OFFICIAL MIT RD Decisions - Class of 2013

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED after getting deferred and with a 3 on the AP Physics B test---I thought it would kill my app!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2330 760 CR 770 M 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics 800 Math IIC (760 US Hist 750 Chem)
[<em>] ACT: Aww hell no :P
[</em>] APs: 5 French Language 5 US History 4 Microeconomics 4 Macroeconomics 3 Physics B!!!!
[<em>] IBs: Aww hell no :P
[</em>] GPA: 3.91 UW? 4.00 really
[<em>] Rank: 1/713
[</em>] Other stats: Nothing other than my sweltering degree of awesomeness ^^
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Hospital volunteer (9-12), varsity math team captain(9-12), solo/orchestral violin(9-12), "granite state challenge" /quiz bowl team captain (9-12), and red cross (11-12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance PHP Programmer/Website Developer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent but definitely the worst of all my applications. Essay 1: I do politics for fun Essay 2: My interest in nuclear engineering because of research internships; never mentioned Course # for MIT...do it if you're a future applicant Essay 3: My commonapp essay-My youthful interest in wrestling and how it has transformed into my appreciation for the human mind Essay 4: I talked about a minisite I built and linked to it. It was really crappy and a last minute idea. I should have talked about my research internships instead...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Absolutely horrible I'm guessing since they were rushed. Maybe not...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn't know me at all since I go to a school with 3400 kids.
[</em>] Applied on: EA -- mid-October I think?
[<em>] Hook (if any): See supplementary material-->MIT Professor Rec, another MIT prof volunteered to mention me to admissions after I was deferred
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Huge public that sends one to Harvard, 2-3 to Cornell, 1 to Dartmouth (except it's always the same kid that gets into Harvard), and 0 to MIT. Every once in a while 1 to Penn, 1 to Brown.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Why you askin? ;D Male</p>[/li]
<p>Since it's not here and this is important:</p>

<p>[li] Supplementary Material: Resume, 2 research abstracts from past two summers working at MIT Nuclear Engineering Lab and Harvard SEAS Lab, 2 mentor recs from the two respective experiences [I only saw the MIT professor one and it was sheerly phenomenal], an essay about my heritage with a letter of continued interest after being deferred, and an essay about my research experiences and where I want to take my research interests at MIT, and an update when I was named as a presidential scholars candidate for my state</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Future applicants, if you have any questions, please ask me. It has been a long and tumultuous road for me. I was deferred by MIT early and was utterly devastated. It has been uphill since, with an acceptance from Chicago, a likely letter from Dartmouth, and now this. I can't wait to meet all you great people in Cambridge! MIT is my second choice after Harvard (legacy), so if I don't get to be with you guys, I'll be right next door! :D</p>

<p>I just shaved my head bald to celebrate...xD</p>

42

<p>Rejected. I liked their rejection letter; it was nice and gentle. Oh well.</p>

<p>Congratulations to those who got accepted.</p>

43

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>SAT: 800 M, 710 W, 660 V
SAT 2: 760 Math II, 740 Bio
AP: Bio 5 (taking ap calc, ap physics c mech, ap gov)
Rank: 5/240 - very competitive private hs</p>

<p>EC
4 yr varsity swimmer (captain senior yr) - won state championship all 4 yrs.
number of swimming awards
math team
newspaper
founder of sports management club
created swim team website
9 week construction/design internship
ACE Mentor Program
Visual Arts Program (only 10 selected) and I was recognized in the program as well</p>

<p>REC: as far as i can tell excellent (had my ap calc/ap physics teacher write one)
Interview: went really well
Submitted an architecture portfolio </p>

<p>Hook: not quite sure...i heard they really like 800s on Math (have a separate pile for them-was told by someone who works there)...maybe my interview...or maybe my portfolio</p>

<p>Hope to see everyone at CPW </p>

<p>Not sure if i am going to attend MIT - really want to get into Notre Dame - but MIT and ND are 1a and 1b</p>

44

<p>Rejected :-/</p>

45

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

<p>Will upload stats later when I get around to it.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: More disappointed than I should be since I'm looking to pursue economics/finance (MIT has Sloan and a decent Econ dept.) but somewhat relieved I won't have to take a rigorous science schedule first year since it bores me to death.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got in, to the rest it's not the end of the world and hopefully the other ivies will be more favorable to us.</p>

46

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 750 Reading: 650 Writing: 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 800 Chemistry: 730 US History: 730
[<em>] ACT: 32 (Math 35, Reading 33, Writing 33, Science 28)
[</em>] APs: Calculus AB/BC, Chemistry, US History, English Language (all 5's); Physics B, European History, English Lit, Spanish V, Statistics (currently taking)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 (4.87 weighted)
[<em>] Rank: when I applied, 4/365; now 5/367
[</em>] Other stats: Awards include: Outstanding US History Student, Computer Applications II Student, English II; AP Scholar with Honors; Questbridge College Prep Scholar; Wellesley College Book Award; Knights in Action Community Service Award; Lifetouch Senior Pictures Ambassador; Best All Around - Senior Superlative; 2nd runner up - Homecoming court; Junior Marshal
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: (Questbridge Finalist app) Executive Board Student Council Secretary; Piano over 11 years; Chinese School - about 10 years; NHS Secretary; Interact Club Secretary/Vice President
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hostess (3 months) Fast food chain crewmember (8 months) Student Tutor
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about camp and one about yelling at someone; sounds mediocre, not my best, but pretty well-written all the same i think.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be pretty good; got me to finalist round
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should've been one of her best this year
[</em>] Applied on: regular decision; deferred during early action
[<em>] Hook (if any): Questbridge College Match Finalist (surprisingly, I had put not interested when I did my Questbridge College Prep Scholarship app, which I was actually awarded)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; 2nd in the state academically, I think..
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I seriously cannot believe I got in! I look at some of these rejections and honestly, I'm so surprised. I feel almost bad because MIT isn't one of my top choices, but it's still amazing and of course, I'm still considering attending. And I'm sure all these people will do well somewhere else! If you're reading this for your next application, give it your best and if you're eligible DO THE QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS! Seriously, gives you free applications and a foot up if you're even just a finalist.</p>

47

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 Physics 690 Math II 700 US History
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E 36 R 34 S 33 M Superscored)
[<em>] APs: AB Calc 5 US History 5
[</em>] GPA: 3.95 UW
[<em>] Rank: about 8%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Boy Scouting, church youth group leadership and service
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Dish Network phone sales/collections for 7 months
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): End of World- Finding out my unborn sister had Down Syndrome
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I hope they were good (it would be bad for my other apps if they weren't)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good but generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): definitely no hook
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: UT
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, about 1,300 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Expected but depressing. I so want to go to MIT.</p>

48

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (by section): 2260 : Math: 800 Reading:730 Writing:730
[</em>]SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Physics:800 Biology:790
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]APs: Calculus AB 5, Biology 5, Physics C Mechanics 5, Physics C E&M 5, AP Statistics (Self-study) 5, Calculus BC 5, Currently taking: AP United States History, Calculus 3 and Ordinary Differential Equations, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Composition
[<em>]IBs: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4.223 (Weighted), 4.0 Unweighted (maybe like a 3.9 now)
[<em>]Rank: Not sure (School Doesn't Rank)
[</em>]Other: Siemens Award for Advanced Placement for my state, AIME, United States Physics Team Quarterfinalist, United States Biology Olympiad Semifinalist, TEAMS Engineering: Been on a top 10 nationals team each year, Various math contests like iTest and Hi
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, World Quest, Math League, Asian Culture Club (President), Chess Club (School doesn't offer many ECs), Academic Bowl (Quizbowl), Took College Courses freshman summer, Summer College (2 courses) sophomore summer.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I've been working for my father (family-owned grocery store) since the age of 9, most of the time without pay, nearly every day.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):Decently written, but I guess not intriguing enough
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Average I guess
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Average I guess
[</em>] Applied on: Early Action (dunno)
[<em>] Hook (if any): none: anti-hook = i'm only a junior/asian male
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:United States
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public (chartered school), competitive, several kids to top schools each year.
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to whoever got in :D, though I must say I'm a bit disappointed. W/E though, I got a Stanford Early Approval Letter so I'm happy and have no right to complain (They are both number 1 to me) Good luck to all.</p>

49

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section):cr600,w700,m760
SAT IIs:math2-800;physics-790;chem-740
APs:Cal AB 5,Physics B 5, Chem 4
GPA:89.5% (in Canada, highest 95% in school...lame)
Rank:no rank; top 20% (lame......)</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app:don't wanna mention
Essays (subject and responses):lame, i guess
Teacher Recs:don't know
Counselor Rec:not bad
Applied on:RD</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:Vancouver,BC
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
Ethnicity:asian
Gender:male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: </p>

<p>damn Canada,, courses so easy didn't know GPA and Class Rank are that important...</p>

50

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

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 690 M, 630 W</li>
<li>SAT II: Math IIC (700); Biology-M (640); Chemistry (700)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/440</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language 5 US History 5 Chemistry 3 World History 4</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Biotechnology, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics C, AP Biology, Theater Arts</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, AP Scholar</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Class president 3 years 9,10,11
National Honor Society President 2 years 11,12
AP Ambassadors 3 years 10,11,12 (Science Director for tutoring)
Leadership Committee (Plan out things for the school and a freshman transition camp) 4 years 9,10,11,12
Science Olympiad 4 years 9,10,11,12 (Competed state level every year)
Soccer 4 years 9,10,11,12
French Club 4 years 9,10,11,12</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service: Through clubs and organizations</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities: AusPrEP (Summer Engineering Program at local college 3 years)</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: Great, talked about personal perspective</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recommendation: Great ones from science teacher known for 4 years and english teacher</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Great</p></li>
<li><p>Additional Rec:</p></li>
<li><p>Interview: Lasted about an hour, very relaxed</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: yep</li>
<li>Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Texas</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public (sends a few kids to top schools every year)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: African American (Ghanaian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Middle Class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, perhaps</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Writing and Leadership</li>
<li>Weaknesses: standardized tests</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted: I am shocked! I do not know what to say</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Well, this is very awesome and I am very grateful that I got in. Wow, congratulations everyone admitted!! Good luck to those that did not!</p>

51

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M 660 / R 700 / W 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 1 670 / World 710 / Spanish 800 / Math 2 650 / Physics 610
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: 5s on English Lang, Spanish Lang, Spanish Lit, and World Hist. 3 on AP Gov. Taking AP Calc AB, AP Art, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Physics, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Literature and AP American Hist. senior year.
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 3.7 (went down to 3.6 with my mid-year report)
[<em>] Rank: top 5%. 30 out of 635
[</em>] Other stats:</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of my class for 2 years, personal interest in medical research and personal interest in politics. A county-wide youth leadership program that exposed me to politics.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Used Questbridge App. Autobio essay: On how I grew up a poor immigrant and how I entered high school as a prospective drop out and then grew out of that shell to do what I've always wanted to do, which is learn. Essay #2: On ALS and my fascination with medical research. Essay #3: On politics and my experience at a county-wide youth leadership program.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't see but should've been great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[</em>] Applied on: Regular decision. Questbridge (didn't get matched)
[li] Hook (if any): Rising poor girl who went from prospective dropout to believing in herself and then achieving her goals?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Florida (but considered International)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 75% of kids at my school can't read at the state level.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: *</p>

<p>TRULY, TRULY, TRULY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!!!!! MIT is an AMAZING school and I feel honored just to have ran in the same pool of applicants as such absolutely incredible people. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL! =D</p>

52

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2370 (790 M, 800 CR, 780 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800's on math II-C, physics, US history, 780's on bio and chem
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: 4 5's: US History, Computer Science A, Macroeconomics (self-studied), Microeconomics (self-studied)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: about 3.97/4.0 (not officially calculated), 4.90/5.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/303 (tie)
[</em>] Other stats: Academic Decathlon: regional winner and lots of other awards. Science league: first in area each year. Math league: area winner.
Didn't interview :O
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: I don't really remember what I put, but... Cross-country, winter track, spring track, SADD (co-president), Spectrum (treasurer), politics club, earth club, recycling club, volunteered at local library. I think I put this in the "additional information" section.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[li] Essays (subject and responses): "Describe the world around you and how it has shaped who you are." Or something. I talked about how I grew up influenced by my mother's views, how I grew up thinking it was good to be different, how that influenced me, and how I've changed a lot and become who I am. </p>[/li]
<p>What do you want to study and why: I think I came up with a very good "why physics" answer.</p>

<p>Describe something you do for fun: I run before school.</p>

<p>I think there was another long one but I don't remember it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: US History teacher: probably positive. AP physics teacher: Amazing -- I think this was what got me in. Could teach the class if I wanted to, extraordinarily mature and generous, wouldn't be surprised if I cured cancer or something.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably positive.
[<em>] Applied on: 12/31
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Well-regarded public, but we're not that great at getting people into college. Usually send our valedictorian to HYP then maybe a handful to lower Ivies.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: *
General comment: I think we need an MIT-specific thread with sections for interviews, AMC scores, and all that stuff.</p>

<p>Etc: Oh my goodness. This is the one school I thought I was definitely not getting into. Oh my.</p>

53

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2390 | 800 Reading / 790 Math / 800 Writing (10 Essay) (I don't really know how this happened... I thought it was a total fluke when I saw my scores. >_>)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II / 730 Chemistry / 700 Spanish / 690 Literature (not as good as I was hoping, but I guess it turned out okay)
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: None, though I'm taking Calc BC w/ AB subscore this year
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 4.5 UW / 3.98 W
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn't do those
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholarship Applicant/Invitee, NACLO semifinalist, Spanish Bowl first place team (state)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Competitive Gymnastics (6 years), Student Council (entire time in high school; was Student Body President last year), Snowboarding, Math/Writing tutoring through school, Creative writing (I've been working on a novel for three and a half years),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think they were pretty good, but they definitely weren't typical for MIT. I had one about founding and participating in Student Council, one about the philosophical approach I take to writing, and one about graduating from high school early
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been excellent; those I asked both know me well and like me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been excellent; I am quite close to my counselor, and she likes me.
[</em>] Interview: Went fantastically; I was very happy with it.
[<em>] Applied on: January 1st, 9 pm EST (XD)
[</em>] Hook (if any): 16 years old, fluent in Spanish (and 2 years of Japanese and 1 year of Chinese), attendee of an experimental public high school on a university campus, lots of college credits (about 75 at a college that requires 128 for graduation), legacy (though MIT doesn't pay much attention to that)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nevada (Yay low state averages)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public/Experimental; allows students to take college classes for high school credit; Tiny (69 students total / 8 graduating seniors); selective
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean/White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Wow, honestly I'm surprised. My r</p>

54

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Personal Data:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Location: MI
High School: Public, ~1800 students/450 in my grade, semi-competitive
currently a senior (graduate 2009)</p>

<p>Academic Info:
GPA: >4.0 out of 4.333 (school doesn't weight)
~5-10% class rank
SAT I: 2280 (CR 720, M 780, W 780); plan to retake w/ a goal of >=2300
SAT Subjects: Math Lvl2 800, Bio-E 800, Chem 780
ACT: 36 (English 36, Math 36, Reading 36, Science 36)
AP Tests to date: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5),
Psychology (5), Statistics (5), US History (5)
Senior year classes: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, chamber orchestra, microbiology, US Gov
currently a lab assistant for my AP Chem teacher</p>

<p>ECs:
Quiz Bowl (Gr 9/10/11/12); went to state finals for 2008
Public forum debate team (Gr 9/10)
Science Olympiad (Gr 9/10/11/12)
Piano (8+ years, successfully auditioned for a selective program at the U of Michigan; submitted Arts supplement)
Violin (4 years); school orchestra for Gr 9/10/11/12
Interact Volunteer Club (Gr 9/10/11/12); will be Director of Technology this year (tasked w/ designing website)
Student Senate (Gr 10)
Student Council (Gr 12); tasked w/ designing website</p>

<p>Volunteering:
only a little, ~15 hrs; not planning to make anything of it on my apps</p>

<p>Summer Programs
took a genetics class, AP Computer Sci, and AP Statistics at Northwestern U (2007, 2008)
bioresearch lab program @ U of Chicago (2008); </p>

<p>Application and Recomendations:
Essays: should be solid/decent, somewhat creative
Teacher Rec 1 (Social Sciences): should be excellent
Teacher Rec 2 (Natural Sciences): very good
Post-deferral: sent in a 10-page research paper after deferral, computer programming portfolio, additional creative writing essay</p>

<p>Thoughts:
Kinda disappointed but I'll live.</p>

55

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 M, 770 R, 780 W (essay: 8)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem (790), Math 2 (780), Lit (770), World History (700)
[<em>] APs: World History (5), Calc BC (5), Lang (4), Stat (5), Chem (4), Lit, French Lang, Microecon, Macroecon, Euro History, Physics B
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: No idea.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Fencing, orchestra, some other stuff.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Horrible
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read; decent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read; generic.
[<em>] Applied on: CommonApp
[</em>] Hook (if any): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: In the southeast.
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * Self-sabotaged my application; no interview, essays were pretty much half-assed things slapped together, didn't send in my midyear. Parents made me apply even though I'm humanities oriented just because my math/science grades are okay; too much grief caused by this, so it definitely shone through in the application. Regardless, congrats to all those who got in! Hope you have a great time at MIT or wherever else you're attending (and may your financial aid packages, if you need them, be huge!) :D</p>

56

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 780 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 35 composite
[</em>] APs: 5 on BC Calc and Chem. Will take Physics C this year
[<em>] IBs: Will take IB History and IB Spanish HL
[</em>] GPA: 3.89/4.00 no weights
[<em>] Rank: none.
[</em>] Other stats: uh?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team, Model UN, Clarinet Stuff, lacrosse
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer at Science Camp, Internship at Fragrance
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Creation of my clarinet ensemble, community, and dont remember shorts. hahaha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Fairly good for both. I got a supplemental recommendation tho
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good.
[</em>] Applied on: early
[<em>] Hook (if any): dont know...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I CAN"T WAIT TO MEET YOU ALL!!!!!</p>

57

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT: 2350 (CR: 750 , M: 800 , W: 800)
• SAT II: Math 2: 800, Bio-M: 800, World History: 790
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: UW: 3.96/4.00 , W: 5.93/6.67
• Rank: 1/230
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4 on 10 AP exams</p>

<p>Subjective
• Essays: One funny essay about childhood passion for Indian cinema, one poignant essay about a composition book I found after the 2004 tsunami
• Teacher Recs: One outstanding, one good.
• Counselor Rec: Outstanding.
• Supplement Information (Y/N): Yes. Submitted a recommendation letter from a research mentor at a university, along with published research abstract and 2-page resume.
• Interview: Nothing too special, really relaxed.
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I developed a computer model for the ecosystem of the Kruger National Park, South Africa; I was able to publish a book chapter and two journal articles on this work, and I have presented my work at international research conventions in South Africa and Rhode Island.</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: Miami, FL
• High School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Asian-American
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurricular: President of Mu Alpha Theta, Science National Honor Soceity / Research Club, and Debate Club; Varsity Tennis Team; 1,200+ community service hours: organized book drive for a middle school in India and organized youth education program at local Hindu Temple
• Awards: Siemens Competition Regional Finalist, 4th place: Intel International Science Fair (ISEF), 1st place: Florida Junior Academy of Science Symposium, USA National Brain Bee Finalist, 2nd place: statewide Algebra 2 Individual (MAO), 1st place: 2 statewide debate tournaments.</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Probably research and science-related stuff</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Maybe rec letters, a couple of blemishes on the transcript, meh interview</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted: Research stuff</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted...I hope to see you at CPW!</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted! My first official rejection. Woot. </p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770/770/760
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2; 800 US History; 800 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5,5,4,4 (taking 6-7 ap's this may)
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 95/100 UW (full ap courseload)
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Very involved in a select few for 6+ years, + other ones, overall very good. None of the long term ones are science/math related though.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Software engineering internship for summer, small jobs during year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): For fun -- music editing; Prospective major -- CS; End of the world -- wrote about experience at a zoo (wrote the day the app was due.. yeah.. very bad essay prompt -.-)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Interview: Very good, 2 hours
[<em>] Supplemental Rec: yes, very good one
[</em>] Hook (if any): There are no hooks for MIT... except being black ... which I am not &.&
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top school, public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: EC's; Tests; Recs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: No research, not a lot of engineering ec's, could have higher GPA maybe. Also one essay was mediocre. </li>
</ul>

<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: MIT picks peculiar people.. some people that are passionate and qualified get rejected and some get accepted, some people that seem average also get accepted.. the people who apply are already way above average. Tip to juniors: If you want to get into MIT you need to have great essays and do very well in higher level math and science classes. I don't think I'm as engineering/science oriented as the typical MIT student. I also left this app for the very last day, was not an ideal school for me, although its incredible for engineering. Oh well :) cheers!</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):CR 750 / M 800 / WR 740 (essay 11/12)
[</em>] SAT IIs: three 800's on MathIIC, Physics, Chemistry
[<em>] APs: Comp Sci AB 5, Calc BC 5, Physics C:M 5, Physics C:E&M 5, English Lang 4, Microecon 5, Macroecon 4, Physics 5, Chemistry 5 , U.S. History (did not take)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Linear Algebra and some other stuff, including many AP's
[<em>] GPA: 4.02 weighted (got all the B's in my freshman year)
[</em>] Rank: We don't rank
[li] Other stats: lots of science-related awards, but i'll list only the significant ones[/li]Intel ISEF 1st Grand Award + scholarship $8500
National Olympiad in Informatics 1st place Gold Medal
1st prize in National Science Fair
Samsung Scholarship of $200,000 (full-ride to college)
World Robotics Olympiad
Silver Prize in Intelligent Robotics Software Competition given by IEEE
Research published in an international computer journal
1st place in Indian ISSF
1st place in Korean Odyssey of the Mind</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tennis, student government, full-time lab intern, researches (government-funded research), robotics, community servce, films, chief of this founder of that, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Science instructor in an elementary school for 2 yrs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty nice I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Korea
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats class of '13</p>

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<p>So many rejections and so many qualified applicants! :(</p>