<p>Haha, good job everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: I GOT THE BIG, FAT LETTER</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500 790V, 710M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 780, 780, 770
[<em>] GPA: 4.4/4.5 ~ 4.0/4.0 because my school's weird
[</em>] Rank: 1/94
[<em>] Other stats:AP Euro 5, IB Phys SL 6, IB Math SL 7
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: gc said it was one of the best she has ever read (she's 65), english teacheres loved it, i frankly didn't see what was so good about it. That was one essay, the other two were okay. I also sent in an extra essay for the supplemental what else would you like us to know.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:never read them, but they should be fairly good. one teacher thinks i have a gift for the languages, another really likes for some reason but don't know why, the other two are okay. They don't really know me too much but write the best recs in the school, so my gc says. I had 4 recs, and my gc sent them all in.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never read it, but she thinks i'm the best applicant overall in my school's history, so it should be pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any):nothing
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Female
[<em>] Gender: Asian
[</em>] major strength/weakness: None, just well-rounded
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I have no idea. I can't understand why I've been receiving all these acceptances. I have to let it sink over the weekend. I've always that you had to be amazing to get into an Ivy, but I'm just so "ordinary"! [/li][/ul]Other Factors: Full IB candidate, sent in art supplement, sent in extra letter of recommendation from community service leader, and one of my essays was about this experience, also won AFS Awards for Excellence, and I sent them a letter about this last Tuesday, so probably received them exactly one week before the decisions got sent out. Don't know if that helped. Only local leadership, leader of 2 school clubs, 4 year participation in a couple of other clubs and one varsity sport. Nothing national or state-wide. </p>
<p>Also got into Yale, Harvard, Brown PLME, Amherst, Wellesley, Binghamton, Geneseo (SUNY) I am still COMPLETELY SHOCKED. I am convinced that if anything, it was the essays and the recommendations. I didn't think the essays were that great, but I can't find any other reason. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! And congratulations to ivyboy; I'm so glad you got in!</p>
<p>I live in Oregon... I hope I get something soon.</p>
<p>If I don't get my letter tomorrow, I'll cry.</p>
<p>...but then I'll just log back in to Yale's admissions site and listen to the fight song to cheer up. ;)</p>
<p>Yes Valdez it was the Texas French Symposium. Unfortunately I could not participate (except for soccer) since I lived in a country where French was the official language for more than 6 months. Were you there last year at Alief Taylor?</p>
<p>CONGRATS suburbian!!!!!! And vivaldi, yes, the Yale fight song is a good one to cheer anyone (that is, those accepted) up. Me, I am looking at the MIT site. Too bad it doesn't really have a fight song, except for that cosine, tangent, secant, sine,3.14159... which is... motivating? Oh well... :) wishing for something tomorrow also.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530 (740M)(790V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 2C, 740 Writing, 710 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 4.452(w), 3.93(uw)
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: 4 AP Lang and Comp, 2 Latin Lit, Five APs this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: unbelievable
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Hook (if any): Female engineer(?)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Public (tops in Ohio)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Lack of community service. I had a few extracurriculars but I got really involved in them.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Female engineer with really good rec from high school physics teacher. Also, my neighbor and school board president wrote me a wonderful recomendation.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none</p>
<p>congrats enjeneer! hmmm... so ohio got theirs already; better get something tomorrow then!</p>
<p>AAAGH! If I don't get mine tomorrow, I'll die - I'm in Columbus...</p>
<p>
[quote]
cosine, tangent, secant, sine,3.14159
[/quote]
I am very glad I decided not to apply to MIT...that makes me shudder...:p</p>
<p>so the acceptance is a letter (granted a fat one) and not a packet/big envelope?</p>
<p>No, it's definitely a big packet / folder thing.</p>
<p>It is a big envelope</p>
<p>haha vivaldi. i know... the more i research this college... the more...
best not to think that. i am gonna just delay any sort of judgement, go and see it, and just assume i would find some sort of a niche and enjoy college (thus the reason i am really counting on pton...). mit is definately... unique. btw... the song keeps on going. and the mascot? someone told me it was the "engineers"... kinda... (not?) unique?</p>
<p>oh well... I am sure I would enjoy it... (desperately telling myself over and over to try to convince myself) I am sure...</p>
<p>What do you want to major in? As long as it isn't a "soft"/"fuzzy" major - and as long as your survival isn't bound to an intense study of the liberal arts - you should enjoy MIT immensely. :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570
[</em>] SAT IIs: [800] [770] [770].
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/440
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on 3 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Worked hard on them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: (1 Letter) Science Activities, (1 Letter) Humanities Activities.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Community Service, Sports, Music.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian Indian
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Not so sure. I worked hard on my application. I thought about it a lot, made sure I covered all the bases.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>--Also got into Harvard, MIT, and Caltech.</p>
<p>This is sick. Look at all these acceptances.</p>
<p>i think the rejected and waitlisted kids just don't feel like posting.</p>
<p>Maybe. I feel bitter already and I haven't even gotten my rejection letter yet.</p>
<p>waitlisted/rejected probably wouldnt have received it this early. were the acceptances postmarked yesterday?</p>
<p>Yessssssssssssssssssssss
I Got In With Flying Colors
With Great Fin Aid Pack
See Ya'll In Nj!!!</p>