<p>haha oops- but still... MIT has always said that their percentage is low because they accept no more than 1/3 of their class early, and that they accept a large number of deferrees. Shrugs. Sorry.</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: First time 2160 (720/640/800); Second time 2300 (800/700/800)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Literature 670; Latin 680; Spanish w/Listening 690; Math 2 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: Our school has a weird GPA system, but I haven’t had anything lower than an A-
[<em>] Rank: 1/270
[</em>] AP: Latin Literature (5); Spanish Language (4)
[<em>] IB: n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit; AP Calculus AB; AP US History; AP European History; Honors Physics; Honors Computer Applications; Honors Band; AP Latin Vergil (Ind. Study)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended; Nat’l Latin Exam (gold medalist); Yale Book Award; All-State Music festivals; Nat’l Honor Society; Spanish and Latin Honor Society; various school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music-- band (section leader); Forming a community-service musical group (Project creator/director)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid assignments for the local newspaper; teaching piano lessons
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Organizing a musical group to perform for the elderly (3 yrs)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship at State Capitol
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp was excellent; Supplemental was great but went over the word limit by a little; Short takes were candid
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Extremely philosophical and in-depth. Had some awkward moments but I felt I made a good impression in general.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Connecticut
[</em>] School Type: Urban public (‘failing’) school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Intended Major: Classics/Linguistics
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks: Being academically strong coming from a school like mine</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Transcript; Class rank; SAT I scores; Depth of extra-curriculars; Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Being Asian; quantity of extra-curriculars; lack of national/international recognition
[li] Why you think you were deferred: No idea. I thought it was going to be either clear reject or accept because there’s nothing about my app that’s “on the fence.” I don’t feel that anything is going to chance between now and March (I’m just hoping to keep my senior year grades consistent) [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in! Good luck to all, and I hope everyone stops worrying about it (at least temporarily) for the holiday season. And for slackers like me, have fun finishing up the rest of your apps…I know I will :)</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (first sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 770 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), U.S. History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Latin, AP Environmental Science, AP English, TV Production (state graduation elective requirement that I never completed)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country, Habitat for Humanity (VP), Best Buddies, Band (Librarian), Track, Softball, Science Olympiad
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor (summer, 30 hrs/week) SAT tutor (school year, 2 hrs/week)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen over summer, volunteer community band, plus service-oriented clubs (i.e. Habitat)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Softball, also see work experience and community service.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really good, and so did my parents and two English teachers
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I waived, but they should be pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: (same as teacher recs)
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chem
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white, but I don't think i filled it in.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores. maybe essays?
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs possibly. I feel like I'm really involved at my school and in my community, but I haven't excelled on a national level or anything, and lots of SCEA-ers are just amazing in this respect. Also, I think my teacher recs were really good, but they wouldn't've been all "OMG best student i've encountered in 30 years teaching!!!" because my school is really competitive. While I'm near the top of my class, there's a lot of company haha.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess nothing stood out. I felt I had a strong app, but it's really competitive this year, and I wasn't at the top. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! Good luck in the RD round at Yale and elsewhere, to everyone who got deferred or rejected.</p>
<p>alizarda, thats rediculous. Im surprised they didn't accept you. Not everyone can be a nobel prize winner, and your EC's show you aren't socially dead either.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: CR:790 M:780 W:800
SAT II: Physics: 790 Math II: 760 Chemistry: 760
ACT: n/a
GPA: 4.15
Rank: School doesn't rank
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP/IB [5]: 5,5,4</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Supplement Information (Y/N): Dance video
Interview: went well with venture capitalist
Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a</p>
<p>Personal
Location: CA
High School Type: independent
Ethnicity: Eurasian
Gender: F
Applied for Financial Aid: No</p>
<p>Other
Extracurricular: Ballet (summer intensives at American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, choreographed two original pieces, multiple performances including ones at Detroit Opera House, Boston Center for the Arts etc), 1st Violin (youth chamber orchestra, Great Performances at school, Interlochen and Idyllwild summer arts program), Founder and President of Amnesty International, Editor of Yearbook, Representative to Judiciary Committee, President of Japanese Culture Club, two vocal Groups at school</p>
<p> Awards: University of California Eligibility in the Local Context Program (ie top 4% of class), AP scholar, National French Awards x 2 (8th place), Multiple poetry publications (including one in anthology by Canadian Federation of Poets), MIT's Women's Technology Program (last summer; one of 40 EECS participants), Danced in Performance Series of Arts/San Francisco Vision Series, Inductee International Thespian Society</p>
<p>[ *] Strengths: ec's/writing ability/summer courses
[ *] Weaknesses: few national awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays/years of dedication to a few activities.
General Comments: always luck involved!</p>
<p>deferred...</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Lit 800, US History 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/400ish?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on Human Geography, World Hist, Euro Hist, Stat, Physics B, US Hist
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macro, APES, AP Psych
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national essay contest, nmsf
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): creative writing, science olympiad (officer 2 years), art (sent supplement), mun
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: kumon, restaurant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Beta
[<em>] Summer Activities: UChicago summer program, work
[</em>] Essays: very literary
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: should've been great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: well-intended and positive but probably not very informative
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: went well, but I actually had it on Dec 5th o<em>o
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[</em>] Intended Major: EP&E
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: public, 2000ish kids
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k-200k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I knew of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: numbers; besides that, my EC list was kind of weird but I really was dedicated and pretty accomplished in my top three... however, see weaknesses below XD
[<em>] Weaknesses: my EC list was weird XD I'll be honest in saying that I didn't have many awards for the writing and art at all, so my app did really try to show my skill and I think I did showcase it well, but at the same time obviously I still had no concrete prior review in the form of awards and so forth. it's understandable.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ^ see above
[/ul]
General Comments: I was really surprised about southeastitan after looking at his stats... @</em>@ looks like Yale wasn't very kind to fiction writers ea lol. all three kids got deferred from my school (including me), which is pretty sad. XD i'm not really upset, just hoping that I get in somewhere good RD. congrats to everyone who got in ea though! :) you guys really did deserve it.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective
ACT: 33
SAT II: Lit:750, Math 2: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.17 out of 4.5 (only gotten 1 B+)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) Literature (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Theology, AP AB Calc, AP Economics, Poetry/Satire (1 semester each), Astrophysics, Spanish IV. (they told me i could only take 3 AP's but i found out that 4 is possible this year)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (the ones i could fit on my app): Circus Club (Junior rep and Vice Pres), Pep Band, Parish Youth Group (Vice Pres for 2 years, then co-president for 1 year), South City youth group, JV Tennis
Job/Work Experience: 4 years, 7 hrs/week, 52 weeks/year at a rectory
Volunteer/Community service: have about 1500 hours since freshman year. Weekly work at a shelter for women, volunteer for 8-10 hrs/day for a week in a very poor area in south-central MO, lead retreats for 8th graders every year, and other misc stuff throughout the year.
Summer Activities: Week-long service trip, take summer courses for school credit, work extra hours
Essays: application: i was told by a dartmouth alumnus, my english teacher, and a few other people that it was amazing and very original. The other one was pretty good, but not amazing.
Teacher Recommendation: One great, one "?" (that one worried me a lot. It could be pretty bad)
Counselor Rec: good as far as i know. He was excited to write it.
Interview: Great, we just talked about Yale and poetry at a local coffee house. He still keeps in contact with me even though i got rejected.</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:History
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: selective private/ Catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 60,000-70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths:essay, semi-unique EC's, community service
Weaknesses: ACT score, GPA, no hooks, no amazing talents
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In the end, I really wasnt anything special. I had no hooks, no great talents, and my stats really werent amazing either...Im kinda confused as to why I didnt get deferred though...I kinda though i deserved it. Any ideas?!?!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT: 2310 (800 M, 750 CR, 760 W)</p>
<p>SATII: Math2:800, US:760, Physics:770</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9 uw, 4.4 w</p>
<p>ECs: Varsity Recruited Athlete</p>
<p>The End</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1600 (3rd try) (M500 CR550 W550)
* ACT: 25
* SAT II: US History 630 | Math 680 | Literatre 620
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/29
* AP (place score in parenthesis): none
* IB (place score in parenthesis): What's IB?
* Senior Year Course Load: study hall, honors precalc, world history, child development, PE
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Inuit student of the year 2008, Principle's Award
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): poetry, hunting, reeding
* Job/Work Experience: none
* Volunteer/Community service: teaching english to younger students
* Summer Activities: hunting
* Essays: one I wrote real good about being an Inuit, the other about how world suffering has impacted me
* Teacher Recommendation: just one teacher was probbly good
* Counselor Rec: not saying :)
* Additional Rec: n/a
* Interview: didn't have one
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
* Intended Major: history
* State (if domestic applicant): AL
* Country (if international applicant): USA
* School Type: public, 80 kids (29 seniors)
* Ethnicity: Inuit
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: under 15k
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation to college
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: testing, Gpa
* Weaknesses: extracurriculars, coul'dve been better
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I'm a well rounded candidate
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: I look forward to the class of 2013!</p>
<p>-_- you've got to be kidding me...</p>
<p>^ dude you got trolled. hard. haha</p>
<p>^TROLL!!!^ Must be!</p>
<p>^hahaha. yes a troll for sure. 1st post. </p>
<p>and income under 15k is hard to do... the average New York City bum makes 40k a year panhandling.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Yale wasn't very kind to fiction writers ea lol
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Stanford wasn't either, although it was just writers not restricted to fiction.</p>
<p>^ My application hinged on me being a writer/journalist (not a fiction writer) and I got in.</p>
<p>I thought the same thing, amciw. Sigh.</p>
<p>Sick in bed so I accompiled the following stats for all those who posted on this thread and submitted SAT Reasoning Test scores:</p>
<p>Admitted (34): SAT I average = 2315.59
Deferred (54): SAT I average = 2265
Rejected (17): SAT I average = 2182.94</p>
<p>For what's that worth! Clearly scores aren't the only criteria for admission. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>ephemeral, that's why I qualified it as fiction writers. ;) Journalist/editor ECs did seem to fare much better.</p>