semester)
Wyoming Math Contest State Champion (9), 3rd place (10)
Microsoft Certified Professional (10)
Rotary Club Academic Student of the Month (8,12)
College Summer programs: University of Colorado-Boulder High School Honors Institute (Engineering) - July 2008
Summer Enrichment Program - U of Oregon (9)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Technology Support for my school district - Summer (10,11), school year (12), Math tutoring (12), Medical office assistant secretary (9)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Something do for pleasure - reading, What major/dept - nuclear/chemical engineering, world come from - lack of diversity in my life and challenges i have created for myself
[</em>] Teacher Recs: haven't seen them, probably great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: haven't seen, probably good
[</em>] Applied on: ~12/10?
[<em>] Hook (if any): female interested in engineering
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Wyoming
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, don't know stats
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: psyched I got in...not sure about city life, though, having grown up in the mountains...</p>

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<p>^That's sooo cool!! You hail from Wyoming. There's some nice clean air. You'll be missing it.</p>

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<p>(Copied and pasted from the EA thread - I was deferred then)</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2280 (800 CR, 770 M, 710 W)
* SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History, 540 Japanese (shouldn't have attempted this . . .)
* GPA: I'm homeschooled. For my independent study classes, my parents basically grade me (they gave me all A's). I've also taken a LOT of college classes and gotten all A's in those.
* Rank: 1 out of 1 . . .
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A lot of math competitions. Best AMC series: AMC 12 130.5, AIME 9, USAMO 11
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good, I thought.
* Teacher Recs: Math club coach - excellent. College professor (philosophy) - should be good. Mathcamp instructor - should be excellent
* Counselor Rec: My parents - typical parent stuff, I doubt they took this too seriously.
* Supplementary Material: I sent my term paper from philosophy for some reason. I'm not sure why I included it, but it was pretty good.
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Homeschooled? I don't know what effect that has.
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: Maryland
* High School Type: Homeschooled
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Few. Mainly a ton of involvement with my homeschoolers' math club and math team, general extracurricular math, and then I listed a few interests, like politics and reading.
* Awards: Math competition stuff - USAMO Qualifier, Tiebreakers at ARML, first tier Mandelbrot . . .
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not sure if I'm going, but this is definitely pretty cool.
</code></pre>

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<p>*Decision: REJECTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 660 Reading, 800 Math, 780 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 French, 750 Chemistry
[<em>] APs: 5/5 BC Calc, 5 French Language
[</em>] GPA: 96.4 -- 3.93
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: 127.5 Highest AMC 12, 8 Highest AIME, 7 USAMO
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Intel, Big Math Team Dude - main thing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My essays were whack
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Applied on: Early deferee
[<em>] Hook (if any): USAMO Qualifier, near the top of NYC math-team-wise
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Crazy competitive ivy feeder
[</em>] Ethnicity: Russian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ul]I think MIT's a bit weird about who it's taking this year. People that should've got in from my school didn't, and people that shouldn't have did. w/e[/ul]</p>